Chapter 1 - Genesis

Huh? What's this? I'm... not sleeping anymore. Why am I conscious? And what are those disrupting sounds? Something touched my ears? That's impossible. I've never heard anything in my life!

...How's my creation Doctor? Is he still being developed...

I am interested in no creation! Leave me be and shut up! I've been sleeping for my entire life. It's not time to wake up yet. Perhaps in a few more years.

...Zylo is still being developed yes. At this rate, you will have your super warrior and some! However, his brain activity is a bit high for this early in his life...

I'm keeping my eyes shut, I don't care what the fuck they want. I like my bed better. I'm not about to give away this sleep. Funny. The voices sound muffled. They sound dangerously close, but it also sounds like a barrier of both glass and liquid stands in the way of me and those voices.

...If this is a problem, fix it immediately. We must have no weak links...

I wonder who they are talking to? Is this a dream? I've never dreamed before! Maybe if I peek open my eyes... no! I cannot disrupt it!

...Well, Zylo may become self-conscious and begin to think for himself. Because we haven't given him a personality, he has no conscious, which makes him dangerous...

Wait a second. Zylo? Creation? Development? Who is this? Who am I?! Is that... me talking? Oh no! How do I know anything! What is this! Grrrr... no!!! AGGHH!!! How do I know I've never heard anything, or if I'm conscious or not?! It's as if I'm a baby that has the intelligence of an eighteen year old! Oh no! THATS EXACTLY WHAT I AM.

...Agh! Dr. Stasis!!! Why is Zylo struggling? Fix it now...

...Yes ma'am. Guys! 1000 milligrams of sedative. Stat! Quickly! He's starting to break a few chords in there...

Sedative? Wait. I've heard of that before. Whew. Thank Celestia. I can go back to sleep. Ahhh... here it is. Oooohhh. That feels, uggghhh...

...thank goodness. He's falling fast asleep. Brain activity: declining. Pulse: normal. We're in the clear...

...with Celestia

Secret underground experiment facility.

At last, the Bio-Pony was sedated, and not a moment too soon. Dr. Stasis looked down to his hoofs. They were shaking tremendously. When he looked up to the princess of the daytime, he noticed her calm stature. She looked straight into the Bio-Pony's face, not even flinching from the close call.

"Look at you!" She thinks. "The fusion of Luna and Vegeta. A perfect specimen. You live to fight, and nothing more. You're a killer. You're the only hope for ponykind in there. I hope you are everything that Dr. Stasis promised...Zylo."

This seems a little bit too dark for Celestia. In a way, Celestia was genetically toying with Luna's son, and not having a problem with it. And this Vegeta person? Only a select few know what he's capable of. Indeed it seemed a little harsh, but after countless days of planning, this seemed like the best course of action to stop the threat ahead.

She walked closer to yet another one of their experiments. However, this one was her golden goose. Perfect in every way. Or at least, he was on his way to perfection. She tapped on the glass of the cell. No response from the pony inside.

The pony that floated in the red liquid simply bobbed up and down, virtually motionless. The genetic code for his appearance was simple enough to create. His fur was a snow white color, his cutie mark still a blank canvas of white. His hair, a jet black, with blood red streaks throughout his wild mane.

"I'm sorry, but you cannot be allowed to think for yourself." She says in the open, like she doesn't care who hears. "This is my last resort. You can't know that you are basically a slave of mine. You're not a pony, or a saiyan, you are a tool used to save us all."

"Wh-what was that...princess?" Said the cowardly Dr. Stasis.

For only a few seconds, she ignores him. As soon as Dr. Stasis thought of asking again, she abruptly turns around. She utters a small and silent chuckle to herself as her radiant eyes pierced through the doctor's very soul.

"Oh, it's nothing!" She says, with a bright smile following.

Princess Celestia. Perhaps the finest, most beautiful pony that ever touched the soil of Equestria. She's much larger than the average pony, most likely due to the fact that she is an alicorn. Her white fur is the same hue as that of the very pony her scientists are developing. She wears her crown proudly atop her head, as well as matching breast plate and horseshoes. Her eyes are like purplish-pink diamonds, but her mane is even more magnificent. With a combination of cyan, pink, and 2 similar shades of blue, her mane is second to none. It courses with magical energy with each passing second! Her tail is no exception.

"Now, Doctor!" She snaps, grabbing his full attention. "Get back to work. I'll be returning to my duties. Take care."

