//------------------------------// // Episode 1: Rescue and Evac // Story: Sparkling Harmony EQG: Agents of SMILE: Prologue // by Captain_Cosmos //------------------------------// In the dead of night, a young teenage girl with neon pink skin and black hair with purple accents was sitting at her desk in her room when her phone started ringing. She checked the caller, and accepted it. “Go.” “When is it right to turn the frown upside down?” “It’s always the right time to SMILE.” “Agent CG-08272020, we have a new mission for you.” “Name it.” “Agent 0069 is in trouble. Your old friends at FOWL caught them sneaking into one of their facilities, we need you to get them out.” “If you’re sending me FOWL stepped up their game.” “Exactly. We’re sending you some new toys of our own, which your AI companion will tell you how to use on the way. We’re also sending agents 546 and 547 as backup.” “Copy that, We’ll get agent 0069 out of their predicament.” “Upon extraction, set course immediately for headquarters.” “Copy that. Agent CG-08272020 out.” Sometime after, in an undisclosed location in the middle of nowhere, a young man with tan skin and black hair was trying to pick a lock on a door that would lead out of the small room that he had been trapped in after being caught. Gah. First mission in months and I’m caught. God I hope she isn’t called to get me out, otherwise I’ll never hear the end of it. The man thought as he continued his work. After a few minutes, the man heard the sound of metal being cut. He looked up to the ceiling and saw what was obviously a laser cut through the metal in the vent, after making a complete square the vent disappeared, and a masked head appeared, looking down at the man. “When is it right to turn the frown upside down?” Asked the newcomer. “It’s always the right time to SMILE.” The man responded with a sigh, recognizing the voice even if it was a little muffled. “So they DID send you.” He said. “Along with agents 546 and 547, now if you’re done picking the lock let’s get out of here.” The masked arrival responded. The man nodded and climbed the grated walls and hoisted himself up through the hole and into the air vent. “Where are agents 546 and 547?” He asked his ally. “Recovering your gadgets and gizmos. As well as whatever it is you came here to get.” The ally responded as she called up a holographic map from her watch and started leading the man through the air duct. The man glanced at the holo map and raised an eyebrow. “Since when did our watches have holographic projectors?” He asked. “This is actually the prototype, I got some new toys that FOWL is gonna crap a brick over.” The girl responded. At that moment, her watch sounded and another voice came through rhe girl’s earpiece. “Agent 546 reporting, we found agent 0069’s gear, now what is it he came here for?” The voice asked. “What did you come here for?” The girl asked the man. “SMILE received intel that FOWL was working on something disastrous. I was sent to locate and retrieve any and all intel in relation.” The man responded. The girl nodded and relayed that to her teammate, who acknowledged and the signal was cut. The man and the girl crawled through the air ducts, until they both heard the alarm go off, along with an intercom announcement. “All personnel, we have both an escaped prisoner and unauthorized access to FOWL files, find our prisoner and stop whoever is hacking into our system!” “Agents 546 and 547 reporting, we might need a hand.” The girl heard through her earpiece. “We’ll be right there. No agent left behind.” The girl responded. “Let’s bail them out agent 0069. The man chuckled. “Just like old times.” In a room full of computers, one of the other agents assigned to this mission, a cream skinned girl with blue and pink curly hair, grabbed a USB stick and pocketed it while her partner, a green skinned girl with lighter green hair, served as a lookout. “We really need to get Micro to teach us how to hack properly.” The green girl said. “Might be for the best.” The cream skinned girl responded as they saw a group of hooded thugs storm into the room. Both girls took ready stances. “I could really use CG’s watch right now.” The cream skinned girl commented. “Maybe SMILE will make it standard issue. Until then, let's show these guys what for.” The Green skinned girl responded as the thugs charged at them. Their fists clenched as they threw them, trying to score a hit on the two agents. The two agents however were well trained so they were easily able to avoid the blows and deliver painful strikes of their own. But there were still plenty of thugs in the room that were trying to take them down. After a couple of minutes of the thugs trying to get a hit on the girls, and while some WERE contacting, the