“Ugh, what’s taking them so long?” I groaned and looked towards the two men who and stayed with me to burn the farm. They simply shrugged and continued to keep an eye out for Abe and his men. I clicked my tongue in annoyance and leaned against a tree with my arms crossed. “Maybe I should ask Discord for some walkie talkies,” I mumbled and turned my head towards the distant glow of the burning farm and its fields. A smirk formed on my lips as I stared at the sight of our work and chuckled.

We had made some distance from the scene of the crime and set up near the dirt road on the edge of the forest. We were on a slight hill that gave us a decent view of the road and were waiting to see Abe and his men hopefully return with our target still alive. I used my slightly damaged helmet as binoculars and scanned the distance for any signs of Abe, or unwelcomed visitors. Luckily no one seemed to want to visit, but there were still no signs of Abe or his men. Most of the time that’s not a very good sign.

“Hey, you think they’re okay?” one of the men asked. I turned back to one of younger men with short dirty blonde hair. I looked at him for a few seconds before shrugging and returning my gaze towards the distance in attempts to spot them.

“Not sure, not seeing them so far. Not a good sign.”

“Then how about we go after them?” I rolled my eyes and looked back to the other man with a shaved head. He looked a few years older and seemed to look a bit annoyed.

“We will, but I have a feeling we should give them some time.”

“But what if they were caught, or killed?” the younger man asked with fear.

“If they’re caught then I’ll find a way to bring them back, but if they’ve been killed…” I trailed off and sighed. “Hopefully that’s not the case,” both of the men gave worried glances to each other and looked out into the distance in hopes to find some sign of their comrades. I joined in their attempts for a few more minutes, but unfortunately we had no luck. I sighed, knelt down and began to check my gear. Looked like I was going to go after them.

“Six mags for my rifle, five for my pistol, combat knife, two grenades, two flash bangs and three grenade launcher rounds,” I sighed and put everything back into place. “Well it should do,” I said and looked back to the two men who seemed ready for my orders. “Okay, listen up boys!” I said as I rose to my feet. “I’m going to go look for Abe and his group. I need you two to head back and tell everyone the situation, but do NOT let Lizzy or anyone else come looking for us. If we’re not back by morning... then start preparing for the worse,” they both looked at each other and wore the same disappointed looks on their faces. They seemed to want to argue with my orders, but they both sighed and rose to their feet.

“Fine, we’ll do it, but don’t die. Lizzy would go fucking nuts if you died,” the older man chuckled. I grinned and shrugged as they passed me.

“Have a good night boss!” the younger man shouted as they both walked deeper into the forest. My grin grew a bit more as I began to make my way down the small hill and onto the dirt road. After rotating my shoulders I gave a small groan and started to jog along the side of the dirt road. I made sure to stay close to the forest just in case I needed to get into cover. After a few minutes of jogging my hud began to give off a slight red glow and I glanced down to the bottom left to see a few red dots quickly coming up from up ahead. I was about to head into the forest for cover, but the sudden roar of battle in the distance came to my ears and my legs instantly put me into a full sprint down the road. As I grew closer several more dots began to appear onto my hud and were surrounding seven blue dots with a pink one in the middle. Guess they caught our target.

Soon I made my way over a ridge and stopped to see the battle raging on. Several ponies of different races in heavy looking golden armor had surrounded Abe and his men and could easily cut them down, but Abe held a bloodied and beaten Applejack in his arms with a flint knife pressed against her throat and was barking orders towards the ponies. Him and his men looked injured and some had to be supported by others so they wouldn’t fall. “Shit!” I hissed and began to quickly think of a plan of attack.

Abe and his men don’t look like they can handle any more fighting, so I should clear a path for them towards the forest. That means I need the ponies to direct their attack towards me. A smirk came to my face as I slowly loaded a round into my rifles grenade launcher. “That should be easy,” I muttered as I aimed my weapon using my hud to determine the trajectory of my shot. After finding my target I pulled the trigger and a familiar *Thump* sound could be heard as my shot flew towards it target. After a few seconds it landed into a group of soldiers that were the farthest away from Abe and his men and a explosion erupted, sending the screaming soldiers flying in a bloody mess.

Everyone’s attention instantly snapped towards me and I could see smiles come from Abe and his men as they saw their savior. The ponies on the other hand seemed paralyzed with shock and fear as they stared at me. I would have loved to let them continue to stare at me, but I had a job to do. I aimed down my sights and placed them on a unicorn soldier. “Lovely night isn’t it!?” I shouted and pulled the trigger. His head snapped back as a mist of blood covered his near by comrades and seemed to pull them from their shock. I quickly changed targets and fired burst rounds into the crowded soldiers. They let out howls of pain and fell to the ground either still screaming in pain or choking on their own blood.

