Predator: FracturedHearts

Chapters

Everfree Guerrilla
Pie River Roundup
The Trespasser
The Predator
The Hunt Begins
Griffons and Ponies

Everfree Guerrilla

PROLOGUE

Her eyes started to jump around as she looked above in the treetops, she could hear it moving around which caused her to hold her weapon close. It came from nowhere just like before, now she was forced to hide, Fractured never liked the feeling of hiding. It made her feel weak or unfit for a mission. Carefully moving her eyes to look at the forest floor she began to look for signs of her team, Iron will was laying flat in the water, floating on his back and his weapon laying on the shore line he was defenseless so he became FracturedHeart's number one priority to protect. The noise of the creature stopped and all that could be heard was the sound of the Everfree wildlife. Fractured slowly stood up from the bush and made her way out into the open, as she stepped out a cloud of dust flies up right next to her. Jumping back Fractured sees a long metallic spear seemingly start to appear sticking in the ground. She got up again and looked over to Iron Will.

"Its using camouflage!! Run!!' Fracture lifted her gun to the aim position and started off into the woods slowly. Iron will quickly swam to the shore and reached for his gun. His hand slams down onto the ground and he screams as a loud crunch came from his wrist. He began to eagerly pull his arm but it wouldn't budge. Fractured stopped and threw her gun to the ground to better run to her ally. Slowly materializing from its invisible state the beast lets out a loud scream and raises its hand, two long ridged blades shoot out from its wrist and it looks down at Iron Will.

"Fractured!! Help me!" Iron will screamed as his hand was now free from Predators foot, slamming its other hand around Wills throat raising him into the air slightly the blades shoot out to full length and Iron will stared into his reflection that could be seen on the glassy eyes of the Predators mask. Two gunshots rang as two rounds slam into the back of the hunter, being tosses aside quickly Iron will slams into a tree far from his large Gatling. Turning around with a growl the hunter turns all its attention to the larger threat, the gun. the gun that rests under Fractured Hearts control.

CHAPTER ONE

The heli blades sliced the air as she looked down into her book, her gun slung over her shoulder and pistol strapped to her hind leg. The chopper had been flying over the forest for about an hour and the noise just seemed like an everyday thing to Fractured. Iron Will was sitting across from her sliding his hand across the barrel of his large Gatling Gun. Anybody who met the large man would quickly start questioning if he would marry the gun he holds it all the time even when not on a mission. Iron Will was the only soldier that Fractured knew, the rest of the crew was a mystery to her.

"You know the more you hold it the more likely it is to rust right Big Fella? Wouldn't want her to stop working from your grease would you?" Fractured teased Iron Will with a slight grin as she spoke. "So how about you put it down for a moment and talk to us" as she spoke she felt a hoof land on her shoulder. It was the medic, Red Heart, she was a shy pony around the troops but a sweetheart otherwise. The look of flight sickness in the nurses eyes told Fractured how much the medic wished they would land already, if only she knew that it wasn't going to be as simple as landing. Taking a look around Fractured took one last look at her team before returning to her book. The crew consisted of a Medic, Gunner, Commander, Weyland Troop, and Herself....the Black Op. Cranky the Donkey looked at the crew, he was the big cheese of the operation. What he said was official and had to be followed.

"Alright everypony! Listen up because I will only say this once! If you don't hear it that's because your ears are smaller than my floppy ones and your brain dead" Cranky stood up in the moving helicopter and spit out a cigar, a picture of his wife was pinned on the top of his hat and two little baby donkeys rested in her arms in the photo. "We are here today to liberate and destroy a growing Guerrilla force! Griffons....I hate them...you hate them, AHHHHH WHO DOESN'T HATE THEM!? They hate each other" Cranky was rough and tough and always meant business, Fractured was honored to be part of his team for this mission. He was a leader and damn good at it. Taking out a parachute and opening it up revealing it was torn Cranky grins, "If you see that after pulling your chute your out of the mission. We drop in ten be ready!" Nurse Red Heart started to shake as the truth of their landing was revealed. Fear spread across her face in fear now that her chute would be torn.

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Falling closer and closer to the forest, weapons strapped to their bodies the team falls from the sky with their goggles and chutes on their backs. They're destination was the Pie River of the Everfree, it was several miles off of their original plan to land at the Gash River, the difference was that they would be closer to the Guerrilla forces. Fractured stayed focused as she zoomed in the air, Iron will was falling the fastest and his weapon was to be dropped later in a care package near the river. Everypony stayed focused and waited for the signal to pull their chutes.

"NOW!!! GO GO GO!" Everypony then pulled the string and let the chute do the rest, falling towards the trees everypony was okay with zero ripped chutes. Fractured braced as she slammed into the sticks of a tree getting caught and she wasn't the only one to be this unlucky. Taking out a knife quickly she saws away at the strings and falls to the ground performing a quick tuck and roll in the mud of the forest floor. "Alright everypony is ago and earth bounded over, we are heading out good luck" The chopper zoomed away quickly as to not be anymore suspicious than they already were. Pulling her gun off her shoulder Fractured quickly loads and moves to group up with the rest, they were all scattered around the forest not able to land close together. Guided by nothing but a radio and her teams voices she moved out to begin her search. Her priority was to find the medic knowing she would be freaking out and scared if she too got caught up in a tree so she needed to move fast and find her.

