At the beach, Tucker ran over to Jeela as her baby cried."Jeela, everybody's leaving." He told the TIE pilot. Her baby was in a wooden crib that they had made for Jeela.
"Okay, well, I can't go anywhere, alright? I've got the baby, and I'm so tired, I can't carry him." Jeela sighed, stressed out. She then noticed her baby's diaper."Now he's wet, there's sand everywhere, I don't have anymore diapers."
"Well, why don't you let me help." Tucker offered.
Jeela picked up her baby."No, nobody ever taught me how to do this, okay?"
"Jeela, It's going to be okay." Tucker assured her.
"Why do people keep telling me that? Are they the ones with the baby?" She said before she walked away from him. Tucker knew he had to protect her. Thankfully, he still had his Covenant sword.
"We've got to get there before sundown." Zuud told some people at the beach."Once you reach the caves, stay there. The rest of us will be right behind you." They nodded and left.
Zuud sighed, hoping everything would be alright.
"Okay, how the hell did this even get here?" Stuhlinger asked, staring at the old wooden ship in the jungle.
"Are you on the same Island as I am?" Rousseau asked him.
"I guess that explains it." Stuhlinger said.
"We're a couple of miles inland. A tsunami swept it here in the jungle." Said Indiana Jones.
Vanto noticed Rousseau leaving."Hey, hey, where are you going?" He asked her.
Rousseau looked at him."The explosives are in the hold of the ship, along with the machine."
"Machine?" Vanto said, confused."Rousseau, wait."
"I did what you asked. You need dynamite. You don't need me." She said, walking away.
"Let her go, Vanto." Tarkin said to him when he was about to get Rousseau.
Vanto looked at the Grand Moff."Who's going to lead us back?"
"I'll lead us back." Tarkin told him. They then walked to the ship.
As they got closer to the ship, they heard something. It sounded like a jingle.
"Do you hear that?" Luna asked Vanto. Vanto nodded.
"Wait a minute..." Said Stuhlinger, recognizing the theme of the jingle."No way..." Stuhlinger then ran into the huge hole of ship.
"Stuh, wait!" Vanto yelled but Stuhlinger didn't listen. They went into the ship, turning on their flashlights.
When they saw light in the dark ships, they were looking at skeletons all chained up. Ocellus gasped in shock.
"Slaves." Said Indiana Jones."This ship must have been en route to a mining colony, probably set off from the eastern coast of Africa, Mozambique...assuming this Island is in my world."
"Holy shit! How is this even here?!" They all heard Stuhlinger yell. They went over to find Stuh looking at something.
They were staring at a big, long machine that had the words "Pack-a-Punch" on the top. They then heard singing from the machine.
"Friends, neighbors, ladies, gentlemen... If you're feeling underpowered, I'll help you make amends. Stick your weapon in the slot, and let it change your luck, few things in life are guaranteed, but I promise this won't suck.
Punch your fists into the air and raise a rebel yell! There's lots of baddens out there, you need to send to hell!
With Pack-A-Punch I have a hunch, your problems will be gone, but if you end up on the ground, sing a country-western song.
Pack-A-Punch, everybody, Pack-A-Punch, yee-haw, Pack-A-Punch, Pack-A-Punch, Pack-A-Punch, everybody, Pack-A-Punch, Pack-A-Punch, yee-haw, Pack-A-Punch, WOOOOOOO!"
Everybody just stared at the machine, confused.
"I have to admit, that was a pretty catchy jingle." Said Luna.
Vanto looked at Stuhlinger."You know what this is?"
Stuhlinger nodded."Yeah. I saw it in town, China, the western town, and in Siberia."
"What does this machine do?" Tarkin asked.
"Do you have that pistol?" Stuhlinger asked Vanto. Vanto handed him an M1911 pistol."Watch." He said to Tarkin.
Stuhlinger put the pistol into and after a long moment, two pistols came out of the machine. The pistols had a magma camo on them. Vanto saw some names engraved onto them. One said "Mustang" while the other said "Sally".
"Wait...how is this even possible?" Vanto asked, shocked.
Stuhlinger shrugged.
"You have another pistol and your guns have a new camo. Is that it?" Tarkin asked.
"Nope. These pistols are better! In fact, they're explosive...wait..." Stuhlinger slowly remembered that there was dynamite on the ship."Maybe it's better I don't use these."
"Wait, let me put my gun in there." Said Indy, bringing out his revolver. He then put his revolver into the machine and after a long moment, it came back out. Indy saw the name ".357 Plus 1 K1L-u."
This just keeps getting weirder and weirder. The Archeologist thought.
"Who built this?" Tarkin asked Stuhlinger.
