Chapters Cold War: The Global Threat
1918, that was the year of the end of the Great War, the world was recovering economically and socially after everything that happened during the 4 long years of pure pain and despair, thus, having some years of peace, years that everyone thought that was going to last forever, many had in mind that the Great War was the War to end all Wars, but they were all wrong.
In 1936, Germaneighia, elected a new President, Aryanne Hoofler, at first glance, the other countries looked at her as an ordinary President, so, just by shaking her hand, Germaneighian industries began to evolve at an alarming level, especially in the war industry. In 1938, Aryanne broke the Arms Decrease Pact, which left other governments worried.
That's when 1939 came, another War broke out, Germaneighia was spreading across the Ghale Continent, Oakland helped Gargouile and Ezpassionia, who also called Equestria, in 1941, Stalliongrad entered the War, after receiving a Germaneighian attack, every week that passed. As it passed, Germaneighia dominated more territories, and more countries entered the war, all countries involved were forced to industrialize and develop new military tactics.
Arriving in 1945, Aryanne Hoofler was surrendered at her base by a group of military and paramilitary Germaneighia, thus forcing her to give the order for everyone to surrender, after a few days, she was executed, the group that surrendered and killed her, never revealed his identity, but they are out there in the world, Equestria and Stalliongrad were in charge of all Germaneighia, and did not want to make deals, with that, Ezpassionia intervened and separated half of the territory for each, separating it in the Eastern Germaneighia, for Stalliongrad and Western Germaneighia to Equestria.
The world went through difficulties again, due to the War, but they managed to recover in less than 1 year, there were still Germaneighia Nazis who refused to surrender or hid, who were out there, being militiamen who believed that the Empire should be rebuilt, other paramilitary groups that fought against the Germaneighia, remained in Ghale to fight them and investigate their old plans clandestinely.
In 1947, Equestria and Stalliongrad began to threaten each other due to each other's 'territorial invasion' in Germaneighia, these 'invasions' never had a reason to happen that would have been in the public interest, so both began to industrialize en masse, as if he were in a military conflict that was not happening.
The friction between the two countries was getting more and more arduous, but there were never really heavy attacks from either side, but both were in a state of silent alert. However, one planned to attack the other, but they didn't attack because they didn't want something so dangerous for themselves.
Not only tanks and weapons were developed during this time, but also new communication equipment, such as long-distance radio and terminal computers, intended for military use.
In the spy part, they also had new technologies, cameras, listening clips and pens that shoot darts, after the Ministry of Defense made the request to the Ministry of Technology, more factories of the Star Powder company were built, in order to start mass production of the equipment.
In total only 2 teams were sent to spy on Stalliongrad, one in Irktrosky and the other in Trottingham, at the behest of the General Commander. In Equestria, some people were disappearing but coming back, or just dying, from accidents or suicide.
In addition to the Ministry of Defense and Technology, there were 4 more Ministries, which influence freedom of expression, culture and the Equestrian economy, namely the Ministry of Science, Ministry of Health, Ministry of Morals and Ministry of Information, each with its own board and functions.
The Ministry of Defense manages the army and much of the Equestrian Intelligence, in addition to conducting black ops, clandestine operations, file burning and international espionage, some things even under the President's nose, things that do not go to the public.
The Ministry of Technology invests in the technological development of Equestria, both military technology and civilian technology, also responsible for the urbanization of Appleloosa, Dodge City and other rural towns.
Ministry of Health, manages the pharmaceutical industry, medicinal development and production of medicines and stimulant drugs, such as Buck and Med-X, with the help of the Ministry of Science, which invests in scientific advances and even in chemical weapons
The Ministry of Information controls the Equestrian media, newspapers, TV, radio and even advertisements, it manages a small part of the Intelligence and looks for scapegoats, the Ministry of Morals is already part of the management of the federal and civil police, which investigates all crimes in Equestria and smuggles information, trying their best to sell false information to the enemy, besides dominating the Judiciary.
The Ministry of Morals also manages a part of the Intelligence and tries to raise the spirits of the population, conducts parties throughout Equestria and opens entertainment venues, such as nightclubs, bars, among others, which serve as a distraction for counterintelligence.
“Did you get the documents?” said a man at a bar counter.
“If I hadn't made it, I wouldn't be here.” replied the man with a suitcase.
“Let’s go with the exchange!” exclaimed the man at the counter, after taking a sip of his drink.
It turns out that our Intelligence is competent, and always brings reinforcement to the missions. The man with the suitcase got up and went to the door of the bar that leads to the alley, the exchange was going to take place there.
“So where's the money?” asked the man with the suitcase, taking off his hat and tucking it under his arm.
"Here it is!" replied the man who was drinking, showing a folder.
“Let's go with it.” exclaimed the lord of documents.
“Good night at 2.” said a girl who appeared entering the alley.
"Who are you?" asked the man with the folder.
"Nobody." after she answered him, 1 sniper shot down the folder man, then the suitcase man
Hope is the last to die, patience is the first.
Author's Note
The quote that appears here in the prologue is from Dr. Enéas Carneiro.
Cold War: The Global Threat
Chapter 1 - Tanks and Amphibians
I was born in 1916, red eyes, green hair, yellow skin and 2 meters tall, in 39 I went to war, I was part of secret operations and espionage, I even stood out a lot, I got medals of honor and rose in rank, there I also met Lock Type, Velvet Bean and Flash Scout, who were in the same platoon as me, in 1946 Celestia's government began, who was director of the school I studied, her vice, was Luna, who studied with me when Celestia was a teacher, with That's why the 6 ministries were created, which were commanded by the ex-students of Canterlot High, it was necessary to create the ministries because of the Stalliongrad threats, and we, who were not fools, threatened them back, still in 47 I became General Commander of Army and Intelligence Officer at EIA, the Equestrian Intelligence Agency, we are responsible for spying in and out of Equestria, now it's 1950.
August 12, 1950 | 00:08.
I was trying to sleep, but my mind was full, the war, the threats from Stalliongrad, until I got a call, and I answered:
Come here, it's urgent! - Pinkie Pie said, on the other end of the line looking desperate.
Pinkie Pie, pink skin and hair, blue eyes and 1.62 tall, the Minister of Morals, responsible for keeping the patriotic spirit and hope up in the people, she throws parties all over Equestria to be able to find spies more easily, she also manages the federal and civil police, and part of the Intelligence:
"But…it's dawn." I told her while rubbing my eyes.
"I know, but it's urgent!" she replied.
"I'm on my way ma'am!" I said getting out of bed and changing my clothes.
From her tone of voice, it really sounded like something serious, she usually said things with excitement, but this time it was different, so I hung up the phone and went straight to my Bel Air and drove to the Pentagon, when I got there, I went to the elevator and found Pinkie Pie and Rainbow Dash, rainbow hair, pink eyes, blue skin and 1.71 tall, the Minister of Defense, who ran the military, most of the Intelligence, the military police and directly commanded black, unofficial and clandestine operations:
"It's finally here." Pinkie said, looking relieved.
"This is serious!" Rainbow Dash said, near the elevators.
"Let's go to the meeting room." Pinkie ordered.
We entered the elevator and went to the fifth basement floor, then entered the meeting room, there was Colonel Velvet Bean, dark green eyes, dark blue skin, dark purple hair and 1.69 tall, Intelligence Officer, participant in large WWII missions and mother of one daughter, Colonel Lock Type, green eyes and skin, gray hair, 1.80 tall, also an Intelligence Officer, was a WWII paratrooper and Velvet's husband, but what struck me it was Minister AppleJack being there, orange skin, light hair, green eyes, 1.68 tall, Minister of Technology, responsible for managing the Equestrian industries, manufacturing weapons, armored vehicles, spy equipment, cars and terminals, also being the founder of company Black Plate Inc, in which we produced our armored vehicles, when we entered the room Velvet and Lock saluted, I saluted back:
"Minister AppleJack?" I said surprised and at the same time feeling honored.
"Myself." said Applejack.
"It's an honor to meet you in person." I told her.
"Ah say the same, General!" she said, greeting me with her hat.
"So what brings us here exactly?" I asked curious.
"Ideas to weigh in on the Stalliongrad side." Pinkie explained.
"Hmm, which ones?" I said, sitting down in one of the chairs.
"A mess in one of their cities." said AppleJack, answering my question.
"Now I'm interested!" I spoke.
"According to the Rookie 0-1 team, Stalliongrad was traveling, and they found a small town that had slight traces of possible resistance." Velvet Informed.
"We can use that to our advantage." Lock came up with the idea.
"But we can't just send a team over there to make a fuss!" I pointed out a detail.
"That's where you come in!" Dash said.
"How so?" I asked curious.
"You have an interesting background that goes all the way back to '39 and up to the present day." Pinkie encouraged.
I thought about it for about 10 minutes, then I had an idea:
"Is The Flash still active?" I had an idea.
"Wait, Flash the guy from Ezpassionia?" Dash asked.
"Yes." I said.
"He's working as a carpenter in Porto Grande." Pinkie answered.
"Well, just talk to him now." I said.
"I don't know…he has a family…" Dash pointed.
"Are you married yet?" I said, a little surprised.
"Yes." Dash answered.
"Cool…" I said.
"Going back to the meeting, the city is Irktrotsky." Pinkie informed.
"We need someone with experience to go there." Velvet said.
"How do we get the person there?" I asked, wondering if anyone had a plan.
"According to IEES, the most vulnerable part of their border is here!" AppleJack said while pointing to a point on the northwest coast of Stalliongrad.
"Great!" I said.
"But that doesn't mean it's going to be easy to get in." she said, sitting back in her chair.
"I imagined…" I replied not so surprised.
"With that the resistances can multiply, and we can send some agents to give a little push!" Velvet said, making a push sign with her hands.
"So let's divert their attention from the borders and Trottinghan to get information!" I concluded.
"This is going to be interesting." Dash gave a slight smile.
"It's up to you ladies!" I said looking at Pinkie and Rainbow.
"Permission granted!" Pinkie said.
"Great!" I said.
"Now everyone can go back to their homes!" Dash informed.
"Yes ma'am!" I replied.
Lock and I got on the elevator after the ladies like we always did, then I got home and tried to go back to sleep.
August 12, 1950 | 7:00 am | cold and wet.
I went back to the Pentagon and went straight to my office, I read the Ponrea reports, and I saw the title of each pile, but something caught my attention:
"Sabotage... troop rescue... espionage... state-of-the-art weaponry?" I've been reading aloud.
I started to read the report, it was from Sergeant Staff Crow Top, it said:
“Their weapons seem more powerful now, it's not just AKs and Molotovs, they're armored too, tanks, amphibians, even flamethrowers are in use by the ponrean guerrillas, we're trying to find out how they got this equipment, but until this letter is sent, nothing, we'll update you with everything we find out.
Sergeant Crow Top, dark blue skin, dark green eyes, dark brown hair, 1.84 tall, WWII war hero, was a corporal in the army, but when he entered Intelligence he became a sergeant, does covert operations and stealing information in enemy territory, he is new but has experience:
"Tanks and amphibians?" I wondered to myself.
I left the Pentagon and went straight to the Ministry of Defense to talk to Rainbow Dash directly:
"Madam?" I said.
"Hi, were you looking for something specific?" Dash said, dropping some papers on the table.
"Well...according to reports, Ponrea has tanks and amphibians, and the way it was in the report it seemed that this is making it a little difficult for our side." I informed.
"Damn…" Dash spoke.
"I need the lady's permission to go there in person." I said, waiting for an answer.
"Permission granted!" she said.
"Great!" I said.
"Going with a crew?" she asked curious.
"Well...not exactly a team." I spoke, with a plan in mind.
"What do you mean?" she asked, confused.
"I'll take a sniper with me." I informed.
"Right." she said, soon after, I saluted and left.
To be continued!!!
Cold War: The Global Threat
Chapter 2 - Just The Beginning
I arrived at the barracks looking for the sniper, he was sitting there, so I went to him:
"Excuse me, Jack." I waved at him as I approached.
"It's me, what do you need?" he said, after saluting.
Jack, fair skinned, brown hair, brown eyes and 1.80 tall, was an army spy and sniper, not much is known about his background but his father died when he was a child and his mother died during childbirth , thus living with the military who worked with his father.
"I need you in Ponrea!" I spoke.
"Okay, for support?" he asked.
"Knowing where so much cutting-edge equipment for the guerrillas is coming from." I explained.
"Got it, I accept the mission, it's been a while since I've done this type of mission." he replied firmly.
"Okay, meet me at the airport at 3." I informed.
"Right." he said.
3:00 pm | cloudy.
I was at the airport smoking a cigarette waiting for Jack to arrive, the airport was very busy, just like any airport in times of war, wounded people getting off the planes and reservists with journalists and doctors going up, just as supplies were being sent, then he arrived and paid the taxi that took him here:
"Well, at your orders!" he said, saluting.
"Let's go!" I saluted back.
We got on a troop transport plane and flew up towards Ponrea, arriving at the base, we went down and saw the movement of the Ministry of Health taking the wounded to the medical wards, there were soldiers with gunshot marks, burns of all degrees and even some cripples, there was a voice in the place:
"There are many injured…" I spoke with a worried tone.
"Open space!" a corporal said.
"ATTENTION, THE GENERAL COMMANDER IS HERE!" a lieutenant announced.
All the soldiers stood at attention:
"Rest!" I ordered.
They go back to doing what they were doing, checking inventory, making reports, taking prisoners, the usual.
"What happened here? It was a war, wasn't it?" Jack asked with his jaw dropped.
"We've been in this war for 3 months." I replied.
I went ahead and went to Major Tool Rogue:
"Major, what was the last team sent on the battlefield?" I asked him.
"It was the Tower 0-1 team." Tool informed.
Tool, purple skin, gray eyes, brown hair, 1.78 tall, entered intelligence in 1948, he was part of secret missions in World War II, missions in which the names of the operators were not revealed, knows how to be a leader:
"Alright, where are they?" I asked.
"Over there, sir!" he pointed to the medical ward.
"Right…" I said.
We went there, when I arrived the soldiers saluted:
"Rest! Well, does anyone here know where Sergeant Crow Top is?" I asked.
"Here, sir!" he said, appearing from behind some curtains.
"Oh, there you are." I looked at him.
"At your command, sir!" he said, saluting.
"Where exactly did you guys see their top gear?" I asked.
"In most battles." he informed.
"…" I was without reaction.
"They are too many, we are losing." Crow said, with a worried tone.
"Let's work this out!" I said.
"What's the plan?" he asked.
"Secret operation, let's spy on the guerrillas and sabotage them." I said, giving a slight smile.
"Right!" he nodded his head.
"I'm going to need you, Jack and a few more Intelligence soldiers." I spoke.
"Who do you have in mind?" he nodded his head.
"You'll see." I said.
Then some medics appeared in the tent:
"Excuse me, could you get out the tent for us to take care of the injured?" one of the medics said, putting the mask on.
"Of course." we left.
"Come with me!" Crow said, going to another tent.
He pointed to a region where there was a river:
"Our last mission was here, near the river which is 70 km from here." he informed.
"Damn…" I said.
"They had some amphibians and jeeps with them." Crow said.
"Let's go there and follow the tracks!" I gave the idea.
"Understood." Crow said.
"I want agents the Lyra Heartstrings and Sweetie Drops!" I ordered.
"Right." Crow said.
"Meet me at the hangar in 10!" I said.
"Understood!" Crow said.
10 minutes passed and everyone was in the hangar:
"Everyone here!" Drops said, saluting.
"Perfect!" I said.
Captain Sweetie Drops, blue and pink hair, fair skin, blue eyes, 1.65 tall, is very close to Lieutenant Lyra Heartstrings, blue skin, blue and white hair, yellow eyes, 1.67 tall, both had backgrounds excellent, with most of their missions successfully completed, when the 2 enlisted, in 1948, they drew a lot of attention from Minister Rainbow Dash, due to their performances in training and simulations, which joined at 2 for Intelligence:
"At your command!" Lyra confirmed.
"Everyone ready?" I asked.
"Yes." they all answered.
"Perfect, c'mon Crow, you drive!" I ordered.
We got into the truck and went local:
"We're here!" Crow said, stopping the truck before everyone got off.
"I found something!" Lyra said, by a tree.
"Huh?" Crow exclaimed.
Everyone went there:
"No…" I said this after seeing that the body that was in the tree was a Stalliongradian.
"I don't remember them wearing uniforms like that." Lyra was surprised.
"It's because he's not from Ponrea!" I said.
The uniform that was being worn by the dead soldier, was actually from Stalliongrad, a uniform with a camouflage that was a mixture of green and burgundy, you could tell because it had the symbol of their army, a bear paw with a star in the middle:
"Whoa…what do you mean?" Crow looked at me.
"They're from Stalliongrad." I said.
"So…" Drops got her jaw dropped.
"The hole is further down." I said, amazed inside.
"Wait... what do you mean?" Crow was confused.
"They are getting support from even more than Stalliongrad." I concluded.
"So it's a real war?" Lyra looked at me, as if I had all the answers.
"No... I hope not…" I was uncertain.
"Come on...if there's a direct conflict between us and them, a lot of people will die!" Crow replied.
"I know...let's continue the mission." I tried not to think about such a possibility.
We start checking the bodies:
"Sir, come see this!" Crow spoke.
I went to Crow to see what he had found, on one of the bodies there was a paper with some information in Russian:
"Let's go back to base and translate this!" I said.
We got in the truck and went to the base.
August 13 | 50, 9:21 am | sunny
I had finished translating the paper and called the rest of the group:
"What did you discover?" Drops asked while holding a cup of coffee.
"Addresses…" I said.
"So you mean they have suppliers?" Lyra asked.
"Actually this is already right in the face." I said, raising one eyebrow.
"What should we do?" Crow stood by for orders.
"Contact the Minister!" I said.
I went to a terminal to access my account and contact Minister Rainbow Dash:
”Send me the addresses, I'll need them to investigate further” Dash replied to my message.
”Yes ma'am” I replied back.
”I'm going to need a specialized group to investigate all of this” she said.
”Who do you have in mind?” I asked.
”I'll let you know when you get back to Equestria” she replied.
”Right” I sent the message.
”I'm waiting” she said.
To be continued!!!
Cold War: The Global Threat
Chapter 3 - The Compound of Address 3
"Looks like something's going to get ugly." Jack said.
"Only time will tell." I replied.
"Who knows…" Jack spoke.
I lit a cigarette and said "But I know one thing, it won't end anytime soon..."
"We know that, but to finish it, it will take a long time...so, Sniper, we better not rush too much, you don't know what the enemies are planning!" he said.
"We need to investigate these addresses we found further, but we can't make a fuss." I gave the idea.
"I'm not much of an expert on espionage, I was a marine in the war, maybe Rainbow Dash or her allies will sort it out." Jack said.
"Likely, we have to go back to Equestria and talk to her." I said.
"Maybe, you're the boss…" Jack spoke.
"Let's go back to Equestria next week, I want to investigate address 3!" I stated.
"Okay." Jack said.
"What's the plan?" Crow asked.
"Tomorrow night, we all go to address 3, put silencers on the guns and wear dark uniforms!" I informed.
"Yes sir!" Crow stated.
"And changes of plans, we're going to Equestria the day after tomorrow!" I updated the order.
"All of us?" Lyra asked.
"Yes." I said.
"I'll get my silenced rifle and help with the operation." Jack said.
"We would need 2 snipers." Crow thinked aloud.
"Is Stone on a mission right now?" I asked.
"I think so." Crow said.
"Let's wait for him to come back!" I said, sitting on the floor.
August 13, 50 | 4 pm | cloudy.
Stone, brown skin, blue eyes, light hair, 1.79 tall, arrived from a mission and got out of the truck:
"Finally…" Stone said relieved.
"Sergeant Stone Bullet, I want you here!" I called him.
"Yes sir!" he looked at me surprised by my presence.
Stone came to me, he was a bit of an enigmatic guy, we never know what's going on in his head, but even so he's efficient, he entered intelligence at the age of 18 in 1946, taking the exam, we don't have much information about his past , but something that I find interesting is that since before he entered intelligence, he already wore his blue Kepi model hat:
"We need you for a mission!" I ordered.
"When will this mission be?" he asked, demonstrating commitment.
"Tomorrow night." I informed.
"Understood!" Stone stated.
"Rest, train or just have a drink." I told everyone.
"Yes sir!" Crow nodded his head and left.
"One more question!" Stone said.
"You can talk." I said.
"What are the details of this mission?" he asked.
"Let's go to a location in order to steal enemy data, you and Jack will cover us!" I replied.
"Copy!" he stated.
"And wear a silencer and a dark outfit!" I detailed.
"Right!" he stated.
"Dismissed!" I released him.
I went to the officers' tent and saw some journalists asking the colonels for interviews, who were refusing, until they saw me and went to me:
"Look, it's the General Commander!" one of the journalists said, pointing at me.
"How is the war situation?" another journalist asked.
"Erh…" I was going to inform.
"Are we winning or losing?" a journalist asked me when I was cut off when answering.
