//------------------------------// // Operation: Rainbow Blackout [Deployment] // Story: Call of Pony: Modern Prank Warfare // by Stalin with Da Spoon //------------------------------// Rainbow Dash proceeded to finish the process of clocking out of the factory for the night, finishing up by shutting off the factory lights ensuring everything was in place for tomorrow's rainbow. She still couldn't shake out the memory of what happened yesterday... Who were those other humans that busted into Applejack's barn and saved David? How did he know them? Was he with them? Twilight seemed to believe that they were former colleagues of David before he arrived in Equestria, and when they learned of his peril, they came to rescue him. Honestly, Rainbow Dash had to commend and respect them for their loyalty and dedication, coming to another dimension just to save one of their friends. Reminds her of her own friends... Maybe she had treated David a bit too harshly as well. If she ever saw him again, she would need to apologize. After giving him a solid bloody nose. Humming to herself as she closed the factory gate behind her and locked, she took flight, heading off for her house to get some nice shut eye... [FIVE HOURS LATER...] Time: 0100. Location: Rainbow Factory, Cloudsdale. Mission: Infiltrate Factory, Implant Explosive Ink Device, Place Cameras, Extract. Commence operation. A portal slowly cracked open in the sky, as the sound of the Huey helicopter filled the air. Skulker looked back to see Hoot, Anon, Badger, Grouse, and David all sitting together, wearing their stealth gear, as David re-adjusted his equipment after not wearing it for so long. "Feels good to be back in action boys." "Yep, let's just hope your not too rusty." Everyone chuckled at Hoot's remark while Skulker spoke up. "Alright boys, prepare for drop!" A green light lit up on the helicopters ceiling, as Anon and Hoot nodded to each other before moving to open the helicopter side doors, looking down to the factory below them. The other operatives sat up and secured their rappels to their harnesses, tugging on it to ensure safety before dropping down rapidly, holding on tight before they hit the ground, detaching their rappels from their links as the helicopter flew back through the portal. Hoot then activated his radio. "Alright boys, let's go dark." All of the operatives then lowered their Night Vision Goggles over their eyes, activating them as they walked their way to the wall overlooking the factories main entrance. "Here's our way in." The operatives secured their rappels to the wall, before quickly jumping and landing on the wall as they slowly walked down, drawing their weapons as they hit the ground, or in this case cloud, before walking up to the door, slowly pushing it open. "Morons left the door open." Badger said as they moved inside, scanning the reception area for hostiles, before quickly moving into the next room, the offices. Using the various cubicles as cover, the operatives slowly moved up, ensuring they stayed hidden and out of sight. The offices were not very lively luckily, filled with only a single pony guard, who was thankfully sleeping on the job. Seeing an open donut box with a singular jelly donut inside of it, Grouse walked up and snatched for himself. "Free food." The other operatives silently chuckled, as Grouse snuck away from the still sleeping guard before continuing deeper into the factory, as they reached the door to the main factory floor and pushed it open, revealing the massive factory floor crowded with large machinery, the room itself being extremely dark, and so large that the NVG's couldn't show the whole room. "Alright, fan out and place cameras, I'll plant the device." David said as everyone nodded and scattered, quickly moving to place cameras in key positions. A couple guards were present, but some well placed tranquilizer rounds made quick work of them. As David looked around the room full of machines, he soon made a realization. "Alright, the Rainbow Machine must be in a different room... Probably on a lower level." The other operatives agreed, as they regrouped near an elevator, opening the door and stepping inside as it headed down to the basement level. As the elevator door slowly opened to the basement level, a horrible stench filled the air. "Ack, smells like something died down here!" A slight chill went up every one of the operator's backs. Surely it isn't true... They keep moving through the long hallway, seeing multiple iron doors to their left and right, all of them closed and locked. They looked like... Cells. No no, it's not true, there is a reasonable explanation for this... But as they opened the door at the end of the hall, their fears were confirmed, as bold letters on the metal exterior of a machine read 'Pegasus Device, Use only for Unworthy Pegasi'. "Destroy it." "W-what?" "It looks like it hasn't been used yet, so we have an opportunity to stop the nightmare from ever starting. Sabotage it, break it, blow it up, do whatever, just make sure it never works." The other soldiers nodded, as they quickly walked over and began tearing the machine apart, removing panels and ruining wiring, tearing out circuits, and even chucking a C4 explosive inside the main grinder, which was timed to go off in five minutes, and due to it being so deep underground, nobody would even hear it go off. As they deemed their work done, they quickly walked into the elevator as it ascended to the main floor. "Not a single fucking word of this to high command. We chuck the ink device in some other random machine, and get out." "No arguments here. Feels good to stop the nightmare that is this factory from truly starting up though..." "Yep, that pegasus device will never run on our watch." As the operatives emerged back on the factory floor, David walked over to one of the more complicated machines, and threw the ink device inside, as they nodded to each other. "Let's move, our mission is done, and the device will be no more in about a minute." David then turned to see a large open window, looking back to his fellow operators nodding before they all made a mad dash for the open window, before jumping out. 3... 2... 1... All of their parachutes opened, as the portal beacon activated and each of them had a blue portal open beneath them, as they fell through safe and sound. As they landed on the metal ground of the safehouse, they stood up to applause and cheers from their fellow squad mates. They still felt proud of what they had pulled off. And what they had prevented... As they walked out of the main room and into the locker room, they removed their helmets, as they got over themselves and high fived each other. "One down, two to go!" "Oo-rah!"