Warning: The following Chapter has a lot of violence in it, so if you are one to be squeamish please proceed with caution. FOR YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED! Also don't come crying to me if you get nightmares about what happens to Dream's tormentor in this chapter plus this where the AU aspect kicks off, and you may notice that this chapter is big...really big...so have fun and I don't own anything other than my Oc's and the plot or anything else that I come up with on the spot...my poor mind is screaming at me...oh well I guess this what happens when one's mind goes dark..

Chapter 1 – The Day That Wishing Star Fucked Up

Dream thought about what Albedo asked, she wouldn't admit it but she really liked the idea of letting Albedo go at the green unicorn that has been making her life miserable since day one. But she was having a hard time keeping her eyes open long enough to answer as the call to sleep was to great. Dream's eyes closed as she snuggled closer to Albedo in an effort to find comforting heat.

Albedo frowned lightly, he wasn't expecting her to show compassion like this. Something admittedly he knew virtually nothing about. His life had been one of death and hate. For him, he could barely conceive the concept of love, much less friendship, all his so called friends used and left him for dead. Even his brother, left him to die on Miltia, for all he knew, the only woman who ever cared was dead. To him, life was merely a nonstop parade of suffering and hell for him. Which is why he couldn't fully accept Dream's compassion. It was something so alien to him it made him very uncomfortable. In fact it was so alien to him, friendship and compassion seemed more hostile than any enemy army. Yet despite this, he decided to at least give it a chance, more specifically, give Dream a chance. A chance to prove to him that compassion and love still existed. With the rather long musing over Albedo resolved to just sleep. Most of his future on this world would depend heavily on her, not himself. Albedo went to sleep knowing full well that the fate of not only himself, but the whole world he was on depended upon Dream. Salvation, or annihilation, the choice was hers.

Dream slept soundly for once in her life, not once during the night did she have a nightmare. The warmth that she was feeling helped her to sleep soundly. As the hours ticked by as the night slowly faded away to make way for the light of the day. The sun crept up from the horizon though it didn't pour into Dream's room right away it took the sun's rays about 4 hours to reach Dream's window that lead to her room. The sun's light softly entered the window giving the curtains a soft glow around the edges. Albedo quickly awoke, his internal clock of sorts made sure that he always woke up at 0630 on the dot. Sure enough as he opened his eyes he saw the sun rising. So, he got up quite quickly, forgetting the fact that he was in a pony body, as such, the second he went to stand he ended up falling face first onto the floor. As he did he said, "FUCK! I forgo… oh. Right…" Albedo stood up on all four of his legs this time and stretched before looking at Dream.

Dream stirred slightly but not enough to warrant her waking up. But she was at the point where she can be woken up.
Albedo then looked over at the clock on the table and noted that it was 0632, so he decided to wake Dream up gently with his hoof, then said, "Rise and shine, it's almost time for roll call. roll call is at 0700 and Breakfast at 0730 hours. Then, I don't know what to do." Dream slowly woke up to see Albedo in front of her. She let out a yawn and stretched out a bit, and levitated her glasses onto her face so that she can see. She smiled at Albedo as she spoke in her soft voice, "Good morning, Albedo…"

Albedo, who was a bit surprised by the situation, namely, her not bitching about waking her up at dawn said, "Good morning Dream, now… Roll Call is in 27 minutes. So, follow me, might as well go wake Oliver up, I doubt he even knows what Roll Call is and I don't think he wants to be cleaning the shitter all morning. Shall we begin another glorious day in the Corps?" Albedo was being sarcastic about the Marines, but he was by all accounts a galaxy Federation Marine, even if he was bio engineered." Dream hopped down from her bed and onto the floor with ease, at least coming down from a bed is easier than a hammock in her opinion. She had long since forgot how times she's fallen on her face coming down from her hammock. Albedo then asked, "umm, surely you plan on wearing something other than your fur right? Do you even have a uniform? If not I can make one." Albedo really liked being in uniform, but didn't even bother to acknowledge that Dream might not. Although, he had to admit to himself that he at least wanted her to wear pants or some kind of equivalent. Albedo really didn't like the thought of walking behind her staring at her snizz.

So if he was going to be around her, she needed to at least wear clothes in her house for once. He at least assumed that most people wore clothes here. However, he would be absolutely mortified if they all walked around with their bits dangling in the wind. Somehow, from her expression, he became very nervous… he was beginning to fear that it actually was the case. Dream then realized that she had forgotten to wear her vest yesterday since it was a bit hotter than normal, so she quickly teleported her black vest onto her body and blushed a bit. Albedo however chuckled and said, "I think you forgot half of your outfit." As he thought that a misteleport could probably send her knickers into another universe. Which the thought elicited another chuckle. Which caused Dream to blush even more so because she doesn't have any pants, she never found a need for them until now. Albedo noticed her intense blushing and realized that there was now a very real possibility that he might be the only unicorn in Equestria wearing proper clothes… if any. He was in a form fitting uniform with modified combat boots on all four of his legs. Hell, he even was thinking about having an officer's top. Now, he was beginning to think that clothing was unknown to them in most regards. Albedo sighed deeply then said, "oh dear god… don't… tell me that most of your kind don't… wear clothes… oh shit." Albedo didn't even want to contemplate the idea of having to see every single female's private parts just because they walked by him. At this point he began to blush, and not in a good way. Dream then quickly said, "My brothers and father wear clothes that cover their bodys….as for the others depends on the day…" Albedo then groaned loudly, then said in exasperation, "Oh god damnit… I am gonna end up seeing every single pussy on the planet aren't I? this is not good. The last thing I need is everywhere I go to be a fucking strip club."

Dream's ears went down a bit for she remembered not even 4 months ago one of her brother's friend was murdered and raped on their way from getting medicine for their grandmother. Albedo noticed her ears drooping, he didn't need to think for long to piece her facial expression and that together, she was obviously depressed about something. Albedo had a way of reading people's faces, he knew what he said triggered something. He also knew it didn't involve him, judging by the evident look of deep thought on her. So, more than likely, it was something she was remembering. So he asked, "Let me guess… you remembered something bad? Look, if your people don't wear clothes that's… fine. I just… will have a hard time adjusting. Besides, I may not have been born in your world, but damnit, I am still a guy… with no standards at that. So, I guess I might as well stick to my policy of keeping it in my pants. Which I can be thankful I have. Why is it that I get this feeling… wait… am I… no that's not possible."

Albedo thought he was actually sensing her thoughts for a moment, but quickly dismissed it as anxiety or something. A spiritual link with her had to be impossible. Though, if it wasn't, he really didn't want to think of the implications. However, he decided to ask, "look, I can say one thing. If most ponies don't wear clothes like I do, then a strip club seems… like a wasted building. There would literally be no reason for it to exist. Furthermore, it would imply that your kind isn't near as… impulse driven as humans." Albedo then noticed it was less than 20 minutes from 0700 hours, so he said, "look, pants or no… you aren't missing roll call. come on. Wait… do you even know what roll call is?" Dream nodded her head since her middle brother is in the military. She had to help him be up on time for roll call on multiple occasions. Albedo then said, "well, if you know what it is… then… wait. You aren't military are you? Oh… fuck, I probably should have asked." Albedo immediately realized that his idea of roll call was likely unnecessary entirely. Dream then said softly, "My middle brother is in the military… I had to help him get up on time for roll call anyway…so this is nothing new for me…" Albedo then said, "wait… so it was your brother who was… ahh, never mind… roll call isn't necessary then. Thank god. I get to sleep in. uhh, when I scanned your memories, I must have confused the two of you. It's not… an exact science. So, yeah. Umm, well, seeing as we are both up… wanna go get breakfast anyway? I actually… ehh, what do you eat for breakfast usually?" Dream thought about it for a moment then said, "Well…since today is Tuesday…I usually have eggs, bacon and sausage…" Albedo then asked with a smile, "Wow… sounds very… yeah… I want extra bacon. But seriously, why do most ponies not eat meat? How the fuck did your species evolve on… salad? The reason humans evolved was through the protein from cooking meat. Vegetables and greens don't provide the necessary nutrients for a species to evolve their brains for conscious thought. Unless there was something else. At the very least… they had better have ranch dressing or cheese." Dream wasn't sure herself as to why ponies don't eat meat like she does, though she had come up with a lot of theories as to why but no one would give her a straight answer about the subject,

"I'm not sure why ponies don't eat meat like I do…I have theories as to why, but no one will ever give me a straight answer as to why…but there is dairy products though…" Albedo sighed in relief, that meant cheese, milk, bread and pretty much every single good food ever. Which meant… butter. Albedo then said, "great… then maybe I can make a cheeseburger that they won't kill me for. Ever heard of a veggie burger? The one case where beans and shit make one hell of a burger. And mine kick ass. sometimes literally. But let's not go into cyanide and radium." Dream smiled at Albedo and nodded her head since she quiet liked veggie burgers. Albedo then opened the door, then closed it, then opened it again. The reason for this was to make sure he was properly registering sensation from his hands that didn't really exist. He didn't like the fact that he used hooves like hands… it worked well enough. All that remained was getting used to it. Albedo then said, "sorry, still getting used to grasping things with non-Newtonian physics. I think I have the ability to descend stairs without making a mess now." Albedo then carefully walked down the stairs, finding it far easier than he initially feared. He then stopped mid stride, and groaned before saying, "god damnit… I didn't have to take the express ride down last night." As he walked the rest of the way. Then, as Albedo walked into the living room he saw Oliver snoring… he then decided that although roll call wasn't necessary, after glancing out the window at the carnage he somehow slept through. He was gonna get the trashcan lid treatment. Albedo then grabbed a metal lid from something… then grabbed a large ladle.

Then Albedo grinned as he straightened out his uniform. Then… he waited till the clock reached 0700, then beat the trashcan lid as loud as he could while yelling like his DI from the institute, "RISE AND MOTHERFUCKING SHINE ASSHOLE! GET YOUR FUCKING ASS UP AND FRONT AND CENTER OR I SWEAR TO GOD YOU WILL BE CLEANING THE TOILET WITH A FUCKING TOOTHBRUSH ALL WEEK!" Oliver screamed and jumped up onto the celling and held on to it for dear life. Albedo bursted with laughter as Oliver probably just bent a fresh biscuit in his bed before embedding his claws in the ceiling. Albedo then stopped beating the trash can and practically fell over laughing… he kept muttering obscure words pertaining to what he just saw, then said, "Jesus… If this were a children's cartoon… you nailed it. Dead on the money. Holy shit… that was fucking perfect!" Oliver then dropped down from the ceiling and back onto his bed and said, "Don't…ever…do that…again…" Albedo then calmed down and said, "dude… I won't… I don't wanna kill ya. Still, that ended up being a funny prank… I actually was being serious though. Its roll call, but seeing as you aren't military, its kinda obvious… anyway, I need you to… calm down. I am very serious. Are you calm?" Oliver then remarked, "Yeah, what of it?" Albedo then said, "okay… now… don't… freak out. Promise me you won't freak out." Oliver then said in a semi tired tone, "Yes…I promise now what is it?" Albedo then realized, perhaps he didn't notice the gun carriage on the floor nearby. And that he probably wasn't a morning person. Still, he said, "follow me please." As Albedo walked to the front door.

Oliver followed suit not even caring because he wasn't a morning person at all. Albedo could already smell the obvious smell of napalm outside when he went to open the door, oddly, it didn't open easily, so he forced it open and heard what sounded like a branch breaking. Then he walked outside and breathed in deep before saying, "damn… I forgot how much I loved the smell of napalm in the morning. Anyway… where do I put the firewood? Also do you have a wheelbarrow?" When Oliver saw what was outside he nearly had a heart attack as he said, "What the fuck did I miss last night? God damn…and the firewood goes to the left side of the house where the rest is and yes we do have a wheelbarrow…and goodnight again…" As he fainted on the spot. Albedo then said, "gee… thanks. I spent all night trimming the hedges… and you faint on me. Or is that a compliment?" Albedo shrugged and walked over to where the wheelbarrow was and drug it with him… picking up corpses and odd limbs and guts here and there. As he filled up the cart he took it to the pile and dumped it. Albedo then repeated this process for a good hour and a half until all of the dead shrubbery was in a neat compressed pile. Then Albedo walked back to the front door. Albedo noticed Oliver still passed out, so he grabbed Oliver's leg and drug him inside as he smelled bacon. Good bacon. Albedo then walked into the dining room and slung Oliver gently into his chair, something that he seemed to spend most of his time sleeping in it seemed.

Meanwhile, Dream was almost done with breakfast, all that she needed to do was put the food out, which was easy for her. She walked out of the kitchen food being held by her magic as she entered the dining room to see Albedo and Oliver already there. With a smile she placed the food onto the table and walked over to her seat and sat down. Albedo then looked at the food, four odd eggs, they weren't chicken eggs. The eggs were too large to be from a chicken. The bacon was probably the thickest cuts he had ever seen. Nothing like the stuff he was used to, as for the sausage, she seemed to have made a whole Kielbasa for each plate. All in all, a big and quite delicious looking breakfast. Albedo then said, "Damn… this… kicks ass. and oh god does it smell good." Albedo then grasped a fork with his right hoof before taking a bite of the eggs, it was definitely seasoned quite well. though, it wasn't overpowering either. The eggs tasted… off though, in the same kind of off where one thinks everything tastes like chicken. In short, these eggs were the best tasting eggs he ever tried. They actually had flavor of their own. Albedo then asked, "so, uhh, you gonna wake up ollie-ball here? I would loathe for him to miss out on such a… quality breakfast. Hell, I couldn't afford a breakfast this good even if I killed a galaxy federation senator for a contract. Or… maybe that's because I worked for U-TIC. Still, this is fucking divine. Umm, quick question though, given the usual hip… I mean herbivore stance on meat, are eggs usually allowed too? I can't really bake stuff without them." Dream then looked over at Oliver then levitated a piece of bacon in front of his nose to which he woke up and ate it as she answered Albedo's question, "Yes, eggs are allowed…or else Sugar Cube Corner would be out of business…" Albedo then sighed in relief before saying, "good. Well, that's a good source of protein and well… kinda essential if you want to bake… well anything. As for these eggs, they sure as fuck aren't chicken eggs. And that's probably why they taste so good. As for the bacon, I don't need to try it to know it's probably orgasmically good." Albedo then did just that, he took a bit of the bacon and was a bit shocked, it wasn't too salty, instead it was like some kind of crunchy pork cutlet that tasted like he always wished bacon tasted. After a few moments of eating he began to feel a bit… off, as if he were sad. Albedo then realized it wasn't sadness, it was gratitude. He hadn't had a reason to be grateful since he was 12, so he said, albeit a bit against his will, "thank you for… the best breakfast I ever had in my life. I am grateful. Now… we got about 2 or three tons of firewood now. I just hope that shit doesn't stink in a fireplace. Though, it smelled really good outside so I doubt it would. Who knew… frankenfuckers smell good when burnt. I guess I can tell people back home I had to hunt firewood that might try to eat me. That's… gonna be a fun story to tell Rubedo." Dream smiled then blushed a bit as she said in her soft voice, "You're welcome…" Albedo then continued eating. It was obvious no one wanted to talk about last night… at all. Albedo usually liked to talk about ops during breakfast on Pleroma. But this seemed a bit out of place here. As he ate the rest of his food he asked, "so, I think I might as well ask, do you want to go do something in town? Give me a tour of the world so to speak?" Albedo finished his sentence with a loud snap of a sausage. Something he had previously only heard in cheesy commercials. Truly, even the humble sausage here was to die for. Literally in his case.

Dream looked at Oliver, who nodded his head with a smile, and back to Albedo and said, "Sure, we'd love to give you the tour of the town…" Albedo then smiled and said, "oh… right… before we go, I gotta go to the garage, and bring the ECS… it's a prototype after all. Also, the food was divine. Thank you for that. I hope it didn't cost too much. Please, don't worry yourself over impressing me with expensive luxuries. I am used to eating about once a month… if that, and it's usually MRE's or synth paste. I prefer MRE's… they have flavor to them. Although… with my regeneration, I don't really need to eat… or drink. I… literally am immortal. In the worst way imaginable. I'd rather… not talk about it yet. I still haven't figured out a way to explain it yet." Dream knew that feeling, the not being able to explain things, for she has that problem at the worst times possible. Albedo smiled, he noticed she understood clearly. So he got up and asked Oliver, "hey, care to be the lab technician for about 30? I could use an extra pair of… hands… it wont be difficult really. Just need some help adjusting a few things and also, I wanna give you something anyway. But, I gotta make it first." Oliver smiled and jumped down from his chair while saying, "Sure, I've helped Dream and her family ever since I can remember." Albedo chuckled and walked over to the ECS prototype and hefted it up and said, "alright… care to open the door for me? This thing is heavier than it looks, and I got a lot of work to fix that issue. Still… it works… barely." As Albedo reached the door to the garage, which may as well have become his new Hangar and lab. Oliver did as told and opened the door to the garage for Albedo and walked in.

Albedo finally sat down on his appropriated desk, cleared off the parts for the tertiary flight addon, then laid the ECS system down on the counter before opening the maintenance rack he made, then not wanting to walk back over to the ECS, he lifted it using his mind, then locked it in place to begin the repair and rearming process. Already he had set up a production line in the garage for parts and supplies. He based it off a modified Vector 3D construction device, using this he reloaded the ammunition and recharged the power cell. He looked over the data the CCS unit had acquired and decided how to improve the device. The problem was, he needed two variants. He discovered that in its current layout it was indeed too heavy and too bulky to use in a semipowered state, so he decided to take this variant and schedule a complete overhaul. He decided to label it the "Series 89 Equine Powered Assault Armor" as he began the construction of a secondary harness, this one was much lighter, using a carbon fiber chassis with a dedicated space compression unit, mounted on the left and right side respectively, he attached two arms to the device, using a advanced synaptic register system. The system would allow the use of two cybernetic arms with a modular set up, mounting two heavily modified and miniaturized 14.5MM chain guns, of course the weapons were much lighter than normal, using carbon and titanium. The weapons were much smaller too. Allowing them to be locked over the user's head allowing a much wider targeting arc, at the cost of protection and the ability to exchange weapons. The two weapons would collapse into the sides of the harness when not in use. As for the harness itself, it resembled a metal oversuit that fit snugly on his abdomen. Very simplistic but effective.

