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>>172049Silver can see that the Changelings on the second level have been downed. Silver can hear there is a "pony down" above them. A medic comes to Silver, the grey one. That is the only pony who comes down. From the sounds of gun fire above them a new wave must have come in, but all 10 of the changelings in the room since Silver came in have been downed. From outside, it seems that reinforcements will be arriving soon
>>172050Silver shakes off any attempts to try to heal him, and instead looks up to the second floor and through ragged breaths chokes out, "Help me get up to second floor."
>>172051"Come on. Get up" The grey stallion says, offering a hoof
"You need help"
>>172052"Need to help others...more coming."
Silver manages to use his magic to change magazines on his Jenny before it cuts out, the empty clattering to the ground next to him.
>>172052Silver does take the medic's hoof, though he continues to weakly shrug off attempts at treatment and insists that he needs to help the others.
>>172053It falls, and is replaced with another
Silver goes upstairs to see a minor firefight going on with drones on the opposite side, and the cream medic next to his downed and wounded son.
>>172055Seeing his son injured gives Silver enough energy and rage to push through the fog caused by his injuries, even if they are still very much real and still very much there. Some droplets of mixed blood and saliva fly from his mouth as he almost
screams out, "
FUCK YOU!"
He takes aim at a changeling and lets out a burst of fire from his freshly reloaded Jenny.
clangaclangaclangaclangaclanga[1d20+5 = (11+5) = 16][1d20+5 = (8+5) = 13][1d20+5 = (9+5) = 14][1d20+5 = (1+5) = 6][1d20+5 = (7+5) = 12] >>172056This time, it's the changelings who have good cover, and Silver lands no hits. Everypony on the pony side is low to the walkway, trying to stay in cover
[1d3 = 2] >>172056>>172057The medic forces Silver down towards the ground
"You're losing too much blood!"
>>172058"
RRRRRAAAGGHH! ОТПУСТИТЬ!"
Silver very much resists being forcefully handled by the medic, especially with his son downed and the enemy in his sights.
>>172059IF Silver wishes, he probably could charge the enemy
The medic, however, wants to apply coagulant, blood, stitches, and other treatments
>>172060Can Silver fire his Jenny from this position, or is a charge the only option?
>>172061He can shoot from this position, but must expose himself to do so
>>172062Silver forces the medic off of him to stand up and once again target a changeling with his Jenny.
clangaclangaclangaclangaclanga[1d20+5 = (19+5) = 24][1d20+5 = (20+5) = 25][1d20+5 = (8+5) = 13][1d20+5 = (18+5) = 23][1d20+5 = (16+5) = 21] >>172063>>172064Silver sees a changeling on the edge of a rail, lines up a shot, and shoots him several times in the torso and once in the head.
[10d8 = 41]But they shoot back, though not all at Silver
[1d20+4 = (12+4) = 16][1d20+4 = (19+4) = 23][1d20+4 = (12+4) = 16][1d20+4 = (17+4) = 21][1d4 = 3][1d20+4 = (15+4) = 19][1d20+4 = (16+4) = 20][1d20+4 = (15+4) = 19][1d20+4 = (10+4) = 14][1d4 = 2][1d20+4 = (20+4) = 24][1d20+4 = (13+4) = 17][1d20+4 = (11+4) = 15][1d20+4 = (17+4) = 21][1d4 = 1] >>172065>>172063Silver sees the white pegasus recoil in pain, and the orange pony collapse on the ground
[1d20+5 = (7+5) = 12][1d20+5 = (14+5) = 19][1d20+5 = (18+5) = 23][1d20+5 = (11+5) = 16][1d20+4 = (11+4) = 15][1d20+4 = (2+4) = 6][1d20+4 = (3+4) = 7][1d20+4 = (20+4) = 24]Actually that should be a
[4d7 = 11] >>172067Which would cause injury but not collapse
[1d20+3 = (19+3) = 22][1d20+3 = (14+3) = 17][1d20+3 = (20+3) = 23][1d20+3 = (10+3) = 13][1d20+3 = (8+3) = 11][4d8 = 26][2d8 = 14] >>172068>>172064Two wounded Changeling drones remain
>>172070"
GET OUT OF MY CITY!"
Silver targets another changeling, and fires another burst.
clangaclangaclangaclangaclanga[1d20+5 = (16+5) = 21][1d20+5 = (15+5) = 20][1d20+5 = (16+5) = 21][1d20+5 = (1+5) = 6][1d20+5 = (14+5) = 19] >>172071That's at least 3 hits on a wounded changeling
[3d8 = 15] >>172072>>172071A third changeling is downed, leaving one, lone gunman remaining. But it doesn't fight, instead crawling towards a doorway.
