The Koprulu Sector

by TheKopruluSectorUnion

Chapter 19: It... is... on!

Like any merchant spaceport, the place was busy with commerce. Merchants were all over the streets trying to press their wares on anyone who walked by, while ships were constantly coming and going. The air was hot with the heat of the Korhal Desert, and the two ponies were leaving pools of sweat as they made their way through the outdoor portions of the starport.

Sweetie Belle and Sovereign had just finished speaking with one of the dock masters who had informed them that Fix It's ship had already left, most likely due to their lateness. He was considerate enough to leave behind a sum of bits for the dresses, though the dock master charged a rather extravagant tariff for the exported goods. Sweetie Belle was fairly certain they had just been scammed, but they weren't really in a position to take it up with the authorities at the moment.

"Right back where we started from aren't we?" asked Sweetie Belle.

"Well at least I have a nice hood to show for it," joked Sovereign.

Sweetie Belle looked at Sovereign's hood with a bit of distaste. She wasn't a true fashionista like her sister was, but one didn't have to be to know Sovereign looked like an idiot wearing that thing. Mixed with his ripped up clothing and bruises, he somewhat resembled a hobo. "First order of business, we need to find you a new hat. I can't have people thinking I'm going out with a homeless stallion."

"That's a bit superficial don't you think?" asked Sovereign.

"Fine then. You go ahead and dress like a vagrant. See if I care," she said. "Of course, you'll probably draw the attention of your cultist friends. I can't keep hanging with you if you're actually expecting me to mother a generation of ooze worshiping lunatics. Oh look, there they are right now!" said Sweetie Belle pointing excitedly.

"Damn it! I said don't make eye contact!" said Sovereign ducking his head. "They don't see us yet do they?!"

Sweetie Belle began to laugh at Sovereign. "No, they aren't really here. Calm down."

Sovereign calmed down, but when he looked in the direction she was pointing, his anger flared. In the distance, Sovereign saw a familiar earth pony mare. She wore a purple fur coat, bright green eyes, and a black mane with a grey streak through it. She was wearing a black jacket, but her cutie mark was still exposed, which appeared to be that of a hoof splashing in the water.

"That's her!" said Sovereign.

"Umm... who is she?" asked Sweetie Belle.

Sovereign took Sweetie Belle's duffle bag and searching for his warp blade. "That's the mare who pick-pocketed me!" he said with anger in his tone. Finally he grabbed the warp blade and strapped it onto his right forward hoof. "She's going down!" was the last thing he said before he took off running.

"Sovereign wait! You can't activate that here!" she shouted. Her words fell on deaf ears as Sovereign was already in pursuit.

Now in full sprint, he leaped into the air hoping to tackle the thief to the ground. The mare looked up at him, and for a moment time seemed to stop. Their eyes locked, and she gave him a confident smile that suggested whatever he was trying, she was way out of his league. She quickly rolled on her back and aimed her rear hooves towards him. As Sovereign landed chest first onto her hooves, the mare used her momentum and tossed him over head into the ground.

Still on his back, he looked up to the see the mare still smiling at him. "So you're a Dark Templar after all? Guess I was right about you" said the purple earth pony staring at his warp blade. Black mist surrounded Sovereign as he phased out and teleported behind her in an attempt to grab her from behind. When he phased back in, she was gone. A pair of hooves suddenly covered his eyes, and he heard a mocking voice whispering into his ear, "Catch me if you can." He found himself shoved into the ground as the mare took off at an impossible speed.

Sovereign got back to his hooves and was once again in full pursuit. The mare quickly ran behind an alley out of public view. Sovereign did his best to keep up with her speed, but with each step the gap lengthened. She was clearly faster than he was, so Sovereign began to use his teleportation to close the gap at each corner.

Eventually he teleported to the corner only to be met with a hoof. Sovereign blocked the attack, then retaliated with a right hoof of his own. The mare dodged his attack, and tripped his left hoof. With both front hooves in the air while still in a quadrupedal stance, Sovereign momentarily lost his balance, and was easily shoved down.

