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Third person, unknown location:

Captain Shining Armor sat in his cell and wept over the death of Sergeant Major Drew. He had known about what happened between Luna and Star Gazer all those years ago and he knew that the news of Drew's death would devastate her.

Elsewhere in the cave Drew still hung lifelessly from the noose. The zebras had all left after having a laugh. One younger zebra with a bayonet fitted AK47 walked up to the lifeless body of Drew as he hung from the noose rope. Even after he was dead his very presence sent shivers down his back.

Captain Shining Armor sat in his cell and thought about possible escape plans. He could use a magical energy blast on the next zebra to walk through the cell door but he'd most likely be shot down. He cursed himself for not learning a teleportation spell like his sister had encouraged him.

"FUCK" Shining cried as tears continued to trickle down his face. He was so distraught from Drew's death, he hopped that they killed him too because he couldn't live with himself knowing that Drew had been hung and they let him live. But that didn't mean he wasn't going to rip that bitch's throat out before he got shot down. He vowed to himself that before he died he would see the dead bitch's eyes with his own. That he promised himself.

The young zebra stood in front of Drew's body and his body shook in fear. He couldn't get the thought out of his head about how terrifying the man had been on the battlefield. He alone probably killed more zebras than he could ever imagine.

He thought he saw the man's chest move, only slightly. "Huh?" he muttered then leaned forwards. He shook his head, figuring it was just his imagination getting to him. As he was about to lean back Drew's hand shot up and grabbed the noose rope while his legs curled around the zebra's neck and constricted his throat then lifted his body off the ground.

Drew's eyes burned with inner rage as he held the young zebra's body off the ground with his legs. The young zebra cried out and gagged in fear. Drew held himself up by pulling up on the noose ropes with his hands so that the noose rope didn't strangle him. Without mercy or any feeling of guilt, Drew squeezed his legs and snapped the zebra's neck silently.


Minutes earlier

Sgt. Drew:

The zebras were stupid, they hadn't tightened the noose around my neck and I could easily breathe. All I had to do was fake my own death. Damn fools forgot to check my boots, had a small switch blade with a two inch blade hidden in my boots. All I had to do was wait till they all left then bend my knees, pull out the knife and cut the rope away from my hands.


Present time:

I pulled out my small switch blade and cut the noose rope around my neck. The zebra was young and stupid, paid for it with his life. He couldn't be more than eight years old. Can't say it felt good killing him but his face won't bother my dreams any time soon. But I had to thank the kid, he had left me an AK with a bayonet attached to the barrel.

"Thanks kid" I whispered as I dragged his body into the corner of the room and made it look like he was simply passed out. I held the AK47 in my hands, holding it felt weird, mostly because of the trigger and handle modifications so that zebras could shoot it, but also because of its symbolic history. This weapon was the preferred weapon of every terrorist and communist group from Al-Qaeda to the Yakuza.

But beggars can't be choosers I guess. I stalked through the passageways of the underground tunnels. The soft dirt silenced my footsteps. I had no intention of firing the AK47 until after I was outside the tunnel. I had overheard The Apache talking about going out on patrol to do some marksmanship, or in other words kill a platoon of royal guards and probably use their tongues as trophies or something sick like that.

I heard calm breathing of a zebra as he walked down the dark tunnel. It was dimly lit in the tunnels, a light bulb hung from the tunnel roof about every twenty yards. I leaned up against the corner of the wall and waited as the zebra passed.

I curled back my lips and gritted my teeth in anger as I stabbed the zebra in the back with the bayonet. He tried to let out a scream but I had stabbed the bayonet right through his heart and killed him instantly.

I dragged his body into the shadows then continued on. The tunnels narrowed and I could hear the whistling of a zebra as he trotted along the tunnel system casually. The AK47's bayonet was kind of clumsy in these tight quarters but I had learned some pretty cool things you could do with just the sling of a rifle.

