Shadows of Hope

"Born to fight, Trained to kill, Ready to Die…Never Will." ~author unknown.

Chapter 4: The Fight

(A/N: There will be various references to books, movies, and games in this story. If you recognize any of them, they all belong to their respectful owners.)

Gunshots could be heard all around. Corporal Nick Walker was following Sgt Foley as they started to head towards the WWII memorial.

"Ramirez! Take out that BTR with that AT-4! Corporal Walker, Cover him!" Foley shouted as him and Dunn crouched behind some cover, blindly firing at the Russians.

"Man, Why does he always make us do everything?" Corporal Walker said to Ramirez, who shrugged in return. They ran to where an AT-4 was luckily laying against a wall. Ramirez picked it up and fired at the BTR, destroying it.

"Good shot!" Walker said. Ramirez nodded. They then heard Foley over the radio.

"Ramirez, Walker, Get your asses back over here now!" Foley yelled. Ramirez muttered something that Walker couldn't make out. They soon were back at where they left, and now a chopper was there waiting for them. Foley, Dunn, and some other rangers were already on board.

"Ramirez, we're getting some wounded on board the chopper, cover the marines bringing them on board!" Foley ordered. Ramirez got in position, and him and some other Rangers fired at relentless Russians that were trying to stop them. Walker turned just in time to see one marine, one he knew well.

"Mark?" Walker asked. He then could only watch the horror as he saw his only brother, who was covering some marines, push one out of the way just before a RPG rocket made contact, the following explosion absorbing his brother. Walker screamed than.

"NO!" Walker yelled, before everything went black.

Scarecrow woke up, breathing hard. He looked around, and saw that he was in his makeshift bed, the others still asleep. He looked over at a clock, which read 5:30 AM (Middle Eastern time zone) and sighed. It was just a nightmare, but one that has stuck with him ever since that fateful day.

Scarecrow silently got up and went to the shelter's bathroom. He turned on the light and observed himself in the mirror. His hair was messed up, likely to the fact that he had been tossing and turning in his sleep due to the nightmare. He turned on the faucet, still thankful that they could somehow get water in the middle of the desert. He wet his hair and then combed it so it looked like the look he always had. (Let's just say Zac Efron's hairstyle when he starred in High School Musical. If you wonder why I chose this hairstyle, It was just the first that came to my head.)

After he had brushed his teeth, he snuck back into the room where the beds were and got his Shadow Company Uniform out of his locker.

Just before he closed the door, he looked at a picture of him and his brother Mark from when Scarecrow had just become a U.S. Army Ranger. Him and his brother were in their uniforms, Mark in his U.S.M.C Uniform, Scarecrow in his Ranger Uniform. At the bottom of the picture, there was writing in Mark's handwriting. It read, "Best of luck to my brother as he fights with the rangers. I'm sure he will do great, but he does have to remember, the Marines will always beat the Rangers!"

Scarecrow wiped away a tear at that memory as he closed the locker quietly and locked it back. After he put his uniform on, he went outside, closing the door back behind him.

That was when Applejack picked her head up. She had watched him for the past few minutes, and noticed him looking at the picture on his locker, which she was sharing with him. She quietly got up and got her stuff out of the locker (luckily for her, Scarecrow told her the combination to the locker and how to unlock it the night before.) After she had got her uniform on and fixed her hair in the bathroom, she silently crept outside. She looked around, and saw that no one was out, except for the guards stationed (which couldn't see her anyway since there is no need to look inside the base.)

Applejack slowly walked to the spot where her and Scarecrow were sitting last night, and saw Scarecrow once again sitting there. She didn't say a word, but Scarecrow knew of her presence.

"What brings you up so early?" He asked.

"Ah Heard Ya up and about," Applejack replied. She sat down by Scarecrow. "Are Ya Alright?" She asked him. Scarecrow looked at her, and then looked back down at the ground. If it wasn't for the darkness and the fact that Scarecrow had his mask and goggles on, Applejack would have saw that he was starting to tear up.

"I.. had a nightmare about my brother. I've had it ever since his death, and it's always the same thing." Scarecrow said. Applejack was quiet, thinking about what he had said. She didn't know how to comfort him since she never lost Big Mac or little apple bloom, which she was thankful for.

