2012: The End

by Luz

Chapter 5: First Impressions

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First Impressions

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Decrypting...

*Radio static*

███████ ██, 2012

Commander

Time: 20█████ Hrs

Age: Undisclosed

Location: █████ ██████ Canterlot

Fire ██ ████████ Blitz ██ Dragon

██ ███ 115 ███ ██ ████ injured ███

█████ immediate evacuation

█████ men ██ Extremely Dangerous

“Alright, lets get the fuck out of here,” said Dragon in a hoarse voice.

“Here’s the plan:

We’re stuck down here until we find a way up there, meanwhile there's no way we're going to be able to go back up that staircase.I know this castle inside and out. These old dungeons are right next to the crystal caves. We can blow right through them. They will lead right to Celestia's chambers where she will probably be located. Fire, you are are now going to use your UAV keep those fuckers at bay and keep Celestia trapped. Dragon, you will use your ammunition power to proportionate ammo to yourself and to us. I will supply the weapons for the assault. Once we trap Celestia, let me do the talking, I need to explain the situation to her. After that’s finished, we will surrender to them, yes, surrender. That is where we need our luck handed out to us. “ I explained the battle plan to be executed.

“Any questions?”

“No,” said Dragon and Fire in unison.

“Okay, let’s move.”

After some seconds, I clearly heard Fire moan in pain as he dropped his P90.

“What the hell?” I asked.

“His arm, Blitz, it’s really fucked up,” replied Dragon.

“Why didn’t you tell me about that before?” I asked, “Don’t move, okay. It’ll hurt a lot but you’ll heal,” I said as I quickly rummaged through my first aid kit. In this bag, I had a nano tissue repair unit, real helpful shit. The unit started to reconstruct his pale skin tissue by tissue.

“Egh,” Fire grimaced at the pain.

“Hold on, it’s nearly done,” I said.

A loud beeping noise marked the completion of the healment.

“You’re ready, now,” I continued.

I glanced at my left, revealing a gasping soldier. His jaw was hanging in amazement at the event.

“Amazed, eh?” I boasted, “You don’t always find one of those.”

“Thanks Blitz,” Fire said, placing his hand on my shoulder.

“Let’s get the hell out of here. Guards are comi-”

“THOU SHALT OPEN THIS DOOR, 'TIS INSTANT!” The Princess of the Night commanded in Royal Canterlot voice as she and her platoon of guards were smashing at the barricaded door at the top of the staircase.

“FIRE, THE UAV NOW!!!” I yelled.

“Right on it!”

He was now controlling the UAV and saw Celestia in her room with a couple of guards getting ready to go down to the dungeon to capture them again. He then saw Luna trying to break the door down along with various Lunar guards. The rest of the guards that were outside the castle, reached incredible amounts with more than 100 guards converging on our location. Some unicorn guards had fixed the bridge, but the damage to the some of the walls were still very bad. Ponies were up in the city of Canterlot wondering what the hell was going on.

Fire saw his golden chance. He loaded up the missiles with Tear gas and launched them onto the Castle and the city of Canterlot.

“It’s done,” Fire said

“We’re going to need Gas masks,” I heard Dragon uttering.

“Like if that shit was easy,” I told them.

I proceeded to form four orbs, then a fifth one was created. However, the fifth one was slightly larger than the other ones.

The four small ones turned into advanced gas masks, three of which seemed comfortable for a human head. The fourth gas mask had various openings. The last orb turned into a M79 Grenade launcher. I quickly put the fourth gas mask on my belt.

“What’s the last gas mask for?” asked Fire.

“You’ll see,” I replied. “Engage any hostiles within the range of 10 meters. Don’t kill them, if they approach any of us, dart ‘em up.”

“We don’t have any darts, Commander,” said Fire.

“Look back at your gun,” I said.

“Niice,” Dragon and Fire exclaimed as they verily examined their customized guns.

“Put gas masks on.

…

Now! “

We all put the masks on and I directed Dragon to shoot the top of the staircases with the grenade launcher. He nodded in approval and proceeded to shoot the oval shaped grenades at the door.

*Click*

*BOOM!*

“Y’know. There are times I fucking envy you, Dragon,” I said as I saw my comrade shooting the single shot grenade launcher multiple times. “Fucking element of yours.”

