Chapter three
Mission is a go
Author notes: here it is. The third chapter, chapters will take a little longer to upload for two reasons. One: more things will be happening in the story. Two: I'm writing two other stories at the same time. So enjoy and pardon any delay between chapters.
Silent Wind sat at the officer's table eating what passed for eggs in the military. For now he was the only one who was in the mess hall, there was only one other pony with him and that was the chef.
"It's not like you to be up this early." The chef said from across the mess hall," Got something going on?"
Wind downed another fork full of eggs and looked up," Been assigned a mission."
" ah. Well best of luck to you."
Wind grunted in reply and finished the rest of his eggs and moved on to the only real part of the meal which was the biscuits. Nopony can mess up biscuits, sure you can burn them but just cut off the burnt part and usually the inside is still good.
"Hey chef! What's for breakfast?"
Wind looked up but quickly looked back down at his food as he saw Vintage Scripture walk in.
" Eggs and biscuits." the chef answered.
"Cool." Scripture said and then walked over to the food trays grabbing himself his breakfast and made his way over to Silent Wind.
"You ready for this thing Captain?" Scripture asked sitting down across from Wind.
"No." Wind answered quickly.
" Why not?"
" Because I feel that this team isn't good enough for this mission."
Vintage Scripture narrowed his eyes a bit," maybe it because there is a Pegasus in charge of this team."
" what did you say, Corporal?"
" I said maybe it's because there is a Pegasus in charge of the team, Captain!"
Silent Wind stood up glaring at Vintage Scripture," Back down Corporal or I'll bring you down myself!"
" Bring it on cupcake!"
Wind jump over the table tackling Scripture who tried to dodge but was too slow. Both of them hit the ground, Wind quickly stood up and grabbed Scripture's front hooves and flew up to the ceiling.
"One last chance Corporal! Back down and I'll forget you ever talked to me!"
" Fuck you!"
Wind flipped around slamming Scripture into the ceiling and shot down to the floor slamming Scripture into the floor.
"Captain! Corporal! What is the meaning if this!?"
Wind looked to where the voice was coming from and instantly saluted. Vintage Scripture slowly got up wiping blood away from his mouth and then saluted. The Major General stood in the doorway staring at the two of them.
"Sir the Corporal here wa-" Wind started.
"I don't want to hear it! Forget I asked. If you two don't like each other then that's too bad. You're on a team together, get used to it! Now I don't want any more fighting and if there is next time I will assign consequences."
" yes sir!" The two of them said and cleaned up their food trays that were laying on the ground. Wind brushed past Scripture and walked out of the mess hall dumping his tray in the garbage can.
"Quite a commotion in there."
Wind looked to his side and saw Moon Blaze sitting against a Willy jeep. He was cradling his 500 magnum as if he dropped it, it would shatter. His M16 laying in the back of jeep.
"Apparently the dear Corporal doesn't like us Pegasi." Wind said straightening his body armor and walked over to the weapons rack just outside of the mess hall door. He picked up his fifty caliber and his BAR strapping both to his sides.
"Let me ask you something Master sergeant, how do you feel about this mission?" Wind asked walking back over to Blaze.
"The mission? I honestly don't think a whole lot about it. To me it just seems like another job."
" You've ever had a squad under your command?"
"Once, our commanding officer got sick."
" did you loose anypony while you were in control?"
"no."
" then you don't understand the risks we are taking. This isn't just some job, it's an event of where you put yours and your team's lives on the line." Wind said.
"But there is no way to tell if you die or not, it's a risk we all take."
Wind stared at Blaze," sometimes that risk can take a toll on others..."
"Captain? Did you ever loose anypony?" Blaze asked bolstering his magnum and standing up.
Wind looked above Blaze staring at the sky," a whole squad once...several others in different squads."
" I'm sorry sir."
" Are you ready for the mission master sergeant?" Wind asked trying to change the subject.
Blaze realized he was touching up with a sensitive topic," yes sir, I even managed to get my friend down at the motor pool to lend us two of these Willy jeeps. The best part about these babies is their sweet thirty caliber machine guns in the back." Blaze said gesturing to the large gun mounted in the back of the jeeps.
Wind nodded in approval," Good."
" Captain?"
Silent Wind turned around seeing Kill Streak behind him all packed and fully decked out in body armor.
"We leaving soon?" Kill Streak asked.
" Yeah, go get the Corporal from the mess hall."
" Yes sir."
Silent Wind turned back to Moon Blaze climbing into the Willy jeep and started the engine. Kill Streak walked back out with Vintage Scripture behind him. Silent Wind exchanged glares with Vintage Scripture for a few seconds and then looked away.
After Vintage Scripture had walked over to the other willy jeep with Kill Streak the major general had walked out and over to Silent Wind.
"I wish you the best of luck captain. Radio in every five hours and hopefully you have everything you need." The Major general said.
"I don't have everything..." Silent Wind said loading his equipment into the Willy jeep and strapping it down with Moon Blaze's stuff.
"Oh? What are you missing?"
"A good team." Wind replied making the Major general laugh," It's not a joke sir."
The Major general smiled and suppressed his laughter," You'll get use to them soon enough Captain."
" I might. But some I might not." he said glancing at Vintage Scripture.
"Anyways Captain, like I said before, good luck."
"Thank you sir." Wind replied and climbed into the driver's seat and glanced at Moon Blaze then looked back at Kill Streak and motioned him to drive forward.
"Talk to you in five hours sir." Wind said and then drove off followed by Kill Streak and Vintage Scripture.
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" Yes sir. Yes I understand." Silent Wind said as he sat in the back of the Willy jeep wearing the headset if the radio that was strapped in the back of the jeep. He pulled off the headset and turned the radio off then walked over to the small propane stove that the team had broken out to heat up some coffee.
