Cleared to Engage
Chapter 4
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So, what now?
"We'll do it." Andrew said, it's not like they actually have a choice into whether what they wanted to do. Princess Celestia stood there, speechless, with her mouth agape. Princess Luna had a snicker as she watched her sister stand there speechless. Luna nudged her to try and get her out of her trance.
"Uh, sister? They have not yet finished the Police Station, it will take a few days. What will they do then?" Luna asked, Celestia shook her head to regain her composure, Twilight snickered at her mentor an was very hard to notice. Andrew and his team had straight faces as they waited for a response.
"They could always live in the castle, I don't mind. I actually want to know more about them." Luna added. Celestia then nodded and agreed, she didn't want to burden Twilight and her friends with them living at their homes.
"Then it's settled, they'll live in Canterlot for the time being. Twilight, they will see you in a week." Celestia had on her poker face again. Andrew tried to make her laugh by doing a funny face, but it didn't work one bit. He then pointed a finger up signalling that he had an idea.
"Jhon, do your voice copying thingy." Jhon then cleared his throat and mimicked Celestia's voice exactly.
"I am Princess Celestia, co-ruler of Equestria and older sister to Luna. Sometimes I like to mess with the humans by putting them into quarantine." Everyone laughed their asses off, and Celestia had a flustered look on her face. She too then started to giggle as Jhon tried to copy her poker face.
"Alright that's enough Jhon." Andrew tried to regain control over himself, as well as his team and newly found acquaintances.
"Okay, that was hilarious." Rainbow said, Jhon cleared his throat again and spoke.
"Okay that was hilarious." He copied.
"Hey! Don't copy me! I said stop it! No, you stop it!" They said it at the same time. They all were in a state of uncontrollable laughter, once things settled down the real question revealed itself.
"So, what now?" Jhon asked, the rest of Echo Team shrugged, and so did the ponies. In all of the confusion Pinkie had a great idea, she raised her hoof into the air.
"Oh! Oh! I know! How about a party!?" She had a huge smile on her face, and they all looked at her with confusion.
"I don't see why not. I haven't had a party in so long." Nick said, they all nodded in agreement.
"Well, first I need detail. What type of party do humans like?" Pinkie got all up in Helena's face. She backed up as she tried to respond.
"Most adult humans like parties at their house, but you see. I used to own a club back home, we all used to hang out, sing, drink, and sometimes take someone home with us." The humans laughed and recalled some of their memories. Pinkie tilted her head.
"Oh, so your one of those club party goers!" They all nodded.
"I can hook you up, Vinyl has this great club in Ponyville, but you won't be going in a week." Pinkie saddened. Andrew patted her on the head.
"It's okay Pinkie, I think we can wait a week, besides we gotta get used to the new life around here." He said, Pinkie popped right back up and pony hugged him, and it almost crushed his guts out. They all heard a grumbling noise, and they turned to Andrew, he had an embarrassed look.
"Sorry, I hadn't eaten for a while. I'm starving right now." He gripped his stomach, and they all laughed.
"Well then I assume a luncheon is in order?" Celestia questioned, and they all nodded. As they were headed towards the dining room Celestia decided to scare her subjects with a topic about the humans' diet.
"So Captain, I assume that you all eat meat. Am I correct?" They all went quiet, and Echo Team went a bit shifty right then and there.
"I'm afraid so, but we can eat both meat and produce. Besides, I don't think I want to eat anything that talks." Nick jokingly said, they all stared at him.
"What? I'm serious." He shrugged, they all rolled their eyes and kept on moving.
"As I was saying, we eat plants and herbs too, usually, eating ponies in America is frowned upon." Andrew explained.
"If I'm correct, eating certain animals are illegal." Jhon added. They calmed down a bit, and gave Andrew's Team a little breathing room.
"So to answer your question I assume you have, no, we don't and I won't allow, the consumption of equine animals." They all let out a sigh of relief.
As they sat down at the table, it went quiet. They all ate their vegetarian based dishes and didn't talk the whole time. Most of the time they watched the humans practically swallow their meals whole, stuffing their mouths with food. It had to be the most succulent food the humans had in ages, surviving on mostly M.R.E.'s and shitty cafeteria food.