I slid along the shadows of the corridors and waited for the zebra to trot by me. I was hidden in the shadows and he only noticed I was there after it was too late. I quickly wrapped the sling around his neck and pulled him into the shadows then snapped his neck with the sling. He slumped to the floor and I left his body in the shadows as I continued on.

I was surprised that I hadn't found more zebras, The Apache must've taken most of them out on patrol. I heard screaming echo from a room down one of the corridors. As I continued on I stopped by a large weapons cache.

I spotted my gear and quickly slipped all my stuff back on. I slung the customized AK47 on my back and unholstered my Mossberg 500 tactical. I couldn't find Shining Armor's things so I figured I'd grab some extra magazines for the AK47 then just give him that.

I followed the echoes of the screams and found a cell room at the end of a hallway. "Where are your pony friends now" laughed a maniacal voice. I leveled the shotgun at my hip and booted down the door. Two zebras had beaten Shining severally, his face was battered and bruised.

"Right here" I quoted then blasted a round of buckshot into one of the zebras. I racked the pump then quickly blasted the other zebra. His body flew back and slammed against the wall of the cell. His blood smeared against the wall as his body slumped over with a large hole through his chest.

"I'm back" I quoted then rushed over to Shining Armor's body. "Dr… Drew… what the fuck… you aren't dead?" Shining moaned in pain. "Come on Shining, if I was sure I was going to die I would've put up more of a fight then some one liners and quotes" I laughed, the captain tried to laugh but was in too much pain.

I heaved his body over my shoulders, I'd have to post pone my battle with The Apache until another day. Right now I was gonna have to get Shining Armor to the firebase to get him evaced to a field hospital.

I held the shotgun in one hand as I raced along the tunnel system, not exactly sure how to get out. "Drew… Drew if I don't make it… tell Cadence that… I…I" he began but I set him down and pulled out my water canteen. "Captain, now don't you go talking like that. I didn't escape sure death just to have you die on me" I told him. "Hey Drew… you know… I laughed when you broke my nose" Shining chuckled painfully as a tear came to his eye.

I made him drink some water, it was warm but it was better than nothing. They had cut him up pretty bad but he should make it if I hurried and got us out of here. I placed Shining Armor on my shoulders and began to run towards where I hopped the exit was. Along my way I found a radio relay station.

I rushed up and quickly grabbed a radio set then dialed in to Firebase Bravo. "Bravo two six this is Drew go" I said and soon the voice of Lickety Split returned my call. "Hey Sarge, was wondering when" he began but I cut him off. "Listen, Lickety there's no time, get me an evac chopper at… Bravo Charlie 9-2-4-2-5-1, out" I ordered then quickly began to race for the exit. I could finally see the end of the tunnel.

As I raced out the front of the tunnel my eyes took a second to adjust to the darkness of the night. There was several zebras standing guard that hadn't noticed me. I unslung the AK47 and held it in one hand from hip level. I squeezed the trigger and the gun rattled as it chattered out full metal jacket rounds.

The zebras screamed as they were cut down. I looked around throughout the valley. I didn't have much use for the AK47 just dangling around my back so I dropped it then ran towards where I had ordered Lickety to get me an evac chopper.


Third person, Everfree forest:

"Alright stallions, mount up. Drew is in a tight situation and we're getting him out. We've called in an extraction chopper but we're gonna need a clear LZ before the chopper lands. Let's move out double time" Daffodil ordered and the elite shadow guards quickly embarked into military Jeeps.

They all raced off down the dirt path in the Jeeps and finally reached the LZ. They shut off the Jeeps then grouped up. "All right, Bakers Presell: I want you covering the north with the PIG. Jackson, Hammerhead: cover the rear. Every-pony else find some cover and hunker down. Remember the Sarge is out there so don't shoot at the first thing that moves" Daffodil ordered and the platoon did exactly as they were told.

