Metal Gear Pony: Day or Night

~Chapter 5: Shining, Fluttershy, and the Spy~

~Pony-Hound HQ~

Flame-Tail, Shining Armor, and Fluttershy are all in the infirmary of Pony-Hound recovering from the cyborg’s attack and their trip down the river. Flame was left with a broken wing and minor bruises. Shining came out with the least amount of damage, only cuts and bruises. Fluttershy got the worse of it. Two broken wings and a broken leg. Needless to say, her and Flame will be stuck there for a while. Thankfully they heal fairly fast.

     Suddenly Twilight bursts into the room. “Flame! Shiny! Fluttershy!”

    “Did..she just call you Shiny?” Flame snickers at his nickname. Shining just rolls his eyes and waves to his sister. “Hey Twily..sorry I took so long to get back..OWOWOWOWOW!!!” Twilight smacks his side, on one of his bigger bruises. “IDIOT! You go missing for a day and a half and all you say is SORRY?! ...S-Sorry...” “Heh..its okay. You were worried...but I’m here now.” Twilight smiles a little and moves over to Flame. “Oh dear...you took more of a beating than Shining. Are you okay?”

    Flame takes a look at his broken wing and sighs...but puts on a little smile and looks up at her. “I’ll be fine Twi. Don’t go all protective mother on me now. Besides...Miss Fluttershy took it a lot worse than us..” Twilight looks up at Fluttershy, who is staring down in deep thought. “Fluttershy.. Are you feeling okay..?”

    Fluttershy blinks and looks up. “H-Huh?? Oh..! I-I’m okay. I just...I can’t stop thinking of that cyborg pony...” Flame sits up and looks at her curiously. “Did it say anything to you before you fell..?” She shakes her head. “No, nothing...but before it dropped me...it hesitated.”

    Twilight thinks for a moment. “Hmm..maybe this is the secret weapon that we’ve been looking for. Maybe-” Shining and Fluttershy both shake their heads and interrupt her. “Far from it.” The room goes into a dramatic silence before Flame speaks. “I think we should get Princess Luna in to hear this...”

    “I’ll go and get her..” Twilight says as she turns to leave, but the door is blocked by who else but Princess Luna. “No need, I am here. Shining, Flame, Fluttershy. It is wonderful to see you all, but now is not the time for that. Shining, tell us everything that happened on your mission.”

    Twilight nods and looks at Fluttershy. “I am also interested to know what happened to you and your mission. We lost contact with you almost as soon as you landed in the Empire...”

    Shining and Fluttershy both nod and Shining speaks first. “Well, this is what happened...”

~A few days ago~

(Shining Armor POV)

    Everything was going as planned. I arrived at the drop-zone near the facility I was sent to investigate. Huge building. Almost half the size of Celestia’s castle. It took a lot of work, but I managed to get inside undetected. Princess Luna had informed me before entering that I would need to disguise myself as a high ranking officer in order to get into the important parts...lucky for me, there was a Major in one of the studies. So I knocked him out and hid him in a locker, took his outfit used magic to change my mane, and nopony knew the difference. I had to ask for directions, using the excuse that I’m having such a bad day that I can’t remember anything, but eventually I found my way into the main sector of the building. The labs and the hangar.

    I explored the labs and found it was mostly just scientists working on individual things. The things they were working on seemed like machine parts, but I didn’t know what it was for until I got to the hangar. What I saw in there was...beyond belief. I didn’t think anypony would be insane enough to build something so big....so deadly... It took up most of the hangar. It was tank, but it wasn’t at the same time. It was suspended in the air so the mechanics could work on the bottom. It had a pair of flat metal wings on the back with what looked like rockets in the bottoms of them. There were four legs like a pony. On the bottom of each hoof was one wheel, and more rockets installed in the backs of the hooves. Its head was more pointed and smaller than what you’d expect from a pony-like machine, with two gun turrets attached to the top. Attached to its back and sides were missile launchers.

    This....thing....they created. It is supposed to be the ultimate tool of destruction. It is referred to as Metal Gear SUN. According to the blueprints and documents, it is fast both on land and in the air, runs on solar energy alone, and has a few secret weapons that were only on another blueprint that I wasn’t able to find...

    It was around that time that the batteries in my radio died. Yes, that is why you lost contact with me. I thought it was no big deal. I knew where I was going to be picked up and thought I could make it there safely....but boy was I wrong. I secretly took a few pictures of it, but was caught by the guards who somehow knew I was down there. They destroyed the camera first, but they made the mistake of not taking me out. Instead they were ordered to take me to the underground prison under the lab. So that’s what they did. They knocked me out, unarmed me, and threw me into a cell. I woke up a while later when I heard sobbing from the cell next to me. I asked who it was and it turned out to be Fluttershy. I knew that she had disappeared the week before on the same mission, but I had no idea she’d even be alive still.

