As the gates of the mansion came into view a loud horn could be heard blown signaling that the enemy was about to retaliate, seconds later the main gate opened and two fully loaded trucks, four Copperheads, and one stolen guardian tank got into defensive positions around the gates entrance, the ponies disembarking with personal riot shields and what appeared to be grenade launchers made a small wall in front of the copperheads.
"So how exactly are we going to get through that with one bird, one tank, and a group of townsfolk?" Bon Bon asked, Mir proudly puffed out his chest once again,
"You underestimate the power of the Sovereign Tank!" pointing towards the tank. On cue, the Copperheads aimed their large anti-tank cannons at the the Sovereign Tank and fired, four large shells came zipping at high velocity, then a loud beep could be heard and four small counter charges shot from small pockets on the side of the tank hitting the shells before they could make impact leaving a puff of smoke in front of the unscathed tank, the crowd of townsponies behind the tank let out whoops and cheers at the defensive prowess of the tank, then the tank rolled down the street at a surprising pace for the sheer size of it, the ponies at the gate fired wildly at the tank and the crowd of ponies, the tank deflecting the shells and explosives that would cause any serious damage and letting the others simply hit and armor leaving only scorch marks. The Guardian Tank rolled past the line in a bee line charge for the other tank firing its main cannon as it charged the main cannons on the Sovereign Tank took aim and fired at the Guardian, the shells piercing the armor and exploding from the inside causing the hatch to shoot open in a plume of fire. To this site the other ponies holding the line took this as a cue to turn tail and run, abandoning their Shields and Copperheads leaving the gate wide open. Bon Bon was surprised at the efficiency of the tank that alone took down the gate's defenses.
"Well I'll be, why don't we just carry that thing around with us!?" Bon Bon asked Mir, who had an 'I told you so' look on his face.
"The Sovereign Tank is powerful,the armor and weapons comes at cost though, little streets and tight corners are," rubbing the back of his head, "Difficult to say the least."
"I could see that being an issue." Bon Bon nodded
"Yes, Sovereign can take many shells, but it is no good if it brings down building or bridge on itself!"
"I could see this being an issue, but enough talk we have to get in there before Jetset and Upper Crust escape!" Bon Bon said cutting the conversation short.
"Agreed, get in the tank we will make shortcut!" Mir said as he opened the hatch and hopped in, Lyra helped Bon Bon into the tank and closed the hatch.
"Bonnie, take care of those uptight jerks, I'll clear the courtyard!" Lyra said over the radio,
"Alright, you be careful." Bon Bon replied putting the radio back, Backfire was manning the controls of the tank and Ritz was in the gunner seat,
"Bonnie! This thing is AWESOME!" Backfire said looking back, a look of excitement and glee as she pulled a lever putting the tank into a boosted charge, as it plowed through the courtyards various fountains, shrubbery, guards, and divider walls leaving a clear path straight to the door of the mansion
"FIRING EVERYTHING!" Ritz exclaimed with a maniacal laugh pressing all the buttons on the console, every weapon on the tank exposed themselves from their hidden ports and fired at the door pelting it with bullets, shells, canisters, mortars, and Bon Bon could swear she saw a flamethrower through the smoke, then the plow on the front raised up covering the front of the tank as it crashed through the front of the mansion and into the extravagant lobby. Opening the hatch, Bon Bon popped out of the tank and slid down the side to the sight of Jet Set and Upper Crust Hugging each other against the wall, their luggage splayed out on the floor.
"Going somewhere you two?" Bon Bon smugly stated.
"What do you want! Is it money? I have money!" Jet Set said throwing the suitcase next to him at Bon Bon, in response she kicked the money away,
"I don't need your blood money!"
"Then what ARE you here for?" Upper Crust angrily replied standing up to Bon Bon
"I want information, everything about the Syndic-"
"I don't know who you think you are but when Blueblood gets that amulet from that witch-doctor he will destroy everything you ever loved, especially your Precious Ly-" Her rant was cut short by a bone shattering right hook from Bon Bon, sending her falling to the ground.
"CRUSTIE!" Jet Set ran to his wife's side as Bon Bon climbed onto the tank and got on the radio,
"Lyra, we got a problem."
---two hours later--
The Mansion was secured, the Guards were rounded up and put into the very prisons they once guarded, in the courtyard Jet Set and his now conscious wife sat in a small cage surrounded by the now parting villagers they once oppressed. In Jet Set's personal office The team gathered around to debrief.
"So we captured the mansion, found out Blueblood's plan, and we suffered zero casualties, I think that's a mission success!" Ritz said splaying out on the desk,
"No, not yet." Lyra said,
"Lyra's right, we need to stop Blueblood before he can get his hands on that amulet!" Bon Bon said,
"Whats the big deal about this amulet?" Backfire inquired as she spun around in the swivel chair.
"The Alicorn Amulet is a very powerful relic, Lyra was with me when this magician, Trixie, got her hands on it, she gained nearly limitless power and it made her corrupted her, thankfully her aim was only on getting revenge for Twilight beating her in some showmanship duel or something, but Blueblood aims to take control." Bon Bon shuddered at the thought of Blueblood taking power.
"So what are we going to do?"
"Nopony will believe us, we have to clear our names, if we can somehow get the princesses to see that they have been lied to, maybe we can turn the tables and end this war." Bon Bon said, Ritz was rolling on the desk to scratch a part of his chitin, getting a piece of paper stuck under his wing, instead of removing the paper he simply let it stay under his wing, when SP spoke up
"Yea, only one problem, How are you gonna find these princesses, didn't he say they hid them in Bunkers or something?"
The room sat in silence as everyone thought, then backfire pointed at the paper under the Changeling's wing, "LOOK!" the Changeling using his horn lazily poked it and pulled it out from under his wing, reading the paper without removing it from his sharpened horn, silently reading the paper he then ripped the paper of his horn,
"You ponies just caught lighting in a bottle, a invitation to address The Princess herself on the situation on the ponitarian aid of the badlands, Wow, either Luna is that gullible or they can pull off a mean lie!"
"They're politicians, so whats going to happen?"
"A Boat will arrive in," pausing to calculate the date of the boats arrival to today's date, "Three days."
Sifty Spoke up,
"I found some guard uniforms earlier, so we can board the boat disguised and sneak in undetected."
"Good idea, only one problem, I doubt Jet Set and Upper Crust will willingly play along." Bon Bon added,
"Leave that to me." Tatau said with a flare of green fire he disguised himself into Jet Set.
"Alright we have half the puzzle, now to complete the set." Lyra said giving a nod to Tatau.
Ritz laughed to himself,
"You ponies are so Dumb! A Changeling cant be two ponies at the sametime! You'd need two Changelings that knew what those ponies loo-" Ritz's eyes shot open at the realization of what they were planning,
"OH NO I AM NOT CHANGING INTO A MARE!"