Vanto was trying to get the transceiver working as they were walking through the jungle."What were you doing in that closet?" Luna asked Tucker.

"Well, I was kind of getting sick so I just decided to puke in there," Tucker said."Really, it's the only thing I have done this trip."

"No," Luna shook her head."I'm glad you came with us, Tucker. Even if you are a little rude."

"Oh, right. Sorry for saying that Twilight Sparkle was a dumb name. Who is she, anyway?"

"She is a student of my sister, Princess Celestia. She and her friends have saved Equestria multiple times from evil threats." Luna said.

"Wow. She sounds brave. Not like me though. I'm just a coward." Tucker said.

Luna shook her head again."You're not a coward." She said and those words made Tucker think.


Flashback.


"Suck it, blue!" Yelled Dick Simmons as he fired the machine gun on the Warthog. It was just another day in Blood Gulch with the Red trying to kill the blues.

"Will you just fuck off, reds?!" Leonard Church yelled, holding a sniper. He and Tucker were at the top of their base, protecting their flag. Church then turned to his team."Okay. Tucker, just-Are you doing heroin?!" He yelled.

"No..." Tucker asked, clearly doing it.

"Tucker, what the actual fuck?! How long have you been doing heroin?!"

"...For a few months." Tucker then winced under his helmet."Damn, that light is bright."

"Yeah, that's called the sun." Church said.

The aqua-colored armored man shook his head."No, there's this really bright light I'm seeing. I don't think it's the sun." Tucker winced in pain again."Man, my head killing me."

"Hey, guys." Said Caboose, a member of the blue team, who was suddenly up on the roof of their base.

"Caboose? Shouldn't you be guarding the flag?" Church asked.

"Yeah, but then I got bored so I wanted to hi to the red guys." Caboose said.

"Fuck!" Tucker yelled in pain. The light was getting brighter and brighter.

And then, Tucker saw nothing but a bright light.


On the Island.


Cersei Lannister was laying on a towel in the sand."Are you just going to lay there?" Jaime Lannister asked his sister. He was helping some people move some clothes.

"Someone from House Lannister will find us," Cersei said.

Jaime sighed."In case you have forgotten, our Uncle Kevan is dead. And Tommen is only a child. I doubt anyone will find us. Beside...I don't we're in our realm anymore."

Cersei looked at him and thought about it. What if he's right? What if this isn't our realm?.

Jaime then left her alone."Was that your boyfriend?" Asked a pregnant woman near Cersei. Cersei was unfamiliar with the clothing she wore.

She shook her head."He's my brother. He's a Knight." Cersei looked at her stomach."Do you know what it is yet?" She asked.

The pregnant woman shook her head."Not yet." She sighed."I haven't felt the baby move since yesterday."

Cersei's remembered what it was like to have Joffrey...and to lose him.


Derpy watched as Dr. Whooves picked some shellfish from the water between the rocks."I wonder if we can eat these?" Dr. Whooves wondered aloud.

"Don't worry, doc. We have plenty of food back at the wreckage." Derpy told him."I'm sure some of those humans will give us some."

"I don't exactly trust those humans. I think I saw one wearing a green vest and glasses drag a dead body far away from the wreckage."

Derpy shrugged."Maybe he was going to bury it."

"Hey," Said Applejack. They both turned to look at the element of honesty."Have either of you two seen ma' sister, Applebloom?"

Whooves shook his head."Sorry. I haven't seen her." Derpy also shook her head.

Applejack sighed. She was about to leave when she looked at them."It's nice to see some familiar face here." She smiled. Whooves and Derpy smiled back.


"Winona!" Applebloom yelled. She was near the jungle, looking for her dog."Winona!" She then noticed something on the ground.

Handcuffs.

She looked at them, confused."Hey!" Said a voice. Applebloom quickly turned around to see her sister, Applejack."What I'd tell you?! After everything that's happened!"

"I thought maybe Winona would be around," Applebloom said.

"I told you to stay on the beach." Applejack told her.

"This is so close to the beach. I thought this would be okay." Applebloom argued.

"Don't do that. You listen to me." The orange mare said."I mean what I say. Do you understand?" Applejack then looked at the handcuffs."What's that?"

Applebloom shrugged, a little angry at her sister."I just found 'em."

