Chapter 1: Activated
In Brooklyn, a hooded human, a Division agent recently activated, is examining the dead body of a police officer. He couldn't believe the virus would be this chaotic. He saw ten bullet holes on his chest with blood leaking out of them. He confirms it's the looters. He then stands back up and looks at the driver's seat door of a police car. He closes it, then removes his hood to look at his reflection. He had white hair, which was scruffy. He wore a New York Islanders hockey coat with blue pants, a red designer scarf, and a pair of grey shoes. He had a backpack with an AK-47 and a sniper rifle strapped on it. He also had a holster with a Colt Python sheathed in it. He then noticed a van approach and stop in front of him. He then saw Agent Faye Lau, Travis Rhodesky and Paul MacArthur step out of the front of the van. "Agent Vince Wick. Good to see you got the call as well." Said Lau. Wick saluted her. "I drove here as soon as I was activated. When I got here, I saw this police officer, dead on the ground." Wick pointed to the bullet holes. "This is the work of looters in the area, I can tell with these bullet holes." Lau, Rhodesky and MacArthur examined the body closely. "Yeah, I can see ten of them on his chest." Lau confirmed Wick's suspicions of looters. "Definitely the work of looters." MacArthur added.
"Oh, before I forget, I heard you had some help." Said Wick as he noticed Bumblebee in vehicle form in the distance. Bumblebee transformed into robot form. "You're not mistaken, but I'm not the only one helping out here." He pointed to the back of the van. Spike, The ponies and the puppies all came out from behind it. Spike started shivering from the cold. "Brr, why is it so cold out here?" Rarity started to hold Spike in her forelegs. "Oh, Spike, if I knew about the cold, I would have brought my specially designed sweaters and scarves." "What do you two expect? It's December." Squirt Said. "Yeah, it usually gets cold with the snow here." Strudel added. "Sheesh, I don't know who's a bigger egghead, Strudel, it's either you or Twilight." Rainbow Dash replied in a sarcastic tone. "Ow!" Twilight smacked Rainbow in the back of the head. "Come on, Twi, I was trying to lighten everyone up." "Can you please get serious about this? The fate of humanity and possible Equestria is on the line here!" Twilight barked at Rainbow. "True enough." Said Lau. Niblet then noticed the dead officer's body. "Say, guys, why is there a body with blood leaking out of ten points?" "Oh, that? That's from the looters in the area." Wick told the others. "But don't worry, I set up a safe area near here. It's close by." He pointed to an apartment two feet away. "Excellent. Let's go, we can discuss the situation further in there." Said Lau. Everyone then walked toward the apartment.
Everyone got inside the safe area within the apartment building. Bumblebee, however, had to wait outside because he is literally way too big to fit through the door. He had to listen through an open window that one of the Division agents holed up in had to open. The other three species had gotten used to seeing Transformers up close and personal. Everyone else gathered on the floor above the entrance. Lau then pulled up a map of Brooklyn. "OK, here's the situation, We got three issues that need to be resolved here right now. First it that raiders have a hold on some supplies. Food, water and medicine. We need to recover those supplies for the people of Brooklyn. Second is power. Lights are going out in houses across the Brooklyn area. There's a backup generator for the area that we can switch on to restore power, but it's guarded by raiders. Last is a hostage situation in the First Brooklyn Bank. The workers there are being imprisoned by— you guessed it, raiders." Applejack was dumbfounded that raiders would be in Brooklyn. "Hold on, Raiders? Sounds like life in the entire city seems uneasy for everyone living here, with Manhattan under lockdown." "Let's not forget that Brooklyn is on the brink unless we do something about this mess Lau explained." Said Twilight. "Well, we're gonna have to deal with this first before going to Manhattan." Lucky added. "Not so fast, everyone! Judging by the dead body Niblet noticed back outside, I can tell that those raiders will be armed to the teeth with guns." Cookie notified everyone. Rainbow just got the memo. "Good point. We're going to need weapons and equipment." "Bumblebee, I need you to scout Brooklyn for anymore issues that need to be resolved. The sooner, the better." Lau said to Bumblebee. "You got it," Bumblebee transformed into vehicle form and cautiously drove through the streets, dodging abandoned cars along the way. "Everyone else, I can provide you with some gear. No charge at all." Said Lau. "No charge? Sounds swell!" Pinkie said excitedly. "Don't mind Pinkie, Lau. She gets excited easily, and for no reason." Said Twilight. "Got it." Lau responded.
