Chapter 56 - "From Whence They Came"
The group had spent the last few minutes walking down the hallway, following Doc as he led them to the main storage area. Once they were there, Carolina began to walk ahead of the others, recognizing all the other pieces of equipment.
"Spread out and look for anything that you think you could use," Carolina said loudly as the others walked behind her. "But make it quick. We can't let the Director go too far ahead of us, or we might lose track of him."
"You heard her," Washington added quietly, noticing the others were hesitant to take her orders. "I'd recommend you guys try to make yourselves useful, otherwise you might just end up dead."
"That's good advice," Simmons said instantly, then set off to a table that appeared to have advanced tech on it.
The group spent ten further minutes looking around the area at the many weapons and tools laid out on display. Carolina eventually stood by one of the tables with alien looking weaponry and examined each one. She lifted the plasma pistol up and aimed it towards the ceiling, then brought it to her visor to look down the sights. Satisfied, she placed the weapon on her back and grabbed a trio of fragmentation grenade. The sound of thunder erupted from Carolina's right. Glaring to the side, she saw that Doc had knocked over a large hammer and was staring at it with his arms outstretched as if he had tried to grab as it was falling.
"Be careful. These things aren't toys," she growled.
"I was just-"
"I'm not interested in an excuse," she grunted, then grabbed a few extra mags for her pistol and put them on her side. Turning around, she saw all the soldiers looking through all the items. Except for Wash, who stood off to the side, making sure Caboose didn't touch anything. "Well, are you just going to stand around or are you going to look for gear?"
"I told you, I'm not interested in hunting down the Director," he said back, then gave the soldiers around him a curious glance. "I'm surprised the others are so willing."
"We're not helping her hunt down the Director," Church countered, then paused and looked down for a brief moment. "Well, we are, but not him specifically."
"Worried that his army of Texs will do too much damage?"
"Trust me, with what we're dealing with, an army of Texs doesn't seem all too difficult to stop."
"What is that supposed to mean?" Wash asked.
"Epsilon, how many pieces of equipment do you think you can run?" Carolina inquired irately, knowing that Wash would not believe what happened.
"None?" Church said hopefully.
"Tech guy," she said, turning to face Simmons who was hunched over a bunch of pieces of equipment. "How many are up and running?"
"I have a name, you know..." Simmons grunted, then shrank back and looked at the objects in front of him when Carolina focused on him. "I think all of them. There's some sort of hologram thing, one that increases your speed, like the one Grif tried before, a shield, invisibility, something that seems to heal, and an emp."
"Stop it," Wash said.
"Are you sure?" Carolina asked firmly.
"Yeah, I'm pretty sure I know what an emp is."
"It's an E.M.P!" Wash snapped.
"Not that. Are you sure they're all in working order?"
"Well, I've never really dealt with that many armor enhancements, and I've only had a few minutes to-" Simmons started, looking at the equipment. When he looked back up, he saw that Carolina continued to stare at him, and as usual, that made him very unnerved. "If I say yes, will you stop looking at me like that?"
She continued her glare and took a step towards him..
"Yes, they work!" Simmons said, voice-cracking as he took a step backwards.
"Glad to hear it," she said, walking up to the pieces of tech on the table. She picked one up that she recognized, a piece of equipment that did not look too off from North Dakota's bubble shield. "If these really do work, then our job got a lot easier."
"Carolina, listen, I'm not sure if I can really... well, run any of those things," Church grumbled as she picked up another piece. "So I really hope you aren't expecting me to try to help you use all of them."
"You were designed to help use armor enhancements and boost combat effectiveness."
"In that case, Church might be a broken unit. He can't fight for shit, so I really doubt that he can actually help you do anything that even relates to fighting," Tucker said.
"Unless you count bitching as a combat strategy," Grif added sarcastically.
"Thanks for the help..." Church grumbled.
Wash let out a grunt as the Epsilon unit began to spark in his hand. Dropping it instinctively, the Epsilon unit fell to the ground and began to blink rapidly.
"Wash, what did you do?" Carolina grunted, glancing back at him.
