//------------------------------// // Rescue // Story: Abuse // by Hazel_Hester777 //------------------------------// “Now, remember everyone. Stick to the plans” Twilight spoke to all the Bronies, Pegasisters, OCs, and Canon Characters in the room with them. A majority of them were rescued during Hazel and Hester’s little episode out of Hysteria. The barrier was put back up, but Hester was still not yet ready to use the Gene to complete it. Hidebrits could use a burst of the power from the Gene, but they had to be strong enough to do it. Since then, the Fandom side was trying to regain its bearings while Twilight and Snowdrop helped Hazel and Hester train for battlefield attacks. This was a new field to the duo. They were always at their side of the barrier in terms of the war. They only helped in Support and Healing. Search and Rescue was a new field for them, especially one that involves going into enemy territory. They underwent training like the others that were willing and able. Hester underwent special training for learning about her Hidebrit Gene more. If she didn’t learn to control it, its power would overwhelm her. She only went through enough to learn more about it and to prevent it from consuming her. Oh yes, the former Hidebrits before her never went to try and control their power, even when activated. As a result, it consumed them and hurt them. It caused collateral damage to their Wonderland counterpart while their real-life one went unstable. It only went away when they either died, got killed, left the Fandom to never return, or suicide. In Adam’s case, it was suicide from the pressure and misunderstanding. Hazel trained alongside her just in case the Gene would transfer to her one day if Hester ended up dying for good. She would hate for that to happen. During her regular training, she pushed herself to not only get through it, but to also get stronger to save Shadow Kirby. She couldn’t remember much, but she was the main one in control during Hysteria. They only knew each other for a short while, but she already felt attached to him. He was the father she never had. She never had a father, just an abusive mother. He even helped her walk and promised to help her with her anger. He gave her the parental love she longed for. She would sometimes sit down and remember how he spoke to her when she was scared of her Disorder. I know what you're going through. Don't let it get the best of you; you'll make it out alive Now, after months of training, they were ready. Hazel and Hester even practiced in their Hysteria form because it would be needed later on. They got the walking, trotting, running, and even galloping alright now. The main issue was still flying. Luckily, Cloud Chaser was part of the troop so she would be assisting them and several others to help fly later on. Right now, Twilight gave them and the others all one final training run before calling it a day and letting them all head back to their dorms. There was some alcohol in case anyone wanted a little before the day. It was only one-two shots tonight to make sure they all remain sober and strong for tomorrow. Today, they all went in to get a bit of sweetness before the big day. Hazel and Hester were among them. They never liked alcohol so they just took a glass of Honey Everlasting tea each. Some other sober ones just took an ordinary coffee, juice drink, or milk. “How’s your training?” Hazel asked. “Good. A little hard, but worth staying with you. How’s yours been?” Hester looked at her. “Just well” she looked down at her side. “What’s wrong?” “I’m a Pegasus unable to fly without support. Every time I flap my left wing, I feel a snap and I can’t keep up anymore. The wind just carries me” “I’m sure we’ll find out why soon” she then added. “Hey, remember what Shadow told you, stay strong” “War keeps happening here. Those who are essential end up dead before we knew what they could really do. It’s like good things never last” Hester nodded before lifting her glass. “Here’s to the damned, the lost and forgotten?” Hazel nodded before going for ‘cheers’. “It's hard to get high when you're living on the bottom” Shadow Kirby sat in his cell lowly. It’s been weeks since he was taken hostage by the Antis. In his last ditch effort, he made it a point to save Hysteria, the filly he adopted and loved as his own. He was surprised to see that when she was about to be taken away, she turned into a blur of two people that had gone missing: Hazel Vine and Hester Hide. From the looks of it, the experiment the Antis caused on them had fused them as one, took away their memories, and only when they heard a familiar voice of their own past did they remember who they were and change back. “Did she actually care?” he wondered. It probably didn’t matter now. Those Antis were making a Terminating serum as he and the other captives were trapped in their cells. If it goes into the Equestria body, it would Terminate them the same way an Execution would. Anytime right now and the door were gonna open and… Creak He looked up to see one of the Antis in the lab coats. From the looks of it, a female. They wore shades, but he could tell