Equestria and the Union of Changnia is forming a joint operation on a search and rescue mission of Princess Luna. Queen Devsalis ordered the Black Operations force of Changnia, Spetslos Forces, to assist incoming E.S.O.F operators on the mission. Elite Pilots of the Task Force X and a few flights were called in for reconnaissance and air superiority just in case drones arrive. Suspicious activity was called on a canal 195 miles away from the Changnian and Chyrsalis Empire border called the Green Canal. E.S.O.F and Spetslos forces had an objective to go into the five main buildings in the five checkpoints that presumed to have Princess Luna's location. The Canal was to be closed down and evacuated until the operation is complete. The name of the mission was 'Operation Green Fog'.

An air battle was happening above the beautiful skies of the Green Canal. Fire and Metal dropped with the smell of burning jet fuel as well with the roaring sounds of jets soaring through. On the ground, it was a little more peaceful than the sky. But the fear of getting hit with something from the aerial battle was all you can think about.

"Shadow 1 to Arion 1. We're almost done here. They just have one more building." Nightwing said.

"I know. Don't let the drones get closer to the target buildings. They WILL eliminate the E.S.O.F and Spetslos teams." HandyFlash warned. "Fox 2 sent." A fired a missile at a drone.

"Arion 7. I see one bandit heading towards the fifth checkpoint." FireBlaze told Dumbbell.

"I see him. I'm pursuing."

"This is Gold Team Leader. Securing last room on the third floor. Awaiting our breach." Shining Armor said on the ground.

Rainbow Dash's eyes widened and called him. "Negative! Do not breach the door."

The drone fired a missile and pulled up in time. The missile was heading towards the third floor that was possibly where Shining Armor was going to breach in. If he opens at door, his squad will all be shattered.

"Say again? I got static." Shining Armor said. "Did you say-" The radio was cut off by a sound of an explosion.

Rainbow Dash looked out her plane and saw the impact of the missile on the fifth building's third floor. She didn't move her hooves to break any direction. She just stared in shock.

Cloak and Cross Heart lied their still holding their LRAR-5s in shock while scanning the damage assessment from the missile striking the target building. Cross Heart scanned the top floor while Cloak just picked up her radio and contacted Shining Armor if she can.

"Gold 1? Respond." She called. "Shining Armor? You there? Respond."

-(Marescow City. 4 hours earlier.)-

HandyFlash walked around Marescow minding his own business as the citizens did the same as well. Neon Nimbus and Queen Devsalis along with the other leaders were still talking and planning about how to find Princess Luna. His squad mates decided to stay there and wait since he said that they deserved a break. Also, he was told to bring some snacks for his friends. He laughed by it sounding like he had to take care of his friends like Fluttershy and her animals. Veterinarians are taking care of Fluttershy's animals like Spike is animal sitting all of Twilight and her friends pets.

More breezing winds came through and caused HandyFlash's scarf to fall out. Alerted, he picked it up, but clumsily slipped on the icy ground. He tightly shut his eyes in pain then opened them to see one Marescow citizen staring at him.

"Are you okay?" The changeling laughed and helped him up. It appears that the voice was a female.

HandyFlash regained his sight and saw her more clearly. "I'm okay. Sorry bout that." He smiled goofily.

"Ah. You're Mareyian. From the Kingdom of Marey? I could tell by the accent." She smiled and noticed his outfit. She gave an excited look on him. "You're in the Equestrian Royal Air Force?"

"Yeah. It's not that bad if you have a strong stomach." HandyFlash laughed.

"Thanks for telling me Mister…"

"HaNeul Gavin Flash. Most likely I'm called HandyFlash." He finished.

"I'm Mimic. Just an average citizen in the Union of Changnia." Mimic said.

"Nice to meet you."

"Likewise. Aren't you here with a squadron? Usually every force has to have a squad." Mimic curiously asked.

