Andy and Rainbow lay next to Tony who had finally flatlined, there wasn't a dry eye in the room. Princess Celestia suddenly realized in the midst of all the sorrow that there might be a chance to save Tony's life.
"Twilight! Come over here!" Celestia called to her pupil. The crying purple unicorn went to her mentor.
"Y-yes Princess?" Twilight asked.
"Listen, I have an idea that may save Tony's life but I'm not entirely sure it will work" Celestia explained. "If you and your friends can utilize the Elements of Harmony and Luna and I can use a certain spell, we may be able to return him to life"
"REALLY!" Rainbow asked happily.
"Yes but we must hurry, If he has been deceased for too long than the spell will not work" Celestia said. The Twilight, Applejack, Rainbow, Pinkie Pie went and huddled in a circle with Fluttershy and Rarity who had recently awoke after fainting from the sight of the Hydra. The six mares were soon surrounded by an aura which fired out a beam at Tony's body. Celestia and Luna aimed their horns at the Marine and fired out twin beams. Tony's body was violently jerked around around until it fell back on the bed not moving.
"N-no, It didn't work!" Luna sad sadly.
"Wait look!" Fluttershy pointed out. Tony suddenly opened his mouth gasping for air and clutched his heart. Andy leapt up in joy.
"YOU SON OF A BITCH! YOU ALMOST GAVE ME A HEART ATTACK!" Andy yelled as he delivered a noogie to his brothers skull.
"Was I dead there for a minute?" Tony asked dumbfounded at all that was taking place.
"Yep" Michael said coming out of the corner.
"I thought I saw Jesus for a minute. What the hell happened?" Tony asked.
"You took a full on kick to the stomach from a Soulripper! You're one hard motherfucker man!" Navarro complimented.
"Heh is the Soulripper alright?" Tony said chuckling at his stupid joke. Tony went to get up but was rewarded with a wave of pain down his gut.
"OH OH OW! I FEEL THERES A KNIFE IN MY GUT!" Tony yelled as he laid back down.
"Stay still ding-dong your ribs are still busted" Danny said as he rubbed his finger down Tony's side. The humanoid doctor ran an x-ray down Tony's body and found everything had healed except for the ribs which were still broken in some areas.
"Incredible! I've never seen anything like that before!" The doctor exclaimed. "Now Tony, be careful. If you take another hit like that again I can assure you there won't be any coming back. Do you understand?"
"Yes Doc" Tony responded. "Say where is Dashie at?". Rainbow Dash along with the other seven ponies had all fainted from the sudden expulsion of power, it would be atleast an hour before they woke up again.
"Men take the ponies to a bedroom" Iverson said as he picked up Celestia and and carried her to a room. The other Marines did the same except for Andy who had to carry Pinkie and Rainbow because Tony couldn't get up. Michael gently placed Fluttershy on a bed and pulled up the blankets to cover her, he than fluffed her pillow and rubbed his hand down her mane before leaving to meet with Iverson and the rest of the squad.
"Excuse me I didn't catch your name sir" Volaris asked Iverson.
"Captain James Iverson" Iverson said.
"HOLY SHIT! THAT'S CAPTAIN IVERSON! THE ARGONAUT!" A crowd of humanoids said as they approached Iverson.
"I see I'm fairly popular around here" Iverson said.
"Sir, there is nobody in this ship who doesn't know your name! You demolished thousands if not MILLIONS of Hydra! You're a fricken legend!" Volaris exclaimed.
"Is that Tommy Dean Lee? The one who rounded up and killed nearly three thousand Hydra Hounds?" A voice called out to Tommy Dean.
"Holy shit! It is!" Another voice replied.
"THE BARELLI BROTHERS! THE TWO OF THEM ALONE HELD OFF TEN THOUSAND HYDRA AT THE BATTLE OF NEW THERMOPYLAE!" A humanoid called out.
"MICHEAL! THE SILENT KILLER! HE STALKED A HYDRA OVERLORD FOR THREE DAYS BEFORE TAKING A SHOT!" Another humanoid cried out.
"No way! Alexander Ritchy! He snuck through a whole Hydra base doing recon without getting caught!"
"Danny Kowalski! Reverse engineered a Hydra aircraft and infiltrated the Overlords Command Center by himself!"
"AND DOM NAVARRO! THE ONLY HUMAN TO EVER KILL A SOULRIPPER IN HAND-TO-HAND COMBAT! HE'S EVEN SHORTER THAN I THOUGHT"
"Watch it buddy" Navarro said irritated. The eight Marines stood there in bewilderement, none of them realized the stuff they did made them so famous.
"Tommy Dean I didn't know you did that with the Hydra Hounds" Ritchy said.
"Hell I didn't think it was that big of a deal bit I guess not!" Tommy Dean said.
"Gentlemen" Volaris said putting his arms around Iverson and Navarro. "This calls for celebration, tonight in the mess hall! FREE DRINKS FOR EVERYONE!"
"YEAH!" The crew and Marines shouted.
"YE-OW DAMMIT! Tony yelled as he attempted to get up but was stopped by the pain in his ribs.
The eight ponies had all been put in one large room with eight beds in it. They had all awoken except for Rarity who went back to sleep claiming she needed her "Beauty Sleep"
"I'm so glad that spell worked!" Celestia beamed.
"Princess how did you know it would work?" Twilight asked.
"Actually I wasn't certain it would help but I remember using it a thousand years ago to bring about fifty Royal Guards back to life after a Manticore attack" Celestia explained.
"Hey do you think Tony heard what I said to him before we used that spell" Rainbow asked with her cheeks turning a little red.
"Heard what sugarcube?" Applejack asked.
"You know, I said that I-well" Rainbow said putting her hoof behind her head.
"That you loved him?" Luna finished for her.
"Yeah that..." Rainbow said quietly.
"OH OH ARE YOU GONNA GET MARRIED! THAT MEANS A WEDDING AND THAT MEANS A PARTY!" Pinkie yelled as she hopped around Rainbow before being shut up by Applejack.
"I don't think so, he wasn't awake when you said it" Fluttershy said.
"I don't think i can say to his face when he is awake though" Rainbow said.
"Well do you love him?" Fluttershy asked.
"Yes but I thought he was gonna die thats why I told him, usually you wait to say that kind of stuff" Rainbow said. Rarity had just awoken and went to join in on the conversation.
"Well I think you should go tell him again" Rarity said as she used a nearby comb to brush her mane.
"That's easy for all you to say!" Rainbow retorted.
"Actually Rainbow, before the attack at Canterlot I was about to tell James i had feelings for him but i never got to finish because of the Hydra" Celestia confessed.
"Sister you like James?" Luna asked.
"In all my years, I have met stallions I thought i liked but it was just a little fantasy. James on the other hand, I actually think I love him" Celestia said. The ponies all stood in shock at the thought of their immortal princess having somepony she loves.
And Tony lives! Man i hate writing mushy romance. This chapter would have been longer but it is 2a.m and i am tired as hell, i will update soon. As always R&R faithful bronys and pegasisters