Be the Weaponby Master4871ChaptersSecond ChanceMonstersNano TechnologySecond ChanceAlcatraz sat on the cold hard ground. Taking in what just happened to him. Last he checked, he was to be spiraling about New York on a Ceph structure that had come out of the ground, but this...this was different. He was next to a pristine lake, accompanied with a gorgeous mountain view. Perhaps, this was the afterlife, but last he checked, Hell wasn't all peaceful and picturesque. Also, he still had the Nanosuit attached to him. Granted he didn't want to take it off due to the fact that it was the only thing keeping him alive, but the thought of being without a suit is a great thought, one too push for. Alcatraz got off the ground, something he was used to doing after falling down so many times. He reached for his M12 Nova that sat beside him, attaching the optional silencer to the gun. Not knowing what was ahead, was a sure precursor to be quiet and stealthy until he was certain he could make noise. He decided to begin his trek northwards, heading for God-knows-where. Perhaps the higher ground the mountain offered could give him an advantage in this time of desperation. The marine started to walk, letting the Nanosuit get readjusted and rebooted. As soon as the suit's A.I. system cleared the soldier to go, he ran towards his waypoint he marked while sitting on the ground. Perhaps he could learn something from all of this. <.._________________________________________________________ ..> Pinkie Pie walked around Ponyville, smiling her life away and bringing joy to everypony that walked by. She said "hello" here and a "hi" there, just being the usual friendly Pinkie Pie she usually was. The day was quite beautiful, making her general mood even happier than if it was a cloudy day. But to every good day, there is something bad going on in the world, and today, Pinkie felt something odd. Something was out of the ordinary, but she didn't know what it was. Perhaps, a threat. No, not a threat. What creature would threaten Equestria on a beautiful day like today. Perhaps, a new pony is moving into Ponyville, and Pinkie could throw them a party. She just couldn't put her tongue on it. Her new Pinkie sense, was obviously out of control. The ideas swarming through her head of what it could be, didn't detour the pony one bit. In fact, she seemed more energetic than before. She was on her way to the park to visit Twilight and Rarity when the new 'sense' hit her again. The sharp pain that tore through her spine was excruciating, maybe something to see Dr. Whooves about. The pain, however, went away as fast as it came, and the pink party pony was fine once again, continuing her stroll through town and making her way towards her friends. Soon enough, her friends were in sight, accompanied by another familiar looking pony. This peaked Pinkies curiosity, making her shiver with excitement at the thought of meeting a new friend. She made her way up the hill, greeting her friends. "Hey girls." Pinkie gave Twilight and Rarity in a physics defying hug, extending her forelegs to wrap both of them perfectly into a pile of pony. After being released, Twilight introduced her friend, whilst catching her breath. "Pinkie, you remember Flash Sentry, from the Crystal Palace." "Yep." The pink pony replied. "Well, Pinkie, Flash, Flash, Pinkie." The two ponies exchanged a hoof shake. "Flash and I are sort of, dating." A little squee could be heard from Rarity. Twilight just rolled her eyes. Flash donned a smile upon his face, "Pleasure Pinkie." Pinkie nodded in return, "Right back at'chya. And a hardy congrats to both of you!" "Thank you!" They both said in unison. Twilight unveiled a picnic basket that was hiding behind the bench they all sat on, prior to Pinkie's arrival. The same basket that they used for each time they had a picnic. They all helped set up the picnic area, finally getting ready to eat lunch. "So, how goes the Boutique Rarity?" Twilight was the first to start conversation. Rarity was relieved she could talk to somepony about her shop, "Well, I have three orders from Manehatten, due to leave in four days. The parcels will be carrying priceless dresses for an auction." Flash perked his ears up, confused as to the packages destination. "Why would dresses that you just made go to an auction?" He laughed a little, taking a sip from his glass of water. Twilight gave him a rather, unpleasant look. Making his laughter on the outside, switch to laughter on the inside. "Sorry." "Oh no it's quite alright dear." Rarity chimed in. "I don't rightfully know why either, but I don't really question my customers." Flash gave an 'oh' expression before taking another sip from his glass. Pinkie was smiling the whole time, nothing new, but she still concerned her friends. "Pinkie, is something wrong?" Twilight asked, putting a little worry into her question. Pinkie snapped out of her trance and looked at her friend in bewilderment. "Why would something be wrong?" She asked. "Well..." Twilight paused, choosing the right words. "It's just, you aren't as talkative as you usually are. And to add to that, you haven't even eaten anything yet." Twilight gestured towards the food on her plate that has been untouched. Pinkie was probably more surprised than anypony else that she was not eating or talking, her two favorite things. She gave the situation some thought, "Well...I have been thinking about this new Pinkie sense I have." Twilight was shocked that there was another Pinkie sense, immediately running under the bench in fear. "What's this one telling