//------------------------------// // Operation:Hot Escape // Story: [Displaced] CRYSIS: Legacy // by ZWORZT_WRITER //------------------------------// There I was. In the bed of my cell, waiting. Waiting, for something to either save me from this hell hole, or kill me. But sadly, that didn't came. I sighed, knowing that without my helmet, I am nothing. Well, not entirely nothing. I still got the suit on, but it seems that I can't do anything. I can still move, and eat that's for sure. But whenever I would try to activate the suits abilities, I would always end up having a severe headache. Now, there's the guard pony outside my cell. Which, of course, guards me. She would guard me all day before taking shift, they then will be replaced by a bat pony with a semi-shotgun. The shotgun isn't the thing I'm afraid of, it's the bat pony that guards me. I know you're wondering,"What's so scary about one Bat pony?" Well, let me tell you this. That Bat pony is a female. You guys are probably laughing or getting frustrated about me getting scared by a female bat pony, with a shotgun. But the most scariest -no, scratch that, terrifying thing about her is that she always looks at me straight in the eyes. Call me paranoid, but I feel that they have evil intentions behind them. The worst part, is that she would sometimes break in my cell and watch me sleep. I noticed this one night when I heard the cell door opening and closing afterwards. After that, I would then start having this feeling of being watched. I tried ignoring it, but it -or should I say, she - will just continue. The feeling only leaves before sunrise, followed by the door opening and closing in, then followed by a click, which I assumed was the lock. Of course, I tried talking to Bolt Recon, the mare that captured me and guarding me, of getting a new night guard for me. But she would always answer by a scowling back or glaring at me. I would then get back on my bed and take a nap, to replace my lack of sleep from the night's prior. But before closing my eyes, I always wondered,'How am I going to get out of here?' After that, I would then go to dreamland. The Nano soldier stood at the top of the castle's roof, scanning everything he found. From civilians walking around, to guards patrolling. He also pinpointed necessary buildings and objects for future reference. Unknown to everypony, this Nano soldier was planning something, big. The soldier is this close to completing its plan. A plan, where everypony will know, to not mess with this person. That's why the Nano soldier is at the roof, to get as much intel they would need. Seeing another patrol, the soldier zoomed in using its built-in binoculars and listened. "So, you know what happened to Bolt Recon?" an Earth pony clad in heavy duty armor, asked to his comrade. "I've heard that she's been foalsitting on that thing." His partner, a Unicorn wearing the same armor stated. "Sheesh, now that's just cruel." Jake ( Let's just call the Earth pony, Jake. While the Unicorn is named, Finn. Because why the fuck not.) said. Feeling pity for the poor mare. But it quickly left as it came. "Don't worry about it. At least we're not doing that," Finn said, "Plus, I think she's doing fine so far. Nothing bad happened yet, so learn to take a breath." he added. Jake nodded in agreement, knowing that his pal was right. The Nano soldier highlighted them in the future references list. After that, the soldier then activated its cloak. Engulfing them (the gender will be revealed later on) in invisibility. They then jumped off the roof to another, making as little sound as they could. It didn't took long for them to reach the walls of the city. The walls that separated the city from the Everfree forest. The parkouring soldier then stopped up in a guard tower's roof, recharging their suit's lost energy. Glancing back at the city, he knew, that they needed to get that CELL operative no matter what. And failure, was not an option for them. Hearing the suit fully charged again, they leapt off the tower and into the thick dangerous forest. Where they disappeared from sight. I was sitting in my oh-so-lovely bed in my oh-so-lovely cell, eating two loaf of breads and an apple for breakfast. 'At least the food ain't bad here.' I thought, taking another bite of my apple while savoring the flavor in it. And I was about to finish it if weren't for someone putting drugs in it. I became light-headed, the world around me started turning blurr. From everything that was happening, I fell of my bed to the hay covered stone floor. I heard the door open, then I felt a couple of hands hold me and started lifting me up. But before I could anything else, I blacked out. The Nano soldier came back to the city, but was carrying weapons. Weapons of mass destruction. For they need them to get Scott Mcarthur. They activated both the suits cloak and power, making the soldier twice as fast and twice as stealthier. He got in the castle with ease and from there, he started searching for Scott. I woke up with a start, and with a little headache to boot. I grunted as I tried to massage my head, but only to feel my hands restrained. My eyes shot wide open. I then looked at my two hands and they were tied to the chair. I tried breaking them but they won’t budge. “Looks like somepony’s awake.” a familiar voice said, making me look up to see Mr. Brownies sitting across the room with a smirk on his face. I then noticed that we were not alone in these room. In each corner of the room, stood a Unicorn clad in golden armor with .50 Caliber guns. “Sheesh, these guys are taking this way too seriously.” I thought to myself before facing Mr. Brownies. “Now, I know we started with the wrong hoof. So why don’t we start over?” Mr. Brownies said, “Alright, I’ll start. My name is Commander Lock Heart of