"Red Heart , this is Fractured! I'm coming for you so guide me hun!"

Pie River Roundup

The forest was talking as Fractured walked along the Pie River, listening to Nurse Redheart's voice guide her to where she landed. The radio continued to buzz as everypony continued to chat back and fourth, Fractured focused on the medics voice drowning out the rest. The river was flowing fast and rough, its like the river was hyper after a sugar rush. This would make sense because it was named after Pinkie Pie, one of the most hyper ponies of her time. That was a long time ago, the time where ponies grew strong enough to actually claim the forest as land despite the dangers that lurked inside it. The more the large mare walked along the bank the more her hooves picked up mud and the more she wished she was getting close because mud can slow a running pony down to a stop which is bad when in combat.

"Alright, once you get to the bend I will be waiting for you there" Redheart said softly with a hint of fear in her tone of voice. "I don't want to be alone any longer than I have too Fractured so if you could hurry up a bit, that would be much appreciated!" Fractured pressed down on her talk button and nodded to it as she spoke, the mud on her hooves getting all over the buttons.

"Alright! alright! Hold your horses and I'll be there" Fractured said slightly annoyed with the medic, she never enjoyed working with newbies. It made her uncomfortable, at least this one didn't have a gun or somepony might end up dead from a misfire. During this time Fracutured took to make her way too Redheart, Iron will was working on pulling his drop box out of the river as quick as possible to get his weapon. As he finally managed to pull the box out of the water he ripped the top off with a smile seeing his weapon laying inside. As he did the water grabbed the box ripping it away and taking it down the river but he didn't mind. He had his weapon now. The radio buzzed and it was Cranky on the line, he sounded unhappy as always.

"Hurry up and get your flanks to the bend! I thought you were professionals" Cranky started to cough hard in the mic of his radio from being old and sick. "This isn't professional, you got beat by a medic! She is here! Why aren't you ladies!?" the donkey continued to cough before handing the radio over to the nurse. Iron Will listened carefully as the mare spoke softly into the radio. Her voice was calming and appealing, she knew how to speak to the group and build their confidence.

"Its okay everypony, just make it here as fast as you can. I know you can do it, he is just cranky today" Redheart spoke as she was packing her things into her bags and organizing her medical equipment for the trip. She placed all the important things in satchels to be easily accessed in case of an emergency. "Just don't get lost and Cranky also wants you all too keep an eye out for Roseluck. She went dark after drop!" Fractured stopped listening to the talk on the radio as she approached the bend where Redheart and Cranky stood. Pulling her gun over her shoulder the mare smiled and waved to the medic and quickly saluted to Cranky. The Donkey chuckled and nodded pleased to see the earthpony arrive at the bend. He figured she would be the first out of the troops to arrive.

"I see your as quick as they say, perhaps the stories are true about you and the battle of the Crystal front? I guess I will see when the battle begins today" Cranky had a large rifle on his back, he also had a lit cigar in his mouth. Fractured nodded with a stern look on her face when talking to the Captain.

"Yes sir! I will be here on your side through thick and thin! Ooora to ashes sir" Fractured smiled and looked to the medic now that her talk was over, Cranky turned away with the same frase escaping his lips. Fractured knelt down in the mud of the river bank next to the white mare, Redheart. She began to help the medic gather and sort her things, she may be a hard ass but she had a big heart and would help others with anything before doing things for herself. She gained her bad attitude and skills at the Battle of Crystal Front. The battle took place exactly seven years ago when the Crystal Empires ruler went corrupt much like the old lord King Sombra. The Empire decided to make a desperate decisions to concur land and they almost succeeded until the battle at there homeland began. A secret mission that Fractured was a part of that would later be called the Battle of the Crystal Front. The battle was bloody and Fractured was one of the few that completed the mission when the ruler was taken down inside the castle, the mare to this day could remember the fight. She lost her sister in the fight, Fractured's heart was never the same after her sisters death. Still nopony knows why the leader of the empire went mad or why she decided to start a war but what happened could not be undone but that would never stop Fractured from wanting her sister back.

"Well, Well, Well, Look who finally decided to show up! Iron Will, good to see you soldier" Cranky said watching the large Minotaur walk up to the group, he was muddy up to his knees and his uniform soaked from retrieving his weapon from the water. Cranky took a puff from his cigar and coughed again before continuing his talk, "So all that is left is that sorry Roseluck! Figures that a Weyland would take its time! I giver her by nightfall to show up before we leave her behind, Iron Will, lets go over the plan again shall we" Cranky turned away pulling out a map and he waited for Iron Will to join him.

