The past two days after the incident in the Draconian Tail Islands, the bizarre weather soon stopped and went back to normal. But not as much as the E.R.A.F now. Dimitri was shot down by HandyFlash when he arrived with his squadron to try to stop Razor Whisk. When HandyFlash was fighting against Dimitri in the brutal sky, HandyFlash shot him down, but was injured by cannon rounds hitting his sides when Dimitri was head on in the dogfight. Neon Nimbus suggested to forbid his flight for around 24 hours because of his injuries. HandyFlash had no choice but to accept that order because she was the General of the Air Force. Rainbow Dash was in charge to lead Arion Squadron for one day, which she was actually nervous about. But when HandyFlash recovered, she was relieved. Rainbow Dash loved being a good leader, but not in the Air Force because it can risk their lives. She would not forgive herself if she lost all her eight squad mates.

Kira remained in the medical room in the AAC-113. She heard about what happened at the Draconian Tail about Arion Flight fighting for survival in the blizzard. Especially HandyFlash against her former squad leader, Colonel Dimitri. She knew this would happen to HandyFlash by getting injured physically because of Dimitri's flying. Kira's status was still being studied by the doctors. If she could fly again, she would be the next leader of Raptor Squadron. But if she is unable to, she will have to be in the E.R.A.F Cyber Command as an intelligence officer. When HandyFlash returned to the AAC-113 after the failed interception in the Draconian Tail, he told her what happened and what was the injuries on him. She nodded and…slapped him. They both laughed at how that would've felt. Anyway, that's just how she was doing. Her luck was improving by recovering, but still unaware of flying if possible. Fluttershy would always bring in get well treats that Pinkie Pie and her made.

Fluttershy was worried about HandyFlash when he was injured. They both have like a brother and sister relationship ever since foal flight school. Both would watch each others backs if something goes wrong. But Fluttershy was getting support by Rainbow Dash as well during foal flight school. Rainbow Dash cared for Fluttershy, but bullied, harassed, and humiliated HandyFlash when they were little. As much as Rainbow Dash regretted her foalhood instincts, she wanted to be a good friend to him as well. HandyFlash never did anything to Rainbow Dash during that time. He forgives her after she apologizes for giving him the scars on his neck by being pushed by her multiple times until he was sent to the hospital. But for what happened on the Draconian Tail, she felt even more terrible. She was his wingmare. And she didn't have time to assist him.

But that was two days ago. Right now, all E.R.A.F flights returned to Equestria after Maneila was secured. Most of Task Force X elite pilots remained in the Equestrian Airspace as a few of them headed to the Kingdom of Marey, home of the ancient ones, and the Union of Changnia, home of Queen Devsalis and her civil changelings. Non-Task Force X pilots went to the two countries as well being assisted by the elite pilots. No flights were needed to be in the Chrysalis Empire Airspace because of Queen Chrysalis staying neutral and notifying if any suspicious activity is happening in her territory. Right now, she hasn't said anything. Still, even though Equestria with its allies are being called by them, the Chrysalis Empire and them were still political opponents. I wouldn't say they were foes or enemies anymore. Just differ eachothers reasons. Just like Saddle-Arabia long time ago.

The reason why Celestia was going off to Equestria's allies was because to talk to the leaders about the jet project. Saddle-Arabia is currently creating their own Air Force as well as the Union of Changnia, Fillyppines and the Kingdom of Marey. But it will take a few months to get them cached up. Jet parts or surplus isn't cheap you know.

On the AAC-113 that was now reaching the Crystal Empire and Kingdom of Marey border, in the pilot deck was Neon Nimbus watching the skies as clouds swept by. She saw some planes fly by the AAC-113 port right side and turned right. She knew Zander, leader of Archer Squadron, is off to the Union of Changnia.

"This is Zander. Reporting to Marescow and Stalliongrad. What are my orders?" Zander asked.

"Protect the city and check for suspicious activity." Neon Nimbus answered.

"Roger that General." Zander hung up and continued what he was given to do.

Neon Nimbus looked put her hoof on a scanner and turned on the AAC-113's AI. "Hey Seishin. You there?" She called.

A light shined right next to her and showed the same size mare in a holographic appearance. White colored, mane styled with a bun and emo...ish styled with a stripe of turquoise. Attractive for a hologram, yet almost the same personality as Neon Nimbus and Pinkie Pie, but more calm.

