Waking up in an unknown place the group of nine ponies must work their way out of this mess.
Waking up in an unknown place, the group of nine ponies must work for BLU to find their way back to Equestria. While facing their own demons, they battle human to get back home. Will they crumble under pressure? Or will their history be changed forever when someone truely dies at the hooves of one of their friends?
They bumped into each other and tripped landing hard on the solid ground.
“Princess Luna is that you?”
“Yes”
“Who’s on my wings?”
“Princess Celestia is that you?”
“Yeah.”
The light turned on and they were encaged in a large steel cage. Nine humans stood around them. Well, eight seeing as they couldn’t tell what the last one was due to the mask and rubber suit it wore.
“What hast thy done with us?!” Luna shouted. Her wings flaring up in rage.
“Mmpfh!” The one in the gas mask raising its hands in joy.
“These are the BLU’s replacements?” said the skinniest one, his gray hat tipping slightly. His hand was covered in bandages. He poked Rainbow Dash through the bars of the cage.
“IT POKED ME!” Rainbow Dash flew up but due to the cage’s small size she bumped her head on the roof of the cage.
“Aye, Lads. Time to leave.” One of them said motioning to the door. The large group left but before the skinny one left he blew a raspberry at the caged ponies. Celestia paced around the enclosed area. Luna calmly sat still while Twilight sat watching Celestia, worried plastered each pony's face. It seemed like hours till another being came and the group had fallen asleep. The clanking of keys on a lock woke the group of ponies. A woman in a purple dress opened the door.
“Hello. Welcome to your new jobs. I’m Miss Pauling.. “ The lady didn’t get very far into her introduction before she was tackled by Applejack and Rarity. Fluttershy shoved her two friends of the lady and helped her up.
“Girls. that wasn’t nice.” The lady held the clipboard up to defend herself and pistol in her pocket.
“Yal best start explain’.”
“Y-You’ve been hired by RED due to being the best of the best.” she stuttered as she looked at her clipboard.
“What are you talking about?” Twilight said as she got up, her legs feeling stiff.
“I’m not the one who’s supposed to inform you. Just follow me.” The group followed her with Celestia and Twilight taking the lead with Fluttershy and Luna taking up the rear. The walls were an endless purple, the smell of smoke could be smelt the further they went. “In here.” She held the door open and the nine ponies cluttered inside. Screens covered the whole room in the center sat a large chair. The chair turned around and sitting in it was an older woman. In her hand was a cigarette, a large grin plastered her face.
“Hello.” she said her grin growing wider.
“Why the bucking hell are we here?” AJ shouted while Fluttershy held her back.
“If you're wondering if you can get back to your own world. Well you're gonna have to earn that right.”
Celestia and Luna looked at each other. Large amounts of worry seeped in.
“What do you want?” Celestia said.
“Like Miss Pauling has already kindly said. You're the best of your kind therefore RED is willing to hire you.”
“What’s in it for us, darling?” Rarity said.
“Ooh a party? Cake?” Pinkie said as she bounced around the small room.
“No. Money. Well Money and Freedom” The woman said as she tossed the cigarette to the ground and stepping on it. The group muttered with acceptance seeing as they had no choice but to accept. An even larger grin grew across the woman's face.
“Great now time to choose your classes ladies. Miss Pauling take them to the training room.” Miss Pauling nodded leading the ground out and down another set of corridors. She held the door open for them as they filed into the large open room. On the table was a set of cards. Each card had a different symbol on them.
“Choose a card. It’s what class you’ll permanently be. So choose wisely.” Miss Pauling said as she moved back to let the ponies choose. The group moved forward. Luna picked one of the cards.
“Which did you choose, Princess?”
A grin crossed her face. “Spy.” She dangled her card in front of the group before heading over to a nearby bench. One by one the group choose their classes. Pinkie as Heavy. Derpy as Soldier. Celestia, ironically enough, choose Pyro. Rarity choose Engineer. Applejack was Demo. Twilight picked Sniper and Rainbow Dash as Scout. Leaving Fluttershy with Medic. The group looked at Fluttershy as her face turned a deep cherry red.
“At least she choose something passive.”
Twilight shrugged as she placed her slouch hat atop her head. Luna fiddled with her balaclava and Celestia shoved her gas mask on, a grin covering her face behind the mask. Rarity looked over blueprints while AJ drank from a bottle. Pinkie hugged her gun while Rainbow Dash speed around the room. Fluttershy put her Medi-gun on her back. Derpy snacked on muffins in the corner. They were all ready to face what the world would throw at them. Miss Pauling came back, each pony in their uniforms and with their gear, followed Miss Pauling out of the room and towards a glowing, blue circle.
“Teleporter.” Rarity stated while still reading through the blue prints.
“Mpfh?” Celestia said through the mask, no one understood what the Princess was saying.
“Princess Celestia, no one understands what you're saying anymore.”
“Mmmpf!” She said before a huff of rage could be heard behind her mask.