The group waited and the sound of helicopter rotors echoed through the valley. Elsewhere in the valley The Apache heard the helicopter rotors. She called out to her fellow zebras in native tongue then looked to see where the helicopter was.

Sergeant Major Drew raced as fast as he could with the now unconscious Shining Armor on his shoulders. "Hey Sarge" yelled one of his platoon members. Drew looked over to see Hart waving. He raced over to Hart then looked to see the helicopter landing. "Give me a sec" he told his friend then rushed over and placed Shining Armor in the helicopter.

Shining Armor came around but just barely. Tears rolled down Drew's face as he held Shining Armor by the shoulders. "Hey Sarge… did we make it?" Shining asked weakly. Drew nodded as his tears dripped down onto Shining's chest. He had almost lost a good friend.

Suddenly the moment was disrupted as all hell broke loose. Gunfire erupted everywhere at once. "Get him outta here" Drew yelled and the pilot nodded then began to take the helicopter into the air.

Drew rushed up to the others and unslung his Model 70 and began to pick off zebras. He had a huge advantage because of the night vision scope. A few hundred yards away lay The Apache as she zeroed in on the platoon.

Daffodil stood up, "Alright Every-pony fall back to the Jeeps and" he began but suddenly his head cocked back and he fell to the ground. Blood covered his face. "LT… LT, shit. Lickety get the chopper on the horn" Drew ordered and Split quickly dialed in the helicopter pilot.

"Hey get back down here, we got another wounded" Drew said into the radio. "Uh that's a negative two six, you got a hot LZ cooking. Over" said the helicopter pilot. "Goddammit get your fucking ass back down here or I'll shoot you down myself" Drew threatened then a pony threw down a line of ropes with harnesses on the end.

"Great I love harness extraction" Drew muttered to himself as he picked up Daff and put him into one of the harnesses. "Every-pony fall back to the Jeeps and get back to the firebase" Drew yelled, the others nodded and began to lay down suppressing fire as others fell back in a leap frog technique.

As Drew turned to give fire support he saw Daff's body slump. If someone didn't hold him his body might fall out of the harness. Drew quickly harnessed himself in then gave a thumbs up to the pony in the helicopter. The chopper began to depart towards a field hospital


SGM. Drew, Field hospital:

The helicopter landed and I put both Daffodil's and Shining's bodies on my shoulders then rushed into the hospital.

There were doctors and nurses waiting. I placed Shining down on a stretcher and the nurse looked at him quickly. "This stallion has received blunt trauma, get him to an ER now" the nurse ordered and the other doctors nodded and wheeled away Shining. I placed Daffodil down on another stretcher and the nurse began to check his body for gunshot wounds.

After not finding any body wounds she looked as his head but as she turned his face towards her she screamed as she realized who he was. "Oh my goddess Daff" she cried, "Hey listen, he's gonna be okay… Doc get him to an emergency room" I ordered and the doctors nodded then rushed away his stretcher.

The nurse had a silky light orange mane that smelled like oranges, no pun intended. The nurse pressed her face into my combat jacket and began to cry. "Hey come on. Let's go see how he is" I told her and we followed the stretcher into an emergency room.

A doctor began to wash the blood of his head as the nurse and I stood close by to see if he would be okay. The doctor mumbled to himself as he inspected the wound on Daff's forehead.

"Doc… will he be okay?" I asked and the doctor nodded. "Yeah… he's just unconscious and we're going to bring him out of unconsciousness… now" the doctor said as he dabbed a wet cloth around Daffodil's forehead.

Daffodil suddenly became conscious again and was breathing heavily. Daff looked to me and I smiled then looked to the nurse. "Posey? Posey… what happened I…" Daffodil began but trailed off as he tried to recall the events prior to this.

"Well lieutenant… the bullet just grazed your skull, that was a million dollar shot right there" the doctor said and Daffodil sighed in relief. "Hey Lt, don't believe a word he says, you won't see a penny of that money" I joked. The nurse quickly rushed away as tears came to her eyes. "What's her deal?" I asked and the doctor looked to me.

