Manehattan, Neigh York / Delta 0-1 / Thursday. 6:00 AM

Princess Celestia had just received a warning that Manehattan, Neigh York has been taken by the Griffon Empire. In which it was the Griffon Ultranationalists, they had launched an all out invasion of Equestria and Delta needed all the help they could get. They had just made their way into one of the buildings, where they heard gunfire from the upper levels. They opened the door to see a group of hostages being defended by a human soldier.

"Star!" The unknown human cried out.

"Texas! Friendlies coming in!" Nick replied, they then went over to see that it was an Army Ranger.

"Private De'Andre Morris, sir. 75th Ranger Regiment." He saluted Drew.

"At ease soldier. Do you mind telling me how you got here?" Drew asked, the private nodded.

"I was falling at an incredible rate until I landed on a skyscraper. I then went downstairs to meet these ponies? Then the griffons attacked them. I've been here only for like two hours and I'm already taking action." He summarized, Drew nodded and grabbed a MP7 from a nearby gun safe and handed it to the ranger. Drew told the private about their plans to retake Manehattan and headed outside, to see friendly fast movers being tailed by two griffons.

"Rangers lead the way." Kaptn said, pushing the private forward, their plan was to retake every building, working their way toward the center.

"Okay, split up men! Nick and Jhon, with me. Kaptn, you go with the Ranger." Drew said, splitting up at the fork in the road.

"So, this your first time out in the field?" Kaptn asked, looking at the rookie trembling from his first encounter.

"Yes sir. I wasn't going to be deployed into the field until next Tuesday." He sighed. He seemed very distraught by this, Kaptn tried to change the subject.

"So De'Andre, you got a family?" Kaptn tried.

"Yeah, a wife and kid, with one coming on the way."

"That must be heartbreaking to be away from them."

"Yeah it is. Do you have a family Captain?" He replied.

"No, my parents died a while back. I have a new family here though. Drew and the others are my family now." Kaptn replied cheerfully, he wasn't sad at all.

"Contact! We got three tangos to the south of that building!" Kaptn shouted, they then turned around and dropshot all of them. They then entered the building the griffons were occupying, this was their last building to clear until they rendezvous with Drew in Wall Street.

"One mag left!" De'Andre shouted, Kaptn tossed him a few loaded magazines.

"Make them count! We're almost there!" The two were pinned down by a whole platoon, but Kaptn had something up his sleeve.

"Deploying C-4!" He didn't have any C-5 with him, he used the old fashioned C-4, a bigger boom went with it. He then detonated the C-4, blowing up the enemies' cover. And then the private killed them all with a single shot right between the eyes, with dead on accuracy. The private had gotten shot in the leg, making him wince in pain.

"Argh! I'm hit!" He yelled out, Kaptn then made his way over to him, trying to suppress the hostiles firing at him from across the room. Kaptn dragged De'Andre toward better cover, and then gave him a shot of Adrenaline, perking him right back up. He couldn't walk, but he could still shoot, he was lighting up the Griffon terrorists while he was laying on the floor.

"This is Delta 4 to Delta 1 actual, we are giving the all clear. Moving toward the rendezvous point now."

"Copy that Captain, we're just clearing them up now. Heading toward the rendezvous point as well. Over and out." Drew replied, they then searched the bodies of the dead hostiles, looting any bullets that they could use. De'Andre then pulled out his M1911 and loaded in a new clip, Kaptn took this time to reload his M9 and his primary weapon.

"Friendlies coming in on your right!" Jhon shouted, they looked to see Kaptn carrying De'Andre.

"I can heal you right up, I'm a medic." Drew turned into an Alicorn and treated the bullet wound, as if it wasn't there in the first place. De'Andre stared at Drew, because he didn't know they could turn into ponies themselves.

