//------------------------------// // CHAPTER 5: Tin Soldiers // Story: Ghosts of the Past // by Squibdude98 //------------------------------// She was quite for the rest of the procedure. Not even looking up anymore to see if I was ok. Not that I needed it, I was quite resilient to pain. She was almost done when there was a pounding on the door. "Open up! We have orders from the Princess to search the premiss for a harbored criminal.". "I'm coming, just give me a minute." she said calmly." Follow me." she said with a whisper. She then lead him to the middle of the hall. "Um, not much of a hiding spot.". "Just watch, I impressed even myself coming up with this". She proceeded to tap the wall in a odd pattern. Then came up a numbered keyboard. She then tipped in 42-42-564. That then slid away behind the wall. Now there was a arrow pad in its place. "How many codes are there"I thought. The next sequence was then added. up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right. "Brought to you by Konami.". "Who?". "Never mind.". The floor began to slip open and all I could see were some steps leading downward. "Down there and quickly before they get suspicious.". "To late for that.". The floor began to rumble with the vibrations of fists hitting the door. "MISS OPEN UP OR WE WILL BE FORCED TO BRAKE DOWN THE DOOR! "I'm coming!" she said as she pushed me down the stairs. "No consideration at all." I thought. The floor, now ceiling, closed above me. A small light turned on in the middle of the room. I could barley stand in there the roof was so low. The walls were old and cracked with the colour of grass green. Or at least the paint was once that colour. Now it was to faded to tell. "What a nice place, reminds me of those drug dealer dens I raided in my early years. I could barley hear what was happening upstairs. "We would like to search the house for anything you may wish to hide. If thats ok with you.". "That would be fine.". As you might guess, I have some trust issues. So just in case this didn't work, I placed a C4 charge at the entrance. For my own safety of coarse. Thats when I heard it, CLOP CLOP CLOP CLOP. They were right on top of me now. The search lasted a few minutes before they were right over me again. "Well miss, everything seems to be in order. We apologize for the inconvenience.". "Dont worry about it. You need to search every nook and cranny for that pony.". "She was a good lier. She even remembered not to call me a human.". Then, out of nowhere, tragedy struck. "Hold on whats that?" said a soldier. He then began to tap the floor. clop-clop. clop-clop. CLOP! "Aw piss.". BOOM ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- When the smoke cleared I saw they were all on the ground. Including Fluttershy. "NO.". I ran over to her. She was on the ground possibly dead." Oh god.". "You mean Celestia.". "Great, you'r alive.". "Cant kill me that easily.". "Sorry, but I have to run.". "Just stay alive, don't want my sacrifice to be in vain.". "Before I go let me tell you something.". "What?". "My name, its Simon.". ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Now the adventure begins.