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The base was bustling with Griffins, they were moving weapons around the base and reinforcing walls and guns. However one griffin stood out among the rest and his name was Gallants. He was a big griffin much like the rest that walked around the base, he had an AK47 strapped against his side as he sat along the edge of the base. His wings were opened to allow the little breeze to cool him off, today was hot like most days in the forest and he didn't want the heat to get the best of him like yesterday. Gallants looked over to a fellow griffin as she approached, she was pure white with blue eyes and perfect beak and talons. Gallants adjusted his stance for her and smiled as she spoke.

"Can you believe it Gallants? Today's scouts didn't come back again. Found them strung up like big game in the trees next to the Pie River" she reached him taping his shoulder with one talon. She fluffed up her feathers and Gallants looked angry to hear that once again scouts were dead. "Skinned alive~! Their feathers and skin just gone to who knows where" Gallants lowered his head as she continued, if he had been there he would have sacrificed his life for them to live if he could. However he wasn't there, he was here at the walls as griffins go missing everyday around the base as if they were being warned to stay out of the woods. Griffins who were hung were sometimes headless or their beaks were used to dig out their eyes. An eyeless griffin in the old days meant whoever was there owned that land and that they didn't want intruders. However nopony or griffin used this method of communication anymore so Gallants and the rest thought it could be a sign of war.

"Are we finally going to stop sending scouts out, Sapph?" Gallants closed his wings as his concern began to grow for Sapphire. She was too pretty to be a part of war, he had feelings for her but didn't know how to express them. Sapphire rubbed a talon on his shoulder briefly before finally moving it away.

"I don't know to be honest, Gall. I have a feeling more griffins will die due to my fathers orders staying the same. I have no control over these things" Sapphires father was in charge of this whole movement, this war tactic. That was the biggest reason Gallants feeling remained hidden as they were. "I wish I could do something, I really do....I am afraid your brother will have to go out one day soon despite the deaths" Gallant narrowed his eyes not liking the news that had been pushed out.

"Your kidding, how many more have to..." He stopped not wanting to loose his rank or respect in the group and once again kept to himself. Sapphire tilted her head and quickly moved away heading back over to help more griffins with the movement of the weapons. Gallants lowered his head once again, whatever was out there doing this. He knew it would have to be taken care of and when the time came he was sure the pony or griffin behind it, would die. As Gallants continued with his thoughts a griffin at a radio quickly got up and ran to the control tower with news that was interesting.

"Commander commander!! A helicopter! An Equestrian....." a large set of talons slammed down around the messengers beak. Being pushed down to his knees a very large griffin in fancy uniform growls holding him down. Whimpering the griffin looks up to the commander in fear of death.

"Equestrian you say, hmmmm, interesting you choose to tell me now don't you think" The messenger nods and closes his eyes tightly no longer looking at commander, "I love how the ponies think we don't have a pair of working eyes, like we can't see a helicopter over a forest! However you shouldn't have told me when I am in a meeting....for that....get out of my sight before I rid of you life" All Griffins were mean but these griffins were worse. There was barely anything they would not threaten each other with or about, death was just a common word to escape their beaks. It was everyday that it would be said, the commander grunted and walked to a window and stared off into the trees looking at the branches now the thought of a pony threat lingered in the back of his head, however, little did they all know it was much worse than that.

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Iron will watches as the barrel of his gun rotates cycling barrels, the night had been quiet and there was little movement. It was peaceful at the little campsite the group had made in the woods, tonight it was time to rest and plan, tomorrow it would be time to take action and do some scouting and spying on the Griffin base. Roseluck was still gone, nowhere to be seen. Fractured looked into her book and began to write down some of todays events. When she was bored she always wrote down her current situations and events of the day, she was focused into her book. Redheart looked around at the dark forest as the sun was completely gone at this point. The forest was always scary at night but it felt worse knowing there was blood thirsty griffins walking around the forest. Everypony had the same thought in their heads. What would tomorrow bring? As they all started getting ready to rest, something up in the trees stared down at them. It was kneeling down on a branch starring down at them as it was tyeing ropes to the branch before disappearing.

The Trespasser

"They weren't there last night!!! Where did they come from Will? Where the hell did they come from!!??" Fractured stomped her hoof as the bodies of three griffins dangle from one tree. The beaks removed, skin removed, and eyes taken out. Their remaining blood was dripping onto the foliage on the ground below them, Iron Will shook his head and covered his mouth feeling sick. He had no idea where they came from or how they could appear overnight without somepony waking up to see the corpses being strung up like that. The crew didn't know the ancient warning that was displayed with the corpses, Fractured looked around and pulled her pistol off her leg and pulled the slide and began to look around.

"Stop what your doing, right now!" Cranky stomped out of his tent coughing hard as he took off his hat. "Your not looking for anything else, it is very clear too me what is going on" Fractured slowly lowered her gun and placed it back in her strap looking over to the captain with questioning eyes. "We failed the silent part of our mission! The griffins know we are here and they did this to avoid being absolutely destroyed by us! Hoping this would scare us enough to get us to leave the area" Redheart raised a brow and pulled out the map in question of that response.

