{The next day}
(location:?)
(time: 8:57am)
-(Littlepip & Soma)-
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"Why dose everything her have a out to murder the crap out of everything that moves!" Soma yelled as he ran with Littlepip, killer robots were nipping at their heels. "I don't know, how about you ask them?" The unicorn yelled. She then dodged another blast fired by their pursuers.
"Come back, we only want to kill you for trespassing" one of the robots said clinically. "Nah, I think I'll pass that offer and stick with running like hell" Soma replied.
Soma stopped for a second and returned fire with his SMG before resuming his retreat.
"What was in that book that compelled you to take us here anyway?" Soma asked his unicorn companion. "Well, let's just say, I'm advised to find armor, weapons, and other supplies to survive, but I don't think anything was said about Luna damned murderous fucking robots wanting our heads on a pike!" She replied. Both then took cover behind some filing cabinets, Fire spewed past them when they did. "Oh great, might as well give them telekinesis and we can fucking call it a day" Littlpip swore, "I wouldn't honestly be suprised if they did, since they already have energy weapons, mini-guns, flamethrowers, saw blades, and the god-forsaken ability to fly." Soma mused, he peeked out and returned fire, taking out one of the smaller robots. Littlepip did the same, destroying a spider bot. The two then began to run again, they ran to the otherside of a catwalk.
"Also, I can't believe, that one robot called me a zebra, I'm Humanoid for crying out loud, how do they fuck up identification in AI mainframes that badly!?" Soma complains. "Now's not the time Soma!" Littlepip yelled. The two took cover again behind the covers railings on the catwalk.
"Step aside ladies, I got this" a voice said. with that, a red lazer shot past them and towards a robot, obliterating it. Both looked back to see another human in ODST armor, Soma recognized who it was by the gold markings, "Damon!?". "Who were you expecting, The Master Cheif?" He joked. Damon then ducked down from a retaliating energy blast and joined the two in cover. "Where in the hell have you been" Soma yelled. "Me and Jacob ran into a little slaver problem, in the town square, we couldn't use our comms around the time because they would of heard us, spent the whole night clearing the fools out with slit throats and snapped necks, we then decided to hold up in here to wait out until morning, that is until Jacob found a pack of cigarettes laying around and, loath and behold, the goddamn fire alarms in this wreck still work for some reason, now the place is swarming with metal death machines." The ODST explained. Littlepip looked at him in disbelief, "You're the Bucking jackass that set them off!?". "Hey, how the hell am I supposed to know that the tech here was still functional!? This place was fucked like It was hit by an earthquake in full force!" Damon yelled back. Soma leans over his cover and shot up another robot with his SMG before ducking down again, "Well, there's no use in arguing about it now, where's Jacob?" He asked. His squadmate got up and shot his Spartan lazer again, destroying another robot, "we were separated! I was looking for him when I ran into you and your little friend here!" He replied. "well that's just dandy, Have any ideas on dealing with these creeps" Soma asked.
Damons Visor clears up showing his face, and he smirks, "Do I? man, I'm the guy you go two when you want to blow the shit out of your problems, destruction is my specialty... Hey you, unicorn" he addressed Littlepip, "yeah?" She replies. "Take this belt of grenades and drop it in the middle of the catwalk" He ordered, throwing a strap of explosives to the unicorn. She caught it with her magic. Soma glanced at him in shock, "... You know, When Clara told me about her team while I was still in training, I didn't think she was serious when she said you're more distructive than a scuicide bomber... Now, I can see why she said that."
Littlepip pulled the pin on one of the grenades and then dropped them, but she realized that she dropped one at the base of her hooves, "Oh! Fuck me with Celestia's forhooves, Run for cover!" she yelled. She galloped back away from the catwalk, the two ODSTs followed in pursuit. They then took cover as a enormous explosion shook the area.
when they peeked out, they found that shrapnel and chunks were scattered everywhere. The catwalk was still there, it was very slump now and some of the supporters were detached, walking on it wouldn't be a good recommendation. Littlepip walked up to a destroyed robot and scavenged it for anything useful.
