Chapter 3

The land within the Cosmodrome was cover in snow; the hefty sleet covers half of the ground as the chilly wind passed by. There were a few rusted vehicles on the ground with snow covering the top. The melted metals were still hot from being cutted down, as if they were still flesh from earlier.

A masked pony walked passes the burning metal bars while a few small flying robots continue cutting down nearby metals. He wore a dark blue hoodie with a fluffy light-brown fur on the exterior of the hood. His face was cover with a gray mask with a black ski goggle covering his eyes. The only thing showing was his white horn.

He looked up at the large metal wall with the giant hole, like something took a bite out of it. He turned his head around to see a ship flying away in the distance.

"You better care of my girl, moonlight" He said as he removed his goggle and his mask down. Cloud looked at the skies before walking toward the large wall. There was a highway connected to the wall but the bridge was cut off with a large ship he had ever seen.

The area between the wall and the ship look pretty clear to him. "Nothing but rocks, snow, and more snow"

He walked over to the main entrance of the wall. As he got closer, there were rows of cars, cover with snows. Fortunately, there was a door busted open to the left. He enters the side passage, leading to the inside of the wall.

He walked pass the dusty windows, viewing the rusted cars cover in snow. The glass was emitting a blue light, from the outside like if the broken vehicles were still working. It was getting darker as he went deeper into the wall. The cold air passed the unicorn ear, getting him chills as it sound like something was whispering things to him. Cloud lilted a light from his horn, using it as flashlight.

He walked through the dark end of the hall, until he heard rumbling within the walls. Quickly turning his head toward the open square space in the wall, only seeing something crawling away before he gotten a better look.

"It would be a good time for backup" he whispered as he continues up the stairs.

The cold air blushed against his face before walking out into the open. He was still inside the wall as he looked around, but just without a roof. The Cat walk around the interior were fallen apart, the ground was cover in snow as the outside. There were small drone cutting the metal around the places. Putting his hood over his head and his mask up, he jumped down to the white soft ground, leaving the impact of his jump. He looked around before continuing forward.

Somewhere within the wall, there were figures moving though the walls, climbing their way to the intruder. The sound of hissing spooked the pony as he walked to the fallen catwalk. Continuing up though and out of the wall, he found himself at another snowy area with a couple of rusted building and tanks. Be continued forward until a growl stopped him. He looked around, taking out his pistol as he made quick glances around the area.

Then he heard something in the skies. He looked up to see a flare being fire in the air until a large alien dropship appeared, with some dark diamond shape things attached on it along with red wires. The drop ship began to drop aliens with four or two arms with the taller ones wearing a dark cloak around them. He then notice that these were fallen but these one were different. The fallen were less organic, having red glowing eyes. It had metal arms and tube running with red liquids on the armor and body. There were strange red particles flying around them.

Cloud took cover behind some barrels before taking out his pistol, beginning to shooting the fallen, which took cover behind a few concrete wall and rusted trucks, one of the fallen shot out red plasma round at the unicorn, hitting a nearby barrel.

He saw a fallen popping out of cover, by instinct; he aimed his pistol at the fallen and placed a few rounds into it. As the dreg felled down into the snow, a strange red particles surrounded the fallen before it got right back up.

"Don't these things ever die?!" Cloud thought as he took out ammo for his magnum. "Wait… three rounds only?" he looked at the small pounce on his side, there were only one left in the bag before he grabbed it out.

"Out of ammo at the wrong time" he mumbles as the fallen were getting closer and he was low on ammo, and that these bullets won't affect them easily.

"Woah, you look different" A static voice said, spooking the pony.

"AH- Wait- Arc? Is that you?" He said, looking at the taken ghost.

"The one and only" Arc said while Cloud missed one of his shots.

"Where Dusk? I really need some help" Cloud said.

They then both heard shotguns blasts and dying hissing noises. Looking out of there cover, they both sawed a titan class guardian holding a shotgun while dashing through the fallen, shooting them with one shot each then sliding to the last fallen vandal, blasting the head off with blue blood covering him helmet while a strange white aura escaped the fallen body.

The guardian walked over to the two other, who were standing in the freezing snow with the falling snowflakes landing on their faces. Cloud removed his mask to reveal his face.

"I never thought I would see you again" The guardian said, as he holsters his Chaperone on his back. The unicorn smiled to see his old friend.

"Dusk, is that you?" Cloud asked.

"Who else would use this shotgun" Dusk laughed as he rubbed the pony head.