there was a smirk underneath. In her hand was an injection needle with a transparent liquid. She grabbed his hoof with her free hand and held the needle in the other. He couldn’t struggle anymore, the chains in that hoof and the other three had already taken up his energy and magic. The camera beside them neared as though to watch the whole thing. He closed his eyes to brace his fate, when suddenly… Boom He looked to his side to see that the camera beside them had exploded, its wires sticking out and the chip inside destroyed and mangled beyond repair. How did that happen? He suddenly noticed the weight on his hooves was lifted. He looked down to see that the chains were now gone. They swayed at the walls and floor below, unlocked. He slowly felt his strength return. He looked up to see that the Anti above him was smiling kindly at him. In her hand where the needle was, inside was the key that unlocked the chains. The Anti took off the wig of black hair to reveal it was black with brownish tinge. On her shoulder, a certain yellow Familiar grinned at him. “Camera explosion was always my specialty” Hester grinned. Only when the girl removed her glasses were his suspicions confirmed: this was a Pegasister. It was Hazel. He smiled at her. She smiled back. “Let’s get outta here, dad” she smiled. He jumped from the floor and hugged her tightly, and she hugged him back. “You came for me” “You saved us, now it’s time we save you” she then turned to the door, peeking outside to see the rest of the troop had started going in and saving all the other captives. She turned back to him before gesturing her back. “Hold on tight” He shrugged before going up on her back and hanging on for dear life while Hester floated. Hazel hold onto him as well to keep him from falling like he did to her as Hysteria. She ran out the cell to meet with the others. By that time, everyone else had already gotten all captives out, and she joined the beeline to make a run for it to escape the building. The troop ran as fast as they could to escape the building. Whether or not they go noticed didn’t matter that much as of the moment. Getting everyone back to base and closing the barrier permanently was top priority now. They ran as fast as they could, carrying a captive or two each. Twilight and Snowdrop lead the way in the front while Hazel and Hester held down the back, while carrying Shadow. “Hold it, Pony lovers!” the Antis yelled as they came from hiding and confronted them, guns in hand loaded with darts. “Snowy time, everypony!” Snowdrop proclaimed, taking out a snowflake. Everyone else followed her lead, taking out a snowflake they were given. With Twilight’s spark of magic, they all turned into the snowflakes, along with the captive rescued. They were teleported up to the second to the last floor from there, leaving Antis confused at the attack. They had to get to the rooftop. Everyone here in this rescue team was a Brony, Pegasister, OC, or Canon Character. But they all had in common was that they were all a Pegasus in Pony form. Once they get to the rooftop, they have to change to Pegasus form and fly back to the base. Shadow watched as Hazel and Hester ran with the others to the end of the rooftop. It was a very high fall if anyone fell from up here. He wasn’t sure if they…no. “Um, Hazel?” he tapped her gently. She didn’t respond as she neared the end while the first line had already fallen. “Hazel?” She smirked before she was within range to change. “HAZEL!” he yelled at the top of his lungs as she and Hester leapt off the rooftop with the others. He closed his eyes and expected them to fall to their doom. What he felt was a cool breeze and wings flapping easily. He opened his eyes to see that the duo had changed into Hysteria. What seemed remarkable to him was how she was flying better than the last time he saw her. “Hazel, you’re flying!” he smiled. “Call me Hysteria in this form, dad” she smiled at him before resuming flight at top speed. He smiled as he clung onto her for dear life. She was still a filly as he remembered her to be, but she was somewhat stronger now in the air. The fun was cut short when gunshots were heard. Luckily, everyone dodged easily. Shadow turned to see that several Antis in jetpacks had already started gaining up on them, shooting bullets with their guns. Hysteria flipped a bit to avoid another bullet. “This is not good” she panicked. “Yeah, if we get hit, then…” “Not that, dad. Look ahead of us” she gestured to the front of the back area of the troop. Shadow squinted his eyes a little, but made it a point to not let so much air dry his eyes. He focused until he saw what Hysteria was referring to. Up on the front, was an all too familiar face. Cloud Chaser was doing a backstroke with her flying to provide a gust of wind for the entire back troop to fly on. It turned out; some still had an issue to keep up with flying and were relying on her to keep up. He remembered how his daughter couldn’t fly without support. This meant, if Cloud goes down… He felt her nod. “Pray she doesn’t get hit” His eyes darted to the back while he hung onto her. Those Antis were really relentless