"Well being a nurse is quite stressful. She sees ponies die every day. You wouldn't understand" the doctor told us, Daffodil and I exchanged looks then began to laugh. "It isn't funny!" the doctor yelled and we both looked to him with raised eyebrows. "Oh… right sorry, I forgot. Oh and sergeant major? I'd suggest getting that leg wrapped up. You're leaking blood onto the freshly mopped floors" the doctor informed me and I looked down to my legs, near the bottom part of my leg my pants were torn and blood was dripping out.

I nodded then walked out, in all the excitement I must've not felt the bullet. But I felt it now, it burned painfully and it hurt to walk. I flagged a zebra nurse, most stallions hated zebras because of the war but I knew there were a few good ones.

"May I help you?" she asked in a very charismatic voice. "Yeah, I know it's not much but can you uhm, dress my leg wound. I've been shot" I asked politely and she nodded then brought me into another room.

She sat me up and extended my leg on a leg rest. She pulled up my pant leg and inspected the wound. "How could you walk, this is bad" she said as she began to clean out the bullet wound. "The adrenaline must've gotten to me. The bullet probably went right through. Didn't hurt none, until now" I informed her.

She finished cleaning my leg and began applying the bandage wrap. She winced in disgust from the smell of my boots. "Oh yeah… sorry I sweat a lot" I apologized. She nodded and held her nose as she finished the bandages then handed me two crutches. "You need to stay off that leg for a while sergeant major. Use these" she said in a cute zebra accent.

"So uhm… will you be the one to change my bandages?" I asked curiously, she smiled as she continued to hold her nose. "Yeah… but only after you take shower" she laughed then trotted out of the room. I hopped my way out of the room with my crutches then proceeded to the recovery rooms where I was hoping Daffodil would be.

I entered the room to see many other ponies, some missing limbs. Others missing entire lower half's of their bodies. I spotted Daffodil who had bandage wrap around his head.

I walked over to him and we began to converse about old times but no sooner had we started talking, a stallion and a zebra walked into the room towards us. "Sergeant Major Drew?" asked the stallion. I gave him a salute "Colonel" I replied and lowered my salute as he extended his hoof.

I shook his hoof. "Well sergeant major, I'm Colonel Ross and this is Major Tung. Your friend Shining Armor isn't in the greatest condition to talk and we need the coordinates to The Apache's mountain hideout" Ross informed me.

I scratched the back of my head and thought to myself. "Uhm… well… I'd uhm have to think about it for a little while before I could remember" I replied and he nodded. "In the meantime, if you wouldn't mind to relinquish your firearms" he told me. I willingly handed him my M1911.

"And the revolver" he ordered but I shook my head. "Sorry sir… my revolver stays with me at all times" I replied and he scrunched his nose. "Sergeant major, only MPs are allowed weapons in the field hospitals" he informed me. I pointed to his and Tung's handguns that rode in hip holsters.

"We're officials, we are required to be armed at all times when in the confines of the Everfree" he informed me. I sighed then handed him my Smith and Wesson revolver. "Well sergeant, time is running so we need those coordinates as soon as possible" he told me. "Yah, Shining might be better at directions" I told him and he nodded then they both left.

I sat with Daffodil for a while and the nurse, whose name was Posey, came in to look at one of the patients who only had half his body. "What happened to Taylors?" I asked, the shadow guard had been part of our platoon and I didn't know what happened to him. "He stepped on a betty when on patrol. Blew off both his legs and the docs had to amputate" Daffodil informed me.

I could see Taylors crying and I walked over to him. "Hey Taylors… how yah doing?" I asked and he looked up to me. "Sarge… I ain't heard from her lately… I think she's forgotten about me" he said as tears rolled down his face.

