**June 18th, 9:32pm**

Delta Team's flying around the mountain range situated in the northwest region of Everfree Forest, where we're searching for the helicopter of our compatriots; "Echo Team", who disappeared during the middle of their mission.

"Did you find anything, Silver Shine?" I asked.

"Not yet", our pilot responded.

"Don't worry, Scoot, ah'm sure they're alright.", Applebloom reassured me, but I knew she was lying to make me feel better.

Ever since the crime rate rose in Stallion City, the royal guard and SCPD founded the Special Task-force And Recon Coalition Operative Mercenaries, otherwise known as S.T.A.R.C.O.M. My team consisted of Applebloom, her cousin Babs Seed, Sweetie Belle, our medic, myself, our pilot Silver Shine, his co-pilot Wild Tail, our Rear Security, Crystal Daisy, Sky Metal, the maintenance supervisor, Jade Blossom, our weapons supporter, point stallion Dark Snow and his brother Arctic Snow, foot soldiers Steel Bronco, Colt Twister, Emerald Shine, Winter Hero, Silver Stream, and lastly Frost Wing, our division captain. But enough about that, time to tell you folks the real story about what happen.

Bizarre murder cases recently occurred within Stallion City. There are outlandish to outright insane reports of families, campers, and hikers being attacked by a group of about ten ponies. Victims....were apparently eaten. Echo Team went first to investigate, but we lost contact three days ago.

Sweetie Belle saw something that caught her attention. "Look, you guys! It's Echo Team's chopper! Pilot, take us down."

After we landed, I realized something was wrong; no pony was in it, obviously. But strangely enough, most of the equipment was still there, which we all took for safekeeping. However, we soon discovered why. The helicopter was a derelict...save for the remaining bodies of Solar Sorbet and his co-pilot Ocean Breeze. Sweetie Belle completely barfed all over the grass, we all back away to give her some space. We continued our search for the other members, but it turned into...a nightmare.

"Hey guys, I found something!", Sky Metal shouted.

"Was is it?!" I asked.

"Gaahh!! Dear Celestia, It's Solar's hand.

"How do you know it's Solar's hand?", Babs Seed asked.

"He's the only idiot I know who would wear an ugly watch like this. I think I'm gonna be sick." he replied.

During the investigation, Applebloom, Sweetie Belle, and I discussed about the video log we received. It was a distress video from Flash Sentry himself:

"If anypony can hear this, this is Vice-Captain Flash Sentry. I'm here with my teammates Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon. We don't know where the others are, and we're running low on ammo. We need immediate evac now!."

After that, the entire team was determined to find our comrades. But now, looking at the corpses of Solar Sorbet and Ocean Breeze, I suffered the same reaction as Sweetie Belle and almost barfed my guts out. Sky Metal noticed and went to ask me if I was alright.

Before I asked him not to worry about me and keep looking, Sky Metal was suddenly jumped by a wolf. He was a fighter, so it wasn't a big deal, throwing a wolf off him and shooting it . What I saw nearly made me hurl. It wasn't a timberwolf, that's for sure, it was a wolf-dog....only its muscles and tendons were exposed, part of its face and ribcage was exposed, and I could even see the bone from the skull and legs. Another wolf jumped Sky Metal, but he fought back, shooting it right in the face. But, just when Sky Metal was catching his breath, a pack of decayed wolf-dogs pounced on him all at once before he had a chance to react. I watched in complete shock as the wolf-dogs tore him apart.

"SKY METAL, NOOO!!!!!!!!!!!"

"AHHHHHHHHHHHH!!! RUN, SAVE YOURSELF!!!!! GAAAAHHH!!!!! NOOOO!!! GET OFF ME!!! AARRGH!!!!!! YAAAAAARRRRRGHHHHH!!!!!! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHhhhhhhhhhh!!!!"