you?" Flash was confused. "Uhh, Twilight?" "Sorry Flash, but last time there was mention of the Pinkie Sense. I had tons of heavy things fall on me." Twilight looked upwards from under the bench. Making sure nothing was coming down. "To be honest, I don't want to talk about." "Okay." Flash just continued eating, sure that this, Pinkie sense, was just a bunch of hooey. Pinkie intervened, "It's not objects falling, but it does have something to do with our lives." Pinkie got serious, something that probably won't ever happen again. This alone was enough to get Twilight out from under the bench. "What is the sense then?" Rarity questioned. "I don't know. But it happens when I get a sharp pain through my back." Pinkie huffed and got up. "I think I'm going to go." "Okay, Pinkie. We'll see you later than?" Rarity asked. "Sure." The pink pony slumped away, still thinking. "I hope she'll be okay." Twilight thought out loud. <.._________________________________________________________ ..> Alcatraz made his way down the mountain, sure that he was supposed to make it to the village he saw from his vantage point. Maybe he was still on Earth? If he was, he was sure it was far away from New York. The trees in the forest were dense, but could easily be maneuvered through, even without a Nanosuit. The wilderness seemed almost perfect, a little too perfect. MonstersAlcatraz made his way past a small creek. Pushing onwards towards the village he saw from the mountainside. The creek gave a good sign that there was most likely people living nearby the water source. He trekked onwards towards the unknown, never stopping for a rest. It was a good thing the suit could power his internal organs too, God knows how he would eat with the suit still on him. Though, the satisfaction of eating would greatly quell his constant hunger that he's been feeling for days on end now. Alcatraz set his Nova in the magnetic holster that the Nanosuit offered for side arms, letting his arm loose and free. Unexpectedly, the Nano warrior found his way into a swamp. The Nanosuit could easily go through the muck and slime that the swamp waters were infested with, but perhaps it was best to stay on dry land until he knew what was lurking underneath the surface of the muck. Luckily, there was a dirt path leading straight through the dense mesh of biological garbage. He was careful not to fall down from slipping or getting stuck, surprised that the mud was not as 'clingy' as it appeared. The bio-soldier was walking for a continued time in the swamp, surprised that it was as large as it was. He'd been walking for and hour and the mess of dirty water and tangled lily pads was never ending. Perhaps he was in Florida, in the Everglades, or the Amazon. The question is, how did he get there? He left the questions for later, waiting to see if his suspicions were even remotely close. Out from under the deep thicket of the swamp, there was a large cry, just loud enough for human ears, but very audible in the Nanosuits high-tech equipment. The sound was south-east from where he was, a little off course from the village, but not too far off, making Alcatraz's curiosity further delve into the situation. The soldier went towards the direction of the sound, unable to resist a peek of what the area had to offer as far as enemies or friendlies. The travel towards the mysterious sound was about a quarter mile, the intensity of the new growls and screams increase. He activated the 'cloak' ability the Nanosuit had, making him invisible in the current spectrum of light. Now camouflaged, the warrior went with caution towards the menacing cries. What he saw, wasn't what he expected. Another cry came from behind the mighty creature, a human sounding cry. Alcatraz unholstered his Silenced M12 NOVA, aiming at one of the heads the big monster had. <.._________________________________________________________ ..> Fluttershy continued running through the Froggy Bottom Bogg, frightened by the monster that was trying to catch her. She kept looking back at some points in time, trying to see if she was indeed outrunning the hydra. The hydra was relentless, not evening stopping for a second, making the whole ordeal worse. Fluttershy was getting tired, but still kept her pace to run away towards Ponyville, sure the hydra wouldn't leave the comfort of its own bog. Unfortunately, there was a giant thorn path covering the only way she had to get out of the swamp at that point. Afraid of losing her life at this point, the scared Pegasus screamed as loud as she could. The hydra seemed to do the same thing, but as a victory cry in succeeding in catching the poor pony. The hydra lowered one of its many heads, the chosen one to take down Fluttershy. Before the head could crunch down on the pony, a little unidentifiable sound came from out of the thicket just to her left. Soon enough, five more sounds were coming from the same spot in rapid succession. This confused her, first the sounds, and now the hydra was no longer attacking her. Odd? A fully grown hydra is not easily distracted from a meal. Fluttershy just watched the mighty beasts blank expression. Suddenly, a sixth head came out from behind the hydra, alarming her greatly. She screamed and tried to run past the creature on the opposite side of the head. The hydra saw this and quickly turned its body, grabbing her by the back legs. The pain was unbearable, something she had never felt before. Before the hydra could finish her, however, another sound came from nowhere, a little less loud than before. The hydra stopped dead in its