Grenades, one. Bullets, twenty five. Team mates.... Zero. I was flying through a storm all by myself. Not just literally either. I was flying through a shit storm of evil with no one to watch my back, no one to look to and no one to guide me. I had just realised how alone I was. I had always been alone. I locked myself away my whole life. I let the death of my parents lock me in on myself. I prevented myself from interacting with others. I went my whole life with barely any friends and prevented myself from opening up to anyone. I lost my chances with Violet because of it. I lost friends because of it. That was not what my parents would have wanted. I didn’t realise it till now. Now here I am: Alone, flying through a hurricane on a hopeless quest to save the world.
“...I wish Rarity were here. Could certainly do with a chat right about now...”
I continued to fly through the harsh winds. I was passing the coast of America now and making my way across the Atlantic. The fuel tank was still reading near enough full so I was comfortable with flying all the way to England without stopping. However I was feeling strained and tired and wanted to sleep. Without an Auto-Pilot function, that was not happening.

After hours of fighting against the winds I made it to England. It was strange. The storm stretched across the Atlantic. I’m no scientist but I’m sure that isn’t normal for a hurricane. I assumed Discord had something to do with it. In My Little Pony he could manipulate the weather. Although in the show he made chocolate rain but I think he could just as easily make a massive storm spread across the Atlantic. I landed down on the cliffs by a large rock. I got out the chopper and walked to a key pad on the rock. The rock had a large metal door in it. The door was not camouflaged or anything. Even if it was it wouldn’t be very well camouflaged. You have to remember that the year is 2015 and not 3224. The only reason it was never discovered by anyone was because everyone stayed away from the coast in fear of Russian navel bombardments, like the one that killed my sister and the rest of my family. I typed in my code and the door opened up. It led to a large down ramp towards the underground complex that was our base.

After walking through a small length of tunnel I made it to the motor pool. The place had been torn apart. The tools were thrown everywhere, cables ripped from the roof, shelves knocked over or smashed and most of the lights were out. It was dark in here. Luckily I still had my P90 flash light. It seemed the main power was off-line. I guessed I would be heading to the power generator first then. With only back up power from the National grid, most of the lights and main systems would be offline.
“Alright. What’s going on here? If I find out some cheesy horror movie monster is running around, I’m going to be pissed”
I chuckled at the thought and continued to walk through the motor pool.

The more I walked the corridors of the base, the more I began to feel like there really was something stalking around here. The damage was as if a herd of angry ware-wolves had been through here. The torn wires, claw marks and the smashed glass and equipment. I made it to the power generator and it seemed the main console had been slashed with a claw. I observed the claw mark closely. It seemed to match the claws of the dragon warriors but I couldn’t be totally sure. I would need to compare claw marks to be totally sure. I guess assuming it was a dragon warrior calmed my nerves. I couldn’t repair the damage without proper tools and a long period of time. It would be best to grab what I need and go. I hadn’t seen any corpses of base personnel though. I thought that maybe I should look around a bit more first and try to find some one.

I was now entering the infirmary. Everything was wreaked: Medical beds were ripped off the walls, the medical cabinets were smash with the meds thrown everywhere and a few... bodies of base personnel. A couple of them appeared to have been mauled by something... with claws. So a cheesy horror movie monster was running around the base? Well now I was worried. That’s when I heard some sobbing from the lab at the back of the infirmary. I quickly moved for the lab. I looked through the door to find Isabelle cowering behind a medical table. She had massive claw gashes on her arm and some small scratches on her face. I quickly moved over to her, making a quick scan of the room with my flash light as I did, and knelt beside her to see if she was okay.
“Isabelle are you okay?”
She resisted me and even stabbed me with a scalpel when I tried to touch her.
“Get away! Get away!” she screamed in panic. I snatched the scalpel out of her hands and grabbed her arms. Once she was calm I held her close and took a second scan of the room.
“Shh... Shh... It’s okay, it’s okay. I’m here now. You're safe now” I rubbed her back compassionately and wiped her tears away with my hand, “C’mon. Deep breaths. Tell me what happened”
“I don’t know. Happened so fast. They just.... and...” she wasn’t making much sense to me. She was rapid and confused.
“Woah! Calm down. Start from the beginning”
She sniffed and wiped her eyes and then began to speak slowly with deep breaths.
“I was in the infirmary handling a patient who came in with serve burns after an accident in the boiler room. I was just moving to get some ointment from the cabinet for the burn and suddenly the door was smashed open. This thing charged in and attack everyone. The patient tried to hold it off while I hid in the lab. I could, I could hear the screams of the others as they got torn apart. When it was finished it came looking for me. I managed to hide behind this table. It would have found me if the gun fire from the corridor hadn’t of distracted it...”
“Woah! Hang on... what was this thing?”
“I don’t know! I didn’t get a good look. It was dark and I was too busy cowering.... I, I should have done something. I could have he-”
“No. There was nothing you could have done. If you had try to do something you would have died with every-”
Suddenly I could hear banging from the ceiling.
“What was that?!?” panicked Isabelle.
“We should get moving to the armoury. C’mon”

