//------------------------------// // Chapter 5 - Course of Action // Story: Call of Duty - Equestrian Warfare Remake // by ScarletMarineCorps //------------------------------// “I’m telling you Twilight, I saw them fighting over here.. See?” A small Reptile creature said while pointing to the dead corpses of the dogs.. “Hmm, Those are the Gem Dogs alright” A lavender horned mare said while checking the bodies if their dead.. “So. Where is this ‘Gorilla with a noise tube is, Spike?” The horned one asked the Reptile, who was looking from behind. “I don't know... I ran before it could see me!” The reptile said lowering his head as he was sorry to the Horned mare.. She looks around more and saw strange hoof prints in the ground. "Hmm. These footprints are quite interesting. I wish we could have seen that gorilla Spike"  The horned mare said, a bit curious of what may have made the Hoof print. "I'm really sorry Twilight, If i called you sooner... maybe you could have~" The reptile was cut off by the Horned mare in front of him.. “Its alright Spike.. Though I really wish I could see that~” “God damn it! Son of a BITCH!” Both of them went silent, As they listened quietly.. “Oh that's just great! Fucking, no good Piece of... Of  ALL the fucking luck! Its been been, What? almost half a day I’m hanging around this piece of crap!” Both of them looked at each other and went to the source of the voice.. "Hang on, don't let go!" Commander Sherman was attaching the ropes to the tree in order to get Vasquez. "Is anyone out there dammit!? I need help!" Sherman yells. Vasquez who was hanging from a branch a few feet from the edge of the cliff, And the branch is almost giving away. “Damn it!! I wont die like this, Not by a damn branch. ugh!” Vasquez tries to grab a second branch but nearly loosing his grip on the other.. “Great! Just GREAT! So this is it for me?! HUH? Answer me GOD DAMN IT!” Vasquez talks to no one, loosing hope and about to let go of the branch. “Its not it...” A voice from atop of the cliff echoes to Vasquez’s head and looks up too find out who’s voice was it... It was another mare! only this one has a horn.. Vasquez looks a bit relived and thankful that finally, someone who came to help him. “Hey. Hey you! Please... Can you help me?” Vasquez is desperate enough to ask the horned pony for help. “Okay, Hold on gorilla!” The horn of the pony suddenly shines and as if like magic Vasquez floats up to the air and lands safely on top of the cliff.. “Thanks, and by the way... I’m not a gorilla, just like Grant Dimitri Victor Sherman here. My name is Richard, Vasquez. I’m a lieutenant of the USMC 1st Force Recon... Or used to be” “Is that so? Well I’m Twilight Sparkle and this is Spike my assistant” Vasquez looks to the small thing which appears to be a small dragon. “Is he a real dragon?” Vasquez asked in curiosity, “Yes he is.. But he’s still a baby though” Twilight says looking at Spike, who seems a bit peeved off by Twilight’s description on him. Twilight just smiles and looks back at Vasquez as Sherman was getting hsi weapons. “Your not from around here are you?” Twilight asked completely intrigued by the creature in front of her.. “Well yes, as the matter of fact. I don't even know how I got here” Vasquez looks for his pistol that he dropped earlier.. “Hey have you seen my pistol anywhere?” Vasquez asked the two who was looking at him. “Whats a pistol?” Twilight asked who also started looking for it. “Its a kind of weapon we used where I come from” “What does it look like?” Spike asked as he looks at a strange thing in front of him. “Its looks like.. uh..” Vasquez thinks of what he can describe it for these creature who certainly don't know about modern warfare weapons. “It looks like the letter ‘L’.. You do have letters here, don’t you?” "Yeah, it came with the letter 'L'. I don't have pistol with my but i kept my USP.45 for reserving." Sherman appears out of nowhere and said that he tracks the source of the sound... “Is this it?” Spike raises up the pistol that he found near a bush. Vasquez thanked Spike and took the pistol. “So.. How you you make it do noises?” Spike asked, really curious about the heavy thing. “You know kid, this isn't a toy. It could kill you, like what I did with those dogs there” Vasquez points to the two corpses of the dogs near them “You did that?” Twilight asked “What else I could do? They were about to kill me, so I act first before they do. But unfortunately, one of those dogs jumped on me and rolled down the hill” “So that's why you ended up down there” Twilight understood why he killed the dogs, he only did it in self defence. “By the way, Do you know a Pegasus named Fluttershy?” Vasquez asked which she gave a surprised look.. “You met Fluttershy?” Spike asked in behalf of Twilight. “Yeah, well kind of.. We rescued her from giant snakes, or the Hydra as she mentioned it” “W-where is she?! Is she okay?” Twilight spoke out, concerned about the winged mare. Vasquez told her all about what they did yesterday and that she’s in a cave with his partner.. After the short explanation, Vasquez told them to follow him to the cave so that they can see her.. shortly after they agreed and followed him to the cave. Just as when they were about to reach the cave they saw what appears to be soldiers in front of the cave.. Vasquez quickly told the two to hide until given the signal to come out, while he went to check on them. He noticed a pegasus, with an M16A4 and an 9mm Beretta pistol. Vasquez, went a bit closer to them for a better view and recognized them as the Ultra nationalist rebels. He stopped in the middle of the way to avoid gun fight, but he was already spotted by them and fired at him. He took cover on a nearby tree and told the two to run before they get killed... They got up and ran on the opposite way, But Spike was shot by a ricochet bullet and drops down the road holding his left leg in pain. Twilight tries to help him up but couldn't because of the gun fire.. “Help!” Twilight shouts at Vasquez "Shite! I'll take care of Spike myself! Go!" Sherman tells Vasquez to take care of the rebels while he will tend Spike's wounds. "HE'S WOUNDING VASQUEZ! Get here!" Vasquez, returned fire as he went to the injured Spike. Sherman picked him up and and dragged him behind a fallen tree. “Ouch.. Ouch! It hurts! what’s with those guys? why did they throw a metal thing in me?” Spike didn't know that he was shot and he’s loosing blood rapidly. "Those are bullets son! The bullets was being shot, you get injured!" They had to act fast, or he might end up being dead.. Vasquez took his belt and ripped some of his uniform and made an improvised Tourniquet and wrapped it to his wound. Sherman was about to warn the rest of his Company. “Damn, Twilight is it? Take this cloth and push it to give pressure to the wound, I’ll take this guys out first!” Vasquez left Twilight to tend for Spike, He took cover under the tree near the cave and took fire on the Russians, 2 got hit while 3 more are still standing.. He took another shot and hits the head of the other Russian, Now there’s 2 left. He reloads and took another shot and hit the leg of the 2nd one. He Ducked and check his clip for ammunition, when he was about to shoot the Russian disappeared. He looked around the area, but the Russian is out of sight. “Sir! Look out!!” Twilight shouted. As Vasquez looked behind the Russian appeared! sneaking  from behind Vasquez pointing an AK47 at his head! “You will die.. American!” Vasquez was in total daze as his life flashed before his eyes. The Russian prepared to fire gripping the trigger tighter and tighter.. The sound of the gunfire echoed through the forest as one body fell dead on the ground....