A few minutes later, the ponies and puppies arrived at a spot were the raiders were holding on to supplies. They can see the raiders all over the place and the supply caches they're guarding. "Everyone be quiet, i can definitely see some raiders." Rainbow Dash Said In a quiet tone. They can hear what the raiders are saying. "Fuck yeah, there's enough supplies in here for all of us to enjoy!" One of the raiders said. "You can bet your ass there is! We could be set for a long time!" Said another. "Heads up, the government could be on to us!" Said a third. "Yeah, but we have the guns to deal with them." "What about the Division? Heard they've been activated." "The Division ain't going to do shit on us." "Yeah, but they're basically military. That means machine guns and shit." "Yeah, but there's a lot of us on this spot! They won't be able to lay a scratch on us!" Having heard enough, Lucky pulled out an assault rifle Lau gave him. He, the other puppies, Spike, and the ponies were given guns, clothing for the cold, and bulletproof armor underneath. "Everyone ready?" He Said. Twilight drew a military-grade handgun. "On your mark." The others drew their guns as well. "Ok, one... two... three!" The ponies and puppies came out of hiding and opened fire on the raiders while being careful not to hit any of the caches by accident. "Shit! We got company!" A raider yelled as they fired back and took cover. "Looks like the Division got some outside help!" Another Said before getting hit In the head by a sniper bullet by Strudel and collapsing to the ground. One by one, the raiders began to drop, until one was left, running away. Strudel aimed at the fleeing raider, and pulled the trigger. "He's not running back to his friends!" She said. "Come on, let's tag these caches for Lau." They pulled out beacons and placed them on the caches, tagging them for pickup. Just then, Lau comes in on the comm. "Excellent work. Those people are going to be happy once these supplies go into the right hands. Wick found the backup generator in the tunnels, but he confirmed that there are raiders guarding it." Wick was also on the comm. "There should be at least fifteen of them... wait... damn, they just spotted me!" "You guys better get to Wick's position, and fast! Lau out." "Come on." Rainbow Said as everyone put away their guns. "Looks like Wick needs our help."
The friends made it to a power reservation area where backup power is being stored, but the entrance is sealed shut by the raiders. Rebound was unhappy with this. "Aw, nuts. Looks like they sealed the entrance." "Don't worry, Rebound, there should be another entrance somewhere." Cupcake reassured her best friend. "Yeah, sis, we just gotta look for it." Said Niblet. Just then, Wick came on the comm. "The entrance you would be looking for is a sewer graft, just in front of the entrance." Everyone turns to the graft Wick just spoke of. "Yeah, that's right, an entrance to here leads to the sewer." Rarity shivered with disgust. "Oh, my, sewers are filthy and unsanitary! There's no other possible entrance?" "Not that I can find one." Lucky Said with disgust. With the entrance barricaded, everyone knew this sewer is the only way.
In the sewers, the ponies and the puppies, along with Spike, who is carrying Rarity across the sewer filth, were treading along them, guns in paws and hooves in case of a raider ambush. "Maybe we should have just barged through the entrance. Rude, but it could have been better than taking a walk in the sewer." Said Twilight. "Not to pick a bone here, but couldn't you have teleported us all inside, Twilight?" Cookie shared her thought with Twilight. "Um, maybe neither would have been a good idea anyway. What if there were raiders right behind that barricade?" Fluttershy said nervously. "Point taken." Spike Said uncomfortably with the sewage on his feet. Just then, they heard gunfire nearby. "Sounds like we're closing in on Wick's position. Come on, he's going to need our help!" Said Strudel as everyone charged to the location of the gunfire. They reached a control room underneath the reservation building, where they see thirteen raiders engaging Wick, with two more lying on a pool of blood. "I got this." Strudel took her sniper rifle and aimed at one of the raiders engaging Wick. After slight hesitiation for focus, she fired, causing one of the raiders to drop dead from the shot. The other twelve raiders noticed Spike, the puppies and the ponies at the inside of the sewer. They turned their guns to them and away from Wick and opened fire, causing the heroes to drop down to the floor five inches below. Spike and Rarity made a clean roll upon landing. They got into cover immediately. "Ice those motherfuckers!" One of the raiders said. Wick joined the heroes shorty. "Good thing you lot got here! A few more minutes and I would've been done for." "Don't worry, we saved the worlds from evil many different times since they united, just not like this." Rainbow Dash Said proudly. "Once New York is saved, tell me all about them." "Will do." Squirt said as he fired his submachine gun the raiders while they were huddled together. One by one, they fell to the ground until no more raiders were left standing. With that, the gunfire stopped. Everyone put their guns away. "That takes care of those raiders." Said Wick. "Now let's get the generator activated and restore power to the people." Spike then climbed down to the switch and flipped it on. "Alright, now we just got the hostage situation at the bank to deal with and we should be set for now."
