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'So majestic and peaceful this world...'

Fulgore stood motionlessly on the roof of the ancient castles tallest tower as he observed the vast land before him.

'Hmph, it sickens me.'

Clenching his metallic fist, Fulgore turned towards the direction of the town he had previously fought Gargos in. He could see the remains of what was once the castle he had 'accidentally' brought down with his Devastation Beam. In honesty though, he didn't exactly care for bringing the castle down, besides, there was the other castle that sat at the side of the tallest mountain not too far in the distance, plus the castle he was currently using as a base of operations, so it wasn't as if the land lost anything, right now, castles seemed quite common.

He had only been in this land for a short time and already he was able to reach a conclusion about it. It was peaceful, completely devoid of war and death, unlike Earth.

The only death he'd seen ever since he got here was the death of the Pegasi Guards caused by Gargos, other than that, everything was quiet, peaceful and happy. Too happy.

The inhabitants of the land were clearly all horses, or Ponies as he heard them call themselves, talking Ponies to be more precise. And they had their own military power from what he had seen recently, however, if Gargos was able to do away with a large number of their military units the way he did so easily then Fulgore concluded that the land would easily fall prey to any outside force. They were lucky Ultratech hadn't discovered them.

The bright rays of the suns light shone down on the cyborg as he looked up at the clear blue sky, the light itself only enhancing the beauty of the land before him.

A little robin landed on the cyborgs shoulder as he watched the land in silence, pondering on his course of action. Then again, there was really no need for one, Gargos was gone and he probably wasn't coming back, atleast, Fulgore believed the dark spirit wouldn't come back, considering he had already suffered defeat.

Casting a quick glance at the robin on his large metal shoulder, Fulgore looked back at the land and saw a few Pegasi far in the distance moving the clouds.

'Is it really so much to ask for an answer as to what my purpose is?'

Fulgore let out a metallic growl and raised his clenched fist in front of him. The little robin hovered down onto his metal forearm and looked up at him curiously.

Curious to the little creatures movements, Fulgore unclenched his metal fist and opened it up, letting the robin settle in the palm of his hand as it sat down.

Looking up again, the cyborg started pondering his true nature once more.

'I escaped those who sought to use me for the sole purpose of conquering the world. Now I remain here in this peaceful realm, pondering what to do? What can I do? This vast land is inhabited by a species who succeed at living in peace and harmony. What can I possibly bring to it, when all I have is the ability to destroy and kill and bring about the ruination of all living things?'

'What is my true nature?' As he continued to dwell in his thoughts, a bright flash dragged his full attention.

Fulgore looked up and found himself standing in a small tribes camp.

Many of the tribes people were walking around carrying baskets, others were feeding children and some of the women were showing the children how to make the little men made of straw.

Looking around, his attention was grabbed by a familiar large man who was approaching him. Fulgore clenched his fists and prepared for battle, but the large man walked right by him, as if he hadn't even noticed him.

The man stopped a few feet in front of him and said, "It's amazing, isn't it?"

Fulgore tilted his head slightly in confusion, wondering what the man was referring to.

"Indeed, Hinmatoom." Another voice said.

Fulgore turned and saw another man approaching. This one was slightly shorter than the other, Hinmatoom, who he also knew as Chief Thunder, and he happened to look very similar to larger man.

The shorter man stopped right in front of Fulgore and smiled at Thunder. "It's because of you Eagle. Because of you, and because of your victory at the tournament, life here has never been easier for our people, you have saved us all."

"Without your support, I wouldn't have been able to succeed Hinmatoom." Eagle replied as he folded his arms over his chest.

Thunder chuckled. "Tell me though, do you still intend to keep fighting?"

Eagle frowned slightly. "Ultratech has committed many crimes, and though their tournament provided me a chance to better the lives of our people, their secrets must be revealed. The world must know of their horrible crimes and I will not stop until I see them brought down and brought to justice."

"Your wife and son will want you to stay." Thunder replied.

Nodding, Eagle turned around and walked by Fulgore, who remained motionless as he listened to the mans words. "I know, just, promise me, that no matter what happens, promise me you will take care of them for me."

Chief Thunder slowly made his way forward and stopped right in front of Fulgore, looking him in the eyes as he gave a small smile. "I will look after them, and no matter what happens, know that you will always have my support, brother."

Fulgore just stared back at the large man, taking a quick glance behind him to see that Eagle was no longer there.

In another bright flash, the cyborg found himself back to the present, standing on the roof of the old castles tallest tower.

Was Thunder talking to him suddenly? No, he couldn't have been. Was this another one of those memories? It most certainly was.

Time and time again, these memories continued to plague his mind everywhere he went. But why? Why was he having these memories? Were they supposed to mean something? Was there some sort of message behind them?

What's more, it was only another thing that anchored him down, just like his attempts to process his true nature.