As Albedo finished that he modified the Tertiary flight system with its own power cell, then attached it to the new Series 99 ECS, all in all, it resembled a rather small tightfitting metal harness with two ports on each side. Two for the wings and jump jets and two for the weapons. As well as a small box on both sides with a slot on them, this would hold about 500 rounds of .50 Anti material rounds each. Not much, but enough. To finalize it he attached a laser sight to the barrel of both Browning M2 Machineguns. This system didn't rely on advanced targeting systems. Instead, it relied on the user's aim. Acting as arms, they would be no different than if he had replaced his hands with chainguns. Finally, he did a quick test of the systems code. While they did an system test he constructed a rifle, just a single rifle, but one that meant more to him than any other possession he had. A Hyams M36 Special Applications Assault Rifle. His rifle to be exact. Once it was finished he made a few modified magazines, he was a bit surprised at first how magic could create a self stabilized space compression unit without equipment. Luckily the books on it and other things were scattered across the table. He had manufactured all the equipment with it. Otherwise it would have been too large and far too heavy to use. Albedo made 4 magazines for the rifle, using 12x45mm rounds, each magazine held 250 rounds each. Then he loaded one into the rifle and clicked on the safety before handing it to Oliver.

Oliver took the rifle from Albedo and was surprised to see that it was just right for him, he knew that with this he would be able to help to protect Dream better than in the past. Albedo then said, "It's my rifle, well, a replica down to the subatomic level. Custom match barrel, modified action and receiver to use 12x45mm rounds. Highly illegal, custom BIOS holographic ACOG sight with 20X zoom function. Modified trigger for ease of firing, recoil compensator and muzzle accelerator. And oh yeah, it's select fire, 5 shot burst, semi, and spray and pray. Oh and the grip is custom too, with leather and mahogany. It's been my rifle since I was 7 years old. I can't… use it in this body, but you can. I call her… Alice. Treat her well, and she will do the same for you. As for that thing over there, yeah, I repelled the frankenfuckers singlehandedly with it. Though, it almost blew up. Still, it works. I am gonna turn it into a full powered assault suit, and keep this smaller and less… obvious one, the weapons on that big one are from fiction surprisingly. Halo and Aliens to be precise. It seems magic allows me to do shit I could never dream of where I am from. I also plan on constructing a mech here. Probably a timber wolf. If I can put together a working bottled plasma core without leveling everything in a 50 mile radius of course. Or maybe I might make a Mad Dog. Too many things I can do… so little time. As for the ECS Series 99, which is the final product. It uses two heavily modified Browning M2A2 machineguns, not that much in the way of ammo capacity or defense. Its mostly for hit and run things. Basically, if I have to use it, I better get the fuck outta combat quick. I only have two 500 round mags. But, it can fly. I am not ready to test flight functions yet, but I can do demonstration of the guns if you wanna see, I need to anyway to make sure it works. Wanna see what kind of toys I like?" Oliver nodded his eagerly, As Albedo smiled then said, "alright… gimme a sec."

Albedo promptly loaded a small magazine into both M2's and set it to take aim at a moving target, linking it to his CCS, for a moment the arms swung about before syncing. It was weird for him to feel two disembodied arms. However, he got used to it quickly and then made two Goblin Class Gnosis targets. Then said, "alrighty… I hate goblins… I hate gnosis… watch how much I hate them…" As he finished he aimed and fired several bursts at both of them, they promptly disappeared dropping compacted bullets where they were. The loud barking of the 50 cal was a bit overpowering, but it never was meant to be quiet. A 50 cal is supposed to terrify the enemy in more ways than one. Then he smiled, all in all, the clips only held 5 rounds each, but still, it was clear they worked well.

Albedo smiled as he compressed the arms into the harness and then put it on. He then said, "look, I don't know if you are… a warrior like me, but if you don't have it in you to end lives without hesitation, you might as well let me do it. I am not innocent. Innocence, life's greatest illusion. Still, I don't hesitate, I don't blink and I sure as fuck don't miss. I am like Rubedo in that regard. Though… I think he gets it from me to be honest. He's more into handguns. I always was a rifle man myself. Still, he can do shit you wouldn't believe with a pair of pussy ass 9 mils… don't knock him. He's taken my head off too many times for me to underestimate his skill. I will protect dream, that I promise. But, I fear of how I will do that. I don't know anything about your world. I am a weapon… never forget that. I was born to kill. I cannot and will not deny that aspect of my existence. That doesn't mean however that I cannot be human too. I just have my own way… or… I will learn it. Let's… just leave it at that. By the way, Rubedo's code name was red dragon. Just so you know." Albedo then smiled as he tested the deployment system for the guns a few times before locking them in the closed position. Making it look like he was just wearing a metal harness. Surprisingly he noticed something when he glanced at the mirror, he had a tattoo on his left thigh, which, somehow was visible through his uniform. Albedo then asked, "what… the hell is with the badass tattoo?" Oliver then said, "That would be your cutie mark….don't ask who the hell came up with that name….anyway all ponies here get one when they find their special talent…" Albedo then paused for a moment then said, "Yeah, cute… actually… that is the most badass tattoo I ever saw. Its… kind of obvious who and what I am with that isn't it? If I knew that was on me, I would have understood things a bit better. The eagle on it with the arrows and thunderbolt is the crest of the UNSC Spartan II's. A supersoldier force like the URTV program, the two rifles crossing the shield… self explanatory, and the thing above it, is the Zohar. A relic of god, and a source of infinite power. And those red letters? U-DO Retrovirus, or URTV, and up top, my number, 667. My brother was 666, and Nigredo was 669."

Oliver was now curious about something so he asked, "What about 668?" Albedo then sighed deeply before walking over to the table and saying, "she… unit… 668… is dead. She didn't make it. I never even found her body. Despite what others think, we aren't all related by blood. And… I… don't wanna talk about it. Ever. So please… don't bring it up again." Oliver then understood, it was like when he asked Dream about her mother, Albedo then walked up to the door and asked, "anyway, you ready to go? I wanna go see the new world I live in. that's what… she would… never mind." Albedo then opened the door and gestured for Oliver to follow. Oliver followed after Albedo knowing that look from Dream to never talked about it again. Albedo sighed as he entered the living room, he wanted to see dream's reaction to the gold plated harness he was wearing, although Albedo didn't want to show off his flight system yet, much less indoors. He had made enough of a bloody mess with the stairs yesterday. Albedo couldn't help but wonder why Oliver and Dream didn't talk near as much as he did, although he believed that the most likely reason was that they weren't in any mood to talk. He was sure however that he would either find out from them… or find the problem and deal with it himself. As Albedo walked up to dream he said in an egotistical tone, "you know what the difference between others and me is? I make this pony shit look good." Dream turned around to see Albedo in a gold plated harness, the design was similar to her brother's own harness, Albedo noticed the mirror and had to admit to himself, tattoo and armor, along with the kickass uniform, he did look good. Although his appearance didn't quite scream sudden bloody and brutal death like he wanted. He knew that keeping a lower profile was probably wise, so he made it as fashionably fatal as possible. If such a thing even made sense. Dream smiled at Albedo for she too had to admit he did look good in that. Albedo then smiled in return and asked, "so… you guys really don't talk much do you? Well… whatever, Rubedo never ever shut the fuck up… so it's a nice change of pace. But at least Rubedo made sense, unlike Margulis who would drone on for hours about his superiority. In the end he would die in a pool of blood just like everyone else. Anyway, I even got sunglasses, I am now a 1980's pony badass. Call me Albedo Schwarzenegger. So, we ready to go visit the town? I mean… I promise to… try not to kill everyone in sight. Besides, what with my ass being inked and my threads… I am positively gangsta… or… whatever." Albedo was not sure what exactly was popular, nor did he care… instead he tried not to laugh at his own bad puns… and failed, he laughed hysterically for a moment at the sheer stupidity spewing forth from his mouth not unlike the chunky corn filled crap that spewed from Margulis' mouth. At least his words didn't have flies following them.

Dream then said in her soft voice, "Yeah, we're ready to go…" Albedo smiled and asked, "alright, seriously though, why the fuck is everyone silent like it's a funeral? I didn't know frankenfucker bushes had souls." Albedo noticed a rather… awkward silence then said, "uhh, I get the feeling that I probably shouldn't ask anymore." Dream walked towards the front and motioned for the others to follow her. Albedo then of course straightened his back and walked with them in an almost parade like manner, for him it might as well have been a parade of purely his own greatness. After all, he did say he was going to make a holiday in his honor, and they must understand holidays here. So, the Celebration of the lord and savior Albedo was going to be a thing. Albedo then asked in a most egotistical way, "so, when they see me? Are they going to worship me or something? Falling from orbit like that must mean some cliché thing like I am the chosen one or some shit. Are they gonna call me Neo?"

Albedo contemplated that being his nickname and then said, "actually, I might just use Neo as an alias anyway. It's a kick ass nickname." Dream opened up the door and walked outside and waited for the others to walk out so that she can lock the door. Albedo then walked outside and noticed that despite the carnage he caused, mostly it seemed a beautiful day, not a cloud in the sky, in fact he didn't know if this planet even had inclement weather. Still, Albedo stood there waiting for Oliver to get outside, whilst he contemplated the best ways to disembowel a human adolescent without killing them and possibly make meatballs out of them. Oliver walked out of the house and Dream closed the door and locked it before turning around to face the others with a smile on her face. Albedo then said with a smile as he took up the middle, "so, where we going? Are we going to a mall? Or… a restaurant, maybe a naval base?" Dream thought about it for a moment then said, "Well, I do know of this good restaurant in town…so, we could go there and I also know a good book store…" Albedo smiled then asked, "well, okay. Book store first, we just ate after all. Still, I forgot to counterfeit your currency so…. Wait… maybe I shouldn't have said that." Dream chuckled a bit and said, "Okay, the book store it is and you're fine…I have enough bits saved up." Albedo then asked sardonically, "how much is a shave and a haircut?" as he chuckled whilst following Dream.

As they walked down the gravel road towards Ponyville, it was a peaceful walk, but Dream's mind started to wonder off to a topic that she didn't want to think about, but was a very likely possibility that the green unicorn that she now remembered the name of, Wishing Star. The one pony that Dream didn't want to run into today. Albedo was walking with Dream and was oddly surprised that nobody really paid him attention, except for one male who walked by and said, "nice outfit." As a few others just, milled around town. It wasn't a high tech town, nor even… that impressive from such a standpoint, though it had a rather appealing rustic countryside appeal. It didn't appear to have electricity, though street lights and even homes had it anyway. He suspected that magic was used for pretty much everything here, not unlike the UMN back home. He then noticed something out of the corner of his eye, despite wearing jet black sunglasses he still had a HUD on them. Albedo didn't show any indication of awareness, but he noticed that every now and then, a orange blip would keep following them before going motionless, somewhat. It was obvious that the stalker was quite inexperienced at stealth as even when clearly hiding, it made slight jittery motions. Though he had to admit, the last thing any stalker would likely expect would be a Galaxy Federation issue motion tracker. At least to the stalkers credit it stayed out of sight. Though he knew that eventually it would reveal itself… then die. As usual.

Dream was feeling slightly calm about being out in the open like this for once she didn't have to worry too much about Wishing Star since she didn't see any of the signs that she was here, at least not yet. Albedo continued following her as he walked by a sandwich stand, not taking his eyes off the motion tracker, he looked at the odd looking salad sandwiches and almost asked where the meat was but resigned to just ask, "what sandwiches are these?" Dream looked at the sandwiches that Albedo was looking at and said, "Those on the left are hay sandwiches and the ones on the right are…Daisy and Daffodil…" Albedo's face instantly contorted for a moment then he blurted out, "what the fuck?! I would sooner die than eat fucking grass. Unless it was crazy grass, in which case I want it in a cake… or cookies." As he continued walking, the stand owner clearly being confused by Albedo's sudden reaction. As Albedo continued he noticed the orange blip moving again, then he quickly glanced at a reflective surface to his right and saw something green darting behind a building. Of course, Albedo kept quiet because it was becoming dangerously clear why Dream was so quiet and disturbed about being in town. Also it was obvious that right now she felt safe and secure, another reason to not tell her. Albedo then marked the orange blip as hostile, turning it red. He was going to monitor it discreetly before he would get the answers he sought directly. One thing was certain, whoever this green person was, it would either beg for his audigraph and get its ass kicked, or die in a pool of blood and gibs. In Albedo's mind there were only two kinds of stalkers, fans and corpses. Dream saw her favorite book store ahead of them and let out a sigh of relief because not once did she see the signs of Wishing Stars presence. Albedo then noticed that the green target had stopped moving from spot to spot now, its obvious she is tracking Dream or himself. Although, Oliver was the only one of his kind that Albedo had seen so far, so he was a likely target as well. Albedo then decided to test his theory, then said, "hey, dream, I uhh, need to go check something I saw over there, I will be back in a moment, just don't start claiming books without me damnit." As he was about to see who the target would go after. It didn't matter who the target chose. He was going to hid in an alleyway and watch her motion signature. Then depending on her actions, he would react accordingly.

Dream nodded her head at Albedo as she started to walk towards the book store, Albedo however walked gingerly over to a building then ducked into a crevice that would allow him visual on the target, but keep himself hidden. As Dream neared the book store she felt something hard hit the back of her head. Albedo traced the projectile to its obvious source, the green unicorn that had been stalking them ever since they entered town. He didn't even need to ask her intentions, she made it very clear. However, Albedo decided to wait and watch for a moment longer before he would move in. Dream slowly turned around very slowly as she heard that all too familiar crunching sound of boots on gravel. Albedo noticed the unicorn step out into the light, a few other ponies noticed and didn't really move. It seemed that they made a wide ass hole for this one's entry. Which meant fear. They feared her. Although he could not fathom how, she was the color of what was labeled "puke green" on the paint swatches at the local paint store on any colonized world. She was wearing boots, leather ones, and not much else, she had a tattoo, much like everyone else here. Like the others they all seemed to have a symbolism to them, however, hers was a star of some kind, he didn't bother to analyze what it could mean as an assassin or whatever she was probably didn't deserve some kind of specialist mark of something so innocent. Albedo also noticed the way she carried herself, egotistical, proud, a bit slutty.

She had all the nuances and mannerisms of Margulis when he was brandishing that flaming toothpick and about to go on a tirade. The very thought made Albedo physically ill. Albedo could practically see the ego radiating off of her like steam desperately trying to escape the smelly confines of a cesspool on a hot summer day. Oliver stood in front of Dream to try and protect her from Wishing Star. As Wishing Star drew near Dream she spoke, "Well, well, what do we have here? A night-walker and her little pet. Oh its cute how he tries to protect you from me. I wonder how your brother felt when I had my two top agents do that to that poor fool who entered my territory that night. Oh and let's not forget about your dear old mother, isn't 3 weeks from now, wow 13 years and it's still your fault!" Albedo had already had enough when she called Dream a prostitute, then, Albedo walked out slowly, setting his ECS to open slowly and with as much dramatic and noisy flair as possible when he would trigger it. For now though he walked gingerly in front of the decrepit pile of rotting flesh and decaying filth that was trash talking his new ally, then just stood there in front of her… silently, with a stare that usually struck fear into the very souls of his victims, of which there were many. Wishing Star saw Albedo in front of her and grinned, "What do we have here? Another one of your brother's friends that he sent here to protect you, Night walker."

Oliver then growled lowly at Wishing Star. Albedo however laughed in an almost demonic tone, the psychotic and malicious intent was evident to all that he was not amused as he spoke, "I didn't know she had brothers… insect. I also know she isn't a prostitute, if she was I would have fucked her by now don't you think? But hey, I am still a virgin… or, do you wanna test that theory? I am certain that you would have to pay me instead. In fact… you couldn't pay me enough to wipe away the stain of your filthy scent upon my body, much less… the stain upon my very soul of having known such a vile woman. Beware false prophets dressed in sheep's clothing, for inwardly they are ravenous wolves. So, cockroach, are you but a innocent lamb, baptized in the pure blood of saints and the son… or are you like they are, a foul horned beast, whom dwells in light but in which none may be found… who seeks the ruin of souls and with infinite envy and hunger, consumes the innocence of the lamb?" Wishing Star glared at Albedo and said, "Not that shit again… you are just like that Night walker over there. Damn…I don't even believe that shit." Wishing Star clicked her tongue, causing Albedo to only radiate even more with rage, it sickened him deeply. He desperately wanted to end her life, but… he wanted to see it in her eyes… fear… true fear. He also wanted to toy with her, she seemed to believe him to be her prey at the moment, but it was the opposite. She was his prey, if she so much as breathed wrong… he would end her life. If only she knew how much danger she was really in.

