Harmony's Defeat
Chapter 15: Chapter Fourteen - It's Snow Time
Previous Chapter Next ChapterOn board Liam’s chopper. On our way to Moscow. Rarity, Twilight, Rainbow and Violet were with me. Spike also tagged along, says he wants to protect Rarity. My car was magnetically grappled to the bottom of chopper. I wanted to use it to drive right into the bases perimeter guns blazing. Liam would provide Air support and the others would be ready to drop in. The UN were also ready to move in for the north of the base with Black hawks. The UN did not believe that Discord was really trying to end the world, but with the Ponies as evidence that he is real they decided to help me. They owed me for my help in the war and they wanted to take out the Russian leadership. This was their chance to do that. It was time to end this war.
“We are about Twenty Minutes out” Liam informed.
“So Liam! Where did you learn to fly anyway?” Violet asked Curiously.
“I served a couple of years in Iraq. I was a Comanche Pilot for the RAF. When the Taliban seized control of the country and rallied an Army against the UN, the UN decided to fight them full force. I was trained to take on large military fortifications the Taliban had set up. With the Russians supplying them weapons and tanks for free, the UN needed the pilots to be able to handle the toughest situations. I did six months of pilot training. They took the best of the best, put us into one battalion and had us destroy every fortification one by one in a long continuous order. Two months of constant flying. Everyday we would be sent out to another fort to destroy. One massive campaign against the Taliban. ‘Steel Blades’ was what we were called. The most famous air battalion in history. We hold the record of most successful air attacks. Ninety-Four missions to date and with only one loss”
“...Impressive” Violet said, impressed. “...so what happened in the end? Why did you stop flying for the UN?”
“A year before this war started, Our last Mission. The last Taliban fortress in Baghdad. Biggest military operation since world war two. 300,000 American and European soldiers and 240,000 Taliban Soldiers. The final battle on terror. The fighting lasted hours. I provided constant fire support missions to the troops on the ground. The second morning in I was ordered to support a team of marines moving in on Akmead-Fesadel, The Taliban leader. I was flying in to destroy some tanks, to allow the marines to make it inside the building to capture Akmead. Before I could a Russian MiG flew out of no-where and blew my helicopter away. I was unable to complete my mission and the marines never caught Akmead in time. Akmead escaped. I was later dishonourably discharged for failure to comply with orders. I tried to tell them about the MiG but, without evidence, they didn’t believe me. More like they were trying to cover up the Russian attack. The last thing they wanted was a war with Russia. So they dropped me. I lost my Pilot’s licence and my Job. I was never allowed to fly again. They took away my one true skill, the one thing I truly enjoyed besides trolling, just to save their own ass. I was real butt-hurt from that. Never trusted the UN again. Luckily Courage offered me to be his Pilot when this war came about...”
Beep, beep, beep! “Missile Lock” “Missile Lock” warned the obnoxious female computer voice.
“Incoming Missile!” Liam yelled.
Our helicopter was hit by a missile. The helicopter was fine luckily.
“Spike!” Twilight screamed in Panic! Spike had been knocked out of the Helicopter.
I didn’t think for a second! I just grabbed my bag and jumped out after him to save him.
“Courage!” Violet yelled.
Falling down towards the mountain. Spike not far in front of me. I tilted forward to gain speed. Getting pretty close to the ground now I had to be quick. Tried to push myself forward to catch up. It was going to be close. I was close enough now, he was yelling as he fell. I grabbed him and swung him round to sit on the back of my neck.
“Thanks! But now what?!” yelled spike as we came close to the mountain top. I flipped out a snowboard from my bag and started slowly setting down the side of the mountain as we continued to gain speed. Fully set on the ground now, we were shredding down the mounting side on my board.
“Why do you have a snowboard in your bag?” spike asked curiously. I think he was quite scared by the fact I had a snowboard in my bag for no good reason.
“Spike... I'm smart. Don’t question my motives. It saved your life didn’t it?”
“True, I was just curious is all. Seems like a strange thing to bring on a mission”
“...In the middle of a mountainous snow land... with many MiGs... waiting to blast our helicopter from the sky...”
“Well you could have packed a parachute...”
“Where’s the fun in that?... wait, how do you know what a...”
“We do have Parachutes in Equestria. We are not a completely backwater civilisation you know...”
I turned on my ear piece and spoke into it.
“Liam?!? Do you see the road ahead of me?”
“The incredibly icy one in the side of the mountain?”
“No shit! It’s the only one here. Drop my lambo on it then make your way to the base. Soften up the base for when I get there. I’ll blast straight through the bunker doors and move in on the Russian Premiere”
“Erm.. sure boss...” he sounded a bit confused.
He dropped my car not far up the road. It continued to slide down the road from where he dropped it while moving. I was planning to intercept it’s path. I was going to land in the sun roof like a bad ass. It was once again going to be a close one. I had to time this just right if I was going to land in the sunroof. Getting closer to the road now and the car about to pass my axis. I lent forward and squinted in focus. It was going to be close!
We managed to land in the car! I was absolutely astonished by the amount of luck and skill that took. I sat in the driver seat and started the engine. Spike sat in the passenger seat and strapped in.
“You know how to strap in?”
“Durr... It’s an obvious safety measure”
“Okay. I'm just not going to bother asking anymore”
Coming up on a U turn. I drifted round it. I was not going any faster than 60mph because the ice was too slippery even for my four wheel drive. The corners didn’t even have crash barriers to stop you flying off the cliff. In fact the whole road didn’t have any crash barriers on the side. Well it seemed I needed to be careful when making my way down the mountain. No speeding at all. Well then obviously my bad luck caught up with me.