"That doesn't make any sense, why would they kill their own kind to avoid getting killed?" the medic spoke softly and folded the map sliding it under a strap that was located on her flank. The mare was curious on that kind of behavior. "That doesn't make sense that their own kind is dead and that they would be responsible for it, sir" Iron Will nodded in agreement with the little white mare and stood over at her side. Fractured stepped forward and looked at the medic in disagreement.

"Griffins are mean, that's all we need to know! They hate everything include their own kind" Fractured was agreeing with Cranky not only because she believed it made sense but also because she wanted to look as loyal as possible to the commander. "This body situation makes perfect sense, they would do anything to get their sorry asses out of a slaughter~" Iron Will slowly looked back to the bodies as the argument continued, he was looking for a way that a griffin could have got those bodies up there. He knew it had to be only one griffon because they would have definitely woken up last night if a whole clan of them were stomping through the woods. As he scanned the tree something got his attention, there was two little eyes peaking out of a bush. The Minotaur pretended not too see it, so that whatever it was would remain there and not run away. the eyes continued to stare at him as the rest of them argued. Fractured turned away from Redheart and Iron Will getting annoyed with the arguing. She was done with it and was now ignoring it. Iron Will lowered is gone to the forest floor and set it down, he slowly walked over to Fractured and nudged her lightly. Iron will was her friend so when she looked over to him she gave him a big smile. The two eyes in the bush disappeared but quickly reappeared as a mare took a step out from the bush, Fractured jumped back and so did Iron Will. Redheart stopped her little argument as the mare appeared. Her coat was cream colored and her mane is a fine shade of blue with streaks of a lighter blue running through it, similar in color to Vinyl Scratch. She looked slightly primitive, she could be a native or something. Fractured stepped closer to the mare who was standing under the bodies of the Griffins.

"No! You can't come here! You must not trespass on the hunt unless you want to become prey!" the primitive mare jumped forward and took out a small flint knife pointing it at Fractured. "Stay back!"

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Slinging a gun over her shoulder Sapphire starts to examine the dead Timber Wolf as the other scouts including Gallants brother kept an eye out for pony troops. They all knew they weren't alone anymore after the helicopter news. The wolf showed signs of a very quick death and it was missing a large front tooth from its mouth. It looked like it was cut from its skull, the reason she was examining it however was the fact that they had to cut it down from a tree. They found it like they were finding their fallen brothers, hanging dead, like big game in a tree.

"How could something lift a Timber Wolf up a tree like that? This is strange, very strange...." Sapph looked at it a little longer before taking her gun off its sling and holding it at a ready position as she got up from examining the dead wolf. "Lets keep moving to the Pie River and check for signs of the signal, like we practiced, stay tight and watch each others backs" the female griffin was in charge because of her fathers rank in the field and she was giving new orders to prevent death on this scout run. As they pushed on through the woods the wildlife got significantly quieter as they were nearing the Pie River. "What the...keep on your toes..somethings not right" As she spoke something in the trees began to copy and translate it. With thermal vision the griffins stuck out like trees in a open field. A click was heard from up above in the trees as the group continued to move forward one of the scouts started to fall back away from the others. A thin transparent noose hovered in front of his neck and he was quickly snagged and pulled up silently into the trees. His gasps for air were to quiet to be heard, the group pressed on as their friend was taken.

"Help meee~" The griffins all stopped and lifted their guns as a death filled gurgle was heard behind them, "Help meee~" Sapphire looked around noticing now that one of the scouts is missing, the gurgling voice continued and it now sounded like the missing griffins voice, "Help meee~"

"Hold up!!" One of the males raised his talons to the sky before pointing in the distance at a kneeling griffin. He was looking away and the voice was coming from that direction as it continued to say help me. "I'm coming!!" the scout rushed up heading his way to the soldier. Sapphire thought for a moment and watched as the scout went to their friend and the rest began to follow, so did she. As they were about to reach the area the first griffin who made it there started to rush away. "RUN~!!" A large net then came from the ground bringing that scout flying up into the trees. They all took off running, something was following them from above and Sapphire could hear it.

"Help meee~" a large spear was sent flying through the air and slammed into the back of the fleeing Guerrillas. "Help meee~ please!" Sapphire's sprint was halted as her neck slammed into something bringing her to a dead halt. The other scouts continued to run away as the female was slowly raised into the air, a hand slowly started to materialize out of thin air along with a body and a face. Sapphire stared at her reflection in the glass eyes of a mask as two sharp blades shoot out from the wrist of the other hand of the creature that now had her.

The Predator

"I said stay back!! Get off of me!!!" Fractured pinned her hooves down on top of the primitive mare, the gunshots in the distance distracted her enough to give Fracture this window. "Let go, your making a mistake. Leave now and you will be safe!" Fractured shook her head and pushed her hooves down harder. Cranky looked at the map and pointed in the direction the sound came from, right past the hanging bodies. Iron Will started packing his things and so did Redheart. Fractured didn't need to pack, she had all she needed for survival already on her. Pulling a pistol from her hip she presses it on the temple of the mare.