I heard Dragon giving a slight chuckle at my statement.

The staircase and door was no more just a pile of rubble.

“That should get them for a while,” Dragon said.

“C’mon, over here!” I directed my comrades to a nearby cell. The gas was already spreading across the tall shaped room. “Hurry up!”

We proceeded to Cell #116 and #115.

“What now?” asked Fire, his voice being distorted by the mask.

“Cover my sides,” I ordered.

“Roger,” Fire replied.

I started knocking on the dungeon’s smooth walls. I knew there was something behind there.

*Knock*

*Nick, Nick, Nick, Nick*

The wall seemed to be hollow.

“Dragon, right there SHOOT!”

He took a quick aim and fired at the wall 5 times

*BOOM*

*BOOM

*CLICK...BOOM*

The last grenade went straight through the manhole sized hole, and straight into some crystals that shattered into millions of other tiny glowing crystals.

We made our way through the cave.

It was truly amazing, the color was remarkable. The shiny crystals covered almost every corner of the cave. Most of them glowing in faint purple. Just one of those rocks could have easily made us the richest men on earth... that is, if it existed still.

“Is that the door?” I ask as Fire takes a look at his wrist.

“Yeah, it’s right there. She is about to leave the last guard on patrol, it’s now our chance to get her!” said Fire.

“Here’s the new plan, tranquilize any guards you encounter, any. We don’t need to kill more of those fuckers anymore. Once they’re gone, I’ll have my little speech with Celestia. Adjust your masks and ready your weapons!” I ordered.

“Roger,” said Dragon and Fire in unison.

“That’s how we roll.”

I took a grip on one last gas grenade I had. Taking the safety pin off, I immediately ordered Dragon to shoot the wall.

Dragon fired the grenade launcher at the door, making it burst into pieces. The explosion catched their guards off. With a quick reflex, I threw the smoke grenade inside the room, enclosing it in a yellow cloud in seconds.

The hole we made through the wall was really high, taking in count the height below us. We quickly jumped down.

“Fire, take right corner, Dragon get the left one,” I told them.

They took their positions regarding my orders.

I started my way into the throne room.

“Crap, man! They’re approaching from the tunnel we came in!” exclaimed Dragon.

“Get them,” I said, “Use the fucking darts on them.”

In a quick glance behind me, I saw two pegasi guards coming down the hole.

“Princess!” exclaimed one of them, they quickly found themselves paralyzed with a rain of tranquilizers. I gave a chuckle at such view. I started to hear the violent coughs of the many guards inside the room

Fire and Dragon continued to hold the hordes of guards coming through the tunnel.

“Dragon! Need some ammo over here!”

“Fuck, fine.” said Dragon in frustration, dropping some clips to his comrade at his left.

“Thanks.”

The sounds of the bullets could be heard across the throne room. In the same moment, I started to hear a faint cough behind the throne chair. In one minute, all of the guards were down on the floor, laying unconscious.

Focused on my objective, I started approaching the location where the Princess was.

“ *cough cough* ….Oh *cough* Where are you!? *cough * show yourselves!” Celestia yelled in horror as she saw an approaching figure in front of her.

“Celestia.” I muttered from long distance.

“B-Bl-litz...” Celestia said in a series of coughs. In a couple of seconds, the white alicorn fell unconscious.

“Your Majesty, wake up!”

In an instant, Celestia opened her eyes, searching everywhere for the source of the voice. She found her face covered by a weird looking mask, covering her muzzle and eyes; small openings let her horn, ears, and mane pass through freely.

She was expecting to see a guard of her own, but was surprised to see the Prisoner she had just ordered in the dungeon not that long ago, standing before her, with a gun pointed at her head.

She immediately tried to use her magic to have him tranquilized, but nothing happened.

“Don’t even try doing it, only positive magic █████ ██ ██████████

Classification Revoked

Server Connection terminated

You look at the message displayed on the black screen as you mutter the word “Fuck.”

You hear a knock at the door and you get up to answer, not knowing who would be bothering you at these hours. As soon as you open the door, two earth pony stallions in formal wear, were wearing shades and earpieces. They bucked you straight in your face, knocking you in an instant. Before falling into unconsciousness, you feel being tied up and getting placed inside a bag. You hear the computer you were using before, getting completely destroyed in pieces. You black out several moments after...

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To be continued...