"We'll talk later. First, we gotta take back Manehattan." Drew gestured to the last building to clear, which was at least 20 stories high. For some reason, the griffons only decided to try and take Manehattan, they didn't invade any other city. What they didn't expect was to meet such a huge resistance coming from a small group, that group being the Delta Force. Before Delta came to Equestria, they were the least likely to win in a war against the Griffons, but look at them now, they're winning every war the Griffons threw at them. The Equestrian Delta Force is now the most elite unit in the whole planet of Equis, which was understandable considering the fact that they have the most advanced technology out of all of them. Also the fact that they are the best trained out of the bunch, getting an equal balance of rest, and hardcore training.

"Alright, we gotta clear this thing one floor at a time. Safety in numbers." Jhon announced, putting a bullet in a Ultranationalist's head.

"Agreed. Now let's get moving. Rangers lead the way." Drew said, making their way up the stairs. He had taken a liking to the Army Rangers' motto. He had been in the Rangers along with Kaptn before until he was moved to The Unit. When he was in the Delta Force he reunited with his old childhood friend, Nick, as well as Jhon. He had met Jhon during boot camp, and that's how he assembled his team to what it is today. Floor by floor, they cleared the building until all hostages were rescued, only losing a few hostages every time they breached a room, there was nothing Delta could do but watch as they died. They had taken a few hits along the way but it was nothing they couldn't handle.

"Sir, how do you remember the countersign?" Drew laughed, dodging bullets whizzing by his head.

"I was in the Rangers once my friend. Once a Ranger, always a Ranger." Drew replied. Kaptn told De'Andre about being in the Rangers along with Drew, until they were transferred to the Delta Force. Once they made it to the roof, they deployed green flares. The UAV that was sent to provide overwatch had caught the green flares on camera, the princesses knew Delta had completed their mission back at base.

"This is Delta 0-1 to HQ. Mission accomplished, heading home now." Drew radioed in, they all celebrated with Jhon's secret stash of champagne he always brings with him on missions.
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Delta HQ, Canterlot / The Crew, Pvt. De'Andre Morris / Thursday, 2:30 PM

"So this 'Army Ranger' came out of the sky like you did when he first came here?" Princess Celestia asked, De'Andre nodded, telling her how he got here in the first place.

"At least it's good to know that we suffered minimal casualties during the invasion. The casualty count is under 50." Nick said as he looked at the mission report. They then decided to clean up themselves and rest in the barracks. They would be going back to Ponyville in a few hours anyways.

A few hours later in Ponyville...

The Crew and the rookie just got here in Ponyville, and they're all over the papers already. De'Andre just looked at how colorful this cartoon town is, hypnotized at how vibrant it is.

"This is where you guys live?" He asked, The Crew all chuckled as they shook their head, pointing to where they actually lived. They then made their way back to their house, bringing the rookie along with them. He would have to go home in a few hours anyway so they decided to let him look around while he still could. Once Drew had unlocked the door he was greeted with a surprise party.

"SURPRISE!" Pinkie lead the whole group in saying.

"This is my 'Welcome New Human and Thank you for saving Manehattan Party!' do you like it? Do ya? Huh? Huh?" Pinkie got all up in De'Andre's face, but he softly pushed her back to give him some personal space.

"Yes, I do love it. I didn't catch your name though?" He asked, Pinkie introduced herself as she dragged him around the living room.

"That's Rainbow Dash, Twilight Sparkle, Rarity, Applejack, Fluttershy..." She could go on for days, Pinkie was introducing De'Andre to everypony that showed up to the party, which was everypony in town. Drew then went over to greet his fiance.

"I told you I would be back.~" He mocked. Rainbow just socked him in the arm and hugged him, nuzzling him in the chest.

"Oh shut it." She replied. Drew then made his way outside, to see De'Andre being chased down by Pinkie Pie. He had no idea why she's chasing him, but he decided to intervene before De'Andre gets nightmares about Pinkie.

"Commander?! Help me!" He called out to Drew, Drew then tackled Pinkie to the ground, and pinned her down.

"Pinkie?! Why are you chasing him?" He said, Pinkie was giggling, but she was getting frustrated that she couldn't get out of Drew's grip.

"I'm trying to get this guy to go get some stuff at Sugarcube Corner! But then he said he didn't want to, so I was trying to get him to go."

