So, after I find where I'm going next, I gear up and head for the exit when Serenity gives me some great news!
"This facility has a Vehicle bay..."
At her words... I jumped with joy! And I race to it... Guess what I found... A single Warthog, and a mongoose... Eh, can't really complain too much... I GOT ME A HOG NOW! And Serenity even said she can make more vehicles later on! So... I'm just gonna be patient... But for now... Time for a drive!
-Hours later at the base of Canterlots mountain-
After a looooong ass drive to canterlot, I stop at the base of the mountain it sits upon. I hop out of my new warthog and pat its side, before looking around.
"Serenity, where the hell is this entrance you told me about?"
"It should be nearby, it may be cloaked, so I'll turn in a frequency to reveal it."
There's a bit of a buzzing sound and I start to walk by the mountain. After a few seconds, I see a small part of the mountain ripple and disappear, and I walk to it and find a door.
"Well. Found it." I go up to it and it opens up, no locks it would seem... Interesting, anyways, I walk in and enter a hallway, I see another door at the far end, and I start walking towards it.
It opens just like the other one, no locks, suspicious... I walk through it and enter a large room and look around.
I see a pair of spartan armor on the ground and I walk over to it and kick its helmet, it rolls away.
"Empty... Weird..." I just shake my head before walking away to another door. It opens, and I'm about to walk through when a gun fires off and my shields flare, I run past the door and hit my back against the wall next to the door before I pull out my magnum.
I peek around the door to see the armor is now up with out its helmet, and a magnum in its hands... Now that's fucked up.
It fires again, and I duck behind cover before pulling out a grenade and pulling the pin and throwing it in, It tings and and After a second, it blows and I wait, before moving back into the room.
The armor is scattered about, and I go up to an arm piece and pick it up.
"What the hell? Enchanted maybe?" I put the arm piece down and look around, that is, until I look at another piece of armor and see something In its grip.
I look at the two little devices in the other arm pieces hand, it looked to be holding them quite tightly. They look like something from a game I never got to playing... I forget the name.
I walk over to them, and as I get closer, I see them have little lights flicker before they both fly up and hover in the air, I back up a bit from them, ones black, the other white, and they both get a distance away from each other before they shoot some type of holographic looking beam, and two people are formed from them.
The little machines then stop and hover there, as the two people stand at they're full height, and I look at them with my magnum raised.
"Now just who the fuck are you two?!" I yell at them as I aim at one of they're head
"Whoa pal, friendly!" the female clad in heavy armor with her helmet scanning it surroundings with faint blue dots expanding constantly outwards from the center of her visor.
"Where the hell are we Emily," the one on my right, a cloaked figure, asked as the white star shaped robot floated around his head, "and why is there a ghost flying about my head?
"Good questions Dave."
"You two have ten FUCKING seconds to tell me who the fuck! You are before I open fire!"
I look at the white 'Ghost' and grab out my DMR and point it at it.
"Fucking little piece of shit! Bringing others here without consent!"
"Whoa hold on, don't shoot the ghostie!" the female screamed as she forcefully disarmed me with a swift movement.
"Last I checked we were buying a couple of ghosts from a guy at the con, mate, then we were here." the cloaked man with glowing yellow eyes on his helmet answered me as he looked around.
"Speaking of here, where are we?" the girl asked as she examined my DMR.
I growl as she holds my guns, "We are in a forunner facility, one I was wishing to find what it has inside until I was attacked by that piece of shit right there." I point at the remains of the spartan armor.
"And you say you were at con? And you bought stuff from a merchant?"
"Yeah dude, he had interesting shit." the guy said as he pulled a long silver and red rifle off his back, "Damn, I built my Ice Breaker out of cardboard, why is it so heavy now?"
"Huh?" the girl replied, pulling her bloodied rifle with its sinister looking bayonet of her own back, "Our props do seem to be a bit more, real?"
The black ghost then decided to fly up to her, "Waypoint is set, first directive is to map out the current area." it said in a low masculine tone, its voice slightly buzzing.
"Oi! Little fucker! This place is not gonna be mapped out!"
"And why not?"
"Cause Serenity! That ruins the fun!"
"Where is the fun of not knowing where your going?!"
"It's like Dark Souls, and your a new player, it's fun to find new places... Only to get the shit beat out of you by everything... That kinda ruins it..." I look at the two new people standing in front of me, "What?! Why are you looking at me like that?!"
"I hated that game, could never get passed Undead Burg." the girl said, before looking up at the black ghost.
"Did you say Forrunner facility?" the guy asked as he pulled out a wicked looking curved knife.
"Yeah, I did, also." I look at the girl, "I got past that part... Now I have to kill the big wolf."
"Wolf?" she asked.
"Unknown terminology, do you perhaps mean the Fallen House of Wolves Spartan?" the black ghost inquired as it flouted to me, its star points shifting and turning as its single blue eye darted about me with a curious gaze.
"No, and how do you know what I am?" I reply
"A simple scan indicated all I need to know." the ghost said before turning to the girl and flashing blue as it flew into her and vanished, the white one doing the same to the man to my left.
"That was unexpected." she said as she then jumped when her friend fired his sniper rifle with a ear piercing pew and a small detonation down the hall.
"Sorry, but... damn." he started laughing uncontrollably.
Suits of Spartan armor come down the hall and I growl, great job up you idiot!" I take my DMR from the girl and open fire at the suits as the two new people open fire with they're guns before I turn to the door I had been trying to go through, "RUN!"
"I hear you on that!" the girl yells as she tosses a stick that shoots lightning across the way and takes off after me, her friend following right behind us.
"Serenity! Lock the door! NOW!" The door behind us shuts and the lights become red as they lock, and the Spartan armor bash at the door but don't get through, and I sigh with relief.
"Fuck that was close..."
"Dave!" the girl shouts as she hits him on the head.
"Hey, I didn't realize that it would be a hair trigger Emily!" he retorts as he shy's away from her offending backhands.
I just shake my head
"Alright, it would seem, we have a problem... Enchanted Spartan armor... Fuck me..."
I lift my DMR and load it with another clip
"Hmm, should be no issue." Emily perks up as she tests her movement.
"Where are we going exactly, it appears that I am a blade dancer class hunter?" Dave asks as he becomes invisible.
"Hmm, I think I may be a striker titan." Emily taps her helmet's chin as she thinks aloud.
"Your both what?" I look between them
"
Well we were dressed as Guardians from the game Destiny, I guess we are now what we dressed as." Emily replied, punching her fists together with a small amount of blue energy billowing out.
They follow me without comment but keep their weapons out and ready.
"So... Where are we exactly?" The girl asks me
"Your in Equestria, you know, the place full of colorful pastel horses?"
"Great, colorful horses." Dave said nonchalantly from a dark corner, the only part of him visible were his two glowing yellow eyes
"Funny, but this world sucks, I'm currently on the top wanted list for the princesses, and, I only have two months to live before I die by reasons from a certain A.I."
"Does that mean I get to turn them to dust?" Dave inquired looking to me.
BRRT, BRRT, BRRT.
