You Are Never Out Of The Fight

“Do you think that the patient will be able to make it through?”

Celestia asked Doctor Cloud,

“I’m not entirely sure. The patient has a similar body type to that of ponies, so operating on him was easier in that regard.”

He then glanced at his clipboard and said,

“I’m surprised that he was able to walk, considering the injuries that he sustained. Miss Fluttershy said that he was a part of the ‘United States Navy’ so I’m going to assume that he’s military of some sort.”

Celestia then said,

“I’m glad that the operation was successful, but I do not know if this creature will pose a threat against my subjects, or not.”

Doctor Cloud glanced up at Celestia and said,

“Only time will tell your majesty.”

With that being said, Celestia let the Doctor go about his rounds and went to join the others that were waiting in the lobby of the hospital.

Upon her arrival she saw that all of the elements were present, as well as a certain baby dragon.

“Princess! Have you heard any news?”

said Twilight as she ran up to her mentor,

“I’m sorry Twilight, but I’m afraid that we have to be patient and wait for him to wake up.”

Looking down at the floor with a glum expression, Twilight walked back over to her friends in a defeated manner and sat down among them.

“Ah just hope that the feller ain’t dangerous and that he recovers is all.”

said Applejack, which got a nod from the collective group that was present.

“Hmmm….I wonder.”

Celestia thought in her mind.

*Jacob! You and Isaac cover left, me and Andy will cover our right.*

Said Woodson over the radio,

*Copy that LT, Jacob and I will cover the left.*

I said in response to Woodson’s orders.

*Do not let them flank, I repeat do not let them flank our position!*

Woodson said over the radio.

*Copy that Boss.*

I said again in my mic as I turned to Jacob to help him with the resistance.

“How ya doin’ buddy?”

I asked Jacob, he glanced at me for a brief moment before saying,

“Couldn’t be better, glad I could punch in my time card on this mission.”

He said with a chuckle as he returned fire towards the enemy.

“Roger that brother.”

I said as I slammed a new magazine into my rifle. I then went prone next to him and began to pick my targets, in order to make the most out of my ammunition. As I was aiming down my rifle, I watched as a Taliban soldier tried to charge us; but failed as I put two holes through his head.

His corpse proceeded to roll down the mountain in a sickly rag doll-like motion as I went to my next target. As me and Jacob were clearing out the enemy on our left flank, everything went silent.

I looked over to Jacob, who nodded at me; I then clicked my radio on and said.

*Woodson left is good, I say again left is good.*

Almost immediately after relaying the message a hail of bullets rained down on Jacob and I, forcing us to completely conceal ourselves.

*Left is not good, I repeat left is not good!*

I said into the radio,

“Fuck me!”

Jacob yelled as he was hit in the left shoulder.

“Stay down Jacob, stay the fuck down!”

I yelled at him as he retreated back behind our rock.

*Woodson, Jacob and I are pinned down. We need to get the fuck out of here ASAP*

I said into my radio,

*Isaac right is good, I say again right is good. Consolidate on me and Andy.*

I heard Woodson say over the radio. As Jacob and I were about to move from our current position, Woodson came over the radio again grunting in pain

*I’ve been hit! Right is no good, push back!*

With this being said I looked over to Jacob as he was returning fire towards the enemy, taking them down one by one in quick succession.

“Listen to me Jacob, we fall back down the mountain.”

I spoke with seriousness,

“You go ten yards, stop and cover me and I’ll do the same for you.”

I paused and looked at Jacob to see if there was any confusion in his expression...He showed none.

“Roger that Chief.”

He said to me as he began to move down the mountain, leaving me to return fire at the enemy. As I was picking them off one by one, I glanced back and saw that Jacob had positioned himself behind a tree and gestured for me to move towards him.

As I turned to do so, I felt an intense pain in my leg.

“Ah, fuck!”

I yelled as I hobbled towards Jacob.

As Princess Luna was watching over her subjects in the dream realm, she noticed a door that looked quite peculiar to her. As she approached said door, she saw that it was entirely black upon closer inspection...Almost like it was absorbing the light around it.

She then realized that whoever this door belonged to, they were going through a nightmare. Being the guardian of dreams she took a deep breath and entered the door, what she found on the other side of that door was absolutely terrifying.

She saw two creatures that were similar to ponies, dressed in the same camouflage type of garb, holding metal objects that were causing a deafening sound to come from them.

“Roger that Chief.”

One of them said as they proceeded to move down the slope that they were on, while the other stayed. Luna watched on in amazement and horror as she saw the one known as ‘Chief’ aim his metal object at other creatures that were similar to him and….Kill them.

The man in question glanced behind him and proceeded to move down the slope as well, only to get hit in the leg by some unknown force,

“Ah, fuck!”

the man screamed as he hobbled down the hill towards his comrade. From what Luna could tell, these creatures were in some type of war, but not a traditional war...This was outright horrific, to not know if you could be struck by an invisible force or not.

Before the dream could go any further, Luna shouted out,

“Begone nightmare!”

and with that the entire area was engulfed in a blinding light. As the light slowly faded, Luna saw ‘Chief’ but he looked like he had been put through the ringer this time. She saw that his once durable uniform was now torn in some areas and that he had cuts across his face. His right leg had bits of metal sticking out from his shin and his overall uniform was dirty and bloody.

Luna slightly teared up at the sight of this man and couldn’t help but weep for him as she knew that there was nothing that she could do for him. As she was about to go down and attempt to talk to this creature, she was suddenly forced out of the dream and back into her chambers in Canterlot Castle. Not knowing what to do at that moment, Princess Luna cried at what she had just seen.

As I opened my eyes, I felt immediate pain and discomfort shoot throughout my body.

“WaTeR.”

was the only word I managed to get out and before long a set of footsteps came approaching me.

“Oh, my...You’re awake!”

Said a feminine voice,

“Hmm...Guess I made it home after all.”

I thought to myself.

“Doctor Cloud! He’s awake!”

The woman said, after a short moment another set of footsteps approached me and this time I heard a masculine voice speak to me.

“How’re you doing there?”

I cleared my throat at this and said,

“Could be better doc. Am I stateside now, or am I on base currently.”

After a long pause with no response I said,

“Why can’t I see anything, take this damn blindfold off of me already.”

With that being said, I felt a pair of hands on the back of my head as the dressing was removed from my face. When it was completely removed I stared at the face that I was looking at in shock,

“What in the fuck is this?”

I said in a terrified voice.

“Now don’t do anything rash.”

Said the ‘doctor’ that was in front of my face.

“Doc, whatever drugs you have me on...Take me off of them now and release me from the hospital.”

I said trying to blame drugs on this ‘hallucination’ my mind had come up with. Then another voice came from the doorway of my hospital room, it was another feminine one.

“I can assure you that this isn’t the result of any drugs.”