A Sudden Stop
Part 16: Awakening
By: Major Frostwing
I slowly woke up from what felt like a long sleep. The first thing I saw was the cieling bleach white tiled... I turned my head seeing 6 women in my room sleeping soundly. moving my arms slowly I sat up my body protested against the movements. When I was finally sitting up I looked at the person to my immediate right. "Rainbow Dash." I whispered placing my hand onto her head petting her hair gently. How did I get here I don't remember much.
"Frost...?" I looked down to see Rainbow looking up at me I smiled to her putting a finger over my lips saying we should be quiet. "Thank you so much." She whispered wrapping me in a gentle hug I sighed knowing it hurt. This pain I could deal with knowing that they were all safe.
"I told you I will always protect you." I smiled returning her hug. that's when I heard the others stir moving to see what was happening. When they finally noticed that I was awake and alive they ran over hugging me gently. I was happy to see them all safe.
"Frost how did you survive by the doctor's prediction we were to say our final good byes you wouldn't pull through." Twilight said trying to calm herself down.
"The only thing I can say is I couldn't die I have to much to do." I moved my arm feeling a sharp pain all across my back.
"I want to know what happened to your back it was like all the muscle was burned away they could see your spine and a few ribs." Pinkie pointed out I went back in the battle.
"Children, three children didn't evacuate I protected them..." I was trying to remember what they looked like. "Told them to give a message to Spike. He should know who they were." I heard a knock at the door. I turned to the door to see it open three children walked in escorted by a nurse.
"Sweetie Bell?" Rarity said confused
"AppleBloom?" Applejack said in the same manner.
"Scootaloo?" Rainbow joined in.
I smiled to the kids waving to them. "Mister, thank you for saving us." Applebloom said smiling all six of the women looked at me.
"No problem none of you were hurt were you?" I asked more concerned for them.
"No, thanks to you it was almost as awesome as Rainbow Dash." Scootaloo said with a cocky smile.
"You saved them?" Rainbow looked at me I only nodded. "So that's how..." I raised my hand stopping her.
"You didn't get hurt did you mister?" Sweetie Bell asked. I rubbed the back of my head.
"Nah I just had a nasty crash I'm alright." I was trying to make them not worry that I got hurt for them.
"Well I guess you are alright hope you get better mister." I waved to them as they left the room.
"Frost maybe a few of us misjudged you because of your past thank you for saving our sisters." Rarity said trying to not crush me with a hug.
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The nurse came a little later tell everyone that visiting hours were over and they could come back tomorrow to see me. Rainbow was allowed to stay but only after begging the nurse. I layed in the bed staring at the ceiling knowing that I was going to be visited by a certain general tomorrow at the earliest. Sighing I slowly rolled over looking at Rainbow Dash sleeping in her chair holding my hand gently. I gave her hand a light squeeze smiling to her. Her eyes opened slowly looking at me with concern.
"You ok Frost?" She asked in a whisper I shook my head knowing I couldn't sleep. "What's wrong?" slowly I sat up looking at her.
"I couldn't protect you Rainbow why are you still here with me?" She looked at me annoyed. "Why do you want to stay with a man who can't protect you." Her hand collided across my face.
"I won't leave you Frost." She sighed. "Even if all you can do is save me at least you are willing to come to my rescue." She leaned close to me. "I know that you are loyal to me and that's all I want." She closed her eyes leaning closer to me. My eyes closed on instinct as I finally closed the gap kissing her gently. Even though the kiss was short lived it felt like a blissful eternity between Rainbow and myself. When we finally pulled apart we were both blushing something fierce.
"Thank you Rainbow for being there when I need you." I smiled to her. She wrapped her arms around me hugging me gently.
"Thank you for saving my life Frost." She said crawling into bed with me it didn't take long for sleep to finally take us away.
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I wish my sleep could have lasted longer than it did. The door to my room was kicked in to the other side of the room. "MAJOR FROSTWING!" My mouth went dry and my blood went cold at hearing that voice. "WHERE THE HELL DO YOU GET OFF ON MAKING A CODE: FROST!" General Thunderstrike bellowed walking into the room. Never in my life have I been afraid of death until I saw her. She walked right up to me grabbing me by my hospital clothes lifting me off the bed my body screamed in protest. "You know the consequences of making a code: Frost." I lowered my head nodding. I felt her fist collide with my chest it felt as if my body gave up on that single hit. she dropped me to the ground.
"What the hell is wrong with you?" Rainbow asked fuming from the scene she just witnessed. I raised my hand to stop her before she did something.
"It's ok Rainbow." I wheezed slowly sitting up. "Because this hurts her more than me." I looked up smiling to Thunderstrike. "I can't remember the last time I saw you cry sister... This must hurt you so much knowing what that code entailed." She fell to her knees hugging me tightly.
"Don't scare me by sending out that message." She whispered through her tears. I returned the hug.
"What is code: Frost?" Rainbow asked my smile vanished.
"It was a code that belonged to my battalion. That code has only been used twice." I slowly stood. "The code stands for evacuate the closest towns... We are going to destroy our enemies." I clenched my fists. "You remember that Griffin rebellion a few years ago that suddenly ended?" I asked turning to Rainbow she nodded slowly.
"But I heard that the griffins were able to squash the rebellion... What really happened?" I smiled.
"The 9th battalion happened." Thunderstrike said calmly regaining her composure. "There were originally 12 members in the 9th battalion they lost half their members and since they had secrets that couldn't be let go each one of them that fell or were to be capture were to kill themselves." Her tone went dark.
"They had to commit suicide?" Rainbow was horrified at hearing this news.
"A warriors death... They died helping our allies even though it was said that they died in a different skirmish." I sighed heavily. "A cover up to preserve the griffin empire's image of power." I looked at Thunderstrike. "That's why she was so upset... That code means I will kill myself before I am captured but I would take a nice chunk of the area in the process. Aurora stones are highly unstable if you feed enough power into them which in turn will cause a huge explosion killing me and whatever happens to be in the surrounding area." I turned to see my A.W.G. sitting in the corner a wing was missing and an amplifier was cracked. "At least Serith didn't die she is still alive in there." I smiled.
"Atleast you didn't have to carry out The final part of the code." Thunderstrike said with a smile. "We have lost to many of our family anymore and moral is going to shatter." I chuckled at her.
"Moral in this outfit you couldn't break it no matter what you do." Rainbow watched us as if nothing had happened like I hadn't almost died a few weeks ago.
"Frost you have got to be the weirdest boyfriend I have ever had." I looked at her with mock hurt.
"I'm not weird I am just special." I crossed my arms and huffed. Thunderstrike chuckled.
"Anyway I came to debrief you on what happened and to see the extent of your injuries." I groaned loudly.
"The one thing I didn't miss about the service." I muttered which received me a swift hand across the back of my head.