The Fallen Soldier

Chapter 38 or 39

I honestly have no idea, too lazy to check as well.

The winning votes are

Choice 1= A (Anderson stays in Equestria, cuz none of you want the story to end apparently.)

Choice 2= C (Wildcard, I'm not too sure on how it'll be done. Maybes the assassination of Griffonia's top officials? Or maybe I'll have Anderson destroy large military camps, and a couple civilian buildings. Or just a large show of the technology he possesses and can produce. Or maybe it all?)
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The doughnut in your right hand was glazed in sweet sugary deliciousness. The cold beer in your left hand was strong and helped numb your weary mind. Together, the two edibles helped you think of a plan.

For one, you're staying in Equestria. What's the point of returning home anyway? You'd be put back to work, were you'd kill countless living creatures, pulling off all kinds of life threatening missions, until you inevitably bite the dust.

While it's depressing to think about, it's true. You'd fight for your government until something finally manages to end your painfully long life. Here in Equestria, you can take it easy, you can... Settle down for once.

Why leave such a beautiful world anyway? Everything here is natural! Nothing is synthetic! Nothing! You're 2 weeks from hitting the age of 30 anyway, let's just say you're retiring. You've served your years, you've done enough for your government. You owe them nothing else.

You'll just take everything that's crashed on this world as payment for your services. And if Griffonia truly is toying with the crashed ship on their lands, well, it may be a matter of time before they discover how to enter the ship.

You broke into drunken laughter, earning strange looks from other customers.

The chances of those idiotic birds ever breaking the ship shields are zero to none. It's got automatic guns capable of destroying an entire fleet of their best soldiers.

Speaking of Griffonia... How are you going to deal with them?

Since you plan of settling down in Equestria, running and leaving it to fight alone is rather dick-ish of you. You could at least show a couple guards how to use guns. That'd even the odds greatly. A Valkyrie with a .50 sniper rifle is a force to be reckoned with.

But at the same time, you feel as if Equestria doesn't deserve your kinds technology. It's rather unfair for them to get a shortcut, while your kind had a long history of weapon creating. You felt as if they should develop their own firepower.

They have cannons, just gotta figure out how to make it smaller. And handheld.

You ditched the idea of giving them weapons, you'd rather have them teach themselves.

Maybe you should destroy the capital? But you REALLY don't want to deal with the aftermath of it all. You'd probably get a bad case of PTSD, it's surprising you don't have it already.

You ditched the idea of destroying the capital, the regret of it all would drive you to insanity. No questions asked.

How about following the princesses plan? Going all sneaky and destroying them from the inside out. It sounds alright at first, but you wanna just stop and rest. You've been on the move for so long, and now that you've finally found somewhere worth staying... You just wanna rest. That's all.

Using the princesses plan takes time and patience, both is something you have. But you'd rather end this whole fiasco fast. You'd rather take a short cut...

You'd rather pull a wildcard.

Heh. A cool name, fitting for a man of your talents.

Operation Wildcard.

Yeah.

But how? You can't just march in the Griffon Capitol and tell the king to surrender! It's suicide! You need a plan! Something that would scare even the mightiest of nations....

A show of power?

A couple well planned assassinations?

The elimination of the King and all his next of kin?

Killing the king would certainly throw the nation is chaos, killing his next of kin would cause something even greater.

But which one? What plan could possibly show the nation and its army that Equestria is a force to be reckoned with!?

All of them, thats what.

A show of power- If you can get the crashed ship in their fields to fly. Maybe you'll go to town? Destroy a couple important buildings? Museums? Library's? Hospitals? Buildings for producing metals?

Just destroy a few buildings, if it isn't enough to scare them. Maybe a few military camps. Just something to show you're armed and dangerous.

The assassination of important political officials- It's pretty self-explanatory. Do a little research, see who's running the show behind those thick curtains. Pick the right place, maybe a public location? A speech to raise moral? Maybe somewhere secret? Their own personal homes?

You've never had it happen to you during a important speech, but you're confident a bullet to the brain of a political figure during a speech meant to raise moral would lower it instead.

Imagine it.

A giant bird dressed in elegant silk clothing, slowly stepped up the stairs and approached the podium. A army stood before him, eager for battle, but patient enough to stand and listen to a friend of their kings. For disrespecting any of the kings friends is just as bad as disrespecting the bird himself.

The giant field was silent, minus the occasional cough and sickly sniff from the bored soldiers. The political figure cleared his throat and tapped a metal device, it was technology that projected his voice throughout the field through some magical metal chunks placed in the ground. It's actually technology from Equestria, Griffonia is un-capable of creating their own magical devices. For magic does not flow through their blood.

Half a mile above and away from the wooden stage. Sat a man, that man was you. You were resting on your VTOL while it sat in HOVER mode. In front of you rested a .50 sniper rifle, its barrel trained on the speaking bird.

The political figure started talking. None of it mattered to you, for he spoke nonsense. You took a deep breath, squeezed the trigger, aligned the scope with the projected image. (You're using a smart scope.) And pulled the trigger.

For a moment, all you heard was the loud rang of your gun. The air around the barrel erupted and projected the metal round towards the speaking bird. He never even saw it coming.

On the ground everything was normal, the soldiers stood tall and listened to the bird speak. He spoke of Equestria, he spoke of the upcoming war, and he spoke of how they shouldn't underestimate the mages.

