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Location Unknown
Delta Team 1
One Week Later, 9:00 PM

"So, you are or you aren't in the Delta Force?" He asked, I sighed and replied.

"I don't know what you're talking about. Look, I'm just assigned to this team in the Royal Guard. We were sent to patrol the area, but got caught up in the middle of your fight." I said for the hundredth time. I took a sip of this delicious coffee, it's the best one I've had for a while. The team and I had perfect poker faces, not even one smirk were on their faces.

"Alright, guards. Kill them all." Oh for fuck's sake! I put the General in a headlock and put the gun to his head.

"Nobody move! Or this guy gets it!" They all put their guns down on the ground, and I headed towards the locker room with my team very close behind me. I threw the General towards the guards that were following and I closed the iron doors that lead to the shower/locker room.

"Alright, we probably got one or two units out there, grab your gear and get ready." I opened the locker containing my shit, I grabbed Goldie, put on my body armor, and took my wallet. I had a family picture in my wallet, the one from Earth, and the one from here, I looked at it for a second and stuffed it into my pocket. I then heard gunshot noises coming from outside and I looked through the window, it was Rainbow and her team! I kicked the door open and shot the two guards waiting for us, the were distracted by the fighting from the other end of the hallway. Rainbow and I were talking over the radio, but it was the type of talk when you were recently released from captivity.

"Where have you been?" Rainbow asked, I chuckled.

"Well, I've been doing shit here and there, fucking stuff up everywhere. Oh, and we got foalnapped, but no harm done there." I was being sarcastic, she had that, 'I'm going to fucking kill you when we get home,' laugh as a response. I dodged a bullet coming straight at me, and shot the one who shot the incoming bullet.

"Well, it's good to see that you're not dead." She said, bullets flying past her in the background.

"Likewise, I'm coming in from your right, don't shoot." I then saw Rainbow, in all that agent getup. She kissed my cheek and we headed out of here.

"Wait, Commander." I turned around to see the General, still alive and well.

"You've forgotten your parting gift." He pulled out a detonator, and started a countdown sequence. I looked for the nearest exit, but we were on the 5th story. I looked out a nearby window, it looked safe enough to jump, but everypony else looked at me like I was crazy.

"Look, it's either jump, or get blown the fuck up, your choice." I said, I then put Rainbow on my back piggyback style and I used my shoulder to bash the window and broke it. Rainbow flew up, but dropped me, and I was still falling, and I fell into a hay bale. The farmer there looked at me like he's seen a ghost, well, I would too if a strange creature landed in the middle of his farm. The hospital on top of the hill was then enveloped in a gulf of flames, it was so hot I could feel heat radiation all the way down here.

"Hey, how's it goin?" I then went towards the rendezvous point, which was the nearby Cathedral. Rainbow's team and my team were talking, making introductions and shit.

"Hey hun' can we go home now? Because I'm fucking tired." I then called Celestia, because I wanted answers, and she was going to give them to me.

"Drew, I know you're mad but listen to me. I sent you because I knew you would get the job done, and you have." What the fuck? What job did I get done?

"What job? I thought it was just to patrol and defend the outpost?" My brain was still processing.

"Now that the General is dead, the rebels can win the war. They plan to make peace with the Equestrians and turn their government into a Democracy, and give back any land taken from us during the Imperialists' term." Well, that's one question answered, but left many in its place. I then hung up and got into an assigned cargo truck meant for specifically us.

"Time to go home guys, finally."

"Yeah, what did those guys do to you for a whole week?" Rainbow asked, I shivered and sat down on the truck.

"You don't want to know." She shook her head.

"Wuss..."

"Do you really want to know?" She nodded.

"They force fed me meat, specifically. I don't know what they did to the others though. Luckily I spat it out when they weren't looking." Rainbow cringed.

"Well, they tried to get me to talk by making me listening to bad singing." Nick shivered, Helena was like, 'Bitch Please.'

"Well, they made me chug tea for a whole week. I don't think I'll be able to drink another cup of Earl Grey for a while." Kaptn and Jhon felt too uncomfortable to talk about what happened to them. We made it back to the castle, and I heard some music come on out of nowhere, I laughed because it was our theme music.
(Music)

We were walking in slow motion towards the throne room, I was looking from side to side in slow motion, making it look as dramatic as hell. I think Night Storm and Dawn Star thought it was a game, so they copied me, I had to admit they looked almost as badass as me. If they decide to follow in my footsteps I'm for it, but I'm not so sure about letting them in the field.

"Well, that was random." Luna giggled, I chuckled and sat down in front of the two Alicorn sisters, on the floor. We then got debriefed by Celestia herself, mission accomplished, but I don't know why she talks in riddle sometimes, it's just confusing to me. I then stood up, but then my vision started to blur, and the next thing you know my legs gave out from under me, and the rest of my team were having the same issue, I think they were messing with our minds back at the hospital, this is nothing we've ever encountered before, this is the first time it's happened to us.

"Drew? Nick? Helena? What's wrong? Can you answer me?" Celestia then went over to check the unconscious bodies on her floor.

"They're out cold." She then teleported the humans into the Canterlot Hospital, where they would be treated for whatever they have contracted. Rainbow then started to pace back and forth, with her children playing with Cadence while they wait.

"You think they'll be okay Princess?" Rainbow seemed truly worried this time around.

"You should know them pretty well Rainbow, they don't die easily. They'll pull through soon enough, even if we have to get them out of their subconscious by other means."

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