Like a Bullet from a Gun

"Ugh. Why are mornings so bad!" Mumbled Alex as he awoke from his bunk.

Usually he would not be this cranky, but he had a reason to be. He had testing today. With the Colonel. Lt Col. Charlie Merit was the most despicable person you could know. He had a habit of making other people feel bad, and he especially liked taking out his frustrations on Alex's flight squad, "Piledriver".

Charlie had told Alex that the scientists on the camp were working on a prototype teleportation device for vehicles, and his squad had been picked to test it. Personally Alex thought that the idea was a load of nonsense, and it was just the captain trying to make them feel worried if something went wrong. Alex's suspicions were soon confirmed as the scientists had said this was only a prototype, and anything in the realm of physics could go wrong. Of course, they did not actually say that, it was just a habit of Alex's to over-exaggerate what he had heard. But even if the test did go quite smoothly, Alex did not particularly like the idea of his body being de-constructed into particles. Mainly because it would not be the original Alex, just an exact copy.

"Yo Alex, why so sad?" chuckled Daniel. "We have teleportation training today, remember?!"

1st Lt. Daniel Century was almost always able to cheer Alex up, and he was given the accolade of the funniest member of Piledriver.

"Yeah, exactly."

"Oh come on Alex! If it goes well then we will be the first humans to teleport!"

"I know, but that's just it! It should not be 'If it goes well', it should be 'When it goes well'. I'm just worried that it won't work and we'll all be fried to a crisp or something."

"Can you guys SHUT UP!? I'm trying to get some sleep here!" shouted Connor.

1st Lt. Connor Usborne was the most random person in the squad, and was often given the nickname of 'Derps' because he was able to cross his eyes, and plus he had no distinguishable intelligence.

"Connor, we have to get up now. It's testing today, remember?" said Daniel.

"Aww crap, it is as well! Dammit." mumbled Connor.

"So you agree with me?" inquired Alex.

"Nah. I'm just annoyed that I had to get up! I was having a great dream aswell..."

"Stop moaning and get up, you lazy SOB."

Over in the next room, they could hear humming, which meant that Rhod was awake. 2d Lt. Rhod Actual had only been in the squad for two months, while the rest were 1 year veterans. Rhod also had a pretty, lets say embarrassing secret, that wasn't really a secret because the whole squad of Piledriver knew it, along with some of the high-in-command staff. Rhod was one of the teenagers that liked anthropomorphic cartoon ponies, and he was not very proud of the trait either.

As they approached Rhod's room, they could make out what he was saying, which turned out to be singing.

"I can't remember, what happened in September. When everypony died and it's dark and i'm alone. It's been forev- Ahh!"

The entrance of Alex startled Rhod, and he jumped almost three feet into the air.

"Jeez, what is it with you and those damn songs. You really need to grow up, dude." said Alex, sarcastically.

"What? I can like what I like! If you can't let me like what I like then that's discrimination!" shouted Rhod, his cheeks flushed.

"Oh i'm just playing with you. Come on, load up and lets get to the briefing."

"Oh yeah! We have the testing today! Who is taking the briefing?"

"Ugh," Alex said with a sigh. "It's Lt Col. Merit"

"Oh dear god no! I hate him!"

"Don't we all. Now lets just get locked and loaded so we can get this over and done with."

"Yeah, I guess."

Now dressed and ready, the squad made their way over to the briefing tent. All of them were feeling pretty exited, except for Alex. He was very worried that the testing would go wrong and he would end up getting eaten by a giant fish or something.

"Alright you filthy little maggots! Here is what is going to happen." shouted Lt Col. Merit, at the top of his voice.

"Scientists have come up with a theory that allows jets to travel across large distances in incredibly short spaces of time. For this experiment, you will take off from runway 56 at 1600 pm today with the prototype teleportation module attached to your vehicle. If the experiment goes to plan, you will reappear near here," Lt Col. Merit said, pointing at a marker on the board. "But if it does not go to plan, you will reappear somewhere else. And to be honest I hope all you maggots die in a fiery inferno of what was once your planes. Any questions?"

"One!" shouted Connor.

"What?"

"What will our formation be called?"

"Oh, yeah. Rhod has asked if the formation can be called the 'Friendship is Magic'."

Alex facepalmed.

"Rhod, may I ask why you decided to name the formation after a stupid childrens show? We know you liked it and all, but did you have to take it that far?" asked Daniel.

"Okay, maybe I did go a little far, but I can't help what I like!"

"But it's a childrens show"

"It has good animation!"

"It's a little girls toyline!"

"But it has great story!"

"I don't understand how anyone over the age of 6 can like it! I just don't get it!"

"Watch a few episodes with me and then we will see who is laughing!"

"To be honest I'd rather stick my dick in an anthill!"

"QUIIIIIIIEEEEEEET!" screamed Alex.

"Uh, can I remind you that you are still in a military station and you should keep your stupid childish arguments to yourselves!" shouted Lt Col. Merit.

"Sir?" inquired Daniel.

"What?!"

"You have no idea how much I hate you."

Meanwhile in Ponyville, Pinkie Pie was having a very, VERY troublesome day.

"Pinkie, come on. I'm sure it's just a malfunction or something." asked a somewhat confused Twilight Sparkle.

"But Twilight! It's never twitched this much before! The way my tail is twitching it could mean that something as big as a manticore could fall!"

"Oh now that's a bit of an overreaction."

"Nope. As I told you, it's never twitched like this before! My tail looks like Winona's when she's about to be fed!"

"Look, there is nothing I can do that can make it stop. But, may I ask when this thing is supposed to fall?"

"Umm. I think round about 4:00pm. But can you please help it?!"

"I'm sorry Pinks, but as I said there's not much I can do for you now."

"Aww... Ok..."

As Twilight left Sugarcube Corner, she couldn't help but feel a tiny bit worried. What if Pinkie was saying was the truth? What if the thing that could fall crushed her house? She convinced herself that she was just being a nervous Nellie, so she stopped thinking about it. She would just have to wait for 4:00pm to see what, if anything, would happen. That reminded her; she was meeting Rarity for lunch at 4:00pm. Maybe something would happen then. But she assumed nothing would.

She was wrong, so very wrong.