Metal gear Dash

After the incident of Rainbow Dash losing her arm again, outside of her hospital room was Twilight, Spike, Rarity, and Applejack were having a small discussion about their little army build up if there will be a war in Equestria. Spike was leaning against a wall almost at Twilight's chest with his arms folded as he sighed. " What do we have to lose? We could make all of the royal guards become cyborgs or have some kind of advanced technology." He said as he looked at her who had her hand under her chin. " I'm just worried. This Raven Blood Vinyl spoke of when we got her. He easily beat her after she beat Rainbow Dash. So of course Rainbow Dash wouldn't stand a chance." Twilight replied.

War was already nearing to be spread in Equestria fast ever since Rainbow Dash recovered. Obviously, Raven Blood's army was too advanced for straight up assaults except for Rainbow Dash. Speaking of which, she was up and holding up her fixed arm up and stretched before jumping out of bed gaining attention from his friends. She was the first to speak.

" How long was I out?" She asked. Twilight ignored the question as a question from her mind clicked.

" Where in Equestria were you? You had us all worried, especially when we saw so much blood loss from you and your arm!"

Rainbow Dash didn't answer as a grin came across her face.

" Hey egghead. I asked first." Twilight fumed and quickly answered Rainbow Dash's less important question first.

" You were out for days. Your turn." She grumbled. The cyborg took a deep breath as she began explaining how she fought a few giant machines like Twilight wanted, but in the event met Vinyl again and how they fought for a while till a well dressed stallion Equestrian interrupting and defeating her instantly. She took a few more breaths when she got to nearly being prisoner on a ship. Her escape along with a few blood sheds and yet again facing Vinyl and losing an arm and almost her only organic wing. Rainbow Dash noticed that everyone looked a bit unsure towards her which made her ask yet another question.

" Alright. What are you people hiding." She asked, folding her arms. It was silence for a while, for once she was patient which surprised herself. It was only seconds till Applejack's honesty came into play.

" About Vinyl. After finding ya, we also found her not far from where you were, so,-" Twilight decided to finish for her.

" What she means is that your not the only one we saved. Vinyl told us about what happened after brutally beating you, as she said it. Apparently she says she was tricked, we all think there's something else why she'd do something so horrible." Hearing this, Rainbow Dash just yawned.

" And you were scared to tell me why? I know why. That was one reason...why I lost my arm this time. Remember Nightmare Moon? Vinyl was still alive and well, but she said she failed protecting her friend which made made her suffer the same pain as I just witnessed before becoming a mechanical being," She paused for a moment. Suddenly her eyes turned red in anger as her body also began to glow red which shocked everyone in the room. " SHE IS A TRAITOR TO ALL EQUESTRIANS! I SHOULD OF RIPPED HER HEAD OFF AND JAMMED IT INTO THE GEARS OF THE SHIP!!! I,." She stopped at that sentence and her eyes turned back to normal and were widened with shock. The cyborg covered her mouth, then to the left side with her eye still showing while her rainbow colored hair covered the other.

" Where did that just come from?" She thought as she slowly began to back up against a wall. Before she could even think the door opened catching everyone's attention. It was none other than Vinyl. Her body looked good as new like nothing happened at all just like Rainbow Dash's. She noticed her with a scared look in her eye which made take a wild guess on why that was happening.

" Dash the Ripper. That dark persona you have to live with. Raven Blood told me about it and said it was a big threat." She said. " Now since I'm with you guys we're a bigger threat then his army is."

Rainbow Dash disagreed on how their a bigger threat then him.

" They told me when you admitted he nearly killed you. I'm also sure you remember when he defeated me in only one attack." She reminded. The Pegasus' statement surprised everyone in the room. Usually even before becoming a cyborg she was always confident no matter who or what the enemy is she believed she could beat them in someway. This time she knew they were beat by just one guy. She folded her arms and sighed at how hopeless she seemed to sound in front of everyone. But, she decided to show at least a small spark of cockiness to cheer them up.

" Anyway, Thanks for the armor enhancements. I think the only body parts or pieces that'll be on the ground are gonna be them from now on." Vinyl told Twilight who ignored her praise and explained to Rainbow Dash that she also had the enhancements. When Rainbow Dash praised her, Twilight accepted it which made Vinyl rub the back of her head sheepishly.

" I think she's still pissed about my assassination attempt." She thought. She felt a cold glare towards Twilight and everyone else which made her feel a little more uncomfortable then before. " Not just her...EVERYONE IS PISSED!!!" She screamed in her head.