He looked up to see the mare running towards a dead end that was being cut off by a brick wall. She jumped into the side wall, then jumped off that wall to clear the ally wall. Sovereign phased into black mist again, teleported over the wall, then while in mid air performed another teleport towards the fleeing mare.

Sovereign reappeared as he tried to drive his hoof into her back, but the mare side stepped the attack causing Sovereign to land next to her instead of on her. She drove her hind legs into him, but Sovereign dodge the kick, surrounded one of her legs in the black mist, and with the might of the void, he threw her into the air against the alley wall.

As the mare flew through the air and into the wall, she repositioned herself for the impact. Rather than slamming into the wall, she gracefully landed on all four hoofs. Before gravity could get the better of her, she pushed off against the wall, leaping through the air to the opposite wall, and breaking through the window on the buildings second floor. She even managed to crash into the window using the portion of her body covered by her jacket, preventing the broken glass from cutting her.

Seeing the acrobatic display, a brief moment of clairvoyance entered Sovereign's mind. Clearly this wasn't your run of the mill pick-pocket. She mentioned that she knew he was a Dark Templar. She also happens to be a talented fighter, and with the move she just pulled off, it was obvious this mare has received some special training. She had also lured him into an abandoned ally where no one could see them.

If he just took a moment to put these facts together, he might have realize that perhaps the meager amount of bits in the wallet she had taken weren't worth the effort. Just before he reached a logical conclusion, she stuck her head out of the broken window, waved at him, and blew a kiss. Once again, emotion overpowered logic, and the furious Sovereign was once more in pursuit of the mysterious mare.

It was time to take off the metaphorical gloves. Sovereign removed his clothing, turned himself invisible, then teleported into the building after her. Originally he had just planned to get his wallet back, but now he was ready and willing to use his warp blade if she continued to make this more difficult than it had to be. The inside of the building looked like an office of some sort and was empty. Sovereign cautiously made his way through the maze of cubicles, keeping an eye and ear out for the mare.

As Sovereign made his way through the office, he heard a noise come from behind. He quickly turned around expecting to find the mare behind him, but instead saw only a stapler on the ground. For some reason the floors sprinkler system turned on, drenching his coat. The mare, also now drenched, leaped over the cubical wall and drove a hoof into his side inflicting great pain, but not enough to take him out of commission.

Even though she wasn't wearing any kind of special eye-wear, she was still able to see him while invisible. Sovereign was still able to swing his warp blade, igniting her jacket on fire. While the sprinkler system would have eventually put out the flames, the mare didn't feel like getting burned. She quickly took of the jacket, revealing a small utility belt around her waist. From it she produced a small round device which she threw onto the ground, exploding into green mist. With both of their fur coats drenched, the mist turned into a sticky paste, covering them both in a layer of glowing green substance. Sovereign's invisibility was now further compromised.

The mare was now standing in a bipedal fighting stance, wearing precision gloves that were both clenched shut in fists. Typically only military personal in the Dominion were trained in such a fighting stance. As Sovereign was still recovering from the kick to the sides he had received, she drove a right steel fist into his face, followed by a left fist to the side, then a right kick to the opposite side. His vision momentarily blurred, he decided he needed to take a moment to recover.

Sovereign teleported into the darkness, leaving the mare at the mercy of the shadows. Now it was the earth pony's turn to wander through the maze of cubicles. It shouldn't be too hard to spot him, since both of them were pretty much walking light bulbs at the moment. The sprinkler system stopped pouring, and silence overtook the office. The mare listened carefully and heard a noise coming from behind a cubicle. She quickly turned the corner expecting to find her prey. Instead she found a stapler surrounded in black mist, moving on its own, and tapping against the desk.

Realizing she had just fallen for a decoy, the mare turned around and saw Sovereign's blade rushing towards her. She just barely managed to dodge it, but still received another hoof to the gut. The impact was strengthened by the Void, which sent her flying through the cubicle. Sovereign reached out with the void, surrounding her in the black mist, then pulled her towards him. She flew towards Sovereign face first as he prepared to slice her head off.