"No one asked for your imput Dave!" Emily shouted as she lowered her rifle, "Two months?"
"Yes, two months to live is all I got... Sucks doesn't it."
"Doors open."
I look at the door as it turns green, and I walk through it as it opens
"Damn" Emily mutters, following the spartan with Dave following closely , "You got a name pal?"
"Names Kent, you?"
"Emily, and my pony hating friend is Dave." she said as their ghosts flashed into existence and shined light into the darkness past the door.
"Ah, I'd introduce you to Serenity, but she's a bit of a prick."
"Hey!"
I ignore Serenity, "Well... It would seem that since you came here as your costumes... You all are Displaced... Like me and supposedly many others."
"So long as I can keep Dave from killing anypony I'm happy." she shrugged and walked away towards where her ghost was going.
A ghost chuckles as Emily just shakes her head.
"That's the problem here... They may attack you if they see you, the elements are against me... Also, pretty sure a Timelord is as well... All
because of some shit that was meaning to help them, yet they took it the wrong way."
"Up shit creek without a paddle, I've got a gun for that." Dave chuckled before falling on his face.
"Yeah, lets just hope you don't break your face first." Emily chided him as he stood back up.
"At least I don't fantasize about Princess Moon Butt in bed Emily!" he retorted.
"Hey hey hey! Calm the fuck down, both of you, by the God Emperor you all bicker too much."
'Dad?'
'Yes Acid?'
'Can I meet them?'
'Um... Hold on, I'll ask if they mind... Wait, do you have a form picked out?'
'Yes!'
'Alright, gimme a second.'
"Hey, would you two like to meet my... Ahem, Daughter?"
Dave stopped to give me a 'what the hell' look while Emily slapped me on the back, "I love kids, where is she?"
Well... See... The thing is... Look, remember when I said there are other displaced? Well... I met one, pretty nice guy, wish I could hang out
with him, but he was busy, but he uh... Well... You know who Venom is right? Spider man Venom?"
"Yeah, which gen though?" Dave pipes up while Emily tilts her head.
"Not sure, I only knew he was Venom, Spider man form, so, his name was Lee, and helped me immensely with a little... Flood problem... But, he was a symbiote, and... Well... Gave me much own, and her name is Acid, she asked to meet the two of you since she hasn't spoken to anyone but me."
"I'm out!" Dave shouted, briskly walking away.
"Ooh, I wanna talk to her!" Emily Squeed.
I take off my helmet and look at her and grin, "Well, she's quite happy to talk to you." A black and blue blob comes off of my neck and slides down my leg before reforming into a small Filly with blue fur and a blonde mane and tail, but her eyes are completely white, and she looks up at Emily with a smile.
"Well aren't you a cutie dear!" Emily kneels down and smiles at her.
"Acid! It's nice to meet you!"
I smile down at Acid
"Names Emily, what do ya wanna talk about Acid?" she asks patting Acid's head.
Her ears fold back, "I don't know... I just want to talk!"
"Well, you two can talk as we walk, we still need to keep moving."
"Ok dad!"
"So walk and talk?" Emily inquired as she stood to move out behind Kent.
Acid nods as I keep walking
"What are you exactly? You look like my dad but... Different... I think... I haven't seen many others like him..."
"Well I am a human female, a girl like you I suppose, your dad is a male, or man."
"Oh... Ok! So... What about the other... Human?"
"Dave," chuckles, "He's a guy, a royal pain in the flank, but a male nonetheless."
"Oh..."
I walk up to a door and it opens and I peak inside to find a lab, and I shake my head and continue on
"Contacts ahead!" one of the ghost reports they both dowse their lights.
I put my helmet on, "Acid, stay with Emily." My helmets lights turn on and I move forward with my DMR raised.
"Hold up, I'll scout ahead!" Dave whispers as he turns invisible with his knife drawn.
"I'll keep an eye out for her Kent." Emily shoulders her rifle and leans up against a wall.
I stay back and move my gun around, watching for whatever's there
"We got eight four legged and very colorful horses ahead that seem scared outta their wits." Dave says as he becomes visible again.
"Why the hell are they here?!" I walk past Dave to the ponies with my magnum in one had, and my DMR in the other.
Dave remains silent as he follows him in.
I look at the frightened ponies, and growl, "Why the hell are you all down here?! This place is full of dangers that could kill even the most
trained of guards on this pathetic world... Well? Answer me?!"
"W-W-We were only trying to study this place! An-And-"
"I don't give a flying fuck if you were trying to study this place! This place is filled with Armor that I have to deal with, and now, the only exit known to me is blocked off... So now I have to deal with you asswipes until this is over... Fan fucking tastic!"
"Calm down mate, yeah they are colorful ponies, but hell you are going to scare the shit outta them more if you keep up with that attitude." Dave said before turning to the ponies, who shied away from him, "Don't worry so much 'bout him, I'll kill ya long 'for he does."
I pull Dave away and pin him to a wall with Emile's Knife out, "I scare them cause they need to understand this, and you saying you'll kill them will show the ass who runs this godforsaken kingdom that I can never be good, I'm seen as a god damn demon here, and I rather not have others make me more of one." I push him against the wall harder, "Do I make myself clear?"
Sheesh, ever heard of sarcasm mate?" Dave replies, not even struggling against me.
"He threatened them didn't he? If he did let me handle him." Emily says from behind me, Acid next to her but out of sight from the ponies.
I look at him, his helmet inches from mine, before I back off and I go over to Acid and pick her up, and she stares at me with wide eyes.
"Nice grip." Dave states as he drops to the ground, looking at Emily who merely shakes her head in disappointment
I growl before looking at the ponies, "Alright you all, we're gonna get you all the hell outta here, and you better stick with us! Understand?!" They all nod and I just shake my head and start walking again.
"Must you be so rough with them Spartan, they're scared outta their skin already?" Emily asked me.
"Why do you care so much, lease he doesn't wanna kill them li-" Dave started to say before he was punched with a literal energy wave coming off of him into a wall.
"Don't you dare threaten the ponies or so help me I will flatten you, don't forget, I am a titan, you are a hunter, I win in CQC!" Emily yelled as she stormed up to him and grabbed him by the neck.
"Okay." Dave gasped as she dropped him to the floor and walked away.
I just watch the whole thing and I look down at Acid, "Are you alright?"
She nods, "Can I go back to just..."
I interrupt her before she finishes, "Yes, you can reattach to me." I take off my helmet and she turns back into her blob form before slithering back onto my neck, and I feel my mind shift again as she settles.
I look at everyone, "Alright! Let's get a move on!"
"
Right." Emily replies instantly while Dave remains completely silent as he rubs his neck.
I put my helmet back on and start walking with Emily and Dave, and the ponies follow behind us. I look over at Emily, "So, what was your life like before this?"
"Well l, I work at Gamestop and Dave here is my girlfriend's little brother who decided he wanted to drag me over to check out the ghosts." she replied nonchalantly, "You?"
"Well... I was just some nerd who loved Halo and Warhammer 40k, and I was trying to finish high school when I went to a con and this
happened... Sucks I can never see my family and friends again... Also, you date women?"