"So... How the hell are we going to get around now." Soma asked. Damon looked at him, "what do you mean". "Sir, with all do respect, we just fucked our only way out, you know damn well that the catwalk is now too unstable to hold anything heaver than a toddler." Soma explained. "Oh, that's easy, we do it the old fashion way and climb, there are open ledges we can climb down too and your unicorn friend can use her magic to levitate herself like she did to those grenades" Damon suggested. Littlepip objected to this, "I know that I've picked up small objects before, but never have I even tried considering picking up a whole pony, let alone myself.". Damon shrugged, "well, now is the best time to learn it, unless you want to how with plan B and find a way to make a pulley system to move you're heavy a-" before he could finish, Littlepip picked up a chunk of scrap metal and chucked hit hard at the ODST, knocking him on the head, "Oww! Son of a bitch!" Damon yelled in pain. "Don't even finish that sentence, asshole!" Littlepip warned, her face was turning a bright red.
Soma chuckled, "Rule number one when working with women, don't ever reference their weight". "Jesus, she can't take a joke, her and the boss would get along fine if they ever met" Damon commented, rubbing his head.
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after finally getting across the broken Catwalk, the trio ventured more around the building. The group had a few misadventures as they explored. After a while, they finally came across a room neatly furnished room. besides a few tarnishing details, the room seem it was carefully tended to. it gave Off a very homey feeling. The Orange paint on the wall has lost next to non of its warm vibrance. "Well, you pansies took your sweet ass time" a voice said, the three saw a man leaning back on a chair with his feet on the desk, it was Jacob, his helmet was on the desk and he was smoking a cigarette. "Well where in the hell did you go off to, Jacob" Damon asked. "I found me a small detour that lead me to this here office a couple of minutes ago, had a run in with those robots but I took care of em, this place seems to age preety well, with a few exceptions." He replied.
Soma and Littlepip went up to the bronze logo on the wall.
Iornshod Firearms
How do you like them apples
Littlepip didn't get it, but Soma did due to its shape. "Sweet Christ... That joke is just terrible" he said as he facepalmed. Damon laughed, "I guess, to them, this gunsmith logo was a real 'Kicker'". Littlpip stared at the human in disgust, "just hearing that makes me have the urge to buck you in the face Really hard" she said bluntly.
"when you three are done, have a look at this" Jacob said, the three came up to him and looked at the terminal on the desk. Alas the files on the device we locked. "Anyone have any hacking skills" Damon asked. Littlepip went up to the computer and began to hack the system's network.
"Well I'll be damned, the little missy here ain't half bad when it comes to computers" Jacob complimented.
when the unicorn finally got through the four of them started to download files and notes onto their Pipbucks, the ODST's then rerouted the data to their HUDs.
"well shit... There was a system to shut down all security" Damon said in disbelief. "The universe must hate us" Littlpip said. "Ain't that the truth" Jacob added.
Littlepip manged to open a safe and find some extra equipment as they continued to look around the room. "Hey guys" Soma said, grappling their collective atention, "There's a scoped revolver in this glass casing". Littlepip came up next him and observed it. "Holy hell, that's a .44 Magnum, who ever ran this place must have been some really lucky bastard to get ahold of one of these in this day and age, I think they stopped mass producing them a while back but ammo for them still could be found, and the craftsmanship of the handle is beautiful, it's made of white Ivory" Jacob stated. Littlepip took a few tries at lockpicking the glass casing before giving up.
"let's try the terminal again, maybe it will open it up for us" Soma suggested, Littlepip went back to said computer and discovered he was right, to her frustration. She told the computer to open the glass safe, as it did this an audio note started to play.
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"Cousin Braeburn, Ah know we ain't talked in some time, but the war effort's takin a twist for the scary, and ah might not have a chance t'see ya again. Ah want t'mend fences. Now, ah ain't gonna muck this up with words. We all know how well that went last time. Instead, ah'm sendin ya Lil'Macintosh as a gift and as an apology. T'show Im sincere. Keep 'Im safe for me, will ya?"
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There was silence in the room. "Wow... That's umm... Deep" Damon said. "It must have been a gift of forgiveness to her cousin, who I suspect was the owner of this place" Jacob assumed. "Little Macintosh... So that's it's name... Wait.." Soma said to himself. He realized something. He was at the Big Macintosh memorial yesterday when he landed, and the name of this gun was Little 'Macintosh'. Could the two be linked somehow?
Littlepip picked up the gun and equipped it into her saddle, along with the bullets for it found near the desk. "I think we should take it with us... I don't think it was made to sit here and collect dust" she said.
"May God bless the soul of both that young lady and her dear cousin" Jacob said.
With that, the team geared up and made their leave.
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The Group exited the building. As they continued to travel, they found some interesting items along the way. Eventually Littlepip introduced the ODST's to a 'friend' of hers. Though, the introduction started out shaky with his sudden appearance.