"I don't know! It just started to do... that, and then it electrocuted me!" Wash said, rubbing his hands together. "Do you think the Director purposely did anything with it?"
"E-E-E-E-Epsiol-lon?" a crackly, calculative voice said from the unit.
Silence reigned for a few seconds as everyone turned to look at the device on the ground.
"Was that who I think it was?" Wash asked, looking at the device with shock.
The image of a green soldier came flickering into existence.
"E-Epsilon, can you hear me no-ow?" the green being said. It then looked around, then glanced up at Washington who stood above it.
"Delta?"
"Agent Washington," Delta said with a nod. "Is E-Epsilon there with you?"
"I'm here, Delta," Church said as he floated towards the unit, ahead of Carolina.
"Why aren't you surprised to see him?" Wash asked.
"Because I s-saw Epsil-lon just a few hours ago."
"Not you," Wash sighed.
"About that. While we were in there, I sort of... remembered the other fragments into existence again," Church said hesitantly.
"Wait, does that mean Sigma-"
"Yes, all of the ones that I had the most active memories about. They're all in there."
"Did you know about this?" Wash asked, looking to Carolina.
"Yes, but I didn't think he'd be able to do anything outside of here," she said quietly.
"W-with the Princesses' h-hel-p, we have ma-anaged to find a way to com-m-municate with you, albeit on-nly though the unit," Delta explained, the image of him crackling in and out of view as he spoke, showing a weak connection.
"Princesses?" Wash echoed curiously, but noticed all eyes were on the fragment.
"H-have you n-not told Agent Washington ab-bout-"
"Delta, would it be possible for you to come out and help me with some equipment?" Carolina asked hastily.
"N-no, I am afraid that I-I can be of no use to you other than offer-r advice. Tell me, what have y-you figured out so far-r?"
"Nothing except that the Director has now gone to find the Chairman, and he seems to have an army of Tex drones with him to do it. Any ideas where he would be?"
"Perhaps it would be w-wise to look at areas the Reds and B-Blues have been before. It is l-likely that they are now want-ted criminals of the UNSC, so they are m-most likely looking around places where they h-have been to find them. Since Discord-d is new there, he m-might be going to where it-t all began. It seems to be h-his calling card if you-o will."
"You mean Blood Gulch?" Church asked, and behind him, the other Reds and Blues shared a look.
"That is where the Director s-sent you before," Delta said, and he quickly began to fade. Looking down, Delta looked at something that only he seemed to see, then shook his head. "I apologize, but I-I must go. This is very t-tiring for her. There should be a hangar-r there with some vehicles that you can u-use to get there. Good-d luck."
Delta's image then disappeared, and the Epsilon unit returned to it's previous state. Washington grabbed the unit and stared at it silently, wanting to ask many questions, but knew he wouldn't get any answers.
"Well, boys. Looks like we've got a new lead," Carolina said, turning around. "Take one last look around for gear, because we're leaving in five minutes."
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Very nice.
Recap for the five min.
- caboose: shut up
- Carolina: hits tucker
- tucker: recovers manhood/stallionhood
- sarge: shoots grif
- grif:"son of a bitch"
- Simmons: bitches
- church: explains stuff to wash
- wash: "E. M. FUCKING P."
Who gets to sit wash down and explain that they were recently turned into pastel ponies? I hope it's going to be sarge. Mainly because I can't wait to hear how exaggeratedly manly his explanation will be.
Some serious shit 'bout to go down, huh?
This is getting weird. Weird for Wash anyway.
Wash must think they are all crazy. Oh wait, he already does.
Man, Wash loses the "emp" argument every time!
Meh, I'm with Wash in labeling the E.M.Ps, but as for this chapter, it makes me wonder if the Elements of Harmony would manage to break the bonds between both worlds and assist the group in taking on the Tex Drones, provided that Church doesn't pull that Deus Ex Machina. That gave me slight feels in the series
They're all going to die. Then just wake up in Equesgtria again. Myabe chew a few hay fries.
CURSE THEES INFERNAL GLOVES!
2759140
Exactly. Maybe he's the future colt of Pinkie. It would make a lot of sense, right?
