The last call: Boots of freedom. Men of war.

Chapter 2: The last call. Sword of life. The shield of death.

                                   “Be rain or shine, day or night, soldiers will win, but brothers won’t

                                                                            Die.’”

                                                                     -Yours truly

BOOM, BOOM, BOOM. “Wha-” BOOM! “Oh crap!” I yelled, jumping up to my cold dead feet. KA-KOW! Gunships. Republic gunships, blasting away at the ponies like scissors through paper. Accept this paper, had much more screams. “H#ll yeah!” I yelled as I grabbed my bowie knife, and tore through the field, slicing whatever I could get my steeling knife on. As I looked up, Republic gunships, looking like sand covered rocks, on the brink of the creamy orange sky, laid waste to the unforgiving ground of the council building. Augh! I thought, My side hurt from the the stab from the one @$$hole pony. How can I move like this when I’m injured? Ah whatever, I’ll get it fixed up later. As I looked around, what I saw was pure and total destruction. Rugged maned ponies, with spears of sharpened steel and burnt wood, smelling like a fresh fire in the air, and their golden armor shining brighter Gods might warning sign, fought to the death with the gunships… at least they tried. The gun ships were simply hovering above, using their front mounted swivel cannons to put holes in the grainy Death Coliseum we called the ground, with ease. Then, ARC trooper Alpha 14, roped down with a few clones, and put holes in those flea bitten goat#ckers. I ran over to the battle, and slid underneath one, slicing it across the belly as I went by, and threw my knife into the head of one of the four legged f#ck machines, and grabbed his spear. I received a kick to the back from one of them soldiers, and then, quite p#ssed, I turned around and poked him in the eye with the back of my spear, then got beside him, wrapped him around the neck with it, and tossed him into a spot on the battlefield. He got up to come back at me, but was blasted into chunky, gut-filled smithereens. I then tossed my spear into the eye of another one, then grabbed a spear from one of the pony soldiers, and stuck the back end of the spear down it’s throat. I then went over to eye spear over there, and kicked him into the spear that was hanging out of the choking, dying pony. Alph 14 and the other clones had finished killing the ponies over there side, and watched. Then, with a swift motion, snapped the neck of yet another one. I searched around for more… enemies, to kill, but I saw I had pretty much gone on a violent rampage. I saw Alpha 14, and the other clones, just stare at me. My burnt, cracked, white armor, gleamed in the crimson red blood of the ponies I had just defeated. “Slow down there, killer.” Alpha 14 said with a chuckle. “You did good out there, but you seem to have more skill than your fallen comrades. Your murderous killing spree certainly proved that. So, what is it, separate training?” “Just the Mule-Headed part of me, not wanting to die, sir.” I joked back. “ Heh, heh.” Alpha 14 chuckled. “Well, come with me, were going back to the base” “You mean you don’t want me to search the rest of the grounds?” I asked hopefully. “Nah, Desert snake, Eagle, and Jungle falcon will take care of it, as well as some other clones, so hop aboard clone.” Yes! I thought, as I stepped onto the levitating vehicle, the blue flames coming out of the rocket boosters, lighting a special glow in the noon sky. And we were off. A medic patched me up on the way. The soft purr of the engine reminded of when we were headed to the council meeting for “security”. Then, the looks of death upon my fallen comrades came into mind. I looked down, with a look of sadness, and a slight tear dropped down onto the cold, metal floor of the gunship. “Hey,” Alpha 14 said to me, calmly. “We’ve all been there at one point or another. You know, you’re not the only one to lose your comrades in the midst of a seemingly pointless battle. We all know that pain, and I can empathise with you. Trust me, brothers never truly die. They’re living in here.” He pointed to my heart. “Close your eyes, breathe in the cold air, and clear your mind… and then listen. Listen to what your brothers are saying, listen to what they want you to hear.” And I did. I breathed the refreshing air, I cleared my  mind of the battle that happened, of the slight smell of oil burning as the ship went by, which was now taking up my nice refreshing air. I even cleared my mind of what I was gonna have for dinner, and I listened. And what I heard, was none less than terrifying. “Uh, s-sir?” I asked, with a hint of fear in my voice. “Is there something wrong?” He asked back. “Well, you remember when you said, ‘listen to your brothers’ or some sh#t?” “Uh… yes…”

“Well,” I said uncertain. “Lets just say they said something.” “What.” Alpha 14 said sarcastically. “Did they insult you?” “No sir” I replied. “I think it was more of a warning.” “A warning? A warning about what?” Alpha 14 said, now with uncertainty in his voice too. “Here are their exact words: .sraey dnasuoht a revo fo niaP .gnireffuS .htaeD.”