There were so many people talking that it was not possible to understand properly:
"Wait, one at a time!" I said, trying to keep order.
"Open space for him to go to the podium!" one of the majors said.
They gave me space and I went to the platform where the leaders explained the details of the missions and messages from the Minister and the High Command:
"You asked the first question, can you repeat it?" I told the journalist who asked the first question.
"How is the war situation?" the same, asked the question from before.
"At the moment we are studying enemy lines, tactics, weapon modifications, the usual." I explained the situation.
"Are we winning or losing?" the journalist on the second question asked.
"I can't say who has the upper hand, but I assure you we're doing our best." I answered the question.
"So we're losing?" the journalist who pointed at me asked.
"That's not what I said." I pointed.
"How many losses have we had so far?" another journalist asked the question.
"This is confidential!" I answered clearly.
"Is there more stuff you're hiding?" the same journalist confronted.
"‘Hidden’ is a strong word, we only keep what's public as public, and what's confidential shouldn't be revealed!" I replied.
"One more…" the same journalist on the question who thought we were missing out was going to ask another question.
"The questions end here, good afternoon everyone!" I maintained the posture of authority and left.
August 14 | 50, 10:11 pm | cold and wet.
"Ready?" I questioned the team.
"Yes!" Lyra and Drops replied.
"Whenever you want." Stone said.
"Any other questions?" I asked.
No one else had any doubts:
"Perfect, let's go!" I got in the truck.
We headed towards Address 3, we stopped 2 km from there so as not to give away the position:
"Remember that we don't have information about this place, anything can happen!" I warned.
"Wait... isn't it a bad idea to go somewhere you don't know?" Stone questioned.
"This is the closest place to the base compared to the others." I said.
"Oh…" Stone exclaimed.
Go ahead carefully, Jack, you're on t"his side of the woods on top of a tree, Stone, you're on the other side on top of a tree too, the important thing is not to use lighting, that could compromise you." I ordered.
"Right." Stone stated.
We were advancing carefully, the truck driver maneuvered for us to return to the base with the fewest possible interruptions, as we walked we observed that there was an open forest where we were, which would facilitate in situations that we needed to make an escape for example, on the other hand, it would be easy for enemies to run after us.
"I think we're here." Stone spoke.
"Stone, Jack, take your posts, the rest come with me!" I said.
"Yes sir!" Stone stated.
Stone and Jack positioned themselves in trees, as planned, the rest of us went forward in a crouch, Crow had a 1911 with a laser sight, Lyra had an M3, Drops had an M1 Carbine and I had a Cowp"ony Repeater, I took my radio to see if I could communicate with Jack and Stone:
"Stone, listening, over?" I tried to communicate via radio.
"Yes sir, over." Stone replied.
"Great, Jack, can you hear me, over?" I repeat it, but with Jack.
"I can, over." Jack replied.
"Perfect." I said.
As we advanced, we discovered that the site was a compound of houses that was serving as an outpost:
"It won't be that hard to find information here, does anyone here know how to speak Ponrean?" I asked.
"Erh…" Crow exclaimed.
I snorted and said sarcastically "Wonderful…"
"I know very little." Lyra replied to my question.
"Well... since that's how it is, we kill 4 guerrillas, we wear their clothes, put on balaclavas and pretend we are part of them!" I explained the plan.
"Easy." Drops boasted.
"That's what you think, don't let blood get on your clothes!" I said.
We went to the back of one of the houses, I took a look at the window and made signs saying that there were 2 enemies inside the place and the door was closed, Crow confirmed that he had received the message, I took a stick on the ground and dropped it inside of the house to get their attention, both went to the window, I caught one covering his mouth and breaking his neck, Agent Drops took the other and gave him a butt in his throat, causing his trachea to break and he died without air and without chances to scream, so I said low:
"Drops, Crow, you get dressed first!" I ordered.
"Understood." Crow said.
The 2 wore the clothes and hid the bodies in the bushes:
"Lyra, with me!" I said.
"Copy!" she stated.
The 2 of us went into the middle of the woods again and went looking for another house with an open window:
"Sir, on the other side there is a house with an open window, but there are 5 soldiers inside." Stone said.
"Alright, we're going there!" I replied.
"Wait... there's a Claw in there…" he warned.
"What?" I found it strange.
"Perfect…" Crow complained.
"He just entered, they'll have to go lucky now!" Stone said.
"Right…" I stated.
"How will we know there are only 2 enemies in a single house?" Lyra questioned.
"I can help with that, I'll check the other windows that are open over here!" Drops offered help.
"Great." I said.
"Hurry up…" Lyra said.
"Is there no way to distract them?" Jack gave the idea.
"It looks like they're really focused...but it doesn't hurt to try." Stone spoke.
"I know!" Crow said.
"What?" I asked.
"You 2 distract some at the window and I distract the rest over here." Crow explained.
"Not a bad idea." I said.
Lyra moved the bush, the Claw that was inside ordered them to look at the weeds, then Crow threw a rock at the house wall and 2 soldiers went there, while the rest went to look at the weeds, I took a soldier and hit him in the face hard against the ground, Lyra killed one by breaking the neck, Stone killed the other, the Claw drew his gun and was going to get his radio, but I jumped into the house knocking him down and stepping on the radio:
"There's one more coming your way, he's alone!" Jack said.
Jack shot him, but caught the attention of the other soldier who went to check the noise outside the house where he was, I stuck a knife in Claw's neck and Sweetie Drops kicked the soldier's hand hard who saw the other die with the shot in the head, then she carried him and broke his spine using her knee, then broke his head with an elbow, then dragged him into the bush along with Crow who picked up the body of the soldier who was shot by Jack, in the end of the accounts, 4 came towards the bush and 2 towards the other side, but it worked, Lyra and I put on our guerrilla uniforms and hid the bodies:
"Now we're safe in a way." I said relieved.
So everyone went looking for files, an hour passed and we didn't find much:
"We didn't find that much…" Crow reported.
"We weren't so lucky…" I said.
"Guys, do you know this path in the middle of this compound?" Stone informed.
"I know, what's up?" I said.
"Apparently this path leads to another compound nearby." Stone replied.
"Let's go there!" I ordered.
"There's only 1 problem…" Stone warned.
"Which one?" I asked.
"To enter you have to take off your balaclava, and the place is surrounded, 4 towers with guards carrying rifles." he replied.
"It won't be that hard." I said.
"They're all Claws." Stone pointed.
"Drops, you who have a semi-automatic rifle, I need you to go to a tree for support too, and Lyra, same thing?" I ordered.
"Right!" Lyra stated.
Lyra changed places, positioning herself in a tree with her M3:
"Drops, you already know which direction to go!" I stated.
"Yes sir!" she said.
I positioned myself in a tree, leaving the weapon's handguard on a branch and my hand on my shoulder to help with accuracy, and I aimed at one of the shooters:
"Ready!" Drops and Lyra said.
"Whenever you want…" Stone spoke.
"Now…" I ordered.
We shot simultaneously, killing the guards in the towers at the same time, me, Lyra and Sweetie Drops got down from the trees and went to the fence, Crow cut the wire for us to pass and we went ahead:
"It'll be easy…" Stone said.
"I wouldn't count on it." I said.
"Where should we go exactly?" Lyra asked.
"Let's go through everything until we find everything that's important!" I answered.
"Sir, it looks like the dark green building has an officer." Stone warned.
"Crow, come with me, you two go searching the other places!" I said.
"Understood!" Crow stated.
"Sweetie Drops, come on!" Lyra said.
We went ahead, Crow and I arrived at the dark green building, I took a peek and it seemed to be an officer of the Claw, I took the recorder that I was carrying and started recording the conversation, 2 minutes later the officer came out of there with other Claws, thus leaving the building empty, we took the opportunity to enter and search, the place had 3 floors, I found some papers in Russian and I kept it, then Crow called me:
"Erh...Commander?" Crow called me.
"Yes?" I asked.
"Come see this!" he said.
They had documents from Equestria, there, mainly from Star Powder Industries, founded in 1889, the company responsible for most infantry weapons and military equipment, they also had documents from the industries that produced our armored vehicles, such as Black Plate Inc, they had information that not even Rainbow Dash herself had:
"Let's get as many documents as we can and get out!" I ordered.
"Yes sir!" Crow stated.
"We didn't find much." Lyra said.
"Anything will do, take everything!" I replied.
"Yes, sir!" Lyra said.
We finished picking up everything and left the place silently, like ghosts.
To be continued!!!
Cold War: The Global Threat
Chapter 4 - A "Glorious Victory"
August 15, 50 | 4:11 pm | cloudy.
We arrived in Equestria with the documents that we stole the day before at the compound at address 3, we got off the plane and were received by the Minister of Defense, who had come out of a limousine with an escort and everything she was entitled to:
"There you are!" Dash received us.
"Good afternoon ma'am." I greeted her.
"What did they get?" Dash asked.
"Documents, some even from Star Powder and Black Plate." Stone informed.
"…" she had no reaction.
"In the compound we went to, there were Claw soldiers!" I informed.
"Perfect... well, let's go, we have a meeting to go to, is your group coming too?" she said.
"Yes ma'am!" I stated.
"Great, get in the car!" she spoke.
We got into the limousine and were escorted until we arrived at the Palace of the Equestrian Government, in Canterlot, we got there around 6 pm, getting there, we got out of the car and entered the Palace, thus going underground, in a bunker, there we entered in a meeting room, there were the other Ministers:
"You arrived earlier than expected." Rarity said, after looking at us.
Rarity, white skin, purple hair, blue eyes and 1.63 tall, the Minister of Information, she managed a part of Equestrian Intelligence, took care of the country's media, defining what was or was not public and how it would be told, in newspapers, radio, even in music publishing, she also promoted advertisements in Equestria, Ministries, the president, flyers, billboards, she also helped in the search for spies:
"Good afternoon everyone!" Twilight greeted we all.
Minister Twilight Sparkle, purple, pink, and lilac hair, purple skin, purple eyes, 1.65 tall, also known as Minister of Science, she worked in the part of scientific discoveries and laboratory management, she also worked closely with Rainbow Dash and AppleJack, thus also helping in the development of new weapons, mainly chemical weapons:
"Erh…hello…" Fluttershy said.
Doctor Fluttershy, yellow skin, pink hair, aqua green eyes, 1.75 tall, the Minister of Health, produced medicines and sent medical teams to outposts in cases of war, in general she managed the pharmaceutical industry:
"Commander, who are these?" Pinkie questioned.
"My team ma'am." I answered.
"Lyra, Sweetie Drops!" AppleJack said, after see Lyra and Drops
"How long has it been!" Lyra replied.
"You can sit down!" Pinkie said.
"Right." I stated.
We sat down:
"We're thinking about who to call to form the investigation group." Dash said.
"Oh, yes." I replied her.
"We just need to wait for Screen to arrive with the other commanders!" she informed.
"While they don't arrive, what did they discover?" AppleJack asked.
"That…" I spoke, putting the stolen Star Powder and Black Plate documents on the table, she was shocked to see this.
"There are other things too, but I don't…" Crow said.
"How did they get that…" AppleJack was surprised.
"There would be spies in the headquarters." I supposed.
"It's not possible...we always check everything!" AppleJack exclamed.
"Better beef up security, where do you normally keep documents?" Dash asked.
"We always leave them in the file room, but those must have been inside a maximum security room!" AppleJack replied.
"Who has access to these rooms?" Pinkie asked.
"The CEOs, and that Black Plate Inc document should have the BigMac!" AppleJack explained.
"It's not possible that your brother is a scapegoat…" I supposed.
"An’ he's not, he would never do something like that, I know him." she said.
"If I may, what is this document for exactly?" Dash asked.
"We’re starting to develop artificial intelligence, both for military and civilian use." AppleJack replied.
"Are you talking about the Sprite-bots I use for spying?" Pinkie said.
"A new project I have in mind." AppleJack replied.
Celestia, water green and lilac hair, white skin, purple eyes, 1.80 tall, entered the room and we all stood up, me, Rainbow and the other military saluted:
"You can sit down!" Celestia said.
We sat on the chairs, they were common armchairs for any meeting room, leather upholstery, black, next to a wooden table:
"Nice to see you, President!" I said.
"The pleasure is all mine." she replied.
"So can we start the meeting?" Dash said.
"Of course." Celestia stated.
Celestia was my teacher when I was in high school, she motivated me to join the military so I could pursue a good career, she was also principal of Canterlot High, her sister Luna was vice principal, she became president of Equestria in 1946, thus changing the type of government to Unitary Autocracy, appointed the Ministers and changed some laws, leaving some more rigid and others being relaxed:
"Sniper, tell us everything you found!" Dash said.
"Yes ma'am!" I stated.
I got up and put all the files we stole in the compost on the table:
"Here we have files on criminals who are imprisoned in Equestria and the names and aliases of spies behind enemy lines." I reported.
"Very well." Pinkie congratulated.
"We also have info about cont…" I was going to say ‘contraband', but at the same moment Pinkie looked at me" ...contracts between Stallliongrad and the Ponrea guerrillas!
"Contracts?" Celestia questioned.
"Yes, they have contracts on tanks, amphibians and weapons for the guerrillas." I detailed.
"Bloody Poreans…" Dash exclamed.
"And in one of those contracts it said that Stalliongrad plans to bomb our outposts in exchange for raw materials!" I continued.
"…" Celestia had no reaction.
"But...this will…" Dash was horrified.
"Yes, the guerrillas have already done their part of the bargain…" I completed.
"DAMN…" Dash shouted.
"End of war!" Celestia said.
"How so?" I was confused.
"Get ours out of there, we can't take any more losses!" she ordered.
"And as for our…" Dash: said.
"Forget the deal!" Celestia spoke.
"When do I ask everyone to leave?" Dash asked.
"Before Stalliongrad threatened to bomb." Celestia repleid.
"Crow, call your old outpost now and tell everyone to go back home!" Dash ordered to Crow.
"Yes ma'am!" Crow stated.
"What will the newspaper say?" I asked.
"I'll take care of it, darling!" Rarity replied.
"Okay…" I replied back.
"Remember, we're doing this because it's what's best for Equestria, I want it announced that we've won the war and are withdrawing our troops!" Celestia explained.
"But... there must still be wounded on the battlefield, what about the Poreans who are with us?" Fluttershy asked, showing concern.
"Flutter, you have to understand that you can't save everyone, and we shouldn't save our enemies." Dash explained.
"O-okay…" Fluttershy showed understanding.
Crow returned to the room, maintaining the same posture as when he left:
"I told them, they'll be back next week!" - Crow said.
"Serves." Dash replied.
"What about…the investigations?" I asked.
"We'll see that at the Pentagon!" Dash replied.
"Right…" I said.
"How about a photo for future history books?" Celestia broke the mood.
"Good idea, this will bring even more credibility from the population!" Rarity said.
"General Commander, would you like to join?" Celestia called me.
"I don't know if I…" I was uncertain whether to show participation or not.
Deep down I was weighed down by the knowledge that I could do nothing about the lives we could save and the truth that could be disclosed, the cowardly way out of a war, instead a glorious victory, was no longer an omission , it was a lie, but with the changes to the Constitution in 1947, with the onset of threats, this was not wrong in the law, but it was still immoral:
"Bring it on!" Dash said.
"Okay…" I accepted.
We went up to the floor where the normal meeting room was located, a white room with armchairs covered in black fabric, a circular table and the national flag, we stood in front of the national flag, Rarity had a smile that looked natural, she fixed her cloche hat blue, fixed her lavender blouse and checked her makeup in a mirror to see if anything was smudged, Twilight fixed her Ministry of Science pin, and fixed her dark gray Pillbox hat, Fluttershy, who was wearing an aqua green cocktail dress and snow boots brown, looked in the mirror to see if there was any dirt on her face, Pinkie Pie straightened her burgundy Bucket hat and adjusted her dress with puff sleeves and pastel colors, AppleJack adjusted her leather jacket leaving the butt of her revolver more sample.
"Darling, smile, victory is ours, by the way, I recommend you wear your uniform, you look beautiful in the uniform." Rarity said.
"If you say so…" I said, going to the bathroom.
I changed my clothes, then I looked at myself in the mirror, feeling bad for having accepted the departure of the troops, and even more guilty for having to say that the victory was ours, in the meeting room I could see it in the eyes from Fluttershy the feeling of regret, what we were doing wasn't right, but there was nothing we could do, so I took a deep breath and went back to the room, everyone was already there, ready to take the picture, I stayed a little away, but Rainbow Dash asked me to come closer, I approached and keeping a serious expression and keeping my hands behind me, we took the picture and ended the meeting:
"Oh, guys, this photo is amazing, I already know the title of the article, ‘End of War and victory of Equestria’!" Rarity said, excited about the forthcoming publication
"Good." Dash replied.
"Oh, and darling, I'm going to need you to give a speech!" Rarity said to Dash.
"All right!" Dash replied.
"I'm going to ask them to write their speech, and it's going to be live!" Rarity said.
Okay… Dash replied.
"I turned to leave, but Pinkie said" Sniper, wait!
"Huh?" I turned myself to her.
"How about we celebrate the victory in the cafeteria, you can even invite your new friends." she said excited.
"It's fine with me." I replied.
"I'll throw parties all over Equestria, people will be distracted long enough for us to catch the informants." she spoke her plan.
"What time are we going to the cafeteria?" I asked.
"Cafeteria? Let's go to the Wing Pearl restaurant!" Rarity said.
"Great idea!" Pinkie replied.
"Everyone there at 10!" Rarity warned.
"Okay." I replied.
"Until then." she said goodbye.
"See you later!" me too.
I let the whole group know about the invitation and went back home to Ponyville, showered and washed my face, looked at myself in the mirror for a while, reflecting and absorbing everything from the meeting, I could do nothing but obey the Ministers and the President, and even if I disobeyed, there was still a risk that they would erase me so I wouldn't reveal anything, even though it was something somewhat light, saying that we won the war instead of fleeing, it was still a lie, I had no way out.
August 15, 8:58 pm, cloudy.
I started to get ready for dinner at the Wing Pearl, I put on a suit and my hat along with my jacket, when I was ready I looked at the nightstand, there was my holster and my revolver, so I took off my jacket and put the holster, leaving the butt hidden, as usual, I locked the house, started the car and drove to the restaurant, I got there around 9:42 pm, got out of the car and went to the reception:
"Excuse me, I'm with Miss Rarity Belle." I said.
"Let me see...ah yeah, she's at table 39." the receptionist looked at the list.
"Thanks!" I thanked.
I went to table 39 of the restaurant, there was Rarity with Twilight, Pinkie Pie and Fluttershy:
"Are you early too?" Rarity greeted.
"Yes ma'am." I answered.
"Nice jacket!" Pinkie complimented my outfits.
"I...always have this jacket on." I replied.
"Take it easy, we're not on working hours right now." Rarity tried to make me more comfortable.
"Right." I said and put the jacket and hat on the chair.
"Why...did you bring your gun?" Rarity asked.
"Caution!" I replied.
"…" Rarity stayed quiet.
"So... what about the rest of the people?" I asked.
"They should be coming soon." Rarity replied.
Then Crow arrived:
"Good night!" Crow greeted.
"Good night." me, Rarity and Twilight replied back.
"I don't even remember the last time I wore a suit." Crow said.
"Last time I used it I think I was 29." I said
"When will the meeting with the intelligence officers be?" Crow asked.
"Let's set the meeting for the day after tomorrow!" Pinkie said.
"Come on guys, let's enjoy the night instead of talking about work!" Rarity crossed her arms.
"Right…" I said
"Yes ma'am!" Crow agreed.
"How… are you?" Fluttershy asked.
"I do not know…" I replied.
AppleJack and Rainbow Dash have arrived:
"Jeez, the traffic was horrible!" AppleJack said, sitting down.
"Don't tell me…" Dash replied.
"Good night." I greeted.
"Good night." AppleJack and Rainbow Dash replied.
"Look, who knew the Minister of Defense would wear a dress?" I laughed and said.
"Don't bother..." she laughed and replied.
"Look, even I was impressed that the two of you were in business attire." Rarity said.
"Hmm, sometimes we have to!" Dash replied.
"Just AppleJack who's always wearing the same jacket." Rarity pointed it.
"Force of habit, sugarcube." AppleJack replied.
"How about after dinner we go to the casino?" Pinkie gave the idea.
"Last time I went on one, I ended up in a razor fight." I told.
"Oh…" Pinkie exclamed.
"I think I remember the story." Dash said.
"Those dice were rigged so I never played again." I replied.
"Good." Dash replied back.
"I can see you guys can't stop talking about work…" Rarity complained.
"We're not even celebrating a victory, we just left the war in a cowardly way!" I said the truth.
"He's right!" Applejack agreed.
"And what would we say to the people? That we leave with our tails between our legs and lose credibility?" Rarity argued.
"If they find out the truth outside of the media, they'll lose credibility." Crow had a point.
"Anyway...did you send scouts to catch the spies?" I said.
"That was the easiest!" Pinkie replied.
"I imagined…" I replied back.
"Stone and the others don't see?" Dash asked.
