I can feel the rumble of the ship's main engines as we get closer towards the meeting point. I close my eyes feeling something I haven’t felt in a long time. The feeling of doing something right.

I feel the ship begin to slow down the creaking and moan of the forward thrusters slowing us slow. I hear bulkheads opening letting the landing gear down. The upward thrusters bring us in for a smooth landing.

Then felt a big jolt as we made touch down hearing the engines powering down.

“We’re here James, just waiting on my contact.” Sunset tells me over the radio.

“Alright, is everyone is in position?” I ask out loud over the radio waiting for a response.

“We’re here waiting for the signal.” Applejack tells me.

“Good to go.” Danny tells me having his drones overhead them getting a tight angle of the ship in the distance, seeing the wind picking up a little making the loose snow go over the ice.

I pull out my phone to get a signal of the drone watching the footage, seeing the ship in view before seeing a total of five vehicles coming.

“Danny, can you get a closer look at the vehicles coming our way?” I ask him. “Give me a second. Got it.” He tells me tightening up on the cars, seeing that they are all black SUVs; looking like Aldi’s. Which gets me thinking about who made this deal with Sunset.

“It's not those Reds basters, Mobsters maybe they fit the profile but they are the ones to make this kind of deals. They must be mercenaries with high connections to make this kind of deal.” I thought to myself seeing the footage.

“I see them.” Sunset tells me while I look over the footage. They stop no more than 50 away from the ship, the camera tightening closer to the people coming out of the cars one of them looking like a businessman than a mercenary. I see no more than 20 mercenaries acting as bodyguards towards him.

“Sunset, we know you’re in there.” He calls out to her making her leave the seat before giving the gun set on auto when giving the signal on a remote, she is carrying. “I’m coming out.” She tells them over the ship speakers.

She heads towards the boarding ramp opening the hatch, letting the air equalize first before lowering to the icily ground below seeing three of them waiting for her.

She comes down wearing not her spacesuit but, in the clothes, she was wearing before with the hooded jacket over her to try to keep warm with her arms in her coat pockets hold on to the tiny remote waiting for the signal.

I hear her outside threw the radio while looking at the footage. Before hearing footsteps outside coming towards the making me turn off my phone leaving only the audio going to the earpiece.

I grab one of my 45’s and grab a silencer. Attaching it slowing cocking making the bullet go into the camber ready to fire.

I hear the cargo hold door open hearing them. “16 crates the finale shipment is here.” He tells his boss before hearing one of the crates being open giving me a good chance to quickly open the door to the frameshift drive.

I take cover behind on one side of the frame with my gun drawn before whispering that I can only hear.

“Make me fast and accurate.”

I quickly take aim at one of the men and fire the shot, hitting him in the head before quickly moving towards the other guy before he could react firing another shot, hitting him in the head. Making both dead bodies it the floor.

“What the hell going on in there?” Hearing a voice out outside the hatch door making me quickly move to the right side of the door seeing the third guy stepping into the room seeing the bodies. I quickly move to take him out shooting him in the head before he could report the bodies.

I move out to the hallway checking that it is clear before I when towards the boarding ramp, seeing two more of them waiting at the end of the ramp.

I whistle towards getting their attention. “What was that?” Asks out loud from one of them. “I don’t know, I’ll check it out.” The other gut said heading up the ramp making me to take a few steps away from the ramp.

Once I see him turning his head towards the cockpit before turning towards me, with my gun aim at him and quickly fire at his head. Before I could grab him, his body falls backward down the ramp alerting the guard quickly getting the radio and taking aim firing shots at me sending round bouncing off the walls almost hitting me. “She isn’t alone!” He shouts over the radio during his firing, which makes the others grab their guns at taking cover behind the SUVs.

Sunset moves to hit the button on her remote making the ship guns come out and open fire at the mercenary’s cousin damage to two of the vehicles, which one of them blows up from the damage sending the five of them dead from the blast.

Applejack hears the gunfire making her, Fluttershy, and Rainbow move towards them. AJ grabs her elemental chip putting it in the socket making her truck and the chip itself glow orange hue around it.

Rainbow does the same using her element making her bike glow a brown hue around herself and the bike.

Fluttershy uses her element making her car have a light green color hue covering her car getting her canons ready to fire, seeing one of their vehicles blows making it into a fierily wreak.

She fires her canons sending them towards them sending two more of their SUVs into a fireball killing three more from the blast.

Sunset guns stop firing at them seeing that it run out of ammo. Making me grab one of their rifles and open fire on them killing two more.

Applejack comes charging in ramming one of their SUV’s crushing one of them into one of the wreaks.

Rainbow sees another one of them climbing into one of the least damaged SUVs picking up the guy in the business suit. “James, one of them is getting away.” She tells me over the radio after killing another one of them, making me turn to see the fliting car.

I drop the rifle getting Old Marlin off my back and take aim at them taking a deep breath then fire. Sending the bullet flying towards them hitting the back tire on the lift side and it loses control rolling over a few times killing the driver leaving the guy in the suit alone.

He crawls out of the car threw the busted-up windshield having his suit tore up from the crash and his face taking a few major scratches leaving his face mess up and bleeding.

Seeing me walking up towards him making him crawl backward before hitting the wreak. “What the hell do you want?” He asks me.

