Through hell and back

The intense firefight lead on for hours and we were slowly running out of ammo. So far we were able to hold the north, and west, but the Chinese were slowly pushing through the south, and east with armored transports. We were able to take out a few, but we soon ran out of rockets. They were slowly making it closer to the outpost. There was no end to these bastards! Luckily we hade no dead, but we did have some injured. It was nothing serious, but if this firefight didn't end soon we would have to dig some graves. That is if we make it out alive. I was on my last 2 magazines and my cover was getting torn apart.

*HOLYSHIT! LOOKS LIKE THE VT-1A'S ARE BACK AND THEIR COMING FROM THE EAST!*

I peeked out of my cover and saw a VT-1A approaching fast. 'Well, shit.' The VT-1A was to close for comfort and I was down to my last clip. I popped out of cover to fire my weapon, but was met with the VT-A1 aiming in my direction. I froze and saw my life flash before my eyes. I closed my eyes and awaited my fate.

*BOOM*

I heard a massive explosion and opened my eyes to see the VT-A1 up in flames. I was shocked and relieved. I looked to the edge of the forest and saw 3 M1A1 Abrams in formation charging out of the woods. A huge smile came to my face as I laughed. "WOOOOOOO!! YEAH BABY! LOOK WHO'S HERE!" I screamed over the radio and pointing towards the Abrams. After the Abrams made it to the field 2 M3A2 Bradley's rolled out of the forest and they were followed by 2 squads of marines.

*THANK GOD YOU GUYS GOT HERE! WE COULD USE SOME HELP IN THE EAST!*

*Roger that, moving to assist.*

One of the Abrams moved to the east side of the outpost and help push back the Chinese forces into the forest. Once the east side of the outpost was secured, both of the Bradley's went to the north and west sides, and the other 2 Abrams moved to the south to push back the Chinese. The 2 squads pushed up and entered the outpost. "Thanks for the assist Tango company."

"Anytime sargent." Omega teams leader said. "Our armor should be able to push back the Chinese and help us make an actual perimeter around the outpost, but for now lets take care of anyone who's injured."

The sargent nodded and looked back to his men. "Alright, if anyone got hit in the fight let Omega teams medic look at ya. Those who aren't hit help secure this place, and when your done loot the enemy bodies for their ammo and weapons. Oorah?"

"OORAH!" we all shouted and bolted to our objective's. I vaulted out of the destroyed window and moved behind the Bradley. "What's the situation here? Have we cleared this area yet?" I asked a marine crouching behind the Bradley.

"Not sure yet, I do know we have it all under control here, but I think there's a couple of stragglers left. I'm going to check it out with Chuck, you in?" he said. I nodded and followed him, and Chuck through the field. It was covered with dead Chinese soldiers and 2 destroyed armor transports. We continued through the field till we came across an injured soldier trying to drag him self away, and missing his left leg.

"Damn, he got fucked up." Chuck said cringing at the site of the missing leg.

"No kidding." I said walking towards the soldier. "Should we... kill him?" I asked aiming at him.

"Hold on, let me ask the sargent." Chuck said. "Sargent, we have a injured Chinese soldier here. Should we bring him back for questioning?"

*What's his condition?*

"Poor bastards missing a leg, and is bleeding out heavily."

*Then negative. We're not going to waste the medical supplies on him. Just get whatever you can from him and end his pain.*

"Roger that." Chuck nodded and turned to the soldier. "Anyone know Chinese?"

"Does 'me love you long time' count?" the marine asked sounding like an idiot.

"I wish." I mumbled and flipping over the soldier. "Hey, you speak English?" he didn't say anything. He only spit on my boots. I sighed and shrugged and put the barrel of my gun to his head and pulled the trigger. "I liked these boots asshole." I said and looted his body. I gathered his ammo and walked around the field gathering more ammo and a couple of QBZ-97's and returned to the outpost. "This is all I got." I said laying down the rifles with the rest and walking to a table and placing all of the ammo on it. I gave a heavy sigh and rubbed my eyes. "I need a break." I grabbed a cup of coffee and joined some marines around the fire. We all sat there quiet for some time without looking at each other once, and staring into the fire. 'I really need a break.'

[SHINING ARMOR POV]

It's been at least two hours since Shining Armor and his guards retreated from the strange creatures battle. The very loud noises finally ended and were replaced with the quiet sounds of the Everfree forest. I gave a heavy sigh and walked over to the injured guard. "How's he doing?" I asked.

