Army Days

Knuckles was back on the farm on administrative leave for the holidays, he had just came home from a grocery trip and saw his parents smirking. "Son...you lucky boy, why didn't you tell us that you found a girl and were close enough friends to be invited to a holiday party!"

"You ready mail? I did tell you about Kilo, I didn't even know she'd invite me anywhere, let alone the whole family."

At the Party

Knuckles and his family were met and greeted by Kilo and Zulu's parents, Kilo gave him a hug before Zulu could. Zulu caught a glimpse of an ear piece in Zulu's left ear, and the glint of steel through the thigh high slit of her red dress.

"Running security?"

"Shut the fuck up!" Zulu hissed, "If my dad finds out he won't be happy. With so many dignitaries here, we are running a tight ship." Kilo and was making her rounds of greeting guests, their whole squad was there, even the princesses were there.

1 on 1

Knuckles after the party had been in full swing, found Zulu alone on a terrace looking into the night sky. Nervously he approached, "Hey captain, whatcha doing by yourself?"

"Nights like tonight reminds me of a distant memory. You and Kilo trigger the memory, when I was her age I knew a dude and he was great and all but I found out he was cheating on me and I broke up with him. I guess seeing the two remind me of what could have been. Take care of her and be loyal....I don't want to see her get her."

"Of course I will captain.....there is a guy in the financial department of the Equestria Army Reserves of your interested, his name is Zephyr Breeze."

"Yeah I know him, he's asked me out a time or two but told I wasn't ready just yet."

"He gets you, he and Rainbow Dash of our air defense has rejected him for some reason, any ways I assume your dad hadn't found out yet?"

"OMG! Not yet, he hasn't and I plan to keep it that way."

The pair talked for a few moments when Zulu drew her gun and stormed into the main room where the party was transpiring. In walked a fellow who looked at Zulu as if he knew her. Knuckles backed away but was ready to jump in.

Conflicts

"Zulu old friend! Is this how you greet me after all these years?"

"It is when I am dealing with a traitor! Give me a damned reason I shouldn't put the full 20 rounds into your cheating corpse Oscar? Where is that whore you cheated with?"

"Jasmine didn't mean anything to me and I dumped after I realized my mistake."

"Don't lie to me! I kept tabs on the both of you!" Zulu then gestured with her gun toward Knuckles, "this young man has been better to Kilo than you were to me! I'll give you 10 seconds to get out before security tries to get this gun from me and I put 20 rounds of hollow point into your fucking spine!"

Oscar turned and ran, he just cleared the door when Zulu shot his buttock. "Keep going! Next time your show your face in this house.....there will be a bullet in it!" Knuckles followed Oscar to his car and confronted him.

"It takes balls to come back here, I heard the whole story just moments ago. If I were you...." Knuckles kicked Oscar in dick and then a left hook to the jaw, "...never come back again!" When Knuckles went inside he found the party commenced but Zulu was gone. Kilo told Knuckles to look in their old shed in the back yard.

Knuckles found Zulu where he was told she'd be, "I suppose I'd be a fool to actually carry through with my threat if he does come back here, but I damn sure might!"