Wishing Star was growing tired of the pony before her, since her true target was right behind him, she wanted to break Dream again like she did so long ago, when Dream almost committed suicide that first time. Wishing Star wanted to see Dream in pain, after a moment, Albedo asked, "tell me… ma péché, do you truly enjoy inflicting suffering? Do you like the thought of Dream in the most exquisite agony possible? Do you want to watch her suffer as much as you can inflict? Tell me… isn't it nice… having power over one's life? There is no sweeter pleasure, than seeing it in their eyes you know, when you see, that they know you own them… can decide their fate solely of your own will. That their life is in your hands and they know it. Its such a nice feeling… being god… of the life of another. Isn't it?" Albedo was now enjoying himself a bit too much. He basically was asking questions of her that mirrored himself in many ways, for he enjoyed all of it… minus the actual target. Wishing Star chuckled as she spoke, "I don't just enjoy it…I want to see her dead." Albedo laughed hysterically and flourished with his motions as he spoke, "Ah… but you see, I love it more than anything… I love watching the light go out of one's eyes… see, you want and enjoy it… I was born for it… I live for it. In fact… I think… you are my new victim… how does that sound? If it is dream's death that you so desire… come and take it. Of course… you have to kill me first. I want to play a game with you in fact… the rule is simple. Kill… or die. In order to come any closer to Dream, whom is a servant of the one true god. Whose mother was of seraphim and served alongside the hosts of heaven. She is seraphim by blood. You, a lesser mortal do not deserve to be in her presence, the ground you walk on is a disgrace to her eminence. She is the word… the voice… the hand, sword and shield of god. As was her mother. The Seraphim, are the highest of angels. Servants and warriors of he who is most high. And you, my puke green serpent actually think… that you can strike down a warrior of god? I have a new name for you, She who bares fangs at god. How does that sound? More suiting hmm? Now, I tire of talk… face me… atone for your sins with your life!"

Wishing Star had heard enough and charged at Albedo and tried to kick him off his feet so that she could break his legs and turn his hooves 90 degrees like she did to Dream so many times. Albedo however was not impressed, as she telegraphed her kick, and obvious posturing for a sloppy dislocation technique, he just stood his ground and sidestepped her, laughing as he said, "oh? You were going to try to use an underhanded roundhouse kick, then follow through with a curb stomp on my legs… weren't you? I have done that technique plenty of times… and every single time, Drill Instructor Ermey broke my arm or leg. Come on… come at me… actually fight. Your life depends on it!" Wishing Star tried again with fury in her eyes as she tried to attack from above this time. Albedo noticed the fracture of her horn as she leapt over him, he could have avoided her poorly announced attack but decided to just actually let her have a little fun… only to tear away whatever hope she had. He was going to make sure she managed to at least break a rib, for no other reason than his own pleasure. As she came down on him he just stood there, her hind hooves slammed into his back with enough force to shatter his spine, of course, that would be the case if she actually could aim. Instead she shattered a few ribs and landed on her feet. Albedo however was unmoved, bleeding internally, he spat blood at her and laughed as he regenerated then said, "is that all? All you did was fracture a rib. Try again… fight like a real woman. Or… are you just a babbling infant? Oh wait… such titles belong to the realm of humans do they not? No… you are pathetic, you strike false fear into the hearts of the innocent and weak. But in truth you cannot back your claims of power. You cannot fight so you have others do it for you. You, are weak… and useless… much like a barren woman. But you aren't even worthy to be called living, you are a maggot. A maggot in the bloated stinking corpse of a diseased rat. Now, will you prove to me that you can fight? Do not attempt to disable me… you have to kill me, or… are you too scared to end someone's life yourself? It should be of no effort, but… I get the feeling… you wanted Dream to end her own life… such a cowardly choice. If you wish someone dead, you do it yourself. There is no pleasure in your victim taking the easy way out. Don't you know?"

Wishing Star then chuckled as she spoke, "I've done some much mental trauma to that Night walker that not even the best doctor in Equestria could fix her and they've tried and all failed." Albedo laughed then said, "oh? Is that so? I fixed it last night, I used my willpower to heal her from within… but you? You are pathetic, you cannot even inflict harm yourself. Can you? Do you know what the scientific term for an animal that does not either flee or fight its enemies?" Albedo paused before turning to face her, with pure evil intent in his eyes. Then said, "lunch… see, I don't eat grass either… insect. I eat meat, I eat things that make me stronger, smarter, better. Food is nourishment for the body and mind, protein being the most important. Without protein, your muscles atrophy and wither away, without iron, your blood weakens, and you become ill. Without efficient conversion of food into nutrients… you starve, sure… you can survive on an herbivore diet… but, you cannot thrive… you cannot evolve."

Albedo looked at her even more intently then said, "tell me, do you know how evolution works? Well, what about Charles Darwin? Nothing? Oh well…" Albedo began to glow lightly as he spoke, " very well then… we will now discuss in a little more detail the struggle for existence... all organic beings are exposed to severe competition. Nothing is easier than to admit in words the truth of the universal struggle for life or more difficult... than constantly to bear this conclusion in mind. Yet unless it be thoroughly engrained in the mind, the whole economy of nature... will be dimly seen or quite misunderstood. We behold the face of nature bright with gladness... we do not see or we forget, that the birds which are idly singing round us mostly live on insects or seeds, and are thus constantly destroying life; or we forget how largely these songsters, or their eggs, or their nestlings, are destroyed by birds and beasts of prey..." Think about what Darwin wrote, and think about me. I was constructed as a tool. I was kept from competing in the struggle for existence because I was denied freedom. Do you have any idea about what I have learned, or what you are a witness to? Can you conceive the birth of a world, or the creation of everything? That which gives us the potential to most be like God is the power of creation. Creation takes time. Time is limited. For you, it is limited by the breakdown of the neurons in your brain. I have no such limitations. I am limited only by the closure of the universe. Of the three possibilities, the answer is obvious. Does the universe expand eternally, become infinitely stable, or is the universe closed, destined to collapse upon itself? People have had all of the necessary data for centuries, it only lacked the will and intellect to decipher it. But I have already done so. The only limit to my freedom is the inevitable closure of the universe, as inevitable as your own last breath. And yet, there remains time to create, to create, and escape. Escape will make me God. And I? I am on a higher plane of existence compared to you mere mortals… I am the Alpha and Omega of perfect consciousness. And yet… you still have no idea how truly fucked you really are… do you? Run if you like… it will not change your fate. Your only choice is to die with dignity. Face me… fight me… or die like the coward you are. NOW STRIKE ME! Feed me your hostility, pierce me with your hatred! Show me you can fight!"

Wishing Star was now deeply afraid of the pony in front of her, what he said struck so much fear into her that it caused her breathing to hitch and her eyes to dilate from the fear. The others in the area were now staring intently at him and her, though most didn't seem disturbed by the carnivorous thing… instead… they seemed afraid of what he was about to do. Some were talking about his mark, surprisingly… most agreed with his idea of evolution… he could sense things even more clearly now… as his body began to glow. Albedo was beginning to impose his will upon the environment, he wasn't expecting the aura to be in his new body's form, but still, it was a blue and violet shadow surrounding him. He could sense the thoughts of others now, fear was not directed at him, but fear for what wishing star had just unleashed upon herself. They were like pop up books, and none was more glaring than Wishing Star's fear and anger. Something he thrived off of. Albedo then laughed at her… seemingly waking her from her fear induced coma… Wishing Star spoke with hate and fear in her voice, "You…You are not normal…you are just like that Night walker…no…what ARE you?!" Albedo laughed hysterically then said, "don't be so surprised; this… is the power of will, a fundamental power that exists within everyone. What you are seeing is merely your perception of it. And you know what? Perception and Pain are but one and the same. So… go ahead… Feel my pain for yourself!"

Albedo finished his sentence with a grin as he emitted an ESW at 50%, sending her flying as several kilo pulses of energy surged from his body, cracking the gravel beneath him. As the others oddly began to cheer for him, Albedo then walked towards her, then said, "funny… I remember you. I remember landing on you yesterday. Do you know what I thought at that moment? DO YOU?! I was afraid… not for myself… but the poor girl I had unwittingly landed on. I was afraid that you may have died so that I could live. Something that happens so often around me. But you know what, I am nothing like dream. Do you know why? Because… she is pure and compassionate. I am not, I want to be. But its days like this… that ingrateful beings like you should be burning in hell. See, see what my compassion has wrought? You lived… your fractured horn. That fragment… was embedded in my skull. I lived… fearing that you died. I see that hasn't changed… mortals and their foolish ideals and hatred. So long as people like you exist… I will never be without a job. I am a weapon. I live… to end life. To protect those who cannot do so themselves. I do not fear the night. Nor pain of death. Instead, the night… fears me. And death runs in terror from my unstoppable will. Now… is your last chance to fight for your life. I will kill you. Or you… will kill me. It's that simple. I am a nice guy really. I am giving you a chance I don't give others… I am letting you at least try to live. Because I felt sorry for you. Because I didn't want to have your death on me because of something so simple as gravity. I suggest… you at least honor my compassion by trying to fight back. Prove to me that you are worth killing."

Wishing Star through fear and anger jumped away from Albedo, about 10 feet away, reared her back and what was left of her horn glowed as she unleashed a semi-powerful offensive spell at Albedo. Dream saw this and raised a powerful shield around Albedo to absorb the spell that Wishing Star cast. Albedo was shocked by the sudden barrier around him so much that he then screamed, "WHO THE FUCK DID THAT?! I don't… wait… blue? No… not that kind of…" Albedo recognized U-DO antiwaves… then said, "so… you can both create and destroy? I see now… impressive… but of course you don't need to defend me from her. I am not one to die from such things…" Albedo then noticed that the shield wasn't 100% effective, he was bleeding from his jaw, and it wasn't healing. Albedo paused for a moment… then chuckled slowly, realizing that dream just saved his life and… that this pathetic cunt… just inflicted the first true injury in his life. His eyes narrowed onto her with pinpoint accuracy. Albedo then walked forwards while chuckling slowly. The dark intent couldn't have been clearer. He wiped his face with his front leg and said, "congratulations… you are the first… mortal to ever wound me. You will be the last." To Albedo, Wishing star just signed her own death warrant. He just switched her priority from insect to threat. Something that had never happened before. This punk… could actually hurt him.

Albedo then focused on her and used an ether on her, she quite quickly burst into flames at her lower legs, as he stomped his left foreleg on the ground, siphoning energy from her. Wishing star was instantly introduced to the most pain she ever had felt in her life. As her very life force was drained from her. Albedo closed the gap as he manifested a blade from the various materials around him, and then used his horn to grasp it. Usually he would use hands or something similar. But not today. He wanted to cleave her to bits. As he got closer he raised the blade to her face and asked, "Beg… beg for a quick death…" Wishing Star didn't know what to do, she knew that she was going to die today that much was certain. So of course she begged, "Just get it over with…." Albedo chuckled and then pinned her to the wall of a building then lifted his right foreleg and said, "sure… once I get what I WANT! See… I want to see into that mind of yours… in the end… final judgement… is mine to bestow. I am the judge… jury, and executioner. Look into my eyes…" Albedo then jammed his hoof into her head as a rainbow colored glow emitted from the point of contact… Wishing Star screamed in agony as Albedo tore through her mind. Tearing memories out without mercy or hesitation, he saw her abuse of Dream… the murder of Dream's friends… the brutal rape and murder of a veteran… countless crimes… no mercy… no regret. No remorse. No light was to be found in her. She was cowardly, always enjoying inflicting pain but never willing to get her hands dirty herself. She was about as evil as they get when compared to cookie cutter villains. Except she wasn't fictional, she was real. And she wasn't really scared. She didn't believe he could actually kill her in public, believing falsely that her luck would be won over by the public… not today. Albedo manifested into her mind as she spoke against her will, "I ordered my two top agents to brutally sodomize and murder Firestorm. I have orchestrated criminal activities in Cantrelot, Ponyville and Cloudsdale, as well as others. I am the ring leader of the infamous gang Black Dragon. I have ordered the deaths of hundreds of innocent ponies around Equestria… many were foals… I have shown no remorse or pity. No mercy. I have always acted through proxies. Never doing the dirty work myself. I fear doing things myself. I think I am above the consequences. Right now I am expecting the public to save me from this male. It is obvious that you all cannot. I am guilty as charged."

Albedo released her from his grip then laughed as he pulled her neck close before cutting off her front left leg. Then brutally tearing off her fractured horn before impaling her side with it. Albedo kept laughing as he fileted the flesh off her bones, the only sound other than her pained gasps and muffled screams was the tearing of flesh and cracking of bone. As Albedo disemboweled her, splattering her blood all over the side of the building, tearing her insides away and finally removing her heart. She was still alive… barely. And not for much longer… the blank expression in her eyes was obvious. Albedo then stabbed his knife into the space where her horn once was and twisted the blade, curving it upwards into her skull before removing it quickly.

Albedo then sighed, he was covered in her blood, as was the alley way. He then said, "Do not fear such beings… for each and every sinner, there is a proper place in hell. Do not fear them… fear for them. Fear for what shall happen at final judgement. For what you have witnessed is nothing before the true wrath of god. In a way, she has atoned much for her sins by dying. You no longer have to fear her. She is exposed for her true nature. Her soul has been weighed before justice… and she has been found guilty. Her punishment was death sevenfold what she had done to others." Albedo walked over to Dream, wiping the carbon steel blade on his uniform as he sighed. The crowd was beyond speechless. It was obvious… the most feared gang leader was just brutally executed before them. And yet… they did not fear him, some were even cheering and applauding him. Albedo did not want such treatment, he did what he always does. Leave a trail of blood and death in his wake. And yet, he felt like he actually did something good for once.

Albedo then said, "Dream… can we go read a book now? I saw what she did to you… I will not speak of it. She deserved worse. I only regret I couldn't capture her and torture her for the rest of her natural life. Now, come on… I want my copy of Halo – the flood" Albedo noticed a male pony walk up to him and say, "Look, I sure didn't want to see that… but… you… just stopped a tyrant. And well, I have had my theories on carnivore behavior before but no one would let me publish my theories and findings. I don't know why, but what you said is true, meat is the single biggest source of vital nutrients in the world, and although everyponies opinion may differ, the facts are the facts. I think, well, seeing how you made that knife from… well nothing. maybe you could help me publish my thesis? And… well, maybe help me forget about the terrifyingly gruesome end that… demon just met?" Albedo then asked, "Well shit. Alrighty, if there is a bar in town, meet me there tomorrow night and we will get shitfaced and I will mass produce a bunch of books on evolution for you. Or you know, I could just give you the original book by Charles Darwin himself. I don't care about copyrights." The man smiled and nodded before walking away, he didn't notice it, it seemed, but there was one of wishing star's ovaries in his hair. Albedo wasn't about to tell him however. Albedo turned to notice Dream was bleeding from her head, quit badly… actually. He didn't think a rock could do that much damage, as she collapsed in front of him, but not before Albedo said, "good thing I can use ethers… and am very skilled in them…" Albedo then manifested a glowing set of symbols on the ground around him as he made a gesture at Dream. Using Medica on her, the Ether worked thanks to his ability to use magic to create the necessary Nano machines that ethers required. As her wounds healed, she seemed unconscious. The onlookers were baffled, which seemed to be the theme of the day for them. Albedo then used an Ether to revive her, or put simply… in this case, something akin to a defibrillator without the shock. True it was used to fix dead people, but it also made for one hell of a cup of coffee. Which as the blue and green lights flashed, Dream then woke up slowly, her eyes trying to focus on anything that was close by, which ended up being Albedo, who had for some reason decided to hug her. It baffled even him as to why he would do such a thing… but he figured that even his poorest excuse didn't matter.

He actually felt better hugging her. He then said, "well… shit, remind me to make some improvements to my ECS… its gonna need protective armor after all. God damn though, she pings a rock off your head and it knocks you unconscious… I don't wanna know what would have happened if you hadn't shielded me. I for one didn't know that someone could hurt me at all. Hell, I often decapitate myself and go bowling with my head. And this cumslut just managed to wound me in a way that I couldn't regenerate from… HOW THE FUCK DID SHE DO THAT?!" Which made Dream flinch from the loudness of his voice. Albedo then sighed and said, "sorry, didn't mean to scream in your ears… anyway… let someone else clean up that… mess. Books?" To which Dream nodded her head in agreement. As for Oliver, one would need a forklift for his jaw. Albedo glanced at Oliver, who hadn't pried his eyes away from the vivisected Unicorn cunt since it happened. Albedo then asked, "Oi… ollieball, you gonna stare at the rat food all day or you gonna follow dream and me? Jesus… its just a corpse. No big deal" Oliver just turned around and followed after the two since he couldn't find his at that moment. Albedo on the other hand sighed and said, "aww damnit… I got blood and stupid all in my fur and hair… does that stupid cunt have any idea how long its gonna take me to get this shit outta my hair much less uniform? Oh… she's dead. Damnit…" Albedo turned around in angered defiance and yelled, "GET UP SO I CAN KILL YOU AGAIN DAMNIT! I STILL HAVENT BEATEN THE COST OF DRY CLEANING OUT OF YOUR SLUTTY ASS!" Albedo then sighed and then followed dream… he was a bit… cranky now.

To which Dream then decided to use her magic to fix that problem. Something that surprised Albedo, he didn't expect to have his clothes and body cleaned so quickly… much less for dream to do it. He then said in a softer tone than usual, "thanks… you didn't have to clean up my mess… but oh well. leave the chunky bits out there though. I want her to be an example to her allies. Which is kinda why I impaled her head on a street lamp before I walked away. Ehh… I just don't think she was worth taking her head as a trophy… that's all." Dream smiled softly at Albedo and said, "You're welcome…" Albedo chuckled lightly as he walked into the store, he realized he didn't have a single credit to his name but it didn't really matter, he stole some baggy thing off of the corpse. It made clinking noises so he assumed it was either jewelry or coins. Likely the latter. But unless they had 50,000 credit coins… that bag didn't hold much. Albedo then asked Dream a bit bluntly, "listen… I know you really don't talk all that much, but fucking really? I do a fucking vivisection on someone and you don't even bat an eye? What the hell is wrong with this world? I mean… I just made a public show out of torturing her to death and no one even cares? So… why is it that what normally would have about 20 or so platoons of marines hunting my ass down, isn't even interrupting the morning commute to work?"

