The Leaders
They stood around the hard wood table that held a map of Equestria. Red and blue lines marked the map around one section... Canterlot. A red circle showed the area that the humans controlled and the red X`s represented all of the positions of generator `s, vehicle Depot`s, and Command centers. Commander Kat stood focused on the map. She pointed to one of the red X`s and her student noticed.
"That is where I sent the attack squad. They should be returning in about an hour or two if all goes well." Her voice was smooth and clear. Her Student, Daze, nodded and brushed her hair out of her face. Her eyes were purple and she looked at the other two around the table. Kat`s second in command stood next to her, she was her sister and the first thing she noticed was the necklace she wore. It was a crescent moon. She spoke about the line movement to the general that was next to her.
"We need to move our right flank back. If we do that and they push forward we can circle around them and surround them. We will get more Prisoner`s to deal with and we might be able to get their attention for once." The general stood there and thought. She put in a possibility.
"What if they do fall for it but when we surround them they are better equipped and break through to Canterlot we will lose the entire city... It`s a risk we can’t take in a time like this. Kat looked at her and smiled she had tough her student well over the years and she had faith in her student.
She spoke and looked over to her sister.
"She is right Dawn if they are better equipped then we will have little chance of keeping them at bay with our front line as our troops circle around, and if we lose Canterlot we lose our main recourse center. All our troops are trained here and we need every one we can get."
Her sister took note of that and looked back at the map. They looked at the map and thought of ideas they could throw in. After about twenty minute`s the Squad leader Kat had sent out opened the tent`s flap. He was early to early, she was shocked when she saw him.
"What happened!!? It’s too early for you to be back we estimated the mission time to be 5 hours its only been three." She sounded extremely
He spoke sarcastically.
"Awwe did you miss me Kat." his statement made her smile and he explained what had happened.
"We were ambushed on our way there I was hit plus our vehicle was destroyed. So we walked back and now here we are. We pushed them back but we need an aircraft to get close enough to do any damage. If we go back out will you supply us with a Huey or little bird, something that can get us in without being detected so quickly?"
She looked at him and thought "When a Huey opens up you and your crew will be the first one on that flight."
He nodded and left the tent.
Daze asked her teacher a question.
"What was there mission Kat.. "
"They were supposed to take out a major power generator holding their portal open. But since they failed it will remain open for more tank`s and jeeps to get through. We need that generator down so we can finally turn this war. We -"
She was cut short by the sound of a she explosion that landed twenty feet from their tent. They all fell from the shock of the blast but quickly recovered. Daze went outside to assess the damage. She saw the crater it left a small pool of water already formed from the falling rain. Nothing was hit but two men were injured. They were taken to the medical tent for treatment. She walked back inside and noticed a few holes in the tents fabric. All on her side of the tent, shrapnel was the most dangerous part of those damned shell`s not the blast just the shrapnel. As they looked at the map, more options were put out but none were chosen. After about an hour they retired for the day and each went back to their own tent except Daze she went over the Sam her friend, who was sitting around a fire outside her tent.
Her Squad was sitting around the fire also but didn't say a word. She sat next to Sam and looked at her. Neither spoke but still they both were scarred. For different reasons but that didn't change anything. Sam almost lost another friend that day. Daze was scarred because if they didn't make a move then the enemy would soon over run their current position.
They had their reasons when it grew dark they both entered the tent they shared the events of the day. They lay in there bed`s Sam fell asleep in minutes but Daze lay there thinking. This war was pushing her mind to the limits. The more strategies that came up the more counters that might be able to stop them. The stale mate was killing her but after tossing and turning she finally found sleep.