2759304Thats in Season 10, I think.
2759165 So wait, Caboose may or may not be his own dad....that would explain so fucking much.
2759343No, Caboose was only in the unit. His dad was somepony else, though your idea makes a lot of sense
Wash will probably insist on getting psychological help after he is told about what happened.
2759329 Oh well.
2759411
where it all began, just like when discord first came back and hit the elements back where they began
roses are red
violettes are blue
one day well cruise down blood gultch avanue
its red vs red
and blue vs blue
its I against I and me agaisnt you
2759702I hadn't thought of that.
Is Grif going to fly the Pelican again he's the one who flew it last time and he might not be that bad of an pilot, but this is going to be good!
2759919 Beat me to the punch.
2760331 I Love that Song.
I'm way too excited for this. Holy shit Darky you're awesome.
Why are you not updating "loyalty is a bitch"?
2760331 Violets are blue.
Roses are red.
Living like this we were already dead.
When they go back to Equestria, I hope Wash, Donut, and Doc go there, too... FOREVERRRRRRR!!
This ought to be amusing.
2862581 True dat.
2870944 dude that was so long ago i dont even remember what my comment was concerning
2871162 Nah, you can keep the head. So long as I can keep the skin to use as a rug.
2873243 Gotta be faster!
(That's what she said!)
2873293 Or maybe being hung by the neck by getting chain wrapped around his throat.
2873379 nah, i will change my idea to that of a yautja torturing and decapitating his prey.
2871286 lol, sorry, forgot i was replying to month old comments...anyway, shall we kill carolina after she helps in capturing discord? on side note, i like to rp, so if it sounds like i am getting violent, blame the species my name and avatar represent.
2873615 well honestly i'd prefer to just take discord's powers after all i love chaos
but i love the night more
2873606 Okay
!
Just a quick question. Is there any way that since Church was ripped apart from the alpha again that his code could be messed up and he could love for realsies?
2872348
Neither of their names have a "d" followed directly by an "a"
That and the only "d" is at the beginning of Delta's name.
It would be cool if it could work, but sadly it cannot.
2874186 lol i know, i was just being a dork
2877027
Yes, and I was being a nerd.
2877074 lol
2872045 Maybe.
If you could find a way to incorporate Freckles into this story, that would be awesome.
2873606 *holding him dead* mad?
2873615 kill Carolina? Hmmmmm *m bison yes yes*
2925430 nope, as long as his skull and spine are intact, they are still going on my wall.
I really hope Doc, Donut, Wash and the other Freelancers, Junior, Lopez, Vick, Butch Flowers, Andy, and Sheila/F.L.I.S.S. go to Equestria.
If I remember correctly:
Sarge = Shotgun
Tucker = Teleporter
Simmons = Rocket Launcher
Grif = Metallic wings (not sure if this has to do with RvB or not, or I'm forgetting something)
Caboose = Michael J. Caboose
Church = ?
Can't remember if Church can do something special or not. If not, he could maybe be able to use the Sniper Rifle's scope to see things far away, but just a suggestion.
2927023 rips off his head with his spine attached* puts it in my pocket dimension only I can acsess*mad now?
2934126 dammit! those were mine! you forced my hand. rarity, your skull and spine are going on my wall. ok, not really, the other would kill me. and i dont want to die yet, i still have so many trophies to collect.
2873372 bow chika bow wow. (me and my friends at school decided to choose a RvB character that represents us the closest. i ended up with either wash, junior, or tucker. i chose tucker.) random russian text...activate! доъре вичв i cant remember if that is correctly spelled or not...
2934280 why did you just say rarity also did i mention I'm not what I seem to be* revealed to be the predalian*
2936596 your a predalien!?! THE ABOMINATION MUST DIE!!!! lol well, maybe not, i was named bad-blood for a reason. a xenomorph saved me from its queen (still unsure as to why) and so i was honor bound to protect it,er..her. BTW all xenos are female
anyway, because i saved her from other hunters, my clan leader named me bad-blood and exiled me. also, i think i may be a hybrid myself, i can hear the hive mother, but barely.