"Shut up!! Enough trying!" Fractured stayed on top while the rest sorted out there things, "Resistance is futile and could get you shot kid! Now lay down and don't make any movement, understand?" Fractured moved the gun away from the mares head. As she did Cranky walked over to the bodies and walked past them. Iron Will followed close behind keeping his gun in the ready position. "Sir! What do we do with her!?" Cranky stopped and looked back at the now shaking mare. Then he looked to Fractured and smiled, the mare was a waste of time and would slow them down with all her chants and ranting.

"Leave here, she is a nut that will slow us down. We have a mission and we have to act now before we end up like those Griffons" Fractured looked to the scared mare and frowned. She didn't want to leave somepony scared like that but orders are orders. Even if her class is known for breaking them and making their own, she decided it would be smart to follow and order of an expert. As they started moving again Fractured followed behind them. The mare who was left shaking watched shaking her head and then she whispered to herself.

"Don't come to me for help....I won't give it too you now" She looked up into the trees and a tear rolled down her cheek.

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Landing on top of a tree the creature slowly lowered itself to a kneel position, sliding its hand on a branch it looked down from above as Fractured and her team was making their way through below. Two blades shot out from its wrist and the eyes of its mask flashed a white color as it watched from above. slowly it turned its head to observe the area around the ponies and it quickly spots another group, it was some griffons and the two groups were about to collide.

"Cranky? Are you sure we are heading the right way. This area looks far different than what we went over on the map?" Iron Will adjusted his gun and slowed his walk. "Shouldn't we focus on our prime mission and not the gunshots? We could easily get lost out here sir" Cranky rolled his eyes and continued to walk ignoring the Minotaur completely. Nurse Redheart and Fractured were walking side by side as they made their way through the thick brush.

"Griffon!! Hey you Put your claws in the air or I will end you!" Cranky stopped and took out a large pistol aiming it at the bush. A talon raises into the air and shakily, Sapphire wobbles out of the bush. She had a cut across her face leading to her beak, Cranky pulled the hammer back on the large pistol and let out a grunt of anger at the sight of the Guerrilla, "Drop any weapon you may have, now!!" Sapphire sniffled and lowered her weapon as her entire body was shaking she looked as if she was about to cry. Tears resting in her eyes the Griffon lowered herself to the ground.

"Please...don't hurt me...I-I don't wanna hurt anybody" Sapphire closes her eyes and lays on the ground. Iron Will walks up to her and grabs her weapon from the ground and brings it too Cranky. "Somethings not right here...you have to leave please" Cranky chuckles and aims the gun at the Griffons head, Fractured's eyes widened and she moved forward next to the captain.

"What the hell, Crank!?" Fractured placed a hoof on the gun and Cranky quickly nudged her away. "Cranky!! She is surrendering!" Fractured looked over at the griffon, the beautiful bird creature was young and clearly scared. Iron Will nodded and watched as Fractured placed her hoof on the gun again. "Stop it"

"Fracturedheart! Stand down right now, she is the enemy and needs to be dealt with like the rest will be" Sapphire got up and shook her head as tears streamed out of her eyes now.

"Nonononono~ please...I won't hurt you!" Cranky looks too Fractured and pushed her back, Fractured growled at him and slowly unbuttoned her suit. Iron Will raised a brow and Fractured froze.

"What the hell?" Fractured said softly as three little red dots appeared on Cranky's side slowly going up to his head, Cranky looked at them confused and looked around confused as too what they were all looking at. A large blue beam came flying down from the trees and smashed right into Cranky's head causing it to explode, Fractured fell to the ground from the shock wave. Cranky's body slowly fell to its knees as blood sprayed from its neck, the blood sprayed onto the feathers of the white griffon and all over the outfit of Fractured, in the confusion Fractured and her blurry vision looked up to the trees and saw something standing there looking down at them, it slowly turned away and jumped away. Cranky's body laid on the ground and blood began to mix with the water on the ground, turning the green grass red. Iron Will got up and screamed looking at the white griffon.

"What the fuck did you do!! Where are your troops!! I WILL KILL YOU!" Iron will pointed the barrel of his Gatling gun at the griffon and screamed. Fractured quickly got up, the sound of Redheart screaming continued to ring in her ears the mare was huddled against a tree screaming her lungs out.

"Iron Will, NOO!!" Fracture grabbed the barrel and looked at the griffon and then the body of her leader Cranky, "She didn't do it! I saw it!! I don't know who it was or what it was but it wasn't her!! Lower your weapon marine!!" Iron Will clenched his fists on the grips of his weapon and lowered his gun, the Minotaur had been on many missions with Cranky, he was his friend and seeing him lay there dead brought tears to the large soldiers eyes. Sapphire slowly moved a little closer and leaned into them, Iron Will flinched away and snarled in anger at the griffon.

"You killed him...get away from me!" Fractured pushed Iron Will slightly and shook her head at the angry marine.

"No, Iron Will, think about what is going on here! Okay? I saw something up in the trees, I don't know what it was but it wasn't..." Iron will pushed against her and pointed at the Griffon.