Stuhlinger thought for a moment. He shrugged again."I don't know. Marlton had a theory that other survivors built this. I think Misty said the Germans and/or Russians built this maybe. Russman said they found a machine like this in Germany after the second world war."
"Who's they?" Vanto asked.
"Broken Arrow." Stuhlinger answered.
"What's Broken Arrow? You mentioned your friend, Russman, worked for Broken Arrow." Vanto said.
"Well, Russman doesn't really have a good memory. But I'm pretty sure he did work for them since he had a Broken Arrow bus and that stupid a bus driver. But I don't know much about Broken Arrow. All I know is that they worked for the American government, they had experimented with living animals, they had a facility in China, and another facility in Nevada but I think it was abandoned."
"So...we must be in your world." Said Ocellus.
"No...my world's gone..." Stuhlinger said sadly, remembering how Maxis had destroyed it.
"What do you mean your world's gone?" Vanto asked.
"It's a long story," Stuhlinger told him.
"Do you know why this machine is on this ship?" Asked Indy.
"Nope." Stuhlinger said.
"Wait," Tarkin looked at Stuhlinger."You said those pistols are explosive. Are they powerful enough to destroy the hatch?"
Stuhlinger shook his head."No, they're not that powerful. There's only good for killing zombies."
"Zombies?" Luna asked, confused.
"After we blow the hatch open, we should return here to make our weapons more powerful." Suggested Tarkin.
"Hey," Said Luna, pointing at a box."There's the dynamite."
"We should take it outside...carefully." Said Indy.
Flashback.
Zuud walked into the bridge of the Executor."Admiral Piett," She smiled at him.
Firmus Piett looked at her and smiled."Lieutenant Zuud," He said.
"I assume Lord Vader is at the auction already with his Death Troopers?" She asked.
Piett nodded."Yes. Soon we shall take Han Solo. Whether the Hutts, Black Sun, the Pykes, or any other crime syndicate likes it or not."
On the Island.
"Would you look at that?" Said Valance, looking at a huge part of the Island on the raft."I'm glad I'll never see this place again."
"Me too." Applejack nodded in agreement."So, what are you gonna do when we get rescued?" She asked.
"I'm gonna rescue an old friend," Valance said, remembering how Fett said Han was in Jabba's palace."Then I'm gonna visit some other old friends." He said, thinking of T'onga.
Zuud saw Cersei carrying some clothes and keeping Winona on her leash.
Zuud hoped Cersei was okay.
"Remember, be careful." Said Indiana Jones as they took off the lid of the crate. They had taken the crate outside near the ship.
Luna, Ocellus, and Stuhlinger were watching Vanto, Tarkin, and Jones deal with the dynamite."It wasn't long ago that I had some dynamite in my hands." Said Stuhlinger.
"What were you doing with it?" Asked Luna.
"We needed it to blow open safe to get something for Richtofen," Stuhlinger remembered the Agarthan Device he and the others built for the hermit in the lighthouse.
"Are you sure we need this dynamite, Tarkin?" Vanto asked.
"We need to get that hatch open. Your mentor, Thrawn, would have understood." Tarkin said. Vanto frowned but said nothing.
Jeela was holding her baby as she watched everyone preparing to leave to the caves. Suddenly, she saw Rousseau come out of the jungle.
For some reason, Rousseau looked...familiar to Jeela.
"Where is Zuud?" The French woman asked.
"She's just helping some people pack." Jeela answered."What happened out there? Where are the others?"
Jeela saw that Rousseau was staring at her baby."What is his name?" She asked."The child. What is his name?"
Jeela wished she wasn't talking to her."Oh, I haven't named him yet."
"May I hold him?" Rousseau asked.
"Why do you need Zuud?" Jeela asked.
Rousseau looked at her."You don't want me to hold him."
She shook her head."No, I just fed him. I don't think it's a good idea, okay?"
Rousseau slowly got closer to her."Please."
Jeela was about to say no when she saw a scratch on Rousseau's arm. She suddenly remembered scratching her in the jungle."Why did I do that?" She asked, looking at her."Why did I scratch you?"
Rousseau was getting closer to her.
Flashback.
Tucker woke up, his head hurting."Fuck..." He muttered.
Suddenly, he heard shooting outside of the base.
"Time to die, blues!" Yelled Sarge.
"Tucker!" Church yelled, running into his bedroom."The reds are attacking! Go to the top of the base!" Church then ran to the top.
Tucker got up, grabbed his heroin, and went to the top of the base.
On the Island.
"Help!" Tucker, who had been getting some water bottles, heard Jeela scream.
