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Griffon Border
Delta Team 1
Saturday, 10:00 AM

Drew and his team have been sent out into the Griffon Kingdom's border to do some patrolling, but Celestia specifically sent them there for a reason. There has been a war that started in the Griffon Kingdom, it was no longer an Empire, and now, it might not be a Kingdom for very long either.

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"So, why are we taking this shitty assignment again?" Nick asked, I shrugged and kept walking over towards the outpost stationed there.

"I know Celestia, she doesn't send people anywhere without a good reason. This is something rather suspicious to me, to be honest." I replied. Royal Guards and Special Forces Operatives were scrambled all around the base, some in the mess hall, others training in the mud pits.

"Officers on deck!" One of them shouted, I then put my hands behind my back and walked through the path given to me.

"At ease soldier, what's the status report on the border?"

"Many refugees have been coming and going through the border. We suspect that these are victims of the revolutionary war in their Kingdom." He said, I nodded and kept walking. Nothing really happened while we were there, but when we were about to leave, that's when shit went crazy. I heard an explosion in the background and an order from a voice that sounded bird-like.

"Kill them all comrades!" Okay, I definitely heard a Russian Accent right there. I don't know how Celestia does it, but she always seems to send us towards the action.

"Helena, go to that watch tower and provide overwatch. Nick, go to the barracks and gather the rest of the soldiers, Kaptn, Jhon, follow me." I gave the order, there were Griffons everywhere, I don't even know who's on our side, but they seem to be fighting each other as well as us. There seems to be four factions among us, the Royal Guard, the Delta Force, the Griffon Imperialists, and the Griffon Rebels. We didn't know which side to choose, but they were attacking fairly close to our base. I then took a nearby megaphone and tried to calm things down.

"Mister Leaders of the Griffon factions! I need you to take this fight somewhere else! You are fighting on Equestrian lands!" Was all I said, they both gave an order, but not the one you would expect.

"Kill the ponies!" Both factions ordered, and a suicide drone then crashed into the barracks. A lot can happen in three years, including even more advanced technology. We then put down suppressing fire for some of the refugees and civilians to evacuate in cargo trucks.

"There's too many of them!" Helena said over comms, I then nodded and pulled out my favorite plastic explosives, C-5. The upgraded version of C-4, but it has been modified by magic to make it smaller, more compact, packing a bigger punch even for it's small size. I attached it to a Hunter Killer Drone and I sent it on it's way, I then heard a pretty decent explosion about half a click away.

"Let's go ladies, we're on the clock!" I said, and I then made my way to the armory. I didn't know how technologically advanced these guys were, perhaps even more advanced than ours, I guess maybe that was an exaggeration. I then looked around the vault, with explosions coming from outside and Kaptn reported in a little situation.

"Uhh, Drew, we have a little problem. Griffons have breached the outer walls." Oh for fuck's sake! I then grabbed a SCAR-H off the wall and headed out, I also had in my backpack something special. Helena on the other side of the outpost had a little problem of her own, just great.

"Drew! We got reinforcements coming in! I don't think we can hold the fort for any longer than we already have!" Well, fuck, me. I then tossed her a little welcoming gift meant for the Griffons, her eyes widened and she instantly turned it on.

"MQ-27 Dragonfire ready for deployment." An announcer said, I chuckled and headed out to support the breach in the outer walls. I then controlled the turret mounted near the wall, and held off anybody who dare tried to enter, except for the retreating soldiers defending the trench stationed outside of the outer wall.

"Okay, I think they've evacuated the civilians, we need to pull out soon!" Jhon said, I nodded in agreement, these Griffons are taking out our guys faster than we can get reinforcements. A giant fucking javelin spear pierced my shoulder, and it hurt like fuck too. I pulled it out and I put pressure on the wound to stop the bleeding, I then ordered a retreat.

"Guys! This outpost is a lost cause! We need to get out of here!" Most of them loaded onto the cargo trucks, and my team were the last to go. But before we could even start the car, we got blown up by an RPG, they Griffon Imperialists then made a crowd around us, my vision was blurring and fading out, so I couldn't see properly. I think I was close to death, because I could hear my own heart beat, and the fact that I got shot by that giant spear again after I got inside the truck.

"Don't worry about dying, Equestrian, we have plans for you and your team." I could barely make out what he was saying, I was still recovering from Shell Shock. I could see on my HUD that everyone else on my team were okay, but unconscious, I guess after avoiding death for so long it's finally getting to me, I'm bleeding out pretty badly. One of the Griffons injected me with some sort of health item, it made my condition better, and most of the bleeding stopped, but the wounds were still there and it still hurt like fuck. I then faded out into darkness, combat fatigue taking over my senses, and I was out like a light, just like that. I could hear something through the darkness, somepony speaking about something.

"Yes, we have plans for these creatures. This one alone managed to take out Alpha Squad alone, the others are no exception. Each one of them seem to specialize in a certain field of combat. The lady over there is a good sniper, this one is good with handguns and equipment, that one is good at assault rifles, this one is good at close quarters combat, this one hand-to-hand, and this one is heavy equipment." I'm pretty sure which one was which, but I was still waking up, only to be knocked out again by the butt of a gun.

"Drew, wake up! We gotta go!" Helena tried to get me up, and I was starting to come back to my senses. I then got up steadily and looked around.

"We're wearing patient gowns? Helena what's going on here?" I asked, I looked pretty good in a patient gown though. Most of my equipment was gone, except for my concealed M1911 and Rusty, my knife, you don't want to know where I hid them. My shoulder had a giant patch with blood stains on it, but other than that I felt fine, no sores or anything.

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"What do you mean they're gone?" Rainbow raised her voice at one of the surviving commanding officers.

"Their truck got blown up, and I think they were either captured or killed. All we can do now is hope for the best." Celestia comforted Rainbow, and Rainbow was very stunned at the news. She then grabbed her gun and put on her body armor, Twilight was very worried for Rainbow.

"Rainbow, where are you going?"

"I'm going after my stupid husband. What does it look like I'm doing?" She replied, she always wanted to go fight in a battle, but Drew would never let her. This was her chance to show him that she could handle herself.

"Rainbow, before you go, Drew said that if you ever needed it, to give you this." Celestia gave Rainbow a white container, and it was Drew's favorite.

"Awesome, my own box of Tic-Tacs!" She said, she then flew towards the direction of the Griffon Country with a few soldiers following her.

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"Again, why are we in Hospital Gowns?" I asked, these gowns I have to admit were pretty comfortable. Helena was walking in front of me but out of respect for her I kept my eyes straight forward. I could see Nick behind me looking straight down, he looked a little bit like this.

"Like I said for the forty millionth time, I don't know. I'm just following orders." A grunt said, my guess is that the Imperials won the battle back at the border, but I still don't know if we should side with one of them, because I don't know their leaders as of right now. We then entered a meeting room, inside of the hospital, interesting, but a bit weird if you ask me.

"Welcome, Delta Team. I've been expecting you, my name is General Talon Beak." This is going to be interesting, I grabbed my now in pain shoulder and sat down, hopefully waiting to make a daring escape, eventually.

"Who is this Delta Team you speak of? That team you speak of does not exist." I was specifically told to deny anything that has to do with the Delta Force by the princess, too much is getting out into the public.

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