"Personally I play all sorts of games, Warhammer included, the Guardsmen to be precise. And what is wrong with dating gals?" Emily replied.
"Only the fact that you-" Dave started but stopped when his companion sent him a death glare from under her helmet.
"Nah nah, I got nothing against same sex relationships, just wondering is all, also, I played Dark Angels, gotta fight for Lion 'El Johnson."
"Oh, if we are talking Marines then I am rather partial to the Raven Guard, but I'll admit I like Dark Angels too." she replied.
"Ultra-" another death glare silenced Dave and even solicited a giggle from one of the ponies.
I look back at Dave, "If you say anything about those damn Ultra Smurfs, I will bitch slap you."
"Hey!!!" he shouted and received a punch to the face from a certain titan.
"Your Primarch is stupid, Corax is the best... No offence, Johnson is cool too." Emily spouted with a quick show of her hands to me.
I look at her before nodding, "I shall accept that you know who is a good Primarch... I don't know much on Corax, but I bet he must be very good
as well." I look back at Dave, "And by what I remember, Ultra Marines barely helped during the Horus Heresy! So that's why they
outnumber other chapters! So The Ultra Smurfs Can fuck off."
I look forward again and keep walking
"Covus Corax survived the heresy, rebuilt his chapter, and then vanished alongside Dorr, according to lore he could very well still be out there someplace." Emily replied.
"Fine, then I shall praise the Chaos God Tzeench and his Thousand Sons, or perhaps Slanesh, I always did like the idea of his daemons!" Dave said as blink jumped away from Emily who had turned to hit him again.
"Oh, now your really begging me to hit you." I crack my knuckles and they pop loudly
"Your turn Kent." Emily said as she drew her Red Death and got ready for a fight, her ghost popping into existence to light the dark hallway that her black armor blended so well into.
"Oh snap!" Dave yelled as he blinked backwards to hide behind the ponies who were startled at how he just teleported behind them.
I run after him, my boots making loud bangs as I chase him, "C'mere sissy! My fist just wants to talk to you!"
"No way in fuckin' hell am I going anywhere near ya!" Dave screamed, sounding much like a young girl, before taking off with small blue wisps of wind trailing off behind him and his cape.
"Say hi to the crazy unkillable armor for me Dave!" Emily chided before returning her focus to the front just in time to take a MK-IV fist to the face and stumble back slightly.
I stop and turn back to Emily and start running back with my magnum out.
Emily screams a war cry before slamming the ground, thus sending a wave of energy roughly twenty feet in all directions before aiming her rifle and unloading as she steadily backed up, "We got contacts and the damned ghosts didn't even say a thing, what I would give for Cortana right now, or even just radar!"
I jump over her and land on one of the suits filling it with lead before picking it up and smashing its helmet, then tearing it in half before running to the next one.
"These fuckers don't stand a chance!"
"You said it!" a loud pew rang out and an entire suit flashed red and detonated as the hunter became visible, "What, never seen a bladedancer before?"
"No! I can say I have not!" I stick a grenade into a suit and kick it away as it detonates and blows up
"Well then, you may wish to move!" Dave yells as he jumps down and glows blue as lightning dances from his knife and he cuts down the offending Spartan armor suits.
"Showoff!" Emily shouts as she skewers a MK-V suit on her bayonet and blasts it apart with her deadly rifle, her shields never seeming to fail as she stands among her foes un-moving.
I continue to bash the suits apart until there's none left, no I look around, "Well... Seems these ones didn't have firearms with them."
I look at the destroyed armor and just shake my head.
"What the hell... What's up with these... They shouldn't be doing this..."
"What being body-less killing machines?" Emily replies, slinging her rifle on her back and kneeling to comfort a mare.
"Yes... I don't know what's causing this..." I pick up a helmet and stare into its visor before putting it back down and looking around,
"Something reeks of magic... And it needs to be purged..."
Emily's ghost then begins scanning one of the more intact suits of Spartan armors, "Arcane energy signatures present within the hostile units." it chimes.
"So in other words someone thought it'd be a good idea to enchant armor, I swear that there is a game that states otherwise..." Dave
comments from behind me, standing next to a tan unicorn.
I just sigh and look forward, this has to be solved so I can unlock this place and find out what's special about it... But what am I going to do? I sigh again and walk forward, putting my magnum away as I watch the darkness.
Emily and Dave following close behind the group of ponies, the latter Guardian with his strange sniper cannon of doom pointed from where we came from and their ghosts flying ahead of me.
I stop walking "This isn't going to get easier."
"Why?"
"Sentinels!"
I draw my DMR as multiple sentinels fly over us, ignoring us completely and going the opposite direction.
"Hey, maybe one of our ghosts can hack them!" Emily pondered aloud as she walked up to me, her rifle drawn.
"Rather not take the chance... These things are stronger then the game types... These ones can get ya when you don't stay in cover, and they can take out shields faster then you'd think, just let them pass."
"Switching to Defender class," Emily said as her ghost scanned her, "Now I can project a bubble shield like field that grants overshields as well."
"I'll swap to Golden Gun." Dave said as his ghost also scanned him.
"And I'll stick with being what I am." I continue to walk and I put away my DMR
the two guardians following my lead.
"I'm gonna regret asking a smurf, but Dave, what was your life like before this?"
"Dude, I am a sixteen year old couch potato, nothing more." Dave replied before tripping on a slightly raised floor board and falling flat on his face, "Dammit."
I stop and look at the raised flooring, "Interesting..." I walk over to the raised metal and grab it, before prying it open with a large amount of force, as I pull it back, I look inside to see another spartan suit, and I go inside of the small hole and take off its helmet to show a skull.
"Well then." Emily said as the ponies all gasped.
I only shake my head before moving the skeleton away to show a pure black magnum, I pick it up and inspect it closely.
"Weird... Never seen one of these before..."
"Hmm, look it has Luna's cutiemark on it!" Emily proclaims as she walks over, her rifle hanging by her side.
I turn it over and look at it, "Strange..."
I continue to look at it before I get a sudden feeling... I don't know what... But it's like the feeling I got with Lee's totem... But there's no message...
"Contacts!" the ghosts shout in unison before fading away, leaving us in near darkness.
"Watch fire and take em' out!" Emily shouts as she opens fire, Dave doing the same as the suites advance.
I climb out of the small hole in the floor and reach for a grenade before realizing I only brought two, "Fuck!" I pull out my DMR and start to fire at the spartan armor
Dave pulls out a glowing golden pistol and blasts three rounds that vaporize the advancing armors and Emily throws up a blue shield over the ponies.
"It appears that the hostiles are receiving radio transmissions from further in the facility, waypoint has been added to your HUD guardian." the black ghost says as it returns to Emily from a downed suit of armor.
I walk forward with my DMR raised as I blow helmets off of the spartan suits, when they get close, I smash them into a wall, or knock them to the ground, and I destroy them before moving on.
"Let's get moving then, whatever is here doing this is going to get my boot up its ass when I get to it."
"Amen." Emily states as she begins to move forward, dropping her shield.
