Antarctica

In the skies of Antarctica, a giant flying aircraft carrier that is slightly bigger than the size of a spirit bomber was seen flying in the snowy skies along with some fighter jets flying around it to corroborate that there are no hazards or ambushes nearby. Nova has told Baxter to contact the people in the outpost but, he did not get a response back which was weird. So, the team has decided to investigate by themselves.

Inside the giant aircraft, Satomi was seen talking to Elliot and a few of her colleagues about the Equestrian that is being held and studied in that outpost.

"The specimen at this site, has been kept entirely off-book." Satomi told them as she displayed an image of what looks to be like a frozen dragon in the outpost "And since it's a more recent discovery, our data about this Equestrian is limited. But, it seems to be another apex predator." She finished which made one soldier perplexed.

"Jessica called it Equestrian three." Toshihiro added.

"There's a theory that it may have been a rival to Thorax, battling for dominance over the other Equestrians." Satomi delineated, then, Toshihiro decided tell Xiang to show that some information.

"Doctor Xiang?" He called her. Then, Xiang displayed an image on the computer table.

"I've been scouring through thousands of years of myths and legends." Xiang told them as she displayed lots of images of dragons onto the table "But, it's almost as if people were terrified to even write about it." She informed Toshihiro.

"As if it was meant to be forgotten." Toshihiro finished Xiang's statement. Then, Dr. Connor walked to the table.

"Sorry to crash the party." Connor said walking to the table "But, I've got some bad news." He told them with a sigh.

"You could just say news. It's always bad." Baxter told him with a frown.

"We lost Thorax." He told them which made some of them shocked "He dropped off the scan near South America." He said.

"Dropped off?" Elliot asked with a perplexed expression.

"I'm telling you, one of our scientists were correct. Sometimes we can't always keep watch of these animals." Connor told them which made Xiang sigh in return "That's how he moves around so fast, using his magic to turn himself invisible so that he can get out of our sight." He finished logically.

Colonel Nova then walked forward and looked out the window of the giant aircraft. When she did, she noticed that they were nearing the outpost.

"Everyone look sharp." Nova ordered which caused everyone to stop what they were doing except for the pilots "We're approaching the base." She told them.

In the outpost in Antarctica, Alexander's soldiers were seen flipping open cases which had explosives inside of them. After that, three of them inserted them into the cylindrical drilled holes, then, the cylindrical bombs began to flicker red in a way to express that it is armed.

On a table however, a soldier looked down on his IPad size device and noticed that they've got company coming towards them. He then grabbed the tablet and reported it to his superior officer.

"They're here sir."

"Keep them busy." Alexander ordered. Then, the soldier pressed onto his radio on his left shoulder and began to communicate with his team.

"Launch reaction force. Move out!"

After that, many soldier grabbed their rifles and began to run to the hallway.

"Alright men,let's teach these fools a lesson!"

While some soldiers began to do their other work. Alexander looked up at the solid ice and saw that the bombs are now glowing white in colour. This indicates that the bombs were armed.

"Let's get this party started."

Back in the skies, the large flying aircraft carrier was still seen flying away from the outpost due to the plane being too large to land on the ground. Then, a brief second later, the hanger doors at the bottom of the big aircraft released two tiltrotors down which began to fly to the outpost. Inside one of them were Elliot, Connor, Toshihiro, Satomi, Xiang, Nova, her men, and Nigel were seen looking at one of the screens in the aircraft which displayed a map of the outpost.

"If Alexander is looking to extract genetic samples, they'll be here in the bio labs." Satomi told them pointing at a section of the outpost.

"Alright, two minutes." Baxter informed his men "Check your equipment, stand by the door." He ordered.

A brief second later, the tiltrotors have arrived at the destination and they landed smoothly onto the ground. After that, many Equinarch soldiers including Nova exited the aircrafts with assault rifles on them. During that, Satomi, Toshihiro, Connor, Nigel, Elliot, and Xiang began to look at the body cameras of the soldiers through the computer.

Once all of the soldiers made it to the entrance, they entered through the door and began to commence the operation.

Inside the outpost, one of the soldiers was seen preparing the detonator for the bombs so that they could free Equestrians three.

"Come on Bob, make it perfect." Alexander told him.

Bob nodded and began to activate the detonator. A brief second later, the bombs produced a sound which indicates that the detonator has been activated.

"Detonator's ready sir."

"Great, let's get out of here." Alexander told his men.

After that, the former military colonel and his men stared to walk through the hallway of the outpost.

"Come on Lily let's go." Jessica told her as she and her daughter began to follow the soldiers out of here.

On the catwalk platform area of the outpost, the Equinarch Organization soldiers have taken an elevator down to the platform and exited the elevator. After that, they all made a right turn and entered through the circular canopy covered hallway. After running through the hallway, Nova then raised her right arm up which made her men stop.

"Remember, eyes wide. We've got friendlies in here." She reminded them, and her men nodded. After that, they continued onwards.

"Move to tunnel two." Nova ordered. "Stay on watch." She added.