tracks, slowly tipping to one side. Fluttershy was still stuck in the heads mouth, knowing full well that the hydra was going down. She braced herself the best she could, but you can only do so much with so little maneuverability. There was a loud thud when the hydra hit the ground, loud enough to be heard miles away. Perhaps somepony would come and look for her. Managing to open the hydra's now dead mouth, Fluttershy crawled her way out, trying to stand up, but falling back down from the pain of falling and the pain from the horrible bite. She slumped to the ground, tears coming to her eyes. As if it couldn't get worse, she noticed some bushes rumbling around, exactly where the sounds were coming from earlier. She was sure it was going to be something bad, but nothing came out at all. The crying pony wiped her eyes and tried to see what was moving the bush around, but she couldn't see anything. Something started to touch her though, startling her greatly. It was cold and hard, something that felt like the metal on her pots and pans back home in the cottage. She let whatever happen, happen, knowing full well she wouldn't be able to do anything about it. Soon enough, she was lifted off the ground, presumably by the same thing that was touching her the whole time. The thing holding her, finally came into view as it appeared out of thin air. She stared at it, too scared to say anything, and too scared to do anything. The metal creature just looked at her for a moment, continuing its journey towards the village that it had seen earlier. <.._________________________________________________________ ..> Alcatraz carried the horse towards the village. He observed it trying to run back towards the town, so perhaps it belonged to somebody. He didn't care. He finally had a reason to enter the village if questioned by anyone why he was doing so. Win-win in his eyes. The exit into the swamp was a relief to him. Luckily he won't run into any more dragon like creatures on his way towards a village. Never thought I would run into that sort of thing... Alcatraz noticed the horse he was carrying was passed out, making the job slightly easier than he had originally thought it out to be. He was considerably close to the town now, making him a little nervous about what to expect. He decided to wing it and just waltz in. The architecture was definitely human in nature, along with almost everything else about the town. The only problem being, there were no people. In fact, the whole town seemed deserted, yet the scent of freshly baked pastries filled the air. He noticed six more horses, similar to shape and size to the one he was carrying. Surprisingly, one of them talked. "Let her go!" The one that talked was light purple in color, maybe lavender. It had... a horn and wings. He looked down at the horse he was carrying, realizing that this one too had wings, but lacked the horn that the one had. He did as directed and set her down gently, not wanting to piss them off more than needed. The purple unicorn/pegasus still having the angry stink look on her face. Her horn started to glow, as if ready to strike, but nothing was happening. An abrupt force wrapped itself around him, making him tense up and grit his teeth. (what's left of them that is) "Got it." The lavender colored horse stated. When she announced her grasp on him, the other five went for the one he carried into the town with. He looked back at the one who was holding him with some sort of unknown power. "Now, what are you..." Alcatraz ignored her and looked at the messages his Nanosuit was sending him. The suit's power systems were failing. Author's Note I had this done when I released the first one. :P Nano TechnologyAlcatraz slowly came to, the room now becoming more than just the black space his eyes brought forth when closed. He blinked a couple times, making sure he was alright after the ordeal he had gone through earlier. He tried to move, getting a better position to be in, but he was restrained down with the same sort of 'power' the purple horse from earlier used on him. Luckily the suit was able to, somewhat, sustain itself through all of the weird power failures he had been getting recently. He shifted again, now turning around, but he was sure someone else was making him spin. Sure enough, an armored horse with a...spear, observed him, most likely making sure that he was properly restrained. "Tell, the royal highness that our prisoner has arrived." The, presumably, lower ranked soldier went and did the orders commanded. The guard still watching Alcatraz leaned in closer, squinting to get a better look. "What the fuck are you..." Alcatraz ignored the guards benign comment and closed his eyes, trying to take in what had happened to him. The events were, eventful, but nothing that was out of the ordinary considering what was happening New York. New species and another threat to worry about, yeah, seemed pretty common now a days. The door to his little holding room opened, making a creaky noise that interrupted the Nano armored humans thought pattern. The next being to enter the room was rather tall, not taller than him, but still taller than the other inhabitants of this strange new world he has seen so far, apart from the hydra he battled with, but... She leaned down to talk with the guard who had been watching him the whole time, she seemed to not want to take her eyes off of him, trying to get an identification on what he was. Her facial expression showed that she could not tell what on Earth he was, possibly a bad sign for him. She stood up straight