"So," Corporal Johnson begin the conversation, "You guys have any idea how the fuck did we got here?"
"Quit your whining dammit," Private Zano glare at him. "Don't be like an asshole, I bet the youngest ranger will be calmer than you."
"Nope," replied Sergeant Forbes answering the corporal's question, "All I wanted to know is, where the hell are we?"
"This looks like an apple orchard to me," Zano chimed in. "Just look at this, apple trees are everywhere."
"Hunter Two-One, Dagger Two-Two, got anything yet?" (Dagger Two-Two)
"Negative Dagger Two-Two," replied Sergeant Forbes, "We still got nothing."
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"Hey," said the private getting their attention, "Ya guys hear that?"
"Yeah," replied the corporal, "Gun fires, maybe there's a war going on?"
"I hope so not," the sergeant sigh and grabbed his walkie, "All vehicles, this is Sergeant Forbes, proceed moving forward. Stay frosty, out."
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"All vehicles halt, all vehicles halt," Sergeant Forbes ordered from his walkie. The rangers quickly get out of their humvees and proceed to the nearby bush. They saw a bridge that is big enough to transport all of their vehicles, but on the other side there's a war going on between... ponies? Or horses?
"Are those... horses?" Zano asked to the sergeant. They all looked at the bunch of horses who are wearing black armor, then to the horses that are wearing gold.
"Okay this is crazy," Johnson shakes his head while holding his gun tightly, "I'm not going there."
"Wait," Zano interrupted him, "Look!" He pointed at a ranger who is taking cover with a white horse. "Is that a ranger?"
"Yep," replied Forbes focusing his sight on his ACOG, "He's definitely a ranger. But what is he doing here?"
"What I assume," Johnson says pointing at the gold armored horses, "The ranger is fighting with the horses that is wearing those golden armor," pointing at the black one, "And those black armor horses are their enemy. That's what I thought."
"I suppose so," Forbes agreed with his statement. "The black one seems to be the bad guys huh?"
"So what're we gonna do now Sarge?" Zano asked looking at his sergeant. "We're gonna help him or what?"
"From what I see, he's struggling to protect the good one. A ranger will never choose the bad ones so yeah, we can help him." Forbes grabbed his walkie to contact his remaining friends. "Dagger Two-One, Dagger Two-Two, this is Hunter Two-One Actual, I want you to attack the horses with the black armor."
"Horses? Since when they could do wrong Sarge... you're not kidding aren't you?" (Dagger Two-One)
"Just listen, this is gonna get crazy but there's a ranger fighting between them. I need you to eliminate all of the black armor horses. Do I make myself clear?"
"Solid copy, we're moving towards your destination, out."
Forbes put back his walkie and looked to the others. "We'll wait for the choppers to arrive, then it's up to us to engage from the ground."
"Well," Johnson shrugged, "What do I say, I'm stuck here with you." After telling all of his men, Forbes and the others went back to the vehicle and watched them fighting. They heard the white horse screaming to the others.
"Whoah whoah whoah, they can talk?" One of the rangers asked in confusion and shock.
"No wonder that ranger is helping," replied Forbes.
"Hey," one of the rangers said getting everyone's attention, "There's another ranger!"
"And there's another one! They're three of them!"
"Could it be?" Zano asked as he realised something. "Maybe it was Sergeant Finn's squad!"
"You got a point there," Forbes said, "Dammit where are the choppers, they gonna get wrecked there." They saw the black armored horses are now marching forward to the rangers.
"We're right on top of you Sarge! Shall we engage them?"
"Not yet," the sergeant take one last glance before he decide it's time for the action. "We still don't know what happen, so don't shoot unless I say so. All tanks load HE shells. Alright, we're Oscar Mike!"
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"Alright this is it boys!" Daniel screamed to the guards. "On three!! One... two..." But before he could finish, something unexpected happens. "Wait, what was that sound?"
"Sarge! Look up!" Jerry exclaimed pointing at the sky. Daniel, Chase and so does Shining and all of the guards looked at sky. The rangers couldn't believe what they see. It's a chopper, two choppers. A blackhawk and a little bird. The choppers both stopped and hoovering on top of them.