We were walking through the corridors of the base. The armoury was not far. Something had been following us. I could feel it.
“Take this” I whispered as I handed Isabelle my pistol.
“What?!? I’ve never fired a weapon before in my life!” she whispered loudly in complaint.
“It’s easy. You point and shoot. What more do you need to know?”
Crash!
“What was that?!?”
“Shh...! It came from in there” I pointed into one of the living quarters. I took a peak inside the room. An empty drink can rolled towards me from the darkness. I could here heavy breathing from something. Something not human. Green eyes glowed from the darkness.
“Get to the armoury... Now!” I whispered loudly, not taking my eyes off the green eyes that hovered in the darkness.
I wanted to point my flash light at it but I honestly didn’t want to provoke it or anything. It stepped forward, a dragon claw being revealed in the beam of my flash light.
“Dragon claw? What is with Discord and dragons?”
The eyes then jumped at my words and grew angry. It then pounced and I dashed out the door.
“Aw Crap! AW CRAP!” I yelled as I ran down the corridor. I looked back for a second to find it already air-borne as it pounced at me again. I turned to face it just as it landed on me. It was a small dragon creature, with wings and everything. Black scales and a soft, red, veiny belly. I could see it’s heart beating in it’s chest. It’s soft skin on it’s belly was almost see through. It looked at me as it opened wide. It was about to bite my head off but I jammed my P90 in it’s mouth, stopping the beast from closing it’s mouth on me. I quickly kicked it off me and ran for the armoury. I looked back to see it’s mouth snap the P90 into pieces.
“Woah! Fuck that thing is tough!”

“Courage! It’s right behind you!”
“Get ready to shut the door!!”
I dived through the door and Isabelle hit the switch. We were now trapped in the armoury and the monster dragon thing was bashing on the door. We glared at the door as we backed away. Just as we thought we were safe, we heard more heavy breathing behind us. We looked above us on the roof and, Bam, jumped another one of those dragon things! I was pinned down again but this time I had nothing to jam in it’s gob. It tried to slash me with it’s claw and I grabbed it’s wrist to stop it. It tried to bite me but I moved my head out of the way. I was trying hard to keep my head away from it. Luckily before it bit my head off, Isabelle distracted it by shooting a few shots at it with my pistol. It’s tough scales were more than a match for the bullets though. As it turned to look at her I smacked it and kicked it off me. It got up and moved to pounce at me again. Unfortunately for him (or her), we were in an armoury full of loaded guns. As it pounced I picked up a shotgun and blasted a solid slug into it’s belly. The soft, tender skin was ripped to pieces and the force of the shot itself launched the beast to the other side of the room.

The other monster smashed through the door and knock my weapon out of my hand. It smacked down Isabelle then clawed my face and beat me down. It then jumped on me and tried to eat at my throat. I put my arm in it’s way so it chewed on my arm instead. It swung it’s claw round as it chewed on my arm to try and slash my neck. I used my other arm to block that attack.
“Ah shit!!”
I looked over to Isabelle and she was barely conscience. I looked for a weapon but I couldn’t find one in reach. My arm was now bleeding heavily from the monster’s chewing.
“Oh C’mon!! Get off me!!”
I retreated my arms and grabbed the top and bottom of it’s mouth with my hands, battling to keep it open and from eating out my throat. I was tired and starting to lose my strength. The fierce gaping mouth of the big toothed monster got closer and closer to my throat.
“Mother fucker...”
Blam! It’s brains were suddenly splattered all over me. It died instantly and I discarded it’s body to the side to wipe my face.

