Red yelled out to the zebra soldiers who were getting ready to sit back and relax. “HEY! GET UPT!” He yelled and they looked up to him with curious faces. “THE REBELS ARE COMING BACK!” He roared.

Almost immediately, all the remaining soldiers lept up and manned defensive positions. Some zebras mounted the numerous cannons that were posted on the wall corners, others simply dug in and got ready.

“Alright sugar tits… looks like it’s time to see what we’re made of.” Re commented as he racked the bolt on his rifle. Billy raced along the wall top with Brixie while Elijah and Bear went to the ground level.

Figures that I get stuck with Red. Red looked to me and gave me a wink before flying into the air and perching over by a cannon. Figures that Red just leaves me alone.

As the stampede of rebels drew closer, I could hear their war cries. Several of the buffalo fired wildly at the heavily fortified base, most of the rounds zipping through the air harmlessly.

I got my shotgun, formerly John’s, ready and cocked back both hammers. For some reason, despite a live or die situation, I didn’t know if I’d be able to kill. I just… didn’t have it in me to end somepony’s life, or a buffalo for that matter.

Several of the cannons fired and blew apart several rebels but they seemed to have endless numbers. Billy began to peck off consecutive shots with his rifle, Brixie doing the same. I looked up to see Red firing his rifle in full automatic. That gun was incredible but it was susceptible to dirt and grit, making unreliable in dirty environments.

Third person:

The cannons fired again, shredding several rebels to pieces but more simply took their places. Zebra soldiers blockaded
the front doors but left the back doors unattended.

Elijah waited at the back doors until several dozen rebels were close. He lept out from behind the wall and opened up with both his battle saddle machineguns. The guns chattered with a distinct noise that would be unforgettable to any who heard its report.

The rebels screamed as .303 rounds chipped through them violently. Several tried to fire back but were unable to even lift their guns. A few were sparred when their comrades would get knocked back and collapse atop of them.

Elijah did a quick check to make sure that no more were about to invade the base. He checked the ammo belt to see he still had at least half his ammunition belt left before he’d have to reload. “Come on Bear, let’s go.” He told his canine companion.

Red screeched hysterically. “YEAH YOU BITCHES! FEEL THE THUNDER!” He laughed as he cut down several rebel soldiers. He didn’t really need to aim, just point in a random direction and fire. The rebels were so numerous it was more of a task to miss than to not.

The gun bolt locked back, signalling it was empty. Red quickly ripped the magazine out and replaced it with a 100 round drum magazine. “Have you ever seen the rain?!” Red yelled out before raining down a hail of lead with his Mondragon rifle.

Billy was breathing rather quickly, sweat beading down his forehead. He racked the bolt and leaned towards the scope. He placed a round right into the chest of a fairly young looking zebra. He leaned back and racked the bolt again.

Brixie fired wildly, simply pointing the gun, shooting, then would action her gun and repeat the entire process, all in a quick succession.

However, no matter the skill of all the ponies, zebras, and gryphons, they wouldn’t be able to stop the monstrous size of the rebel reinforcements. After several minutes, their front troops reached the gates.

“THEY’RE AT THE GATES!” Red yelled out. Several rifle shots chipped through the wooden gates and killed the zebras behind it. Very muscular and large buffalo charged the gate, battering it like it was a flimsy piece of wood.

Within seconds, the gate shattered apart and buffalo swarmed into the inner compound. A few zebras had planned ahead and readied a crank operated, 8 barreled Gatling gun.

The gunner began to crank the gun and it spat out a volley of .30-06 rounds. The first group of rebels that entered the base were cut down in a matter of seconds. Red looked to the zebras manning the cannon beside him.

“WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING, SHOOT THEM!” Red yelled. The zebras quickly scurried about, loading the cannon and firing a shot towards the cast amount of reinforcements.

Red began to hip fire his auto rifle but soon realized they weren’t going to win this fight, not like this. “Shit…” He muttered as he looked over to Daring who was knelt down behind a wall.

Daring cursed to herself. “Great… this is the kind of time that I wish… shit.” She swore as a stray bullet chipped away at the wall she was taking cover behind. She peeked over the wall to see that several buffalo had entered the compound.

The zebras manning the Gatling gun began doing horizontal sweeps, chopping away as many rebels as they could. Soon the ammunition hopper ran dry. “AMMO!” One of the zebras ordered. The loader nodded and went to grab a fresh ammunition hopper.

Suddenly the loader’s head splattered and blood freshened the gunner’s face. He was stunned at first but suddenly a stray round clipped him in the shoulder and spun him around. He gasped as a buffalo rebel fired a second shot into his head.

Elijah leaned out from behind the wall and fired another volley of shots before ducking back behind the wall. A volley of enemy rounds returned and sparked off the wall. He spun out and fired again but his guns emptied before he was done shooting. “Crap!” He swore before ducking behind the wall.

He quickly began reloading his gun just as a buffalo charged him. He braced himself but Bear lept through the air and tackled the buffalo to the ground. Bear snarled and snapped at the buffalo’s neck.

Elijah continued to reload his machineguns. He took a quick glance to see that more than two dozen rebels were almost upon them. Elijah quickly began to get jittery as he tried to reload the guns faster. He heard the voices of the rebels as they drew ever closer.