I didn’t answer him putting the rifle leading next to the wreak pulling my 50 Cal from inside my jacket. “Who send you?” I ask him. “What.” He quickly answers my question leaving me angry and fires at his left leg near his balls, making him scream out in pain.

“I ask again, who sent you?” I ask him again hoping this time I’ll get a different response. “We never got a name we were told to pick up the shipment and deliver it to him.” He answers my question grunting from the pain. “I never saw his face, but I know what his car looks like.” He tells me.

“What was the car?” I ask him getting curious now. “It was a red and black Aldi R8.” He tells me. Making me not like that answer I raise my gun at his head and firing.

After I kill him checking his pockets for the pardon feeling an envelope with a piece of paper in it. I open it seeing the pardon in Sunset’s name with today’s date on it.

With the final gunshot fired with me heading back to the ship made everything around us go quiet for only a moment. Seeing Sunset getting up from the snow checking for bullets holes before seeing me coming back with an envelope in my hand. “Did you get it?” She asks me. “Yes, we got it.” I answer her handing it to her.

She quickly opens it up seeing the pardon in her name and with today’s date on it. Rainbow finds a metal briefcase in the only vehicle left only a little damage from the gunfire. She opens it seeing a bunch of 100 dollars bills in stacks that filled the case, before calling out getting her attention.

“Sunset.” She calls out making her come overseeing the briefcase open with the money inside.

“That is the other part of the payment.” She said out loud coming to close the briefcase.

After she closes the case feeling a scent of joy for the first time in a long time in her life. “I have my life back now.” She whispers to herself.

She notices that I’m steering off into space getting a little worry about what is going threw my mind. “James, what going on?” She asks me to break my train of thought before quickly repaying.

“I found out who put you up to the job.” I answer her question “Who?” She asks me to make to take a breath before answering. “It was the leader of the Reds that was put those mercenaries and you to the job.”

“I knew something was off from the very beginning.” She tells me grabbing the briefcase full of money and makes her way towards her ship.

I check to see if I have everything with me seeing that I do. Remembering the three bodies that are still on the ship. Seeing Sunset tossing one of them outside near the ramp; before closing the door.

Seconds later the ship engines power up and come online sending loose snow away from the ship start covering the bodies and some of the wreaks that are still on fire. Slowly take off the ground throw it upwards thrusters.

The force making from the thrusters to grab my hat from the wind coming from the ship seeing it lifting itself into the air above it.

I see the cargo doors and begin to eject the cargo and two remaining bodies landing in the snow below.

Once the cargo doors are closed and take off towards the horizon. I walk over to AJ's truck and get in the passage side removing the rifle before climbing in the sit. “Let’s get to the others.” I tell her making her and the others heading towards where the others are located.

Moments later seeing Danny’s drone in the ski above before seeing the others waiting on us.

I hear Rarity on the radio. “Is it done darling?” She asks me, making me a quick response on AJ’s radio. “Yes, it is done and over with. Also, there is something about it that doesn’t make scent from what I found out.”

“What the hell are you talking about?” Danny asks me. “I mean, there is something big going on. First off, the General calls Sunset over the phone at the bar giving her a favor that she couldn’t refuse. Then hires those mercenaries to pick up the cargo to take it to them for the past six months until today. Getting the last shipment with her payment with them. The only thing they never thought on was us getting in the way.” I answer his question still trying to my head around it.

“That is interesting.” Twilight tells me as I open the passenger side door letting in the cold air outside. Grabbing my rifle before getting out making my way towards my car seeing the pup going a little crazy seeing me.

Danny opens the door gets out of the driver's seat seeing the young pup quickly get outcome running towards me in the snow, making me put a smile on my face.

I lean down putting the butt of the rifle in the snow seeing him come close to me making to scratch his head a little. “Thinking it about time for a name.” I said out loud before getting up heading towards the trunk. “Come on boy.” I tell him making him follow.

I see Danny standing there looking at me. “How is the car doing?” I ask him. “She handles like a dream. No wonder you drove one during the series back in the day.” He answers me.

“She handles better without this snow and ice everywhere.” I quickly responded to the statement opening the truck putting my rifle in the trunk. “What now James?” He asks me as I close the trunk. “First off, we make our way towards the element and find a way to get back to the gateway with the ice gone getting to this point.” I answer his question heading towards the driver's side of the car.

His drone hovering overhead us, he grabs his laptop leaving me and the young pup standing there. “Come on boy.” I tell him, making him jump into the car putting himself in the passenger’s seat.

Duke pulls his car next to mine before rolling down the window on his driver's side which is the right side of the car. “What the hell going on now?” He asks me making me get on the radio earpiece I have on me.

“Twilight get your drone in the air.” I tell her. “Were leaving.” I tell them getting in the driver seat, firing up the engine getting into gear.

Danny gets into Duke’s car on the left side seeing Twilight drone take flight above meeting up with his still hovering above us.

Inside Twilight car showing the signal of the element again coming from NWN bearing 334^o. With her taking the lead again leading us towards it threw the frozen wasteland.

Here is the 51^st chapter in the story so far.

Sunset's story isn't over for her, it is a new beginning for her. As for the rest of us, the journey is a long road ahead of us threw out the snow and ice of this world.

The next chapter will take some time to finish.

This is James Cribb
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