Author's Note

Side note, little bit as you might say it ‘edgy’.

But, since it’s an important part of the plot, and massive information basis, I had to.

Enjoy!

Interlude; The 4th Division

Rainbow slams the desk hard, and everybody in the room decided to stay quiet.

“Dammit!” She screams on the top of her lungs, ignoring everyone inside like they’re all ants in a jar. Nothing was more important right now, in her mind. What was on her presence is the most unpressed, and the most vital.

Angel Grace, a corporate, and apparently a close friend to Rainbow, decides to tap her shoulder, looking towards her faint and blurry eyes, then noticing the files that were carried by her seconds ago.

“Tell me what’s wrong.”

Rainbow sniffs in response, a tear coming out of her eyes. That’s when Angel realised that this was a matter of serious proportions. Rainbow never cries, not even a droplet, as Angel recorded and stamped deep in her memory of her best friend. Rainbow was seen as the powerhouse to Angel back in the day, or better yet, the shield or protector of Angel’s darkest fears and worse enemies.

And where did that go?

“4th Division’s gone cold.” She sniffs out, her breathing a mess and her voice throated.

Immediately, Angel gasps. Hell, everyone did. The war against Sombra is already reaching it’s second annual, and even then no progress has been done. In fact, everything has been a sole backtrack. Almost every division they’ve sent has been compromised, then twisted by Sombra’s forces, forced to obey every command that beast orders. By now, their army is double of theirs.

And now, the 4th Division, the best of the best, has been destroyed. Turned to one of Sombra’s.

Now what hope do they have?

“Have they...have they been neutralised?” Angel softly whispers.

Rainbow looks ahead at the eyes of Angel, staring at her, dead eye bloodshot. Angel responds by shrinking in utter fear, before Rainbow raises the file by one hand.

“Well, this was filed 48 hours ago, so best guess is that they’ve been.”

She sighs heavily. That’s another division gone for the count. Last week, was Division 6. Last month, Division 10 and 8. They were loosing more and more. By now, Angel thinks that they can’t damn afford another breach into the castle. Or even scouting. They can’t risk loosing more men on the battlefield.

However, one question still lingered in the mind of Angel. One that, she had the guts to ask.

“How about their commander in charge?”

“Graveheart?” Rainbow raises an eyebrow, her eyes still blurry and foggy. Angel nods.

“Scouts said they haven’t seen him anywhere. They say that he got away, but that’s a damn of an assumption.”

“Shit, he’s the best of the Division. Better yet, he’s a rank higher than me, for Celestia’s sake. There’s always a hint of hope of him escaping.” Angel replies.

“Yeah, I know. And considering that he’s neck and neck with me is more painful to take when you consider it.” Rainbow sniffs again, this time wiping her eyes with her hands.

Time passes by, and all that Angel does is stare morbidly into the file that Rainbow’s holding, flashing back recollections of the ongoing war. All that she could picture was devastation. Destruction of lives, the stripping of free will, the fire that enraged the hearts of the Allegiance, the resistance that she’s in.

Everything that they’ve done was for a better world. But why was it that everything-

Suddenly, she hears the sobs of none other,

than Rainbow.

She’s still holding that file of hers, but her face is red. Crimson red. Drops of tears flow from her cheeks and falls to the ground, hitting the obsidian black table that’s in front of them. Everybody seems to mind their own business, not even realising what’s going on with their general.

Angel corresponds by hugging her friend tight, the cold and the despair of her soul seeping into her emotions. Rainbow does the same, pressing her tight, as if Angel doesn’t need to breath. Thus, she choked a bit, but hid that away from Rainbow. All that was in focus was her. Nothing else, but her.

Angel thought Rainbow wasn’t going to confess. Fortunate for the both of them, she did.

“First was Applejack. Then Fluttershy. After that was Pinkamena. Dammit, Rarity, and then Twilight.” She choked out.

“All my life, I went through hardships. Almost all of my friends, are gone. I thought that was the last of it. Now him?”

Angel doesn’t reply. She didn’t want to, to begin with.

“General Rainbow Dash!” Someone shouted out from the entrance of the room. She and Angel stopped the emotional moment, and looked at him, Rainbow wiping the tears out of her eyes, while throwing away all sign of sadness and despair. It’s already natural to her. Wear the mask and toss the face.

“You better see this.” He said, as he gave Rainbow the binoculars he was previously using. Rainbow grabbed it politely, and rushed outside to see what was to be petrified of. She went outside, and used the binoculars.

At first, she saw nothing, but then, she did see something.

Like that was a good sign.

All that she could figure from what she saw could construct two words; Sombra’s armada.

She gave the binoculars back to it’s respective owner, and off he goes, before Rainbow got the chance to curse, heading inside while doing so, with Angel following every step she does.

“Shit. Shit, shit, shit.”

“What’s the matter?”

“Sombra knows where our hideout is. He sent an army for us.”

“Fuck. How will we extract?”

She sighs, and looks over to the majority inside the room, before turning herself back to Angel.

“We can’t. It’s too risky, and we can get cut off right when they see us.”

She turns back to the people inside, and shouts out loud.

“Alright, people. Listen up!”

They all give their fullest attention, dropping down everything that they were doing. The surrounding area becomes heavy with tension, and all of them bring up frightened faces, without even realising it. Rainbow sighs before spreading the news to them.

“Sombra knows where we are. He’s after us.”

Before they could respond with sounds of rattling, Rainbow cuts them out.

“We can’t extract. We’ll be easily spotted. With that said and done, I need every manpower I can get on the front lines. Charming, call the troops in. We need ‘em.”

He nods, and calls them out.

“You all, stay safe, and hide in the bunker below. If they breach, leave immediately before they cut off the back exit. Understand?”

They all nod in unison.

Afterwards, Rainbow makes her way outside, grabbing her gear and sword before sprinting to the front lines that was already formed.

“Today, we fight for the Allegiance. Remember that.”

They all raise their weapons together, signalling their never ending spirit.

Live together, die together.

And that’s what they’re exactly doing right now.

Without hesitation, Rainbow releases her wings, without any sort of trouble, and adjusts them as she suits. She’ll be needing them in this fight.

And without further ado, they call out the name of Celestia, and charge into battle, the clouds displaying a deadly array of red and orange.