@Cerebrate19
Night Hunter (Boss):
Nods before turning to his squad “Scorch, you’re our explosives expert, this’ll be up your alley!”
Thunder Force (Scorch): “Right, sir!”
Scorch pulled a specially modified grenade round that acted like a flare. He then took his DC-17, switched it to anti-armor mode and attached the round to the gun
Thunder Force (Scorch): “Better stand back folks!”
The Tree Harmony spirit opened a hole on the other side of the shield, facing where Canterlot is. Scorch fired the grenade round through the hole before it sealed up again. It flew high into the air before exploding into a bright colourful flare
Night Hunter (Boss): “Hopefully, they’ve seen that through those red clouds”
Gerald: Turns to Whistler and the Deltas “Protocol? What protocol?”
Night Hunter (Boss): “We were taught this during our stay here: Several eyes watch over this forest, keeping tabs on any suspicious activity”
Rapid Haste (Fixer): “Should a high priority target like the tree come under attack, a signal is to be sent to the guards up in the capital, letting them know of the situation”
Night Hunter (Boss): “I suspect a response will be soon”
Gerald: After getting all this info in his head “Man, if Texty and any other creature in Ponyville managed to miss a mass of red clouds, they’re certainly not gonna miss this”
As Gerald finished his dialogue, the voice of HIM was soon heard in the air again
HIM: “Awww, the little scientist is calling for his friends! Do you reeeeeeeally think I would be STUPID ENOUGH to not be prepared for such a ploy?”
HIM, using his demonic claw hands, used the nearby red clouds to make an army of monsters, infused with his dark essence, around the Everfree forest. Some grew to the size of Hydras while others were twice as large
Thunder Force (Scorch): “What in blazes name!?”
Fang Hunter (Sev): “Well then…this’ll make an interesting kill count”
HIM: “Whatever brilliant strategy shall you pull from your backside, now, BRITTLE BONES!?” Evil Laugh
Gerald: Looks at the monster army in horror before turning to Whistler with the same look “Do you really wanna push his buttons even further?!”