Chapter 11! I spent the morning typing this, and I finished right now because I was lazy and ended up watching Comedy Central for half the day :P Enjoy this chapter!
I woke up yawning, and I saw that Rainbow Dash wasn't next to me. I stood up and stretched, and the smell of something delicious was wafting through the air. One quick sniff and I shot out of the tent, running towards the campfire.
All of my friends from the night before were sitting there, eating and laughing. I sat down on a snow pile and Twilight passed me some roasted bird on a stick. I ate ravenously, because I don't think I ate for a week. As I finished, I layed back and listen to everyone talk. Suddenly, I got knocked over by someone with rainbow hair.
"You! Don't ever leave me again! YOU ALMOST GAVE ME A HEART ATTACK LAST NIGHT. But I'm joyful you returned." she scolded me. I gaped at her, and she suddenly started kissing me. Her tongue was wrestling with mine, and we were kissing for about 3 minutes when we finally broke, and I stared around dazed. There was an awkward silence, because everyone was staring at us, and Ash yelled "STORM WANTS TO TAP THAT!" and everyone started giggling.
I glared at him, and Rainbow Dash was laughing. She turned to me.
"I thought you died..but how did you come back?" she asked me.
"I really don't remember. All I saw was a blur, and then I came back to my original body. I got up and talked to others for a while, and I carried you to the tent. You fainted when you woke up and saw me." I said, laughing. She raised an eyebrow and started nuzzling my mane. I returned the favor to her and I got up and walked to the others.
"Guys, did you have any contact with Glacials and Stratos?" I asked them.
"Yes, I managed to contact them with the Com Watch. They said they're almost here, with a surprise" Rarity piped up sadly. I felt sorry for her, because she probably missed Glacialis. I went to a nearby tent and saw Fluttershy coming out.
"Oh, I wouldn't go in there if I were you. Virtus is pretty busy at the moment. But go ahead if you want to." she said.
"It's ok. I'll go in and check. Thanks Fluttershy" I said. I walked in and saw the tent was dark, except for a small light by the bed. I saw Virtus sitting there, typing fast and clicking, his eyes baggy and cups of water were lying next to him. I was worried about him.
"Um..Virtus? Are you alright? Looks like you haven't had sleep for quite a while!" I said in a worried tone. He looked up at me and broke into a smile.
"Storm! You're back! Yeah, sorry about that. I've spent 3 days on trying to hack into the opposition servers to get the Professor's coordinates, but they must have strong security." he groaned. I nodded.
"I understand that, but you have to get some rest. Glacialis and Stratos will come pick us up in about an hour I suppose." I said. He jumped when I mentioned that and started typing again on his console. A moment later, a small holo projection came up of a green dot coming near us.
"I entered their coordinates, and the gps is tracking them. They will arrive in 20 minutes, so let's clean up the camp. I'll alert you guys when they come." he explained. I nodded and left the tent. I walked towards Applejack, who was in charge of the camp alongside Ash.
"Hey, Applejack. Virtus told me that our flight is coming in about 20 minutes. We should clean up the camp" I said. Her eyes widened with surprise.
"Woah! 20 minutes? Well, ah'll have that done faster than you can say "rodeo"" she said, and took off. Using her lasso, she lowered the empty tents and packed them into a bag. I grinned and went into our tent, and saw Rainbow Dash sitting there with a strange look on her face.
"Um..is there anything wrong?" I asked her.
"No..uh..how long have been here?" she asked in a strange voice. I was taken aback.
"I think about 2 months. Why?" I said. She sighed and got up, and I saw her stomach was growing.
"Wow. So that's our baby" I said happily. She nodded.
"Yes. Fluttershy and Twilight informed me that the baby is due in about 8 months." she explained. I relaxed and closed my eyes.
"No worries, Rainbow. We'll be out in about 3 months." I said. Suddenly, it dawned to me that the it isn't right for a child to be born if it's parents weren't married, but I rushed that out of my mind. Marriage is not acceptable. Yet. I'll do it after this mess has been cleaned up.
"You better hope so. I prefer a colt or filly over a human baby" she said smirking. I rolled my eyes and told her we have to pack up because we're going to get picked up.
"Huh, so we have to clean up? I can do that in 10 second flat!" she said as she zoomed out of the tent. Nice reference huh? When she left, I began to pack up the tent until I heard a roar outside. I stuck my head out and my jaw dropped a mile.
Hovering above us was a HUGE ASS cruiser. It was docked there, and something small was coming down. Moments later, a small pod landed by us and opened up. I looked at my friends. They were staring at it, awestruck. My watch started beeping and Glacialis and Stratos came up in the panel, their faces smug.
