Harmony's Defeat
Chapter 10: Chapter Nine - Splitting up
Previous Chapter Next Chapter“Hello again Rainbow Dash. It has been a while. How have you been?”
“Discord?”
“Yes! That is me. So lovely to see you all...” He flew round us in a complete circuit as he said it.
“Cut the crap Discord!” I yelled loudly taking a step forward, “...What’s your game?”
“Games? I love to play games!” He flew behind rainbow and spoke into her ear. “Rainbow, You remember that game we played back in Canterlot? The one where you betrayed your friends.” He looked at her with sly grin.
“...I didn’t betray my friends! You tricked me!”
He dismissed her response and turned to me, “And Courage is it? Do you know why she’s even here? Do you know what she did to Princess Celestria?”
“...That was an accident!” I claimed.
“That’s what she said. It sounds a little suspicious to me”
“No... It was an accident!” Cried Rainbow Dash.
“I know Rainbow. He’s just trying mess with us. Your tricks may work on Ponies but they won’t work on me Discord!”
Discord flew back over to Trixie and folded his arms in disappointment, “Hm... no fun. Well I don’t need to disband your little team of fighters. You don’t stand a chance of stopping me anyway. Now if you excuse me I have some chaos to wreak”
Discord clicked his fingers and Trixie and himself both disappeared in a poof of purple smoke. Rainbow and I lifted our weapons to shoot him, spraying into the smoke but he was already gone.
“Damn it!” I yelled.
“C’mon Courage, we should get to the Chopper”
“Yeah, of course. Lets get going”
Me and Rainbow managed to sneak out of the base and made it to the Chopper safely.
“C’mon you two. Where have you been? You guys took forever in there” Violet sounded a bit stressed.
“It’s a long story...” I climbed on board the chopper “...I’ll explain later. Right now I need to get to my computer lab”
Liam’s voice sounded through my ear piece, “You got it boss!”
The helicopter took off from the ground. As we raised above the canopy I could see choppers swarming the concentration camp that we just escaped from. Those Russians really didn’t like us. After this I don’t think they’ll ever take their chances with us again. Next time they’ll be using a ‘Shoot first, ask questions never’ Policy.
“So what did you find down there?” asked Ryder.
“Well...”
I was immediately interrupted by Liam, “Enemy Choppers incoming. Hinds! Three of them!”
“Use your rockets Liam. This Helicopter is equipped to fight off ten Hinds you know” I said stating the obvious.
“Yeah but I used all my rockets to destroy those tanks back at that Russian airbase. We never restocked the rockets back at the base. Yes I COULD use the machine guns but using just machine guns against three hinds armed with missiles, machine guns and side gunners would be a little risky”
“Take evasive maneuvers then. Me and Rainbow will man the mini-gun turrets and try to take them out”
“Courage! You haven't slept in days and you had your kidney ripped out of you less than four hours ago. I think you should just rest for now. Let me man the turret” Violet was very concerned about my health but I just ignored her and continued to prime the turret and open the side door of the Chopper.
“Alright Rainbow. Just push the button on the side and your mini-gun will unleash hell on the enemies with a speed of 3600 rounds per minutes”
“Here they come!”
Liam swung the chopper sideways so I was facing the Russian hinds. My mini-gun begun to spin up as the hinds fired at us. Bullets flew in through the door but I managed to not get hit. I fired back spraying bullets everywhere. The hind was almost instantly destroyed. These guns packed a mean punch. Rainbows mini-gun was going off for a few seconds then Rainbows side was hit with a rocket from another hind. She and everyone else were fine. Her gun was not so lucky. While I was distracted the third hind sprayed bullets in my side also taking out my gun.
“Fuck! Liam our guns are gone!” I yelled in panic.
“You think that's bad? We just got hit by a MoFo rocket! This chopper is tough but not invincible!”
“Shut up and get us out of here!”
“Your mum get us out of here!”
“...That didn’t even make sense!”
“Your mum makes no sense!”
Liam flew down low into the forest’s canopy following a dirt road.
“Woah! Your a bit low Liam!”
“Shut up faggot! You obviously know nothings bout helicopters”
The hinds followed us in firing rockets and machine guns everywhere. Liam strafed side to side dodging the trees and rockets. The hinds were having difficulty trying to keep up without crashing. Liam the flew over some thicker vegetation and deployed his flares. Not only did the flares set the vegetation on fire but the rockets from the hind also blasted the fire turning it into a massive blaze, a blaze in which the hind flew straight into.
“Woohoo!...” Shouted Liam cheerfully. “...Get some noobs!”
The second came in from above and fired rockets. Liam dodged the rockets but now we were out of ideas. Well at least I was. The hind flew towards us and Liam flew straight back at it. Both firing machine guns at each other.
“Liam? What are you doing?!?!” I yelled.
“For pancakes!!” shouted Liam.