“Sraeya hatta-tatta what now?” Alpha 14 stuttered. “I personally have no idea what language it is, or what it means, but it gave me a feeling of regret, and pain.” “AAUGH!” Twilight screamed, laying in her bed. “It’s OK twilight, we’re with you. It’s probably just another headache.” Spike said, with a bowl of warm water and a towel in his hands. “ Y-yeah” Applejack said, standing near them. “M-maybe i-i-it was a m-m-m-monster” said fluttershy nervously. “Ugh, whatever it is, it’s happening through the portal to the Equestria girl thing, where teh Princess sent those soldiers.” Twilight said. “So let’s go.”

As we docked on the ship we pretty much lived on, I thought about what I heard. “Good afternoon, sir!” a clone guard said as we got off the ship and headed to our cotts. Well, as I headed to my cott, as alpha 14 had a room of his own. But before I even got remotely near room 18, the room me and my late squad stay in, alpha 14 grabbed my shoulder. “Yes sir?” I said, unsure of what was gonna happen. “Come with me” He said. “I need to show you something.” “Yes sir, I just need to get something from my crate.” “Alrighy.” He replied. “Just come and see me afterwards in my room.” “Yes sir!” As he walked away, I went into room 18 and walked to the crate I have assigned to the end of my bed. I unlocked it with my key, and opened it. In it were 2 pairs of jeans, 3 pairs of shirts, a pair of socks, a laser pistol, a data pad, and a small, shiny silver dragon relic. I took out the relic, closed up my crate, and walked out to go to alpha 14’s room.