“Get inside already!” Ordered the group leader. The lead buffalo shook his head.

“No way! There’s that stallion inside… he’s gonna cut me to pieces!” The lead buffalo replied. The commander pushed
the point buffalo forwards, causing him to stumble through the gateway.

The buffalo cringed as he awaited his sure death… but it never came. He slowly creaked open his eyes to see that all the fighting was going on near the front of the base.

“See? No one was expecting us.” The commander hissed, angry for the buffalo’s defiance earlier. Suddenly there was a chattering and all the buffalo but the lead buffalo simply fell to the ground, bullet holes riddling their bodies.

The lone buffalo began to pat himself down to feel for wounds but found none. Suddenly a falling barrel of bricks ended his life. Elijah hopped down and looked to the dead buffalo. “Bet you thought you were the lucky one.”

Buffalo swarmed through the front gates. “ELIJAH! WE NEED TO GET OUTTA HERE!” Daring yelled out and Elijah simply slapped himself in the forehead with a ‘Yeah, yah think?’ look on his face.

Daring rolled her eyes but suddenly a rifle stock clacked against the side of her head, knocking her to the ground. She shook off the daze but found herself looking down the barrel of a rifle.

“I DON’T THINK SO BITCH!” Red screeched as he stabbed his blade right through the buffalo’s back and brought the blade right to the hilt. The tip of the blade slashed through the buffalo’s chest and splattered blood all over Daring’s face. She gasped as Red twisted the buffalo’s neck and dropped the lifeless body to the ground. He reached down to her with his good hand.

“Come on tits… it’s time to go.” He said with a smirk. Daring took his offer and let him help her to her hooves. Suddenly a gunshot went off just behind them and Red’s shoulder sputtered with blood as he was twisted from the force of the bullet.

Daring spun around only to be, once again, clocked in the face by the stock of a rifle.

Elijah held back the triggers on both his machineguns. Rounds chattered out at excessive rates and cut away anything that was foolish enough to stand in front of him. Buffalo charged him from behind. Bear lashed out and grabbed one by the neck with his powerful jaws.

The buffalo screamed in agony but soon his screams were turned into gurgles as his throat was pierced by Bear’s sharp teeth. Another buffalo charged up and grabbed the dog by the hide of his neck before throwing him against the wall. Bear yipped in pain, causing Elijah to spin around.

He gasped and spun before cutting down the group that had tried to sneak up on him. Rebel soldiers were tossed about as he cut them down. Elijah looked to the inner compound only to realize that they had been overrun.

Suddenly a rifle stock clacked him in the back of his head, knocking him forwards and unconscious.

Atop the wall, Billy fired several shots before beginning his reload cycle. Just before he finished reloading, a rifle barrel pressed against the back of his head. “It’s over, heathen scum… drop your weapon!” A voice ordered. Billy groaned as he dropped his rifle and stood up.

He looked over to see that Brixie had suffered the safe fate. “We’re so screwed.” Billy muttered.

Daring’s perspective:

The buffalo fired his gun and the zebra captive in front of him, fell with a bullet hole in his skull. Red leaned over to me. “Told you they was worse than us.” He whispered. I just scoffed at the comment.

The buffalo rebels had bound our hooves behind our backs and were now proceeding to execute us one by one.

BANG

They killed off the last zebra army soldier. The buffalo executor reloaded his revolver then stepped over to Elijah. He manually cocked back the hammer. “Any last words?” The buffalo asked.

Elijah chuckled. “Yeah… one.” Elijah commented and the buffalo raised an eyebrow. I myself was kind of curious to what one word he had to say. “PTEW!” Elijah spat a glob of chewing tobacco right into the buffalo’s face.

The spit temporarily blinded the buffalo and forced him to wipe off his face before he could continue. I groaned, ‘Oh goddess Elijah…’ I thought to myself.

“Go to hell.” The buffalo snarled as he lined up his revolver barrel with Elijah’s head. I closed my eyes, I couldn’t watch this.

KA-BOOM

I kept my eyes shut. The shot sounded… not like the ones before… and a little further away. Suddenly it seemed like the world erupted into a thunderous chatter from a larger firearm.

I opened my eyes to see all the buffalo rebels twisting and turning as their bodies were cut apart by what looked like bullets.

The shooting stopped for several moments and the buffalo simply became frantic. Their leader had been killed. “WHAT DO WE D…” One began but then the shooting began again and he was silenced.

It sounded like a low chugging sound. More buffalo were kicked off their hooves or ripped apart by incoming bullets. “RUN!” One of the remaining buffalo yelled. There was probably close to 18 or 20 buffalo left in the base.

The remaining buffalo scattered and the shooting stopped. We all looked around in shock. “What… just happened?” Billy asked, speaking all our minds. The world seemed to be spinning around me as I began looking in 360 motions.

Suddenly everything began to spin too fast and I stopped looking around. “Oh… my… Celestia…” Brixie barely whispered out those words. I looked to her then followed her gaze. I looked to the shadows and my heart stopped.

Author's Notes:

Okay, I'M SOOO SORRY, for taking so long. We just had construction on the barn at work so I was getting home really late and was too tired to really do anything all week so that's why I never ended up getting chapters out for you guys and gals. Again really sorry