I stared out the viewport of the ship as we passed through the clouds in the night sky. I felt the ship rattle, turbulance shaking the ship slightly. I saw the moon high in the sky, glowing like a beacon in the night. I was too focused on the moon to notice Christain tapping my shoulder. I turned and look at him, his face showing a bit of worry.

"Hey Cap, we're close. I think it's time we brief the men." he said. I nodded. I turned my attention away from the moon and looked at the squad that was curently in my ship. There were a total of six men in my ship. All of them were grunts with basic equipment of R-201s and pistols. I looked around and made sure they all had their eyes on me and stood in a circle around the center.

I tapped a button on my arm band and set up a holographic map in the center of the group. I couldn't see the image since I wasn't wearing my helmet that showed the image, but I didn't need it since it showed me the image on my arm band. I tapped a point on the map and made it yellow. I scrolled through the map and tapped where the lost dropship supposedly crashed. The image wasn't live, it was only what the ponies could give us in such short time, so I couldnt really see where the ship crashed. I began my brief.

"I'm only saying this once so listen up. We are dropping here on the yellow spot and making our way through the forest to the estimated location of the fallen dropship. We don't know if the IMC are there our not, so we are going to land a bit of distance so we dont get their attention. When we make it to the ship, we will find our men and load them up for extraction. If the IMC show up, our two other dropships will come in and drop rienforcments. The second ship will have four unicorns that will be able to aid us. They are to be protected at all cost since they are the only means of getting our titans in the fight. Any questions?"

I looked around and saw if there were any raised hands. I saw one hand up. The hand belonged to one the grunts. He looked like a rookie to me. I could tell by the way he was slightly stiff and had a worried expression on his dark face. I could tell he was nervous.

"How are the ponies going to get your titans here?" he asked. I nodded. I wondered the same thing when Celestia told me she could get the titans to me quickly.

"The ponies are able to use teleportive ablities that can get the titans in the fight. It's like a warpfall, only if the ponies die, we don't get our titans." He nodded and looked down. I turned to Christain. "Ready to move out?" I asked. He slid on his helmet and gave a thumbs up. I smiled. I looked to the cockpit of the ship. "Pilot, we almost there?" I called out.

"We are thirty seconds to the drop off, get ready, I'm can't see shit in the dark without my lights." he called back. I nodded and turned towards the rear hatch. I felt something bump my arm. I looked back and saw Christain handing me my helmet. I smiled and took it. I slid my helmet on and looked back at my men. They all stood ready, waiting for me to call the go. I heard the pilot begin the countdown.

"We're here. Dropping in three... two...one...DROP!" I raised my hand and pulled the hatch switch. The doors opened with a loud hum. I didn't wait for my squad. I ran out of the ship and jumped. I fell for a couple seconds before my jumpkit turned on and slowed my descent. If I didn't have my jump kit, I would be a puddle of blood right about now.

I took hint of my surroundings as I hit the ground. There were trees that soared into the sky which made it hard to see what was above me. The lost dropship crashed into what was called the Everfree Forest. The ponies said that a lot of dangerous wildlife roamed this area. Thankfully I already had experience with some of them, I just wasn't too posative about my men.

I looked back and saw all my men already down from the ship and crouching in standby for my orders. The ship closed its doors and flew off into a different direction. I reached back and grabbed my flatline and made sure it was loaded. "Lets move" I ordered.

We jogged through the forest for about ten minutes, still no sign of the ship. I looked at my map on my hud and saw we were close. Only a mile away. I looked over my shoulder and checked if my squad was still behind me. I could see Christian and the four other grunts trying to keep pace with me. I smiled, seeing them puffing from exhaustion made me remember boot camp. I guess they could use a break. We just need to go over this hill up ahead.

I stopped jogging and turned to the men. They all stopped and looked at me, some of them taking a knee to catch their breath.
"We can walk from now, the ship is up over this hill." I couldn't help but chuckle as some of them sighed in relief. I turned back to the small hill that was in front of us. I began to make my way up the hill.

It didn't take long for me and my team to reach the top of the hill. The hard part, was looking down. We saw the whole ship fom the top of the hill, more like what was left. The drop ship was completely on fire and was broken in half, pieces of wreckage everywhere. I began to have doubts that there were no survivors and that message was a fake. I heard movement to my left. I checked and saw Christain jogging down the hill.

"Where are you going?" I asked, watching him go down the hill.

"To find survivors" he responded seriously.

"Christain, it might be a trap!" I called out. He ignored me and began looking through some of the wreckage. I groaned and looked at my men. I jerked my head to the crash, telling them to start looking. They nodded and ran down the hill. I stood on the hill for a moment before I relently made my way down the hill.

I looked through the wreckage, using my thermal vision to see if there were any weird movements. The area became too hot and I ended up having to turn it off. The dropship was giving off to much heat for me to see anything clearly. I walked though some pieces of the ship, but that was until I heard a soft beep. It was quiet, but not quiet enough to where the crackling of the fire covered it up. I walked to where the beep was coming from. It sounded like it was coming from inside the other half of the ship, the cockpit.

I walked into what was left of the cockpit. Wires and pieces of metal were scattered everywhere. A couple sparks of electricity flew out of a wire that hung from the cieling. I walked around it, making sure that the exposed wire didn't touch me. I looked at the cockpit and saw a red light blinking on the control console. I walked up to the the conole and looked at the light. I recognized the red light in basic dropship models. It showed if there was a recorded message on... a loop. I felt something cold touch my left hand. I slowly turned my head and almost jumped back at what I saw. It was the pilot... with a hole in the center of his forhead. "Shit!"

I ran out of the drop ship, franticly looking for my men. I touched my com piece and got a sinal out to Christain.

"Christain, it's a trap!" I hollered.

"What!" he responded. I then heard the sound of a gunshot behind the ship. That is when all hell broke loose.

Author's Note

I"m baaaaaaaaaaaack!!!!!!!!
I've finally got some free time today to write. I know this isn't really a good way to come back, but I will be already writing part two when this gets out. Time to test my action writing skills
PEACE!!!!