"Hey, Mister Smith? We still have questions you know." yelled Rainbow as she flew up to him.
"And they are?"
"Everything! The war, us, humans being in hiding for so long."
"Well there are a lot of things I didn't tell you." After thinking t himself he looked back at Rainbow Dash and continued, “The laws of the US government collapsed when the government itself did. So, I guess the information regarding anthroponies is no long classified.”
"Good, then let’s begin," said Celestia. It was clear that the monarch was slightly eager to gobble up the knowledge.
"Go ahead and ask the first question. I also suggest you follow me; I know where Ms. Meyer is."
"Why did your country fight with China and Russia?" asked Shining Armor.
"Well, it's really complicated. You see, we didn't just start fighting ‘cause we feel like it. There’s always a reason for everything."
"And that was?"
"All three nations were world superpowers. Russia was able to increase its military strength due to a huge oil find in the arctic. In turn, the country grew unbelievably wealthy. China had a huge economic advantage since the early 2000s. Plus,they were the biggest exporting country in the world. The US, on the other hand, was different. We were influencing many countries during our time and we already had a huge military army. But, we were in a huge amount of debt since because the nation was spending a lot more money than it was making. We were just about it give Alaska and Hawaii to China before President Dweller thought of an idea."
"What was the idea, if you don’t mind me asking?" squeaked Fluttershy.
"The brilliant idea was to stop all military funding and federal, state, and community projects until our debt was completely paid off. The middle and lower class received a tax cut while the 1% had a large tax increase. The unemployed were given small jobs so they can get back on their feet again. Large corporations were constructed with the sole purpose of donations to the government. The smaller businesses would pool their money together to help construct and repair structures like bridges or apartments."
"Did it work?" asked Luna.
"It did. The plan started was set in motion in 2019 and we were out of debt by 2026. Everyone involved even received a portion of the surplus money for their help. Unfortunately, our massive income and wealth bothered Russia and China. The believed that the US having as much money as it did could become a problem if all of it was invested into military power.
"So that's why they attacked you." concluded Shining Armor.
"Yep. The Chinese contacted a terrorist force and bribed them with a huge sum of money to attack the US bases at Afghanistan and Iraq. When reinforcements were sent in, a section of the terrorists ambushed the forces from behind. The fucking cunts… couldn’t even face us head on."
"Your country had a huge military. Why did you guys just push them back?" asked Shining.
"Because we had EMP. That's why."
"What's a EMP?" asked Twilight, tilting her head sideways in curiosity
"EMP, electromagnetic pulse. It disables anything that relies on electricity by shorting out the circuit board. If a country gets its hands on some hardcore EMP, it can sabotage satellites, vehicles, phones or any other electronics."
"So I’m guessing that your country relies on the electric technology in battles…" asked Rainbow.
"No, not necessarily, but it gave us the upper hand. We had thousands of unmanned planes, drones, robots and tanks. All of these were pretty useless on the west coast. A whole different story on the east coast though."
"How Different?" asked Every pony in the room. Every other equine watching this LIVE was on the edge of their seats in anticipation, the wait driving them crazy.
"The Chinese main force invaded us in the west while the Russians and some elites from China invaded us in the east and north. They attacked with a full frontal assault on NYC. Manhattan was hit the worst out of the whole city. Millions of innocent people lay dead in the streets after two weeks battle. We decided to use our final ace."
"And that is?"
David took in a deep breath and looked at the his feet briefly before returning his eyes to the anthroponies. "Nukes."
"Nukes? We’ve never heard of this Nuke you speak of. Care to elaborate?" asked Luna quizzically.
"A nuke, or a nuclear bomb, is a highly explosive weapon of war. The massive explosion is caused by the splitting and decay of atoms, releasing unheard of amounts of energy. More than 10,000 tons of TNT won't match the power of single nuclear missile. And that's not everything. After the missile hits, it leaves toxic waste and radiation that can cause any type of animal to mutate or die from skin lesions, blindness, or high radiation poisoning. Trust me, you don't want to experience the problems the victims had."
"Was that all you did?" asked Celestia.
"No, of course not. We sent in troops and invaded China and Russia. Our European allies helped us in the battle of Moscow and the battle of Petersburg. South Korea and Japan had lent us a hand and helped us push back the Chinese from the land they taken from us."
"So in conclusion, you guys won." said Pinkie. “That’s great!”
"Well, uh no. We didn’t win. Before we got into Moscow and Beijing, the two tyrants unleashed all their nukes on the US and the rest of the world.” The anthroponies saw fire in David’s eyes and rage was building up, “In one day, those bastards wiped 3.2 billion people off this planet. Millions more were dying from the fucking radiation. " David then pulled something out of nowhere and showed the ponies a video of France not one minute before the nukes touched down.
