MARES IN BLACK

CHAPTER 5: HELL RISEING.

It was all destroyed. Everything. There were cables coming out of the wall producing sparks and all of the computers were on fire or smashed. Blood ridden body’s all over the ground. I looked up, a light was flickering. How we thought there was light here is a mystery. You think it was the thing from in the air vent Lyra asked. Can’t have been, one being couldn’t do this much damage in the amount of time it had. There it was again, the thumping in the vents.

Who’s there! I yelled at the ceiling. There was silence for a moment. Then a soft female voice answered; who wants to kno- it stopped. What happened here it asked? That’s what we’re trying to find out. You sound like a pony, do you work here? Maybe it answered. But might I ask you the same thing. I thought for a second then it hit me, your voice sounds so familiar I said, have we meet before? I think so it responded.

Hmmm what region are you miss? Pfft you wouldn’t believe me if I told you. If I tell you mine will you tell me yours? Mines just as unbelievable. Ok fine. Cobalt section I grunted. There was another silence. Zero, I-is that you? Don’t know is that DERPY. My god, YOU’RE ALIVE! Happy thumps came from the vent. Creaking started to come from the vent and dents appeared. No good can come from this Lyra said sarcastically. A loud crack and a thump came when derpy fell through the vent. Owww she said. Me and Lyra just giggled. She got up groaning and I asked her why she was in the air vent. She said she was trying to find what caused the disaster in ponyvile. SO YOU DROP A GRENADE ON ME!? I yelled. Hey, you know I have an eye condition and that I don’t always realize who im dropping explosives on. Still though what happened here? She asked in cautiousness. We don’t know. All we know is that cadence is dead and so are most of the others.

She sighed and urged us to keep on moving. Find spike and don’t blink I kept repeating in my head. Uhh derpy? Yes? Where’s spike? I don’t know, I do know he’s alive though. Good. Why in equestria would she want me to find spike? Think zero THINK! I heard derpy scream. What is it derpy I yelled in confusion. Something just ran across the hall she mumbled. What was it? Was it a HUMAN!? Lyra blurted in excitement. Lyra, for god sake you’ve met Bryan and felt his hands. I know, but I didn’t get the chance to replicate them into mechanical form so this I can have hands to!

Derpy leant over and whispered into my ear. Why do you keep telling her to follow her own dreams again?! Because it stops her from asking me to dig up Bryan and get skin samples from his corpse. Fair enough. Me and derpy were getting ready to find out what she saw when all of a sudden huge bright lights blinded all of us. I heard 3 simotaniosly shots and then a slight pinch in my flank. I started to fell woozy. I was wobbling all over the place; derpy and Lyra were already out cold. I got one of my pistols from my leg strap. I was pointing it at the light then fired. It went out and I regained partial vision. WH-who’s there? I groggily asked. I heard shuffling.

I can’t enplane why but I got mad, REALLY MAD. I ripped the tranquilizer out of my leg and though it likes a dart. I heard somepony well holy shit and then screaming. I started flapping my wings putting me stable in mid-air. I grabbed my other pistol from my other leg then pointed them both at a blurry figure. Why is he not unconscious yet I heard it say. Im on it sir another voice said. That voices shadow appeared but I was too fucked off to even care. I pointed my right pistol at it and fired. I heard a twang meaning id missed. The shadow froze. I heard a clunk as it dropped its gun and put its hoofs up. Hazel what he’ll do you think you’re doing?! Pick up that gun and shoot him NOW! That’s an ORDER!

Im afraid I can’t do that. I struck me! I know who that is I said in my head. I started to calm down. I said this; you’re early. It walked closer to me and continued talking. Zero I have a time machine I can’t really be late can I now? Fair point. Indeed it is now derpy, you mind getting us out of here. I looked to my side she was gone, but then I heard her voice on the intercom. Be a pleasure she said with an echo. But nothing happened. But the brown colt next to me kept on grinning. Oh yhea you might want to grab you friend over there while you have the chance zero. What, yhea ha-ha oops almost forgot.

The now clear solder was now yelling at me. WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU!? I HAVE GUNS! Yhea and I have 10 ounces of trank running through my veins. No! You cannot leave, I won’t let yo- a loud bang interrupted him then he fell over with a big red hole in the canter of his fore head. I looked down to see Lyra aiming her gun at where he once stood. It’s about time he shut up. I gave her a grin and helped her up. Arrg ya know zero, that has got to be the most ineffective tranquilizer ever. She said while regaining her composure. I laughed a little still holding her hoof. We locked eyes, she was looking into my soul and I was doing the same to her. Her eyes were twinkling and shining in what was left of the light in the room. We just stood there, looking at each other blissfully. Out of the corner of my eye I saw the grey colt from before put a hoof in front of his mouth and open his mouth poking out his tongue in the throw up motion.

I ignored it and kept on staring at her, she was grinning cutely like the day I saved her in the war. I was just about to speak when the doctor beat me to it. Um yes well im Shure you two are having a good time indulging in each other but derpy kind of rigged this place to blow in three minutes. We both snapped out of it and came back to reality. I let go of her hoofs and we followed the doctor to the room the key card was needed for. But clearly he’d planned ahead because before he even stopped he got his sonic screwdriver from his blazer and opened the door. We just kept on running.

