Call Me Doctor Octopus (Revised Version)

Sunset groaned as she woke up in a hospital bed. She felt really weird, almost like...

Like I've grown four more arms, thought Sunset. She looked around and saw that she still had the mechanical arms, which were held up by slings normally used to hold up broken legs.

Why didn't they take my harness off? thought Sunset. "Hello? Anypony?" she called out.

An Earth Pony doctor entered the room. "Hello, Doctor Octo-uh, I mean, Dr. Shimmer. My name is Dr.Hooves," said Hooves, holding out his hand.

Dr.Shimmer shook Hooves's hand. "Where am I? Why am I still wearing my harness?" she asked.

Dr.Hooves suddenly looked nervous. "Well... you're in Manehattan General Hospital... as for the harness... well, I can't really give you a clear answer," he said.

"Why not?" asked Sunset.

Hooves took a deep breath and began to explain, "When you were first brought in, we did a CAT Scan, X-Ray, MRI, the works. We couldn't believe what we saw. We thought that you might have some form of brain damage. But, what's really going on is a bit more... bizzare."

"What happened to me?" asked Sunset, a note of worry in her voice.

"All right, here goes... your brain has created new neuro pathways... and they lead directly to your robotic tentacles," said Hooves.

Sunset’s eyes widened at this as she felt the mechanical arms slowly move. At any other time Sunset would’ve been excited at the prospect of the arms doing this but right then all she could do was panic, The arms registered her fear and lashed about the room, knocking back Doctor Hooves in the process. “Sunset calm down!”

“CALM DOWN?! DON’T TELL ME TO CALM DOWN! WHEN YOU GET FOUR BUCKING ARMS ATTACHED TO YOU THEN YOU CAN TELL ME TO CALM DOWN!” Sunset roared at the doctor. The tentacles responded and slapped Doctor Hooves into a nearby wall. Sunset was surprised at how strong the tentacles were but also realized that she couldn’t stay in the hospital for long.

I’ve gotta get out of here! She thought desperately. Without even a second thought the tentacles got right to work, Sunset herself was still panicky about these things moving on their own, and paved a way for her.

~

Meanwhile, at SparkCorp, a very somber affair was taking place. Twilight's business partner and close friend Spike Pendragon was under arrest for embezzlement.

"B-but I didn't know it was illegal!" cried the young purple and green dragon, who was clad in a black shirt, a white grease stained lab coat, grease stained khaki pants, and brown shoes.

"Tell it to the judge," said one of the cops.

As the cops half-dragged Spike down the hallway, Twilight stopped to look at her business partner.

"Twilight! You gotta help me! Tell them this is all a big misunderstanding!" Spike called out.

"Doesn't look like a misunderstanding to me," said Twilight, an indifferent look on her face.

"WHAT?! But... we're friends... partners," said Spike.

"Not anymore, we're not. Give my regards to all the ponies in the slammer," said Twilight.

As the cops kept hauling Spike away, a hurt look crossed his face.

She was supposed to be my friend, the one who would help me when I needed it... I'll get even with her one day very soon... she'll be sorry she ever left me out to dry! thought Spike.

~

How the buck did this happen? Everything was going smoothly but how… how did it go so- Sunset was interrupted by the sound of a car coming her way. She instinctively threw her arms up and all of a sudden the tentacles grabbed the car and tossed it over her leaving Sunset unharmed. Wait….. the hospital… my freakout….. they’re reacting to my neural commands. They’re…. helping me, She suddenly realized as she saw the car her arms tossed start to ignite. She rushed over and with one of her tentacles yanked the door off in one pull.

“H-help me!” begged the young unicorn mare inside.  She had a light blue coat, a white mane and tail, and wore some kind of stage outfit.

"Don't worry, I've got you," said Sunset as she used her tentacles to remove the seat just as the car exploded, sending Sunset flying.

Fortunately, her robotic arms caught her in as she fell. Dr. Shimmer made her way to the unicorn mare. "You okay?" she asked.

"Yeah... my name's Trixie Lulamoon. What- er, I mean... who are you?"

Sunset thought about it for a moment. She could tell Trixie her real name, and run the risk of getting caught, or she could invent a name... a moniker to go by...

"Well, I suppose you can call me... Doctor Octopus," Sunset, or as she was now called, Doctor Octopus, said.

"Dr.Octopus... catchy alias," said Trixie.

Doc Ock smiled. "See you around," she said, before using her tentacles to climb up and over a building, and out of sight just as the cops began to arrive.

~

Meanwhile on another end of the city a prisoner transport van was carrying Spike. Knowing that he could easily breathe fire the guards had placed a metal mouth guard over him and put him in a straight jacket to make sure his claws wouldn’t be used to free him. The prisoner in question was merely sitting in the back with a permanent glare seemingly etched into his face.

How could Twilight just up and betray me like that? Oh, I am gonna get her if it's the last thing I do! snarled Spike inside his mind.

But, nothing could've prepared Spike for what happened next: the van went down. Spike was confused but then saw that the doors to the back opened up to reveal several ponies in ski masks. Before he could react the ponies grabbed him and drug another body into his place. He was shocked to see that it looked like him. He also soon saw that he was clearly not at the prison, but rather an old warehouse.

"Wha-what's going on?!" yelled Spike before his head was covered by a black sack. Spike was then led through who knew how many passages. After the trip the ponies took the sack off Spike’s head, along with the mouth guard and streightjacket, and allowed him to get a good look over the room. Looking around, Spike saw that he was in a lab that put his old one at SparkCorp to shame. Nearly everything in there was state-of-the-art.

"I trust your lab is to your liking?" said a voice from behind Spike.

Spike turned around to find a black hooded mare standing behind him. "Who are you? What do you want from me?" he asked, trying not to sound frightened

“My name is not important, Dr. Pendragon. But, tell me, do you or do you not want revenge on Twilight Sparkle?" the hooded mare asked.

Spike thought about it for a moment. Twilight Sparkle was one of his closest friends... but, friends always watched out for each other. What Twilight did to him was unforgivable.

"More than anything in the world," said Spike.

"Well, that makes things much more simple. You'll have virtually unlimited funding, all the supplies you need for building whatever, you know, the works," the hooded mare said.

Spike smiled. "Much obliged... er, whoever you are. There is one other thing I need, though," he said.

"And that is?" said the hooded mare.

Spike's smile turned into a sinister grin.

"Call me Robot Master."