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// Chapter 3 
// Story: VDV in Equestria 
// by An A10 Warthog 
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	A shot rang in the distance, killing the pony officer who refused to cooperate,  as the Captain looked at the summer sun, it was probably around 7 o'clock at night now. A glance at his watch confirmed that. He was sure he'd have to find the unicorn and uh, winged horse? that they'd found in the forest if they wanted to get home. How would they find them though? Sure, if he could find their accomplices, it would make it easier, but how would he find out who they are? 
"Captain!" A young paratrooper ran towards him, causing the Captain some alarm, causing him to pick up his assault rifle, "I was thinking that you should probably see this," The solider removed his Android from one of his vest pockets and handed it to the officer, who continued to look confused.
A children's show played upon tapping the screen. Vladimir looked confused when he recognized the first character to be displayed, a cyan pegasus, as Rainbow Dash. Realizing the significance of this, he handed the phone back to the recruit and asked him where they could find the friends of the characters. 
"Uh," The solider scratched the back of his head, then pointed to a building across the street, " I think that's the bakery, uh, Sugarcube Corner, right there, one of the Rainbow Dash's best friends lives there." 
"Good work, Private," Igorov replied back, grabbing for his radio, "we need a fireteam, near the tail section of the plane, we're going to breach a building."


Pinkie Pie stared out the window of the building, hoping that the monsters wouldn't enter. Rarity, and Applejack (who happened to be in town at the time) where behind her. one with the helmet pointed at the building they were in, as the one in the hat pulled out a small black device.
She closed the blinds. She couldn't take it anymore. They would come and kill anypony that they saw, they had killed Shining Armor, and nopony could stop them. A knocking noise is heard on the door. The ponies backed up. Another knocking, this time accompanied by shouting. The door exploded downwards as Applejack attempted to buck the 'monster' entering, telling her friends to run. 


The machinegunner was kicked down, dropping his PKM on to the floor of the building. The man behind him hit his AK over the head of the orange pony who did the damage. Corpral Datsik piked up his PKM and continued the breaching of the building. The brony pointed out that the one that they had hit was Applejack, and there were likely to be more of the ponies upstairs. 
The Sargent told the brony that it was obvious and to shut up. The group moved up the stairs. A white unicorn grabbed one of the rifles with her magic and was subsequently knocked out with the stock of the Sargent's rifle. The next pony, a pink one, begged for them not to kill her. The Private told 'Pinkie Pie' that it was OK, as she continued to cry hysterically. A smaller one, a white unicorn with purple hair was cowering in the corner. The Sargent asked the Private if any of them were important. The Private nodded pointing at the pink one as well as the white one. 


The infantry moved ahead of the BMD-3s, scouting ahead. The three ponies sat tied up in the BMD that the Captain was in. He continuously asked them where the two ponies would go in this forest. They called him a 'monster', telling him that he shouldn't have abandoned them there. The Captain told them he was trying to help them now. The ponies refused to cooperate. 
A radio call from a scout came in, "Uh,  horse thingy with wings, a yellow one, one hundred yards. Could have intel on our target, how do you advise?"
"Catch it. If it tries to fly, shoot its wings off."
"Yes sir!" After hearing this, the Captain placed his radio back on his uniform and continued to interrogate the ponies.
The soldiers outside the vehicle searched for any signs of their targets. A particular solider, armed with a RPK-74, stealthily snuck up on the yellow pegasus. The man rest his rifle on a branch dangling from a tree and tackled the pony, as two men behind him kept their AKs fixed on the pony. She gave the man who tackled her a look. The man flinched, even though he had successfully tied her up already. The other soldiers learned this must be a 'magical' power of hers and decided not to look at her in the eyes, after informing the Captain of this via radio, they placed her in the APC.
The Captain asked the pony if she had found them, and why she was there. She claimed she was in her house when she realized Rainbow Dash and Twilight were to stop by right after their trek and after noticing their absence, she brought some tracker animals with her to find them. She (luckily) had some idea where they were. The Captain could only hope they were still alive. 


Rainbow Dash and Twilight Sparkle Ran. They heard the vehicles again. They were coming. They had destroyed their town and now they were going to get them. Did they find out she alerted the guard? What would happen if they got them? Would they kill them? Suddenly Twilight stopped. 
"What the hay is it, Twi?!" Rainbow screamed, beckoning her friend to move forward to avoid the inevitable.
"I sense... the others..." She panted. 
Rainbow's eyes widened. They had their friends. Maybe... just maybe... she could summon the Elements of Harmony. Or maybe get some Royal Guards to bring it to them. Twilight couldn't summon it. She had to simply inform a pegasus guard of the situation and get him to drop off the Elements.


The SU-24s struck the cliff side city another time, realizing this was their military capital. A surviving tower, which attempted to bring down the jets, was destroyed by a single rocket. The planes flew off, turning around miles away to strike again. 
Sargent Racing Inferno saw his shot. He jumped off the side of the cliff, with his pack containing Equestria's most dangerous weapons in tow. He knew he would have to get there fast, or face annihilation at the hands of the Russian fighters. One of the planes must have seen him as it flew off course towards him. He dropped like a rock, hoping to not die. 
Little did the Sargent know, the pilot of the jet was simply experimenting if he could get a heat lock-on on to the pegasus. 


Twilight and Rainbow sat there, cornered by the Russian Airborne infantry. A pegasus flew down. He carried a large pack and he was adorned in Royal Guard armor. The Sargent who recognized what this meant, instantly shot him down. His pack tumbling from his injured form. Twilight quickly removed her element from the bag, but was hit knocked out by a qucik hit from an AK-74 on the back of the head. 


When Twilight came to, she was tied up, her horn covered with a rag sealed by a rubber band. As she tried to stand up, a solider pushed her back to the ground. She forced her head forward, noting her friends and the pegasus who dropped the elements off, gagged and bruised. The man wearing a blue beret in place of the other soldier's helmets put his rifle on to a box of crates, then walked over, a sly grin planted on his lips. 
"I know what these are," He said, gesturing towards the bag containing the elements, "You thought you'd be able to get to them and kill us?"
He made a tsk-tsk sound. Twilight attempted to retaliate, but it didn't come out that way.
"What do you want with me?!" 
"We want to go home."
She looked at the men, behind their emotionless expressions, she saw fear; fear that her brother had told her about. 'Every young soldier thinks they will be the best, but is really afraid.' She remembered. 
"I don't know how I got you here," She said, "It was an accident."
"FUCK!" The Captain slammed his fist on a crate, knocking his rifle off.
"Sir, I have some good news!" Another solider shouted happily in Russian. 
"Not now," He said.
"But sir, the pilot just woke up- he knows how to get us out of here!"
"Good. What have we gotta do?"
"We're going to have to get a radio transmitter. About 25 meters tall. We're gonna need it on the tallest point near here, which would be that city we keep shooting at."
"Fuck. That's where all their military is."
"Face it Captain, all they are capable of is costing us more ammunition."
"What if their guy wasn't lying about there being more like him-"
"Then we're in for a little challenge."
"Who's the guy he took down doing?"
"Damaged armor, bleeding arm and mild trauma. He'll make it."
"He won't be able to fight though, I guess?"
"Yep."
With that, the Captain turned to another soldier. "What are we gonna do about these ponies?"
"We could bring them back to Russia, sir."
The Captain contemplated that before saying, "Very well. We will bring them with us. We might get tired of rations."
The men laughed at his joke before moving onward.
A/N: Sorry about the wait on this one. I've been busy for the past month.