Captain Carson turned to Rarity. "I take it these are your children?"
"Well, Sweetie Belle is mine but the other two are my friends' children," Rarity said.
"Well, just make sure they stay away from my vehicles."
"I will... Excuse me, I never did you get your name."
"The name's Sharon Carson. Captain Sharon Carson," Captain Carson said.
"Well, yes, I am pleased to make your acquaintance. I am Rarity, owner of Carousel Boutique, Ponyville's premier dress shop."
"Well, nice to know." Captain Carson cared little for fashion. She then returned to the rest of the group.
"Wait, Rarity," called. "You must come to my shop for a makeover. Your outfit is simply scandalous."
The hair on Captain Carson's neck curled as she heard the word "makeover".
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Twilight Sparkle turned to Spike as they continued walking along. "Yeah, add that to the list."
She then stopped in front of Stripetail. "Hello, I was told that you were the leader. Welcome to Ponyville."
"She must be their leader," Zachary said.
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One of the "ODIN" troopers along with two ordinary soldiers had wandered into the Everfree Forest. The "ODIN" trooper wielded a powerful gauss cannon, designed for mounting on vehicles. It thanks only to the immense strength that his "Gungnir" armor provided that he could lift the weapon, let alone fire and handle its recoil
"This place is creepy," one of the soldiers muttered as she wiped her brow with her free hand. Both she and her companion wielded ordinary rifles.
At this point, the bushes rustled. Suddenly, before they knew what had happened, a large net flew out of the shrubs captured all three of the soldiers.
Five ponies then emerged from the bushes. Three Earth Ponies, a Unicorn and a Pegasus.
"Well, look what we got!" the Unicorn said.
The Pegasus smiled. "This'll fetch us some bits back at Bridlehem."
"Let us go!" the first soldier shouted. He tried to reach his knife but the net was too tight for him to reach his weapon. He them tried to rip the net apart - to no avail.
"Don't bother, it's strong enough to hold a manticore."
The ODIN trooper casually ripped the net apart as he helped his fellow soldiers free.
They then readied their weapons. "I give you until the count of three to get lost!" the female soldier said. "One! Tw-"
A burst of magic knocked her unconscious.
The ODIN trooper readied his gauss gun, aimed at the Unicorn and pulled the trigger. The massive slug reduced the Unicorn to a red mist. Before the gun could charge, a kick from one of the Earth Ponies rendered it non-functional. Another kick from behind surprised the armored man.
"Deal with the flying one!" he shouted. He took a kick from one of the ponies and then delivered a vicious left hook from his armored fist that sent the pony flying backwards several feet. The pony shook himself off and continued charging at him. To say he was astonished was an understatement - the armor allowed him to punch through a concrete wall with no effort or hoist nearly three tons over his head.
Another blow from the side caught his attention. He grabbed the pony's leg just as he made another attempt to kick him. The trooper then hurled the pony at his comrade, sending them both sprawling. They got back up, this time with what appeared to be knives in their mouths.
"You're kidding me?" he said. As one of the ponies tried to stab him, he grabbed the knife and casually crumpled it up like a piece of paper. He then quite literally punted the offending into a bush almost ten feet away. And this time, the pony stayed down.
The second pony kicked him in the chest. When he looked down, he saw two dents in the armor. He staggered back from another blow, leaving more dents in his armor.
The armored trooper swore as he leapt to the side narrowly dodging another kick. As he did, the pony faced him and spoke. "You are one strong creature. And you'll-"
The ODIN trooper, not caring for the boastful pony, punched him so hard that he flew into a nearby boulder, cracking it.
The other soldier, who had already killed the Pegasus with a well aimed burst of rifle fire turned to the armored soldier.
"Let's go," the ODIN trooper said. He picked up the unconscious soldier with one hand and slung her over his shoulder. Even though the unconscious soldier was wearing a suit of powered armor that weighed almost sixty pounds, the ODIN trooper didn't seem to notice the weight.
"We better tell the others to stay the hell out of this forest."
The two then headed down the trail back to where they came from.
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Dr. Kerzach swore as he was pressed into welding holes that had been blown in the ship's superstructure.