“Disperse! Disperse!” a silver pony shouted as he sprinted for cover with his fellow soldiers. Guess he’s in charge since the soldiers followed his orders. Unicorn soldiers used their magic to form shields or teleport to safety, pegasus soldiers flew into the air and began to make an obvious attempt to flank me and regular soldiers simply hauled ass for cover. A few of them got ballsy and charged towards me with their weapons ready. I quickly picked them off with a few rounds and glanced to the right side of my hud to see the remaining rounds in my rifle. “Half a mag and I’ve already racked up my kills to twenty,” I mumbled with a slight grin.

“Die freak!” I snapped my head up and saw an enraged pegasus diving down on my position. I rolled to left and barely dodged his attack. With a grunt I laid on my back and switched to burst fire before pulling the trigger. He hardly made a scream as he crumbled to the ground in a bloody mess.

“Shit, guess I need to get a bit serious,” I mumbled as jumped to my feet. Once I was back on my feet I saw that the soldiers had moved fast and already began to move towards me in a magical shield wall. The regular soldiers formed up behind the unicorn soldiers and marched in a steady pace up the hill I was on while pegasus soldiers circled me from the sky. Didn’t expect them to be this well trained. I raised my rifle and fired a few burst rounds into the approaching forces. Unfortunately every shot was deflected and I began to get real annoyed. “Fucking magic,” I growled as freed my empty mag from my rifle and slapped in a fresh new one.

“Delta!” I turned my attention passed the approaching soldiers and saw Abe being pulled away towards the forest by his men. “Delta!” he shouted again as his men continued to struggle with him. I clenched my teeth in annoyance as the silver pony from before pointed his sword towards the others and shouted an order. A few soldiers broke of and moved charged towards them. I loaded another round into my grenade launcher and let my helmet aim for me. There was a *thump* and after a few seconds the charging soldiers were blown away by an explosion. Abe and the others flinched from the explosion and just stared at me with wide eyes. Abe yelled something and pointed into the air.

The sound of wings beating from behind filled my ears and my instincts took over as I ducked. I felt steel scrap against the back of my helmet and growled as rolled to the left and landed on my knee. I raised my rifle and went wide eyed as the spear of a pegasus soldier was only inches away from my helmet. With only seconds to spare I leaned my helmet to the right and felt his spear run against the left side of my helmet. I let out a growl, grabbed the soldier by the arm and pulled his chest into my rifle. Before I pulled the trigger I saw three more soldiers charging from the right and swung the soldier in my grasped in their directions. In a flash I switched my rifle into full-auto and held the trigger down. The bullets ripped through the pegasus chest as he screamed in agony and riddled the charging soldiers behind him. They let out a similar agonized yell and fell to the ground in a bloody pile.

“Charge! Restrict the human!” a voiced cried out and was quickly followed by a roar of several shouts. I snapped my head over my left shoulder and clenched my teeth in anger to see the horde of soldiers charging towards me. With all of my strength I heaved the pegasuses corps towards the charging horde and sent it flying into the several soldiers. They fell to the ground, but were quickly replaced by their allies. With one arm I aimed my rifle towards the horde of soldiers and pulled the trigger while I grabbed a grenade from my belt. A storm of lead tore apart the charging soldiers, but an unwelcome clicking sound replaced the rifles barrage and I clicked my tounge in annoyance as I ripped the grenade from my belt and pressed the red button on the top. There was a *Clink* as the pin was freed from its prison and I tossed it into the charging soldiers.

“Fuck!” I shouted in anger and panic as I used all of my strength to dive down the hill.

*BOOM*

I felt the heat of the explosion against my back and winced as I felt something graze the left side of mt waist. As I landed on the ground I blocked out the pain and scrambled to my knees to see several soldiers scattered around the top of the hill. A few screamed and groaned in pain as others took their final breath. I released my empty mag and fumbled to put in a new one. My breathing was heavy and a wet liquid ran down the left side of my waist. I winced at the stinging pain and groaned as a familiar marching sound echoed from above the hill. I glanced up and saw the silver pony and his remaining soldiers standing tall on the hill. They all looked banged up, but they all seemed ready to keep the fight going. Me on the other hand was getting annoyed and tired of this.

