Author's Note

its 3 in the morning and another chapter coming later in the week.

Holding The Line

DL, Griffon city, Safehouse
Spike, woodfire
1406 hours, October 11, 2010

Spike got off the radio smirking to himself all the while. He looked over to woodfire who was giving him a questioning look. “What is it Woodfire?” Spike asked

“Sir may I ask, why are you teasing Private Scootaloo to flirt with colonel gears.” woodfire question, his voice getting quieter all the while

“My wife and I have been trying to set them up for the past year, now that they have I’m taking advantage and trust me they won't let their flirty get in the way of the mission.” Spike told him, “now we're looking for an HVI they have been moved to tramplvaina so we're heading their tomorrow”

“Sir don’t we need to clear this” woodfire asked uncertainty in his voice

“It's already been clear that why were getting prep to move on this, first thing in the morning.” Spike ordered,

Woodfire saluted and trotted over to the weapon crates. He was looking around in the crates. He picked up an M4 and was going to pick out a secondary, but when he saw an underbarrel attachment that had a gas tube and a thinner one coming out of it with fire at the end. Woodfire had stars in his eyes. He squealed like a little filly as he attached it to the M4. Spike snapped around and saw woodfire kissing the attachment. Spike just chuckled as he got back on the radio

Tramplvana, bravo base
Spike, woodfire
0900hours, October 12, 2010

The helicopter flew over the snow-covered trees, heading to Bravo base. Woodfire had an M4 with the only attachment being the mini flamethrower. Spike had a mac-10 with an extended mag and a laser sight. The helipad came into view as the chopper landed. Spike and Woodfire got off as a squad of marines greeted them

“Sir, we’re Alpha 1 we're assisting you in your search for your asset.” a yellow and white stallion said.

“Well, kid Give us the rundown on what's going on in the past couple of month” Spike ordered.

Well, four months ago we found COR soldiers bunkering down with the zebras. After that we started seeing ponies in the zebras ranks with no strips inked on them, I might add. Two months ago we then saw them riding around in heavy armor and now they've been on the offence and have been attacking are bases ever since.” the stallion informed them.

Thank now alpha I need you to look for a gulag I know that a at least three in this area try to narrow it down for us,” spike told him

Yes, sir,” the stallion said as he signed for his team to follow him. Spike and woodfire walked to a tent. Spike saw Two dragons wearing the equestrian military uniform. Once they noticed him they turned to him and saluted. “At ease and fan out. I need this tent” spike ordered

Yes, sir” both dragons said in ursine, as they walked out woodfire entered the tent. Spike spared him a glance as he tuned the radio to his comm link. Woodfire looked around the tent and he saw a couple of maps and communications equipment around the room. He looked over at a crate that had the words “experimental” on the box. Out of curiosity, he opened it and saw a staff with an orange crystal on it. He reached out for it but stopped and looked over to spike. He sighed and turned to him.

“Permission to speak freely sir.” Woodfire asked. Spike stopped turning the dial on the radio and looked at him.

“Permission granted” spike allowed

“Sir, what is this staff and what is it doing here.” woodfire question

“I don’t know but gears said he did make Uber weapons, two decades back one being a fire staff so that might be it.” spike hypothesized, going back to his task.

Woodfire eyes lit up as he reached for the staff, but before he could a mortar exported outside, followed by an alarm. Spike immediately picked up his mac-10 and ran out of the tent. Woodfire, after getting the ringing out of his ears, did the same. Spike looked around at the carnage. Mortar fire was peppering the base with holes, and every equestrian soldier quickly rushed to defend the base. Woodfire got out of the tent and looked around. He looked up and saw a mortar coming down on spike but before it could woodfire tackled him. “Spike, get out of the way,” he said while doing it.

The explosion sent them flying a couple feet away, knocking the breath out of them. Spike was the first to recover and picked himself off the ground. Spike picked up his SMG and ran at woodfire. “Thanks for saving my ass. Now get off yours,” Spike quipped as he helped woodfire off the ground. Woodfire picked up his AK-47. Spike led woodfire to the trenches. Once spike got into the trenches and shot three zebras that jumped in. Woodfire shook his head and turned on his flamethrower attachment. A zebra jumped in front of woodfire. The zebra had a predatory look on his face but it immediately dropped when he saw woodfire’s smile then all the zebra could feel is pain, the zebra screamed in agony and threw his hoofs around trying to put out the fire. Woodfire just giggled as he saw the blacking of the zebra's body. Spike looked around and saw a woodfire staring at a burning corpse. Spike was unsettled to say the lest. The gunfire was flying all around them. Spike ran at woodfire and pulled him down.

“WHAT THE FUCK WRONG WITH YOU.” Spike yelled at him.