"Are you trying to give me a heart attack?!" Littlepip yelled.
"Oh, sorry" The flying bot said.
"Jesus, Boy! Don't scare us like that, we almost put you down like a Mad dog there!" Jacob exclaimed, lowering his shotgun.
the machine turned to the ODST and replied, "look I said I was sorry, ok, now are you going to hear me out or what? I can only have control of these things for a limited time you know". Soma nodded, "ok, though may I ask who we're speaking too"
"You can call me watcher... I assume you've already met Littlepip?" The bot addressed. Soma agreed to his claim, "yes... I'm Soma Amagi, UNSC... You may continue your statement". The bot turned and resumed talking to Littlepip, who was drinking a bottle of 'Sparkle~cola'.
"I see you've got some armor... And some friends", His mechanical voice seemed hesitant. "Yeah, I could probably go up to any stable pony and go "I am evil, bad, nightmare pony. Arr!" And, even dispite my size, they would take one look and flee." She said with a nervous laugh.
"Ah, it's alright short-stop, we'll compensate for that" Damon joked. Littlepip looked back at him, giving him a glare that said, 'don't make me throw another peice of scrap at your head again'.
The unicorn turned back to watcher and continued her conversation with him, "But I still have, a few... Issues" she said. She had been recollecting certain events that have happened. Even though she had armor, weapons, and decent allies, though one of them is a bane of her existance, she still had no idea to go from there. sure, she could tag along with the ODSTs or vise versa when they gather the rest of their gathered team, But then what? They had no bearing on where to go next.
She did talk to Soma the other night about this fact and they still have yet to figure it out. There is also the issue of the iradiated water. "Maybe the reason your having so much trouble finding your place is that you haven't discovered your virtue yet" Watcher offered.
Soma thought upon this, "Virtues... What do virtues have anything to do with this?" He quietly asked himself.
"What? How did you know... Oh nevermind... What do you mean, My virtue?" The unicorn asked.
The Robot began to elaborate, "well, you see, The greatest heros of Equestria, ponies, with lifelong bonds of unbrakable friendship and strength, were each known for exemplifying one of the great virtues of ponykind. Kindness, honesty, laughter..."
"Since when the hell was laughter a virtue?" Jacob interrupted.
"... Roll with me on this" Watcher continued, "... Generosity, Loyalty and magic. They really didn't know themselves, or each other, until one pony came to realize that her friends represented these virtues, and together they grew to live by them. Now, I'm not saying those are the only virtues, they are just a... Particularly important set. I'm just saying that perhaps if you learn to recognize the dominate virtue in your own heart, you will find yourself. And you won't need anyone or anything else to tell you your place in the w-" his voice was cut off by a sudden pop, then the device began to play music. "Brilliant..." Littlepip said, bluntly.
"Well... I guess that's all we're going to hear from him" Soma stated. The group then continued their way through the ruined town.
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As the team traversed their way to the edge of the town, the ODSTs began to strike a conversation.
"Damn... The more you look at it, This place looks just like" Damon was interrupted by Soma, "... Just like Reach... I know...". "Hey soma, i know it's a touchy subjuct but, your profile says how your family was on Reach when 'it' happened, is that true" Jacob asked. Before soma could reply to that scentence, their Comms picked up a signal. "Soma, come in" Clara's voice echoed. "Littlepip, stop for a second... Ok, go ahead Clara..." Soma said.
"I've picked up Damon's and Jacob's signal... I guess you found them, right?" Clara asked. Jacob responded to the question before he could reply, "Yes ma'am, we are alive and well... So, what do ya have in store for us?".
"Ok, I want you guys to turn on your radios on your Pipbucks, there's a broadcast of some sort going on and I think you might want to here it" She informed.
"alright then, hey Littlepip" Soma called to the unicorn. "What?" She asked. "Turn on your Pipbuck's radio, there's reports of a strange frequency going around" Soma ordered. With that the group turned on their radios and began to tune in on the broadcast.
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"Friends, ponies, rejoice! Although the world about you is bleak, scarred and poisoned by the war of honorless, thoughtless, inferior ponies of the past, we do not have to live in the shadow of their greed and wickedness. Together, we can raise Equestria back to its former beauty! Together; we can build a new kingdom where all live together in perfect unity! It's already happening, my good ponies. Already, the foundation for a new and wonderful age is being built. Yes, it's hard work, but don't we owe it to ourselves, and to future generations of ponies, to be better? No, to be the best we can possibly be? I'm telling you now, as your friend, as your leader, that we can. We must, And we Will!"
