FG:SO Chapter 2 Preview. · 2:32am Jul 6th, 2020
This’ll be the first real combat in the story, so you can see why it’ll be important.
Manehattan
10:30pm.
Cpl. Star Strike
EUP Guard
Star Strike looked at the four ponies in the wagon, two were in the front, he and the other were in the back. He looked at Rook, who was fiddling with his crossbow with Featherstep and Crosshair were watching the road.
“Anything yet?” Star asked.
Featherstep shook his head. “Nothin yet…”
Rook chuckled. “I didn’t know what this was what we signed up for, eh?” he said jokingly. Star merely rolled his eyes. “Aw, come on, that was good!”
“Shut up! I hear something!” Crosshair said.
Rook chuckled. “You hearin’ crap, Cross?” he asked, “that inching hoof of yours has infected your ear.”
“Buck you!”
“Shut up!” Feather snapped. “I hear it too!”
They looked at a wagon that passed by, a few griffons and ponies sitting down, holding weapons. “Weapons in view,” Feather said.
“That’s them,” Star said, reaching for his radio. “Stargazer to Vulture, got a wagon, multiple military aged creatures in view, moving to intercept.”
The four ponies slid out of the wagon. ‘Rogar Stargazer, unless an attack is imminent- do not engage,’ Vulture said over the radio.
The four ponies trotted down the street. “Wagon, right side,” Rook said, drawing a small hoof held crossbow.
Star bit his lip. “Go! Go!”
They walked up, watching as two griffons hopped off of a different wagon. “They’re here brothers! They’re here!” He called out before Rook threw him down.
“Come’ere!” he yelled, pinning him down.
A few griffons and ponies got off of the wagons. The two sides kept arguing as the wagon drove off. “They’re taking off!” Feather yelled.
Star grabbed his radio. “Vulture! Suspect wagon heading your way!” he said.
They watched as the wagon exploded in a massive fireball, sending the civilians into a panic and knocking the two forces to the ground.
‘Stargazer, missed your last, say again?’
“Bow! Bow!” Feather called out.
Star looked up to see the griffon that Rook pinned standing up with Rooks sidehoof crossbow before firing the weapon into Rook’s head.
“No!” Star cried as he watched Rook fall down dead in a pool of red, before drawing his own sidehoof and firing it at the griffon, taking him down.
The three guards took out a few more ponies and griffons. “Clear!” Star yelled.
“Buck!” Feather yelled.
Crosshair examined Rook’s body. “Rook’s gone! They bucking got him!”
Star’s radio started going off. ‘Stargazer! What the hay is going on down there?!”
“There’s been a detonation at Manehattan! Shots fired! Guards down!” Star yelled into his radio. He picked himself up. “We need medical down here!”
The three guards ran into the firestorm left after the explosion. They stared in horror and shock. “Bucking Tartarus, Star Striker- Look at what they did to our home!”
Star snarled. “And they’re not done yet! Come on, let’s move!” The three ponies moved up into the battlefield.
Woah... I must see what happens!
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