    After spending a day and a half in that cell, I finally thought up a plan...erm..kind of. I had a plan of getting the guard to let me out. Everything after that..I winged it. I pretended I was checking a gun to see how much ammo I had left. Idiot patrol guard thought I seriously had a gun. He opened the cell and the moment he stepped inside, I knocked him out and took the keys. I unlocked Fluttershy’s cell and we headed to the guard’s lounge. We snuck in and managed to get back all of our weapons and equipment. They spotted us, but I managed to shoot the power cords leading to all the lights. I had to put on my night-vision goggles and lead Fluttershy through the tunnels, but eventually we made it out safely. After another day’s journey through the forest, we found the research facility, along with Flame and none other than Trixie, who is apparently going by the name Blue Ocelot now and leading a special forces group under the Solar Empire. And..that’s that.

~End Flashback~

    Luna and Twilight contemplate the information they just learned. “This is not good at all..Princess Luna, what should we do?”

    “For the moment, we cannot do anything Twilight. Our three best Hounds are incapacitated. For now, we must let them rest and heal. But first, Fluttershy. I wish to hear your story. It must have been a long journey, seeing as how you disappeared last week..”

    “A-Actually...” She looks away nervously.

~Last Week~

(Fluttershy POV)

    I-I managed to land in the drop-zone just fine, but I had to hide quickly because there were already guards starting to swarm the area...apparently we weren’t secretive enough because they knew we would be there...I managed to get away for the moment though. Soon after, I ran into more guards. I managed to avoid being shot but..t-the radio wasn’t as lucky... T-That’s why you lost contact with me so soon.....Through my journey in the forest I had investigated a few smaller labs, until around the seventh day I found the big facility that Shining found....I managed to sneak in, but was quickly caught and taken to the prison.....The next day, Shining ended up in the cell next door. You all know the rest....

~End Flashback~

    “This is weird...” They all look over at Flame, who had just spoken up. “Both of your stories have something in common. I mean..besides the fact that they intersect, obviously...but in both cases, the enemy seemed to know you were coming. Same with me. The scientists and Ocelot knew I would be there.”

    Twilight and Luna share a look. “Well...” Fluttershy finally looks at them. “Princesses..d-do you know what’s been happening..?”

    Twilight quickly shakes her head. “No but...” Luna interrupts. “We have suspected for awhile that there was a spy hiding amongst the Republic. It seems now that it has been narrowed down to Pony-Hound...You three, rest well. You have earned it. Fluttershy, you have a visitor who is...a little more than eager to see you again. Twilight, we have work to do.” She turns and leaves the room with Twilight close behind. After that....Posey rushes in and to Fluttershy’s side. “Mom..!!!”

    “P-Posey...Why are you here??”

    “I-Its a long story...I’m so happy you’re alive..” She gives Fluttershy a big hug and Fluttershy smiles happily. “ Flame smiles at the sight. “Posey here seems to have become a medical expert during the week you were gone. She’s the pony who patched us up when we got back.”

    Fluttershy looks at Posey, shocked but very impressed. “W-Wow..! I’m so proud of you...”

    “You two are so much alike its scary.” Shining says as he picks up his gun from the table next to him. “Fluttershy must have passed her skills onto you.”

    Posey blushes at the compliment and shakes her head. “N-No way..I’m not nearly as good with animals. I’m the flower pony, not the animal pony....but she did teach me all she knew about medicine and such. Thank you mother.” She hugs her mom once more.

    Meanwhile, in a meeting room, Twilight and Luna are debating what to do next. There is also a guard standing at the door to keep ponies out...but also hearing everything being said.

    “The first thing we need to worry about is this spy. If somepony from the other side has infiltrated, we must weed them out somehow.”

    “But Princess Luna, if we spend too much time worrying about one spy, the Empire will have more time to finish and launch that...monster.”

    “Twilight, we will be unable to do anything properly at all if all of our enemies know when are going to send somepony....We must split out efforts. Twilight Sparkle, you did very well as commander of Flame’s mission. I must ask that you take over all missions from here on out.”

    “W-What..? Oh...OH. While I am commanding on the missions, you will be..”

    Luna nods. “Correct, I will be investigating Pony-Hound Headquarters for the spy. Twilight, I am counting on you.”

    “I will not let you down Princess. Good luck.” Both the Princesses leave and dismiss their guard. As the guard trots off, she grabs her radio. “Princess Celestia...they suspect there is a spy. They seemed to have caught on to the fact that somepony is alerting you of their missions..”

    “Hmm...Keep in hiding. Be more cautious. We cannot let our plans be jeopardised. Do not fail me....”

    “Y-Yes Princess...” She switches off her radio and sighs in sadness. “I am deeply sorry Twilight...but Sweetie Belle comes first...”