A Para-military Paranoid in Equestria 2

by The Last Renegade

Secrets.

Happy New Year people!
Back to the real story!

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* 1 Week later *

" Hey. A message came for you." I looked up from my book as Rainbow handed me a letter from Celestia.
It read,

" To Jack.
You are needed as soon as possible at the royal castle. Come alone. This is very important.

Princess Celestia."

I jumped up from my chair. " I have to go. Celestia needs me for something." I said as I ran out the door.
I ran as fast as I could and jumped off of the slope, spreading my wings and flying away.

' What could she need me for on such short notice? ' I scratched my forehead.

I arrived in minutes, landing at the gates. I walked inside.
" Follow me. " One of guards commanded me.
He escorted me to a room that had at least six ponies wearing white lab coats, and Celestia.

" What is it? " I exhaled.
" Good. You're here." One of the lab coats said.
I looked around.

" We need you to take these researchers to cave in a nearby mountain. We stopped getting updates letters from the outpost. We need for you and them to check it out." She added. She didn't even take a breath during that.
" Where at? " I raised an eyebrow.
She pulled down a map from... Fuck knows where, pointing to a spot to the east.

" Right here. Get going." She told me. I signaled for the coats to follow.
We walked towards the mountain, which seemed like hours.

After a while, we finally arrived.
" See anything? " One coat asked, nervously looking around.
" No. Let's move into the cave. They might've hidden in there. " I looked around. " This place could crumble at any time. Careful. " I added.

We headed inside the cave.
" This place smells..." One said.
" Focus. " I Whispered.
We headed a bit deeper into it.

"Shh... Run!" They all started running as the cave began crumbling.
" Oh shit!" I fell to the ground, flat on my face.
I stumbled to feet, I think the researchers were already out of the cave.

'Fuck! No!' I yelled in my head. The entrance caved in.
"Dammit. Anypony hear me!?"
No reply.

I sat down on the ground, staring. Waiting to be rescued.
I must have sat there for four hours. As luck would have it, I had food and water.
The biggest problem, was air.

Just as I began eating, I heard something hitting the rocks.
I hopped up. " Hello?! " I heard a voice call out. It was Rainbow.

" Rainbow? That you?" I called out, seeing a small hole in between the rocks.
I started kicking out the rocks. A long process, but I had to do it.

" Stand back! " I yelled out, raising my leg for a final strike.
"RAHH!" I kicked the rocks, crumbling them.

I sprinted out of the cave and Rainbow knocked me back, hugging me.
" Why would you do that? " I Laughed.
" Celestia commanded me. I serve my higher ups." I smiled.
" Come on, I need a shower."

So, we headed back home, Celestia and Luna were there.

" We heard about the collapse. Are you alright?" I sighed.
" I... Yeah. I'm good."
" You scare me." I raised my eyebrow, and looked at Dash.

" Why's that?" I chuckled out.
" I'm always afraid you'll never come back. I worry about you."
" I'll always be here. Trust me. I lived fourteen years in war-zones. It's a lot easier here. I like easy. It's like I used to say, The hard we do immediately. The impossible takes slightly longer." I lied.

" Alright, the impossible I also do instantly. I... have something to tell you. I've never told a soul this before." She cocked her head.
" I... I'm a terrible man. I was wanted in more than a hundred countries. A lot of people wanted me dead. I killed many men for no reason. I used to chop up their bodies and hide them. I once stole more than a million dollars from a bank. Killed more than a thousand people in my life. Innocent people. And for what?" I asked.

" For nothing. I was depressed. I have nightmares every single fucking night. I drank vodka all night, to escape the horrors. I've seen things you couldn't dream up in your worst nightmares. No matter what I do, I can't escape it. I need more vodka." I walked over to my stash of alcohol and grabbed some.

" This sums up my life right here. Pain, sorrow, everything bad." I raised up the bottle. " Some of that is gone now." I threw the glass bottle at the wall. " I'm in constant pain. Some people back on Earth would take drugs and get addicted. I say it's better to stay in pain." I sat down in a chair.

" Than to get addicted. I'm a strong man, but even the strongest people, or ponies, need support. I was... I was wrecked. I had nothing to live for. Then this man, Viktor Moskvina. He took me in, brought me into his family. He was a good friend. Then," I started.

" He betrayed me. I shot him in the chest. Non-fatal wound. Kept him away. I fled to Afganistan. I had a contact there, who really took me in. Didn't betray me." I took out my side arm." Didn't hurt me, didn't report me to the militia." I took out the clip, and threw the pistol and clip on the ground.

" Every inch of my body." I stood back up. " I didn't care about who I was killing. As long as they weren't close to me." I looked at my boots and smiled. " My clothing, my world was changed one day." I looked back at Rainbow, who was standing there.

" That day, was the day I came here." I began walking downstairs to Kyle's cell.
" Wake up." I told him.
" What?" He asked me tiredly.

