A Calamity of Epic Proportions
Chapter 3
Phoenix Team
4 cryro pods rested in an empty room. A lock clicked, and the far left pod depressurized. Cold air rushed out, and the door swung upward, letting an earth pony fall out. Frost clung to his dark, brown blackish flank and messy dark green hair. He stood up, managing to keep balance. He stretched, and walked to a table on the other side of his room. On it were several weapons and armor variants. The weapons were put in for sections, and he went to the far right one with the name tag "Havok". He grabbed a leather helmet and put it on. Since he was a sniper, he chose to use that kind of helmet instead of a MJOLNIR helmet. Always travel light, don't take what you don't need was what his father told him years ago. He vaguely remembers him though. He put his boots on, slung his rifle on his back, holstered his 3.57 special, and put his knife on a strap that went around his neck, so that it rested on his chest. Extra ammunition was also on the strap. He double checked his equipment, and nodded.
"I wonder why they woke me up." Havok said to himself.
He was about to leave the room when another cryro pod depressurized. It was next to the one he exited moments ago. It opened up, and a female pegasus fell out. She sat up.
"verdammt noch mal ich hasse cryro Schlaf." she said.
"Sleep well Dredd?" Havok asked. She glared at him. Dredd had a white pelt, but a black mane. She stood up and briskly walked to the table. She grabbed a blue colored, fully upgraded Military Police MJOLNIR helmet (at its final upgrade) and put it on. She put on boots, and grabbed a Dmr. She put it on her back, and also put a grenade launcher on her back. She also had a belt like Havok, but her knife was a butterfly knife. She had a few extra grenades on the belt too. "You gona wait for the others to wake?" Havok asked.
"Sicher, ich denke." Dredd wasn't like most ponies. For one, she speaks German, but understands English. The spartan team could understand her, and so could Quin and the commander. Her past life is really a mystery.
The third pod depressurized, and another earth pony fell out. He was large, and quiet. At first, the team thought that he wasn't very bright. That was until they found out that he was their demolitions expert. He had saved their lives on multiple occasions. He had red hair and brown pelt. His helmet, for various reasons, was the Grenadier helmet, fully upgraded. The color was forest green. He put his boots on, and slung a rocket launcher on his back, and put two SMGs on his right and left side.
"You feeling ok Terry?" Havok asked. He nodded to him. Terry almost never spoke.
Finally, the fourth pod depressurized and this time, they landed on their feet. She was another girl pegasus. Her pelt was red, and she had black hair with blue highlights. She walked to the table and grabbed he last objects on it: a dark orange ODST MJOLNIR helmet, a grenade launcher, and a silenced SMG.
"Wie geht es dir Emily?" Dredd asked. The other girl smiled.
"I'm feeling pretty good, Dredd." Emily said. A voice sounded from overhead speakers.
"~Spartan Phoenix Team report to the command center immediately.~"
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The 4 spartan ponies arrived at the Command center. Quin, Commander Hooves, JetFire and Frostbite waited for them there.
"Well, you four got here faster than I expected." Commander said. "Usually ponies that wake from cryro sleep take several minutes to recoup, and even longer to move around." The spartan team formed up.
"Ok, here's what's been going on: Chrysalis is back." JetFire said. They all exchanged glances. "But what's worse is that she helped the Elementals of Tartarus escape. Plant, Water, Wind, and Electricity have been defeated, but Fire and Earth are nowhere to be found-" An alarm sounded. One of the workers pulled up a camera onto the main screen. It showed all six Elementals gathering.
"What are they doing?" Commander Hooves asked.
"Whatever it is, it can't be anything good." Quin said anxiously.
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The six brothers gathered. They agreed that the spartan ponies were too much for any of them, even if they combined attacks. So, each grabbed a hand and formed a circle. Beams of energy jumped from them into the center of the circle. Eventually, a golden sword formed. The six disappeared, and the sword fell to earth. It landed, and a cloud of dust appears from its landing.
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"So much for the Elementals." Quin said. Night was coming fast. The Princess, along with Twilight and her friends, had left for Canterlot. One of the cameras caught a glimpse of a black vehicle fly by. It was like a helicopter, but it's main propeller was inside the vehicle. It looked like a stealth drop ship. It was seen heading in Canterlot's direction when it was detected.
"Commander, orders?" Quin asked. Derpy looked to her.
