Gizmo Gadget: Scientist. Lover. Friend.

He decided one day, against his better judgement, to come out of his lab. He took the tram to station green, deciding to visit the Everfree. he rode the elevator up, and exited to the surface though what looked like an ordinary looking shack. He walked down a dirt path, then passed his favorite bench, unknown to all...

Except the pony sitting on it.

She was easily the most beautiful unicorn he had ever seen. She had a luscious black mane and tail, deep dark almond shaped eyes, a lustrous yellow coat... and a voluptuous flank... which was on his bench! She was reading a book.

He finally got the courage to talk to her. "Hi. I noticed that you were reading a book. Which one? I'm Gizmo Gadget, by the way." he cursed himself for saying something so incredibly stupid.

"I'm Minny. It's War of the Worlds, dear." She said smiling at him. He was surprised she even addressed him, more so that she was nice about it! he decided to continue with the encounter.

"Ooh! That's a good one! So if you like that book, do you like science?" He was sure she was going to tell him off, but was once again suprised to see her smile at him.

"Why yes, dear." she said with a giggle. "My mother is the Queen of Time after all."

"Q- queen of Time? Sounds fascinating!" he said, now knowing that she was way out of his league.

"Its not that great, really. I was locked away until recently. I wasn't even able to look at a stallion." she said flatly.

"How sad!" he sighed, then trotted over to a small puddle looking at his reflection. His plain features sharply contrasted with her amazing ones. "At least you can get stallions. I can't get a mare to notice me... Not that I blame them. Nopony could ever love a pony as ugly as I am..." She trotted over to him.

"You aren't ugly... In fact I think you're quite handsome...." She said with a blush. He blushed back.

"That's so... nice. Thank you. You... You have beautiful eyes." he revealed. She didn't respond, just gave him a large smile. He was about to give her another compliment, when he froze, turning even paler than he previously was. He had seen a figure creeping up to them from behind. Her smile faded.

"What's wrong?" she asked.

"M-Minny, there's a timberwolf behind you. On the count of three, I want you to gallop as far away from here as possible. I'll distract him." He couldn't believe he was going to risk his life for some mare he barely new... but there was something about her that made him really want to save her. she nods silently.

"What about you though?"she asked with much concern.

"I'll be alright..." he lied. "Just don't look back, okay?" she began to cry.

"Okay..." she said quietly.

"Good. One...Two...THREE!"
She takes off in a gallop. He was sure he'd never see her again. He looked around for some sort of weapon, finding only a small oil lantern. He picked it up, and galloped towards the timberwolf, which was now charging at him. When they were within close proximity to each other, Gizmo attempted to bludgeon him with the lantern. Instead, it popped open on the swing, doing nothing more than covering the beast in oil. "Manure." he said flatly. He knew what came next.

Minny had not gotten very far, when she stopped. He had said not to look back, however he had seemed like such a kindhearted stallion... she heard a scream of agony. She knew what she had to do...

Gizmo had been slashed on the shoulder. The beasts claws were razor sharp. He tried to block at the pain, and attempted to buck at the creature. He missed his mark, causing him to fall to the ground. He rolled on his back as the creature pounced on him. It's jaws going for his throat. He held its head back with his hooves, which caused it to begin raking at his chest. He knew he wouldn't be around much longer. He closed his eyes. He was ready to die. "Leave him alone!" he heard a familiar voice say. She cast a fire bolt, knocking the beast off of him, and setting it ablaze. She pulled him away from the flames.

"Are you alright?" she asked. she then saw where he'd been slashed. "Oh no! Your badly hurt aren't you?" As if in response, he began coughing rapidly. "We've got to get you to the hospital!"
"T-there's no time..." he sputtered "Minny... listen carefully. You've got to get me to the shack over there." he said pointing at a small shed a few hundred feet from them. "Not sure how long I'll be able to stay conscious... Everything's starting to fade." she began pulling him towards the building. "When we get there... Pull the third rake from the left. Just gotta... make it... to the medpod..." He could barely mumble. At this point is was clear he was delirious. Minny panted, pulling the stallion as fast as she could towards her destination. She arrived, following the instructions and pulling the third rake. What appeared to be a wooden floor slid open, revealing a metal panel, which in turn popped open to revel a set of stairs. The words " To Tram A-1" could be read on the side of the stair path. "Minny, take the tram... from station green... to station purple... then follow my instruct-." He groaned, then began coughing and hacking up blood. "running ... out of... time." he mummered.