now, walking towards him with a rather, genuine look upon her face. "Hello." Alcatraz did nothing. "Can you understand me?" Alcatraz slightly nodded to confirm her suspicion. "Can you speak?" Alcatraz didn't' know what to do. Between all of the falls and bad run ins with Ceph lately, he never had time to talk. The suit brought up a report of the physical damage that had been laid upon him. The list included several punctures in his lungs and a broken trachea, so it was a safe bet that he couldn't talk. The regal horse asked again, "Can you speak?" Using a little more oomph, in her speech. Alcatraz slowly shook his head. "Ma'am, Prisoner 24184233-a1 has not spoken a word since it has arrived." One of the guards chimed in. "Thank you, you're dismissed." "Ma'am." The guard walked out and away from the room, following direct orders. The horse turned her attention back to Alcatraz, a look of sympathy on her face. "I'm sorry you cannot speak." Alcatraz just shrugged his shoulders at her comment. She changed topics almost immediately, surprising the bio-soldier. "If... I set you free from your restraints, will you attack me?" Alcatraz looked away from her for a moment, thinking over the actions he could take. Best bet was to assume that she was some sort of leader in this land, so attacking doesn't seem like an optimal option at this point. He shook his head. As a response, she 'unshackled' him, making him fall to the floor. Instead of an expected, fall on his face, he fell and landed on one knee, using one of his hands as a balance. He then stood at full height, making it rather obvious that he was taller than she was. "My, oh my." She commented. "Please follow me." <.._________________________________________________________ ..> Flash and Twilight walked the halls of Canterlot Castle, cuddling each other while on the move. The Crystal guard came to a stop, looking at one of the giant stained glass windows the throne room had. It had the five Elements of Harmony, all displayed in a hexagonal shape; Twilight was on top, Rainbow and Fluttershy were parallel to each other, Pinkie and A.J. were also parallel, and Rarity was on the bottom. In the center of them all were the Elements of Harmony. Flash looked around some more, enjoying the amazing artwork and architecture that was inside the castle. He nuzzled up closer to Twilight, making her blush a little and nudge back at him. Twilight and Flash could both hear the faint voice of Celestia coming down the hall, undoubtedly going to sit upon her throne. "I wonder if Celestia could get anything out of the strange creature we found today." Twilight said. Flash just waited to see if Celestia was alone or with said creature, just trying to prepare himself for the unknown. "Yeah, well, it seemed sorta...'friendly'." Flash remarked. "Well, it didn't attack us...soooo..." Twilight replied. They both watched Celestia round the corner of the main hallway, and with her, two guards and the strange creature. Not too surprising given the fact that Celestia can sweet-talk anything into happening. Almost anything... The creature seemed to be observing its surroundings, getting a feel for the castle and her interior. Flash was a little on edge, nervous that a six-plus foot tall creature was walking towards him and his newfound girlfriend. By this point, Celestia and, it, were in the throne room. Alcatraz almost immediately recognized them both and instantly, went into a battle stance, both fists up. Celestia saw this and stood in front of Alcatraz, cutting him off from there view, and vise versa. "Please, they didn't mean you any harm when you wandered into Ponyville. They were just protecting their friends, and other citizens." Alcatraz put his hands back down and looked at the guards who were holding spears to his back. They lowered them slowly, but surely. "Thank you." Celestia said, moving out of the way between Alcatraz and the two ponies. "It seems, a little aggressive don't you think?" Flash asked Celestia. Alcatraz looked through the suit's files and found the audio section. There were 3 file dumps he could use to get their attention. Not knowing what the function did, he thought of a sentence and the suit amplified it through the suit itself. "Please, give me a pencil and paper." All of the ponies were shocked that the creature was, for a lack of a better term, speaking. "I thought you said you couldn't speak." Celestia inquired. "This isn't speaking, and I need the pen and paper soon to communicate with you." The suit vocalized. Alcatraz suddenly glared at Flash, "My name is Alcatraz." Not being able to use the vocalization any further, Alcatraz just waited on the pencil and paper that Celestia had a guard go and fetch. The guard brought back a clipboard with twenty sheets of paper and two pencils. Alcatraz took them and began to write. ' I can no longer vocalize myself to you. I am sorry for the inconvenience, but if I could, I would.' Celestia had a smile of understanding on her muzzle, "Oh it's okay Alcatraz, but may I ask why?" Alcatraz went through his memory again writing what he remembered. I have a severed larynx. Also, speaking would be difficult anyways. I have multiple lung punctures, so I would suffer for air. "I am, sorry to know that you are in pain." Celestia sympathized. Alcatraz just shrugged his shoulders. The suit keeps me alive and it makes it so I don't feel pain as much as you would think. He wrote. It also is keeping my broken spine, and other broken bones...together, if you will. "What kind of suit is that?" Flash asked, interested in such a powerful suit. A Nanosuit.