One at a time they each stepped onto the teleporter. The first to step off was Luna. The wind blew past her catching onto her mane. She smoothed out the blue suit as she stepped off the teleporter. She turned towards the large blue build that stood in front of her. The others stepped off the teleporter before they all headed towards the large building
The old building stood there. Opposite a red building that looked the same. Large wire fence blocked outsiders from entering. A large, wooden bridge connected the two bases while underneath that bridge was a large body of water. They all entered through a back entry. Up a few stairs onto the landing. Miss Pauling motioned to a door next to a sign that had battlement written across it. Each pony went in. Fluttershy sneezed.
“Achoo.”
“Bless you, Darling.”
“Thank you, Rar-”
Miss Pauling glared at Fluttershy which caused the shy pegasus to shut herself up.
“You all have read the rules, correct?”
They all murmured in anger. Miss Pauling held another door open for them.
“Goodbye. I’ll leave you here. The Administrator shall announce when your first battle is.” She left the group alone in the large new base. Everyone went off to their own rooms or to the training room. Luna wandered down the hall Celestia by her side.
“Celes-..Pyro. How are you?”
“Mpfh. Mhhmhpf mmh Hudda.” Celestia mumbled as she turned the corner towards the mess hall.
“Why can’t you take that mask off.”
“Mhmh Mfp Mmn Mmpf Mmh?” Celestia said in reply to her sister’s question. Luna just sighed before heading off and leaving Celestia.
“HOLY CELESTIA! WHY DO I HAVE TO SLEEP IN A VAN?!” The shout had came from down the hall near the bulletin board that hung in the corner.
“Haha! Good luck, Snipes.” Rainbow Dash said as she flew by. Twilight grumbled at the fact that Rainbow Dash had adjusted quicker than she had herself.
“Twil- Sniper. Sniper, what is it?” Luna said as she walked down the hall.
“Well, only the fact that the previous Sniper lived in a van outside and I’m supposed to sleep in it.” She grumbled.
“You don’t have to,” Luna said as she took out her disguise kit.
“True. Anyway. I’m off to unpack some items.” Twilight nodded and left while heading further down the hall.
“WHO STOLE MY BLUEPRINTS?!”
“WHO STOLE MY ALCOHOL!?”
“WHO KNOWS! NOW SHUT THE HAY UP”
“IS THIS A SHOUTING PARTY?”
The yelling continued for the rest of the day till it came to dinner time. Everyone was in the mess hall. Applejack and Rarity played pool in the corner while Rainbow Dash threw a ball at the wall. Pinkie, Twilight and Celestia cooked dinner while Derpy sat with Fluttershy talking about something. Luna entered the room and dropped the cigarette she had taken out. Everyone turned and saw her.
“I had not expected this,” Luna said with a tinge of embarrassment in her voice.
“Yal get used to it.” Applejack said as she chopped up a couple carrots and onions.
“Hey, Demo! What’s for dinner?” Rainbow Dash said as she picked up her bat.
“Food. Now yal gonna deal with it Scout.”
Rainbow Dash grumbled the fact that she didn’t know bugged her.
“Hey, Darlings. Does anyone else find the fact that we can’t call each other by name but by class anymore strange?”
“I’m finding it weird too. But it’s one of the ways we're going get home. I truly do miss Spike.” Twilight said as she carried a tray of vegetables out to the table. Celestia carried out the rest of the food with AJ. Everyone sat down. Luna poked at the carrot on her plate.
“Maybe we should say what we miss? Maybe that will make things better.” Pinkie said as she plopped a potato in her mouth.
“Great idea,” Derpy said as a grin formed. “So who’s first?”
“I miss mah family,” AJ said as she grabbed a bread roll with her hoof.
“My sister and Spike.” Rarity answered.
“My animals. And Angel.”
“The Cakes. And my family. And Ponyville.” Pinkie rapidly said while stuffing her mouth full of oats.
“Starlight and Spike,” Twilight said as she poked a pile of peas on her plate. When it came to the Princesses they didn’t say anything they just kept poking the array of vegetables on their plates. Silence took hold of the group of ponies. For the rest of dinner, the only sound was of people eating food and the occasional scraping of across a plate. After dinner, Luna carried all the dishes back to the sink for washing. Twilight helped with the washing up, bubbles filled the sink as they scrubbed fried hay off the plates.
“you're very quiet. I’m wondering what’s going on in your head.” Luna looked up Twilight who was trying to cheer the alicorn up.
“I should say the same for thyself.” Twilight shrugged before leaving Luna to dry the rest of the dishes.
Luna lay on the large bed that sat in her room. She had taken off her outfit and it lay in a pile on the floor near the door. She looked over that the calendar that hung on the wall. The date said December 3rd, 1969. She groaned as she rolled over onto her side. The fact that Heart’s Warming Eve was soon bugged her. She had left most of her stuff that she had behind in Equestria and was unsure what to do anymore. Using her magic she grabbed an old photo album. She opened it up onto an old page. On it was an old news clipping of Nightmare Moon. Part of her wanted to toss it but the other part of her wanted to keep it. Over 2 years ago that had happened. She still lived with the pain of her past. She flicked past more pages and landed on the most recent page.
