The Guard sergeant was exactly who you needed opposing you, stiff, unrelenting, and unreasonable, the guards were actually initiating the attack and the stallions between them and you were your best fighters, lead by None other than your doting father, Khan.
with him in the way, the Guards would probably not even be able to touch you.
Not that they would anyways, seeing as some form of barrier is now Holding both sides back... inside you spot six rather familiar Mares, oh joy...
You could hardly finish that thought as you felt yourself pulled into the barrier and see that the guard Sergeant is opposite to you.
Twilight Sparkle spoke up first.
"What exactly are the two of you thinking?"
You were at a loss of words, mostly because you made sure to Keep as much distance as possible between yourself and the ponies you were sure would try attacking you.
Twilight continued.
"I´ve seen your motivations, as well as gotten my faith in celestia decisively shaken, but if you continue like this, you will only bring yourself down, you´re going in for a confrontation with the royal guard here, this isn´t secession, protest or politics, you´re about to spark a civil war!"
That had made you flinch. Something the Guard Sergeant apparently saw as a victory, judging by his grin
A short lived victory, as Twilight next turned to him.
"And you, Sergeant i honestly expected better from what is supposedly Equestria´s finest, for you to lose your temper over words and nearly attacking civilians."
You had the bad memories of getting scolded at School for getting into a fight bubbling up but supressed the urge to justify yourself, mostly because every Argument you could bring sounded plain stupid to yourself.
Twilight turned back to you.
"what happened with you is only now beginning to come out, what happened to the thunderwings as a whole is terrible, i can honestly understand why you have no faith in Celestia, but shouldn´t you, of all ponies, know to let others that have faith in her make their own choice, if they´d rather secede you can all do that non-violently."
"..."
You had no words, she had caught you off guard and outsmarted you, taking a glance to the Sergeant he looked ashamed of what he´d almost done.
You decided to speak up.
"After everything i already did, you still don´t think me too unreasonable to listen?"
Twilight looked at you and you swore she was seeing your eyes when she said it.
"You are not like some of the things you did... there´s something else behind that, someone else. You by yourself, are not the soulless Monster Applejack sees in you, nor the criminal Rarity saw, you are the bitter colt i have seen and the angry Stallion Dash sees in you, you are also the loving brother Pinkie pie told me about."
The last part sent a certain pink Pony hiding behind a yellow Pegasus, a sheepish grin on her face.
"err, healing Magic emergency, i had to tell twilight everything."
"It´s fine... it spoke in my favor..." you quickly assured her you were not mad about the pinkie promise Thing.
The Sergeant had found his voice again as well.
"So this is gonna stay a standoff out there?"
Twilight turned to him again
"No, Sergeant, after what almost happened the best move would be to withdraw, seeing as practically the whole City is against Celestia right now, letting them secede peacefully might be the only Option that won´t lead to a catastrophe."
You decided to add in.
"they mostly listen to me, but by this Point i couldn´t exactly stop them anymore... Same as at the mansion... I didn´t reign them in, and ponies died. at this Point however the difference is, i have no way to stop the entire angry mob, unless i can tell them we won."
Applejack gave you a glare for bringing that up, though it was a smidge less venomous this time, maybe she had caught on to the hidden apology.
The Sergeant spoke next.
"How can we do that without the City falling into anarchy?"
"Hey, the Thunderstorms are hardly a disorganized pack of Diamond Dogs, not only do we have a structure, but we also got the cops, all of them. I promise you right here, right now, cross my heart and hope to fly, stick a cupcake in my eye, that hostilities are over the second we see you retreating."
You quickly went through the motions, knowing full well that with that assasin, there was a good Chance this would come back to bite you in the plot.
Twilight quickly reassured him that this promise was more serious than his oath of Service, before lowering the barrier.
You took this as the sign to turn to your followers and raise your forehooves, making them stop in mild confusion.
"It´s fine, they are leaving, peacefully."
Hearing this, the cops quickly opened their ranks, until it was time for Khan and his Inmates to drop their weapons as well. they walked to the front, Khan coming right up to you.
"Kiddo, These bastards are not getting out just like that."
"they are Khan, as i promised them."
"well, this was gonna happen at some Point anyways, bye, Kiddo."
The last Thing you saw clearly, was his hoof coming at your face before it sent your helmet scattering around in pieces and threw you down, the last Thing you heard was the roar of him and his Inmates.
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You didn´t know how much time had passed when you awoke, but you noticed immediately that you were back at the hideout, in the medical parts of it, getting treated by Coldheart.
"took you Long enough, you´ll probably be happy to hear that you were the only one i wouldn´t wish it on to get hurt two days ago."
"two days... where..."
"Twilight and her friends got out, as did the royal guard. Khan splintered our movement though, about half of the thunderwings, and practically everyone we recruited from criminals, gangs or the ex inmates ran off with him, a few places we set up in other cities also stopped answering the phone so they´re probably with him."
You hadn´t really been listening any further after the part that confirmed that Khan, the single stallion of Cloud Haven you looked up to had betrayed you.
You remembered your Arrival, how he took you under his wing, how he told you to be strong, how he made you strong up until they placed him in an Isolation Cell.
It was his word that got you the respect of many of the inmates in the first place, it was also his idea to Piece together a revolt when he saw your natural ability to short out the Systems...
Come to think of it, he was your Inspiration. The Stallions around him were the ones from... orange mansion...
It added up in a way you absolutely didn´t like.