An Advanced Warfare

"Ow, OW! MARNIX STOP!" I yelled at Marnix as he repeatedly threw flashbangs at me over and over. He was laughing so hard that I'll bet he fell over on his back. "That is not healthy for my eyes!" Fine Marnix you want to play it that way? I used my Eagle Vision to find him and I knocked him over. I took his flashbangs and threw it at him as he got flashed. He was backing up, blinded with the flashbangs. If we were caught, we were in so much trouble.

Not too long after we were caught by Xerxes who backed away awfully quickly from this. I remember him saying that when it comes to me and flashbangs, it creates a big red flag for him.

I smile at the thought right now. "HAVE A TASTE OF YOUR OWN MEDICINE MARNIX." I said to him as I continued flashbanging him till I ran out. I grinned and he was trying to grab me while he was blinded. I unsheathed my sword and softly poked him in the torso. He jumped back and I laughed at this. He was still recovering from the flashbang. When he recovered I was lucky and we were reported for duty.

"You are so lucky... I'll get you back one day, mark my words Ray..." Marnix muttered to me, showing his grin. I nudged his shoulder and said "Then I'll get you back double."

We reached a room called the 'Briefing Room' where we discussed on a mission. The past few days, we've been taught Type 1, 2 and 3 errors in a gun along with how to fix them. We learned how to use grenades not too long ago which when we discovered what a flashbang does, it was total chaos for Marnix and I. We also learned some terms, how to respond to radio chatter. Along with code names.

My call sign was Gunpony. Marnix's callsign was Pagan. Xerxes' callsign was Panther and Kyros' callsign was Mongo.

We were advised to leave our swords back but I can not imagine leaving my sword behind. I would probably lose some of my sanity if I have left one of my ancestors behind me.

After being briefed on a mission, we found out who we were assigned to. We were assigned Rainbow Dash and Twilight. Rainbow Dash's callsign was Zoltan and Twilight's callsign was Network.

In about 3 and a half hours we were up and ready on a plane. I had a HBRA3 in a holster on my back. There was a RW1 in my belt holster at my waist area. I kept my sword at the ready too. I refused an exo-suit not knowing how it works just yet. One day, one day.

I chatted with Rainbow and Twilight about their lives. Their life as a foal. How they came to what they were today. I got to know them better than when I knew them in the other world.

It was actually refreshing for me at least. I talked about my past too but I didn't think that they understood too much about it. Being an Assassin isn't easy to explain. Leaps of Faith are very unrealistic or at least in this world. I'll have to show them one day.

We arrived to our destination, we were to either steal documents from the Atlas corporation that may ruin the Sentinel group till the very end. Something about Atlas trying to frame Sentinel for a death of their employe who had information that Atlas was about to enslave the public. We have to take those files and hope that they weren't released to the public yet.

Sounds somewhat familiar to a situation I had. When I thought about it I concluded that Atlas may be rewriting the files so that it seems that the Sentinel was going to enslave the public somehow. By getting these files, not only can we reveal them if they are not edited but we can find out what Atlas is up to along with saving the Sentinel's reputation. Which is doing very well due to the defeat of former CEO and founder of Atlas, Jonathan Irons.

We Assassins jumped and enabled our parachute that we recently learned how to use and on our decent we cut the parachute short 7/8 of the way down to land on some ponies, assassinating them. We had the full authority to use lethal force so we Assassins will use that to our advantage. Nice kills Assassins.

I heard Rainbow say into her communication device. We nodded at Rainbow to show thanks. It wasn't much but I'd prefer to go with a simple method of saying thanks. I went by another guard and sliced their throat. Big mistake in working here buddy.

The defense outside was awfully scarce... very suspicious. I used my Eagle Pulse and scanned the area. Nopony there... but there were many enemies in the building. That's not good.

"Group of guards! Mark your targets using Eagle Vision and use your mental broadcast we'll take them down quickly." I thought to my friends and in three seconds we struck. I jumped from the tree I climbed and kicked one in the jaw with a slice at the throat to the guard on my right. I turned to my left and sliced their throat out. Quick and easy.

"Gosh you Assassins really are efficient." Twilight said into the mic. I looked to where Rainbow and Twilight were, who just got onto the ground. I spotted two more guards and I ducked into a bush. I threw a rock into a bush, making it seem that somepony was in the bushes. As soon as the front guard turned his back to the other guard I made my move.

I sliced the guard's throat and swiped the other guard's throat, creating a streak of red as my hidden blade retracted back into it's spot.

