Project Zero

Nighthawk and Lemon Blitz joined along with a couple of their friends in the military locker room as they prepared for what they were called in for.

"What do you think this threat is?" one soldier asked.

"Let's hope that it's a threat that will be easy and simple." Nighthawk responded.

Lemon chuckled, "Believe me, nothing is better than getting a mission done and out of the way so you can relax."

"Ooh!" one of the soldiers played, "Prom boy is desparate."

An officer walked in, "Okay boys, we can talk about love dates and shooting games when we get this job done. So let's get to work."

"What seems to be the problem?" Lemon asked.

The officer pulled out a data pad, "We have word of a hostile attack code name, 'Zero'."

one of the soldiers grinned, "Is there a reason to this attack?"

"There is." The officer continued, "Equestrian scientists was busy with that little cure of their's when it backfired. Now, instead of creating a cure, they formed some sort of virus that mutated their patient into an un-dead creature of horror."

Nighthawk and Lemon looked at one another, "Is there a way to stop this?" Lemon asked.

The officer sighed, "Sadly no, Shadowbolt intel said that they can adapt to a shot to the chest, but with the virus continuing to mutate and evolve, they are burning ammo with hitting the chest several times."

Lemon grinned, "Have you considered hitting the head?"

"We did, but again, its evolving at a slow pace, we can't determine anything."

A few of the soldiers began writing things down on their pads.

"We set up a blockade outside of the city to slowly contain this. your mission is to get in there, evacuate anyone that you can, and find a weakness for this creature and bring it back asap. Understood?"

All of the soldiers shouted, "Yes sir!"

"Very well, let's suit up!"

A few of the soldiers ran back to grab extra belongings, while Lemon, Nighthawk and a couple others ran to the armory and began loading weapons when one of the soldiers looked at the tv. "Uh, guys?"

The scene did not look pretty, people were running for their lives, and the Equestrian military already began losing ground. The news reporter was standing in the middle of the fight, "This is a complete nightmare, people running and..." before she could continue they heard a loud bang and the camera man swung it over showing a helicopter being attacked by several of the creatures, and slowly spinning out. After the crash, the cameraman turned back over, and was jumped by one of the creatures and it switched to the regular news station.

A few of the soldiers began asking questions, both Nighthawk and Lemon looked at each other, "I don't think we'll get this done before prom." Nighthawk said as he shook his head.

Lemon took a deep breath and grabbed his rifle, "We'll see about that."

"All hands report to your stations." One of the officers screamed over the comm.

The troops marched out and loaded up into their transport vehicles, before Lemon hopped in he saw several blue angles fly by with loaded missiles towards the city. He closed his eyes and jumped in. The officer closed the door and the green neon lights lit up. Several soldiers began closing their eyes and mumbled some prayer to themselves. Nighthawk and Lemon looked at each other before the vehicle began rocking back and forth. Suddenly it jolted up from a bump then rolled over from an explosion that knocked out Nighthawk and Lemon Blitz.