Like a Bullet from a Gun

"Okay squad, report in" Alex said through his headset.

"1st Lt. Century in Aircraft Lightning, reporting in."

"1st Lt. Usbourne in Aircraft Breakdown, reporting in."

"2nd Lt. Actual in Aircraft Rainbow Dash, reporting in."

Through the headset you could hear a faint slap as Connor facepalmed.

"Gunr. Recoil in Aircraft Cargo, reporting in."

"Woah woah woah, who the hell is this?!" asked a confused Daniel.

"Oh, the Colonel asked us to accompany you because, and I quote, "They cannot be trusted for all the Bon-Bons in the world!", and Colonel  LOOOVES Bon-Bons so that is a pretty heavy insult because that obviously means that he do-"

"OKAY, I get the idea!" shouted a frustrated Alex.

"Anyway, Colonel asked us to tag along because we have some weapons on board, and the nearby base was running low on supplies. And where you guys are supposed to come out of teleportaion stasis is only 1 click from the base, so, here I am."

"Ok, lets get this underway then. All pilot security checks complete squad?"

He was met with a chorus of "Eeeyups" as they heated up their engines.

"Okay, Daniel take point, Connor and me will be on right and left flank respectively, and Rhod head up the back. Base, we are taking off, please clear runway 56, repeat, clear runway 56."

After take-off, the flight went smoothly. Well, atleast for the most part. As they approached the deadline marker for teleportation, they got a radio call from none other than Lt Col. Merit

"Okay. You are now approaching the deadline. Teleportation test will commence in the next 120 seconds. Stay frosty, over."

"Got that, sir. Over."

"Okay, 25 seconds left, good luck gentlemen, good luck. Over and Out!"

"Okay, here we go boys. As he said, stay frosty!" said a mildly worried Alex through a headset.

"Roger that."

"Got it."

"Lets get 20% cooler, lads!"

"Ugh. 10 seconds!"

"5 SECONDS!"

"3, 2, 1!"

The last thing Alex saw was a flash of purple light, then he was knocked unconscious.

Twilight Sparkle was making her way over to the carousel boutique, still a bit confused at the events that occurred earlier today.

"Boy, Pinkie Pie can be so random." she muttered to herself as she wrapped on Rarity's front door.

"Oh, hello there darling! I truly am excited! When was the last time we did something together, just the two o-"

Their idle chit chat was interrupted by an ear shattering "BWOONG".

Twilight jumped nearly 3 feet into the air, and Rarity was just stood there in complete shock.

"What in tartarus was that?!" shouted a disturbed Rarity.

"I don't know, but it can't be good!"

Rushing outside and looking up, they saw five pegasi shaped objects, one much larger than the other four. She watched in horror as all five of the objects smashed into the place that nopony dared to tread; The Everfree Forest.

As the objects hit the ground, there was a loud explosion, and smoke started rising up from the canopy.

"This REALLY can't be good!"

The explosion had gathered nearly all of the town's attention, and ponies were all just staring at the smoke cloud in horror. They all had no idea what had happened. And neither did Piledriver, except for one member.

Alex awoke to the sound of crackling ashes and intense heat. As he opened his eyes, he was met with blazing red and orange flames, and he soon realized that he was in the wreckage of his crashed jet, "X-Ray".

"I knew this would not freaking go well!" he mumbled as he struggled to get a piece of metal that was holding his chest down off of him.

As Alex stumbled out into the wreckage, he was met with his three squad members, all alive and intact. But there was one problem. All of them were huddled around Rhod, who was as white as a piece of paper.

"What the hell is going on here?!" inquired Alex.

"Rhod's been mumbling nonsensical shit to us ever since he woke up!" said a concerned Connor.

"Everyone's dream........ Everfree............. WE ARE HERE!!! YES! Muahahahahahaha!............ SO pleased......... awesome..... OH THE HORROR! Yet it's so good and bad at the same time....... ahahahah!"

"RHOD! Snap out of it!" shouted a bewildered Alex.

"Wha- wha- What! Oh, uh, sorry about that..."

"What in hell just got into you?!"

"Umm... You guys all know my secret, right?"

"That you like My Little Pony, yeah. What about iiii-"

The realization of what Rhod meant hit him like a sack of bricks.

"Yo- You're kidding, right?..... RIGHT?!"

"Nope. I'm sorry guys."

"I TOLD YOU THIS WOULD GO WRONG! I TRIED TO WARN MERIT BUT NO! GOD DAMMIT!"

Daniel grew very worried. His friend had never been this angry and frustrated before. He tried to talk some sense into him.

"Alex, we need to calm down and assess the situation. We don't know what could happ-"

"DON'T YOU TELL ME TO CALM DOWN! I AM YOUR SUPERIOR! SWEET HOLY Hell... Oops. Sorry guys.."

"Aww it's okay. We all snap a bit form time to time." said a reassuring Connor. "It'll be alright."

"Okay, now where did Gunner Recoil land?"

"Uhh. He crashed up over on that hill, but his plane is in a lot worse way than ours."

Alex looked back at his squad's wreckages.

"I really can't see how it can get any worse than that..."

"That's what I'm worried about, sir. So let's get a move on, if Recoil is still alive we are gonna need to find him soon or we'll be met with a burnt out carcass." said a sarcastic Connor.

"Is that meant to be sarcasm?"

"Uhh. Yea, I guess."

"It might not be sarcasm..." said a disgruntled Alex as he looked over to Recoil's crash site. "it looks pretty messed up over there."

"I don't like where you are going Sergeant..."

"I can only help but tell the truth."

The group of four slowly made their way over to their downed friend's crash site. Recoil did say that he was carrying a load of weapons so Alex hoped that they would find something to arm themselves with. He hoped he would never have to use the firearms.

He was wrong.