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The group pondered upon the message as music resumed. Soma had saved it to his HUD and Pipbuck for future reference.
"The ponies have a leader now?" Littlepip asked. "Man... He must have a messiah complex or something" Damon commented. "Well, you have to admit, with the shit this world's going through, he has some balls to be aggravating any of the hostile groups roaming this hellhole by acting like a preacher of God in their witness." Jacob added.
Clara's voice came over their comms, "well whoever it was, they could be a problem, this seems something the old covenant faction would say. Though I have yet to determine his intentions, we should keep a worry of his involvement... Are you guys at the edge of the city" she asked. "Yes... Where are you" Soma replied. "Me and Illya are on top of one of the buildings, scouting out our next destination, bring your unicorn friend up here, I would like to meet her in person now. I'll set up a waypoint on your HUD from here" She addressed.
The group then wandered in the direction of the becon set up for them.
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(Location: Outer ponyville)
(miscellaneous abandons house)
-(Littlepip)-
"Ok, she's ready and waiting for you now" soma addressed as he exited out of the building.
"Umm, so... Any recommendations on how to act in front of your captin?" Littlpip asked nervously. The group was right outside the door of a rundown two story house. "Simple, just act normal... And try to avoid commenting her about her assertive adittude in a negative aspect, do just that and you'll be fine... Otherwise you'll find yourself having a personal introduction with the dirt" Damon advised. "Oh, joy" Littlepip huffed. With that she then entered the building, closing the door behind her.
In there, the unicorn found herself in a room with two chairs in the center, in one sat another armored human, but this armor was different from the other ODST's, the helmet was shaped differently and and the whole set was mostly a clad of light blue. The visor was a bright shiny yellow. "Welcome, you may take a seat if you want." It offered, it's voice was distinctly female. Littlepip sat down in the chair across of the human. "What's your name, unicorn" she asked calmly. Littlpip felt slight tension in the air. "My name is Littlepip" she answered.
"littlepip... Sweet name for a mare of your age... My brother, Soma, told me a bit about you... Acording to him Your quite resourceful." The woman explained. "Umm, thank you?" Littlepip said in confusion. "I can tell that you still don't fully trust us, I can see it on your face" The woman claimed. "Well, you guys did just drop out of the sky, Caused a lot of commotion in the process, then soma brings me along... I'm just nearly left in the dark half the time. sure you may have little information like he said, but compared to you, I know absolutely nothing about what's going on and how I can aid you... Hell, I don't even know were I am, I spent so much time underground in a stable I can't tell where to go from here, what do you even want from me, I'm just a Pipbuck engineer!" Littlepip exclaimed. The woman let out a deep sigh, "I see" she said. With that, the woman raised her hands up to her helmet. She then began to detach and remove it. Littlepip looked in awe as the human in front of her took it off.
Long Silver hair drooped down from the woman's head, she then place the helmet in her lap. She looked back up at Littlepip, showing the unicorn the face of a young 29 year old woman. The mare could feel her scarlet eyes staring into her soul, the calm feeling emitted from them enveloped her body.
"What I'm about to tell you is secret and classified information, the only other person I have told this too was my brother and that was just a few minutes ago when you saw him exit the building. But before that, I'll give you my name... My name is Clara Amagi, I work for the UNSC and ONI. My brother may have told you we are here for a investigation... This is partially true, but the full story is more complex. I'm telling you this because I know that you won't trust me if I hold secrets from you." As Clara spoke, Littlepip was listening closely to what Clara had to say.
"We've been gathering information on your planet for a while now, we actually just recently discovered it... We then sent down some drones to assess the situation of your world, but they could only tell us so much so we then sent down a team to the surface to quietly record data and history for us to look into... The camp was attacked not to long ago, like said in the normal debriefing, we were sent to investigate the reasons why along with a few other things. But, there was more to it than that... There is something down here in this wasteland, something that reacted to our presence here. Around the time when the camp went dark, which was the day before it was attacked, we had picked up a massive energy signature coming from the planet. It seemed as if it was trying to communicate to us with a specific pattern of energy surges. Our AI managed to decode the pattern down to a dark message, "The darkness rises in the unity of the Fake God, they use the false Messiah to build a equal false utopia, it hurts, help me", then it just repeats. The strangest part is how this 'message' only interacted with the UNSC ships, and the most interesting part is how our ships' technology and layout were based off some designs discovered to belong to a ancient race called the Forunners."
