Lost Cause
Prologue: Broken Earth
The fresh air filled my lungs as I took a deep breath and exhaled it slowly. "You alright there Ace" I heard a close voice behind me. "Yeah, I'm good Herc" he snickered at me saying that. Even though I normally call him by his name, I thought I wouldn't this time seeming as we're on a mission. "Hey Ace, can I ask y-" Herc tried to ask a question whilst he was cut of by some rustling in the bushes below us. "Shit, you hear that" I said in an alarming yet quiet whisper."Yeah, looks like there on the dark side, around about" he took out his binoculars to get a closer look "eight...think we can take 'em on Captain." Herc replied. I looked in the scope of my PSG 90 and followed their tracks. "Nope, loaded with AK's, got armour all around their body" I uttered whilst sighing at the same time.
"You know, these guys don't look like the average patrol we usually see, do you reckon they're getting ready to patrol something or someone?" Herc inquired sounding of a serious tone. "I don't know" I simply replied. I pressed my hand on top of the cliff to push myself up and look past some of the trees. Instead I was met with my hand descending down hoping to grab something. "Fuck" I cried out as quietly as I could. "You sure you're okay?" Herc worriedly asked me as he quickly grabbed my arm and yanked me back. "Yeah, I'm good Herc" I repeated from earlier but in a more scared tone of voice.
I looked down to the right where my hand was rested upon and gazed down to see a piece of broken earth falling into a small pool of water, but something odd happened there was no splash heard or seen by me 'Weird' I thought to myself and turned to look Herc in the eye. "Let's move to that hill over there" I pointed to a nearby advantage point. Herc nodded his head in agreement and started the journey.
As we were walking down the muddy hill we were on, I fumbled with my radio to warn any nearby ally forces that there is a heavy armoured patrol walking south. "This is Ghillie Squadron 1, if there are any ally forces around the area be aware, a heavy armoured patrol is making their way south, don't know exactly where but south is all I can tell you, over." Ghillie squadron 1 was our group, even though it is a rather boring name no one seemed to mind it.
I listened to the sound of the radio and a voice down the line shouting "WE ARE UNDER ATTACK, HELP, PLEASE SEND HELP." I quickly turned to see a closed eyed Herc with his hands in the air and an unknown person with a pistol held right up to his head. "You move, I shoot his fucking brains out. Got it?" I raised my hands up in the air where he could see them. "Good, now you throw your weapon on the ground!" The unknown person shouted the last part. I quickly obeyed him and done as he said. The radio buzzed again "IS THERE ANYONE AROUND, WE NEED HELP, PLEASE SEND HELP."
"Haha" The unknown man chuckled. "Let's go watch the show shall we" He evilshy said. Before I knew it I was back at the exact same spot as last time, but I had a plan to save the both of us, but Herc only had a plan to save me. I was kneeled down being forced to watch the horror show of explosions and team mates getting slaughtered from a distance but that didn't phase me. Me and Herc both heard the running of footsteps against the mud. Herc noticed they were more enemies approaching us. "Ace I just wanted to say, good luck down there." I looked at Herc puzzled by what he meant until a boot pushed against my side and forced me to fall down the edge of the cliff.
I'm guessing that Herc remembered the water was there but I didn't care. I tried to pull my pistol out and shoot the enemy but it was too late. All I could see was a splatter of blood form above me. I kept on falling until I blacked out and the world just dissapeared around me
This is my first story so any help/feedback would be great. Thank you
The next chapter will be when Ace arrives in Equestria.