Defenders Assemble

by Maxis122

Chapter One : The First Defenders

The chariot glided through the air as it carried Twilight to her destination. She had made her mind up that she was going to give this a shot. The idea was still very rough and course in the back of her mind, but if this Director trusted her - then maybe it was worth it. And besides, if this was for the protection of Equestria, she would be one of the first in. Though she did feel that she would feel better with some of her closer friends with her, she felt like it was good to take some things on alone. And perhaps the other members felt the same way. Who knows.

The two pegasus stallions then began to descend upon a small mountain, which had a small area hollowed out. And like magic, Whooves was standing in that opening. The chariot landed on the small runway and came to a steady stop. With that she thanked the stallions and jumped off the chariot. As she then made her way to Agent Whooves.

“Fancy seeing you here” Twilight began as she walked over to Whooves.

“I do work here, you know” Whooves smirked as he continued to look out of the hanger area.

“I suppose I’m the first here then” Twilight guessed as she stood along side Whooves.

“Yes” Whooves confirmed. “The other should be here very soon”

“Right” Twilight added as she then began to look out of the hanger as well, searching for what Whooves was looking for. After a few seconds another chariot came into sight.

“And here’s the other one” Whooves grinned as he watched the chariot land in the hanger. A green unicorn then jumped off the chariot and grabbed a bag that was still in there. She then approached the two, looking a little cautious as she did so.

“Alright, I’m here” Lyra huffed as she shot a look at Whooves. She then turned her attention to Twilight. “Hey Twi, how’s it going?”

“Fine thanks” Twilight replied happily.

“I hope you had a pleasant trip, Lyra” Whooves greeted as he bowed his head a little.

“I did” Lyra replied, still being a bit annoyed. Whooves then nodded over to another agent and then he began to walk away.

“Follow me” he called back as he walked. The mares looked at each other and then began to follow Whooves. A sudden rumble in the ground stopped them in their tracks as they looked around in confusion.

“What the...” Lyra gasped as she then shot around to see the entrance close off. It seemed to be that the hole in the mountain could be closed, as if it were a giant door. The engineering that must have gone into it as the giant pistons and wheels moved. Until the door eventually shut itself. Then the lights began to flicker on above them.

“Whoa...” Twilight breathed as she looked around the hanger, that was now completely lit. Their curiosity and gazing around was cut off by the sound of somepony clearing their throat.

“If you wouldn’t mind” Whooves called out as he stood inside some kind of large box. The two mares then walked over to him and stood in the box. He then pressed a button and two panels slided in front of them. The box then shaked a little as it began its descent.

“What is this?” Lyra asked as she felt her hooves stuck to the floor.

“It’s an elevator” Whooves said, “One of the first in the world”

“Cool” Lyra grinned as she looked around it, still not knowing if it was safe.

“Is this ‘elevator’ safe?” Twilight asked as she too was kind of frozen in place.

“Why do you think I’m using it?” Whooves deadpanned as he looked around at the two mares. He then let out a little laugh as he saw their faces, “You two should see your faces”

“I bet they're a big laugh to you” Lyra hissed as she tried to move her hooves.

“Yeah, they are” Whooves grinned as the elevator then came to a stop. “Well, here we are”

“Where?” Twilight looked around the box, it was the same place - right?

“Welcome to Base” He said as the doors to the elevator opened. Presented in front of them was a hallway which lead to a bigger room. “This way” He said as he presented his hoof and pointed it out of the elevator.

“One moment” Twilight said as she shivered a little. The two then walked forward to feel solid ground underneath them again. They were then presented with two large glass doors which possessed the SHIELD symbol. Whooves then pushed the door open to show the large room inside.

The room was a large and circular in shape which had rows of desks going across it. Each desk had a pony sitting behind it and there was some kind of lit up glass in front of them. At the front of the room was a main control desk and a large round table. The sigh was almost breathtaking as the two mares looked around at all of the alien technology. Whooves smirked as he then trotted down to one of the desks and then pressed it a couple of times.

“Director, they’re here” Whooves spoke into the piece of glass. He then pressed the glass again and walked back over to the mares. “You two alright?” He asked, seeing the expressions on their faces.

“Yeah...” Lyra breathed as she took the entire room in.

“It’s just so...” Twilight mumbled as she looked around,

“That’s about the same reaction we get from everypony” Whooves chuckled. “This way” He then began to walk over to the main control desk, in which the round table was. The table had ten seats positioned around it, and the table itself was a solid piece of metal. When Whooves was next to the table he pressed a button on it and parts of the table opened up to show pieces of glowing glass.

“What are those” Twilight asked as she prodded the screen, which resulted in the screen bringing up some text.

“Data Screens” Whooves answered as he walked over to one of them and pressed it. A cube then appeared and he moved his hoof around it. The word ‘ACCEPTED’ came up on that screen and then he pressed another button, which gave access to all of the screens.

“Cool” Lyra said as she prodded the screen a couple of times, watching it bring up different things. All of this was very new and alien to the mares. Mainly because this technology wasn’t available yet. And it shouldn’t exist, or should it?

“These are advanced” Twilight said as she prodded her screen a couple of times, seeing certain information come up on the screen.

“First in the world” Whooves said as he watched the two sidetracked mares prod their screens. “We are the only ones who have them”

“Why doesn’t anyone else have them?” Twilight began, “Because think of the benefits they could have”

“We’ve considered it but the disadvantages are much greater” Whooves pointed out as he then turned to an opening door. “Everypony, the Director” And with that the entire room of ponies looked up and rose to their feet. Out of the door walked Princess Luna, dressed in a large black trench coat. Not very princess like, but this wasn’t in public.

