Destination Equis

"AAARRRRRRGGHHHHH!!!"

We all woke up at the same time screaming bloody murder over each other for about three minutes, before Jackie noticed sunlight pouring in through his periscope.

We all quieted down for a few moments before Jackie cut through the awkward silence. "Listen guys, i may be a great driver and all... But without go go juice we aint goin' no where".

"He has a point. Its daylight now. Those creatures attacked us at night and in the dark. It stands to reason that they may not be able to appear in the light of day." With that i looked out of my periscope. Since it can only rotate 90 degrees left or right, i had to rotate the turret to get a decent enough view of our surroundings.
"I... Don't see anything but well lit empty fields. By the way. We may be in the deep shit..." I said with a cringe.

Andrew asks with a voice of cautious concern. "And why would that be?"

"We appear to have, in our panic last night. Drove through some poor sods Spring onion crop... As well as their fence on the other side of the field..."

"Say What?!" The crew yelled out in near perfect unison." Before the sound of everyone's hatches clanking open reverberated through the vehicle.

We all stood there, gazing at our poor, poor Puma. She was a right mess...
Mechanically she was fine. But she was smothered in thick gloopy mud and spring onion, as well as having a wire fence wrapped around the forward two axles like a snare. And at some point during our late night frenzy we'd picked up a, thankfully empty chicken coup, which now lay precariously balanced on the front bumper and drivers periscope.

"Well... At least now we can disguise it as farm equipment fairly effectively..." Tommy said with a slight chuckle, every one joining in as well, even me.

"Righto Jackie, fill er' up. Whilst Andrew and i begin cleaning her up. Tommy, get on the blower and ask HQ for directions. There's no field like this on the map... Meaning we may be out of bounds..." I said worrying about the latter prospect. Being out of bounds for too long unintentionally or no, is a big no no. Usually punishable by immediate disqualification and a whole team penalty.

The crew set about their assigned tasks, and without a word... All except Tommy, who seemed to be throwing a tantrum in the vehicle. Something about not receiving any channels. Tommy poked his head out of Andrews hatch on the top right side of the turret and yelled out for someone to check if the aerials were screwed in properly. To which i climbed atop the engine deck and found them tightly secured.

"Ah, For. Fuck. Sakes! Work you Piece of SHIT" Echoed from the hatch before i heard a loud bang, that sounded suspiciously similar to someone hitting a microwave with a cricket bat.

I Climbed into the armoured car on a warpath. "You break my shit your buying me upgraded gear to replace it Damn it!" I Yelled as i launched myself into Tommy's cramped compartment.

"Calm Your Tits. I Only gave it a 'Get well soon tap' " Tommy growled before i rebutted with "Once again. Break my shit. And I'LL give ye' a 'Get well soon tap'. Out through the roof of this compartment!" I yelled, making everyone outside the Puma cringe.

0800 hours.

Ponyville.

In a town by this time, nearly smothered under the silhouettes of hundreds of pastel coloured ponies.
Three ponies in particular were causing a considerable ruckus. A lavender blur running circles around her friends yelling giddily about how shes about to revolutionize her world with this invention. Leading and even often pushing her three friends closer towards her crystal homes two huge front doors.

"Ah' Dont see why your in such ah' hurry Twi. I know your excited. but cant this wait till', ya know, the end of the day. when my stand closes?" Applejack asked with her southern twang dancing off every word.

Twilight looked flabbergasted. " Wha- No! I can't wait that long! the Excitement will kill me!"

"All right Darling. We're following you, stop pushing please." A perfectly white unicorn nearly yelled in frustration at being pushed down the street.
"Hey? Has Anyone seen Pinkie?" A lazily hovering blue Pegasus inquired.
Both Twilight and Rarity looked around questioningly.

"You know what Dear... Now that you mentioned it... Pinkie dissapeared sometime around earlier this morning, something about Pinkie twitches and throwing a huge party. And i haven't seen Fluttershy this morning either. I'm due to go see her later this afternoon for tea." Rarity said evidently sinking into somewhat deep thought as to what could be going on.