"Over the bridge!" One guard said. They all looked at the bridge to see three humvees, three tanks of Abrams and one Stryker heading their position, aiming all of their weapons towards the black army. The rangers still in blank minds. Same goes for Sombra's army, they now stood in front of the four beasts that are ready to turned them to shreds.
"How... What... Why..." Daniel stammered.
"Think we got ourselves reinforcements huh," Chase said with a sly grin. The new arrival immediately take their position between the both armies. A humvee then pulled over beside them.
Daniel turned his gaze to Shining, who is still mouth agape. "Shining," he snapped him out of his thought, "I want you and your guards stay here and inform Celestia, there's no need for the teleportation spell anymore. We can win this by ourselves."
"What? But we can't let you do that alone! It's our fight too!"
"But I don't want to be disturb. Please, that's an order Captain. I can't afford you to lose any other men. You've done well enough at first."
Shining frowned at first, he looked to the ground and tried to process what just happened. He looked up at the young sergeant and nodded.
"Good," Daniel patted the Captain's shoulder, "Go and inform Celestia, that Sombra will no longer be a threat."
With a nod and a salute, Shining told the others and proceed to the Town Hall. Three rangers came out from the humvee that's stopped right in front of them, one of them wearing sunglasses and walk towards them.
"The name's Sergeant Forbes from the 1st Battalion 75th Ranger Regiment, acting commander of Hunter Two-One." The sergeant raised his right hand to Daniel. Daniel took the shake and he was just about to tell himself when suddenly he was cut off. "You must be the youngest ranger right? Private Daniel Nicholas, am I right?"
"Uhh... yeah," replied Daniel who still in confusion. "How the hell do you guys get here?"
"Can we just talk about this later?" Jerry's getting annoyed, "We still have a battle to win!"
"Yeah... right," Daniel cocked his Deagle, so does Jerry and Chase. Because they didn't have any ammo left on their guns. Forbes see's this and immediately called Zano to gave them weapons. Forbes knows what Daniel's favourite weapon, so he give him his weapon.
"Here," he says handing the gun, "ACR must've been your favourite weapon for a long time right?"
"So that's your enemy kid?" Johnson says and pointing to the army that is still staring at the tanks, fear plastered all of their faces but they still raising their weapons.
Daniel sigh as he looked at his enemy, "They never know word of 'give up' aren't they?" He then look back to Johnson, "You mean our enemy."
"So you want our help?" Johnson asked again.
"Yeah, this world is in war, just like us and it's up to us to stop Sombra from conquer this world."
"Sombra? What kinda name is-"
"It's a long story," Daniel cut Zano's question while raising his index finger. "Come on, let's get this party started."
After giving them the weapons, Forbes, Johnson and Zano returned to their vehicle while Daniel, Chase and Jerry walked to the line of the rangers.
"Kid, your call," Forbes says through the walkie. Daniel looked to his friends with a sly smile, then he heard hoofsteps behind them. He turned to saw Celestia and all of the ponies standing behind them. They could see Daniel making a silent 'just stay'. With that, Daniel looked back at Sombra's army with fire in his eyes.
"You're gonna regret all of this," he then place his gun on his hip. He took a deep breath before screams, "RANGERS... LEAD THE WAY!!"
"OPEN FIRE!!" Forbes shouted at the top of his lungs.
"RETREAT!!" One of them screamed. Sombra's army immediately turned back and run but the rangers wouldn't let that happen. The choppers, the tanks, the humvees, the soldiers, all of them show their enemies no mercy.
"AFTER THEM!!" Daniel began to run after them, followed by Chase and Jerry. All of the vehicles soon followed suit while shooting them relentlessly.
Only half way before the army could get out of the town, they already lost more than half of them. They continue to run, run, and run. When they completely out of town, all that was left of them were dozens. The rangers quickly pushed them out of town, back where they came from. As the rest now running through the field, Daniel stops all of their movements.
"Cease fire! Cease fire!"