HandyFlash pointed at the park. "They're just chilling at a meeting. My team is named Arion Squadron. Or 'The Wing Feathers of Celestia and Luna' is what they call us at home." He explained.

"Sweet." Mimic commented.

HandyFlash couldn't help but notice a supposedly hidden tattoo on her neck that is a bit exposed. He only saw the tattoo had a spear with a green handle, but not the whole thing. He wanted to examine the tattoo more but…well what do you think? It's on Mimic's neck. He may be a curious hanger from a cliff, but he knew how to treat mares in a good way. It would be rude to ask to look at the tattoo more. Mimic stared at him in confusion, not knowing that he's staring at her tattoo.

"Something wrong?" She asked.

"Oh. Nothing." He nervously smiled.

"Are you sure?"

"Positivelry. I mean Positively!" He corrected himself.

Mimic giggled. "Okay then mate." She attempted his accent. "I gotta go. See you again someday possibly."

He nodded. "Uh yeah. Possibly. До свидания." He said and walked off to the park again to make sure if the meeting is done. He looked back at Mimic who was walking away and wondered something. 'Why was that tattoo hidden like that? Maybe she felt uncomfortable about showing it.' HandyFlash thought.

-(2 hours later)-

About 2 hours has passed when the meeting was finally over. Devsalis agreed to assist with the search of Princess Luna with the Equestrian Royal Air Force and E.S.O.F. The main plan was to head to the Green Canal, where reconnaissance aircraft reported suspicious activity as well as some workers. Under both of the military sides, it is classified to let other innocents know because they believe Razor Whisk has spies. Arion Squadron along with E.S.O.F-R's Gold Team was to stay in the AAC-113 until they are close to the Green Canal and begin the operation. 'Operation Green Fog' was its name. The AAC-113 was guarded by Seishin and her holograms just in case another infiltration happens.

On the flight deck, a few flights were taking off as others waited for their turn. Some E.R.A.F and Hoofwaffe flyers were waiting for take off. Most of the flights were reporting back to their patrol as a few were to go into air superiority against incoming drones or dangers when the operation is in progress.

"Thistle Squadron, you're cleared for take off." The control room said.

"Roger. Thistle 1 taking off." Comet Streak looked back at Daisy. "Hang on Daisy."

"I already know how." Daisy laughed and braced herself for take off.

"Good luck Thistle flight." Cloudchaser waved.

A mare with her gear already on was walking around in circles getting warmed up for her flight to patrol. Cloudchaser could tell she was nervous about flying a plane for the first time, so she decided to help out.

"Are you okay?" Cloudchaser asked.

"I'm fine. Just getting myself ready." She said.

Cloudchaser smiled. "Good luck. By the way, I'm Lieutenant Cloudchaser. Arion Squadron's number 9." She introduced herself.

The mare stopped walking around in circles and recognized that squadron name. She looked at Cloudchaser with a blank look. "Are you kidding?"

"I'm no comedian. I don't kidd." Cloudchaser joked.

"Well, it's nice to meet one of the aces. I'm Captain Angelic Heavens." She shook her hoof with Cloudchaser's.

"Likewise." Cloudchaser smiled.

"Hey sis? Best to get some water before you fly." A voice said coming from a stallion who was coming towards them. He noticed Cloudchaser's squadron emblem first and realized it was Arion Squadron's emblem. He gave an impressed look. "An Arion squadron member."

"Brother, I already drank water. Thanks." She rolled her eyes.

"That's your brother?" Cloudchaser asked.

"Oh yeah. Sorry." The stallion apologized. "I'm Vampiric Heavens. I'm the brother of her." He said.

Cloudchaser shook hooves. "Nice to meet you both." In the corner of her eye, she saw Flitter wave at her, knowing she has to go. "Sorry. But I have to see my team. Talk to you both later." She walked away and waved.

Vampiric Heavens looked at his sister. "Can't wait to be an ace as well." He smirked.