"Ah, Ah'm sorry." Was all that Applejack could say. " I would lose a piece of my mind if Ah lost by older brother or little sister." She said. Scarecrow looked at her, and the moonlight started to shine towards the two.

It was then Applejack saw Scarecrow's eyes through his goggles, and saw that he had some tears rolling down his cheeks. She Reached out and pulled down his mask and pulled his goggles up to his helmet, so his face was uncovered. She shed a tear at the sight of his sadness, herself feeling for him.

"Ever since he died, I had felt a part of me gone, that is, until you and the other girls arrived." Scarecrow said, looking into her eyes. Her eyes were the same shade of green that his brother's was.

"Well, Ah'll help you with that however Ah can, cause Ah do try my best to help my friends, and Ya did help in saving us and gave me some clothin when we first met, so I do owe ya." Applejack said. Scarecrow moved closer to Applejack after she had said this.

"I think I know one small way you could pay that back," Scarecrow said. Applejack smiled at him, moving closer to him. They both moved their heads slowly forward, and they both closed their eyes as their lips touched, entering a romantic kiss. They both thought of the other's lips as tasting sweet, Scarecrow thinking Applejack's lips tasted like, of all irony, a fresh apple. They stayed like this for a few seconds before they pulled away. They opened their eyes to looked at each other.

They both smiled as Applejack said, " Ah think the enjoyment in that went both ways."

Scarecrow chuckled a little. "I think you're absolutely right." he said. He looked at a watch he had on and noticed that they had been outside for about 18 minutes. "Well, the others are about to be up, so I better get an early move on to the firing range to get things set up. Care to join me?" Scarecrow said as he got up. Since the sun rose early in the middle east, it was rising just as Scarecrow was.

"Why, Ah'd be honored." Applejack said smiling as Scarecrow helped her up. They pulled a quick kiss again before Scarecrow put his mask and Goggles back on. They then held hands as Scarecrow showed her to the firing range.

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Later….

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There was a table of weapons separating the soldiers from the girls. Price Stepped forward.

"Welcome to Weapons training 101. What took us practically years to learn, we're going to teach you in a matter of hours. Now, based on what you told us about yourselves, you're all going to be assigned a specific position, or job. Fluttershy, Rarity, since you seem to not want to destroy, you two can heal. Soap will give you the basics for medical equipment and human health. Dash, you're gonna be working with Ghost on hacking and scouting." Price said.

"Twilight, since you are the girls leader, you will be the leader for your girl's squad. Specter can help you with some leadership tactics for the battlefield. Applejack, since you seem to have a very good patience and timing, you'll be working with Scarecrow for sniping. Pinkie, you'll be handling explosives with Jester." Soap finished for him. "Are we clear on this?"

"Yes sir." All the girls responded. The girls split up to separate parts of the firing range, were they would work on the skills that they were set to do. They all studied very hard for the next couple of hours, learning various things like medical tactics, Sniping tactics, Hacking operational skills, leadership skills, and other things.

They were disrupted when a Ranger Corporal came up to Soap. Soap listened to what the ranger had told him, and then nodded.

"Price, The troops are ready, and if we fly out now, we'll be over Islamabad by evening. Better tell the girls out to use a wing suit and parachute." he told Price.

"Right. Gather round ladies!" Price said, calling the girls. He told them what Soap had said, and explained to them how to use the wing suits and how to activate the parachute.

Rainbow Dash smiled. "Wing suit? I like the sound of this already!" She said enthusiastically.

"Now, if you got any questions, you better save it for the trip, we're heading out. We'll get the weapons you will have in battle. Let's go." Price ordered.

As They ran through the base, they could all see other soldiers, all of them either being TF141 or Shadow Company, getting their gear and weaponry together. Tank crews were getting their M1 Abrams fueled and ready for the upcoming fight. Scarecrow ran up to one of the Tank Crew members.

"So Jono, ready for this?" Scarecrow asked, him. Sergeant Jonathan Miller Smiled and shook Scarecrows hand.

"Just like a previous mission, just for a different cause right?" Sergeant Miller said. "They briefed us 15 minutes before the sirens went off." he said.

"Well, Me and the Shadow Company boys are taking the skies this time, so good luck with Anvil 3." Scarecrow said. Him and Sergeant Miller shook hands again.

