Assassinverse: Earth, the New Terror

by RyansFlan

Chapter 9: Retaking Vanhoover

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Life in the occupied lands was terrible for the ponies. When the occupation began, the ponies were rounded up and sent to ghettos, with limited food, water, and blankets. When they wanted to walk outside of the ghetto, they would be issued with a card by a customs officer.

After taking cities and towns, the ITPF sent in colonists to occupy the cities and use them for the colonists. Darren Jr's plan was to see the complete take over of Equestria and make it an official colony of the ITPF.

But there were several obstacles to his plan, the main one being Daniel Medkos Sr. Ever since Daniel betrayed Earth for Equestria, Darren Jr could not stop thinking about him. When the public asked what happened to him, he told them that Daniel Sr had been brainwashed to aid the enemy. That was a lie, but the people believed him because he was the Acting President of the ITPF and its colonies.

He was frustrated by the fact that his forces hadn't captured the inner parts of Equestria, and the Crystal Empire. But he smiled when he looked at the folder on his desk. He believed that with this folder, the tide of the war would change in favor of the ITPF and SNU. He then pressed a button.

"Are the preparations ready?" Darren Jr asked

"Yes sir, everything is ready for the ritual," a male voice said

"And what about the unicorns?"

"We were able to persuade them to cooperate with us," the voice said

"And what about the sacrifice?"

"We have her," the voice said

Darren Jr smiled

"Excellent work James, I'm on my way,"

Darren Jr looked out of the window and made a sadistic smile

"Daniel Sr, your days are numbered," Darren Jr said

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Meanwhile, just south of Vanhoover and Smokey Mountain's, in the Whitetail woods, thirty-seven thousand clone soldiers were hiding in the woods, waiting for the signal "Green! Green!", the diversionary units were being organized to launch the attack and draw away most of the enemy from the city. Flash Sentry was looking over the battle plan when somepony came into the room, a pony that Flash was familiar with.

"Crimson Cross, how are you this fine evening?" Flash asked

"I have been fine, just getting myself ready for the attack," Crimson said

"That's good. I'm surprised you signed up to fight in this war," Flash said

"I'm doing this not just for my family, not just for Queen Twilight, but to avenge the victims of Trottingham," Crimson said

"I can understand that. You are one of only a hoof full of survivors who escaped from Trottingham," Flash said

"Yes. It's good to know that Unicornia will be helping us in this war," Crimson said

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Meanwhile, out at sea, the Unicornia fleet was heading towards the port of Vanhoover to bombard the area and to provide support for the attack.

At the bridge, a unicorn with turquoise blue body and a golden mane and tail, wearing a white naval uniform with golden trimmings approached the windows. His name is Grand Admiral Thunderball.

He had changed since the events that transpired several years ago. For his long service, Queen Majesty promoted Thunderball to Grand Admiral of the Unicornian Fleet.

"How long till our fleet is in position?" Thunderball asked

"In about ten minutes sir," a helmspony said

Thunderball then went into deep thinking

"I hope this works," he thought

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In Vanhoover

Civilians were being led to underground shelters while the army was patrolling the streets, some manning the fortifications that were facing the direction of the enemy.

In a high building covered with the banners of the SNU, a man was looking out from his office, when a man came into the office. He had something with him.

"Excuse me sir, but there is a message for you from Darren Jr," the man said

"Oh really? Let me see it," the other man asked, as he took the message and read it

"To Oberführer Belkin, this is Acting President of the ITPF, Darren Medkos Jr. Following your report about a impending attack from the 'unterleben', I have decided to make you Imperial Commissar of Vanhoover. Seeing as how the 'unterleben' are not able to withstand the technological might of the SNU and ITPF, I have decided to deny your request for reinforcements. You should be able to destroy the 'unterleben' without any problems. If you see Daniel Medkos Sr with the 'unterleben', bring him to me alive."

-Darren Medkos Jr.

Belkin then crumbled up the letter, and in a flash, flips the table over and yelled in rage, while ranting

"How can he deny my request for reinforcements!? I only have about fifteen thousand soldiers at my disposal, and I need another twenty-seven thousand to bolster defenses, and he decides to deny my request! Gah!" Belkin yelled

Belkin then calmed down and looked at the messenger

"Leave me," he said

The messenger said nothing as he left, leaving Belkin in his office to think.