Angelic Heavens rolled her eyes. "Keep dreaming on bro."

Cloudchaser went inside to see that her squad mates were just laying down on the benches except for HandyFlash and Rainbow Dash. They were both playing chess. Thunderlane and Fluttershy were watching them play as Derpy, Dumbbell, and Flitter were taking a small nap.

Rainbow Dash was having a hard time to beat HandyFlash. She only had three pawns, one bishop and the king and queen. Both her knights and both rooks were gone. HandyFlash just kept his poker face on and calmly played as Rainbow Dash was frustrated in her mind. Fluttershy was strategizing in her mind since she will take the next turn when one of them loses. Thunderlane just watched them play because he doesn't know how to play. Not a surprise, huh? Just kidding.

"Ugh! C'mon! I can't even move anymore of my parts!" Rainbow Dash said in frustration.

HandyFlash chuckled. "Remember when Dash was winning?" He joked.

"I forgot that the queen moves just like the rook and bishop." Rainbow Dash said and moved her bishop forward.

HandyFlash smirked when she didn't realize her king was surrounded by his rooks. He moved his queen between the rooks and trapped her king. "Checkmate Lt. Colonel." He said.

Rainbow Dash fell back and covered her face. "Darn it."

"Good game." He smiled,

"Don't worry, you're getting better." Thunderlane commented.

"Don't patronize me." She groaned.

A noise of metal armor was heard coming from the door. They looked at the cause of the noise and saw Shining Armor with two other warriors behind him wearing balaclavas. He was wearing his original combat outfit with a clear glass visor on him just in case dirt gets in his eyes. He removed his helmet and held onto it.

"You all set as well?" Shining Armor asked.

"Yup. We're good." HandyFlash saluted.

Shining Armor looked around and made sure Twilight and her other friends weren't there. "Kind of disappointing to know that Twily and her other friends had to go back to Ponyville." He commented.

"Yeah. It's all because of the Equestrian Security. But hey, she won't see you getting hurt."

"But after the mission, I might get some scars to be left over." Shining Armor laughed. "My wife, Cadance would slap me if she saw me in a 'grimy' condition."

HandyFlash laughed and looked at the two ponies behind Shining Armor. "Who are those two stallions?" He asked.

The two of them removed their balaclavas and revealed their faces. Unexpectedly, they were both mares, Who were twins. Shining Armor stepped out of the way and introduced the two.

"These two are Cloak and Cross Heart. Part of the Omega Forces." He introduced.

Cloak chuckled. "Why do you assume we're stallions with our masks on?"

"Oh. Uhm…I didn't really…okay maybe I-…uh…nevermind." HandyFlash blushed in embarrassment.

Rainbow Dash nudged him. "Make sure not to mess up on that situation."

"Oi. Belt up." He looked away.

Cross Heart laughed. "You sound like our cousins, Aloe and Lotus, when they didn't recognized us when we wore this." She held up her balaclava.

"Anyway, when are you going in the air?" Shining Armor asked.

"When all flights leave. We're the last ones to take off." HandyFlash answered.

"Oh. For us, we're us next." Shining Armor said and put on his helmet. "I'll talk to you all later after."

"Alright. Stay safe. And it was nice meeting you two." HandyFlash waved.

"You too!" They both said at the same time.

-(1 hour later)-

HandyFlash fell asleep while waiting for the time when Neon Nimbus told them to take off. Pretty much all of Arion squadron just fell asleep except for Rainbow Dash who woke up first earlier. When the door opened, Neon Nimbus was right there and gave them a sign to get ready. Rainbow Dash looked at HandyFlash and smilies evilly on a way to wake him up. She covered his nose which prevented him to breathe through. HandyFlash started squirming and panicking.

"I'm in space! I have no helmet!" He finally woke up and realized Rainbow Dash was the one covering his nose. She smiled innocently as he glared at her.

"Had a nice nap?" She teased.