Fulgore let out a metallic growl and clenched his fist shut. The little robin stood up and chirped, giving him a curious look as he looked back at the vast land in front of him.

Hearing the birds curious chirps again, Fulgore looked down at the robin for a good long moment before swiftly raising his arm into the air, forcing the robin to jump and take flight.

With the little creature gone, Fulgore growled once more before going back into the castle.

"So Gargos is gone then?"

Captain Star Shield nodded as she finished giving her report to the Princesses of the events that transpired and what became of their guards, suffice to say, they were rather shocked, and Twilight Sparkle and the rest of her friends were horrified, so much so that Pinkie Pie's mane had deflated just like it had on the day she thought her friends were trying to avoid her.

"He killed all of them your highness. He killed them all without hesitation, almost like he enjoyed it. He's a monster." Star Shield said before wincing at the aching pain that was still coursing through her body.

Luna sighed. "Indeed, only a monster would do such a thing."

Celestia looked at a few of the other guards and noticed some of them had mixed expressions, some angry, some afraid. Turning back to Star Shield, she said, "And after that was when...Fulgore arrived?"

"Yes your highness." Star Shield replied. She looked at the dry blood on her foreleg and recalled what happened not too long ago. "Gargos said he would return, before he disappeared into that Dimensional Rift he created with the, Ultra...tech device or whatever he called it. And Fulgore..." She slowly kneeled down and sighed as she looked back up at the Princesses. "He could have killed me...but he...he let me live."

While Luna recoiled slightly at the Pegasus' words, Celestia found herself smiling a little. "He did, did he?"

Star Shield nodded. "Yes, he did. He then left and disappeared into the old castle, that's probably where he's laying low for the moment."

Celestia smiled. "You've done well Captain..." She turned to a few nearby guards and said, "Guards, help the Captain to the medical ward and see to it she receives everything she needs."

"Yes your highness." Three Pegasi guards assisted the Captain to her hoofs and helped her out of the throne room.

When they were gone, Luna waved a forehoof. "Guards, ready thyselves and prepare to move out. If the metal monster is still in the old castle then we will have to strike hard and fast before he can cause anymore damage!"

Just as a number of guards were to about move, Celestia halted them in their place with a raised forehoof. "Remain where you are, we will not be putting anymore lives at risk."

"Sister, that destructive monster is still out there, it is only a matter of time before he decides to leave the old castle and start rampaging through the land. He must be stopped." Luna said.

Celestia shook her head. "I understand your desire to protect our subjects, but why attack one who has no reason to harm them?"

Luna stared at her sister in confusion, while Twilight Sparkle and her friends watched on silence.

"What are you implying sister?" Luna replied as she glared slightly at the white Alicorn.

Celestia looked at the five mares who were watching them and said, "Remember what Rarity said. Gargos would have inflicted further harm upon you all had Fulgore not intervened. She was correct when she said that you would all have been killed if he hadn't arrived. We all witnessed him clash with Gargos, that and his acts alone are all the evidence I need to conclude that Fulgore is not our enemy."

Luna's eyes widened. "Surely thou cannot be serious! Sister, hath thou already forgotten what that metal beast did? It destroyed Twilight Sparkle's castle! We all saw it with our own eyes!"

"I know sister. But have you also forgotten that he was retaliating against Gargos? Was it not he who protected us from suffering the wrath of Gargos' attack?" Celestia replied.

Luna tried to think of the right words to respond but found none and accepted defeat. "Thou...you...I suppose you do bring up a valid point sister." She hardened her look again at the white Alicorn. "But it still caused a massive amount of damage, there will be repercussions eventually."

Celestia sighed. "Somehow, I don't think so." She turned to the five Ponies that stood at the bottom of the throne and said, "Twilight Sparkle, I have sent a letter to the Crystal Empire informing your brother and Princess Cadence of the events that have transpired, they should be here soon. For now, I have a task for you and your friends, though it will be very dangerous and whether or not any of you want to accept it is your own decision."

Twilight Sparkle looked at each of her friends who all gave confident nods, minus Fluttershy who was a little more hesitant. "What is it Princess?"

Celestia's expression hardened slightly as she replied. "If Gargos really does plan on returning to Equestria, if he really does plan on stealing the lands magic for himself, then he must be stopped. To drain the land of all of its magic would be to drain it of life itself, Gargos must be stopped. From what we do know, his power is probably equal to if not greater than even mines and Luna's. However..."

The white Alicorn cast a quick glance at Luna, who rolled her eyes and motioned for her to continue. "However...from what we have witnessed, Fulgore seemed to be able to match Gargos, and, from what you yourself told me Twilight, he almost defeated him before Luna and I showed up."

Rainbow Dash raised a brow. "Uh, Princess, what exactly are you getting at?"

