His new command

Ross slipped the glove on over his swollen right hand as he followed the Princesses to the parade grounds.

Captain Money looked at the scroll in his hooves “Has this been confirmed?" he asked his Bat-pony Sergeant.

"Yes Sir."

"Bucking hay! What’s this toss pot doing in my company" Money said scrunching the scroll up and throwing it on to the flagstones.

"Perhaps you would like to say that to my face."

Money turned around to find a pair of bottomless black eyes. "Wh..." Money took a step back as the two Princesses came to stand on either side of the bipedal creature.

"Captain Money, I am Leftenant Commissar Ross, your new officer." he said as he rubbed his right swollen hand.

Captain Money looked up and down Ross taking in the cast on his right leg, sling and uniform but it was the face that got him. "You are wounded you know that?" Money asked raising a eyebrow cockly.

"Yes sir I am fully aware of my injuries and they are none of your concern and you are to address me as ‘Sir.’"

Money nearly exploded, he would not be ordered around by a lowly Leftenant! "WHAT GROUNDS DO YOU HAVE THAT MAKE ME ADDRESS YOU AS SIR!?!" he stood up right and bellowed into Ross' face, spit coating the lenses of his gas-mask.

Ross stood there calmly under his bellows and when Captain Money finished he slowly wiped his lenses clean. "My grounds are that I'm a political officer that embody the will of the highest authority and in this case, it is the Princesses and by right I hold powers of whatever the Princesses de-."

"BUCK!!! OFF!!!" The Captain bellowed as he tried to lash out at Ross only to find himself upside down against a wall of the courtyard a good ten or twelve meters from where he was standing just a second prior.

The conscripts stood in mis-matched lines of ponies. Being a conscript battalion, there was a mix of four pony races. Their armor is not enchanted so there was every color under the sun present, the only exception being the officers who were clad in full suits of enchanted armor. Captian Money is an Earth-pony and the son of a wealthy noble who had payed for his insertion to Captain and right now, he is in a great deal of pain which is impressive because he is earth pony.

Ross straightened his coat "Caption Money any other Commissar would have executed you. That is the first warning. One more..." Ross patted a crease out and turned to the Princesses "I do apologize for that." He turned to the Bat-pony Sergeant who was staring, her mouth wide open. "Come on Sergeant, shape up shape up!" he sounded almost amused as her reaction to his little show.

"Yes Sir, sorry Sir" she said straightening up.

"What's you name Sergeant?"

"Moonlight, Sir."

"Sergeant Moonlight, have them stand at attention." He nodded at the Conscripts.

"Yes Sir!"

As Moonlight started to order the conscript around, Captain Money managed to get back to his hooves and limped heavily up to the Princesses. "It can’t just do this!" Anger clearly written on his face.

Celestia looked down at him unimpressed. "Honestly, I don't care after that display and ‘It’ has a name."

Ross limped along the front rank his cast making a click as it met the flagstones. Well I’ve got plenty to work with… He stopped in front of a large, red earth pony "Name?"

"Big Macintosh Apple" He said in a drawl.

"Sir" Ross reminded him.

"Sorry Sir" He followed up.

"Do you know what makes a good solder?"

Mac racked his brain "Er... nnope Sir... Actually Sir is it knowing when he is to keep his mouth shut when he's asked stupid questions by superior officers... Sir?"

"Correct. Stand easy Cadet Macintosh." Ross hobbled along the line and slowly looked up and down the lines. There were a few pegasi and unicorns with plenty of earth pony's and bat pony's then... "SERGEANT MOONLIGHT!"

She flew over to him. Slowly, she looked down at the three small ponies standing at the end of the last line. "What are you three doing here?"

"Er... we wanna fight" said the small yellow and pink filly trying to sound older than she was

"Name..." Ross said eyeing her.

"Apple Bloom Apple"

"Cadet Macintosh!" Ross bellowed "Get over and get your sister out of here."

Mac and another earth pony, this one was orange, came over. "Apple Bloom! What in the hay are you three doin here?!"

"Why did you fall out!?" Ross asked the orange pony.

"She's ma sis too Sir"

Ross nodded. "Name?"

"Applejack Apple." she said.

"Alright, you two fall out and get them home." Big mac and Applejack led Apple bloom away when Applejack turned back.