Second ChanceAlcatraz sat on the cold hard ground. Taking in what just happened to him. Last he checked, he was to be spiraling about New York on a Ceph structure that had come out of the ground, but this...this was different. He was next to a pristine lake, accompanied with a gorgeous mountain view. Perhaps, this was the afterlife, but last he checked, Hell wasn't all peaceful and picturesque. Also, he still had the Nanosuit attached to him. Granted he didn't want to take it off due to the fact that it was the only thing keeping him alive, but the thought of being without a suit is a great thought, one too push for. Alcatraz got off the ground, something he was used to doing after falling down so many times. He reached for his M12 Nova that sat beside him, attaching the optional silencer to the gun. Not knowing what was ahead, was a sure precursor to be quiet and stealthy until he was certain he could make noise. He decided to begin his trek northwards, heading for God-knows-where. Perhaps the higher ground the mountain offered could give him an advantage in this time of desperation. The marine started to walk, letting the Nanosuit get readjusted and rebooted. As soon as the suit's A.I. system cleared the soldier to go, he ran towards his waypoint he marked while sitting on the ground. Perhaps he could learn something from all of this. <.._________________________________________________________ ..> Pinkie Pie walked around Ponyville, smiling her life away and bringing joy to everypony that walked by. She said "hello" here and a "hi" there, just being the usual friendly Pinkie Pie she usually was. The day was quite beautiful, making her general mood even happier than if it was a cloudy day. But to every good day, there is something bad going on in the world, and today, Pinkie felt something odd. Something was out of the ordinary, but she didn't know what it was. Perhaps, a threat. No, not a threat. What creature would threaten Equestria on a beautiful day like today. Perhaps, a new pony is moving into Ponyville, and Pinkie could throw them a party. She just couldn't put her tongue on it. Her new Pinkie sense, was obviously out of control. The ideas swarming through her head of what it could be, didn't detour the pony one bit. In fact, she seemed more energetic than before. She was on her way to the park to visit Twilight and Rarity when the new 'sense' hit her again. The sharp pain that tore through her spine was excruciating, maybe something to see Dr. Whooves about. The pain, however, went away as fast as it came, and the pink party pony was fine once again, continuing her stroll through town and making her way towards her friends. Soon enough, her friends were in sight, accompanied by another familiar looking pony. This peaked Pinkies curiosity, making her shiver with excitement at the thought of meeting a new friend. She made her way up the hill, greeting her friends. "Hey girls." Pinkie gave Twilight and Rarity in a physics defying hug, extending her forelegs to wrap both of them perfectly into a pile of pony. After being released, Twilight introduced her friend, whilst catching her breath. "Pinkie, you remember Flash Sentry, from the Crystal Palace." "Yep." The pink pony replied. "Well, Pinkie, Flash, Flash, Pinkie." The two ponies exchanged a hoof shake. "Flash and I are sort of, dating." A little squee could be heard from Rarity. Twilight just rolled her eyes. Flash donned a smile upon his face, "Pleasure Pinkie." Pinkie nodded in return, "Right back at'chya. And a hardy congrats to both of you!" "Thank you!" They both said in unison. Twilight unveiled a picnic basket that was hiding behind the bench they all sat on, prior to Pinkie's arrival. The same basket that they used for each time they had a picnic. They all helped set up the picnic area, finally getting ready to eat lunch. "So, how goes the Boutique Rarity?" Twilight was the first to start conversation. Rarity was relieved she could talk to somepony about her shop, "Well, I have three orders from Manehatten, due to leave in four days. The parcels will be carrying priceless dresses for an auction." Flash perked his ears up, confused as to the packages destination. "Why would dresses that you just made go to an auction?" He laughed a little, taking a sip from his glass of water. Twilight gave him a rather, unpleasant look. Making his laughter on the outside, switch to laughter on the inside. "Sorry." "Oh no it's quite alright dear." Rarity chimed in. "I don't rightfully know why either, but I don't really question my customers." Flash gave an 'oh' expression before taking another sip from his glass. Pinkie was smiling the whole time, nothing new, but she still concerned her friends. "Pinkie, is something wrong?" Twilight asked, putting a little worry into her question. Pinkie snapped out of her trance and looked at her friend in bewilderment. "Why would something be wrong?" She asked. "Well..." Twilight paused, choosing the right words. "It's just, you aren't as talkative as you usually are. And to add to that, you haven't even eaten anything yet." Twilight gestured towards the food on her plate that has been untouched. Pinkie was probably more surprised than anypony else that she was not eating or talking, her two favorite things. She gave the situation some thought, "Well...I have been thinking about this new Pinkie sense I have." Twilight was shocked that there was another Pinkie sense, immediately running under the bench in fear. "What's this one telling you?" Flash was confused. "Uhh, Twilight?" "Sorry