Standoff

Fluttershy

From shy to star

Fluttershy, Rainbow Dash and Applejack all piled in to the F-150. The engine came to life and they drove off into the distance.

As soon as they were on the highway, Fluttershy stepped on the gas. The engine revved as they speeded up, heading toward the coordinates Twilight had given her. She was five klicks away, converging on the location fast.

Sure enough, she could see the CEA vehicles up the road, probably heading towards Twilight.

She needed to get to her first.

Fluttershy shifted. The car's tires almost sparked from the friction.

1. Too slow.

2. Still not fast enough.

3. Close, but not enough. The CEA would be all over her in seconds.

4. Fluttershy had no clue what was in that suitcase, but she knew it was important. She dodged a vehicle, dropping her speed by almost ten miles per hour.

She further stepped on the gas, leaving dust in her wake.

(That sentence kind of contradicts itself, doesn't it now?)

Shut up, Italicizer.

(Just trying to help.)

Well, it isn't.

Fluttershy drove onwards. Finally, she spotted debris on the road.

Sirens approached, but it wasn't the CEA.

It was a cop.

The officer stepped out of his vehicle and approached Fluttershy's window. He knocked, signalling for her to roll her window down.

"Do you have any idea how fast you were going back there?" asked the officer.

Rainbow Dash stepped in.

"No." She pulled a Glock 22 on him, leaving a six centimeter hole in his head.

Fluttershy stepped on the accelerator, leaving the body in the dirt.

Another two kilometers up the road, Fluttershy could see what looked to be the remains of a Eurocopter AS355 NP. But she could be wrong.

(DERRR NOOB IT'S A CHINOOK)

Are you being serious right now?

Finally, Fluttershy spotted her friends. They were in a field close to the highway. With a quick glance in her rearview mirror, she could see the CEA coverging.

Twenty seconds. Fluttershy grabbed the suitcase. Then, Applejack, Fluttershy, and Rainbow Dash all got out of the truck and vaulted over the traffic barrier out into the field.

Fifteen seconds. They were a few seconds away from the other three, running as fast as they could towards them.

Ten seconds. Fluttershy grabbed the suitcase and handed it to Twilight. Twilight undid the latches and opened the suitcase up.

Five seconds. They could now see that it was not a suitcase at all, being it's main purpose to hold a laptop. Twilight entered some sort of password and it showed a screen of their surroundings, with crosshairs in the middle. The screen was constantly moving around, maneuvering their location. Twilight focused the crosshairs on the highway and clicked the 'Enter' key.

No time left. Fluttershy looked up and saw a Lockheed AC-130 Spectre. It was in a UAV form, hence there being no pilot whatsoever.

She saw a missile coming at them. "What, Twili--"

Twilight Sparkle

Now a giant warlord

"Cover your ears." Twilight smiled, the rocket coming down over the afternoon sun. Suddenly the highway exploded into a ball of flame, the 105mm caliber throwing shrapnel in every single direction.

Twilight grinned. The highway was destroyed, with the CEA now having no way of getting to them.

She stepped forward and winced. The F-150 was out of the blast radius. They could still get back.

They made the journey back to the highway, got into the truck, went around into the other lane, and went home.