“Please be seated” She spoke, surprisingly softly. And with that the entire room returned to its previous state of consistent work.

“Princess Luna?” Twilight spoke, gobsmacked. “You’re the director?”

“Indeed I am, Twilight Sparkle” Luna replied.

“But...” Twilight was almost lost for words. She now understood how this Director could trust her, and probably have faith in her.

“You don’t need to question it Twilight” Luna then walked over to the far end of the table and pressed a couple of buttons. She was rather familiar with the system as well. “Lyra” She said as she nodded over at her.

“Princess Luna” Lyra said as she bowed her head.

“Please Lyra” Luna chuckled, “You can call me Luna here”

“Oh, right” Lyra chirped, “Luna”

“It’s good to see you both made it so far” Luna said as she then turned to Whooves. “Where’s agent D?” She asked, being a little concerned.

“Probably in the training room, again” Whooves sighed as he pressed a couple of buttons. “Deadeye come in” He spoke into the screen. Silence. “Deadeye come in” He repeated. But there was still no response.

“I suppose that means that she has taken her comms device off again” Luna sighed as she then stood up. “Perhaps you could go down there and check up on her”

“Right” Whooves said as he stood up. “Shall I take the other two?” Luna looked over at the other two and then smirked.

“I suppose its time for them to meet her” Luna then walked back through the door in which she had come from, leaving the others behind with Whooves.

“Follow me” Whooves said as he walked through another door, with the two mares closely behind him.

“Who is this Deadeye?” Twilight asked, trying to walk along side Whooves.

“Didn’t you read the file?” Whooves asked as they then came to a stairs block.

“Didn’t notice that part” Twilight admitted.

“Did you?” Whooves asked as he directed the question at Lyra.

“Not really” Lyra huffed.

“Strange” Whooves mumbled. “Must have been outdated”

“Outdated?” Lyra caught as she listened to Whooves.

“I was just thinking that her codename might have not been printed on your copies” Whooves explained as the then came up to another door. Pushing them open, he walked inside. Ahead of them was a crate with a small black object on it. He picked it up and sighed as he looked around the room.

“Is that a comms device?” Twilight asked, looking at it.

“Yeah” Whooves said as he continued his search. “We give every agent one so that we can communicate with each other”

“Not bad” Lyra said as she nodded at the device.

“Come down Agent!” Whooves shouted. “I know you’re in here!” There was a brief silence as the words became lost in the room. Then the sound of things being knocked over could be heard, causing Whooves to face hoof. After a few more seconds a grey pegasus, who wore some kind of black combat vest, came into sight and landed in front of the group.

“Agent Deadeye” She said, “Reporting”

“What was that and why aren’t you wearing your earpiece?” Whooves pressed as he handed the device back to the grey pegasus.

“Those things hurt my ears after a while” She said as she rubbed her ear, “And besides, it’s not like anything important is going on”

“If only you knew” Whooves sighed as he then stepped aside. “Agent, these are the new recruits who will be part of the Defenders” She then eyed them, with her walled eyes. The two mares looked back, being a little cautious as they did, not wanting to make a wrong move.

“Cool” the pegasus beamed as she offered her hoof out to shake. “Agent Deadeye, but you probably know me as Derpy”

“Hey” Lyra said as she shaked Derpy’s hoof.

“Hi” Twilight said as she also shaked Derpy’s hoof.

“So, is this the team so far then?” Derpy asked Whooves as she looked at the other members.

“So far” Whooves confirmed.

“Awesome” Derpy grinned as she then put the earpiece back in her ear.

“The Director wants us all back upstairs in ten” Whooves announced as he nodded to everypony. He then walked over to the exit and walked through the doors. Derpy looked at her two new members to the team and couldn’t help but let out a smile.

“Isn’t this all cool” Derpy chirped as she jumped onto the box and sat on it.

“I guess” Lyra mumbled as she looked around this new room.

“It’s pretty advanced” Twilight pointed out.

“Yeah, but you get used to it after a while” Derpy said.

“So, this is the training place” Lyra said as she failed to see how you could train in it.

“It doesn’t look like a training area” Twilight mumbled. Derpy then smirked as she jumped off the box and hit it with her back leg. The crate then opened to show a large circular control panel. She then pulled a lever down and at the other end of the room some targets came up. Then a climbing frame appeared at another part, and then another piece of training equipment. Until the entire room was filled with various different pieces of training equipment.

“Whoa” Lyra gasped as she saw the room come alive.

“We have to conceal it so that nopony can just walk in and steal things” Derpy explained.

“I thought the big stone doors would be enough” Twilight said, but still being impressed.

“There are possibilities though” Derpy admitted as she then walked over to the target range. Sitting next to the edge of the markers was a steel frame, which had a bow and some arrows neatly presented. Derpy then picked the bow up and grabbed an arrow. Pointing it down the range, she stood on two hooves and pulled the arrow back. After a brief second she let the arrow go.

In a split second the arrow made impact with the target, implanting itself into the wood. She was a little off the center, but she knew that would be the case.

“Not bad” Lyra said as she looked at the arrow.

“You haven’t seen anything yet” Derpy said as she looked back at the two other mares. She then quickly grabbed an arrow and pulled it back, without even looking at the target. After letting the arrow go the two mares gasped as they saw the result. Derpy simply smiled and put the bow down. “And that’s why they call me Deadeye”

After taking a few seconds to look at the two amazed mares, she looked down at her watch at the time.

“I guess we better get going now” She announced. As she walked away, she didn’t even need to look back at the target range. She knew that she hit it, in the dead middle of the bulls eye.