Celestia looked at the Pegasus and said, "Fulgore doesn't appear to have any motive for bringing harm to anypony, and he did protect you all from Gargos' wrath. If Gargos' main goal is drain the land of its magic, who better to stop him than Fulgore?"

"Uh, Princess, yer not suggestin' what ah think yer suggestin' are ya?" Applejack replied.

Celestia nodded. "I am Applejack." Turning back to the lavender Alicorn, she said, "Twilight Sparkle, will you and your friends travel to the old castle, and persuade Fulgore to join us as our ally?"

Glacius stood atop the frozen cliff as he pondered where Jago and Fulgore could have disappeared to. The assassin used an Ultratech Device linked with his own technology to create the Rift that took the two of them away, but there was no telling where they ended up.

The possibility that they could have just been killed instantly upon being consumed by the Rift was slightly high but the Rift itself was a gateway, a path, atleast that's what he heard from the assassin before she succumbed to her wounds so it didn't seem likely that they were dead.

Either way, Glacius was intent on finding out. Their disappearance was caused by not only Ultratechs technology, but his own. It was his responsibility now to figure out where they disappeared to, bring them back and recover the Ultratech Device before it fell into sinister hands. Ultratech was up to something, and though he was tempted to storm their headquarters and find answers, Glacius couldn't allow his emotions to cloud his judgement. He had to remain calm and vigilant, his first mission to recover his own technology was complete. He had to think very carefully and plan his course of action before carrying it out, rushing recklessly into Ultratech's headquarters would only result in a disaster. They'd capture him and then they would find his ship, he couldn't afford to let his tech be stolen again.

As the ice alien continued to dwell on the situation, his attention was dragged by a familiar sight.

The Dimensional Rift had opened once again, and this time something came flying out of it.

Turning to face the dark figure who was on his knees, Glacius narrowed his eyes slightly as he took notice of the Ultratech Device in the figures hand. It was the same one that got sucked into the Rift earlier.

As the Rift closed up, the figure rose up to his full height and chuckled. "Ah, looks like it works after all. Perfect, now to begin my counterattack."

Glacius' eyes widened slightly when he able to fully identify the dark man. 'Jago?'

Almost as if the dark man heard his thoughts, 'Jago' turned around and locked eyes with the ice alien. "Ah, you, Glacius, I should've known you would be involved with this."

'No...not Jago. That is not my friend. He is giving off an aura of pure evil and chaos, my friend would never let such a thing consume him.' Glacius thought.

"If you haven't figured it out yet, Jago is no more. I am Gargos, surely you remember me alien?" Gargos said.

Glacius hardened his gaze at the dark spirit and jumped into the air, slowly floating down to ground level and landing softly on the icy surface. "What have you done with my friend?" Glacius asked.

Gargos chuckled. "He stands before you, don't you see? He is merely, no more, if that's the only way I can put it. This body is mine now and with it, I plan to set out and bring all under my rule once more."

Glacius cast a quick glance at the crash site where his ship was before locking eyes with Gargos again. "Where is Fulgore? What about him?"

"Merely trapped in another realm. Another realm that I plan to return to in fact. With so much energy there, I could finally regain my true form and reign supreme once more. But as always, there are a few stubborn obstacles that need to be dealt with. Fulgore being one of them, aswell as the realms inhabitants." Gargos said as he clenched his fist.

Knowing what the dark spirit was implying, Glacius replied, "You seek to bring another realm under your rule? Was it not enough to sate your ego to have one already?"

Gargos smirked behind his face mask and thrust his hand forward. "ENDOKUKEN!"

Seeing the dark fireball shooting towards him, Glacius reared his arm back and threw a spiky ball of ice hurling towards the fireball. Both attacks exploded upon contact, forcing both Glacius and Gargos to shield their eyes slightly from the blinding light that followed.

As soon as the smoke from the fireball vanished into thin air, Glacius pointed a finger at the dark spirit and said, "I may not know what your entire motive is, but if you seek to bring chaos and destruction down on any realm be it this one or another, abusing the power of that device in your hand to do so, then I'm afraid I cannot let you go any further than here, dark one."

Chuckling, Gargos placed the Ultratech device onto the icy ground and entered into a fighting stance. "Then come, stop me, if you think you can alien."

Glacius hovered slightly into the air and clenched his hands shut before opening them up, spiky orbs of icy energy floating above them as he glared at his opponent.

"This Crash Site will be your resting place."

Author's Note

I can say with full confidence that Glacius is my favourite KI character, then why have I done a story about Fulgore and not him? Who says I won't do a story about Glacius in Equestria after I'm done? We'll cross that bridge when we come to it. Anyway, I decided to go for a little sad toned chapter but I don't think it turned out too well, that and it's short because I just wanted to get it out as soon as possible. So, yeah, hope you liked it, and before any of you comment about it yes more characters will appear soon enough.