Author's note: Hey folks, Brayden here. For those of you who do not know, this right here is a sequel to a Warframe x My Little Pony (more specifically MLP: Equestria Girls) originally made by TheFoolOfTheNoon. They weren't interested in making a sequel so I asked to do so and they accepted. Now, I will admit, I was a bit nervous about this in the first place and didn't want a blatant repeat of the first story with Corpus instead of Grineer, but as I kept writing, I managed to get my storyline drawn out. Now, as this is a sequel, I'm assuming you've already read the first story, but if you haven't, you can find it on Fool Of the Noon's page. It's literally just the same title without the 'Reloaded' part. Now, as for the main plot, since the last one featured Grineer from Warframe as the main antagonists, I decided to have the Corpus and Infested as the bad guys in this one, as I'm not terribly familiar with MLP villains. I also considered doing Stalker or the Sentients, but I felt more comfortable with the ones I already picked. Now, this is obviously gonna contain spoilers for both franchises, so I highly recommend you at least get through the Apostasy Prologue quest on Warframe and/or finish the Equestria Girls movie if you haven't already. Also, like TheFoolOfTheNoon, I'll be putting most Corpus and Grineer speech in brackets () due to most of them not knowing English in game (with a few exceptions, of course). And with that, let's get right into the story!

Location: Tyl Regor's Lab, Uranus

Time: 5:20 P.M.

Within the depths of the vast oceans of Uranus lay one of the many Grineer Sealabs. These facilities were crude underwater bases consisting of Grineer architecture built into the ocean strata. This one, however, has been long abandoned, due to its owner, Tyl Regor, perishing in the Void. Since then, it has not been used by anyone and was left abandoned at the depths. However, it seems it would be getting some new visitors.

Near Tyl Regor's personal chamber, the doors opened, reveal a task force of Corpus Crewmen with their Dera rifles, and the bipedal MOA proxies accompanying them. Following the task force was their leader, a renowned Corpus veteran known only as the Sergeant. His metallic boots clanked against the cold, damp floors as he held his Lanka in hand. The other crewmen were immediately spreading out amongst the area, salvaging anything Tyl Regor might have left behind. The Sergeant stood at the center of the lab, not moving a muscle until a lone crewman called out, "(Sir, we've found it!)"

A series of pannels in the back of the lab opened, revealing a small, circular chamber with a series of tubes. In these tubes were two Ember-like beings with a distinct Grineer coloring: The Tube Man Salamanders. A small Locust Drone hovered nearby, displaying a holographic screen which showed the pale-skinned Alad V himself, with dark purple scaring from his Mutalisk experiments a while back. The Sergeant turns his attention towards the screen. "(Sir, we have located the Maniac Salamanders mentioned in the files we salvaged from Saturn.)"

Alad smiled deviously at the Sergeant's report. "Ah, music to my ears! If these 'Salamanders' are as dangerous as those Steel Meridian folks say they are, then they shall make a fine addition to my Zanuka Reborn Project. Return the specimens to me as soon as possible. It is only a matter of time before the Grineer figure out what we are doing on their world."

The feed was and the drone flew off as the Corpus began to extract the Salamanders. Meanwhile, in the rafters, a lone Black and Red Ivara Warframe knelt down, examining the transaction from above. Despite being a female Warframe, in orbit, she was being piloted by a male Operator, Arcturus. He stands up and speaks in a hushed tone. "Joan, are you getting this?"

Over his comm device, the French accented voice of his female ship Cephalon, Joan, was heard, "Yes, Operator. I have finished cross referring Hayden's reports from the Battle of Saturn: those Tubemen are the same ones as he encountered."

Arcturus sighed, "I thought he and those Mane Six girls killed all those things with Sargas and Tyl? Oh, screw it. Joan, prep for extraction. I gotta let him know."

Joan replied, confused, "Operation, would it not be best to destroy the Salamanders and thwart Alad's plants before he can set them in motion?"

Arcturus shoke his head. "A few too many enemies, this time. The Ivara isn't a really good Warframe for a fight like this, especially if those Salamanders are still alive. Besides, Hayden knows them better, and we might be able to track down Alad V if we let them get back to him-"

However, just then, he was interrupted by the metallic screeching of a MOA. He looks down to see the now alerted Corpus platoon look up and begin firing on his position. He groans, "Damn it! Looks like we're going out the hard way!"

