Chapter 7: The Thursday War p2

Ponyville Firebase

Midnight Squad's barracks

"I still think this sort of action is risky." Viper's AI Boa said.

Boa's hologram was different because it was an actual Boa snake! Nova's AI was known as frost. Frost was a blue AI that had a body similar to Cortana's but she had spiky hair.

"So what! We're going in! That's final! If we can strip this empire of its head then it will be easier to kill the rest as the rest of the roaches scatter."

"I agree." Echo said.

"We're going in!"

Midnight squad walked into the briefing room where Celestia, Hicks, and Sierra were planning a counter-attack.

"Hicks, my team and I are taking a pelican."

"No we're gonna need that pelican."

Nova then kicked over the admiral's chair. Fernando and Anthony restrained Nova. But she broke loose.

"Stop her!" Hicks ordered.

Viper kicked Anthony out of the way.

(Heaven and Hell- Black Sabbath)

Viper and Echo sprinted down the hallway. Azure tried to stop them but they just pushed them out of the way like they were nothing.

The intercom crackled to life. "Do not let Midnight squad escape! Live rounds are authorized."

Midnight squad punched through a blockade of marines. Suddenly the firebase locked down. Midnight was contained by a plasma shield.

(Song end fade out at 3:30)

Hicks walked up to the contained Midnight squad.

"What the hell!" Hicks said.

"We were going to kill that empress. It's our job! We were supposed to neutralize the innie threat as it came our way. And nobody is to get in our way!" Nova replied.

"You are confined to quarters!"

"You think you can keep us here?"

"Yes." Hicks activated a plasma restraint around each of there arms. "You are confined to quarters until I see fit that you are really on our side."

Anthony and Fernando walked in and escorted midnight to quarters.

Cloudsdale, equestria

The war effort was beginning to turn around. The remains of Samborn's fleet which was about 15 ships took cover on the other side of the moon. The Infinity had stopped all but one Super carrier. The downside: Canterlot, Fillydelphia, and Manehattan were in ruins and the last super carrier was heading right toward Cloudsdale. The Infinity could not destroy the last super carrier due to it being too far into Equestria's atmosphere. Anything would either miss or be disintegrated in the atmosphere. SplendidValley was glassed by a carrier and none of the diamond dogs survived. The Zebra Empire tried to retaliate using its semi-advanced technology. But in the end they suffered as much as a crippling blow as Equestria. The griffons also had tried to defend themselves against Samborn's onslaught. But were burned by the plasma weapons that most of the planet was scared from. When the super carrier was said to have been moving towards Cloudsdale Dash acted. She went personally to assist the defense. Fluttershy had gone there as well but had to be yanked along by Dash.

"COME ON WORK THOSE WINGS!" Dash yelled at the other pegasi.

Suddenly the super carrier came into view. Using a mass driver that Hicks had so kindly gave her and Twilight cast a spell on it so that it would float on the clouds.

"OK WE'RE GOING FOR WHAT THE HUMANS CALL THE NOBEL MANEUVER!"

The Nobel maneuver: wait for a covenant ship to charge its glassing beam and fire strait into the glassing port as its charging.

Problem was neither was the covenant ship charging its glassing beam nor was it slowing down.

"BRACE FOR IMPACT!" Dash yelled.

The covenant ship had no problem smashing through the cloud city. It began to fire plasma weapons for good measure as it rolled through the city.

A stray plasma projectile hit Dash and she passed out and began to fall back to earth.

"NOO!" Fluttershy said as she raced to save Dash.

UNSC Firebase Ponyville Equestria

"OK so we send in someone to get these "Elements of Harmony" from the Canterlot ruins, go up to the Dashing Loyalty, fire this shit at Samborn, and she will be good?" Hicks recapped the mission.

"In a nutshell, yes." Celestia replied.

"Whose going in?" Hicks asked Sierra.

"Well my team is still securing the perimeter here from those ground troops."

"What about Midnight?" Celestia asked.

"Midnight tried to defy the plan! They were going to steal a pelican and kill Samborn. That's the back up plan if the elements don't work."

"Well it could give them a chance to redeem themselves."

"OK Midnight goes into the occupied Canterlot ruins, grab the elements, and start kicking some Samborn ass!"

"Eeyup!"

UNSC Infinity bio-sphere

The fires had stopped but most of the trees were now charred remains. Many birds were killed but Blu and Jewel escaped the beam and the fires. Pedro was in extensive care due to the burns he had got from the raging fires. Nico accompanied Pedro but he was unharmed. Rafael, his wife, and his kids were all on the other side of the bio-sphere and was safe from the fires. The club was the epicenter of the glassing breach. Infinity and beyond was no more.

Cloudsdale

(Falling Towards the sky- Jeff Williams (Red vs Blue season 9 soundtrack)

Dash was falling from the firry ruins of Cloudsdale. Fluttershy was attempting to save her. The covenant super carrier was tearing through the cloud city. The rainbow factory exploded in a light spectrum shattering explosion that smashed up the hull of the covenant ship.

Fluttershy was almost to Dash but Dash was also getting close to the ground. Suddenly A flaming pelican spiraled down to the ground. Fluttershy finally caught up with Dash and slowed her down about 2 Inches from the ground.

(Song end)

Ponyville Firebase

"Sir," Logan said. "I believe that we have under estimated the empire's capability."

"What makes you say that?" Hicks asked.

"Fifty more ships of all sizes have joined the imperial fleet. The Dashing Loyalty is emitting a beacon."

"We'll need to get the elements and fast!"

Next chapter will be about Midnight squad retrieving the elements from the ruins of Canterlot.