The Great War

"Sector 8, respond." Static. "Sector 8, come in sector 8." Again, static. Damn. I clipped my com back on my belt. That's the third one. First 3, 10, and now 8. How are they tacking us out, I thought we put up new defenses after the Diamond Dogs joined them. What have they done now? Man, I hope Captain Rakes is okay he was stationed in that sector. I unclip my com. "Control, do you copy?"

"Affirmative. What is the states of Sector 8 Spike?" Asked Celestia head of control.

"Control, I'm not getting anything from Captain Rakes or his men. My team are going to help." I responded calmly.

"Damn, that's another one." Celestia muttered. "Go ahead Spike, we'll warn you if anything popes up.""Roger." I clipped my com back and turned to my team. "Come on Omega Squad we're moving out to investigate Sector 8." They collected their stuff and followed close behind. We arrived shortly to our location. "Bloody hell..." One of the soldiers said as we entered the clearing.

I agree with his statement because in front of us was a massacre. Blood, bodies, guns, guts, swords, and knives lay scattered. Limbs and decapitated heads lying around. It was a gruesome site. So much so one of the soldiers turned his head and vomited. I would have too if I wasn't used to seeing this kind of thing. We proceeded farther and looked around us. Death was still in the air as we got closer to the camp, it was just bodies and bodies around us. None of these men and women were ali- "Hold on." We stopped moving and listened. I'm sure I just heard someone-breathing. I looked around, where was it coming from? "Over there, near that area. Come on."

My team picked up the pace. As we got closer to the noise I noticed it was coming from a wall to the left. "There!" I shouted and pointed to were a body was hunched up on the wall. As we got closer I started to recognize him. My Celestia it was- "Captain Rakes." I said finishing my own thought. It was awful, a sword half way down his gut was stuck in him. Apparently my voice jostled him out of unconscious because his head slowly lifted up.

"Hey Spike." He sounded like he was trying to talk through marbles. "How's it going." He looked up at me with his eyes with a pained expression on his face.

Captain 'Snails' Rakes was a unicorn stallion who has a sort of teal-ish mane with an orange coat, and a snail cutie-mark. Snails was never the best at his magic so he decided that he would join the Pony Army, which turned out great, he had leadership skills and although slow at times he was a rational thinker and quick at combat. He was one of my first male friend in Ponyville and he and I really bounded over the past few years, so yeah I got a little emotional when I rushed to him.

"Control, this Spike. My team and I have found a survivor. It is Captain Rakes, I need a medical team immediately. there is heavy blood lose and a sword through the body." I yelled into my COM as I land beside Rakes.

"Spike this is Control, your team is on the way."

"Roger that."

Rakes smirked and chuckled, "Spike, you know and I know that we both know there is no chance of me surviving this, so just call off the meds and take this sword out of my liver."

"No can do Sir, I'm not letting you die like this." I replied.

"Really? I'm fucking dying and your sticking with formalities?!"

I smiled down at him and said "No, just making sure your still alive dipshit."

"Bastard."

"Asshole."

"Shitface."

We both burst with laughter after that one and settled into peaceful silence. But after about five seconds I realized that Captain Rakes had passed with a smile on his face. I grabbed the sword by the hilt and gently took it out of his body and placed it on the ground, then I slowly closed the eyes of a good friend as a tear dropped to the earth with a smile on my face.