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The Diversionary attack was about to begin. Everypony was getting ready. Then Flash came up on a crate and begin to deliver a speech:

"Mares and Gentlecolts, we stand here today as soldier's of Queen Twilight's army. The enemy have plundered, raped, and murdered their way across Equestria to occupy and enslave us. Most of our relatives are stuck behind enemy lines, forced to work for the enemy in the mines. Today, we're here to show Darren Medkos Jr that he and his armies are not invincible. Fight for freedom, fight for peace, fight for Queen Twilight, and fight for Equestria!!" Flash said

"For Equestria!" The soldiers shouted, as they begin to march toward Los Pegasus

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In Vanhoover

A guard was standing watch at a tower along the line of defences when he spotted something in the distance. He pulled out his binoculars and put them on his eyes. He sees the Equestrian Army coming and picks a communicator.

"Hello, is there anyone there!?" The guard shouted

"Yes, this is Unterscharführer Jackson, what is it?"

"The enemy are marching towards the city, sound the alarm!" The guard shouted

"Alright, thank you," the Unterscharführer said, as he put down the communicator, picked up a hammer, went over to a glass case, smashed it, and pressed a button, sounding an alarm.

The alarm began to ring over and over, alerting the 73rd infantry, and the men began to man the defenses, load the LMG's and prep the automatic machine guns to fire on command.

As the Army began to get closer, the Unterscharführer waited until they were close. Then, when they were close, he yelled out:

"Open Fire!"

As soon as he gave the word, the automatic machine guns opened fire, and bullets came hailing down on the army, forcing many to get to cover. However, some were not fortunate enough to escape the hail and some were cut down by gunfire, leaving trails of blood, while other's were wounded.

Crimson Cross and Flash Sentry barely managed to find cover, with one bullet coming close to Flash Sentry as it left a mark on his cheek.

"Flash, what do we do now!?" yelled Crimson

"We wait until the Unicornian fleet arrive. Let's hope the 32nd Army attacks soon. Until then, we give it our all," Flash said

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At sea, the fleet had arrived at the bay near Vanhoover, but had to stop due to mines covering the port. They got into position and aimed their cannons at the city.

On the bridge, Thunderball looks out through the window and sees Vanhoover. He orders all his ships to open fire.

"Fire all the cannons!"

The cannons begin to fire and the shells hit several building's and fortifications, causing confusion amongst the human's.

"Keep firing! Give them everything we have!" Yelled Thunderball, as the ships continue to rain hell on the humans

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The clones were watching the whole thing. They were anxious, waiting for the signal. They wouldn't have to wait for long.

"Green! Green!"

The radio kept saying the code word for several minutes. The clones, immediately recognized the code word, and began their preparations for the assault. Several clone member's stayed behind to man the artillery they had brought.

The rest grabbed their weapons. Some equipped their weapons with attachments, from bayonets to grenade launchers. Then, when the commander blow his whistle, the clones yelled out "URA!", and charged toward the city.

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At the bunkers, Oberführer Belkin had arrived to see how the battle was going. He had a smug look on his face, as he watched as the unterleben couldn't get through their defense's. Just as he was about to return to his office, a soldier came up to him. Belkin was confused and upset about this.

"Unterscharführer Hal, what the hell are you doing here? Your supposed to overlook our defense's to the south," Belkin asked

"Sir, we've been deceived. Enemy reinforcement's have breached our southern defenses and are about to encircle us here. What are your orders sir?" Hal asked

Belkin was shocked. Then, in rage, gave out the following order to every soldier under his command.

"I want all units to fall back to defenses around city hall. Anyone who opposes this order will be shot, or will be forced to stay behind. Get your asses moving NOW!!" Belkin shouted

The soldiers and NCOs, not wanting to feel Belkin's wrath, fell back to city hall, leaving the automatic machine guns to do their job.

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After a few minutes, Flash's unit was still pinned down by the automatic machine guns. While there was some relief following the other manned guns no longer firing due to their crew's abandoning their positions, the auto turrents were still a force to be reckoned with.

After suffering continuous firing for almost half an hour, Flash, Crimson, and the ponies were on the verge of cracking, when the bunkers that housed the automatic MGs suddenly exploded

Flash and Crimson looked up and smiled, as they saw several clone bomber craft dropping several AP and HE bombs on the bunkers. Then, several hundred Griffons, Dragons, and Ponies arrived.

"Reinforcement's! Reinforcement's have arrived to help us!" Crimson yelled enthusiastically

"You're right, you two. Twilight sent us here to help you," said a voice

Flash and Crimson looked to see who said that and were surprised to see Spike, wearing the armor of the Royal Guard, along with an emblem that represented him, with one side being the emblem of Equestria, and the other being the emblem of the Dragon Empire, his ancestral homeland.

A few months after Unicornia and Equestria improved relations between each other, Spike enlisted and joined the Equestrian Army. The Dragon Imperial emblem was given to him as a gift from Dragon Lord Ember.

Spike, already having taking Kiser Bernard down, had decided that he had to contribute more to the war effort, so with a little persuasion, he got the greenlight to head to the frontline.