I continue to walk with a purpose when I come to a door a locked door.
"Serenity, open it up."
"Understood."
"Allow me to assist." the black ghost says as it begins to scan the door, "Should be open in a minute less actually."
"Hey! This is my job you pile of scrap!"
"Woah Serenity, calm down, he's only trying to help."
She huffs and I just sigh before giving a glare at the ghost
"Done, doors open." the ghost lets out a sigh, "your A.I. doesn't like me, and here I was hoping to get along with her."
"Wait, since when do ghosts fraternize with A.I.s?" Dave asked giving a glance to his white ghost as it hovered next to him.
"Not a clue, Serenity isn't one of the nice types... More snippy then anything."
I hear another huff from my A.I. As I walk through the door
The ghost just sighs and follows Emily in after you, "What do we got?" Emily asks as Dave remains outside of the room so the ponies have cover as they move in.
"Not sure... But there's a console right there." I point at a console with a few holographic lights coming from it, I walk to it and take Serenity's chip out of my helmet and place her into it, and her hologram self pops up.
"Well now, this is certainly interesting..."
"What? What is it?"
"Gimme a minute." I look around as she puts a hand to her head and closes her eyes, as if thinking.
"I found something of interest Guardian!" the black ghost reported as he began to scan a wall of hard drives.
"What the... It says... It says something's here... Something... Oh... Oh no... Kent, we have to blow this place up!"
"What? Why?!"
"Oh no... Who ever is in the control room is going to open a hatch... And you can guess what's inside!"
"WHAT!?!?! Oh nononono! How?! He... He lied! He made me go on this... No... That MOTHERFUCKER!" I punch a wall, leaving a large fist size dent in it.
"Armory is on the third sub level, may I suggest getting the civilians out of here, that filly seems to be hyperventilating." the black ghost said as he returned to Emily and simply hovered in the air, "Blame me for downloading a full map and inventory of this UNSC bunker?"
"I volunteer to take the ponies out of here, Dave can go with you, he always wanted to play with explosives." Emily added.
"I like big booms and I cannot lie, your booms are so big that I-" Dave shut his mouth upon receiving a death glare.
"Why can't we just leave this place?" the white ghost questioned.
"If Serenity says something needs to be destroyed then it must be destroyed!" the black ghost replied with an almost offended tone.
"This is very bad! Get those ponies out of here! NOW!" Serenity practically yells as multiple holographic images float about her.
"Ok, this is very bad... He lied... He said only one lived... And he lied... I can't believe I fell for his tricks!"
"I'm going, EVERYPONY FOLLOW ME AND STICK CLOSE!" Dave shouted, his ghost scanning him into his Bladedancer setup before he charged out the door, the ponies right behind him.
"He knows the way out, right?" Emily asked.
"I forwarded intel to his ghost, lets just hope they don't get the ponies killed, that filly was a cutie." the black ghost said before scanning his guardian into her Striker class, "Extra offence will be helpful in this."
"Noted."
"This is very bad! Very very bad!"
"Serenity, how many are there?!"
"Too many... A thousand? Three thousand?! I don't know! They've been down under in a storage area in stasis!"
"Fuck... Oh fuck... We don't have much explosives... Do we?"
"No... Not even close..."
"Sub level three, we have a Havoc class warhead!" the ghost chirped. "Um, isn't that what chief used to, oh, I don't know, vape the Didact's ship?" Emily gaped.
"It would be effective, and this far underground should have a seventy five percent chance of reaching the surface."
"Fine... We arm that and..."
"It's covered by the flood."
"Fuck... Fine... We go down there... And fuck shit up, are it, and run... Sound good Emily?"
"I want to hit the armory, Red Death is a good weapon against normal enemies, but..." She began before looking down at her rifle.
"From what I pulled up on the drives they are impossibly hard to kill, may I suggest a Automatic, or a Shotgun?" the ghost added, "Also, sir, your DMR is out of ammo!"
"Take my Red Death, my ghost will give Serenity the program to convert any ammo into its type." Emily said holding out her bloody rifle.
I look at her gun, "You sure? It's your gun."
"Plenty of weapons in the armory, and Kent... I know how much you like killing flood with Shotguns."
"How?"
"Well... I did dissect your brain when I made you into... Well... You..."
I look at Serenity, "So... When you had me knocked out... You opened my head... And took my brain out... And messed with it?!"
"Hm... Yes... Yes I did... It was to help you thinking process."
I Facepalm the front of my helmet and groan
The ghost looked at her hologram and shakes a little, "And here I am with the ability to alter genetics with a mere scan."
"Take my gun, its spot accurate, and every kill you get will restore your health and shields." Emily said before looking at her ghost, "Could you take a look at his condition perhaps?"
"If that's alright with them then yes." he replied. I look at her Ghost before shrugging, "Probably gonna die from the flood in the next hour... So sure, why not." I take the gun and set it propped up by the console.
"Hey, I had to make do with what I could" Serenity grumbles.
The ghost begins scanning me, zooming from side to side rapidly, "Good news, the genetic damage is easily repairable, bad news..." it hovers in front of me, "This is gonna hurt like a flaming bitch." and he, without my consent, shoots me in the head with a powerful beam of blue light.
"Whoa!" Emily shouts.
"Also, seeing as though I am a ghost for a titan class guardian, you may notice something a tad different when you punch things... as they will tend to vaporize from your Storm Fist." it added as I got back up, feeling a mass amount of pain, but otherwise no different than before.
"Ugh... Storm Fist? The fuck?...still... Wasn't as bad as when I came here..."
"This." Emily said as her fist began to glow and send a shockwave when she punched the wall, which also indented a foot even though she had a small fist.
"Well... Guess that's good for a Huduken or something I guess... so... Ghost, you fixed me up... No more, I'm going to die in two months?"
"..." the ghost remained silent as it hovered, "No, now you will die in..." it said as it contemplated.
"Are you just saying that because I asked a very stupid question? Cause I ain't in the mood."
"Well, calculations have yet to complete and I just entered the thousands rage..." the ghost states, "I don't wish to incorrectly inform you."
"Wait, thousands range?! The hell do you mean by that?!"
"I infused you with a considerable amount of the Travelers light, you should live to be in the thousands range, rough estimate is at twelve, before aging out of existence. Truly it was a minor error of math on my part, other side effects are yet to be seen, but I assure you that they will be positive." the ghost chimed as he flew over to Serenity.
Serenity just stares at him with wide eyes and a bewildered look, "You gave him a life expectancy of about twelve thousand years old?!"
"Wait... Other side effects?!"
"You may develop special abilities such as blinking, or being able to glide through the air, I am unsure, though I imagine that they should coincide with Titan abilities as that is what my guardian is, nothing unexpected." the ghost says, thus ignoring the life time question.
"Ok... Never heard of those abilities, but I guess I'll learn how to use them when they happen..." I look at Serenity, "Alright, find us a way down there, then we'll move out."
She just stares at the ghost before shaking her head and looking at me, "Understood..."
"I have forwarded tutorials of all known Guardian abilities to Serenity should you need them." the ghost said as he turned.
