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// Chapter 8 : Turnabout 
// Story: Welcome to my World 
// by Maxis122 
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Welcome to my World - Chapter 8 : Turnabout
By Maxis122

The journey seemed to last forever. There was no one, or no pony for that matter that Max could talk to. If Max even raised his hand it was more than likely that one of those men would gun him down. Max just wanted this all to stop, why couldn’t he just have a nice time with these ponies. But these special agents had to butt in and ruin everything.

All of a sudden the convoy stopped and some voices could be heard from the front. Then the convoy moved again and everything turned back to normal. The men at the front then got a radio call saying that they had arrived. The man to the right said “Roger” to show that everything was fine. 

The van they were in then came to a stop and outside footsteps could be heard. The men at the back then walked forward and opened the door. One of them crouched next to Twilight and whispered something in her ear. Then he got up and moved out of the van. Max then turned his attention to the outside of the van.

There was Blackburn and many other people dressed in suits. But then there was military as well, and there were people dressed casually. No one was pointing guns at Max and everyone was now relaxed. Max stepped out of the van and looked around confused.

“Confusing, isn’t it” Blackburn said as a smile grew on his face. Then some laughter broke out and Max was the only one not let in on the joke. 

“What the hell is going on?”Max asked as his tone became impatient. Blackburn approached Max and put his hand on Max’s shoulder.

“I think your pony friends can explain that” Blackburn said. Twilight then walked past Max and stood there in front of him. She acted like nothing was wrong. But when Max looked back in the van Rainbow Dash was still asleep.

“You’re name is Max right?” Twilight asked. Max nodded and then let her continue. “I recently cast a spell that I thought would teleport me and Rainbow Dash to another place. Thing is though, when I cast the spell I got one part wrong. So instead of a simple teleport, I ended up sending us to an entirely different universe” Twilight explained.

Max was still trying to get his head around what was going on. He then remembered what he saw in the van.

“Didn’t you just get caught though?” asked Max as she had been tranquillised. She chuckled for a little and then looked to the solders.

“It was all to get Rainbow Dash to come out. And because we needed to convince the bad people that we ponies weren’t working with the humans.”

Then a familiar voice could be heard from behind. Looking back, Max could see Rainbow Dash waking up. First she was confused, then she was upset and then she went bonkers. She then attempted to lash out but luckily she had been chained down before.

“Calm down Rainbow Dash, it’s ok, they are on our side” Twilight said but Rainbow Dash was still rather upset. She then laid her eyes on Max and she began to relax. Max then approached her and he got in the van. Everyone was tensed and a lot of the solders had their tranquilisers ready. Max grabbed the lock and then looked into Rainbow Dashes eyes.

“It’s going to be ok; I think we can trust them” Max said. Then he pulled the lock and Rainbow Dash was free. She then hopped out of the van and walked over to Twilight. Max got out and looked to the people, Blackburn was especially impressed. 

“See what I told you, bringing the guy was a good idea” Blackburn said as he looked to the rest of the team. Max then approached Blackburn and for the first time he felt respect for this man.  “Come with me, we have some things you need to know” Blackburn said as he turned around and began to walk.

Max looked to Rainbow Dash and then they both began to follow Blackburn. The facility was in a warehouse, it had little to show but when Max glanced outside he could only see countryside. This meant that they were rather remote, so there wouldn’t be other people around. Soon they were lead into a room with a map. 

“Please be seated” Blackburn said as he turned around. Max sat on a chair at the front and everyone else sat down. Rainbow Dash sat next to Max on the floor. Blackburn looked around and then began his speech “Today we have located Rainbow Dash so we can now begin the teleportation process to get these ponies back home. Problem is, the Russian government want what we want, the ponies. Some intelligence has told them that Twilights magic could be used as power, but they are misinformed. Now the problem is that they believe if they can’t have the ponies, then no one can” the room then became as silent as could be.

“What would they do if we didn’t give the ponies to them?” Asked Max.

“They are willing to use their new super nuke weapon. They say if we arm nukes, then they will fire” Blackburn said. Then he looked around to see if there were any more questions. After a brief wait he then finished up “Thing is, this is the nuclear weapons firing site, so if someone in here arms a nuke, then we are all dead people walking”  Blackburn examined the room to see that his words had sunk in. “You are all dismissed” he said and then everyone began to move out of the room.

“What’s a nuke” asked Rainbow Dash as she was from a peaceful world. 

“In our world everything isn’t so peaceful. A nuke is a bomb that can wipe out entire counties” Max said. Rainbow Dash then fell quite and turned to Twilight “When can we go home?”

“Soon, we are getting ready now” replied Twilight. Max watched as the two followed some guards over to a sealed off place. Max then felt that warm hand on his shoulder again as Blackburn stood next to him. Blackburn then pulled a Glock17 out of his pocket and placed it in Max’s hand.

“I think I can trust you with this” Blackburn said. Max looked at the gun for a moment. He had fired Blackburn’s gun but never actually held a gun before.

“Why are you giving this to me?” Max asked. It was unusual for someone that he only met a day ago to be giving him a killing tool. Blackburn then turned so he was face to face with Max.

“Listen, I know that someone in here is working for the Russians” Blackburn stopped and looked around for a moment. “I can trust you, so now your job is to try and stop whoever looks out of place. Can you do that for me?” Blackburn whispered. Max then nodded and Blackburn walked away. 

This had turned from bad to good, and then to worse than bad. Someone in here was going to activate a nuke, but Max knew no one and the teleport was going to happen soon. Max put the Glock17 in his pocket and then began to walk towards the teleport room. It seemed like the rest was on him, everybody trusted him. Who would have known that an average working person would one day meet a character from their favourite show and then get put in the middle of a nuclear stalemate.