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// The search begins 
// Story: Skyfall: Lightning Strike 
// by NOBLEDASH77 
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(Note: Ponies the will be referred to as their real names not in combat or callsigns in combat. Refer to the last chapter for callsigns.)


Vampire  kneeled down. He checked his sights. The wind stopped blowing. The targets were perfectly place. 

"Can I take the shot?" Vampire asked? 

"Go," Harp said.

Lightning fired the rifle, taking out the guard.

"Open fire!" Harp said.



A barrage of bullets came from the weapons. The changelings returned fire. The team moved up toward the abandoned cider storage building.

"Throw a Semtex, Shadow!" Harp said.

Shadow throw the Semtex. It landed on a small ledge, blowing up and the ledge and letting land on the several changelings. The team moved forward, checking around for any resistance. Union checked the area, Harp on lead.

"Breach the door!" Harp yelled out. 

Glid set the charge. It blew the door open. When entering the room Harp was rushed by a changeling, it trying to bite her. Harp took out her knife, dispatching the changeling, leaving its green blood to ooze all over the floor.

"Check those file cabinets. It don't want any enemy ordinance  left behind. Vampire, you still on overwatch?" Harp asked through her radio.

"Yeah, and don't call me Vampire."

Shadow breached the next door open. His eyes opened in amazement. The room was filled with weaponry. 

"Whoa, there are enough weapons
here to blow Ponyville to kingdom come."

"No sign of the dealer, checking the rest of the building." Harp said.

"Okay move, I've got you covered." Vampire replied.

Harp checked each room. It was all to easy. Close to no resistance. Something was defently  going on. 

"I found another room , it's closed shut, we'll need to blow it open." Harp said, getting ready to blow the door open. 

It blew open, debris everywhere. She went into the room, gung ho to capture the dealer.  Harp enter the room. It was dark she hit the switch. It lit up. She scanned the room, finding a pony's body slouched over in it.

"Your under arrest for the sell...."

The pony was dead. 

"Vampire, he's dead, looks like he's been for over a week." Harp said.

"Bail out, there's a bomb on his corpse !" Harp yelled, scared for her life.



The team ran out of the building. The building exploded. All of the sudden, changelings appeared out of nowhere, firing on the soldiers. Harp wasn't shy to pressure under fire. She returned fire and occasionally using her combat knife. 

"Move, we've got to the tent, all of our explosives are their." Shadow yelled over the almost deafening fire of the changelings.

"Vampire, get the explosives ready, we're coming to ya." Harp said.

Lightning reached for his collapse able rifle. He crawled to behind a rock by the changelings. He knelt down. He then pulled out a Semtex and opened fire.

"All changelings down." Lightning said.

The team made their way back to the tent.

"All right, lets pack u..." 

A shot came. Harp looked behind her to find a recently shot changeling. Vampire just saved her life.

"How's that for a rookie." Vampire said, taunting Harp for the comment she made awhile ago.






"We'll that interesting, but your got me no intel! This guy could have been our only link to Commy!" Spitfire roared at the fireteam, her entire face almost red with rage.

"We'll it wasn't a total loss," Shadow added. "Look what I got while setting the charges." 

Shadow threw a dossier at Spitfire. She opened it finding a picture of a Saddle Arabian arms dealer. 

"All right, once we find more information, well be able to send you to get him, Union dismissed."

Harp laid in her bunk. She had this odd feeling when she was around him. She had a vibe that the feeling was mutual. He did also like her. She though he was different, an interesting colt. They'll be another time to think about that.