Dropped into Equestria

“Speed is the essence of war. Take advantage of the enemy’s unpreparedness; travel by unexpected routes and strike him where he has taken no precautions.” Sun Tzu

///_CROSS_COM INITIALIZATION

Time…..0300

Location….Updating….Unknown

Altitude…..5,000ft

ADRS….ACTIVE

ASD…..Ready\\\

Freefall at night is something of a second nature to me. Falling at speed is an awe inspiring act to one who is untrained... yet now I can only see my target. A tall spire of the right of the castle one of the very same Shining Armor told me to be one the rooms of their leaders.

With my ADRS nearing its end of its path it activated my ASD; deploying my chute at 500ft from target allowing me to guide myself onto the balcony of said tower. Pulling on the reins of the cords my speed dropped dramatically as I prepared to disengage the lines that held me.

I brought my legs up to my chest as I cut the lines sending me to the balcony below. Landing feet first I rolled forward to dissipate the force that was generated on landing. Upon recovering I got to a knee and did a quick weapon and system check.

A voice I have become familiar with came from my earpiece. “Specter 1-1 do you read? over.”

“Of course he reads silly a pony as tall and smart as him knows how to read right?’ Major” a hyper voice came blaring out my ear piece. This caused me to lower the volume to accommodate my now damaged ear drum.

“Roger Captain, I read you loud and clear” I said as I put emphasis on loud to make my discomfort from the outburst known. “I’m holding on at spire two’s balcony, over.”

“Copy that Specter, that puts you on Princess L” he stopped just short of completion then came back “that puts you on P-p-princess Luna’s balcony.”

“Any problems Captain? is the princess a deviant or a devil worshiper?” I asked hoping to bring Shining Armor back to the task at hand.

“N-No no nothing like that at all it’s just she doesn't like to have anypony in her room is all.”

“In case you have forgotten Captain I'm not exactly a pony now am I?’ well either way breaching in, Specter out.” I finished, silently tossing a sensor grenade in the room I saw the tell tale sign of activation. A neon blue half-sphere grew outward from the sensor, updating my HUD with not contacts but a point of interest on what looked to be a large bed. With the all clear from the sensor I moved in the room with optic camo activated as a precaution. Entering through the open doors I could see the point clearly with my night vision. A splotch of blood and a few feathers lay on the bed where I would assume a wound happened to Princess Luna. “Captain, I found feathers and blood on the bed small amount presuming a struggle... over” Looking over the room one more time to bring my awareness up “no signs of ransacking, continuing search for VIPs and hostiles, over.”

“Are you sure that’s blood Specter? I mean are you really sure that that blood is from the princess?”

“Yes, Captain I’m sure and I'm not gonna continue on that, over” Walking at a quicker pace to the doors I stacked up on the door after I grabbed the sensor seeing how they are the only ones I have. I opened the door to see my worst enemy to date “Fucking stairs.”

“Come again Specter, I didn't hear what you said before” Shining Armor said over the radio.

“Just... fucking stairs.” Sighing under my breath I began my long trek down the spire. “Next time I'm scaling down the spire... better yet there better not be a next time!”

(Timelapse 30 minutes)

Catching my breath “I. Fucking. hate. stairs. If I never have to see another flight again it wouldn’t be soon enough.” Sucking in more air as if I were a vacuum I brought my breathing under control. unfortunately, having an exo suit still didn't help any. Now looking at the problem in front of me I brought up my HUD’s map of the castle I got from Twilight. That damn pony has a lot of things in her tree house library. “Now if I were to kidnap a Princess where would I hold th-” before I could finish my thought a loud high pitched scream filled the halls then died down as soon as it rang out.

Not even thinking, I sprinted toward the sound of the scream which had resonated from my left. A good minute run at full sprint I saw where the sound resonated from. A door was slightly ajar. Quickly stacking up against the wall I activated my drone and set it to 'crawler' allowing it to cloak and sneak in undetected... hopefully...

Navigating towards the bed I saw what I wish I could unsee; something that caused my failsafe to exit and allow my devils to take control for a time. I recalled my drone to its holder and snuck in the room closing the door behind me. Standing up but bent over ever so slightly, I drew my knife from its holster quietly.

My camo staying true luckily, as I drew closer to the bed with my knife poised for the kill. With nothing left in the space in between me and the stallion I pulled him off the mare and brought one hand over his muzzle while I brought my knife around to his throat wielding and made a large cut causing him to bleed out at a satifiy rate causing him to die quick. “Good night asshole” was all I said as I cleaned his blood off my knife on his coat.