On they way there, I recognized new painting along the walls. Oh whatever. I thought. It’s Probably just some new decoration. But there was one thing eating at me. The paint was red. But before I could think about it anymore, I wound up in front of alpha 14’s door. The doors opened for me. Huh. I thought as I walked in. He must’ve unlocked the door for me. But I didn’t think about it for long, as when I got into his room, I almost jaw. Actually, I think I did. To the right as I walked in, was a desk with a comfy looking leather chair, and a personal laptop on it with some documents next to it. Then there was a rack with models of every flagship in our fleet behind it. As I walked  down the 3-step stairs, I saw a comfy and well made king size bed, with a clock and a sound system of the nightstand next to it. As I looked to the left I saw a coset with a ton of different armor combos, and clothes. Dang. I thought. He’s got a good set up in here. “Ah, you’re here!” Alpha 14 said, kind of scaring me. But something was different. His mask was off. He was holding it in his arms. His hair was raven black, and he had a chiseled chin. His cheekbones were slightly pushed in, and he had a burn mark on the lower left cheek. “Sir!” I said. “Oh cut that sir crap.” He said, kind of surprising me. “In my room, we go by names, so what’s yours?” “My name” I started. “Is bunsen sir!” “No, no.” he said, shaking his head. “Real name.” “Ah.” I said, now aware. “ It’s Connor, sir. Er, not sir! Er…” “Hehe” He chuckled. “Well then, Connor, mine is Barrack. Welcome to my room.” “Thank you.” I said. “But what was it you needed me to come here for, sir?” “Oh nevermind.” He said. “I’ll find time for that later, when I get their approval. I just wanted to know your name.” “Very well then, sir.” I said, screwing the no sir stuff, and walked out. But what does “their approval” mean? I thought. Ah whatever, I’ll just get to bed. But, I lie there, I Thought more about it. Like, what he be talking about, or, who or what is “them”? Then, slowly but surely, I fell asleep.  “Aye yaye yaye!” Twilight said. “I don’t know what’s more confusing, the fact that I forget how to walk on these, these, sausages, or the fact that we seem to be, like, 20 now, instead of 16.” “Yeah.” Rainbow Dash agreed. “Or what these things are?!” She said, poking her chest. “Augh! Are they parasites!??!” Fluttershy screeched. “No, there boobs.” Spike said, looking at a tablet. “This site says they’re like some sort of way to feed the offsprings they had in this… world.” Spike added, looking around at the different species of alien or human, and the cars that floated by. “Apparently they are also used for…” Spike made a face. “For what??” Twilight, Fluttershy, Rainbow Dash, pinkie, Applejack, and Rarity simultaneously. “Well, for… sexual arousal, if you..” Hrrph. Spike almost barfed. “S-squeeze ‘em…” “WHA??!!??” They all said blushing and clutching themselves. “Okay, okay, let’s just keep on going.” Twilight said, walking along the Walkway. Still, she was as curious as the other girls what that feel like. “WAKE UP MAGGOT!!!!” Sarge screamed as I hopped out of bed. I looked over the clock, and it read 6:00. I didn’t sleep in, so that’s good. But sarge was looking as p#ssy as ever. “Sir yes sir!” I said, straightening my form and saluting, such as protocol. “Well, private,  you’ll be happy to know, I will not be with you today, but you will be with general Kenobi right here.” He was right. I was happy about that. “Reporting for duty, General!” I said, once again saluting. “This way, Bunsen. You’ll be meeting your new squad today.” “Yes sir” To be honest, I was a bit nervous, after all, we’ve never met, but they probably already trained together. “I think you’ll be happy to know, that you’re going to be the Captain of this squad. Congratulations on the promotion, Captain Bunsen. Well. There went the drag of the day. Right out the window. I felt like king of the world when I heard that, and I was not going to f#uck it up either. Not for me, or anyone else. “Right this way.” He said, pointing to a door. “You’re not going with me sir?” I asked. “Don’t be silly, Bunsen, of course I am, but only to tell you there codenames. They get to tell you their real names, and I’ll leave so you can get acquainted with your new squad.” And then we walked in. 3 clone troopers sitting in a chairs at a bright brown ebony wood table, looked over to me as I walked in. Naturally, to be respectful, we had our helmets off. One of the clones, what looked the heavy weapons man, had a sidewinder Minigun, a rare and ideal gun that had tons of power. He had Yellow armor. The one next to him was an obvious sniper, as he had an A295 sniper rifle. Those things could shoot about 3 miles off. Greatest distance in the galaxy. He had Green armor. And the one on the other side of the table? He appeared to be the demolitionist, as he had an HH-4 grenade launcher. His armor was blue. My armor was just plain frikin white. “Well, here they are!” Obi-wan said. “The heavy weapon expert here, is Sandbag. The sniper is Long-arm. And the Demolitionist over here is Lobo. Gentlemen, this is Bunsen. Alright, I shall leave you too it. Come see me at the bridge when you are all done.” “Yes sir!!” We said. Then he left out the doors and they closed behind him. It’s just us now. I thought. They all had mixed looks. Sandbag looked fine with the whole thing, in fact, it seemed everyone but lobo was fine with the transition. Not that I was too pleased either, though. But Lobo’s expression change to a smile as a he raised his and shook mine. “The names Jace sir.” He said politely. In fact, he seemed to be happy to meet me. “Mine is Jhon.” Said Sandbag. “ And mine is Dean.” Said Long-arm. “And mine is Connor. Nice to meet you gentlemen.” “Are you kidding?!” Said Jhon. “The pleasure is ours! We heard how to bravely took on the forces of equestria and was ready to die for your fallen comrades. They say your kill count of all your battles is 66! Is it true?” “Well-” I said before cut off by Dean. “Oh quit being a frikin fanboy Jhon. Sorry about that sir, but it really is an honor to meet you.” “It’s fine” I said, confused. How am I so popular? “But how do you all know me?” Well.” Jhon started. “Alpha 14 told us about how to fought them all alone, until one of ‘em stabbed you in the side, then they came to rescue you. But apparently then, right after they came, they say your eyes turned a bright blue glow, and you leaped up with your knife, slashing and killing at speeds faster than a sprint.” “Huh” I said. I Don’t remember that part, all I remember is being furious and killing. Oh well, It’s time for us to go back up to the bridge. General Obi-wan is expecting us.” As soon as we got there, Obi-wan was waiting with a smile of his face. He was also holding Orange armor. He handed it to me. “Go change into that and then meet me and the boys in the briefing room.” As I changed in room 18, I wondered why I was getting this armor. When I put it on, I was glad I did. I was very comfortable, but was also very sturdy and tight. It had paint of the same places the others did. On the top of the legs, the new shoulderpads, and my helmet. I felt like a commando. I walked into the briefing room and sat down. Obi-wan had a holomap up and was explaining our destination and mission. “Your destination, troopers, is Endor, the home of the Ewoks. There, you will find the base of Burin Nwython. He is one one of the top arms dealers in the galaxy. Normally we would ignore this, but he tends to sell to those who would like to see the Republic burn. Your mission is simple. Locate his base of operations, infiltrate taking out anyone you need, and bring him here. He tends to keep it well hidden, but it was said to be somewhere on Endor, as no one would suspect it to be there. Just, try, to keep the Ewoks out of it, OK? Understood soldiers?” “Sir yes sir!!” We said. “Well then.” Obi-wan continued. “Get to your drop pods. I’ve input the location on the minimap in your helmets, however, the minimap is only useful for places we charted, it won’t help you find Burin Nwython, so don’t get any ideas.” We chuckled a bit. “Now then, Off to it, H.O.P.E squad.