“Mission begins in 5 minutes!” The speakers in the hall blared causing Luna to knock the photo album onto the floor. She grabbed her suit and balaclava to put them on before she grabbed her gear and heading out of her room. Everyone rushed down the hall to the Resupply room. She pulled out her disguise kit.
“3”
“2”
“1”
“Fight!”
Everyone rushed outside. Twilight walked towards the Battlements, her sniper rifle by her side. She sat down and aimed, looking through her scope her saw the enemy Sniper. She ducked out of the way as a bullet shot past her.
“Holy Celestia that was close.” She gulped as she re-aimed and shot the RED Scout who was running across the roof of the bridge. Blood splatted out of his head and onto the surface below. His dead body crumpled to the ground. Did I just? Holy Celestia, I did. Nononnono. I did not sign up for this. Before she could get back up their was a cold stabbing feeling in the back of her spine. She tried to scream but nothing came out of her mouth.
Twilight woke up in Respawn, her head slightly foggy. She was unable to remember what had killed her only that she had truly died. Celestia ran inside.
“Mmpr! Mmh Mrrd” She grabbed hold of Twilight. Twilight embraced her in a hug before Rarity rushed out of Respawn.
“Spy sapping my sentry! Pyro come and help me, Darling!” Celestia hurried out of the room behind Rarity, who was heading towards the Intel room. Rarity turned down the hall, blueprints and a wrench were held with her magic. She turned the corner and saw the sapper that was placed on her Sentry. The Sentry was slowing breaking. Celestia sprayed fire around the room. A yelp of pain could be heard and then the screams of a man on fire could be heard as well.
“Mmph mmph. HUDDA HUDDA!” Celestia said as she raised her flame thrower over the burn corpse of the RED Spy. Rarity rushed in and whacked the sapper off her Sentry before refilling it with ammo.
“Thanks.” Rarity tipped her hard hat while Celestia bowed before the Pyromaniac Princess left the room. Rainbow Dash flew into the Intel room with the RED’s Intel strapped to her back.
“Heya Hardhat! Lookie what I got!” Rainbow Dash landed by the table and place the briefcase onto the table as the speakers blared over their heads.
“Nice Job. Rai-Scout.”
“You're slippin’ up too? Snipes, Spook and Demo keep slipping up as well.”
“Nice to know i’m not alone. Now get out there before I whack you with my wrench” Rarity hovered the wrench nearby while Rainbow Dash looked at it.
“Right ok. Gotta go. See ya hardhat.”
Rainbow Dash speed out of the room. She passed Twilight on the Battlements before she jumped onto the roof of the bridge in the center. She dodged oncoming fire from the enemy Scout and enemy Sniper. She flew over the Scout’s head and shot him in the face, a grin covered her face. Luna swam through the waters under the bridge. Water filled her suit and wet her mane under her mask. She went through the pipes and got out at the small landing between the next pipe. A red teleporter sat at near the entrance. She pulled out her disguise kit and choose a disguise. She stepped onto the teleporter and appeared in the RED Intel room. Haha. Thanks for the ride labour. She turned the corner and saw the RED Engineer with a large Sentry by the intel.
“Hey Hardhat.” She said with the Scout’s voice.
“Hey Scoot. Seen anything weird today?”
“Nothin’ but rainbow coloured horses with horns and magical wings.”
“Yup. Their Scout got past me once while I was in Respawn. Dang BLU Pyro.”
“Eh.” Luna shrugged as she got closer to the large machine.
“Ya seen the BLU Spy yet?”
“Nope. When I was crossing the bridge their Sniper shot me in the leg and I fell into the water so I came here.”
“Dispenser is next ta me.” Luna nodded before she took out her knife and got closer to the RED. Derpy and Fluttershy could be heard outside the room. A stray rocket flew past them and hit the sentry, destroying it.
“Good Irene!” The RED rushed out the room and the sound of guns and of Derpy dying could be heard.Another sound of scrambling of hooves and shoes could be heard before the sound of a shotgun blasted through the halls.
“Nice job Hardhat.” Luna said her throat filled with fear.
“Thanks. But I think I would be needin’ your company no more ya bloody Spy.” Luna froze, the mad grin that stretched across the RED’s face caused Luna to gulp in fear. The man moved forwards and whacked her with the wrench. She swiped back with her knife which caused the disguise to disappear.
“How did thy know?” She said as she wiped her lip of the blood that dripped down it.
“Eh kinda not that hard.” His grin grew. Luna lunged forward and tried hitting him with her knife. Two set of footsteps could be heard from outside of the room. Luna looked at the two exits to the room. In one appeared the RED Pyro. In the other appeared Celestia.
