Trottman and the girls followed the sergeant to a tent filled with radios and maps. There's a guard at one of the radios talking into it.

"Royal guard calling, Marble Force. Royal guard calling, Marble Force. *sigh* If your listening, Marble here's your situation. You're surrounded. Every possible exit has been block. Every road, trail, waterway is guarded. We understand your service to Equestria, and you will receive fair treatment. Just please respond we can work this out."

"Anything?" The sergeant asks the guard. He turns to Trottman and the girls, and explains " He took a communication band off one of my guards."

"Well then he has to be listening." Rainbow Dash exclaimed.

"Ah'll say. If Ah was him, Ah'd try ta listen in. See what everypony else is sayin'." Applejack comments.

"Of course he's listening, but he's not going to break radio silence." Trottman interjects.

"Maybe not for us colonel, but for you." Sarge says. "He's your pony."

"...."

Sarge mockingly says" Maybe you could talk him into sparing all our lives by giving himself up."

"Well I could try." Trottman says calmly.

"Well get him to talk, and we can get a fix on his position. Being that you don't mind setting him up for us."

"Setting him up for you?" Trottman asks." That's like bring the gems to the dragon." Trottman begins working on the radio. Sarge goes into the tent, to see where the signal comes up on the map; leaving the girls outside.

"I hope he's ok." Fluttershy mumbles

"Don't worry Flutters, he'll be fine out there." Rainbow says. "Besides, you heard what Colonel Trottman said about him. About how he can live off the land."

"Yes, darling." Rarity jumps in." But he also said how Marble's job was to k-kill." Mumbling the last word.

"And when we find him, we can have a super-duper-glad-your-not-dead-or-arrested party!" Pinkie jumps in.

"CONTACT! RIGHT SIDE! RIGHT SIDE!" The sound of gunfire and explosions scream through my ears as I turn to the right bringing up my rifle, leveling at the first griffin I see.

*Bang*

The bullet tears through his chest. I repeat as I take aim at the next griffin. I feel a hoof drag my back down into our ditch, we were taking cover in. Looking over I saw it was Bright Mac. "Ah gotcha buddy!" He tries to yell over top the noise. He raises his rifle firing several shots into the advancing griffin army

*Bang* *Bang* *Bang* *Bang* *Click*

"Buck! Ah'm jammed!" Mac yells. Turning towards Lt Riverwood, he yells."Lt, we gotta get outta here!"

"Hang on Apple!" Riverwood yells back before turning his attention back to the radio pony. "Raven leader calling Company leader. Requesting immediate air support, danger close!" Lt. Riverwood turned to us calling out." Fall back! Fall bAGGGCCKKH!" He's cut off as a bullet tears through his face, blowing off half his jaw; before resting its self in the radio pony's shoulder.

Mac, practically dragging me away as I was just frozen in shock, tells me." Come on! Ya'll heard him! Fall back!" I nod an ok, and lifted the wounded pony onto my back, heading to the rendezvous point. Overhead, the sound of whistling tears through the sky as friendly mortars careen towards the griffin position. A voice comes from behind me, only it's loud. Very loud.

"Company leader calling Raven!" I'm jolted awake, gasping for air. Looking around, I see I'm still in my makeshift bunker. Really it's an abandoned mine. I see the communication band I took and realized that's where the voice came from.

"Company leader calling Raven.......Company leader calling Raven. Come on Raven....Company leader calling Raven. Talk to me Marble......Company leader to identify Raven team: Marble, Onyx, Shadow, Apple, Star, Ortega, Thunder, River, Colbalt, White, Timber. Confirm. This is Colonel Trottman. Talk to me Marble."

Twilight glances over to Applejack before mouthing 'Apple?' before turning her attention back to the radio waiting for a response.

"....."

"...."

"...."

"They're all gone, sir." A somber voice comes through. The guards in the tent frantically search the map trying to find him. Twilight and her friends had to stop themselves from jumping for joy that he responded.

"Marble, are you alright?" Trottman asks.

"Raven team, they're all dead, sir." Marble says slowly

"Not Timberhoof, he made it out." Trottman counters

"Timber's gone too, sir."

"How?"

"Got himself killed over there, didn't even realize it. Virus ate him to the bone."

"I'm sorry. I didn't know."

"I'm the last one, sir."

"It's good to hear your voice again, Marble." He says trying to lighten the mood." It's been a long time. Look Marble, you've done some damage, but they don't want anymore trouble. That's why I've come. I'm gonna come in there and fly you the hay out. Just you and me."

"Where'd you come from, sir?"

"Hoofington."

"I tried to get in touch with you there, but everypony there never knew where to find you."

"Well I haven't been spending a lot of time there, they've got me up in Canterlot. I'm shining a seat with my ass." Trottman jokes.

"I wish I was back in Hoofington now, sir."

"We'll talk about that when you come back in."

"I can't do that, sir."

"Well look, Marble, we can't have you running around out there, wasting friendly civilians." Trottman says, getting slightly annoyed by Marble's persistence.

"There are no, friendly civilians."

"Well, I'm your friend, Marble. I was there with you, knee deep in mud and blood. I've covered your ass more times than once. Seems like bailing you out of trouble is getting to be a lifetime job for me."

"There wouldn't be any trouble if it wasn't for those two dipshit pegasi! All I wanted was a bit to eat, but those two kept pushing, sir." Marble says getting more upset.

"Well you did some pushin of your own!"

"They drew first blood, not me."

"Marble, let me come in there and fly you the hay out."

"They drew first blood." Marble mumbles

"Marble are you still reading me? Company leader calling Raven! Marble acknowledge!"

"He's all done Colonel," Sarge says coming out of the tent" but don't worry, we got a good fix on his position. Come first light, I'm going to put everypony I've got in that forest. Then we'll get him my way. You'll see. He can't handle 200 guards."

Author's Note

Some of the names of ponies Trottman named off aren't in Marble's picture because they were killed earlier in the war. I don't remember if I said this, but Marbles picture was taken about seven or so months before the end of the war

Also the weapons he used during the war are similar to as followed.

Tank- M8 HMC
Rifle- M16A1
Sidearm- colt 1911
Helicopters- Bell UH-1 Iroquois, CH-47 Chinook
Frag grenades
Other