"Cheeky rainbow." He rolled his eyes.

HandyFlash and Rainbow Dash both woke up the rest and told them to get ready for take off. Neon Nimbus told them that the operation is a go. She also said three out of five buildings were easily checked out. There was no problems at all. The air units have run into some light resistance, but it was all good.

Thunderlane put on a scarf that his mom delivered to him as a good luck charm. Well, she knew being in a jet aircraft can get chilly. Blossomforth finds it cute that he uses it now.

"Nice scarf Thunderlane. Do they make it for stallions?" Blossomforth teased.

"Oh be quiet. Everyone wears one to." Thunderlane rolled his eyes.

As soon as they were all set, they got into their jets and checked themselves for flight. They boosted up to a fair altitude and flew towards the Green Canal. It was nothing but smooth sailing they thought, but Neon Nimbus contacted them in a serious tone.

"Unknown aircrafts are approaching your position in high speed." Neon Nimbus warned.

Fluttershy looked at her radar cautiously and out her plane as well. "What? Why now?"

"I don't know. Okay aces, if they bite, we bite them back." HandyFlash said.

"Alright Arions. Be advised, the unknown targets are getting closer. Get ready for anything." Neon Nimbus warned.

In the distance, twelve planes were seen flying in one pack. The sound of their roaring afterburners made it sound more fierce. The emblem on the twelve planes was an Alicorn lying on a spear as a wall with a star. Colors were black and red only. A voice was heard by the leader who was a mare pilot.

"Homunculus 1 to all planes. This is our chance to take down those Arion Pilots." She said.

"This is Homunculus 7. Roger. Fresh apples on the ground ponies."

The unknown flight was not from the E.R.A.F or anything. They all knew they were also the ones working for Razor Whisk. Their leader, Homunculus 1 boosted forward and glared at them, eager to shoot them all down to show who's the true ace.

"The Wing Feathers of Celestia and Luna. I've been looking forward to this." Homunculus 1 smirked.

"Oh great. More of these challengers." Thunderlane whined.

"Prepare for your last flight, Arions." A Homunculus squadron member said.

"You've got a mission to do Arions. Shoot them all down quickly." Neon Nimbus said on the comms.

"My kind of way to finish of the jobs." Rainbow Dash smirked and pursued one hostile pilot.

"I'm not going down that easily." The Homunculus Squadron member drifted and slid right to reduce speed. Rainbow Dash couldn't help but break right as well. She passed right by her target and now is being chased by him. "Guns, Guns." He said and fired cannon rounds on her aircraft.

Rainbow Dash looked at her plane's status and saw her shields were down to 34%. Looks like they had heavy firepower on their planes. A missile alert was heard as she dropped down flares to save her plane. In a flash, she did a split S maneuver and pulled up. Since her plane was very agile, her target didn't see it coming and lost contact with her.

"Arion 2. Fox 2 sent." Rainbow Dash fired a missile and struck her target. Her target was paralyzed until it crashed on the ground.

"Homunculus 5 is down. Eleven planes left." One of the Homunculus Squad members warned.

"Fox 3." Homunculus 1 said and fired a radar guided missile at Derpy's plane.

Derpy reacted in time to evade the missile by doing a…don't say it readers…a barrel roll. "Yow." She commented and let Homunculus 1 pass by. She was going to go after her, but Derpy had two bandits on her tail. She reduced her speed and made the two behind her lose control a bit. She saw one on her left and yawed until her tone was heard. She fired her cannon rounds then finished it off by a missile.

"Another plane is down. Stay alert at all times."

"Roger. All Homunculus units, ready your ejection handles when you're going down." Homunculus 1 ordered.

"How about you get out of our way or else you all go down." Thunderlane threatened.

"I'm not much of a coward, Wing Feather." She engaged Thunderlane.

Cloudchaser assisted Flitter by distracting one of the planes. She noticed Dumbbell took down one plane with a strike of two missiles. Flitter remained cautious and kept her head in the game to chase down one target.

