Sempiternal

When I finally made my way outside and felt the Sun's warm glow on my skin it was such a relief to be out of that god forsaken place. Twilight and Digger were ready to go chomping on the bit to leave me there if they had to wait one more minute. Their uneasiness was obviously shown when I asked if they were ready to go back to town they took the lead leaving me in the dust as they pulled the cart with explosive vigor down the dirt trail.

I had a lot on my mind and didn't want to race them back and took to a slow walk. There were so many scenarios playing out in mind about unknown revelation and hopefully Sandra would be able to help me make sense of it all. She kept me company through the walk back giving me status updates on her progress of deciphering the data up until she completed her tasks.

By the time I got to the village evening had set in and the streets were empty besides a few ponies who were shutting down their shops at the local bazaar so they could go home for the night. My body was weak from all the walking but my mind was restless I needed to find a quiet spot to read through those files. Fluttershy's cottage would have been ideal but it was quite a distance to walk and telling her about our little trip to the cave wouldn't have gone so well.

After a short recon there was an abandoned grain mill on the outskirts of town which was perfect for me to set my stuff down and gave me the privacy I needed. After setting my bag down and getting comfortable as possible on the hard concrete propping my back up on a worn wooden beam I call Sandra up from the device. "Yes Koba?" She said "How can I be of assistance?"

"Show me the most recent data entry." I replied anxiously. Her answer was swift and efficient as she pulled up a file and said. "The unknown user has been identified as Dr. Cassandra McLeod of Ageis Nano Systems Corp. Her file suggests that she defected from Centcom for the attempted sabotage on the U.S. funded research of genetically engineered super soldiers known as the "Zeus Project". She was caught tampering with the telepathy amplifier which controlled the soldiers and was sentenced to death in April 23rd 2071."

This peaked my interests and raised more questions than answers so for hours after that I read file after file on this "Zeus Project" What I found out was shocking almost surreal like something out of a movie. After Russia was defeated the Americans saw the potential in our genetic program and employed the help of our former scientists to create not only a handful of soldiers that were superior in all attributes but an entire legion consisting of 4 divisions of light, mechanized, airborne and spec ops infantry units. These soldiers were all controlled by telepathic commanders who were all just puppets on a string to a Hivemind on an orbital platform far above the Earth.

The U.S at that time was in danger of collapse due to overpopulation and lack of resources. They used these soldiers to conquer and decimate the foreign governments bringing the entire world under one flag. For sometime after that there was peace. The U.S saw no need for these soldiers anymore and after a failed attempt to shut down the Hivemind the soldiers became homicidal killing their creators in biblical proportions destroying everything in their path. Its not said if it was an mass extinction event but there are no other records after the event in 2073.

My mind was completely blown after reading this. Mankind's greatest achievement ended up being it's downfall. And in it's place a peaceful race known as Equestrians have made this world their home. It really seemed to make more sense now. But something was still bothering me. I had to find this Dr. McLeod I just had a bad feeling and finding her could the last piece of the puzzle.