In one of the to tunnels where Baxter and three of his colleagues were in, the soldiers were seen scrutinizing the area for threats while aiming their rifles everywhere. A brief second later, Baxter raised his right hand up which made all of the soldiers stop in their tracks. He looked at his left and saw a shadow behind the canopy, the soldiers behind him noticed shadows around them as well which made them all aim their soldiers at them.

Then, Baxter started to countdown with his fingers on when to shoot but suddenly, an explosion erupted behind them which made the soldiers grunt and fall to the floor.

Elliot, Toshihiro, Satomi, Xiang, Nigel, and Connor could see the ordeal happening through their body cameras on the computer too. The sight has scandalized them a bit.

"Ambush! Ambush!" Baxter yelled.

Baxter and his team started to shoot at the shadows behind the tunnel but, some of the soldiers were pulled through the canopy by them and killed. Then, Baxter began to contact the colonel.

"Team under fire 360 ambush." Baxter informed his colleagues.

In the tunnel where Nova was in, the colonel and her men were seen walking through the hallway while some of her men were shooting through the canopy in attempt to hit some hiding soldiers.

"Break right!" She ordered.

Suddenly, two more soldiers appeared in front of them and fired their guns at them which made the team take cover. However, the Colonel's body camera captured two people which Elliot noticed on the computer screen. In the video were Jessica and Lily being taken away by the hostile forces.

"Hold you fire! We got friendlies!" Nova informed them.

Back in the tiltrotor, Elliot has noticed the entire ordeal as well as the sight of his wife and daughter. He couldn't just stay here and watch them get maimed so, he turned to his left and walked to the exit of the tiltrotor.

"Elliot!" Toshihiro exclaimed, but, he disregarded him.

Back in the tunnel hallway, two soldiers including Alexander were seen guiding Jessica and the frightened Lily out of the cross-fire as quickly as they could, while some others continued to fire at the colonel and her team. When Nova noticed that Alexander was getting away, she began to give her men some orders.

"Get down there and help Baxter." She ordered them "I'm going after him." She told them.

"Roger that."

At the entrance of the outpost, Elliot has entered through the large entrance of the building and was now making his way towards the elevator of it as quickly as possible to save his ex-wife and daughter from the hazards of the hostile force. But, before he decided to get to the elevator, he ran to one of the killed men working in the outpost and grabbed his pistol.

"This should be dandy." Elliot said with a shrug. After that, he stood up and ran to the elevator hastily.

Once he got to it, he pressed onto the button and entered it.

Back in the tiltrotor, the Chinese Equinarch scientist Xiang noticed that the computer had caught some readings.

"Hey guys, I'm getting an EKG reading." She told them as she pointed at the computer screen which displayed a pattern.

Back in the outpost, Elliot has made it to one of the basement levels of the building where all of the conflicts were occuring in, he was now in one of it's tunnels. When he got into it, he was immediately met with bodies of the killed Equinarch soldiers which shocked him a bit but, he continued on his main objective in finding his ex-wife and daughter.

"Jessica? Lily?" He called them, but, he did not get a response back.

On the other side of the basement level, Alexander and a couple of his men as well as Jessica and Lily were seen exiting a catwalk platform after dodging the cross-fire between his team and the Equinarch soldiers.

"Number one, let's go."

However, above them was colonel Nova sitting on a platform with her assault rifle aimed at Alexander.

"I've got eyes on the target. Repeat, I've got eyes on the target."

Back in the platform, the group has made a right turn and we're now near the elevator. However, a man has cut them off. And the man was Elliot, he has managed to catch up to the group by climbing a ladder to the platform level that they were on.

"Let them go!" Elliot exclaimed pointing his pistol at them.

When bob noticed this, he aimed his assault rifle forward and prepared to shoot the man. Suddenly, he was shot in the shoulder which instantly made him fall on the floor dead, dropping the detonator in the process.

"Dad!" Lily exclaimed.

"Elliot." Jessica said with a shocked expression.

"Jessica, Lily, let's go." Elliot told them.

"Dad."

"Come on let's get out of here." Elliot said again. "Lily, sweetie, walk to me." He told her.

Then, Lily slowly and carefully began to walk towards her father so that he could get her out of here. But then, a thought in her mind ceased her from going further forward towards him. Her mother told her that she must stick with her at all costs no matter what. So, she slowly took some steps back and returned to her mother.

Nova was trying desperately to shoot Alexander in the head but, a pole was blocking her view and shot.

"I do not have a shot. I repeat, I do not have a shot."

A brief second later, Jessica walked forward slightly, bent down, and picked up the dropped detonator. After that, she stood back up.

"What the?" Nova said with a perplexed expression.

Elliot was bewildered by Jessica's previous exertion, why did she pick up the detonator? What does she want to do with it now?

"Jessica, what are you doing?"

However, his ex-wife did not reply to his inquiry. Instead, she raised her right hand up and placed her thumb on the trigger button while looking at her ex-husband with a worried and serious mixed expression.

"Run."

After that, Jessica pressed the button on the detonator.

Author's Note

Another chapter finished! I hope you all enjoyed it!