Agent Frost and his teammates were walking with their fingers on the triggers. Amar was the center of a diamond formed by Wabowski in the front, Cranston in the rear and Collins, Lisa and Frost on the sides. Staton was far ahead scouting for the enemy, he flew using his jet pack through the foliage, this reminded him of his time in the Reaper Corps and the Icehouse where he "graduated" and became a Reaper moving alone through countless death traps.
"Hey, we could use this spot for a camp!" yelled Staton to his team.
"I agree with him, when the Zerg start showing up we could use the rest to outrun them." acknowledged Collins.
"Nice one Collins, looks like your time in the UED really paid off!" said Cranston.
"Not funny, I was sure that the Zerg would get me when I found you guys."
"We're all terrans here, well except Amar, but you get the picture. When I was still on Umoja I thought that the Zerg would massacre all of us, but you guys revealed to me that our camaraderie can beat the quality and quantity of the Protoss and the Zerg." Lisas words touched everybody's heart, even Amars.
"Even though we are very different I honour your cunning and prowess." said Amar.
"Tell us something about yourself, if you are feeling like it of course." said Wabowski.
"I am the last link in the Chain of Ascension, I am a Vanguard and only my death shall have meaning, I seek only for my failures to be forgotten." Amar answered.
"And what are these failures?" asked Lisa.
"The greatest of failures, weakness. I was assigned to guard one of our Pylons when the Zerg attacked, all my brethren fell, except me and since then I have been linked with Terrazine to this walker."
"It seems wrong, you should have been seen as a hero!" exclaimed Lisa.
"To my kind, strength is the highest of virtues and I have lost mine."
"Leave him Lisa." Collins interrupted.
Frost observed silently the conversation while checking every angle for an ambush then went to talk with Peter.
"Kid, are the sensors picking anything?" he asked.
"Just a few lifeforms that don't look like Zerg so I think we're good for now."
"When they come we will need every man available." Frost said while unsheathing his pistol "Take this and watch your six."
"I'm a pilot, not a fighter."
"There is a beast in all of us, it's up to us to unleash it" Frost finished while handing Peter the gun and then climbed a tree for a vantage point.
Peter held the pistol in his left hand due to his broken right hand and he stared at it for a few moments before tucking it in the bandage to keep it still. He saw Frost climb down the tree and overheard him speaking with Staton.
"You know that the mobility of the Zerg is almost unmatched so when they come I want you to keep them off us while we escape, understood?" Frost ordered the Reaper.
"Oh, that's all? I'm gonna' have me some fun." Staton answered.
Peter then saw all the sensors going critical: "Contact!" he shouted. Everybody stood with their guard up almost instantly after the alarm and started making their way out of the forest. The Terrans managed to convince Amar to lead the way due to his slow speed despite his eagerness for battle. Cranston and Collins spotted some Zerglings and started firing in the forest while they were moving in formation.
"We're surrounded!" announced Peter "They're everywhere!"
"Then shoot everywhere!" yelled Cranston "Bomb'em to hell!" he yelled again after he took out two roaches.
Staton knew what he had to do, he reloaded his pistols and readied his grenades and the he broke through the Zerg throwing charges everywhere and getting their attention, soon almost all of the Zerg were following him and some even managed to hit him while he was dodging their attacks. He hastily planted some charges and lured the Zerg over them, he readied a grenade and before he threw it he yelled: "Geronimo!". The blast wounded him badly and launched him towards his fellow teammates.
"Staton!" yelled Lisa.
"Don't worry man, I'm coming for you!" Cranston said before bolting for his fallen comrade followed by Lisa while the rest provided cover fire.
When the two reached Staton, the Zerg managed to get close to them and Cranston was shooting everywhere while yelling: "Kaboom baby! It's blasting time!" getting a little careless he got his left grenade launcher jammed and with him still pulling the trigger almost all of his arm exploded and he started screaming:
"AHHHH! Doc, I need some medicine!" he yelled.
