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// the depths of a mountain 
// Story: A Night's return and his Flare. 
// by BlastingCap 
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The depths of a mountain.

“Alright, Flash we have been walking inside this mountain for about an hour and we haven’t seen these supposed cages of death. this is giving me a bad feeling.” A crimson red unicorn said walking behind Flash. In a huff blowing her mane out of her face. 

“Ya, Crimson is right we haven’t even seen any security at all.” a skittering noise making the blue earth pony aim his rifle with a prototype battle saddle.  “I don’t like this one bit.” 

“Can you two quit doing that you are scaring Muddy water and Sunshine shield.” The blue stallion looked at the pony and thestral who had some fear in their eyes as they looked around the grey corridor. “But, I think you’re right, Derby. There is something wrong with this place.” Flash said. He stop at the forth stair well going down. He made a small glare at what is down there. Forth one and no resistance? This just smells of trouble. “Alright, we still three and half days to find what the hell is down here.” 

Flash began to trot down the stairwell at brisk pace. He stopped in his tracks as bullets ripped past his face just mere inches from his face. Almost making him jump our of his fur. 

“Shit!” he press his hoof on his muzzle where a thin line of blood began to come out. “Sunshine you know what to do.” the thestral nodded at he bit into a apple shaped object, tossing it into the hall. A blue pulsing sphere of energy wrapped the turret bathing it in sparks as it exploded. 

Everypony in the stairwell looked at flash as he stepped out preparing for anything. The group walked down the corridor silent as possible besides the fact that their hoofs are making a little beat that the Sunshine was starting to bob his head up and down. Everypony looked at him with a raised eyebrow. He stopped when he realized the stares. He lowered his head with a sheepish grin, blushing furiously. “Sorry” he said. The group stopped at a fork in the tunnel. 

“Which way do we go Crimson?” He said eyeing the left tunnel that was being eaten away by darkness. 

“We go left then, take a right. There should be some kind on large shaft going straight down then, that is as far as the Geometric scan got before going dark half way down the shaft or at least I think is half.” she looked up from wrist mounted computer. Everypony knows that the Geo scan can go about a mile under the ground. 

Flash nodded before he continued to trot down to the hall. “Hey, Crimson can you send a light ball down this corridor?” She nodded as her horn began to flare up. A small bright ball of light shot from the tip of her horn. The ball of light not stopping until it hit a T at the end. The team looked at Flash who had simply nodded. He began to trot down the corridor as he team were fully inside the corridor a humming making Flash’s ears perk up. “Stop, what is that noise?” Everypony stopped in their tracks as they started to hear the sound. Flash’s eyes widened as Mirror’s warning flashed before his eyes. He turned to everypony. “RUN!” 

Before anypony could react a electric shield dropped cutting off their exit to the top. Flash began to gallop toward the right of the T. the rest got the cue and began to follow him down the corridor. He took he right going towards a dim light room. He skid to a stop just a foot away from the drop in the deep shaft. He sighed in relief. Just before Crimson and Derby bumped right into him nearly making him fall off. He looked back and didn’t see Sunshine. 

“Have you guys see-” he didn’t finish his sentence as Sunshine ran into everypony bumping Flash off the edge. 

“Flash!” everypony said in unison in fear but, it was short lived as Flash flew back up hovering with his upper legs crossed. 

“Really?” he raised an eye brow. 

Sunshine rubbed the back of his head with another sheepish grin. “Sorry.”

“I got to kick your ass after this.” Flash said. Landing next to Crimson. “Alright just to see how far this thing goes down.” he kicked a rock over the edge. He perked up his ears trying to hear it hit the ground.

[ten minutes later] (Spongebob narrator voice)

“Do you have any… fours?” 

“Gold fish.”  Sunshine snickering.

“you are a horrible liar, let me see your cards.” Reaching for his ha

“NO.” he turned away his body sticking our his tongue.

“Well, that’s probably the only thing you can stick out.” Crimson said with a smug face.
“Somepony call the burn warden.” Derby was on the floor laughing.

“What’s that suppose to mean?”  Sunshine said glaring at Derby.

“That means Sunshine, that you just one of most nasty burns a stallion could ever get but, wait you’re not a stallion.” Derby fell on the ground laughing.

“That’s it I give up.” Sunshine said while throwing up the cards.

“Just like life did on you!” Derby continued rolling on the ground nearly falling off.

“Can you fucking stop it I think the ro-” the sound of stone hitting stone stopped Flash from finishing his sentence. “Well, I think I have an idea on a way down there faster then these stairs. And I going to need your help, Sunshine.” 

“What?” he looked up from picking up the playing cards

“Lets fly.” Flash said with a wide grin on his face.