Dusk had the same type of armor as before, but with a few changes. His shoulder pieces where now a shape of a pentagon, it had the same picture as his chest plate. The cloak on hind hip was a bit smaller, with a picture of a tree without leaves, the colors were orange and the tree had a darker color. His belt had a few pouches with one large blue bag on his left side and a knife on his right. He still had the same chestplate when they fought Daganth together, with Connor and Keksis.

"Eh zee thank… but how did you guy know where I was" Cloud said, wondering how they know and got here fast.

"Well, we got a small tip from someone about someone needing our help here"

"We still don't know who told us" Arc said, expanding his body "Here is what the message said"

"Guardian, you may not remember me, but I do. Listen, your friend will need your help soon and, there will be a greater threat to the guardian, worst then the fallen"

Cloud then notices something about the recording, something that was similar to him but he couldn't remember what it was.

"Sorry, I don't know. But there is another thing I would like to ask" he walked over to a dead fallen "What is that?! I know it fallen but, what happen to it"

Dusk walked to the fallen body while Arc was scanning it. "These were fallen, but something changed them. A lot had change since our departure, the devils, which are the fallen wearing the red cloak. Somehow they manage to dig up a golden age nanotechnology, call SIVA… or that what the Iron lords call them" Arc said.

Cloud gave them a puzzling look "What is a Siva" he said

Dusk turned around and started walking toward a building; he waved Cloud to follow him. They both walked to the side of a building to see a large red wire that look like muscles, attached to the building to the ground. There were black diamond shape thing on the wires with a few of them glowing red.

"This is Siva, or what remain of it. It spread like a virus, going everywhere to spread it corruption. The fallen infused themselves with Siva, thinking that they can become gods or something. Fortunately, a group of guardian manages to seal the source of Siva"

"And then a fireteam of six guardian also mopped up a group of machine priests" Arc said before his robotics eye blinked "Incoming transmission"

"Dusk you there?"

"Go ahead Liara" Dusk responded

"We're done on our side, what about you?" Liara asked.

Dusk glanced at the unicorn before turning back.

"All good here, But not meeting up with you yet. Meet me at the temple; I'm bringing in a friend"

"Alright then, Nate and I will meet you back" she said before the message ended.

Arc went back to his small spike ball form as booming sound shook the air. There was a Jumpship with blue and green paint job. It had a pointy nose, three engines, and twin cannons. It went hovering over the guardian and his ghost. Teleporting them into the ship.

"Uhh, Dusk? You do remember what happen last time right?" Arc said. Dusk look puzzled until a light appeared in front of him, making a white unicorn appearing, landing on the titan lap.

"Ah-NO, not again!" Dusk shouted

"Hey, at least I'm not wearing armor"

"Where is your ship Cloud?" Arc asked

"Moonlight has it, he said he'll be back… you know, I just realized something, you remember Rust right? That one merc that we encountered Back on Arcton, Well, he had the same… Siva thing on him" Cloud said

"Yea, we know" Dusk said.

"We found that out after we first encountered a splicer"

"What a splicer?" he asked, Dusk pressed a few button on the hologram keyboard, showing the fallen that they fought earlier.

"That is what we call them, you know machine and flesh combined" He explained, before flying the ship into the skies.

Keksis was standing in front of the two captains of canterlot and the crystal empire with the four princesses behind them: Celestia, Luna, Cadence, and Twilight. Canterlot was in a panic, believing that the captain of the guard had turned evil like king Sombra before he was corrupted with power. Some believed that he went rogue, other thought he was a spy for the new order or an unknown organization. The royals tried to contain the panic, but words gone out to the rest of the world as more and more residents were beginning to panic.

"Keksis, I'm giving you a mission. The mission is to find and capture the former and rogue Captain Cloud Spark" Captain Armor said.

"What he did last night was unacceptable. But the power that he showed was nothing that neither Luna nor I had ever sawed. We request that he be bought in, alive" Celestia said, keeping her stern face straight.

"Yes your highness" Keksis bowed

"We have guards looking for him all other equestria. But since he has his ship, he might be on others planets. You should start with earth" Shining armor said.

"Why earth? Doesn't that place have guardians, why would he go there?" Keksis said.

Celestia looked at keksis with a unsure look, closing her eyes she said "Perhaps there is something that is guiding him"

"Or someone" Cadence interrupted

"I will find him, your highness" Keksis said coldly, before turning around.

"Just before you go keksis, we are sending our best spy in the guard, she is really loyal to us, and I believe you had already may met her" Armor said, turning his head to the right. Keksis looked to see a blue Pegasus mare wearing a dark spec-op suit.

"Lieutenant Blaze Blossom, reporting for duty"