//------------------------------// // The Next Course Of Action // Story: WWC: The Invasion of Area 51 // by Chris-Cross13 //------------------------------// *SPLOOSSSSSHHHH!* *Gurgle, gurgle* “UGH! ACK! HACK! PFFT!” “See? I told you girls that would wake him up.” Christian is violently brought back to consciousness by a strong downpour of rain, courtesy of Rainbow Dash and a few small hops on a cloud. As Christian chokes on rainwater and tries to regain some air, he manages to spit out a few words in between coughs and gasps. “What…happened?” “Well according to Twilight;” Applejack explains, “Trixie n’ some guy called Parasocks jumped through the portal ta your planet.” “Paradox.” Twilight corrects. Applejack shrugs. “Makes more sense than being named after hoofwear;” She says. At this point, Christian is shaking the last bit of water out of his ears and turns to Dash, who is now lounging on the cloud that she used to drench him. She looks at him and smiles before Christian shoots a dart into her flank and she tumbles to the ground, sleeping. “Don’t EVER do that again!” He screams at her while she tries getting up from her sudden, three second nap. “Also, thank you for waking me up.” Dash looks at him irritated from his mixed messages. “Anyway, back to the main problem. If Trixie and Paradox went through the portal; John would have contacted me.” Christian adds. “I guess it didn’t go through on the account of you being unconscious.” Rarity points out. “True; but he would have contacted someo…”. Spike starts making a few odd sounds, interrupting Christian in mid-sentence. “Uhh…What’s with him?” Christian asks. His question is answered in the form of Spike burping up a scroll in a veil of green fire. Christian looks at him flabbergasted. “Well that’s different.” “You never saw Celestia send a scroll through Spike before, Christian?” Rarity asks. “No; and I think it’s weird how Spike is used as an organic mailbox of sorts.” He says plainly. “What does it say, Twi?” Applejack asks as Twilight starts scanning the scroll. With a quiet gasp, she points a small portion of the scroll out to Christian, who laughs a bit at the sentence. “Well, I can’t say no to orders. Plus, this outta be a fun new experience for us!” “What do you mean, Christian?” Pinkie asks curiously. “Well according to this, Paradox and Trixie just attacked The Pentagon and are most likely planning something; it doesn’t go into specific details; but John has notified Celestia to send you girls with me to Earth to help take down both Trixie and Paradox.” The mares squeal with glee at the news. Well, all of them except for Rarity; who seems a bit apprehensive about the whole ordeal. “Now Christian, while I’m not one to criticize such a rare opportunity; I must ask: Isn’t Earth…Well, filthy?!” She yells. “Aww don’t be such a baby, Rarity!” Dash says, nudging her side. “So the Earth might be a little grimy, what place isn’t?” “Carousel Boutique.” Rarity says plainly. “That’s an exception! Plus, when will you ever get the chance to go to another planet? Think of all the new designs for your boutique! I bet Earth has some pretty unique styles.” Rarity‘s eyes widen and her pupils dilate at Dash’s suggestion. “Well let’s get this show on the road then! Can’t leave the humans waiting, you know.” The unicorn rushes over to the portal. “Take chill pill, Rarity. First we stop Paradork and The Great and Stupid Trixie; then if we have time we can take small trip around the USA.” Christian says as he starts typing into the keypad near the portal. The colors light up the frame once more and Christian points at the vortex. “Alright, who’s first?” The ponies look at each other a bit nervously. Christian sighs in an annoyed tone. “Okay then…Guess I’ll go through fir…” “WAHOO!” Pinkie bounds from the group and into the vortex. Christian and the others stand there a bit shocked at what just happened. “Well…I guess Pinkie will be the first of your kind on Earth.” Christian says, astonished at how the pink pony just hurled herself to his planet; which she knows nothing about. The other ponies stared into the portal before Dash rockets after Pinkie. “Oh no she won’t!” She hollers as her form disappears into the swirling lights. AJ laughs a little at Dash’s intense competitive spirit before trotting up to the portal herself. “Welp, can’t leave your planet waitin’! C’mon girls!” She hollers as she leaps into the vortex. The others smile at each other before galloping and leaping in after their friend; all except for Twilight that is. She remains next to Christian with a worried look on her face. “Uhh…Christian? What if someone sees us when were on your planet? You know, like a normal human who isn’t with your government?” Christian goes to answer, but then his mind goes blank. He has not thought about this predicament until now. “I bet John has safety measures in place to prevent a ‘normal’ human from seeing you girls. I wouldn’t worry about it, Twitty.” Christian says with confidence in his voice. Twilight softly smiles at Christian before leaping into the portal herself; with Christian following right after her. Moments later, Christian arrives at The Pentagon’s interior with the girls already there waiting for him; well more like gawking at their surroundings really. The girls have never seen such technological marvels before. They are amazed at the shiny and complex machines on this unknown planet to them. Twilight is the only one of the group who isn’t completely flabbergasted by what’s around her. “Hmm, I figured your planet would be this advanced.” Twilight says. “This is nothing Twitty; wait until you see cars!” “Huh?” The girls say simultaneously. Christian pinches the bridge of his nose in annoyance. Then again, it’s not their fault that Equestria is not as technologically advanced as Earth. “Sorry, ‘horseless carriages’.” He says plainly. The girls “Ohhhhhh” in harmonious synchronization. Christian pitches the bridge of his nose again and sighs. “Maybe this wasn’t such a good idea.” He says to himself. “Nonsense, Christian!” A voice from behind Christian exclaims. Easily, Christian recognizes the source of the voice as his uncle. He turns around toward him, rolls his eyes and smiles a bit. “Bringing the girls here will not