Liam then swung our tail out and literally ripped the enemies cockpit apart with our tail blades. I did reinforced our blades with titanium and steel alloys but I didn’t think they would make our blades THAT strong. I just assumed the amount of damage Liam did with the machine guns severely weakened the hinds structural integrity.
“How are we back there?” Liam asked.
“Great, just great. It’s not like swinging your chopper around like that threw us all over the back or anything” I said sarcastically. Our chopper was heavily damaged but still flying, the tail blade was fucked and barely spinning
“Get us out of here Liam” I ordered.
Back at base I assembled the team in the computer lab for another briefing. We were all worn out and tired, me the most. Especially after that horrible experience Trixie gave me.
“Before we start I want to introduce the new team. While we were gone I had Isabelle hire some new guys for us. We now have a full medical team, armoury officer and a new team of soldiers: Pete, Gavin, Lister and Megan. Edward, You will be their team leader”
The new guys walked forward to the T.C giving little waves to introduce themselves as I said their names.
“Okay everyone. This is discord...”
I brought up an image of Discord on the T.C.
“...He is an ancient pest of Equestria that forced the ponies to live in chaos for many years till Celestia and Luna ended his rain of terror. He also returned in Season two of My Little Pony so I assume that was very recent. At the end of the episode he was again frozen in stone. Now he’s here... Firstly, I want to find out how he escaped the stone and came to earth. Secondly, and more importantly, I want to know his plan. We will need to do some more recon to find out what he is planning. You have eight hours to rest. Go home, have a warm meal and get some sleep. Be back here at 10pm tomorrow, That allows you to have a nice lay in... Dismissed”
Everyone walked out of the computer lab except for Violet.
“What exactly will you be doing tonight? and don’t say work because you have to get some rest. You’ve been through way more than any of us have put together...”
“I have stimulants to keep me awake and pain killers to stop the pain. I need to work on this. The longer we take the more time Discord has to enact his plan”
“Courage, you can’t survive on drugs forever. Eventually this exhaustion will affect your combat effectiveness. You're putting yourself at a lot of risk by straining yourself”
“You're dismissed Violet. I have a lot of work to do”
“Fine...” she stormed out the room groaning.
I spent two hours in the computer researching for leads on Discord. Then Rainbow walked in.
“Courage. A couple of french guys came into the base driving a Pink... ‘Lamborghini’ I think they said?”
“Holy fuck that was quick!”
I dashed off to the Motor pool to find the french president standing next to the beautiful piece of art people call a Lamborghini.
“Greetings Courage. As thanks for saving Paris I will continue funding you and I have brought you this...” He tapped the roof with his hand “...Feel free to do what you please with it”
I ran and hugged the President giving a loud squee! “...Thank you so much. I'm going to mod the shit outer this thing. Feel free to come back anytime Mr. President. I'm greatly in your debt!”
“You're welcome Courage. Now I must really get going”
“Of course Mr. President. Thank you”
Next morning Violet came into the motor-pool to find me working on my brand new car.
“What the fuck is this Courage?” she said with cheerful surprise.
I slid out from under the car, “It’s my new toy from the president; a Gift for saving Paris! Isn’t she a beauty?”
I looked at the car with a cheerful grin then looked back at Violet, “...Been working on her all night”
“Awesome...” she said with a smile. “So did you find any leads on discord?”
“No but I found something that might be able to help us or at the least further cripple the Russians”
“So what did you find?”
“The Russian Premier...” We were in the Computer lab again with everyone else. “...if Discord and Trixie are working with The Russians then he must at least know something about them”
Ryder then began to talk, casually of course being the calm headed guy he is. “The Russian Leader? Well you must have a pretty good plan then if your even considering this. He will have maximum protection”
“Extra strength Condoms?” yelled Liam in panic, “Oh no!”
I glared at Liam for a few seconds then turned to Ryder, “Actually no, I don’t have a plan. I don’t even know where the Russian Premier is. However we are going to find him...” I brought up a map of Russia on the T.C.
“I will be setting us up into three team: Each team will have a separate objective in different parts of Russia. Team one will consist of Me and Rainbow. We will move here to a secret science research base We will be on an Intelligence gathering mission so a small team for stealth. The Premiere has been here many times before so hopefully we’ll find something here. Team two will consist of Edward and the Newbies. You will assault this base here on the outskirts of Magadan. The Premier was last reported there. Get their, take down the guards and find out some information on him. The base has very little protection so you won’t need to pack heavy. Team three will consist of Violet, Ryder and Liam. You three will be moving in on the General that we met at the Concentration camp. Turns out he’s the Premier’s main man. He might know where the Premier is or, even better, know something about Trixie and Discord.
Liam will drop us off first. Then he will drop off team two. After that you guys will proceed with your Mission. Team two, you will not have extraction for a while so you will need to take and hold the base until Liam is done. Me and Rainbow will be able to find our own way home but, just in case, be ready to pick us up when called for. Any questions?”
Pete put his hand up. I looked at him then he began to speak, “What if we can’t hold the base?”