"That is our ENEMY!!! She is the reason captain is dead!!!"

Let the Hunt...Begin

The Hunt Begins

Sapphire gasped and watched as Fractured continued to hold Iron Will back, Sapphire was surprised by the strength the mare had and it actually made her feel comfortable at the moment but the griffon's state of mind was to try and find a way out of this, as far as she was aware all ponies were dangerous. That she should get away now before they all choose to kill her, Sapphire didn't know much about them and from what her father had told her, she didn't want to know anything else.

"Iron Will!! Stop this and give up! She didn't do this and wasn't the cause of this" Fractured growled and pushed down on the barrel of Iron Wills gun again. This time the weapon fell to the ground and the earthpony stomped a hoof, "She is our enemy, yes but there is something else out there we should be more worried about. Cranky's head just exploded and I would like to keep mine on my shoulders" Fractured moved her gun until it was slung over her back, "Now lets get moving before we end up like Cranky, we can take the Griffon with us if it makes you feel better" Sapphire gulped and her wings slowly drooped to the dirt, her white feathers were now tipped with brown from the struggle she had out here a moment ago, she took a deep breath and with a slight tear in her eyes she stepped forward and began to speak, this got the attention of the ponies.

"I'm sorry you lost your captain, I can understand what its like to loose friends....I couldn't imagine the feeling of loosing my own captain" Sapphire wasn't going to tell them but her captain was her father, the longer she was out here missing. The more and more the Griffon Guerrillas would grow angry, with Sapphire gone it wouldn't be long before a battle would break out. "My condolences to your captain, ponies, he looked like a great man"she was obviously not truthful on that last part, Sapphire though Cranky was a jerk off from the two seconds she saw him, he was going to shoot her without reason. She had done nothing wrong.

"You be quiet or I will kill you, she might think you had nothing to do with this but I still feel otherwise. Open your beak again and you will see how quick I can close it" Iron Will finally picked his weapon up from the ground and Sapphire frowned stepping back, her wings drooped more to the floor and she tried not to whimper even if she really wanted too. "Lets get moving everypony! We head to the griffon base like planned, even if our captain is gone.."

The sun was setting and Gallants was growing worried as the scouts had not returned, again. He was more worried because he knew that Sapphire had gone with them, he didn't want to think about it but he couldn't help but think maybe she was dead like the rest that had gone out on scouting missions near the river. No Griffon had told the captain either that his daughter had gone out, if he was to find out that she was missing and hasn't returned it would be all their heads.

"This is not good...not good at all, we have to do something" Gallants looked to the rest of the Griffons who knew, it was a small group of five and they were the only ones who knew that Sapphire had left.

"Yeah we know Gallants but how are we supposed to sneak out of here, Sapphire was able too because nobody questions what she does. She comes and goes as she pleases"

"Yeah but...there has to be a way" Gallants jumped forward slamming his talons into the dirt as he clenched his beak closed, he was worked up and ready to fight at this point. A black griffon stood up and moved him back shaking his head, he knew why Gallants wanted to go looking the most out of all of them. Gallants tried to push back but this guy was tough and one that shove. "Come on....we have to do something about this. She is the captains daughter for Celestial Sake!!" The black griffon smiled and nodded.

"Yeah and you think going after her will win her affection or get her to notice your feelings, right? How about when she returns you grow up and just tell her" The rest of the griffons around who were part of this got up and backed away knowing exactly what was going to happen next. "How about you grow up Gallants, this is the real world not your fantasy island where love just happens" Gallants glared and out of pure instinct and rage lunged his body forward and tackled the large griffon. When they both smacked the ground they both began to fight and roll around on the ground swinging their talons and growling and hissing even.

"Hey come on guys! Knock it off or hurry it up before the captain hears you" The two continued to fight and a faint crackle like laugh came up from the trees. The glass eyes of the predator now looked down from above as the two continued to fight, it was like the thing was watching them...studying them for a weakness. The griffons below continued unknowing of the danger that now watches "Guys seriously knock it off!"

"Knock it off~ off off offf" A voice from the trees now spoke and the griffons who had just got done saying that walked off from the group, he was the only one who heard it. Gallants was getting his ass handed as the black griffon kept him on the ground and hit him over and over with his beak and claws. Gallants however was stronger than her looked and managed to get his hind legs on the others chest and pushed him off. "Over here here here" the small griffon who just wanted the fighting to stop halted when he heard the voice again, "Thats good" The griffons eyes widened as blood sprayed from his chest, the rest of the griffons stopped and Gallants pushed the dark one away.

"Get off!! Stay away from me from now on, Shadow" Gallants looked over as he noticed the others were looking at something, he gasped a spear began to seemingly materialize inside the small griffon's chest before he toppled over landing on his side. The others stood there and Gallants shook his head running inside the watch tower, "Ponies are attacking!! Sound the alarm!!" Gallants stopped and placed a talon over his beak trying not too puke, the Griffon in charge of the tower was in his chair but his head was almost falling off of his body , neck slit so much it was hanging by a bit of flesh. "Oh my Celestia...no..."Gallant reached over and hit the alarm and it began to ring.