"Make sure you keep that scope steady, You don't want to disappoint your brother now, do you?" He said. Scarecrow smiled and nodded. They saluted each other before they walked off to join their respective teams.

"Let's go! Let's Go!" Ghost yelled, getting the men onto the Lockheed C-5 Galaxy aircrafts that was carrying them to Islamabad. After Everyone got in, Ghost took his seat, which was by Rainbow Dash.

"You alright, Dasher?" Ghost asked Dash.

"Oh, yeah. While I hate to admit it, I am a little nervous. This is the first time I'll be fighting like this." She admitted.

"Don't Worry, just stay with me and you'll be alright." Ghost said. Dash smiled since she now knew that she had ghost to help her. For some reason, she trusted ghost, even though him and Scarecrow seem to be the "sometimes silent" type of person. She knew only thought ahead to the upcoming battle.

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Later… ( Expected a cliffhanger didn't you?)

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"2 Minutes." was Heard over a speaker in the back of the plane. It was now evening time, and no one was saying a word. The only one speaking was Scarecrow, who was saying a prayer over the soldiers.

"Lord, Protect us fighters of freedom from injury. I ask that you watch over us in this time of war. We do not fight for killing, but we fight so that every person on this earth shall have freedom. We ask that you have your hand over us, O mighty father, and protect us from our enemies. Give us strength in our time of need, and guide our footsteps onto the path of victory." Scarecrow said. Everyone said "Amen" after he had finished.

"1 minute, get ready!" The pilot then said. Everyone was surprised at how they had not heard a single shot yet.

"Too quiet if you ask me." Price said.

"They probably know we're coming, and just waiting for the right moment." Specter said. Then, as soon as a red light came on, which signaled them to get ready to jump, all hell broke loose.

"Incoming! Bank right! Bank right!" the pilot was heard yelling, drastically turning the plane to the right. Everyone had to hang on tightly as the sound of the engines was cut out by immense gunfire. Fluttershy looked very nervous, but Soap calmed her down some.

"Oh Shit! We just lost Tiger!" The pilot said. Jester could see a plane falling out of the sky, and he knew that those poor souls were goners.

They then heard was sounded like some metal hitting the plane.

"Was that flak?" one pilot asked.

"Shit, john, that was! There hitting us with everything they got!" The other pilot said.

They was more flak, and eventually the pilot screamed. "GO GO GO!" He yelled. The back of the plane opened up, revealing the evening sky, it flashing with various explosions. Two by Two, the soldiers jumped out, expanding their arms and legs so the "wings" on the suit was open and caught air. As the girls ran out, Rarity stopped for a second and looked down.

"Oh my! I am not jumping!" She stated, standing still.

"My bloody ass, your not!" Price said, grabbing her and pulling her out with him. Rarity screamed as she flailed around for a few seconds, before finally doing what Price instructed, so she started gliding with the rest.

It was then Fluttershy and Soap who were left on the plane. Fluttershy stopped for a moment, and looked nervous.

"I-I can't do it. Just let me stay." She told Soap. Soap looked at her and did his best to calm her down.

"Don't worry, mate, You'll be alright, you have my word." he said. "Just take my hand and stay with me." Soap said, holding out his hand. For some reason, Fluttershy trusted Soap, so she took his hand. She closed her eyes for a moment when they jumped. She then opened her eyes and saw Soap motioning for her to spread out her arms and legs. She did so, and the air caught in the wings of her wing suit, so she started gliding. She then focused on following Soap, who was joining up in formation with the others.

"Bravo 6-2, this is Echo 3-1, moving into V formation, over." Said one soldier over the battle radio.

"Copy that Echo 3-1, Bravo 6-2 will move into V formation to compromise. Watch that gunfire at low altitude."

"Copy that."

Scarecrow looked around, taking advantage if the birds eye view they had. He then noticed one major problem, and turned his radio to his squad's channel.

"Specter, be advised, we have enemy tanks coming into the city from the north. Advise, over." he said.

"What? Our tank corps was suppose to take out any tanks before we dropped!" Specter replied.

"Well, some must have stayed back." Scarecrow said. Specter then turned his radio to the company channel and told them what Scarecrow had said.

