Night Shade and his little squad were prepping themselves for a rescue op. He fastened the strap to his helmet, just getting ready to put on facepaint. His team consisted of former Lunar Knights, as they were part of the Equestrian Special Forces Group now. Andrew was putting this together for after they leave, in a way they would be his successors. They weren't completely developed, because they weren't an official special forces group as of yet.

"Listen up! As you all may personally know Major Andrew Hartfield, he has been captured by the enemy," this made everypony gasp in shock.

"We are his rescue team, and if we come out successful, I will make this unit an official special forces group! Now, you've been briefed already, but do you think you're good enough for the real deal?" Night Shade motivated.

"SIR YES SIR!" They all said in unison, climbing into the carriages.

What were minutes felt like hours, and as the hours passed by, it felt like years. I was badly beaten up by the time they were done with me, and I have yet to talk. I knew better than to squeal like a little girl, but instead I trash talked them like a teenager. I laughed at some of my own remarks, and it seemed to be getting to the interrogator.

"I am only going to ask you one last time. My patience is running thin, Human. Where is the money, and where is the Diplomat?!" He said through clenched teeth.

"Why don't you stick your hoof up my ass and find it for me?" I smirked, only to get hit in the face again. What he didn't notice is that I was wearing my RIG under my ACU, and I still had a few Med Packs to spare, so after each session I looked as good as new.

"I am getting tired of your tomfoolery, Mr. Hartfield." He said in a more refined accent, causing me to stop laughing. I thought he was just some tribal, oh no, I was way off.

"Who are you, really? How do you know my name?"

"I'm afraid that I'm the one asking questions here. Now you tell me where the god damn money is, or I can't guarantee you'll get out of here with your life." I pooled up blood in my mouth, spitting it into his face. I smirked, trying to hold back my laugh.

"Oh, you re going to pay for that one. Bring me the knives." A cart was rolled in stocked full of knives, I gulped. I had to get out of here, somehow.

Oh yeah! I remember now! I still had a Kinesis Module on my wrist! Now all I need to know is how to use it behind my back. I had everything planned out, until now, all I need to have is for them to do something stupid to free my hands.

"Unbind him, bring me his hands." The mysterious zebra ordered. By the looks of things he wasn't a zebra at all, but a pony painted to look like one.

They untied me, releasing my hands. Big mistake.

I then socked one of the zebras in the face, using my Kinesis to grab for one of the knives on the table. I them impaled another guard, sticking him to the wall. What I didn't expect was for the mysterious zebra to get the jump on me, stabbing my left hand, right down the middle of my palm. I grunted in pain as I pulled out the knife, taking it out of my hand.

"Get the prisoner! Before he escapes!" He pointed to me, and I just ran. On the way, I grabbed my backpack that was conveniently left near the entrance, and I bandaged up my hand, which now had a hole in it.

"Move bitch! Get out the way!" I pushed a guard to the side, hauling ass out of there. I hijacked a dune buggy, and I was gone before anyone knew it.

"Damn it!" The mysterious zebra cursed.

Well, fuck my life. The Dune Buggy was out of gas, and I've made it... I'd say a mile away from wherever I was being held. I had to keep walking, or else I would get caught. Hopefully I can catch a frequency out here, if not, I'm just gonna have to keep walking until I find something.

"Echo 0-1 broadcasting on an open channel, does anyone read me?" I announced, only to get static.

"This is Echo 0-1 broadcasting on an open channel, does anyone read me?" I repeated, if I don't get a response this time, I'm done.

"...This is Wolverine 0-1, I read you loud and clear Echo 0-1." I sighed in relief, the instant I heard that voice I knew it was Night Shade.

"Helena, how are we going to get Andrew back if we don't know where he is?" Nick asked, only adding to my stress. I didn't know what to do, with Andrew missing, and hostile reinforcements on the way, we may be stuck here for some time.

"I don't know, but we've stirred up a hornet's nest here. If we want to get the targets out alive, then we gotta move." I explained.

I checked the mag on my HK416, and I put it back in, because it still had about 20 rounds in it. We were low on ammo, and we needed to conserve it to the best of our abilities. The destination was about an hour away, and we ran out of water, for fuel. We filled the tank with the rest of our drinking water, with only one can left to spare.

"We need to move." I announced.

"What about Andrew?"

"He'll be fine." I assured them. Andrew has gotten out of the most dangerous of situations before, and I knew that he was sure to make it out of this one too.

"How would you know that?" Jhon asked, helping the Diplomat into the truck, along with her husband.

"I never caught your name ma'am?" Jhon asked.

"I-It's Peace Maker, sir." She said timidly.

"It's okay, I'll get you two out of here safely. I promise." Jhon actually got her to smile a little bit.

I went into the back of the truck to be with Miss Peace Maker, just for some extra security. Though we don't even know why they attacked us in the first place. They weren't even provoked to begin with, something definitely isn't right here. Someone's after the girl, as well as her money.

"Alright, we got one hour before we get to the destination, let's get out of this shit hole so we can get home." I slapped the side of the truck, and Nick stomped on the gas pedal.

I sat on a rock, and put on some earbuds. I wanted to listen to some music while I wait for Night Shade to pick me up. The music was rather fitting, considering the situation I was in. I have to admit, the break up was hard, for both me and Rainbow. Her especially, I have to feel bad for the girl.