"Ah. So you managed to wake me up. What's up? The sky? I know that." Seishin giggled.

Neon Nimbus smirked and rolled her eyes. "Whatever. Can you give me a status on the squadron flights?"

Seishin raised her hoof and swooped it down and showed a map of the world with a list right next to it. "Swift Night and her squadron are off to Mount Griffon. Eclipse Moon will arrive at the Union of Changnia shortly. And Lighteyes with Meteor are in Equestrian airspace. The rest, all in order and ready."

"Alrighty then." She tapped her chin. "Lets see for your emotion modes if they work."

"Say what? Florence gave me that?" Seishin gave a confused look while Neon Nimbus stared evilly at her. "That's not necessary, right?" She laughed nervously.

"Seishin, Content Emotion Mode." She ordered.

Seishin's white mane turned yellow as her mood changed. "Aw thank you for making me this happy. Is there anything else I can do?" She jumped in circles.

"Depressed mode?"

Her mane turned blue as her eyes looked down in shame. "Did I do something wrong? I can try to fix it…" She sniffed.

"Grumpy mode?"

Her mane turned light red and gave Neon Nimbus a glare. "What are you looking at? Go closer and see what happens. I'll flip you like a pancake." *Ding Ding*

"Flirty Mode?"

Her mane turned pink. "Oh hello there. I feel good. Do you want to feel good as well?" Seishin winked.

"Woah there. Seishin, back to normal." She ordered.

Seishin's mane got back to being snowy white. She looked around like she missed something. "Huh? What was I up to?"

"Nuthin…" Neon Nimbus lied (I put that typo on purpose.)

"I doubt that." Seishin mumbled.

"What?"

"Nothing." Seishin gave an innocent look.

"Pfft. I heard that before. Next time, I'll turn up your honesty level to 100%." Neon Nimbus rolled her eyes.

Seishin covered her mouth and giggled. "Seishin? Does this dress make me look fat?" She imitated Neon Nimbus. "Oh yes you bet it does." She answered in her own voice.

Neon Nimbus blushed by the jokes of it. "Keep your jokes to yourself Seishin."

In the medical deck in the AAC-113, Twilight and the rest with Arion squadron were all just having a talk. But since Arion was supposed to be deployed in Constantincoltle, their chat time was limited. They also decided to check on Kira who was still in her bed.

"Alright. Get well soon. We'll be back." HandyFlash smiled and left Kira to rest on her bed. Rainbow Dash was still with Kira as she looked at her.

"We'll be fine. So will you." Rainbow Dash smiled and looked at her injuries. "Good thing your hooves and your forelegs are better."

Kira nodded and picked up her water bottle then took a sip. "Yeah."

Rainbow Dash licked her hoof and raised it up and down slowly. "Cause I don't know what you do."

Kira rolled her eyes at the perverted joke. "Wow. You're so funny." She said sarcastically and chuckled.

"Who in the world writes her stuff?" Pinkie Pie asked. (Fourth Wall Broken).

HandyFlash gave Pinkie a look like she was from a other planet. "Earth to Pinkamena."

Rainbow Dash walked to HandyFlash and nodded. "So, when are we launching?" She asked.

"Soon." He answered. "We're just refueling some planes that are landing on this thing. After that, we're off to The Kingdom of Marey's Capital, Constanticoltle, for patrol." HandyFlash added.

Rainbow Dash went to a bench and lied down. "Sweet. More resting for this ace. Any back up?"

"Yeah. 23rd Fighter Squadron, aka 'Thistle Squadron', will be flying with us. Also they're the ones who are refueling here." HandyFlash said.

Rainbow Dash got back up and walked towards the exit. "Okay. We oughta check the planes. Don't wanna fly with a piece of bolt loose in your wings."

HandyFlash followed her as the others did as well. "Sometimes I have a bad feeling if your coming to repair your own plane."

"Oh come on. I've been in training. The simulations gives you pretty much everything."

"Just be careful what you say."

As they went outside on the flight deck, they could feel the wind was getting colder. Well, the AAC-113 was flying which was pretty windy. But they were passing by the Crystal Mountains. If they keep going north, the Kingdom of Marey is right there. The Kingdom of Marey isn't as cold as you think. It gets partial rain with sunny skies. Unlike the Union of Changnia where it snows and is around 60s.

HandyFlash looked around and saw Neon Nimbus with Luna and some hologram. He raised his eyebrow and walked to the three. Twilight and the rest of the group followed him. As he got closer, he recognized the hologram from before.