After a few seconds of awkward silence Vinyl was thinking fast on something that could stop the glares. Her nervous expression changed into a wide smile as an idea did come in her mind. " Rainbow. Armor enhancements aren't the only things I have now. Since we are proven for no more limbs to be left behind, one more round. You can choose a place." She said. Luck for her it worked and Rainbow Dash quickly accepted, only because she wanted to test just who's stronger or what mistakes she's making in battles. However Twilight intervened with this to Vinyl's dismay rather then Rainbow Dash's.

" Come on. What use is your own creation of war if you don't allow her to see where she is in battle. Besides, I might just be rusty when it comes to this." She told them. The statement of being called a creation earned the DJ cyborg a punch behind her head by Rainbow Dash.

" I'm not a tool. Not a creation. Not even a puppet. I'm a living being with enhancements!" She told her with a deathly glare. Vinyl wasn't intimidated, but Twilight and Spike separated them.

" You two want to hurt each other? Well thanks to technology, we were able to make a virtual world of training for everyone and you two will be first." The purple unicorn told them.

" Fine with me. Tearing her apart in a dream is suitable enough." Rainbow Dash grumbled.

" Whatever you say, Dash the Ripper."

VR training world

The two cyborgs were examining their surroundings of where they were sent due to the new VR training world. They were in a desert with train tracks between them which looked endless. Before coming here though, Twilight informed them that her and the other experts could change the environment however they wanted which didn't seem to surprise Rainbow Dash in the slightest. Instead she sighed.

" And the egghead chooses a place where I could make eggs out of her." She thought. She turned to Vinyl, she was just kicking the sand they were standing on till she got bored and took notice of the Pegasus.

" No use standing here now. Although in this world were just the same form born from our minds, but you asked a round 3." Vinyl's claws came out from her knuckles as her sunglasses covered her eyes like visors. Rainbow Dash unsheathed her sword and her visors covered her eyes as well. Both stared at each other for a second before Vinyl was the first to move.

Soundtrack:Only thing I know for real

The DJ thrust her claws out towards Rainbow's chest, but the Pegasus moved her body away and kicked Vinyl to her stomach sending her sliding against the sand. She stopped herself with her claws and ran at Rainbow Dash again and swung her claws nearing Rainbow Dash's face, but she cartwheeled out the way with one hand as she used her free hand wielding her sword and swiped the blade across Vinyl's knee which caused a bit of blood to drip from the cut. She was a bit distracted not giving the white unicorn time to react fast enough to cut down her chest. It didn't stop there though. Rainbow Dash rapidly swiped her blade everywhere around Vinyl's body making blood spew out the body till finally ended it in upward swipe making her do a back flip before landing face first to the ground.

" Now this is a fight, digital or not." Vinyl said as she began to stand up. After that was said her claws met the cyborg Pegasus's blade which was nearing her face. With sudden strength Rainbow's blade was suddenly knocked away and sent afar and stuck to the ground. However she cracked her knuckles and had her claws which acted as her nails to be her blades.

" Come on then." Rainbow Dash provoked. Rainbow Dash threw a haymaker towards Vinyl's face ending a success sending her dazed. However a roundhouse kick brought her back to reality sending the DJ onto the train tracks. Rainbow Dash couldn't believe what was happening right now. At first it was Vinyl who kept kicking her flank like it was no tomorrow, now it feels like she's weaker for some reason. Suddenly she was kicked up to her chin which made her jump and felt her organic wing get grabbed which made her react no matter what condition she were to be in. A swing of her claws made Vinyl back away with a sheepish smile on her face.

" Wow. Even looks like I found a sensitive area." She told the Pegasus. Rainbow Dash growled at her wing being called that along with blushing.

" M-more like touch my wing again and your head will be off your shoulders in only three seconds." She muttered. She grabbed Vinyl's arm and threw he over shoulder. Before even hitting the ground the she stomped on the DJ cyborgs's chest making her land harder then she would of hit. Rainbow Dash grabbed Vinyl by her wrist and began to spin her body around till she literally began to make a tornado around them surrounded by electricity. Eventually the Pegasus threw her away sending Vinyl's  body flying in tremendous speed. The second she let go of Vinyl's arm she ran after her and along the way pulled her sword out the ground and kept moving.