"Send spartans #3-6 to Canterlot. It's their time to prove if this program was successful." said the Commander. The team headed towards the hanger. JetFire and Frostbite stayed at the base, as ordered. They left the command room and entered another lift. This one took them up, and into a hanger. The lift came to a stop, and the doors slid open. They walked out, and spotted a falcon already prepped for their mission. They entered the falcon, and the pilot flew it into the night.
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The stealth drop ship reached the edge of Canterlot. A group of ten, bipedal figures jumped out. They wore black armor made for stealth. The ship left, and the group sneaked their way to Canterlot. As they reached the gates, two armored unicorn guards stood at the entrance, each holding a royal guard spear. The ten, not wanting to draw too much attention, moved to the left side of the gate. One of them, as a distraction, threw a rock to the other side. When the guards heard the clatter sound from the rock, they diverted their attention to it. The ten rushed the wall, got to it, scaled up it silently, and landed on the other side softly and quietly. They lurked in the shadows, dodged patrols, and made their way to the castle.
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After 15 minutes, they made it to Canterlot Castle. Instead of barging into the front gate, they moved to the side of the castle. It was a drop-off to the bottom of a canyon, but they managed to climb onto the side. They shot small grappling hooks up at a high, open window hallway. They zipped up, and moved through the windows. After detaching, their leader spoke.
"Alright," he said in a whisper,"three of us will move on. The rest will stay guard." they all nodded. The leader and two of his men moved on, right up to a large door. He silently opened it, and found that this was Princess Celestia's room. "We've got the right one. Move in, quietly." The three slowly walked into the room. They approached the Princess's bed. She lay asleep, unaware of the danger so close and menacing. The leader pulled out a sharp and curved dagger. He began to think about what would happen after this.
'Hehe, all of these ponies would become slave work. I will be rewarded for this, maybe even promoted.' He stopped right next to her bed. He raised his dagger, preparing to deal the fatal blow. At that moment, the Princess woke with a start. She looked at the stealth team leader and screamed. He quickly tried to silence her screams, but then a loud Clang! noise sounded. The leaders helmet hit the far wall, and he fell to the ground. The other two, without a chance to register what had happened, also met the same fate. A fourth one ran inside the room, and he too was taken out. The remaining six assassins chose to remain in the hallway. From the end of the hallway, auto, silenced, and burst fire rounds flew at them. They attempted to fight back, but it was all over when one threw a grenade at the assassins. The doors fell down from the blast, and all assassins were defeated. Princess Celestia walked out into the hallway.
"Nice throw with that grenade, Dredd." Emily said. Inside her helmet, Dredd blushed.
"Danke." Dredd said. Princess Celestia went ridged.
"There's more of them, behind you!" She yelled. Terry turned around and opened fire from his SMG. Dredd fired her Dmr, and Emily used her Silenced SMG. From outside, someone kept sniping the attackers.
"Who's outside?" Celestia asked Emily, the only one that she could get an answer from. She talked, but kelt firing.
"Havok. He's the one that saved you from the first four." Emily said.
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Outside, Havok sat on top of a castle turret, taking out enemy targets. He made each and every round count.
As he was shooting, he noticed some scaling the wall, trying to flank the other three Spartans.
"Not if I have anything to say about it." He whipped out his 3.57 special and blew holes into the unaware attackers. He ran out, and the attackers had all been wiped out. Havok reloaded his revolver, and holstered it. At that moment an advance heilo chopper flew by and hovered near Havok.
"~Need a ride, spartan?~" the pilot asked. He nodded to the pilot, and entered the belly of the helicopter.
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The three spartans and the princess walked out into the courtyard. A helicopter was hovering nearby.
"Havok, is that you up there?" Emily asked while she took her helmet off.
"~Yea, I'm up here. We're helping provide som air support. Also, it seems like they're launching a counterattack.~" Emily smiled.
"More fun. What time is it?" Emily asked.
"~12:30~" Havok replied. Emily turned to the other two spartans.
"We will help hold Canterlot. The unknown enemy is launching a counterattack. Our only support is the Royal Guard. You two with me?" Emily asked.
"Ya, I am with you." Dredd said. Emily had a look of surprise on her face.
"You learned English?" Emily asked.
"Slowly, still learning." Dredd said back to her.
"~Ok! Enough chatter! They are almost upon us!~" Havok yelled over the comms.