"Well, I hope you've had a wonderful day so far." I turned around, seeing that mysterious zebra again. All he did was smile at me, and I just looked at him in disgust.

I whipped out my Desert Eagle. I had one bullet left in the chamber, one bullet, for about roughly 200 militia.

"I'm pretty good myself, how are you doing?"

"Good, good. You won't be in a second, get him." He said in a cold way, making me shiver. Oh god, another song came on too, I liked this one.

His body guards all attacked me at once, and I got myself ready in a defensive stance. One body guard recklessly threw his own body at me, all I had to do was bring him around me and throw him to the ground. I dusted off my hands by clapping them together.

The other one was much smarter, he tackled me by the side, bringing me to the ground. He then started to throw jabs across my face, though the pain wasn't that great. I threw him off of me, pinning him to the ground. I then threw heavy punches at him, much, much harder with my armored gloves. Another one toppled right onto me, pinning me to the ground. He then bucked me right in the stomach, causing me to throw up.

They formed a fight circle all around me, every wave there would be more and more militia for me to fight. I dropped my Desert Eagle in all the fighting, like that one bullet would make a difference anyways. Luckily, I still had my knife, and a Tomahawk I've found from a fallen foe.

One tried to strike me from behind, but I caught it with my Tomahawk and I plunged my knife into his Jugular artery. I kicked him back which caused a massive group to stagger back. I was going to get captured again if Night Shade didn't come soon, or even worse. Killed.

I used an uppercut on one of them, managing a one hitter knock out. I brought the back of my hand around, and met contact with one's face, blowing it back about a yard. I then used my Kinesis to grab one of the weapons on the ground. But before I could do so, another one got me right in the gut, but my stomach had already thrown up its contents. So instead I flew back about ten feet before I met the ground, lying on my back. I coughed up blood, and it ran down the side of my face. I grabbed my side, and I could feel multiple ribs moving, not very good for my case.

"Give it up Mr. Hartfield, you're only delaying the inevitable." I slowly started to get back up, only to get kicked to the ground again. I used my last health pack, and hopefully it would do the trick. Once I used it, I could actually feel my health bar filling back up, so that meant I was back in the fight!

"No..." I then grabbed for his head, and brought it down on my knee, I could hear a satisfying crack come from that stunt.

"What have you done? My disguise!" Turns out that crack came from a mask, which caused the striped foe to turn brown, and from that he sprouted a horn as well. He then ran back into the crowd, and it gulped 'em up like a giant ocean.

Another hostile climbed onto my back, and bit me right on the shoulder. I yelped in pain, and I purposefully fell onto my back, to squish the one riding me. I then did that upsring move like a ninja, and I dove over one that was about to charge me.

I couldn't take much more, my energy had been exhausted, there's probably about 150 of 'em left, and I'm just not feeling it. I collapsed to my knees, I looked down at the ground, defeated. Two enemies grabbed me by the arms and held me upright, it felt like they were ripping me apart I was so god damn tired.

"You know, I've put up with a lot of your reckless stunts, Andrew." He walked on over to me, no longer a zebra, but a Unicorn. I spat blood into his face, causing him to lose some of his temper. He then reared up, and bucked me straight in the chest, causing me to grunt in pain.

His horn started to glow, and I braced. Once it hit me a jolt of electricity flowed through my body, causing me to shiver and shake wildly. I then gasped for air once it finished, breathing heavily I slumped over, blood dripping fron my mouth.

"Kill the bastard." He ordered. I then closed my eyes, and waited.

"Alpha Team, move in! Secure the target!" I heard. I then heard multiple bolts of magic being fired, as well as metallic clanging sounds.

I couldn't see anything, because of all of the dust and debris flying through the air. Without my goggles I was blind. The only thing I could see was the ground under my feet, because I was looking down and not into the dust. I then saw a pair of ballistic resistant goggles thrown at my feet, I put them on without hesitation. I could hear a lot of yeling though, that's for sure.

"It's good to see that you're alive Major." Night Shade stuck out a hoof. I grabbed it and he helped me up to my feet.

"Likewise, thank you for rescuing me, Night Shade. Are these...?"

"Indeed they are, it's your Special Forces group that were in development. I took them on their first field op to see if they were ready to help the cause." He explained.

The boys I were training all lined up, and gave a sharp salute to me. I smirked.

"Well Major. Do you think these boys are ready?" Night Shade asked.

"I think they are, Commander." Once I said that, his eyes widened, he looked at me when I called him that.

"You want me to lead them?"

"Yes, since I'm going to be on permanent leave, I want you to take care of these boys for me. If I decide to stay... If I decide to stay, it'll be a joint command."

"Alright, I'll take you up on that offer."

"This is Wolverine 0-1 to base, we have the target and are requesting immediate medevac."

"Copy that Wolverine 0-1, a bird is being sent to your location."

"Wait a minute, what do they mean by, 'bird'?" I asked, surely they don't mean a helicopter or anything, that's way too advanced technology for such a short amount of time.

"A medical carriage, nothing special."

"...Oh." I said, with a blank face.

"Base this is Echo 2, the package has ariived at the destination. I repeat, package is at the destination."

"Roger that Echo 2, we'll see you back at home." Well, that's a relief.

"Echo 2, this is Echo 0-1, come back to base, we're gonna need some R&R." I said over the radio, causing Helena and the others to cheer.