Metal Fire

SaberStar and his friends were dragged off to separate cells, two people per cell. Twilight and Derpy in one, the Doctor and Adamant in another, Saber and Rainbow in one and Applejack and Vinyl in the last. Saber's armor disappeared. The first day, Rainbow smacked the walls kicked them and cried. She finally gave up and cried in a corner. Saber went over and comforted her. She looked up at him, her rose eyes full of misery. The cells were stone and the Changelings used their magic to make a hole in the wall to get to the prisoners. Otherwise, they couldn't contact or see anypony and the same was true for anypony else. He hugged her and sat next to her. She sobbed into his shoulder.

"Shh, it's okay. It's okay." he reassured her. She sobbed harder

"No it's not! If I hadn't kissed you, You would've been there for your friends if the weren't angry at you. And now they got taken as well!" she said. Saber pecked her on the forehead.

"You saved my life, I don't think I'll ever be able to repay you." He replied, "I don't know what happened last night but I'm sure it wasn't your fault." Rainbow leaned into him and kissed him. She withdrew, blushed and hung her head in shame.

"I-I-I'm sorry Saber. I'm ashamed. I just-" Saber cut her off before she could say anymore.

"I should be the one who's sorry. I kicked that cloud, I left the table. It wasn't your fault."

"W-w-what do you mean?" she asked

"What I mean is-" and the wall in front of them was blown apart. A tall metal beast as big as Celestia was in the crater. It had a dome-shaped head, a gun and a suction cup in the middle with strips of metal and half spheres on it like a dress at the bottom. In a robotic voice it said:

"Exterminate all life forms! Exterminate! Exterminate! Exterminate!"

"What the hell is that thing?" Rainbow yelled

"I don't know!" Saber called back. The eye thing on it's head looked down.

"Must be exterminated!" it yelled

"Dash, run! I'll distract it!' Saber called.

"No! You can't fight that thing on your own!" she protested

"Please," he said "just run." and she ran past it. Saber sliced the beast with his wing and it had no effect. Saber was shocked.

"Hey, tin face! Over here! What are you?" he yelled.

"I am a Dalek!" it responded.

"Well 'Dalek' what are you doing here?"

"I am-" it was cut off and it's blue eye faded. Switch stood behind it, horn glowing and holding Rainbow upside down, gagged with his magic. Switch threw her into the cell and walked away, holding the Dalek with his magic and he repaired the cell. Saber ran over to Rainbow. He cut the ropes around her. Saber was enraged to see a scar on her back. "What did they do to you?!"  Her eyes were filled with pain. His eyes turned blood-red. Saber had no healing powers or healing experience.

"I-I ran and I bumped into Switch. He whipped me." she said quietly. She lay down and rested her head on her front hooves. She was quiet and sad. Saber passed a wing over her. No Changeling interference. He lay down next to her. Putting a wing around her, he asked,

"Are you okay?" she looked at him. Her eyes were so sad, Saber was angry at Switch. First Vinyl, now Rainbow ? He was starting to hate this guy. She leaned into him and fell asleep. Saber kept her close and soon did the same. No nightmares that night, but something was off in his emotions. Way off. Not in a bad or good way. Saber had no idea what was going on.

"Wake up! Wake up you scum!" a Changeling yelled. Saber's eyes shot open and he bolted up. "Come on!" it said. "Up! To the Arena! Both of you!" Saber and Dash followed them as directed but Saber still kept his wing around her.

"Come with me," a Changeling growled at Rainbow. Saber let her go as he followed the other one. It pushed him into the Arena. A pony was standing there. He was stallion, red with a green mane. He was an Earth Pony, so he was a bit stronger than Saber. A Changeling flew over the Arena and said,

"Today for his and her majesties entertainment a new fight. After five wins, Archer Flame of Trottingham,  is standing against a new contestant, SaberStar Brightwing of Ponyville! Let the games begin!" and it flew next to Chrysalis who had a bandage where Saber had injured her. The pony charged at him determined to kill Saber. He flew up barely avoiding the pony's hoof. His wings immediately flipped to blade mode and he swung around towards the ground. Saber landed behind Archer and smacked the back of his head. Archer collapsed. Saber stood over the stallion. He was beginning to regain consciousness. The Changelings kept yelling,

"Kill him! Kill him! Kill him!"

"Wh-what are they saying?" Archer mumbled.

"You mean you don't understand?" Saber asked, confused.