"Stone said nothing…" Crow replied.
"Right…" Dash said.
"If Celestia finds out about contraband Mint-als, we're dead." Pinkie said.
"Well, you're welcome for saving the lady's ass." I replied.
"Thanks!" Pinkie thanked.
"One thing that still hasn't stuck with me is: why were the Claw in the compound and on the battlefield back in Ponrea?" Dash asked.
"I have no idea…" I replied.
"Whatever the reason, that's not a good sign." AppleJack said.
Then the waiter arrived:
"What would you like?" the waiter asked.
"That special salad, please." Rarity said.
"Pasta and cheese, please." Rainbow replied to him.
"Just one chicken soup for now, and put it all on my bill, please." Pinkie placed her order.
"Of course ma'am." he said.
"I'll have vegetable soup, please."Fluttershy ordered.
Some chicken soup too, please. AppleJack replied to the waiter.
"Ratatouille, please." Twilight said.
"I'll have lobster, please." I placed the order.
"Shrimp cocktail." Crow said.
"Noted...anything else?" waiter said.
"A red wine for everyone, please." Rarity replied.
"Okay, wait a moment, please." he left.
"No need to hurry, darling!" Rarity said.
"What if the spies actually want us to think we've got them, but we really haven't?" Twilight asked.
"How so?" I was confused.
"You know, making your enemy think you're far away when you're close, and so it goes!" Twilight said.
"Your point is an interesting one." I said.
"Pinkie Pie, you thought about that possibility, right?" Crow asked.
"No…" Pinkie replied.
"Damn... what if they get the wrong people?" I was amazed.
"…" Pinkie had no answer.
"It could be too late now to avoid this…" Dash said.
"I already gave the orders, and there's no going back now, I ordered them to act when the streets were less crowded so there would be no witnesses, and the murders against suspects at parties would take place in more reserved places." Pinkie replied.
"And then the police wouldn't find the bodies…" Dash replied back.
"And if they do?" I asked.
"The agents will make the deaths look like accidents or suicide, i.e. we would hang them, cause the accidents on purpose, and so on." Pinkie replied.
"An overused but effective tactic." I said.
Later, Pinkie paid the dinner bill and we went to the exit:
"Whoever is armed, I recommend being prepared…" I had idea what could happen at that moment.
"Why?" Dash asked.
"There was a group at a table not far from ours who were watching us." I explained.
"So they…" Rarity said.
"I'm unarmed!" Pinkie warned.
I threw my pack of cigarettes on the floor to bend down and pick it up, with that I took advantage and looked back, there was the group a group of 20 people leaving the restaurant, that table with 5 people, in fact it was in a larger group, and the restaurant did not search people for weapons:
"There are 20 people, let's cross the street as if nothing is happening…" I told the plan.
"Right…" Crow stated.
We crossed the street as if we were carefree, I was already prepared to draw my gun, but I kept the posture to look like I was carefree:
"AppleJack, is your gun loaded?" I asked her.
"It always is, but it's stuck!" she replied.
"My gun is under my dress." Dash said.
"Understood!" I replied.
"You're the most experienced here, just say when." Crow said.
"Now…" I gave the sign.
I drew the gun, AppleJack also pulled her revolver, removing the lock and aiming across the street, Rainbow lifted her skirt and pulled a pistol:
"DOWN!" Dash shouted.
Everyone ducked and started shooting, Crow grabbed an Uzi from inside his jacket, the enemies were shooting with Uzis too, the civilians who were on the street ran desperately, hiding behind cars, establishments, trying not to be hit by a bullet lost, my car was on the other side of the block, with the trunk facing the opposite direction of the entrance to the restaurant, and on our side of the street, I always do that for cases like this, Rainbow Dash killed one of them, so I had a idea:
"Cover me!" I requested.
"What are you going to do?" Dash asked.
"I'll get my rifle from my car!" I explained.
"Are you crazy?" Dash questioned.
"It's not the first time I've done something like this, I just need cover." I said.
"If you die I'll kill you!" AppleJack replied.
"Understood." I said.
They started to cover me, and I ran towards my car, opened the trunk, taking out my rifle:
"SNIPER, RUN HERE!" Dash said.
"I am going!" I ran over there and almost got shot, and said" Pinkie, use my gun, I'll go with my rifle.
"Right." she took my revolver and started shooting.
Crow killed one more with her Uzi, Pinkie was shooting in blind fire, but she ended up hitting someone, Rainbow hit 2 more, and AppleJack one more, Crow got up and started shooting:
"CROW, NO!" I get chocked.
"ARGH…" he fell on the ground.
He was hit in the shoulder and belly, I pulled him and continued shooting with my rifle, until I saw 3 people across the street carrying Tommy Guns, they were intelligence agents, they shot killing the remaining enemies and leaving 5 wounded:
"How did they know we needed backup?" Pinkie asked.
"Sniper, did you know this was going to happen?" Dash questioned to me.
"I am not." I said.
Lyra came to us:
"Is everyone okay?" she asked.
"Crow got hit!" I replied.
"He needs to be taken to the hospital now!" Fluttershy said.
More Intelligence agents came, they began to carry Crow, and others who came also went to arrest the enemies, Fluttershy went to the other side of the street to see the wounded, Rarity looked at Crow being taken away, she looked worried:
"Relax sugarcube, he's going to be fine!" AppleJack tried to comfort her.
"Captain, how did you know we needed backup?" I asked to Sweetie Drops
"When the meeting was over we went to the Pentagon, and there after checking everything, we discovered that they were planning to commit an assassination against you, they were spying on Minister Rarity Belle!" she replied.
"You did well, but why didn't you tell us before?" I said.
"When we found out about this, it was already 9:50 pm, and since you were going to be here, we already prepared ourselves, because you were already here." she replied.
"Makes sense…" I said.
"But these guys were common criminals who were hired by Stalliongrad, and Stalliongrad has no idea what Ministers look like." she informed.
"Have a good night, Captain!" I said and left.
To be continued!!!
Cold War: The Global Threat
August 17, 50 | 10:00 am | sunny but still cold.
The meeting was postponed, most of the targets that Pinkie had killed the day before were actually not informants, but ordinary people, the Ministers and the President went to have a meeting between them. As for me, I had a meeting with the Intelligence officers, Velvet, Lock and Loot Croft, an ex-Marine who joined the Intelligence, although he did not have Equestrian nationality, he was still one of ours, grew up and studied here at He had our trust all his life, he also says he doesn't know his country of origin, but we didn't talk much about it, we sent the agents available to review old files, threats, unsolvable cases, cold cases, everything, Rainbow Dash said we would have it wasn't until the 20th to hold the meeting to form the investigation group, the officers and I were discovering links between the previous day's incident and the Stalliongrad frigate case in 1948, according to the people who analyzed the bodies of the "common criminals" who tried to kill the Ministers, 3 of them had tattoos of a bow with a scratch of a bear's claw, the same symbol that had on the frigates of 1948, at the time the coast guard informed that it seemed only to be watching us, but that same day some civilians who were passing by on the beach where the frigates were seen, some men came out of the water, all with tattoos, however, pedestrians did not describe the tattoos for not having looked properly, these tattoos that were on the shoulder or chest, the dead men yesterday, they had arm tattoos, but we had no proof that these guys were the same as 48, it was a lot of information to absorb:
"We can't jump to conclusions, but what's weird, is." Velvet said.
"We should launch a missile at them at once!" Lock gave the idea.
"Good idea, then things would really get worse!" I replied.
"Let's analyze it well, in 48, men got out of the water and had tattoos, this on the same day that the frigates were on the beach!" Loot Croft pointed.
Loot Croft, dark blue skin, light blue eyes, beige hair, 1.79 tall, overall a good man, didn't drink, didn't smoke, always got to the Pentagon early, I don't remember anyone complaining about him before, something What impresses me about him is the fact that he can easily connect the dots, especially when it comes to Stalliongrad:
"Is he saying they could have come here in diving suits but taken off in the middle of the water?" Lock asked.
"If that had been the case, we would have seen diving suits." I pointed.
"I don't remember the coast guard saying there were diving suits in the water." Velvet said.
"But they had to take 3 people who were on the frigates to the hospital." Loot pointed it.
"After that, those 3 people never showed a sign of life again…" I pointed in the same line.
"They didn't because the hospital said they had died, but then 3 medic resigned." Loot said.
"Dismissal? When?" Lock asked.
"1 week later, and after 2 weeks since the dismissal, the frigates left." Loot replied.
"So…" I said.
"The frigates were a fucking distraction…" Velvet concluded.
"Exactly!" Loot replied.
"Ah...SHIT!" Lock threw what was on the table to the floor, some papers with notes, pens, documents.
"Honey, calm down…" Velvet said to Lock.
"What if this escalates to a point where we no longer have control over the situation?" Lock questioned.
"If a war happens, things get ugly, but that's a clear sign of threat!" Loot pointed.
"Why don't we hit right now?" Lock gave the idea.
"Great idea, we hit back, they attack hard and it turns into a military conflict, we can't just do that." I disagreed.
"What do you suggest?" Lock asked.
"We could sabotage them with the Stalliongrad criminals!" Loor answered.
"Not such a bad idea…" Velvet replied.
"Bad idea!" I disagreed.
"The Mafia supported us in the War." Velvet pointed.
"Still not a good idea!" I said.
"What could go wrong?" Lock questioned.
"…" I had no answer to that.
It had really worked during the Second War, they were behind enemy lines and they gave us an advantage at the time, and that time the generals were different and the Ministry of Defense too, but I still had my doubts :
"So?" Velvet said.
"Let's leave that to the War Council…" I replied.
"It's the best thing to do…" Loot spoke.
"Let's increase security and internal spying!" I supposed.
"What do you mean?" Velvet asked.
"At least 1 agent in every street, establishment, residential area...everything!" I detailed.
"Yeah, good idea!" Lock agreed.
"Not such a bad idea…" Velvet replied to me.
"What about the records? Because everything must be sent straight here!" Loot pointed.
"We would need a lot of computers…" Velvet said.
"Not to mention that there may be spies in some Star Powder Industries unit." Loot pointed.
"They sure do, otherwise how would they have access to the data they stole?" Lock supposed.
"We have to be careful with the computers, those being manufactured can be sabotaged by spies!" Loot said.
"That's up to AppleJack…" I said.
"Or else they'll come stapled together…" Velvet pointed.
"So... what do we do?" Lock asked.
"We'd better discuss this with the Minister." I said.
"True." Loot agreed.
"So that's it...we're just going to chicken out and pretend everything's cool and nothing's going to happen?" Lock asked.
"It's not like that…" I replied.
"So what are we going to do? Just increase vigilance?" Lock questioned.
"Increase security and internal espionage!" I replied.
"It's not much, go find out how they act." Lock said.
"Let's end the meeting here, we already have an idea of what to do now." Velvet stated.
"Let's see what was decided...internal surveillance and espionage...talk to Flash Scout...schedule a meeting with the War Council...report to the other Generals...right!" I said.
"We can go back to our rooms now!" Loot said.
"Right…" Lock said.
"Lock, I need to talk to you in my office!" Velvet spoke in a more serious tone of voice
She usually spoke in a more relaxed tone, similar to Minister Fluttershy but a little rougher, all Intelligence agents were always a different person outside of working hours, Lock not so much, but Velvet, for example, was, and outside the work environment she was a kinder person, especially with Lock, but after we became officers at the Pentagon, we ended up moving away, but as far as I remember I never heard her speak in that tone voice with Lock:
"Okay…" Lock lowered his head.
"Good luck, friend." Loot said.
"Thank you…" Lock replied.
Me and Loot left the meeting room and went to our respective offices, I turned on my computer and sent a message to AppleJack, I didn't know when she was going to respond, but I sent the message anyway:
"Good morning ma'am, I've come to place an order for terminal computers to be used throughout Equestria to increase surveillance and internal espionage, we'll send field agents to report any suspicious activity, but we're afraid the computers will come with some malware from Stalliongrad to spy on us too" I typed in the mailbox.
I left my office and went to Velvet's office, I didn't go in, but I stayed at the door to try to listen to the conversation, I didn't catch the conversation from the beginning, but I was curious:
"Honey, I just don't know...I honestly don't know." Lock said, holding back tears.
"Calm down, it's going to be okay." Velvet tried to comfort him.
"How? We are on the verge of a direct conflict with our enemies, innocents have been killed by us, and for a change, StarShine is in the hospital!" he replied.
Starshine was their daughter, she was born in 1946, I hadn't seen her in 2 years, but I was confused to find out she was in the hospital, I really stayed away from my old friends after we became officers in Intelligence, I was more in my bubble, as if it were my world, I didn't know what was going on outside of the work environment anymore, I ended up becoming a slave to my own job, I let my responsibilities take over me, and I didn't know how to get out of it, so I went back to my office, more later I got a radio message, it was Jack, he was panting, it looked like he was tortured or something:
"Sniper...I'm under arrest…" Jack said.
"How so?" I was confused.
"Remember when I helped you guys?" he asked.
"I remember." I replied.
"They sabotaged and arrested me!" he replied back.
"What the…do you know where you are now?" I asked to him.
"I can't say, it must be the same place where we were operating." he replied.
"I thought you came back with us. I am on my way!" I turn off the radio.
I left my room and called a few more agents to come with me, Lyra, Drops, Black Wire and Stone, the same group that helped us invade the compound, but this time with Wire instead of Crow, but what I still find strange it's just, I remember Jack coming back with us, I remember he was with us on the plane when we got back to Equestria and during the meeting with the Ministers and the President, if he was in jail the whole time, then we give a free pass to a guerrilla or a Claw to enter Equestria, listen to the meeting and report to their superiors, we screwed up.
August 18, 50 | 5 pm | cold and dry.
Arriving in Ponrea, we saw the military putting some vehicles on the planes, while others were being taken to the ships, the medics, in turn, were going to the planes, not all, but some, as they still had soldiers who were on mission, and they would probably need medical support, we took a truck and headed towards the compound, there were more soldiers than last time, but this time there were more Claws than Poreans:
"Perfect, how do we get there?" Wire asked.
Captain Black Wire, green hair, beige eyes, slightly dark water green skin, 1.86 tall, he was part of the Phoenix Special Force, specialized in air infiltration, search and rescue, he was married, had a 7 year old son and he showed a good separation between personal life and work life, like everyone else, in the work environment everyone always maintained the same seriousness and language, except for Lock, who is usually short-tempered:
"It's getting dark, right?" I said.
"Yeah, it's 5:39 pm now." he replied.
"Let's use this to our advantage!" I explained.
"Shall we do that go in the shadows thing?" Lyra asked.
"What do you think?" I replied.
"…" she stayed quiet.
"Want me to support you?" Stoke asked.
"This time we're all going together, just in case!" I replied.
"Copied!" Stone replied back.
"We'll be real Ghosts now." I put on my skull balaclava, to complete my Ghost uniform, a dark blue uniform, as well as the pants, but in place of the dark gray helmet, it was a black beret.
"Cool Mask." Drops said.
"It's part of the Ghosts." I replied.
"I've seen flyers about it, but I never got around to asking anyone about who the leader was, the sector and the function." Stone said.
"I am the leader, the Ghosts are part of both the military and the air force, and our function is direct action, sabotage, immediate attack, interrogation and espionage." I replied to him.
"But doesn't Intelligence already do that?" Lyra asked.
"Yes, but not everything you know, my dear, the Ghosts don't have identification, our masks give a preview of what will happen, we scare even the devil." I replied.
"Cool…" Lyra replied back.
"Now, let's focus on the mission!" I said.
"I still don't understand very well, Jack was kidnapped, but... who came with us?" Drops asked.
"Probably a double, maybe they captured him, and since there was a soldier who looked like him, they must have sent him to spy on us." I supposed.
"Wait...we gave a spy a free pass into Equestria?" Drops connected the points.
"That's what it looks like." I stated.
"Perfect…" Wire said.
We advanced through the woods, heading towards the compound where the bars were located, they fixed where we had opened them, this time we would need a new strategy, we stayed in the woods for a while, until Stone Bullet had an idea, wait for a convoy to arrive or truck to stay under and hold until we reach the outpost, so we approach the road and stay hidden.
August 18, 50 | 7:21 pm | cold and dry.
After waiting a long time, some trucks arrived, they were old Stalliongrad trucks that were used during the Second War, but they had covers, we were lying on the side of the road in the middle of the bushes, for each one we had a truck, we were under them so we wouldn't be seen at the guardhouse, I stayed in the first truck, arriving at the guardhouse, the truck stopped, and I heard the conversation between the truck driver and the guard, I tried to translate at the time, but the sound of the engine was disturbing, but I still managed:
"Came to pick up the cargo?" the guard asked.
"Sure, is everything ready?" the truck driver replied.
"Not everything, they started to organize everything now." the guard said him.
"Just missing this one…" the truck driver complained.
"Cargo"? What load exactly? Someone had to stay on the sidelines to find out more about what we're dealing with, the truck started moving again and stopped in the garage, together with the others, we waited for the truck drivers to leave to get out under the paths, after they left, we crawled to the part of the front of the truck, the garage was basically a hangar, we gathered behind some boxes to organize the plan:
"Here's the thing, Stone and Lyra, stay here to find out what's going to be transported, Black and Sweetie Drops, stay on my tail!" I ordered.
"Yes sir!" Stone and Lyra agreed.
"Showtime." Wire said.
"Let's go!" Drops spoke.
Start advancing, together with Drops and Wire, we were checking the buildings to try to discover a prison or underground, we had to be fast, because the trucks would not leave at our command, it had to be a quick game, as it was night, it would be easier to move around without anyone noticing, it wasn't going to be an easy task, we arrived at the green building, the same one where Star Powder and Black Plate documents were, we took a peek through the window, there was a guard inside who was sleeping, luckily, that one it was the only window it had, we opened it and went in, I walked slowly up to the guard, covered his mouth and cut his neck, Wire went to the door and left it slightly open, I took a peek:
"Clear." I signed.
We continued to advance crouching, then we saw a piece of furniture out of place, revealing a trapdoor, I opened it easily, as it was not locked, the place was all made of metal on the walls, on the floor and on the slab, it looked like a bunker:
"Let's split up!" I told them.
We split up so the searches could go faster, I went looking for Jack, and I went into a room, there was a computer, I went there and started messing around, there were logistic records and conversations in Russian, I didn't get to read the messages, but the sender was called "Rock Broke", the receiver of the message was "Death Scan", Rock must have been the leader of this group in the Compound, I opened the computer in the most subtle way possible to steal the stored memory, so that we could read the messages and know what it is about, so Drops warned on the radio:
"Sniper, Black, we can go now, I found Jack!" Drops signed us.
"Alright, I'm coming." I said.
I ran towards the exit, we needed to get back to Equestria soon, we stole confidential information that could give us an advantage, so I got there:
"Discovered conversations between 2 guys on a computer, stole stored memory!" I told.
"Which guys exactly?" Wire asked.
"Death Scan and Rock." I replied.
I knew Death Scan, he was from Germaneighia, our enemies during the Second War, he was high ranking at the time, but why would he join Stalliongrad? Something was very wrong, and we needed to have a meeting with the Secret Services right away, we were close to a military conflict, and we didn't know what we were going to face, we went up, but I stopped at the exit, the soldiers found the corpse:
"Shit…" I exclaimed.
"What happened?" Wire asked.
"10 enemies…" I replied.
"Just missing this one…" Drops complained.
"We need to find a way out!" I exclaimed.
"Stone, are you listening?" Wire turned on the radio.
"I'm listening." Stone replied.
"We have problems here…" Wire warned.
"Now you…" a guard walked towards us.
At the same moment I drew my revolver and shot, with that I accidentally drew attention, and they opened fire, Drops shot in blind fire, the Claw activated the base alarm, causing a riot in the place, it was not possible to see the outside with them shooting, we needed to find a way out of there, we had information that had to be taken to Intelligence. Wire threw a grenade towards our opponents, with them hiding, we gained a few seconds to get out of the trapdoor, when the grenade exploded, 3 enemy soldiers were eliminated, and soon the shooting continued, the building was surrounded, which would make it even more difficult in the escape, Lyra and Stone supported us, but soon, some soldiers opened fire on them too:
"No use, we need support!" Drops said.
"No, that'll just get more attention." I explained.
"Sir, I want to see my son again, not asking for support is a shitty idea!" Wire said to me.
"Just let me think then." I said.
