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// Chapter 11: Hijack Fail 
// Story: Bounty Hunters 2: Awakening 
// by Jasper77W 
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Rainbow needed to find a way inside the passenger jet. She'll just call it that for now, because 'flying fortress' sounded a little too intimidating for her liking. She could barely cling onto the hull right now, and didn't dare move an inch in the fear that she might be blown off by the pounding winds. Her mane and tail were flailing behind her, and she had a hoof placed firmly on her hat so it wouldn't fly away.
She had a plan, but like many others she came up with she had absolutely no assurance that it would work. Her wing was still throbbing- and was about to get a lot worse. It was her only shot anyway- she could stay here all day, and let the atmospheric pressures crush her when the plane ascends into the skies. 
She started a mental countdown- three, two, one...
She leaped forward, streamlining her body and readying her wings. She quickly stretched them out, and felt the plane take off underneath. She quickly beat against the air, flying at the same speed as the plane.
Suddenly sharp pain shot up her right wing, and she flinched but didn't stop beating. She looked at it, and was quite horrified to see blood streaming out of the re-opened wound- it was barely holding together.
She quickly got away from the roof, flying beside the plane. Her body was balanced extremely delicately in the jet stream, and one false move could send her tumbling back- or even worse, drawn into the engines and diced into a million tiny little shredded pieces. 
She slowly glided towards the door, still trying to figure out how to open it when it burst open, a robot pony firing rounds at her. 
With a fast sudden beat of her wings, she was able to bust into the plane, knocking down the robot.
They tumbled across the giant interior, Rainbow slamming her back against a seat. Blood splattered over the cushions as her wing cracked against the seat, and she screamed.
The robot pony was already up, and was in the process of pointing the gun at Rainbow. 
Suddenly a memory flashed into Rainbow's mind- that of junior flight camp. During the race, she had almost been knocked out of the sky during a race- but she still won in the end. 
She looked up. Buck the pain, I ain't losing.
She pushed off the ground with her front hooves, slamming both back hooves into the robot's head. Her momentum carried her in a wide arch, and she shoved the robot pony's head onto the ground then landed on it. There was a loud crunch as the shell of its head cracked apart, the delicate machinery inside squished. Nuts and bots clattered around, then stopped dead like the robot. 
The wind was still howling outside, and with a loud crash the door slammed shut, leaving Rainbow to the noises of a passenger jet; rocking in its frame as four powerful engines propelled it forward. 
She looked up, her wing already numb, but still dripping with blood. The kidnapper should've made it to the cockpit by now- and she was at the very back. Son of a parasprite. 
Rainbow got up, but almost fell back down again as her legs were shaking. She must've lost a lot of blood, because her entire body felt weird. She'd better find Dainty and get the hell out of here before she couldn't go any further. 
She took the gun from the robot. It would seem that the gun could connect to the robot's hand- that explains the seemingly infinite amount of ammo. But for a clip full, Rainbow will have to settle for thirty rounds. Her arms were too tired to swing the cleaver, so she wasn't going to use that unless absolutely necessary. 
She could feel the necklace Dainty made her press against her chest, a cold metal plate frozen in the night air earlier. The heavy coldness reminded her of her objective, clearing her now dull mind.
Stumbling towards the door to the next cabin, she checked if the rifle was loaded.
There was a robotic groan, and the churning of motors and hydraulics as one of the robot ponies leaped through the door with a samurai sword; already slashing down.
Rainbow brought the rifle up, the sword clashing with the side. She pushed it away, then fired two shots into the robot's head. Its visor cracked into shattered pieces, and it fell down with a crash.
Gunfire ripped through the cabin, and Rainbow dove behind a seat, the multiple streams of bullets tearing through the cushions. 
The aircraft could be a deathtrap- but it also had lots of cover on the interior. Rows and rows of seats with heavy metal framing, for example. The cushions weren't so bullet resistant though.
Feathers and stuffing flew into the air as the cushions erupted, the bullets slowly tearing their way through.
Rainbow ripped one open, and used the fabric to wrap around her wound. Some really basic first aid to stop bleeding, but it'll have to do for now. She was still trapped near the back of the cabin- and the flight attendant's room was just behind her. 
Quickly sprinting into that room, a stream of bullets almost grazed her head. They did punch a few holes in her beloved hat though, which she wasn't particularly happy about. 
The robots stopped firing to conserve ammo, and started slowly walking towards the entrance of the room just around the corner. 
