Blood and Shadows

Operation: Turnabout

Location: BLACK HQ

Date and Time: September 24, 2037. 06:49 Hours

Subject: Rainbow Dash

Objective: Safely transfer Princess Twilight Sparkle into the BLACK headquarters

"Rainbow? Rainbow wake up!"

I groggily got to my feet to see Twilight waking me up. She had on a black jumpsuit that fit her body snugly, and the guards were going nuts over it, which I thought was weird at first but then I noticed they weren't the cyborgs. The helicopter had landed and we were back at HQ, but things were far from good.

A guard escorted Twilight off the helicopter and down the hall, I climbed out by myself and groggily followed them. The man made his arm in the shape of a hook and Twilight wrapped her arm in his. I growled, and then I caught myself doing it. I was jealous? Of Twilight? Well she was a princess, I guess when you have wings and a horn to go with a good looking body, things work out pretty well for you in the men department. Just then somebody grabbed my hand a wrapped it in their arm. I turned to look and it was Shadows who was the culprit.

"Just what do you think you're doing?" I attacked

"Escorting a young lady to debriefing!" He defended

I wasn't interested in him, but I could see that he didn't mean it like that. He noticed my jealousy and was just trying to cheer me up, I guess he sorta thought of me like a daughter? I wasn't sure, but I didn't really care either, it was nice to have somebody to hold me up, I was unbelievably tired.

We got to the debriefing room, where a welcoming party waited for Twilight, Celestia and most of the staff were there. Well that was great, things just keep piling on to my jealousy.

"C'mon kid," Shadows said, "Let's go somewhere else, this place bums me out."

"Thanks Shadows" I told him

He led me to the Loadout room where we met up with Gear Head. He was tinkering on that gun again and had another Rig beside him on the next workbench over. We walked up to him and Shadows let go of my arm. I walked over and sat down next to Gear Head.

"Watch'a workin' on?" I asked him

He nodded his head and hummed "mhm."

"Gears?"

He looked at me, and said, "Oh, sorry Dash I'm just really focused, what do you need?"

"Nothing, I was just wondering what you're working on."

"Oh, it's a prototype rifle with a built in silencer."

I looked at the gun, "It looks like an ordinary M4 to me."

"That's the point, the silencer is built in. Don't you have a mission you need to go on?" He asked very politely

"Just got back from one, sorry if I was bugging you." I said, starting to get up. Shadows was moving in to take my arm again but then Gears grabbed me by my other arm.

I faced him and he desperately said, "Sorry, sit down, we can chat!"

I laughed and motioned for Shadows to go ahead and join the party, I was gonna hang here.

Gear Head had a lot to say about his new 'toys' as he called them. He got a bunch of guns and has to design a way to put a built in silencer in each one. He wasn't very gun savvy so he was having a lot of trouble with it. I decided that I'd take it upon myself to help him get the silencers in. Together, it took us about fifteen minutes to get the silencer in the gun. When we finished, you couldn't even tell the gun was silent.

"Wow! I didn't know you knew so much about guns!" Gears said, amazed

"Well I kinda shoot them everyday so I guess I have to." I laughed

Just then, he gave me this strange look, and started leaning towards me. His lips began to pucker.

"What are you doing?" I asked him

He instantly stopped and leaned back into his work, "Sorry, uh...just forget it."

"Gears, you're a cool guy and all but can't you tell when a girl just wants to be friends?"

"I dunno, I never really was good around girls. All through my life I've had a hard time in the 'ladies department'."

I laughed at how he said those last few words, "Well you seem like a cool enough guy, I don't see why women don't come to you!"

Just then, Lyra walked in the room from the back closet. I had no idea how long she'd been there, or if she could hear anything, hopefully not.

"Hey Gearsy!" She started, "I got that circuit for you!" She pranced over to him with a sway in her step, and placed it on the table for him. She made sure to get her breasts as close to his face without touching him. Her body language just screamed 'horny schoolgirl' as she swayed her hips on the way back to the closet. Gear Head didn't even notice and went right back to work on his Rig from the next station over.

