After lunch Sweetie Belle and Apple Bloom approached Colgate and asked, "Colgate, so when we go out to the naval base, do you want us to simply go tell them they need to have patrols along our coast or do you want us to do more?"
Colgate replied, "I want you two to do more. I want you to stay out there at the base in the event of an attack. You two are very powerful and will aid greatly in defending against an attack."
Apple Bloom asked, "Can we say goodbye to our family first?"
Colgate replied, "Goodbye? You act like you are going to be killed in action, but yes, go tell them that you will be gone for an extended period of time."
The two headed over to Sweet Apple Acres where they were approached by Applejack. Applejack asked, "So what was Colgate talking to you about?"
Apple Bloom replied, "Well we are going to do more than just go tell the soldiers at the naval base to increase their patrols along the coast. We get to stay there and aid in defending against any attacks."
Applejack was stunned. She shouted, "You get to do what?"
Sweetie Belle replied, "We get to help defend against attacks! Isn't it exciting!"
Applejack became enraged. She was beginning to head towards Colgate's tower and said, "The hay you two are! You're just fillies, she can't send you there to do that!"
Apple Bloom shouted, "Applejack, we aren't babies anymore! We haven't been fillies for nearly 4,000 years."
Sweetie Belle added, "Yeah, and look at Scootaloo. She is the same age we are and she liberated an entire nation AND captured Lemon Hearts, which ended that part of the war."
Applejack realized that the two were going to go regardless of what she said so she just sighed, "Well y'all be careful. I know you're powerful but you two ain't military commanders like Scootaloo."
Apple Bloom rolled her eyes and said, "Bye sis, we'll see you later!"
With that the two took off to the southwest towards the base off to the south of Los Alicornus. As they headed out Colgate was down in the very back of the archives gathering some of her uranium. When she got to the exit she was greeted by Green Toxin. He had a concerned look on his face and asked, "Colgate, are you sure you want to use this stuff? Aren't you worried that the nature of this kind of explosion could do something really bad?"
Colgate glared at him and asked, "Oh, and what could it possibly do?"
Green Toxin replied, "I am worried that it might tear a hole in the void. If a hole was torn in the void it would result in everypony that has ever been banished there to return to our world."
Colgate said, "Don't worry colonel. I have done my research on this and it is perfectly safe. The void will be fine." Colgate paused for a minute and then laughed, "Yeah this is perfectly safe unless you're one of my enemies!"
Colgate placed the uranium in her saddle bag, exited the tower and sped off towards the north. In Ponyville Green Toxin watched her speed off to the north and actually began to throw up he was so worried. Dark Night saw this and asked, "Colonel Green Toxin, why are you throwing up?"
Green Toxin replied, "That new spell of her's that she is going to test is what I am worried about. She has uranium and is going to use her magic to split the atoms, causing a devastating, powerful explosion. I am worried that it will tear a hole in the fabric of the void, which would be very bad."
Dark Night was stunned. He shouted, "She's doing what?" He paused and then continued, "I know she wants to punish Lyra severely but she is becoming downright reckless."
The colonel asked, "Dark Night, do you think we should go after her and try to stop her?"
Dark Night asked in return, "Do you have a death wish? You know she will kill anypony who challenges her authority or questions her actions. Even though I have served Equestria for over 4,000 years she would kill me if I challenged her decision to do this. All we can do is hope for the best."
Green Toxin asked, "I have a question. You have been serving Equestria since the days of the dark goddess. Was she like this?"
Dark Night replied, "No. Twilight Sparkle, while she was ruthless, was not like this. She simply wanted to conquer the lands of her enemies, Colgate wants to destroy them. She does not care who has to die as long as she wins the war." The general paused for a minute and continued, "It is times like this that I wish Twilight was still in power."
While the two officers continued their discussion Colgate continued her flight northwards. Finally she reached the absolute center of the arctic wastes. She swooped down, dropped a small pellet of uranium and then soared skywards. She then began to glow a deep shade of blue, her horn began to glow a bright white, her eyes began to shine a bright white, her cutie mark began to glow and she recited, "The atoms must be split so I can send my enemies into a pit. The explosion shall be big so my enemies will squeal like a pig. The time has come to make my enemies numb. The big fire shall be great, it shall destroy all the hate."
Colgate began to fire energy, striking the pellet with great force. As she continued to strike the pellet with her energy, her energy output became greater and greater. Finally it became so great that it split the uranium atoms, causing the largest, most powerful explosion in the world's history. As soon as the explosion took place, Colgate sped off to the south ten miles with great haste. Once she got ten miles away she stopped and looked back in the direction of the explosion and saw a huge mushroom cloud rising above the horizon.
Colgate was ecstatic when she saw the mushroom cloud. She began to jump up and down like a school filly and shouted, "YESSSS! YESSSS! IT WORKS! IT WORKS!"
Colgate then realized that she better get far, far away from the explosion. Despite being dead tired, she sped back home towards Ponyville. It was finally around two in the morning when she flew back onto her balcony and headed into her bedroom. She was so tired it wasn't even one minute after plopping down on her bed that she was asleep. While Colgate would have pleasant dreams last night, the effects of her nuke test would soon bring about a terror that the world has not seen in over four millennia.