With that, Julion hit a button on a vambrace and he was completely encased in armor, his beret floating back down to where it usually was from Julion's levitation, "No."
"Sold the forest, now we're the Commandos and I have no clue where I'm going to attack first, but I do want to get revenge on the pony who did this to me." he said as his his armor pulled back to reveal his head and he pointed to the scar on his face, "Got this from our assault on New Appleloosa, some pegasus who's name, if I remember correctly, is Calamity."
"If your now a commando, does it means you'll have orders to follow? I can see that you won't follow them anyway, because you'll meet someone important soon, and that this important pony will tell you where Calamity is. And i'd want to make a deal with you: I guide you in your ambitions, but you have to promise me that someday, we'll search for my stable."
"I control the Commandos and no one else!" Julion snapped before recollecting himself, "I've already met with the potential client. He is the one that bought the forest, but there is one place, or more correctly, one pony, I know who will know where Calamity is." Julion flipped on the radio to his Pipbuck and played the most popular radio station in the Wastlelands, "DJ Pon3 of Tenpony Tower." Julion said.
"Oh no, he never does his own music, mostly plays pre-war music. But since I need to get to Tenpony which, mind you, is all the way in the Manehatten ruins, I won't be takin' the army. I will find three others I think are best to come, I guess you should come, I don't know if I should take Bloody 2 or not, and one other." Julion began rambling to himself as he trotted off.
Jazzy followed Julion, and kept himself silent for a few seconds. "Bloody 2 and the ninth soldier you will talk to."
"Why the ninth? Ah, nevermind, acually I might bring more, let's see; you, Bloody 2, Snipes, I should bring him, oh and Heavy Stomp, eeyup, that should do. Meet me at the camp gate in exactly half an hour." Julion said before going off to find the others.
Jazzy slowed down. "Okay, see you in half an hour then..." He looked around him, to the unknown ponies, busy doing their own business. He sighed, found a place to sit where he didn't interfered or blocked the way, and took his bass out off his straps. He turned a few buttons, and started tuning his cords.
After half an Hour, Julion, Bloody 2, Snipes, and Heavy Stomp were waiting on Jazzy, Julion looked at his Pipbuck, "He should be here by now." He said, clearly annoyed. He had already gone through the procedures of handing temporary power down to his number 3, who went by Major, and told him to keep contact, and now here he was, about to go on a guest that would finally allow him to fully repay that Calamity for what he did during the attack. Every life has a price, and to him, his mercenaries cost a lot of money, and Julion wanted to make sure that Calamity payed for it in pain and life. Julion suddenly got an idea, a while ago, he had figured out how to hack into any speaker system, that meant sprite-bots, DJ Pon3's radio station, everything, to send a short message. Julion interacted with his Pipbuck and pulled up the option, after sending the hack-code sequence, it took several seconds before it registered he had control, and a countdown for how long he had. Julion brought the Pipbuck to his mouth and spoke his warning, "Hello Wastleland inhabitants. Let me give you a warning, the Soldier is coming, not with just with his feared Alpha squad, but his whole army. If you have betrayed the Soldier before, then you are already dead. We have been freed of our shackle of the Everfree forest, remember this Wastleland dwellers, if you see the black Commando flag flying, be ready. Oh, and a little special shoutout to the one known as Calamity, your next." and it cut out just in time. Julion smiled to himself as Bloody 2 piped up, "That'll put a shiver down anyone who's smart enough to fear you." Julion nodded and turned towards the Wastlelands, "Mark my words Calamity, I shall have my revenge."
Jazzy finally arrived at the gate. "Sorry if i'm late, but i had strings to tune up. Have i been long?"