“Mmpthr!” She shouted as she stormed into the room as the RED Pyro ran in too. Celestia stood behind her while the Pyro backed up its teammate.
“Well it seem we got a stalemate here, lads. Or ladies I should say.” The RED said, his grin had disappeared.
“Hudda Hudda!” The Pyro said behind him.
“Sister. Get out of here.”
“Mmp!”
“I said-” Celestia tore off her mask.
“I know what the hay you said as if i’m gonna leave you.” The group stood there in silence due to the fact that Celestia had just broken one of the rules that she was never supposed to break during a match. “Oh stop god damn staring. Now where were we?” Celestia said with a grin.
Fluttershy awoke in Respawn. The memory of the evil grin that the RED Engineer had when he shot Derpy down sickened her. She remembered Derpy dying but not herself. She had died multiple times that day. Her friends had been blown to bits, caught on fire, shot in the head, bashed with a bat, shot by a sentry, hit by a shovel from above and stabbed in the backs by someone who looked like those she trusted. Poor Fluttershy couldn't handle it. She crumpled to the ground with tears on her face while muttering prayers. Pinkie came out of Respawn and saw the crying mare that was creating a puddle of water on the ground by her hooves. “Fluttershy? Oh Fluttershy.”
“I'm Medic now n-not Fluttershy, Heavy.” She said in between sobs. The earth pony gripped tighter onto her friend.
“We can go out together! I’ll have your back!” Fluttershy looked up at her friend and nodded before they rushed out of the room and towards the RED side of 2Fort.
Applejack shot pipe grandes into the RED Intel room thinking that there might be a sentry there. She turned the corner and froze after seeing the scene that was unfolding before her eyes. Luna lay in the corner, blood pooling under her body while her knife sat lodged into her side. Celestia lay over the burning ruins that was the enemy Pyro while the RED Engineer’s dead body lay closer to Luna. Celestia had her mask off but her eyes were filled with fiery. Applejack stepped forward. “P-Pyro?”
Celestia snapped out of her phase and stared at AJ. Applejack felt lumps in her throat. “I’ll get Medic.” Celestia said rushing out of the room.
Applejack sat down next to Luna. She chose to leave the knife where it was before trying to think of something to do. “How are you?”
“Ha. What do you think Demo?” Luna said while a faint grin covered her face.
“Wha happened?”
“I got found. Lucky Pyro came in.” Luna laughed before stopping and coughing out blood causing Applejack to sit up in worry and hold the Princess up. “I’m fine..”
“No ya ain’t. If we can get Medic in time.. You’ll..”
“Be sent to Respawn.” Luna said bluntly.
“We need you out here.”
“No. Get the Intel and get out. I’ll be fine!”
“Princ-”
“I can handle myself. I don’t need to be bloody babied!” she shouted at Applejack.
Applejack opened her mouth to say before shutting it and nodded. She grabbed the Intel and rushed out of the room. Luna lay there knowing Respawn will catch her and that Medic and Pyro weren’t going to make it here before she died. She breathed one last breath while smiling before she collapsed onto the ground, her heart no longer beating. Her body vanished as Respawn claimed her.
Celestia rushed around the corner and saw that Luna was gone. As well as Applejack and the Intel. She fell to her knees as tears fell down her muzzle through her mask
Luna got out of Respawn while hearing the last bit of Intel they need to grab be delivered to their base. Twilight appeared after her. Both mares groaned with pain.
“What happened to you?”
“Spy. Backstab.. I think.”
“I bleed out due to a knife wound caused by my own knife.”
“Ouch. What do you remember?” Twilight said as she sat down on the bench.
“Last I remember is telling Demo to get out there with the Intel. She would remember more than I do.” Luna cringed at the memory. I shouldn’t have told her to go. God, what would Celestia think? Twilight looked up at her friend.
“You alright?” Luna nodded leaving Resupply and Twilight while heading towards the base. She needed a shower after this.
Walking inside she passed Derpy, who was baking sour cream muffins in the mess hall.
“Heya Spook! Want one? I just made ‘em!” Derpy said a grin on her face. Luna shook her head and kept going down the hall to the shower room. She entered the room and opened her locker. Taking off the sweaty balaclava and bloody and dirt covered suit, she stepped into the shower. A moan of relief came from her once the hot water streamed down her body and in her mane. She poured the BLU brand shampoo into her mane and tail. The smell of burnt metal, blood, sweat, dirt and gun power washed off and went down the drain. She sang to herself as steam filled the large room. Luna stopped when she heard the door opening.
“Who's there?”
“Calm down Spy. it's me.”
“Pyro. Thank god.. how are you?” Celestial walked in, her suit and gas mask was off and she carried her own bottle of shampoo. Her mane was covered in blood and slightly burnt on the tips. Her coat was cleaner than Luna due to the fact that she had been wear a rubber suit the whole time. She turned the shower head, which was near Luna’s, on before she grabbed her bottle as washed herself.