only help out with the task at hand; it will also give them a taste of what Earth is like!” “This is true.” Christian says, agreeing with his uncle’s points. At this point, Twilight trots behind Christian and moves her head to look at John. Christian glances behind him and sighs loudly. “You remember Twitty, right?” John nods. “Of course! I remember her and the rest of the girls.” John says as he holds out his hand to Twilight. “It’s a pleasure to meet you again Twilight.” Twilight smiles and nods as she shakes John’s hand. “Thank you.” She states plainly. “Now, on to more pressing matters!” John quickly dash off behind a row of terminals and computer screens. He starts typing on one of the computer’s keyboards and after a few seconds, a screen pops up in the center of the room. A few seconds after that, a video of surveillance footage from earlier that day starts playing. The Mane Six and Christian watch in disgust and anger as they see Paradox and Trixie take out John and magically tie up two scientists. The screen then skips to Paradox taking a file off of the desk, John hitting the alarm, and Paradox and Trixie leaving The Pentagon before security breaches the door and the floods the room. John cuts the video and is a bit shaken at the six ponies and the one human who were enraged at what they just saw. Christian, still facing the empty screen, talks to his uncle sternly from over his shoulder: “Where did they go and what did they take?” John steps out from the computer and walks up to a large screen in front of the group and manually starts inputting some data into a nearby keyboard. “Well, we know that the shadowy figure; Paradox as you call him; took a classified file with him when he raided The Pentagon.” John says, sternly. “That file contained documents relating to Warehouse 51 and Area 51 as a whole…” “Whoa, whoa, whoa.” Christian interrupts; “Dee-Dee told me that the government revealed Area 51 to be just a testing facility for planes.” John turns and looks at him funny. “Didn’t you get the message we sent to all agents? That was just a cover up. Heck, we couldn’t believe so many people bought it!” He says happily. “Anyway, that file contains the schematic of the warehouse as well as a list of the contents. What you girls and Christian need to do is travel to Area 51, confront this “Paradox” and Trixie, and get the file back, AND prevent them from stealing any technology from the warehouse!” John finishes, painting a bit after his little speech. The group in front of him look at him with mixed looks of either confusion or interest. “Uhh, beg yer pardon?” Applejack says, confused. “So, basically we kick plot? Sounds easy enough! I can’t wait to get payback on Trixie for making me her servant!” Dash says with gusto and a pound of her hoof. “Now John,” Twilight begins; “How are we supposed to get to this “Area 51” without…Well, alerting your entire country about us?!” She yells in a panicked tone. John laughs at her question. “Come now, Twilight. Did you think we only built one of those portals?” He asks. “We have portals in every top secret facility in the USA! Heck, we are even attempting to install a few in Europe with the help of MI6!” “What’s an MI6?” Twilight asks, perplexed. Christian face palms in frustration. “Alright, let’s not get off topic here!” He yells. John smiles nervously at his nephew. He had heard about this temper of his. He starts typing on the keyboard again; making the portal behind them starts lighting up. “Anyway, it’s simple. I can set up the portal to take us all to Area 51. We can then drive to the warehouse from there.” With a final press of a button, the portal comes to life once more. Christian and Twilight are the first to approach the vortex of colors. “You ready for this, Christian?” Christian smirks in response. “You better believe it, Twitty.” He starts marching forward. “I want my revenge.” He mutters under his breath as he disappears into the gateway. Twilight looks back at the others and nervously smiles before following the human. The other ponies look at each other, a bit worried. “Well, Christian is feeling confident.” Rarity says. “How’s that gonna help him? Paradox will just kick his butt again if he tries anythi…” Rainbow Dash is cut off as a dart flies out of the portal and into her flank. The cyan pegasus falls flat onto the floor for five seconds before slowly getting up and rubbing her head. “Alright, well it’s safe to say he’s going to be in a bad mood for a while.” Dash says quietly before sauntering into the portal. “Christian will be fine. We’ve got his back; right girls?” Rarity states in a proud voice. “Right!” The other three shout in unison. “Then let’s go!” The rest of the ponies jump into the portal one at a time until only John is left standing in the room with a few scientists working around him. He chuckles: “Never a dull moment with those girls, is there?” He says. “Well, better not keep them waiting. They need my authorization anyway for the car…” John keeps talking to himself as he walks into the portal. Having the girls here on Earth may prove to be an interesting ordeal, but John couldn’t help but feel a bit apprehensive about this ‘Paradox’ figure. He is planning something and John knows it. Meanwhile, two figures’ silhouettes cast on a small, white, metal door on the side of a giant warehouse: one of a human and one of a unicorn. With a swift wave of a hand, the door flies out of its frame and into the dark recesses of the warehouse. The two enter the warehouse and stare into the darkness. “Trixie, if you don’t mind, a little light please.” The unicorn complies and with a soft glow if her horn; the warehouse’s lights instantly flick on all at once. The duo look at each other and give a wicked smile. “We better hurry my student.” He says while opening the manila folder to a floor plan of the warehouse. “It says here that each door is hooked up to a silent alarm that activates once breeched. We will be swarmed with guards in about a minute.” “By guards do you mean…” “Yes.” “Hmm, well Trixie thinks they will not be a threat.” “After our encounter back in Equestria, we should be just fine.” The two of them laugh manically before walking deeper into the warehouse. “Now come Trixie, let’s go… shopping.”