I felt terrible for him, so many shadow guards and soldiers lost their marefriends during the war. "No, no. She's hasn't forgotten about you" I assured him. "Sarge… she ain't written to me in a month… I… I think she's forgotten" he said as he held up his hoof. I could tell he was close.

I held his hoof in both my hands. "No, Taylors. Come on man you know how slow the mail gets around" I reassured him. "No Sarge… she's forgotten about me… tell my mama I love… love h…" he trailed off and gasped as his life slipped away. I felt his hoof go limp in my hand.

I rested his hoof down on his chest and wiped some tears from my eyes. Taylors was a good kid, only 21 years old. He didn't deserve this, no-pony did. I wiped the remainder of the tears away from my eyes and looked over to see that the LT was gone, along with the nurse.


LT Daffodil, field hospital:

"Hey Posey, sorry about everything that happened between us" I apologized. "Daff… it's not your fault, I never found another guy it's just…" she trailed off. "Hey… shh it's okay. What's wrong you can tell me" I said soothingly and she shook her head. "The baby Daff" she replied.

"Yeah what about it?" I asked and she wiped away some tears from her face. "Abortion" she said through sniffles. "What?" I asked not exactly sure what she was talking about. "An abortion Daff. I had an abortion" she told me.

"Wait… wait what? Posey… why?" I asked and she wiped some more tears from her eyes. "Daff, I couldn't raise our child thinking that her father could come home one day in a body bag" she cried. "Yeah, well didn't you think to tell me?" I asked and she looked to me with teary eyes. "It was my decision" she told me.

"Yeah well it was my baby too yah know" I said in a somewhat louder tone but she got up and rushed off, crying to herself. I felt bad for my outburst but I had wanted to be a father so badly.


The next morning,

SGM. Drew:

I walked out into the open field out front of the field hospital where Daffodil sat in a helicopter. Several helicopters came and went, dropping off wounded soldiers. "Hey LT, you look like you caught yourself a case of the blue's. What's going on?" I asked and he exhaled through his nose. "Well you got that right sergeant major" he said. "Oh?" I asked and he nodded.

"Yeah something just happened, didn't happen directly to me but it felt like it did" he said. "Well you want to talk about it?" I asked and he sighed as he lit a cigarette. "Something to do with your nurse?" I asked and he looked away. "Aw come on LT, lay it on me, you can talk to me" I said and he looked back to me with a depressed look.

"Yeah… Posey was pregnant, with my kid" he said and I looked to him. "She didn't keep it?" I asked and he nodded. "Yeah she didn't keep it" he said depressingly. I looked around as I thought about to say. "Well, how's she feel about it. I mean did you guys talk about it much?" I asked and he shook his head. "She's done all the talking. And all the decision making and right now she's not happy about it. About who I am or what I am. I'm a dirty smelly… grunt" he said with a smirk.

I felt bad for him. "You know LT, I hear what you're saying and I feel what you're going through. And I envy you" I lied and he looked to me. "What?" he asked unsurely. "Well look at it from my point of view, at least you got some-pony mad at you. I got ponies all around me but I'm still alone all the time" I lied, I didn't really feel like telling him about my secret relationship with Luna. "You've got some-pony special" I assured him. He looked up to me "Yeah but I'm feeling pretty lonely right about now though" he said and I nodded.

He chuckled and smiled. "I guess you're right Sarge" he said acceptingly. I tapped him with my left crutch. "Come on, well go see what the mess hall has for coffee here" I said and we both walked back into the field hospital.


Third person, field hospital:

Major Tung followed Colonel Ross as he argued with a doctor. "Goddess dammit I need to talk to that stallion" Ross argued but the doctor shook his head. "He is in a critical state right now and you can't just go demanding things from him" the doctor argued back.

"You don't understand. Ponies will die unless we get the information we need from him" Ross yelled. "And if you try to get the information from him he could die" the doctor said in a stern voice. Ross scoffed then turned and left while the doctor went his own way.