“I'm fine.”
“About what happened durin-”
“I don't want to talk about that.” Celestial said bluntly.
“Fine. Don't talk about your problems. It will go so great for you. It went amazing for me! I totally didn't try to murder a whole world full of ponies because I was jealous of my sister and didn’t tell her.” Luna spat at Celestia before Luna grabbed her shampoo and left the shower block. Luna opened her locker with a huff of rage while she pulled out a towel and dried her hair. She held her balaclava with her hooves. Time to hide my emotions again. She shoved the woolen mask over her face before putting a fresh suit on. She looked in the mirror that hung her locker that was left there by the last Spy. What have I become? She shoved her locker closed with rage. Twilight wandered in and saw Luna.
“Spook? What’s wrong?”
“Piss off Bushman.”
“I think you need a word with our resident honesty coach.” Twilight turned and left the room without another word. Luna sat there pondering everything that had happened. She could still feel the phantom pains in her side.
Fluttershy patted the small dove she had found in the Infirmary. “I’m gonna name you... Archimedes!” Fluttershy said with a large smile on her face. Derpy and Rarity stared at the mare.
“Darling... You going to finish your meal?”
“Oh sorry.” Fluttershy stuffed her muffin into her mouth. The dove sat on her shoulder cooing quietly as the mare ate. “Zhat vas good.”
“Darling... You’re picking up an accent.”
“Am I? Deary me..”
“Shut it, Labourer! Actually, do some work around here!” Derpy shouted at Rarity. Rarity would tell the mare about what was wrong with the sentence she just spoke but she decided to ignore it. Picking up her blueprints, Rarity left the room without another word and leaving Fluttershy to deal with the mare whose own sanity was slowly slipping away. Rarity walked down the hall, her mind wandering in other lands when she bumped into Twilight who was carrying a large stack of books in her hooves.
“Why don’t you use magic?” Rarity said as she let her blueprints fall into her magic.
“Busy. Move.” Twilight said, her mind was in other places as well. Rarity sighed and moved over for the mare to pass. They all had to cope in their own way. Rainbow Dash was insulting everyone more often, Celestia acting more insane, Derpy more insane the Celestia, Applejack had come accustomed to drinking large amounts, Pinkie was less random and more focused on the job. She was trying to get her head around Respawn while Fluttershy had grown closer to a dove and had gained a sort of accent. Twilight was being more isolated and so was Luna. Rarity was starting to worry about her friend. She felt as if all their sanity was slipping. As they, themselves, were turning into what the REDs before them were. Rarity shook the thought from her mind and wandered down the hall towards her own room.
Luna sat looking out at the stars atop the bridge in the middle of the battlefield. No sounds of gunfire could be heard due to the ceasefire that happened between battles. Luna’s mane flowed from under her mask while her suit covered her body from the cold.
“‘Ello.”
“What is thy doing here?”
Luna looked up and saw the RED Spy decloak and sit down next to her.
“To talk.”
“Why? You're the enemy, non?” Luna shook her head. Where had that last word come from?
“Zhat is the question. Cigarette?”
“No. I’m fine I have my own.” She used her magic and took a cigarette and her lighter. She lit both her’s and the RED’s. “What do you really want?”
“Eh. I always used to meet up with zhe BLU Spy. Your zhe BLU Spy now.” He pointed at her chest and talked through puffs of smoke. “I’m guessing you want to know why your teammates are acting weird.”
Luna just nodded as she puffed out more smoke. The sound of an owl hooting could be heard nearby.
“It is normal. It’s their way of coping. Trust me. Everyone goes through zhe same thing. Anyway. I must go before zhe RED Soldier finds zhat I'm gone. Au revoir!” The Spy lept off the roof and headed towards his own base leaving the mare alone in the hot, silent night.
Celestia tossed and turned in her sleep, the only sound was that of a distant owl somewhere outside. Her dreams were filled with horrors she hadn't seen in months. She rolled over onto her stomach. “No.. “ She gripped her pillow tighter. “No.. I’ll never be..” She tossed over again. I’ll always haunt you, Celestia. “GAH!” Celestia woke up with a start. The sound of hooves could be heard as the hall light turned on. The footsteps became louder and stopped outside her door. The door opened and standing there was Fluttershy. Her blue nightgown flowed off her body and on her shoulder was Archimedes. The dove titled it’s head before fluttering over to the crying Princess.
“Oh, Pyro. Y-You want a hug?” Celestia nodded, tears running down her cheeks and her hooves still clutching her pillow. Fluttershy came in and turn the lights on before shutting the door. She sat on the bed before embracing the larger mare into a hug. Celestia stopped her crying and hugged the pegasus mare tighter. No one said a word because words weren’t needed. Celestia fell asleep in Fluttershy’s arms due to the crying tiring her out. Fluttershy lay Celestia on her back before tucking her in. She smiled as she turned off the light and left the room.