"That looks like France to me and my it looks marvelous." said Rarity, eyes gleaming.
“Just watch,” David replied flatly.
After the minute, the spectating ponies and the equine watching this at home saw a small missile making contact with the ground. After a brilliant flash of light blinded the camera, a huge explosion happened causing the entire city to be covered in a red fire looking mushroom. Not three seconds after the light, dust and fire were shooting at the camera disconnecting the feed.
"45 million partisans were living there that day. The French rescue team could only find 300 people and fifty of them died in the hospital."
All the ponies were in shock of how powerful the nuclear strike was and how many people had died in one day.
"After we stormed their capitals, we had taken the Russian and Chinese leaders prisoner even if most of us wanted to kill them on sight for killing all the family and friends we were fighting for."
"Then how did all your species almost become extinct?" asked Twilight.
"After a week or so, scientists discovered that after all the nukes were detonated, the earth was changing. Sudden large amount of Earthquakes and volcano were going off. Huge amounts of flooding all over the coasts and we knew that this was the end so President Dweller and the rest of the world leaders came up with a plan. They created the vault. A underground cryogenic facility that will hold history books, weapons, and people until the planet repairs itself. Only then will people be able to reawaken and go outside again. But there was a problem. Most everywhere was either destroyed or getting there. So the nations created 20 places for the vault and various different countries elected their vaults and valuables and entered it."
"So are there more humans deep down in this bunker in cryogenic tubes like you were?" Asked Pinkie, the thought of meeting new people making her happy.
"Sadly, no. The plague got to us before any of them were able to make it."
"The plague?" asked Applejack, raising an eyebrow.
"A deadly virus was able to be discovered by the Chinese. Completely oblivious, the survivors entered the vault. The disease inside waited patiently and almost killed everyone there. Only a few hundred of us was able to be in the CRYO before everybody else was killed by the disease."
"That's horrible. " said Fluttershy.
"But that's not all. During the final few days of the war, the countries was able to create you guys and discovered that you anthroponies weren’t affected by the virus in any way. We fused your pony kind and humans so we can have the multitude of benefits. The result were anthroponies, which were released into the wild. The humans had hopes that the human way of life and idea would continue on." David gestured at Celestia, I guess that our assumptions were accurate.
"Can you show us where Vanessa and the others are being kept at?" asked Celestia calmly.
"Of course. Right this way." said David as he walked to a seemingly random door and opened it.
"Before we enter the main CRYO room, we must go through the weapons vault. Be extremely careful not to touch anything.”
"Got that, girls? Don't touch anything while we’re in there." said Cadence looking at the anthroponies around her.
"I'm not referring to the girls. I was referring to all of you."
Every pony was in shock, even the guards.
"There are weapons in there that can kill you instantly if you touch it the wrong way and I don’t have any intention to haul dead bodies out of the bunker."
Then David open the doors and every pony there was in shock and I mean every single species watching this which is pretty much every species that is glued to the T.V at work, at their homes, or in the streets on their mobile devices.
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Here's a picture of the murican military vault.
Never mind I can't find any ill just explain it to you and you can picture it in your mind. I know your all good at it of you know what I mean he he he
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There was a huge long wall on either side of the group with hundreds of types of guns, rockets and ammo mounted on them. Behind them were huge amount of M1A3 Abrams, of VTOL gunships and F6-GS1 fighter and bomber jets. There were also six nuclear missiles all the way in the back. Beside the war machines were Strykers and Humvees with fuel tanks scattered around.
"Did you just send us to the closet of the Devil?" asked Luna looking at the arsenal of destructive force in the room.
"Nope, just the most ‘Murican room we have right now. You should’ve seen the kitchen. You won't believe how much bacon we had in there."
"What type of weapon is this?" said a guard picking up a Barrett 50 cal.
"That, my fine friend, is a Barrett 50 cal. It can shoot about a couple of miles away and it's able to shred through a person's entire body in the matter of seconds."
"Can we please leave this room now? It’s really scary." said Fluttershy quivering with shaky legs.
"Sure, the door to the vault is right here. One more thing, before we enter, I want to tell you all two things. One don't touch anything and two, all the humans in the CRYO machines are naked. So, if the adults watching this at home are with any children, tell them to have their children vacate. I’ll wait a minute.”
One. Minute. Later.
"Well, time’s up. Prepare for what remains of the human race." said David as he pushed open the door to have everyone blinded by a bright white light.