"Suck it up Homunculi. We will win this fight." Homunculus 1 gritted her teeth to stay in track on Thunderlane.

"Ma'am, I'm backing you up." One of her squad mates said and headed on in front of Thunderlane's aircraft.

Bad mistake. Thunderlane aimed carefully and set his weapons. He fired directly at the plane in front of him and clipped the wings of his target. His target spun out of control until it crashed.

"All units. Revise flight pattern." Homunculus 7 ordered.

Flitter shot down her target and picked another one. She saw that there were three planes in one group watching each others backs. She contacted someone in her squadron to help. She decided to contact Fluttershy since the others were busy.

"Fluttershy? Help me out on this one." Flitter requested.

"Alright." Fluttershy accepted and turned towards her plane.

"In front of us. Three bandits. On my go to fire missiles." Flitter readied herself as Fluttershy did the same. "Now!" She ordered and fired two missiles as Fluttershy fired the same amount. The three planes dropped flares on the single missile, but the reaming three missiles struck them directly.

"Eight of my pilots are down. You Equestrian animals." Homunculus 1 cursed. She only had seven pilots with her.

"Four planes left Arions. Lets finish this!" HandyFlash said and chased after one plane. He fired his cannon rounds and shot the engines. His target's right engine was now in flames.

"This is Homunculus 7. I'm out of the game. Bailing out!"

Cloudchaser fired a missile at one of her two targets, but they dropped flares. She restarted and fired two again. One struck the other, but one missed. The remaining one was hit by Blossomforth passing by.

"Arion 5 splashed one." Dumbbell said.

"Eleven planes are down. Keep going." Blossomforth said.

"There's one left. I'll take care of it." Rainbow Dash intercepted.

"Damn it! I underestimated you all." Homunculus 1 break right, but was too late on it. A missile struck her plane and caused an explosion on her engines. She ejected in time and glided her parachute to safety.

Neon Nimbus saw no hostiles on radar and contacted Arion flight. "All hostile planes down. Well done Wing Feathers of Celestia and Luna. I have to say that you might be their actual wings." She complimented.

"Thanks General. We can talk later. Give us the coordinates on where to go." HandyFlash requested as his squadron followed his lead closely. "Good job team. Especially you Rainbow Dash. Finishing off the leader." He smiled.

"All in a days work." Rainbow Dash grinned.

-(Green Canal, Union of Changnia)-

After that dogfight between Arion and Homunculus Squadron, they once again made it out in one peace. They approached the Green Canal and saw that a few carriages were flying through each sides of the canal and a few planes fighting against a light amount of drones in the air. Arion Flight flew into the combat airspace and engaged the remaining drones.

"Arion 1 to all units. What's the status on the Operation?" HandyFlash asked.

"This is Meteor. There are only a few drones in the air. Most of our units took care of it. Omega Operators Cloak and Cross Heart are currently keeping and eye on Shining Armor and Gold Team." Meteor gave him a heads up.

"Black Moon 1 to Gold Team. What's the status on the fourth building?" Eclipse Moon asked.

"We're almost done clearing it. We'll leave it to the Changnian Spetslos to clear out the rest." Shining Armor responded.

"Any sign of Luna?" Neon Nimbus asked.

"Negative. Not yet." He answered.

"Roger. Keep searching."

Seishin looked at Neon Nimbus and raised her eyebrow. "General? With the amount of drones and no ground resistance, I don't think anything important is here." She said.

Neon Nimbus nodded. "I know. But we need to check just in case."

"This is Gold Team leader, fourth building clear. Moving on to the last one." Shining Armor told them.

In the air, HandyFlash and his team was assisting the other flights to clear out the drones to make the mission more easier. Shadow Squadron's leader, Night Wing, was taking care of any drones coming closer to lower ground if they attack the target buildings.