Celestia awoke to the smell of burnt pancakes. She jumped out of her bed and quickly put her suit on but leaving half of it hanging down. Carrying her gasmask with her magic, she left her room. “Luna, have you been making pancakes again?” Celestia said before she stepped before the mess hall. Dropping her gas mask, she gasped in shock. Luna was running around the room trying to put out the fire that had started in her mane while Pinkie ran around trying to help put it out. Twilight came up next to Celestia carry a cup of coffee in her ‘1# Sniper’ mug. When she set her eyes upon the event she spat out her coffee before she turned on her heels and left. Luna stopped as Pinkie threw a bucket over her head which got rid of the fire but still leaving her hair charred. “I thought I was the one who started fires.”
“Pff. I stink at cooking unlike you.” Luna said as she waves her hoof. Celestial didn't say anything and just walked towards the kitchen. she took out a large sum of ingredients from the cupboard and put them all into a bowl. Celestia then grabbed a pan and placed it on the stove before she pours the mixture in.
The sound of cooking could be heard throughout the base. Twilight carried the large pine tree through the base, needles falling as she went. Rainbow Dash opened her bedroom door as Twilight walked past with the tree. “Hey. Let me help.”
“Nah mate. I’m fine.” Twilight said letting the tree be carried by her magic.
“Right ok. Whatever dude. Don’t blame me if ya drop it on someone’s hooves!” Rainbow Dash said before she went back to her room. What’s with her? What’s with me? Twilight got to the mess hall and could smell freshly made pancakes. She placed the tree down in the corner near where the pool table normal sat. Rarity came into the room before she looked up from her blueprints and dropping them in shock. She gasped before rushing off.
“What’s her problem?” Applejack said as she looked up from her bottle of alcohol.
“Stop drinking zhat. It will ruin your liver.” Applejack looked over at Fluttershy who sat in the corner reading a medical tome.
“When did you get an accent?” Twilight asked as she brushed off pine needles from her vest. Fluttershy just shrugged. Luna and Pinkie sat on the other side of the room playing cards.
“When did we change?” Luna bluntly said as she picked up a card. Silence filled the large room. Derpy wandered in before she started staring at the toaster. She rushed forward as everyone watched. Grabbing the device, she started yelling at it.
“YOU ROBOTS SHALL NEVER WIN! GIVE ME MY BREAD BACK!” Rainbow Dash entered the room as well.
“Why is Solly yellin’ at the toaster?” She said as she adjusted her hat. The others just shrugged. Celestia carried a large tray of pancakes onto the table while everyone got up and sat down at said table.
“Where’s laborer?” Luna said as she piled food onto her own plate. Derpy sat down yet was still glaring at the toaster.
“Who knows what that mare is doing,” Derpy commented as she too piled on the food.
After breakfast, Luna got up and headed towards her room. Pulling out a tattered book, she sat down on her bed. Grabbing a quill in her magic, she opened the book before starting to write.
Dear Diary, We have been here for four days and have grown accustomed to this new routine. Our first battle was on Tuesday. Near the end, I was in the enemy intel room with the RED Engineer under a disguise as the RED Scout. He figured out whom I was and attacked me causing my lip to bleed. Then Celestia and the enemy Pyro entered the room. Celestia tore off her mask causing the RED to be dazed by the fact that Celestia broke a rule (In which I am unhappy about.) which we then took advantage of. Celestia tackled the RED Pyro causing both of them to lose their axes. I then swiped at the Engineer with my knife causing a few cuts to the chest. He grabbed my knife out of my grip before stabbing me in the side with it, which punctured my side causing severe damage. I pulled out my revolver as the knife dug deeper. Before he could react I shot him in the chest. He collapsed with a thud. I lent against the wall as I started to bleed out. I was losing blood so I was unsure of what happened next but I swear I saw Celestia’s mane turn to a fiery rage in which she consumed the human below her in a fire. Celestia got up and stared at the burning body that was the RED Pyro. Applejack rushed into the room and saw the scene. Celestia then ran off to get Fluttershy. Applejack came and talked to me. I told her to grab the intel and run. It took a while to convince her. I then died and went to Respawn after the mare left. That was my first encounter with the RED Engineer. I believe I'm going to encounter him again.
Signed Luna.
Luna closed the book. She had just filled two or three pages with her writing. She placed it back in its draw with the ink and quill before she got up. She hummed a tune as she did her hair. She looked at herself in the mirror. Luna gasped in shock. She swore she saw Nightmare Moon staring back at her in the mirror. Luna grabbed a few spare bed sheets and tossed them over the mirror. Shaking in fear Luna locked herself in her room for the rest of the day.
Twilight awoke the next day to see that someone had decorated her room with Christmas decorations. She moaned as she put her tinted glasses on. “Who the bloody hell filled my room with tinsel?!” Twilight shouted down the hall. Everyone else who was awake peaked their heads out of their rooms. All eyes turned on Pinkie who was walking down the hall at the moment.