"Freakin' healing beam broke, I'll get Staton, you retreat!" Lisa said while picking up Staton and running behind Cranston to their comrades.
Everyone was running as fast as they could, Amar had a head start so he could not worry about getting swarmed. Collins was carrying Staton and Cranston was still going while Lisa did her best to ease his pain on the run and Frost and Wabowski were firing on the Zerg that got too close.
Finally, they managed to exit the forest and regrouped with the Protoss and dug a makeshift trench not to far from the woods. Lisa was tending to the wounded while the rest were fighting for their lives.
"It's good to see that you are still with us!" shouted Frost towards Nalis while they were fighting side by side.
"The will of a Templar cannot be broken so easily!"
"Do you think that Niagra will be able to finish in time?"
"I don't know, but we must hold as long as we can!"
The battle took a heavy toll on the Protoss, the only ones remaining were the High and Dark Templar, Vuhandis and Nalis. Billy got shot with one of the Hydralisk spines in his stomach and now was screaming so loud that his voice was now booming on the battlefield. Vuhandis was in the front and as he fought he yelled his battlecries.
"We march to victory! Come brethren, join me in glorious combat! Our cannons are singing in the name of the ancients and strike woe to our enemies!" his lines rejuvinated his comrades that now were fighting alongside him killing every Zerg that they see "Our fury is unyielding! The battle is ours!" but after he announced this the Zerg got reinforced with more Roaches and Hydralisks "The enemy closes! Let darkness be parted" he yelled again before his shields failed and was attacked and surrounded "You will not fell me without sacrificing yourselves!" he yelled as he detonated his walker and eradicated all the Zerg that attacked him.
The Terrans and Protoss were still fighting with every bit of energy they had and then an Ultralisk emerged from the forest and began charging down, the High and Dark Templar looked at each other before they started merging into an Archon. The very air crackled as it made way for the psionic energies that formed the Archon. "Power overwhelming!" is all that it said before blasting away almost all of the Zerg before getting hit by the Ultralisk and being pushed back. With its shields being close to breaking, the Archon used its entire energy to generate a vortex that sucked the Ultralisk in and killing it.
Nalis was surrounded by Zerglings and before they attacked she yelled: "For the Daelaam!" taking as many as she could with her to the grave. Colt and Collins were blasting away before they were taken down by Hydralisks. Now only the rest of the Terrans and Amar remained.
"We can't take much more of this heat!" screamed Wabowski.
"Lisa, what's happening?" asked Frost.
"We lost Staton, he bled out!"
"Amar, keep firing those Scatter Cannons! You are our only hope now! And for goodness sake shut Billy up!"
"I ain't waitin' to die! Let's have a blast!" yelled Cranston before jumping into the fray with only his one hand firing grenades.
"Peter, you have anything on Niagra?!" Frost screamed.
"No sir, but it seems that some of the Zerg are pulling back. It seems that she is almost done!" replied Peter and Frost turned to him.
"Good, we only need to hold out a little longe..." he started to say before being hit by two spine that were sticking out of his chest and right arm.
"Frost! Everyone, to our captain!" yelled Peter before charging alongside Cranston and Wabowski.
After a tough fight trying to get Frost to safety Peter was carrying him before some Hydralisks emerged from the ground and started firing towards them. Cranston jumped in front of their spines and before they hit he took out those that fired them, after that he fell down lifeless.
"The hour is upon us!" Amar was announcing their deaths when suddenly the entire sky crackled with psionic energy and all the Zerg started raging.
"Get the captain to safety!" ordered Lisa before being hit by Zerglings and Peter was hit from behind, he dropped the unconscious Frost and fell over him. Wabowski was launched in some bushes concealing him completely and the Zerg turned their attention to Amar and started charging towards him.
"So shall I suffer!" he prepared himself for his end when suddenly all of the Zerg dropped dead, but not before some of them crashed into him and toppled him to the ground and he too fell unconscious.
From a distance the ponies of Ponyville accompanied by the Princesses and some of the Royal Guard and the Wonderbolts watched in horror at the actions that unfurled before them.