The Resistance

The jail-bot clasped a metal ring around both of their chests, securing their wings in place and dropped them into a large courtyard. Their were several run down looking buildings made of wood and aluminum scattered around. At the far end was a much larger building made of concrete and steel. It had two giant searchlights at the tops of two towers on either side of it. Wind ducked behind a tree and retrieved the earpieces. She took the plastic off of them and stuck one in her ear and handed the other one to Shadow.

"Okay, Vinyl. We're in. You said we should find Luna?" Wind asked.

"Yes. Ask her how you can take out the prison security." Vinyl said.

"Got it. Come on, Shadow. Let's find Luna." Wind said as she made her way further into the prison courtyard.

They entered one of the buildings and Wind recognized one of the people inside as the teacher of the elementary school. She ran over to her.

"Miss Cheerilee." Wind said.

She looked up as the two approached and her eyes widened.

"What are you two doing here?" She asked.

"Don't worry Miss Cheerilee. We're here on purpose." Wind said.

"On purpose? Why?" She asked.

"Vinyl sent us to put this prison out of commission. But, we need to find Luna, have you seen her?" Wind replied.

"No, sorry. You should try the building across from this one. They have each race separated into different buildings." She said.

"Thank you, Miss Cheerilee." Wind said as he made her way towards the door.

"Good luck." Cheerilee called after them.

As they made their way across the courtyard, Wind could see several other pegasi with the same steel clamp around their midsections as well. The unicorns had some sort of steel cone contraption on their horns. They entered the building that Cheerilee had sent them to. As they looked around at all the depressed pegasi and unicorns all trying to keep one another alive, Wind spotted Luna at the end of the room. She was lying in a bed facing the wall. Wind slowly approached her and sat on the edge of her bed. Luna sat up and looked at her.

"What do you want. Can't you see I'm busy?" She snapped.

"Princess Luna, Vinyl sent us. She said you could help us shut down this place." Wind said.

Luna looked around and pulled a piece of parchment out from under her pillow and unfolded it. It was a map of the courtyard.

"This is the guards station. You'll need to get in there. But, to do that, you'll need to get a keycard from one of the guards. They patrol every couple hours and usually stop behind the trees to smoke. That will be your ideal time to strike. Once you get rid of the guard and have the keycard, come see me." Luna said as she tucked the parchment back under her pillow and laid back down.

Wind and Shadow left and stood outside watching the guard station. After a few minutes, two guards exited the doors and started to patrol the area. They split up and headed to go behind the buildings. Wind made her way around to behind one of the guards. He stopped and pulled out a cigarette. Wind wrapped her arms around his neck and squeezed as hard as she could. There was a snap and the guard crumpled. She searched his body as she hid it in the bushes. She grabbed the keycard and headed back into the building.