As for Vinyl herself, she recovered herself by letting her feet touch and was now sliding with the cyan Pegasus after her. Eventually she stopped sliding and with the force she had did a back kick to Rainbow Dash's face even cracking her visors. She even screamed out as her body was sent back and even spinning till hitting face first to ground. Rainbow Dash rolled over facing up only to meet red claws at her neck.

Lightning Strikes

" Man, you suck." Vinyl insulted. The Pegasus was now furious, no way she will lose a third time. One was enough, but she still flesh and bone at the time so she stood no chance, now she's synthetic and in this body already lost against Vinyl twice and Raven Blood once. She grabbed Vinyl's wrist and and started pushing her away till they were both to their feet. Then, Rainbow Dash grabbed the DJ by her face and slammed the back of her head to the ground and started grind her head all along the sand.

" You were saying?" Rainbow Dash taunted. She released Vinyl and got into a fighting stance completely forgetting her sword.

Vinyl jumped back to her feet and let her visors reveal her eyes again.

" Okay, no weapons. C.Q.C only." Vinyl challenged as her claws went back into her knuckles and also was in a fighting stance. They both began to move closer to each other till both of them made a fist and made a haymaker towards each other on opposite hands and landing them across each other's face. Vinyl was first to recover and made a grab for Rainbow Dash's arm and threw her over her shoulder in a instant. She went for a stomp afterwards, but the cyan cyborg Pegasus blocked Vinyl's foot and pushed it back making her lose balance. Vinyl regained balance by having to turn her back towards Rainbow Dash. It became an opening for Rainbow Dash as she wrapped her arms around her neck and began to choke her.

Vinyl reversed this by hitting her elbow against the Pegasus's abdomen which released her, then grabbed Rainbow Dash's head and slammed it against her knee which had enough force to crack her visors and made her spit out blood. Rainbow Dash  had to hold her face since even in the VR world she could somehow still feel pain. This left another opportunity for Vinyl to end her attack with kick to the Pegasus's chest sending her flying to a distance.

" Wow. I win again? Rainbow you need to step your g-" She was suddenly cut off when suddenly they were back in reality and there was a alarm inside the base that took place of their VR training. Rainbow Dash began to stand with no scratches or bleeding on her face anywhere as she heard the alarm as well.

" All units! Were being attacked by unknown cyborgs. Defend this base at all cost!" A male voice yelled from the intercom.

" Great, no rest. This day gets better and better. But then again don't we have any kind of trump card. If not this will be a heck of a short fight." Vinyl said. She expected Rainbow Dash to say something back, but as she looked around she was gone.She sighed as she began to walk away to see what threat there was now.

Meanwhile with Rainbow Dash she was running around the base with her sword out and ready and was first met with three of the enemy cyborgs that was explained. However they instantly dealt with as Rainbow Dash sliced through them clean and the upper half their bodies were on the ground and their lower halves were on their knees. She continued on while turning a corner only to be tackled by another cyborg who was also Pegasus and was getting slammed through multiple walls till ending up outside and having her body grinding against the concrete. Rainbow Dash was now groggy from the ambush for a while till regaining her senses and spotting a opal colored Pegasus, amber hair, and her entire body electric blue with a yellow lightning bolt on her chest.

" Lightning Dust?" Rainbow Dash grunted out. The cyborg, Lightning Dust spread her wings revealing that they were sharp at the edges and deadly as well. Another thing Rainbow Dash noticed was that their synthetic bodies were nearly alike including the visors.

" Your a surprise to me as well Rainbow Dash. Never thought I'd actually see your face again after your whining." Lighting Dust grinned.

" MY FRIENDS WERE IN DANGER YOU IDIOT!" The cyan Pegasus yelled in rage. This made Lightning Dust shake her head and shrug.

" It's always about your 'friends'. Besides it's their own fault for even deciding to see you. You were fine till they came. Speaking of which, I have to kill them and your a perfect start." Lightning Dust replied. She turned her head from Rainbow Dash and smirked as she knew the cyborg was right where she wanted her.

" Back me up." She commanded. Two cyborgs wielding swords and two soldiers holding guns walked up next to her. Rainbow Dash got her sword at the ready as her visors covered her eyes again. Lightning Dust held out two grenades each hand and threw them all in front of her to Rainbow Dash. Smoke began to come out and now everyone were surrounded by smoke. However Rainbow Dash spotted all the enemies except for Lightning Dust in her visors. She ignored it though and went for what she could hit. The normal soldiers first since they couldn't see her. She snuck behind one and impaled him from behind and ran off to the other soldier and sliced him in half. The cyborgs were just as easy as if they were not authorized for smoke. It seemed strange to her and now all that was left was Lightning Dust. She looked everywhere around her only to spot nothing.

