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Hired Gun

by Gyvon
A Private Military Contractor unknowingly agrees to a job offer that takes him to Equestria

My name is James Clark, and I am a Private Military Contractor. No, not Mercenary. Yes, there is a difference, but that's beside the point.

Ok, where was I? Ah yes, I was just entering my office in Downtown Houston one afternoon to hear a job offer. When I got there, I found a beautiful, robe-wearing woman waiting for me. Now, in this day and age, most people would find that strange. I didn't for two reasons.

1) In this line of work, you run into a few crazies. If I had a dollar for every nut-job I turned away, I could buy a small European country.

2) It was Halloween. Hell, I was on my way to a party dressed in a replica suit of Veteran Ranger Armor from Fallout: New Vegas, complete with gas mask and real riot gear I borrowed from a friend on the SWAT team. I was gonna win the costume contest for sure!

I'm getting off topic, aren't I? Anyways, this weirdo offered me a job without going into much detail. No location, no objective, not even a dollar amount The only thing I got out of her was the promise that I would be saving thousands, if not millions of lives.

Every instinct told me to turn the job down, and yet I still accepted it. Maybe the idea of playing hero again had its appeal.

God, I had no idea what I was getting myself into.

Teen
Incomplete
Adventure
Profanity
Violence
Alternate Universe
Human
My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic
Comedy
 
TCO

24563 words: Estimated about 2 hours to read

6 Chapters:

  1. Chapter 1: Weirdest. Job. Ever. 2012-09-11 11:37:25 UTC
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  2. Chapter 2: The Merc and the Ponies 2012-09-12 00:01:42 UTC
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  3. Chapter 3: The Clients 2012-09-19 14:15:10 UTC
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  4. Chapter 4: Murphy's Law 2012-09-25 22:25:59 UTC
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  5. Chapter 5: Finagle's Law 2012-10-29 22:27:02 UTC
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  6. Chapter 6: Stories 2013-04-06 00:10:55 UTC
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