Andrew slowly used his Kinesis to pry open the damaged train car door. From the night prior to now he was jumped by a group of bandits of an unknown party. The bandits managed to clip him in the side before he could make it into the Suit Kiosk. Before they fled in terror, he threw the ring leader against the train car, knocking him out cold. That's why the train car was dented in the first place. Fresh air rushed into the train car, causing Andrew to breath it in like it was Cocaine, addictive and hard to forget.

Andrew grabbed his side to prevent any more blood loss, and went outside to see the gleaming sun, shining over Ponyville. Everything was well, the children were going to school, ponies headed for work, and Helena talking with Night Shade down the town square. By now the blood was almost dry, the only place that it was still wet and warm was inside the wound itself, which wasn't lethal.

"It seems that you've arrived! Welcome back to Ponyville, Andrew!" Night Shade said, in his older, deeper voice.

"You never told me you were related to this guy." Helena crossed her arms, somewhat pissed at Andrew.

"Night Shade, why are you here?" Andrew asked, looking at his blood covered hand.

"I came down here to tell your team about going home." He said in a stern, serious tone.

"Alright... But how are we going to tell the girls this? Surely they won't let us go without a struggle."

"We'll tell them later, right now we don't have time. We need to decide and fast, we only have four days." Helena explained, with Night Shade agreeing with her.

"Alright, I guess I'l see you back at base."

"You got it, Major."

As Andrew, Helena, and Night Shade walked off to go see the rest of the team, Andrew was met with a fearsome tackle to the lower abdomen, which knocked the wind out of him in the process. He coughed violently as he got back up, seeing that it was Rainbow, who tackled him to the ground. His vision remained blurry, and all he could hear was a ringing noise, as if someone threw a flashbang right at him.

"I bet you did that on purpose," Andrew said, a bit queasy from getting hit in the stomach. Though he tried to keep the little food he ate in, it came out eventually, and all over the floor too.

Rainbow, on the other hand, did in fact do it on purpose, just to get his attention. She could be seen laughing really hard, almost to where she wanted to cry. Andrew was not amused. At all.

"I thought you were a tough guy! Or at least that's what you told me!" She gloated. Andrew croughed and wheezed some more, and while he was doing that Night Shade was left to clean up the vomit on the ground.

"Hey, that doesn't mean you can abuse me! I'm not just some sack of potatoes you can kick around all day!" Andrew retorted. They both gave a mean stare at each other, a sign of challenge. Helena swore she could see an electric current pass through their gaze.

In the end, they both couldn't stay mad at each other, and that saying, the both just laughed it off. Anyways, Rainbow now joined the small party, and was flying over above Andrew, while listening to them talk. Though so far he did not like what she was hearing.

"Wait a minute, what?!" Once she caught on to th conversation, she was in complete shock.

"I guess we were bound to tell you anyways." Night Shade said in a wise tone, and Andrew nodded in agreement.

"We might be leaving Equestria, Rainbow." Andrew said, solemnly.

"Like, for vacation?" She said hopefully.

"Forever, Rainbow." Once she heard that, she was utterly devastated, not to say a word, her new alien friends that just got here were leaving already.

"I'm sorry, but we have to Rainbow. We don't belong in Equestria, not me, not Helena, not anyone else on my team." Though she wanted to protest, she knew at the back of her mind that they would have eventually have left anyways. She didn't expect it to be this early either, it's only been about seven months since they've arrived, even less than a year.

"B-But that's not fair! We still have so many things to do together! I need to show you my Sonic Rainboom, we need to go camping... What's going to happen to us?" She complained, only making it harder for Andrew to answer, each and every time.

"I don't know what's going to happen, hun, but it's for the best." He patted her on the head, looking into her watery, magenta eyes.

"I love you, Rainbow, you know that, but do you love me enough to let me go?" She shook her head side to side, crying into him. Though it was a sad moment, he made the best out of it by letting her cry into him, the suit was keeping him from getting wet due to tears.

