Twilight awoke the next day to see that someone had decorated her room with Christmas decorations. She moaned as she put her tinted glasses on. “Who the bloody hell filled my room with tinsel?!” Twilight shouted down the hall. Everyone else who was awake peaked their heads out of their rooms. All eyes turned on Pinkie who was walking down the hall at the moment.
“Don’t look at Heavy. Heavy did nothing.” Pinkie said as she stood there, a frown on her face. Rarity opened her door, her sleeping mask on her forehead.
“Mornin’ gals. What I miss?” Rarity said as she took off her sleeping mask.
“MMPH! MMH HUDDA MMPFH HMM!”
“Darlin’ I got no idea what you're saying.” Rarity said as she stepped out of her room.
“She was saying who the hell put these here decorations up?” Applejack said as she tied her hair into a braid.
“Well, I did.” Rarity said before Twilight rushed forward and tackled the mare. She punched Rarity in the muzzle.
“Fight! Fight! Fight!” Rainbow Dash shouted.
“Bloody wanker!” Twilight shouted as she punched Rarity the mouth.
“Filthy Jarmare!” Rarity bucked Twilight in the chest.
“Oil monkey!” Twilight flared her wings before punching Rarity in the eye.
“Bushmare!” Rarity rammed her body onto Twilight’s arm, breaking it in the process.
The two brawled on the floor for a couple minutes as the others stared in shock and Rainbow cheered. The door to the infirmary opened.
“Vhat is goin-” Fluttershy said, her sentence halfway before her jaw dropped in shock. Moving forward, she pulled Twilight off of Rarity.
“Herr Sniper, vhat is zhe meaning for zhis?!”
“When did you get a bloody accent!” Twilight said as she punched her friend in the muzzle and storming off leaving a stunned Fluttershy. Rarity sat there, her lip bleeding, a large gash across her neck and her eye a deep purple.
“Everyone. Mess hall. Now!” Luna shouted from her doorway. Everyone moved towards the large room. Luna watched as Fluttershy helped nurse Rarity’s wounds. Twilight sat alone in the corner while the others sat down nearby in complete silence except for Fluttershy who was crying. The alicorn sniper grumbled in the corner while supporting a broken arm and a few broken ribs. Luna walked into the room, a cigarette floating beside her which was encased in her magic. “What happened?”
“What happened to us?” Rarity said while a crying Fluttershy clung to her.
“Aye. Where becomin’ them.” Applejack said as she took a swig from her bottle.
“Does Demo mean we're gonna be like them? Cause I mean dat Scout is kinda cool but I’m more awesome!” Rainbow Dash said as she tossed a ball up and down through the air.
“Pass me a beer Demo.” Rarity said. Applejack nodded and passed a bottle to her friend. The two chugged their alcohol together in one swift movement.
“Girls. We’re changing and it ain’t for the better.” Pinkie said, a dirty rag and her gun in her other hand.
“Least they didn’t erase our memories and make us into stone cold killers,” Twilight said as she raised an ice pack to her forehead.
“Where did you get that idea?” Fluttershy said as the alicorn mare just shrugged.
Across the bridge, the Engineer in the RED base was yelling at the woman on the screen.
“No. NO! That ain’t happening.” The man stamped his foot on the ground as she shouted at the woman on the screen.
“You don’t have a choice, Dell” The Administrator said, a cigarette hanging from her fingers on the screen.
“Hell yeah, I do.” Dell Conagher shouted at her.
“You don’t want RED’s memory wiped do you?” She snarled at the man.
“No. I don’t. But what about what happened to the last BLU’s when they found out?”
“That was a test. It worked perfectly.”
“Even though they died? You think I can let that slide? You let Louis die!”
“Enough! That was his punishment. You will do your job or face the consequences.”
“Fine. I’ll need the BLU access key if I’m going to do the job.” The woman nodded before ending the teleconference. The screen went black. Dell took off his hardhat and ran in hand through his thinning hair. What had he dug himself into?
Back in the mess hall, Luna came back. “I have news!”
Rainbow Dash looked up from the comic she had been reading. “Spill it then. We ain’t got all day Spook!”
“Alright. We’re moving bases. We have to be out before eight.”
“GREAT NOW HEAVY HAS TO DO MORE PACKING!” Pinkie shouted from down the hall. Rainbow Dash rolled her eyes.
Luna left the room and went to her own room. She pulled out her suitcase and filled it with all the items she owned. Her diary went in and then her clothes. She hummed to herself as she folded her clothes in neat piles. “I haven’t heard that in ages,” Luna looked up and saw Celestia standing in the doorway, her suitcase by her side. “No since.. Oh..” Luna stayed silent as she shut her mouth.
“Just go away and let me pack.”
“Fine. Whatever.”
Luna got up and closed her suitcase before she lifted it with her magic. She turned off the lights before she left.
Carrying her stuff, Luna stepped onto the teleport near the entryway. She stepped off the platform and saw the large new area she was in. The area was lusher than 2Fort was. She followed the signs pointing towards the bedrooms. She opened the door to her new room before locking everyone else out. The room was more decorated than her last room, the walls was a dark blue and a couple pieces of white coloured furniture littered the room. The large double bed sat in the corner while a small bedside table sat near it. She opened the closet and saw that someone had placed a mirror inside it. Opposite the bed, there was a dresser. Atop the white dresser was a mirror with gold trimmings. A plush, white fur rug sat on the floor while in the corner was a large chair that sat next to a bookshelf. She placed her suitcase on the bed before she collapsed into a chair. She couldn’t wait till bed. Shouting came from down the hall. Luna got up but before she could open the door there was a knock. Luna opened the door and the lavender alicorn stood there.
“Dinner is ready.”
“Thanks.”
“How have you been coping, mate?”
“Fine. What about you?”
“Fine.” The conversation ended when they entered the new mess hall. Luckily, someone had grabbed the Christmas tree and it sat near the doorway this time. Luna sat down at the table. No one talked, they just ate their food without a word. An occasional cough or of a fork scraping the plate was all that could be heard.
Meanwhile, underneath the BLU Respawn room, in a hidden room was the RED Engineer. He moved through the tangle of wires and found what he was looking for. Clutching the USB that he was given he inserted into the main computer which controlled Respawn. After he uploaded the files in the right places he set the timer for midnight tonight. With a large sigh, he left the room. Midnight. That was when everything was going to change.