"Copy that. All units, be advised, change landing coordinates to LZ Alpha. Repeat, change landing coordinates to LZ Alpha, over." Price said. As they were all flying down, a bullet suddenly struck through one soldier, killing him instantly. Jester couldn't do anything but watch the dead body fall to the ground. After some time, the finally got to the altitude where they had to pull their parachutes.

"Pull!" Price yelled, everyone doing so. They all then flew slowly to the ground.

"Rainbow Dash botched her landing, which she was shocked that she did. Ghost had already took off his wing suit and parachute and ran over to help Dash take off hers. When she got hers off, She got the gun she had, a M4A1 with an ACOG scope, and loaded it.

"Where to now?" She asked him.

"We regroup with the others. I already took out some ultranationalists on the way to you, so they are moving on our position fast. Let's go!" Ghost said.

They both broke into a full sprint as the could hear various yelling and gunfire. After a few minutes of searching, they found Price, Soap, Rarity, and Fluttershy. They were taking cover behind a bus that had exploded.

"You're late to the party mate," Soap said as Ghost and Dash got to them.

"Well, Dasher got caught up. I had to help her." Ghost replied. "What do we have today?"

"Multiple hostiles up the street, and two RPG's on the roof. I expected better from these Wankers." Price said. He leaned out and fired a couple of rounds, hitting one ultranationalist soldier.

"Where are the bloody yanks? Weren't they suppose to regroup with us by now?" Ghost asked.

"They're in just as much shit as us mate!" Soap said. " Alright, slowly move up and use what cover you can. Watch for those RPG soldiers." Soap said. They moved up, taking out soldiers one at a time. The Girls felt guilty when they shot the soldiers, but they knew that if the didn't shoot them, they would kill them and their friends.

"I didn't see those RPG soldiers, they must have backed off." Rainbow Dash said. But as they all came out in the open, they heard yelling in a different language. They looked up and saw the two RPG soldiers, aiming right at them. But before they could fire, they both felt someone reach their arm around them and stabbed them in the heart. As one of the RPG soldiers looked up, he looked into the eyes of Scarecrow.

After the soldiers were killed, Scarecrow and Jester looked down at the 141 from the rooftop.

"You're late to the party mate!" Ghost said.

"You're lucky we were able to make it at all! It's hell back at our LZ!" Jester said.

"Yeah. We regrouped with the 3rd tank corps, but we were ambushed by Heavily armed units. Specter send me and Jester to find you 141 guys." Scarecrow added.

"Well, Lead the way!" Soap said. Jester and Scarecrow jumped off the roof, landing on a lower made roof, and the jumped down to the ground, tucking in their shoulder and rolling, but coming up weapons aimed. The girls were amazed how they were in sync.

"This way." Scarecrow said, leading the soldiers. As they were heading towards the LZ were SC was ambushed, they ran into the rest of the Task Force 141 soldiers. When they finally got to the LZ, Price and Soap saw that "hell" was right. They're were units spread out fighting, multiple soldiers bleeding, some with body parts missing. Ghost saw one injured soldier, a private, crying as the medic worked on him, scared out of his mind.

"alright, 141. Help them out however you can!" Soap yelled, the British units moving swiftly. Fluttershy and Rarity had to hold back some weak stomachs as they helped work on the wounded. Scarecrow and Jester ran over to where Specter and Applejack were. Applejack was firing just from over the cover she was using, and specter was reporting enemy positions to command, trying to get in an air strike.

"Sir, we found the 141." Scarecrow reported.

"Good, We'll move up if I can get this fucking air strike called in," Specter replied. Specter repeated the coordinates until he heard the reply, "Copy that Echo 3-1, target locked. Firing for effect."

They then could see the air to surface missiles hit the targets, some of the men cheering at the sight.

"Yeah, get some you fuckers!" one Shadow Company soldier said.

"Shadow Company, move up!" Specter ordered. Price ordered 141 to move up with SC. Applejack stayed close with Scarecrow as they moved up. A lot of the Iraqi forces must have been where that air strike was, because they went a long ways without being fired at.

"It's too quiet." Soap said. Ghost nodded in agreement. They eventually came to a long alley way that they would have to walk down to get to where intelligence told them where one of the elements of harmony was. Scarecrow moved up to Price and Soap, who was in front of everyone else.