I opened his cell door. " Get the fuck out of that cell, and go. Go out on the town, take Fluttershy out on a date, something. I'll pay all of it." He looked at me in confusion.
"W-" I cut him off.
" Go. Out. On. The. Town. Meet some new ponies. Something. I will pay it all." He slowly walked out, seeing I did not have a weapon on me, he relaxed.

I walked back upstairs.
"So. What do you what to do today? I'll pay. We can go out on the town, or just do nothing." I smiled.
" You... never told anypony on your planet that?" She questioned.
" No human, no pony."

We hit the town. Went shopping all that stuff. Did whatever she wanted.

" That'll be two hundred bits." The cashier told us, I payed him and we headed home. We also stopped by Fluttershy's cottage.
" Oh, Hey Jack. Hey Rainbow." Fluttershy greeted us, and invited us in.
" Haven't been here in a while. Hmm. New bedroom?" I looked around.
" Didn't Kyle tell you? He's moving in." I cocked my head.

" No. He didn't." I broke out in laughter.
" What is it?" Rainbow asked me.
" N...nothing. Just..." I frowned. " Something I shouldn't be laughing at. I need mental help. It's something you'd think I'm insane for."
They just looked at me.
" Terrible things. Almost makes me puke."

I ran off back home, leaving them in question. I'd much rather have it that way. I don't want them to know. It was the worst thing I had ever done.

Rainbow found me sitting on my chair, with a bottle of vodka.

" Why did you run off?" She asked me. I couldn't tell if she was angry, or worried.
" It's the worst thing I ever did. It's come back to haunt me." I feared.
" You can tell me. You can tell me anything." I broke down crying, something I'd almost never done.
" We were in a desperate situation... A Sniper shot my teammate. I was trapped there for days with no food... After four days... I... I ate his body..." I fell to the floor, crying like a drunken baby. I was somewhat tipsy.

" I never forgave myself for that... It haunts me now... I can hear his voice sometimes." I wailed.
I got up and walked to bed.
" Don't worry about me... I'll be just... fuckin'... fine." I slipped into bed.

' I Ate a man's corpse... I can never forgive that. He was a good friend too. '

* Morning *

" Unghhh" I groaned.
" Get up." Rainbow commanded me.
I got up and down to the kitchen and looked around.
I saw a bunch of ponies.

There was Twilight, Fluttershy, Pinkie, AJ, and Rarity.
" Oh boy... What now?" I asked. Damn I was tired.
" We heard about what happened. What you did." Twilight spoke up.

" I know... I'm a terrible man." I ran my hand through my hair. I like my Black hair. It matches my personality. I guess it is like a pony's mane.
" No. You were doing what was needed to survive." She reassured me. "He was dead anyway. " Rarity added.
I jumped the damn railing.
" You do NOT Insult that man! He was my friend! I pretty much ate myself!" I snapped.
" This is why I have so many secrets. Things I don't want others knowing about!"

If Rarity was able to, she would have shit herself.
" I'm sorry... I just... He was a great man." I reached into my pocket and grabbed his dogtags.
" These are his tags. They're used to identify dead and wounded soldiers."

" Humans eat anything that has meat. Except other humans. It was a crime against nature. I never forgave myself. Not even now."
"You said " So many other secrets." Care to share some?" Pinkie asked me.

" No." I flatly said.
" Aww! Come on! PLEEEEEEASE?" She nagged
" Fine." I took a breath " I attempted to kill myself multiple times, I've killed over a thousand innocent people, I was wanted in over half the world, I shot a man in the foot and set him on fire, I killed the crew of a Russian submarine and launched four missiles at them, I killed an American General and over a hundred others, and stole a tank and blew up half the base. Just to name less than five percent of them. Happy now? Goodbye." All in one breath.

I stormed out the door and flew to the top of a mountain.
'Peace and quiet.' I thought. This was the only place I could really be alone.
I sat on the edge of the summit, legs dangling off.

Images of me and my buddies flashed in my head. One stood out.

It was a picture of me and my best squad. I can still name them all. Left is Axel " Chewy " West, second to left is me, Jack " Psycho ", second to the right is Ryder " Cliff " Marshall, And last is Kyle " Stinky " Johnson A.K.A. The only other human here. When I picked up Kyle from Earth I also got together with Cliff and Chewy for lunch.

I sat there for a while on that ledge.

Author's Note:

There. You know the best squad Jack " Psycho " Ever had.
(In order of rank:
Psycho
Chewy
Cliff
Stinky.)

It feels good to start writing again.

Comments

[The Vault Tech]

My alcohol induced stories from 2 a.m. have a better like/dislike ratio(despite my efforts otherwise.)
I envy you.

[The Last Renegade]

1885553
Wow, I can't beat a drunk guy.
Damn I'm bad.

[The Vault Tech]

1896489
Could be worse, you could have been drunk when you wrote this.
Actually I'd like to see that.

[The Last Renegade]

1896573
Sorry, I don't drink.