Applejack stared at the handcuffs for a moment. She looked around before she grabbed her sister."Let's get back to the beach."


Everybody and pony at the wreckage watched the cyborg Bounty Hunter known as Beilert Valance fight Zuud. Some of the people and ponies were disturbed by Valance since half of his face was grey metal.

Zuud quickly dodged a punch from the cyborg."Imperial scum!" Valance yelled."You think I'm the reason we're here?!" Zuud swung her right fist on the left side of Valance's face where there was skin. Her fist still his something hard.

"This skin is just synthetic. Under it, there's just metal." Valance said. He was about to punch her when Vanto pushed him.

"Hey!" He yelled."Break it up!"

"Bounty Hunter trash," Zuud muttered.

"Shut up, imp! I'm not the reason we're here!" Valance yelled. He wore a blue suit and had black hair.

"What is going on?!" Luna yelled.

"Ma' sister Applebloom found these in the jungle." Applejack said, showing them handcuffs. Vanto looked at them.

"And this Imperial idiot says their mine! She says that I brought everyone here!" Valance said angrily.

"We should stop fighting." Luna suggested."We found the...transceiver, but it's not working. Can anybody help?"

Zuud nodded, slowly calming down."Yes. I might be able to."

"Perfect!" Valance said sarcastically."Let's just trust this Imperial Officer!"

"Hey, we're all in this together, dude." Stuhlinger said."Let's treat each other with a little respect."

"Shut up!" Valance said, looking at him.

"Hey," Vanto said, looking at him."Give it a break."

Valance only shrugged."Whatever."

"Can you fix it?" Luna asked Zuud.

"I need some time." She said.

"Princess Luna!" Said a voice.

Luna looked at who called for her name and she smiled."Somnambula!" Luna said, hugging the orange pegasus."It's so good to see you!"

Somnambula nodded."It is good to see you as well."


Zuud looked at the radio. She had walked away from the others so she could work in peace.

"Man, that guy is a loser." Said a man sitting next to her. Zuud saw that this was the man Valance told to shut up.

Zuud nodded in agreement."Some people have problems."

"The only problem we have is him." The man with the green vest joked and Zuud actually smiled at that."Stuhlinger." He extended his hand.

She smiled again and shook his hand."Zuud." She said.

"How do you know how to do all that?" Stuhlinger asked as she worked on it.

"I am Lieutenant of the Imperial army. I know these things." She said. Zuud also knew how to torture people as well.


"Is it working?" Luna asked Zuud. She had been talking to Somnambula when Zuud had returned.

"It seems to be. Except were not picking up a signal." Zuud said.

"Why do we need to pick up a signal?" Asked Somnambula."Princess Luna told me you were trying to send one."

The Imperial Officer nodded."Yes, but what you want to see here is little bars. The bars would show the radio is getting reception. We need the bars." Zuud sighed."We could broadcast blind, hope that someone, maybe a starship somewhere, picks up our distress call. But that would waste the battery. It is unlikely, but perhaps worth a try. We can get a signal from the high ground."

"How high?" Luna asked. Zuud looked behind her. Luna and Somnabula turned around and saw the tall mountains.

"You both have wings." Zuud noted."Can you fly?"

Luna shook her head."We can't. I don't why but I feel like this island is doing some to our wings. I also feel like it's doing something to our magic. I could barely levitate some thread yesterday."

Zuud sighed again."Then I guess were walking."


Luna watched Nurse Redheart help the human with the shrapnel in him. The human was still unconscious. "How is he, nurse?" Luna questioned the mare."Can you do anything?"

"I'll have to pull out the shrapnel," Redheart said. She sighed."I'll need some help."

"Maybe my friend Vanto can help you," Luna said.


"Hello!" Dr. Whooves said, walking over to Stuhlinger."Would you like some fish?"

Stuhlinger shook his head."Nah, I'm good." Whooves frowned a little but walked away.

"Hey! I need your help!" Said Vanto, running to Stuhlinger.

Stuhlinger looked at him."Uh...okay. What do you need me to do?"

"I need you to help me go through the crates and luggage from the ship. I need any kind of prescription medications you can find, especially drugs that end in miacin and cillin. Those are antibiotics."

"What's this for?" Stuhlinger asked.