"Can you?"

"Yes." The Changelings sounded disappointed.

"Boo! Kill him! Gore! Death, death, death, death, death!" they all called out. Saber stepped away from the pony.

"I won't kill him! This sport of yours is wrong! You kill others for fun! You can see I've won! Let him live!" Saber called out to the crowd. Switch and Chrysalis contemplated this and then Switch said,

"Very well then, if you won't kill him, our newest contestant will." and four guards released the Dalek.

"Exterminate! Exterminate! Exterminate! Exterminate! Exterminate!" it said. It aimed it's laser at Archer and fired. Archer screamed and collapsed. It was approaching Saber when a voice said. "Oi! Dalek, remember me?" The Doctor stood behind the thing, little gadget in hoof.. The Dalek looked at the Doctor.

"Exterminate the Doctor!" it said

"Nope no exterminating today! Just another gone Dalek." the Doctor replied. He then said, "When your fighting a pony with a sonic screwdriver, don't let him near a vast source of magic." a Changeling shot a beam at the Doctor but he touched the sonic screwdriver to it's horn and redirected it back at the Dalek. The thing exploded. Before the Doctor could react, a Changeling grabbed him and his screwdriver went flying. It landed at Saber's feet. He snatched it up and hid it under his wing. "You can-Ow! Stop-Ow! Hey let me go!" They dragged him off to his cell as well as Saber and Rainbow.

When they got back, Saber was still energized. It wasn't a long fight, but Saber felt defensive. Rainbow sat down next to him, grimacing.

"Saber, sit down, take a break. You're fighting to much. Sometimes, you need to take a rest." she said. Saber sighed and sat next to her. She leaned into him and pecked him on the cheek. This time, she didn't blush or back away. Instead, Saber's ears blushed. He wrapped his wing around her and sighed. The sonic screwdriver fell out.

"What's that?" she asked.

"It's the Doctor's tool." Saber replied, "I picked it up when he dropped it." He heard a voice from next to their cell.

"Saber? Can you hear us? It's me Adamant and the Doctor!" Saber yelled back,

"We can hear you!" Saber replied,

"Found a way to escape with your............friend?" came Adamant's voice.

"Adamant!" Rainbow said.

"Sorry."

"Doctor, I found your screwdriver! Can we use it to get out?" Saber called.

"I doubt it. Wait, I think Derpy still has the Tardis key! She can use it to get us out of here!" The Doctor called out excitedly,

"The Changelings have spells over this place no tools that have the use of letting the prisoners escape work. No tools can work, not even your screwdriver." argued Adamant. Silence.

"I swear, I am going to Switch pay." Saber growled, "First Vinyl, then Rainbow, and now this spell? I am starting hate that guy."

"What do you mean? What did he do to Rainbow?" Adamant queried.

"Whipped her." Saber muttered. Silence again. Rainbow kissed him again and to her surprise, he kissed her on the forehead. "It's going to be okay. Don't worry. We're going to escape. I promise you." he said. She noticed that the bruise on his side was gone. He still looked, tired. His eyes stayed the same flame color they had always been. No color changing, no nothing to tell what he was feeling. He could be angry, happy, sad, ashamed, or scared. She doubted it was the last. Saber hardly felt fear. All of a sudden, his eyes turned black, which guessed meant tired.

"Your eyes are black. What does that mean?" she asked,

"I would guess it means tired or sleepy, 'cause that's what I feel now. Tired and......" he trailed off, his cheeks turning red. He looked away. Saber pulled her closer and she saw tears in his eyes. She knew what he felt. He liked her, but he liked Fluttershy as well. His heart was torn. Saber was heartsick. Rainbow was torn as well. She wanted Saber to be happy, but liked him. She really liked him. Saber turned to face her. Dash put a hoof around him. He gazed at the Pegasus. Saber's eyes turned two colors. His left eye was blue and his right was gray. Sadness and shame. Rainbow started feeling the same as Saber did.

"Saber, I'm sorry. I split you up with your friends. I ruined almost everything in your life." she said miserably. Then Saber really surprised her. He kissed her on the lips. She blushed furiously. The two split apart. "Saber, you've, you've-"

"I know. I and I don't know what to do." Saber replied in a low voice, "I feel torn." he felt dizzy. Then, the torches went out and it had started to get cold. It was freezing now. Saber pulled her closer. She leaned into him and kissed him on the cheek. She believed him. They would escape the Changeling Empire.