"Okay, that done, can we go deal with the Flood now?" Emily asked, punching her fists together with a spark of energy.
"There's an elevator down over there." She points to a door, "We go down there, we stop at the armory, we suit up, then you can move down to the last level and have some fun."
I nod before I pick up the rifle and attach it to my back and I grab Serenitys chip and pull her out before putting her back into my helmet.
"Lead the way Kent." Emily says as her ghost flies ahead of us.
I walk down the hall to the door with Emily, when we walk through it, we all walk through a small enclosed hallway until another door opens and we find the elevator. We step onto it, and a few holographic boards show up, and I put my hand to it and it bends down and we start to descend down.
"So plan is to shoot our way in, set the bomb, then shoot our way out?" she asks me.
"Eeyup... That's the plan... Short and sweet, and to the point."
"And we may die."
"That is a possibility."
"We won't die..." Emily said, looking to her ghost.
"Dave managed to set a waypoint for us up top, worse comes to worse I can try and transport both of you out." it replied.
"It's the flood... We will most likely die."
"I'm a Striker class Titan, I can handle it." Emily retorts as the elevator slows to a stop.
"Right, and I doubt you because I played Halo combat evolved and Halo 3 on a daily basis, and I played the flood missions more then anything else, and I did it on legendary for the challenge."
I walk out of the elevator as it stops and walk through the small hallway
"Ever heard of LASO? That was me the week those games came out." Emily replied.
after some walking, another door opens and I walk through it to an armory full of all sorts of weapons, and I look around.
"More weapons... Damn there's a lot."
"Okay, time to grab and go!" Emily gleefully says as she picks up a shotgun, a SAW, and a grenade launcher. "Hey, an energy sword, and ooh its red, mine too!" she says as she adds it to her collection.
"Wait... They have those? Then that would mean... They had to have had have fought Elites..."
I look over and I grab a shotgun that looks like the CE version, and I load it up before picking up as much ammo as I cloud grab, and I also grab a few DMR clips.
"Or, judging by the way this sword has been modified, they killed the Elites and used their tech." Emily states as she sets the shotgun down and tosses you her ammo, "if I recall correctly then the sword is just as effective."
"Remote detonators located!" her ghost chimes, "I have loaded up extra supplies as well, call out if you need anything short of a tank."
"There's only one facility with vehicles, and that's back where we live now."
"Yeah, but thanks for the telling us you got stuff, but we better move, and detonators? What's the fun in that? It's better to time it."
Serenity huffs, "He's insane..."
"I agree actually, but there were no timers so unless you got an egg timer." the ghost chimed as he sped out the door.
"I'll time it, don't worry."
I finish loading the shotgun, and I grab out the rifle and load it up as well, "We better move then."
Emily nods and follows me out as we continue down into the lower levels.
As the elevator descends again, I look over at Emily, "You ready for this?"
presses a button a music plays, "I was born ready!"
(Y'all ready for this? Space jam theme)
I just look at her before turning the speakers for my helmet on, and increasing the volume, "Here's a better song."
(Warhammer 40k total destruction.)
"Nah, lets try out this." she replies as she changes her tune.
(Iron Maidan- For the greater good of God)
"Gimme a second, I think I got something perfect."
"Oh?" Emily replied with a tone of interest.
(Halo 4 remix, Nemesis)
"Eh, I'm not impressed." she says as the elevator slows.
"Oi! This is a good song!"
As the elevator stops and the door opens, I stop.
"Something big is at the end of the hall... Something big... And it ain't a suit..."
Emily draws her Assault Rifle and takes aim, "Get ready!"
I pull out my shotgun and walk through the hall, I look at a locked door and hear some type of... Groaning. I turn and whisper to Emily, "We got contact, and it ain't sounding good."
She pops out her sword as she places the rifle on her back, "kick down the door, I'll follow your lead!" she whispers back with a tone of urgency.
"It's impossible to break down!" It turns green from Serenity and it opens, and a Flood Tank has its back to us, I crouch and slowly creep forward
Emily remains completely silent as she backs up, ripping her AR off her back in her left hand, but keeping her sword out nonetheless.
until I'm right behind it, I look through its wire like back before grabbing out a grenade.
"Time to die bitch!" I punch my hand through its back and it groans. I stick the grenade right into its face before pulling my hand and backing up.
It turns to look at us before its upper half is blown to pieces.
"Nice, just like what Chief did in Forward Unto Dawn to the hunter!" Emily remarks as she stows her AR.
"Eh, I did it to something worse then a Hunter." I load gurgling screech comes from further away, "Well... I think I just alerted the horde..."
Emily puts her sword over her mark, "then allow me to introduce myself!" she gleefully states as she strides forward with her fists together.
The hoard charges out of the far door as Emily takes off sprinting before jumping into the air glowing blue and hitting the ground with such a force that everything in the room is torn apart at a molecular level. She then draws her sword and while doing a pirouette slices a tank form clean in half.
"You can join in at anytime!" she yells as more come into the hallway to meet her charging blade.
I run foreword, firing off rounds into any flood I see, blowing nice big holes in them, and making a few lose quite a good amount of body parts.
"Isn't this too easy?" she asks as she grabs an infection form in mid air and crushes it with a single hand before ramming her sword into a combat form.
Another screech interrupts my response, and a large worm like flood spawn comes forth and screeches.
"Does that answer your question?!" I yell before opening fire at it with my shotgun
"Noted, oh hey, EAT LIGHTNING YOU UNDEAD SON OF A BITCH!" she yells as a small stick flies into the worms mouth and it explodes as electricity discharges.
It screeches and a large tentacle smacks Emily and sends her flying into a wall, and I look over at her before fire at the abomination again, dodging its attacks.
"No pain, no gain." she grunts as she gets up again and begins to unload her AR.
I continue to fire before stopping to reload, the abomination takes the chance to grab me and then throw me against a wall, hard, and I fall to the ground with a metal thud.
"Fuck... That hurts... A lot..."
Emily then slams it into ground, turning it into a pulpy corpse, "Need a hand?"
I get up and wheeze, "Nah... I'm... I'm good... I just need to catch my breath... Got it knocked out of me..."
"Okay, ghost, search for more hostiles." she replies, standing with her weapons at the ready.
There's another screech and more flood combat forms spew forth from the hallways all around us.
"Does THAT! Answer your question?!" I load my shotgun up and start to blow any that get near me to pieces.
Emily's AR shouts its retort as she begins to back up, "Ideas?"
"I got nothing!" I continue to blow flood combat forms into pieces.
"Well then, that's comforting." she replies as she drops her empty AR and procures her grenade launcher.
I load my shotgun one more time and continue to fire at the onslaught of flood, "Damn things need to die already!"
"Agreed!" the launcher shoots but instead of bouncing like it does in Halo Reach, it turns out to be a sticky grenade launcher, "Oh hey!"
I look at it, "Shit... They tested on a lot of stuff..."
"But all goes boom!" she yells as four more sticky rounds go down the hall and detonate in a spray of gore.
I watch as less flood combat forms take the field, and more flood tanks come forth.