and had been loaded with ammo. He had to find a way just in case Cloud went down, not just for him, but the rest of the back troop as well. His eyes darted to hear a faint snapping sound at Hysteria’s wings. He focused more to notice that it was coming from her left one only. His eyes concentrated a bit until he found something that seemed off. In the forest of feathers in her left wings, was a black tip. You couldn’t see it at first sight, but only when you tried hard enough. How come it wasn’t seen before? The snapping sound sounded like it came from in there. He dodged another bullet to see it was heading straight for Cloud. He had to time it right, or there was a big problem. “Not good” Hysteria spoke when she noticed the one bullet. “Keep your head up, my child” he spoke calmly to her. His left hoof was already in position. She, still frightened by the next event, nodded. “It’s hard to get high when you’re living on the bottom” Right then, Cloud was shot in the right wings, causing her to scream in pain. Luckily, Zap came over and caught her. He had to carry her now in addition to the rescued OC already with him, while she tended to her shot wing, pulling the bullet out. Meanwhile, the back troop row had already begun to fall one by one. Hysteria was the last one. Shadow grabbed the black tip in her wing and pulled it all out at once with all his strength, breaking it free forms her blood vessels in the wings. The filly screamed in pain before accidentally dropping him, and her wings created a sudden burst of air strong enough to send the others infront to get back to flying to safety. She took a while to recover as the wound closed up. Being on the Fandom side, wounds like that heal easily. When she recovered, she flew down to save him, just in time as well. “Dad!” she yelled at him while pulling up to the height of the flock. “Don’t do that again! You know that’s dangerous!” He only chuckled at how she was reacting when she missed over a detail. “Hysteria, you’re flying!” She titled her head before noticing she was. She was flying now at ease. There was no more snapping. Her left wing felt a sense of relief and freedom, as though a chain was removed from it. She looked up at him, before he showed her the black rod he pulled from her wing. “Found your wing snapper” he chuckled. She did a backflip easily in happiness, catching him. She then turned back to the troop that was now a bit of a distance ahead now. She was able to fly again. Nodding to her father, she sped up and got back to the troop as he threw away the black rod. Along the way, she dipped down to save the others falling, creating a gust of wind to get them back on air. She kept going on like that until all were back in place. Resuming her position to the back, she kept them flying from there. Being a Hidebrit, she had plenty of strength to keep herself and keep a gust up for the troop. Twilight and Snowdrop looked back to see her, smiling proudly. The Antis struggled to catch up. They were soon running out of ammo, and their jetpacks were running low on fuel. They had to catch them, before they neared the barrier. Twilight and Snowdrop stopped when they got past the barrier, staying a mile away from each other. Twilight begun to charge up her horn as the entire Fandom side was covered in her magic aura. Snowdrop began to twirl as her snowflakes surrounded her, while several other snowflakes started to come on the aura spread across the Fandom side. There was only a small opening, only one pony can enter at a time. Hysteria kept everyone in line as she flew faster with them. Everyone else was already entering the hole. She smirked at her father. “Close your eyes and hold onto your mane, dad” Shadow did so, shutting his eyes and clinging onto her for dear life. She watched as the rest of the team entered, charging herself up. Inside, Hester was already charging up the power obtained from the Hidebrit Gene. She only had one shot at this, so she had to time it right. Hazel took control of Hysteria. A yellowish-white glow began to envelope her body. She charged up as much as ever. Only when she got past the barrier did she let it all out in one shot. The glow left her body in one giant orb, joining with Twilight and Snowdrop’s power as the barrier closed up. A surge of energy came at the three participants, while a blinding light came to the others, even Shadow. The Antis all suffered a massive explosion that sent them flying back miles away, destroying their jetpacks. It all occurred, and then everything went away. The surge left, the light stopped, and the Antis were all gone. Everyone opened their eyes to see that the barrier was closed up, strong and completely. Twilight and Snowdrop dropped their magic, but it still stood. That meant one thing: The barrier was a success, and they were now safe. No one had to stay up at night anymore. This barrier was permanent. Everyone could now sleep at ease. Among the Pegasi, Hysteria smiled secretly. She finally did the one thing something Adam wanted to do but couldn’t: Make a mark to help their side. “Rest well and easy, Adam” she mused, Hazel and Hester speaking at once.