" Ever feared the unseen Dash!" She heard her voice, but that was all she could get. Suddenly she felt someone grab her leg then yanked it forcing her to the ground. She was then thrown out the smoke which faded when Lightning Dust flew out of it. The opal Pegasus chuckled as she kicked Rainbow Dash back down to the ground and landed on top of her chest with  daggers in her hand which were surrounded by a yellow aura. She lifted them both up aimed at Rainbow Dash's chest and started rapidly impaling her covering the blade in blood and even making Rainbow Dash scream.

" Does it hurt!" Lightning Dust said mockingly as she impaled both blades in Rainbow Dash before finally getting off of her. Somehow, Rainbow Dash still had the strength to get up, but only on one knee.

" Alive? Good. Looks like we do share something after all. Raven Blood told me you'd be a handful just by looking at you. The traitor, Vinyl Pon3, guess that makes me her replacement to show everyone who runs things." Lightning Dust explained. Rainbow Dash was panting heavily at the amount of pain she was in from her, she was feeling very light-headed as well.

" R-Run things? What are you...talking about?" Rainbow Dash asked weakly.

" You don't need to understand. But I'm quite surprised your that easy to beat. Raven Blood described you different then I once knew. Psychotic, bloodlust, feeding off of other soldiers intestines. Guess I was right, you'd never do something like that." Lightning Dust paused which gave Rainbow Dash a chance to speak again.

" You sound as if you were making a joke out of attacking me and let me kill those others on purpose." Rainbow Dash told her.

" Hmm, I did, sort of. Why would you think I threw smoke bombs? But, as I thought, your still weak and won't even test your own limits. I can impale my self over a thousand times and I won't even feel a thing anymore. Pain is just nature. Don't if you can't handle it. I'm called Lightning for a reason. It flashed and vanishes like your life. It only destroys which is what I'm made for. He taught me that.

Rainbow Dash shook her head trying to overcome her dizziness that was now over her. But it seemed like it wouldn't go away anytime soon, better yet it seemed like it got worse and even drown her soul into something else.

" Really? If that's so. How about we test that theory then, Lightning?" Rainbow Dash asked as a psychotic grin spread across her face as well as her eyes flashing red periodically. Lightning Dust noticed this which made her feel a little uneasy now. She was even losing more confidence as she saw Rainbow Dash slowly standing up her eyes now as red as Vinyl's with an evil look in them. The cyan Pegasus began to limp towards her with her blade now sheathed on her back. The closer she got the farther Lightning Dust went till suddenly a cyborg walked behind her with his blade out and about to impale her. Lightning Dust grinned for a moment as Rainbow Dash didn't noticed, but now became very scared as Rainbow Dash produced a rainbow colored orb from her hand and pressed it against the cyborg's chest sending him flying back in light speed till an explosion of rainbows was seen from the distance.

" Now, it's just you and me, right old friend?" Rainbow Dash now sounded like a complete sadist towards Lightning Dust which made her nervous.

" He's right, y-you are insane! Not that I care, but you were definitely not the Rainbow Dash I thought you would be." She said. Rainbow Dash stopped in her tracks towards Lightning Dust and pulled her sword out again. It was completely colored in crimson liquid. She began to stroke it in her hand which caught the liquid, and she licked it which disgusted Lightning Dust  which made her turn away.

" Dash the Ripper, wanna know how I got that name? How about I show you demonstration, Light." Rainbow Dash grinned.

Stains of Time instrumental

Lightning Dust folded her arms and shook off the insanity she just witnessed. She noticed Rainbow Dash's organic wing and got an idea in her head that should slow her down. She got her daggers ready as she ran at the cyan cyborg and attempted to tackle Rainbow Dash again. This time Rainbow Dash was able to use just one hand to grab Lightning's arm and throw her above her and hold her blade above her as Lightning Dust began to fall and land onto her sword. Lightning Dust proved that wrong by flying to save herself. This only made Rainbow Dash glare at her with her red eyes that really scared her on the inside.

