The Division-Cold Horse

As Twilight woke up, she saw the rest of the Agents already getting dressed and equipped.

"What's going on?" she asked Nick.

"Anubis says he needs us in the Control Center in the Security Wing ASAP." Nick replied. "Grab an energy bar. Eat up, then we'll go."

Twilight did so, and had barely finished when she and the squad were walking downstairs into the Security wing, where they were greeted by Anubis, Benitez, and Lau.

"Up and at 'em, agent." Lau said. "We've got troubling news."

Anubis nodded and pulled open a video screen.

"A JTF squad patrolling near Queens discovered an open office building. They went inside to find what remained of the Pride."

"Are the JTF okay?" Twilight asked.

"The JTf are fine. The Pride's not. They're all dead. every last member of the Pride was holed up in that building. Each and every last one of them is dead. They found a smartphone, and scanned it. We found this."

Benitez hit PLAY on a laptop,and voices began to speak.

"Yo, dude, we gonna be safe here?"

"We'll be fine, man. The depository's pretty far from here. We're safe as can be."

"I hope so, man...shit!"

Then, gunfire interrupted the conversation, and after a few seconds, a voice spoke.

"Where's Flash?"

"You're too fucking late. That bastard's dead." came a rasping, dying voice.

"So sorry to bother you, then."

There was a second gunshot, a scream, and then there was a sound of footsteps, and the file ended.

"So, someone came for Flash." Anubis said.

"And they're with the LMB." DImitri said.

"Plus, I don't think they're friendly." Twilight reasoned. "Was there anything else?"

"Rhodes hacked us into the security cameras for a bank across the street." Lau replied. "He sent us the footage, and we got this."

The camera showed the floor of the office building erupting in gunfire, and then, white-clad humans walked in, followed by a human. The human briefly turned her face to the camera, and then it died.

"So, do we know who it is?" Twilight asked.

"We checked all of the databases, missing persons, wanted S/D targets, no one popped up. We thought it was someone from your world, Agent. Do you recognize her?" Lau asked, sliding over a laptop.

Twilight looked at the screen, and sighed.

"I do."

"Who is it?"

"Her name is Lightning Dust. My friend Rainbow met her at the Wonderbolt academy...They're famous stunt fliers. Dust's recklessness nearly got all of us killed, and she was expelled. Thing is, she's been missing for three weeks now, Equestrian time. What's she doing with the LMB?" Twilight asked.

"That's the problem. Since the death of Colonel Bliss, lots of LMB have gone rogue. It would be easy to take command of a faction." Nick said. "Problem is, the LMB have nests everywhere in eastern Manhattan."

"We're already working on that. Or, Rhodes is, anyway." Lau said. "Flash told us Keener brought him to Manhattan. Most likely, she was brought here by him as well."

"And that fuckface Keener is currently missing, with an industrial protein synthesizer and several copies of raw Green Poison." Benitez said. "Locating him has been near impossible."

"Can't you use that telepathy magic of yours to get in contact with him?" Logan asked.

"I can only establish a link if I've met them in person." Twilight said. "Besides, after that, the person on the receiving end has to accept the magic. They can hang up anytime they way, if you think of the telepathy as a phone."

"So, we're back to square one." Benitez said.

"Not entirely, captain.' Anubis said. "I know the last seen whereabouts of several loyal First Wave Agents spread throughout Manhattan. Most are in the Dark Zone, but one was near this Office building right here." Anubis said, pointing out the building on a map. "The problem is, most of them haven't been seen or contacted since the first wave."

"Then stay here and contact them, and see what they…" Lau said.

"Post Office, this is Lt. Bering!" came a cry over the radio.

"This is Post Office," Anubis replied. "What's the situation?"

"We've got LMB en masse attacking the depository! We need backup ASAP!" Bering replied, then there was more gunfire.

"Get over there, now!" Benitez yelled. As the Agents rushed out, Benitez looked over at the GPS map of the area.

"Think they'll make it in time?" Lau asked.

"I sure hope so." Benitez replied.

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As the helicopter carrying the Agents soared over the skies, Twilight loaded her weapons, as the rest of the agents were doing the same. As the helicopter landed in the Depository yard, they saw a large amount of LMB infantry attacking the JTF soldiers, who were taking cover behind the depository walls.

"What's the situation?" Nick asked Bering.

"We've got a large amount of LMB attacking the Depository! We're almost out of ammo, and they have us totally outnumbered!" Bering replied.

"Copy, hold the line!" Nick said.

As the agents engaged the LMB for ten furious minutes, Twilight growled, and threw a Seeker Mine. As the mine raced towards the enemy lines, it detonated. Twilight grimaced as she shot a LMB soldier, and she reached for her spare mags.

"Fuck!" She swore, feeling an empty pouch where her spare magazines were supposed to be.

"I'm out of ammo!" She yelled.

"Use your sidearm if you have to!" Nick replied. "Hold the line!"

Then, there was a massive roar, and a LMB helicopter descended from the skies.

"FUCK!" Nick yelled, as the JTF took cover, the helicopter opened fire. As the blasts knocked the Agents unconscious, Twilight saw the LMB advancing. As an LMB soldier pointed his rifle to her head, he braced herself.

BOOM!

Twilight's eyes jolted open as a rocket slammed into the helicopter, sending it careening into the earth. As the agents, LMB and JTF watched in shock, a massive volley of gunfire came from the streets, and as the LMB fell, Twilight and Nick stood up. Then, the forms of ten humans came forward. Except humans weren't normally flickering and invisible. As the two agents slowly went for their sidearms, the lead figure slowly turned into the form of a First Wave agent.

"Glad we showed up?" The Agent said.

"How the hell did you just do that?" Nick said.

"Metamaterial optic camo." The agent replied. "Classified Shade Tech."

"Shit." Harper said, walking up with Logan and Dimitri.

"I'm Kestrel." the Agent said. "These are First Wave squads Tiger and Dragoon."

"Nice to meet you all." Nick said. "You know Anubis, right?"

"We do. He contacted us." Kestrel said. "Let's head back to the post office."

As three helicopters set down in the sky and lowered rappel ropes, the agents hooked up. Ascending into the helicopter, the agents settled themselves. As the helicopters set off for the post office, The JTF waved goodbye from the depository walls.