Tucker and Zuud and some other people ran over to Jeela, who was on the ground, her head bleeding."Jeela!" Said Zuud, trying to get her to wake up.
Her eyes slowly opened."Where-where is my baby?"
"Wait...your baby's gone?" Asked Tucker.
"Rousseau was with me. Did she take my baby? Did she take my baby?!"
"Jeela, which way did she go?" Zuud asked.
"I don't know!" Jeela yelled."She took my baby!"
Zuud looked at Tucker."She has a head start. If we leave now, we can catch her."
"How are we going to do that?" Asked Tucker.
"Because I know where she's going."
"We can carry all the sticks in my pack." Said Vanto."The more insulation we stuff in, the better."
"I think we should split them up." Tarkin suggested.
Vanto looked at him, confused."What?"
"It's not smart to keep it all together. So, we split them up. If we need 3 sticks to blow the hinge, then we should bring 6. 3 and 3 for a failsafe in case one us..."
"Explodes?" Said Indy.
Tarkin nodded.
Vanto agreed."Okay. You and me, Tarkin." He said to the Grand Moff.
"No," Said Luna."I'll take some dynamite."
Vanto looked at the princess."It's not going to happen."
"This is why I came."
"Then you wasted a trip."
"I need to do this." Said Luna.
"Luna, no one owes you anything."
"I'm carrying one."
"We're done here." Said Vanto.
"This is not your decision," Luna said angrily.
"Luna, yes it is."
"We'll draw straws." Tarkin interrupted their argument."They're coming. We don't have time to argue about who gets to risk their life, so, we'll let fate decide."
Vanto and Luna looked at each other.
Applebloom looked at the radar. They were far from the Island to the point that they could no longer see it.
"What does this stuff even do?" Applebloom asked her sister.
"Well, Zuud was able to explain some of this stuff. This radar will show us if anyone is out there." Applejack explained.
Applebloom looked at Valance who was reading the messages from the bottle.
"Those are the messages everybody wrote." Said Applebloom.
Valance nodded."Sure are."
"They're private."
"Yep. I, for one, never knew how much Tracy missed her hubby and 2 kids back in Fresno. Yet she's sleeping next to good old Scott to keep her warm at night."
"That's Steve. Scott's dead." Applebloom corrected.
"Whatever. It's alright, kid. We've got to keep ourselves entertained." Valance checked another letter."Let's see what Stuh's letter says."
"Dear Misty,
I'm sorry for the way I treated you. I'm also sorry that I pushed you at that base.
Dear Marlton,
I still hate you.
Dear Russman,
I hope you get your memory back soon, pal. Thank you for taking me on the bus as well. Thank you for everything.
Dear Richtofen,
I doubt this will ever get to you Richtofen...but I need to know...what did we do wrong?"
"Did you write one?" Applebloom asked.
"No."
"Why?"
"Because I don't have anyone to write to," Valance said, knowing that Yuralla Vega had moved on from him.
Zuud and Tucker went over to Handsome who had some of the pistols."I need a gun." She demanded.
Handsome stared at her for a long moment."I'm too fuckin' tired to argue." He gave her one.
"Why would Rousseau go to the black smoke?" Tucker asked, confused."Isn't that where the Others are supposed to be?"
"The Others are precisely why she would go there. Rousseau told us she saw black smoke the day her own child was taken 16 years ago." Zuud explained."They took something from her, and now she believes she has something that they want."
"She's making a trade?"
Zuud nodded."I believe she is, yes."
"That's insane. She's insane." Said Tucker.
"Don't try to apply reason to her actions. She's a mother who lost her child, just like Claire." Zuud told him.
Jeela ran over to them."I'm coming with you." She said to them.
"That's not a good idea, Jeela." Said Zuud.
"This is my baby okay?!" She screamed."I let her take him."
"Jeela!" Tucker yelled. The Imperial TIE pilot looked at her."I promise you, we'll find your baby." Jeela stared at him and slowly nodded.
They then ran into the jungle.
"So, are you just a farmer in your world?" Valance asked Applejack after he finished reading the messeages.
"Well, that and I ah'm a hero as well." She smiled.
"A hero?"
"Yep. Me, Twilight, and the rest of mah friends save Equestria a lot from some villains. Chrysalis, Sombra, Tirek, all those guys." The element of honesty said.
"Did you kill them?" Valance questioned.
Her eyes widened."K-Kill? We would never do such a thing! Not even Chrysalis or Sombra were that evil!"
"Well," Said the bounty hunter."Sometimes, killing is a better way to get rid of the problem."
Vanto put the backpack that had dynamite on Luna's back. She had won the straw game.
"Sorry." She said to Vanto.