In a quick analysis, we were inside a Claw military base, which was Stalliongrad's elite force, the building we were in was surrounded, they wear resistant helmets, but since they were not outside the base, they were not wearing bulletproof vests, but we were, however, there was no protection on the arms or legs, with just 1 shot, any of us would be incapacitated, the room we were in had a window, which faced towards the fence, but there it was full of enemies, Black used a grenade, counting on the fact that we each carried 3 grenades, we still had 14 grenades, according to our classes, there was 1 sniper, which was me, but I had my repeater rifle, Lyra and Sweetie Drops, who were Assault and Submachine Gunner, respectively, in Intelligence, a person who is Assault class usually carry Uzi, and Submachine Gunner, Thompson, weapons they were using, Black, who was a Phoenix, was holding an M3, since he was assault, and Stone, even though he was a marksman, was with a standard conventional army BAR, and Jack, was carrying a pistol, since he was captured, so I told them what I had in mind:
"Here's the plan, Lyra and Stone, you 2 try to go behind the garage and clear the side we are on, Black, you go out the window first and stay alert, Drops, stay at the door and don't hesitate to shoot, Jack, stay behind Black, then I leave, and right after Drops jumps out the window, we clean the yard and go straight to one of the trucks, just use the grenades when cleaning the yard, Lyra and Drops are in the back of the truck in the back, Black, take care of Jack in the bed, and Stone, stay at the window of the truck when we get away!" I told the plan.
"Right!" Wire stated.
"Understood, Stone, stay behind me!" Lyra said.
The plan started to come into practice, one of the guards threw a grenade in our room, when I went to return the grenade it ended up exploding in front of me, so I walked backwards hiding and it fell to the ground, my ear was ringing, I kept my eye closed for a few seconds, when I opened it, Drops was at the door exchanging fire, she was making someone signs to me, pointing to the window, while talking, then the buzzing stopped:
"Jump, quick!" Drops said to me.
"Right!" I jumped out the window, then she jumped.
"There are many!" Wire said.
"So let's get this over with!" I replied.
We started to clean the yard, we were shooting like there was no tomorrow, we knew that if we didn't leave at that moment, we would never go back to the house, it awakened memories of the Second War, when the leader of my platoon was killed in combat, His name was Glow Ace, I don't remember what he looked like, but he was 1.79, we were on a hill during the winter, the smell of gunpowder and blood in the air mixed with fear and hatred, it was a close battle, between us the nazis, no one was winning and no one was losing their advances, but everyone was losing their mates, a real real nightmare, it seemed to be hell on earth:
"EVERYONE, HOLD THE POSITION, WE CANNOT LOSE THIS BATTLE!" Ace Glow ordered.
"Sir, tanks are coming our way." Lock warned.
"Are the paratroopers coming?" Ace asked.
"They said they're on their way." Velvet replied.
"Damn it... tell them to hurry up!" Ace said.
"Yes sir!" Velvet stated.
"Flash, ready the rocket launchers!" [/b Ace ordered.
"Yes sir." Flash stated.
Flash, dark blue skin, dark yellow hair, yellow eyes, 1.77 tall, he wasn't from Equestria, he was from Ezpassionia, but he fought with us in the War, but after it ended, he went back to his home country and never came back we talked:
"Advance with your squadron!" Ace said to me, pointing to the top of the hill.
"Yes sir!" I replied.
That day we advanced towards the top of the hill, from trench to trench, at each trench we went, 1 died, so there was only me and 1 soldier and 1 corporal left:
"Are you okay?" I asked."Yes sir..." the corporal replied to me.
"I need you to…" an enemy tank interrupted me.
It appeared out of nowhere, we didn't hesitate to run for our lives, I heard screams at the sound of the machine gun, my 2 subordinates died, but there were still soldiers on the hill, so they hit the tank, so I came back to reality:
"Sniperplayer, listening?" Jack said.
"Here!" I replied.
"I'm in cover, I'm very weak. Is there no way to ask for a ransom?" he asked.
"If we call in reinforcements, things could get worse, and it will be difficult for us to take at least 1 truck to the base." I replied.
Lyra threw a grenade, this served as cover, in a way:
"GO, GO, GO!" Stone signed.
So we finally got to the trucks:
"Let's do as planned, Lyra and Drops, you 2 stay in the back and cover, Black, stay with Jack in the back, and Stone, stay on my side at the window!" I ordered.
"Right!" Wire replied.
"Come on... go ahead…" I said, while everyone was entering the truck.
"Erh...whenever you want…" Stone said.
I managed to make the hotline, so I drove over everyone, remembering again when I lost my platoon leader in the War, with the air filled with the smell of dead bodies, blood and gunpowder, I was hidden in a trench:
“Erh… whenever you want…” I said to Ace.
"This is our chance, remember, we're not here to show off, we're here to keep the fire from spreading!" Ace said to everyone.
"That's a lot." Velvet pointed.
"Quality is more important than quantity, and you are much more than you think, you have character, discipline and cooperation, they only have cooperation, but they don't have what you have!" Ace replied.
Everyone felt motivated at that moment, in the midst of fear, despair, anger and sadness, hope emerged, then I heard the sounds of a plane, it was the paratroopers, reinforcement had arrived, everyone got up and advanced to the top of the hill, we were dominating the hill:
“Some died with courage, others with fear, both with the same goal, to protect their companions, they will not return to us, but we will honor them, we will give meaning to their sacrifices, for we are the living who will remember them and have seen what they saw it, now they trust us to finish this mission, no matter how painful it is, after that we will return home with the honor of having fought alongside our deceased brothers, who trust us now! THIS IS THE ANSWER TO THIS CRUEL WORLD, OFFER YOUR HEARTS, FIGHT FOR YOUR BROTHERS, FIGHT FOR YOUR FAMILY, FIGHT FOR YOUR COUNTRY!” Ace motivated us all.
It only took those words from our leader, that we put fear even in the devil himself, we were unstoppable, fighting with our hearts, carrying the honor of our brothers who fought for the greater good, who didn't hesitate and stood as firm as possible, since the strongest to the weakest, from the bravest to the most fearful, it was as if we had become invincible, after a long battle, we had many losses, many wounded and some prisoners, Ace called everyone close to one of the trenches, we were near the prisoners:
"Today you showed once again that you are great at what you do, we had losses, but that's how war works, and..." Ace said.
One of the prisoners got up running to Ace and stabbed him in the back, soon after, the prisoner was killed, Ace fell to the ground, forming a pool of blood, the doctors ran there, everyone went into despair, but already it was late, we lost our platoon leader:
“NO…" I shouted.
Then, I came back to reality, we were at the base, I was the driver of the truck, driving into an outpost full of Claws, with Lyra, Drops and Stone shooting to defend the vehicle, while Black tended to Jack's wounds, until:
"RPG!" Stone pointed.
One of the guards fired an RPG, but Stone fired in time for the missile not to hit us, I passed the guardhouse and drove on the dirt road, they were chasing us with motorcycles and jeeps, shooting at the truck, Lyra and Drops were holding them, but there were too many to be neutralized in a short period of time, and if we entered the forest now, it would be difficult to get around, as it was dense forest, and even if it were open forest, it would still be difficult to handle the truck, but it was the best way out even so, we arrived at the compound at Address 3, so we headed towards the dense forest, when we arrived in the open forest, I accelerated, I had to turn the truck sharply several times, it was not the direction of our base, but I was going to try lose them first.
"Erh...General, I think we're heading towards a cliff." Stone said.
"That's the plan!" I told him.
"How so?" he was confused.
I turned right, close to the edge of the cliff, the truck lifted a little towards the edge, but not so much, the truck stayed on the ground, this gave us an advantage, because when I looked in the rearview mirror, several jeeps and motorcycles fell from the cliff, but not all:
"How many do they have?" I asked.
"I can't really tell…" Lyra replied.
"Find something lubricating to throw on the floor!" I ordered.
"I look!" Wire said.
Black started looking, but the worst happened, I started to feel that the wind was strong, I looked to the side and there was a helicopter flying:
"There's nothing lubricating here." Wire said.
"SHIT!" I shouted.
"A helicopter?" Lyra was amazed
"Stone and Drops, I'm going to slow down a bit, I want you 2 to hijack a jeep with a machine gun and hit the helicopter!" I ordered.
"Are you crazy? This is suicide!" Drops questioned.
"So Stone drives in my place!" I ordered.
Stone took the wheel while I slipped to the back of the truck, with the truck slowing down, I gained momentum and threw myself on the hood of a jeep, already shooting the soldier with the machine gun and the driver, the jeep lost control, but soon Drops jumped and went in the driver's seat, grabbed the machine gun and started shooting backwards, I couldn't just shoot the helicopter without at least getting rid of our glue:
"Hit the helicopter, I'll bring up the rear!" Lyra exclaimed.
"Right!" I replied.
I started shooting at the helicopter, they were trying to stop the truck, Black went to the rear, and I stayed focused on the helicopter, hitting was difficult, I had to hit at least the snipers, Stone was fighting back too, I managed to hit a sniper, but still they had 3, I started to aim with the machine gun, then, I hit the engine they started to lose control, and they had their nose in the direction of the hijacked jeep:
"Stone, we need to jump!" Drops said.
Stone slowed down the truck, Sweetie Drops and I jumped in at the last second, before the helicopter hit the jeep, we managed to lose them, I took a deep breath, relieved, it was too hard for one night:
"Stone, can you handle the drive to the base?" I asked.
"Yes sir!" he stated.
To be continued!!!
Cold War: The Global Threat
Chapter 6 - The Shadows of the Past
August 19, 50 | 1:32 am | cold and dry
We arrived at the base, Jack had fainted halfway through, and was taken to nursing by Black, I sent some soldiers to analyze what was inside the truck, and so they did, I walked around the base going to the officers' tents, Lyra, Stone and Drops followed me:
"That was close, what about the next one?" Lyra asked.
"There will be no next…" I replied.
"The threat continues, and there was even an assassination attempt." Drops questioned.
"Captain...we had everything under control!" I replied to her.
"Yeah, I know, but…" she was going to say something.
"We have more important things now, Drops, and I want you at the intelligence meeting tomorrow!" so I cut her.
"Yes sir…" she stayed quiet.
"Dismissed." I said them.
After they left I lit a cigarette and started to get my mind in order, I needed to find out where Jack's double was, about the meeting with the officers and the War Council, avoiding a direct war with Stalliongrad, talking to AppleJack about the computers, there was too much stuff, and I was getting exhausted. My personal life was simply gone, I was no longer being completely autonomous, I had become a puppet of my own job, while others had their families and conversation circles, I was just a robot that was working and doing nothing else.
Besides that, I urgently needed to talk to someone, to open up again. The last time I opened up to someone was a Germaneighian girl, it was the first time I fell in love with someone, and what I thought would last until the end of our lives actually lasted a whole afternoon, maybe even less, I never will forget about her, Meer Kreide, dark green pastel hair, dark aqua green skin, blue eyes, 1.67 tall, she was beautiful, we met when we were advancing in the territory of Germaneighia itself, we found a small town full of enemies and civilians, the Germaneighian officers even put children on the front line, by that time in the championship I was already used to killing those vermin, so I shot the officers even before one of our superiors told someone random to shoot them, at that moment I just I was angry, but in the end the city was cleaned up, I walked around the place, then I saw her, she was in the city park, sitting on a bench, next to a tree, I started walking towards her, then I stopped, no too far away from her, I thought it was just bullshit, so when I went to turn around to leave, she looked at me and waved, I waved back. She got up and walked towards me, and we started talking in the local language:
“Hi…I'm Sniper…” I said.
“Meer Kreide.” she replied.“Nice name.” I replied back.
“Thank you.” Meer thanked.
"Do you...speak my language?" I asked
"Hell yeah, I went to Equestria for a few years!" she replied in my language.
“Oh…cool.” I replied back in my language too.
"How long have you been speaking in German?" she asked.
“When the War started I had to learn.” I replied.
“Oh…right…” she said.
“It ended up being part of my routine to kill…your army…” I said.
"It's okay…they don't feel sorry for anyone…" she replied.
"Hey, Sniper, you found a..." Lock appeared.
"Come on Lock, let him enjoy the moment!" Velvet pulled Lock by the ear, pulling him away from us.
"Ow, ow, ow, ow, ow!" he exclaimed.
"Your friends?" Meer laughed and asked.
“Brothers of War.” I replied.
"I'm sorry that you're going through this, and that you have to kill." she showed regret.
"What we do isn't pretty, but it's our job." I said.
"Want to go for a walk?" she asked.
“Of course!” I agreed.
We walked through the city, had a coffee, listened to music that the people from my battalion were playing, we got very close, around 2 pm, we entered her house, it was a comfortable house, there was a brown sofa in the living room, a fireplace with some things on top, like a clock, travel photos and a painting, she told me to make myself comfortable, so I sat on the sofa, then she came to me with a basin of warm water:
"Take off your uniform." she said.
"Erh..." I found it strange.
"Come on…you've been showing back pain all day." she explained.
I took off the top part of my uniform, on the back in the area of the ribs I was scratched, and it really was burning, but I didn't use to say that I had minor injuries so they wouldn't think I was fresh:
"Wow…it's all grated!" she said.
“It happens.” I replied.
"That might burn." she spoke.
She took a cloth and started to clean the wound, it burned a little, but not as much as vinegar or alcohol, she went through the cloth in a delicate and calm way, very different from combat doctors, who unintentionally end up hurting the patient for Due to the pressure and despair, it is very likely that they are the ones who suffer the most from all of this, as they are in charge of other people's health, a life:
“And…ready!” she finished.
“Thanks!” I thanked.
"You're welcome." she replied.
“Well…do you see your parents often?” I asked.
"I'm actually an orphan." she said.
“Oh…sorry.” I replied,
"Okay...and your parents, do you see them often?" she asked the same thing.
"My mom abandoned me when I was 3, and my dad wasn't...not a very good man..." I replied to her.
"I'm sorry..." she apologized.
“My childhood comes down to slaps, straps, punishment…” I explained.
“Insecurity…” she completed.
“That.” I said.
“Look…it doesn't matter how often you go see your dad, but I guarantee I'll be there for you!” she comforted me.
"Are you going to Equestria?" I asked.
“Yes, I plan to live there!” she replied.
“Cool.” I replied back.
"I just don't know where I can live..." she detailed.
"In the city where I live, there were some houses for rent and for sale." I informed.
"I'll check later." she said.
“And…if you want, I can host you.” I offered to be a host.
"Fine by me." she replied.
She had gained my trust, and I was starting to like her, I don't know if she was feeling the same, but I was feeling a connection between the 2 of us, we continued talking for a few more minutes:
"Did this really happen?" she was laughing at one of the stories I went through.
"I've experienced a lot throughout my life, mainly fights." I replied.
"But from your size, it looks a lot like you'd win any fight." she said.
"Do you know Velvet I told you about?" I asked.
"I remember!" she replied.
“She already managed to knock me out in a fight.” I told.
“Fight?” - she found it strange.
"Well, it wasn't really a fight, it was just practice." I explained.
“Ah, well…what a scare.” she said.
"I've been waiting for this war to end for 3 years, but the best part of this war was meeting you." I said.
"Oh, you silly boy, I like you too!" she replied.
"I hope I don't have to leave so soon..." I said.
“Neither do I.” she replied.
We looked into each other's eyes, and slowly brought our faces closer, and when we least expected it, we kissed, it was something completely natural, it seemed that she felt the same way about me, that desire to stay with that person forever, to spend her last years with her, a feeling of security, affection, alliance, a feeling of love, that's what I was feeling. We held each other for a few more seconds, then we went to her room, she took off her clothes, I took off mine, and we let it roll. After 1 hour, we put on our clothes, and went out of the house:
"I never thought I would...fall in love with someone." I said.
“Well…it happened.” she laughed and said it.
“I…I love you!” I declared.
"Aww, me too, you cutie!" she replied.
We hugged and closed our eyes, after 2 seconds we started to hear the sound of trucks, semi-tracks and tanks turning on, then Flash came to us:
"Sniper, we have to go!" Flash said.
"But..." Meer got sad.
"I'll send you letters!" I said to her.
"I'll miss you, hon." she said.
"Me too." I replied.
"Come on…I'm serious, man, let's go!" Flash said.
"Okay..." I said.
Meer kissed me and went into the house again, it looked like she wanted to cry, but unfortunately I couldn't stay, I lined up with the queue that was on the left side of the vehicles, until some mortars started shooting, there was shouting and confusion. in the middle of the explosions, everyone panicked, then I remembered Meer:
“MEER!” I shouted.
"Sniper, no!" Flash said.
I got up to go to Meer's house, but I couldn't get there in time, a mortar hit her house, at the same time I covered my face with my arm, I felt some broken glass and pebbles coming from the wall and the floor hitting me, then, the attack stopped, when I found my face the front of the house was destroyed, I ran to the rubble, looking for Meer, I found her, bloodied, it was late:
“No…Meer, wake up…wake the fuck up!” I shook her.
"C'mon man, we gotta go!" Flash exclaimed.
“LET ME GO, YOU SHIT!” I pushed him, and he pushed me back.
“SHE'S GONE, MAN! THERE'S NOTHING TO DO!" Flash shouted at me.
“Yes there is…she said she was going to live in Equestria…” I replied.
"Sniper, calm down!" Velvet said.
"DON'T TELL ME TO BE CALM, THE LOVE OF MY LIFE DIED!" I replied.
"Hey man, relax!" Lock said.
Lock approached me, going to put his hand on my shoulder, but at the same time I punched him:
"WHAT'S YOUR PROBLEM?" Lock covered your nose.
“LEAVE ME ALONE…” I replied.
That was the last time I cried, and the last time I opened up to someone, it was 7 years of holding grudges, but I was being a very big gallon, but that gallon had to be emptied before it started to overflow. Then I saw Jack walking into my tent, he was looking much better than the way we found him:
"Sniper…" Jack called me.
"Jack?" I asked.
"I'm good! Are you busy?" he asked.
"Actually no...why?" I replied.
"Before you rescue me, I have some information while the enemies were talking, rather: information about the enemy attack!" he informed.
"How so?" I asked.
"While I was trapped, I heard some conversations from the enemies that they are going to attack Equestria in 5 days, silently." he detailed.
"What the…" I was amazed.
"Since they were speaking in Russian, you could understand what they were saying, and I'm not lying!" he said.
"We have to go back to Equestria now! I hope you didn't schedule an "acupuncture" session with any of the medics." I replied.
"We need to warn all units!" he exclaimed.
"Let's tell Rainbow and the Intelligence people, we have to go!" I said.
"And let me tell you: Stalliongradian torture methods are worse than the Germaneighians." the detailed.
"I don't even want to imagine... pack your things because we have a lot to solve!" I replied.
I started to pack my things, we had to return immediately to Equestria, a spy in Equestria who heard unofficial meetings, meeting with the War Council, warn the Ministers about the attack, and on top of that avoid escalating the situation, the resources diplomats were running out, Jack went to pack his things and I went to the rest of the staff:
"Pack your things, let's go back!" I ordered.
"Okay…" Drops replied.
"Already?" Wire asked.
"No time, be on the plane in 15 minutes!" I said to him.
I went to the plane with my things, I was wondering where the double was, and what he was doing, we had to act with caution, Jack got on the plane with me, after 7 minutes of waiting, the rest of the people arrived, and we took flight.
August 19, 50 | 4:40 am | cold and wet
When we arrived, we went straight to the Pentagon, I walked into my office, closing the door and picking up the phone, calling Minister Rainbow Dash:
"Come on... pick up…" I thinked.
"Hello?" she answered.
"We need to have the War Council meeting today!" I told her.
"Did you see what time it is?" she complained.
"Yes, I saw it, but it's urgent, we're going to be attacked in 5 days!" I replied.
"How is it?" she asked.
"Jack had been kidnapped at Address 3 Compound…" I replied.
"But he was at the meeting with the President." she said.
"It was his double, we ended up giving a...free pass to a spy." I explained.
"…" Dash stayed quiet.
"The rules of the game have changed, can you ask someone to fetch the Flash in Ezpassion?" I asked.
"I'm going to see him, I'm going to the Pentagon, I'm going to call the others, the Council and the Officers!" she replied.
"Right!" I said.
As soon as she hung up, I turned on the computer, right after that, I went to check the messages, I had the usual, reports, inventory updates, and AppleJack's response regarding my message to her:
”Relax, sugarcube, you'll have computers without any malware, that's for sure, don't worry” AppleJack replied on mailbox.
”Okay, thank you very much ma'am” I replied back.
Right after the message was sent, I went looking for Minister Fluttershy's email, I wanted to schedule a day to talk to her about what was going on, I really needed help, and the first person I thought of and ran after that was the Minister of Health herself, I hadn't been to a doctor for over 4 years, when I got a flu that was too bad even for me, so I started to write the message:
”Good morning Dr. Fluttershy, I was wondering if you have any free time, I need your help, I just now realized that I needed help so I thought I'd turn to you. I've been going through a lot of difficulties 7 years ago, and I never sought help, can you help me?” I typed.
After I finished writing I didn't send it, I thought it was silly to send it now, I had more important things to do, so I just deleted the text, the meeting siren went off, so I went straight to reception, found Lock, the Velvet and Loot there, we would no longer have an exclusive meeting with the War Council or with the Commanders of the Secret Services, it would just be a single meeting to resolve all this, the Ministers, the President and her Deputy, the Generals and the Commanders of the Secret Services, all together with a purpose, to find the best way to resolve this whole situation, in less than 5 days we would be attacked by Stalliongrad, and we would not be doing nothing.
To be continued!!!
