//------------------------------// // Dealing with Problems // Story: My Little Pony: Ancient World // by Dinopony2580 //------------------------------// An elevator opens and Claire is on the other side. She walks into the control room, nervousness upon her face. Soon, everypony is staring at her. "Everypony...remain...calm" Claire said. She then looked at the screen. A red dot, signaling the Dragomonstranator's location, was on there. Then, she walks down the stairs and goes to stand beside Larry. "The implant will shock it if it gets to close to a perimeter fence" Claire said. "Okay, it's moving really fast" Larry said. "This is control, put on a park wide alert" the pegasus said. "Hang up that dang phone, please" Masrani said. "Sorry, I'm getting new information. Everything's fine" the pegasus said into the phone. "Let asset containment capture it quietly. The very existence of this park is propagated on our ability to handle incidents like this. It's an eventuality, okay?" Masrani said. "You should put that in the brochure. Eventually, one of these things will eat somebody" Larry said. "That paddock is 4 miles from the closest attraction. A.C.U. is going to handle this, know one else is going to get..." Claire said, but then Larry finished her sentence. "Eaten" he said, finishing her sentence. Meanwhile, A.C.U. is packing up, getting ready to face the Dragomonstranator. They grabbed guns, tasers, electric prods, everything needed in an operation like this. Meanwhile, the Ponyraptors were locked up. The black coated pony from before was making sure they were okay and good to go. He was stroking Blue with his hoof, calming her down. "How fast can they run?" Hoskins asked. The pony looked up from petting Blue. "Forty. Fifty when they're hungry" the pony replied. Hoskins then walked over. "You ever open them up? See what they can do?" Hoskins asked. "No" the pony replied. Then, Blue made a sound that caused Hoskins to jump and he burst into laughter. "He got me. He got me" Hoskins said. "What do you think. Want to take one home?" the pony asked. "Hey, don't joke" Hoskins said. "When I was your age, I rescued a wolf pup" Hoskins said, moving around Blue, who stared and growled at Hoskins. "It was like two months old, could barely walk. He used to sleep on my bed. Watch over me" Hoskins continued while they walked over to Delta. "My wife, she...came at me with a steak knife. Took a chunk out of her arm" Hoskins continued. "Did you put him down?" the pony asked. "Heck no. We had an unshakable bond, you know. Just like you and a...what's his name?" Hoskins asked, gesturing to Delta. "Delta, and she's a girl" the pony replied. "Can I uh..." Hoskins made a gesture with his hands, wanting to pet her. The pony stepped aside, gesturing "yes". When Hoskins put his hand on Delta's neck, she growled and shook. The pony petted her, calming her down. Hoskins, then, continued petting her. "Wow" Hoskins said in fascination, feeling Delta's scaly fur coat. Then, a ringing was heard. The pony pulled out his cell phone and looked at it. "Code 19!" the pony shouted and everypony scattered and went to work. "What's Code 19?" Hoskins asked. "Asset out of containment. These ponies, they never learn" the pony replied before he walked off. "They're gonna learn all kinds of things about their asset now" Hoskins said before taking out his phone. "Hey, yeah. It's me. We might have an opportunity here" Hoskins said into the phone. Meanwhile, Twilight and the group were looking for Applejack, Rainbow, Rarity, and the CMCs. "Why would they just run off like that?" Twilight said. "Maybe they got tired and wanted to move on because you do realize how long we spent admiring those babies" Starlight said. "Relax, Twilight. I'm sure they're fine" Pinkie assured. "I hope you're right, Pinkie" Twilight said. "Or maybe they got eaten" Trixie said nervously. "That's very unlikely" Starlight said. "Oh, but it could of been. There are plenty of carnivores here in the park" Fluttershy said, backing up Trixie. "Will you two stop it" Spike said. "Listen, how about we split up" Twilight said. "We'll meet back at the Visitor's Center" Twilight suggested. The group agreed and they immediately split up, leaving Zara all by her lonesome. Twilight and Spike went together, Pinkie and Fluttershy went together, and so did Trixie and Starlight, but Leviathan went solo. Zara immediately lost sight of the group and she was left all alone. Meanwhile, Rainbow, Rarity, Applejack, and their sisters were riding the monorail. Below in the valley were a heard of Ponymimus running along side a tour car. "You think Twilight and the others are looking for us?" Applejack asked. "Most likely" Rarity replied. "I hope she doesn't yell at us" Applejack said. "There's a 50% chance she will, and a 50% chance she won't" Rainbow said. "Don't worry, sis. We'll take all the blame" Applebloom assured Applejack and she smiled at Applebloom. Then, Scootaloo saw some trucks driving along a road below in the valley. "Hey, check this out" Scootaloo said and Applebloom and Sweetiebelle joined her, seeing the trucks, too. "I wonder what they're doing?" Applebloom wondered. "Probably some important stuff" Scootaloo replied and the 3 fillies watched as the trucks continued along the road.