“Aw dude, sick! My mouth was open!”
I looked up to find Rarity holding a shotgun with her levitation. She looked very serious.
“Rarity!” said a worried voice from outside the door. “What happened?” The other ponies walked in through the smashed door.
“I found Courage!” Rarity said with a sigh. She walked slowly over to me and helped me up with a hoof. She then hugged me.
“I thought you were dead. You had us all worried!”
“If you don’t mind me asking. Why do any of you give a crap about what happens to me? You barely know me”
“Believe it or not we know you better than you think. And you’ve done a lot for us”
“Yeah?” I said, waiting for them to explain.
“Yeah!” replied Rainbow Dash. “...you looked after me and took me in when I was lost in the world”
“...and you saved me back on that ship, when my leg got crushed” followed Rarity.
“...and you're helping us stop Discord destroying Equestria!” said Twilight.
Applejack then walked forward and started to talk, “Weather ya like it or not, we’re your friends and we’re here for ya. We’ve made it this far together, through thick and thin, and we’re gonna finish it together”
“I see your point. I guess I just needed reminding”
“Now C’mon ya’ll! We gotta meet with Liam and the rest in a place called Sweden”
“Hang on. If everyone else is in Sweden. What are you girls doing here?” I asked in confusion.
“Same reason as you most likely” Twilight replied. “...to get help”
“Okay well we can’t leave yet”
“And why not?” asked Twilight in a slightly annoyed tone.
“I came here for somethi-” I shoot a look at Pinkie Pie who was playing around with some equipment. “PINKIE LEAVE THAT ALONE!”
“Oops! Sorry! Hehe. I was just curious is all”
“Just leave it alone before you get a shock!” I turned back to Twilight again. “I came to get something. Follow me”

We walked to the back of the Armoury and I opened up a second door. Behind the door was another smaller armoury. A few shelves each side and at the back wall was my true work of art.
“What is it?” Twilight asked in slight astonishment.
“It’s my V1 front line battle suit. I’ve spent months working on it and it’s still not complete. But with a few adjustments I could have it ready in a few hours. It could be useful next time I run into one of those super soldiers”
“That armour is nowhere near as big or as durable as the super soldier suits” Twilight pointed out boldly and with worry.
“It’s powerful, durable and it comes with a few extra attributes. It’s definitely way better than this Kevlar crap we’re wearing: Outer steel plated armour to protect against bullets, heat and melee. A thin Kevlar layer to wrap around me snug, protect my joints and to anchor the steel plates to me. A thin layer of special Hydro-gel to absorb radation, pressure and soften any physical blow, including long falls. And finally another layer of Kevlar to hold the gel in it’s place and it adds a little more to my protection”
“...Nice” said Rainbow in awe.
“It’s powered so it won’t be super heavy for me. The wrist computer allows me to run scans, hack other systems or control the suits main functions and features. The helmet comes with a HUD/Visor system: Giving a heads up on any hazards or immediate threats, Vitals of the user, assisted aiming and targeting and can even give you an ammo reading of your weapon using advanced sensors in your arm to detect the kickback of each shot. However you have to tell the suit what weapon your using first”
“Wow! That is so cool!”
“It’s not quite finished but give me a few hours and I’ll have it ready for field use”
“Can we have one?!?” asked Rainbow in amazement.
“Yeah! I want one too!” demanded Pinkie in excitement.
“Seriously? It took me months to make this suit and it’s still not finished”
“But now you know what to do this time. And suits like that could really help against the dragon warriors and the super soldiers” suggested Twilight.
“But I’ll have to change the design to work with ponies. It’ll take me a while to do that” I argued.
Rarity cleared her throat loudly, trying to get our attention.
“What?” I asked.
“Well I do design pony wears for a living. I could help you with the designs. It will be quick and easy”
“Okay. We’ll all work together on this. We will make a specially made suit for all of you: Designed to match your abilities, skills and roles to increase our efficiency and combat effectiveness. This will mean you’ll have weapons too. Don’t be afraid to shoot something out there. Remember. The whole of Equestria depends on us stopping Discord. Now, lets go make you some armour...”
“Aww yeah!” cheered Rainbow Dash. “We can finally kick some dragon butt!”