"Alright, there are too many guards to play it smart or stealthy and there isn't any way to get up by climbing. We have to bust through the front door." I said to everypony on the mic. Mongo, Pagan, you stick with Network and Zoltan. Panther, with me."

I threw a threat grenade and it sensed the guards in the vicinity easily like my Eagle Vision. I was able to mark the guards without enabling my Eagle Vision. That's pretty cool.

"Me, Mongo, Network and Zolton are going to flank the enemy from their left side. Gunpony and Panther, you're going to attack them straight on." Marnix said to us. Of course, the pony with the plan. "They'll be cornered, they won't even know what hit them."

I counted down. "Engaging in three, two, one."

I kicked opened the door and slid into the first cover I found I aimed but couldn't get a clear shot. "Flashbang out!" I yelled as I threw a flashbang to the enemy position. I rolled towards a desk and flipped it over, providing me cover. I aimed and squeezed off a carefully aimed shot at a guard, my reticule going straight to the other guard's head. Bang. One shot one kill.

Using my Eagle Vision I detected no more guards until one burst into the room and fired everywhere with a gun that I identified as the PYTAEK. I heard a faint "I'm hit!" as I shot the guard into the chest. He fell to the ground but I realized he was still alive and conscious.

I checked the pony who was hit and I realized that it was Rainbow Dash. Rushing over to her was the only thing I could do to stop the wound in her own chest. It did not penetrate the heart but it was still a bad hit. I used my hoof to stop the bleeding hopefully. My body shivered and I could not do anything but to try to stop the wound.

"Stay with me, stay with me!" I yelled to her as another guard burst in and with one shot from my pistol I ended their life. I holstered the pistol and attempted to stop the bleeding.

"Stay on the mission! Forget about me, I'm a goner." she said as her eyes fluttered and closed. I let go of the wound and put my head on her chest. I was for some reason breathless and it pained me to already have lost a teammate.

The pony who shot her got up and I stopped my teammates from shooting him. "Ei fili mulieris virum canis!" I yelled as I kicked him in the stomach. I stabbed him in the stomach, promising a slow end to him. I punched him across the jaw, making him stumble towards a wall. "You guys can go! I need to take this filius canis to the deepest level of pain possible." I said as I broke his arm, making him scream in pain.

I elbowed his throat, probably crushing his windpipe as I pounded his face endlessly with punch after punch. I stabbed his arm, giving him two still bleeding wounds to worry about.

I kicked his jaw hard but not hard enough to knock him out. He's going to pay. I pulled him up by his body armor and asked Twilight to punch him through the wall. I was aware of the super strength that was given with an exo-suit.

"It'll be my pleasure." she said as she hit him in the chest, smashing him through the wall. I saw his condition and it was terrible. Just the way I wanted it to be. I picked him up and threw him back into the room. I slowly put my hidden blade to his neck and entered it slowly. Giving him the pain of a knife and the thought of death. I retracted my hidden blades so that he just had a knife mark in his neck.

I slammed him onto a desk and that's when my teammates broke from their state of shock and went to complete the mission. Great, they might have gotten away. I weighed the options as I delivered another set of punches to his face. Do I just give this stallion a finish and be done with it? Might as well.

"Requiscat in pace..." I spat at him as I slowly entered the blade into his neck. "You filius canis." he let out a gurgling sound as I threw his body outside. I walked upstairs with my gun in hand as I used my Eagle Vision to detect if the documents were still here.

Bene.

The documents were still here, probably just more security. Enclosed space... one grenade should do it. I told everypony to get back as I threw one grenade upstairs, it bouncing off a wall and hitting a group of guards. I waited about two seconds and threw a second grenade, finishing off most of them. I burst into the room and shot the ones still alive. I retrieved the documents and took some photos of it just in case we lose it. I took several pictures of each pages and within 3 mikes we were out and ready for extraction.

It was painful, to even catch a glimpse of the cyan colored Pegasus' body. Come on Ray, soldier on. I let out a small tear and walked past the body. I was angry now it wasn't fair to the guards, they were just doing their jobs but I could not help but be furious at them. It wasn't fair to take my anger out on other guards but I couldn't help it.

The guards that arrived I pulled out my pistol and in my anger, shot about four shots which wiped the group out. As a guard disarmed me I yelled and I slammed my hoof into their nose, and I forcefully shoved my hidden blades into their neck.

I pushed their body off me, retrieving my gun again. I reloaded and heard the satisfying click of a clip going in. I sighed and shot another guard in the head. The weight on my chest increased as I thought about how I could have made such a loss happen.

She died, on her second mission too.

Why?