Twilight darted to the doors that now loomed over the ponies, using her magic to push them open. After tapping a fore hoof against the floor for several seconds she looses patience with an audibly frustrated groan, and picks up her friends with her telekinesis, levitating them inside and placing them down on their respective cushioned crystal chairs. Slamming the doors shut behind them.

"Twilight! Honestly" Rarity huffed with indignity.

"Finally!" Twilight yelled. As her voice echoed around the cavernous room under the library, A familiar Lavender glow illuminating a large assortment of colourful gems on a shelf in the corner.

Twilight's magic levitated the gems over to the table, holding them in mid air, as chalk draws a series of symbols on the large round crystal table, the image once completed resembling an intricate five pointed star. Placing the colourful, Very expensive looking gems down, each in their own respective places. And letting out a proud huff.

"Well, Twi. Its... Uhm... What is it?" Applejack inquires now more than slightly confused and even more frustrated.

"Dear Applejack, those are quite expensive gems. Their quality is superb!" Rarity said with a joyful squee.

"Watch this!" Twilight said, illuminating her horn. The magical lavender aura leaving it in whisps of energy and connecting to several points around the center gems symbol. The whole setup glows with a yellow aura as the gems own stored magic meld together in weird ways, almost making the air charge with static.

The other two mares at the table, staring on with a foals curiosity. As Twilight uses her magic to spin two of the gems in opposite directions to varying degrees, causing faint static and shrill screeches to emanate from the center gem and fill the air.

Just as Applejack was going to ask what she was doing, a voice could be faintly heard through the center gem, although it was very quiet and slightly distorted.

"H͘el̴lo͞w̧? H̨e̛l̵lo̷w? ͡Gir̢l͡ş?̸ ̛Can y̵ou ̛H͞ea͝r Me̸?͢"

"Thats Princess Cadence!" Applejack yelled out in shock.

"Aṕplej͏àc͡k͡? ͟W̛el̡l͘ t̵he͠n͡ tha̢t ͘a҉n҉sw͟e̶rs my ͏qu͡és͠tio͟n!̢ Yo͟ur͘ i҉nv̢ent͘i͟ón ̨w̧o̡rk҉s ̀Tw̵ili͜gh̛t̕!͟
́A͘l͡t̕ho͟ugh íts̴ ̵a̕ ̕bit ̢rou̶gh҉...̵ y̢o͟ur ͘co͏m͏i͞n̨g ͠t̀ḩr͠o̡ugh̵ ͟dis͝to͘rted.͟.."

"Ah, Yes, Of course. Just one moment Princess!" Twilight said as she began furiously adjusting the gems again. But, what would happen next, would shock everyone currently involved.

"-ce̶r-͏01̕ ͟to ҉HQ̶, Lance͜r-͏0̢1 to̕ ͟H͞Q.̛ ̢Yo̧u g̢uy̢s͝ aw̸ak̀e̡ ̧o̕vȩr ͟ther̢e̶?̕ ͞ǫr ͘do ͜i ̢n͝eed͜ ͘to se҉n͜d̸ ̨t́he ̴ai͡r̕c͝o̵re̢ i̢ǹ ága̕in to w͠ake̸ you͡ ͟up͜? ҉jeri͝ch͢o̡ ̧tr҉u̴m͘pet̡s͢ ҉are ҉a҉ ͜fąn͠t͝astical͠l̀y҉ ̛e̕ff̸ec͠t҉iv͝e wa̧ke͏ ̛up ̸calĺ!
͡ḨQ͠, ̴Com̸è ̧įn҉ ̶A҉n̕s͜wer p̷l͟e͠a̸se! ͏Th͘i̢s i͢s͞ La̸nc͜e͜r̴-́0̶1̨.̶ wère͘ ̛c̴uŕr̸en͞tly̸ ļost̕ i̡n a ͟fi̶e͜ld͢ unsp̛eci͟fied̡ o̧ņ ͝o͟u͡r m͜aps̵!
We n͏e͟e͡d͡ ҉v̴ȩct̷o̕rs ̡to the neáre͢st̡ al͞li͡ed b̶ase͢! ͟we'̧re l̨ow҉ ͝on̡ fuel̕ ͟an̕d ŕe͘q̀ui͝r҉e̢ ͢res̡upp͢l̕y͢!
̨If̀ ҉y҉ou c͜a͝n̛t f͢i̕n͞d̀ ͝u͜s, ̸s͞e̶n̕d͞ a͢ r͞ec͡o̸n plańe͏ ̵ov̧e͏r̡ to Su̕s̷a̕n̶'s ́L̢e҉a̸p͠ ̶a͡n̷d t̵e͡ll͘ ̢h̶i̧m ̡t̀ò l̨o͘o͟k̛ ̕o͜ut ͠f̧or̨ á r̷e͞d҉ s̨i̧ǵn̡al҉ fla̧r͢e̕!̶
͏B̨e ͏A͞dv͡i͠s͜ed. ̢T҉he͟ e̷n͡e̕my̵ may b͟e ͞aw͡are o̡f͢ ͝o͡ưr ͜l͏oc̸a̴ti͡ǫ!̷
͞L̨anc͞er̛-̸01 out̨.͜" =KSSSSST=