"What are you trying to say?" Littlepip questioned. Clara looked at the unicorn with dead seriousness, "what I'm saying?... What I'm saying is their may be a Forunner AI or artifact on this planet, one with a personality and memories, and it's calling for help... But we don't know why it is though, and The only two men that were on observation team who may have know why just mysteriously vanish after an attack was made on the camp. while all the other scientists there, who didn't even know about the signal, were just left for dead".
"ok... But that dosnt answer my question on how I fit into all this" Littlepip replied. Clara smirked, "That's easy... We found something very interesting about the signal... It was being amplified by the local technology, using something like Pipbuck to increase the power of the surge, and you're a Pipbuck engineer in a sense, weather you realize it or not, you are our best chance at finding this entity. You might even give us a shot at communicating back to it. You are a very valuable asset to this, we need you here to help us with this mess, because who ever it was warning us about may already know why we're here, and may want to grab this thing before we do and if that happens then they could do serious damage to your world with the knowledge stored inside of it... I'm not asking you to join us, im asking for you to trust us enough to let us tag along... Also Soma said you were looking for someone, a friend, maybe if you let us prove ourselves by helping you find her, you can then let us stick around... So, are you in?" Clara asked.
Littlepip took in the information given to her. She was being sought out for help to find a anchient artifact by unknown alien lifeforms. And, if what they said is true about them willing to help her find Velvet, then they could be of great help.
The unicorn pondered about it before deciding and giving her answer to the ODST.
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Clara smiled kindly as she heard Littlepip's answer. "Thank you, you have no idea how important this is to us" she said. Littlepip nodded, "Just remember, I'll help you only under the condition if you help me when I need or request for it and your tagging with me and not the other way around.". Clara agreed as she placed her helmet back onto her head, "Indeed, I'll accept those terms, but Every tactical plan of action or personal request you have has to go through me first before you can go through with it"
With that the two exited the building.
"well hello ladies... How did the introductions go" Jacob asked. "Quite well lutenat... Gentlemen! If I may have your atention" Clara gestures to Littlepip, "Our new friend here, Littlepip, is going to be our guide around here, she is now also considered a valuable VIP, if you do anything that ingnores her consent in a disrespectful way or if you do anything to get her harmed then you WILL find my boot traveling up your sorry asses like a jet airliner! Do I make myself clear!" She yelled in authority. The men stood tall and saluted, "Crystal! Ma'am!" They said in unison.
Littlepip was shocked and amazed by how Clara got them all to listen so well. It was either out of respect or fear but she didn't care, she was glad this ODST captain was on her side.
"Now then, I don't think we'll find anymore valuable data about this world in this town... Well head out in ten minutes to look for any possible civilization. Littlepip, You can scout ahead to see if their are any friendlies or hostiles. Soma, since you've been doing so well at keeping an eye on her, you can be her escort. Now, let's get our asses in gear!" Clara ordered.
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As Soma and Littlepip scouted across the wasteland, the two began to exchange thoughts of the situation. "So, Clara told you about the Possible Forunner asset on this planet?" Soma asked. Littlepip nodded, "yeah, it's a lot to take in, but right now I just want to find Velvet Remedy before I decide to go on a adventure with some aliens" Littlepip mused. "Yeah I know, you're thinking about your friends first... Also, you have yet to see the Spartans assigned to meet with us when they can, they'll most likely find us sooner or later, but they might be able to help us find this thing a lot faster." Soma addressed. Littlepip was confused, "A Spartan... What's that?". "They're basically our trump card, they're genetically altered humans made to be fast strong and deadly, they're super soldiers in a sense, and you will lose your mind when you see the armor they wear" Soma explained.
The two kept walking until they saw something I the distance. "It looks like a camp" Soma said. Littlepip looked at it with her binoculars, "those are cooking fires". Soma pulled out a red stick and popped it, it then began to produce smoke, "that will let the others know that we've found something" he stated. The too then made their way to the camp. Littlepip began to trot faster, then she broke into a gallop.