"Soap, We shouldn't all move at once. This alley way is target practice for any snipers." Scarecrow said. He peered out just enough so he could see, and saw one tower in the distance, about 100 yards away. A simple shot for any sniper, if only the tower wasn't a high church tower, and the windows were small.

"What are we standing around for? Let's go!" Dash said, her arrogance leading her to run out to the alley way.

"Dash, NO!" ghost yelled, but before he could do anything, they could see Dash fall to the ground, screaming in pain and grabbing her left leg. Ghost immediately ran out to the alley way, and while under fire from a sniper, got Dash and dragged her to a solid piece of cover for them to hide behind.

"Shit," Price muttered. "Arrogance, one of the leading causes of a fresh faced recruit to get his brains blown out."

"Scarecrow, think you can get a shot on him? We can't move on with him out there." Soap said. Scarecrow nodded.

"Yeah. Stay back here boys, this snipers got talent." Scarecrow said. He got on his body and started crawling towards a low built wall. It was close enough for him to get to quickly, and the enemy sniper couldn't see him. When he got to the wall, Scarecrow set up his AS50 Sniper rifle and aimed at the tower, waiting for the right moment.

The ultranationalist sniper was looking through the scope of his Dragunauv, aimed at the wall that Dash and Ghost were behind. He then trailed slowly to the right, were he could se the tip of Prices hat around a corner. He then moved the scope down some and could see a figure in black clothing, and it was then that he noticed the scope.

"Gotcha," Scarecrow said, pulling the trigger. In a mere matter of seconds, the bullet had went through the enemy sniper's scope and into his eye, leaving a black eye from the scope and glass hitting his eye, killing him.

"I got him." Scarecrow said. A 141 medic then ran across the alley to where Ghost and Dash was. The Medic worked on her leg as Ghost spoke to Dash.

"You're gonna be alright mate, don't quit on me now." Ghost said, holding Dashes hand. Dash had a couple of tears streaming as she looked at her wound. She then looked at the medic and asked him how bad it was.

"You'll still be able to walk, but don't put to much stress on the leg." the medic said as he wrapped it up. He then gave her and ghost the thumbs up. Ghost helped Dash slowly to her feet, and they regrouped with the others. The girls hugged when Dash came back, and were all glad she was alright.

"We have to move, the lab is just ahead." Soap said.

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Later, after some more fighting…

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The two special forces stacked up against both sides of the wall, in front of a giant steel door.

"Ghost, you know what to do." Soap said. Ghost moved forward and started hacking into the door. I was surprisingly quick, and the steel doors creak loudly as they opened.

The Soldiers both cautiously moved in, as there was steam surrounding the whole place. They all toke cover behind metal equipment, crates, and pads as they listened to voices speaking.

"We have to move everything to your lab in Moscow as soon as possible! The Americans and British armies will be here before long!" A man said in English with an Arabic accent.

"Do not worry comrade, If we can find all these "magical elements" you speak of, the western countries will be helpless to our power." Said a deep voice in English with a Russian accent.

"Bloody hell, The reds are in on this to?" Soap said.

"With this power, we can restore Russia to it's Soviet Glory. Makarov will be proud." The Russian said.

"Makarov? Makarov's dead." Price said, remembering that night.

"Yes, While it was sad that his twin brother died that night, at least you still have your great leader," The Arabic man said.

"His twin brother? What the hell are they talking about?" Specter asked.

"Da. His twin brother looked just like him, enough to fool that old bag Captain Price at least." The Russian man said. " If he had not worked on sounding like his brother though, it would have never payed off." The Russian said.

"So Makarovs not dead. The Bloody snake, he'll let his own family die before him." Soap said. Rarity then saw a spider crawling by a crate that she was hiding behind. Out of pure reaction, she scream and fell backwards.

"What was that?" The Arabic man said. They then saw the soldiers

"Shit, our cover is blown. Open fire!" Specter said. The two forces opened fire, which responded with fire from Spetsnaz soldiers.

"Shit! The Special Red Stars are here!" Jester said, calling the Spetsnaz by the nickname he made up for them. An intense fire fight broke out.

Ghost and Rainbow Dash fired at some soldiers trying to set up a machine gun nest, taking them out. Specter and Soap were working together to move up to a container that had a necklace with Applejacks cutie mark on it. The element of honesty.