"What did the Major general say?" Kill Streak asked taking a sip of the coffee.
"He said that we're nearing Canterlot according to his maps." Silent Wind said picking up his own coffee cup," So that means we have to lose the legion armor and our weapons soon."
" Wait. You mean we have to leave our guns behind?" Vintage Scripture asked," No way."
Wind looked at Scripture," Corporal please come over here."
Scripture got up slowly and walked over to Silent Wind sticking his chin out," What?"
" I don't like your fucking attitude and if it was up to me I would've had you kicked out of legion the day I met you but the fact is that we are now entering Celestia's territory and we need to work as a team. So I'm going to ask one time and one time only, cool your shit down and follow my orders and maybe we will all get out of this alive."
Moon Blaze looked at Kill Streak who was smiling and whispered to Blaze," I think I'm starting to like the Captain."
Blaze shrugged and looked back at Scripture and Wind who were glaring at each other.
"Fine, have it your way." Scripture said," It's not like I want to die." He then walked back to his jeep and sat down against the side of it.
"Enough break time, let's get rolling." Wind sodas he packed up the propane stove and put it back in the jeep," We'll keep the jeeps until we can see Canterlot."
Moon Blaze and Kill Streak got up and headed to their jeeps turning the engines on. Silent Wind and Vintage Scripture sat in the passenger seats. Wind motioned for Blaze to go ahead and start driving and then motioned at Streak to do the same.
They drove for another two hours until Blaze stopped the jeep," There's Canterlot sir."
" I see it; let's leave the jeeps down there." Wind said pointing down to a shallow canyon," it should be a good bottleneck to kill any enemies if we are found out."
" Yes sir." Blaze said and drove towards the canyon as Wind motioned for Streak to follow them.
They reached the canyon in only fifteen minutes. Silent Wind then ordered the jeeps to be camouflaged with leaves and fallen branches. He also ordered that all body armor and weapons to be removed and hidden with the jeeps. The only weapons that Wind let his team keep we're their knives.
Wind was the last one to take his body armor off and as he took the chest armor off Moon Blaze looked over at Wind and saw a long scar running from the side of his neck down to his front right leg.
"Captain, if you don't mind me asking, where'd you get that scar?" Blaze asked.
Wind looked up at Blaze," Hm? Oh this thing?" He then sighed," It was artillery exchange and our bunker collapsed on us. They found literally hanging on a piece of sharpened re-bar; the rest of my squad was found crushed by the concrete."
" I'm sorry about that sir."
"so am I Master sergeant." Wind replied and removed the rest do his body armor," Alright we have to hoof it from here and I want dead silence until I say so!"
" Yes sir!" His team yelled out in union.
Wind smiled and brought out a package of cigarettes and lit one. He took a whiff and thought to himself that this may just work. He then motioned for the team to start walking. Night was falling fast and they were a good two miles away from the city. As night reached its full height the team had reached the cliff that the city Canterlot was built off of.
" Okay, there are bound to be guards patrolling the outer walls so Moon Blaze and I will fly you two up to the wall where you can take out two guards, take their armor and weapons, and dump the bodies over the edge." Wind said to Kill Streak and Vintage scripture.
"While you two take your guards Blaze and I will circle around and take two other guards, we'll meet you where we dropped you off." Wind finished his orders.
The team nodded and Blaze picked up Scripture while Wind picked up Streak. They flew up the cliff and shot above the wall and the glided down dropping Streak and Scripture just behind two Royal guards.
Kill Streak slid his knife out of its sheath and crept up behind one of the guards sliding his knife into the throat of the guard. Blood poured out onto the blade as the life last the guard in one breath. Scripture quickly slid up behind the other guard and grabbed his head twisting it to the side breaking the guard's neck.
They then began to strip the guards of weapons and armor. Streak got a Scar assault rifle with a red dot sight on it while Scripture got an AK-47 with an ACOG scope, they quickly all the ammo the guards carried and strapped the armor on.
While Streak and Scripture busied themselves with their disguises Blaze and Wind flew over to another section of the wall. Blaze drew out his knife and went into a dive. He dived down to the wall and quickly shot his wings out picking up a royal guard sliding his knife into the guard's skull as he hovered above the wall. Wind targeted a lone Pegasus night guard in a watch tower. He flew up behind the guard and quietly touched down and grabbed the guard's head slamming it against the supporting column for the roof. The guard went into a daze and Wind quickly took his Bowie knife out and slipped it into the guard's throat. He quickly stripped the guard and put on the armor and took the FAD with silencer and duel mags.
Wind pushed the body of the dead gird out of the tower and over the edge then flew out of the watch tower now disguised as a night guard and met with Blaze who was dressed in royal guard armor; he had MP7 strapped to his side and was pushing the guard he killed over the edge.
"How'd it go?" Blaze asked.
"I got blood on my hoof but nothing I can't handle." Wind said smiling and then took off into the sky followed by Blaze. They circled around until they spotted Scripture and Streak dumping the bodies of the guards they kill over the edge of the wall and down into the Everfree Forest.
"Everything okay over here?" Wind asked landing in first of them.
"A-ok." Streak replied adjusting his helmet.
"Hey!"
Wind and the others froze as they heard the voice yell out at them.
"what are you doing here!?" a royal guard ordered stalking up to them.
Author's notes: CLIFFHANGER! Ha ha ha! Well you all have to wait till next chapter to see what will happen. Oh and if you don't mind maybe read my latest story "the cave" I'm in need of some ocs to continue. Also one more thing, please leave a review. See you in the next chapter.