"Y-yyes ma'am." The doctor says, kissing Celestia's big flank.

She nods her head, then proceeds to walk out of the experiment room. Walking back up the dark stairs brought back terrible memories, for not only is this where her creations are being worked on, this is where she encountered...him.

"Oh how that day haunts me so." Celestia talks to herself. "I can never forget it. Eighteen years ago. That day, that very same horrifying day, He! He showed his face! Agh, if I could even call it a face!"

Celestia tried to focus on the stairs, instead of the familiar background. The pain was too great.

"He's the whole reason! The only reason I'm pouring countless bits into these warriors." She yells, growing much louder. "We've dealt with Chrysalis, Sombra, and even Discord, but this, this guy is just out of our league entirely! Not even the elements of harmony can stop him!"

Frustrated, she decides to close her eyes and take the easier way up the giant spiral staircase. She begins to fly straight up into the light that shines down. Seconds later, she was gone.

...Back to the lab again

An average scientist laborer watches his watch closely. It's 11:59 on the dot. Only a minute remained until their shift was over. After that, the night guards would take over watching the experiments. Here, there are only 2 kinds of ponies that can set foot in the lab. A night guard, or a scientist. Well, unless you count the Princess.

Finally! Midnight comes at last. It's Friday, which means the weekday is finally over at last.

"HEEEEEYYY!!!" Shouts the watchman. "It's midnight! Time to pack it up!"

Instantly, the scientists stopped whatever they were doing. Most of them cheered and conversed with each other as they began to clean up. All sorts of stuff littered the tables that surrounded the pods. Lab coats, clipboards, medicine, test tubes, and more. One by one, the scientists marched out of the lab, with the exception of one pony. The lead doctor himself, Dr. Stasis.

"Argh!" He scoffs to himself. "It's so creepy down here with all of these ponies floating in the water like this. I wish Shining Armor and his troops would hurry up!"

Dr. Stasis finds himself a seat in the middle of all 15 experiments. The slight sound of the fluid in the tanks bubbling is the only thing that fills the room with sound. Bored, he looks over to each one, staring through the glass and checking on his lifelong projects. Finally, he looks to the last one. A pair of glowing red eyes flashes through the glass. When Dr. Stasis looks him straight into the eyes, an evil smile stretches across his face.

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!" He screams to the top of his lungs.

Screaming, flailing, and otherwise being a total pussy, Dr. Stasis snapped out of his panic in the safe hoofs of the one he was waiting for.

"Uhhhh. What's your problem?" Shining Armor asks with a warm smile. "Calm down. It's just us!!!"

Dr. Stasis didn't even bother answering. He cocked his head as fast as he could to Celestia's ultimate weapon, only to find him back asleep. Was he seeing things?

"What the..." He gasped. "I swear... I... SAW HIM..."

"Shut up you pencil pusher!" Yells one of Shining Armor's night guards. "You're slowly losing your mind down here in this bunker. You know that, right?"

The Doctor kind of had his feeling hurt. This was his life's ambition that the guard just made fun of! Dr. Stasis was no "pencil pusher." He was a superior scientist, one hired by Celestia herself.

Thankfully for him, Shining Armor stood up for Dr. Stasis.

"Shut up! You're nothing but a measly grunt yourself, so don't think you can knock other's down like that!" Shining defends.

The guard that made fun of Dr. Stasis slouched his neck in embarrassment, while the other guards silently laughed at him. Shining noticed that his guards were becoming too rowdy.

"AttennnnSION!!!" Shining yelled.

In that second, the night guards lined up in a neat line against the wall. Each stood as tall as possible.

"These experiments here are top secret!" He began. "You know the drill, but I am obligated to remind you. If you blab your big mouths to anypony in your entire lives about what you are guarding, well... I doubt I have to remind you about that part."

Every one of the guards grew nervous and gulped hard. They knew what the penalty was. Banishment in the first degree!

"Now, TO YOUR POSTS!!!" Shining yells.

Each one of the guards quickly get where they need to go. Some ran, some flew, and some teleported. All made it there in less than 5 seconds. Shining was pleased.

"So, I'm free to go?" Dr. Stasis asked Shining Armor.

"Yes sir!" He nobly informed his friend. "We can take it from here. None of these experiments will ever get through."

Flashing a weak smile, the doctor journeyed up the long stairs to the surface.