"AI-19. It's been some time." HandyFlash waved.

Seishin recognized that voice and looked at the direction where his voice came from. She saw HandyFlash for the first time. "Wow. Hey HaNeul Gavin Flash. Long time no see." Seishin smirked.

"Pfft. Yeah. Long time no see because I never saw you in a hologram form. I just heard you in my mom's computer." HandyFlash said.

Twilight dashed through fast enough to knock HandyFlash down on the ground. She excitedly introduced herself to Seishin. "Ohmygosh Ohmygosh. It's so nice to meet you! Are you a real holographic AI?"

Seishin smiled. "Yes I am." She answered.

Twilight took out her hoof. "I'm Twilight Sparkle. I'm one of HandyFlash's friends. Also, I had no idea you knew him." She smiled. Seishin took her hoof and shook it.

Neon Nimbus raised her eyebrow. "Wait, you can shake hooves? But your just a hologram."

"Thanks to HandyFlash's mom, I can." Seishin grinned.

Luna walked in front of them and looked at the other side of the runway. "I deeply hate to interrupt your greetings for eachother but a flight is here." She pointed at four planes heading down to land.

They all moved out of the way and watched the four planes land down. What seemed different about one of the planes was there was a two seat one. Everyone except for HandyFlash and Neon Nimbus recognized that plane design from Handel. The plane had the name PMF-150. A two seated aircraft with a pilot who flies it and a weapons system officer for the copilot. Speaking of the two seats, when the planes stopped on the tracks for the deck crew to refuel and rearm, the two pilots got out and looked around the AAC-113's aerial flight deck. The two of them wore helmets that were styled with a spiked vortex and the name 'Thistle'. This seemed like the pilots they were going to flying with. The two went to Neon Nimbus and took of their helmets. The pilot was a stallion while the weapon system officer was a mare. They both saluted as Neon Nimbus and Arion Squadron did the same. They also bowed by Princess Luna's presence.

Neon Nimbus smiled. "At ease." She said. "Anyway, welcome to the AAC-113 Albatross. The very first aerial aircraft carrier in this world."

The stallion nodded. "Captain Comet Streak reporting as Thistle Leader." He said.

The mare went up. "And Lieutenant Daisy. Weapon system officer and copilot with Captain Comet Streak." She said.

Neon Nimbus nodded. "Alrighty then. Take a break on the deck. Must've been a hard time to fly the first time here."

"Yes ma'am." They both said.

Comet Streak looked at Daisy. "Tell Thistle 2, Lyric Breeze, she can chill with us. Don't want her to feel like an outsider."

Daisy nodded. "Okay. Be right back." She walked to the second aircraft in line.

Comet Streak saw the group and walked towards HandyFlash. "Excuse me sir?"

HandyFlash looked at him and saluted. "Captain?"

"How far is Constantincoltle exact?"

"Not really far. But we still have time to relax." HandyFlash answered.

"Alright. Thank you." Comet Streak smiled. "By the way, I'm Captain Comet Streak if you couldn't hear me."

"Colonel HandyFlash. Task Force X and leader of Arion Squadron." HandyFlash shook his hoof.

"I heard of you and your team. The Wing Feathers of Celestia and Luna. They call you that by you and your team's honor, friendship and teamwork. Especially the skills of aces. Right?"

"Pretty much. Who's your other friends?" He looked at Daisy and the mare pilot with her.

Comet Streak waved at the both of them. "My copilot is my girlfriend, Daisy. We both wanted to join the Equestrian Royal Air Force when we heard of you Arion Flight. Also to move to the next level. By flying I mean. Not that way." He tapped his head.

"It's alright." HandyFlash said.

"The one next to her is Thistle 2. Her name is Lyric Breeze. A pretty shy one as you may think. But a skilled pilot. She almost got her scores high enough to join the Task Force X in pilot school." He told him.

Rainbow Dash chuckled. "We also got a shy one, but in the Task Force X. She's right here." She pulled Fluttershy next to her.

Daisy and Lyric Breeze saluted and introduced themselves. They had to keep an eye on Thistle Squadron because they're the rookies that just finished training.

Rainbow Dash waved. "What's up? Ready to shoot down those drones?" She asked and punched her own hoof to act tough.

"Yes Lt. Colonel. Are you this excited as always?" Daisy asked.