"What the fuck is THAT?" I said to them out loud. Both of them laughed.
"Like it? We'll tell you all about it once you get in. That pod is going to take you in, although it can fit only of 6 people." said Stratos. I grinned at them and they closed the communications. I turned to Rarity, Applejack, Twilight, Rainbow Dash, Pinkie Pie and Fluttershy and said "Ladies First"
They looked at their boyfriends, but Aquarius, Ash & Virtus agreed and let them go first.
They smiled and walked into the pod. With a hiss, the doors closed and it started to lift. It went into the belly of the cruiser, and 5 minutes later it came back empty. I looked at the guys and we all walked in to the pod.
"Alright guys. Are we all in?" I said once we all were squeezed in. Everyone nodded and I pushed the lift button. The door hissed to a close and the lift lurched itself up. It felt like my stomach was dropping, and I saw a great view of Antarctica from such a high view. We went up further and further until the pod slowed down and stopped in a small docking bay. The doors slid open and we stepped out, looking in awe.
The room was filled with many types of vehicles. A large monitor was there, and there was a satellite there with a large opening that looks like any type of vehicle can go in. I saw the Main 6 were waiting for us, and we met up with them, chatting excitedly about the new ship.
The rear door hissed open, and Glacialis and Stratos walked in, their faces lit up with smiles. Rarity and Pinkie Pie yelled with joy and tackled both of them.
"Awww" we all said. After they got over the kissing and stuff, they got up and started explaining.
"Remember how we left for South America for fuel? Well, we were at the shipyard refueling, and some guy was arguing that his cruiser was broken down. We couldn't help overhearing him, so we asked if we could buy it off of him. Surprisingly, he agreed under one condition: that we bring snow from Antarctica. The dude was rich, and he took our old ship off our hands. He even repaired the cruiser for us! Awesome luck, huh?" said Stratos.
We all started slapping him in the back and congratulated him for the new ship. Then Glacialis spoke up and said something that perked us up instantly.
"Hey! How about we show you around the Dark Vengeance?" he said. We all said yes.
"Dark Vengeance?" asked Applejack, confused.
"It's the name of our new ship a.k.a our new base of operations" explained Glacialis.
"Oh. Ok then." said Applejack.
"The room we were in was the Garage. That's where we store our vehicles and that satellite thing you saw drops the vehicles anywhere around the world." he said. I was particulary excited about that room, because I have a passion for vehicles and I've been a mechanic before joining the army. The next room they showed us was awesome.
"This, my friends, is the Intelligence Room." said Stratos. The room was filled with computers and there was a large table with a projection of the Earth around it. A large monitor with a radar on it showed our position and any enemies surrounding us in a 20 mile radius. I could see Virtus trembling behind me, and he suddenly raced past me and jumped on the main seat behind the HoloScreen.
"This is amazing! I can finally send you guys intelligence and hack at the same time!" he said, and he pulled another screen and coding started appearing. We all laughed at his amazement.
"Virtus, let's go. There's more to see." said Fluttershy impatiently to him.
"Awww. But I don't want to!" he whined. She turned to Stratos, and he said "We know how good Virtus is with computers, so he'll be the Operator. He basically controls intelligence in this room. So we can leave him behind and continue on with the tour"
"Ok. But don't do anything stupid while I'm gone." she said to him strictly. He just grunted. We left him and climbed up the stairs to a large study. I could see this one was built specifically for Twilight. There were rows of books and a large telescope was pointing outside a large window.
"Welcome to the Study. Research takes place here, and information is sent to the Laboratory for testing." said Glacialis. Twilight ran past him and jumped into a pile of books alongside Aquarius. They were reading, and we left them to see the laboratory.
The lab was all white, with strange chemicals in vials and a weird smell. Ash was very interested in the room, and so was Rarity because it held the AutoWeaver.
"Yeah, this is where all the experiments take place. Our armor is also made here by the AutoWeaver. I think Rarity and Ash will like this room." said Stratos. Sure enough, Ash was working with vials and Rarity was setting the controls for the weaver.
We went further and toured the Cafeteria, the Gym, and the Engine Room. Pinkie was having fun decorating the Cafeteria and Applejack and Rainbow Dash left for the gym. I felt sorry for Fluttershy, because there wasn't a room that interested her until we ended up in the Menagerie.
"We were gonna demolish it and turn it into a games room, but we wanted Fluttershy to be happy." said Stratos, scratching his head. Fluttershy quickly zoomed into the artificial forest and started playing with the animals. After that, it was only me and the 2 pilots.