The mare however, was not completely helpless in the air as she managed to grabbed the gauntlet emitting the energy blade before Sovereign could finish her. With Sovereign's magic still pulling her towards him, she flew into him and wrapped her arms tightly around him as the two ponies fell to the floor.

The two glowing wet ponies rolled around for a while, trying to pin one another to the ground. Sovereign, being naturally stronger, ended up on top of her. He felt a stinging pain on his side, but ignored it and proceeded to press the blade towards her neck. The mare grabbed his hoof and tried to push it off, but Sovereign was confident his strength would prevail. At least he should have, but for some reason he felt his strength waning.

His legs and hooves began to feel like rubber as the mare gently pushed his blade away from her neck with only one hand. With her free hand she revealed an empty syringe, then smiled and shrugged. You have got to be kidding! Why does every mare I meet try to drug or kill me?! Is that how mares in the Dominion get husbands or something?! he thought to himself. "Does every Imperial mare carry a syringe with her?" he asked.

The mare easily rolled the two of them to the side, now she was on top of Sovereign. He tried to struggle, but his legs had gone completely limp. "Only the ones your mother warned you about" she said with a wink. She took a moment to examine his features more closely. "Grey fur, white mane, blue eyes and a broken horn. You must be Sovereign."

"Dominion Intelligence?" asked Sovereign right before he lost his ability to speak.

"The one and only. I'm Rain Sight by the way" she replied. "Normally I don't get to hunt rogue infiltrators. You're actually my first, so I guess that makes this special. I bet you Sweetie Belle is probably watching this. I hope this piques her interest if she is." Rain Sight wrapped her arms around Sovereign to bring his head closer to her, then kissed him deeply. It was her way of letting him know that he was the helpless one, and that right now he was completely at her mercy. Sovereign could only silently pray that Sweetie Belle wasn't watching. "I hope things aren't moving to fast, but I'm taking you home. Call me old fashioned, but I think it's appropriate you meet my father before we take this any further."

I will never meet a normal mare will I? Sweetie Belle I hope you didn't see that just now, were Sovereign's last thoughts before he finally passed out.

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There's no need to fear at all
All stay patient at my call
There's no room for worry or fear
The sound of harmony is all you hear.

Sovereign's little stunt with the teleportation seemed to have attracted a lot of attention. Sweetie Belle did her best to clean up his mess and force everyone to calm down and return to their normal business. She was getting much better at using her power, and the guards quickly ignored the commotion that had just happened. Of course, if anyone already called it in, then odds are Dominion Intelligence wasn't too far behind.

Sweetie Belle was also surprised by that mare's reaction time when Sovereign not only tried to tackle her, but also teleported behind her. She wasn't expecting that from a common cut-purse. The fact she had taken off so quickly didn't help either. With the delay from covering Sovereign's tracks, Sweetie Belle had already lost track of the mare and Sovereign.

Sweetie Belle went to the alley where she last saw them turn the corner, but they were long gone already. She huddled behind some bushes where she was certain no one would see her, then put on her goggles and scanned for any sign of psychic discharge. It took a few minutes before she finally picked up something. Against Sweetie Belle's warnings, Sovereign had decided to activate his warp blade. It seemed like a rather excess use of force for dealing with a pick pocket. If he killed her, now not only did he give off a psychic discharge, but they would have a body to hide as well.

That idiot! What's he thinking?! Sweetie Belle zoomed in on his psychic silhouette, which indicated that he was invisible at the moment. It probably wouldn't be long now before he got the better of her at least. But suddenly his silhouette vanished, meaning he had turned off his invisibility for some reason. All she could see now was the warp blade occasionally extending and moving around frantically. Sweetie Belle was too far away to be of any assistance, but she did want to see what was happening in that room.