"Jesus, you don't have to run!" Soma yelled. "Better catch up slow pok- ahhh!" There was a loud crack of a rifle and The unicorn yelled and collapsed in pain, her hind leg was shot. "Oh shit" soma yelled, he dodged a second shot that was intended for him, he then ran for a rock for coverage. "Littlepip! You alright!" He called out. "I'm shot in the fucking hind leg! Do I look alright to you!?" She yelled back. Before he could answer that he head her scream in pain as she was shot again. "Shit, this isn't good" he cursed. He popped a smoke grenade and ran to her position. Before he got to her, he was clotheslined by Something with immense speed, "ah! What the hell!?" He looked up to see a Rust-coolers Pegasus stallion with a orange mane and tail standing over him. He also took notice of the strange saddle he was wearing, he then realized something. "You can shoot that thing and fly!? Goddamit now that's just not fair" He complained. Before the Pegasus could do anything, he dodged a shot from Littlepip, who had been trying to get back up. "You can shoot at us all you want..." Littlepip spat, "but if you attack that family, I WILL END YOU!" She yelled, shooting again with Little Macintosh. Soma was confused at what she was saying until he had a look around and saw that there were other ponies around.
Soma capitalized the current conversation Littlepip was striking with the stallion to set off a distress becon via his HUD.
"Ah ain't attacking that caravan, you two are" the pony said. Soma came up with an idea then added to the conversation, "well you shot first, so you have no proof of that". "Shut your mouth before ah put a bullet in you next" the pony spat back. Soma grinned under the cover his visor, the stallion took the bait, "I don't think you'll be able to do that" he said back. "Oh really" the stallion turned to the ODST. "Yeah really" Soma challenged. "You think ah can't put a bullet into you two raiders here and now?" The stallion questioned. Littlepip coughed, "but we're not raiders!". "Well y'sure do look like one" The stallion said, gesturing to the armor Littlepip had equipped.
Soma saw that the mare was passing out due to blood loss. One more shot and she could possibly die. He needed to keep this pony busy just a little longer. He pulled out his DMR and shot over the stallion's head, taking his hat off In the process, the stallion turned around and shot The downed ODST in the shoulder, "Agh, son of a bitch that hurts" he yelled in pain. "That was a big mistake ya'll just made" The pony said, getting ready to shoot again. But before he could do that, a the boom of a shotgun was heard, and the the gun held on the strange saddle the pony was wearing was knocked out. The two turned to se Jacob With his smoking shotgun at the ready, "Ya'll might wanna rethink that statement, boy" the man smirked. With that, the other ODSTs arrived on the seen. Soma chuckled, his plan worked, he had the stallion busy long Enough for the others to arrive. "Five on one buddy, best you step away from our friends nice and slowly" Damon suggested, having his sights trained on the stallion.
Reluctantly, the stallion backed away. "Stand down soldiers, this boy's with us" a voice said. The team looked past the stallion to see a sight that shocked them. Two Spartans, one in Recon armor the other in hunter, were walking their way.
Clara didn't put down her weapon, "Nice to see you are here sir, but with all due respect, this Stallion just shot two members of my team with intention to kill". The Recon Spartan looked at the Pegasus, "is this true Calamity?" He asked. The Pegasus Nodded, "They seemed to be attacking the Caravan sir, Ah was simply doing mah job to protect it".
The Spartan nodded, "I see, this may have been one big misunderstanding... Now, someone get these two a Medpack". Illya ran up to Littlepip and checked the condition of the injured mare. "She needs to be moved to a medical facility, there's not much we can do for her here" he said. Damon and Jacob helped him pick up the Unicorn and began following some ponies who were directing them elsewhere. The Hunter Spartan looked down at Soma, "That move wasn't half bad kid, I guess there is some use for a running mouth after all" he complimented. The Recon Spartan chuckled, "I guess that means you owe Jonas an apology, Kai". The Spartan now known as Kai looked back at his Squadmate, "Hell no, I ain't apologizing to that smartass"
Clara Kneeled down to soma and began to tend to his wound,"Even when in war, I can't leave my eyes off you for more than 5 minutes, can I?" She joked. Soma laughed, "I guess you can't".
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A/N well, three chapters in and we already know that shit's going down with Forunner technology, eat your heart out shamalan XD. Anywho, we almost have all the starting cast, we are just missing a few more Spartans and a couple of elites but we'll get to them soon enough . I also want to say that i will be giving some hints to the Forunner entity in the future chapters, it's going to be the Cortana of this story kiddies so get redy for some Arc-system games levels of complex story progression. Don't worry, I'm not going to go overboard with it. And if your about to ask, yes, that was a small hint to Unity's involvement in the 'Message' the UNSC received. I hope you liked the chapter, please leave your reviews and tell me what you think. I'll see you in the next chapter, at Godspeed!