"Gold 1-1, give us your location in the building." FireBlaze requested.

"Fourth floor. Clearing the three rooms one by one"

"Shadow 1 to Arion 1. We're almost done here. They just have one more building." Nightwing said.

"I know. Don't let the drones get closer to the target buildings. They WILL eliminate the E.S.O.F and Spetslos teams." HandyFlash warned. "Fox 2 sent." A fired a missile at a drone.

"Arion 7. I see one bandit heading towards the fifth checkpoint." FireBlaze told Dumbbell.

"I see him. I'm pursuing."

"This is Gold Team Leader. Securing last room on the third floor. Awaiting our breach." Shining Armor said on the ground.

Rainbow Dash's eyes widened and called him. "Negative! Do not breach the door."

The drone fired a missile and pulled up in time. The missile was heading towards the third floor that was possibly where Shining Armor was going to breach in. If he opens at door, his squad will all be shattered.

"Say again? I got static." Shining Armor said. "Did you say-" The radio was cut off by a sound of an explosion.

Rainbow Dash looked out her plane and saw the impact of the missile on the fifth building's third floor. She didn't move her hooves to break any direction. She just stared in shock.

Cloak and Cross Heart lied their still holding their LRAR-5s in shock while scanning the damage assessment from the missile striking the target building. Cross Heart scanned the top floor while Cloak just picked up her radio and contacted Shining Armor if she can.

"Gold 1? Respond." She called. "Shining Armor? You there? Respond."

HandyFlash gently smashed his hoof on his panel, but didn't cause any damage. "Darn it!" He cursed. "Arion flight, remain in battle. I'll be right back. Salin, I want an extraction force on building number five." He turned towards the AAC-113 and boosted up.

Salin responded without questions. "Roger. I'm sending in Rescue Carriages."

Fluttershy curiously asked. "What are you doing?" She asked.

"I'll be right back." He didn't answer her question at all.

Eclipse Moon saw another drone approaching the building to fire another missile. He pursued and engaged it. The drone was shot down, but the missile was already fired.

"Black Moon 1 to all planes. Another missile is fired!" He yelled.

Night Wing looked at the missile and saw what Eclipse Moon meant. He looked at his ammunition status and saw that his holobattery was low. Either way when he was going to shoot it down, it will waste his ammo. He knew Shining Armor and Gold team were the important ones in this search, so he made up his mind. He turned towards the missile and went in the front of the missiles path.

Rainbow Dash's eyes widened. "Shadow 1!"

"I'm not letting the important ones in is mission lose their lives." Night Wing said and continued to boost up towards the missile's path.

"Now hold it right there! What are you doing?!" Rainbow Dash asked.

"Just keep fighting! That's an order! They're going to need the nine of you more than me." He said.

Thunderlane looked at him and gritted his teeth. "No! Don't you even think about it Shadow 1! You here me?!"

"Sorry Captain. But I already did."

Cloudchaser responded. "Wait…you can't just…"

"Fight well Arions." He chuckled one last time. "Night Wing out." Was all he said until the missile finally struck his plane causing an explosion in the air by the fifth building. Smoke was covering the blast as soon as it happened.

Blossomforth noticed the explosion and saw the shredded plane of Night Wing as it crashed on the ground. She looked away to try not to look at the image. But she knew he was only doing it to defend Shining Armor and his team. That was the first Sacrifice she witnessed. She felt proud and guilty at the same time. Was that normal to feel it at the same time?

"We lost Shadow 1." One of the squad members of Night Wing said. "He's out of the game."

At the AAC-113, HandyFlash dropped down his gear and lowered his altitude to land on the deck. He landed successfully under twenty second which was his best time. But no time to celebrate, he opened his plane's lid and hopped out to see Neon Nimbus right there unexpectedly.

Neon Nimbus walked over to HandyFlash. "You here for rearming? Repairs?"

HandyFlash spread his wings and hovered above her around two yards. "I'll be right back." He dashed without hesitation from his General's voice.