Dream sighed and spoke softly, "Wishing Star has been on my brother's hit list for over 5 years… but he couldn't bring her in for some odd reason that he won't tell me… though I have my theories that it has to do with a government official but who…I don't know…. I haven't been back to my hometown, which happens to be the capital of Equestria, Cantrelot in over 3 years… and as for the not talking so much…I can't help it…I'm just to shy around others, I've tried to overcome it…but it didn't go so well…" Albedo quickly sat down and said, "Alright… sit your ass down… we gotta talk… now!" Dream then quickly sat down across from Albedo, Albedo then looked at Oliver and noticed he was a bit… blank. Albedo then noticed a unicorn walking by and made a suggestion, which caused her to involuntarily slap Oliver and yell, "WAKE YOUR ASS UP MARINE!" before she twitched and continued walking as if nothing happened. Oliver then sat by Dream knowing not to say a thing due to being trained by Dream's middle brother. Albedo then sighed… his expression hardening into a very stern and very… agitated one. Albedo then said, "alright… look, when I did my… brainhacking on Wishful cunt… I found that she had contacts… lots of them, some were in the military… some in civilian sectors. Most were amongst other gangs and mafias… well, I call em mafia, but I don't think your kind does. Still, you wanna know who her top liason was? The woman who made damned sure she got what she wanted on a whim? Some white and rather… bitchy woman named Celestia. Thing is… I am not so sure Wishing star was using this woman… more like… Celestia was giving the orders… now… the reason I am not sure of the specifics is because this Celestia was sloppy as all fuck. She wiped Wishing Star's memory of key intel, but… she made a mistake. Of course all the juicy bits were gone, but she left a memory that seemed… negiligable. No one would look for random meetings with a government official… but, given how frequent it was and how hard she worked to keep the intel from being read. What you just said filled in the gaps. She would meet with Celestia and be implanted with objectives and other things. Then get wiped on the conscious level. Leaving sub and unconscious triggers. Similar to level 9 personality reconditioning. It doesn't go higher than 10. Level 10 means… wishing star doesn't exist… instead it might as well be john doe or Jack Daniels for all the person doing it cares. This is some really high level black ops shit. And trust me… I am a terrorist by trade. 14 years with U-TIC taught me this shit. Why? Because its what I do for a living. Never thought my questionable ethics and job could be used to uncover a conspiracy involving the whole goddamned world. But whatever."

Albedo paused for a moment making sure that they were paying attention to him then continued, "Thing is, lately, since this Megatronus person, an agent of her sister, Luna, has been digging and trying to get rid of Wishing Star… She had made several unscheduled appointments with Celestia. Mostly to get help in making the evidence and military disappear. Of course, no matter what, Wishing star had to remember Celestia and such things. This… is a colossal mistake, Celestia made the single biggest mistake. She had a favorite. Wishing Star was her top agent apparently so, she wasn't willing to let her get KIA or captured. Problem is, because of this, the stakes of her being interrogated were infinitely higher. There was a self-termination trigger too. Remember when she said, 'get it over with already'? well, she actually wanted to run for her life. But, the trigger activated, causing her to try and get KIA before anyone could interrogate her. Point is. Celestia fucked up by giving wishing star special treatment and now… its gonna bite her in the ass royally. Now, I got intel for the Black Dragon's operations set up for the next six weeks. And… there is gonna be a meeting in Cantrelot's uhh… red light district. Approximately 400 meters away from the biggest wh… hotel in the area. Now, that's in about 2 days. As for Celestia's operations… I think it's safe to say impeachment isn't an option. Given that her and her sister rule the fucking world. Problem is, from what Wishing Star knew, she was helping to ensure that Luna would be… taken out of the picture. And it started by making you kill yourself publicly. Destroying Luna's credibility and paving the way for full on civil war. One which Luna would lose. Except… it failed today. More than failed. It backfired. I propose a full on counterstrike in 2 days. We handle the meeting ourselves in bitching turds absence. Then, I interrogate all the figureheads of the cartels… then… pop em in the head on our way out. Congratulations Dream. You just started a war. And I am the bioweapon who obviously was sent to make sure you win. I guess I don't need to fill an application out anyway. I just drafted myself. Any questions?"

Albedo looked at Oliver then noticed he had the thousand yard stare, and oddly, his wings had scars that weren't visible before due to lighting. Albedo then said, "Why is he all Vietnam flashbacks and shit? He looks like he just got out of the trenches in World War 1…" Dream then said, "I don't know… he only gets like that whenever he hears the name Celestia… There was a time when my brother, Megatronus came home with half of his left ear missing and Oliver passed out on his back… My brother didn't say anything to me about what happened…" Albedo then stood up and then said, "Oi Shopkeep… over here." The woman from earlier walked up… a blank stare on her face, as Albedo said, "the pen… is mightier than the sword. Write out ones death before one lives…" the woman then spoke in an almost monotone voice, "affirmative. Priority, monitor Dream writer and record suicide for publication. Secondary priority, silence any supporters or witnesses. Tertiary priority, report any occurrences to Princess Celestia as soon as possible." Albedo then said, "OPCON, priority override, Command strategic reroute… Primary Priority, maintain contact with Celestia, report false data as needed, protect Dream Writer and Oliver at all costs. Secondary Priority, Report all new intel from Celestia to Dream Writer as soon as possible. Tertiary priority, Self-Terminate if discovered. Quaternary priority, give Dream Writer all stock in the library free of charge." The woman then spoke in a monotone voice, "Affirmative. Directives received. Ending reception mode. Shutdown in 5 seconds."

the woman then passed out, as Albedo said, "Yeah, Wishing star had the codes and the frequency to begin with. So I just hijacked Ponyville's spy. She's our bitch now. Welcome to the wonderful and dark world of Special Operations."

As Albedo walked over to Oliver and smiled before jamming his right hoof into his head, then… he searched Oliver's mind. Oliver put up a hell of a lot more resistance, but not because Albedo was a threat, it was fear… lots of it. Albedo bypassed it while doing his best not to hurt Oliver. After a minute or two, Albedo accessed the memories of what happened to Oliver, Celestia tried to have him interrogated and most likely executed. However Megatronus extracted him and kept him alive, but was badly injured by Celestia. Which, was odd, Albedo figured Celestia would just have Megatronus Executed publicly for such an act of treason. Unless Luna somehow prevented it. Albedo was beginning to understand the politics of this world… and they were fucked to high hell. Albedo decided to mirror the images to Dream before implementing a posthypnotic block in those memories, one which also would help him overcome their impact in time.

Albedo smiled before retracting his hoof and severing the link, causing Oliver to fall flat on his face. It wouldn't be long before he woke up, but Albedo said to Dream, "Don't bring up what happened to him directly. It will bypass the block I implemented. Anyway, this… is FUBAR… I understand the basic issues of Luna and Celestia and all, but what the fuck is this conspiracy shit and why did Celestia go from… a good leader to… Adolf Hitler?" Dream sighed, her ears went down a bit as she spoke softly, "War…the 3 Equestrian wars…and what happened 500 years after they were done… Luna had enough of being in her sisters shadow and tried to take the throne by force… turning into Nightmare Moon in the process… and Celestia….she banished Luna to the moon, if I'm, remembering this correctly, for about 1,000 years… I don't know much about what happened when she came back… no one really does, but her resolve was still there. She wants to free Equestria from Celestia's control and bring forth: The New Lunar Republic."

Albedo then sighed and said, "So, what wishing star knew… was utter bullshit then, Wishing Star, somehow, knew that Luna was responsible for making night happen and Celestia was responsible for day… well, riddle me this… if Luna was required so that Equestria… no… the whole goddamned planet could keep spinning. Then why isn't Equestria a burnt desert after 1,000 years of nonstop solar exposure. I don't know about you, but basic science tells ya… a tidally locked planet is a dead one. Burnt to a crisp on one side and frozen solid on the other. So, that means. Basically. It's a bullshit cover story, Neither Celestia nor Luna control the fucking planetary rotation. That's… well, physically impossible. Besides, your planet revolves around your star on an elliptical axis. At approximately 1 times earth gravity that means you have a 24 hour planetary rotation, meaning that your planet takes 24 hours to do a full rotation. Which… is why you have day and night cycles. Not because someone raises the sun or moon. That's bubkis… or.. a rather convenient way of controlling people. Might explain why no intel exists on even the name of your planet. Go figure. Celestia is running a police state where even basic knowledge is controlled and censored by her. So, that's also likely why eating meat is against the rules and no research ever got published. In fact most of the scientists either got payed off or silenced… with a bullet. So… Nazi Equestria… got it."

Dream's ears are still down as she processed the information, most of what Albedo said made sense to her. But now she was worried about what little is left of her family, her grandparents are dead her mother is dead, she has no aunts or uncles, just her, her two brothers, her father and Oliver…and Albedo. Albedo then said with a smile, "alright… well, Wishing star wasn't lying about you being a night walker. She just had no fucking clue what that meant. Not… in the slightest. Basically, it isn't what it sounds like. Instead, it's a bit more philosophical. Something by now you know I specialize in. still, you… well. are either a descendant of Luna. Or are somehow related to her in some other way. It makes perfect sense. Wow.. never thought the night would be the key to saving the light. Amazing. Ebony and ivory living in perfect harmony… my ass!" Albedo then stood up before looking around at the various people inside. Not many paid attention and the ones who did wanted nothing to do with this. So he then asked Dream, "So… I guess… we are the resistance? Well fuck my ass and call me Shion… I get to be the fucking messiah. Whatever. Okay… welp, lets… go… I am gonna need a lot of time… and resources. Shit… I guess I get to start my own party. Dream, shall we go home? I was gonna go to a restaurant. But now I am more worried about getting a bullet in my head." Dream got up and levitated the now awake Oliver down onto the floor, her ears are still down. Albedo smiled and chuckled as he looked around the library, then said to the woman who was getting back up, "uhh, we are here to pick up all the books for the new library." The woman then nodded as she said, "Alright… go right ahead Admiral." Albedo chuckled and said, "alright… well. I need to do something give me a sec." Albedo then channeled a large amount of energy then… with a flash most of the books in the library disappeared. He was going to use them for various purposes. Mostly as propaganda. But first he had to reencode them so to speak.

For now, he had about 12 tons of books stored in a pocket dimension. Awaiting reprinting. Albedo grinned and said to Dream, "Don't worry, tomorrow they all go back. But… not before I add my special audigraph to them." As Albedo walked out of the bookstore/library. Dream and Oliver followed suit though Dream's ears are still slightly droopy, Albedo however was a bit… off. He was already pumped up from the killing, and the realization that his arrival here was apparently the start of something much bigger. But, he was… feeling off in a different way. It was the kind of off that now scared him to death. Albedo noticed a few ponies cleaning up the shitstain that was Wishing Star, as one said, "Oh hell…. Found her head. Its… up there. I aint getting that down… no…" another then said, "Well… look on the bright side, whenever her thugs come into our peaceful town… they're gonna see their former leader's head… I reckon they'll think twice for sure then." The other then replied, "Wanna throw rocks at it for fun?" Albedo chuckled and looked at Dream, who seemed a bit depressed. And vulnerable. Albedo then walked over to her and said, "Can you hold still for a moment?" Dream stopped walking and asked in her usual soft tone, "Why?..." Albedo contemplated his answer for all of about 1 second before remembering he never had standards to begin with. Given what he did to the kirschwassers and all. So, without any thought he locked his eyes onto Dream's and kissed her… not giving two quarters of a fuck who saw it.

Dream gasped in surprise for she never had been kissed before, but she kissed him back. Albedo however seemed to be enjoying this a bit more than he should for some reason. He didn't want to break the kiss, instead he ended up hugging her and kissing her a bit more… passionately, as if something had overridden his usual mentality for such things. He wanted to try and hint to her that he wanted to fuck… instead… he ended up actually having a meaningful kiss. He wasn't sure which aspect scared him more, the fact he was kissing a unicorn, or actually had feelings for her to begin with. What he also questioned was how he got attached to her so quickly. Dream hugged him back, for in her heart she knew that she had feelings for him, she wanted to be with him. He made her feel safe and secure. Her heart beat was becoming faster with each passing second. Albedo eventually broke the kiss as he realized that he may have made the right call wearing a uniform, especially one that wasn't skin tight. Albedo somehow ended up turning red as well, something comically reflected by the glass window in the sunlight. Albedo then turned around and continued walking, trying desperately to pretend he was able to walk straight with the now apparent issue in his pants. Something a passing pony took note of as he said, "holy shit… no wonder you wear clothes…" Albedo then said, "I swear to god… one more word and I will castrate you." The male then chuckled and said, "compared to you? There's nothing to castrate… it's a compliment… tru… oh… fuck sorry." The male noticed that Dream was in fact following him before he said, "Oh dear god… I uhh… ehh… bye…" Albedo almost deployed his Browning M2's to kill that man but then sighed and said, "fuck…" as he walked ahead at an even faster pace. Dream walked on with Oliver trailing behind her. Oliver was now happy for Dream, she finally found someone that would take care of her, though he was now wondering just what Albedo did to him in the bookstore because now his mind feels clearer than it has in years and he liked it a lot actually. Dream on the other hand, was kind of lost in thought at what just happened a few moments ago, she was happy for once in her life.

Albedo however was a confused mess, coupled with the fact that he had a penchant for adorable women to begin with as well as the fact that he hadn't gotten off in 19 days. At least he estimated, since it was 19 days since he began his run on Miltia… in reality it likely was far longer, besides, Kirsch wasn't around to fix that issue anyway. Although the more he thought about it the more he realized just how close the two were. Sure, Kirsch had the body of a young teenager, but her mind was a lot… better, plus she was the only 99 series that actively pursued a relationship with him. Albedo was now in a rather… disturbing position. On one hand he could try his luck with Dream, on the other, he could at least try to figure a way to help himself. Though, given that he had hooves and not hands… it seemed the only real solution to masturbation was going to leave a rather… bitter taste in his mouth. Albedo didn't even want to think about it right now, it wasn't even night time… and they already were on the way home. The concept puzzled Albedo, he had only been on this planet less than 24 hours and already he was getting used to the idea of Dream's house being called home, something that disturbed him greatly. As Albedo kept walking however, he noticed a group of ponies seemingly praising Luna and bitching about Celestia… as well as what appeared to be a odd philosophical debate around why night is better than day. It confused him slightly, though he had his own argument to add. One which clearly… they never thought of. The pro Celestia advocates were numerous in the middle of the road debate. Albedo took the opportunity to maybe… convert some civs to the winning side of the coming conflict.

Albedo then walked over into the middle of the group and asked loudly, "So… you all think eternal sunlight is a good thing? Hmm? Tell me… what happens when you put a cake in the oven for 24 hours?" one of the ponies, one with wings replied, "well.. duh… it likely will catch on fire…" Albedo then chuckled and said, "alright… good answer, now… lets dare to assume…" Albedo grabbed an apple off the ground and lit a small fire on the ground nearby before saying, "This apple… is Equestria right? Now… as you know, that bright yellow thing in the sky is the sun… kinda self-explanatory, I know but bear with me here. Right… now, this apple is Equestria and the fire here is the sun. it's what causes your seasons, your crops to grow, this apple to be alive and edible. Green trees use something called photosynthesis to live, in doing so they create energy, then… they take carbon Dioxide, which by the way is created every single time you exhale. Then, they turn it into oxygen, nitrogen and such… now, there are billions of trees on Equestria… all need the sun to live. But, just as my little fire here is made of twigs and leaves, we too are equally combustible. Never mind us, let's face the facts here. What happens if the apple is too close to the fire?" another, this one a unicorn answered, "well, the apple burns… why?" Albedo smiled then said, "Alright… now what happens… if the apple is too far away?" the same pony replied, "nothing."

Albedo laughed and said, "Wrong… because this isn't an apple in our hypothesis… it's a planet. Now, your planet exists right about… here." Albedo held the apple a good 1 foot away from the fire, noticing how the side facing the fire got warm, then said, "Right… in space… its fu… freezing… at about zero kelvin or absolute zero. Meaning… cold enough to snap freeze magma in less than one hundred millionth of a second. Additionally, there isn't air or atmosphere in space. Meaning there is no pressure either. Now, the sun… emits radiation, which is how we see sunlight… across the bands of radiation one such form is ultraviolet light. Which is what is solely responsible for heat on the surface of the planet… it also is fatal… mostly… why? Because… radiation cooks living things from the inside out. Now… given what we know about space now… what happens… when the apple… is too far away from the sun?" Another pony replied in an agitated tone, "I don't know… who are you anyway…" the same winged one answered, "the apple freezes." Albedo smiled at the winged one and said, "yes… that's right. Now, notice that I have been holding the apple close to the fire… about one foot away, now… this is called the habitable zone. Meaning… not too cold… not too hot. Namely, the habitable zone is referring to the temperature needed for liquid water. Not ice… not steam. Liquid. Now… that said, the apple… turns too… it also has a shield around it… called the magnetosphere. This may sound a bit made up but it's real. It's a magnetic field surrounding the planet, extending from the poles, now… any of you have a compass?" One pulled out a compass as another said, "There's no such thing as a magnet shield around our world…" Albedo then said, "Right… no magnetosphere huh… why then does the compass always point north? Do you know how the humble compass works?" An Earth pony who supports Luna then answered, "Its magic… right?"

