Warrant Officer MacManus watched as Twilight's limp form hit the floor, a large hole in her side caused by the princesses attack. He turned to the white horse, glaring daggers at her.

“What the hell did you do?!” he demanded, before dropping to the ground and feeling Twilight’s pulse. It was faint and weak, but it was there.

“It was a mistake!” the princess defended, examining the injury. It was bleeding profusely, so much that a large portion of her purple coat was turning crimson.

“What else did you expect, Mac? These are the horses that attacked us.” Gillespie pointed out, keeping his rifle trained on the princess, expecting her to try to pull something.

The princess ignored her. “Is there anything you can do?” she asked.

“Not here.” MacManus responded, “but our medical facilities aboard our ships could easily patch her up.”

“Mac, are you serious? These horses are our enemies!” Gillespie exploded.

“No, what we have here, my friend, is an unfortunate case of miscommunication.” the Warrant Officer stated, before turning to the princess, “what’s your name?”

“Princess Celestia.” Celestia answered.

“Okay Celestia, here’s the deal. I can save Twilight here, as well as call off the Marines that on our way, but only if you negotiate and release our Captain. Deal?” MacManus inquired.

After a moments thought, the princess came up with a decision. “It's a deal. Just please, save her!” Celestia pleaded.

Satisfied with the princesses response, he switched on his headset and set up a link with Captain Harrison. "Captain Harrison, this is Warrant Officer MacManus, do you read me?" he inquired.

A few minutes later, MacManus carried Twilight outside of the library, gently placing her down on the ground. He ripped off his jacket and placed it on top of the gaping hole in Twilight's side, applying pressure in an attempt to stop the bleeding.

"Captain, where is that medevac?!" MacManus demanded.

"It's on its way, son. Be advised, the U.S.S. Liberty is entering atmosphere. The Admiral is on his way to engage in peace talks with the princess." Captain Harrison responded.

"Copy that." MacManus replied, before killing the link. In the distance, he could hear the whomp-whomp of a helicopters rotor. Then, he spotted it; A CH-53K Stallion with a red cross symbol painted above the cockpit heading straight for the town. It passed overhead, before turning around abruptly and landing in front of the library. The back ramp lowered, allowing the small security team inside to disembark.

"Area clear!" one of the Marine called out. Upon hearing this, a team of four corpsman ran down the ramp, carrying a stretcher in between them. They made their way over to where Twilight was laying unconscious and set the stretcher on the ground.

"Gillespie, help me with her. And please for the love of Christ, be gentle." MacManus stated. The Sergeant nodded, gently lift Twilight's head up while his fellow Marine picked Twilight up by her legs. On the count of three, they hoisted up Twilight onto the stretcher, allowing the corpsmen to carry Twilight away.

While the corpsmen, MacManus, and Gillespie made there way to the Super Stallion, a man dressed in made his way out of the chopper and made his way over to the princess.

"Princess Celestia, I presume?" the Marine inquired.

"Correct. And you are?" Celestia asked.

"Colonel Simmons of the United American Space Marine Corps." he said, bowing before Celestia, "Your presence is required aboard our vessel for peace talks. If you would follow me into the chopper, we can be on our way."

The princess glanced over to the strange metal object that had landed in front of the library earlier. "That thing?" she asked.

The Colonel nodded. "Don't worry, it's completely safe. Just follow me on board."

The princess hesitated for a few seconds, but decided to trust to Marine. "Fine. But I want to make sure my student receives proper medical attention first. Then we may begin peace talks."

"Good enough for me. Come on, princess." Simmons urged, motioning for the princess to follow him. Celestia nodded, and together they walked up the Super Stallions ramp, which closed behind them after they walked on board.