On the way to the bank, everyone, excluding Wick who went back to the safe area to tend to the recently injured with Lau, started sharing personal stories as a chance to bond with one another. "My boyfriend, Flash Sentry, was a private in the Canterlot Royal Guard, but a high profile terrorist group in Afghanistan kidnapped, tortured and killed him back in 2014. We were set to get married before then." Twilight shared with the puppies. "That's an absolute shame. I once had a crush on a another sheepdog, her name was Giblet. We... broke up after I told her that my loyalty was to my team. That was before the secret was out and we met you ponies." Niblet decided to share everything about his past crush. "I'm still sure she respects that, big guy." Squirt said to him. "Thanks, little buddy. Looks like we're here. And Rhodesky and MacArthur are here, too." The heroes stopped walking. They were in front of a big bank, three stories high. They noticed the two agents signaling them to come closer. As they did, Rhodesky was looking at the front of the bank. "So, what's the situation here?" Lucky asked. "There are five hostages being held in the bank. To make matters worse, the front doors are all barricaded. We have no way of getting inside." Rhodesky told the heroes. "Hang on..." Rainbow Said as she eyed the edges on top of the bank. "I could fly up and surprise the raiders from the top. Won't know what hit 'em!" "By yourself? No way you could last unless you had some help." Said Cookie. "Maybe She won't last by herself, but the flying onto the top thing could work. We just need her to put some rappel points on there so Rhodesky and I can get up there." Said MacArthur. "OK, I see where you're going. Twilight, Fluttershy, you're with me." The pegasi and the alicorn flew on top of the bank. Rainbow placed rappel points on the edge, which the ropes dropped down to the ground. Rhodesky and MacArthur rappeled up the outside of the bank. Once they, too reached the top, they entered through the stairs.
On the ground floor of the bank, the five drew their weapons to prepare for combat. They can hear one of the raiders yell at the hostages. "Sir, please, There's a hundred thousand dollars worth of gold in a safe on the second floor. I can give you the combination—" "Shut the fuck up, bitch! We don't need money, we just need supplies." "Just think about what you're doing here!" "Oh, I have, and I'm enjoying every second of it." "SHD are in Brooklyn, you won't get away with this!" "Oh, yeah, bitch? How about you..." As the raider and the hostages begin to bicker, Twilight, Rainbow, Fluttershy, MacArthur, and Rhodesky get ready to make a move. "Check this out." Rhodesky throws what appears to be an ordinary briefcase, but when it hits the wall, it sticks to it and transforms into an autoturret. "What was that?" The raiders on the floor turn to see the turret. "Oh, shit, that's Division tech! They're here!" The turret opened fire at the raiders, causing three of them to drop dead before the rest got into cover. The five entered the main room and got into cover. After a short gunfight, the raiders were all taken out thanks to the autoturret deployed by Rhodesky. When he pressed the button on his watch, the autoturret deactivated, shorted out and exploded In a small shock. "That takes care of those bastards. Now let's free those hostages and get them to safety." Twilight opened the vault door which the hostages were held in. "Thank you so much! I thought help would never come!" One of the hostages said. "No problem, but there could be more raiders in the area. There's an apartment where everyone is holed up. It's safe, we'll take you guys there at once." Said Rainbow. The others removed the barricade in the front doors.
At the apartment, Lau and Wick were just about finished treating the wounded right now when the heroes, along with Rhodesky, MacArthur and the hostages from the bank, entered. "Ah, just in time. Not only have we finished up patching up the wounded, but Bumblebee came back with some vital info for us." Lau said as she pointed to Bumblebee outside. "I found a police station where raiders are holding up, and I saw there is a lot of them." Bumblebee Said. "No problem. We can clear them out in no time!" Rainbow replied. "Hold your horses, Rainbow! They're holding some police officers hostage. Not only that, what appears to be their leader is on the roof." "Sounds like Razor. Taking him out will free Brooklyn." Lau was sure of what she just said. "If we do that, our next stop will be Manhattan. That takes you, Rebound, one step closer to finding your boyfriend." "I hope he's alive and well. I would never forgive myself if he died." Said Rebound. Niblet patted her back. "He's alive, sis. Hell, I wouldn't forgive myself either if my future brother-in-law wasn't." "Thanks, bro. Come on, we should save those cops and deal with those raiders." "Hold on a second, everybody. Stock up on ammo before you do this. There's an ammunition supply box near the door. You should see it on your way out. Wick, Rhodesky and MacArthur, come help me tend to more wounded." Lau gave her orders. The other agents went with Lau to treat more wounded people. The heroes then stocked up on ammo to replace the ones they used on their last objectives. They knew they were going to be in for quite a fight, but once they get it over with, their next stop would be Manhattan.