//------------------------------// // Massacre // Story: The Alien Warriors: Battle for Equestria // by Texas Style Brony //------------------------------// Forest at base of Smokey Mountains "Alright, here we go..." Ramirez and his men were waiting about a mile away from the federal camp for the large convoy to approach them. Usually the plan was to fire at the camp in the morning, move west, let the convoy pass, and then move to the west of their camp when it got dark. Despite this tactic draining on their sleep, it had worked well for the past six days. Unfortunately, today was different. Instead of heading toward them, it sounded like the engines were driving away... "Sarge? It doesn't sound like they're coming so much as going.." Parker noted. Summers then got up from behind his bush and looked down at the camp. "Sir, they're driving east." "Oh crap... Come on, let's get them back here." By the time they got to where the camp originally was, however, the humvees were long gone... "Guys, look..." Smith had a map and compass and compared them with the tracks left by the humvees. "CRAP! LET'S GO!!!!" Ramirez shouted as he and his men took off in the direction of the tracks. Whitetail Village The village which was once shut off from the world a few weeks ago was now a small thriving community. Today, shops were opening for business, the local restaurant was serving brunch, and the fillies and colts were playing various games near the town square. In contrast to spending time in hiding a few weeks ago, things were looking very good for the village. At around noon, however, the atmosphere took a turn for the worst. A young stallion and mare couple who lived on the west end of the village were planting a new garden that day. As the stallion went inside to get a glass of water, he noticed a small impact tremor in his water. Believing it to be from thunder nearby, he went back outside. "Sweetie, was there a storm scheduled for today?" he asked his wife. "No, why?" The mare replied. "Oh, just checki--" He was suddenly noticing the soil on the ground vibrating and moving. The wife also began to notice. Then, they heard the sounds of engines. The husband looked toward the sound and saw massive humvees racing toward them. "SUNSHINE! GET IN THE HOUSE!!!" Both ponies galloped inside their small home and shut the door as the vehicles circled around their home, smashing through fences and tearing up their fresh garden. After five seconds, the sound of multiple engines died down to one engine. Suddenly, the door was kicked down and two humans came walking in with guns pointed at them. The mare started screaming while the stallion tried to put himself between her and the massive humans. One of the humans smirked and simply picked him up by the back of his neck while the other human grabbed the wife in the same manner. They dragged the kicking and screaming couple back outside and threw them in the trunk of their vehicle before getting back in and taking off. Whitetail Village Plaza The citizens of the village, young and old, male and female, rich and poor, were now standing with their backs toward the city fountain as the massive force of humans dressed in black surrounded them, threatening to shoot anypony who bolted. The mares were screaming, the foals were crying, and the humans around them looked at the crowd with disgust. "All right, shut up everybody.." Tyler called at them. The crowd was still freaking out. "Shut up little horses.." Tyler called again, this time through his megaphone. Growing tired of the noise, he pulled out his disruptor and shot into the air. "SHUT UP!" The crowd immediately fell silent. "That's better. Now you all stay right where you are and nobody gets hurt, ok?" The crowd just looked at him with confusion, but stayed quiet as Tyler turned his megaphone to the other side of town. "Alright you guys, listen up. My team and I have taken this town hostage. Either you come out and surrender within five minutes, or we start painting the town red..." The crowd once again erupted into chaos as they realized their fate. One stallion tried to run for it until he was gunned down by an agent, eliciting more screams from the distressed crowd. Five minutes later Ramirez and the team were rushing toward the village as fast as their legs could carry them, knowing full well what these agents could do to a herd of ponies. As they were running, Parker tripped and collapsed on the ground, panting and sweating profusely. "Come on! Get up! We gotta-" McLaughn was interrupted by a loud thunder-like burst from the village direction. Everyone stopped in their tracks, understanding the severity of what had just occured. As Parker got up, only one word escaped his lips as everyone stood silent.... "....Shit...." Whitetail village, two minutes later. The Rangers treaded into the town cautiously, as there could still be snipers waiting in local cabins. Suddenly, Ramirez's hand shot up, signaling everyone to get down. Across the street was the town forum, which was now strewn with the bodies of well over 150 civilian ponies. When everyone saw the scene, there expressions went from shock to an unusual mix of disgust, fear, and anger. "Alright guys, cover-" "NO!!" Ramirez was whispering orders to his men but was cut off by what sounded like the voice of a filly in the forum. Out in the forum, the same filly with the sea blue coat and lime green mane was covered in dirt and scrapes and appeared to be running from something. A few seconds later, five agents surrounded the filly. "Please! Leave me alone! What do you want?!" "I don't know. What do we want?" One of the agents responded sarcastically. "Maybe we can make it our little pet. Teach it to do tricks or something.." Two of the other agents laughed, while the other two looked at the filly nervously. "Come on guys, I think this little horsey has seen enough for today. Let's just go.." One of the unnerved agents told the others. "Fine. But first..." One of the other agents pulled out his disruptor... "... let's tie up loose ends." The agent raised it at the filly. "YOU SICK BASTARD!!!!" McLaughn immediately bolted from the group, raising his Stryfe and shooting at the agents. He killed the lead agent with a headshot and hit another in the shoulder. Unfortunately, the other three agents ducked and returned fire. McLaughn took eight shots to the chest and collapsed. "NOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!" Ramirez and the rest of the Rangers immediately charged and started shooting at the remaining agents, who took cover behind the fountain. The poor little filly was immediately caught in the middle. All she could do was lay flat on the ground and cover her ears. Darts flew over her head and shattered pieces of the fountain and slammed into the corpses of her fellow townsponies around her. She sealed her eyes shut, praying to Celestia that it would all end soon. She soon felt a human hand sweep her up and take off. She opened her eyes to see that it was Smith who had gone into no-man's land to rescue her. "Come on! The shots will draw the entire force here soon!" Ramirez waved back into the town as the Rangers put on a fighting retreat back into the woods. Parker picked up McLaughn's body and ran back with the team. The entire gun battle only lasted about a minute, but the cost was phenomenal. An entire village slaughtered, and one Ranger down. As the remnants of the team caught their breath in the woods, the filly looked upon the dead human and started weeping again. As the other men took off their headgear in order to pay respects to their fallen comrade, Ramirez gave a new order. "From now on, we shoot to kill."