Flash, but last time there was mention of the Pinkie Sense. I had tons of heavy things fall on me." Twilight looked upwards from under the bench. Making sure nothing was coming down. "To be honest, I don't want to talk about." "Okay." Flash just continued eating, sure that this, Pinkie sense, was just a bunch of hooey. Pinkie intervened, "It's not objects falling, but it does have something to do with our lives." Pinkie got serious, something that probably won't ever happen again. This alone was enough to get Twilight out from under the bench. "What is the sense then?" Rarity questioned. "I don't know. But it happens when I get a sharp pain through my back." Pinkie huffed and got up. "I think I'm going to go." "Okay, Pinkie. We'll see you later than?" Rarity asked. "Sure." The pink pony slumped away, still thinking. "I hope she'll be okay." Twilight thought out loud. <.._________________________________________________________ ..> Alcatraz made his way down the mountain, sure that he was supposed to make it to the village he saw from his vantage point. Maybe he was still on Earth? If he was, he was sure it was far away from New York. The trees in the forest were dense, but could easily be maneuvered through, even without a Nanosuit. The wilderness seemed almost perfect, a little too perfect.
MonstersAlcatraz made his way past a small creek. Pushing onwards towards the village he saw from the mountainside. The creek gave a good sign that there was most likely people living nearby the water source. He trekked onwards towards the unknown, never stopping for a rest. It was a good thing the suit could power his internal organs too, God knows how he would eat with the suit still on him. Though, the satisfaction of eating would greatly quell his constant hunger that he's been feeling for days on end now. Alcatraz set his Nova in the magnetic holster that the Nanosuit offered for side arms, letting his arm loose and free. Unexpectedly, the Nano warrior found his way into a swamp. The Nanosuit could easily go through the muck and slime that the swamp waters were infested with, but perhaps it was best to stay on dry land until he knew what was lurking underneath the surface of the muck. Luckily, there was a dirt path leading straight through the dense mesh of biological garbage. He was careful not to fall down from slipping or getting stuck, surprised that the mud was not as 'clingy' as it appeared. The bio-soldier was walking for a continued time in the swamp, surprised that it was as large as it was. He'd been walking for and hour and the mess of dirty water and tangled lily pads was never ending. Perhaps he was in Florida, in the Everglades, or the Amazon. The question is, how did he get there? He left the questions for later, waiting to see if his suspicions were even remotely close. Out from under the deep thicket of the swamp, there was a large cry, just loud enough for human ears, but very audible in the Nanosuits high-tech equipment. The sound was south-east from where he was, a little off course from the village, but not too far off, making Alcatraz's curiosity further delve into the situation. The soldier went towards the direction of the sound, unable to resist a peek of what the area had to offer as far as enemies or friendlies. The travel towards the mysterious sound was about a quarter mile, the intensity of the new growls and screams increase. He activated the 'cloak' ability the Nanosuit had, making him invisible in the current spectrum of light. Now camouflaged, the warrior went with caution towards the menacing cries. What he saw, wasn't what he expected. Another cry came from behind the mighty creature, a human sounding cry. Alcatraz unholstered his Silenced M12 NOVA, aiming at one of the heads the big monster had. <.._________________________________________________________ ..> Fluttershy continued running through the Froggy Bottom Bogg, frightened by the monster that was trying to catch her. She kept looking back at some points in time, trying to see if she was indeed outrunning the hydra. The hydra was relentless, not evening stopping for a second, making the whole ordeal worse. Fluttershy was getting tired, but still kept her pace to run away towards Ponyville, sure the hydra wouldn't leave the comfort of its own bog. Unfortunately, there was a giant thorn path covering the only way she had to get out of the swamp at that point. Afraid of losing her life at this point, the scared Pegasus screamed as loud as she could. The hydra seemed to do the same thing, but as a victory cry in succeeding in catching the poor pony. The hydra lowered one of its many heads, the chosen one to take down Fluttershy. Before the head could crunch down on the pony, a little unidentifiable sound came from out of the thicket just to her left. Soon enough, five more sounds were coming from the same spot in rapid succession. This confused her, first the sounds, and now the hydra was no longer attacking her. Odd? A fully grown hydra is not easily distracted from a meal. Fluttershy just watched the mighty beasts blank expression. Suddenly, a sixth head came out from behind the hydra, alarming her greatly. She screamed and tried to run past the creature on the opposite side of the head. The hydra saw this and quickly turned its body, grabbing her by the back legs. The pain was unbearable, something she had never felt before. Before the hydra could finish her, however, another sound came from nowhere, a little less loud than before. The hydra stopped dead in its tracks, slowly tipping to one