Arrival on the Island.

The skies over Ibis Island were cloaked in a thick layer of storm cloud; thunder and lightning rumbled and flashed revealing the silhouette of a large C-130 transport plane. It was soaring through the clouds cutting through them at speeds of three hundred and twenty knots (four hundred and seventeen miles per hour).

Despite its size and ability to transport a small army, the C-130 only had a small team inside.

Inside the C-130 was a small Special Forces team composing of three humans and two ponies. They were all operatives working for START. The leader of the team was a large pegasi with white fur and a blonde mane named Gale Winds. He used to serve in the Royal Equestrian paratroopers before START recruited him.

The other members of the team included Alan Schneider, a 29 year old human START operative. He had formerly served with Delta Force and was an old friend of Gale and Regina Hopkins. He was fairly tall and had blue eyes with a brownish hair color.

Regina Hopkins was a 27 year old red headed woman who had served with the US DIA before being reassigned to START. She was very attractive but she didn’t let her gender get in the way of her job.

A 25 year old African American human named Rick Conners was the team’s computer expert and hacker. He was relatively new to START and this would be his second combat mission.

And finally, a unicorn pony named Static Signal who was the team’s communication’s expert. He was a friendly guy who was only willing to lend a hand (or hoof in his case) to help. Because he had the radio which would signal their evac chopper, he was their life line if their mission became SNAFU.

“Approaching drop zone!” the C-130 pilot announced over the intercom in the plane.

The team unstrapped their seat harnesses and collected their weapons and equipment. Because they would be jumping in from a high altitude, they were wearing special suits and masks to protect them from the cold and low oxygen.

Gale then strapped on his battle saddle and pressed the C-130’s cargo door button. The door opened causing a large gust to enter the hold. The team struggled to stay supported.

“Feels like we got a little turbulence!” Rick called his voice barely audible through the wind.

Gale checked the stop watch on his right hoof.
“Once we hit the ground head straight for the rendezvous point” he commanded as he pressed the timer on his watch. “Got it?”

The entire team nodded in agreement. With that, they did a quick check on their equipment making sure everything was in working order. Once it was clear everything was ready, the team prepared for their dive.

Gale being the squad leader was the first to jump out of the plane. While he had a backup parachute in case of an emergency, he didn’t use it, instead using his wings to guide him to the island.

Alan was next to jump out of the plane followed by Regina, Rick, and Static. The mission was simple: infiltrate the island stealthily
and obtain Doctor Kirk alive and unharmed and also pick up Stealth Wing.

Once the Doc and Stealth were retrieved, they were to head to the helipad that was located in the facility (Stealth had taken a photo of it) and call in the evac. It was supposed to be a simple mission. Or so they thought.

Gale had landing at the coast of the island beside a large cliff. According to the map that Stealth had provided, the backyard of the facility would be on top of the cliff. Thankfully they had climbing gear.

Alan and Regina were with Gale too. Regina was just standing waiting for her orders while Alan was getting their equipment. He approached Regina and handed her her gun; a Heckler and Koch MP5 submachine gun.

“Thanks Alan.” Regina thanked as she took her weapon.

Alan carried a Colt M4A1 carbine which was the gun he had used in Delta Force. He loved it and never attached himself from it. Gale also carried an M4 but his was mounted on a special battle saddle designed specifically for him.
The island was very quiet than normal, other than the sound of the wind, ocean, thunder, and a few small creatures, it was quiet.

However that silence was broken when they heard the sounds of someone’s footsteps behind them.
The three soldiers turned around to spot Rick running towards them with an M16A4 strapped to his back.

“Sorry I’m late!” he apologized with a bright smile “A wind gust blew me off course.”

“It’s time!” Gale quickly announced not caring for Rick’s story. “Let’s move out!”

He then headed for the cliff preparing to climb it. Even though Gale was a Pegasus, flying head first into an enemy base was not a wise choice. The enemy would spot him in an instant so he had to do things the old fashion way.

“Hey wait a minute!” Alan exclaimed to Gale. “Stactic is missing!”

Regina looked around and noticed that Static was indeed missing. This wasn’t good as he was their radio pony.
But Gale just kept heading for the cliff his hooves making a clip clop sound on the island’s rocks.