>>172073If the changeling isn't going to fight, then Silver yells to the medics to take care of the wounded as he rushes for the changeling machinegun. There's reinforcements that need to be taken care of.
>>172074The machine gun is lying by an open window. The drone who was operating it had been prone, then tried to turn around, then was shot down. They've clearly gone through multiple boxes of ammunition. Probably 80 rounds remain on this 250 round belt.
>>172075Hopefully it will be enough. So long as this burst of adrenaline keeps him going through his grievous injuries, he'll keep the changelings away from the bomb. He moves the body away from the gun's position, gets on it, and aims for where it seemed like the reinforcements were coming from.
>>172076Looking outside is a big, rounded armor, green colored tank with a UPR flag on it (with the bird wing, bat wing, horse shoe, and horn), two half track APCs, and a number of ponies in green uniforms.
>>172077...is he hallucinating, or are those actually ponies? He's not sure as he's basically running on pure adrenaline at this point, and he really,
really doesn't want to make the wrong guess at this point. He shouts out to the supposed ponies, hoping they can hear him.
"CHANGELINGS OR PONIES?"
>>172078They look like ponies, to be sure. They are cautiously approaching the ministry
From behind them and above, Silver sees a flying tin can coming in low, with its glistening aluminum and yellow stripe. Then
DAT DAT DAT DAT it strafes the center hall, shooting bullets through the window and the ceiling, and sending glass crashing down.
>>172079Silver is
fairly certain the changelings don't have air support in the area, but the shock of sudden machine gun fire from a flying machine combined with the panic of them shooting so near an active nuclear bomb definitely doesn't help. He just barely manages to avoid shooting the machine gun.
>>172080Either way, Silver doesn't have enough remaining HP to fight off a fighter and a tank.
>>172081True, but it's not as if it would stop him.
"ВЫ ИДИОТЫ! THERE IS NUCLEAR BOMB HERE!"
>>172082"Fuck you, bugger!" One alleged pony yells, as they try to use the vehicles for cover, advancing slowly
>>172082>>172083From behind Silver, there is the sound of gunshots
>>172083>>172084"СЕЛЕСТИЯ, ЧЁРТ!"
Silver wheels about, abandoning the machine gun in favor of his Jenny as he looks to see what the cause of the gunshots is.
>>172085The white pegasus corporal has leaned over the side of the railing, and shot at a drone that has gone straight for the bomb. It appears to have been stopped, though it came uncomfortably close to through its... hoof? on the switch
>>172086Silver sighs in relief. If it were up to him, he would he'd promote that corporal on the spot. He has to remember to write him a letter of commendation. In fact, all of the ponies who fought with him deserve one. He looks down to the ponies who he now believes are in fact ponies, and shouts at them as he starts to feel the adrenaline fading.
"GET IN HERE AND SECURE THIS BOMB, FOR CELESTIA'S SAKE!"
>>172087This actually gets them to move more quickly, one jumping up in front of the tank, followed by another, then another.
>>172088With that hopefully taken care of, Silver next attends to the matter of his squad, seeing what casualties there are and how bad things got.
>>172089Spectral Streak, though by no means okay, reaches out a hoof. The white corporal has himself been wounded, as has the orange pony. These are the fresh injuries, and Azelea bloom, and one of the medics have previously been wounded. Only the cream medic seems thus far unscathed.
>>172090Silver holds his son's hoof, and urges him to stay strong and hold on. He tells the medics to take care of the other wounded before he limps his way down towards the pony reinforcements.
>>172091By "other wounded" he means "everyone but me".
>>172091Silver is not in great condition by any means, and he moves down the stairs past the one, two, three, four, five changeling drone bodies - though that body of the drone with the Grim is
much closer to the locomotive than he remembers. Past these is the pair of doors to the outside, and presumably the remainder of the Homeguard
>>172093Silver has to stop in his tracks. He turns around slowly towards the body of the changeling with the Grim. Surely there's no way he's still alive...is there?
Silver goes to check for any vital signs from the drone.
>>172094It looks dead, dripping blood and contorted on its belly. Though it shouldn't be bleeding if it is dead, and it certainly shouldn't be leaving a trail. But... is that a pulse?
>>172095Silver calls over one of the newly arrived ponies, who will surely receive a fright when they see up close just how hurt Silver is.
"Help me move him away from bomb, my strength is failing me.
>>172096But this takes a few seconds, enough time that when a pony finally arrives at the door... It has time to move
>>172097If Silver can, he dives onto the changeling. Well, falls onto is probably the more accurate description, but the point is that Silver is attempting to use his body weight to keep the changeling from moving further.
>>172098The changeling's eyes seem to dart back towards Silver, and it jumps up towards the mechanism