"Those fools don't know how wrong they are." He thought silently into his head. "Just one of those warriors would take a whole army of soldiers to stop it. And if Zylo is the one to wake up? Ohhh..."

The doctor decided to put it out of his mind. It was now in the hoofs of the guards.

...Minutes later.

"Finally! All of the egghead are gone. Now, the real challenges show up. It's time for me to destroy these pests." Thought the creation in his cell.

Carefully opening his eyes, this new synthetic creature, known as Zylo, peered around the room. All of the guards were standing vigilant and strong. This bothered Zylo. Ponies that stood in his way must be destroyed.

"Well, first things first, I kill them all if they stand in my way." He darkly thought. "Then, I find that doctor and ask him why he created me!"

Zylo knew that he was outnumbered, which was a bad thing. His fighting abilities were unknown to him, undetermined on just how strong he was. It was time for a small test run.

"One...two...three...four...five...six...seven." Zylo counted in his head. "Hmmmph. Seven guards could be a challenge. No matter, I must escape this...this...BULLSHIT!!! I'll make that doctor regret that he created me!"

Slowly, one tube at a time, Zylo began pulling them all off. When he removed his breathing mask, he started to regret it. He was now on borrowed time to make his first strike. Never-the-less, he smiled and began to tap a familiar song.

Shave and a haircut, 2 bits!

Instantly, the guard standing next to his cell jumped. He knew it came from Zylo's cell. When he looked through the glass, he flinched at what he saw. An eighteen year old pony smiling back at him, glaring into his eyes.

Before the guard had time to react, Zylo's fist flew through the glass, grabbing the pony by the throat. His grip was so tight, that the second he let go, the pony continued to choke, as if an invisible man was strangling him. Eventually, he struggled no longer. Zylo had crushed his windpipe. His life came to a screeching end.

When Zylo noticed the other six ponies running towards him, he crouched downward and submerged himself under the liquid. He held his breath, as the cell was not yet fully drained.

"What the heck was that?!" yelled Captain Shining Armor.

All of the remaining guards looked to their fallen comrade. Red liquid flowed from Zylo's cell all over the dead guards face. He was completely motionless. Shining slammed his hoof into the ground, angry on how this was possible.

"NOOOOO!!!" He screams, denting the concrete floor with his great strength. "Who did this?!?!?!"

None of them answered. Instead, they looked to the cell in front of them that read, "ZYLO" in big, bold letters.

"Come out of there right now!!!" Shining commanded. "Resisting would be foolish on your part."

He couldn't help but laugh underwater. It was funny to Zylo. Resisting them? Oh no. In his head, they resisted him. With his breath officially used, Zylo bucked the door off of it's hinges. The solid steel door was 4 inches thick and weighing over 500 pounds. The guard in the very middle couldn't be any more unlucky. The door grabbed him, sent him flying with it, and smashed him straight into the wall. He did not survive.

Finally, the pony steps from his pod, still smiling that evil smirk. When he gets a look at where he is, he stops and gasps at the scenery.

"So, these are my first images out of that pod." He silently tells himself. "None of this makes any sense!"

When Zylo moved his hoof off of the throat of the pony he killed, he began to wonder. He looked to the blood splattered wall, and the pile of gore that lay under the iron door. This was getting him nowhere.

"You!" he says pointing to Shining Armor. "Tell me something!"

"What, you freak?" He screamed at Zylo, clearly afraid.

Shining wouldn't allow Zylo to see it, but he was downright freaking out. 2 of his friends already died from this monster before they even saw him coming. This was serious. His very life may be endanger as of now.

"Why?" He asks. "Why was I created? This is the first time I've ever taken a single hoofstep in my life, and yet... I know how to walk, just like a normal eighteen year old. How do I know all of these skills? Right now, I shouldn't even be able to talk!"

"S-shut up!" Shining stuttered, drawing his sword. "If you don't surrender right now, your safety may not be guaranteed."

Zylo simply scoffed, and nodded his head. It felt like hours before he responded.

"If you cannot help me," He begins. "Then you are useless. You die NOW!!!"

"GRRRR!!!" Shining growled. "Attack him guys! Right now!"