There were active security cameras on that floor, and the Dominions hacking devices were second to none. It only took a few seconds for her goggles to hack the camera in the room, and what she saw she almost couldn't believe. It's not what it looks like. she thought to herself. They're obviously fighting... rolling around on the floor... wet.... naked... wrapping in each others arms... and glowing green for some reason. Sweetie Belle did her best to rationalize what she was seeing, but the more she saw, the more her fears got the better of her. They had stopped rolling around, and now Sovereign was on top.

Sweetie Belle eagerly watched the two naked ponies, waiting to see what Sovereign would do next. You have two ways to penetrate her right now Sovereign. You'd better choose your approach wisely. He had his blade to her neck, but for some reason he wasn't going for the killing blow. Instead, he was letting her gently push the blade aside while smiling at him.

Anger started to flow through Sweetie Belle's soul, but she had to stay calm or else it might imprint on other ponies. She took a deep breath as she continued to watch the depravity. Only now she was on top of Sovereign! You slut! Don't even think about it! Don't you even think about it! she thought to herself as the mare wrapped her hooves around Sovereign. Slowly her head bent down towards him with her lips puckered up.

No! No! No! Don't you do it! Don't you dare do it! Sweetie Belle's rage exploded uncontrollably as the mare embraced her coltfriend in a passionate kiss. Suddenly Sweetie Belle could hear the sound of fighting around her as ponies began to turn uncontrollably violent. Sweetie Belle was causing mass hysteria all around her, but she didn't care about that at the moment. All she was thinking about was the mare who just signed her own death warrant by trotting onto her territory.

Sweetie Belle took off her goggles, her eyes now filled with malice. They were emitting a bright green light as green lighting crackled around her horn. "IT... IS... ON!"

Author's Note:

There you have it. You don't have to have magic powers to join Dominion Intelligence, you just have to be exceptional in other ways.

If you haven't already, definitely read "She Comes when the Rain Falls" before reading the next chapter. It's a one shot story, only about 7.6k words. I'll help you get a better understanding of the characters in the next chapter. Also it has lots of zerg in it, so that alone is reason to check it out.

Comments

[Unholyheaven]

2709987

Someone drugged your sweet roll?! HOLY CRAP, Why didn't I use that?!

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That's my biggest regret this chapter

[Gapeagle]

I don't really mind the short chapters, just as long as they are coming. Sovi could have just punched that spy with his remaining strength just to get back at her somewhat.

And... ahem "THAT MARE IS A SPAIE!!!!"

[Unholyheaven]

2710123

Damn it again! I got to get you to pre-read some of these for me, that material is gold.

BTW, what do you think about Dominion Intelligence so far? I'm trying to make them seem like a likable organization. Not likable in the way you would like them if they were real, because they're pretty much a space pony version of the gestapo. But like them in the way that you enjoy seeing them in the chapter because they always make thing interesting.

I love starcraft lore, but damn it I wish we could see more of the espionage and shadow wars that happen in that games universe. I understand that there hasn't as much big zerg battles that starcraft is famous for as a result, but I'm really hoping all the intrigue and spies are just as interesting. I can promise you you'll see plenty of zerg in the future. Though lack of zerg is part of the reason I made that portion of She Comes When the Rain Falls so long. Wanted to show how the Confederates fight.

[PINIPF]

2710178 Oh there will be enough Zerg when these guys : come in the picture Ze zerg we control non shall prevail us! We go!

[KRissCHu573]

Well at the very least she is well raised. I mean, how often do you meet a chick from another planet, who doesn't want to take things seriously, before you meet her Pa. When a guy hears this the command - Run Forest, run! turns on, but I don't think that is an option here. So we get to see some mare on mare action? Nice. And I think you managed to acomplish the desired effect for the DI.

[Gapeagle]

2710178

The Dominion Intelligence seems pretty bad so far actually. Pickpockets and hookers are in their ranks. They may not use lethal force all the time but with a leader (if she is the leader) like Twilight, I say they are like the Gestapo which are way more evil to the DI right now, but still pretty bad.

And the absence of the zerg is quite understandable. You have created a post Second Great War Korpulu Sector which probably would have very little zerg in it. And wasn't there a short story about the Dominion training zerg and it went horribly wrong?