The Ivara Warframe he was using leaped backward and brought out her signature Artemis Bow, holding it sideways and firing a horizontal spread of 7 arrows. These arrows punctured through the mass of Corpus soldiers in the chamber and incapacitating the Sergeant. As the Ivara hit the ground, numerous other Corpus spilled out of the doorway behind her, consisting of numerous Elite Crewmen, MOA's, Nullifiers, and even a Bursa. Arcturus immediately ran off.

"Yeah, nope. Joan, get the Archwing ready! I'm going for a swim!"

Arcturus, now with a Braton Vandal assault rifle drawn, ran through the rustic corridors of the Grineer base, occasionally firing at the Corpus behind him. Eventually, he reached a long corridor with an underwater hatch opened. Just as the Corpus came in, Arcturus leaped down it, narrowly avoiding the barrage of fire unleashed upon him. The crewmen could only watch as the Ivara, equipped by an Amesha Archwing, took off the facility, disappearing into the oceans. The Sergeant limped into the room, clearly not in a good moon.

"(Forget the Tenno! We have what we came for!") he shouted as his men. The crewmen and their proxy entourage made their way back into the main room, resuming their extraction. Just outside, Arcturus's Liset lifted from the rocky terrain and made a burn for the surface, leaving the sealab in its engine exhaust.

Location: Hayden's Orbit, somewhere along the edges of the Origin System

Time: 5:43 PM

Along the main floor of a Gold and Black Orbiter, things were as peaceful as usual. In the cockpit, Sunset Shimmer was sitting in a meditative posture. After being stranded in the Origin System, following the destruction of the Void Tower that maintained the portal home, she had been helping Hayden and the other Tenno fight against the Grinner, Corpus, and Infestation alike. To fit her human form, she wore a Black and Purple Manduka suit, a spare Operator suit given to her by Hayden. As of now, Hayden was somewhere else in the Orbiter, having just got back from testing out his newly constructed Wisp Warframe on a capture mission. Until he was ready to deploy again, or until Lotus called with a new alert, there was nothing else to do. However, this silence was broken by the cheerful robotic voice of the ship's Cephalon Ordis.

"Operators, we are receiving a call from another Tenno by the name of Arcturus. He has information regarding Tyl Regor's Salamanders."

Sunset immediately opened her eyes at the sound or Ordis's voice. She thought that all of them were killed along with Tyl and Sargas. However, before she could respond, Hayden's voice was heard from behind. "Put him on, Ordis."

Hayden, now piloting a sleek feminine Wisp Warframe, made his way up the ramp into the Orbiter, making his way to the communications terminal. Sunset stands up and joins him. "Hayden, do you know this Arcturus?"

Hayden shook his head. "Not really. He and I, along with two other Tenno, once brought down a Balor Fomoroian that was threatening to blow up the Strata Relay, and he works closely with the Arbiters of Hexis, but that's all I really know about him. Let's see what he has to say."

A holographic screen materialized, revealing Arcturus, an operator with light skin, long platinum blonde hair, and ocean blue eyes. Arcturus nods at the sight of them. "Good thing you two are still around. Now, about why I'm here: I was on a salvage run in Tyl's old laboratory when a Corpus Strike Team sent by Alad V raided the place. They found a secret back room in Tyl's main chamber that held two of those Maniac Salamanders."

Though no one could see it, Hayden's eyes widened with surprise. "What?! Sunset and I searched that place from top to bottom! If there were Salamanders, we would've found them!"

Arcturus sighs, "Not from what I saw. I tried to stop them, but there were too many, and I wasn't all that used to the Ivara I was using. My cephalon says that they extracted the Salamanders and made a run for it. I'm not sure where they ran off to, but Alad said something about a Zanuka Reborn Project."

"Oh great, first Tyl and Sargas, now Alad. What's next? Hunhow?" Hayden says with a groan.

Sunset raiseda brow. "Wait a sec, what's the deal with this Alad V?" Despite fighting Corpus for a couple of years now, and spending many hours on the Orb Vallis, Sunset was still a bit unfamiliar with the human managers of Corpus.

Hayden turned towards Sunset. "Well, Alad V is a Corpus scientist who doesn't know when the hell to quit. First, he made a name for himself by trying to create advanced robots known as Zanukas by using Warframe components, more specifically the Valkyr Warframe. When that failed, he was exiled, and you'd think he'd call it quits there, but some time later, he stumbled upon Eris and infested himself to build a 'Mutalist Empire' of Infested Robotics and even a Mesa Warframe..."