"Yeah, well, luck of the draw." Said Vanto.
"The sun sets in 90 minutes, give or take. If we want to get back to the Hatch we're going to have to hustle." Said Tarkin.
Vanto nodded."Okay, this is how we do this. I'll lead. Luna, you're right behind me, then Stuhlinger, Ocellus, and Indy. Tarkin, you bring up the rear. If you start to see me heading the wrong way-"
"We should stagger our formation." Tarkin interrupted."Keep a safe distance from each other."
Vanto stared at him."Alright, we stagger. If anyone hears anything or sees anything-"
"Like the security system that eats people?"
"Yeah, like that." Vanto said."Alright. Let's go."
Flashback.
"Which vehicle will he be in?" Soap MacTavish asked.
"They constantly rotate for security." Said Yuri."We won't know until he steps out."
"You seem to know a lot about Makarov." Soap noted.
"Alpha one, radio check, over." Said John Price.
"Bravo one, copy. We're dug in with line of sight." Soap said.
"Right. Kamarov's our eyes and ears inside the hotel. Once he gives us the nod, we'll kick this off. What do you see?" Price asked.
"Bugger-all, mate. Looks like Makarov's late for his own funeral."
"Sit tight until we can get a clean shot. Then you can put as many rounds on him as you like." Price said.
"It'll only take one." Said Soap, ignoring his headache.
On the Island.
Zuud and Tucker were running on a rocky shore.
Tucker started to slow down. Zuud looked at the soldier."Are you okay?" She asked.
"I'm fine." He assured."Keep going."
Zuud looked at the sky."We're losing the light. Try to keep up." Zuud ran faster and into the jungle.
"I'm coming!" He said. He finally caught up to her and saw a weird ship."What the hell is this?" Tucker questioned, looking at the old ship. He saw two dead bodies in the ship. The dead bodies had white, dirty armor."And who are they?"
"This is a Republic gunship. And those are Clone Commandos. They were soldiers that fought during the Clone Wars." Zuud said.
"The Clone Wars?"
"A conflict from my Galaxy." Zuud explained."Now, let's keep moving."
"Hey, Stuh," Said Indy as they walked through the jungle."What do you mean after the second world war? I mean, It's close to ending but America is still fighting the Japanese-"
"What are you talking about?" Stuhlinger asked, confused."The war was in the 40s. I mean, there were other wars after that, of course. The Korean war, Vietnam War, then there was the third world war in 2016 with the russians, that stuff with Mendenez and Cordis Die and all that."
Indy stopped walking, confused."What year is it?" Indy asked.
"Year? Uh...well, according to Marlton, it was 2036 before we left our world." Stuhlinger said.
Before Indy could even process what he said, they all heard something.
"Do not be afraid." Said a dark voice out of nowhere.
Everyone stopped walking and looked around, wondering where that voice came from.
"We all heard that...right?" Stuhlinger asked.
They nodded.
"I still don't understand why the Changelings were on this Island." Said Ocellus as they continued walking through the jungle.
"Yes, I'm still confused as to why they were here as well." Luna agreed."When we get off this Island, we should try to find Chrysalis. Maybe she knows."
"You mean if we get off this Island." Ocellus frowned.
Luna looked at the Changeling."I promise you, Ocellus, we will get off this Island."
Suddenly, they heard a chittering sound near them. Luna saw a black shadow move in the distance.
"Fuck!" Said Stuhlinger, panicking, seeing the shadow.
"We've got to get out of here." Said Vanto.
Vanto, Luna, Ocellus, Stuhlinger, and Indy quickly moved on. But Tarkin stood there, curious. They all then heard the sound of loud stomping.
Tarkin took his backpack off. He knew what this creature was. He had seen it when he was out hunting for boars. He followed the sound, hoping to see the monster.
Vanto noticed that Tarkin wasn't running with them."Tarkin!" He yelled, stopping."What are you doing?"
Tarkin ignored him.
Vanto sighed, took off his backpack, and ran to him."Tarkin!"
Finally, the sound of the monster was gone.
Tarkin stood still.
There was then a loud footstep behind him.
The Grand Moff then saw the creature again. The first time he had seen it, it had been a bright light. It had been as bright as a Jedi's lightsaber.
Now it was as dark as Darth Vader himself.
Tarkin ran.
"Vanto!" Luna yelled as Vanto ran after Tarkin. They followed.
Tarkin kept running when the smoke monster grabbed his ankle and dragged him."Help!" Tarkin yelled as the creature was about to drag him into a hole. He held on to the edge.
Vanto ran over and grabbed the Grand Moff's hands. Luna made it there as well.