Griffons and Ponies

The dark feathered griffon went flying into the air going straight into a tree falling into a puddle of water about a a foot deep. He coughed and pushed himself up slowly, the panic at the base had caused him to flee and whatever caused it wanted him to do just that. He could hear its voice taunting him but it sounded like his own voice. He looked up and then down wondering where it was, he could hear it but he couldn't see it. But then as he thought it was gone the sound of something stepping in the water was heard. He looked forward and froze as the creature materialized from thin air. The water had caused its cloak to turn off, the being was large and it stood on two legs. Tube like dread locks came down from its head and down to the upper part of the beasts back. The griffon shook his head in denial, his beak was bleeding and he began to cry. Once strong and brave, he was a coward as the creature screamed and a double blade shot out from the creatures armor at its wrist.

"No...P-please....I didn't do anything wrong! Please don't hurt me" The hunter seemed to chuckle as it leaned down to the downed griffon showing off its weapon to the black griffon's neck but not hurting him. The hunter was showing the boy what it could do. "No, please don't kill me! I didn't mean to be an asshole to everypony" The griffon felt like this was because of how he treated his fellow soldiers. The hunters mask lenses flashed and the organs of the Pony were now visible to the creatures eyes without having to kill or cut him open, the male was healthy a perfect prey. The griffon trembled in pain and the hunter looked at him and quickly shoved its blades into the male lifting him off the ground, "AAAHHHHHHHHHHH~!!! FUCK!!" The hunter tilted his head and was surprised to see there was a little effort of fighting this. The griffon cried in pain and was dieing slowly the hunter screamed and two more blades came from its other arm and it swung them up into the males head ripping it off from the spine.

"What was that!! Watch yourselves!!" Fractured looked around and then it started to rain but they heard it again. It was a loud roar off in the distance. "Will, take lead we are moving! Moving right now! We have an unidentified hostile and our commander is dead!" Sapphire was laying down in the tall grass, her snow white feathers getting wet as she was laying there. She would be completely white if not for her ice blue head feathers and tipped feather wings. She was hurt and watched as the ponies seemed to be sparing her life. She didn't understand what was going on either but she did know that a ponies head just exploded from a big ass beam of light. Iron Will took front and Fractured quickly went to the wounded griffon. "You come with me, alright, we won't hurt you unless you try something stupid!" Sapphire whimpered and quickly nodded getting up.

"Alright! I just want you too know that I had nothing to do with your commanders death! I swear none of us did!" Sapphire pleaded and Fractured listened, she knew that Sapphire was telling the truth because never had she seen such a weapon before. "Please you have to believe me. I would never do such a thing I didn't even want to be apart of this whole thing!" Fractured nodded and motioned the female griffon to start moving. The pushed on further to try and head back on the right track to get to the base and see what is going on. Now that they had Sapphire they would surely be able to get into the base safely and maybe not get shot at. It was getting dark quickly and they were loosing visibility but the smell of smoke was now lingering close. They followed it and pushed themselves through the thick bushes. After bursting through Sapphire dropped to the ground and started screaming. "Noo!! What did you do! DAD!!" Fire was spreading across the base and there were griffon bodies everywhere. They couldn't all be dead...could they? Fractured was shocked herself...yes the things she had seen before were bad but this was allot worse.

"Look for survivors!!" Fractured lowered her weapon and looked to her medic, she was terrified as usual. "You heal if we find any, okay?" Iron will shook his head and butted in once again.

"This was not Crankies mission! This is not a rescue mission for fuck sake"

"This isn't Crankies mission anymore! Look for survivors" Iron Will took a long time to finally break from his ground and start looking for survivors. "Thats what I thought...there has to be something here" The smoke was not helping either, thick, thick smoke caused it hard to see but eventually something moved. The thing was coughing as if gasping for air,Sapphire looked up hearing it and she teared up as soon as the something burst from the smoke.

"Gallants!! Gallants Oh my Celestia! Your alive!" Sapphire got up and Gallants looked over and stumbled a bit as he as well quickly started to run to her. They both clashed and were now in a hug. "What happened here...Gallants what happened..." Gallants didn't speak he just held the slender bird next to him not wanting to let go. He then looked over her shoulder and saw the ponies but he didn't seem to care at this point not after what he saw here.

"Its okay Sapph....Its okay, they made it out. They made it out with your father....they're not all dead Sapph" Gallants sounded weak and terrified but he was not going to go without telling the girl that her father was okay. "Its okay..."

"I-ts OKAY! What the hell happened here!?" Iron Will lowered his large weapon and looked around at the now flaming buildings. "Looks like our mission here was taken care of but by somebody else.." Gallants ignored Iron Will and held the female Griffon close and she was shaking scared and tears flowing down the sides of her face and dripping from the tip of her bright orange beak. Fractured nudged Iron Will shaking her head to get him to shut up. "I am just saying!"