Tung stayed in the hall and waited for both men to leave around the corners then walked to Shining Armor's recovery room. The MPs at the door gave him a salute and he returned it. He opened the door then locked it behind him as he entered Shining's recovery room. Shining lay in the medical bed resting peacefully. Tung pulled out a line of small rope and walked over to his side.

He unplugged the monitor so that the flat line wouldn't alarm the nurses or doctors. "Captain. We cannot allow you to reveal our base location. You are a strong stallion but our will is stronger. Now be at peace" Tung said and wrapped the thin rope around Shining's throat and began to strangle him to death.


Third person, field hospital:

Sergeant Major Drew and First Lieutenant Daffodil sat at a mess hall table and sipped coffee.

Behind them approached a finely dressed light pink mare. "Excuse me? Could you help me? I'm looking for some-pony special" said the beautiful voice of the mare. Daffodil looked to Drew with a raised eyebrow and immediately spun around but both their jaws dropped as they realized who it was.

"PRINCESS CADENCE!" they both exclaimed. "Well yes. I'm here to see my husband. News reached me of his condition and I wish to see him" she informed them. "Sorry ma'am. No-pony is allowed to see Captain until he" Daffodil began but Drew interrupted him. "Aw come on now LT. This is her husband we're talking about. I think this fine young mare here has the right to see her husband" Drew said and she blushed.

Daffodil thought about it for a moment then nodded. "Alright fine. But it was your idea Sarge" he said. Drew looked over to Cadence and winked. "I'm a real go getter huh? Oh but I really don't think you should be here if you're this pregnant" he said and she shook her hoof. "Don't worry, I'm not due for another two weeks" she replied as they began to walk towards Shining Armor's recovery room.

Elsewhere in the hospital trotted Posey with Shining's rations for the day, mostly water and applesauce. She walked up to the door and tried to open it but it was locked. 'Figures' she thought to herself as she brought out her set of keys and unlocked the door.

She didn't look around and immediately closed the door behind her as she entered the room. She saw Tung looming over Shining's body. "HEY, what are you doing in here? You can't be" Posey began but Tung swung around and back hoofed her.

"Shut up bitch" Tung hissed then turned back to finish off Shining. "Some-pony help!" Posey screamed and immediately the recovery room door swung open and one of the MPs stationed at the door rushed in. He had come unprepared and hadn't drawn his pistol.

Tung quickly drew his own M1911 and fired a .45 caliber round right through the pony's chest. The MP screamed as he fell back. Tung quickly rushed over and grabbed Posey by her long flowing hair and dragged her back into the room as she tried to escape.

Ponies ran in the hallways and Colonel Ross along with another MP raced down the hallways towards the recovery room.

Tung backed into a deeper part of the recovery room with Posey held hostage. Two MPs grabbed Shining's body and heaved him away to another emergency room. An MP stood guard to make sure Tung didn't escape.

"Get back… get back or I kill her" Tung threatened in a deep zebra accent. Colonel Ross entered the room and stood by the MP. "Sir he's got a hostage" the MP reported. "Who is the culprit?" Colonel Ross asked. "It's Major Tung sir" he replied.

Ross' face went pale and he moved the MP aside and edged closer to the corner of the wall. "Tung? Tung? But you're on our side" Ross replied, shocked at his colleague's sudden change of sides.

"Tung… I know you hate ponies… but you hate communists more" Ross told his friend. Tung laughed "You're a trusting man Colonel, but not a very smart one. If you had spent more time with your colleague than you would've seen through my disguise" Tung laughed.

"Come on Tung… we've been together on the force for what? Fifteen years?" Ross asked and Tung laughed again. "Even when the picture is put right in front of your face you still can't see it" Tung laughed again. "What picture? Tung what the hell are you talking about?" Ross asked as he quickly glanced around the corner.