Cold War: The Global Threat
Chapter 7 - The Hole is Lower
August 19, 50 | 7:00 am | cold and wet
Everyone was already in the meeting room, the Generals, who although they have a different rank name in the Air Force and Navy, we usually call “General”, the Officials, Commanders of the Secret Services, the Ministers, the President, the Vice-President, and other units we chose, turned on the coffee machine, put papers on the table along with the world map, checked the room to see if there were any Stalliongradi wiretapping, they were all in social clothes, green suits for the army, blue for aeronautics and white for the navy. As a tradition, we started the meeting by singing the Equestria Anthem, then the meeting began:
"You all know why we're here, right?" Dash asked.
"I think everyone is already aware." Celestia replied.
"Okay Jack, you were trapped behind enemy lines, can you tell us about what else you heard there other than the attack they're planning?" Dash asked Jack.
Also, I heard a rumor among them that th"ey plan to assassinate President Celestia to weaken us, hearing that, I was scared, and they still have plans for that, I just don't know how they're going to do it." Jack replied.
"Well...in that case we'd better do a Federal Intervention!" Screen gave the idea.
Commander Screen Shot, blue hair, brown skin, gray eyes, 1.82 tall, he is the Commander of the International Equestrian Espionage Service (IEES), responsible for sending spies and double agents to enemy forces with disguises, as a waiter from restaurant, homeless and even as an international soldier, he fought in the War as part of another company:
"Do you know how I found out about this kind of information? In the prison room, there is a glass cup, so I could identify what they were saying." Jack said.
"This tactic never fails." I replied.
"How are we going to catch the spies?" Pinkie asked.
"With the Ghosts and our agents!" I replied.
"But aren't Ghosts just for direct attack?" AppleJack questioned.
"We also do immediate action, interrogation, sabotage and other things." I replied.
"We're going to need all Special Forces in operational readiness!" Dash said.
"Ma'am, the Phantoms are only from the naval infiltration part." High Script said.
Admiral High Script, dark beige hair, dark wine skin, dark green eyes, 1.76 tall, Leader of the Phantoms, and one of the Admirals of the Equestrian Navy, even though he was young, he was promoted to General on the recommendation of the Minister of Morals:
"When I say ‘everyone’ I mean everyone, no exceptions!" Dash replied to High.
"Alright, I'll get my units ready!" High stated.
"I'll send the people of Manehattan and Fillydelphia out on the streets!" Sweetie Belle said.
"Perfect!" Dash spoke.
Commander Sweetie Belle, light and dark lilac hair, white skin, green eyes, 1.71 tall, the Commander of the Secret Service of Manehattan (SSM), responsible for the East region of Equestria, is also the sister of Minister Rarity:
"It's better not to be publicized, the population will be afraid and still conspire against us, and it will tarnish our image." Jack said.
"Relax darling, I'll take care of it!" Rarity said.
"By the way, computers are already being produced for us to keep an eye on!" AppleJack replied.
"Computers? How so?" Apple Bloom questioned.
"To send agent reports." AppleJack replied.
Commander Apple Bloom, red hair, light yellow skin, orange eyes, 1.77 tall, younger sister of Minister AppleJack and Commander of the Southern Secret Service (SSS), in which she has the same function as the Secret Service of Manehattan and Las Pegasus, looking for spies and infiltrators in our territory and eliminating targets:
"Oh yes, it makes sense!" Bloom replied back.
"What if the population sees that you are having unusual army activities?" Red Code asked.
Air Lieutenant-Brigadier Red Code, red skin, green hair, blue eyes, 1.87 tall, Leader of the Kraken and Air Force Lieutenant-Brigadier, Marine since 1937, fought in the War and like the other Special Forces of the Army, founded the Kraken in 47:
"That's a bit tricky to answer…" Rarity said.
"We can't just go around killing everyone like we did a few days ago!" Lock said.
"It was a miscalculation…" Pinkie replied.
"Whatever...Drops, what was in the truck that I got a message that we couldn't release to conventional soldiers?" Velvet asked..
"Plutonium…" Drops replied.
"How is it?" I was confused.
"We found out that they were carrying plutonium in that compound we had invaded, and it was enriched plutonium." Drops replied to me.
"Enriched? We already knew that Stalliongrad didn't have many mines with plutonium or uranium, but now this?" Barn Stock asked.
Air Lieutenant-Brigadier Barn Stock, gray skin and eyes, burgundy hair, 1.89 tall, Leader of the Black Fish and Navy Air Lieutenant, he was accepted into the army to have more discipline, after all, became General:
"Who knows what they're going to do…" Stone wondered.
"Maybe...weapons?" Loot supposed.
"Weapons...wait, are you talking about radioactive weapons?" Wire said.
"No, he's clearly talking about beauty products...obviously they're weapons!" Bow rift mocked.
Air Lieutenant Brigadier Bow Rift, dark yellow hair, dark purple skin, beige eyes, 1.93 tall, Leader of the Phoenix and Air Lieutenant Brigadier Air Force, not much is known about his background:
"But what does all this have to do with the attacks in 5 days?" Jack asked.
"This is additional information." Dash replied.
"But it's also interesting information for the future." I said.
Speaking of which, I heard a rumor that the Stalliongradis would be buying the plutonium from a Soviet company, I couldn't identif"y the name, because, for them, it would be confidential, I think it must be some Soviet scientific industry that is giving these products to the military soviets." Jack said.
"They probably want to make something more powerful than an atomic bomb." Screen said.
"Yes, it could be an alternative." Jack replied.
"Screen, Sniper and Bow, I want you to look into this further!" Dash ordered.
"Yes ma'am!" I stated.
"I'm going to start investing in more chemical weapons, in case this turns into a Chemical-Arms Race!" Twilight said.
"Good idea!" Luna replied.
Vice President Luna, blue skin and eyes, light blue and dark blue hair, 1.67 tall, I studied with her when Celestia was a teacher, she was also coordinator when Celestia was Principal, the 2 are sisters:
"I don't know if it's a good idea... messing with chemical or radioactive weapons…" Fluttershy spoke.
"Sorry to be rude to you, but it's either that or we're going to be decimated." I replied.
"I see…" she understood.
"We can try to do diplomatic missions." Snow supposed.
General Snow Sky, pink skin, purple hair, orange eyes, 1.73 tall, she is an Army General and a veteran, early in her career she did some clandestine missions and infiltrated enemy lines:
"How? They will attack anyway." Pinkie had a point.
"There's that point, but we can't escalate it straight into a straight conflict!" Cloud Card had another.
General Cloud Card, water green skin, blue eyes, yellow hair, 1.76 tall, he is a General of the Army, he proved to be a dedicated and correct person, that's why he became General:
"Let's go on diplomatic missions!" Celestia said.
"But they will kill our diplomats!" I gave another point.
"Probably not, if they were spying on us, they know what we're capable of." Celestia replied.
"You have a point." I said.
"We're running out of options…" Scootaloo pointed.
Commander Scootaloo, light purple hair, orange skin, purple eyes, 1.74 tall, she is the Commander of the Secret Service of Las Pegasus, and also a great athlete, sometimes completing missions herself:
"We can see the diplomatic missions later, now, the focus is on protecting the President and Vice!" Velvet said.
"If they see someone trying to kill her, people will ask for answers!" Lock pointed.
"That can't be disguised, but it wouldn't be that new either." Rarity pointed.
"We need to see about the attack first!" High exclaimed.
"Let's see the diplomatic missions first!" Loot exclaimed too.
"The President's life is at risk!" Velvet said.
Then, an uproar began, people saying that it was more important to see about the attack, others wanting the diplomatic missions, the concern for Celestia and Luna's life, it was a discussion that could understand nothing:
Yes, reall"y! But if we do this now, the population will be afraid and the enemies will notice, and they will notice our weaknesses, and worse than that, the press will ask why." Jack said, then everyone stopped discussion.
"The media part is already on hand, honey, but if someone sees something, we either kill it or we create some story!" Said to him.
"The part of repelling the attack will not be so difficult, with the Special Forces plus the Intelligence agents, it will be much easier, if there is a shootout in the middle of the street…" I started speaking.
"...we said it was just an inconvenience, it's just that the police are investigating!" Rarity completed the sentence.
"That!" I agreed.
"So are we done with the attack part here? It's going to be stealthy...let's keep people from seeing it…" Card said.
"No, there's still a lot…" I spoke.
"But if the police ‘investigate’, we'll need to come up with something, what will it be?" Snow pointed.
"Good point." I agreed.
"Maybe...a criminal faction?" Luna supposed.
"It could work!" Rarity replied.
"And with that we have a curfew!" Dash exclaimed.
"Wouldn't that be too extreme and ghastly for civilians?" I said.
"We need something that isn't too scary for the population…" Snow stated.
"I think that here in Equestria there should be some spies." Jack pointed.
"We've had some...problems catching spies since the first time you broke into that complex." Pinkie said.
"It was actually a compound." I corrected
"Yeah!" Pinkie replied.
"Maybe they knew we were going to break in, so they put up a fake name list…" I supposed.
"I hope that doesn't happen again…" Dash said.
"Yes ma'am." I replied.
"Let's see then, the 5-day attack has been confirmed, but we don't know the enemy's attack, so we have to take care of some spy suspects who are in Equestria, who are passing information to the Stalliongradians." Jack said.
"Let's increase the frequency of parties and build more nightclubs." Pinkie replied.
"Nightclubs?" Jack asked.
"Are you going to cut off the spies' dick?" Lock made a joke.
High and Jack holded the laugh.
"LOCK!" Velvet exclaimed.
"Men…" Pinkie said.
"It's serious…" Jack pointed.
"The nightclubs will probably get their attention, as Stalliongrad doesn't have any nightclubs." Pinkie said.
"It's a good plan!" I agreed.
"Yeah, it makes sense." Jack said.
"I'm going to announce in the newspapers the opening of the new whorehouse." Rarity said.
"Wait…whorehouses…hmmmm…" Jack said.
"Whorehouse and nightclub are the same thing." Rarity explained
"I know a friend of mine who works in these areas." Jack said.
"Who?" Rarity asked.
"Mary, she's from another city, I'll call her to help us, she was also a spy, but lost her position after she married a man." Jack detailed.
"The more spies the better!" Rarity said.
"We're going to need new unregistered spies too!" I agreed.
"There is another spy besides me. However, he is a sniper, just like me." Jack said.
"Does he have records or reports where he is mentioned?" I asked.
"His name is Eduard, he was in the army." Jack said.
"Will do." Dash replied.
"But he was also part of the Espionage work." Jack replied back.
"I know someone who might be a spy who has no records." Twilight said.
"Hitman?" I asked.
"No, she works at the post office." she replied.
"Post office?" I found it strange.
"Yes, Derpy Hooves!" she said.
"Derpy...I don't know." I replied.
Wait, the Derpy we went to high school with and dated that nutcase who almost destroyed the chem lab? Dash asked.
"He's actually smart, no wonder he's part of the Ministry of Science." Twilight replied.
"If you say so…" Dash said.
"Well, actually we already have spies at the post office, customs, ports, railroads…" I replied.
"I'm talking about something else, about her being a real spy!" she said.
"How so?" I was confused.
"One thing nobody knows about her is that she practiced martial arts." Twilight replied.
"That's a point, but martial arts alone wouldn't get her out of a risky situation." I pointed.
"Then someone goes undercover at the post office she works for and asks her to meet you at the next military training for...I don't know, the Ghosts or Phoenix." Twilight said.
"Right…" I replied.
"She works at the Ponyville agency." she detailed.
"We're going to do that, so any more suggestions on the attack part?" Dash asked.
"Nothing yet." Jack replied.
"Alright, now let's get to the President's safety!" Dash said.
"Well that's enough, I need to leave, good luck to all of us." Jack left.
"See ya." I replied.
"Sniper...do you really trust Jack?" Dash asked.
"I trust with my life!" I replied.
"Well, and you trust him, so I will too!" she replied back.
"Right!" I said.
"For Celestia's safety, I think we should leave snipers and snipers in the buildings!" Snow gave the idea.
"It's a good idea, we can leave some soldiers inside the sewers, who knows where they will enter…" High said.
"For the escorts we're going to have to make the equipment heavier…" Dash ordered.
"I'll provide new prototype vests!" AppleJack said.
"We're going to need to improve our communication too, something like a radio but mixed with a telephone." I supposed.
"Radiotelephone? Great idea!" I praised.
"This will come in handy, especially for spying!" Dash said.
"When are you going to start producing this radio-telephone?" Pinkie asked,
"Folks, we have something else to focus on right now…" Red pointed.
"Oh, really, sorry." Pinkie apologized.
I think Applejack is right. I think a radiotelephone would be a good invention, especially for "the army! But he's right, we have more pressing things to attend to at the moment, so I think we'll have to wait a little longer before starting production on them." Twilight said.
"Let's keep working on communication as well, it'll be useful for both of their protection!" Dash said.
"Is non-verbal language not enough?" Snow asked.
"We should talk about codes too!" I replied.
"Well, in terms of security I think it's just that, increase security, place snipers, improve equipment...okay, now let's go to the diplomatic missions!" Dash exclaimed.
"For diplomatic missions, does anyone know any diplomats?" I said.
"Starlight Glimmer has a doctorate in foreign affairs." Celestia pointed.
"Cool." I replied.
"Sunset Shimmer just finished college for foreign affairs too." Twilight replied back.
"Let's put spies without records too, we say they are Advisors or something." Red supposed.
"Advisory? It's not a bad idea." Loot said.
Suddenly the door opened, it was Jack:
"Sorry to interrupt, but we have a new member here and I want to show you…" Jack spoke, then he walked in with one more guy" With you, Eduard Mac II!
"Pleasure." Eduard greeted.
"Hi...did you decide to go back to the meeting?" Dash asked.
"No, but he has some crucial information about Stalliongrad." Jack explained.
"And the Germaneighians…" Eduard said.
"Whoa, get this straight!" Dash replied.
In 1945, with the end of the War, Germaneighia was divided into 2, North Germaneighia and South Germaneighia, which was our side, the north one was owned by Stalliongrad, the only information we had until that moment, is that Death Scan was in Stalliongrad, and he is Germaneighian:
"Before everything we are going through, I was doing an operation on Germaneighia, as there is a suspicion of biological weapons, such as cloning or mutation of living beings. That was in the second war, and when I went to check if it was real or not, the Germaneighians, in total, contain 44 biological weapons laboratories spread around the world, in a secret way." Eduard detailed.
"What? Biological weapons? How so?" Jack asked.
"The Gargoylians were able to identify some suspects, such as the disappearance of certain animals or plants and even specific people with some kind of genetic disease." Eduard explained.
"Gargoylians?" Jack asked.
"Yes. During the second war, the Gargoylians became preoccupied with some Germaneighian biological technologies. For example: Katchup Gas, could kill 1 to 100 men in 5 seconds, not only Gargouille, but Oakland, Equestria and even the Stalliongradis so afraid of these weapons from the Germaneighians!" Eduard said.
"Yeah, but where are you going with this?" Jack asked.
"The Germaneighians would be developing some kind of biological weapon that involves humans. I believe it is to create Superhumans (or soldiers). Already the weapons, would be as deadly as the bomb of Hiroshima and Nagasaki!" Eduard complemented.
"Superhumans?" Jack asked.
"In one of my invasions in Eastern Europe, I found a Germaneighian laboratory, in it, there were several giant CAPSULES, with some green liquid that I cannot identify." Eduard said.
"What was there?" Jack asked.
"It was abandoned after the war, and all the men involved in the experiment were dead." Eduard said.
"And the documents, what was in that liquid?" Jack asked.
"When I went looking for some documents there, I discovered that the Nazis were developing some kind of human being, which for them would be ‘HB-87’, they wanted, not only to develop super humans, but also to create some kind of armor that behave according to the user…" Eduard replied.
"It's very advanced…" Jack said.
"Wait? Does Equestria know about this? Sniper, Velvet and Lock, I want explanations!" Dash said this in a more serious and aggressive tone.
I really didn't know that:
"I don't know anything." I said.
"Neither do I." Velvet replied to Rainbow.
"I don't remember any of that, everything Equestria discovered during the War is archived here at the Pentagon!" Lock exclaimed.
"It's because I'm part of another military unit, don't worry, I'll help you, it's so secret that not even the high-ranking military knows about it." Eduard said.
"Fucking hell…besides Stalliongradis, now comes this! But you did a feat, you have my respect!" Jack said.
"Right…" Dash replied.
"To tell you the truth, I knew that too…" Red spoke.
"How?" Pinkie was confused.
"1 year after the end of the war, there was no one there anymore, so I decided to visit it, I met local paramilitaries and I saw a strange movement in North Germaneighia, so I went to investigate, and really, there were great people behind it Furthermore, Death Scan and other Germaneighian officers who had already died, and they had dealings with Stalliongrad, as expected…" Red replied.
"Give me a reason to stay alive…" Rainbow Dash pinned him against the wall and pointed a gun at his head.
"We need him!" I said.
"Are you saying that to defend him or what?" she asked.
"If he was also investigating, he would have information too!" I explained.
"He committed the Crime of Omitting Military Data!" she argued.
"That would result in his office being revoked and the Kraken having to go into someone else's hands." I said.
"…" Red had no reaction.
"I'm not going to revoke your position because I know you, but I better be hiding nothing else…" Dash let go of him and sheathed the gun.
"All I know is that what Eduard said is correct, and that Stalliongrad is involved." Red spoke.
"Guys, calm down, I know we are all distressed by such a difficult time like this!" Jack exclaimed.
"What I'm saying is true. There are biological weapons in between!" Eduard said.
"That's too dangerous, plus we're taking care of Celestia, the Stalliongradis, and even bioweapons!" Jack exclaimed.
"Let's do things calmly, it's no use for us to be in a hurry!" Eduard said.
"Let's spy on Northern Germaneighia too!" Snow supposed.
"How do you plan to do that?" Twilight asked.
"Do the subways still run between the 2 sides?" I asked.
"I like the idea!" Dash replied.
"Shall we get Ghosts or Intelligence agents to go there?" High asked.
"Let's put Phantoms, Ghosts and Intelligence Field Agents, I want scouts and assault in Southern Germaneighia!" Dash replied.
"Understood!" I stated.
Yes ma'am! High stated.
"How many agents do you think we'll need?" Dash asked.
"Around 10!" I replied.
"Wait, invasion? This has several irregularities, and is even illegal!" Card questioned.
"Are you kidding?" Bow asked.
"With all due respect, General, do you know what we do?" Drops said to Card.
"What we do is already illegal!" Lyra stated.
"We need permission to enter Germaneighia with our agents!" Card replied.
"Mister Cloud Card, we're talking about world sovereignty at stake!" Celestia said.
"Not to mention we're already doing the same thing in Stalliongrad, and you haven't even said a word." Dash said.
"What exactly are you worried about?" Pinkie asked.
"The external press, South Germaneighia is our property, but it is not part of our territory!" Card questioned.
"It's already decided, 10 operators go to North Germaneighia!" I replied.
"But General Commander, what if…" Card started to speak.
"You agree with that decision, don't you?" I cutted him.
"Yes sir…" he stated.
"Good." I said.
"I just have a question: who is in charge of the diplomatic missions in Stalliongrad?" Card asked.
"Miss Twilight, where can I find Starlight Glimmer and Sunset Shimmer?" I asked Twilight.
"Currently Starlight lives in Baltimare, Sunset lives in Lakewood." she replied.
"Right." I replied back.
"I don't mean diplomats, I mean who will be in charge of spy missions!" Card questioned.
"Me!" me, Pinkie Pie and Rainbow Dash replied at the same time.
"I think it's okay for the 3 of us to go." Dash said.
"Right." I stated.
"I think I can handle the Ministry of Defense and the Ministry of Morals." AppleJack offered help.
"Perfect!" Dash replied.
"Erh...Pinkie, you know...handle a gun?" Velvet asked Pinkie.
"Of course I do, silly... I mean, Velvet, I know a lot of things you don't!" Pinkie replied.
"Right…" Velvet replied back,
"Who will be the Stalliongrad agents and which ones will be in Germaneighia?" Screen asked.
"For now everyone goes to Stalliongrad, Lyra, Drops and High stay in North Germaneighia, stay watching!" Dash ordered.
"Yes ma'am!" High stated.
"To Stalliongrad, in addition to me, Sniper and Pinkie, there's also Jack, Eduard, 2 members of Rookie 0-1 who are already there, Flash Scout and Crow Top!" Dash said.
"But isn't Flash out?" I asked.
"And Crow was shot!" Rarity warned.
"Crow is out of the hospital." Wire informed.
"Already? When?" Rarity asked.
"Yesterday." Wire replied.
"Good." Rarity was relieved.
"I don't know if it's a very good idea for him to be active now…" Fluttershy said.
"Calm down, Flutter, he's strong!" Dash replied.
"Right…" Fluttershy asked.
"When do you plan to go?" Screen asked.
"The day before the attack begins!" Dash replied.
"Who will be the Rookie 0-1 agents coming with us?" I asked.
"Velvet, you who talk to them the most, can you recommend 2?" Dash asked Velvet.