majority were not and were met with retaliation in the form of flipping over the shoulder, the girls still did not manage to clear the room. “Would be a good time for our backup to arrive.” The cream skinned girl responded. “Ask and you shall receive.” The girl heard through her earpiece, before several small balls fell from the ceiling and struck every single thug in the room, stunning them in their place and making them collapse on the floor unconscious. The green and cream skinned girls watched as their mission leader and the man they came to rescue dropped down from the ceiling and landed on the ground on their feet. The cream skinned girl shook her head. “Man, why do you get all the cool gadgets CG?” She asked. CG shrugged. “Guess SMILE just wants me to test drive them before they become standard issue.” She said. The green skinned girl nodded. “You ok 0069?” She asked the man. 0069 nodded. “Yeah. Though I’m not gonna live this down am I.” He commented. “Nope, now let’s get out of here.” CG responded. Soon enough, all four SMILE agents made their way through several more thugs and out of the building. As they ran out of the building, 0069 looked around. “Hey, where’s our ride out of here?” He asked. CG smirked as she called up a holographic HUD from her watch. She pressed a button and all four of them saw a car phase in, deactivating it’s cloak. “Right there 0069.” She said. “I really hope your new toys become standard issue CG.” The green skinned girl commented. “Maybe soon.” CG responded. At that moment, they all saw lasers fly past them. They whirled their heads around to see several thugs aiming weapons at them. “Take cover!” The cream skinned girl ordered. All of them took cover behind the high tech car that the thugs kept shooting their lasers at. After several shots, 0069 glanced up from behind the car. “We’re gonna need to fight fire with fire.” He said. CG smiled as she once again called up her holo HUD. “How’s as good a time as any to test this car’s mobile armory feature. Flappy.” She said. A computerized voice answered her. “This vehicle has weapons stored under the Sideview Mirror and in the pull out door handles. Those should be appropriate for this situation.” It said. The four agents looked at each other, before CG pulled on the door handle, and it pulled out to reveal a drawer with a pistol in it. The green skinned girl pulled on the sideview mirror, and it lifted up to reveal a rack with three more pistols on it. They each grabbed a pistol. “It’s official, you have the coolest car ever CG.” She said as they took up positions and started firing their OWN lasers back at the thugs. “Courtesy of SMILE.” CG said as she aimed at the thugs. After lasers going back and forth for a while, all the thugs ended up stunned and unconscious on the ground. And then, silence. 0069 smiled after a moment and they began to put the weapons back in their spots. “Anyone else feel like we were just in a movie scene?” He asked. The girls all chuckled as they climbed into the car after closing up the weapon compartments. “We always feel like that.” The green skinned girl said as the doors closed and CG started the engine. “Yeah. Hey, thanks for getting me out of there Lyra and Bonbon, and you Sparkler.” 0069 said. The girl in the driver’s seat pulled off her hood and replaced her goggles with her glasses, revealing the neon pink skinned, blue eyed counterpart of a certain non royal Alicorn from across the mirror. “Anytime Chase.” She told 0069 as she pressed a button and the car lifted off from the ground, its tires becoming thrusters and making it a hover car. As the car was flown into the sky and away from the mission site, Bonbon took out the USB stick from her pocket. “So Chase, mind telling us what we just risked our necks for?” She asked as she gave the stick to Chase. Chase took the stick in his hand. “Before I was caught, I caught a glimpse of FOWL’s plans, and while I can’t say for certain, I have reason to believe it’s connected to what’s been happening in Canterlot City these recent months.” Chase explained. “You mean the magical incidents.” Lyra responded. “Yes. Whatever FOWL is planning, they’re particularly interested in the magic coming from that city.” Chase responded. “Sounds like you two back there might want to keep an eye out for anything out of the ordinary.” Sparkler told Lyra and Bonbon. “Yeah.” Lyra responded. “Think we should get the Main 7 involved?” Bonbon asked. “Unless absolutely necessary, they stay out of this.” Chase responded without hesitation. “They have enough problems.” Sparkler chuckled. “Such as the life of superheroes.” She said. “They live in one world, we live in another.” “Ditto that.” Chase said as the car sped off towards Canterlot City. To be continued…