"Yup. This pony is ready for anything!" She floated in the air and gave a fighting stance.

"How about leading the whole team then?" HandyFlash smirked.

Rainbow Dash dropped down with a shocked look on her face. She was good on leading a group of pegasi ponies, but on jets, she's nervous on what will happen if she thinks of a dangerous plan. "O-ookay. Maybe that part on jets, no I'm not."

After a long 15 minute break, Neon Nimbus called them and said that the operation is a go. The teams dashed towards inside and got out with their flight suit and everything. The gear was already on their suit and were all set to fly. Flitter styled her mane a bit because when she flies in her jet, it will be a bumpy ride. As well as her mane keeps getting in her way. Fluttershy as well. She wore a ponytail because of her mane blocking her sight.

Comet Streak put his helmet back on and looked at Lyric Breeze. "Wing Strong Lyric Breeze." He said.

Lyric Breeze nodded. "Yes sir."

As the members of Thistle Squadron got ready and went in their planes, Arion Squadron did the same as well. The deck crew saluted that they were all set for take off. All of them went to their planes and closed their lid. Checking to systems as always, they held the stick and kept their eyes on the HUD.

"Lets reach the sky. And make our fireworks." Comet Streak raised his hoof for a clear launch. Daisy gave the same sign as well.

"All set. I'm ready." Lyric Breeze gave the sign.

"Thistle 3."

"Thistle 4 ready. Turn the key Captain."

Comet Streak nodded and sped up the plane to take off. Daisy held on as the speed was forcing them to lay back a bit. One by one, Thistle Squadron was now in the air circling around the AAC-113 to wait for Arion Squadron.

HandyFlash raised his hoof. "Lets flap our wings Arions."

Cloudchaser smirked. "Make me and Derpy take down the heavy drones if any arrive."

"Yay! This mare is one of the stopping power." Derpy cheered.

Rainbow Dash looked at HandyFlash's plane. "I sense a-…"

"More like Demolition Derpy (Derby)." HandyFlash joked.

"I spoke to soon Flash." Rainbow Dash shrugged and looked away.

HandyFlash hit the throttle to speed up in an instant for take off. "Follow me in." He said.

"Rainbow Dash is back Razor Whisk!" Rainbow Dash smirked and hit the throttle as everyone else did the same.

Back on the deck, Twilight noticed a small black dot in the sky. It can't be Arion and Thistle flight because they were seen heading north as the aerial carrier followed. That small dot made her feel uncomfortable like someone or that thing was watching them. Twilight looked at Luna and worriedly spoke. "Princess? I think it would be best to go to the safe room. Just in case."

Luna looked at Twilight confusingly. "Are you sure? What's wrong?" She asked innocently.

"Nothing. You know how if there was an attack near the aerial carrier. We wouldn't want your sister, Princess Celestia, to see you hurt. Right?" Twilight smiled lightly.

Rarity nodded. "Plus we highly respect you Princess."

Applejack agreed thirdly. "We don't want to see yah hurt."

"Lets play games in there you know?" Pinkie Pie grinned.

Luna blushed on how much they care. "I…Thank you." She said and looked at Neon Nimbus and Seishin. "You both want to play with us when you're done?"

Neon Nimbus nodded. "We will. Stay safe."

"And beautiful." Seishin added.

-(Outskirts of Constantincoltle)-

Arion and Thistle flight stayed in one whole group as they approached the capital of The Kingdom of Marey. HandyFlash was glad to see the city he was born in before he immigrated to Equestria because of his parents were busy folks. Minor turbulence was felt because they were in the north parts of the planet. Lyric Breeze commented saying it was around 53 degrees outside the city of Constantincoltle. Rainbow Dash wondered how HandyFlash would go through this weather. Her wings would be numb if she flew around the area for one hour.

"General, This is Arion 1. We're formed up and awaiting orders." HandyFlash called.

"Roger. I just got some hostile drones on radar near by. Suggest to keep your hooves on the stick." Neon Nimbus said.

Seishin picked up after Neon Nimbus spoke. "Keep the capital safe. We can't let any innocents lose their life you know."

"No duh. It's in the rules." Blossomforth said.

"Well, someone remembered again." Thunderlane smirked. "I was expecting you to throw away that rule."

Blossomforth shrugged. "What do I look like? A garbage disposal?" She laughed.

"Yes." Thunderlane answered. Blossomforth glared at his plane like she was about to kill him. "Sorry." He apologized.