"Master Key and Blow Dart!" Velvet indicated.
"Great!" Dash said.
"And the rest of the team?" Velvet asked.
"I already have people in mind." Dash said.
"Okay." Velvet said.
"What's the name of the group going to be?" Pinkie asked.
"Research and Data Analysis Group!" Dash replied.
"GIAD?" I said.
"Exactly!" Dash replied.
"I think we can end the meeting here!" Celestia stated.
"Everything is already planned, repelling the attack, the security of the Heads of State and the diplomatic missions." Dash said.
"All dismissed!" Celestia dismissed all of us.
"See you another day!" I said.
We all leave the meeting room:
"I'll warn the Ghosts!" I informed.
"Sniper...mind if I accompany you?" Snow asked.
"That's a bit of a weird request, but if you want it, that's not my problem." I replied.
"Okay…" she replied back.
I walked to my office, Snow followed, going in, I already turned on the computer sending a message to the Colonels of the Ghosts:
We are going to initiate a Federal Intervention, but we will do it quietly, I want all operators available on the streets, but make absolutely nothing explicit, it is necessary that you gentl"emen contain an attack from Stalliongrad that will happen in 5 days, remember to maintain secrecy, I don't want to hear about the population asking what's going on" I typed on the mailbox.
"I liked the office." Snow said.
"So, General, did you come to ask for something specific?" I asked.
"I want to be part of the Ghosts!" she replied.
"Come with me!" I relied back.
We left my office and went to my car, then, I started driving, I was heading towards Ponyville, we were going to pay a visit to Derpy Hooves, as Twilight recommended, from there, we would go straight to the Ghosts' base, enjoy that there were some candidates who were going to participate in the contest.
August 19, 50 | 2:32 pm | cold and wet
We arrived at the Ponyville post office, and right at the counter, I saw her, Derpy Hooves, blonde hair, gray skin, yellow eyes, 1.69 tall, there was a huge queue ahead, but even so, I passed by everyone and went up to the counter:
"Erh...sir, could you go to the end of the line?" Derpy said.
"You come with me, Derpy Hooves!" I replied.
"Wait, is this a kidnapping? HELP!" she started to panic.
"No, it's not a kidnapping, but you need to come with me!" I replied.
"O-okay, but I'm working!" she said.
"Equestria needs you!" I replied to her.
"Oh yeah, I understand, but I'm already a desk clerk and mailgirl here...wait, am I being transferred?" she asked.
"Around, but I need you to come with me!" I replied.
"Okay, what's your order?" she asked.
"Just...follow me." I ordered.
We got into my car, and when Derpy saw that Snow was in uniform:
"Wait...I-I'm being arrested?" Derpy looked at me with teary eyes.
"No, but we need you!" I replied.
"My name is Snow Sky." Snow said.
"I'm Derpy Hooves, nice to meet you!" Derpy replied.
"Sniperplayer." I replied Derpy.
I drove back towards the base, when I got there, I went through the gates and parked the car, we got out and walked towards the training field, which had a lake, an obstacle course and a series of training fields for CQB, it was an area like any other, our differential is that we complicate things for candidates and for those who are taking the course, in case the course is based on real situations, after they are approved, they earn their skull balaclavas and the battalion symbol, a skull wearing a beret. I took 2 uniforms and threw them to Derpy and Snow:
"Wear and meet me in the courtyard!" I ordered.
"Yes sir!" Snow replied.
I went to the courtyard, there were already the candidates, there were around 200 candidates, including Snow and Derpy, who arrived quickly, so I started talking:
"Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen candidates, today I'm going to apply for the test to see who deserves or doesn't deserve to take the Equestrian Special Operations course, to be more specific, the Ghosts! This group was started along with the Stalliongrad threats against our sovereignty. All of you are capable of defending Equestria, but not all of you will be able to pass this test. Any questions?" - I said.
"Isn't that just for army people?" Derpy asked.
"Let's just say you're an exception to the rule, I was asked to see you, and here I am!" I replied.
"Oh…" Derpy exclaimed.
"Any other questions?" I asked everyone.
Everyone was silent:
"Great, now, I want to know the following: who here wakes up and has breakfast before making the bed?" I asked, about 30 candidates raised their hands, and I said “You better leave now!”
So they left:
"This is where the game starts…" I said, as I lit a cigar.
To be continued!!!
Cold War: The Global Threat
Chapter 8 - Flash and Frank
August 19th | 8:30 pm | cold and wet
"Excuse me, is Doctor Fluttershy in?" I told the receptionist.
“No, I'm sorry.” he replied.
"Right." I said back, leaving the place.
I went back to walking around the city, so I decided to go back to the Pentagon, when I got there, I went to my office, and I ended up blacking out, when I woke up, I looked at my watch, it was 6:43 am, I got up and got a cup of coffee, I saw Derpy in the hallway, so I walked up to her:
“Good morning, sir General!” Derpy said with a smile on his face.
“Good morning… what are you doing here?” I answered her.
"I thought I had been... hired..." she replied, a little confused.
“Well, that's up to you, whether you want to join us or not is your choice.” I explained to her.
“I think I will work with you guys!” Derpy said with a little uncertainty.
“Okay, I recommend you check out some missions with Colonel Lock Type or Colonel Velvet Bean while we don't leave for Stalliongrad.” I directed.
“Wait, when are we going there?” she asked with a tone of curiosity.
“Four days from now.” I said, indicating the time.
“Right… what are we going to do there?” Derpy asked, seeming to be interested in the subject.
"Espionage!" I replied.
“Oh…right.” Derpy said.
“Remember, what happens there must not be made public!” I explained the condition of work.
"OK!" she replied, showing that she understood.
“Now just look for Lock or Velvet.” I repeat the given information.
Then Jack appeared:
“Sniper, I was looking for you, are you busy now?” Jack said in a worried tone.
"In truth no." I replied.
“There was an enemy in your house and someone is out to kill you.” Eduard said with a more serious tone.
"That's not news." I replied naturally.
“He told us the person wears a mask, is 1.78, has a topknot, does it look familiar to you? For me it's not…” Jack said, giving details.
“Topknot…the Screen?” I said in a slightly confused tone.
“I don't know…That's all I know.” Jack said.
“We took care of him.” Eduard said.
“Well, do you want some help?” Jack said.
“Actually, I don't know, just keep an eye open until we reach Stalliongrad!” I replied, as if it were an order.
A guy with a topknot I knew was Screen, but he wasn't 1.78, he was 1.82:
“What were you doing at the pharmacy?” Jack asked curiously.
“Pharmacy...I was at the Ministry of Health...wait, have you been spying on me?” I asked suspiciously.
"I heard you were going there to look for Fluttershy, but I'm not spying on you, it's just rumours." Eduard said, trying to appease.
"I know..." I said, still suspicious.
I turned around leaving, I was heading towards the airport, the time had come to talk to Flash after 5 years, we hadn't spoken since before the end of the war, I hardly knew how the lives of the others around me were, Velvet, Lock, Flash, I had no idea who they were anymore, I didn't know how they were, so I just waited to get to Ezpassionia.
August 19, 50 | 5:45 pm | cold and wet
“Sniper… what do you want?” Flash asked in a serious tone.
“Good afternoon to you too…” I replied mockingly.
"I haven't seen you in over 5 years." Flash said, coldly.
“You never reported it either.” I answered him.
“I kept in touch with Lock and Velvet, not you.” Flash said, with a tone of disappointment.
“Whatever…” I replied neutrally.
“Just say what you want!” he said, with an aggressive tone.
“I need your help spying on Stalliongrad!” I said, waiting for an answer.
“Wow…even after last time you think I'll come back? And on top of that because of you?” Flash said, feeling angry.
The “last time” was somewhat complicated, we were going to sabotage a Germaneighian base that was installed in Gargouile, it was the 2 of us with 3 more Equestrian soldiers and 2 members of the Resistance, we got into a train car and cleaned it up, arriving at the station, we went close to some loads and started to advance, the darkness of the night gave us an advantage to be stealthy, we planted bombs in the target base and when leaving, everything went wrong, we ended up losing 2 members of the Resistance and 1 our soldier in the middle of the process, Flash was flirting with one of the members of the Resistance, and it shook him a lot, I ended up not being able to lead properly that day:
“That was just an inconvenience!” I said trying to argue.
“You were in charge and you left 3 dead in that shit, you call that an inconvenience?” he said, putting the weight on top of me.
“…” I was speechless.
“I'm happy like this, I have a beautiful family, I work with what I like, I have a nice house, do you think I'm going to throw all this away because of YOUR problems?” he said,
“You don't know the seriousness of this problem, do you think I would call you for nothing?” I argued.
“And what are you doing now?” he said, still angry.
“The world is at stake, and you are one of the best spies I have ever seen!” I said, trying to convince him.
"Your problems are not mine... now get out of my house!" Flash said, pointing to the street.
“Know this can get to Ezpassionia, and when it does, there's no going back.” I said, fixing my jacket.
I turned around and left going to take the first taxi that appeared, without Flash, we would be at a disadvantage, although we were with great agents, a single person would make all the difference, as soon as the taxi arrived, I got in and went to the airport, arriving in Equestria, I went straight home and fell asleep, I didn't even look at the time, which I definitely should have done.
I woke up with noises in the house, so I got up and got ready with the revolver and went to the bathroom in my room to turn off the light board, there were people in my house, and they wouldn't like their fate. I started to walk slowly, avoiding making noise and keeping my focus on listening to the sounds of footsteps, then I heard a sound that sounded like an owl, but it came from inside the house, as there were 2 floors, I went to the ground floor, looking for the source of the sound, possibly a signal, near the kitchen there was someone, I was sure it was not an ally, so I caught him from behind covering his mouth and stabbing his chest, he let out a groan of pain and died.
“This looks like a haunted house.” said one of the upstairs enemies, speaking in Russian.
“He's downstairs!” said another enemy soldier.
I focused on listening to the sounds of footsteps to identify the number of operators, but I couldn't, so I went near the stairs, and aimed up, there were 10 soldiers coming down the stairs, from what I could hear, so I started shooting, I killed 2 and wounded 4, the other 4 tried to run away to hide, soon after, I heard the sounds of gunfire with a silencer, 2 shots in all, 2 more soldiers fell, so I disarmed 2 people who were at the bottom of the stairs, then I found out who were the 2 people after shining the flashlight in their faces:
“Jack? Eduard?” I found it strange.
"It's us." Jack replied.
One of the enemy operators tried to draw his weapon, so I killed the 4.
“What are you doing…how did you get in here?” I questioned the 2.
"I also want to know...because there is a Germaneighia here..." Jack said.
“Hallo, guy.” said a stranger, with white skin, brown eyes, brown hair and 1.72 tall.
“Frank?” Jack said.
“Easy there, I'm unarmed…” said the supposed Frank, who was coming down the stairs.
I tripped him and then immobilized him, threatening him with a knife to the throat.
"Easy there, Sniperplayer, he's not here for any harm." Jack said.
“Relax there man, I didn't come here to do any harm…” Frank said.
"I hope it is true." I replied by letting go.
“Phew, what cardboard, eh…” Frank said.
“We have to clean up this mess, right?” Jack said.
"Yes." I replied. “The light board is in the bathroom of my room!”
I started looting the bodies, picking up ammo and looking for the identities of the enemy operators, then I took the bodies outside, the power was turned back on and we were cleaning the house, this was not the first time that someone had broken into my house.
“Hey, green guy…” Frank said. “They were looking for your head.”
“I'm not really surprised by that.” I replied to Frank.
I lit my cigarette and went to the toolshed in my backyard and got garbage bags and gasoline, then started putting the bodies in the garbage bags:
"And there aren't just a few of them, it's almost an army for your head…that means there are several of them here in Equestria, hiding…" Frank said.
“I guess they better get in line.” I replied.
I put the bagged bodies in the backseat of my car and the gas in the trunk.
“Seriously, man!” Frank said.
“But does this have anything to do with the attacks that will happen in the next few days?” Eduard wondered.
"Boy...good question..." Jack said.
“Passing information from Equestria and then invading…” Eduard theorized.
“That's what I mean!” Frank exclaimed.
“Put the bodies in the trunk and get in the car!” I ordered.
They followed the orders and got into the car shortly after, so I started driving to the abandoned junkyard in the city to burn the bodies, we talked along the way:
“Frank, tell me everything you know!” I told Frank.
“It's a long story, but I'll try to summarize what's going on…” Frank said. “After you did an operation there in Stalliongrad, they want your head… They knew it was the order of Equestria's attack, so it turned out they made false names to invade and study all of Equestria…” Frank said.
“Stalliongrad? I haven't even been there yet.” I found it strange.
“He's talking about that operation we did a while ago…” Jack said.
“In Ponea?” I asked.
“This…” Frank said.
“But what does this have to do with the attacks that will happen in the next few days?” Jack asked.
“Attacks? What attacks?” Frank questioned.
“He's saying that the Stalliongradians are going to attack Equestria in a few days, to assassinate the president…” I replied to Eduard.
“Fucking hell…” Frank was stunned.
“Okay, go on…” Jack said.
“They're trying anyway to get into Equestria, either by boats, planes…all under false names…” I replied to Frank.
"You already said..." Jack said.
"But they're doing something different...they want to stay in Equestria, study and then pass the information on to Stalliongrad..." answered Frank.
“Is this serious? How do you know...?" Jack questioned.
"I was watching everything, invisibly... then I went to chase one of the soldiers, then he told me everything they were going to do..." Frank replied.
“What ‘he’?” Jack asked.
"Some soldiers ran away, one of them went towards me, he already had a trap ready, so that's when I interrogated him... and he told me everything before he died..." answered Frank.
“Wait, did you come watching us?” Eduard asked.
“More or less…you know, I was also in the Germaneighian special forces, so I know some Espionage techniques…” I replied to Frank.
“What about the Stalliongrades? Sniperplayer, wouldn't you tell Rainbow Dash?" Jack said.
“Regarding the ships, I had already warned you…” Eduard said.
"Serious?" Jack asked.
“I will inform her.” Jack answered.
“But they are not ordinary ships, they are ghost ships…” Eduard said.
Frank snapped his fingers:
"What it was?" Jack wondered.
“That's where they go…” I replied to Frank.
“By the ghost ships?” Jack asked.
"That!" Frank exclaimed.
“Relax, the navy is already solving this…” I replied to Eduard.
“And the aeronautics part?” Jack asked.
“That's a bit complicated... since false names are not accepted at airports in Ghale…” Frank informed.
“Wait, how does the Navy already know about this?” I asked.
"I talked to Rainbow Dash about these ships, so the Navy knows now... got it?" Eduard replied.
“Oh yes…” I replied.
“Since the soldiers couldn't go to regular airports, they called the 'puppets'…” Frank said.
“Puppets?” Jack asked.
“They would be civilians who intend to travel outside of Ghale, the Stalliongradians paid some civilians for that.” Frank said.
“Civilians?” Jack wondered.
“This…” Frank said.
"How do you know?" Jack questioned.
“I have a childhood friend, Stalliongradian, so he told me everything…he was in the military, so he told me the plan…” Frank informed.
“Did he betray their military trust?” Jack asked.
“He's always had trust issues, which is why I'm one of the 'trusted' ones to keep that secret. But you know how it is... eventually the secret comes out…” I replied to Frank.
“But what do the Stalliongradians call these civilians?” Eduard asked.
“Easy, using familiars. Whether father, son, mother, grandmother, uncle…” Frank said.
“Neopotism?” Jack asked.
"Like this." Frank said.
“Sick…” I commented, as he stopped the car at the junkyard.
“Next, Frank, you come with us to Stalliongrad!” I told Frank as we piled up the bodies to burn.
“And the staff?” Frank asked.
“Everything is already scheduled.” I replied.
“Okay, but I don't have any weapons…” Frank said.
“No one said you would trade directly!” I replied, throwing a lit match onto the pile of bodies.
“Wait, are we really going unarmed?” Frank wondered.
“You do, the rest are armed.” I replied.
“Wait a minute, you don’t even want a switchblade?” Eduard asked.
"He won't go to the front until I really trust him!" I replied to him.
“Relax guys, I really know how to defend myself…” Frank said.
“One false step and I'll hang your head in my living room…” I turned to Frank as I jabbed my finger at his chest aggressively.
“Don't you want him to be the scout?” Jack asked.
“We already have one.” I replied.
“Yes sir…” I replied to Frank.
“I didn't need that, but that's okay…” Eduard commented.
“Get in the car, let’s clean my house!” I ordered, getting into the car with the rest of the staff.
To be continued!!!
Cold War: The Global Threat
August 20, 1950 | 7:32 am | cold and dry
"What the hell is that?" I asked irritably.
"How?" Screen found it strange.
"The Attack on the Chamber of Deputies in Western Germaneighia!" I replied.
"Oh yes, that. Looks like someone wants to resurrect the 'Spirit of Aryanne'." he said.
"Armin Kessler, huh?" I asked him if that was the subject's name, just to confirm that the content that was in the report was correct.
"Yes sir!" he replied.
"I want all his information, date of birth, criminal and military history, address, anything you can get!" I ordered.
"We'll do our best, sir!" Screen said.
"Great, let me know when you find something!" I replied.
"Yes sir." he stated.
When I was leaving, the alarm sound went off, something was wrong, so I ran to the security room:
"What is happening?" I asked the guard.
"Gunfire sounds, even broke a window." he replied.
"Damn…" I grumbled.
The movement at the base became more agitated, there were agents going outside to look for the shooter, others, going to protect the entrance and the other rooms, I left there and went to my office, took my phone and called the Ministry of Defense, then, one of the secretaries there answered:
"Hello?" said the secretary.
"This is the Sniperplayer General Commander, I need to speak with the Minister." I went straight to the point;
"She is not at the moment, sir." he replied.
"What the... where is she?" I asked.
"She went to one of the Star Powder factories." he informed.
"Okay, I appreciate her understanding!" I up said right away.
I went to the entrance of the Pentagon:
"Be prepared for the worst!" I told the agents.
"We're ready!" one of the agents answered.
I positioned myself behind a reception desk and pointed my revolver outside, any stranger would be shot if they dared to enter, after long minutes, 2 people appeared, all the agents pointed their weapons, but when I realized, it was Jack and Eduard:
"Put down the weapons!" I ordered, making everyone lower their weapons.
"Sniperplayer, we found a killer's diary." Eduard said, entering with Jack.
"Have you seen Rainbow Dash around?" Jack asked.
"The Minister is in one of the Star Powder units...wait, is the shooter already dead?" I spoke.
"He didn't do any work." Jack replied.
"Well, at least…" I signaled for everyone to go back to circulating.
"But we found his diary, which is written in Germaneighian, so we want to translate the diary." Eduard said.
"Where's Frank?" Jack asked.
"I didn't even remember him…" Eduard said.
"Leave Rainbow Dash alone, now we want Frank..." Jack said.
"Germaneighian? I'm fluent!" I exclaimed.
"Ah, Frank, there you are…" Frank said coming.
"What it was?" Frank asked.
"We want you to translate this diary for us…"
"Translate said?" Frank questioned.
"It's written in Germaneighian, and you being a Germaneighian, it's easy to translate…"
"Let said me see…" Frank said, taking the diary.
"Sniperplayer, do you have? Computer or typewriter?" Frank asked
"Wait..."
"What said it was?" Frank asked.
My dad had one of those machines and it’s still at home today…
"It will be useful…" Frank answered.
"That's why your house is a museum, Jack…" Eduard said.
"I have a computer in my office!" I spoke.
"No need, Sniperplayer, I have the typewriter, Frank can use it to translate the diary…Follow me." Jack said, heading for the exit with Eduard and Frank.
"I'll stick around, then send me a copy!" I exclaimed, as I returned to my office.
Going back to the reports, I saw some from the Navy and Air Force, they were together watching the sea, looking for ghost ships, I remember that AppleJack had warned me that he sent the Navy to increase the patrols, but I had no idea that there would be ghost ships in ours coast, things were getting more and more dangerous.
After 1 hour, I was talking to Rainbow Dash and AppleJack, I informed her about the sniper from earlier, and about the increase in maritime patrols, then, Jack appeared again with Eduard and Frank:
"Sniper told me about the attack earlier today and the attack on the Chamber of Deputies in Germaneighia." Rainbow said.
"Rainbow Dash, Sniperplayer...we have more clues about how the Germaneighians and Stalliongradis get into Equestria here..." Jack said.
"And they also want to hunt Frank..." Eduard added.
"It's true, they want my head as a reward." Frank said.
Jack showed the shooter's diary papers from earlier, it said:
I've been here in Equestria for a while now, along with my Ghermaneighian brothers and a few Stalliongradis. Since then, it seemed easy to enter this way, but it was a mistake: the security of the ports of Equestria are reinforced and protected, and it is difficult to enter through ships without authorization.
"I think we'll have a little talk with the Germaneighians…" Rainbow said.
"Perfect, we barely left the Second War and the Third is about to begin…" I mumbled.