"Too long." Snipes muttered, but Bloody 2 shoot her a murderous look and he shut up. "Alright, let's go, everypony have their ammo? Potions, other medical supplies? Good, let's go." Julion said and they walked out from the gateway. As they were walking, Julion constantly checked his Pipbuck to make sure they were going the right way and also checked his Eyes Forward Sparkle to prevent enemies from sneaking up on them. Julion lead the group, with Bloody 2 walking next to him, with the others pulling up the rear. "So what do you think of the stable kid?" Bloody 2 whispered to Julion. "He's ..." Julion fished for a word, "Different yet promising. But he more than likely won't be like that other Stabler that DJ Pon3's been yappin' about so much recently. And something gives me a sneaky suspicion that Calamity's been traveling with the her." Bloody 2 nodded in agreement and said, "Well, what ever the case, we're going to figure it out once we get to Tenpony." and the two fell back into silence. (In case you where wondering, Bloody 2 and Snipes are both mares.)
(noted. Thanks.) , Jazzy followed the group quietly, intimidated by Julion's soldiers. His hooves, not used to walk on dirt and rocks, were suffering. He used to walk long hours in the stable, but the concrete ground was soft compared to the bumps and sharp irregularities a littele everywhere.
Snipes fell back to walk next to Jazzy, "Hey kid, if it helps ya any, there's a little rumor that may well be true, that the Soldier was from a Stable. Yes he doesn't look it, but trust me, the way he can use that Pipbuck, its uncanny." Julion suddenly put up a hoof to stop the group, his eyes trailed up to a nearby ridge. He motioned for Heavy to follow and they both hit the button on their vambrace that encased them in armor, Snipes and Bloody 2 did the same as Julion and Heavy made their way up to the ridge, Snipes pulling out a massive sniper rifle. "Buckett 50 Cal. with explosive, armor-piercing rounds." She said proudly as she laid it on its stand and laid down next to it, eye peering through the high-powered scope. Julion and Heavy Stomp made it to the top of the ridge where they suddenly went on an attack, grenades being launched in machine gun-like fashion from Heavy Stomp's battle saddle and Julion's Silent Death blazing. It took a couple seconds before the sounds of the battle reached their ears, the massive booms of Heavy's battle saddle and the ratta-tat-tat of the raider's guns who had found their ambush being ambushed. At the end, one raider ended up being blown over to the visible side of the ridge by a grenade, but had been far away enough to survive. One ear-splitting shot from Snipes later, the raider disappeared. Julion and Heavy appeared back on top of the ridge in victory and made their way back to the group. "Now THAT was fun!" Heavy said in his deep, gravely voice, but Julion remained quiet, he just wiped the blood off Head Hunter and reloaded Silent Death.
Jazzy kept himself silent. He simply took all the raiders bodies, gathered them in a simple pile, before taking his bass. He turned a button, and played a deep note to the bodies, who instantly lighten in a green fire. "Next time, i don't want to be left behind", he simply said to Julion.
"I shall decide who helps me. I knew the number there were and I made the decision that I would only need Heavy for help." Julion said, before he stepped extremely close to Jazzy and gave him a death stare, "Remember, you may not be part of my mercenaries, but I have 3 of my best soldiers that are willing to die for me, so don't think you can possibly order me around. You seem to forget, I'm the reason why your alive." Julion then turned on his hooves and got back to the front, "Alright, let's go, there's a lot of ground to cover between here and Tenpony Tower, so I want this trip to be as streamlined as possible, the sooner we get to DJ-Pon3 and find out where Calamity is, the better."
"I've never wanted to gove orders at your place. Even if i ain't formed as a soldier, i want to help. I've always be the youngest, and left behind, but this time i want to be considered as an advantage bore than a useless weight."
Snipes looked back over her shoulder at Jazzy after Julion refused to respond, "Trust me, everypony finds their place. I'm sure you won't be dead weight, out here, well dead weights tend to die very quickly." Jazzy then slowed down to trot next to Jazzy, "Here's one thing I've learned in my experience with the Soldier, yes, he's cold, calculating, and could very well be thinking about how he could kill each and every one of us, but his indifference tends to mask how he really acts. Think of him in this way, he's that guy that may seem rude and overpushing, but inside he really does have emotion. He just wants us to be better, and that is born from his experiences out here. Hell, he wasn't like this until he took a knife to the face from Calamity."
"Yeah, it's easily understandable. Receiving a knife in the face like that must be a bad experience. Thanks, Snipes." (Can barely stay awake. G'night~)