"We have to get that bloody thing before they turn it into a weapon!" Soap said. But they were to late at that. A Heavily armed Russian soldier had a chain gun that was connected to the container that had the element in it. He fired the chain gun, which fired orange plasma beams. It hit some TF141 and SC soldiers, and it disintegrated them. Soap and Specter Jumped behind some cover before it hit them.

"Holy Shit!" Jester said as he saw this. He then heard Specter over the radio.

"Jester, Scarecrow, take him out! He's got me and Soap pinned!" Specter said. Scarecrow looked around, and then noticed a ladder leading to a overhanging walkway.

"Jester, If me and Applejack can get up there to that walkway, we can take out that Soldier. Think you and Pinkie can cover us?" Scarecrow asked.

"You got it." Jester replied. Applejack and Pinkie regrouped with Jester and Scarecrow, and on the count of three, they put their plan into action.

"COVERING FIRE!" Jester yelled as Scarecrow and Applejack ran to the ladder. Applejack climbed it first, followed by Scarecrow. When they got up there, They found a spot where they could clearly see the soldier.

"Alright, We have to get him from here." Scarecrow said. He set up to take the shot, but before he could fire, a spetsnaz soldier saw them, and shot at Scarecrow. A bullet struck Scarecrow in the arm, catching him off guard.

"Dag nab it!" Scarecrow said. This is the first time Applejack heard Scarecrow say something that actually sounded like her accent.

"He got me in the arm, I can't take care of that wound and fire, you're gonna have to take the shot." Scarecrow told Applejack.

"What? Me?!" Applejack returned.

"Yes, you can do it." Scarecrow said.

"But, But, I can't kill!" Applejack said.

"Look, I hate it as much as you do. But it's either them or us!" Scarecrow said. Applejack looked at Scarecrow nervously.

"Trust me," Scarecrow said, moving his head closer, pulling his mask down, " You can do it."

He then kissed her, and she complied with it. Applejack, looking into Scarecrow's eyes, knew that he was right. This soldier could kill her friends, and she could not even think of knowing that she would have been responsible.

She set up her M21 Sniper rifle she had with her, and aimed at the scope. She Prayed that she would be able to make the shot. She aimed at an open spot she saw in the soldier's armor. She held her breath, steadying the scope, and fired.

Ghost and Dash suddenly heard the gunfire stop. They looked up above from where they had been taking cover and saw that the soldier was now dead. Dash looked up and saw Applejack looking down from the balcony her and Scarecrow had been on.

"Well, looks like old Applejack did it," Dash said, smiling.

"Well, let's get that element and get the hell out of here." Price said.

"That Russian officer and that scientist escaped in the gunfight sir," One of the TF141 soldiers reported to Soap.

"Don't worry about those muppets. We got what we came for." Soap said.

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Later…

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The Mane six and the guys watched as the element of honesty was put in a lockdown chamber, which would be kept there until all the elements were found.

"Well, at least that's over." Ghost said.

"Yeah, thank Celestia." Dash said.

"But now we just have to find the other five elements," Soap said.

"Well, we could start by trying to find information on that officer and Scientist that was in that building," Scarecrow said. This was the best plan, and the men would start from there.

"We'll just have to wait I suppose," Rarity said.

"Well, I like it here! This planet is full of fun!" Pinkie said, jumping around.

"She always that energetic?" Price whispered to Rarity.

"Oh, you have no idea," Rarity said chuckling.

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"But sir! They ambushed us! We had no time to prepare for their entry!" A Russian officer said to a man.

"One must be ready at all times, Officer Sharapov," Said a man. He walked out of the shadows and into the small light that the officer was standing in.

"In this time of war, with these new elements that could help us change the world, I need only the best." The man said. He then immediately stabbed Officer Sharapov in the heart, killing him.

Makarov walked away from the dead body and towards a television screen.

"The American and British dogs have no idea what will be coming after them, but You better keep your part of the deal." Makarov said to someone in the shadows.

"Oh, do not worry. Even with the newcomers, which includes me, They will not be able to stop us." Said a certain Draconequus.

"Well, I will keep my part of the bargain, so we have a deal Discord." Makarov said, shaking the claw of Discord."

"Yes, Earth shall soon be ours." Discord said, laughing.