"Pinkie, you have to learn how to take 'no' for an answer. You can't just make everypony go where you want." Drew replied, getting off of her.

"Thanks Drew, I owe ya one." De'Andre said, patting him on the back.

"You can owe me tonight at the bar." Drew replied, taking it seriously. De'Andre had received some of the pay after the mission was complete anyway, so he didn't care.

Later that day...

"Y'know De- *hic* we can sing a little *hic*" Drew said, De'Andre was shocked, he didn't know Drew, or any of then could sing at all.

"Prove it." He replied, Drew had been drinking for hours, he had at least a few bottles of Moonshine and Jack Daniels.

"Hell, *hic* I can prove it to ya. *hic* Even if I AM drunk!" He wobbled his way on stage, getting his trusty microphone. He decided to go 20th century 50's style. The Crew started to play old timey music, and Drew started to sing.

To the town of Agua Fria rode a stranger one fine day
Hardly spoke to folks around him didn't have too much to say
No one dared to ask his business no one dared to make a slip
For the stranger there amongst them had a big iron on his hip
Big iron on his hip
It was early in the morning when he rode into the town
He came riding from the south side slowly lookin' all around
He's an outlaw loose and running came the whisper from each lip
And he's here to do some business with the big iron on his hip
Big iron on his hip
In this town there lived an outlaw by the name of Texas Red
Many men had tried to take him and that many men were dead
He was vicious and a killer though a youth of twenty four
And the notches on his pistol numbered one an nineteen more
One and nineteen more
Now the stranger started talking made it plain to folks around
Was an Arizona ranger wouldn't be too long in town
He came here to take an outlaw back alive or maybe dead
And he said it didn't matter he was after Texas Red
After Texas Red
Wasn't long before the story was relayed to Texas Red
But the outlaw didn't worry men that tried before were dead
Twenty men had tried to take twenty men had made a slip
Twenty one would be the ranger with the big iron on his hip
Big iron on his hip
The morning passed so quickly it was time for them to meet
It was twenty past eleven when they walked out in the street
Folks were watching from their windows every-body held their breath
They knew this handsome ranger was about to meet his death
About to meet his death
There was forty feet between them when they stopped to make their play
And the swiftness of the ranger is still talked about to-day
Texas Red had not cleared leather when a bullet fairly ripped
And the rangers aim was deadly with the big iron on his hip
Big iron on his hip
It was over in a moment and the folks had gathered round
There before them lay the body of the outlaw on the ground
Oh he might have gone on living but he made one fatal slip
When he tried to match the ranger with the big iron on his hip
Big iron on his hip
Big iron Big iron
When he tried to match the ranger with the big iron on his hip

"Well? *hic* How'd I do? *hic*" Drew sat down, and took another swig of Moonshine. De'Andre's jaws were so low, it could be used as a parking garage. Rainbow and the others were surprised as well. That was the only song that the Crew sang that night, it was only to prove a point.

"So Drew, you say you can get me back to Earth?" De'Andre asked, Drew nodded and turned into an Alicorn.

"Why don't you come back with me? I'm sure they would want you back in The Unit." De'Andre asked, The Crew all just chuckled.

"They would ALWAYS want us back De-. We were the best of the best before we came here. Besides, these ponies need us, the Griffons are always breathing down their backs, not to mention other dangerous factions." Jhon replied, Drew opened up a portal to Fort Benning, the Ranger base of operations.

"We'll let you know if we need you again De-. For now it's goodbye." Kaptn shook his hand, De'Andre jumped into the portal and Drew closed it right back up. Drew and company then went home, to see Rainbow gaming again with Princess Luna right beside her?

"Hello Drew and company, I hope we are not disturbing." Luna paused the game.

"No, not at all princess. But do you mind telling us why you're in our house?" Nick asked, the rest of them nodded.

"Rainbow invited me over to play video games with her. I wasn't doing anything the rest of the day so why not?" She replied, they all shrugged as they went into their rooms, going to sleep.