He flew towards the fifth building as fast as he can hoping Shining Armor and his team was still okay. On his right was the extraction carriage that Salin sent. The aerial battle around him was under control by his fellow pilots as the drones started to lose more. All he hoped for is no other drones will strike the building again. He noticed a crashed plane next to the fifth building and saw that it belonged to Night Wing. He stopped on his tracks and stared at it in horror. The damage was very heavy just like how he shot down Dimitri. He could tell there was only a 15% chance that somepony would survive that destruction. Alive or not for Night Wing, he saluted at his plane and sighed.

He landed on the roof of the building and looked around. Because the roof was unstable, it collapsed unexpectedly as HandyFlash fell down with it. Feeling a little bit of pain, he got up and continued his search. He searched room after room until he came across an open one with part of the wall that collapsed. He saw all of the E.S.O.F Gold team members sitting down on the floor while their combat two medics was doing the job. A stallion came out of one room and saw HandyFlash. He almost pulled out his M1L, but recognized that it was him. HandyFlash saw it was Shining Armor. He had dust and dirt on his armor and face by the blast of the missile that struck the building. He hid the pain and fear by smiling.

"Colonel HandyFlash. What are you doing in the battlezone?" Shining Armor asked and gave him a high hoof.

"Haha. You sure have a titanium shield around you." He chuckled. "How is everypony in your unit?" He looked at all of them. No groaning or complaints on them were heard. He knew that the E.S.O.F training was worst than this kind a pain.

"We're all fine. I searched the building by myself, but no sign of Princess Luna or anything that resembles a clue." Shining Armor sighed. "How about you?"

HandyFlash frowned. "We lost Night Wing, Shadow 1." He said. "When a second missile was heading towards this building, he stopped it by making it hit his plane."

Shining Armor looked up and saw that the aerial battle was no over. All planes revised their flight pattern and smoothly flew around the sky.

"That Night Wing sure has the bravery to cover us. He deserves the Medal of Tribute soon." Shining Armor showed him his Medal under his armor.

HandyFlash was about to speak until he was interrupted by the carriage that hovered on the opening of the hole in the room. It was Salin's carriage that was called to get them out of there.

Shining Armor looked at his unit. "Alright. Lets get outta here. Move, Move!" His team obeyed his order and all got on the carriage. He was about to hop on board and looked at HandyFlash. "You coming in?"

"It's cool. I got wings to fly outta here myself." HandyFlash smirked.

Shining Armor nodded. "Alright. Don't be too long Colonel. More rebels might come." He smiled and ordered the carriage to move out and escort them to safety.

HandyFlash stood there alone and looked at the sky one last time. He could tell Rainbow Dash was waiting for him to respond as well as his team. Then, he looked around the building and saw the damage. It would've looked pretty clean before this happened. But now it looks like some angry beast wrecked this place. All he did was standing there distracted by the wreckage, until he felt somepony's hoof with a blade being held on his neck. The sharp edge was two inches away from his neck. HandyFlash stood there frozen as a statue. He looked at the hoof and saw it was a changeling's.

"Well now. Look what we have here?" The changeling had a female voice. "It's the stallion with a brain of a nerd." She giggled.

HandyFlash recognized that voice, especially the giggling. He looked behind him and saw the female changeling he met at Marescow for a small moment. Mimic, was who it was. Her tattoo was now fully exposed. A spear with a green handle with a changeling's head with one blue eye and one green eye was the full tattoo.

"Just calm down and stay right there." Mimic ordered.

"Oh hello. I recognize you." HandyFlash raised his eyebrow. "That friendly changeling I met up with when I was taking a stroll around the park."

"You remembered me. That's so nice of you." Mimic smiled.

"You're welcome. Now do me a favor and mind putting that firehoof away?" HandyFlash smiled nervously.

Mimic rolled her eyes. "Even without this, I can still take you down."