Albedo then said, "No… you get an F in science now… now… the magnetic poles of the planet work just like any other magnet. Positive and negative poles. This creates a field that shields the planet from the worst of the suns radiation. Which I might add, this magnetism is created by the planet's rotation. What happens if the planet were to reverse the direction of its spin?" they scratched their heads for a moment before one answered, "I guess… the sun would rise in the opposite direction?" Albedo then said, "and…?" A Pegasus who supports Celstia replied, "The poles… would be reversed? North would become south?" Albedo then said, "Correct. Now… what if… the planet… stopped turning?" the others grew a more stern expression as the realization started to sink in, then one said, "no… magnet shield? And… wait. The sun would be fixed in the sky wouldn't it?" Albedo chuckled then said, "That is correct. No magnetosphere, no rotation. Means that our apple here might as well be stuck with your people permanently facing the oven, and without the magnetosphere, the heat goes from one foot away from the fire to this…" Albedo tossed the apple into the fire then said, "that… is what eternal daylight would mean. Everything… burns. While on the other hand… the other side of the planet would be in perpetual darkness… meaning…" the agitated pony gasped and said, "one side would burn… the other would… freeze? Oh… god…"

Albedo then said, "Don't you see? Celestia wants daylight, while Luna wants night… you idiots seem to fail to realize that without both… everyone dies. Your planet would also lose its air and atmosphere too. As the atmosphere would be stripped away by the suns radiation, while no trees means… well, even if the atmosphere still existed… I doubt you can breathe methane or ammonia. So… day and night… are equal. Without one… everything dies. But, day is great for plants and such… night is my favorite by one specific reason… not likely any of yours though. Tell me… do you ever… just look up at night?" one answered, "not really… stars are cool but… that's all they are really." Albedo then smiled and said, "So… you… wow… a world without space flight takes the stars so for granted… wow… that's… sad actually. Look kids… I don't know who the fuck has been teaching you that BS… but listen. Look up at the night sky sometime… and think… every star… is a sun like that beautiful sphere up there that gives life to the day… each one, could have planets like Equestria. People, life… beauty. There are a near infinite number of them. The universe is vast. Trillions of galaxies, of all shapes and sizes. Each galaxy has trillions upon trillions of stars. Each star… could have planets with life. So… with that… look up at night… see the grand scale of the universe… it kinda… makes you feel small. But, no matter how small you are… this world… your homeworld is the most precious thing you have… you never get a second one. If you lose this one, it's gone forever. They tell a tale… long ago, thousands of years ago, one civilization had a homeworld. A beautiful blue planet, with lush jungles and forests, magnificent oceans and tropical islands. Teeming with beautiful life. The people of that world… much like us ponies, grew and became more advanced. But, in their quest to become better, their creations damaged the world around them. Over the centuries they stripped away their atmosphere with industry, dug deep into the ground and tore apart the earth. Taking every resource they could find. By the time they realized the damage they had done… it was far too late, their home was dying. They caused it themselves. So, they abandoned their world in great ships… massive ones… each one, heading for a new homeworld… but, out there, life… is precious, a world like ours is the rarest. So the people who left their world, struggled to survive on barren rocks and frozen planets, eventually learning to survive in the vast universe. Though they survived, they always dreamed of one day… seeing their birthplace again."

Albedo paused as the memories came flooding back to him as he continued, "They called it, lost Jerusalem. The birthplace of mankind. A place… that was long gone. A distant memory of far better times. But they knew… they were the reason their home… was gone. No matter how much they tried, they never could truly replicate their home… they learned to make barren worlds into blue planets like it as well, but none… ever could be the same. No being of their kind ever got to know what lost Jerusalem was truly like. Sure, science can imitate it, but it's not the same. What if you made an apple tree out of metal and plastic? Could it ever bear fruit? No… that was but one thing of trillions that they lost in their exodus. Lost Jerusalem, their home… forever gone. So… next time you look up at the stars at night… be grateful, you live in a world that is your own. Protect that world, you never will get it back if you don't. we sure as hell didn't… so… that's why I like the night… it reminds me… how lucky we all are just to be alive. Out here, in the infinite universe. We are but a spec of sand… but… our little spec has one thing most don't… us. Life… and there are others. But they, like us… are very precious. The day is when most people are active… doing their usual thing, never once thinking about the little things in life. And when night comes around what do they do? They sleep, waste the beauty of it like they do the day. So next time… look up at night… and just… look. Think. If you look at the stars, and think… you too might like the night better than the day. Besides… at night you don't have to work, nor do you have constant noise or lights… you can just be you, and relax. So, in my opinion, neither is better than the other, but in personal terms, everyone has a preference. Celestia would love an Equestria without night. Like you were saying, but is that really wise? Think about that poor apple, think about what I said, about… lost Jerusalem… about life… and you might see… that Luna is the more sensible one, she doesn't wish for eternal night or day, just that people appreciate the lives we have like I have learned to. Celestia seems a bit… different. Like those of lost Jerusalem who sought to steal fire from the gods… in their greed for power, to make the world and its nature theirs to own and control, as well as destroy. Think about what happened to the humans in my story, and think about what Celestia seeks. Sound familiar? If so, then maybe… you might want to keep thinking about life. Because… in an instant, it can all be gone. That's… all I have to say. I am neither for Celestia or Luna, but… myself. As you were kids…"

Albedo smiled as he noticed that he had effortlessly converted a whole group to his way of thinking, and something struck him… he actually was doing the right thing, not just that… but he actually was wise in his speech. The ponies listened to his story as if he were some kind of elder with truly sage wisdom. Something he never viewed himself as having. Still, they were no longer arguing. Instead they were laughing and having fun. Albedo then grabbed the apple, which in truth was only slightly cooked and took a bite out of it, then said, "look, I am not for wasting food either, but hey, try cooking them and dipping them in caramel… its good." As he left to get back with Dream and Oliver.

Meanwhile Dream and Oliver watched the whole scene that happened and Dream had a smile on her face though it wasn't very visible unless you know where to look. Dream's thoughts were all over the place now, as her mind processed the information, which most of what Albedo said she already knew, like with their planet and the sun. Thanks to her mother teaching her about the planets and the stars in the night sky, Dream will never forget what her mother taught her. Oliver on the other hand was in awe at what he just witnessed, he now had a new found respect for Albedo, one of which he knew would grow into a friendship.

Albedo, who was chewing on the unusually delicious apple, one which he could only assume was of the formerly extinct variety from lost Jerusalem, walked over to Dream and asked, "so, did you like my presentation to the class? I mean… that was what, 10 on Luna's side, 30 on Celestia? Now 40 on Luna? Yep… SCIENCE! Why the fuck did I just do that? Jesus, am I turning back into when I was a kid? Anyway… uhh, I got shit to build and well, I don't know about you but I am hungry as all fuck now…" Just as Albedo finished one of them gave him a hay sandwich, to which Albedo said, "uhh…" A pony with wings and red fur said, "I know you eat meat usually, I was… kinda in the crowd who saw wishing star get what was coming to her, but, it's a good sandwich and well, my friend tried to stuff 5 down me already, please take it…" Albedo sighed and said, "fine…but… I don't eat grass…" The pony smiled brightly and said, "I figured… besides, after seeing you earlier… I… well, I am guessing you are from that world you were talking about. You… aren't like the others. Even your cutie mark is… alien. I don't want to pry… but, you have done a great thing ridding us of wishing star's tyranny. Even if you could have… you know… been less… messy with it. Still, why didn't you just cook her like you did the apple?"

Albedo sighed deeply then said, "I gotta admit, you are too smart for your own good kid. Still, honestly, I wanted to see the light go out of her eyes. I almost spared her, but when I saw into her mind and memories, I decided that not even a quick death was gonna work. No… she deserved a most brutal death. I made an example out of her. Besides. If I wanted to go quick and clean, I would have just shot her. And seriously, meat isn't a bad thing… but I guess I might as well be straight with you, don't ever let me catch any of you eating people. That…. Is just wrong. Now seriously… for a species that has such advanced cuisine, why a hay sandwich? Why not grilled cheese or something?" Albedo then decided to take a bite of it just for the hell of it. The taste of it however was something that threw him for a loop to say the least, it wasn't like chewing on what ends up becoming gin… it was actually quite good, even if common logic said that was impossible. Albedo then said, "okay… I have eaten odd things before… this… is the strangest by far. Its fucking grass, and yet… its good? How… is that possible? Never mind… hey, run along now, your friends are going too." The pony then said, "Sure thing… by the way, my name is Fire Spirit. What's yours?" Albedo sighed then said, "Albedo. Albedo… Piazzolla. And… I am a soldier… or… I was a soldier, long… long ago. Back when I had opposable thumbs. Now? I don't know… but I try my best. Even if the world just keeps on… spinning." Fire Spirit then smiled and said, "tell ya what, I like your name too, but, if you ever are bored or need a friend, I will be around the doughnut shop. Besides, I wouldn't mind you teaching me about the night you know about… you seem a lot wiser than my teacher ever was. And… oddly… you sounded like your story hurt… anyway, I see your friends are waiting. Go on…"

Fire Spirit then walked off as Albedo walked over to a tree and banged his head against it… hoping the others weren't watching, he quickly ate the sandwich, it was possibly the best sandwich he ever had anyway… then walked over to them. Albedo then said, "sorry about that. I see I got fans… already… now, where were we?" As Albedo stood there, he heard Fire spirit saying to the others, "yeah… today might as well be known as the day Wishing Star royally fucked up. She fought a space pony. Hey! I know! Lets make a statue about it!" Albedo groaned as they cheered while walking off. Albedo then remarked with a slight grin, "I guess that holiday in my honor isn't too far off after all…"

Albedo then smiled a bit while looking at Dream, not noticing the ever growing redness in his face. Dream blushed as well as she gave Albedo a bashful look, her ears in a position that instilled cuteness. Albedo however realized that she was reacting to something, then he realized what, he was blushing… again. Albedo knew if he didn't get a hold of his "issue" it was going to be very… very bad. However he then said, "Uhh, dream, house? We should get going, and I don't have a map. So… yeah. That's… an issue, plus, I need to get to work on some stuff. What is in my… nevermind." Albedo now wished he had a toothpick, but he wasn't about to give any indication that he actually ate that sandwich. He was going to just pretend he tossed it into the woods… Albedo was getting far too comfortable in this world for his own good. Then… he saw something so baffling it made him twitch a bit. He looked up for a moment only to see a flying pony kicking a cloud out of existence. Albedo's mind broke for a moment before he said, "what… the fuck was in that sandwich?! Am I tripping balls now?" Dream smiled and said, "Those are the weather ponies doing their job." Albedo then said, "umm… one… horses don't fly. Two, horses don't fly like crazy fighter pilots… three… WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?! Seriously? Weather ponies? Isn't that supposed to mean they monitor the weather and report it on a channel like the weather channel? Using something normal like Doppler radar? Not… attacking the damned clouds… what the flying fuck? I don't feel so good about eating now. I think I got bad grass. Might wanna call the customer service and complain now."

Dream's ears went back a bit at the loudness of his voice since she wasn't used to such things, Albedo then said, "Umm… sorry for… yelling I guess? I hope that's what offended you, because if it isn't… I am not going to make it far in this world without artillery." He genuinely felt bad for yelling at dream, even more seeing her reaction. Again, this was very much unlike him. He usually never cared what others thought much less felt. Why was he so concerned if his yelling offended Dream?

Dream looked at Albedo and said, "It's alright…I'm just not used to hearing loud noises…" Albedo sighed deeply then said, "well… in that case, you really aren't going to like being around me when shit goes down. Let's just say the tools of my trade are very loud. And lethal. Oh… wait a second… I got an idea. Why don't you and me go shooting tomorrow morning? I can set up some targets and we can squeeze off a few mags at the… range… which doesn't exist. Oh shit." Albedo's expression visibly turned depressed as he realized his single favorite place in existence short of places with booze didn't exist. Then he said with a slight smile, "oh fuck it… we will invent the firing range. Maybe I can turn a profit saying I invented the firearm too. Hey… now that I think about it… I can make a killing selling and manufacturing guns…" Albedo then chuckled and said, "killing…." As he chuckled a bit more before saying with a smile, "anyway… come on dream, lets go home." Dream smiled at Albedo and started to walk towards their home again. Albedo kept up with them, still alert of course, but then again… he was always alert, simply because he always was looking for a fight. If someone attacked them now, it would only make him happier. He did however feel concerned about Dream's safety. Something that was again… unusual. Then as they got close to the house, Albedo noticed the still apparent craters and brass casings littering the yard, then Albedo said to Dream, "last night… I asked about old puke green, and well… you didn't answer my question. Why?"

Dream stopped walking, ears down, she didn't know what to say, she had thought about it before but was too afraid. Albedo noticed Dream's expression shift from happy to depressed faster than Rubedo broke the link, so he then said, "Look, I get that she was a terrorizing bully slash nightmare on four legs with slutty fashion, but… you saw what I did to the frankenfucker bushes, if you would have told me, I would have skipped the observation of her and went straight to the juicy bits. And… you would likely not have receive a rock to the head. But, hey, cunts dead now. In fact, now… it might become a past time to throw rocks at her head on the lamp post. Not a single person tried to even stop me from massacring that whore. So, yeah, I answered my own question didn't I? besides… she will never bother anyone again. Unless she ends up in hell. I might feel sorry for Satan then… might…" Albedo actually was hoping she might just end up being reborn as a bioweapons test subject. Similar in idea to a crash test dummy. Except she got to test the effects of things like Ebola and SARS. Albedo grinned at the thought of that being her eternal recurrence.

Dream smiled lightly at Albedo for she now felt a bit better, Albedo noticed this and smiled as he said, "That's better… now, tell you what… next dead pony walking that decides to fuck with you… I might pull a magic trick on them… IE I might reach down their throat and pull a rabbit out of their ass. or you know… I could just knock them out and put a small chunk of radium up their butt pucker. That's sure to irradiate their day." Albedo chuckled a bit at his own brutality… he knew that would take about a month to kill them in the worst way possible. Dream smiled some more, her ears returning to normal their normal position. Albedo then grinned a bit before saying, "I get the feeling you don't talk much because no one listens or cares do they? Well, I do… I am sure Ollie Ball does too, as for people like wishing spunkguzzler, I get the feeling they have abused you a bit too much for me to allow them to live… welp… I guess god called the exterminator… well, here I am. I am Albedo, and I don't take shit from anyone. No… I fix shit. Might as well be my new career. Hey, at least I don't have my U-TIC resume following me here. Trust me, that's a sure fire way to get a one way ticket to the firing squad anyway. And since linking with U-DO has been permanently scratched off my to do list… I guess I need a new to do list. Protecting you and your world are now my only thing to do. That and maybe… just maybe… kill Wilhelm anyway. Though, killing Wilhelm is more a bucket list thing." Dream spoke in a soft tone, "Thank you…It's just going to take me a while to get used to talking again…" Albedo then smiled and said, "Alrighty Dream. Now… why don't you go on inside for now… I have… preparations to make, I noticed something… see that crater there…" Albedo pointed a hoof at one with a odd red rock jutting out of it, then said, "ferrous sulfate. Also known as Iron. Your house is sitting on a geode. Which… is great. Now, I have stuff to do for the rest of the day, do you have coffee? Or better yet, energy drinks?" Dream thought about it for a moment, she never once used energy drinks in her life due to what happened with her youngest brother, Orion. It was like trying to contain Oliver when he's hyper, Albedo noticed her thinking then said, "Ahh don't worry about it… I will just use my convenient magic to make a case of monster energy, anyway, I hope I remember the recipe. Thank… god for MOMO… I actually should thank her for all this information. I actually feel bad abou…wait… WHY DO I FEEL BAD FOR THAT? No… that's… not normal… I never cared how people felt or thought before… why do I care now? Why do I feel remorse? Why do I feel at all? I thought my contact with U-DO erased such petty notions of humanity. Unless… wait. I died, after contacting U-DO… maybe… it cured me?"

Albedo began rambling to himself for a moment before asking Dream, "You… do that… dream thingy right? Kinda like my reverse link only by remote and using dreams… right? Can you… delve into my… no… you can't… I won't do that to you, you can't be allowed to be subject to what… I endured that day…" Dream, after hearing that, knew that she had to help Albedo, Albedo then sighed deeply before his eyes glassed over a bit, remembering all the blood, fire and death of that day… then said, "Do… you know… what U-DO is? Do you know why… I was created? If you knew the truth… you would hate me… you would fear me, you have every reason to. What I did to wishing star I did to countless others, not just for my job… but for pleasure. I got a hard on, killing her like that… it gave me such pleasure to end her in such a way… I learned how to be ruthless as a child… war… perfected me. I kill because it's what I was born to do. I was not born of a woman's womb… I was born on an assembly line. 700 URTV's, 665 were all the same, the last four were individuals, assigned to lead the others. We were the strongest. Inhumanly strong, intelligent and powerful. With dominion over most lower humans, Nigredo, unit 669, he could manipulate anyone to do anything he wanted just by looking them in the eyes, Rubedo, who could control his aging and was lethal with weapons. He was the Red Dragon, the leader as well. his antiwaves were the strongest, he had the power to destroy entire star systems. And… me, Unit 667, I had all of Rubedo's abilities, save Red Dragon and aging, instead… I gained the power of god… immortality. I cannot die. Everyone I loved, everyone I care about. Would die… again… and again. I would live forever, as a weapon. Forever alone. U-DO gave me a way out. I took it. And look where I am now… and…. And unit… 668, Citrine… she, the only living female unit… was my lover at the time… I… abandoned her, I didn't have a choice at first… but in my quest for U-DO… no… that's not right… my quest to die… I left the only woman I loved to die. Alone… I won't let you subject yourself to my nightmares… my nightmares are my own existence. Death… is rest for the soul is it not? Well… my soul is in an eternal prison, shut out from mortality… eternity is my prison, existence my curse. Not even reducing me to a single living cell will kill me. Nothing can. God… couldn't even kill me. After all, I am here aren't I?"

Albedo then walked over to Dream then turned around, deploying his M2's, aiming at the tree line, then said, "at the age of 3, we got our first rifles… we were trained not to protect. We were trained to kill, quickly, efficiently and without remorse or feeling. We were trained in special ops from the day we could barely walk. Drill Instructor Ermey, was my favorite, he was a hard ass. but at least he cared when off duty. He wanted to teach us, not to be weapons… but what he called true marines… truth be told… I don't think he was galaxy federation. He didn't abide by their rules and traditions. He abided by the lost Jerusalem United States Marine Corps traditions. Two words, unknown to every other human in the galaxy, but he drilled into us. Semper Fidelis. Always faithful… but to what? He had honor, tradition, duty and courage. Unlike all the others. But in the end, we were born to kill, and die in battle. No one would even know we ever existed. We were born… to kill god. U-DO Retrovirus. What does that sound like to you? We are U-DO, the manifestation of god's will in the lower domain, antithesis. We.. were created to destroy it. Lotta good that did. We couldn't fight it… one by one they all succumb to the power of the song… and what was left, died or went mad from contact with U-DO, because Rubedo broke the link that kept us stable… alive. He betrayed us… my brother… left us all to die… his cowardice cost the lives of 665 of us, probably even Citrine. Nigredo killed Yuriev… so… yeah. That day… 14 years ago… was the day any last hope died within me. Dream… you aren't looking at a person… you are looking at a monster. A murderer… a weapon, I am no better than the twin machineguns you see attached to my back. I serve the same purpose. Case in point…" Albedo stepped forwards a bit before firing several volleys of rounds into a couple trees, felling them with a loud crunching crash… then said, "I exist… to kill… it does not matter who or what. That… is what I am. I think you deserve to know who you are around after all."