“Don’t look at Heavy. Heavy did nothing.” Pinkie said as she stood there, a frown on her face. Rarity opened her door, her sleeping mask on her forehead.
“Mornin’ gals. What I miss?” Rarity said as she took off her sleeping mask.
“MMPH! MMH HUDDA MMPFH HMM!”
“Darlin’ I got no idea what you're saying.” Rarity said as she stepped out of her room.
“She was saying who the hell put these here decorations up?” Applejack said as she tied her hair into a braid.
“Well, I did.” Rarity said before Twilight rushed forward and tackled the mare. She punched Rarity in the muzzle.
“Fight! Fight! Fight!” Rainbow Dash shouted.
“Bloody wanker!” Twilight shouted as she punched Rarity the mouth.
“Filthy Jarmare!” Rarity bucked Twilight in the chest.
“Oil monkey!” Twilight flared her wings before punching Rarity in the eye.
“Bushmare!” Rarity rammed her body onto Twilight’s arm, breaking it in the process.
The two brawled on the floor for a couple minutes as the others stared in shock and Rainbow cheered. The door to the infirmary opened.
“Vhat is goin-” Fluttershy said, her sentence halfway before her jaw dropped in shock. Moving forward, she pulled Twilight off of Rarity.
“Herr Sniper, vhat is zhe meaning for zhis?!”
“When did you get a bloody accent!” Twilight said as she punched her friend in the muzzle and storming off leaving a stunned Fluttershy. Rarity sat there, her lip bleeding, a large gash across her neck and her eye a deep purple.
“Everyone. Mess hall. Now!” Luna shouted from her doorway. Everyone moved towards the large room. Luna watched as Fluttershy helped nurse Rarity’s wounds. Twilight sat alone in the corner while the others sat down nearby in complete silence except for Fluttershy who was crying. The alicorn sniper grumbled in the corner while supporting a broken arm and a few broken ribs. Luna walked into the room, a cigarette floating beside her which was encased in her magic. “What happened?”
“What happened to us?” Rarity said while a crying Fluttershy clung to her.
“Aye. Where becomin’ them.” Applejack said as she took a swig from her bottle.
“Does Demo mean we're gonna be like them? Cause I mean dat Scout is kinda cool but I’m more awesome!” Rainbow Dash said as she tossed a ball up and down through the air.
“Pass me a beer Demo.” Rarity said. Applejack nodded and passed a bottle to her friend. The two chugged their alcohol together in one swift movement.
“Girls. We’re changing and it ain’t for the better.” Pinkie said, a dirty rag and her gun in her other hand.
“Least they didn’t erase our memories and make us into stone cold killers,” Twilight said as she raised an ice pack to her forehead.
“Where did you get that idea?” Fluttershy said as the alicorn mare just shrugged.
Across the bridge, the Engineer in the RED base was yelling at the woman on the screen. “No. NO! That ain’t happening.” The man stamped his foot on the ground as she shouted at the woman on the screen.
“You don’t have a choice, Dell” The Administrator said, a cigarette hanging from her fingers on the screen.
“Hell yeah, I do.” Dell Conagher shouted at her.
“You don’t want RED’s memory wiped do you?” She snarled at the man.
“No. I don’t. But what about what happened to the last BLU’s when they found out?”
“That was a test. It worked perfectly.”
“Even though they died? You think I can let that slide? You let Louis die!”
“Enough! That was his punishment. You will do your job or face the consequences.”
“Fine. I’ll need the BLU access key if I’m going to do the job.” The woman nodded before ending the teleconference. The screen went black. Dell took off his hardhat and ran in hand through his thinning hair. What had he dug himself into?
Back in the mess hall, Luna came back. “I have news!”
Rainbow Dash looked up from the comic she had been reading. “Spill it then. We ain’t got all day Spook!”
“Alright. We’re moving bases. We have to be out before eight.”
“GREAT NOW HEAVY HAS TO DO MORE PACKING!” Pinkie shouted from down the hall. Rainbow Dash rolled her eyes.
Luna left the room and went to her own room. She pulled out her suitcase and filled it with all the items she owned. Her diary went in and then her clothes. She hummed to herself as she folded her clothes in neat piles. “I haven’t heard that in ages,” Luna looked up and saw Celestia standing in the doorway, her suitcase by her side. “No since.. Oh..” Luna stayed silent as she shut her mouth.
“Just go away and let me pack.”
“Fine. Whatever.”
Luna got up and closed her suitcase before she lifted it with her magic. She turned off the lights before she left.
