Call of Duty Black Ops - Ember

I walked with Akira through this dark and cold night. It was interesting to see, how cold are their nights here although it is summer. I still don't know who she is or what she wants, because it seemed she appeared from no where. She greeted me and she seems to be friendly but with the time you know that you can´t trust people ... or ponies. We reached her house. I awaited a villa or something similar, but for an alicorn she lives really ... like a normal pony. It looked exactly the same like every other building here in Equestria.

"Ok, here we are. That's my house. I hope you´ll like it." she said and she didn't open it with a key or something else, it seems that she had a kind of board with different signs, maybe numbers and her horn started to glow red and she pushed them with their magic down, I am sure it was like a code. Of course she is an Alicorn a very rare race here in Equestria so it is clear that she has a kind of security system. And it was a number code because suddenly these symbols changed into numbers from 0 - 9 and her code was 24683. I shook my head, Akira noted this of course.

"Is everything all right? Don't worry, I´ll make you a tea and after that you´ll be fine again." she said friendly. I wasn't sure, if I could trust her or not. First she seems really friendly but why did she had so much interest in me. Was it really only because I am an Alien from another world or did she know more as it seems first. I mean everything could happen, she could put some toxin in the tea too.

She finally opened the door and we entered her house. Inside it looks similar to all the other buildings like from outside. Of course there were a lot of books. I guess books of magic or whatever. But it was warm, clean and very comfortable. Maybe she wasn't a princess but she also had this ... little thing like ... deep inside her she wanted to have something special.

"I am back soon, you can sit down on my couch, I will make us some tea." she said with her seductive voice. I looked around and note a lot of pictures of her and her friends. It seems she was a happy Alicorn. There was a document about their school, that means she was on a normal school like every other pony. I also ask me all the time if this was real or maybe a hallucination. After 5 minutes she came back and sat down too. Very close to me. She also put down the tea. I took a pillow and let it fall.

"Oh, sorry, my mistake." I said.

"It´s ok, no problem." While she picked it up, I changed the glasses. I know it sounded stupid but ... after years you learn to be careful, I mean after fighting together with the soldiers in Afghanistan against the Russian the Afghanistan soldiers betray us and knocked us down and threw us into the hot dry desert.

"Don't be so shy, tell me something about you, please." she said and crossed over her legs and support oneself on her hove.

"I already did?" I said.

"Yes, about your family, but I don't know anything about you?" she said. It was a bit uncomfortable how close she was to me but ok never mind.

"Better, you don't know everything about me."

"Why? Don't you trust me?" she asked.

"With the time you are careful, who you can trust and who not."

"And that's why you changed the glasses right?"

"Huh? No? How...?"

"I am not stupid Alex. I am an Alicorn, do you really think I don't know what is going on behind me?"

"Yes, but only because of ..."

"I don't wont to hurt you. I already told you that I can be very ... direct and ... maybe I overrun you. I agree, I did. But what happened to you that you don't trust me? Is it because I am not looking good enough? I am ugly? I am to fat? Is my mane not correct? Or is it my person?"

"No, it´s ... see I am a soldier, I worked with a lot of people, and I saw a lot of very bad things, and if you think you can trust someone, if you really think, yes I can totally trust this person, and suddenly ... you note ... he was your biggest enemy. Its ... our government, there are so many mysteries about them, all the people said, that's garbage or that cant be true and you think that too, I mean you are a soldier you don't believe in ghost stories and suddenly you see, hey these freaking bastards with their club were all the time right. It is hard to understand, because to understand a human ... is impossible because we are not like you that everyone has his special talent. We are complicated, different, everyone has his good and his bad side, everyone has something which make him special but not on things like that he is really the only one who can paint or whatever. We humans we ... are so different and at the same time we are all the same."

"Oh, I understand. But I think you are a good person."

"I hope so?"

"Sure." she said and I smiled.

"How do you make love?"

"Ehm ..WHAT?"

"How do you humans make love?" Is this pony fucking kidding me? Is this their only problem she has? I told her so much and she only wants to know how humans make love?"

"I mean is it complicated too?"