"How is this so good?" Nick asked, Celestia chuckled.
"This is regular food we eat on a daily basis. You should see the fancy food we eat." Celestia replied. They all nodded as they finished their food. They all were relieved of their hunger problem, but for some unknown reason Rainbow and Pinkie were gone.
"Hey, where's Rainbow and Pinkie?" Helena asked, they all looked around to find them, but they weren't to be found anywhere. They looked all over the castle until Pinkie appeared through the front gates looking distressed.
"Pinkie what's wrong?" Twilight asked, and Pinkie was almost about to cry.
"Rainbow and I were playing in the Market Square until somepony jumped her! They're demanding ransom!"
"Looks like we got a situation to defuse. C'mon team, we got a hostage rescue op."
(Listen to This)
Andrew and his team got on their tactical Battle Dress Uniforms and got their equipment together. Celestia by now had left to lower the sun, and as well as Luna to bring out the moon. This was just perfect for Echo Team, where the night shrouded their movements.
"Pinkie you gotta calm down. You can help by telling us where they're keeping her." Andrew calmed her down to the best of his abilities.
"There's an abandoned building on the other side of the city, that's where they're keeping her." Pinkie sobbed, Andrew once again patted her on the head.
"Good girl, now, Echo Team move out." Andrew brought out his serious side.
They reached their entry point, it was rather far from the designated target building, but the city was still full of the populace, and they did not want to introduce themselves a a time like this. Plus the fact that it was snowing, snow never helped when you are wearing a contrasting color. Echo Team had black B.D.U.'s, they stuck out like a sore thumb in the snow.
The fastest way to get to the other side of the city was to go straight through the middle, and luckily the roofs of most of the buildings were flat, perfect for running across. They all then used the stealth and quietness of the night to cover their tracks, trying to avoid contact wit the civilians. Andrew was enraged, and being the enraged human he was he had a few close calls almost falling off the roof when he hopped from one place to another. The snow made the roofs especially hard to traverse, even though they were flat.
"Alright we're nearing the target building, take out any who interfere." Andrew stated, he took out his suppressor and screwed it onto his ACR, wanting the enemy to not know what hit him. The incoming storm shadowed Echo Team, which made them seem almost as ghosts in the white scenery.
He took out the tranquilizer rounds and loaded into the slot in replace of his lethal bullets. There were no guards surprisingly, assuming it was too cold. But on the inside of the target building they were everywhere. They went room by room, silently taking out the street gang that has taken residency inside of the building. Their HUD's reacted towards their designated target, and tension built as hey stacked up behind the door housing Rainbow. They could her her cries for help behind the door, they waited for the right moment as thermals picked up their positioning through the door.
"Just you wait! Twilight and my friends will save me! I know they will! Unless they're with those humans again, I still don't trust them." Andrew took this as an insult, but shrugged this off, there was a life at stake and mere insults would not stop him from the main objective. Plus, he was hired into the police force, he wasn't going to fail his first assigned mission.
"Breaching in three, two, one, go go go!" Nick threw a flash grenade in and kicked the door open. The door fell to the ground and the criminals went down without an audible noise as they were hit with tranquilizers.
Andrew shot the perpetrator straight in the neck with a red feathered tranquilizer dart, and it knocked him out instantly. They untied Rainbow and she wobbled around when she tried to walk, still dazed by the Flashbang Nick threw in earlier. Jhon hefted her over the shoulder as they hauled ass.
"Why did you save me? You have no reason to." Rainbow slurred, but was fully aware of what was going on.
"Exactly, we don't have a reason not to either. Besides, we're friends now aren't we?" Andrew asked, Rainbow smirked.
"You're gonna have to do a lot more than save me to be friends with a Pegasus as awesome as me!" She boasted.
"I'll let you shoot my gun?" Nick suggested.
"Alright I give up. Friends?" She stuck out her hoof towards Andrew, and he shook her hoof.
"Friends." He repeated.
Next Chapter: Chapter 5 Estimated time remaining: 7 Hours, 41 MinutesAuthor's Notes:
Hope it wasn't too rushed. Anyways sorry for the long wait.