"I need the dynamite," Vanto said to Luna. The princess nodded and opened her backpack."No, no, it's in my pack." Luna looked at him, confused."Just go get it!" He yelled. Luna quickly did.
"Let me go." Said Tarkin. Vanto looked at the Grand Moff.
"What?!" He yelled.
"Just let me go. I'll be alright." Tarkin was about to let go but Vanto held him tighter.
Luna ran back to them. She opened the backpack and brought out a stick of dynamite.
"Now throw it." Vanto said.
"No!" Yelled Tarkin.
Luna then realized something."It'll blow us up."
"Just hurry! I can't hold him!" Vanto exclaimed.
"Don't do this, Luna!" Tarkin yelled.
"Throw it!"
And Luna did. The dynamite exploded and the black smoke was leaving the hole as Vanto pulled Tarkin up.
Flashback.
As they walked up the stairs to the lighthouse, Stuhlinger's head was pounding.
"You made it!" The hermit said. Stuhlinger put the device on the pallet and the man carried it up."It's fully charged! After half a lifetime in this frozen hellhole, I can finally go fulfill my destiny!" The hermit said happily."Don't worry. I'll keep my side of the deal. Go to the ship and wait, okay?"
As they ran to the boat, Stuhlinger's headache got worse but he ignored it. He also ignored the bright light he saw.
They made it to the boat and saw something open in the sky.
"Hey, it's one of those portal things!" Said Stuhlinger."Where's he going?"
"Do you hear the sounds of conflict? He going to war." Richtofen said. Stuhlinger heard the sound of marching. He then saw the hermit on top of the lighthouse.
"My friends!" The hermit yelled."You asked me before what my name is! I did not tell you because I no longer felt like myself! You brought me back!" He laughed."You made me whole again! My name is Pablo! Pablo Marinus! Once and future hero of the Great War! And I am going to save the universe!" He yelled before the portal took him into the sky.
On the Island.
"Stuhlinger," Said Luna. It was now nighttime as they walked through the jungle."You mentioned zombies that are in your world. Are they...real?"
The pudgy man looked at her."Yeah. Zombies are real."
"I can confirm that." Said Indy. They both looked at the archeologist."Me and my friend, Mac, went to an Island looking for an artifact. And we had to deal with some zombies. Luckily, we made it out alive."
Luna kept walking, thinking about what they said.
"We shouldn't be this close to each other, Vanto." Tarkin said, noticing Vanto torch behind his backpack.
"If we blow up, we blow up." Said Vanto."What the hell was all that about back there, Tarkin?"
The Grand Moff looked at him."What was what about?"
"You asked me to let go."
Tarkin nodded."That's right."
"That thing was taking you down the hole and you asked me to let you go."
"It wasn't going to hurt me." Said Tarkin.
"No, Tarkin, it was going to kill you," Vanto told him.
Tarkin shook his head."I seriously doubt that."
Vanto looked at him, confused."Look, I need for you-I need for you to explain to me what the hell's going on inside your head, Tarkin. I need to know why you believe that that thing wasn't gonna-"
"I believe that I was being tested." Said Tarkin.
"Tested?" Vanto asked.
The Grand Moff nodded."Yeah, tested." He said."I think that's why you and I don't see eye-to-eye sometimes, Vanto. Because you're a man of science. Just like Thrawn."
"Yeah, and what does that make you?" Vanto questioned.
"I think I'm slowly starting to become a man of faith." Tarkin said."I mean, how did we all wake up here? How did I wake up here? I was dead and here I am. We were brought here for a purpose, for a reason, all of us. Each one of us was brought here for a reason."
"Brought here? And who brought us here?"
"The Island." Tarkin told him."The Island brought us here. This is no ordinary place, you've seen that, I know you have. But the Island chose you, too, Vanto. It's destiny." He said.
"Did you talk with Jaime about destiny, Tarkin?"
Tarkin was silent for a moment."Jaime was a sacrifice that the Island demanded. What happened to him at that gunship was a part of a chain of events that led us here- that led us down a path that led you and me to this day, to right now."
"And where does that path end?" Vanto asked.
"The path ends at the Hatch. The Hatch, Vanto, all of it. All of it happened so that we could open the Hatch." Tarkin told him.
Vanto shook his head."No, no, we're opening the Hatch so that we can survive."
"Survival is all relative, Vanto."
"I don't believe in destiny," Vanto said to Tarkin.
"Yes, you do. You just don't know it yet." Tarkin said.
It was nighttime for everybody at the raft. Applebloom was sleeping.
"I think we should turn on the radar." Said Valance."Zuud said every hour."
Applejack turned it on. For a moment, there was nothing.