"Oh this ... of course. Yes. Sometimes, you don't understand it."

"Same like here. Damn no magic can help to understand this."

"But love is something which can block you. Stop you to think clear about things. It is controlling you. It changes you. It makes you different. Never mind how much bullshit your girlfriend is doing, you apologise her. Love makes you blind."

"Sometimes yes. But it gave you warmness."

"But it can hurt so much sometimes."

"Oh ... sorry, I forgot ..."

"It is ok. My wife died but it worth it."

"HUH? What do you mean?"

"She had the decision between herself or David. She decided for David, my son."

"I am so sorry to hear that."

"Its gone."

"Are you lucky again?"

"Not really. I miss my son so much."

"I understand. What happened?" I told her the whole story. What happened from the first day in Vietnam until the day where Woods shot me in the leg. I could see a tear in her eye. I also told her what I have seen here in Equestria and everything what happned to me and what is actually happening to me.

"You are ... really suffering. You need help."

"I know, but there is no one who can actually help me. Celestia failed."

"She didn't."

"But as you said, I am still suffering under the numbers."

"I will help you!"

"How? Not even Celestia could help me."

"Let me try it."

"OK ... never mind."

"First lay down."

"OK." It looks complete weird. I had no idea what she wanted to do but if it helps, why not. She took her hooves and pressed them against my head.

"Is it to hard or ok?"

"Perfect."

"OK. Alex. I know this will hurt but .."

"You said it wont hurt."

"Physical not but mentally."

"Never mind, if it helps." I said.

"Close your eyes." She said, before I close them, she closed hers too and her horn glowed red. Suddenly I saw hundreds of numbers rushing through my head. I saw pictures of Woods, David, Hudson, River, and a lot of more.

"Hey Mason..."

"Alex, good to see you."

"Hudson, CIA Agent, nice to meet you Sir." I saw Hudson in Vietnam.

"The communists are a big danger for us Mr Mason, finish it." the meeting with Kennedy.

"Graf Chenko, Steiner, Dragovich, they all must die!" said Reznov.

"MENENDEEEEEEEEEEEEEEZ!" shouted Woods.

"Woods no." I saw the grenade exploding which killed Menendez sister.

"I AM VICTOR REZNOV AND I AM GOING TO HAVE MY REVENGE!" I shouted and killed Steiner believing I was Reznov.

"Dad, I am scared, please help me." I saw David climbing on a tree before the Military ordered me back to save Woods.

"Your life will be consumed by absolute loss!" said Menendez to my son.

"He doesn't need his own weapons, he´s got ours."

"CORDIS DIE!" shouted Menendez. I suddenly heard the numbers again. But some of them louder than the other ones. 14 4 8 6 19 6 20 25

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"CORDIS DIE!!!!" I heard Menendez again and I saw Los Angeles, in the future. The sky was full of ... drones. Hundreds of them, thousands but not only in L.A. in other cities around the world too. I could hear the pony again which I caught with Night Light. I saw Equestria burning. Their sky was also full of ... pegasuses too. I saw my world and Equestria burning, screams, fear, darkness.

19 6 20 25 ... Cordis die.

19062025

19th June 2025. THE DRONE STRIKE!

I suddenly woke up again. And I took a deep breath. Akira still sat on my hip. She was shock too.

"Akira? Are you ok?"

"Yes, ... I only have seen everything what you have seen too."

"Oh ... don't worry, I will stop it before it will happen."

"Is this the end?" she asked scared.

"NO IT ISNT BECAUSE I WILL STOP IT BEFORE IT IS GOING EVEN WORSE!" She hasn't said anything else. I was sure she didn't understand what all that means. She only got closer to me and said.

"HOLD ME!" and I hold her. I know she was scared.

"Don't worry, I promise you, I will stop it!"

"I know." she said. I took her and carry her up to her bedroom. She had a shock. A really bad one. I had to agree to myself. Me too. But without her, I think I had never understand what the numbers mean. Now I know it. It was a date and the rest of them were coordinates. I sat a while on her bed and stroke her mane until she fell asleep but I also fell asleep too.