"You too Sweetie Belle and you Scootaloo" the other two filly followed there head's held low letting out a combined “Awww…”

A few minutes later, Ross stood in front of the conscripts "Attention!!" Dozens of hooves meeting stone snapped the still air. "Other than the fillies, I must say I'm impress with what we have here. Not much can be said for some of the officers but we can't have everything now can we?" Ross stood with his good arm behind his back noticing the drip bag was now half empty. An hour till that stuff is gone and then maybe a few more hours to come down. Hopefully when I do come down, I’ll stop seeing ponies ‘n shit. "Now that I've learned a little about you guys, do any of you have any questions for me?" Silence. "Are you sure? Now’s your only chance..." Silence... Silence.....

Ross' mind exploded "TO THE TRENCHES!!!" He bellowed as the realization of why it had been so quiet.

"GET BLOODY GOIN' the message got through as Sergeant Moonlight bellowed ordered to the group.

“The others -" Celestia started

"NO TIME" Ross shouted as he ran with the tide of pony, his trench coats bottom blowing out, the scabbard and holster swing wildly.

The ponies going about their day stopped and stared as Ross and his company of troops ran past through the streets of Canterlot. Most of the stares were directed at Ross as none have seen anything like him before, even more so were the apparent injuries he was sporting and still keeping pace. They continued to stare until the group had left through the front gates before slowly going back to what they were doing before.

Unbreakable Shield stood like a god over the trenches as they streamed into the trenches, grabbing anything and everything. Lances, crossbows, swords, shields, tool's and lump's of wood, anything that could be used in a fight then moved to the firing step. Nothing, the field was empty. "Er...Sir there's...nothing there." An Earth pony said looking at Ross.

"Yes there is you can't see it"

"Get up out of there." Captain Money walked up to Ross a sadistic smile on his face as the troops pulled themselves out of the trench. "Sergeant you will escort this thing to the dungeons an-"

Ross backhanded him hard enough to knock Money's helmet off. "Last warning no more."

"You souldn’t of done th-" He was interrupted again as Celestia and Luna landed next to them.

"Caption Money restrain yourself he has more expiri- " Was that a shimmer in the air? Celestia watched almost in slow motion as Ross grabbed Money with his left arm and shoved him away while he ripped the sling off and drew the metal object from his belt and brought it up. There was a loud bang as a green spell blazed from the end of it. She watched on as the spell raced to where the shimmer was.

Gotta love home made rounds. Ross thought as the green tracer struck the cloaked Commando and as the cloaking failed, its chest exploded as the explosive round detonated. "SHIELDS!!!" Ross drew his saber and brought his revolver up. There was a series of "hums" as half a dozen Commandos uncloaked, one right next to Ross. Instinctively, Ross raised his saber up and in a single swing, cut its right leg clean off with a spit of oil and other fluids then as the unit writhed on the floor. Ross put two shots into it, now no longer moving.

The Conscript's had formed a shield wall and where hunkering down. Ross, quite literally, threw himself behind the shield wall. The Princesses had a bubble around them. Ross looked around the field, his view eventually landed on Money and what he saw was one of the most disgraceful things he had ever seen. Money had a hold of Moonlight and was using her as a shield. She had caught a few shots and a good foot or two of her guts were now spilled out on the ground. Ross stood up and slowly walked through the incoming fire. One shot skinned his mask, another bounced off his pauldrons and into the drip bag, popping it and spilling the painkiller onto the dirt. As he walked he slid the saber back into the scabbard.

Money heard the filtered breathing approaching and turned to find his death slowly walking towards him. Clad in a gray coat, black eyes that betrayed no emotion and the smell of decay enveloped it like a mist. It stood a few feet from him and the slowly dying Moonlight.

"Captain Money..." it voice was cold and unemotional.

"No..." he muttered

"... on charges of cowardice and ill contempt..."

"Please..." Money put a hoof to his mouth and released Moonlight's life blood was coating them.

"I sentence you..." it raised the metal object it held in its left for leg to point at Money's face. "...to death." Money didn't even squeak let alone scream as the bullet entered his left eye, a split second later the round detonated and the back of Money's head exploded outwards gray brain matter,blood and skull fragments sprayed the grass behind him in a large cone. Money's body barely hit the floor before Ross had scooped Moonlight into his arms. One shot hit his arm and the great coat stopped it dead, the weave and the material prevented weak bullets and blows from piercing the coat 5 years pay well spent. he thought as he waded back to the line holding Moonlight in his arms, shielding her.

"RETURN FIRE!!" Ross bellowed as he passed behind the shields, the ponies with crossbows getting out of his way before going back to the line as they moved to get a clear shot. A few unicorns joined them, their horns glowing with power. "Front rank, present! FIRE!" a volley of crossbow bolts and spells cut a few Commandos down. Ross crouched behind a shield pony and peaked over the top.

