Darkness Rises when Silence Dies

Twilight’s throne room

“...at which point we discovered that Strike Force was in fact a member of the Sword of Colovia and a neo Fazi but by that point he had already taken the Phylactery” Scorch explained in Horse

“You got any idear what their sayin’ Twilight?” Applejack asked

“At which point she witnessed him make contact with Dragan Strauss leader of…” Scorch continued

“Not a clue, I think I might have a Horse to Equestrian dictionary somewhere” Twilight

“No need darling, I have a translator app” Rarity said

“... Xera was eventually able to track Strike and Dragan to a nearby castle about 2 clicks due east of here fortunately for us they seem to buy the fake ritual I put with it” Scorch continued

“Someone tracked someone to a nearby castle something something fake ritual” Rarity explained

“However I’m sure your all aware that in 5E 120 that you can find anything on the interweb meaning they very well could find the correct method following the ritual’s subsequent failure making our mission that much more crucial” Scorch

“The bad guys have the interweb” Rarity explained

“...Should they succeed in their goal it would be a terror the world hasn’t seen since the The Big Brothers” Scorch said

There were several gasps following that statement

“The Big Brothers!” Rarity gasped

“Ain’t they the Alicorns who started World War 3” Applejack replied spooked

“This Darkness must be one heck of a bad guy!” Pinkie exclaimed

Scorch glares at Pinkie

“You’s ain’t militery types are ya?” Scorch said

“Oo oo Rainbow is a wonderbolt their part of the army” Pinkie replied

Scorch looks at Rainbow Dash, and she strikes a pose

“She a princess too? Probably given the standards”

“What!?” Rainbow exclaimed angrily

“Excuse me?” Twilight said offended

“Well I’m just sayin’ if aye were in Celestia she’s a wee las with a b’t a introversy woudn’t be mah first choice” Scorch said non chalantly

“Scorch!” Thunder said shocked

“Ok that’s it we’re taking this guy out!” Rainbow said furiously

“Wait rainbow Darling !” Rarity said trying to calm her down

Scorch drew his gun “Bring it on”

“Legion!” a Zebra yelled and the soldiers drew their weapons

“Spike! Grab the elements and get down here!” Twilight yelled in a panic

“He won’t get here in time” Scorch said

“Take aim!” the Zebra said

“Oh dear this doesn’t look so hot” Blizzard said

“For them, she really needs guards” Wild Hunt replied

“HOLD IT!” Thunder yelled desperately

“Too late now” Wild replied

“I said HOLD IT Faustbuck it!” Thunder yelled again

“Twilight! I got the elemen. Whoa!” Spike said entering the room

“A Dovah it’s been so long since I’ve fought one of the Dov” Scorch said

Scorch points his gun at Spike “SPI…” Twilight is cut off by a gunshot

Meanwhile in ponyville

“Ugh! I’m never going to get laid” poindexter said annoyed

“Don’t worry theirs someone out there for everyone” Knuckle Head replied

Across the street

“Commander I think we have our pony” The Hammer fur pony said via text

“Excellent, capture him and bring him to the castle immediately” Dragan replied

“Heil commander” he replied

Poindexter and Knuckle head get up to leave

“I’ll need to get rid of the friend first” he thought to himself

Back in Twilight’s castle

“Do I have your attention now!” Thunder yelled with his Desert Eagle drawn

Everyone nods

“Good now, Twilight you and friends take this seriously and Scorch, try to be less of a dick, they ain’t exactly our standard counterbunium but their good at what they do” Thunder explained

“Alright, but we’re still bringing the elements of harmony along with us” Twilight

“Fair enough, Scorch” Thunder replied

Rolls his eyes “Fine” Scorch says

“Alright, now Twilight, have ye any weapons ye could bring along?” Thunder asked

Twilight started“It’s against Equestrian trad…”

“I do Applejack and Rainbow Dash” said in unison

“But Royal cus…” Twilight was cut off again by thunder

“Oh thank Faust you don’t all follow that hippie bullshit Celestia tried to push”

“Well, I whadin’ call Celestia’s anti aggression policies bullshit but i can’t say i didn’t strongly dislike her all equines are herbivores belief” Applejack responded

“Gotchya, can you two spare some ordinance for yer friends?” Thunder asked

“No, just my handgun” Rainbow replied

“I might could by my heat’s pretty big though” Applejack responded

“Alright then, Praetorians any of you speak equestrian?” Thunder asked

The Praetorians stare back in silence

“Not speak as in talk, speak as in understand y’all don’t “speak” anything” Thunder correct

A small group of them nod

“Alright, When we storm the castle, you guys watch these girls’s backs” Thunder explains

The Praetorians nod in response

“Good then, now back to planning” Thunder says walking back towards Scorch

*aside to scorch*

“Whenever, you wanna start using normal guards again my men are ready” Thunder says

“To quote Whiplash “Drone better” comprende” Scorch replies

*end aside*

“Blizzard, Thunder, Wild Hunt, and Exy will enter through the west entrance neutralizing the guards, I will infiltrate through a balcony window and identify any targets Xera may have missed during her preliminary sweep so Misty and the sniper’s can take them out, after which the rest of will take up positions around the perimeter in particularly around the four entrances, during which myself and the others will make our way to the ritual chamber neutralizing any hostiles along the way, once we arrive there they will most likely have their main force concentrated there thus I will give the signal to attack the castle and begin assaulting their main force” Scorch explained

“This is a high priority mission and failure is not an option so I’m only sayin’ this once, Do ah make mahself clear?” Scorch asked in horse

“Uh, can you repeat that in Equestrian?” Twilight asked looking a little embarressed

Scorch rolls his eyes annoyed