"Fuck! Watch out! We got tanks incoming!" I yell as I pump more lead into flood
"Oh for the love of, I'll show you a tank!" Emily shouts as she drops her unloaded grenade launcher and runs forward with nothing but her fists before smacking the ground in the middle of her foes, vaporizing them all.
My mouth hangs open under my helmet, "Damn..."
"Seems the Guardian has an admirer."
"Shut the fuck up Serenity..."
"Hey, I don't think my GF would mind a Spartan in bed with us." Emily replied, brushing off a bit of rubble on her shoulder.
I blush under my helmet and Serenity breaks in laughter
"Oh if you could see his face! He's as red as a tomato!"
"S-Shut up Serenity!"
Emily laughs, "Get up here, we have a nuke to set off."
"Um... Y-Yeah."
I run to catch up with Emily
After I catch up to her, I look at all of the dead flood, "More will be coming, we have to do this fast." I throw my empty shotgun to the side and pull out my DMR.
"Semi Auto won't be too effective, you should try out the Red Death!" she states as she draws her energy sword, "According to my ghost, this has unlimited ammo."
"Semi Auto is actually quite effective... Just aim at the infection form inside of the combat form, they always need to be sticking out, aim for it, and boom, it's dead after a few shots." I reply
"Eh, but Red Death regenerates your health after each kill you make." she retorts as she briskly walks down the hall, the sword down to her side but washing out surroundings in red light.
"This isn't like the game, this is real, and I need to put these things down, I don't need health."
"Well, think of it as shields, it will restore your shields with each kill, sorry not health, though it may heal injuries, could always find out." she replies, as she stops at the next door, "Ghost get the door."
"On it" he replies
I get down on one knee and hold my rifle up as I watch for any flood
"The door is open, and oh, incoming transmission, I'll patch you in Kent!" it says as the door slides open to reveal a pristine hall.
I get up and walk into the hall, "Transmission? From who?"
"Unknown, should be coming onto your comms now!" he replied taken slightly aback, "Though it is coming from deeper in the
I nod and turn off my helmets speakers so Emily and her Ghost don't hear the conversation, "Alright, who the hell is this? And where are you so I can shove my boot up your ass!"
"Hello?" a mares voice came over the radio, "I, I managed to get into the lower levels, dammit." she paused and gave a sigh, "I've managed to seal most of the creatures off, I can see you from the cameras, thank you for saving those civies, they were why we came here, but now I am the last one left." a loud wail was heard as was the pumping of a shotgun, "My name is Lieutenant Vapor Trail, I am one of the Royal Guard, my squad was infected by these beasts that the localized A.I. in here refers to as the Flood, I don't care what Celestia says, if your here to kill those monsters then you'll have my support... The A.I. is sending you a map of safe passage through the facility... They found me, I am one level down if you can spare the time, I found a shotgun, I'll try to hold out but... if I die, tell, tell my little colt Contrail that mommy is sorry for leaving for work on his birthday... Dammit!" a shot rings out with the dying screech of a tank form, "I'm retreating further into security, I will contact you as soon as I can safely do so!"
As the comms go dead, I turn my speakers back on, "Search and rescue, we have to hurry, they don't have much time!" I start running down the pristine hallway
"Right!" Emily bolts after me, and surprisingly is able to keep up with ease.
"Elevator shaft on the right, goes down one level, Serenity can you open it?" the ghost chimes as it speeds down the hall before us.
"Done" the elevator door opens and I run into it
Emily jumps down after me into the shaft and we both land atop the elevator itself, "It should be just through here, I am ninety percent certain!" her ghost yells as it yanks open the top hatch of the elevator.
"Ninety?! That's not very comforting!" I yell back before jumping into the elevator
"Give me a break, I don't usually translate crap!" the ghost shouts back as Emily drops in next to me and punches the elevator door clean off.
"Damn women, claderial damage much?!"
Serenity just sighs, "Why am I even around you three?"
"I'm not that bad am I?" the ghost replies flying out in a burst of speed, Emily right behind him as a shotgun is heard nearby.
"Ninety percent?! You forgot so much to add to the variables, it was a straight hundred percent! Not a ninety!"
I run to the sounds of the shotgun, my DMR prepped and ready
"I'm sorry I only translated half of the Forrunner text before deciding the probable path!" her ghost replied as it phased into a door and said door slid open as the ghost exited out the other side, "Though here, we'll meet the pony on the other side!"
I race through the door to the other side with the pony.
Vapor Trail opened the door and flew through it, a dozen or so Flood going for her tail.
I step past her and punch a hole straight through one of the flood, before putting my DMR to another one, and killing it with one shot, I then pull my fist free and grab out a magnum and mow the rest down with precise shots to the infection forms.
All the while Vapor collapses while Emily tends to her, "She's clean!"
I look back at them, covered in gore from the flood, "Well... That's good I suppose..."
"What happened to the others LT?" Emily asks her as she widens her eyes when a Flood latches onto her face due to Emily having to wrestle a tank form off of her.
"Arg, get it Ahhhhh!" she yells as she rips it off along with her left eye.
I grab it from her hoof and crush it in my fist before looking at her, my voice laced with concern "Are you alright?!"
"Just a flesh wound, damn, I don't want to die down here." she replies quietly while Emily kills the Tank she was fighting with nothing but her hands.
"We'll get you out, I promise." my guardian friend states as she lays eyes on the door we needed.
"Damnit..." I grab out a canister and put it to her eye, "Hold still, I only got one of these, I didn't think I'd need it, but it was in the armory." I press a button, and bio foam Fills her eye socket.
"Th.. thanks." she says as she gets up and reloads her shotgun, "You know, you humans make nice weapons, this thing is better than my sword any day."she states motioning to the sword strapped to her right side above her wing.
I just shrug, "If Celestia wasn't such a piece of shit bitch, then maybe I'd let you all use 'em, but that's not the case as of currently."
"Heh, after this I am resigning, you need help, cause I am more than happy to stick with someone who actually gives a damn about me." she snaps, hugging her shotty up to her chest as Emily checks the far door.
"Nuke is in the next room. Ghost, where should we set it up?" she asks.
"No need to move it, that is the room that it needs to be in." it replies
"All we need to do is set it up and boom, there goes this hellhole."
"Yeah, let's get this done, and yes, you can stick with me, I don't mind someone else who knows how to use a gun."
"Thanks, now its time to avenge my husband!" Vapor yells as she pumps the shotgun and aims it with her right eye.
"I'm going to follow your lead, my ghost can set up the bomb!" Emily shouts from the door.
I nod at Emily before going for the next rooms door, my DMR raised.
Emily nods, "On three, One!"
"Two!" Vapor counts off.
"Three!" The door opens and I run in with my Finger on my DMR's trigger.
"Its empty?" Emily states as she walks forward a little, "I've got nothing on my scanners, nothing at all."
I keep my DMR up, "I don't like this... My motion sensors aren't picking up anything but us... Where's all the flood?"
"Don't know, lets just find that bomb." Emily whispers as Vapor Trail slowly moves ahead.