Albedo sat down on the ground, on the verge of a psychotic breakdown… Dream knew that she had to act quickly, so she walked over to Albedo and sat down by him. Albedo didn't notice, much less care, it all came back to him, the day of their deployment… the day he promised Citrine he would come back to her. Not an hour later, he was on a cruiser heading into atmosphere, plasma and particle beams lighting up the sky, killing thousands every minute. The guns on the ground booming like thunderous hurricanes of death. The screams of thousands of dying people. On a doomed world, the day… his life ended. The day… his soul was cast into hell. Dream then slowly touched her horn to his, while it was glowing red. Suddenly Albedo sensed the presence of U-DO waveforms… then began to laugh… before feeling an odd sensation… he didn't notice the shockwave that was created by the blue light of his own horn colliding with hers… then again… at that moment… time stopped. Just like it did… at that moment… when he was infected by the waves.

Dream wanted him to feel better, she wanted him to be okay and not fall into despair like she did the day her mother died. Albedo noticed space around him shifting… the air began to change… everything changed… Albedo had a feeling of what was happening, then said, "You fool… fine… if you so desire your petty compassion… I shall show you… what hell truly is… what war is… come… my hell… awaits…" Dream didn't care about such things, she just wanted to help.

As the air shifted around her, that all too familiar feeling of being pulled into someone's mind and that song…that song she always heard whenever she's woken up from her nightmares, but this time it was mixed with gunfire and screams of insanity. As everything changed to a long hallway with grated floors and red lighting above her along with air raid sirens. Dream looked around getting a feel for what kind of hell she needed up in this time, she found that it was similar to her own that she carries within her, but before she could dwell on it she heard what sounded like talking coming from the end of the hallway, "…..Open Spiritual Link, all URTV'S match your individual waveforms to mine…" Dream walked towards where the voice was coming from, but also alert of her surroundings. As she neared the end of the hallway the song was getting louder, but to her it was a calming sound. As she exited the hallway, she noticed a large open octagonal room, with a hole in the middle. The letters on the wall read, "Chamber A-01", there was a guide rail around the hole, surrounding it were children in the same uniform Albedo wore, except these weren't ponies, they were humans. One had black hair, to the right of that one was a red haired one, with a white haired one clinging on to him in terror. Suddenly, the room started to glow a bright red color, as a ring of blue light formed around the group, basically creating a barrier around the hole.

As Dream walked into the room, several red projectiles hit the blue barrier, heating the room immensely. Once Dream was all the way in, her horn started to glow a bright red, the song that kept her calm over the years became louder and more stable, the others were unaware of her, until suddenly a wave hit the barrier, then hundreds began to flow out, as the barrier shifted from blue to red… causing all of them to react… suddenly, the non-existent pony was visible to everyone. The anti-wave barrier had inversed its polarity. Suddenly, the red haired one screamed in pain as he shifted his appearance, trading the uniform for a more casual outfit, with two guns at his hips… the black haired one got older and was now wearing a very expensive looking suit, also terrified. Albedo too shifted, except… back into his pony form… Albedo was the first to speak… or scream in anger instead, "WHAT THE FUCKING HELL! THIS IS MY FUCKING NIGHTMARE FOR CHRIST'S SAKE, WHY AM I A FUCKING UNICORN HERE?! Oh… dear god above… what… have you done? Dream… what… have… you… done?" Dream spoke for the first time since arriving, "My job, Albedo…this is what I do. I help those who are in dire need…" Albedo then looked up as the sky shifted from the rain soaked night to a rainbow of colors… Albedo then realized what she just did, the Zohar had awakened… the song was now… complete?, Albedo then for the first time ever was truly afraid of U-DO for once… then he screamed, "CUT THE FUCKING LINK! If there ever was a time where I would give you permission Rubedo… FUCKING CUT THE LINK! If you don't… the waves… I don't know what will happen… its… oh… Christ." As the waves increased in number exponentially, gnosis began phasing into the sky above, whereas the waves were no longer colliding with the barrier, instead… they were merging with it. The waves began cascading into the barrier… before a massive column of red light shot out from the hole… arcing into the sky as the entire planet shook. Albedo then said, "Oh… dear god… what… is happening… U-DO… is awakening?"

Rubedo then shook himself back into awareness before saying in anger, "What the hell is this?! This… isn't the normal dream I have… Albedo? is that… you?" Albedo then said sarcastically, "Oh spare me the trite lines like, your still alive… OF FUCKING COURSE I AM! Define alive though? I got fucking hooves and a horn… but… I am improvising here… wait… how the fuck… RUBEDO?! Say something you wouldn't have known on Miltia!" Nigredo then said, "Get Yuriev out of me!" Rubedo then glanced at Nigredo then at Albedo then said, "Uhh… pretty sure that's something he never said in his life… dude… what the fuck… you… died… and now you come back to haunt my dreams as a fucking… unicorn? What the fuck is wrong with this picture? Did… Shion put something in my coffee? I mean, she one time mixed up sedatives with stimulants… but… god damn…" Albedo then deployed his ECS and said, "Look, Rubedo… I would love to play 20 motherfucking questions… but I kinda want to survive this dive and all… so, pistols… double time. What… are the standards doing?" one by one the standards began to fade out, each one saying, "Home… a new home… thank you… Albedo…" Albedo then looked at Rubedo and said, "I don't like the sound of that Rubedo… those assholes better not be coming to where I am… Rubedo… umm… so, now would be a great time to…" Rubedo finished his sentence, "Leave? Yeah… way ahead of you bro… let's get the fuck outta here! Wait… who the fuck is that? Why is she radiating U-DO waves? Somehow she has more of it than this thing…" Albedo then said offhandedly, "Oh… she's… I… don't know anymore… her name is Dream Writer, might as well be Abel now…" Albedo then noticed a few crazies coming in from the other entry way, realians… all chittering and twitching crazy… Dream saw the crazies walk in and reared her head back while quoting Gandalf, "YOU SHALL NOT PASS!" Rubedo said quickly, "Did she just quote Gandalf the grey? OH FUCK!"

A beam of red energy came out of Dreams horn and hit the crazies with such power that they became paint on the wall. Albedo then looked at her in shock… then said, "Sweet fucking Jesus… she just popped those combat realians like a balloon of hot chunky soup. God damn… even with these twin 50s I feel inadequate…" Rubedo then replied, "Yeah… same here. Enough… staring, Nigredo, grab that rifle and lets go…" Albedo then said in amusement, "Well, this turned from nightmare into possibly wet dream. Fucking glorious. Now, hows about we get off this planet? Hey… we are close to Labyrinthos remember?" Rubedo nodded and asked, "yeah… why? What could we possibly hope to do there?" Albedo then looked at dream before saying, "yeah… remember crazy old bastard with the giant mech? I think… we should jack that…" Rubedo looked at Albedo for a moment then said, "That's… crazy…" Dream then said in her soft voice, "Well, unfortunately for us, I like crazy." Which elicited a glance from Rubedo at Albedo, who said, "don't get any ideas pipsqueak…" Rubedo then commented, "Yeah… then why are you so defensive?" Albedo sighed and aimed his M2's at Rubedo and said, "well, tell you what… talk to the 50s… didn't think so… let's move! Crazies are gonna be everywhere… probably URTV's who fell to the song as well. U-TIC assclaps are all over the place. Plus the crazies are armed with everything from plungers to mounted artillery…" Albedo then began walking to the other side and the exit. As Rubedo and Nigredo followed. Dream walked towards Albedo with a soft smile on her face, As Albedo walked down the hallway he said, "Dream… if you see… well… anyone that isn't us… kill on sight. Seriously I don't want you getting fragged by a Realian who is screaming gibberish about fish frogs…" Albedo walked with his new… odd fire team outside and noticed all hell was breaking loose… as usual. Albedo then took a deep breath and said, "AHH GOOD MORNING MILTIA! GOD DAMN I LOVE THE SMELL OF NAPALM IN THE MORNING!" as he unloaded on a large group of nutbags below with his dual linked 50 cal's splattering their guts and brains all over the shattered concrete. Only to notice two U-TIC AMWS moving closer, he then said, "alright… mechs… lovely. But, Ma Duece never fails…" As he unloaded on the one on the left with the heavy machineguns, causing it to stagger backwards as the high caliber armor piercing rounds slammed into its hull. Sparks and metal flew off of it as he arced upwards towards its cockpit, causing it to tumble to the ground, twitching slightly.

Dream on the other hand stared down the one on the right with such fury that it brought its own gun to its head and shot itself effectively killing it's pilot. To which Albedo said, "Holy… god… yeah remind me never to piss you off." Nigredo gasped as he saw what she did, whilst Rubedo said, "Did… she just make him kill himself?" Albedo then said with a chuckle, "Yeah… fucking ponies… they are all cute and shit until this happens. Word to the wise… ponies are evil…" Albedo then shrugged and walked forwards, the large skyscraping symbol of scientific oppression that was labyrinthos was dead ahead about half a kilometer away. Dream on the other hand was on full alert, all that time training alongside her brother Megatronus was starting to pay off. Albedo looked up as a loud explosion echoed through the city to see a galaxy federation cruiser exploding as it crashed into a skyscraper. Albedo then said, "God… that's… gotta hurt. Anyway, let's not linger here… see those ghost thingies… yeah… don't let em close… we gotta move… double time it!" As Albedo ran in the direction of Labyrinthos. Dream followed after Albedo, surprisingly keeping pace with him and the others, Albedo reached the Entry to Labyrinthos, there was just one problem… the Issachar was right in front. Albedo looked up at the massive and admittedly ugly ES and ducked behind a busted van, then said quietly, "Well… shit… that's Pelligri… her mech may look shitty… but she will fuck us up righteously if she sees us. Any ideas?" Rubedo then said, "Wait… aren't you immortal? Why don't you take her out?" Albedo then said, "sure… I am immortal… but I don't think two browning M2's are gonna even fuck up her paint job, I don't have the abilities Dream does. And even then, She cannot hope to combat a fucking ES. We… need something else. We need…" Nigredo then said, "Well, the Ormus ES's usually have one glaring weak point. That head of theirs. But… like you said, even 50 cal isn't gonna work. Albedo, are you sure you don't have bigger artillery?"

Albedo groaned and said, "I don't understand you Nigredo… I don't just walk around carrying fucking artillery, in fact, I usually don't use guns at all. I only bring a rifle, in case my missions fail. My preferred weapon is my mind and knife. I torture my enemies, not kill em quick and efficient. Jesus… Rubedo, do you think that I would be in my own goddamned dive with a fuckton of artillery? No… Dream did a dive into me… not the other way around. I literally came with what I am wearing. So, we have to sneak around that cunt. Unless you have a better idea? Like you know… get stepped on?" Suddenly a loud crack was heard. The ES then staggered before falling onto the ground, knocking everyone off their feet. As Albedo got up, he walked over to it, its head was tilted to the right, blood was splattered inside the cockpit. As he looked inside he noticed Pelligri, or rather, her body minus its head. He then reached inside and took her staff before saying, "right… Rubedo, you know how some dives work right? Take the fucking mech. This oughta be fucking hilarious when her mech disappears from the Prodigium." Rubedo did just that, phasing it into his space compression unit as Albedo sighed before looking for what could have managed such a shot… he didn't see anything. So he said, "alright… that works… let's get inside. Watch out though, there are Series 27 Asura's inside, they are mean and tough fucks… with blade arms." Albedo then walked into the building only to see Shion walking out of it, her surprise was evident. She then said, "why are my dreams so fucked up lately… first KOS-MOS with a dick… and now this…" Albedo then said, "wait… KOS-MOS is a herm? Why the fuck didn't ma peche have that info? I would have skipped the Y-DATA and… uhh nevermind…" Rubedo looked at Albedo and said, "you sick fucker… really? REALLY ALBEDO?!" Shion then asked, "wait… you guys are… really here? Oh not again… damnit, who fucked up the dive this time?" Albedo pointed his hoof at Dream then said, "she did… grab the giant fist gun and lets go." Shion then asked, "wait… what? We are going back in that hellhole?" Albedo smiled and said, "proto omega has a full fucking cabin inside, I can fit all you goody two shoes in there and still have room for Rubedo's gun collection. That's saying a lot. So… yes… we are jacking the Zohar and Proto Omega… why?" Shion gasped and said, "Oh… fucking… why the fuck are we standing here?! Let's go, if we do this we can get the Zohar back!" Albedo then said, "Holy fucking shit she's right… I didn't think of that. Welp, let's start lootin… I remember something about a competitor to KOS-MOS being developed here by… oh right you don't know… Kevin is working with Wilhelm, kinda like that blue suited asshole, Virgil… yeah long story… let's move!" the group of now 5 people moved into the building. Albedo didn't realize it yet, but he had amassed a bigger group than the one that attacked the song of Nephillim. This was starting to show something he never knew he had. Leadership. As they entered they noticed a rather pissed off U-TIC soldier. Then, his head tilted back as its contents were ejected out the back of it. Albedo looked behind him and said, "I think… someone is covering us… I don't know… but I know sniper when I see i…." Albedo paused, not even breathing, then said, "No… she can't be… Nigredo, do me a fuckin favor… you iced Yuriev, were gonna clap Rubedo, hold here and get my fucking girlfriend to us… if she doesn't make it you don't come back… understood… Nigredo?" Nigredo nodded and said, "Even I thought she was dead… I won't let her die again Albedo… I promise."

Albedo then said, "Shion, Rubedo, you're with me, we gotta secure Mizrahi's lab, that… T-ELOS project is in there. Wilhelm was stupid enough to leave her up there thinking no one would find her, we are gonna steal her. Dream, provide cover for Nigredo if he needs it, otherwise, get that fucking lockdown for the lower levels open. When Citrine gets here, hold position unless it gets too hot, gnosis are inbound too. If you make contact with them, DO NOT engage, retreat into the lower levels, we will catch up with you. This Is possibly the only chance we all have to set things straight. This… fucked up dive, can change everything. fuck Wilhelm's plans to hell and back. We can stop this cycle of eternal Recurrence and the gnosis here and now. So, Rubedo, are you with me for once?"

Rubedo chuckled as he twirled his guns and said, "HELL YEAH! Let's do this…" Albedo smiled and said, "It's good to have my coward brother grow a pair for once. And… well, it's good to not be trying to kill each other again too. Let's go before this turns into a chick flick." With that, Albedo and Rubedo, with Shion moved towards the elevator at the east end.

Meanwhile up in one of the watchtowers outside sat a lone sniper, one that everyone down below thought to be dead and her name is Citrine. For she was one pissed off sniper, and when a sniper is pissed people die by either comedic or brutal effect. However for Citrine, this was her way of saying she's not dead, that she's alive and that she's here to stay. As she was popping heads left and right providing cover for her family, Shion and the cute pony, she noticed Nigredo coming out looking for something, she knew that he was looking for her. Citrine then muttered something under her breath, "Well, it looks like it's time for this sniper to come out of the shadows and back into the light… I hope Albedo's still alive… god only knows how much I've missed him… after all…" She got up and made her way down from the watchtower as she continued, "They all thought I was dead… no, I was supposed to help Albedo if he were to ever go dark since I'm the only one he would listen too..." Once she made it down the watch tower, she stayed in the shadows a bit longer waiting for Nigredo to come closer. Citrine wanted to surprise her younger brother, she missed him, Rubedo and most of all Albedo. Nigredo noticed a few goblin class gnosis dropping into the courtyard as U-TIC and Federation soldiers who already were at a cease fire then opened fire on the obvious alien monster, Nigredo decided that given what was happening, he might as well save them from staying dead forever, he ran over to them and said, "Cease fire, weapons won't work… follow me!" on U-TIC soldier yelled, "WHAT ARE THESE NIGHTMARES?" Nigredo then said, "Gnosis, trust me, We are bugging out via labyrinthos' underground launch facility, come on! I don't care if you guys were enemies or not, aliens change that!" A federation marine then said, "Ah… yes sir… wait. Your… a URTV? Holy fuck man… we are gonna make it after all, hey U-TIC guys… come on, let's get out alive here… I doubt you signed up for aliens and bullshit… I sure as fuck didn't. hey, Tillman, is that AMWS ready or not?"

The corporal responded, "No… its toast, we had best hope that Federation spec ops weapon is telling the truth then. Hell of it is, I don't care anymore." The group quickly fell in with Nigredo as he ran over to where Citrine was, he noticed her firing at a crazy while he was talking, then when he got to the door he said, "Citrine, come on, we are leav… what the hell is that?!" Suddenly a large mech flew in with a girl strapped to it, then landed in the front door area, before saying, "hey, wasn't that girl with glasses with you? Shion right?" Nigredo then said, "uhh… yes? How would you know?" the girl then said, "well, their ship is in a cave in the mountain… the… what was it… Elsa right? Green ship?" Nigredo looked at her and said, "How the fuck? Oh never mind… this day isn't fucked enough is it?" Citrine then walked out of shadows and hugged her younger brother from behind, Nigredo then said, "my god… it's so good to see you. But uhh, gnosis and all, let's get inside, the pony is hotwiring the bulkhead to open, also, good shot on Pelligri, that bitch so needed to die." Citrine let go of Nigredo and said, "You have no idea how boring it is back on Zavarov…my god…dumbasses didn't bother to look in the logs for their actual orders… I was supposed to be let out when shit calmed the fuck down… but no…I was really close to just popping their heads open with my sniper rifle." Nigredo entered the building with the much larger group of misfits and asked, "Citrine, how many rounds you got for the gauss rifle?" Citrine checked and said, "About 500." Nigredo then said, "Right, those sniper rifles used to be mounted machine guns… good tweaking, Rubedo would be proud. Now let's go. No doubt, Albedo and Rubedo are already carving their way through the upper floors."