With my knife cleaned and sheathed I looked back at the mare and finally looked at her properly. Her mane was black with her coat looking graphite gray, looking lower toward her cutie mark which depicted a treble cleft. As I turned to the nearby candle I saw to the right of her bed, a broken cello.

While I was looking over her my Optic camo dissolved with the rapid motion, reveling me.

She now was curled up in a ball crying her eyes out into her hooves. Having been trained in VIP rescue I know she needed a shrink, knowing other victims of the like when I was on the Russian front. But what really struck out to me was there was blood on the bed sheet near her rear “Shit.”

She stopped crying then looked at me her pupils turned to pin pricks while her face revealed fear. She started to move back towards the head of the bed. “P-Please don’t hurt m-m-me.” She said with a shaky voice.

Knowing the best course of action I raised my hands up in the air “Easy there little lady I don’t want to hurt you but, that’s not the same I can say to that sack of shit that was on you.”

She then looked at the dead earth pony by the foot of the bed. “You... you did that?” You k-killed him?”

Getting closer towards her with my arms at my side now “Yeah but don't dwell on it, right now I have to get you and the Princesses” now sitting at the foot of the bed looking at her “do you have any clue where they might have been taken?”

She simply replied with a nod.

“Mind telling me then? the faster I know the faster I can bring up the guards to the castle and finish up the mess they made, okay?”

She looked at me then spoke “Before he he he” she started to hyperventilate.

“It’s okay, he’s not here, it’s over for you so just tell me where and I'll make sure ponies like him stay up at night looking over their shoulder, okay?”

Again she nodded “... Throne room, they- they said something about the throne room.”

“Thank you miss”

“My name is Octavia, Octavia Melody.”

“Well thank you again Miss Melody but I must ask you to go to Princess Luna’s room, do you know where it is?”

Octavia then looked to me scared a bit but then hope replaced it.

“I do believe so, what shall I do there?” she asked.

“Wait there till I or the guards come get you, all right now come on let’s go, before the invaders find their dead buddy” Octavia nodded and followed me as I put out the candle and headed down the hallway from where I had descended the spire.

Once where I had arrived from the spire I turned to Octavia “Go up these stairs to the room and hide I'm gonna go ahead and meet up with our... unwanted guest, all right?”

Octavia looked at me with her violet orbs than to the staircase in front of her as if were a daunting task. While for me it was a pain to look at her, I have no clue what she is thinking about the climb. “You want me to climb up to the top of the tower to one of my ruler’s rooms?” She asked as she moved towards the stairs then looked back to me before she took her first steps.

“Yeah I do and don't worry I'll send for you, okay?”

Octavia took in a breath then exhaled as she looked forward to take on her new task... climb the longest flight of stairs I've ever fucking had the displeasure to descend.

Not wanting to dawdle any longer I opened my HUD’s map once more and updated my plan. My mission timer was now from 1 hour to twenty minutes thanks to the stairs and one side thing that I have no regrets for, but gained a new reason to free the leaders of their current endeavor.

My HUD’s map calculated the fastest route to take to the throne room which to surprise was to the left of my current location. “I’m glad I had those floor plans scanned or this mission would be a goddamned nightmare.”  Following the route planned out I activated my optic camo and continued down the hallways towards my objectives.

(Time lap-10 minutes)

“Captain, come in, over.”

“I hear you Specter, what do you need? over”

“I’m near the entrance of the throne room and need to know the names of the rulers, plus any information you can give me about what I should be wary of. In case the princesses become... hostile towards me.” Silence came over the radio. “Captian?” silence still held.

“Okay Specter, here is the counter sign; just say I sent you. Over."

“Really? Just that? haha! fine, I'll contact you when I've secured the 'packages' but I'm still waiting for their names Captain. Over.”

“Oh yeah sorry, the first one is Princess Celestia she is easily defined by her white coat; while her sister Princess Luna is defined by her blue coat, over.”

“Got it: Celestia and Luna with corresponding coat colors, anything else you're forgetting Captain? Over”

“Uhmmm…No nothing that comes to mind, but when you do secure the Princesses take them someplace secure, I don't want them hurt during the attack, got it? Over”

“I have yet to fail a mission to date Captain and I don’t count on failing this one, Specter... out.” looking back at the guarded throne room entrances which has been held now by two Griffons? Goddamn it, every time I think I've seen everything this damn reality I've found myself in, the fucking thing throws me a curveball that defies gravity!