"All tanks halt, all tanks halt," Forbes quickly ordered the tanks. Celestia, Luna and the others finally arrived and stopped a couple of meters behind all of the rangers.
Jerry let out an annoyed sigh from Daniel's action. "What the hell dude? We're just gonna let them escape?!"
"Let them have it," replied the young sergeant. Before he could continue, they heard a groaning sound nearby. They quickly search it and found a wounded enemy laying limply on the ground. Jerry aimed his weapon to the pony but Daniel quickly lowered the weapon down. "Easy now, stay here and let me do it." He received a glare from Jerry but he paid no mind.
Daniel slowly walk to his enemy, holding tightly his gun in case it was just a trap... again. Because he's a unicorn, and his mind remembered what happened when they first arrived. Close enough to reach him, Daniel slowly knelt down beside him.
"Hey," he says putting a hand on his shoulder, "What's your name?" He mentally slapped himself for asking such a stupid question, but it was part of the plan though. Might as well to try it. He waited for a response but nothing came out from the unicorn's mouth. "What's your name?" He asked again, his tone beginning to rise.
"S-Silver Storm," the unicorn finally answered.
Daniel let out a satisfied sigh, his hand still on Silver's shoulder. "Alright Silver, can you walk?"
Silver was taken aback by this. He instantly stare right in the ranger's eyes, to make sure that he wasn't kidding. After a brief silence, he lowered his head to the ground and answered, "Y-yeah... I guess so." He looked back at the ranger. "Why didn't you kill me?"
"Why would I have to?" Daniel giving him a warm smile and chuckles kind-heartedly, making Silver even more confused to this.
"Why?" Silver asked again. His mind is still processing.
"Everybody deserves to live my friend," he then help Silver to get onto his feet... hoofs... I don't even know. "I want you," Daniel says getting his attention, "To tell Sombra."
"About what?"
"Tell him, he doesn't have to come back for us. Because we... are coming for him. I am coming for him."
Silver still staring into Daniel's eyes, unsure if he had to trust him but his warm smile assures Silver to do so. He nodded and walk away, leaving the rangers and the ponies behind. Daniel walked back to the rest of his friends with a smile.
"You're too kind, you know that?" Chase said sarcastically.
Daniel shrugged, "Meh, I was just leavin' a message for Sombra."
Forbes and all of his rangers got out from their humvees and walked to Daniel. He smiled and putting a hand onto the young kid's right shoulder. "You know why you become famous throughout the Army Rangers?" His only response was a shrug. "It's because of your personality kid. We glad that we have you."
Daniel chuckles and give Forbes a light punch on his chest. They both then shared a warm laugh together. After the laughter dies, Daniel's gaze turned to the ponies thats just standing still before them. He limply walk towards them, towards the Elements. Then, he stopped right in front of Applejack. He knelt down to her eye level, staring at her beautiful emerald green eyes.
"What is it sugarcube?" Applejack says tilting her head. The only answer she received, was Daniel suddenly hugged her tight. She jumped a little at the sudden action.
"Thanks Applejack," Daniel says wrapping his arms and buried his face onto her neck, "Thank you so much for saving me." Applejack's cheeks turned slightly red, but she immediately hides it; thanks for her hat. She's soon beginning to relax when the warmth of Daniel's body slowly warming up with her. After regaining her composure and Daniel still not let go off the hug, she slowly wrap her forelegs around his neck.
"No need to thank me sugarcube," Applejack smiled and nuzzled to his neck, "Ya did a great job protectin' us from those ponies. You're our friend, and we won't let what Finn happened happen to ya." Daniel didn't answer nor moving, he just crouched there and hug her close to his body. Face still buried onto her neck. Now she felt her cheeks burned up. Getting a little awkward, Applejack shakes him but to no avail, he didn't move a single muscle. Okay this isn't normal.
"Daniel?" She shakes him a bit harder this time. She didn't get a respond from his mouth but what she gets, shocked her. Daniel then fell flat to the ground, eyes closed and didn't move. A lot of blood coming out from his head with lots of cuts and bruises on his body.
"SUGARCUBE?!!"