Carbon: Equestria

by Alfoals Trottenbauer


XI - In Our Midst

Day broke suddenly. The sky grew brighter through the smog.

"Pack up camp, men!" Quantum barked.

The battalion scrambled to clean up the site. The fire was put out, and the weapons were picked up. Everyone got into battle formations.

"Forward! We're almost there!" Quantum shouted.

The wasteland was almost clear of any noise. The only noises were hoofsteps and equipment rattling.

The scouts flew in front of them, landing feet away.

"Sir! Captain Arc reporting!" The dark grey-coated mare called out.

"What did you find?" Quantum asked confidently.

"All quiet, sir!" She responded

"As I thought. For now, you will be grunts. Follow behind Lambda Squad." Quantum said sternly.

The Pegasus squad trotted to the back.

The squadron trotted over a hill. A whole army had been waiting for them! Quantum galloped to the other side. A Moonlight Company soldier talked through his radio.

"We got Quantum. Executing final procedure." The soldier said as he shot Quantum in the back of the head.

"Surrender now, and we will take you peacefully!" An enemy captain shouted.

"We'd rather die!" Valence cried out.

The two masses clashed, the front of the revolutionaries were using their shotguns, The second, burst fire. and the back were using full auto.

Short Circuit realized there were too many to handle. This was probably the end of the line for him and System Crash.

Short Circuit looked back. There was a figure in the distance.

Tapped Wire flew and landed next to him. Suddenly, an entire army followed behind.

"Gamma, Iota, Tau, Omicron, Delta! Support the rebels!" A voice cried out.

Moonlight Company's army was gunned down. Most ran away, the ones who didn't were killed.