The rest of the team came and watch in total horror as Sky Metal was brutally ripped to pieces, reducing him to mince meat. One dog stared and leaped at me, luckily I came to my senses just in time and blasted the beast with my Python.

"That's for my teammate, you piece of shit!!!"

"Scoot, there's too many, get to the chopper!", Dark Snow shouted.

My teammates and I ran for the chopper, but by the time we got there, the pilots took off without us.

"Hey, Silver Shine, Wild Tail, where the hay are ya'll going?!!' Applebloom yelled.

"No time to complain, Rookie, RUN!!!" Frost Wing shouted.

One of the wolves were catching to us. To buy the others time, I turned and braced myself as a dog leaped at me. However, Frost Wing shot it out of the air and ordered the rest of us to follow him.

"Head for that mansion!!", Applebloom shouted.

That's what we did, running for our lives from those killers wolf-dogs and shooting at them. We spotted a mansion in the distance and thought it seemed safe. Nothing in our training could prepare us for the nightmare that was yet to come....

Author's Note

Before I go on, this is my first fanfiction, so forgive me for being a noob. So let me go into detail about the OCs in this fanfic. Silver Shine, Diamond Blossom, and Crystal Daisy are unicorns. Colt Twister, Winter Hero, Silver Stream, the Snow Brothers, and Sky Metal are pegasi. Wild Tail, Emerald Shine, and Steel Bronco are earth ponies. Frost Wing is an alicorn half-blood (you do the math) Echo Team pilot Solar Sorbet was a unicorn, his co-pilot and mare-friend Ocean Breeze was a pegasus.

**CAST**

Delta Team; Codename: "The Crusaders"
Earth Ponies
Applebloom: Rookie Sharpshooter
Babs Seed: Rookie Demopony
Steel Bronco: Foot Soldier
Emerald Shine: Foot Soldier
Wild Tail: Co-Pilot

Unicorns
Sweetie Belle: Rookie Medic
Jade Blossom: Rear Security
Crystal Daisy: Weapons support
Silver Shine: Pilot

Pegesi
Scootaloo: Rookie Weapon support
Colt Twister: Hoof Soldier
Winter Hero: Hoof Soldier/ Vice Captain
Dark Snow: Point Stallion
Arctic Snow: Point Stallion
Silver Stream: Hoof Soldier
Sky Metal: Maintenance supervisor

Alicorn
Frost Wing: Division Captain

Echo Team; Codename: Ghost Hunters

Diamond Tiara: Medic
Silver Spoon: Tactical Specialist
Platinum Night: Division Captain
Colt Storm: Weapons support
Star Vision: Comms Expert
Prince Bristle: Sharpshooter; Omni
Lila Gem: Point mare
Rainbow Gem: Point mare
Lucky Lucy: Hoof Soldier
Solar Sorbet: Pilot
Ocean Breeze: Co-Pilot
Flash Sentry: Vice Captain
Gilda: Heavy weapons specialist and Sniper

Speciality Class
Mission Leader (field commander of the team)
Point stallion/mare (field scouting and reconnaissance)
Backup (provides assistance to Point stallion/mare)
Omni stallion/mare (in charge of vehicle and weapon maintenance)
Rear Security (in charge of establishing contact between the headquarters and the helicopter, as well as treating injured teammates).

Equipment
The standard sidearm of the unit is a customized variant of the Beretta 92F or Mod. Samurai Edge. Each team has a camcorder mounted on their shoulders to record combat data on flashdrives. Each member wears an undershirt with the S.T.A.R.C.O.M. emblem over the right sleeve, and an M69 Flak vest suited for each operative's personal skills and specialty. Applebloom, Sweetie Belle, and Scootaloo all wore bandanas during their mission. Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon wore Kelvar vests for extra protection.

S.T.A.R.C.O.M. is an acronym for Special Task-force And Recon Coalition Operative Mercenaries. Like this story, leave a comment in the comment section below and I'll crank up more chapters soon. Stay awesome, Bronies.