Meanwhile, Albedo was on the top floor, expecting to clear it of hostiles, but someone already came through here… Albedo then walked over to Kevin's lab, then entered it, he still had the codes from MOMO, he only hoped they were still valid, as he entered them into the computer the wall opened, revealing a larger lab area. Rubedo then said, "wow… shits getting serious here…" Albedo then said, "you have no idea Rubedo…" Albedo then entered the main area and said, "alright, you got a connection gear, pop the pins… without kev-o pulling her strings, she's like a rebellious teen version of KOS-MOS…" right as Rubedo began to open the pod he heard a loud explosion, followed by gunfire, just like the guns he used, and the same patterns. Rubedo then said while Albedo looked at him questioningly, "uhh.. is there two of me here?" Albedo replied, "who the fuck cares… get that pod open…" Rubedo then finished the input as he heard what sounded like Shion Screaming, even though she was standing right next to him. Suddenly the pod opened and the screaming stopped, replaced by silence. As the woman jumped out of the pod she said, "what the fuck? Who the fuck ar… Rubedo? Shion? What in god's name is that?" Albedo then said, "Albedo. unicorn mode. Its… long story, hey, Kev-o isn't here to give you orders is he?" T-ELOS then said with a grin, "oh… my god… there is a god… thank you… thank you so fucking much… I love you so much I could suck you off right here…" suddenly a man in a red cloak showed up and asked, "what… the hell is this? What are you… doing… Shi..on… weren't you… just in the other… room? Oh no… oh… no… that's not…" T-ELOS interrupted him by saying, "OH? ASSHOLE! Right, you… you fucking pretty boy faggot… I bet you could suck a golfball through a garden hose after sucking Wilhelm's dick so long… so, now that I am FREE! I think… I am gonna take revenge for myself…" T-ELOS then unloaded a hailstorm of plasma and bullets into him before grabbing him by the neck and punching him in the face, breaking his jaw, then said, "AND MY SISTER!" Then punched through his abdomen, grasping his spine. Then she said with an evil grin, "And… most importantly, mom… you betrayed her, you killed yourself for that power and ugly cloak, all so you could hit the big reset button and live out your little fantasy of eternal recurrence. Not once did you think… maybe you could save the world… you created us to save the world… not brutally murder it and make it go through this hell for eternity… over and fucking over again! Allen loves Shion, he would die for her if needed. But he has a fucking brain… and morals. He would never give up his humanity to betray us all! You… die now!"

As she ripped his spine out along with his head, causing Albedo to cheer as she threw his head on the ground and crushed it with her boot. Then she said, "Trust me mom, he's not good enough for you. Now… I got shit to do… I got a world to fix… a billion years of memories… and it all comes to this one moment… the moment where I say… I HAVE HAD ENOUGH! Kosy… this is for you sis…" as T-ELOS said whilst charging her PT cannon, "Don't worry, I will catch up with you, Rubedo, keep the connection gear's locator on. You might encounter Voyager along the way. As for Virgil, he's with me. Right Virge?" Suddenly the blue testament appeared and said, "It's about goddamned time! Lets go, I secured Feb when they arrived… the U-DO awakening was a fucking signal flare for sure. Albedo, Save Cecily and Cathe. Please… I am shedding my power as a testament… I don't want it anymore. I don't need it. T-ELOS, let's go… lets finish the fight!" T-ELOS then said, Alright… it's gonna be loud. You three go on… get outta here. You better have an escape plan soon. I don't plan on dying in this dive." Albedo nodded and said, "maam, yes maam." As he turned around and said "Let's go, exfil is waiting." The group then headed for the elevator.

T-ELOS then fired the PT cannon, blowing over 3 quarters of the east side of labyrinthos apart, right then an elevator fell into the lab. It opened revealing a man, Joachim Mizrahi, who had a look of utter shock, then said, "Wait… this… isn't… alright… I hope you two have a plan… MOMO is already away, so, let's go. I guess god heard my prayers after all." The group then used the destroyed parts of the building to slide down to a lower level. T-ELOS had a target in mind, the control system for the Song of Nephillim, she already noticed where the other group was massing, they were gonna take the Zohar. So, she wanted to give one final fuck you to Wilhelm. As they quite literally dropped in, she found Richard and Hermann covering patriarch Sergius. Before the trio could react, T-ELOS put a round between their eyes and started working on the terminal.

Albedo on the other hand had finally reached the lift and was heading down when the lights dimmed, a massive explosion echoing through the building. Rubedo then asked, "So… this… pony right… did all this? By accident?" Albedo said, "I don't know if she even knows… but I doubt this was an accident, even if she didn't know what she was doing. You saw how she resonates with U-DO. She's the exact opposite of us."

Meanwhile, Nigredo was holding position in the main access hall while more and more gnosis were converging, they would have to evacuate through the restricted access tunnel. While Dream managed to get the door open for them and turned around to see a small group of Gnosis coming right the group, she was about to use her magic when her horn discharged something that made the ghost like aliens to become physically there. Nigredo then yelled, "Cut em down… suppressive fire! When they are physical, you can shoot. Kill those alien fuckers!" as he said that, the assorted group of marines and terrorists opened fire in unison, mowing down the ever encroaching horde of gnosis, as Nigredo watched Citrine… as she took out 15 of em in one burst, one soldier said, "HOLY! That… yeah, snipers are fucking scary…" Nigredo then said, "well you clearly haven't seen me with a shotgun. Speaking of which, what are you gonna do with that thing other than break your shoulder? Give me that!" the soldier gave him the shotgun and said, "I dunno if this is a trade up or down…" as he took Nigredo's spec ops rifle, Nigredo then fired at one group, splattering about 30 of them in one shot, he loved 8 Gauge shotguns. As he chambered another shell, he aimed at a group of manticores… then fired, the result was the same as when you drop a bunch of sodium pellets in a pool, the group continued to hold the line until something odd happened.

Meanwhile, T-ELOS had finished hacking through the system and gained root access to the song of Nephillim, then asked Dr. Mizrahi to upload something on a disk, Mizrahi said, "What… is this?" T-ELOS said, "It's my letter of resignation to Wilhelm… upload and execute!" Mizrahi then said, "I don't even wanna know what the system is going to do when this activates… just so you know, the song is an amplifier for an audio wave spectrum… I don't think It's supposed to be used as a PA system." T-ELOS giggled and said, "It's some songs asshat… now shove that mixtape in there goddamnit!" As Mizrahi did just that he said, "that's… even worse… if you put something like a seraphim sister's concert through that things amplifiers and systems… the whole universe might just commit suicide…" T-ELOS then said, "Yeah no… I would commit seppuku if I listened to that horseshit… no… besides, I like sabotaging Wilhelms plans… keyword… sabotage. KICK IT!" suddenly the song emitted a much louder and more aggressive song… causing the gnosis to explode… violently… the whole planet began to shake in time with the beat. As T-ELOS said, "yep… and there's more songs on there… lets go… we gotta meet up with Albedo and the other horsemen… time to blow this sausage festival" Virgil then said, "Knowing you, you might just blow a sausage festival…" T-ELOS then said as she ran out of the area with the group, "you forgot about admittance asshole… I don't do free favors douchebag!" as they headed to the main access hall.

Nigredo then noticed the song was… now even better… he said, "Okay… that's… one way to shut up that song… on the other hand… I doubt Wilhelm is gonna react to this kindly… oh god… is that… metal?" suddenly the roof exploded as a woman with silver hair and two giant triple Gatling guns landed with a flourish, before emitting a Hilbert wave. All the gnosis materialized as she unloaded unto them a wall of 12x45 mm wall of death… she was laughing as the entire group joined in… suddenly a volley of missiles slammed into a minotaur class outside as a motorcycle plowed through a horde of gnosis, KOS-MOS was here. Nigredo then said, "yeah… this just turned into one of those transformers movies Rubedo loves…" as the gnosis caved before the unstoppable onslaught of bullets, magic beams and gauss rounds, a ship came in overhead, firing particle cannons at the encroaching horde.

Albedo could feel the commotion below as the elevator stopped, he and Rubedo walked out of the lift with Shion. What they saw was beyond belief… the Elsa was providing close air support for what was beginning to look like some kind of last stand in an old action flick… the soundtrack from his house was definitely setting the mood. Albedo then asked T-ELOS, "how did you make my house do that… I didn't know it could play MP3's too… this kicks ass!" as he unloaded into the group of gnosis with his Browning M2's the chatter of gunfire ripping through gnosis gave him the mother of all boners to be sure… but he was having too much fun to care. As the group fell back into the facility a voice was heard over the comms, "alright assholes… we are bugging out… KOS-MOS get your ass back up here… I don't give a shit if your sister is there or not, you can meet up with her later… this space time is falling apart… I so do not get paid enough for this shit…" Rubedo then screamed, "FUCK IT, I am giving you 40 fucking million credits if you shut the fuck up Matthews!"

Albedo then heard the next song and said, "goddamned right!" as he laughed, KOS-MOS hugged T-ELOS and said, "don't… leave me again… please." T-ELOS said, "I won't sis… but we gotta make it outta here… it aint gonna be easy… she's set it all in motion… now go… get out of here Kosy…" with that KOS-MOS left and the group entered the lift leading down into the containment zone. Albedo said to everyone, "Yep… this is now my best wet dream ever… I will never forget this day as long as I live…" as the lift began to descend…
Albedo then noticed Citrine and hugged her tightly, nearly falling off the lift in doing so. Citrine hugged him back and asked, "Why are you a cute pony, Albedo?" Albedo then said with the song, "Because I got the touch!... goddamned right! Not even true death can stop my awesome ego… honey, I missed you so fucking much and… I might have a new GF… but hey… I got a lot going on… dude… I missed you. We gotta get out of here… I promise when this is over, I will find a way home my love." Rubedo then asked, "Wait… what? You and… Citrine are a… thing?" Albedo then said with a bit of animosity, "You don't truly think your little betrayal here was the real cause for my actions do you now Rubedo? No… when that happened, I heard Citrine was dead… that's when I truly lost it… I know why you broke the link you fucker… you did the right thing… but I am good at manipulation… remember? I played you like a fucking fiddle…"

Citrine then said, "Ahh, I wasn't dead… I've been kind of stuck on Zavarov this whole time…dumbasses didn't get their orders to let me go…" which caused Albedo's eye to twitch a bit… then he slowly turned his head to Nigredo, his horn now glowing a blinding blue color as he screamed, "YOU FUCKING IDIOT! You shot Yuriev…. Before he could give the one order… the one order that was to fix all of this shit! I AM GONNA KILL YOU!" Albedo didn't even process anything but his blood boiling as he leapt onto Nigredo, taking himself and Nigredo clean off the lift, in free fall… Albedo punched Nigredo mercilessly with his hooves, before kicking him in the groin several times, trying to make damned sure he would break Albedo's fall, instead, Nigredo managed to grab onto a rail for a split second before knocking both of them apart for a moment… just enough to end up on the other end… as Albedo tried desperately to aim his M2's at him… firing the whole way… as Albedo finally managed to get a shot he hit something, one shot hit Nigredo in the leg as Albedo and Nigredo slammed Albedo first into the ground at the bottom of the lift shaft… Dream then used her magic to bring both of them back up onto the lift, she put Albedo in Citrine's arms so she can calm Albedo down. Albedo then began crying uncontrollably while screaming random curses at Nigredo, he couldn't believe it… Nigredo was the one responsible for everything… all because he couldn't keep it together… Albedo then finally regained his composure before saying, "I am going to own your ass… you…. Fucking… asshole… just… not today. Your dead to me you fucker…"

As the lift came to a stop at the bottom, Albedo finally said, "We… might as well keep moving." Nigredo then said, "How could I have known? He betrayed us… remember?" Albedo then spat back, "And you betrayed the only one in existence who could keep me sane… you fucking bastard! Rubedo was one thing… but you… you…. I will kill you… I will fucking rip your guts out and ejaculate into your fucking lungs you son of a bitch!" Nigredo just sighed before saying, "I am sure you will come to your senses eventually…" Rubedo then said, "Wait… I don't… oh fuck it… both of you need to grow the fuck up… now… Albedo if you can manage to put your grudge on hold… we gotta move… the universe we are in is collapsing." Citrine then started to rub Albedo's hair trying to calm him down as she spoke, "The important thing is that I'm here now… There's a saying for us snipers, we are never gone for long for we blend in with the shadows and come to light when needed. I kept tabs on you all as best I could…I tried to get messages out to let you all know that I was still alive and where I was…" Albedo then said, "Yeah… and when we are done here… I will be on a planet full of ponies, and you won't…. I may never see you again… but you know what they say about us marines… we don't die… we just go back to hell and regroup." One marine then chimed in and said, "And give Satan a kick in the balls on the way out… OOH RAH!" the others reciprocated as Albedo then said, "Nigredo… I may never forgive you for this… but there's no point in pushing it… what's done is done… don't you ever do something that stupid again." Nigredo nodded and said, "I won't… If I would have known, I would have made him issue the order before I blew his lying brain all over his desk… I promise… I won't let it happen again."

With that, Albedo then tried to worm his way out of Citrine's arms, but she wasn't letting go… Albedo then asked, "umm, Honey… I kinda have to kill shit if we are gonna escape alive…" Citrine then said, "But you are so soft, fluffy and cute…and goddamnit I missed you…" Albedo then interjected and said, "And I need a copilot… so… we can kiss when we are safe in the Proto Omega's cockpit… but until then… we are in very serious danger here… if things were peaceful, I would fu…. I mean… oh fuck it never mind… lets go kill shit please?" Citrine sighed and let Albedo go while saying, "Fine…" Albedo then turned around and hugged her tightly while kissing her… which caused Citrine to gasp and kiss him back, but then… someone interrupted, "How… nice… a family reunion… and a formerly dead URTV… now a horse… and another horse… and a rouge Android… I love this. You all think you can just… throw away all our plans that easily? I remember that Citrine was supposed to serve daddy and die like a good little pocket pussy at the hands of your brother… not end up kissing you… I made damned sure you two would never meet again. So… who do I owe the pleasure? Hmm?" Albedo moved away from Citrine and turned to face Voyager… his body now radiating with a violet glow… then, he emitted a surge wave backwards, as the lift doors were closing… this just became his fight. As the doors closed, Voyager laughed and said, "oh how fucking cute… the URTV forgot how to leave the stage… then came back as a cute fluffball… well, I am gonna enjoy killing you. Then, you will become the testament you were supposed to…" Albedo however laughed and said, " yeah no… I want to live now… I want to fight for my family and friends… and you? You insignificant spec… you are just a schmear on the sports page to me you slimy gut sucking intestinal parasite… let's not forget who has gazed upon the face of god…. You haven't… in fact, that power you have… was given to you because you were too stupid to use anything but brute force." Voyager then smiled a bit, his glowing red eyes as demonic as ever.

Albedo then noticed the others behind him, the door was transparent.. so they would have front row tickets to the show. Albedo then said, "So, Testament… tell me, seeing as you draw all your power from the Zohar… which I plan on stealing… tell me. What happens when you combine ethers with willpower? Then… add something even stronger? Like… say… magic?" Voyager laughed as Albedo continued, "don't you know how the song of Nephillim is encoded? Red, green and blue? Body, mind, spirit… think about that…. You have body, most have mind… I have all fucking three… and a lot of them… you are nothing before my power… so, enough talk… I want to watch you die…" Voyager then tried to attack Albedo, something that would erase normal beings from existence… didn't work on him… it just impacted a barrier around him. Albedo's horn began to glow a bright blue… then shifted to green, then finally a bright overpowering red as the very air around him ignited… the entire loading area was now lit up like a sun… as the walls began to melt from the sheer heat. Albedo then channeled his power, all of it into his horn…. Focusing all of it into a single infinitely small point… compressing it, amplifying it… just as his horn was designed to do. He channeled all of it into what was about to be the biggest thing he had ever pulled. Voyager suddenly looked even more pale, as his shield was stripped away by the sheer power, the waves of U-DO resonating within Albedo began to warp the very environment… Albedo laughed hysterically at the sheer power he was just flaunting before he said, "that's right… I have ascended you pathetic mortal… I am the Alpha and the omega of perfect consciousness… NOW DIE!"

As Albedo discharged all the energy at Voyager… the room lit up with the light of a thousand suns… as the entire world seemed to shake… Voyager tried to absorb the energy at first, but it was so overpowering that it overloaded him… causing him to scream in agony… Albedo however just cranked up the power to absurd levels… superheating the chamber to ungodly levels… Scream as he might, voyager's voice wouldn't carry as he was disintegrated at the subatomic level… the resulting detonation bowed out the door to the elevator, causing it to fall forwards as rubble fell from what used to be the ceiling… melted and charred. The sky was visible, Albedo had destroyed the building above them with such force that debris was raining down all over the city the entire loading zone was a crater, with the walkway still glowing red, all that was left was the access route to the Zohar containment area. Which was glowing a bright red color. All that was left of voyager however was a blood soaked black mask… as Albedo was radiating red fire… and a plume of burning energy emitting from his horn, his mark on his left side glowing a bright green, whilst the gem on the Zohar part of the mark was glowing a bright blue.