Unfortunately for them, Shining just made Zylo's day. His guards were just as disposable, if not even more so than Shining Armor was. The only time this kid showed any emotion at all was when he battled. His whole heart was poured into it. It was as if he was happy to be doing this, happy to be ending lives as if they were nothing more than the air we breathe. When the guards attack him, he moves are perfectly coordinated. His reflexes are sharp. His speed is second to none. Even on foot, he glides across the floor, like he's on ice.

"THATS IT!!!" One guard screams. "Gang up on him guys!!!"

"YAAAAHHH!!!" Three guards yell, trying to help him out.

Zylo frowns. He has to kick it up a notch. With rapid swings from their spears, Zylo pushes them out of harms way just in time, stab to stab, swipe to swipe. He's not even being too serious. Zylo made deflecting 10 spear swipes per second look easy. Finally, he had enough. Delaying their last few seconds of life was over.

Zylo ripped one of the spears away from a guard. He smashed the wooden edge against his head, then proceeded to disarm the other 3. He broke all three with a heave to the wall.

"Listen to me." Zylo warns with a medium light voice. "I'm giving you a chance to leave. If anyone of you ponies fuck with me, you will be eliminated. Got it?"

The 4 ponies that trifled with Zylo shook in their armor. Slowly, a guard with a sword went behind Zylo, carefully sneaking over.

"Don't think I'm sparing you out of the kindness of my heart!" He hatefully makes himself clear. "It's just that killing all of you is going to take longer. I'd rather get to this Dr. Stasis character right now. So what's it going to be? TELL ME!!!"

While Zylo babbled on, a guard was on the verge of striking with his sharp longsword. He followed through fully on his neck. He sighed in relief when the blow hit, because in his head it was all over. His head thought wrong, because when he looked down, the hairs on his mane weren't even cut! The sword cracked into a million pieces, as it smashed into the killing machine. Zylo just stood there, deeply disturbed that they tried to resist.

He cocked his neck back to the guard that tried to kill him, but didn't move his legs.

"That was a fatal mistake." He says to him with no emotion. "You could have walked away from here, but now? Hah. Now your days are over."

Nobody did anything. They simply marveled at this pony at the same time they were afraid. There was no stopping him! A sword to the back of the neck would have heaved any other ponies head clean off, but not this one. This one was hardly a pony at all.

"How could Celestia create such...an abomination? This was supposed to be our hero? THIS?! This very pony was supposed to be the one to save our lives?! No! I refuse to believe it! He's a monster."

Zylo slowly walked towards the pony that tried to kill him, still staring intensively into his eyes.

"Celestia?" He asked, not turning to Shining. "Who is she? That name, it's familiar."

Shining kicked himself for saying that out loud! Now, he may be after his princess! He may have put her life in danger as well. This pony couldn't be stopped. Even Shining doubted that Celestia could stop him either.

"Hah. No matter. Well, it's time to die!" Zylo cried.

In that instant, Zylo raised his power level up. A loud noise marked that Zylo's power had increased substantially. His hair flowed upward, as if he was underwater. A small white aura burned around him like he was the fuel for a very hot fire. Grabbing the pony by the neck, he picked up a piece of glass from the floor. With a quick slice, the pony's life ended. As the guard coughed and gagged, blood spewed from his neck and onto Zylo's fur. The guard struggled, praying that this wasn't happening, but it was.

"That's three." He said in a monotone voice. "Four more left."

All of the guards attacked them, even Shining Armor. One guard tried to punch Zylo in his face, but when the blow didn't even make him phase, he grabbed his hoof, twisted it, and threw him to the ground. Before he had time to deliver the finishing blow, Shining Armor shoved him away with all of his strength. The shove worked, but not as much as it should have.

One guard came to Zylo's left. Quickly, Zylo turned to the right, and bucked him right in the side. Zylo's hind hoof went through the hard bones of the guards rib cage, through vital organs that lay inside, and through another layer of bone. The strike successfully impaled the guard! He suffered worse than all of the others.

"Four!" Zylo noted.

He didn't even put his stuck leg out of the dead pony. Instead, he crushed the other pony's head that suffered with the broken leg first, then squirmed to release his leg.

"That's five." Zylo said to himself.

Two more remained. Zylo held the strength of his punch back and smashed the pony into the wall with a sucker punch. Shining Armor was now officially too afraid to fight. Never had he seen a more ruthless killer in his life. Never had he even seen a killer in his life.