"Shh, it's okay. You're one of the toughest ponies I know, you shouldn't be crying." He comforted her, trying to make her feel better.

"I'm going to need some time alone, I'll see you guys later." Rainbow sadly flew off, knowing that they all were going to leave soon.

"Well, that escalated quickly." Helena said.

"True story, now let's find Nick and Jhon."

"They should be doing overwatch training right about now, so let's go find them." Andrew, Helena, and Night Shade walked off into the meadow, close to where Fluttershy lived.

Nick and Jhon were on the top of the ridge, looking over the hill into the Everfree Forest, shooting dummy targets at numerous distances. Though sniper support was usually Helena's thing, Andrew thought it was a good idea to be, "well rounded."

"Nick you got friendlies coming in on your six." Andrew announced.

"Copy that." He replied, standing up from his prone position. Jhon, who was acting spotter, also stood up to greet his commanding officer.

"Hey Andrew, who's the pony?"

"Oh, that's Night Shade, my ancestor." Night Shade nodded silently, greeting the human he saw before, yet he was never formally introduced.

"Greetings, Nick, I've heard many things about you." He stuck out a hoof, and Nick grabbed firmly and shook it.

"Likewise, Andrew always seems to be talking to someone." Andrew had a deadpan expression on his face, unamused.

"Look, Night Shade, here has given us the opportunity to go home; like back to Earth home." Both Jhon and Nick's eyes were widened, as if they seen a ghost.

"Are you serious? We can finally get out of this brightly colored cartoon world?" Nick asked in amazement. With that being said, Andrew and Night Shade nodded silently.

"Alright, I guess we can meet back at the station, we can all debate at home." Andrew decided, all of them nodded in agreement.

Just then, a scream could be heard in the direction of Ponyville. Though it didn't sound as loud as they thought it would, it was still a loud enough scream to know that something wasn't right. All four of them headed on over to town, and saw that it had been ransacked. Stands have been emptied of food, ponies crying on the streets. It did not look good.

Andrew headed on over to Lyra, who had been crying, mumbling something to herself, "Lyra, what's wrong?"

"Diamond Dogs,.. *sniffle* They took Bon Bon. *sob* Many others too." She tried to say without crying.

"Lyra, I'm gonna need you to explain, so I want you to try and calm down." Helena comforted her.

"O-Okay. We were having lunch, until the pack leader invaded the town, in the middle of the day. They were armed with some sort of magical crossbows, and covered in armor. They said they needed slaves, and so they foalnapped a lot of townsponies." She said slowly, trying to piece together what happened.

"Lyra, thank you for the information, and hey," Andrew lifted up her chin, making eye contact, "We'll get Bon Bon back, I promise." He said, managing to make her crack a smile.

Echo Team burst into their armory, which was located not far from where they slept. Where they slipped into the ACU's, otherwise known as the Army Combat Uniforms. They all went into the Suit Kiosks to get a quick fit, re-adjusting their suits once they hopped out. Andrew loaded a magazine into both of his Desert Eagles, and then putting them in his dual holsters. Helena loaded up her Shotgun, loading it with 12 Gauge Buckshot. Nick pieced together his Submachine Gun, as he just finished cleaning it, and then loaded in a fresh extended magazine. Jhon polished his knife, making sure that there wasn't any damage to it that would cause it to veer off course.

"Alright, we've got a hostage situation here guys, I want this quick and clean. What we're dealing with is about twenty civilians kept in the gemstone caves. Make sure not to forget your NVG's either, it's going to be dark." Andrew brought his ACR to shoulder length, and pulled back the charging handle on it.

Making last second preparations, they all headed out to the Diamond Dog territory, not far from Ponyville.

Author's Notes:

Okay, so maybe there will be some in between chapters, but in hindsight it will still be in the span of four days. Then, I might consider a sequel, or just continue with this story. It's up to you guys.