"Come on, we're going!"
Thunderblast ran down the stairs in Blitz's house, frantically looking around.
"Wh...going where? There's nowhere to go!" Soarin said as he flew down after Thunder and Blitz.
"Oh, yes there is," Thunderblast turned and faced them. "We need to pack up whatever food we can carry and get the hay out of town before Light's followers get here."
"But, where are we going?!" Blitz put his hoof on Thunder's chestplate.
"I don't know yet...just start packing!" Thunder ran around the house, looking for small boxes.
"You just said you knew, Thunder!" Soarin yelled, staring at the stallion going insane.
"Darn it, we need to go SOMEWHERE! There, you happy?!" Thunder yelled back, pushing into Soarin's face.
"Stop it you two! Let's just do what Thunder says, alright Soarin?" Blitz pulled Soarin onto the floor by his hoof.
"Fine." Soarin rolled his eyes, then ran into the basement, grabbing some boxes.
"Thunder, where should we go? No city will be safe if his followers are taking over the country." Blitz began packing some canned food.
"Either the Crystal Empire..." Thunder helped Blitz. "Or somewhere really far east, maybe across the ocean...the Griffon Empire perhaps."
"How do we know it'll be safe there?" Blitz then grabbed a cooler and put some refrigerated items into it.
"As far as I know, he's only after Equestria...I do know why he wants Ponyville the most though." Thunder continued packing food while Soarin brought some empty cardboard boxes upstairs.
"Why's that?" Soarin helped with the packing.
"He's planning for his followers, or..." Thunder stopped packing suddenly.
"Or what?" Soarin and Blitz stared at Thunder.
"Or whoever doesn't follow could be made slaves, and help his cause...he wants to build a castle directly over town." Thunderblast looked back at them.
"Sweet Celestia." Blitz exhaled, showing fear at the same time.
"Which is why we need to go." Thunder continued packing.
After a few minutes, they had packed five boxes, plus a cooler, of food, two for each to carry.
"Okay, let's go." Thunder picked up the cooler and one box, balancing it on his back carefully.
By the time the three stallions stepped outside, Ponyville was in utter chaos. Some of Light's revolution followers were already in town when his speech was broadcasted.
"We're too late... They're already here!" Blitz hovered in the air next to Thunderblast and Soarin.
Ponies, big and small, screamed and ran in fear to escape town as fast as possible, while a group stallions, with a few mares mixed in, grabbed whatever weapons they could find to begin the process of taking over.
"We have to help! We can't just leave them here!" Soarin set the boxes down and flew off towards one of the stallions, before being yanked back by Blitz, who had grabbed his tail.
"No, it's not worth your life! We need to go, NOW!" Blitz struggled to reel Soarin back, his hooves digging into the hard dirt.
"But what about the other lives?!" Soarin reached back to grab his tail out of Blitz's grasp.
"Please, you guys! I can't sit and watch this happen! We need to fight back!" Soarin ripped his tail out of Blitz's hooves.
"What? Three against, I dunno, A FEW THOUSAND? Maybe more?!" Thunder yelled at Soarin, gritting his teeth simultaneously.
"We could at least fight back here! Any small revolt could start something big!" Soarin yelled back at Thunder. "I thought you were a Royal Guard, not a running coward!" He growled, pointing his hoof in anger at Thunder.
"I am a Royal Guard, and I know we can't stay damn it!" Thunder grabbed Soarin by his chest, pulling the stallion's muzzle into his own.
"Guys!" Blitz stood to the size, staring at them both.
"You aren't a very good one if all you do is run! That night when I kidnapped you, you yelled 'Help me! Help me!'" Soarin mocked Thunderblast, motioning his head at the same time.
"Guys!!"
"Yeah, because I had nothing to defend myself with you conceited piece of garbage!" Thunder pushed his muzzle further into Soarin's face.
"Guys!"
"Oh, is that how you see me? Look around you, the world is falling apart and ALL you care about is running away and being the little chicken that EVERY guard is nowadays." Soarin hissed.
"GUYS!" Blitz reached his hooves up, slamming them down on both of their heads, forcing both of the stallions into the ground.
"OUCH! What the hay Blitz?!" Soarin yelled, staring up at Blitz in anger.
"Why are you two fighting when clearly everything else is going to tartarus!?" Blitz glanced between them both, holding them down by his hooves on their backs.
Thunderblast sighed. "I never really liked you, Soarin. I'm sorry, but...maybe you should stay behind and help fight them off. Me and Blitz'll leave."
"What?!" Blitz stared at Thunder, tears forming in his eyes.
"Fine by me! See you later, chicken guard! Or maybe not, after all, it is the end of Equestria!" Soarin flew off at high speeds.
Blitz watched as Soarin flew off into the distance, behind some buildings, before turning his attention back to Thunder, who was also watching him go with tears forming in his eyes.
Thunder glanced over at Blitz. "He's putting us all in danger."
"He is? Or should I say you? You don't even know what to do, but he does! If you ask me, he was the smartest one here!" Blitz hissed at Thunder, before running off in another direction.
"Blitz, wait!" Thunder ran after the white stallion.
Blitz began to cry as he ran away, his feelings hurt that two of his best friends fought like cats and dogs right before his eyes.
