Ch4 Preparing to MARCH!

Date: [Still UNKNOWN]

Time: 8:25 pm

Location: over the south Luna ocean

Pov: Eric

As the helicopter flew over the ocean I couldn’t help but think back to the pony I killed not because it will haunt me forever but the look on its face. It looked at me like if I was normal until I spoke, something is wrong here, something VERY wrong.

“Commander … commander are you there?” the pilot waved his hand in front of my face breaking me out of my thoughts.

“Hmm oh sorry was thinking about that Pegasus I brained earlier.” I responded still not quite fully out of my thoughts.

“First kill eh sir or is something else on your mind?” he asked as I started to see land in the distance though something looks different.

“The way he looked at me if you want to know, he looked at me if I was a normal thing until I spoke.” I responded back.

“Hmm well if it’s any consolation prize sir we can get more info of what is happening off that officer the marines captured.”The pilot said as coast came into proper view.

“Wait a minute is it me or does the land look different?” I questioned as the land does not look the way it did when we first arrived. Gone were the rolling hills of green filled with trees of all kind, now it looked as if it were the plains of Texas, wide and open, flat in all directions for miles around with only sparse vegetation.

“No sir I’m seeing it as well, seems the land has changed quite a bit since we left,” The pilot said disbelief clear in his voice.

The base as I had left it had been simple, a headquarters, a barracks , two field generators, and a newly constructed hospital with some marines and a couple of stingers to defend it. Now it seems the base is as big as a small town along with a fully paved road to boot.

Wondering how the base went from basically a outpost to a fully fleshed out town with factories for vehicles and dwellings for the infantry ,hell it even had multiple helipads and most importantly administration centers which produce money no matter what(huh guess the pen does beat the sword then it comes to bureaucracy.)I opened the door that leads to the marines only to see them sound asleep.

Tapping the closest marine which again happens to be the marine I contacted “Wake up marine were at the base. Now for your next assignment, take the officer to the hospital and squeeze him for info oh, and remember we're not on earth and they are not human so do your worse.” he seemed to smile so wide that I nearly felt sorry for the pony. Nearly.

As we touched down on one of the helipads a Humvee was waiting down on the road. As the marines got off, the one I talked to grabbed the still unconscious pony (which had its leg patched up) and carried it to the hospital for interrogation. I walked towards the Humvee as I waved at the pilot one last time. Climbing into the passenger seat the Humvee took off towards the center of the base.

“So commander how do you like the new base?” the driver questions.

“Well it’s pretty damned good if I say so myself, did we have any problems while I was gone.” I questioned back.

“Well we were invaded by the local wildlife, but that just meant free target practice for us along with some fresh meat to BBQ. Heh you should've saw it the javelins were missing their targets somehow creating a huge mess that their still clearing up right now,” He joked” Any way commander were here at the HQ please have a pleasant day.”

“Yhea you too buddy,” I respond barely getting out of the Humvee before he rocketed of towards the outskirts again(wonder why he is in such a hurry).I walked into the HQ noticing a lot of differences from the defcon 3 HQ, mainly everything looks so shiny and futuristic(me gusta)compared to the old HQ.

“Welcome back commander did you have a nice trip?” Amber questioned sounding a bit smug.

“It was a nice trip, fun one too with all the music and karaoke me and the pilot did.” I answered back

“It must have been funny, I certainly wasn't watching it happen and I definitely didn't record it for my own pleasure,”that sly Ai tricked me.

“Why you little - GAH that’s it back to WAR ROOM!” I yelled feeling quite embarrassed that the AI caught me singing karaoke.(note to self be careful of what I say around electronics Amber might be listening.)

Walking into to WAR ROOM everything seemed to change, the walls which were once plywood are now solid steel, the chair which was once a folding has now been upgraded to one of those chairs you see in a ceo’s office, the table which was made of wood and looked worn out has now been replaced with a metal table with the same panel where I sit. There were major additions to the room, on the far side of the room now stood a metal door with a panel to the right detailing a handprint, to the right of the door was a mini kitchen, while to the left of the door was a mini armory.

Walking into the mini kitchen I noticed a fridge, Making a beeline towards is i nearly ripped the door of its hinges looking for something very specific. Spotting the can, I swiped it up popped it open and took a VERY long swig. As the vanilla sweetened coca cola made its way down my throat I felt calmer than I was a couple of seconds ago.(I DO NOT HAVE AN ADDICTION NOW STOP ASKING.)

“Are you calmer now Commander?” the still smug sounding AI asked.

“yes” I whispered into my cola still annoyed at the AI.

“Good now I “renovated” the base while you were gone, I added a couple of minor things first of all go towards the door.”Tchh I could hear the air quotes as she said that. I walked towards the door can still in hand until I was in front of the door.

“Now place your hand on the scanner to unlock the door-”I placed my right hand on the scanner making it beep several times before flashing green”-good now inside is your personal room good night commander” Amber wished before becoming quiet as she does Ai things(I don’t know what she does in her free time.)

