Above main road to Manehattan, 1645 hours, Tuesday the 6th
Again the rotors roared very loudly but not covering the sound of words, but the sounds of weeping and sorrow. There were seven ponies in the helicopter all together. Two were piloting, two were manning the guns, but the other three were crying. Over a certain pink pony that had left their world.
"Hey what happened"? One of the ponies mounting the gun said to the three sad ponies. He was wearing a helmet that had goggles wrapped around it, he was about the same size as the General maybe a bit smaller, he had sort of a grayish beige coat with a brown mane and a concerned look upon his face.
"O-our… Our friend…" Twilight struggled with the fact that her friend was now gone and almost couldn't let the words out of her mouth.
"She-She's…gone died in t-the attack".
"Well I'm sorry that she's gone and I know how you're feeling I lost a lot of friends in the attack" A tear shed across his cheek.
"I-I'm sorry for your losses too" she smiled at him.
"There's a smile, we're about an hour and a half away from Manehatten maybe there we could grab a drink"?
Rarity was giggling with Applejack their minds taken off the depressing subject of the loss of their pink friend.
"That stallion has got a touch, one minute he's mourning the next he's gone and scheduled a date".
"Maybe tomorrow they'll get married and settle down in an even bigger library".
"Oh the stacking Spike will have to do".
They both shared in a laugh.
Twilight and the Stallion shared a loving gaze. "My name's Scott, Scott Mitchell". "I'm uh Twi-Twilight Sp-"
"INCOMING"! A missile had locked onto their helicopter and was coming at a breakneck pace. "BRACE YOURSELVES"! The two ponies mounting the guns held onto a strap on the top of the door. The pilots were trying to shake the missile to no avail. The other three were holding onto metal bars attached to the seats. They waited a good ten seconds before it hit.
The whole tail boom of the helicopter was now gone with smoke in its place. They were spinning wildly out of control and if they all weren't hanging onto something they'd surely have been thrown out. The two pilots were trying their best to stabilize them; flipping switches, pulling levers and, pressing buttons, but it was already too late they were gonna crash and they were going down hard.
Cloudsdale, 1715 hours
"Okay we're here" whispered Spitfire.
"But why, I thought Cloudsdale was under siege" Rainbow said confused and loud.
"Quiet down, it will be under siege if we don't stop this attack by blowing up the very place they've gathered in".
Rainbow noticed they were at the weather factory and that Soarin had left them. Rapidfire and Fleetfoot were coming up on one of the doors with some bolt cutters.
"Soarin you ready"? Spitfire whispered into her intercom.
"Blaze and Misty are about to open it. On my go 3…2…1…".
The door bolted open being caught by Rapidfire and Fleetfoot it made no sound. They took up positions in the waiting room and gave the all clear. Rainbow noticed Fluttershy wasn't trailing behind her.
"Hey, Spitfire where's Fluttershy"?
"Who… Oh yeah she's with Soarin".
"You split us up"?
"We needed even teams, look I'm sure she's fine". As they headed in there was a single camera watching them, a single overlooked camera.
They headed deeper into the factory noticing no hostiles along the way. As they got to the center of the factory they noticed some computers and immediately tried to see what they were planning as Rainbow stood guard.
"Nothing on mine, what about you guys"? The other two Wonderbolts shook their heads.
"Ugh, there's got to be a backup disk around here there always is look around". Spitfire looked under the desks finding nothing. Fleetfoot took to the ceiling also finding nothing. Rapidfire came to a room where he saw a desk with another computer. Seeing that it was already accessed he sat down and looked at what was on it. He saw what seemed to be four quadrants all having a display time and what looked to be the factory. Then he saw it in the third quadrant a certain yellow pegasus was being dragged out unconscious.
"Uh Soarin, Are you there"? "Soarin, SOARIN"! Soarin wasn't answering. Rapidfire went out to go tell Spitfire until he saw something on the other three quadrants. The hostiles were placing C4 around the building cutting off their escape by surrounding the two doors that were used to get in.
He ran to go tell Spitfire looking for any way out on the way. "Spitfire we have to go".
"Why"?
"Soarin's team they're gone. I saw, they took the yellow pegasus with them".
"What they took Fluttershy"?
"Yes, I'm sorry but we have to go now"!
"Alright head out through the doorway we came in through".
