//------------------------------// // Night Op. // Story: My Little SCP // by SolidFerret //------------------------------// "Well Ricca. I won't say I told you so. I don't need to. You can go look for yourself." Charlie paced back and fourth in front of Ricca. The sight of men trying to get the thought of the loss of their friends and some trying not to loss it were just on the other side of the wall. "But I will say this, what the fuck were you thinking? Did you honestly think that we could just rush in and hope that we could do some damage. While sure we might have killed some of their men, its like throwing a handful of water on lava. We may do something but it's not like it mattered." Ricca wished he could rub his head through his helmet. "And was your plan better?" "Who cares about 'which plan was better.' Even Princess Celestia herself thought we should have taken that course of action. But instead you go and rush firing your shot gun in the air thinking you have a chance." Ricca stood up. "You know, you're acting like I'm a total failure. I wanted to see what was going on. I had no idea they had the power of a military base aimed right at us." Charlie took a deep breath. "Ricca, could it be that you were hoping to see the ponies you met and hoped to tell or give them a sign that you were alive." Ricca sat back down. He had never thought of it that way. If he was lucky to say that the one pony he grabbed out of their was Fluttershy, he made himself think that he'd achieve his goal. "I'll let you think about it. I need to borrow your team. We're heading out tonight." Charlie said as he walked out. "Wait! You're still following through." Ricca said as he ran walked by him. "Yep, we plan to have them never know we were there." He said. "And why my team exactly?" "Cause your team got in the farthest, I need some people who know their way around." "You honestly think that they remember that place up and down. They didn't have time to map it when uh I don't know, oh yeah, we were getting shot at and killed by SCP's!" Ricca replied sarcastically. "Well, I need what I can get. Even if its all scattered." "Fine. Just go easy. Some are a bit shaken." "Yeah, I know for a fact Ben is horrified of SCP-106." Ricca looked up. "Really?" "Oh yeah! First day, 106 escaped containment and nearly caught Ben. Poor bastard has been scarred since." "Man." Ricca shook his head a little at the thought of a bad first day. "So yeah, we're heading out tonight. About that team?" Charlie asked. "They're not mine. Take them." Ricca said as he walked off. The Captain pushed his wheelchair around. "That was far to damn easy." He taunted to himself as he rolled around what was Twilight's library. "Sir, I found using the SCP's wasn't a smart tactic. In the events a breach happened-" One MTF said. "A controlled breach." He said. "Nico, it was all under control." He said madly. The other MTF, named Micheal leaned over and whispered. "I think he's lost it." "Now get out of here, night is kicking in and I need a patrol." He said as he leaned back, groaning a little in pain from his legs. The two walked out. "I think we should have joined the resistance." Micheal said. "Hell yeah, my team wanted to go with those guys. I think they're even starting to regret it though." "Well looks like we're fucked. For now, lets just do our patrols, I take west side, you take East." Nico nodded. "Got it." He said as the two walked off. Evers felt the sun shining down on the town as he patrolled the cells. Each filled with somepony either crying out for help or trying to call to other cells. "Please let me out! My foal is a newborn!" A mare cried out, practically begging with her very life to get out. Evers had to ignore it, he would have loved to at least help the mare in some way. 'Screw this.' He thought as he turned around. "Ma'am, what does your foal look like?" He asked as he reached her cell. "He's..." She took a moment to wipe her tears away. "He's about a month old. Has a light green coat and yellow mane." The MTF nodded. "I'll go check on him." The mare began to cry tears of joy. "Thank you!" Was all she could get out of her hysteria. As Evers walked to the area where they kept the young ones, he felt a bit of guilt that he was only helping the one mare while the rest could only sit around. He turned and saw a dark face from within the cell staring at him. It gave him a look that said he did the right thing. Evers nodded at him and walked off. Gordan sat back down. Sweetie Belle laid next to him, holding her tail in comfort. "So not all of them are bad guys?" She asked. Gordan thought for a moment, until saying "I guess not." Sweetie Belle ran her hoof over the last rays of sunlight shining into the cell as the sun set. "This operation should be smooth and by the books. No shots should be fired at all and we make it like we were never there." Charlie said as he put silencers on the