"Listen sir?" Fractured set her weapon on the ground to seem less of a threat, she knew what she saw in the woods. "What happened here? I saw something in the woods" Iron Will rolled his eyes and stomped off a bit not wanting to hear what he believed to be bullshit. "Something is out there and it killed out captain...did it do this?" Gallants stared over at Fractured moving Sapphire aside for the moment. "Sir?"

"Did you hurt her!?!? DID YOU!" Gallants had a pistol on his side that he now pulled out with his wing. "You better not have!!!" the weapon was immediately lowered as Sapphire slowly lowered it for him, she was shaking her head with tears still on her beak and cheeks. "Something attacked us, something killed my friends! Only a few of us were let go! IT WILL BE BACK!" Fractured nodded knowing something had done this but what? She didn't know how to talk to him because he was a griffon and she was a pony, last she checked talking to each other was not something in her training. "It was fucking invisible....it took us out like flies in a trap. I don't know what it was"

"I saw it too....barely but I saw it"

Roseluck ran taking off her Weyland uniform even though now it was too late. With a loud roar she was knocked to the ground in fear as the Hunter uncloaked staring down at her from the safety off all his weapon and technology. She screamed and crawled backwards on the ground as the large creature walked slowly towards her.

"Please! We didn't know! Just take it and go please!" Roseluck tossed the hunter her backpack and the creature stopped walking looking down and picking up the bag. "Yes...thats what you want right? I shouldn't have taken it...I was just doing my job" A small laugh started to echo out of the mask the Hunter was wearing. Roselucks eyes widened and she began to scream as two large blades extended from the wrist of the hunter as it tossed the bag aside. "WHAT! No take it! NO!!"

"You shouldn't take what does not belong too you...." The hunter used a mixture of pony recorded voices to speak, it was sick and crackling sounding as he reached down and picked her up from the ground. The sticks around snapped under the weight of the two, tilting his head to the side the masks eyes flashed red and he looked into her body, she was healthy. With a little laugh the Hunter tossed Rose to the ground and now both wrists had large blades extending from them. "Run..." She got up and took off running towards the smoke that she could smell flowing threw the wilderness. "Run..Run....Run....RUN!!" Turning invisible the creature leaped up into the trees and began to pursue the Weyland worker. "Run..."

"Fuck! What do you want!"

"Run...Run....AHAHAHAH~!!!"

"Fuck you!!" Roseluck screamed coming too a stop taking out a weapon firing bullets up into the tree tops. The bullets smashed into the tree leaves and branches sending wood chips into the air and onto the ground. "Die you son of a bitch!" She continued to fire off rounds into the trees and then she saw it in the corner of her eyes in a tree. The flashing eyes of the mask shifting to a green color, then a blue, then back to red again. She turned to fire and was sent too the ground as a large net flew down from the trees smashing her to the ground and trapping her in a ball of wire. Iron Will at that moment came running in with the medic, RedHeart. "Help me!!!" The net clicked and it began to slowly tighten around her giving less and less room for Rose to move. She looked to see dust fly off from a branch as the hunter seemed to leave.

"Holy Shit! Rose!?" Iron Will took out a large knife kneeling down to her placing the blade on the netting and was shocked as the metal of the blade was chopped in half as soon as it contacted the constricting net. "What the!! What is this thing!" Rose groaned and shook her head the best she could.

"That wont work, I have a knife that will...in my bag..." She looked up and the bag was dangling from a branch in a tree. "HURRY!!" Iron Will looked up and ran to the tree jumping up for a branch with no prevail. The netting was getting closer to Roselucks face and it looked like it wasn't going to stop, it would kill her. "Iron Will!!!" He jumped and reached trembling as Rose was in trouble, he just couldn't reach a branch to start climbing and the tree base was too large to shimmy up. Redheart looked and waited for Iron Will to jump up again. She rushed to his side and looked up at the bag.

"Push me up! Iron Will throw me up there!" Red heart pleaded and the net was beginning now to cut into Roselucks nose. Iron will looked at the bag and then too the medic and looked doubtful it would work. "Just do it! NOW!" He growled and picked her up jumping and then tossing her as hard as he could up and it worked. Red grabbed a branch and quickly began to climb up too the bag. "I got it!" Once she got too it Rose was in pain screaming as the net was getting tighter.

"Cut it! CUT IT!!!" Rose screamed as tears began to fall on the dirt below her. Red tossed the bag down and the knife that Rose was talking about fell from it and slid to Iron Will and he grabbed it pulling out the bad from the handle and placing it onto the net. An electrical shock rushed from the knife too the net on contact shutting the net down and it began to reverse the net so she could escape.

"We did it Will! I did it!" Red slowly began to climb down the tree when she screamed as the Hunter appeared face to face with her, letting go she fell from the branch and smashed into the ground being knocked out cold. The hunter laughed again and disappeared. When Red smashed into the ground Iron Will could her a loud snapping sound come from her body and he froze looking at her and the laugh echoed from far off. Rose pulled herself out from the net, she had cuts on her body now in the formation of netting. On her cheek and nose and arms.

"R-Red...RED!!!" Iron Will screamed rushing to her side, was she....dead?