"No, the German government already knows that, but they don't want a new war, that's all, because in my land there's a civil war going on, between the easterners and the westerners and that diary there, it's from a Revenger, as if it were the Germaneighian anarchists." Frank said.
"Revenger?" Jack found it strange..
"When I left there, to try to escape the war, they were chasing me all the time." Frank said.
"Now it makes sense...it was the one that Jack killed when we got to the abandoned building." Eduard interrupted.
"And the Germaneighian government?" Jack questioned.
"It is also divided." Frank said.
"No kidding…" Jack said.
"There are politicians who have been killed or are missing…" Frank said.
"In Germaneighia?" Jack asked.
"Yes... not even the army was able to contain it..." Frank said.
"So Germaneighia is upside down…" Eduard concluded.
"Exactly. It's not a war between Germaneighia and Equestria or something else, but a civil war that's been going on for a long time there, which now, they want to declare war on other countries because of it…" Frank said.
"Like it's the Gargoyle Revolution, only Germaneighian…" Frank said.
"Dude, this is dangerous. If no one stops this revolution that has been happening in Germaneighia, it can be decimated by other countries in a matter of months…" replied Eduard.
"I agree…" Frank said.
"Wait, isn't there a wall there?" Jack found it strange.
"Yes, but they knocked it down using bombs…" Frank replied.
"When was that?" AppleJack questioned.
"After the second world war was over…" answered Frank.
"It's explained…" Jack said.
"So we have several problems, attack and Espionage by Stalliongradis, Illegal entry of immigrants, Germaneighians wanting Frank's head, a shitload of things…" Eduard grumbled.
"Wait, wasn't the wall built in '46?" Dash found it strange.
"Yes, it was built. A month later, the civil war broke out." Frank replied.
"But why didn't Screen say about it?" AppleJack questioned.
"Screen wasn't leader of SIEE yet." I explained.
"Just a doubt: are our members already in Germaneighia, or any unit there?" Eduard asked.
"Yes, we ship Sweetie Drops, Lyra Heartstrings and High Script." Dash said.
"Oh my God…" Frank said.
"What it was?" Jack questioned.
"Even if the wall exists over there, the guerrillas are attacking with everything…" Frank replied.
"Wait, how long has it been since you've been there?" I asked.
"I haven't been there for years, but I know a Germaneighian who tells me everything there in letters." Frank replied.
"Makes sense..." I said.
"Well, I've solved enough problems. I'm tired and I need to go home." Jack said.
"But why? We still have problems to solve, have you forgotten?" Eduard said.
"I'm not going to be home all day, I'm just going to take a nap, and then I'll meet you here at the Pentagon." Jack replied.
"Right." I spoke.
"Well, your right. Take a rest." Eduard said, seeing Jack go home.
"Sniper, want to try out the new outfits?" AppleJack asked.
"Clear!" I answered her.
"New costumes?" Eduard asked.
"They're suits for you to wear in Stalliongrad, they're made of aramid." AppleJack informed.
"Even I was curious…are they stealthy?" Eduard said.
"Yes!" AppleJack replied.
So, we went to one of the Star Powder units, the place had several test rooms with weapons, equipment, everything, we entered a room and I put on a black suit, it had a kind of helmet and anti-reflective visor, it was comfortable and I could move around just fine, when I looked over at them, I saw that Dash was holding back a laugh:
"Nothing..." Dash said, still holding back a laugh.
"What?" I found it strange.
"I liked it…" Eduard said.
"Well, I don't have much to do here, I'm leaving now…" Frank said.
"Where are you going?" Eduard asked.
"Go to the bar, where Jack's girlfriend works…" Frank replied.
"If I were you, I wouldn't even go there..." Eduard recommended.
"Why?" Frank questioned.
"Remember what Jack did to you, you know? However, much worse…" Eduard replied.
"You can't even go into the girl's bar and I'll still be threatened?" Frank found it strange.
"Look: enter the bar? You can. Talk to Mary? He can. Just beware of intimacy." Eduard said.
"Come on, Dash, tell me what's funny." I spoke.
"Your muscles are very highlighted!" she replied, and soon began to laugh.
"Tsk, come on, it shouldn't be for that much." I said.
"Look in the mirror." she said.
"Oh…" I looked at myself in the mirror, and she was right, it really stood out.
"Are you available tonight, stud?" she made a joke, and I started to laugh.
"Look, you have a sense of humor." AppleJack said, laughing too.
"Okay, enough." I said, after I stopped laughing.
"A strong point of this costume is that it adjusts easily when you put it on." she informed.
"There are other costumes too." Dash said.
We went into the next room, and Dash put on the suit, it was an all black suit, but it was a shade of black that would be good for blending in the dark, it also had a balaclava and it looked to be tight:
"Wow...I like that one." I spoke.
"This one is no longer made of aramid, it is made of tactel, it dries quickly." AppleJack detailed.
"This would be good for invasion by rivers and lakes." Rainbow said.
"Do you have more costumes?" I asked.
"I figured you'd ask." AppleJack replied.
She wore a different outfit, it was a lighter black but had a medium vest and was looser:
"This one is for direct confrontation, made of aramid too, but has an armored plate on the vest." she informed.
"I liked the costumes, but I'm going to go, tomorrow I'll see the other costumes, in case they have more." I said.
"See you tomorrow, sugarcube!" AppleJack said, waving as I left.
I was walking down the street, I lit a cigarette and I was looking around to see if everything was ok, I saw a man leaving a gun store and going straight to an alley, so I started to follow him, he put some things on the trunks of a car, I tried to identify the face, and when the trunk was closed, I was amazed.
To be continued!!!
Cold War: The Global Threat
Chapter 11 - Early Travel
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Chapter 12 - Stalliongrad
August 22, 1950 | 12:14 pm | snowing.
“The coast is clear, now we need to find a way to get to Irktrotsky!” Pinkie said.
“I've never seen a place so cold... you can make a popsicle if you want…” Frank said.
“We can't steal a car, that's going to get a lot of attention!” I said.
“What if...we hitchhike?” Dash suggested.
“How so?” I got confused.
“Kidnapping and bribery!” she said.
“Oh, that…” I said.
“We could buy a car.” Crow suggested.
“What if they don't trust our fake IDs?” Dash pointed.
“We'll have to use it sooner or later!” I pointed.
“Well...let's buy a car, but in whose name?” Dash questioned.
“On my!” Flash said.
“Flash? How long are you here?” I questioned, surprised.
“2 days ago!” he replied.
“Sniper said you didn't want to come.” Dash said.
“I changed my mind, I knew you would need me to walk around here.” Flash said.
“How so?” I found it strange.
“I have dual citizenship around here, they won't need to steal or hijack a car.” Flash said.
“It serves.” I said.
“I bought a van around here, I thought there would be fewer people and more equipment.” Flash said.
“We are going to Irktrotsky.” Dash said.
“Well... put everything in the van and let's go there!” Flash exclaimed.
“Where is van exactly?” Snow asked.
“It's on the next block.” Flash replied.
“I'll cover while you make your way to the van.” Crow said.
We were getting our things to go to the van, Flash said he would get the van to go on our way as soon as possible, and he did, Crow was signaling when to hide and when not, we waited 5 minutes until Flash slowed down near a speed bump, so we could slow down without arousing suspicion, we were quick to load everything into the van and get in, then make our way to Irktrotsky.
Mafia? Is it serious? - Flash wondered.
“That was a strategy used in the War, as far as I know.” Pinkie said.
“I don't know if doing this in Stalliongrad is a good idea, the government here is...complicated.” Flash said.
“How so?” I found it strange.
“Do you think the local Mafia is 100% against the government?” Flash questioned.
There was silence in the van:
“That's what I thought, I'll give you a brief explanation, do you at least know that Break Tower is the local dictator?” he asked.
“We know.” Dash replied.
“This guy was a militiaman before becoming a politician, he had some enemies, as expected, but they used their power to pay some factions to be like their private armed group, most factions accepted the money, but there are still some that they didn't accept it because they really didn't like it, don't ask me why.” Flash informed.
“Then it gets complicated…” I said.
“Looks like our spies did some pretty dirty spying.” Dash said.
“What did they say about Irktrotsky?” Flash asked.
“That the city had some traces of ‘rebellion’.” I replied.
“I hope they're right, otherwise we're all screwed, how many operators on this team?” Flash asked.
“6!” Pinkie replied.
“It's going to be a lot of people…” Flash said.
“2 of them stayed with us, the rest will go home.” I replied.
“How will they get back to Equestria?” he asked.
“The Black Fish people will take them back with a submarine.” Dash replied.
“If they get caught, that's it!” Flash exclaimed.
“We know.” I said.
“Better to rent a house in a busy place, they always keep an eye on isolated and less busy places…” he started to speak.
“...are reason to draw attention.” I completed.
“Looks like I'm not the only one still spying outside the home.” Flash said.
“I thought you became a carpenter.” I said.
“I'm also an informant!” he said.
After a few hours, we arrived in Irktrotsky, a town with depressed people, but who seemed well off, we looked at the front of the houses, and saw a candle shop:
“There!” I pointed to the store.
“What's in the store?” Flash found it strange.
“That's where our team is!” I said.
“Go to the cashier and tell them in Russian that you want a candle that smells like roses at dew point, and reminds you of summer!” I instructed.
“This is a little confusing, but ok!” he said.
He entered the store and we waited in hiding, then Flash appeared coming out of the back of the store with the Corporal Master Key, green skin, dark beige hair, dark blue eyes, 1.83 tall, he signaled for us to enter, and told Flash to take the van in front of the alley, because that could compromise the whole operation:
“Were you persecuted?” Master asked, worried.
“No.” I replied.
“Great, because more and more guards are showing up here, I hope it's just to buy candles!” Master informed.
“That's all we needed... so, you and Blow stay with us, the rest of your team goes back home!” I said.
“Yes!” I replied.
“We'd better make a move, buy another house and leave the shelter up for sale, that way no one will be surprised, we just need to wait a while before moving!” Dash said.
“Yes, ma'am, but one of you will have to buy it, this is the second time we've changed shelters.” Master said.
“What happened to the previous one?” I asked.
“The government took it, but gave it time to clean up all the evidence.” Master replied.
“Change of plans, let's buy a new shelter in the name of Flash!” Dash said.
“Meanwhile, I recommend not going public, even if they don't know who you are, they will still find it strange...well, most of you, they don't know…” Master said.
“Get it straight, Corporal!” Crow exclaimed.
“They recognize the General Commander's face, sometimes I hear some guards saying ‘Sniperplayer is a ghost, he can watch you if he's around here!’" Master explained.
“I never liked the Soviets…” I said.
“I never noticed that…” Pinkie said sarcastically.
“I'm going to drive around town and look for a shelter with a garage!” Flash said.
Some time passed, and we found a house that wasn't that big, but we could hide it:
“What are we going to do here?” Frank asked.
“This here will be just so we don't open suspicions.” I replied.
“This place is cold as hell! Down in Germaneighia it's even cold, but here, you can make a popsicle if you want!” Frank said.
“We're going to have to come up with a story for each one, fake IDs alone won't do the trick.” Snow said.
“I remember how to speak Russian well, so I would call myself Vladimir.” Frank said.
“I'm going to be Kailash Skev, born into an ordinary family, where my father was a farmer and my mother was a nurse during the War!” Dash said.
“My name is Vladimir, I am in Stalingrad for better living conditions.” Frank said in Russian.
“I will be Polina Petrov, daughter of a couple of party planners.” Pinkie said.
“Since they'll probably know who I really am, I'm just going to hide here and go out to operate.” I said.
“Is there a radio here? Well, if you do, I can use the radios to hack into their communications systems undetected.” Frank said.
“Very dangerous.” I replied.
“Luckily, I know of an outpost not far from the city, we could have a look there.” Master suggested.
“We'd better wait a bit before spying outposts.” I said.
“I know, but it was for…” Master started to speak.
“We'll wait until tomorrow to actually start spying, and we'll need something to disguise our movements.” I said.
“Remember, there's no way to call backup here, if someone gets caught, everything goes down the drain!” Dash pointed out.
“So we have to be smarter.” Frank said.
“Exactly!” I stated.
“If one of us is caught or killed, there is no way out.” Frank said.
“Where do we start?” Crow asked.
“Let's find out what the relationship between Death Scan and Break Tower is…” I said.
“And also where so many Stalliongradis are coming from to Equestria.” Frank said.
“You're crazy to catch your ‘arch-enemy’, aren't you?” Dash said.
“Personal matters…” I said.
“I already know which ones…” Flash said.
To be continued!!!
Cold War: The Global Threat
August 23, 1950 | 4:57 am | cold and dry
“How are we going to invade the place?” Snow asked.
“We'll be stealthy, but it'll be easy!” Dash exclaimed.
“Ahh, it's been a while since I've done that…” Frank said.
“It's not always an easy task, Minister.” I warned her.
“True...but I think we'll do just fine!” she said.
“Well...we'll do it like this, Master, Snow and Rainbow, we'll invade the place with the C-42 suit, Derpy and Flash stay in ambush along with Frank, Blow and Pinkie stays here.” I instruct.
“Right!” Dash stated.
“What armament?” Master asked.
“Welrods.” I answered.
We left with Flash's van, we were already dressed in the C-42 suit, which was completely black and came with the built-in balaclava, there was a barbed weapon around the outpost, as expected, but for some reason there were still gaps, it would be easy invading, Flash took advantage of a speed bump nearby to slow down. With that, we got out of the van and lay down in the bushes:
“When we are leaving I will make a bird sound as a signal, stay close!” I exclaimed.
“Good luck.” Flash said.
We started to go towards the place crouched down, only at that moment did we realize that we should have provided white clothes, to disguise the snow, but it was too late, we would have to deal with our carelessness about it, Dash, in turn, looked like a a little too relaxed, but I didn't care much, Snow looked more serious, and Master, was neutral, as he was disguised as a candle seller during the day, he could hear anyone's conversations, inside the store, what a simple seller could do bad?
We went through the wires and went crouching down, the first thing we came across was a 5-story building, just ahead, there was a pole with a rope, probably to torture people, right next to it, a chemical toilet, there was also a garage on site:
“Let's go to the garage first!” I said.
We walked to the garage, there were only vehicles, nothing much, so, we advanced to the 5-story building, we went to the part facing the fence and I looked at the window, there were some conventional soldiers, I looked at another window, there was everything empty, I signaled for the window to be opened, Snow took his knife and forced it on the window, opening it. We enter the room and begin to rummage around.
The room appeared to be just a storeroom, with some grenades, guns and such, we weren't going to loot, not to make any noise, after a few minutes, we found nothing, Dash went to the door to peek, and she signaled that everything was clear, we moved on , I put my ear to the door that was in the room next door we were in before, it seemed that they were saying something about how to control the actions of people from Irktrotsky, show who is in charge, it seems that the Intelligence data was right, Irktrotsky had some traces of rebelliousness, it was the perfect city to draw attention, we just needed the help of the militias and factions, we just needed the right contacts that would be the challenge.
After 50 minutes, we finished examining the whole place, and we went back to the house that Flash had bought, a few hours passed and Rainbow, Pinkie and Master left, I was smoking a cigarette, while they were out:
“Sir?” Snow said.
“Yes?” I asked.
“What is your... rivalry with Death Scan?” she asked.
“Rivalry? We have no rivalry, we have matters to catch up on…” I replied.
“How so?” she asked.
“It's a long story, but this is not the time to talk about it.” I said.
“Who is Death Scan?” Derpy asked.
“He is a Germaneighian who fought in the War, commanded Intelligence operations and was very close to Aryanne.” Flash replied.
“Guys, you need to see this!” Crow exclaimed.
“What?” Blow asked.
“The newspaper is saying that there is a conflict going on between us and them, and that we dropped an atomic bomb yesterday!” Crow said.
“But there was no war actually declared, and we didn't even give orders for that to happen!” I found it strange.
“What else are you saying?” Snow asked.
“That THEY are looking for more diplomatic ways for this conflict to end, and that if it doesn't happen, they will pay back.” Crow said, stunned.
“Do we attack them?” Derpy asked.
“No, Derpy, we didn't.” I replied.
“Do they want to find an excuse to attack us?” Snow said.
“Is what it seems.” I said.
“I don't know if I can get too involved in this, Ezpassionia is allied with both countries!” Flash informed.
“They must be scared of us, since some spies don't come home.” I theorized.
“I prefer to believe your theory.” Snow said, in a worried tone.
“I hope I'm right…” I said.
“Wait a moment, mate...give me the newspaper, please…” Frank said, receiving the newspaper.
“Here it is.” Crow said.
“Jack and Eduard…they captured the bombs…but they didn't detonate…” Frank said.
“How so?” I found it strange.
“Some Staliongradis and even Germaneighians newspapers reported on the disappearance of soldiers in the Atlantic Ocean, and one of them had a bomb used in the First World War.” Frank said.
“10th century bombs?” I said.
“Mustard bombs, one bomb like that could kill an entire Ponyville, for me to be more clear, I'll tell you a little story while I was in Staliongrad...” Frank said.
Frank started to tell the story of when he was in Stalliongrad earlier, he had heard the story of 2 Revengers saying that ships that were being sent to Equestria were shot down, he followed them and killed them, then, he handed me a paper that was written in German:
If they look for the spies, I want them alive and they will be interrogated in Crelig until I get the necessary information. If they do not respond, it will be death! - Baluf Grad
“Baluf...didn't they burn his body after he was presumed dead from drowning?” I said.
“I was surprised, and scared...being a Germaneighian, I find it hard for him to be alive...and that BASTARD was Aryanne's favorite” said Frank.
“Drowning is hard to fake, but when the body is burned it could be anyone's.” Snow reminded all of us.
“I believe he faked his own death, to try to escape the Stalliongradians in the Second War…” Frank said.
“It's quite possible that was it.” I said.
“To this day I regret having fought in the Second War…several lost generations…” Frank said, with a tone of regret.
They were all looking askance at him:
“Don't even look at me like that... I'm sure you've done shit in your life…” Frank said.
“Tsk, there is something I did and not even the Minister herself knows.” I said.
Then Pinkie appeared:
“Guys, we found a possible militia woman, she was hooded and attacked a policeman, he has no weapon now!” Pinkie exclaimed.
“How so?” I asked.
“We need to talk to her, she could be the missing icing on the cake!” Pinkie said.
“Let's go after her!” I said.
“What if they recognize you?” Snow said.
“Hope I don't get recognized!” I exclaimed, as I put a fake beard on my face.
We left following Pinkie, she indicated the place where the policeman was robbed, we found a piece of a blanket blanket on a fence, according to Pinkie, that was the same color as the blanket of the girl who ran away, we followed it, but nothing, we decided to wait for nightfall , when everyone was free, Rainbow had gotten a note that was in the pocket of the girl who robbed the policeman, it looked like it was a recipe for bread, but why a recipe for bread? What did that mean?
“A bakery?” Master suggested.
“I thought every bakery knew how to make bread, that makes no sense!” I said, incredulous.
“No, bakery, this is a meeting place!” Master said.
“So the militia woman was a baker?” Snow wondered.
“No matter what she works with, let's go to the bakery in town!” Master said.
“Is there only one bakery in the whole town?” I asked.
“Yes.” Flash answered.
“I should have guessed…” I said.
“I can see this is going to go to shit... let's do the following, you arrive at the bakery, then I'll stay at a distance watching everything from the outside, if an enemy or something comes in, we communicate on the long-frequency radio …” Frank suggested.
“Can I stand guard too?” Derpy asked.
“Radio is only in extreme cases, we better use bird sounds and stuff like that!” I said.
“It wouldn't make any sense for a bird to sound in an icy place like this…we can use morse code with a few taps.” Frank suggested.
“It serves.” I answered.
So, we went to the bakery, we crashed a few meters away, so as not to arouse suspicion, I stayed with Pinkie in the bushes, Flash, Frank, Rainbow and Derpy stayed in the van, the rest stayed at home:
“So, did you see anything?” I asked to Pinkie.
“Nothing yet, have you seen her? Because I didn't see it. When will she arrive?” Pinkie asked.
“I don't know...but we must keep silent!” I said.
Hours of waiting passed, and nothing, just an ordinary civilian, Frank warned in morse code using the radio, we lost time, so I signaled in morse code to abort the mission, saying that she would not come, and that she might know something.
“Did you find anything there?” Frank asked.
“Nothing.” I replied.
“It wasn't this time.” Flash said.
August 24, 50 | 3:34 pm | cold and wet
“Fucking cold! Even the push-ups aren't working, holy shit!” Frank complained.
“I can't stand to stay here anymore...but I can't risk going out on the street and being recognized.” I said.
“What if they don't know what you look like?” Crow asked.
“Do you really think the Death Scan wouldn't alert Stalliongrad to my appearance?” I said.
“That... is actually a good point.” Crow said.
“But...maybe they won't recognize me with the fake beard I wore yesterday, although no one suspected me with the beard...apart from the fact that no policeman was there last night…” I said.
“Just testing to find out.” Crow said.
“We'd better give it some time before testing it out, after causing a stir around here we're off to Trottingham.” I spoke.