He was panting when we stopped but derpy Lyra and I were fine. Heh you’re a bit outa shape doctor I said. You should get out more. He looked at me with a tiered look and said oh SHUT UP while pulling back a curtain which had the tardus behind it. Wow doctor, not as incognito as usual are we now. Yhea hilarious PUNS now just hurry up and get in. But before we could get in something must have exploded. THE WHOLE PLACE IS COMEING DOWN! MOVE MOVE! I rushed Everypony into the tardus. Everypony was in but me.

Zero come on man MOVE IT! But I couldn’t, something in me was telling me to stay. COME ON MOVE IT THE WHOLE ROOF IS COMING DOWN! Lyra was shouting. Slow wiring sounds were occurring. Derpy shouted at the doctor to stop the tardus but he didn’t. She was pounding against him. Zero come on we gotta go the doctor added. I just swayed my head from side to side. The tardus was almost gone. But before they disappeared with derpy and Lyra trying to grab me, I gave a solid solute. Then they were gone.

I snapped out of it realizing what I had just done. I’d just cut off my only exit. I sighed and then looked to the right. My sad face suddenly turned into an ever so happy expression as I ran to it and opened the rear door. The v-tol’s rear entrance opened and I walked in running my hoofs along the inside as I wondered into the cockpit. I opened to cockpits door to see through the glass that the whole place only had about 20 seconds left to live. This did not rush me; I stayed calm, sat down and revved that juicy pig’s penta [5] turbine nuclear injected engine. The only way to describe what it sounded like was ‘orgasmic’. It sounded like a new founded sports car mixed with an 80’s muscle car with an exhaust pipe 20 miles wide.

I was flipping switches and warming up the bright blue flaming thrusters at the rear on the veacle when the light indicating that the after burners and buck-up after burners were online and on standby. A voice on the intercom said 10 seconds till detonation. I revved it once more then put my head ford and down as I listened to the intercom. 4---3---2---1. Bada-boom I said in a monotone voice. A serious explosion occurred behind the ship and that was my queue to floor it! I put my hoof to the floor as soon as it happened and almost instantaneously I hit 125 mph. I was out running the explosion. I looked to the speed meter. 237 mph. I could now fell the G forces kicking in. my skin around my face started to flail as I hit 300 mph.

The wings of it were scraping against the walls as I flew past creating sparks. P.G FUCK YHEA! I yelled as the entire place started to fall apart in front of me. I crashed through a solid wall of reinforced cinder blocks into the room full of C4, frag grenades and oil barrels. HUGE ERUPTIONS of many more than 24 separate explosions happened as I burst through the other side of the reinforced wall. As the smoke and shrapnel cleared away as I continued to fly toward the exit I said to myself. Bitch please; this thing has 12 inch thick heavy duty bullet proof stainless iron armour. After saying this I chuckled then burst through the exit, unscaved. I flicked the v-tol around to see that the base was violently self-destructing with a little help from derpy’s well-placed C4. I put the controls on standby and then lent back and sighed in relief. I was still tiered from last night lugging Lyra up swayback and all. So I kicked back and took a nap.

Outcast log: delta 1
Date: 14/6/####
Target name: Commando Zero
Befit status: ROUGE.
Last catalogued: ######
Last sighted: the MT.overline ridge
Friendly’s killed by subject: 18,259
Subject’s target: unknown
Evidence of existence: Princess Luna and the M.I.B confidential unit.
Subjects past:
Subject was a force recon commando in the legendary delta squad; after all members were killed in the 1st war he went AWAL then missing. The only other form of contact that has been made with subject zero was by a six year old filly named Lyra heartstrings. Her house was being raided by enemy units and all she had to protect herself was a small pole. Before the enemy forces neutralized her a blue shot of electromagnetic energy shot though one of the units and then into another instantly killing both. Naturally the young filly was petrified when subject zero ran up to the last unit and cut his throat in three different places. Then subject zero approached the young filly and said that everything was going to be alright and that he would protect her. This being said the filly was very, per say affectionate towards him as any pony would to their saviour. He then put her into a backpack and trekked with her for the next few days up the MT.overline ridge. Once across, he then set off by himself for food leaving the filly alone in a clearing. The filly decided to take a nap while waiting for him to return. When she awoke subject zero had returned with berries and cabbage leafs. She was eating some cabbage when she was suddenly removed from the backpack and set onto a bright white object on the ground. Where are my mommy and daddy sir? She asked. Subject zero sighed and put a hoof on the young ones shoulder. Im sorry, your parents would not have survived the events of the past week. I am truly sorry. I am Shure they did everything they could to protect you. No, they just left about 5 hours before it happened. I overheard mommy and daddy talking about skipping town and an orphanage. Mister, what’s an orphanage? A place where you of all ponies should not be. The ponies I am going to leave you with will protect you. Are you leaving me? I am afraid so, but taking you with me would be unfair on your life. I must face my punishment and with dignity I shall. Im going to miss you mister. Heh its ok kiddo I’ll always be with you. How? You’re a smart cookie, you figure it out. But im only six, you can’t leave me! And im only 14 and I must face the consequences of my actions. Wi-will I ever see you again? At this point the young filly was tearing up. Subject zero smiled. I promise. Subject zero leant down to activate the lift but the filly interrupted. Just one more thing mister. Huh what is it? Are you an angel? Because you have wings and angels have wings. Subject zero chuckled; well I guess you could say that. Subject zero then activated the lift and spoke the last word any pony has heard him say in the last 583 years. Goodbye.

REPORT BY: Golden Sparkle. RANK: retired marine.
LAST ACSESSED BY: Dinky Do. RANK: student at Celestia’s school for gifted unicorns and cadet mare in black.