"They've surrounded the building Spitfire we're not leaving that way, and we haven't got much time they're placing C4 around the building".
"AGH, BUCK"!
"Spitfire the ceiling it has an open window".
"Great work Fleetfoot let's go"! As they flew out the window the factory started exploding from the inside out. Balls of fire were emerging from the windows and doors and the factory soon went up in flames.
They landed on a cloud outside the factory huffing as they had to fly out of there quickly, but they were soon met with the sounds of guns cocking.
Forest near Manehattan, 1800 hours
Twilight woke up to the sound of a stallion's voice.
"Hey are you okay? Wake up".
"Ugh, what happened"?
"We crashed, Fisher are the pilots all right"?
"Dead, Scott both of them" Fisher, Sam was an earth pony with a dark blue mane that was covered by his helmet only being able to be seen down his back. He had an orange coat that looked like the colors of the sun setting. His cutie mark was a flashlight because his talent was guiding the way, he never got into it...
"Well I guess that leaves the five of us, off we go to Manehatten".
"Fisher wake the others we're gonna scout the situation, we'll come back".
"You better" he gave a smile and Twilight went off with Scott. They traveled through the forest slow and quiet knowing that they might be spotted if hostiles were on the road.
"I didn't catch your name before the crash what was it? Twilight Sp-"
"Sparkle" she said with a small blush.
"So how'd an innocent mare like you get drafted"?
"It was Princess Celestia she thought we'd be able to negotiate with the rebels since we're the elements of harmony. We joined up with C.T.U. and they sent us here. What about you what's your st-"
"Shhh".
"Did you shush me"?
"Yes and I'll do it again if you don't shh". Twilight grumbled and went down to the ridge where Scott had shushed her from.
"What is it"?
"Rebels blocking our path and if they're already here then…. We have to get back to the others. Come on or there's not gonna be anything left".
Back at the Crash, 1810hours
"What in tarnation, Rarity you okay"? She shook her friend to try and wake her up.
"Yard by yard, always stressed" Rarity was having one of her sing n' sleeps.
"Rarity, git up" Applejack was shaking Rarity harder now.
"Wha… Huh"?
"Rarity, we crashed".
"Eeek, Dirt get it away it's everywhere" she was standing atop a rock after her 'major' freak out.
"Heh, you two are hilarious". Applejack and Rarity were glaring at him with somewhat angry eyes. He went back to his business after the glare picking up the rest of the supplies from the chopper.
"Hey ummm…"
"Fisher, Sam Fisher".
"Okay, Sam where are Scott and Twilight"?
"They went to scout. They're gonna come back". A rustle came from a brush behind Rarity.
"Oh are they back"? She said going closer to the rustling bush.
"Rarity, back here behind me NOW"!
"Dear, it's just Twilight and Scott" Getting even closer to the bush.
"Rarity they went the exact opposite way toward Manehatten, you're facing Fillydelphia right now". Then all of a sudden Rarity froze. 'Did they really go the other way'? Her sense of direction had been tampered from all of the spinning in the crash. She then felt a tugging on her coat. "RARITY GET BACK"! A figure then emerged from the tree line his left fore-hoof now around Rarity's throat with a knife above it in the other hoof.
"Let her go" he said as he cocked his gun. It was the same pony that had shot Pinkie the same red beret just stood right in front of Applejack.
"Why would I?" the bereted pony said in a dark voice almost sounding like a chuckle.
"I'm gonna give you one more chance let her go or I'll shoot".
"You really think you can hit me behind this entire mare"?
"Are you calling me fat?" Rarity said with no concern for her current situation.
The stallion ignored her and kept chuckling at the other stallion holding the weapon.
"Let her go, please" said a voice from behind his hooves in the same position as the bereted pony's on Rarity's throat with a knife in the same hoof.
"Scott you're back" Sam said with a smile.
"Just in time too". The bereted pony had loosened his grip on Rarity and ran toward Applejack to share an embrace from her friend. Twilight came up to the bereted pony and disarmed him taking all his ammunition, supplies, and weapons. She put them in a bag and gave it to Sam. She then walked over to the restrained bereted pony that was on all four of his knees. Blood flew into the air as her left hoof connected with his jaw and he fell on his right side. Everypony was shocked at what their lavender friend had just done.
"You killed my friend" She said, burning anger in her words.