"Spike, what are you doing here?" Flash asked in surprise

"I signed up to fight. I couldn't let some foreign invader come and enslave my friends and family, no way in Tartarus," Spike said

"You're right. They can't take anything they want by force," said Daniel, as he was walking up towards the group.

"Daniel, glad to see you here," Crimson said

"I came here to oversee the progress of the battle, and I see it's going well," Daniel said with a smile

"Yes, we have the advantage now Daniel. Soon, they will have to surrender now that they are cut off from any reinforcements," Spike said

"Not really. The Eastern and Southeastern areas are still under the SNU. They might try to escape through there," Flash said

"Well, some of my troops will head to those areas and capture those positions, completely cutting off any route for escape," Daniel explained

"So we are ready then, I assume?" Spike asked

"Yes. It is time to retake Vanhoover, and secure our first major victory against the SNU and ITPF," Daniel said

Soon, Daniel, and Flash rallied their forces and marched towards the city.

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At city hall

The GAAP 73rd were catching their breath while cleaning and checking their guns, while the soldiers were asking amongst themselves how they got ambushed by an enemy that the media described as barbaric, undeveloped, and as little more then unterleben.

Inside the building, Belkin was meeting with several Standartenführers and Unterscharführers to discuss about what to do next.

"Sir, the enemy have caught us by complete surprise. We can't evacuate from the coast, the enemy have ships that are blocking our way. Smokey Hill's are also lost," Hal said

"The East and Southeastern exits are still open, but the enemy might as well have cut us off sir. What now?" Jackson asked

Belkin was in deep thought, thinking about his next move. He didn't think that this would happen, and there was no contingency plan for an event like this.

After a few seconds, he looked at his men and told them about his new plan.

"Gentlemen, seeing as how the Eastern and Southeastern exits are still under our control at the moment, I want all of you to evacuate with several other personnel and take as many documents as you can," Belkin said

"Sir, when do we leave and who will command the soldiers?" Hal asked

"I will," Belkin said

Everyone was shocked

"Sir!? What are you saying?!" The men asked

"I will not flee like an old coward. You're all still in your mid to late twenties. But me, I'm already in my late fifties. I've seen a lot in my life and served the People's Federation with pride. It's time for you all to pick up the tab," Belkin said

The men all stood there and stared at him in amazement at Belkin's little speech. One even had a few tears in his eye. Then, Jackson spoke up.

"What's the plan then sir?" Jackson said

"Alright gentleman, here's the plan," Belkin explained, as his men paid attention

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Outside of city hall, in the square

Just as the 73rd infantry were able to catch their breath, the Equestrian and Clone Army came out from the front street's, shocking the troops and demoralizing them even futher.

Before the 73rd had a chance to fire, the Equestrian and Clone troops slammed into the positions, engaging them in Close Quarter Combat.

It was a scene of chaos, with an equal amount of human's, ponies, and clones being slain. There was blood being spilled everywhere, swords hitting other swords or people, and some guns being fired.

Daniel was looking around when he saw a human soldier about to thrust a bayonet in Spikes back and yelled out:

"Spike, watch out!"

Spike looked behind and saw the man, who charged right at him, only for him to be engulfed in flames from Spike. He was screaming in pain, trying to put himself out, only for him to be shot dead by Daniel. Spike looked at Daniel.

"Thanks for the heads up, I owe you one Daniel," Spike said

"No problem, just looking out for my friends," Daniel said

"Daniel! I think I see someone at the entrance to city hall!" Crimson yelled, as he crushed a soldier with his hooves

Daniel looked at the entrance and indeed, he saw a man at the entrance, with the insignia of an Oberführer. The man noticed and headed back inside.

"I think that man is the leader of the forces occupying Vanhoover! I'm going after him!" Daniel yelled

"Good luck Daniel, we'll stay and deal with the enemy," Spike said

"Get that bastard!" Yelled Crimson

"We all believe in you Daniel," Flash said

"Thank you, all of you. Stay safe," Daniel said, as he rushed to the building and entered.

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Daniel soon moves around the halls of the building, always checking around the corners to see if there are any surprises along the way. He soon reaches the center of the building and looks around, only for the speakers to turn on.

"Supreme Reichsführer Daniel A. Medkos Sr, at last, we meet," said Belkin

Daniel looked around with a look of anger on his face

"Where are you!? Who are you!? Show yourself, you goddamn coward!" Daniel yelled

"No need to get hostile. I am Oberführer Belkin, governor and Imperial Commissar of Vanhoover," Belkin said over the speaker's

"So you are in control of the enemy forces occupying this wonderful city. I demand that you surrender," Daniel said

"The only way you can force me to surrender, is by defeating me. I'm on the roof. I'll be waiting," Belkin said

The speakers then went dead. Daniel, knowing that the only way to end the fighting in Vanhoover was by defeating Belkin, made his way to the roof.