Then... There was a faint bang. Everyone heard it, most assumed it was just another idiotic bird playing with the explosives again. Then the political figure suddenly collapsed. The soldiers in the back didn't see anything except the bird falling.

However, the soldiers up-close got the best view. There was a bang, then there was silence, then the talking bird had half of his head blown off. He died instantly.

Upon the elimination of your target, you wordlessly raised your rifle and stood up. You flipped the safety on, turned towards the canopy, and hopped inside. You switched to THRUST mode and flew off into the distance.

You were never caught.

Yeah, that sounds pretty awesome. Though in reality, the speech could be completely different then what you imagine.

Killing the king and his next of kin- Optional, you'd like to just scare him into submission. And killing his children seems a bit dick-ish. You'll consider it based on their age. This will only be a last resort, if you can scare the king of the most feared nation... Then -- hell -- lord knows what else you're capable of.

So that's it? Thats your wildcard? Maybe you should tell the princesses about this plan of yours. If they agree, they might supply funding for all your ideas. If they do decide to agree and fund this campaign of yours...

You gotta get a trench coat.

You've always wanted one, you've never had time or money to afford one, cause they're ridiculously expensive. High-Quality leather is expensive and hard to come by.

Yeah, lets go deliver the news.

The same two guards from before stared at you. They wordlessly asked a couple questions, and expected a wordless answer.

You gave them both a doughnut, that answered everything.

They opened the big doors and allowed you inside. As before, the throne room was empty, save for the princesses and another new guard. This one was not a Mage, but instead a Valkyrie. He had a bow strapped to his back, a short sword at his side.

Celestia and Luna sat in their thrones. They had bored expressions at first, but it was soon replaced by a hopeful smile. Or so you thought, it's incredibly hard to read their expressions on most occasions.

"You've returned." Announced Celestia.

"Hopefully with good news." Finished Luna.

"Yes." You reply, pulling a doughnut out from a bag and biting into it. "And I've got a proposition for you two."

Celestia and Luna looked at the bag of doughnuts in your hand.

"Okay, I'm open to any and all helpful opportunities." Celestia smiled and waited for your response.

You bite into the doughnut again, "I've decided I'm willing to help you take down Griffonia, but I need your support."

Luna and Celestia smiled, Luna followed with, "That's wonderful news!"

Celestia crossed her arms and asked, "What kind of support do you need exactly?"

"Financial." You reply.

"Hmm." Hummed Celestia. "And what's your plan for taking down an entire nation?" She asked, voice full of curiosity.

"3 big things. A show of power, the elimination of important Political officials, and the optional assassination of the king and his next of kin." You finished by biting into a doughnut.

"Anderson, it's hard to take you serious when you're eating from a bag of doughnuts." Celestia rubbed her temple. "And.... Are you drunk?"

You bit into the doughnut again, "Maybe. But I'm very serious about this plan."

Luna crossed her legs and looked at the bag in your hands, "And why are you suddenly so intent on helping us?"

You finished the doughnut, "I decided... I decided I was going to settle down here in Equestria."

"Must've been a hard decision Anderson." Replied Celestia.

"No." You instantly reply. "It really wasn't."

The giant room went quiet, minus the sound of you rummaging through your doughnut bag. Only to find it empty.

"So what's the first part of your plan? We'll wait until your system is void of any alcohol before we discuss the complicated details." Celestia asked, amused by your drunken personality.

"I need a trench coat." You reply.

"What?"

"A trench coat." You repeat. "I need one."

"Why?"

"So I can look cool whenever I pull off dangerous missions." You snicker, amused by the thought of walking around in style.

"Anything else you'd like? Maybe a box of expensive cigars while we're at it?" Replied the sarcastic Luna.

"Actually." You begin. "I'd like the trench coat to be heavily modified with combat ready gear and pockets. I also want it to have a enchanted hood that gives me eerie glowing eyes whenever I slide the hood on."

"Why."

"Because it's a small price to pay for my talents." You reply with drunken confidence.

Celestia looked at Luna and whispered, "How much do you think we should reserve for Anderson's plan?"

Luna watched you peer into the empty bag and sigh in sadness, "5,000bits at most. If his plan works, we'll raise it if requested."

"How much will this trench coat set us back?"

"At least a 1,000bits, we can save bits if we do the enchanting ourselves."

"Well... Let's see how far this drunken man will take us." Added Celestia.

Luna chuckled in amusement, "Far... I'm sure."

Author's Notes:

So begins the mission of taking down a entire nation.

Next chapter will be on Anderson moving back to Ponyville.
Next-Next chapter will be about the Trench-coat, possible introduction of new character. And some sexy sex scene. I don't fucking know.

See you then, and I hope you found everything in this chapter reasonable. Also, I'm seriously considering giving Anderson magic, maybe not now, but eventually.

I WANT HIM TO HAVE TATOOS THAT GLOW WHENEVER HE USES MAGIC.

STAY GOLDEN PPL

Oh! Here's SPOT-ON PICUTRE OF WHAT ANDERSONS A.M.A.H.S. SUIT LOOKS LIKE!!!!!
I don't own this image

Now... Imagine it with a trench coat.

Badass.. I know. I also don't own this piture