" You stabbed yourself a thousand times you say? Who says such trash if you can't back it up. You LOVE to test your limits don't you? Well let me test it for you!" Rainbow Dash flew towards Lightning Dust and began to swing her sword rapidly only for each strike to meet metal and parry her attack. She thrust her sword towards Lightning Dust's chest only for her to ascend over her head why grabbing Rainbow Dash's hair and throw her away from her. Lightning Dust dashed towards the immobilized Rainbow Dash ready to kick her back to ground again till suddenly the cyan Pegasus stopped herself and grabbed Lightning Dust leg and throw her down to concrete instead. Landing hard on her stomach Lightning Dust coughed and slowly began to get up only for Rainbow Dash to stomp on her back and stop her from moving.

" How disappointing. So much for 'Lightning'." Rainbow Dash cackled. She was in so much in the moment that she didn't notice Lightning Dust's wings detach from her back and aim at her face till the last second of nearly having a cut on her cheek. The wings came back to her to attack again, but they were dodged again which forced Rainbow Dash off of Lightning Dust.

" I never thought I'd face something like that in my life." Lightning Dust thought as she watched Rainbow Dash dodging her wings. However eventually Rainbow Dash  cut the wings which forced it way back to Lightning Dust's back. Rainbow Dash ran again as Lightning Dust got ready to use her daggers, but at the last second Rainbow Dash slid between her legs as she attempted to thrust her daggers. While in shock Rainbow Dash jumped back to her feet and swung her sword which cut across Lightning Dust's lower back. She screamed and moved away from Rainbow Dash before another strike came. Now Lightning Dust was mad and her visors covered her eyes which were yellow. Her wings detached again as she held her daggers out at the ready.

Stains of Time ( with vocals)

Her wings lunged themselves towards Rainbow Dash as Lightning Dust threw smoke bombs to conceal herself. Rainbow Dash could see the wings, but not Lightning Dust for some reason, but with her corrupted self, she could care less. She sliced the wings back into the smoke while waiting for Lightning Dust to come out. Suddenly she revealed herself in the air from behind with both blades out aimed to kill Rainbow Dash now. However the cyan Pegasus heard her and crouched and did a high kick which struck Lightning Dust straight to the face causing her to fall back to the ground. They got up at the same time and both sent haymakers across their face causing them to stagger each other. Rainbow Dash was the first to recover, but suddenly felt something sharp hit her back then pull out. She turned around seeing Lightning Dust's wings lashing out for another strike, but Rainbow Dash dodged it which made the wings make it's way towards their own body.

" No more playing around. Your nothing but a monster to this world, Dash the Ripper!" Lightning Dust yelled as she let out barrages with her daggers which Rainbow Dash merely blocked them all till swinging her sword across Lightning Dust's chest along with leaving a red mark across her Lightning Bolt mark on.

" Time show you just how much enhancements you need just to defeat me." Rainbow Dash grinned. She dashed at the amber haired Pegasus and began to swinging her sword and leaving cuts all over her body along with blood spewing from every hit. Her final hit was about to decapitate Lightning Dust, but Rainbow Dash's eyes turned back to it's normal color.The cyan Pegasus gasped at the damage she did to Lightning Dust already which made her back away as Lightning Dust fell to her knees and coughed out blood.

Rainbow Dash looked at the ground and sighed. Lightning Dust was right, something was wrong with her and she didn't know why.

" Leave. Go to Raven Blood, be independent. It doesn't matter to me. Just get out of my sight Lightning Dust. Before I kill you now." Rainbow Dash warned. She heard a thud and already knew that Lightning Dust fell onto the ground. She sighed as she began to walk back to Lightning Dust's body before hearing a ringtone in her built in headset. She answered it and she began to hear heavy breathing which she guessed was Lightning Dust's.

" You...wouldn't leave me...right?" She spoke between heavy breaths which made Rainbow Dash get some chills down her spine.

" Lightning, you did another dumb thing for joining the wrong people. Raven Blood, he wants to bring war to Equestria, do you want that?" Rainbow Dash asked. She heard coughing for moment till Lightning Dust could get some words out.

" I'm...not the only one...who did something stupid...Gilda, Trixie, and another new recruit, I don't...know her. Just send me away...from this wretched battlefield...just one last thing...you...aren't the one...I knew." Lightning Dust said weakly. Rainbow Dash quickly ran to Lightning Dust's body and picked her up. Blood spilled from her synthetic body somehow, but it didn't matter how, it was dripping from her and onto Rainbow Dash's body because of Lightning Dust's little grudge she still had.

" I hope she learned from this." Rainbow Dash grumbled as she tried to contact anybody who was a medic.