Patrol Picket E-201
Captain Steadfast

“So are you sure that you’ve got everything you need?” Dusk asked as we walked back to the cargo bay.

It’s been two days since our encounter with the Raptor and the Pegasi’s surprise intervention, and we had returned to Manehattan to plot out our trip north to find the research base. After running through a brief mental checklist, I nodded. “I’m pretty sure that we do.” I replied.

“Uh, Commander?”

The two of us turned around and saw that Spark had decided to join the two of us. “What’s up Spark?” Dusk asked.

“Before you go I was hoping to ask you for a favor.” Spark said as he fished a small laminated picture out of his jacket. “My son was in the Royal Guard… Do you think you can figure out what happened to him?”

I was a bit surprised at Spark’s question, only finally making a move once he handed Dusk the picture. “I didn’t know that you any kids.”

“That’s because I don’t like talking about it.” Spark replied, looking rather downtrodden. “His mother died while giving birth to him, and at the time I was ill equipped to raise a child on my own… So I put him up for adoption and have been keeping tabs on him ever since.”

“Ya… I know the kid. Kovac, right?” Dusk asked while offhandedly waving the picture around.

“You know him?” Spark said, starting to look rather hopeful.

“I do, in fact he’s in my unit.”

Spark nodded, looking somewhat happier having heard Dusk’s revelation. “Well if we don’t come back… Please, when you feel he’s ready, tell him who his father was.”

I wanted to say something but instead remained quiet. Spark brought up a good point… There’s a very good chance that we won’t be coming back from our northern excursion. “Do you really think you won’t be coming home?” Dusk asked.

While he was clearly directing the question at both of us, Spark just looked down at his feet. “I think it’s fair to say that it’s a good possibility.” I said, finally answering the question after a few tense moments of silence.

“Well then… Good luck, to both of you.”

Equestrian Royal Navy
Captain’s Log, 24 Days After Apocalypse

Well that does it for Manehattan… Dusk has things well at hand down here. But after our conversation before departure, I ended up leaving the civilians with him. Our discussion brought up an unnerving point; there is a very good possibility that none of us will be coming back. With every mile we travel north the weather gets slightly worse. Now I can’t help but question if we’ll actually make it to the research post. Is the weather going to continue to get worse until we can no longer travel north? And if that’s the case, then what do we do? Would I be able to bring myself to go back to the bunker and wake Porter up? I’ve got to be honest, but I don’t know what I’d do… But I assume that we’ll see soon enough.

Author's Note

And there's a short seventh entry to E-201. The next chapter is going to be the last chapter... Instead of one entry, there will be a handful of other entries, followed by a flash-forward to the events of Broken Mirror.

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-Striker