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Midnight Run
By: Foxtrot Date: April 30, 2014, 9:11 pm
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'The scorching sun above Saddle Arabia yielded little comfort to
a small military installation found at the base of an empty
lake. The fertile soil provides enough crops to support the
surrounding town with a population of 263, a third of which were
civilians. One pony though, silently hides away at the top of a
guard tower, battered and wounded. In his hoof was a simple
detonator, linked to the explosives he had placed he previous
night. He knew he was running out of time, the target was
alerted and the guards know where the brown unicorn is, and
they're closing in fast. The constant alarm buzzing throughout
the area, the unicorn glances down to the device as a sudden
banging is heard on the door next to him. *click*'
A cold splash of water lands on Foxtrot's face, the chilling
sensation waking him up from his sleep. He looks around, the
room around him is dark, cool, like a basement. Turns out it
actually is a basement to the house the unicorn had just walked
into, around him were the hunters; well, some of them. The earth
pony, the two unicorns, and the one pegasus appeared to have
escaped. The Royal Guard as well; if anything he found a way to
elude suspicion. Foxtrot looks around, his gear is found in the
corner of the room. the only thing he has now is his jacket.
"Ah, Mr. Trot, good to have a proper meeting with you." the
pegasus says with a sense of politeness. "Unfortunately your
actions cost us thousands of bits." The pegasus reaches in his
holster and draws out a serrated knife, the tempered steel
glistening from the moonlight shining through the corner window,
"Now normally this would be the part where I gut you and slice
you to pieces." He steps closer, drawing the dagger to Foxtrot's
neck, "But your name came up in our friends records. Turns out
there are some individuals in other countries that would pay
much more than our little project. So this time, we throw you in
the kennel and send you overseas!" The pegasus flicks his hoof,
drawing a few drops of blood as Foxtrot slightly cringes. Before
he can do anything another pony's hoof makes contact with the
unicorns jaw, sending him straight to the floor.
Foxtrot inwardly sighs, 'Haven't been awake for a few minutes
and I already know their plan. Idiots.' As he tries to move his
front hooves, he finds them stuck behind his back in guard issue
cuffs. He hears most of the ponies beginning to walk up the
stairs on the other end of the room. The unicorn lays his head
down, closing his eyes as he tries to formulate a plan to
escape; he turns to the window, the opening being a pretty
considerable size. Now the only problem is the earth pony
sitting beside it; Foxtrot keeps searching, by his back hoofs is
a shovel. Shrugging, the unicorn tries to make do and begins
with his escape. Starting by pulling the shovel closer to his
legs, positioning one hoof on the handle, and the other
underneath the tool. "Hey buddy!" Foxtrot shouts, getting the
pony's attention, "I'm bored! Why don't you send your old lady
here so I can have some fun?"
The ploy seems to work as the earth pony gets up, grabbing a
steel pipe as he does so. Aiming for the ribs the pony lifts up
the pipe; as soon as he does so the sheet steel of the gardening
tool slams against the earth pony's face, a resounding gong is
heard as he falls to the floor with a thud.
Foxtrot's plan does backfire as the shovel keeps going in its
full arch, also giving a hard slap to the pony responsible for
the trick, a sharp pain resonates from his cheek as the shovel
slides off to the floor. "Ow. Ok, now that that's sorted out..."
The brown unicorn rolls forward and then lifts himself up with
his back hooves. After a quick glance around the basement,
Foxtrot walks over to the corner where his things are and looks
around for anything that can get his cuffs off. Unfortunately
there is no key around, and he doesn't have any lockpicking
equipment either. The unicorn looks over to his katana, letting
out an annoyed sigh as he reminds himself of his magic-less
state. It takes several minutes before Foxtrot finally manages
to unsheathe his weapon and brace it against the cuff's chain;
with a click the chain snaps and the unicorn stretches his
aching legs. With his two hoofs free (mostly), he quickly packs
his gear, also arming a flashbang grenade, his hoof holding on
the detonator for just the right moment. When everything's
secure, the unicorn reaches over to the window and unlocks the
hinge, swinging the glass up. His ears perk up when the clicking
of the doorknob turning echoes throughout the room.
"Gravel, the cop's gonna take the bounty to the station for
safekeeping." The pegasus trots down the stairs, the guard and
two unicorns following right behind, "Grab his things, we're
going while the stat-" He pauses, finding the earth pony knocked
out on the floor, some blood stained on the shovel nearby. Their
bounty was nowhere to be found, the window itself shut back
down. "Damn it! Gravel! Get the hay up! NOW!"
As the teal pegasus and officer Southhoof help the earth pony up
to his hooves, the unicorn equipped with a blowdart loads a
tranquilizer into her weapon as she walks over to the shovel.
Examining the blood, she looks back to the group, "This is still
fresh; he can't be that far."
"Oh please, he's probably sprinting away right now." the pegasus
snaps back, "Everyone grab your things, we ne-" He's cut off as
the window shatters with a canister flying into the basement.
After a feint click a bright flash of light followed with a loud
pop fills the room, blinding and deafening everypony in the
immediate area for s short time.
Finding that his diversion worked, Foxtrot begins running
through the back alleyways. Winding through the ground, the
unicorn finds a simple empty cart parked next to the side of a
small house. Building up more momentum, the pony dashes up onto
the cart, then vaults into the air once more, grabbing the edge
of the roof and pulling himself up. Looking back to the worn out
house, he can hear the teal pegasus shouting more orders as the
hunters burst out the door and begin to split up. 'I'll have to
lay low for a bit. Shouldn't be too difficult...' Foxtrot
reaches up and pulls his hood up and over his head, looking
around to see exactly where he was; from the layout of the
streets it was probably the other side of town. The unicorn
let's out a small sigh, realizing the long journey it would be
to the Royal Guard station. Picking up running speed once more,
Foxtrot begins his traverse from roof to roof; 'At least it's a
good night to be outside.'
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