"Anyone got pain killers, my head hurts something fierce, though I guess that's what happens when you lose an eye?" she asks as she stumbles lightly.
I go over and pick her up and place her around my shoulders like a scarf, "There, keep me covered with the shotgun, this helps you cause now you can't stumble or be left behind if we need to run."
"Found it, there's a console, activate it and it can arm this 'bomb' "
"On it!" the ghost chirps as he scans the console and it comes to life.
"Now, do please be careful, any wrong information and this could go bad very fast."
"How long should I set the timer, or do we want to be smart about this and connect it to the detonator... Oh, it was already armed... that isn't good news..." the ghost stopped moving entirely, "Its damaged, remote detonation is out of the question, timers is shot to hell, and to top that all off the only reason we aren't irradiated is because the next room over has radiation shielding." it stopped scanning and flew over to me, "However, I am carrying enough scavenged supplies to arm an IED using the nuke as the explosive."
"Is that the bad news?" Emily asked.
"No, that was the good news, bad news is that I don't have an egg timer." he replied
I look at the console and walk over before a holographic board comes up, I move things around, "Could someone detonate it here?"
"Didn't I just say that remote detonation is impossible?" the ghost actually sighs, "This is why I need an egg timer on me at all times..."
"An, oh, I have one in my saddlebag." Vapor coughs as she draws it out with her wing.
"If I had a mouth I'd kiss you miss Trail." the ghost replies.
"Okay, but what about hooking it all up?" Emily asks.
"I meant I detonate it while you all get out of here... As in, this room with me in it, blows up... Kinda like Sargent Forge did it, I detonate it manually."
"I am sorry, I did not put almost all of my collected light into you to repair the damage you lovely A.I. did to you for you to 'blow up' sir." the ghost replies, "Instead I volunteer to remain behind."
"Um, I didn't think you could survive without me nearby?" Emily asks.
"No, but I can long enough to end this threat, for the Traveler." he replies
"Or I could lock my armor and see what happens."
"You are insane..."
"Indeed I am!"
The ghost flies up to me, "Emily has not stated this, but she has a rather nasty wound through her abdomen, the pony is just barely able to stay awake, and you are the only one with sufficient knowledge and firepower to get them out of here." he says in a hushed tone while Emily leans up against a wall, "I can do this, its easy."
"Fine"
"Or, or... I could leave a small copy of myself to do it you idiots." Serenity states.
"Oh... I forgot she could do that..."
"Hmm, I'll go set it up and rout the timer, but it still makes sense to start the countdown once we are in the upper levels." he replied as he dashed into nothingness in a flash of blue light.
I look over at Emily, "Are you doing alright?"
"I'll be fine." she replies as she makes for the exit
I grab her shoulder, "Emily, are you sure your alright?"
"I'm not infected, and I'm coping, we need to get moving." she replies.
"I know we do, but if your not fit, you need to hang back while I take the blunt of things."
"Fine, if they get close I will wail on em, but you can take those at range!" she grunts in reply.
"I don't care, you hang back, and I'll take on anything big." I pass her my DMR, "Aim for weak spots."
She coughs, "Got it."
I nod before going back over to the console and start to move more holographic boards around.
"Okay, I set it up, timer is up for five minuets, just activate it once we get clear!" the ghost says as it comes back into the room.
"Alright" I look at Vapor and Emily, "You two ready?"
Vapor nods, then grabs her head in pain, Emily just shrugs her shoulder as her ghost flies out the door.
"Fuck... This will not end well... Emily, could you keep Vaper covered? Rather the flood not get her." I grab out my magnum and the strange black magnum and duel wield them.
"Hand her over Kent, I'll carry her." she replies as she limps over.
I pass Vapor to Emily before looking back at the door, "We got contacts.... A shit ton..."
"Victorium en mortus!" Emily states as she takes aim with the DMR.
I look at Emily before shouting, "Axios!" and opening the door and see a horde of flood that turn to me before I open fire on them, and start to tear them apart, they try to run up, but I easily pound them with bullets from the magnums.
Her DMR rings out its our retort as we push forward, the Flood caving against our push.
We continue the onslaught and finally make it to another elevator door, I open it and push Emily and Vapor in before dropping a frag grenade behind us and pressing the holographic button for us to start going up.
"Ghost, turn the timer on, NOW!
"But we haven't made it to a safe distance... never mind." he replies as he shifts closer to Emily, "Done, we have five minuets to get out of here."
"Alright, I got a hog topside, we get up there, hop in, we can get back to my base and take a fucking break and get some damn medical attention."
"Sounds good to me!" Emily states as the elevator stops and the doors open into an empty hallway.
"Four minutes till detonation, we should probably skidadal!" the ghost shouts as we run out toward the exit.
I look at Vapor and Emily "Well, we better double time it!" I start to run forward, faster
They follow me, Emily with Vapor over her left shoulder, and my DMR in her right hand. Her ghost trailing ahead slightly to signal if there were hostiles, though we met none.
"One minute, oh, and I see daylight! And a large unicorn with wings..." he shouts as he flies out of the doorway to the bunker.
I start to run faster, my stomping boots making dents in the floor, "Is she white with a flowing mane and tail?!"
"Negative, also thirty seconds, oh and she appears to be worried, but not angry!" he chimes as we round the final corner.
"Cutting it a bit close, aren't we?" Emily pants as she passes me in a burst of speed.
I look at Emily until my armors boosters boost me past her and I start running faster, and then I see Luna, "Run bitch! This place is gonna blow!"
Her eyes go wide as she teleports us to her and throws up a shield, "We must speak to thee, also your fellow human has taken your ride and my frightened little ponies to a safe distance after explaining what was going on, even if he was vulgar."
"Sorry about my would be brother in law." Emily coughs as she drops to the ground and the facility detonates.
"We made it..." Vapor Trail gasps as she lays down next to Emily and begins focusing on her breathing.
"How bout we get moving, then we can talk, cause right now, rather get moving."
"Moving would be wise, though we are unsure as to where to move to..." Luna replied, "Though we are absolutely positive that we should avoid our sister."
"Yes... Cause I'm sure I'd probably start to beat the shit out of her, best place to move though... Hm... Ah! How bout that castle in the Everfree forest? Just teleport us there and then we can talk.
"Very well, though I would prefer if you didn't beat our sister senseless even if we currently wish the same..." Luna replies as her horn glows and the scene shifts to the old castle.
"Oi, I can do whatever the hell I want, I know this ain't America, but I still have my freedom, and have the ability to make choices that may or may not be bad... So, yes, if I see her, I will beat her up." I say as I look around the old castle.
"Kent, I thought that the Princesses were angry at you?" Emily asks as her wound glows in a soft blue and closes, "Um... Thanks Princess..."
"Please call me Luna." she replies as she picks up a dusty old book in the library, "Forgive my intrusion into your mind Kent, I was, curious...
"Yeah, next time, try not to be, curiosity killed the cat, now, what the hell do you want to talk about?
"Aiding you in stopping the Flood." she replies as she heals Vapor's wounds.
"Ah, So you decided to help the demon?"