All was quiet, with the exception of the injured guard. He couldn't stop moaning in pain. Zylo ended his life with a stomp to the head. His skull split open, like a cantaloupe as brain matter oozed from the crack of his cranium. Zylo grew a sense of accomplishment in his head, but his heart would forever be stained black on the day he joined the living.

"That's six!!!" Zylo said with a smile. "You're turn..."

Slowly, Zylo's pure intimidation pushed the captain into a corner. One brave surge of strength came over Shining Armor. He charged straight into Zylo, who grabbed him by the shoulders.

"YOU'LL PAY FOR WHAT YOU'VE DONE YOU CROOK!!!" Shining Armor screamed, yearning to avenge his friends. HEEEYYYAAAAA!!!!!"

"Wow." Zylo had to say.

Zylo looked to the ground. His hoofs were sliding backwards, not forwards. He found himself impressed by the strength of this one.

"I must say, I'm impressed. You're strong. For a PONY!!! HIYAA!!!"

Zylo shoved him forward hard now. Not even the captain of the royal guard stood any chance. Zylo shoved him forward, and punched Shining right in the helmet. The blow was devastating! He fell on his back, as his helm skidded on the floor to Zylo's hoofs. He picked it up and examined it.

"Such a pitifully weak breed of ponies. Such a shame!" Zylo yelled.

Bending the helm into a tight bronze ball, he threw it at Shining's head. He flinched when it hit his eye. Zylo now ran towards him to strike fear into his heart. He picked him up by his armor.

"Ghh...D-do it!" Shining said. "Kill me. You'll never get away with this!!!"

"Away with what?" Zylo asked.

"With killing my men!!! You FOOL!!!" He screamed.

"What's wrong with that?!" Zylo asked, frustrated that he didn't understand.

"D-don't you see? All of those men had families!" He yelled in a sad tone. "Each and every one of those guards had a wife and kids to go home to. Now? They're dead! DEAD!!! And it's all YOUR FAULT!!!"

Zylo was caught off guard. Shining seemed so passionate for other ponies that weren't even him. Zylo was too confused why he showed concern for others. After all, Zylo could not, so why should anypony else?

His touching words did nothing to Zylo. All it did was stir up more questions in that thick head of his. He tossed Shining Armor over his shoulder, as he slammed into countless tables.

Before Zylo left, he noticed the door to his cell, propped on the dead pony that lay between it and the wall. He picked it up, ignoring the body below him and wiped the blood from the bottom part. He saw those very four letters that were his name.

"Zylo?" He asked himself. "That's what I am called now. Zylo. It will do."

Staring back at his empty pod, he noticed for the first time, that there were 14 other pods laying adjacent to each other. 7 on the left, and seven on the right. His brothers and sisters all laid here, dormant.

"I'll put these guys out of commission too. Somehow, I get the feeling that... they know me." He said with slight sadness. "I don't like it!!!"

Picking up the first pod he saw, he threw it into the others. Sparks, smoke, red water, glass, and metal pieces flew everywhere! After several minutes of Zylo's rampage, all of the pods were scattered across the floor. Zylo turned, headed for the exit, and never looked back.

"Why am I here? I must find this Doctor Stasis person." Zylo told himself. "When I find him and extract my answers, I'll kill him. Then, I can begin my training."

Every pod on that floor was destroyed. The lights all gave out, leaving shining in the pitch darkness, alone to die. He looked all around. It was the quiet that scared him the most. Eventually, the blood loss was too great, and he passed out.

Just before Shining Armor's last second of consciousness ran out, he saw 2 glowing red pods flicker, struggling to survive.

Author's Note

Disclaimer: I'm pretty sure that all of you know that I don't own My Little Pony or anything associated with it with the exception of a Rainbow Dash pillow pet. My Little Pony is owned by Hasbro.

Hey! Thanks to all that read this all the way through! I know that Zylo seems overpowered, but I assure you that the Saiyan blood in him is responsible for that. If you've never watched Dragon Ball Z, you won't understand.

Just so we're clear, yes. This is a crossover, but it starts off slow. Dragon Ball Z is just one of many crossovers I hope to put in here. I promise that the good stuff will come soon enough.

Another thing to add, I accept OC's from anyone who wishes to have one here, even if they are in another story. Be sure to either leave it in a review, but I'd prefer if you PM'ed me, so that I can tell you what info I need for your OC.

If you can, like the story for me. Make sure to tell me what you thought of it too in a review, whether good or bad. Both is helpful.

And as always, thanks for reading!