"He's hurt bad. Whatever those...things did to him really bucked him up. We need to get him back to Ponyville hospital, or he's loosing this wing."

"WHAT!?"

"Calm down, we're sending you there now." I said and motioned a few guards to take him back. They nodded and trotted to the injured guard and carried him back. "Alright, here's what we're going to do. We're going to inform Celestia about the creatures and how their fighting each other, and then we'll make camp near their position and make sure they don't do anything funny." I said.

"YES SIR!"

I smiled and gave a nod of approval. "Then get to it." they saluted and jumped to their jobs.

[TWILIGHT AND FRIENDS]

"Twilight, dear you must calm down. I'm sure your brother is just fine." Rarity said trying to calm down Twilight.

"But what if something happened! What if he needed our help and we weren't there! He said he would be back before sunset! OOHHHH!" Twilight shouted walking in circles.

"Twilight, chill, your brother can fight an entire army of changelings. I'm sure he can handle whatever's out there." Rainbow Dash said.

"Well yeah, but look at all of that smoke, and you heard all of those explosions. Ohhh, I don't know." Twilight said and finally sat down.

Applejack walked over and put a hoof on Twilights shoulder. "Twi, I'm sure he's fine. He's your brother, I'm sure him and his guards can handle any thing that's a threat to Equestria. Have faith in him Twi."

Twilight looked up and smiled. "Thanks Applejack, that really helped." she said but then soon frowned. "But I still have this bad feeling that something big is going to happen."

"Like what?" asked Fluttershy.

"I don't know, but I fell like it will change Equestria forever."

"Don't worry Twilight, as long as we're together nothing can stop us." Rainbow Dash said.

Twilight smiled and nodded then looked out the window. 'Shining Armor, please be safe.'

[JACOBS POV]

For an hour I just stared into the fire before I finally snapped out of it. I got up from my seat and walked outside. I took in a deep breath and looked up into the sky and looked back down. When I looked back down, I saw one of those ponies in golden armor looking at my direction. "Alright, that's it." I said to myself and walked back into the outpost and jogged to find the Sargent. I found him next to a large table smoking a cigar. "Sir, I spotted one of those ponies on the edge of the forest. I think their planning something. Permission to go and check it out."

"Jacob, they're just ponies, but if you think something's up, then I want you to check it out." he said taking another puff of his cigar.

"Thank you sir." I saluted and walked into the court yard to find Hank, Bob, and Tim. "Hey guys, get your gear, sargent wants us to check out those ponies." I said.

They stared at me for a few seconds and then they burst out into laughter. "Holy shit man, are you for real?" Tom asked laughing his ass off.

"Yeah." I said annoyed. "Now get your shit  and meet me at the main entrance."

I headed for the entrance and waited for the 3 stooges to meet me there. After a couple of minutes they finally showed up. "It's about time. God, what were you doing, jacking each other off?"

"No, your mom did." Tom said flipping me off.

"Whatever, lets just get moving." I said and motioned them forward. We got in formation and walked out the front door. Sure enough, that same pony was still watching the outpost, but when he saw me look at him he bolted back into the bushes. "Alright, once we enter the forest we spread out and check for anything strange. But I want coms up, so if anything goes down I want you to contact me. Oorah?"

"Oorah."

I nodded and crossed the bridge and entered the forest. I scanned my surroundings and continued through the forest. That is until all of those ponies jumped out of no where and surrounded me pointing their weapons at me. "Uh, guys, I have contact with them. Move to my position. Now." I whispered into the radio. Soon one of the ponies walked past the others. This one seemed different though. He had white fur and a blue main. He also wore purple armor and looked like he was the one in charge.

"Creature, I am Shining Armor, captain of the royal guards, and ruler of the Crystal empire. Can you understand me?" he asked. I replied with a nod. "Good, then you are to come with us for questioning. Please come peacefully. I do not wish to force you."

I snickered a bit. He thinks he can force me to come with him. HA! I slowly shook my head and raised my hand. "Alright pony, here's how it's gonna go down. Your going to stay about... 5 clicks away from our outpost, or I will be forced to engage you and your little friends here." I said and paused to let him soak in what I just said and continued. "I highly advise you to leave now."

"Hey, freak! There's only one of you and 13 of us!" one of the little shits yelled. His leader looked back and glared at him.

He then looked back to me. "Creature, I'm not asking again. Now surrender, and come peacefully." he ordered.

I sighed and shook my head and made a fist. "You fucked." I said and smiled under my mask. He was about to say something until he was interrupted by a sound from the bushes.

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