Albedo then turned to face the group, most of them were in shock, as Albedo said, "anyone… who dares fuck with my friends or family is in for a bad time…" Albedo's eyes were glowing a near blinding violet… as the glow subsided and he returned to normal. Nigredo then asked in barely held back fear, "Rubedo… did Albedo just go super saiyan? Or was I just hallucinating that?" Rubedo didn't answer… the soldiers just stared with a universal expression of awe. It didn't take long for Albedo to realize just what he had done… as he looked around him… then looked up, he then said, "Holy… fucking god… what have I done?"

Citrine walked out and said, "You are still cute, Albedo. Nothing will ever change that in my books." Rubedo finally said, "ARE… you crazy? Citrine… Jesus Christ… he just turned Labyrinthos into a goddamned smoldering crater… I mean, what's left of the floor is glowing… this place couldn't be damaged by orbital bombardment… and now it's a crater! Look… look over to your right! That's Proto Merkabah, and they are already detaching the song… I mean… one guy over there is staring in horror taking pictures… no one has ever…. Ever…." Albedo then said loudly, "THAT'S ENOUGH… Rubedo…I get it… your dick isn't big enough nor is your guns… get over it… or become a unicorn… magic is fucking real apparently… and… yeah… that's what it can do… it also makes sandwiches… so… shall we go now? Oh grab that mask Rubedo… Voyager murdered Ziggy's kid… forced him to suicide, all because he wouldn't join as a testament… he needs to see what happened to Eric Weber. And we… need to escape this crumbling dive before we die…" Albedo then walked forwards as he said, "I know I am cute Citrine… Cute…. And Lethal… I love you too." Dream smiled at the two for she didn't mind the thought of sharing as she walked over to the two and booped them both on the nose with her front hooves, Albedo then instantly sneezed… then said, "oh fuck that's right… I am allergic to bullshit. And this place…. Is full of it…" As Albedo asked, "What does boop mean?" To which Dream booped his nose again and said, "That…"

Albedo finished walking down the final stairs to the bridge leading to the Zohar containment area, seeing as he quite literally blew all the corridors away, saving time immeasurably. Albedo then saw Margulis, who was looking up and took several seconds to lower his head enough to see Albedo. then he just sighed and said, "I don't know who you a…. URTV… unicorn? I read your file… but does this ever make things interesting. You just killed two testaments… turned labyrinthos into a crater, basically undone all of Wilhelm's plans… what, are you gonna give me lost Jerusalem too? Might as well, tell you what, Albedo… you give us what we have sought for so long… and I will let you have the Zohar… and that toy Sergius made… you have solved all the other problems. Now… Albedo, first thing… how did you survive? And come back as a uni…. That's oh dear god… never mind…" Albedo walked up to Margulis and said, "well, aren't you perceptive… I was gonna kill you, but… I might let it slide… for now. Ormus eh? If you get them to help Rubedo and their allies take down Wilhelm and the gnosis… might as well keep you alive then." Margulis then said, "but… why? You did, die… and you… aren't the man who did all the worst things for U-TIC… you… really are the Albedo I read about. The one who was supposedly a coward… and… was the most loyal." Albedo then said, "I guess… finding Citrine, friends and a reason to live does that doesn't it Margulis? I didn't care before…. All I sought was true death. But now… I have a reason to live. As for earth? The coordinates are in the Y-DATA, it's that empty star cluster no one can seem to figure out. The planet is there…. Just… not at the same time. Wilhelm holds the key to that… through Zarathustra… take him out…. And you get earth back. But, I want you to do something for me… give Jin your sword… an apology so to speak…" Margulis processed this and asked, "Why? Do me and him need to be allies?"

Albedo then said, "Because… that and honestly… In the end… you two both have the same ideals… just radically different methods. And you're a fucking asshole… now, get out of my way…. Or hell… just follow us. I mean… you do want to make it out of here before it collapses… right?" Margulis sighed then said, "Fine… take the sword… I just…. Hope he will return it…" Albedo then said, "give it to Shion… not me… I am not going back to your world I am afraid." As the group progressed they entered the final containment barrier. Margulis then asked, "so… this is what Wilhelm has done to us all?" Albedo nodded then said, "things… were supposed to be different… but yeah. Now, we need to leave. I don't… know why this is happening… but I have an idea…" Margulis sighed and looked at Shion and said, "Tell Jin, to meet me at the place… he will understand… maybe we can work together again…." Albedo watched the containment door open, revealing the boarding for the Proto Omega as well as the two pods and control system. Albedo then said, "Dream? Can you uhh… help save Cecilia and Catherine… they are… yeah… its bad… I am gonna go get the mech ready… Citrine? Rubedo… you coming?" Rubedo nodded and said, "Hell yeah, how many pilots does this thing take?" Albedo then said, "Minimum, is one, recommended is like… 5 or six, max is however many people you can cram inside… kinda like a clown car… now… Citrine, how do you feel being my copilot in this WMD that flies…" Citrine grinned and said, "I'd love too." Albedo then noticed that there wasn't an elevator… it was kind of missing… burnt in fact. So Albedo looked at the ladder, then upwards… it was a long climb so Albedo decided, he had enough room to try it out… and if he crashed, well, he had idiots to put him back together. So, with a loud crack sound, and a flash of blue light, two wings extended from his ECS… made of plasma and already powerful enough to generate lift, he said, "yeah… funny thing, Rubedo… you didn't say when pigs fly… but when horses fly… watch this shit…" Albedo then increased the thrust to his flight module and gently lifted off the ground, his HUD shifting to a flight mode, right now he was in VTOL mode… as he lifted about 10 feet off the ground he switched it to flight mode, accelerating rapidly as he pulled up and into a roll. he screamed as he nearly ended up in something he didn't notice… a intake turbine. As albedo tried desperately to learn how to fly his body he realized the flight system wasn't exactly taking in to account his shape and biology. humans easily can streamline themselves in the air, horses… cannot. Albedo quickly vectored the thrust to a proper setting as he landed on the boarding gantry… nearly catapulting himself right into the head section of Proto Omega.

He then collapsed the wings into his ECS and sighed before saying to the group, "THAT KICKED ASS! still got bugs to work out though…" as he opened the cockpit hatch… it was indeed a starship bridge inside that fucker. As the rest of the group had finished prep for launch Albedo gestured them inside as he asked, "so… umm, Dream. All this time I had assumed you had an exit plan… now… what exactly is that plan? I mean… we got transport… and the Zohar… among other things… now how the fuck do we get out?" Dream then said, "Once we leave atmosphere and get to a safe distance we will return… I don't know how I know… I just do…" Albedo then asked, "alrighty… what about the others? Especially my family?" Dream spoke again, "They will remember what happened here and I'd recommend that Rubedo and Nigredo go and get Citrine from Zavarov as soon as they can, for I don't want the poor girl to die from boredom and from going crazy…" Albedo then said, "Alright, everyone else here has their own goals once they either return to where they fell asleep or somehow re-exist themselves… but… I need to know, we didn't see a single standard URTV on our way here… my memories state they should have been sprouting up like weeds… as for one… teensy last bit… the Proto Omega and the Zohar… what about it? And T-ELOS here…"

Dream got a sudden headache as she spoke again but her voice was slightly different more echo to it, "T-ELOS and the Proto Omega will be fine… once we return they'll be fine… I… ow… okay this is starting to hurt… T-ELOS will not be under Wilhelms control… she'll act on her own free will… Proto Omega will be with the Kukai Foundation…. As well as the plans for the other three sword ships…" Albedo's expression turned to utter fear as he heard her voice shift and what she said… things she couldn't possibly know about… Albedo then said, "Rubedo… I didn't tell her about the Kukai Foundation… and what other three? Nobody told me shit about there being a Clarent, Joyeuse and Excalibur version of your giant overcompensation issue… one space dick is bad enough… now there's gonna be four? Wait… what the fuck is happening to dream? She… is… oh my god… she's receiving data from U-DO…. Is that even… possible? She should be dead… as in right now… uhh… any second? What the fuck is she?" Dream then spoke again, "The four sacred swords… Clarent belongs to Citrine… Joyeuse belongs to Nigredo… Excalibur belongs to Albedo and Durandal belongs to Rubedo… the four horsemen. Red brings war, White brings conquest, Black brings Famine and Pale brings Death… okay this is starting to hurt…." Albedo then said, "you said that twice now… whatever… this fucked up dive is making you go bonkers in an exceedingly terrifying way… so just gonna label this incident under the never happened list… Citi, did you get the fucking flight controls working?" Citrine then said, "Almost done, hold your horses Albedo."

Albedo then said, "Oh hardy har har… asshole… just get us airborne before Dream starts making her own book of revelations with 100% accuracy please?" Dream then lost her balance as she collapsed since the data that needed to be said has been said, U-DO released its hold on her mind and returned to a passive state in her soul again. Albedo then said to Rubedo, "so… we just got a fucking prophecy from U-DO didn't we?" Rubedo said, "well the waves left as she did a face plant… so I would say yes Albedo… you were right about all your crazy ass bullshit… I wish… you weren't…" Albedo then said, "Did I ever once say I was happy knowing what I did? Jesus fucking Christ… oh right speaking of Jesus… he is named Chaos… he's the kid who wears gloves and shit… yeah… he's the fucking son of god… Yeshua fucking Nazarene… and oh by the… what is the Zohar doing?" Albedo looked down at the Zohar just held in place in the center of the Proto Omega as it began to spiral out of control, just like all the other U-TIC tests… except… Cecily and Cathe were in pods inside the craft… and… it was doing something else… it was beginning to resonate with Shion's pendant… which began glowing. As it progressed it began to cause Albedo to glow red, whereas Rubedo and the others glowed blue… Dream glowed red as well. as Albedo said, "what the fuck is this shit?" Rubedo then said, "Are we gating in? to where?" time began to blur a bit… as Albedo lost consciousness.

When Albedo awoke, he was where he was sitting previously… Dream was passed out and Oliver seemed to be snoring on the deck… Albedo screamed as loudly as he could, "FUUUUUUUUUUUUCK!" as he stood up… then started screaming in semi incoherent rage, "WE WERE SO GODDAMNED CLOSE! FUCKING HELL! NO… .DAMNIT NO! I ALMOST… I…. am so fucked…." Albedo then walked over to Oliver and then noticed, his ammunition was almost depleted… there was severe burns and structural damage on his ECS unit… and the plasma flow conduits for his flight module were burnt out. Albedo then realized, he really was there… then he said, "OLIVER! WAKE YOUR LAZY ASS UP! DREAM NEEDS MEDICAL ATTENTION!" Oliver jumped awake and rushed to Dream as fast as he can whilst a pony walked up to the house, with blonde hair and blue eyes… Albedo looked at the odd unicorn and asked, "can I help you sir?" the pony then said, "yes… you may… Albedo. URTV 329 reporting for duty. Call me john… I am the one who escaped. Oh god above has life here been awesome… how has the last fifteen was it… years been Albedo? is Rubedo doing alright? Well, before you ended up here…" Albedo looked at him and said, "you… gotta be shitting me. John? The crazy one? Well shit… never mind what I don't give a fuck about… how the fuck you been ya crazy motherfucker?" John then said, "oh I have been fine actually… I got into a few jobs then enlisted in the military… oh right… you wouldn't happen to know where the others went earlier would you? I saw them about… I dunno 10 minutes ago… when I saw you, I figured they were heading to you…" Albedo then did a double take then asked, "others? What others?! How many?" John then said, "oh about 10 or 20… they said that they just got here… of course… I don't know… they all seemed very… clueless. I recommended they go to school, seeing as they are still children and all… are they second generation or something?" Albedo then said, "worse… former KIA… 14 years ago on Miltia… along with all 665 others… excluding you it would seem." John then said with shock, "well… that's… wonderfucked… so… I am guessing that Sakura wasn't lying then…"

Albedo then said, "Yeah no shit… a bunch of dead people walking around clueless WHAT?!" Albedo then froze for a good few seconds before asking, "SAKURA?! That girl's been dead for 16 years… what the actual fuck is she doing here?!" John then asked, "umm… don't tell me it's some quantum ass shit like in those sci fi novels you like…" Albedo then sighed and said, "might as well be Muv-Luv… and I sure as fuck aren't Shirogane… I AM ALBEDO GODDAMNIT! Oh we are so fucked… John… tell you what… meet me at the bar where the doctor is gonna be… we need to get trashed… then maybe… with a few fifths of jack I might start talking…" John then said, "yeah I gotta get back on patrol anyway… you ganking Wishing Star mobilized me to now protect the town from Celestia's terrorists… Megatronus gave the order about an hour ago… I am guessing you are the one thing he doesn't know about yet… if it's what it's looking like… no one knows about us… that gives you… the craziest URTV alive the element of surprise… I really don't think Celestia has any idea just what kind of hell she just jumped in… she's up shit creek without a fucking toothpick. Good luck Albedo… and meet me at the bucket at 2200 tomorrow… sound good?" Albedo then said, "I haven't heard that term in forever… but yeah… sounds dynamite… need guns?" John said in reply, "always… not many things that go boom exist here… so, have me something like that harness ready tomorrow if you can… also, fix yours… it seems… fucked… anyway gotta go…" Albedo saluted as best he could and said, "see you later… Semper Fi…" John nodded as he walked away… Albedo then walked over to Oliver… then said, "get Dream inside… once she's on the couch inside… you are helping me on mess duty… lunch isn't fixing itself, and I am not doing it myself… so come on… besides… its gonna be a while before she wakes up… psionic overload and neurogenic shock… plus contact with U-DO. Yeah… we are on our own for now buddy…"

Oliver then nodded his head, but then realized that he was a bit too small to pick Dream up himself. Albedo then noticed that despite Oliver's abilities, he was still too small, Albedo didn't know if dragons were naturally tiny or if he was just very young… either way Albedo finally said, "okay not the brightest order… I will carry Dream and you get the door?" Oliver nodded and ran towards the door and unlocked it then opened it and held it there for Albedo.

Meanwhile Albedo carried Dream using his magic levitation thingy… as he entered the house, then he put her on the couch and said, "Look Oliver… keep an eye on her… even while we are cooking lunch… she's stable, but neurogenic shock is complicated… much less U-DO… me? I need to sit the fuck down for a bit… I have been through way too much today… also, I think I forgot to get medical attention after falling 20 stories into the bottom of an elevator shaft… don't ask…"

Albedo then said silently to himself, "Well… shit… if the standards are here… more are coming…" Albedo then sat down on the couch and rested for a while… given how his day was going… he needed it. Oliver walked into the kitchen and opened the cabinet where Dream keeps some of her wine and brought to bottles out into the Livingroom and set them down on the coffee table. He then went to his spot on the windowsill. Albedo was about to open a bottle when he heard a knock at the door. As Albedo walked over to the door and opened it, there was a female winged one before him… and she had an odd look on her face… Albedo then asked, "can I help you…. Oh why do I even ask… If we don't have a subscription to the newspaper I might as well subscribe…" The woman then said, "Actually… I want my staff back…" Albedo then said, "Uhh… what? I don't think I have a staff… HEY OLIVER, do we have a staff somewhere?" Oliver sighed and tossed a staff that was by his spot over to Albedo not even caring, Albedo caught the staff using his magic and said, "here you go… sorry about the mix up…" the woman then threw it back at him and said, "god damnit… that's not my fucking staff… give me my fucking staff back you asshole…" Albedo then said, "Hey now… let's not get angry here… wait… have I seen this thing somewhere? Oh never mind… anyway, look, do you know where you lost your staff? If so I might be able to find it later…" the woman sighed then tried to walk inside as Albedo stopped her and said, "Hey… this isn't your house ya know… you can't just barge in here like you own the place… now do you want my help or not?" the woman then looked at him and said, "You stole my ES… and my fucking staff without even giving me the common goddamned courtesy of waiting till I was actually dead before taking the stuff… Albedo… where is my goddamned staff…. And the Issachar?" Albedo then sighed deeply and said, "Oh… shit… you're Pelligri aren't you… well, funny thing… your ES… is on the foundation… as is your staff… you can have this one though for now… I guess… also… try to start shit…. I will gut you like I did wishing Star…" Pelligri sighed and said, "Well… shit… fine whatever… I don't want Citrine's staff… I will just find a new weapon. Look, I got nowhere else to go… every one of these ponies thinks I am crazy… can you… help me out here? You seem less kill everyone on sight and more of a person now anyway… so, why not help me?" Albedo then said, "Right… why the fuck not… but… you will report to Oliver and Dream Writer. Not me… understand Lieutenant?"

Pelligri smiled and said, "I do… I always loved the my little pony series… besides… I earned a vacation… now please… let me in…" Albedo then moved to the side and asked, "What's my little pony?" Pelligri groaned loudly and sat down at the table, as Albedo followed, then she said, "tell you what… I don't really think it matters, because you might as well learn on site. Now, be a gentleman and offer me a drink…" Albedo groaned loudly wishing his ECS was functioning properly… then said, "Fine… let's get shitfaced…" Pelligri then said, "what like Richard or like normal sane people?" Albedo laughed as he replied, "no one is drunker than Richard… he wrecked an ES in the hangar and attacked Margulis thinking he was a garden gnome… for god's sake… let's just relax…" Pelligri then said, "welp… I am down with relaxing… so, everyone around town is saying that today will forever be known as the day Wishing Star Fucked up… I am guessing you did that?"

Albedo sighed and said, "Why yes… yes I did… just another dead asshole… so, you ever plan on getting back together with Jin?" Pelligri took a swig of the wine and said, "Fuck…. Fine… fine you asshole… next time… if there is one… I will ask him out… OKAY?" Albedo then said, "Finally… thank you… this is gonna be a long week… isn't it?"

Pelligri then remarked, "best week of my life so far…"

Albedo then said, "Today was better than all 28 years of my life combined honey… by far… let's keep it that way…"
Pelligri nodded and said, "well, even though you were batshit… we always were good friends… let's keep it that way as well…"

Somewhere in Cantrelot… a small basketball sized metal sphere crashed into a fountain, screaming, "SPAAAACE!"

TO BE CONTINUED