“Without dropping his smile he respond “sorry sir, I just love seeing things burn,” woodfire stated in a tone that sounded as if he was a little colt be caught with his hoof in the cookie jar.

Spike rolled his eyes and pulled him to the armory wing of the trenches. Woodfire burned anything getting in their way. Once they arrived, Spike handed woodfire a few incendiary charges and said “ woodfire you love burning things well this thing can release a firewall that can burn anything that gets thrown at it.” Spike saw his eyes light up and grab the charges.

“Woodfire wait of my signal” spike told him as woodfire ran to set them up

Got it” woodfire said as he ran to more shallow trenches.

Jeez, the rumors are true about him. Why is everyone I meet never normal?” Spike sighed and followed woodfire.

Woodfire set one charge on a couple of sandbags. Two stallions were shooting a mounted M60 at the zeals of zebras rushing at the base. Spike ran up out of the trenches and up a hill then picked up a FIM-43 that was leaning on the back wall that covered the inner courtyard. He scanned the horizon using the scope attached to it after seeing a tank he turned on the rocket lock on and aimed at it after a few seconds and a beep from the scope spike fired and blew up the tank.

“Blow it, Fire” spike order. The stallion we foal like excitement on his face walked away and set it off. A massive wall of whitish-blue fire constructed itself in front of woodfire. He turned to see two zebras charging at him. He looked at his flamethrower attachment and changed the empty gas container and replaced it with a full one. One zebra swung at him with a dagger, woodfire dogged the swing and buck the zebra in the head, sending him flying at the wall of the trench. The second tried to tackle woodfire and countered him, redirecting his momentum with his shoulders and throwing him over his back and on to the other zebra.

Woodfire turned to them and lit them on fire, “that was for the lashing”. Woodfire ran to the trenches on the north side of the armory. He burned through five different squads of zebras who had broken through the line. He set up the charge in the dead center of the trenches. Woodfire reached for a Molotov and tossed it at four zebras. Spike aimed at another tank and blew it away. A mare walked up to Spike.

Prince Spike, they coming in with heavy armor is coming from the north where the barracks are,” the mare informed him

Fuck, blow it woodfire” spike order. After woodfire detonated, The fire wall connected with the Western fire wall. Woodfire was going to the eastern trenches but was stopped by Spike, “woodfire were heading to the barracks, leave the charges.” After woodfire sighed, he gave the explosive to the mare and followed Spike. Spike opened a hatch that lead down to a tunnel. Woodfire looked around and saw metal walls and a weapon wall. Woodfire dropped his M4 and picked up an OTs-14 with a red dot and reflex sight attached on it. Spike followed suit picking up an MP5 with a EVO sight with a 45 round extended mags.

Sir, how deep does this go”

Not too deep, there's one more layer under us. Come on here over here, Spike climbed up a ladder and opened the hatch. Woodfire saw a china lake with incendiary ammunition, he picked up the grenade launcher and climbed up. Woodfire looked around at the snow covered ground and heard an annoying honk. He looked at what caused the nose and saw Spike sitting in a jeep with a M40 Recoilless anti-tank rifle mounted on the back

“Get in” spike ordered, woodfire eared the back as they drove to the trenches, spike pulled his mp5 and fired it at the zebras storming the entrances while woodfire used the incendiary grenades at the opening that were thinning troops. Spike unloaded another clip into the no mares land. Spike saw a tank head towards the base.

“woodfire, tank coming from the left.” spike pointed out.

Nice call out sir” woodfire stated as he got on the M40 recoilless rifle. He picked up a 50. cal explosive rounds and loaded into the gun. After putting all four rounds into the rifle, he aimed at the tank, but before he could fire, a bullet grazed his foreleg. Woodfire got down into the jeep.

“Sir, permission to thin the herd,” woodfire asked jokingly

“Granted” spike chucked out

Spike drove around the battle area while Woodfire fired his grenade launcher, burning any zebra who got through the trenches. Spike ran over a couple of zebras. Woodfire got on the jeep's rifle and aimed at the tank once again. All four rounds fired out at once. The rounds pierced the tank. Two rounds entered the barrel, blowing up the top of the tank. The other two rounds entered the cockpit and killed the two drivers. Woodfire got out of the jeep as three orange smoke trails came from the no mares land.

“Napalm, strike inbound, get your head down,” a mare said over the comm link

“ wait that sounds like” woodfire couldn’t finish as three jets zoomed by dropping fire on the battlefield. He had a massive smile as he looked at the flames. Spike walked up to woodfire and taped him on the shoulder.

“Woodfire I’m going to head back to the tent and radio gears and scootaloo. Anything weird happens report it to me.” spike informed him

“Yes sir”