Chapter 26

Yeah, the title of the chapter was very cliches or something like that. I WAS planning to make this longer by adding two chapters into one, so I can get this done- But i was like "nah, just leave it and make another chapter"

Dusk, Cloud, Keksis, and the other two guardians stood in front of the Large fallen boss. Dregs surrounding them with Shanks and Vandals beside them. The guardians with their firearms, Cloud with his hand cannon, and Keksis with his spells.

The large fallen pointed one of his hand forward while speaking in a language that none of the guardians could understand.

Dusk tossed an hammer to a large group of fallen, exploding the ground while burning the rest. Liara and Keksis ran to the right side of the room while Nate and Cloud went to other side. After taking down a couple group of fallen splicer, The guardian turned his attention toward the large fallen, throwing his last remaining hammer at it, only for a swarm of Siva blocking his attacks as the Fallen boss fired shrapnel at the guardian

Dusk quickly took cover from incoming plasma fire as Nathan was firing his scout rifle, killing one while wounding another fallen as two shanks came rushing by, but they were quickly shot down by two hand cannons shots

On the other side, A captain rushed toward Liara, firing her pulse rifle as the fallen came closer. Just as The fallen slashed down his shock blades, Keksis jumped between them, blocking the captain attack before it could hit the awoken.

Taking the advantage, the awoken aimed her weapon at the fallen head as it fell down to the ground

"Any Idea?" Cloud shouted over the sound of gunfire

"Just one" Arc replied "Remember how you and Dusk took down that one ogre?"

Arc looked up at the ceiling with Dusk and Cloud looking up, seeing a couple of fallen's crates, hanging by a net above the fallen boss "We need to get him closer"

On the ceiling, three fan like objects started to spin around as three round red and black ball fell to the ground. Each one being on opposite sides. One to the left, the right, and the middle.

"Cloud, can you pick those up?"

"With what?!" Cloud shouted, holding his hooves up, only to have Dusk pointing toward his own forehead, then toward the unicorn

"Oh" Cloud said with a chuckle, picking up a ball before running toward the middle of the room, picking up the second one.

"Liara! Throw the ball to Cloud!" Dusk shouted from the other side

The warlock looked at the titan before looking at the clump of ball, glowing red and black. She grabbed it before letting it go "Ugh!"

"What is it?" Keksis asked with concern

"Nothing, it-it just felt weird!" She replied with a disgusted tone, shivering at the thought of it

Keksis sighed in annoyance before grabbing the clump of Siva in his hands, throwing it with one hand toward Cloud, who grabbed it before it even touched the ground. Throwing the three clump of Siva balls at the large fallen.

As the Fallen Boss lifted both of his arms in the air, a huge red swarm of Siva flew around him, protecting him from the charges... to no prevail, destroying the swarm around the Fallen as he flinched from the blast. Dusk and Nate both nodded before shooting the net, making them fall down

Two rolled across the metal ground, with one falling down to the endless abyss while the other rolled to one side of the room. The third crate was in mid-air, with Cloud having to catch it with his magic.

Everyone were too busy taking care of the nearby fallen dregs and shanks, but Arc and Keksis looked at Cloud and the around crate that he was holding, what was strange was the color of the magic that Cloud was using.

It was combination of Orange and Red

His magic aura had changed, but when they looked at the unicorn, they quickly notice the evilest grin on his face as his right eye was glowing orange as he let go of the large crate before firing a large beam, pushing the round crate right toward the Fallen, crushing him against the wall.

"Woah..." Cloud said, his mouth slightly open at what he just did, his eyes changing back to their original color, blue.

"That was... Something" Arc said

"At least we beat it!" Nathan shouted in victory, clapping his hands for a moment

"We still need to find Lily, Nate" Dusk replied

"Then what are we waiting for?" Liara said, jumping over the deep gap to the other side of the two guardians "There a exit over there to the right"

As the three guardians walked toward the exit, Keksis stayed behind, with the Taken ghost beside him

"Keksis, you saw what I saw, right?" Arc said, scanning the area around the blast that Cloud did

"It was the same one" Keksis replied, still looking at the dead fallen, crushed against the wall and the crate

"What do you mean?" the ghost asked

"Remember what I told you and Dusk"

Arc ponder a bit before looking up "You mean that he did-"

"Yes" Keksis replied before Arc could finish "The same spell he did at the gala- the same one he attacked me with"

"But that was orange, not blue color that he always use"

"I know... But there were others ponies who used magic... dark magic" Keksis replied

"Dark magic? You don't mean-"

"Perhaps... But I seen different types of magic before- but I wasn't sure if it was what it was back then" Keksis said, remembering the painful memories in his past "We should catch up with the others"

The Taken ghost and the Daedra knight finally caught up with the Three guardians and the equestrian. who were at least halfway down the hall "There you are" Dusk said

"What were you guys doing- Oh COME ON!" Cloud shouted as they found themselves in a hollow wall with the endless bottom and the large and small items hanging from the ceiling

"If I have to jump from platform to another... You guys are going to have to carry me" Cloud said as they finally made it to the open- Outside and on top of the cosmodrome wall. The white clear snow covered the top surface of the wall. It look like a runway on the surface of the wall, with only a few holes in the ground with fire and rusted metal being shown within them.

"Arc, can you get com working?" Dusk asked, looking around the flat white ground

"One sec" Arc replied as he turned into a round blue aura with small parts of his shell around the aura

"Guardians, what is it?" A voice said from Arc

"Shino, we're on top of the cosmodrome, but we need to know where we need to go from here" Dusk said, his hand on his side of the helmet with his other hand hanging around

"Just continue forward down the path, sending the location to your ghosts" Shino said

"We got it, marking it on your guys hud" The ghosts said to their guardians as a small yellow triangle appeared inside their helmet

"You do know that we don't have helmet, right?" Cloud reminded the ghost

"What about Connor?" Dusk asked, ignoring the equestrian question

"I'll try, but I'm not sure if it'll work or not" The ghost replied as they walked down the long path

Suddenly, a distant screech could be heard, far from their location before a red flare was shot up into the air as two fallen drop ship appeared out of the skies as it dropped down a group of fallen splicer, with one of the of the drop ship dropping a spider like tank to the ground.

"They have a Walker!" Velvet shouted as the group quickly took cover in the small holes in the ground

"It could be worse" Dusk said as he shot a few fallen with his auto rifle. But as soon he finish his sentence, a mechanical hand appeared from the edge of the wall, as two titans climbed over the wall and onto the battlefield

"DUSK! You jinx us!" Nathan shouted as the large titan marched to the small group

Before the large titan mech could do anything as it got closer, a large exploding blasted the titan where it was standing, leaving the group of guardian breathless

"What just happen?" Cloud asked, looking around

"The cavalry arrived!" A voice suddenly said over the guardian's radios