//------------------------------// // Chapter 9: Repair // Story: FEDEX 727-100QF // by MLPFIM6444 //------------------------------// Chapter 9: Repair "We can still do this, right? We can just send each piece individually." Mike suggested. "Actually, that would make the pieces reappear on Earth at different times..." Twilight explained. "...Which means we need to fix the plane if we want to have a plane with a wing, rudder, elevator and/or engines." "I'm guessing those are essential?" asked Applejack, and all three of them turned around to see Applejack and Rarity. "Have any of you seen Sweetie Belle?" asked Rarity. "Or Applebloom?" asked Applejack. "No, but we think they were here," said Twilight. "Yeah," said Applejack, "we heard a huge crash and guessed they must be over here. What happened?" "They tossed our plane down a mountain." Mike explained. "Could we just pile up all the pieces so you could send us back?" "Yes!" Twilight exclaimed. Mike jumped down the hill and pushed on and engine. Mitch jumped down and helped. The engine slipped from the strong branch it was sitting on, and rolled down the mountain. It rolled over the rudder, and it slipped slightly. The engine struck the side of the fuselage, and left a nice sized dent. Mike ran to the next engine. "Mike, slow down!" yelled Mitch, as Mike jumped on an engine, and it instantly slipped, and rolled down the mountain like the other. It hit one half of the elevator, propped up against a tree, and making it fall as well. He ran to an engine stuck on a rock, and started trying to push it free. "Help me!" he yelled up to Mitch. Mitch ran down, and started pushing on the engine. It wasn't budging, it was just too heavy. The engine suddenly had a transparent purple force shield. It lifted off the ground, went over the rock, and rolled down the hill. "Need help?" asked Twilight. "Hey, uh, you know we're here, too?" Applejack said. "Uh-huh, sure," said Mike, picking up part of a flap that broke off. "What 'bout Applebloom?" she asked. "And Sweetie Belle," added Rarity. "Scootaloo!" yelled Twilight. "What 'bout Scoot?" asked Applejack. "If I know anything about Scootaloo, I know she's very fond of Rainbow Dash. She would want to go wherever Dash goes. And about an hour ago, Rainbow Dash went to Sugar Cube Corner!" Twilight explained. "Why, you're right!" Rarity said. "Ya think they'd still be there?" asked Applejack. "If they aren't, you could ask Mr. or Mrs. Cake." Twilight said. "Well, off we go, then! Thanks for tha help, Twilight!" said Applejack, and she and Rarity galloped off. "'Kay, we got all the little stuff!" yelled Mitch. Twilight turned to them, and concentrated her magic to one of the wings, turned it upright, and let it fall over onto the fuselage. She did the same with the other. At this rate, Mike & Mitch would be out of here in no time. Two Pegasi flew over, and one stopped for a moment. "Pegasi are making a thunderstorm!" she warned. "Better get inside. It'll be fierce." "Come on, Quanda!" yelled the male Pegasus that was leading her. "We need to warn more ponies!" "I'm coming, Rupert!" she yelled back, and they both flew off. --------- The thunder outside cracked again. It had been pouring rain for a few hours now. Mitch turned and saw Mike sitting on the stairs of Twilight's library, giggling to himself as he read a book about aeronautics. "Mitch, listen to this; 'Weather cannot happen by itself, and Pegasi need to create clouds, water vapor, lightning, and rainbows. Most of these are created in cloud cities, such as Cloudsdale and Las Pegasus.'" Mike stopped reading for a moment to have a fit of laughing. He continued, "'Clouds are also used as a building material for these cities. They are created by pouring water into large cauldrons with heated coal or wood under them. The water boils, and steam is collected in cones above the cauldrons, and after several hours, the steam turns into clouds.'" Mike burst into another fit of laughter, and flipped through a few pages. "Twilight, didn't Rarity and Applejack say they'd be here?" Mitch asked Twilight. "Yes, I don't know why they aren't here." she replied. "This is getting weird. I haven't seen Dash since she left to go to Sugar Cube Corner today." "Maybe they're all taking shelter there. You wanna go check?" "After the storm, we should-" Mitch was cut off by Mike. He was laughing insanely hard. Mitch and Twilight looked after and saw him rolled over on his stomach, a look of pure joy on his face, and his mouth wide open from laughter. "Mike, what's so funny?" Mitch asked with a giggle. Mike pointed at the book. He tried to talk, but his laughter drowned it out. Mitch picked up the book, smiling, getting ready to laugh as hard as Mike was. The book was opened to the glossary. Mitch looked through it. "The W's!" Mike managed through his laughter. Mitch looked at the W section of the glossary of the Pegasi Aeronautics book: W Weaknesses; 58, 59, 60, 61 Weather; 38, 39, 60, 78, 103 Wings; 44, 45, 46 Wing boner; 46 "God damnit, Mike. You can't be that immature."