Comet Streak picked up his radio and contacted all planes. "Thistle 1 to all planes. Radar contacts closing in at our 11 o'clock." He looked back on Daisy where she sat in the second seat. "Tell me if you see them."

"Roger that." Daisy nodded.

"Waiting for IFF tone." Thistle 4 said.

Lyric Breeze looked at her radar. "I count 16 drones. 280 meters away."

Fluttershy kept an eye on the radar and staying sharp for any missile alerts. She nervously held the stick calmly until an alarm rang on her system. Her comms were on and heared she wasn't the only one. Her squadron and Thistle Flight had a missile alert.

"Missile! Missile!" Fluttershy cried.

"Break! Break!" Thistle 3 yelled as everyone turned hard.

Long ranged missiles passed by all of them without hitting any of their aircrafts. But the sound of rolling cannons were heard as some hit their shields. Minor damage result for most of them while a few of them didn't get hit.

"Tally bandits. I count…16. Looks like Lyric Breeze was right." Dumbbell said on the comms.

"Roger Arion 7. All planes, spread out and take them out at the same time. If you need assistance ask someone if they're not busy." HandyFlash told them.

"Both flights, this is Seishin. I'll keep you all updated in the air." Seishin called.

"Copy. Confirmed bandits in the air. Engaging without hesitation." Rainbow Dash said and picked one drone to go after.

"Hey Dashie. Try not to focus on just one if it has good evasive maneuvers." Seishin laughed.

"No problem. I can take him out in 5 seconds flat." Rainbow Dash followed one drone down that was about to go after Fluttershy. She started off by firing her cannons, but the drone evaded by a barrel roll. Next, she chose heat seeking to get a lock on. "Arion 2, Fox 2" She released one missile which caused the drone to make a break for it. Since the missile was agile enough, it still hit the drone. As it turned, Dash kept her crosshair in front of the drone to make the rounds hit directly. The drone exploded into a fireball like a volcanic eruption.

"Arion 2 scored one down." Lyric Breeze said.

"In six seconds." Seishin teased.

"Hey. An ace has some patience on taking one down." Rainbow Dash smiled.

"Don't get to show offy Dash. These drones might be better than the ones we faced." Daisy told her.

Comet Streak trailed a drone and jet the HUD on it. "Daisy. Drone in our 12 o'clock. Can you track him?" He looked back at his passenger.

"No problem." She looked at her screen and chose heat seekers for close ranged attacks. "Fox 2. Fox 2." She launched on missile only damaging the drone.

"Thistle 1, one drone is head on! Break right!" Thunderlane warned them.

Comet Streak reacted a little late. The drone passed by them leaving them with a few hits from the drone's cannons. Daisy kept an eye on the other drone that they were after and saw it break left. The bad thing was it was going on their tail because they were turning right.

"Comet? Bandit on our port side on the left." Daisy said.

"Don't worry. Let him on our back. Let me handle it." Comet Streak banked and turned in unpredictable patterns and went pass the clouds he sees. He looked at his panel as it flashed red slowly with a alert. "He's tracking!" The alert made a second sound. "He's locked! Get ready!" Then a third sound. "Flares down! Flares down!" Daisy followed orders and dropped flares to stop the drone's missile.

"Thistle 1. Break left. Then slow down to follow the drone." HandyFlash called.

"Roger. Breaking left." Comet Streak did so and saw on his right HandyFlash was head on and fired cannons on the drone. The drone was damaged then automatically turned right giving Comet Streak a good target to follow.

"Make it count you two." HandyFlash got back on assisting others.

"Thanks Colonel. You got tone Daisy. Fire!"

"Fox 2!" She fired a missile. When the missile reached its target, a fire ball exploded on target.

"Splash one. Good job." Comet Streak looked back and gave a high hoof.

"Thank you Comet."

-(AAC-113 Cockpit Deck)-

Back on the AAC-113, Seishin and Neon Nimbus continued to keep an eye and contacting the two flights. Seishin kept an eye on the comms while Neon Nimbus watched the radar. It's more easier since she's not the only one doing the work. Seishin watched in the distance on Arion and Thistle Squadron handling the 14 drones the was left. She could tell that the drones were not much as a difficult fight as well. So she went to Neon Nimbus and looked at the radar. But another transmission was coming from…inside the AAC-113? Only static was heard coming from it. She just thought Pinkie Pie was messing with the comms again.