Carrying her stuff, Luna stepped onto the teleport near the entryway. She stepped off the platform and saw the large new area she was in. The area was lusher than 2Fort was. She followed the signs pointing towards the bedrooms. She opened the door to her new room before locking everyone else out. The room was more decorated than her last room, the walls was a dark blue and a couple pieces of white coloured furniture littered the room. The large double bed sat in the corner while a small bedside table sat near it. She opened the closet and saw that someone had placed a mirror inside it. Opposite the bed, there was a dresser. Atop the white dresser was a mirror with gold trimmings. A plush, white fur rug sat on the floor while in the corner was a large chair that sat next to a bookshelf. She placed her suitcase on the bed before she collapsed into a chair. She couldn’t wait till bed. Shouting came from down the hall. Luna got up but before she could open the door there was a knock. Luna opened the door and the lavender alicorn stood there.
“Dinner is ready.”
“Thanks.”
“How have you been coping, mate?”
“Fine. What about you?”
“Fine.” The conversation ended when they entered the new mess hall. Luckily, someone had grabbed the Christmas tree and it sat near the doorway this time. Luna sat down at the table. No one talked, they just ate their food without a word. An occasional cough or of a fork scraping the plate was all that could be heard.
Meanwhile, underneath the BLU Respawn room, in a hidden room was the RED Engineer. He moved through the tangle of wires and found what he was looking for. Clutching the USB that he was given he inserted into the main computer which controlled Respawn. After he uploaded the files in the right places he set the timer for midnight tonight. With a large sigh, he left the room. Midnight. That was when everything was going to change.
Fluttershy lifted her head off the book in which she had fallen asleep atop the night before. The sound of shouting could be heard from outside the room. Shadows danced around the room as Fluttershy turned on the light. Her soft pink mane covered her eyes as she slowly opened to curtains. She yelped in fear as the bright light of the sun covered her eyes. The dove she had name Archimedes fluttered over to the mare. Landing on her head, it chirped with contentment. Fluttershy stumbled over to the mirror. She rubbed her eyes before looking at herself. Her mane was a mess and bags sat under her eyes. Muttering to herself, she picked up her uniform and went to get dressed. At the same time the dove flew over to the mare’s desk which was littered with medical tomes and papers. An empty bottle of something alcoholic sat next to a photo frame. In the frame was a picture of her friends. Archimedes picked up a loose blue ribbon which the mare had used to mark a page of a long forgotten book. As Fluttershy came out of her bathroom, Archimedes flew over to her and dropped the ribbon on the mare’s head.
“What’s this?” Fluttershy said, confusion filled her voice. The dove’s response to the question was just a blank stare. Fluttershy mumbled to herself as she tied up her hair into a bun with the ribbon. With a sigh she left the room with the dove in hot pursuit behind her.
Luna sat in the mess hall, a plate of carrots in front of her. The shouting of Twilight and Rainbow Dash could be heard through the base. Applejack and Rarity sat across Luna, they too trying to enjoy their breakfast as the shouting grew louder. “What are they fighting about?”
“Hmm? Oh. They’re fighting about the fact that Dashie said that Sniper couldn’t kill anyone closer than 3 feet away. It’s crazy I know, Darling.” Rarity said as she nibbled on the carrot on her fork. Celestia hopped into the room. The gas mask wearing Princess sat down next to her sister. Celestia pulled out a piece of paper and a few crayons. The others sat there in silence while watching her draw the RED Spy burning to death. Luna got up and rushed out of the room. By the time she had reached the bathroom, her face was a pale green. She threw open the doors and vomited into the first toilet she could find. What the hay had gotten into my sister or me for that matter. She sat there huffing for a minute as air filled her lungs. Her shaking hooves were making it difficult as she slowly got up off the cold tiled floor. A sudden banging on the door startled Luna and she came crumbling to the floor.
“S-Spy? You in there? Demo said you rushed out of the room and towards the bathroom.” Luna tried getting up once more but a cry of pain came from the mare’s mouth as she collapsed upon the ground for the third time. “That’s it I’m coming in!” The sound of hooves on the door handle could be heard before the door opened. Fluttershy stood in the doorway as she looked down upon the Alicorn who was struggling to get herself up from the ground. Like a fussing mother hen, Fluttershy lifted the mare up and sat her onto the toilet before grabbing a nearby towel and wiping the stray vomit of her muzzle. Luna sat there in complete silence as the pegasus mare fussed over her.
“Medic you can stop. I’m over a thousand years old. I think I can clean myself.” Luna said as Fluttershy started to run a bath.
“Nonsense. I’m a Medic. I-I’m Support. Which means I help ponies.” Fluttershy said as she started to try and lift Luna into the large tub. Luna sighed as the smaller mare started to clean her like a young filly. Before Fluttershy could further her cleaning, Luna stood up in the tub and stepped out. Grabbing a towel with her magic, she dried herself. “Spy. L-Let me help.”
Luna wiped her head around and snarled at the smaller mare. “No.” Fluttershy yelped in fear as the Alicorn mare picked up her dirty suit and left the room. There we sudden screams from down the hall and everyone rushed out to discover Celestia laying on the floor outside Rarity’s room. A thick pool of blood was flowing freely from the wound in her chest. Rarity sobbing into AJ’s chest nearby.