Minny started to cry, "I have no idea what you're talking about..." she says to herself, before trotting downstairs towards the tram.

"Don't worry. You'll get it... I know you can... I know you can save me...uhhhhhhhhhhhhh. . ." He drifted off into unconsciousness. Minny looked back at him, then trotted onto the tram, and pressed the purple button at the front. She sat down on a seat as the tram started to move, putting Gizmo down carefully beside her. She took the opportunity to look into his closed eyes and say quietly,

"Gizmo, I don't know if you can hear me, but... I'm going to get you through this. You'll live. With me, we'll be together. I love you."

The tram took off at a breakneck pace towards its destination. Gizmo lay with her ,breathing shallowly. He began sleep talking very quietly. "Corridor 6... room 7... password 1337...medpod... Love... Minny...forever. . ." Minny took mental notes of what he had said. She sighed softly, running her hoof through his mane as they arrived. The tram pulled into its stop, and the door opened to let them out. There were multiple stairways ascending and descending from the current floor. There were also multiple hallways, of which the closest one was labeled "Corridor 4". Minny pulled Gizmo onto her back with a grunt, then trotted slowly along the lane of corridors. She stopped at the corridor labeled "Corridor 6", then started to trot along that one. The doors were neatly labeled and alternated between left and right, odd and even. Gizmo began breathing very rapidly. He was still bleeding quite a lot.

Minny thought for a second before taking off her cloak. He wouldn't see her scars in this state. She wrapped it around his back, tightening it slightly so it covered up some of the bleeding wounds. She hoisted him onto his back and looked for the door. She found it, "Room 7. Password, 1337." she gave a small nod to herself before tapping the number into the keypad
"Access granted", the keypad chirped. Inside this room was a dome like structure. It was semi-transparent, and had a large table in the center. There was a large panel, with buttons for the various degrees of injuries from mild to severe. It was then that Gizmo stopped breathing.
Minny froze for a second, hearing the silence.

She turned around to him slowly, and put her hoof infront of his mouth. Nothing. "GIZMO!" she cried out, instantly running over the CPR classes her father gave her. "Uh.. Uh.." she started to pant, then quickly put her mouth to Gizmo's, breathing into his and releasing, trying desperately to bring him back.
It was no use. try as she might, he wasn't being revived. It wouldn't be long now until his eventual brain death... "WHAT DO I DO!?" she cried out loudly, tears streaming down her face. She picked him up and put him on the table, running around the room to look for some way to revive him. Her eyes turned to the panel, "Uh, Uh.." she pressed the highest button on the severity chart.

The dome closed shut after she had pressed the button, separating the two. "Subject in critical condition, attempting defibrillation in 3...2...1..." Two paddles came down and gave him a quick shock. A panel lit up to show his heart-rate, which was flat-lining at the moment. Another one showed his overall status, being at 5%. Still another one said his chance of survival: 1%. "Attempt two in 3...2...1..." It shocked him again. Still no response on the heart rate. Minny watched intently, staring at Gizmo as she wished and wished for it to work. "Please, Gizmo... live..."

Meanwhile, in between being shocked, Gizmo was being stitched up and having has wounds treated. The disembodied voice said another message. "Final attempt in 3...2...1... It shocked him for the third time. All the panels went black. The dome opened up. Minny didn't want to look up, her face buried in her hooves as tears streamed down her face. She didn't have to. The cold and uncaring voice of the computer told her exactly what she had feared. "Subject identified as Gizmo Gadget... Status:

Deceased."
...
Funny, he'd never thought he'd get to hear his own death announced. he thought. It had been an okay day. He attempted to save somepony's life, he got injured, she ended up saving him... or almost saving him. Now, he was dead.
...
As the sharp, electronic syllables of the word left the speakers, Minny's hooves left her eyes. She wasn't crying. Her face was blank, emotionless. She stood up, and trotted to the lifeless body of her love. "You said we'd make it through." she spoke quietly, a shiver in her voice.