Suddenly, they heard a blip on the radar. They looked at it.
"Something's out there." Said Applejack.
Flashback.
When Valance opened his eyes, he saw warning signs in his robotic eyes.
"Heart rate erratic. Extensive damage. Warning. Rebooting critical systems. Heart rate erratic."
Valance groaned."Unggg...yeah, yeah...I got it the first time." He said, slowly getting up. His headache was getting worse. He held on to his chest."Fett...I'm gonna kill you real bad for this."
Valance then saw dozens of Stormtroopers and Scout Troopers on both ends of the hallway.
"We should thank you, cyborg." Said a Stormtrooper sergeant."We've had a lot of trespassers today. To find one dumb enough to be waiting in the detention center is very convenient."
"Picked the wrong day to tick me off, sergeant," Valance said.
"You and your Hutt Overlord picked the wrong day to take on the Empire! Take him!" The sergeant ordered.
Valance blasted a Stormtrooper through his chest using his palm blaster."Hutt Overlords? What did I miss while I was out?"
"Resist all you want, no one is coming to your rescue." Said a Scout Trooper.
Valance shot the white-armored trooper and threw a Stormtrooper to the floor.
"We've got to hold him off long enough for reinforcements!" Said a Stormtrooper.
"How are we supposed to do that?" Asked another.
Valance kicked a Stormtrooper right in his face."Is this the best the Empire's got?" Valance asked, punching another.
A Scout Trooper attacked him from behind, stabbing his stun baton into his chest."Shouldn't have done that." Valance kicked him off."You just made me even angrier."
A Stormtrooper tried shooting Valance. The cyborg grabbed a Mouse Droid and hit him with it, destroying its helmet.
"I did warn you." He said to the defeated Stormtroopers.
"Valance...come in..." Said a familiar voice."Can you hear me on this frequency?"
Valance's eyes widened."T'onga?! But...I saw you die!" He said, remembering how Fett shot her.
"Yeah, well, it's a long story, old pal." She said."One you won't get to hear if we don't get out fast."
"Uh-oh. We're being hailed by a TIE Fighter." Said another voice on the comm.
"Valance? Be in the main hangar in ten. Don't be late."
"But-" Valance then heard the comm's go off. He sighed and walked down the hallway.
After a while, he tried contacting her."T'onga, can you hear me?" He asked."I'm on my way. Should have a clear path to the transport elevators-"
"Stop!" Said a young voice behind him."You are under arrest, in the name of the Emperor!"
"Easy, cadet." Valance turned around to see him pointing a blaster pistol at him."What's your name?"
"C-c-Cadet Venn." He stuttered, his hands shaking.
"Okay, Cadet Venn. I'm not a threat to you. Or even the Empire." Valance told him."How old even are you?"
"Old enough to do my part for the Empire!" He said."Old enough to have seen all my fellow cadets on the training program die when you Hutts attacked the Executor."
"Venn...you don't even know what a Hutt looks like, don't you?" Valance said."I was once just like you. A proud cadet. Believed that we were uniting the galaxy in peace and order. Then...one day, I got badly injured during a battle on Mimban. I don't even remember who we fought. Or why I sacrificed myself. Just that afterward, the Empire had no more use for me. You don't have to make the same mistakes I did."
Venn lowered his blaster pistol."I...I don't know what I'm supposed to do." He said."My commander died in the Hutt attack."
Suddenly, they heard a noise."What-what is that sound?" Venn asked.
Valance knew what was about to happen."Kid, grab my hand. Quick!" He said. But it was too late.
The door opened and Venn was sucked out into space while Valance grabbed onto a corner of the wall."NOOOOO!" Venn yelled.
The door then closed."Imperial scum!" Valance yelled, angry."You killed one of your own!" He threw a baton into the camera, destroying it.
The door to the elevator opened and Valance saw the hangar. An Imperial Officer walked over to him."Hey, unauthorized personnel are not allowed in the hang-"
Valance shot him with his palm blaster."That's for Venn." He said. He looked to see some Jumptroopers.
"Get your Jumptroopers out there now!" An Imperial Officer ordered a sergeant."Lord Vader dealt with the Hutt leadership personally but there are still smaller Hutt fighter ships in the area."
"Yes, sir." The sergeant nodded.
"T'onga," Valance whispered into the comm."Do not attempt to breach the hangar. Too many heavily armed Imperials. You'll never make it inside."
"But we can't leave you there."
"Don't worry," Valance saw the Jumptroopers flying."I'm coming to you." He fired a rope out of his wrist and it went around a Jumptrooper's neck. Valance got up there."Hey!" The Jumptrooper yelled."Let go."