"Was it the stallion in the truck or the pink mare that slammed onto the concrete"? He had a devious smile on his face.
Twilight picked him up by his coat he was pretty heavy, but she didn't wanna drop him before he answered her questions.
"Who are you working for"?
"Like you don't already know, Ms. Sparkle"
"You're right I do know, but I want to confirm my theory now tell me WHO"?
"Never" She punched him again even more blood flying out as she let him go and he dropped to the ground. She paced around the crash site angrily that the bereted pony wouldn't tell her anything.
They waited to see what would happen next.
Location Unkown, 1835 hours
Rainbow, Fluttershy, Spitfire, Fleetfoot, and, Rapidfire awoke bound to chairs. They struggled hoping that they could get free all except Flutteshy who was scared out of her mind, her eyes pacing around her surroundings hoping that nothing bad would happen. It was a dark room that looked like they were in a storage facility because of the windows and lights that were hanging from the ceiling.
A shady figure emerged from the shadows into the one light that was turned on and hanging right above the four struggling and one scared pony.
"There's no use struggling you should be as scared as your little yellow friend right now" from deduction anypony could have done the voice was obviously from a mare. She was veiled in a blue tight fitting outfit and a blue motor cycle helmet with a black visor which was really very odd.
"What do you want with us? Why have you left us alive?" Spitfire was angry her best friend and lieutenant was gone by whoever the mysterious mare was had taken his blood on her hooves.
"Spoilers" the mare said with a happy tone in her voice. "I wouldn't want the fun to die out before we even get started".
Fluttershy's pupils dilated as a metal cart was rolled into the light with a revolver on it. The mare in blue picked it up and rolled it out checking the bullets inside.
"Four shots and five of you I wonder who will be my lucky messenger pony?" she said with an evil laugh.
She first walked up to Rapidfire stroking his thigh near that that one place that can make a stallion start moaning within seconds. She then put her hoof against his cheek for a slow feel and put the revolver to his neck.
"Well do you feel lucky?" she said in a very seductive voice. The next second blood flew everywhere; onto the floor, on Fleetfoot's face as she watched in horror as Rapidfire's red fluid escaped from his neck and his head hung limp and lifeless. They'd been dating for three years now and Rapidfire had just proposed to her last week. They were gonna get married tomorrow and quit the life of espionage with the Wonderbolts. She burst into tears like rain on a spring day, Spitfire tried to comfort her but it her efforts were useless she knew it too. Four of them would die here and there was nothing she could do about it.
Next the mysterious mare moved onto Fluttershy pushing her chin up so that she could look right into the visor. "Don't worry this won't hurt a bit" she said, you couldn't see it but underneath the visor the mare was cracking an evil, fake smile. Before she hit the button she was stopped by the sound of a pleading pegasus.
"Stop, take me instead". Fluttershy, Spitfire, and Fleetfoot looked at Rainbow. Many streaks of tears rolled down her eyes.
"R-Rainbow please r-reconsider, do not do t-this" Fluttershy said silently hoping that her Rainbow maned friend would reconsider.
"Fluttershy what does it matter two more of us are gonna die anyway and I want you to live a little bit longer".
"Aww, how sweet your rainbow friend here taking the bullet for you. Just because I'm a sucker for sob stories I'll comply with her wishes" she then moved the gun from Fluttershy's neck and moved it onto Rainbow's. Rainbow looked at Fluttershy and gave her a smile along with a wink. She was then gone, just so quick her life was taken from this world. Blood spilled onto her cyan coat and her head hung just as lifeless as Rapid's.
The blue clothed pony then moved the gun back to Fluttershy. "Who know maybe you'll get the slot with no bullet" she snickered. Then a clack, not a bang, but a clack. "Well then I think we know who the messenger is" she signaled two ponies to come over and unrestrained Futtershy. The two ponies then began to Punch Fluttershy's ribcage for about twenty seconds. The yellow pony was coughing up blood and it stained her yellow coat.
"Now run along and give Princess Celestia a message…" the masked pony was taking off her helmet to reveal herself and finish her sentence. "Nightmare moon is back" she gave an evil laugh and a flash of lightning along with the massive boom from the thunder came as she signaled the other ponies to remove her from the area. Fluttershy had no idea what happened to Spitfire and Fleetfoot but their screams of agony could be heard as she left the builing.