side. Fluttershy was still stuck in the heads mouth, knowing full well that the hydra was going down. She braced herself the best she could, but you can only do so much with so little maneuverability. There was a loud thud when the hydra hit the ground, loud enough to be heard miles away. Perhaps somepony would come and look for her. Managing to open the hydra's now dead mouth, Fluttershy crawled her way out, trying to stand up, but falling back down from the pain of falling and the pain from the horrible bite. She slumped to the ground, tears coming to her eyes. As if it couldn't get worse, she noticed some bushes rumbling around, exactly where the sounds were coming from earlier. She was sure it was going to be something bad, but nothing came out at all. The crying pony wiped her eyes and tried to see what was moving the bush around, but she couldn't see anything. Something started to touch her though, startling her greatly. It was cold and hard, something that felt like the metal on her pots and pans back home in the cottage. She let whatever happen, happen, knowing full well she wouldn't be able to do anything about it. Soon enough, she was lifted off the ground, presumably by the same thing that was touching her the whole time. The thing holding her, finally came into view as it appeared out of thin air. She stared at it, too scared to say anything, and too scared to do anything. The metal creature just looked at her for a moment, continuing its journey towards the village that it had seen earlier. <.._________________________________________________________ ..> Alcatraz carried the horse towards the village. He observed it trying to run back towards the town, so perhaps it belonged to somebody. He didn't care. He finally had a reason to enter the village if questioned by anyone why he was doing so. Win-win in his eyes. The exit into the swamp was a relief to him. Luckily he won't run into any more dragon like creatures on his way towards a village. Never thought I would run into that sort of thing... Alcatraz noticed the horse he was carrying was passed out, making the job slightly easier than he had originally thought it out to be. He was considerably close to the town now, making him a little nervous about what to expect. He decided to wing it and just waltz in. The architecture was definitely human in nature, along with almost everything else about the town. The only problem being, there were no people. In fact, the whole town seemed deserted, yet the scent of freshly baked pastries filled the air. He noticed six more horses, similar to shape and size to the one he was carrying. Surprisingly, one of them talked. "Let her go!" The one that talked was light purple in color, maybe lavender. It had... a horn and wings. He looked down at the horse he was carrying, realizing that this one too had wings, but lacked the horn that the one had. He did as directed and set her down gently, not wanting to piss them off more than needed. The purple unicorn/pegasus still having the angry stink look on her face. Her horn started to glow, as if ready to strike, but nothing was happening. An abrupt force wrapped itself around him, making him tense up and grit his teeth. (what's left of them that is) "Got it." The lavender colored horse stated. When she announced her grasp on him, the other five went for the one he carried into the town with. He looked back at the one who was holding him with some sort of unknown power. "Now, what are you..." Alcatraz ignored her and looked at the messages his Nanosuit was sending him. The suit's power systems were failing. Author's Note I had this done when I released the first one. :P
Nano TechnologyAlcatraz slowly came to, the room now becoming more than just the black space his eyes brought forth when closed. He blinked a couple times, making sure he was alright after the ordeal he had gone through earlier. He tried to move, getting a better position to be in, but he was restrained down with the same sort of 'power' the purple horse from earlier used on him. Luckily the suit was able to, somewhat, sustain itself through all of the weird power failures he had been getting recently. He shifted again, now turning around, but he was sure someone else was making him spin. Sure enough, an armored horse with a...spear, observed him, most likely making sure that he was properly restrained. "Tell, the royal highness that our prisoner has arrived." The, presumably, lower ranked soldier went and did the orders commanded. The guard still watching Alcatraz leaned in closer, squinting to get a better look. "What the fuck are you..." Alcatraz ignored the guards benign comment and closed his eyes, trying to take in what had happened to him. The events were, eventful, but nothing that was out of the ordinary considering what was happening New York. New species and another threat to worry about, yeah, seemed pretty common now a days. The door to his little holding room opened, making a creaky noise that interrupted the Nano armored humans thought pattern. The next being to enter the room was rather tall, not taller than him, but still taller than the other inhabitants of this strange new world he has seen so far, apart from the hydra he battled with, but... She leaned down to talk with the guard who had been watching him the whole time, she seemed to not want to take her eyes off of him, trying to get an identification on what he was. Her facial expression showed that she could not tell what on Earth he was, possibly a bad sign for him. She stood up straight now, walking towards him with a