"Really?" I asked him

"What?" He said, confused

"What do you mean you have trouble with women?"

"I can't seem to get any of them to like me for me I guess!"

"No no! I mean did you just see what Lyra did?"

"Gave me the circuit?"

"No! I mean how she talked to you and approached you!"

"What do you mean?"

"Do you know anybody else who calls you Gearsy?"

"Well, no but-"

"And how about the fact that she practically rubbed her boobs in your face?"

"That's what she always does! I just thought she never noticed how-"

"WHAT? She does that all the time? Gears, you really do need help!"

"Well what am I not seeing?"

"Next time she comes in here, pay attention to how she talks and moves. Watch her hips, she's wanting you to lay her out on a workbench and fuck her brains out!"

"What? You're lying!"

"Next time she comes in here, I'll leave and you just try it! Just ask her and you'll see!"

A little time passed and sure enough, here comes Lyra, swaying her hips. I got out of my chair and left, I closed the door and put my ear up to it.

"Hey Gearsy! I got your filter you wanted!"

"Thanks Lyra."

"Need anything else?"

"No...but I got a question."

"Oh really?" Lyra's voice perked up

"Yeah, uh...is there anything you want me to do to you?"

"Do you mean, do for me?"

"No no, to you." Gear Head's voice cracked

There was silence, then there were noises of a struggle and I heard belt buckles being fumbled with. My work here was done. Just as I started to wander off, a voice called to me from down the hall.

"RAINBOW DASH!" Celestia called out, rushing towards me

"What what? What's the problem?"

Celestia made her way to me before speaking, "Where have you been? We've been searching all over for you!"

"I was here the whole time! Why? Is something wrong?"

"Yes! I expected you to be at the welcome party so I could tell you this directly and we could act upon it quickly: While you were on your mission, we finished decoding the document you retrieved from the Elite Aircraft Carrier!"

"What did it say?"

"It confirmed the Changelings were working for the Elites, and that they had over a hundred Changelings positioned throughout our entire military force, including here at BLACK!"

"When did you find this out?"

"About an hour ago when Lyra deciphered it! We need your feet on the ground in Changeling territory ASAP! Where's Lyra? We need her to prep you for this mission!"

"Oh, uh, she's in the Loadout room here, but I wouldn't go in there."

"Why not?"

"They're sort of having a... physical moment..."

"What? There's no time for that!" Celestia ignored me and knocked on the door a few times

"Uh...don't come in! Um, top secret!" Lyra called out

"This is Celestia! I'm coming inside!" Celestia stated, as she charged inside.

I fully expected to see the two of them naked on the floor, but what I actually saw made me reach for my sidearm. A Changeling was perched over Gear Head with a knife, Gears was struggling to hold the knife back. I quickly drew and put one right between the Changeling's eyes. The beast's body went cold and collapsed on top of Gear Head. Gears quickly got up and threw the monster off of him, jumping back and squealing like a little girl. I gave him a look and he straightened up instantly and acted like he had some backbone. Celestia, totally amazed at what just happened went to investigate the Changeling.

"What happened?" She asked

"That thing posed as Lyra and tried to...well...seduce me! Then when it had me on the table, I...I started taking my belt off and it transformed into that...thing and attacked me!" Gear Head responded

"Where is the real Lyra?" Celestia questioned

"I think I know," I said, approaching the closet, "probably in here." I looked inside, and sure enough, Lyra was unconscious on the floor. I picked her up and carried her over to an empty table and laid her down.

"How did it get in here?" Gear Head asked

"I don't know, but I think we'll be finding out soon enough." Celestia stated

"What are your orders?" I asked her

"Gear Head, prep Lyra for a trip to the medical bay. Rainbow Dash, come with me: you're getting prepped for your next mission."

"Where is that?"

"You're heading straight into the center of the Changeling Hive. We have a squad of Wonderbolts who was napped in a raid, while you were out. You are going to save them, and get as much intel as possible."

"Who was in the squad?"

"We don't know, we don't even know if they're still alive. That's the problem Dash, we've been in the dark for too long. Tonight we go on the offensive."