//------------------------------// // Chapter 3: Oops, Did I do that? // Story: The wrong universe. (TCB) // by Silverdogz117 //------------------------------// SkyNet Hub #001, Washington, D.C SkyNet growled, if the term could be applied to a homicidal A.I, as its feeds were cut out one by one from that damn zeppelin. It flung open its vast archives and hungrily devoured all of Humanity's notes on Zeppelins. Apparently they were extremely fragile and had a nasty habit of exploding if hit by, say a missile. An instant command later and four PATRIOT missiles were launched at the cigar shaped ship. T.P.S Olympic The great ship groaned as it's four magical combustion engines drove the two massive propellers at the stern of the craft. Unlike it's human/AI counterparts the Olympic used a Pegasi "net" to inform the bridge of exterior movements at range. "Sir! Pegasi report four large "starbursts" incoming at heading 210!" bawled one of the radio operators. "Come about and raise shields." ordered Captain Cannon. Below decks a team of six unicorns placed their horns into slots in the hull of the ship. A purple-pink barrier began to rise over the exterior of the ship, protecting it from harm as the massive Zeppelin turned on it's axis. "Captain! The forward potion batteries can't get a lock on the "starbursts"! They're moving too fast." said a crewmember. "Order them to start firing just ahead of the 'bursts." said the Captain. The crewpony hurriedly barked orders down the tube to the potion batteries. A few moments later the ship began to thrum as thousands of glass vials were magically spewed out of the front cannons. "Sir! The starbursts have passed the last ring!" yelled the Pegasi Commander. "Sound the collision alarm! Brace, Brace, Brace!" barked the Captain as she hooked a foreleg around the railing that surrounded the command dias. As the first missile hit half the unicorns holding up the shield collapsed and the rest began to strain with holding up the shield by themselves. However, their struggle was for naught as the second missile hit, killing the three unicorns holding up the shield. "Captain! Shields are down!" "Full power back to base!" yelled Captain Cannon, the Olympic began to rumble as it swung around and began to make for the barrier. Then the third missiles hit, the ship heeled under the impact as engines blew. The fire began to lick closer to the gas envelope. It was beaten by the fourth missile that landed directly between the rudders of the Olympic the entire ship blew into a massive fireball above the barrier. Resistance Rescue Huey The Huey's blades whipped the sand and dust around the listening post into a frenzy as it landed. A five man team stepped out and approached the door as the pilots and their guard guarded the helicopter. "Damn..." muttered Private Adams as he walked past the door to the post. "Looks like it's hinges were ripped out, then I don't know? Bucked?" said Corporal Hicks. "Bucked by what?" asked Adams. "Hey! We got bodies in here!" yelled Sergeant Foley. The pair rushed inside the dimly lit facility. Their first site made them gag. "What in the living HELL is that thing?" asked Adams. "It is... or was Captain Clarkson." said the Medic as she wrapped up the mess of human into a body bag. "And the other?" "Corporal Martin O'Donnell, cause of death, self inflicted bullet wound" said the Medic as she stood up. "What about Clarkson, was it whatever did that to him?" asked Hicks. "Unfortunately, no, cause of death for Clarkson were several bullet wounds." "Hey Hicks!" shouted Private Ramirez "I found some traces of purple liquid." "Bag it and tag it with a bio-hazard." said Hicks. "Get Gorman in here and get him on the computers, maybe they can tell us what the hell happened in here." said the Medic. Adams nodded and ran to find Technician Gorman. "Between you and me Hicks." said the Medic. "I think this isn't Skynet, it's not its style." "You think so Lambert?" Canterlot Castle, Equestria "At 1450 an unknown weapon shot down the Olympic over the barrier, we believe that it was a human weapon and that it was retaliation for the destruction of three aerial vehicles of theirs. There were no survivors from the Olympic save some of the Pegasi Net." said Shining Armor as he walked back to his podium. "Thus, the Princess have suggested a ground and sea war, rather than aerial bombardment. We have the three NewFoals in custody and one human weapon. He motioned to the slide operator and the a new image clicked into place." "This weapon, while we have been unable to fire it is capable of passing through our gold plating with ease and scarily accurate. Yet another characteristic of this brutish race." Shining Armor eventually finished his lecture to the Equestrian Royal Guard and went back to the War Room. "Tell us about this planet!" thundered the interrogator. "There's nothing! HA, HA! Absolutely nothing for MILES!" shouted a NewFoal as it grinned psychotically. "Well?" asked Shining Armor. "We've gotten nothing so far, the potion acts too quickly to get any info out of these three. The two on the left are totally gone and last one has just gone." said the interrogator rubbing his eyes. "The most coherent thing we've gotten out of them is a shiny metal man. They seemed terrified of it, and were agitated when we showed them the machines we shot down." "So we have two warring factions?" "Possibly, but we need one that hasn't been potioned to get anything out of them." "Not possible." said Shining Armor, "By the Princesses' decree not one ape sets foot within Equestria." TechCom Command "Sir, the rescue Huey just landed, and they sent the security tape." said a technician. "Send it to my station." said Connor "And Sir? The team said it wasn't pretty." "Noted."