A knock was heard on the door behind them. Neon Nimbus opened the door thinking its Princess Luna or Twilight and her friends, but instead, it was three ponies in black armor with spears. Seishin immediately activated security measures as a group of holographic guards showed up. The three in armor didn't even bother attacking. Instead, they waited as a stallion walked between them and stared at the two. Neon Nimbus gritted her teeth.

"Razor Whisk. When and how did you get in here?" Neon Nimbus opened a drawer and took out her old weapon in her Special Aviation Unit times; around three years ago.

Razor Whisk gave a wolffish grin. "That's a good question young mare." He showed a glowing ball on his hoof. "Thanks to my scientific days."

Seishin glared at him. "You have ten seconds to leave or these holograms will give you a bad time of your life." She warned.

"Just like these girls will if you attack?" Razor Whisk moved out of the way and saw Twilight and her friends tied up and taped on their mouths. "I'm mostly talking about…" He dragged in a mare who was dark blue coated. "Princess Luna."

Luna looked around her and saw Neon Nimbus and Seishin. She gave them a look of her showing fear. She couldn't speak or move because she was tied and gagged as well.

"I will leave. But we have to take Luna with us." Razor Whisk gave a serious look as his sharp mane covered his left eye. "And if it makes you feel good, I didn't do anything on this carrier besides getting your second ruler." He talked truthfully. Neon Nimbus knew he wasn't lying since she knew him back then.

"You're not taking anyone." Seishin growled.

Razor Whisk took out a small spear and pointed it on Luna's neck. She shook in fear and could feel the spear's pain thirsty point. "You either say us goodbye with Luna alive, or she loses her life."

Neon Nimbus nervously stared at Luna who was about to pass out in fear. She had a very difficult choice to either let Razor Whisk escape with Luna or Luna gets a last breath in. Seishin looked at her and frowned and nodded, saying they had no choice.

"Fine." She looked down in defeat.

"It's a pleasure making a deal. Now, I'm off to the Union of Changnia. Home of Queen Devsalis and her civil changelings. Also, say goodbye to Devsalis when I'm finished there for me." He smirked and threw the glowing ball on the ground which caused a blinding sight like a flashbang. As soon as it happened, Neon Nimbus blanked out as Seishin was disabled for a moment just like Twilight and the rest. They all saw Razor Whisk, Luna and the three fighters disappeared.

After waking up from the blast of the glowing ball, Neon Nimbus woke up and saw Seishin's hologram on the ground still unconscious. Seishin woke up slowly and saw HandyFlash with the rest of his friends in the deck. Twilight was already free and went to Seishin and helped her balance up. Rarity and Applejack helped up Neon Nimbus as they all brushed off.

"What happened to you girls? When me and Thistle Squadron tried to contact you, neither of you responded." HandyFlash said and looked around. "Where Princess Luna?"

Applejack answered. "That Razor Whisk fella infiltrated this place just to only get Princess Luna. Why? I wouldn't know."

HandyFlash glared out the cockpit windows. "What about Kira?"

"She's fine. I just checked up on her." Blossomforth said.

"Where is that slow poke going now?" Rainbow Dash demanded an answer.

Seishin got up and raised her hoof and showed a map to let everyone see. "The Union of Changnia. Capital: Marescow. Ruler: Queen Devsalis. An ally of Equestria ever since the First-Changnian War for a free country of Changelings and Ponies to live peacefully. Thanks to Devsalis' strategy, it was a complete victory. A tourist attraction I must say. Not to mention, VERY polite ones that welcome immigrants or visitors." She smiled.

"Seishin, notify other flights and turn course to the Union of Changnia." Neon Nimbus ordered.

"No problemo General."

"So, we're going to Changnia? I heard that place is full of civilized changelings." Thunderlane commented.

"No duh. We knew that already because of Seishin." Blossomforth said.

Twilight nodded. "My brother, Shining Armor, went there years ago when I was little."

"I've always wanted to go to the Union of Changnia. Learn more of its history." HandyFlash said.

"Question is, who knows how to speak Changnian (Russian)?" Neon Nimbus asked the group.

HandyFlash spoke. "Я могу." Translated to 'I can'.

"How is it?" Twilight asked.

"Хорошо." HandyFlash said translated to 'Good'.

Neon Nimbus smiled and walked to the door. "I'll contact the E.S.O.F and the Union of Changnia Spetslos to assist on rescuing Princess Luna."