Still, a mission is a mission and from what I can tell from this place I've landed in is that these ponies are really important to the local populace... and I can’t have my future allies killed now can I? Activating another sensor on my belt, my HUD came alive again with my worst nightmare. Not only were there four Griffons holding the front door as sentries but there on the inside I saw twenty contacts! fuck me sideways! Two I could instantly tell were the VIPs by the restraints the sensor picked up from its scan. The other 18 were considered hostiles since they seemed to walk about freely.

The only new problem that arose was: how was I supposed to enter that mess of a room without raising an alarm? The answer to my problem quickly but apprehensively showed itself in the form of a French maid outfit on a pony. Who held a tray of what I would guess was wine and a wine glass upon her back as she herself approached the door.

Not being one to let a good thing pass I slowly but quietly followed the pony whom sported a brown coat with a... hmm, I would say oak brown mane. These damn ponies and there pastel-like features are gonna drive me to become Mr. Color Expert, I fucking swear.

Still following the pony in front of me as she walked up to the Griffon guards that guarded the entrance.

“Halt pony what is it you carry on your back?” one of the Griffons asked while it drew near the pony, unsheathing its sword by its hip just a bit to allow a peak of the gleaming iron it concealed.

“I…I...I brought w-what King Blueblood asked for is all” the pony maid in front of me replied as she began to cower a bit in her hooves.

“All right, go on ahead” was all he said as one of the other guards opened the door wide for her... and unknowingly me, as well.

Once inside, I slipped behind a nearby pillar with my knife held under my colt for stability. The room on the other hand was nothing short of my perdition, there were contacts crawling all over the room with the VIPs bound by rope and metal rings wrapped around their horns by its base. Still looking around to update my HUD outlines of all in the room, pony or otherwise, it began to change color, the two large ponies that were bound were highlighted neon blue along with a unicorn who sat upon the throne and the maid pony I walked in behind.

“At last my wine has arrived from the Royal Canterlot Distilleries.” The white unicorn whom sported a black bow and blond mane said as the wine bottle and glass floated towards him and poured itself into the glass. “Would you like some auntie Celestia? or maybe you auntie Luna? would care for a bottle from your very own collections from before your banishment hmm?”

“Hmm mmm hmm hm hmh mh“ was all I heard from the bound Lunar Princess.

“I’m sorry auntie Luna I couldn't hear you, would you care say that again without that gag you sport all so well in your mouth. Oh wait I forgot you can’t! oh you have no clue how badly I wanted to see you both out of power and me the crowned king of this land!” He said as he drew closer to the bound duo; then looked directly towards the calmer one of the two sisters whom didn't have a gag. “And what about you Auntie Celestia? I haven’t heard a single word from those regal lips of yours since I had Auntie Luna brought down this evening before she awoke! Or have you given in to me already like those wonder bolts and guards did?” He stopped then looked towards the throne he was sitting on, as he himself sat next to the duo after a sip from the wine glass.

As he sipped from his glass I slowly raised my suppressed colt keeping it steady with my knife under hand.

“Oh I know what you two must be thinking. ‘Why haven't I just... oh I don't know, take you like my men have been doing to your staff? and oh so precious ponies in this castle and the city around it?’ Oh the answer is not as complicated as you think! In reality I want to savor the feeling of being in complete control of you both like this.” He stopped again and looked two to two sisters once more as he took another sip from the glass. “The feelings of being in complete control of the moon and sun. Both entities that live on as immortal of this land. You see auntie I know what happens when alicorns bind themselves with a single pony. They too become immortal like the sun and the moon.”

Funny... never in my life did I ever think I would say this: but god damn this fucker thinks too much of himself. I mean holy shit I've seen some stuck up rich guys in my life that look like they have a pole up their ass but... this guy- err pony seems to be giving himself a happy ending, all day, every day!

“Now guards leave us, I’ll call back for you when I need you again” he then looked at the maid pony that was hiding behind the throne “ and take the maid with you, think of it as a bonus to our agreement hmm?”

When he finished his sentence one of the guards I believe what looked to be a dog of some sort grabbed the maid by the tail holding her upside down revealing her... well you know.

“Agreed she will do nicely as a bonus to our arrangement” he said as he began to lick his lips.

While the other guards whistled and called out numbers.

“I'm next!”

“Buck yeah! I’ll take a piece of that!”

“Count me in as well!”

They all began to call out louder.