"Fine Colonel. This form is useless to me anyway" Tung laughed. Suddenly there was a bright flash of green energy and Ross' eyes widened as he gazed upon the one and only, Queen Chrysalis.

"So… guess that means that zebras and changelings are in cahoots" Ross replied as he holstered his gun. "I'm gonna enter, don't harm the mare" Ross said as he valiantly stepped forward. "Stay back Colonel" Chrysalis hissed but Ross didn't heed her warning. As soon as he entered the room she pointed the .45 pistol at him and shot a round through his stomach.

He fell to the ground, groping in pain. Chrysalis stepped out of the recovery room and into the hallway where three MPs crouched with pistols drawn. "Get back. Get back or I'll shoot her" Chrysalis threatened as she pointed the M1911's barrel at Posey's head.

Two of the MPs rushed away but the third stood in a final stand to try and stop the changeling queen. "I said get back" Chrysalis screamed but the MP still crouched in his exact spot and refused to move.

Chrysalis quickly snapped her aim to the pony and shot him in the head. His body fell back and his helmet rolled away down the hallway.

Drew, Daffodil and Cadence had just entered a hallway near the shooting and Drew stopped a fleeing MP. "What the fuck is going on?" he asked. "The changeling queen is here. She's got a hostage" the MP informed him. "Hey listen, I'm a shadow guard. Get me to the armoury" Drew told the MP and he nodded then quickly led the trio to the back armoury of the field hospital.

Back in the hallway Chrysalis struggled to pull Posey along. "Where is Shining Armor?" Chrysalis demanded. "I don't know" Posey replied. "You are a nurse! You'll know, NOW WHERE IS HE!" Chrysalis screamed. "I told you I don't know" Posey screamed back.

In the armoury was a rack of guns but a chain link went through all the trigger guards. "Fuck. Keys" Drew ordered and the MP shrugged. "I wasn't issued keys" The MP replied. Drew rolled his eyes in frustration then looked over to an emergency fire axe and grabbed it. He used the pickaxe side of the axe to pry off the bolt pad attaching the chain to the cabinet. The chain busted free and Drew pulled the chain through the trigger guards of all the weapons.

He grabbed: two M1911s along with a magazine for each, his Smith and Wesson 500 magnum and an M1897 12 gauge with trench modifications. He quickly slide six rounds into shotgun and put some extra shells in his hospital gown pocket. He looked to Daffodil who loaded a Browning 9mm high power pistol.

The MP had diddied off but Drew couldn't blame him, things were about to heat up. He nodded to Daffodil and the two began to rush back to where Chrysalis was walking down the hallways with Posey as her hostage. Cadence was following them and Drew stopped then turned to her.

"Listen ma'am, I have the greatest respect for you and your husband. But I don't want you coming with us. You could get hurt and Shining would never forgive me" Drew told her but she shook her head. "I'd be safer with you. Where else would I go? Most of the rooms have been locked" Cadence replied and Drew swore as he realized that she was right.

"Alright… just stay close to me and do exactly as I say" Drew ordered and she nodded then the trio rushed down the hallways towards Chrysalis.

"Where is Captain Shining Armor? Where is he?" Chrysalis demanded but Posey was defiant to tell her. "I don't know" she replied. "Bullshit, you lie!" Chrysalis screamed. In her frustration Chrysalis didn't see Drew slide behind the cover of a large supply crate behind her.

"I swear I don't know" Posey said through tears, Chrysalis had been pulling really hard on her mane. Cadence began to dash from the safety of the walls to the supply crate. "No-no don't" Drew began but Chrysalis heard Drew and spun. She snarled as she saw Cadence, the one who had ensured he defeat at Canterlot. And she was pregnant, with Shining Armor's child no doubt.

She quickly directed her aim to Cadence and shot her directly in the stomach. Drew's eyes went wide and time seemed to travel in slow motion as Drew watched Cadence fall to the ground.

"NOOOOOOOOOOO"


Authors Note: Try Not To Cry