An Advanced Warfare

Isn't the morning amazing? The heat of the sun going over your body and warmth spreading at the same moment. At the moment I sit at my bed, thinking. Some free time, why not? I'm feeling a bit lazy today though.

"Come in!" I said as I heard the knock. Xerxes entered the room and looked around. "You sure are being lazy today. What's up?" he asked, leaning on the open door.

"Not much, except that last night I've met a mare who I had met once in the other Equestria but never got to know her. Now's my chance to get to know this mare, I'm going to take it."

Xerxes snickered at this. He fought the urge to grin but he provided a small smile. I replied to this with a face-hoof. But I could not keep the smile off my face either.

"Don't you dare." I said, with a small smirk. He just shrugged and left. "Don't be TOO lazy now Ray. We're still Assassins!" I heard him say. I stayed in my bed, just thinking some more before I put on a small frown and got bored.

I smiled once again and jumped out of the open window. My back facing the ground during my descent, I shot a hooks into the air, penetrating a stone building as I was brought up at amazing speed. Never gets old.

I landed on the building with a soft thud. Now's probably a good time for breakfast, I'm starving. I surveyed the area, looking for a place to eat. Rooftops provide me this with ease. Still had bits that were given to me as starter money, not exactly in a job, but this whole army thing works.

Maybe I should go street level... I thought as I jumped down from the rooftop, and into an alleyway. Not too bad of a landing. I threw ten bits to a beggar and walked out of the alleyway. Still early in the day, fantastic.

I trotted down the street, not sure where I was but I knew how to get home no matter what. My very late acquired phone tells me how to get home. I've never actually seen anything like this to be honest.

This fact actually surprised most ponies but I had already realized that a lot of things that seems impossible to me is possible now. While walking through a thick crowd, I used the grappling gun to hook onto a thief's hoof and pulled it, making them trip.

Some ponies jumped and some probably just thought that he tripped somehow. These peop- I mean ponies are really bad at pickpocketing. I may be an Assassin but I'd prefer not to steal unless I have to.

When I reached my destination, I seem to have not been able to find a name. It was just the images and the menu that actually attracted my attention. But talking to random ponies may be dangerous, for my hood is down, revealing my face. But if my hood is up, I may seem like an actual target. I just want to have one day where I can truly relax.

New Baghdad is a dangerous place, not sure if Atlas still lurks around these corners or not. While looking up the history of New Baghdad during the time when Jonathan

Irons was alive and was the CEO of Atlas Corporation.

He was killed apparently by Sentinel soldier Jack Mitchell. Ever since, New Baghdad was controlled by the Sentinel Corporation. So far I haven't really studied too much on it, should probably do so. Ever since the death of Irons, some Atlas members has made their peace with the Sentinel Corporation but the others? The whole Atlas company loathes Sentinel. A war has already broken loose but the battles has not been too major.

As a member of Sentinel Corporation, I am a target to all Atlas members everywhere. Or at least most of them. Have to keep my guard up.

Atlas wouldn't attack you in public would they?

Yes they would, a simple sniper is all that's needed, nopony would know who shot me.

Thoughts raged in my mind and I just blocked them out. I finally ordered some food, which I had an oat burger. Not sure what oat is, but it tastes really good! If I ever return to the human world, I have to get this.

10:49 A.M. Not too bad to have what they call brunch. The oat burger was finished within a few bites, satisfying my stomach within a few seconds. I got up and threw the bag that contained the oat burger into the trash.

Not a good idea but I decided to climb a building, wanting to scout the area as much as possible. I put up my hood and prepared my self. Looking back, I jumped and used my grappling hooks to latch onto something called a crane. It looks like it carries some big boxes, what could they contain in there? Weapons?

You've got enough blood and weapons use for a lifetime Ray.

I pulled my hoof and instantaneously, I was shot forward, the familiar feeling of wind rushing through my mane, as I was sent onto the crane. Ponies below me watched as this happened. But some pulled out a phone and I'll bet they started recording me. I immediately turned away from the phone and started running across the crane. This can be bad, I don't need someone identifying me as an Assassin.

I ran to the very end of the crane and shot a hook at a parallel building to my left but there wasn't any time to waste waiting for the hook to latch on. I jumped and spread my hooves. When I reached near ground level, I tugged my hoof back and I was sent into the air once again, but for some reason I shot past the building.

I flailed in the air, quickly looking around me to detect something to land on or grapple on.

Taking aim at another building which I just passed on my descent, I fired. The hook went through the stone but pulled the stone down with me. Small pebbles landed on my head as I fell, trying to slow my descent.

Only one idea but it may kill me. I crossed my hooves into an 'X' and shot two grappling hooks into two walls on my left and right. I heard the familiar sound of my hooks hitting stone as I came to an abrupt stop.

Just in time before I crashed into a building. I let out a breath as I retracted my grappling hooks, and rolled as I landed onto the building. I stayed in a prone state as I marked civilians with their phones pointed at my direction.

I backed up slowly, reaching the end of the building as I shot a grappling hook into the brick wall at my right and slowly made my way down. I landed onto the ground with a hard thud.

Looking around, I deemed the place clear and I dusted myself off. So much for relaxation.

Once again, I looked for a place that I could look throughout most of the city or at least in this sector. After looking at many buildings big and small, I decided I would use a building that was at least 100 stories high.

This will suck if I fall. I took aim and shot a grappling hook at a full ledge of stone surrounding the building. I repeatedly did this while using the force of my ascend to soar into the sky even faster.

As I did this, I saw myself get even closer to the top, but the near top had quite an amount of interruptions, such as ledges and air conditioners. Just now I barely managed to avoid a ledge as I climbed. But something I noticed is that my injured leg had a lot more strength, it was based off the exo-suit after all.

It did hurt a bit if I put a lot of pressure on my leg though. As I went past another ten floors, I looked down. Big mistake. The shock of how high I was made my blood freeze and I recovered from this shock too late. I started falling and I desperately shot a hook which just bounced off the glass, leaving a small crack.

I stole a glance down, the wind blowing into my eyes and making it feel extremely uncomfortable. As I neared a ledge, I shot my right hoofed hook around it as I swung below it and continued my ascent. The minute I did this, my hoof's muscles were pulled too hard and I felt extreme pain in my hoof as I used my left hoof to fire at the stone, it was too late to back down.

As the hook penetrated the stone, I pulled my hoof and it sent me flying up. I weakly pulled up my right hoof and shot another grapple hook, this time, my hoof going too weak to pull. Due to the failure of immediately launching myself up once again, my body weight pulled me down.

My right hoof was too weak and in pain to even yank the hook. I flailed in the air a bit, trying to get a good shot with my left hook, as I heard a small crackling sound of pebbles and rocks.

"Errh..." I groaned as I struggled to get a shot. It was now or never. I concentrated and willed the grapple gun to fire. I heard the small bang as it launched and hit my target. I reluctantly stepped on the building and tugged with my left hoof. In an instant I was sent flying up again.

Around probably the 92nd floor, the air around me started to become more thicker. My breathing was more heavier as I went up again. I panted and perched on a ledge for some time, regaining my breath.

But when I scaled past the next floor, my lungs were desperate for air. Nope, I'm not going any further. I'm probably going to die of oxygen loss or go unconscious which is also bad.

I shot another hook and looked around the city of New Baghdad. Using my Eagle Pulse, when high enough, was able to find shops, enemies, you name it. I used my Eagle Pulse and it marked all the shops, found doctors, key buildings but I blocked out hostiles.

This section of the beautiful city of New Baghdad was fully revealed to me.