rather, genuine look upon her face. "Hello." Alcatraz did nothing. "Can you understand me?" Alcatraz slightly nodded to confirm her suspicion. "Can you speak?" Alcatraz didn't' know what to do. Between all of the falls and bad run ins with Ceph lately, he never had time to talk. The suit brought up a report of the physical damage that had been laid upon him. The list included several punctures in his lungs and a broken trachea, so it was a safe bet that he couldn't talk. The regal horse asked again, "Can you speak?" Using a little more oomph, in her speech. Alcatraz slowly shook his head. "Ma'am, Prisoner 24184233-a1 has not spoken a word since it has arrived." One of the guards chimed in. "Thank you, you're dismissed." "Ma'am." The guard walked out and away from the room, following direct orders. The horse turned her attention back to Alcatraz, a look of sympathy on her face. "I'm sorry you cannot speak." Alcatraz just shrugged his shoulders at her comment. She changed topics almost immediately, surprising the bio-soldier. "If... I set you free from your restraints, will you attack me?" Alcatraz looked away from her for a moment, thinking over the actions he could take. Best bet was to assume that she was some sort of leader in this land, so attacking doesn't seem like an optimal option at this point. He shook his head. As a response, she 'unshackled' him, making him fall to the floor. Instead of an expected, fall on his face, he fell and landed on one knee, using one of his hands as a balance. He then stood at full height, making it rather obvious that he was taller than she was. "My, oh my." She commented. "Please follow me." <.._________________________________________________________ ..> Flash and Twilight walked the halls of Canterlot Castle, cuddling each other while on the move. The Crystal guard came to a stop, looking at one of the giant stained glass windows the throne room had. It had the five Elements of Harmony, all displayed in a hexagonal shape; Twilight was on top, Rainbow and Fluttershy were parallel to each other, Pinkie and A.J. were also parallel, and Rarity was on the bottom. In the center of them all were the Elements of Harmony. Flash looked around some more, enjoying the amazing artwork and architecture that was inside the castle. He nuzzled up closer to Twilight, making her blush a little and nudge back at him. Twilight and Flash could both hear the faint voice of Celestia coming down the hall, undoubtedly going to sit upon her throne. "I wonder if Celestia could get anything out of the strange creature we found today." Twilight said. Flash just waited to see if Celestia was alone or with said creature, just trying to prepare himself for the unknown. "Yeah, well, it seemed sorta...'friendly'." Flash remarked. "Well, it didn't attack us...soooo..." Twilight replied. They both watched Celestia round the corner of the main hallway, and with her, two guards and the strange creature. Not too surprising given the fact that Celestia can sweet-talk anything into happening. Almost anything... The creature seemed to be observing its surroundings, getting a feel for the castle and her interior. Flash was a little on edge, nervous that a six-plus foot tall creature was walking towards him and his newfound girlfriend. By this point, Celestia and, it, were in the throne room. Alcatraz almost immediately recognized them both and instantly, went into a battle stance, both fists up. Celestia saw this and stood in front of Alcatraz, cutting him off from there view, and vise versa. "Please, they didn't mean you any harm when you wandered into Ponyville. They were just protecting their friends, and other citizens." Alcatraz put his hands back down and looked at the guards who were holding spears to his back. They lowered them slowly, but surely. "Thank you." Celestia said, moving out of the way between Alcatraz and the two ponies. "It seems, a little aggressive don't you think?" Flash asked Celestia. Alcatraz looked through the suit's files and found the audio section. There were 3 file dumps he could use to get their attention. Not knowing what the function did, he thought of a sentence and the suit amplified it through the suit itself. "Please, give me a pencil and paper." All of the ponies were shocked that the creature was, for a lack of a better term, speaking. "I thought you said you couldn't speak." Celestia inquired. "This isn't speaking, and I need the pen and paper soon to communicate with you." The suit vocalized. Alcatraz suddenly glared at Flash, "My name is Alcatraz." Not being able to use the vocalization any further, Alcatraz just waited on the pencil and paper that Celestia had a guard go and fetch. The guard brought back a clipboard with twenty sheets of paper and two pencils. Alcatraz took them and began to write. ' I can no longer vocalize myself to you. I am sorry for the inconvenience, but if I could, I would.' Celestia had a smile of understanding on her muzzle, "Oh it's okay Alcatraz, but may I ask why?" Alcatraz went through his memory again writing what he remembered. I have a severed larynx. Also, speaking would be difficult anyways. I have multiple lung punctures, so I would suffer for air. "I am, sorry to know that you are in pain." Celestia sympathized. Alcatraz just shrugged his shoulders. The suit keeps me alive and it makes it so I don't feel pain as much as you would think. He wrote. It also is keeping my broken spine, and other broken bones...together, if you will. "What kind of suit is that?" Flash asked, interested in such a powerful suit. A Nanosuit.