HandyFlash raised his eye brow. "Pardon? You and what army? Or is it you or one army? No no. No seriously, you and one army?"

Mimic smirked and raised her hoof to order unexpected changelings to come out. About five rebellion changelings were pointing there spears at HandyFlash as he gulped.

"Hehe. Looks like I open my mouth a bit." He looked away. "A clever one you are with some tricks up your sleeve."

"And your Kingdom of Marey accent makes you sound even more funnier when you're in fear." Mimic laughed like Pinkie Pie would do.

"Oi! Don't make fun of my accent." HandyFlash blushed.

"I didn't say it sounded stupid or something rude."

Suddenly, another female voice was heard from behind Mimic. "We're both flattered about that, Mimic." The voice said. She had the same accent as HandyFlash.

Mimic looked behind her and laughed. "Your welcome. Evanesce."

Evanesce walked right next to her and scanned HandyFlash. Quite an awkward thing to say. She looked at his flight suit that still had his equipment on and noticed the Colonel Insignia as well as an emblem that was a vortex with stars around it, the sun and moon on top, and a pegasus' head and wings in the middle. She smirked and glared at HandyFlash, which made him uncomfortable. Then, Evanesce ordered the five changelings to fall back as they all left the building through the door.

HandyFlash stepped back. "Uh…are you done examining me miss?"

Evanesce laughed. "The way you said it was pretty funny, Colonel HandyFlash."

HandyFlash awkwardly looked around. "Oh how do you know my name? Lemme guess, Razor Whisk."

"Yep. Also about you being the leader of the Wing feathers of Celestia and Luna. Being the main dogs for the Air Force." Evanesce joked.

"Oh belt up." HandyFlash rolled his eyes. "We're their weapon. Not their experimental gerbils."

"Whatever you call yourselves, it really doesn't matter to me." Evanesce rolled her eyes.

HandyFlash raised his eyebrow. "And what would you call yourself?"

"Eileen Zerchi. But my main name is Evanesce." She answered.

"Yeah. Nice name." He commented. "Now what do you want from me?"

"Your love." Evanesce said which made HandyFlash almost faint. She laughed at his reaction. "Gotcha."

Mimic laughed as well. "That was awkward and funny at the same time." She said.

HandyFlash blushed furiously. "Not cool! That legitimately almost made me faint!"

Evanesce rolled her eyes. "Can't you take a joke?" She smirked.

HandyFlash realized that he jokes around with his friends as well. "Good point. But seriously, what do you want from me?"

"We were originally supposed to get information from this Shining Armor stallion who's job was to go in this building. We were going to tell him to send a message to you. But since you're here, well…change of plans." Evanesce explained.

"Well, I called in an extraction for him and his team. So they're already gone now." He said that Shining Armor and Gold Team were on their way to the Marescow Hospital for checking.

Mimic whistled as Evanesce smirked. "Riiight." She ordered Mimic to stand back.

"Now if you'll excuse me, I have to go. Cheerio, HaNeul." Evanesce pulled out a flash bomb, pulled the pin and threw it in the air to release the blinding light.

HandyFlash couldn't see anything. He closed his eyes, even covering them with his hooves. He left something touch his right cheek almost by his eye and soon waited for the flash to stop. He opened his eyes and noticed he was the only one there. He pulled out a small mirror from his flight suit's pocket and checked himself just in case for scratches. He noticed a note on his face where he felt something. He pulled it out and noticed a lipstick mark was on him as well. He awkwardly read the letter and read through it.

"Hello Fire Feather. Or I should call you HandyFlash? Sorry I left you without me telling you what I'm talking about. If you want to find Princess Luna, you're going to have to play hard to get with us more wherever and whenever. Like it or not, it's one of the keys to see where your princess is at. Have fun and don't crash yourself out. From, Evanesce. Cheerio." He finished reading the note and put it in his pocket.

"Jeez." He sighed.