“When are we going to get in touch with a local gang or militia?” Crow asked.
“Let's try it with the girl Pinkie saw earlier, then we'll expand!” I replied.
“If trailers were legal here in Stalliongrad, it would be easier to set up a Mobile Operations Center.” Crow said. “Why don't you talk about your relationship with Death Scan?”
“It's not the time for that…” I said.
A few hours passed and everyone was back in the house, and Flash had something that he said we would love:
“So I got a date with some sort of local gang!” Flash exclaimed.
“Speak more!” I said.
“They don't wear anything but AKs and Tokarevs, they said it was for 2 people max to go to the bakery we went to last night.” Flash informed.
“Wait, do they know we went there last night?” I questioned.
“It looks like a trap!” Dash said.
“Yes, they knew we went there, so they didn't do what they were going to do!” Flash said.
“I hope I don't regret it…” I said.
“I'll go with you!” Pinkie said.
“Right!” I stated.
“What time?” Pinkie asked.
“11:40 pm.” Flash said.
“And the rest?” Frank asked.
“How so?” Flash asked.
“Is everyone going then? Only if I'm going to help you from a long distance, using an SKS.” Frank said.
“Crow and Master stay here, the rest go to backup!” Dash said.
“It's 9:34 pm, there's still time for everyone to get ready!” I said.
“Is the place where you are covered with hills? If so, I'll prepare my camouflage outfit.” Frank asked, and continued. “There are plants here that you can hide in the environment and you can attack enemies by surprise.”
“It's the same place we went yesterday.” Flash replied.
Everyone went to get ready to go to the place, I put on my fake beard and looked at myself in the mirror, I really was unrecognizable, maybe not even Death Scan itself would suspect it was me, despite my size, I put my light vest under my shirt, this would bother me a little, but nothing I couldn't bear, I put on a soviet hat and put on my jacket, after putting on my shoulder holster, I left it strategically positioned to hide it from anyone who saw me, Pinkie, had left her vest under the cold blouse, but she wasn't going to use her holster, nor the revolver, but her Welrod, the others, just put the Scout's outfits, it was made of tactel too, but it didn't come with the balaclava directly on the costume, it was a kind of faded and dark beige, the balaclava, it was already totally black.
11:35 pm | blizzard
“I don't think it will happen again…” I said.
“We need to try, otherwise, we won't get help to make a diversion here, and without the diversion, we won't go to Trottingham, and if we don't go there, then it will be in vain…” Pinkie said.
“Right…” I said, looking at my watch, it was 11:38 pm, and no sign of the gang.
When 11:40 hit, I heard the sound of an approaching car, before I could lift my head, I was pulled into a van and my face was covered, the same thing happened to Pinkie, they tied our hands it was a trap, and Flash fell, we were dead.
A few minutes later they took us out of the van, I could see beams of light through the bag over my head, one false move and we were dead, they were leading us somewhere, we went through a narrow place, which appeared to be an alley, then we went up a staircase, I could hear the conversations of the people around us, they were talking about us, some even betting that one of us would be killed, after a long walk, I finally heard someone say:
“Who are you?” questioned a female voice.
“We are... from another place!” Pinkie replied.
“Wrong answer!” exclaimed the female voice, right after that, we received a blow to the belly.
“We are from Equestria.” I admitted.
“They're a long way from home, are they from some gang over there?” said the female voice.
“I'm in the army there... and she's a Minister.” I informed the girl.
“What does a military man and a Minister do around here? As far as I know, Stalliongrad went to war with you after your offensive.” she said.
“We are not at war, this is nothing but a farce!” I replied.
“Get the bags off!” ordered the girl.
Finally we could see the girl, she was wearing a blanket, it was the same color as the piece of cloth we found on the fence the day before, she had white skin, dark water green eyes and black and white hair, she was sitting in an armchair , but must have been around 1.64 tall, we were in a room with windows covered by curtains, the girl was among 4 people carrying AKs without stock, their faces were covered by tactical scarves, the clothes were ordinary, blouses and pants for the cold:
“My name is Spray Point.” the girl introduced herself.
“Sniperplayer Mount.” I introduced myself.
“Pinkie Pie.” Pinkie said.
“What were they doing in front of the bakery yesterday?” Spray asked.
“We wanted to find militias to help us.” I replied.
“Help for what, Sniperplayer Mount?” Spray questioned, so she said. “Or rather...Pinkie Pie, you who are superior to the military.”
“Erh...w-we...it's just…“ Pinkie looked nervous.
“We know you assaulted a police officer and stole his gun, and we have a proposed temporary alliance.” I replied at once.
“‘The enemy of your enemy is your friend’...how can I guarantee that we won't be betrayed?” Spray asked.
“Blood pact!” I replied.
“Tsk, it seems your politicians suck at diplomacy…” Spray said.
“We just want to draw attention away from Trottingham's military so we don't have as much trouble stealing information.” I said to Spray.
“Draw attention? Sorry to inform you, soldier, but there is no way to do this.” Spray said.
“Perfect…” I said, ironically.
“But... I will help you with one condition!” she said.
“What would it be?” I asked.
“The truth, I want to know the names of your companions, what you have and I want more powerful weapons, tanks, jets and…” Spray started to speak.
“I'm sorry, but we can't hand over our armored vehicles.” I informed her.
“And did I say it had to be your armor?” she said.
“Now I get it.” I said.
“Yeah, soldier, by the way, we want military training for the rest of the staff, we don't know so much about war tactics…” Spray said.
“We have a deal?” Pinkie asked.
“Yes...Minister, we have a deal!” Spray exclaimed.
“So are you going to release us?“ I asked.
“After we're done talking...get up and come with me!” Spray ordered.
We got up and started walking, we went down the stairs, we were on the top floor of a house, the place we were was a housing project, there were some militia members staring at me and Pinkie, we were strangers far from home:
“It wasn't always like this...I mean, Stalliongrad was always on the rocks, but with Break Tower in power...it just made things worse.” Spray said.
“I never really knew about Stalliongrad until I came here.” I said.
“We live with hunger and with almost nothing to survive, sometimes we have to steal food to feed our families.” she informed.
“You have family?” Pinkie asked
“Not really, I'm just here for those who helped me throughout my life, when I was a kid, I learned to blackmail, then to steal without being seen, then it escalated to stealing weapons and ammunition.” Spray said.
“When I was in the war I used to sabotage enemy supplies, it never crossed my mind about looting.” I spoke.
“Did you fight in the war?” she asked.
“Yes.” I answered.
“When I was 8 years old, I was forced to be a nurse, then a markswoman, they said that if I didn't do what they asked, they would kill my parents, they killed them anyway…” Spray said, trying to keep a cool posture.
“That's how war works, girl…” I said.
“I'm relying on you to help us, my people have suffered a lot for years, if it weren't for me, this place would continue to suffer at the hands of that bastard…” Spray said.
“Speaking of which... what do you know about him Generals and administrative staff?” I asked.
“He has several Generals, but there are few that go public, Steam Colt, Rock Broke, Death Scan, Bloody Frick, only these I remember being made public, already the administrative team, nobody knows.” Spray informed.
“For this I did not expect.” I spoke.
“The Door-Knockers have arrived!” exclaimed one of the militia members.
“‘Door-Knocker’?” I questioned.
“It's the police, hide!” Spray replied, running to the house from which we left.
Pinkie and I followed her, we stayed hidden upstairs, taking a peek through the window, there were 6 policemen there, they were looking at the windows of the houses, they even knocked on the door of some, they were always answered, until they weren't answered in one of the houses, they knocked 2 more times, and then, they shot the door lock, they invaded and took the whole family out of there, I looked at the roof of the houses on the opposite side of that one, a person was walking on the roofs and then came down when was close to where we were, Spray went down and then up:
“What there was? Are they looking for someone, are they looking for us? What they want?” Pinkie asked.
“We don't know why they are here, but there are many, only 6 went up because they think we would open fire before.” Spray replied.
“Did you set us up?” I questioned, irritated.
“What?” Spray said.
“The situation is actually funny, we took a tour in handcuffs, the police showed up here...they know there are spies here, right?” I asked her.
“What the fuck are you talking about? We didn't know they would come here!” Spray said.
“So let us go, trust is a two-way street, let us go and give us back our weapons!” I ordered.
“I want a guarantee that you won't betray us!” Spray exclaimed back.
“Blood Pact!” I said, stretching out my hand.
To be continued!!!
Cold War: The Global Threat
Author's Note
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Chapter 10 - The Double
I couldn't believe it, I had finally found Jack's double, they were very similar, he got in the driver's seat and started driving, I started to follow him, although I was on foot, I had memorized the license plate, I took advantage and radioed that I had found a spy, and I was following him, discreetly, checked my pistol to see if it was loaded, then adjusted my jacket and hat, then straightened my posture so as not to arouse suspicion, then, a car it stopped by my side, from there, an Intelligence agent got out, in which he handed me the car keys, soon, I got in, started and went back to chasing the same car as before.
A few minutes of pursuit later, we had entered the bus station, I was seeing the signs, and we were leaving Canterlot and entering Ponyville, maybe I was following him to the lair, maybe not, it started to rain, I had to slow down, as well as the other cars, then, turned into a street where there were the richest people in the city, I found this fact strange, but I continued the pursuit. He stopped at a bus stop, with that, 2 more people got into the car going to the back seat, and he went back to driving, following his way to the gas station, I stopped the car near the station, but not too much, the The car phone rang, and I answered:
"Hello?" I spoke.
"How's the chase going?" Dash asked.
"So far the spy has picked up 2 new agents." I reported.
"Where are you now?" she asked.
"We're at a Ponyville gas station, their license plate is TSO-3481." I informed.
"Thanks so much for the info, I'll chase them on the traffic cams!" she said.
"Understood, anything I'll call you!" I exclaimed and hung up.
They finished filling up the car and started driving again, I, in turn, chased them again, turning a corner, the 2 men in the back seat started shooting at me, I pulled out my gun and started shooting back , they hit my mirror and accelerated, I accelerated with them, so as not to lose sight of them, I hit their bumper, causing a part to drag on the ground, they were shooting at the windshield emu to try to blind me, but it didn't work very right, so Dash called me again:
"Sniper, I'm coming over there!" she said.
"Right." I replied.
We stayed a few more minutes in pursuit, they turned into another street, which followed beside a river, I analyzed the place, and I saw that there was a pole with a telephone booth next to it, so I shot at the booth, which in turn released strong sparks, making the driver cover his face while turning the car, I took the moment to hit the car's tire, which lowered its speed, then, I stepped on the gas and hit the enemy car and making them sideways to my car , but it didn't last long until they left the track, with one of them taking advantage and hitting my window, I lowered and then skidded the car, leaving it parked in the gutter, then, I got out of the car, and Rainbow and Pinkie appeared in another car:
"Are you okay?" she asked, worried.
"It was just an accident...how are we going to explain this to the media?" I said, as we walked towards the river.
"I don't know, it's hard to come up with a narrative." she replied.
"However we invent the story…" I started to speak while opening the car door.
"SNIPER BEWARE!" she interrupted me, as she jumped on top of me, saving my skin.
"Thank you Madam!" I thanked as I got up.
"On the bright side, we now have 3 new inmates." she said, while disarming the 2 who were in the back seat.
"True…" I said, grabbing the driver by the collar and throwing him to the ground.
"I think that after this, it will be difficult to keep the Civil Police out." Pinkie said, while taking one of the shooters out of the car.
"It doesn't worry me so much, we just need Rarity to come up with something coherent." Dash replied, grabbing the other shooter.
“Not to mention the lady who takes care of the police part." I said.
"You almost get shot again." Dash said.
"I've never actually been shot before, I guess I'm a lucky soldier." I replied.
"Wow…" she exclaimed.
We tied the hands of the enemy agents with Hellerman tape, and put them in Pinkie and Rainbow's car, the car I had driven was taken by one of ours, while the 3 of us went to a junkyard, getting there, we took out the enemies from the car and we kneel them in front of the wall, and we begin the interrogation:
"Let's be quick, who are you?" Dash asked.
"Nobody that interests you!" replied the double of Jack, who was also the driver of the car.
"Look... looks like we have someone tough here..." Dash said, who then punched him in the face.
"Let's do it like this, hand over everything you know and your families won't get your heads as a memento." Pinkie said.
"Pinkie, we can't do this without knowing who their family is." I told her.
"We don't need to know who their families are and do that, until dawn we'll get the information!" Dash said.
August 20, 1950 | 5:32 pm | cold and rainy
"Who knew it would be so easy." she said.
"If you had let me interrogate them, I think by 2pm I would have gotten what we wanted." I spoke.
"Yeah, you're more experienced." she agreed, while lighting a cigarette.
"Sometimes psychological torture is more effective than physical pain." I informed.
"I should have thought of that sooner...but how come you've never been shot until today?" she asked, offering her cigarette.
"In fact, I don't even know, or I was very agile or they had terrible aim." I replied, after taking a drag on the cigarette.
"The funniest thing is that I am Minister of Defense and I have never been to a war before." she said.
"You're actually Minister of Defense in times of war, so I guess that counts." I said.
"Thinking about it, really, I'm participating in a war being the Minister of Defense." she said.
"So... what did you think of the costumes?" I asked.
"I liked the new suits, especially the one with the visor." she replied.
"What it was? Did you like my detachment in that outfit?" I asked as a joke and started laughing.
"Maybe…" she said, who started to laugh along with her, which she soon asked. "What was your favorite?"
"One that serves for direct confrontation." I replied.
"I thought you were going to say that was the one I was using." she said, laughing.
"That one is also good, but the direct confrontation has more armor." I pointed.
"You have one...let's get one more!" she stated, looking at a man wearing a mask and heading towards some alleys.
We headed towards the alleys, readying our weapons, we went ahead, chasing the guy, we made urban progression, at a safe distance from him, then we heard a shot and ducked:
“Damn it." Dash exclaimed.
"If it's up to 4 I think we can move forward easily." I stated.
There were sounds of rifles and automatic weapons, and there were certainly more than 4 people, we were hidden behind some stairs, the civilians who were nearby ran for their lives, entering their homes and fleeing to other exits:
"We can't lose him!" I spoke.
"And I don't know about it?" she said ironically, while shooting in blind shot mode.
"How much ammo?" I asked.
"So I can reload everything 5 times, how many cartridges are there?" she replied, and asking me the same thing.
"I have 15 clips left, 150 bullets in all!" I replied.
"Lucky...had to be 9mm?" she questioned.
"That's it for today, my dear, I only use a revolver outside of Equestria." I replied.
"Let's call backup!" she said.
"It's a good one." I agreed, picking up my radio and warning that we needed help.
We heard 2 enemies screaming, so I started shooting together, but I was aiming, I shot 4 times, killing 3 enemies, I did a quick count and there were 30 people with guns:
"There are more than 30, I don't know if we can catch our man." I informed.
"Is there something we can use to move forward safely?" she asked.
"I can't tell, I don't have a stun grenade or anything, if they had vehicles here or at least fog would help, this is not my kind of urban combat environment." I spoke.
"Are you listening to this?" she asked.
It was the police arriving, someone had called the police, the situation would be less difficult now, we looked at the place we had come, some police were approaching with shields and rifles, it was our chance to advance:
"This is Rainbow Dash, we need support to catch an individual!" she said, addressing the police.
"We are with you!" said one of the police wearing a shield.
When they approached us, we got up and stayed behind him, the shield was resisting the bullets very well, we started to kill the enemy agents faster, after clearing the area, we had 5 wounded:
"Take them to the Pentagon, Intelligence handles it from here, I want a shield too, Sniper, stay behind me!" she ordered, picking up a shield.
"Yes ma'am!" I obeyed and stayed right behind her.
"Stick with me!" she said.
I stayed very close to her and we started to advance quickly, almost running, we couldn't waste time, it was our chance to find someone apparently essential for the counterintelligence part, so we found him, who soon started to run, we accelerated the pace to reach him, after a few seconds, I just shot him, making him fall:
"End of the line!" I stated as I approached him.
"End of the line? That's what we'll see…" he said, pulling out his gun, which was soon kicked in the hand.
I grabbed him by the collar and pinned him against the wall, and took off his mask, green skin, orange forelock, blue eyes, 1.78, same description as Jack had given, really, it was our man:
"Now it's up to you, Sniper!" said Rainbow.
"Are you a couple?" he asked mockingly.
"I'm the one asking the questions here!" I exclaimed.
"Okay, boss, you're in charge…" he said, mockingly again.
"For who you work?" I asked.
"Depends on who pays the most...it's a fair price for the answers." he said, who soon took a punch.
True, I'm fair price on this item. Dash replied.
"What is your origin?" I asked.
"Gypsy." he replied.
"Right, 'Sir Gypsy', speak all you know!" I ordered.
"Tsc... they're going to kill me anyway, so there you go, there are a lot of beggars here in Equestria who are actually from Stalliongrad and Germaneighia, mainly from Stalliongrad, they are commanded by Steam Colt, one of the Soviet Generals." he began to open the game.
"KEEP GOING!" Dash said, throwing him against another wall.
"Argh... moving on, we're taking projects from Star Powder and Black Plate so we know what we're dealing with, as our vehicles aren't being as efficient lately, Break Tower, our Ruler is getting heavier and heavier on the production part in mass, he plans to send a missile here soon…" said the guy.
"Missile? What kind of missile?" I questioned.
"Atomic missile, he wa..." he got shot in the head.
By reaction, we aim in the direction the shot came from, Derpy had pulled the trigger, she released the gun as soon as we aimed at her:
"We're interrogating him!" Dash said.
"Damn, Derpy, you should have warned people you were around." I warned her.
"Sorry, I thought she was going to kill him..." she said, a little sad.
"Well... I'll let this one go, since you're a newbie and because I've known you for years, but don't ever do that again." Dash said.
"Okay…" Derpy said.
"Burn the body, Sniper want to go to my place?" she said.
"Why not?" I spoke.
We walked again, but this time heading towards the Pentagon, I offered to drive to her house, we took my car, and we went to her house, it was my first time there, there were family photos, competitions, medals, trophies, a sofa with a table, it was a good house, it had 3 floors too:
"Well... welcome to my home." she welcomed me.
"Beautiful house." I complimented.
"Thanks." she thanked.
"I never got to ask this, but... what motivated you to join the army?" I asked.
"Well... let's say it was a second option, I was already an athlete since school, I always liked sports, but I never thought about what I really wanted to do, so I enlisted." she replied, going towards another room.
"With me it was almost like that, but Celestia showed me that way." I spoke.
"Was it what you wanted?" she asked.
"When I was 10 I was already working in a car wash, I went through other experiences, but I joined the army." I answered her.
"That's not what I asked…" she said, who had come back with 2 Champagne flutes she then topped up. “I asked you if you wanted to be in the military.”
“To tell you the truth, yes, I don't know why, but yes.” I replied, taking a flute.
“Anyway, to the new information we got today!” she exclaimed, raising her glass.
“To the new information!” I celebrated together, raising my glass.
We toasted and drank Champagne, we talked for hours, before we were just boss and subordinate, we became friends, we created bonds, we got to know each other better, we started telling stories about our past, experiences:
“Now I'm curious, what's your biggest secret?” she asked.
“Well, it's a long story…” I said.
“Does it involve a crime?” she questioned.
“Well…” I was in doubt if I counted or not.
“Come on, we're just talking, what are we talking about? Robbery?” she said.
“You know that at the end of the Second War, Aryanne was executed by military and paramilitary forces, right?” I spoke.
“Yes, to this day no one knows who these people were…” she said.
“I was one of them.” I stated.
“…” she was speechless.
“And I...raped her several times.” I added.
“So you committed...a War Crime?” she was stunned.
“I was 24 at the time, I thought it would be fair for me to commit a Crime against her, as she had done a lot of bad things.” I said.
“I never imagined you would be able to do this.” she said.
“We all have something bad we've done…” I said.
“Erh...do you know how to dance?” she said, breaking the mood.
“What?” I said.
“It's important to know things for espionage.” she said.
“Well, I know about ballroom dancing.” I replied.
“Can you teach me?” she asked.
“Is there vinyl there?” I asked.
“Do you prefer jazz or blues?” she asked.
“Jazz.” I replied.
She went to a shelf and took a CD to put on the vinyl, and I started to instruct:
“Now, one step to the…” I started to speak.
“Are you sure that's how it's done?” she questioned.
“That's what I learned 10 years ago.” I said
“If you say so…” she replied.
“Well, 1 left, 2 right.” I instruct.
“That's it?” she said, following the instructions.
“Now stick with me!” I exclaimed, lifting our arms.
“AH!” - she exclaimed.
“Now, lean back.” I instruct.
“Like this?” she asked, leaning back as I held her.
“This now comes back and we're going to repeat this.” I spoke
I was teaching her to dance, teaching her new movements and an efficient way to move to another place with the movements without arousing suspicion, until I held her for the last time, she looked into my eyes:
“Erh...are you alright?” I asked.
“Erh...yes, yes, of course…” she said.
Suddenly, we kissed and went to her room.
To be continued!!!