Suddenly a huge metal cart was flung out of the room, knocking down three of the four robots before they could react. Rainbow swung around the corner and took out the last one with a spray of rifle ammo. The rest had already been crushed under the cart, except for one which had its targeting system destroyed and was firing everywhere. Rainbow put a bullet through its mechanical brain.  
Switching her gun with the robot's and taking its sword as well, she cautiously moved on. Soon the damn place would be swarming with the rest of them- she better be ready.
As expected, a squad of the robot ponies came around the corner. Suddenly there was a bright yellow flash, and one of the robots shot its jetpack at her.
So their AIs actually develop tactics, huh.... Rainbow thought.
She dodged to the right, but the remote-controlled jetpack swerved to face her and hit her right on the temple.
Her ears ringing and her vision blurred by tears, she was knocked sideways several meters before landing hard on the floor. Instincts told her to quickly crawl behind cover as the bullets hit the floor, but her mind was as fuzzy as her vision. She tapped her head irritably, trying to clear it and wiped her watery eyes. Her ears were still ringing, but it was fading slowly. She could see that the firing had stopped- the robots were moving in. 
Rainbow had dropped the rifle when she was knocked back- and in her current state, she couldn't judge where the robots were- she couldn't risk trying to get it. The samurai sword was by her hooves, and she grabbed it. Better something than nothing- her hooves were shaking though, and if she used her cleaver... It probably wouldn't work out very well. 
She took in a deep gulp of air, trying to stabilize her breathing. Her ears finally stopped ringing, and she could hear the heavy metal hoofsteps of the robots as they neared. 
What do they call it again- kamikaze? Rainbow thought as she swung around the corner. 
She jammed the sword into the visor of a nearby robot, shattering it and stabbing the sword all the way through its head. It fell down, arms flailing for no reason in particular.
She ripped the gun away from its hand, loose bits of ammo falling out of the socket. 
Another robot was about to fire, but Rainbow blew its head off before it could do the same while kicking another in the knee, forcing it to kneel down and delaying targeting.
With a swift kick to the head, she shattered the outer shell. One last bullet did the trick. 
She yanked out the samurai sword. It was pretty useful, so she slung it across her back. Picking up another rifle, she prepared for the next wave.
But none came, and everything was quiet. Too quiet.
Rainbow slowly walked forward, both rifles raised. The sound of her coat brushing against the floor was like grinding a stone on sandpaper in the silence. She didn't want to jump to the assumption that she had wiped them all out- because something as good as that never happens. The robots must be planning an ambush up ahead then- that could be a problem, since they don't move and Rainbow couldn't tell how many there were. The waiting game begins, except that the blue pegasus doesn't have any patience to play.
She quietly carried the body of a robot on her back, step by step walking towards the door leading to the next cabin. She was prepared for a whole horde of them robot ponies.
First she busted open the door and threw the dead robot pony out, drawing gun fire. Hell, there may be six or seven on them here. 
Rainbow charged forward, and leaped into the next cabin. Turning in midair, she raised her rifles at the robot pony at the door, firing several shots into its body and dropping it immediately. She took aim again, taking down another before she hit the ground with her shoulder. There was a loud shuffling noise as she slid on the carpeted walkway, her bad wing away from the floor.
She quickly scrambled up, and was immediately met with a shower of bullets. She dived behind cover, four different rifles firing from different angles at her and tearing her cover apart slowly. 
She blindly fired around the corner without looking, forcing the robots to duck away from the chaotic storm of bullets. Rainbow darted out of cover- if she has any chance with the bastards, it'll be at close range.
The robots noticed her tactic, and emerged from cover. Rainbow leaped onto a chair, the streams of bullets passing by the walkway underneath. She pushed off, dive rolled onto the floor and let rip with the double assault rifles. One more went down, but the others were up. 
The rifle in Rainbow's left hoof clicked empty, and she was down to her right one. Not that she couldn't still use the left one.
She kicked off a chair, spinning through the air and building up momentum and force in her left hoof. Suddenly she let go, and the rifle went slicing through the air and cracked into a robot's head, lodging itself into its head. It flipped back several meters and clanked down onto the ground. 
Two left.
One of them plucked something out from behind its back while the other provided cover fire. It was a tiny globe, just like a hand grenade. But Rainbow couldn't be sure since it was pulsing gently with green light. The robot threw it at Rainbow, and it turned red in mid-air.