"Okay." Valance said, grabbing his jetpack and letting go of the Jumptrooper.
Valance flew out of the hangar and into space."I am going to assume that's your ship, T'onga." Valance said, looking at it.
"Nothing gets by you, does it, Valance?" T'onga asked.
"Hurry! I'm not going to last much longer out her." Valance yelled as the Stormtroopers from the hangar tried shooting him. He then started to see a bright light but he ignored it. Valance then saw someone on top of the ship."Um, Is that Zuckuss?" He asked."The last time we crossed paths, he stabbed me."
"Don't worry. He's on our side."
"How can you be sure?"
"I'm paying him."
"Okay."
Valance then reached out his hand to grab Zuckuss's hand."Almost there..."
"Just a little farther, friend Beilert." Zuckuss said.
"Just a little farther..."
Valance grabbed his hand."Zuckuss has you!" Zuckuss yelled.
But the light Valance saw was getting brighter. He then saw nothing but a bright light.
On the Island.
Tarkin, Vanto, Indy, Stuhlinger, Luna, and Ocellus made it to the hatch.
"Stuhlinger," Tarkin looked at him."Take these extra sticks back a couple of hundred yards."
Stuhlinger nodded."Got it."
Vanto handed him the backpack."Be careful."
Stuhlinger nodded."Oh, and can I have a flashlight instead of a torch? I just don't want to be blowing myself up, that's all."
Vanto gave him a flashlight.
"Luna, Indy, Ocellus, you run the fuse. Vanto and I will rig the charges."
They nodded.
Zuud and Tucker slowly walked over to the fire on the beach.
"There's no footprints, no tracks," Zuud noted.
"This is it? This is the black smoke?" Said Tucker, his sword activated."Where are they?"
"I don't know." Said Zuud.
They then heard the baby crying."She's here." Tucker looked around but saw no one at the beach.
"Danielle!" Zuud yelled.
"You come out, right now," Tucker yelled angrily.
"Calm down," Zuud said to him.
They heard sobbing.
"Danielle! I can hear you, come out. Please, he needs his mother." Zuud said.
They saw Rousseau come out of the jungle, walking to them."They were not here." She said.
"Danielle, you have to give us the baby," Zuud told her.
"I just wanted my Alex back. I thought if I gave them the baby..." Rousseau said.
Zuud went over to her, trying to grab the baby."It's okay. I know. It's okay." Zuud said. The Imperial gave the baby to Tucker.
"There never were any Others." Tucker realized as he held the baby."You started the fires yourself!"
"No, I heard them whispering." The French woman said.
"You're crazy. You heard nothing!"
"I heard them say they were coming for the child. The Others said they were coming for the boy."
"Your pathetic!" Tucker said to her.
Tucker and Zuud then went back to the caves, leaving Rousseau alone.
Vanto and Tarkin were setting up the charges.
"Wire." Said Tarkin."Hold that end. Now the fuse."
"I'll do it," Vanto said. He pushed the fuse into the dynamite to Luna.
"This is as far as it goes." Said Luna.
"It's far enough. I'll light it. You take cover, there'll be enough burn time for me to get clear." Tarkin told Vanto.
Vanto nodded and looked at Stuhlinger."Stuh!" He called for him.
"Wait just a sec." He yelled.
"So, what was that about back there?" Luna asked Vanto.
"What was what about?"
"Putting the dynamite in your pack."
"I made a judgment call," Vanto said.
"We drew straws," Luna said angrily.
"Sorry, I'm not going to let drawing straws make decisions like that for us, Luna." Vanto told her.
"You had no right to make that choice-"
"Everybody wants me to be a leader until I make a decision that they don't like." Vanto pointed out."You want to keep second-guessing me, Luna? That's your call." He looked at Tarkin."There's something that you need to know. If we survive this, if we survive tonight, we're going to have a Tarkin problem. And I have to know that you've got my back."
Luna nodded."I have your back, Vanto."
"Are we ready?" Tarkin asked Stuhlinger.
"Yeah, I'm coming back." He said. Before he walked over to them, he dropped his flashlight."Shit." He picked it up and saw what the light showed him on the hatch.
115935.
"The numbers..." He said, seeing them on the Hatch."NO!" He yelled. He ran over to Tarkin."Stop! We can't do this! The numbers! The zombies! Stop!"
Tarkin looked at him but lit the fuse.
"The numbers are bad! They made the zombies!" Stuhlinger tried to stomp on the fuse as it went through the wire."No!"
"Stuhlinger!" Vanto yelled, seeing go to the dynamite."Stuhlinger, stop!"
"Stuh's gonna get himself killed." Indiana Jones muttered.