"Luna asked me to help Redheart help that with a shrapnel in him." Vanto said.


"Thank you for joining us again, Tucker." Luna said as she, Somnambula, and Zuud were getting ready for a hike to the mountain.

"It's better than just sitting around and doing nothing. Plus, I get to spend time with the ladies." He smiled under his helmet, looking at Zuud.

"Hey, can I join?" Luna turned to see that Lightning Dust had asked them that. The cyan pegasus had a cocky smile.

"Your Lightning Dust! You're the wreckless pony that nearly killed Twilight and her friends!" Luna yelled."Why should we let you join?"

Lightning's Dust's smile was quickly gone."B-but I can help! I-"

"She can join," Zuud said.

"I can help you." Said another voice. They all turned to look at a male human wearing a white shirt. The man had black hair and blue eyes.

"Who are you?" Tucker asked.

"The name's Billy Handsome. And I want to get off this island as soon as possible." Handsome said."So, need some more help?"

Luna didn't exactly trust the man but Zuud nodded.


Beilert Valance was thinking about everything that had happened in his life. From being saved by Han Solo on Qhulosk, to fighting Darth Vader himself, to working with Dengar to find Han Solo.

Valance saw the group head into the jungle to get a signal at the mountain.

He then thought of Yuralla Vega.

"You decided to join us." Princess Luna noted as he walked with them.

"I'm a complex guy, pony," Valance said.


Vanto opened another crate."What are you looking for?" Said a voice. Vanto looked to see an Earth pony named Applejack.

"Some sort of blade." He answered."How's your sister?"

"Applebloom? She's tough but...she's too young to see all this...death." Applejack said, looking at the dead bodies of the Imperials and Stormtroopers. She sighed."Applebloom's more worried about her dog than anything. But I doubt her dog is here."

"Does the dog have brown and white fur?" Vanto asked.

Applejack looked at him, surprised."Yeah." She nodded.

"I saw him yesterday in the jungle when I woke up." Vanto said.

"What? Where?" She asked.

"Over there." He pointed.


Applebloom walked across the beach. She noticed an old human sitting on the sand by himself, just staring at the ocean."What are you doing?" The filly asked the old man.

The man wore a grey uniform and black boots. He had grey hair and blue eyes."Thinking." He said, not looking at her.

"Thinking about what?"

"I'm thinking about my punishment." The man said.

"Punishment? What did you do?" Applebloom asked.

"I failed to protect the Death Star. And now, Emperor Palpatine will either severely punish me or even kill me." The old man said calmly.

"K-kill you?! That's just wrong!" Applebloom exclaimed in shock.

The old man just shrugged. The two silent for a moment before Applebloom finally said something."What's your name?"

"Wilhuff Tarkin." He said.


"Hello there!" Dr. Whooves smiled at the pregnant human woman."Would you like some fish?" He offered, holding the tray with his hoof.

Jeela Brebtin looked at her stomach."Well, I suppose I could have some." She grabbed a piece and ate it. After a few moments, her eyes widened. She stood up, shocked."I just felt it." She smiled. She laughed a little."Come here! Feel this!" She said, grabbing his hoof. She put his hoof to her stomach."I felt it kick!"

"Uh...okay..." Dr. Whooves said."Uh, I'll see you later." He quickly left. These humans are crazy! The Earth pony thought.


"Are you gonna check that radio now?" Billy Handsome asked Zuud. They had been walking and climbing for hours.

"We're not gonna have any reception here." Said Zuud."I don't want to waste the batteries."

Suddenly, they all heard a loud thud in the distance. Something moved in the tall, green grass."What was that?" Lightning Dust asked.

"Something's coming towards us..." Somnambula said as they saw something move through the grass.

"Let's move!" Said Zuud.

Everyone then ran...everyone but Billy Handsome."Go! Go!" Yelled Tucker.

"Handsome!" Luna yelled, noticing that he was just standing there.

"Leave him!" Zuud yelled. Luna reluctantly ran as well.

Handsome then pulled out a Python revolver that was snub-nosed. He had stolen it from the Warden on Alcatraz. Handsome pulled the trigger and shot the creature five times. Finally, when the creature jumped out of the grass, he shot it right through the head.

The creature fell to the ground. Handsome saw that the creature was a...polar bear?.