“Come one let’s go!” he ordered as he reached the cliff and took out a hook and cable.

Alan approached Gale and taped him on his right hoof shoulder.

“What a minute sir, shouldn’t we wait for Static?” Alan asked with concern. “He must’ve got blown off course.

“Forget him!” Gale stated as he wrapped the climbing cable around him

“But what about Static?” Regina questioned wondering why Gale wasn’t caring about that fact that their radio pony was missing.

“I said forget him!” Gale just snapped back without even looking at her. “Time’s up.”
Gale then began to climb leaving Regina, Alan, and Rick dumbfounded.

“Wait wait!” Rick cried out reaching out his hand and moving towards Gale but it was too late

Something just seemed out of character there for a moment. Regina had known Gale for quite some time and sure he could be a hard ass but he would never leave a team mate behind. Something was up.
She turned to Alan and Rick who just shrugged his shoulders in confusion.

“Come on guys you heard the Captain.” Alan answered as they headed to follow him.

Regina and Rick had no choice; they had a job to do. Who knows maybe Stactic might already be at the facility.

Static was lost, hopelessly lost. He had been wondering around Ibis Island’s thick forest woodlands trying to find his way. Unfortunately his parachute crash landed him in the middle of island’s thick woodlands and his radio was dead so he couldn’t contact his team.

“Dammit where in Celestia’s name I’m I!?” he cursed to himself stomping his left hoof on the ground in frustration.

He was still trying to find his way around but with no luck. While it was against his stealth protocol, the unicorn raised his horn and casted a light spell illuminating the dark shadows of the forest.
He carefully crept around his position trying to find out his position and location.
“C’mon Static, you’ve been in worse situations.” He assured himself. He just needed to remember his training and stay calm. He’d find his way back to his team; eventually.
Boom
Static suddenly felt a vibration on the ground that made his fur and mane stand on edge.
“What…what was that!” he gasped quietly as he shined his horn in the direction of the noise. He didn’t see anything though as whatever was making the noise was block by the thick brush and tree tops.
“Is somepony there!” he called out hoping that it was just nothing. Maybe he made up the sound in his mind.
Boom…boom.
The sound came back again, only this time, it sounded closer! The scary part was, they sounded an awful lot like footsteps. Giant footsteps.

Creeeeek CRASH!
Static jumped and whimpered at the sound of a distance tree crashing to the ground followed by a sound that made him shake in his horseshoes.

Rawwwrrrrr!

Static didn’t stick around. Quickly, leaving most of his equipment behind, he galloped away as fast as his hooves could carry him.
Something was out there; and it was hunting him!

Static heart’s was racing faster than he was running and he was whimpering like a filly that had just been separated from his mother. He dare didn’t look behind him but he could hear the creature behind him.

The booming sound of its footsteps combined with the rustling of the trees and falling trunks behind him. What was worse, the thing was catching up to him!

Raaawwwwrrrrr!

The loud roar made Static give out a crying whelp. He was panting and crying as he sprinted for his dear life! Adrenalin and endorphins pumped through his body and he sprinted trying to get away from this place.
He didn’t even watch where he was going he just ran

While still running, he turned his head back to see what was pursuing him.

“AHHHHHHH!!!!” he screamed at the top of his lungs at the sight he saw.
Behind him gaining up with him was a large bipedal reptilian creature! Larger and more vicious than a dragon and even hungrier! It was slender but very muscular and had a large wide head and a mouth filled with large pointed recurve teeth! It looked almost like a dinosaur!

Static desperately tried to get away but it was pointless and it was a useless fight. Petrified with terror, Static froze in his position watching helplessly as the giant creature charged up to him opening its mouth.

“AHHHHHHHH!!!!” Static gave one finally cry.

The last thing he ever saw was the creature’s large mouth enclosing around him as the beast silenced Static by gobbling him with one vicious bite!

Blood and guts sprayed everywhere as the creature chomped down on Static’s lifeless body making a crunching sound. Some of Static’s hooves and clothes came off as the creature swallowed him with one gulp.
Having caught its prey, the giant prehistoric beast arched it’s head back and gave a victorious roar at the full moon!

RAAAAWWWRRRRRR!!!!!