"Second rank, FIRE!" As Ross bellowed he stood up and fired two shots before ducking back down. "Shit... they're charging. LANCES!" Behind the shields, the ponies with lances dropped them over the top. "Advance!" The wall slowly shuffled forward. Ross brought his hand down on on the side of the cylinder and it swung down spitting the empty casing to the floor reaching into his pocket and pulled a fist full of bullets out and with a well practice moves slid them into the five empty chambers.

As he slind the last round home something smashed into the shield which intern slammed into him "FUCKER!" Ross stood simultaneously snapping the cylinder home and then pumped the full cylinder into the thing's face. "SURPRISE!". There was an explosion from the direction of Unbreakable and he looked to find a gout of fire erupt from it's chest. "STOP BLOWING HOLES IN MY ACU!!!" Then there was a sound of something landing on the dirt behind him.

Stamping on his left boot's heel, a small blade extended from the heel and with a spinning jump, he brought his leg down into its neck sticking the blade in deep. More of the mix of oil and other things spread out as he gave a tug and ripped the blade out. The thing twitched as it fell to the ground. Seeing that it was still twitching, he brought his foot up and stomped down on the head repeatedly. Its mix of fluids leaked and spread all over the grass.

The sound of pony's in terror meet his ears as he faced the line again to see another unit, this one white apposed to the gray of the other's, smash the wall apart and to walk towards him . It pointed at him and he drew his saber and holstered his revolver. Holding it in both hand's pointing the tip at the aggressor.

Next thing he knew was surrounded by a dark blue glow. What the… He didn't know what was happening and didn't care but as the unit brought a blade down he parried it's blow then brought his head down and hard as he could smashed it's odd looking face with his helmeted forehead. It rolled back and Ross felt his energy spike the as the Commando brought it's blade up and swung down at him again. Ross quickly took a step back causing it to miss. The blade sunk deep into the ground and before it could be brought back out, Ross landed a dozen fast blows that shredded it's chest armorer. Why is this so easy… He used his leg with the cast to stand on it's blade then brought his own up.

The commander unit let go of the blade and planted it fist into his chest. Pain burnt again in his chest but then there was a loud cracking from the Seraphim's hand and it fell to it knees holding its wrist and screaming.

"DIE!" Ross drew his revolver rested it against it’s head, his finger rested on the trigger. But before he could pull the trigger, a lance erupted from it's chest spraying him in its blood.

Moonlight lay there panting, holding her guts in "S-Sir, the l-line." Ross saw that they were pushing back the units.

Ross grabbed one of Moonlight’s forelegs over his shoulder and helped her walk, in her other hoof she held the lance "If you're going to die... Wanna die a hero?"

Moonlight smiled a little, a trail of blood and chunks flowing down onto her armorer. "L-Love.. to Sir."

"Don't be a damn fool, you're getting out of this" Ross said "But...I'll take you close." Ross walked on. "PART!" The line spit and they walked past, there were only three units left. Ross held his saber high, "IN THE NAME OF THE PRINCESSES, CHARGE!!!" Then the line broke and they all stormed towards the last units who decided that a retreat would be the best option. Unfortunately for them, their decision to retreat came too slow and were quickly overrun and brought down.

A round of yelling erupted from the troops as the last one fell.

"What… what were they?" Moonlight asked her wing fluttering slightly.

"They’re called Commandos. I've heard tales of them, said that they are impossible to kill...and they got beat by conscripts. Not very impressive." Ross raised his saber into the air "YOU HAVE WON THIS BATTLE!!!"

A few minutes later Ross stood over the White Commando and looked down at it. The humanoid exoskeleton and armor looked too fragile to do anything. He crouched down and looked into what passed for the face. "Ross?" He looked up to find Luna standing next to him.

Ross bowed his head "Your majesty."

"Rise" she said Ross slowly stood. "Why?"

Ross knew what she was asking. "He was a coward and he would of killed the conscripts in that battle if he was in charge."

"But like that?" Luna walked next to Ross.

"What else could I have done? Behead him?"

Luna stood there silently "I...suppose..." Ross and Luna looked down at the Commando "Why do they wear those suits?" She asked.

"I don't know" Ross crouched again and rested it's blade on it's chest and rested it's hands on the grip.

Author's Note

Like comment whatere you want to do all is welcome

Sorry if it seems rushed