"Hey Storm. Look at this!" said Glacialis, motioning me to follow him. I trailed behind him, and after 10 minutes we ended up in the Command Center. There were small monitors all over the room, and a small projection of the ship and it's statuses is shown. Two seats are at the front overseeing a sky-high view of Antarctica. Glacialis told me to look down from the window, and I saw a huge cannon sticking out from the bottom of the ship.
"What is that?" I asked, awestruck. Stratos smirked at my reaction.
"That, my friend, is a Uranium Propulsion Cannon. It fires a depleted uranium slug at light speed towards it's target, destroying and and still having enough speed to destroy 10 other targets after it!" he explained.
"But..isn't it supposed to be a prototype?" I asked.
"Yeah..about that..we bought the cannon from the aftermarket. Turns out the schematics were leaked, and they were mass producing them." said Glacialis sheepishly. I laughed at them.
"So, what was your point in showing me this?" I asked them.
"We're gonna test this baby! That base you guys escaped from is our testing grounds. We're gonna level it!" said Glacialis and Stratos altogether. You would think I would say "No, that's bad" but I wholeheartedly agreed with that idea. Both of them beamed.
"Excellent! Now, Glacialis, contact everyone by the COM and tell them to look out the nearest window. I'll start the firing sequence" said Stratos. Glacialis ran towards the small box and started speaking, and Stratos sat at the seat, pressing buttons and looking at the screen.
Cannon charging sequence initiated. Warming up ionizers. Initializing thrust variables. Loading uranium slug. Checking energy input. Recoil stabilizers are ready. Cannon is online, please insert coordinates.
"Savannah! Coordinates 18-3-9-43-8!" said Stratos. He turned around and whispered to me "That's the ship's bot, Savannah. She helps us out." then he turned back around.
Coordinate variable checked. Cannon repositioning. Ready to fire.
"Oh boy, here we go baby!" shouted Stratos. He flipped open the small box and slammed the red button. A bright flash briefly engulfed us and I covered my eyes and a loud sound was heard. After 2 minutes, a low groan was heard from the cannon, and a bright green stream of energy went off in a distance. It was going for 3 minutes until it slowly thinned out and stopped.
Cannon is cooling down. Initializing cooling fan. Nitrogen and Hydrogen pipelines are intact. Pumping in coolant.
"Savannah, shut down the cannon and pull up a view of the target we just hit." commanded Glacialis.
Very well. Shutting down energy input. Recoil stabilizers have been retracted. Ionizers have been shut down and are cooling. Cannon is now offline, and here is the current view of the target you have hit.
A view of the base came up. But it was no longer a base. All that remains is a large crater. All 3 of us laughed and hi fived each other. Stratos looked at the clock and said "Damn! Time to head to our destination. Where to, Storm?"
"Track down the Professor's last known coordinates." I said. Glacialis turned around.
"Here, let me take the com watch so Savannah can retrieve recent information." said Glacialis. I gave him my watch, and he plugged it in. A beep was heard, and Savannah started giving us details.
Hmm..interesting. You seem to have affection towards a female by the name of Rainbow Dash?
I was red "How the hell did you know that?" I asked hotly. Glacialis and Stratos were sniggering.
Because of your recent chat with her. Here is one:
A record started playing of the recent conversation I had with her..privately.
"Hey Rainbow. I'm feeling kinda..hot..if you know what I mean."
"Oh, you bad boy. Looks like I have to cure you of your problem. Come over here."
TRANSMISSION ENDED.
I was blushing so hard, it's not funny. The other two were laughing their asses off. I told Savannah to get to the point and locate the professor.
As you wish. I have found the recent coordinates of the Professor from your last transmission. The Dark Vengeance has been adjusted to follow that route.
"And where are we going to, Savannah?" asked Stratos.
I thought you knew. We are en route to Northern Africa.
Meanwhile, in Equestria.
Celestia was frantic. She sent half the military to deal with a conflict in Fillydelphia. Apparently, a shadowy figure appeared there and started torturing the civilians. She couldn't lose the support of the people, so the army was sent in to deal with this situation.
She was pacing her room back and forth as parchments kept popping around here.
Where are you, Mane and Elemental Six? You are needed! she thought.
Hope you liked it. The next chapter will involve a fight scene, and probably the characters will return to Equestria. But I want to give you guys a chance to decide:
Should the Heroic 12 stay in Earth and eventually end WWIII, or should they return to Equestria and defeat the Shadow Rifter once and for all? Remember to state that in your review!