the Royal Army.” he added. I looked at him with a bemused look on my face, “So you want me to introduce myself?” I asked. He nodded, “Alright. Well, my name is Scott Mcarthur.” I said as I reached out for a handshake, only to realise that both of my hands were restrained. “Alright, now introductions are out of the way. I want you to answer these questions, truthfully.” Lock Heart said as he took out a clipboard and a pencil. “Only if you answer mine.” I said. Lock pondered this for a moment. “Deal.” He said. I nodded as he took a look on the clipboard. After scanning through the clipboard, he nodded and took something under the table. As he took it out, my eyes went to the size of plates, if that’s even possible. He then set the object on the table, dusting off a few dirt on the visor’s, before looking back at me, “So, mind telling me what you’re wearing?” I gulped, knowing that if I give them too much information, they could abuse it against me or the world. I looked down, completely avoiding eye contact. I then heard him snap his fingers and one of the Unicorns came up behind and tased me. I grunted as the same pain I felt earlier came back. After a few minutes, the Unicorn stopped tasing me. I then started panting from the intense pain I felt, again. “If I were you,” I looked up to face Lock, “I’d answer that question.” “N-never!” I managed to speak, before Lock Heart snapped his fingers and I got electrocuted, again. The Nano soldier had found their prey in a room, a very secured room. They had to silently take out most of the guards out, but sacrifices were needed. They just placed the last R.E.X. on the door, ready to blow up the whole place. He has a M4A1 on his right hand, and the detonator on the other. And without wasting more time, he pressed the button. I sat there, panting from the pain. Suffering, from this bastards torture. “You’re really wasting my time here.” Lock said. “Just tell me what I need to know, and we’ll let you go.” he added. “Bullshit! I know you’re lying, bitch!” I looked up at Lock. I stared at his eyes, before spitting him in the face. “You could kiss my ass, bitch.” I stated weakly, a small smirk appearing on my lips. Lock Heart glared in anger. His face as red as a tomato. He then grabbed his gun and pointed it at me, “I’ve had enough of this!” he yelled as he cocked his pistol, “If you won’t give me information, then I’ll just take it from your lifeless body!” Just as he was about to pull the trigger, the iron door to my right exploded. Temporarily blurrying my vision and activating the alarms. A silhouette came through the wrecked doorway and killed the four guards in the room with the gun in its hand. I then heard gunshots in front of me, probably Lock Heart shooting the intruder. The silhouette then turned its head to him and started advancing, deflecting the bullets. Once the green silhouette was in front of Lock, it punched him straight in the face. Knocking poor Lock Heart out, instantly. And I could’ve sworn I heard a crack. After that, the silhouette then grabbed my helmet off the table and started fidgeting it. My helmet beeped, signaling the silhouette that it was done. It then turned it’s gaze at me, spotting two glowing eyes from it. It then walked towards my restrained body and placed my helmet on my head. Once my helmet was on, it started booting up. ‘Suit integrity at one hundred percent’ Oh, I missed you too, SECOND. ‘Systems recovery… Corrosive agents isolated.’ ‘Re-routing primary power systems. Please wait.’ ‘Primary systems re-routed. Cleared to proceed.’ And with that, I broke free from my restrains. Destroying the chair’s handle in the process. I looked around to see the intruder gone. Like he somehow managed to disappear out of thin air. ‘Incoming transmission.’ Huh, I wonder who could that be. “-eLlo? *static* HeL- *static* HelLo? HeLlO? CaN YoU hEaR mE?” a distorted voice asked through the comms. “Uh… Who is this?” I asked the mysterious person. “tHerE’s No tImE fOr iNtroDuctIons. ThE gUaRds aRe cOmiNg To yOur lOcAtioN.” A map suddenly appeared on my Hud. “ThAt’s tHe mAP tHaT yOuR gOiNg tO uSe iN oRdEr tO GeT yOuR StUff bAcK. JuSt fOlLoW tHe mAp aNd dOn’T gEt cAuGht.” Well, that was… something. Alright, SECOND? Go make a list of objectives. Main Objective: •Follow the Map Side Objective: •Don’t get caught The list popped in my Hud before shrinking and going on the top-left corner. Now with this in mind, I silently went out. But I realized I forgot something and went back in the room, going to Lock’s unconscious body, and started teabagging him in the face. After that, I left the room and towards the armory. Like the map says. A FEW MOMENTS LATER… Ok, I am now outside with all of my stuff. And I’m currently getting chased by the entire Royal Army. “Halt, creature!” I heard Moonie yell from behind me. I looked back and saw her wearing a black colored set of armor. And she’s currently holding a scythe, great, now I just made this worst. I dodged another rocket, barely hitting me. But the shockwave did make me slower for a bit. “Alright, this is getting ridiculous. SECOND? Please tell me you’ve got something that’ll help me.” I asked SECOND. ‘Activating EMP.’ And on cue, an electrical surge came out of my suit. Shocking the ponies behind and disabling their choppers. “Phew, thanks SECOND.” I said as I ran through the forest. I stopped as my energy came low. ‘Warning. Energy Levels Depleted. Stand By for recharge.’ I sighed, knowing that the suit’s energy isn’t unlimited. As I was recharging, I saw a very weird looking rock. A very familiar weird looking rock. I stood up and went over to pick it up. As I picked it up, I then pocketed it in one of my pouches. ‘Energy Recharged. Cleared to proceed.’ From there, I ran again to find a good spot to examine the strange object with me.