I slowly rose to my feet and instantly the soldiers with magic formed shields around their leader. I chuckled cracked my neck. "Ya know, you guys are actually alright. Of course if you had guns this would be more interesting, but I guess the magic makes up for that," I chuckled as my hand slowly crept over my wound and into one of my pouches that held a flash bang. The silver pony glared at my comment and pushed forward from his soldiers shields. I raised an eyebrow and decided to see what he had to say before blinding these pricks and making my get away. He walked a few feet from his men and glared at me.

"Human, for your crimes against the lands of Equestria and it's people I order you to lay down your arms and surrender!" he barked with authority in his voice. I grinned and chuckled a bit.

"Really? You think I'm going to surrender now after what I just did?" the leader sighed and shook his head.

"Of course not, I'm not foolish enough to think that you would, but I am bound by my duty as a royal guard of Equestria to at least offer you a chance of surrender. It is clear you have no interest of stopping your fight," my grin grew and I chuckled again. He raised an eyebrow and gave a look of annoyance. "Is there something funny about that?" he asked. I shook my head and sighed.

"No, I'm just glade to see that you creatures at least have a code of honor," I said and gripped the flash bang in my pouch.

"All soldiers should have a code to follow, it gives some a meaning to keep fighting." I nodded.

"Agreed, years of serves can be hard without a meaning to fight," I said with honesty. I readied my thumb over the red button on the top of the flash bang and chuckled. "What's your name kid?" his eyebrow twitched a bit from annoyance, from that kid comment no doubt.

"Silver Heart, commander of the royal guards," he said.

"Silver Heart, huh? I'll just call ya Silver. Anyways let me give you a few tips. Next time your fighting an enemy make sure you have your flanks and rears covered, it can be a huge mess if you get some unwelcomed company. Secondly, get better control over you men. A few got their heads blown up because you didn't get them in order. Not your fault though, greenhorns have a problem with doing what they want," Silvers fists tightened as his glare grew harder on me. "Oh, and one more thing," I pulled out my flash bang, pressed the button and tossed it into the air. "Never chit chat with the enemy in the middle of a fucking battlefield!" I shouted as I sprinted in the direction of the woods. Silver shouted something, but the explosion of the flash bang drowned him out. As I neared the forest I looked over my shoulder and grinned to see them barely recovering from the explosion. By the time Silver recovered I was already in the safety of the forest.

As I sprinted through the forest I winced at the stinging pain from my wound. It wasn't life threatening, but it still hurt like a bitch. After what felt like twenty minutes of running I reached a large hill and began to slow down as I walked to the top. As I reached the top I laid my rifle down and fell onto my back. I panted heavily and took my helmet off. Instantly my skin was greeted my the cool night air and a smile graced my lips. After a minute or two of just laying there I slowly sat myself up and was greeted with a lovely sight. The moon and what seemed like an endless amount of stars filled the night sky and a bright glowing light shined above the tree line. My smile grew larger as I stared at the sight. This world really can be amazing at times.

"Delta!" I was brought out of my thoughts and looked down the hill to see Abe, his men and a beaten Applejack slung over his shoulders. I chuckled as grabbed my helmet and slung my rifle over my shoulder.

"Yo, good job boys!" I shouted with a large grin. A smile just as large grew on all their faces and Abe handed Applejack off to the closes man next to him before walking up the hill towards me. As he reached the top he slapped his hand onto my right shoulder and chuckled.

"Glade to see you in one piece buddy," he said with a huge grin. I patted him on the shoulder and chuckled.

"Trust me, it's going to take a lot more than that to take me down. Is everyone alright?" I asked gesturing back to his group. Abe looked back and chuckled.

"Eh, we'll be fine. We'll just be sore in the morning," he said and rubbed his neck. I groaned and nodded my head as I rotated my left shoulder.

"Yeah, thinks that's the case for everyone tonight."

"So," Abe looked back to me a jabbed a thumb in the direction of the base. "Wanna head back?"

"Would love nothing more, lets go home boys!" I shouted down to Abe's group. They let out a cheer and began to walk, or for some limp back home. I gave Abe a pat on the back and smile. He smiled back and we began to walk down the hill together.

"What a night, huh?" Abe asked. I chuckled and rolled my eyes.

"Tell me about it."

Author's Note

Yes folks a new chapter! Sorry that it took a long ass time, life has not been to kind to me for the past few months. Also sorry if this chapter seems rushed, which it was, but I wanted to get it out there to continue the story. Promise to put way more work into the next one.

He's lying.

Fuck off Jacob, why are you even here? This isn't your story.

Yeah, but I haven't said shit since that stupid hurricane! I deserve a little screen time damn it!!

*Sigh* Fine you attention whore.

Gonna have to try harder if you want to hurt my feelings.

Your discord bacon sucks.

.....That was uncalled for.