At the time my mind was at war with itself, this time split asunder by two opposing thoughts. My human side wanted to help her and kill every one of these monsters that looked at her as a piece of meat from the farmers market. While my trained mind said “no! it’s not what you're here for! it's not worth the risk it presents to the leaders.” My mind countered itself in an internal war, but my decision was quickly made by something I remember my father told me before the war began.

(Flash back Alex’s childhood 2005)

I remember that talk I had with my father way back in highschool. When he had picked me up from the police station. I had been taken to after beating up some guys that were picking on a random hooker the night before “Son, I know what you are thinking and quite frankly I'm proud of you for doing what you did. No one would of helped that young lady like you did, Alex” he stopped to think of something that was long past and brought it back to his mind “I'm gonna tell you something my old man told me that I think you are ready know about... Son what is it you want to be in life?”

“I want to save others dad, like what you do in the army and like grandpa did when he was in the army. To be remembered for doing something good.”

“So you are ready huh? well son let me tell you, this is why your grandpa joined the army in World War Two: to protect those who can't and couldn't protect themselves from the worst that man could do.  Then I joined the army during the Vietnam war to do the same like he did. But when we signed up it was not to be remembered as heroes. No, we signed up to be the sword and shield of the people that were'’t able to fend off the devils of the world. You understand what I'm saying son?”

(END OF FLASHBACK)

“I just needed to be reminded dad... just needed to be reminded.” My mind now at peace with itself I sheath my knife and holstered my colt to free my hands for my rifle. I began to stand straight as I removed the suppressor to the SCHAR. All the while the unicorn sat on his stolen throne and the guards began to file out the room with the maid still being strung up like a prize.

Speaking Loud and clear so all in the room could hear me. “Every person and pony has four basic freedoms in life that will not and cannot be taken away.  God given rights we all enjoy.” All in the room stud surprise to see me standing by the pillar walking towards their newly self appointed king while my Optic camo gave way. “Freedom of Speech, Freedom of religion, Freedom of want, and Freedom of FEAR” adding extra hate to the word fear as I stood next to the now cowering king. “Now I stand before you as the 5th freedom of my race and government, that freedom is the freedom to do whatever it takes to keep those four freedoms from being undermined by those who seek to harm those four freedoms.” Now I stand looking at the self appointed king with my rifle zeroed in on his head with the barrel an inch away from his face. “And yet here you are encroaching on the 4 freedoms I seek to protect.”

Now looking at all in the room, all eyes have glued themselves to my person, awaiting my action. Even the once calmed Celestia held a guise of shock and fear. The facial expression shared equally by her sister of the night.

“How dare you enter my throne room unannounced! Do you have any idea who I am?!” he asked as he tried to hide the fear in his eyes. “I am King Blueblood! and I demand you leave at once!”

Knowing full well that there are no such treaties, and this would most likely end up with me being court marshaled for this but,  being the first human must make me an ambassador of my race and country “Unfortunately for you king. Under the Treaty of Ponyville this country is an ally to the United States of America and under that treaty only Princess Celestia and Princess Luna are recognized leaders of this country. Therefore...” I stopped to take a breath of the now tensed air that filled the room. “making you a traitor of this country and an enemy of the United States.” The room fell silent once more not a single word was said as I kept my rifle trained on the kings head. “Blueblood under military law you have committed High treason towards your country. How do you plead?”

Blue blood sat still rivaling that of a statue then spoke. “Guards arrest this this abomination and send it to the dungeon where he wi…”

*crack*

The sound of a 7.62mm round filled the room as it exploded out toward its target and towards the now stained floor.

“Under the law of military I sentence you to death.” I said as the familiar smell of propellant and blood filled my sense of smell.

No one moved no one even dared to take a breath. Till one of the guards spoke up

“Let’s kill this motherbucker and take Canterlot castle for ourselves!”

All the invaders cheered and began to charge at me. Knowing all too well I would be a dead man if I tried to take them all on myself. I grabbed a flash bang from my belt and tossed it over the heads of the encroaching attackers. Shielding my eyes and ears from the blast as it went off.

“Captain! do it now!” I shouted in to my mic.

“Copy that Specter, beginning our attack, over.”

Just as he said the windows behind the throne exploded in word showering the area with glass shards as the royal guard stormed in with unicorns, pegasus and normal pony alike. Began to meet the stunned and invaders quickly subduing them.

Yet during the attack I  had activated my optic once more and snuck out the room and headed towards the very room I entered from.