"You are unlike the others, the ones before, we wish to help you stop the Flood, perhaps convince sister that you are honorable." she replies as Emily checks on Vapors eye.
"I am not like the others because I'm not them, and you all killed them because of the Flood, and the thing is, I'll always be a demon... For that's what Spartans are, Demons... War is Hell, and I'm the devil Luna... And I will fight these things until the end, and thing is... You can't really do much to help me... Your guards are pathetic, and have not been in a war for over thousands of years, so they'd die before they even could move forward."
"You seem to be unaware that I was imprisoned for one thousand years, I have not forgotten how to fight, and neither has my Lunar Guard, the Bat Ponies!" she exclaims as she glows lightly and heavy armor encompasses her body with a mighty great sword upon her back.
"Pffff hahahaha!!!" I start shaking with laughter. "Oh, Oh my god! You think close quarters in that armor is smart?! Hahaha! Oh, oh, oh, that's too funny, too funny!" I stop shaking and compose myself after a few seconds as she looks at me annoyed, "Look, I already know about Nightmare Moon, and I know you think you're ready but." I make a fist and hit my chest with it, "You need power armor Moon butt, and what you have, ain't even close, so please, leave the flood to me."
"If you wish, though you do seem to underestimate me." Luna gives a small confident smile prior to walking over to a shelf and pulling on a book with her magic, "Until then help yourself to these." a door opens.
I look at her before going to the door and walking into the room, and finding armor and weapons, albeit, less then what I've seen.
"What the fuck?! Who made these?!"
"Your kind of course, though I had always pondered why, though now I assume I know." she replies, picking up a pair of Covenant Plasma Rifles, "Though these seem out of place."
I take one from her, "Fucking great... We have Covenant to worry about as well... Fuuuuck!"
"Pardon us, but what, or rather who, are Covenant?" Luna asks as I inspect the red plasma rifles that oddly enough have human markings on them.
"Alien race... Or, race's, they fought with humanity for years, trying to kill humanity off for some great journey that was also a religion of theirs, humanity beat them back after many many casualties... And Spartans are one of the reasons they fought them back... Or, to be precise, one Spartan did."
"Interesting, may we know thy name, or does thy wish to be anonymous? If so we shall call ye Guardian of Equus." Luna says as she studies other pieces of equipment, including a double barreled Grizzly painted in woodland camouflage.
"Just call me the Demon, it's to show others to fear, and respect me, Also, that tanks only a hologram." As I say that, the Grizzly fizzes out from a projector, and I walk back to Emily, "You alright?"
"I'm good, Luna knows her magic, but uh, how do I go back to Earth?" she asks as she stroke the sleeping form of Vapor Trail's mane.
I take a deep breath, "From what I know... There is no way back, Displaced go to a world of Equestria of they're own, and do what they wish with it... That's what was on the phone Lee gave me."
"Well then, we need to find Dave before he goes and does something we are going to regret later, you know he hates ponies." Emily laughs.
"Why have holo-" Luna begins to speak but the tanks hologram flickers into a three dimensional walk through diagram, "That actually makes sense, you people are wise. Though we do not wish to call thee Demon, it is not who you are."
I look back at Luna "Luna, that's what the Covenant called Spartans, and I'm a Spartan, also, yes, we are wise, but that's only part of the time."
I look back at Emily, "Yeah... I still need to bitch slap him for being a Ultra Smurf."
"Heh..." she giggles before passing out and snuggling up with the rather fluffy pegasus.
I smile under my helmet before turning to Luna, "So... Is that all you wanted to talk about Moon butt?"
"Our sister is furious with us, but we wish to aid you, do you have a name soldier?" she asks again.
"And As I said, I will not give you one until you can gain my trust, for now, it's either Spartan, or Demon."
"Very well, Spartan it is." Luna begins looking around, "Take what you wish from this place, I shall find reading material, I wish to know more about our foe."
"There's obviously nothing on it in here. This is just a small base for holding supplies, the place with info is the place were I reside." I look around at the gear.
"What is this?" Luna inquires holding up a AI chip.
"That's an A.I. Chip... Empty..." I reply
"Interesting, and what of these?" she floats out two SMG's that are silenced.
"Silenced SMG's, preferred weapons for ODST's, or, Helljumpers... Spartans will use them on occasion."
"You said that close quarter weapons shall have no effect on the Flood, would thee teach us how to use these, they seem appropriate?" she asks as she float out bits and pieces of armor that are solid black and pony shaped.
"Now hold on, I never said close quarters was bad, I mean, me and my friend punched a lot of Flood with our bare fists, it's just your armor wouldn't protect you, but maybe I will teach you... Maybe..."
"If we are to aid thee in combat against this foe, we must be able to fight them." she says as she smiles down on Vapor Trail, "Do you suppose there is anything here to give her sight back, perhaps an artificial eye?"
"No, I got nothing, nor does Serenity."
"Hmm," she looks around, "Nothing here that could help then?"
"No, I could get her to my base and have her healed, unless you heal her, other then that, I really have nothing to help her."
"Her eye is gone completely, even in all our might we are unable to restore missing body parts." Luna replies with a sad look upon her face.
"It's the Flood, it will do so much worse if we don't stop the it."
"All the more reason to destroy them without mercy." Luna replies, a tear rolling down her face before she turns and begins stripping her old armor off.
I look away and look back Emily and Vapor. "Is there any beds in this place?"
"We do not know, we only accidentally entered this room once before, but Celestia forced us to leave it and never speak of it again." she replies as she slips into armor resembling that of a S-IV though with a distinct dark blue color scheme of Mk IV armor, "Will this suffice?"
I look at her and shrug, "I guess, and I mean a bed like somewhere nearby, not in this room, this is a castle after all."
"Oh, how silly of us, er, me, how long have I been speaking in plurals?" she asks as she levitates our two cuddling companions.
"Most of the conversation." I reply to her.
"Er, sorry, I am still unused to the concept of speaking without the traditional voice..." she says as she leads us back into the library and the secret armory closes.
"It's fine, don't worry."
"This way to the bedding chambers Spartan." she replies as she trots into the halls.
I follow her, looking at the hallways we walk down, and I look at all of the destroyed walls and trash the litters the ground.
"Pardon the dust, it was not one of, er, my better moments."
"I can see that... Nice place though..."
"Not really..." she replies as I find myself before a large oak door, "Make yourself at home, Celestia never visits."
"Alright" I open the door and walk into the room and sigh.
"I shall bed these two in their own room, as for myself, I have duties to attend to, the moon calls." She starts to leave the room.
"Alright, have fun I guess." I walk over and sit down on a random chair, only for it to creak and break under me, and I land on my ass.
"Fuck..."
I get up as she leaves, and I walk over and find a better chair and I sit down, before I look at my hands and turn them to look at them, "So... I have the same powers as Emily now? I wonder how I use them..."
"Since I really rather not help, your on your own."
"You're a fucking prick you know that?" I reply before sighing and leaning back in the chair, "Fuck it... I'm just gonna sleep..."
"Yes, please sleep so I don't need to hear you speak anymore."
"Fucking prick..." after that, I shut my eyes and quickly fall asleep.