Rainboom Revolution

"Ugh, those batponies give me the creeps, Flithy! Those fangs, the matted coats, the griffon among them... why can't we have normal guards?"

"Spoiled dearest, as much as those batponies might irk you and me, they are the ones the princess has assigned guarding the hotel for the night, so we'll have to put up with them."

The hotel in question was the Alicorn's Star, the most prestigious in Canterlot and the luxury hotel of choice for the rich and famous, including the Rich couple and their filly Diamond Tiara. Diamond's friend Silver Spoon was also there in the luxury suite, joining the Rich family on a business trip into Canterlot. Guarding the hotel that night was Lieutenant Vesper and his batpony command, also including the former griffon defector Guard Upper Class Excelsior.

The command was specifically given to Vesper by Lieutenant Captain Shining Armor on orders from Princess Celestia herself, and there was very good reason for the assignment: the Agents of Chaos were coming for the Rich family! The assignment of Agent Deceit, his squadron marked with an upside-down light blue apple with pink leaves symbol, was to attack the hotel when his original target - Prince Blueblood - was found to still be assigned to Griffonstone and thus out of the immediate reach of the rebels.

The attack began when Deceit and his squad of a dozen ponies knocked down and trampled over the two guards of the Alicorn's Star crystalline main entrance, then shattered the doors in question before the hotel staff could activate their own security measures. The rebel squad spilled into the main lobby, staff and guests fleeing deeper into the hotel in panic. Deceit's second-in-command, assisted by two other stallions, cornered the night clerk behind the reservation desk and demanded he open the hotel's security vaults, the purpose being to plunder them of their contents. Deceit himself took two other stallions and proceeded via elevator toward the floor where the Rich family's suite was currently located. The remaining stallions paired up and located the rooms of "auxiliary" celebrity targets known to be at the hotel at the time, intending to break in and plunder whatever they could before retreating out a fire escape.

The Rich family was only made aware they had been targeted when the initial break-in set off the hotel's fire alarms. Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon very quickly began huddling in a corner of the suite while Diamond's parents debated, ultimately to no avail, what should be done and what should be taken with them. It was only when Agent Deceit smashed his way into the Rich family suite, quickly followed by Lieutenant Vesper and and a subordinate that pulled him down to the floor, that the seriousness of the situation dawned on the family.

"We're under attack! You all need to get out of here now!" Lieutenant Vesper shouts, he and his subordinate desperately trying to hold down the armored rebel leader. Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon cower in terror as they watch Guard Upper Class Excelsior and Vesper's second-in-command Arcturus battling the other two rebels just outside the broken doorway, griffon roars and batpony screeches adding ear pain to the whole ordeal.

"ATTACK?!? BUT I'M TOO YOUNG AND PRETTY TO DIE!" Spoiled Rich shouts, immediately (and unwittingly) smashing through a wall (due to her earth pony strength) near the door into the hallway, behind the two fighting pairs, and then galloping down the hallway in sheer panic.

The rebel fighting Arcturus turns to go after Mrs. Rich, but the batpony opponent rams him, knocking him down in the process. A moment later, the other rebel fighting Excelsior shouts in pain as the talons of the griffon slash his face, forcing the rebel into a quick and bloody retreat.

"Arcturus, go after Mrs. Rich, make sure she stays safe!" Lieutenant Vesper shouts, still struggling to hold down Agent Deceit.

"Yes sir!" Arcturus replies, trampling over the rebel he had just knocked down as he pursues Spoiled Rich down the hallway...

Mr. Filthy Rich's heart is racing as he whips around, trying to figure out what to do next. He can see Excelsior leaping onto the downed rebel in the hallway while Vesper and his subordinate still are struggling against Agent Deceit, who keeps wriggling out of their grasp. Behind him, he can see his daughter and her friend, hugging each other and cowering in fear and uncertainty.

A moment's debate in breathless uncertainty, and the loud screech of a griffon turns Mr. Rich's attention back to the other events unfolding around him. The screech was from Excelsior suffering a nasty blow as he was knocked off his pin. The distraction allows Deceit to wriggle away, and before the two batponies can pin him again a syringe filled with blue liquid is produced by Deceit. With great prejudice, the subordinate batpony is injected with a lethal dose, falling in his death throes onto the floor of the hotel suite.

A shaken but undaunted Vesper tries again to pin Deceit as he sees the pegasus stallion reaching in with a wing for what seems to be another syringe, but Mr. Rich now realizes that the other rebel is approaching him fast, murderous intent on his face. With the two young fillies behind him, Mr. Rich realizes there's only one course of action left to him...