Let Loose the Dogs of War

Trebass and Deviree talked over their meal for an hour, Trebass shared stories of his time in Ponyville.

"Ponyville? I've never heard of it before. Where is it?" Deviree asked.

"It's... Very far away from here, it's near Canterlot and Cloudsdale." Trebass replied.

Tales were told laughs were exchanged as the wine bottle emptied more and more. Trebass felt glad that he left his own world and came to this post-apocalyptic world to meet Deviree. But his joy was soon interrupted by a large explosion coming from the staircase where Braeburn and the others had entered.

Ponies screamed as the explosion filled the room with smoke. Dark figures emerged from the smoke with guns in their paws, the Diamond Dogs had found their civilian shelter. Their guns began to fire bullets in all directions as the Dogs spread throughout the room.

Through the chaos and bullets flying everywhere, Trebass grabbed Deviree by the arm and took her through another door "Quick! We have to get out of here!" Trebass whispered.

"No, we should go this way. I've explored this place when Braeburn was on missions." Deviree explained, as she pulled Trebass behind a kitchen counter. She opened a hatch on the floor and descended into darkness. Trebass was unsure about her decision, but soon followed her after some bullets had hit the frying pans hanging above him. Or rather, the loud clanging caused him to lose balance and fall into the hatch.

Deviree light up a torch she took off the wall and saw Trebass on the floor. She helped him up, then giggled. The two proceeded down the black corridor. The dripping of water from the ceiling annoyed Trebass. He pulled out his revolver and checked the cylinder, there were five (5) bullets left in it. He would have to preserve them, and only use them in case of emergency.

Trebass' eyes wandered towards Deviree, he realized just how beautiful she was through the fire of the torch she was carrying. The only sounds, besides their hoofsteps and the dripping waters, were the screams of ponies behind them being shot to death. Many civilians had fallen at the hands of the Diamond Dogs.

"How did they find out where our shelter was?" Deviree asked herself out loud.

Trebass thought back to the plane crash, there were three Diamond Dogs that threatened that mare's life. Braeburn had shot one Diamond Dog, and Trebass had shot the leader. Perhaps the third Dog had escaped and followed them somehow, but they couldn't be absolutely sure of the fact.

"Um... Who knows?" Trebass decided to hide the incident with the mare and the plane crash.

The finally came to a dead end, Deviree looked up to find a hatch on the ceiling. Trebass opened it, and peeked outside. The sun blinded him, he needed time to adjust his eyes since he had spent so much time in the dark. Desert sands blew up in his face as he climbed out. He turned around to help Deviree up, but a gun was immediately put to his head.

"Hooves up partner." A familiar voice spoke from behind him.

Trebass quickly reached for his revolver and pointed it at his assaulter, "Your arm is shaking, and your sight isn't calibrated. Nice try, but I've had more experience with guns than you. Even if you ARE a corporal." Trebass didn't need to face his enemy to realize that it was Braeburn that pointed the gun at him.

The gun was lowered and Braeburn spoke up, "What's happened to Deviree?"

"She's right under our noses. Oh, and the safety on your gun is still on." Trebass replied with a smug look on his face.

Braeburn stepped off the hatch, and put his rifle on his back. Trebass lifted the hatch up, and helped Deviree up.

"Braeburn! How did you escape?" Deviree hugged her mate.

"There was a secret exit in the briefing room. But we all went outside when we heard the explosion, but the most of us didn't make it past the door... Me and the Captain managed to get into the secret exit. But the Captain fell in battle, he detonated the exit to keep the Dogs from leaving..." Braeburn explained.

"It doesn't look like the captain did a very good job, look!" Trebass pointed behind him, a large tank slowly approached them.

"Well then, We're in for a fight." Deviree pulled two pistols from her coat.

"We'll avenge the fallen." Braeburn loaded a new magazine into his machine gun.

"Let's send them to hell." Trebass loaded a sixth (6th) bullet into his revolver.