//------------------------------// // Base is done, maggots! Re-edited! // Story: Duty Calls, mates! // by A Typical Reader //------------------------------// 2 days later... In Ponyvile... After two emergency supply drops, Ponyvile had half recovered from their first changeling attack. During that time, the construction on the RED mercs' base has stopped. Once Engineer heard that, he sighed and facepalmed. Celestia got a letter back from Twilight about what happened: Dear Princess Celestia, Me and my friends are fine, and which Rainbow Dash spectated the changelings attack. Though we have 23 minor injuries, nopny died, and all is fine. Ponyvile is recovering quickly thanks to your emergency supply drops. To let you know, the RED mercs were the ones to fight the changelings in a brutal way, but at least saved us. Sincercly, Princess Twilight The Changeling hive... "SO WHAT HAPPENED?" "My queen, uh, the attack squads you sent out-" Then the changeling stutters for a second. "-did burn down about half of Ponyvile*stutter*" The Queen snifed. "-and... the mercs managed to kill them all*Stutter* and put out most of the fire." Queen Chrysalis roared in fury, used her magic, and threw the changeling across the room. "GET OUT OF MY SIGHT!" The changeling hesitated, and ran out the room. Queen Chrysalis grunted, and thought, "Time for new plans." Back In Ponyvile... Rainbow Dash and Scout were having a conversation. "You were 20 percent cooler than all of your teammates last night!" "Yeah, I am the best!" They walked by the construction area of the Red Merc's base. Scout saw construction ponies building the base according to engineer's blueprints. Scout saw Engineer directing the construction ponies with his blue prints. "Yo hardhat, how's it goin'?" "Alrighty fine, ol' scout." "Keep it goin' Keep it goin'!" Two construction ponies carried a big crate and set it down. Engineer got a Mann Co. Key from his backpack and started unlocking the crate. Unboxing crate...5...4...3...2...1... Engineer smiled to himself and said to scout, "Bring it to soldier!" Scout grabbed the unusual hat and ran to Twilight's castle, Rainbow Dash trailing behind. Engineer smiled and chuckled. "What was that for?" One of the construction ponies asked, totally uninterested in the unusual effect of the hat. "For my fellow partners." Engineer replied. He magically threw away the empty crate and told them to get back to work. Twilight's crystal castle... Scout kicked the door open. "Boom!" He ran into the library, to see no one's there except Medic, scanning the bookshelf walls for books that could help him in his studies. "Yo, doc, seen soldier?" "Ja, he vent upstairs!" "Thanks, doc." He ran back and ran past Rainbow Dash. "Whoa!" Rainbow Dash spun around in circles. "Yo, this way Dash!" Rainbow Dash flew after scout, and the came to the upstair's part. A door sat in front. Scout slowly open the door and peeked inside. Soldier was in there standing on a gold balcony, staring through a telescope, muttering curses about the world he saw below him. "Crazy hippe land, I might as well never come back here." Scout snickered quietly and shouted, "Soldier, guess what I got for you!" Soldier snapped his neck toward's Scout position and started in amazement. "Holy Mary mther of josive!" He ran towards the unusual Team Captain with the blizzardy storm effect and put it on, laughing heartily. "Thanks, scout!" "No problem!" Meanwhile... A construction pony walked towards the construction site of the Red Mercs' Base, looking around the area suspicously. He snickered, since he was a changeling in disguise. Once no pony was looking, he snatched the Base bluprints and replace It with another bluprint, a fake, different one. But engineer saw this, being a pro in killing spies back in the Badlands and Gravel Pits. He grabbed his wrangler and did a sentry jump. As the changeling was about to run into the shadows to uncloak Engineer pulled out his Strange Jag and shouted, "YEEE-HAWWWW!" The changeling heard a whistling noise, then all went black and red with a sickening crack. "STAB!" The changeling tried to run , slowly bleeding to dead, mumuring, "Must make*Stutters, spits out greenish-blackish blood* it to my..." Engineer snickered angrily. "Never mess with a Texan." Engineer threw his Jag into the changeling's head, blood splattering everywhere as the limp body uncloaked and fell to the floor. "Goodnight, Irene!" 1 week later.... The base stood tall and proud, Soldier admiring it with a smile on his face. "Today's a good day!" Medic brought all his organic samples and placed them into his brand new labortory. "Vundenbar!" Engineer brought his tools, blueprints, and machinese in. "Whew, that's was gettin' heavy!" Bascially, the base was like their 2fort base, only with one spawn room, nearest to the courtyard. The underground intelligence room was not included, and there were concrete walls for the perimeter of the base instead of chain fence. The sewers were also not included, and the spawn room was more reinforced so that it could not be spawn camped easily. "Something's missing, maggots!" Soldier shouted unhappily. "Vat, soldier, is missing?" "The respawn machine!" "Von't vorry, engineer and me took care of vat long ago." Medic open a hatch with lots of security measures, pin codes, eye scanners, fingerprint scanners, voice scanners, facial regonition, movement tracker, and more. " Holy Mary Mother of Jesus!" After Medic unlocked everything with the spawn doors closed, he put the six mercinaries blood on 6 of 9 holes in the machine. The respawn machine, powered by crystals and a low power source, hummed softly. "Now it should vork." Demo blew himself up with 4 stickies, and respawn 6 second later. "Works, alright." "Well, maggots, our base is done! Lets get back to kicking their changeling asses!"