"Twilight, Who was that?" Rarity asked confused.

"I- I Dont know. Princess Cadence should have the only other setup... I have no explanation for how that Pony could intercept this signal..." Twilight mused with a confused expression.

"TWILIGHT!" The loud adolescent voice boomed down from the library above.

Darting up the stairs Twilight as well as AJ and Rarity saw a very annoyed looking spike sitting in a small mountain of scrolls, each with Princess Celestia's royal seal.

"Spike! Whats going on!" Twilight asked now very concerned at this turn of events.

"Thats what i- what i- oh no... not again!-" *BELCH~* yet another scroll materializes in a green flame before, rather comedically. Falling atop spikes head.

Twilight freed Spike from his parchment prison. Before opening the first scroll however, her library would be filled with a short burst of blinding light and the muffled sound of a 'Telipoof'. Upon her eyes recovering she is greeted my the two, Rather green looking royal sisters.
Celestia looked as if she was about to loose her breakfast... Again... Whilst Luna looked like she hadn't achieved a wink of sleep last night, as well as sharing her sisters green hue.

"Princesses?" Twilight inquired.

"What ever happened to you your highness's?! look both look simply deplorable! This will not do! Rarity said before levitating two cushions over to the sisters and sitting them down, before beginning to brush their manes. Spike returned from the other side of the library with a recently emptied paper bin.

"Th-Thank you- A- All" Celestia praised thankfully through obvious attempts to avoid throwing up.

"Princess Celestia! Princess Luna! what is wrong! Why are you both ill?" Twilight questioned almost frantically.

"My Dearest student... Somthings- Not as it s- sh- sho-" Celestia stopped mid-sentence whilst siezing the bin from spike with her magic. Before hurling violently into it.

"What isn't as it should be?" Twilight inquired.

Princess Luna spoke up this time. " Last night. both we and our sister, felt an ext- ext- -reame influx of chaos magic. Shortly before something of unfathomably large mass crossed over into our world... or many, Many smaller things..." The midnight blue princess corrected herself.

Applejack and Rarity both looked to Twilight, Very concerned expressions on their faces, before looking back to the princesses for more information. but that wouldn't arrive. As both sisters had fallen asleep on Twilight's floor.

"Ah'm gonna go get Appl'bloom from school and take er' home!" Applejack declared before bolting for the castles doors.

"AJ Darling! Be sure to bring Sweetiebelle home with you! i'll stay with the princesses to ensure they are not disturbed." Rarity said with a motherly tone.

Twilight stared into oblivion, contemplating what Luna had told her. the Princess of the nights words cutting through her soul as she contemplated whatthey could entail... 'influx of chaos magic. Shortly before something of unfathomably large mass crossed over into our world... or many, Many smaller things...'

"What ever happens... We must defend Equestria..." Twilight mumbles near inaudibly.