When Luna and the others came back to Handsome, she gasped."You...you killed it..."

"Of course I fuckin' killed it." Handsome said."It was gonna kill me."

Valance looked at Tucker."Is this what killed the captain?"

"You told him what happened to the captain?" Luna asked, looking at the aqua-colored armored soldier.

"Yeah." Tucker then looked at Valance."And no, I don't think this bear killed the captain."

"This isn't just a bear," Said Luna."This is a polar bear."


"Are you sure he's out?" Stuhlinger asked Nurse Redheart as she prepared to take the shrapnel out of the human. Vanto was still looking for antibiotics.

"He's out." Redheart said.

"How do you know he won't wake up when you yank that thing out?" He asked.

Redheart sighed."I don't."

"So, what do you want me to do?"

"Look," Redheart began."It's unlikely that he'll regain consciousness, but the pain might bring him around, and if it does, I need you to hold him down. Are you okay with seeing blood?"

Stuhlinger scoffed."Trust me, I've seen a lot of blood." He said, remembering how the zombie's blood splattered on his body when he killed them.


"That can't be a polar bear." Said Tucker, not believing what he was seeing. Luna looked at the dead creature. She was glad that Fluttershy was not here or the element of kindness would be crying.

"It's a polar bear." Lightning Dust said.

"She's right." Billy Handsome agreed with her.

"I admit, I don't much about polar bears," Said Somnabula."But I'm pretty sure they don't live in the jungle."

Zuud looked at Billy Handsome's gun."Where did that come from?" She asked.

Handsome shrugged."Probably bear village. How the hell do I know?"

"Not the bear, the gun," Zuud said.

"I stole it from somebody," Handsome said calmly.

"You're the prisoner." The Imperial Lieutenant said.

"I'm the what?"

"Your the one that probably had those handcuffs on." She said.

Luna then used her magic to take the gun away from him. She winced a little. It was becoming harder and harder to use her magic."Here," The alicorn said, giving the weapon to Zuud.


Nurse Redheart kept the rag on the spot where she had taken the shrapnel out. The rag was all red and bloodied.

The man then became conscious. His eyes widened and he gasped. He then grabbed Redheart's throat and looked at her.

"Makarov...knows...Yuri." He said to her.


They were finally in a clear area and high enough for Zuud to check the radio. Zuud's eyes slowly widened as she looked at it."We've got a bar!" She put the radio to ear."Mayday! Mayday!" There only static.

"What was that?" Asked Somnambula.

"Feedback," Zuud answered.

"Feedback from what?" Luna asked."What would do that?"

"I don't know." She said.

"I'll tell you what would do that, this Imperial Officer not fixing the radio. The thing doesn't even work." Valance said but they just ignored him.

"It's not broken." She said, staring at it."We can't transmit because something else is already transmitting."

"Transmitting from where?" Tucker asked.

"Somewhere close. The signal's strong.

"Somewhere close. You mean on the island? That's great!" Tucker said happily.

"Can we listen to it?" Valance asked.

"Let me get the frequency first. Hold on." She said, working on it.

After a few seconds, they heard a woman speaking."What's she saying?" Luna questioned.

"I-I don't know! I don't recognize this language this woman is saying!" Zuud said.

"Dude, I know that language. That's french. I used to date this french girl for a while." Tucker said."Here, give it to me."

When Zuud gave him the radio, the voice changed."Iteration 7294531." It said.

After it was done telling the numbers, Tucker heard what the french woman was saying."It's repeating." The soldier said.

Zuud listened to it for a moment."He's right. It's a loop." She realized."Iteration, it's repeating the same message."

"She's saying..." Tucker said after listening to it." 'Please help me. Please come get me. I'm alone now. Please, someone, come. The others, they're...they're dead. It killed them. It killed them all.' ". Tucker translated while everyone processed what he had just said.

"16 years." Zuud said.

"What?" Luna looked at her.

"16 years...and 5 months. That's the count." The Lieutenant said.

"What the hell are you talking about?" Billy Handsome looked at her.

"The iterations. It's a distress call. A plea for help, a mayday." Zuud sighed."If the count is right, It's been playing over and over for 16 years."

"Someone else...was stranded here?" Somnanbula said.

Everyone was silent, still processing this.

"Guys," Said Lightning Dust."Where are we?"