Wolfhound: Secret Heroes

I grabbed an earpiece, put it in, turned it on, and said, “Hey, Allen. You getting this?”

A few seconds later, “Yeah, what’s up?”

“I’m gonna explore the tunnels beneath the Armory. Keep an ear on the radio, I’ll call in anything I find.”

“Copy that. Don’t get lost, and be careful. Out.”

“Will do. Out.”

I made sure my pistol was in easy reach, grabbed a couple magazines for it, opened up the tunnel, and went in.

I’d brought a paper and pencil, and was sketching down a map. After a couple minutes of accidentally going in circles, I found something.

“Hey, Allen, I found what looks like a cache of something. Possibly arms. I’m seeing ammo boxes, along with bigger boxes with something.”

“Alright. Check it out.”

I stepped up and opened one. When I saw what was inside, I whistled and radioed in again. “Whew, we hit the goldmine, Allen. I’m seeing pistols, SMG’s, even a couple Assault Rifles. And the ammo boxes are heavy.” I reported, after experimentally trying to pick it up.

“Hold on. I wanna see this. I’m coming in.”

“Copy, I’ll head back to the entrance and show you the way.”

I headed back. By the time I got to the stairway, Allen was all set and sitting at the bottom. He stood up. “Let’s go.”

When we got there, he immediately took over. “Search the rest of those weapons crates, I’m gonna see the state of the ammo boxes.”

I went over to one of the crates and opened it up. “Whoa. Allen, I just found a bunch of vests. They look armored.” I picked one up. “They’re heavier than the ones we used to get here.”

I heard him whistle appreciatively for a full three seconds. “When you said this was a goldmine, you weren’t kidding. These ammo boxes are chockfull. Throw me a vest.” He grunted when he caught it. “Da**, they are heavier. Whoa! This is almost twice as thick!”

“Is that really good, or just good?”

“It’s great! The standard vests could stop a couple shots from a pistol, and I’m no judge, but I think this could probably stop half a dozen rifle rounds!”

My eyes widened. Da**, that is great!

“Now we have to decide what to do with it. We could move it all to the Armory, where it’s easier to reach, or we could keep it here.”

“Why would we keep it here?”

“Crimson Justice knows about his base, but I’ve studied these guys for a while. The commanders are given almost completely free reign what to do on the base. It’s pretty likely that the only person besides us that know about this cache is locked up deep in Canterlot. If the base gets raided, Crimson would probably steal from our Armory. We could move it up there, where we’d have a chance of getting at it and using its contents, or we could leave it down here. They probably wouldn’t waste time searching the tunnels until after the base was taken over. If they even know the tunnels exist. If we can fight them off, then even if they do successfully raid the Armory, we’d probably still keep this stuff. But if we leave it down here, we’ll likely not be able to use it on surprise attacks. What do you think?”

I blinked. “What, me? You’re the leader, here.”

“I don’t want to be the only one capable of leading these people, Firestar. What if I go down? What if I go out? What then? You have the most potential for leading out everyone else here, and I want you to get used to making decisions.”

I looked away for a second, absorbing what I’d just heard. I came to a decision. “We keep it here.”

Allen nodded. “Good choice. Really, either one is a good choice, and I’d back you either way.” He turned back to the weapons crates he’d moved to standby, opened one, and started rummaging. “You can keep searching the tunnels, if you want. Or you can go do something else. Your call. I’ll be here for a bit. I want to identify and catalogue everything here.”

I walked off. “Alright. See ya.”

“See ya.”