Ponifield 4: Gulf of Oman

"Get down into cover!" shouted Twilight, looking up in the sky. The helicopter began to fire it's rockets down towards the base, along with machine gun fire from the gunner seat.

"Somepony get a Stinger up here," she shouted to her group. As she said that, a pony pulled out the lock on anti air launcher and locked onto the helicopter. The loud series of beeps sounded off and the missile was launched into the air. As the rocket flew, the helicopter flew off to the right and dumped flares to misguide the rocket.

"Bastards dropping flares, I need another Stinger!" shouted Twilight, ducking down deeper into cover to avoid the barrage of rockets coming in.

"Overlord, this is Saber tooth 0-1, we're pinned down by an enemy chopper, requesting air support over," said Twilight on her radio.

"Roger that 0-1, Hayseed 2-3 is on the way," said the commander.

"This is Hayseed 2-3, coming in for gun run, keep your heads down, ETA 10 seconds," said the pilot. Twilight looked up and saw a single F35 fighter jet come soaring down from the air. She looked onwards as the jet fired it's missiles and hit the chopper.

"Buck yeah!" shouted Applejack, raising her head above the cover.

"Saber tooth 0-1, the sky is clear, we'll be able for gun runs in short time, over," said the pilot.

"Copy your last 2-3, out," said Twilight, "let's go onto the main road, we have to push up." Twilight ran past her cover and began trotting down the long stretch of sand towards the highway, where the tanks were waiting for orders.

"Diamond dog 0-1, this is Saber tooth 0-1, requesting cover as we push to the target location, over," said Twilight.

"Roger that 0-1, we're on the move," said the tank driver.

"Saber tooth 0-1, HVT is in the building on the left flank, about 5 clicks North of your current location. We need to take the target alive. Interrogate as needed, over," said the commander.

"Roger that, Overlord, 0-1 out," said Twilight. She ran up to the side of the highway, where enemy positions were set up on the bridge.

"Contact front!" shouted Pinkie Pie, firing a burst out of her HK416, fitted with an Aimpoint reflex sight, flashlight, 2x magnifier, and an M320 under barrel grenade launcher. She fired a 40 mm round out her grenade launcher and watched as the round detonated on one of the sandbags behind the changelings. She pulled out another 40 mm round and fired once more, this one sent a changeling with an RPG flying through the air.

"Rainbow Dash, I want some suppressive fire, everypony else move up! We have to keep pushing," shouted Twilight, firing her M16 again. The bullets on the bridge came to a sudden halt after a loud crack was heard in the air, and the last changeling fell down on the ground.

"Sorry I'm late to the party darling, had to adjust for wind elevation," said a voice on the radio.

"Rarity?" asked Twilight shocked.

"In the flesh darling, keep moving, I'll keep you covered," she replied, as she scoped in on her Barrett M107. Twilight began running down the highway bridge as she did, she heard another loud crack and a round smacked against the ground and a bit of dirt kicked up in front of her hoof.

"Sniper!" shouted a pony. Twilight dove down behind some sand bags and ducked down.

"Rarity, we're taking fire from the target building, can you see the sniper?" asked Twilight.

"Copy that darling, I see the sniper, he's on the second floor, requesting some cover fire to draw it's attention away from me," she replied.

"Copy that Rarity, everypony, make sure you have a fresh mag in your gun, we need to take make sure Rarity won't be spotted."

Everypony loaded a new magazine into their guns and waited for the command to fire.

"On your go, darling," said Rarity over the radio.

"Everypony ready? Three, two, one, SUPPRESSIVE FIRE!" shouted Twilight. She raised her head and began firing burst of her rifle. A spray of bullets came crashing into the target building. Seconds pasted and the loud crack of the Barrett M107 was heard across the battlefield. Everypony ducked their heads down, and just waited for the kill to be confirmed. Seconds passed, time slowed down, and Rarity's voice wasn't heard.

"Did she do it?" asked Applejack.

"I don't know, Rarity, come in, did you get the sniper?" asked Twilight. Silence was the only thing that was heard on the radio.

"Rarity, come in? Did you get him?" No response was given. The platoon of ponies turned silent, as they awaited for a voice on the radio.