“Then you proceed to either one of these three alpha sites till Liam can pick you up”
“Any other questions?”
Everyone was pretty comfortable with the plan.
“Okay, meet at the chopper in three hours. The armoury officer will issue you your weapons for this mission”
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“Okay, we are inbound!” Liam informed us. “...Team one get ready to move!”
Me and Rainbow primed out weapons and check our ammo.
Liam started again. “...All right touch down! Hit it team one!”
As soon as me and Rainbow touched the ground Liam swiftly flew away again.
“Good luck!” Said Liam, giving us a salute as he lifted off. I saluted back at him the turned to walk in the opposite direction with Rainbow. We were on our own from here. It was bloody cold. Why did Russia have so much snow? Actually, don’t answer that. It’s Russia. It’s always fucking snowing here. Anyway me and Rainbow began our three mile walk to the Science base. The base had many Anti-air measures in place so Liam had to drop us miles from the base to avoid being shot down.
“You know you never told me how you got to earth... or explain how your in a fictional T.V show...”
She stopped and looked at me... I stopped and turned to her. She looked unsure.
“...I can’t remember” she looked down and her ears fell back.
“For Luna’s sake really?”
She stepped back from me looking a little scared, “...I’m sorry. I can’t remember okay! The last thing I remember is waking up in a field with a headache and a few burns and bruises...”
I looked away...
“Burns and bruises...” I mumbled to myself in deep thought. Suddenly we heard the sound of a Helicopter approaching. Me and Rainbow took cover behind some bushes. The Helicopter landed in the opening next to us, many troops jumped out and the Leader of the team started shouting orders, in Russian so I had no Idea what he was saying. They all started moving towards where Liam had dropped us off. Clearly they had detected our approach and sent troops to investigate.
“We should get moving” I said cautiously to Rainbow.
Me and Rainbow managed to sneak into the base perimeter and were now moving through the science labs to the control room. There were many Russian scientists in the labs but they were so busy working that me and Rainbow managed to sneak around un-noticed. These scientists where working on a nerve agent of some kind. I didn’t stop to read the notes as we had a mission to complete and I didn’t want to get caught. We reached the control room entering on a cat walk above the main control room floor. I approached a computer and plugged in a flash drive into the USB port. I looked down to see at least twenty five Russians walking around. I could see strategists around a world map debating plans but I was a little to high up to hear anything. The flash drive was pre-programed to copy all the data off the network computers. It was close to being done already.
I turned around back to the door. A Russian conscript stood in front of the large steel automatic doors we had come through. He looked so scared. He ran back out the door, probably to sound the alarm.
“Ah shit!” I said pulling out the flash drive as it completed it download. We chased the Russian to outside the building. He ran down an ally on the left. He was going for the alarm at the end of the ally. I shot him in the back before he got there but his corpse flew forward and his head hit the button.
“Ah shit!”
The ringing and beeping of alarms sounded and a red flashing light above the alarm began to give away our position.
The voices of Russians was coming from the end of the ally.
“Go for the Helipads Rainbow! Lets go!”
Russians peered around the side of the ally and started firing. We moved in the opposite direction to run for the helipads. We ran through the base as Russians took shots at us from everywhere. We ran inside a motor-pool for cover. More Russians started to shoot from the vehicles. We fired back taking cover behind some creates. After a cross fire we managed to take down the Russians and proceeded to the helipad. We were approaching the helipads now but we were power walking backwards towards them as we returned fire to the Russians behind us. We killed the last of the Russians behind us but as we turned around to the helicopters we were met with about sixty Russians, all pointing their AK’s at us. Two T-90 tanks also took position behind the soldiers. Me and Rainbow were just stunned.
“Attention Intruders! Put down your weapons and hand over the flash drive” A deep Russian voice sounded from the crowd of troops. It was magnified by a megaphone. Me and Rainbow refused to drop our weapons.
After a few seconds a Russian female soldier approached us. She was holding an AK-74u against her shoulder.
“Give me the flash drive or die where you stand”
Her Russian accent was very strong and powerful. Tall with long brown hair and large breasts, cleavage exposed by her half unbuttoned leather jacket. Black leather short shorts, Red paratrooper hat and bright red lipstick. She was only twenty/twenty-one years old. I stared for a moment just in awe of her beauty.
“Listen sweet cheeks, as much as I want to give it to you but I can’t. I need this information”
“Do you want to die? I'm going to get it either way” She said with a grin.
“I'm not giving it to you. Either way I'm dead. Trixie will just kill me when you capture me”
“Would you rather die now than later?”
“If I choose now then not only will it be quick and painless but I also actually stand a chance of winning”
“Fine by me” She turned around and walked towards the troops. She waved her hand signalling them to shoot. They all primed their weapons and prepared to shoot. Me and Rainbow also primed our weapons and aimed back. I pulled out my pistol for extra fire power. M246 in one hand and my P99 in the other. I didn’t know how we would get out of this one...