He arrives, and finally encounters Belkin. He looked at Daniel and smirked at him.

"Daniel, your here," he said calmly

"That's right Belkin, I'm here. I know you won't go down without a fight, so I'll give you one you'll never forget," Daniel said, as he drew out his sword.

"Then let's battle," Belkin said, as he drew out his sword

The two men charged at each other and their swords clashed against each other. They kept trying to outdo the other, but neither one could hit the other.

"Give it up Belkin, you're surrounded. You have no reinforcements coming, and all exits are covered by my forces," Daniel said

"I beg to differ, look outside and you'll see," Belkin said

Daniel, looking confused, went outside to the balcony, grabbed a pair of binoculars and saw several vehicles driving away in the distance. Belkin smirked

"I sent several of my men to evacuate to Manehattan to tell the SNU President of what has happened here. Looks like you were wrong about the exits," Belkin said

"Damn it! It doesn't matter though, as long as the ponies live, we will live to fight another day," Daniel said, as he charged at Belkin

Belkin then clashed with Daniel's sword, then, using the sun's rays, he blinds Daniel and slashes Daniel's chest, causing Daniel to collaspe

Belkin stood over Daniel and pointed a taser at Daniel

"It's clear that you have been brainwashed by the unterleben. Once I take you to Darren Jr, we will erase the brainwashing, and you will help us crush the unterleben. Now hold still," Belkin said

But then, just as Daniel was about to be tasered, the roof suddenly exploded, and Belkin was knocked down. Daniel opened his eye and noticed the taser lying next to him. He grabbed it, got up on his feet, and pointed the taser at Belkin, who was just getting back up.

"Ahh, goddamn it. What the fuck happened? Where's my taser?!" Belkin shouted

"Over here you piece of scum," said Daniel

"What?" Belkin said

Belkin turned around and saw Daniel with the taser. Belkin's face then turned to one of horror as he was powerless against Daniel.

"Like I said Belkin, as long as the ponies live, we will live to fight another day," Daniel said

Daniel pulls the trigger and Belkin is hit and electrocuted to unconsciousness as he hits the floor. Daniel puts both his sword and the taser away, and takes a deep breath.

"Whew, that was a close one," Daniel said

Daniel then grabbed Belkin's unconscious body and dragged him to the balcony.

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The battle was intense. By this point, the ground was covered in blood, weapons and swords littering the ground, and bodies were piled around. The humans finally got their weapons and were about to fire multiple rounds onto the ponies and clones until a Sturmann looked up and yelled:

"Suchen!"

The men looked up, so did the ponies, and they were all shocked to see Daniel on the balcony, carrying the unconscious Belkin. Daniel tells the humans a message:

"To the men of the GAAP 73rd Infantry, your Oberführer has been defeated. Your only choice now is to surrender. Any attempt to resist, will result in consequences," Daniel said

Slowly but surely, the men began to drop their weapons and surrendered. The ponies and their allies cheered. At last, after suffering defeat after defeat, they had won their first major battle, and retaken Vanhoover.

Daniel looked out into the distance and gave a triumphant smile.

"The ITPF is not invincible after all," Daniel said

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In a secret location in the SNU

Darren Jr is with several officers as the preparations are completed. Several unicorns were there, in a big circle.

"Is this all of them?" Darren Jr asked

"Yes sir," an Stabsscharführer responded

"Excellent. Bring in the offering!"

The double doors open and two Sturmmann came in, dragging a beaten up unicorn. She had a red body with a blue mane and tail, with her cutie mark being a lighting blitzing through an object.

"Welcome Cherry Blitz. Leader of the resistance cell in Baltimare," Darren Jr said

Cherry Blitz looked at Darren Jr with pure hatred in her eyes. She said nothing. Darren Jr looked at the two Sturmmann.

"Bring her to the middle and restrain her," he ordered

"Yes sir, Acting President," they said

They dragged Blitz to the center and restrained her. Daniel looks around, then gives the order.

"Commence the ritual," Daniel said

Soon, the unicorns began to use their magic and chant in an unknown language. Soon, dark red mist surrounded Cherry Blitz and she screamed in pain. This went on for at least four minutes, until the mist completely engulfed Cherry, until she was silent.

After a few minutes have passed, the mist cleared, but Cherry was no longer there. Instead, a unicorn with a green body and yellow mane and tail appeared, dazed and confused.

"What happened? Where am I?" The unicorn asked

He then looked at Darren Jr and asked:

"Who are you? And more importantly, what are you?"

"I am your boss. You will now obey only me."

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