Author's Note

Whew another chapter done Now for some R and R *holds hand up* eh eh no? okay *puts hand down*

Revelations and Rescues

Ch.3 Revelations and Rescues

Date:[UNKNOWN]

Time:6:00

Location: F.O.B Freedom (original ain’t it)

Pov:Eric

“What tech do the ponies of this timeline have, do they still use spears or have they upgraded to gunpowder?” I thought as I was sitting back in the WAR ROOM.

“Commander the shredder and the marines have returned do you want me to inform the marines to bring the Intel they found”Amber said breaking the silence of the HQ.

“Hmm oh yes please Amber” I responded back still lost in thought” do they have airships, and if so can i get my hands on their blueprints.” I was so lost in thought that I did not notice the door to the room opening.

“Commander You wanted to see us” A voice to my right said interrupting me of my thoughts

“What the-oh sorry marine I was deep in thought, yes I wanted to see the Intel you got of the pony.” I commanded (what is it with people and jump scaring me is swear.)

“Yes sir we found four things is what appeared to be a saddlebag at a nearby campfire , We found a open letter detailing his orders, a unopened letter, and two books one a book on forgery and the other is what appears to be a journal of some kind,” The marine listed off as he showed me the items one by one.

“Very good marine hand me the stuff then go to the mess hall down the hall to the left,” I ordered. The marine nodded before handing me the items that were on the pony and leaving the WAR ROOM.

“Well lets hope this clears why he was out here on his lonesome” I thought out loud. I decided since the first letter was already opened I would read it first.

“Sgt. Steel you alone have been chosen for a secret mission for her highness celestia. The mission is as follows ,the mages that fought at the battle of Los Pegasus have detected a high magic surge at a area west of Los Pegasus, your mission is to find what has caused it and to report back. Be careful out there that area is unexplored, who knows what lives out there - gen. Blitz”

“ Well that solves one mystery, but if they noticed us won’t they notice the other grou- Amber open a line to the stranded men on the peninsula” I asked quickly. Amber gave no sign of hearing me but the screen in front of me raised back up to a 45 degree angle. In the upper corner of the screen the face of the marine appeared still laying in the same place as he was a couple hours ago(seriously I can’t stay still that long without going mad from inactivity.)

“Listen up marine we’ve gathered Intel believing the enemy had suspicions that we were here meaning you and your men might receive a welcoming party and not the nice ones with presents. Now how about you and your men get in some target practice while we get the helicopter ready oh ,and please try to bring back one alive we need some Intel on what were facing off against,” I all but pleaded to the marine. For his part all he did was nod but before the link was cut I swore he had a deranged smile.

“Amber what is the status of the dustoff” I called out to the AI.

“Commander the dustoff is ready all we need is the go order,” responded the ever present Ai.

“Okay here’s the plan it’s 7:00 right now as soon as the clock strikes 7:30 launch the dustoff, also how much resources do we have left?” I answered back hoping it will be enough for the upgrade to defcon 2.

“Roger commander also we have $8,000 in resources,” the ever insightful Ai answered.

“Okay upgrade The HQ to defcon two then make a couple of marines and some stingers maybe four each yhea let's do four,” I asked as I darted around the room putting on my jacket and hat before running towards the HQ’s armory.

I found this part of the building wandering around waiting for the scout team to get back, In it was a bunch of cool weapons ranging from portable miniguns to automatic shotguns that can shoot grenades to my favorite, a third generation colt single action army plated in nickel with a ivory stock with engravings that look as if they came from the wild west. I grabbed the revolver and it’s accompanying holster, and clip it to my belt while grabbing 36 .45 colt cartridges. Loading 6 bullets which left me with 30 bullets in various pockets as I picked up both a serrated combat knife ,And an old heavy 1840 US cavalry saber(don’t ask me how this stuff got here it just did.)

I ran out of the HQ like if death was on my heels trying to reach the dustoff before it left. Spotting it to the left of the hospital sitting on a hill as the pilot made a final check I waved at him to get his attention. As he looked up from his checklist I told him plain and simple “I’m coming with you whether you like it or not,” he stared at me for a few seconds before sighing ,and nodding his head. I was grinning like a Cheshire cat as I climbed into the co-pilot’s seat, I removed my peaked cap and put on the headset so I can talk to the pilot over the engine. After the safety checks were completed the pilot started to take off towards the stranded men.

Pov Marine(stranded)

After the call with the commander ended I whispered to my buddies “Men I just got off the phone with the commander, we might be getting a welcoming party from one of the armies we saw earlier ,and we have been authorized to give out presents in the form of lead and explosives but the commander wants us to take one back alive, okay men.” As I looked around I swore i spotted something in the distance but when I looked at it, it simply disappeared in a flash of light.

“Men ready your weapons I think the enemy is closer than we thought” I whispered as I brought up my m16a4 while the javelin tried to bring up their weapons as quietly as possible(hah).

On the other side of the hill to our right a multitude of flashes happened at once as well as the sound of flapping wings and clopping hooves. Out from the darkness came what appeared to be one Pegasus, two regular ponies, and three unicorns carrying muskets on their backs all of them were adorned in dark blue armor but one stood out, the unicorn in the middle had a decorated armor set that stood out.

“Sir what are we supposed to be searching for out here?” one of the other unicorns question the now designated officer(guess we know who to capture now eh.)

“I don’t know but the orders came from the brass to see what caused the sudden spike in magical energy” the officer answered back.

I watched the soldier coming closer and closer by the second, by the time the enemies were at 50 feet i took aim at one of the regular ponies then I yelled "OPEN FIRE! "as I pulled the trigger.

The regular ponies were shredded by the amount of gunfire while the Pegasus took off, and the officer did something the made a sphere around him and his buddies which were blocking our bullets. A idea came to me as I looked at the javelins “javelins open fire in the shield,” only one fired but that one rocket was enough to shatter that sphere around them as the two non officers got cut down, a bullet tore through the officer’s front right leg and he collapsed like a sack of potatoes.

Hearing a buzzing sound i turned towards the ocean and spotted a growing black dot, realizing that it was the dustoff the commander promised I yelled “look men the dustoff is nearly here now someone go capture that pony officer.”

Pov:Eric

The ride to the stranded soldiers was a fun one, who knew that the pilot was a fan of the music from the Vietnam era. So when we saw land we knew what to play (we were grinning like no tomorrow.)As we got closer we saw signs of a fight but no men, all of a sudden men started getting up and moving around.When we landed the marines were looking at me with no amusement on their faces at all.

“Look marines just get in and let's get out of here” I said amused as they climbed aboard with a knocked out pony, a unicorn if my mythology is correct. When everyone was loaded on they closed the side doors as we made our way back to base. We were NOT expecting a pony to fly towards us with a sword in its mouth. As it landed on my side he swiped at the window to smash it and smash it he did, glass went everywhere as he made to strike again but I was faster as I pulled out my revolver and said “sorry buddy we don’t do free rides” he looked confused for a second then I fired and the Pegasus fell into the ocean like Icarus when he went too close to the sun. I holstered my gun and swiped the glass off of me as I looked at the sunset knowing tomorrow is going to be another long one.