Rainbow whipped out the samurai sword, ready to deflect it. She whipped the sword around at the baseball-sized dangerous thingy, and felt the impact travel down the sword and into her arm. All of a sudden it was difficult to control the sword- the tip seemed a lot heavier. She looked at the sword, and her blood drained from her face when she realized the dangerous-thingy was a sticky grenade, and the rate of its pulsing red light was increasing in speed. Beeps followed it- not the best of signs. Good thing it was stuck only to the sword.
Rainbow threw the sword like a javelin, and it cut through the air, sliding into the robot-pony-who-threw-it's chest. The last two robots exploded as the grenade went off with a bright green flash.
The wall to the next cabin seemed to glow light orange. Rainbow stared at it for a moment, not sure what it means. She better go scavenge for ammo though.
Ditching the rifle she has and picking up two new ones, she ducked behind cover just in time as the wall burst open, melting into burning orange puddles. 
The aircraft shook slightly as a heavy presence was detected, even though Rainbow couldn't see it. This probably wasn't one of the normal robot ponies.
The cabin was illuminated light green as something began charging. Rainbow dared a peak, and groaned in frustration.
Standing in the hole in the wall, was a robot the same height as the others. Not the same size though. It was on all fours, and its head had a reptilian design. On its back were two energy weapons, an intense green light coming from the barrels as it charged up.
Rainbow quickly leaped from her cover as two green beams fired off and hit the chairs, reducing them to dust. While heavily armed and armored, Rainbow reasoned the robot would be relatively slow to track its target and to move. She could use that to her own advantage.
She rolled and got to her hooves, spraying the robots with the double assault rifles. Stray bullets ripped through the seats and roof, tearing down plastic panels. Gas masks dropped down, dangling by thin tubes.
The normal robot ponies fell as the storm of bullets hit, but the walking railgun stood standing; the bullets ricocheting off its thick and heavy armor.  
Rainbow noticed it didn't prepare a counter attack. She ducked back under cover, and saw that green glow again.
Aha.
She leaped up- she wasn't sure what she was doing, but usually when you shoot something radioactive it explodes. Right?
She fired her gun at the charging railguns. There was a green flash, and everything blew out. Rainbow was flung back by the force of the explosion, hitting the far wall behind her. She slumped onto the ground, her assault rifle nowhere to be seen. Everything was a blurry green, with different shades shifting about the mass. 
And then with a click, everything snapped back into focus. Rainbow quickly scrambled up, looking around her. 
In front of her, where the robot was; laid a huge chaotic mess. Parts were scrambled everywhere, and scorch marks ran along the walls and ceiling. The plane let out a loud groan, and began breaking in half.
Rainbow looked up. The section she was on was tearing away from the section at the front, and the walls were ripping apart; revealing the metal structures and wires hidden under the plastic and aluminum. 
The top half was the first to break away, with a loud crack and defeating groan the supports on the roof and upper half of the walls snapped.
The back section tilted down, and Rainbow was tilted violently to the right. She tumbled over, slid on the now-horizontal wall, and almost fell through the door way and into the cabin below. She grabbed the frame with her hooves. Looking down, she saw the back section was breaking apart. 
The split wasn't perfectly down the center- the front half had the jet's left wing, while the back half had the right. 
Smart move, dumb-ass. Rainbow thought to herself.
She quickly hoisted herself back onto the wall, and started climbing for the front section. The wind howled through the gaping holes, shattering windows and sending bits of everything flying everywhere. Rainbow's mane and tail whipped all around her as her hooves found desperate purchase on the near-vertical floor. 
And then the back section began ripping itself apart. 
There were metallic groans as the walls began cracking, stretching away from each other. It was dark without the lights, and Rainbow was trying the best she could to climb up using the chairs. Lightning flashed, lighting up the interior. 
Rainbow fell down several meters as a chair underneath her gave way, but she managed to grab hold of another. Her hooves dangled above almost certain death underneath.
She pulled herself up, and began climbing again. The outer hull tore away to the wind, sheets of metal flying away in jagged pieces. 
The floor under Rainbow's feet gave way, the section behind her breaking off and tumbling away into the night. Lightning flashed again, illuminating her horrors.
She lifted herself up. The wind was bringing the floor to a steep climb instead of a complete vertical cliff. Rainbow took the opportunity and ran, but she could already see the cabin breaking apart in front of her. 
With a loud snap and groan that was barely audible in the deafening thunder, the section Rainbow was on broke away from the section near the front. 
She was at the edge of the section now, safety on the other side and constantly growing further and further away. With a deep breath and not-a-second-thought, she took the leap of faith.