Opening the door to my room to say I was stunned was an understatement. A king sized bed laid in the back of the room with yet another mini armory to the left of it, this time two things caught my eye. A HULC exosuit sat there unmoving along with the BRG-15 15mm machine gun which sat on a crate full of ammunition with a sticky note stuck to it.

”Dear Commander as a make up gift for the eventual joke I'm going to play on you, I went through the database looking for something special, I found a partial blueprint to the chimera exosuit. While a normal human might not be able to fill in the blanks in the blueprint ,I was able to complete a portion of the blueprint in the small amount of time you were away. With more time I may be able complete the final part of the blueprint unlocking the smart suspensions. - love your AI Amber.” Huh we had a blueprint for a chimera weapon, maybe there is other things in the database we may have looked over also how did amber write this she’s an Ai, she doesn't have hands.

The bed looking too comfortable at the moment I barely had the willpower to hold myself back from flopping on to the bed and falling asleep, instead I just fell on the bed and was knocked out cold the moment my head touched the pillow.

Pov:Luna(bet you didn’t expect that huh)

Though the war is still going on I cannot neglect my duty of watching over the dreams of my ponies even those who are not under my banner.

Walking through the dreams I have discovered many secrets both among the ponies under my banner and that of my tyrannical sister.

This would've been a normal night except for a dream far away from the regular spots. When I trotted closer to find out who was dreaming shock came over my snout as I saw a HUMAN dreaming. This human’s dream is that of mechanical beasts that eat coal and belch smoke. I decided that this human was special enough to warrant me entering their dream.

First thing I notice is that it was so loud I could barely hear myself think. Looking around I spotted the human draped in some sort of clothes that seem to mimic those worn by the airship pilot employed by both sides while steering something looking like a wheel. As I approached the human, the human turned around catching me by surprise as he looked male.

“Hmm ohh hello there ma'am what can I do ‘fer ya,”he said in an accent similar to the ponies in appaloosa.

“You can start by telling me how you can dream” I commanded the human but he looked at me strangely.

“Ma’am I do not understand your request, what do you mean how can I dream everybody can dream in fact the area around here are about to be flooded by dreams from the other guys,” the human responded right back seeming more confused than anything.

“Wait more humans that’s impossible it has been proven that humans aren't sapient that’s why they are treated like pets among the solar empire,” Now I'm confused multiple humans that can think, I only know of two other species that are related to humans that can think but I have yet to visit them.

“Wait a minute did you say that humans are treated like PETS!” He seemed in shock as he yelled at me, why is he confused is he not human?

“Yes they are treated like pets among other things in the solar empire that is ran by my sister but the new lunar republic has deemed that unfair treatment is illegal, why are you surprised are you not human” I questioned further.

“Oh this changes everything, oh this changes everything, sorry princess but I have a war machine to put into overdrive,” He exclaimed in shock as the world around us seemed to change little by little before shattering like glass as i was forced out of the human’s dream.

This is an interesting development but this raises more questions than it answers like how does he know I’m a princess but does not know about the other humans, hmm I will have to keep an eye out for this one.

Pov:Eric

I shot out of bed like a bullet on steroids yelling “AMBER!”

“Commander what do you need?” amber asked utterly confused as to why I had yelled for her in the night.

“I need for you to make a link to every single person on this base to the table in the WAR ROOM”I growled out as I made my way towards the WAR ROOM.

“Sir?” she questions

“I just met one of the leaders of the ponies, the dark blue ones to be exact and she just told me not only are there humans here but they are treated like pets, PETS!” I yelled out the last part.

“OH my sir, I'll open the link is there anything else sir?” Anger clear in her voice.

“Yes , I want you to start building peacekeepers silos along with peacekeeper 2 missiles.” Malice in my voice was clear for her to hear.

“Yes sir let's give them a fireworks display shall we,” she acknowledged before she went to do her tasks.

Walking into the WAR ROOM I saw a microphone raised out of the table along with a camera to transmit my message to everything possible.

“Men and Women of this glorious and free army. I have terrible news that will make your blood boil. I have received news that not only is there humans here but they are treated like pets! PETS! I don’t know about you men but I plan to exact revenge on the ponies that do these heinous acts on our brethren. Tomorrow men and women we march against the armies of the solar empire. Not for survival! Not for greed! We march to Defend our fellow man from these beasts that are our enemy.Tomorrow this solar empire shall meet the very thing they love so much. Tomorrow we shall steamroll over their armies. Tomorrow we shall free our fellow man!” Even in the WAR ROOM I could hear the cheers from all over the base. I stood at the War map and looked at the area in yellow designated Solar empire knowing soon we shall liberate our fellow man.

Author's Note

Yesh! I'm sorry for dropping the bomb on you guys I wanted it to be a surprise(please don't kill me.)
Also before you guys complain about all the things in the HQ I crunched the numbers and the base's defcon 1 upgrade in today's money would cost 56 million dollars
ALSO I need your opinion should I up this story from teen to mature so I can do war scenes better?