Arcturus also spoke up, "He does offer us his 'help' from time to time, only to end up stabbing us in the back later down the line. He's certainly one of our more obnoxious enemies."

"And now he's trying to bring back that Zanuka Project with the Salamanders Regor created?" Sunset asked, seeming a bit stressed. "Oh, I should've never went through that mirror in the first place! The Corpus would've never gotten those Salamanders!"

Hayden clasped her shoulder. "Don't worry, we'll get things settled. This is why you stayed behind, yeah?"

Arcturus sighed, "Well, it won't be easy. Most of the other Tenno are spread pretty thin right now, and the Lotus departing only made it worse. I doubt the three of us alone would be able to stop it."

Sunset looked back over to Arcturus, this time with a smile. "Well, Arcturus, we won't have to do it alone." She immediately activated the comm device on her suit and looked up. "Ordis, relay my suit's comm device through the communication console."

"Of course, Operator." Ordis replied.

Eventually, a few minutes later, Twilight Sparkle's voice was heard, "Hayden? Sunset? That you guys?"

Hayden smiled. "The one and only, Twi."

Twilight was heard sighing of relief. "Thank goodness, it's you guys! I haven't heard from you in a while!"

Sunset nodded. "Sorry we didn't call sooner, but we've got a problem. This fellow Tenno of ours, Arcturus, found that the Corpus were extracting Salamander survivors from Tyl's old lab for a new project. Some new advanced proxy based off of Warframe parts."

Twilight spoke with a tone of surprise, "Those Corpus guys are using them, too. That's not good. If Tyl managed to try and exploit your magic, does that mean the Corpus will, too?"

Arcturus piped up, "Well, they did access Tyl's notes and recordings. They most likely do know of you and the ponies. Not to put more pressure on, but they might also know of your world and may try to invade it."

"What?! We can't let them do that! You guys have technology far beyond anything Equestria had developed!" Twilight exclaimed.

Hayden cracked his knuckles. "Oh we don't plan on letting him do so, but we could really use your help, Twi. Are you and your friends still together?"

Twilight sighed, "Of course we are, but how do we even get to the Origin System? Didn't the Tower blow up? Did Lotus find a way to make another portal?"

Sunset shook her head. "Well, she never really got to finish anything before she...disappeared. But that's a discussion for another time. I do recall her mentioning that the Void has some sort of strange connection with that mirror. If the mirror is active on your side, then it may actually link up to another portal here in our realm."

"You're saying that we can activate another gateway?" Twilight asked, excitingly.

Arcturus nods. "Yes, but there's no way to determine which portal it will activate on this side until you're in transit, and these things are all over the system. You have numerous other Void Towers, the Infested Orokin Derelicts, Lua, and countless others spread across the planets and moons here. You could pop up anywhere."

"Well, it's a risk we're willing to take." Twilight stated. "I'm not willing to let the Corpus repeat the work of Tyl Regor and the Grineer. I'll gather the Mane Six and get ready for the mirror."

Hayden sighed, "I don't want to put you guys at risk again, but if you're serious about this, we'll be waiting."

"Got it. We'll see you there." And with that, Twilight's comm line switched off.

"Let me know the second they come through." Arcturus ordered. "I'll be ready whenever you are."

The call ended and the screen was turned off. Hayden made his way back into the Orbiter's main room. "Ordis, once you pick up any anomalies similar to the one from the Void Tower, let us know and plot a course."

Sunset followed closely. "Well, all that peace and quiet didn't last long."

Hayden chuckled as he walked towards the arsenal, "It never does, Sunset."

Location: Corpus Ship, Interplanetary Space

Time: 6:12 PM

In the deep of space, the Sergeant's Obelisk-class starship soared amongst the stars, making its way towards Alad V's base. Onboard, Corpus crewmen patrolled the interior, keeping a vigilant eye out for anything suspicious. Just outside of the main lab, a small Infested Maggot crept silently through the vents, avoiding the Corpus. It crawled its way into a lab room, where both of the Salamanders lay on beds.

The maggot leaped down, lurking in the shadows as it climbed up on one of the beds. It then began to claw through the stomach of the Salamander body, burrowing inside like a bird within its nest. For several minutes, no movement was made, not from the Salamander, or from the maggot inside. Then, in the blink of an eye, the fingers of the Salamander's right hand slowly moved as an eerie, wheezing gasp was heard...