"Wait!" Thunder panted, running after him. "Blitz!"
The white stallion then began to fly, before Thunder leapt up and snatched him out of the air, before pinning him down against the dirt.
"G-get off of me Thunder!" Blitz cried, struggling to shove him away.
"Blitz, no, stop! Calm down!" Thunder held Blitz's hooves down while he struggled.
"Get off and leave me alone!" Blitz cried even more.
"Shh-sh..." Thunder put his hoof over Blitz's mouth, followed by one brief muffled scream as the stallion inhaled quickly and excessively. "Please, calm down...and let me talk."
Blitz slowly calmed and nodded, before Thunder took his hoof off of his mouth.
"I promise you we will get Soarin back, but for now, we need to get out of town. Just until we can form some sort of plan." Thunder breathed heavily, making eye contact with Blitz.
He nodded again. "W-where do we go though?"
"I don't know...the Everfree...somewhere Light or his followers can't find us." Thunder looked around as smoke begun to rise over the town and into the grey sky. "Just somewhere other than here."
Blitz nodded for a third time. "Let's go."
Thunderblast hovered up above Blitz, offering a hoof to stand, which he took. The two then flew back and grabbed whatever food they could carry, before high-tailing out of town and into some fields, and minutes later, into the depths of the Everfree forest.
There was a knock on Shining Armor's office door.
"Come in." The unicorn spoke, staring at the door as two guards rushed in.
"Captain Armor, sir." One guard said, both saluting.
Shining returned the salute. "Yes, what is it?"
"Ponyville has been taken, sir." The other guard said, his eyes widening in fear.
Shining gasped, before slamming his hoof on the desk, forcing the guards to jump slightly. "No! Damn it!"
"Mareami and Fillydelphia have also fallen, sir. About half of Equestria belongs to the revolutionaries now."
"What do you mean he's not there?!"
"We've searched everywhere, sir! He's left town!" A stallion said, wearing a tan tactical vest while holding a spear over his shoulder over a video communications call.
Light Assassin slammed his hoof on his chair. "Grah! That, or he's hiding very good." He mumbled, standing up and staring out the window of an office tower, out at the city of Baltimare which was completely overrun by his forces. "I want you to search everywhere, even outside of town. I don't want you to stop until he's in ropes."
"Yes sir." The stallion saluted, before ending the video call.
"Where are you, Thunderblast. I know you're out there. You won't stop us so easily." Light said to himself.
"Talking to yourself again, are you brother?" Another voice rang out.
Light turned around and saw a light grey Pegasus, with a black and white anime-ish mane.
"Ah, Ash. Great to see you again." Light said, trotting up to the stallion.
"I expect you to bow to me, brother." The stallion said, eying Light Assassin.
"We rule together, do we not?" Light eyed him back.
"Of course, brother." The stallion smirked.
Out in the Everfree, Blitz and Thunderblast found a large, hollow tree where they could find refuge.
"We should be safe in here as long as they don't search everywhere." Blitz said, setting up some small beds with leaves.
"I wouldn't worry right now. What we do need to worry about, is finding out how the hell to fight back without getting ourselves killed." Thunder took off his main armor piece, leaving his hoof guards on. "We're limited to just knives right now for weapons, lucky for us I carry two on some occasions." He then tossed Blitz a folded up combat knife.
Blitz caught it and tucked it away into a saddle bag. "Thanks." He smiled.
Thunder looked out a small hole, which had somewhat a view of Ponyville. He sighed at the sight of the fire and smoke as the town was ripped apart by the revolution.
The sounds of static broke the distant sounds of war, and Thunder turned around to see Blitz holding a small portable radio.
"Turn that down!" Thunder whispered.
Blitz put his hoof up as he got a decent signal. "Shh!"
Thunder came closer to listen in, as Blitz slowly turned up the volume.
"This is an emergency broadcast transmission. All of the following actions are required by all citizens of Equestria. Please, stay indoors, lock your doors and windows, and do not show any signs of activity at your location to avoid attention being drawn to yourself. A catastrophic war between civilians and the Royal Guard has broken out across the country, and it's forces have fallen back in the fear of more collateral damage. All civilians not affected are advised to evacuate as far west as Los Pegasus, San Prancisco, Vanhoover, and if at all possible, the city of Cloudsdale."
"My gosh." Blitz stared at the radio in fear.
"Do not engage the hostiles in any form of way, as the result could mean murder on sight."
"Murder on sight?" Thunder mumbled to himself.
The radio went back to static, before Blitz switched it off to conserve battery magic. Afterwards, Thunder noticed him begin to tremble.
"Blitz?" Thunder looked at the fellow Pegasus.
"H-hmm?" Blitz trembled more.
"Don't be scared...please." Thunder smiled lightly.
"H-how can I not b-be?" Blitz trembled even more, beginning to panic.
"Hey, it'll be okay. We'll fight them off together, and we'll get Soarin back." Thunder hugged Blitz tightly to calm him, which managed to work.
Blitz trembled still as he hugged the slightly larger stallion.
"I hope Soar is okay." Blitz trembled less and less.
"He's a fighter. I betcha he's doing fine." Thunder patted his back.
"A-and if he isn't?" Blitz trembled more.
"We'll find him. I promise."