Vanto ran over and pushed Stuhlinger to the ground as the dynamite exploded the Hatch.
Applebloom woke up when she heard them talking louder.
"It's closer." Said Valance, looking at the radar. He then looked at Applejack."Give me the damn flare gun."
"Hold on a sec." Said Applejack, thinking about this.
"I'm telling you, it's closer. Look." Valance pointed at the radar.
"I know." Applejack said to the cyborg."I've only got one flare."
"I don't see anything." Said Doctor Whooves, looking around.
"What the hell are you expecting to see?! In case you haven't noticed, it's dark!" Valance exclaimed.
"What is it?" Asked Applebloom."Is it a ship?"
"We don't know, sugar cube." Applejack said to her sister.
"We have to fire the flare," Valance told the element of honesty.
"We don't know what it is. It could be anything. A piece of floating junk. We don't even know if Zuud's radar works!" She argued.
"She may be an Imperial, but she's good with fixing stuff." Valance said.
"It's moving away," Applebloom said.
Valance looked at her."Floating junk that knows how to steer, huh?"
"We're moving!" Applejack yelled."It doesn't make-"
"Look, are you going to give me the damn gun, or am I going to have to take it?!" Valance asked, impatient.
"What are you going to do? Kill me?" Applejack questioned.
"It's almost gone." Said Applebloom, looking at the radar.
Applejack sighed. She grabbed the flare gun with her mouth and fired it, using her teeth. The blip on the radar was then gone.
...
Suddenly, they saw it again and it was going in their direction.
"Xendor's moons..." Valance said, surprised. They all celebrated when they heard the sound of a motor.
A floodlight turned on and they saw a small boat with some people on it. The boat stopped near the raft.
"Are we glad to see you!" Applejack said with a huge smile.
The bearded man controlling the floodlights looked confused."What's going on?! What are you folks doing this far out here?!"
Valance slowly realized something. The ponies had no idea about humans. And every human had no idea the ponies could talk."Is he used to talking ponies?" Valance wondered.
"We-We were on an Island for a month!" Applejack said.
"An Island, huh?" The bearded man said."Well, how about that?" He smiled."Well, It's a good thing we found you."
The orange mare nodded."Yeah, yeah, we survived and there's a whole group of people on the Island!"
"Well, ain't that something." He said.
"Yeah!" Applejack said, still smile.
"Only, the thing is, we're going to have to take the filly."
...
"What?" Applejack asked after a long moment of silence, confused. She kept Applebloom close to her.
"The filly. We're going to have to take her." The bearded man said.
"I...I don't understand. Who are you people?" Applejack asked.
"Just give us the filly." He said as two men on the boat stood up. Valance noticed one man was holding a weapon he didn't recognize. The weapon, which had a silver camo, had two names carved into it. One said MP40 while the name on the bottom of the first one said The Afterburner.
"Ah'm not giving you anybody." Applejack told him.
"Well, alright then." The bearded man said.
The floodlight was turned off. Valance raised his palm blaster to shoot them but the man with the weapon called the Afterburner started shooting. Strong bullets that were almost like lasers hit Valance and the cyborg fell off the raft and into the water.
"Valance!" Yelled Whooves. The earth pony jumped into the water to help him.
The two men jumped onto the raft to grab Applebloom. One grabbed the filly while one fought with Applejack.
The element of honesty bucked the man right in his chest, sending him back on his boat. But the other man already brought Applebloom to the boat.
The boat started to leave the raft. The bearded man threw a molotov cocktail onto the wooden raft.
Applejack jumped off the raft as it exploded.
The orange mare got up from the water to see the raft on fire and sinking."Help!" She heard Applebloom yell.
"Applebloom!" She yelled.
"Help me, sis!" The filly yelled as the boat was disappearing into the darkness.
"Applebloom!" Applejack yelled.
At the caves, Tucker and Zuud returned with the baby.
Jeela had tears of joy when the baby was returned to her.
Derpy smiled, glad for her. She only hoped that Doctor Whooves was alright.
Flashback.
All throughout the multiverse, the people and ponies were getting headaches and seeing a bright light.
Ocellus was flying in the night sky with her friend, Smolder...and she started to see a bright light.
Indiana Jones and his friend, Mac, were in Berlin during the final days of the second world war.
Tarkin was on the Death Star, thinking he could destroy the Rebellion.
"What are you talking about? We found the Agarthan Device!" Stuhlinger yelled. He then grunted as his headache got worse. He could still see that light even though everything was going dark.
Stuhlinger heard one last thing before he saw nothing but a bright light.
"I know." Said Richtofen."And I'm so sorry."