"Alright. We'll head to our planes and take off to Marescow. I'll tell Shining Dawn to head to Stalliongrad. Удачи вам." HandyFlash said.

"I don't speak Changnian. Good luck." Neon Nimbus saluted.

-(Unknown Location in the Union of Changnia.)-

Princess Luna tried her hardest to get her eyes open. Only a crack of light was all she saw when she was opening her eyes. When she fully opened them, it was blurry, then soon began to clear up. She realized she had a collar on her neck and chains on her hooves. It rattled sharply as she tried to break free from it. When it was no use, she decided to use her magic, but something was blocking it. There was a glowing wrap of rubber on the tip of her horn to prevent her from using it. Luna started to panic and get nervous about why is she taken prisoner by Razor Whisk and his rogues. She thought if they were going to use her for ransom, use her power, or even worse. Her thoughts were interrupted when she heard hoofsteps coming from the door she saw in front of her. She bit her lip as her face showed fear. The door opened automatically and saw a stallion in a flight suit outfit. He seemed to just got out of his plane. The stallion walked closer to the vulnerable Princess Luna. Luna saw that behind him was a two more ponies. But she saw that one was a mare and one was a female changeling.

The two of them followed the stallion and stopped when he was in front of Luna's face. Luna gulped to swallow her whimpering to not show more weakness. The stallion cleared his throat and spoke in a familiar voice.

"Hello. Princess Luna, is it?" He spoke and chuckled. "I can't believe that the Wing Feathers of Celestia and 'Luna' fell for this trick." He walked around her like she was his prey.

Princess Luna wanted to feel fearless, so she spoke. "I demand to know why I'm being held." She demanded.

"Demand? Pfft. Either way, it will waste your tickets to ask me more questions." He smirked and put his hoof on her chin to make her look at his eyes. "Tell me Princess. Do you know who I am?" He asked.

Princess Luna glared at him. "A brainless rogue who doesn't even know himself."

The stallion put his hoof off Luna's chin and looked at the female changeling. "Mimic. Static." He said.

She nodded and used her changeling magic to power up the glowing rubber wrap on Luna's horn. The look in the female changeling's eyes showed nothing, but inside, she felt bad for doing this to her.

Luna felt a shock on her horn to her head that made her collapse and stayed paralyzed for a few seconds. The shocking only lasted for three seconds, but it was painful. Tears dropped from her cyan eyes from the pain. It just hurts to feel the shock after you collapse on the cold hard floor.

"Wrong answer Princess." The stallion said. "I bet Colonel HandyFlash would've answered it correctly. But I would shock him more if he was here because of what he did to my friend, Dimitri." The stallion gave a huge hint on who he was.

Luna looked up again and glared with her teary eyes. "Razor Whisk."

"O-hoho. Now you answered it correctly. Here's your prize." Razor Whisk looked at Mimic again. Mimic had no choice but to follow his orders.

Once again, Luna felt that shock again as she collapsed…again. This time, poor Luna couldn't get back up. She was shaking in pain as more tears leaked out. Mimic and the other mare looked at Luna in guilt. They didn't want to make her get hurt this much. The mare had seen enough, so she walked by Razor Whisk and spoke with him.

"With all do respect sir. You're wasting your time on her." She said.

"Stay out of this Evanesce. You have no reason to talk to her." Razor Whisk said coldly.

"If I had no reason with her, then why did you bring me in here as well?" Evanesce questioned. Razor Whisk stayed silent for a few seconds.

"After what happened to Vautour 1 and Dimitri, I don't think so." Razor Whisk was about to shock Luna again, but was stopped by Evanesce.

"You're letting all your anger out on the wrong pony. Princess Luna isn't responsible for their lose." Evanesce stayed in the same tone o voice.

Razor Whisk looked down and thought about it. She was right. Letting all his anger out on Luna was a wrong thing to do. "Fine." He walked to the door. "If that Equestrian is hungry, thirsty or anything, just help her out." He finished and walked away.

Princess Luna lied down shaking still from the shock. Her tears blurred her vision, but she saw that the two mares were sitting down on a bench from the wall. She hoped nothing bad will happen to her. She put her faith on Arion Squadron and the rest to find her and bring her back safely. She knew the Union of Changnian Spetslos and the E.S.O.F were getting ready to rescue her along with the Air Force.

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