weapons. He grabbed night vision goggles and handed them to the four others in his group. Ben looked at him nervously. "Do you really think we can do that?" He asked. "Yes Ben, and I believe that you can help make that a possibility." Charlie said as he handed him a silenced mp5. Roberts silenced his m416 while Miller and grabbed a pistol since a silenced LMG wasn't going to do much. "And I know you're mad about the lost of you're teammate, but try not to let that get the best of you." He ordered. Marco happened to be tagging along as he grabbed an M4A1 with hybrid sights and silencer. "Lets hope all goes well." Luna finished raising the moon as the sun disappeared. Reid checked the fuel on the Osprey. "We're all fueled up." She said, "Lets get this show on the road." Charlie nodded. "Got it, we'll be back in a few hours." He said as he got in. The others followed in. Once all boarded, the engine roared to life as the doors slammed shut. Ricca watched them and was joined by another. "Carver, we need to plan for the next assault." "Right away." He nodded. "Attention everybody and pony. SCP-096 has been let loose in the Northern area. Any of those held in the area are to not look outside. Guards may not be able to see you if see it's face." 096 walked around hazily as two guards followed behind. Both looked down as it rounded the corner to avoid eye sight. The Captain spoke once more into the microphone. "I would like to thank all of you for your patience and cooperation in this situation. We understand that this is hard on all of you. We are as confused as you are, once we understand this world then this will be over." Twilight coughed a little more blood and struggled to keep her food down by drinking some water. Fluttershy shook in fear. Rainbow Dash slammed her hooves on the door. Rarity tried to comfort her sister from across the road. Applejack tried not to lose herself in wondering where Applebloom was. Pinkie Pie wept with a flat mane. "As for the rebels, they will perish soon. Their threat will never harm you, I promise." Evers nearly grabbed his gun and put a bullet in his head. Knowing that he would have been killed, he instead walked outside. "This is as close as I can get you without being spotted." Reid said on the teams radio. "We rendezvous here in one hour. Good luck." She said as they repelled down. Each individual landed on their feet and got up and looked around. "I can't even see my own hand." Miller commented at the darkness of the forest. "NVG's on team." Charlie ordered as he pulled his pair down. The team could see the green of the light and where they were now. "We're ten minutes out." Roberts informed. "Lets move quickly." Marco said as they moved silently. "We can't give a vibe that we're here. not even to ponies. So matter how much, do not release or talk to them." Charlie told them. "Got it?" "Yes sir." As they moved and saw the lights of the once-town-now-prison in sight. "That explains why there was no wildlife nearby." Miller pointed out. "Lets move in." Charlie said as they all tiptoed in. The sound of crying ponies along with guards talking amongst themselves gave atmosphere to the prison town as the team moved in. "Stay out of the light. Stick to the shadows." Luna had dyed the garbs black for a fitting camouflage for this operation, making it easier to hide in the shadows. She also made it very dark out. Ben lifted up his NVG's and rubbed his eyes. "That portable looks like a good place to start." Marco pointed out. "Roberts, you and Marco check the place out while the rest of us of us keep guard." "Got it." Patrolled passed by, they were in the part where the East and West wing merged. "Do not engage. Even if you can get away with it." Miller took his hand off his gun. The two patrol eventually split. As soon as they were out of eyesight, they rushed across the path. Roberts and Marco rushed up the walkway and found the door unlocked. "Clear." They went inside for a quick moment. As for the rest, they took guard around the portable building. "How long?" "Unless it gets bad, thirty minutes. Reid is waiting for us." Miller shushed the two. He heard something. "Get down." He said as he hid under the portable. "I thought patrols were just here?" Ben said. "I guess they-" Charlie reached over and clamped his hand on Ben's mouth. The legs of SCP-096 had stopped right in front of them and stood there for a while. "Why's this thing stopping?" A guard asked. Ben looked with a look of panic while Charlie tried his best to restrain. Miller had his hand on the trigger. "Move it." The guard got it to move. "Nothings here." They waited for what felt like an hour before eventually crawling out. "Marco, Roberts we're getting out of here." "Why?" "Hold that thought, Reid, we're leaving early. They let SCP-096 out and I don't feel like keeping out of it's sight." "Roger that." Charlie got off the radio. "Lets get the hell out of here."