“Russian fast attack vehicles inbound from the rear... Fucking great”
Two fast attack vehicles followed up on me, firing away at my car. A hind also flew up from behind the side of the road and began firing at the side of my car. The bullet proof windows I installed held for a while but they were slowing cracking and breaking. I sped up to try lose the fast attack vehicles but they also sped up with me. A U bend was coming up but I couldn’t slow down. I continued to accelerate, 120, 130, 140, 150, the Vehicles behind trying to keep up. One slid out of control from going to fast and flew of the cliff. The U bend coming up so I swung my back end round and drift round the corner, my back wheels actually came off the road and over the cliff edge but luckily my front wheels pulled my car back on. The other fast attack vehicle just flew straight off the corner.
Ahead more fast attack vehicles and a truck was parked on the side ready to pursue, the hind still firing at us. The fast attack vehicles fired at me as I passed them. They started to pursue me. The back and right windows shattered from all the extra gun fire. Spike covered his head with his claws. I kept my hands on the wheel as the glass cut up my hands and arms. The fast attack vehicles getting close now.
“Hay Russians! Do you like my car? I have a few mods that you might like”
I suddenly hit a button on the dash board. A spike strip deployed from the back of my car. The truck drove over it and its tires burst. It flew off the side taking out one of the fast attack vehicles too. The other fast attack vehicles still hot on my tail.
“What other buttons can I press. Hay Spike. Pick one at random”
“What me? You want me to choose? Okay, this one” He said pointing to one of the buttons.
“Mines? Okay!”
I pushed the button and mines dropped from under my car. The fast attack vehicles in front were destroyed. Two more came rushing through the smoke from the explosions.
“Seriously? What have you done to this vehicle?” Spike said with dis-belief.
“Amazing isn’t it?” I said with Smug pride.
Another U bend ahead but at least we were close to the bottom of the mountain now. After drifting the bend I had lost the fast attack vehicles. They drove straight off the edge. The hind was now firing rockets at us. Two more hinds come towards the mountain also firing rockets. A rocket hit the back of our car and the back wheel was blown in. I was losing control as we slid closer to the edge. Rockets still flying in from everywhere.
“Now what do we do?!?” Spike yelled in panic.
I hit a large green button on the dashboard.
“Self repair nano’s... They can repair the back end of the car to an extent. They burn themselves out after a while and they also can’t replace anything that’s actually blown off the car. Hopefully they should be able to do just enough to save us”
The car was repaired. In the wing mirror I saw the car repair itself, almost as if it was inflating again like a balloon. The ground then started shaking from more than just the Rocket’s shock waves. Looking out the window towards the mountain I saw a massive wave of snow coming from down the mountain. All these rockets had caused an avalanche. Luckily the next turn would lead us away from the mountain and towards the base.
Driving away from the mountain now, the hinds still firing away at us and a massive wave of snow chasing after us. I was swerving side to side dodging the rockets, the snow catching up slowly. I put my foot down to try out run it. 160, 170, 180, 190, 195. The snow catching up still, the hinds engulfed by the massive snow cloud, we were reaching a tunnel that would protect us from the avalanche. We just had to get there before we too were engulfed. The cloud now touching the car as we approached, we were so close. The car was then caught by the force of the snow and spun out of control. Luckily we crashed right into the tunnel and barrel rolled all the way down to the other end.
I woke up in the window of the car. I climbed out and brushed myself off. I was pretty scratched and bruised from the crash, bloody nose and a back ache. Nothing to serious but I did notice something that annoyed me...
“Fucking airbag didn’t go off” I said in a moan. “Spike?”
“I'm here” his voice sounded muffeled.
“You okay?”
“Yeah, just fine” I went to check on him and I found his head stuck in the fabric of the seat. I just laughed out load. His entire head was inside the seat.
“Yeah, yeah, very funny. Now quit fooling around”
I pulled him out of the seat and brushed him off.
“Next time I’ll put a ‘Baby Dragon on Board’ sticker in the window, just to let the Russians know to be careful”
I looked towards the base. Liam's chopper was firing away at the defences. UN tanks and soldier had also moved in on the bunker.
“C’mon Spike. Lets get going”
The bunker was surrounded by UN by the time I got there. There was no escaping for the Russian Premier now. Finally time to find out what Discord has planned. The truth behind this entire war.
“We have the entire complex Surrounded sir! Waiting on your orders to move in”
“Thank you marine. I didn’t expect the UN to send us so much back up”
“We want to end this war just as much as you sir”
“Very good... Ponies! People! Lets go!”
“Ya’ll hold on a second! We wanna be there too when we find out Discord’s plan”
The whole team walked towards me. Ryder, Edward, Apple Jack; the whole team was patched up. They were not completely healthy but they were well enough to fight.
“Pete...” I said moaningly. “...How was Megan?”
“She was fine. She died with a smile on her face. I’m going to miss her though...” A tear ran down his face. “...She was more than a team mate, she was a friend, and my lover. I’ll be damned as hell not to avenge her. She died to save the world and Equestria and I’m going to do just that, just for her”
I put my hand on his shoulder, “She was a good soldier. I didn’t know her long but she definitely did her part. If Discord is indeed the cause of all this. Then we’ll make him pay. All of our questions will be answered by the premier. Come on team! Lets find this ass hole! Time to uncover the whole truth to this war...”