Chapters “are you even sure that this is going to work?” rainbow dash’s hissed voice sounded in the tunnel as they advanced toward the tube with ‘nemesis’ marked on the seal.
“yes, it will work… nemesis is programmed to destroy any intruders or unauthorized personnel, and he far exceeds the power of the other 17 failed test subjects” atmosphere replied as the tube slowly slid open, and out stepped a pony.
He was dark grey, with a red and black mane, his black coat symbolised him like an elite of some sort as he slowly stepped forward and, seeing a nearby rocket launcher, he grabbed it as he groaned “terminate….” Almost zombie-like, he then marched off toward the last known location of the mane six in the factory.
Rainbow looked slightly shocked as she said “well… it looks like the project is a success… I’ll give credit when it’s due, but that seems to be the most effective bio-weapon yet, after the other 17 all went stark-raving-super-lunatic-cuckoo crazy!”
Nemesis POV
(Author’s note: the red italics are when nemesis’s real mind is speaking, the blue are the other)
I walk along the corridor, hearing my hooves thud against the ground as I see my objectives flashing in front, like a computer’s orders
Mission: terminate applejack, pinkie pie, fluttershy, twilight sparkle, rarity and eliminate all unauthorized personnel
Secondary objective: bring bodies for experimentation.
Truthfully, I guess I should introduce myself. My designation is nemesis, but my true name is black lightning. I was caught by the factory, attempting to hack the main computers to access the data within…
I can only just remember my original memories, due to a mix of experimentation, my memories altered, then a NE-ϑ parasite was implanted in my skull, so unless through extreme circumstances, I would never be able to break my programming or retrieve any memories…
I round a corner and I hear two voices in my skull, like my actual mind and my artificial one, arguing:
You are here to kill! KILL!
Fuck off, don’t kill them, they may be able to help find a cure to your infection!
Shove off!
F*ck you!
I just keep on marching, unable to stop myself…
3rd pony POV
“Come on girls, rainbow can’t be far!” twilight called back to her group of friends who were trotting along with them…
“Maybe rainbow’s just about to throw a surprise party!” exclaimed pinkie but suddenly, the floor shook as a horrible voice, like steel
on steel growled “terminate….” And then, just when they least expected to see another pony, one stepped out from the corner…
“Glad to see…” twilight began but froze mid-sentence..
that was no ordinary pony. he only had one eye and his head was held together with surgical staples, his mane was red and dark black and it was so clotted and matted with blood that it looked as if it was thick as stone. he was dressed in a black coat,complete with a rocket launcher on his shoulder. his cutie mark was a bio-hazard symbol, complete with two crossed swords on the background. his face was battle-scarred on his blind side, apparently showing him as some sort of veteran.
Two lab ponies stepped out and said “the targets are the mane 5, excluding rainbow and… OH SH*T THEY’RE RIGHT THERE! KILL THEM!”
However, the huge, battle-scarred pony just grabbed the lab pony and ripped his head clean off, before snapping his companion’s spine and throwing him to the ground.one lay still but when the other one moved slightly, the huge thing turned, and violently stamped on his skull, breaking it and sending bone,blood and brain across the floor.
Slowly, the creature turned and seemed to analyze for a second, displaying a differing emotion for each. suddely it groaned at them “R-RUN FOR IT!”
“What!?” twilight exclaimed but the huge thing cut her off
“The factory ain't taken kindly to your intrusion in here so they sent me to kill ya. I back-stabbed them, but it won’t be long fore’ they find out about my betrayal, so run for it!”
They ran for it instantly...
a short while away, they caught their breath, fluttershy having nearly suffered a heart attack, and the silence they were in was only broken when applejack finally asked out loud "what... what in the hell was that!?"
Nemesis’s pov
Did… did I just warn them?
But it cannot be… my programming has been broken, it seems as my new objective flashes up in front “terminate factory”….
Fuck! I've stayed here way too long, as I feel a barrage of heavy firepower smash into my coat, completely destroying it… that's a major fuck-up they just made!
That coat you see prevents me mutating excessively and when it is removed, I become more resilient, faster, stronger, and FAR more violent… the rainbow factory song comes to my ears as a huge amount of writhing tentacles burst from my body.
I grab a passing worker and rip him in half with my new-found strength… I turn upon the security detail, butchering them with my new-found tendrils, which I’d sprouted during my mutation. By the end, only maimed bodies, torn coats, and blood pools were left...
i slowly think "well... this is bizarre. my programming is broken, i turned traitor,I've mutated and now i have to terminate the factory... its time for retribution". little did i know, that rainbow had been watching the slaughter...
since she had, i soon figured that she'd be sending everything the CWC have, after all, my genes and experiment data are too valuable, yet my evidence too important. if she allowed me to go, the factory would be demolished, and she's get death or life in prison, but if she destroyed me, they would have disposed of their most prized project, that had taken years to develop.
she can't let me go, yet cannot let me live... this will only stop with one death. my life, rainbow's, or atmosphere's. without atmosphere, she cannot recreate me, but without rainbow, the corporation would fall entirely.
Operation: Pegasi terminate!
“WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED THERE ATMOSPHERE!?!” rainbow screamed at atmosphere who shrugged and replied
“I have no idea; somehow he was able to throw off the mind control of the NE-ϑ, breaking his programming and turning traitor upon us!”
Not a million miles away, the mane six had found nemesis and they learnt his story.
“So in simple terms, after surviving a city getting blown up, changeling attacks, and being fed through the factory’s Pegasus device, they turned me into a mutant. Still, it’s a miracle I survived the process itself, considering that the other 17 died or went mad.”
“What is the Pegasus device anyway?”
I sighed and answered by saying “that… that is a device that uses pegasi foals that are killed in it to produce rainbows. When I was
first used as an experiment, they attempted to dispose of me by throwing me into the device.”
Suddenly, rainbow and atmosphere appeared on a nearby monitor
“we’ve been impressed by your actions, nemesis, and we have decided to give you a chance at redemption. Kill the mane 6 and you shall be spared. Give us your answer, 30 seconds.”
“FUCK OFF!” I snarl angrily and say
“After years of experimentation, you never thought your most prized weapon would turn on you. Too late. Operation: pegasi terminate is go. With a fierce farewell and a violent spell you don’t have long to prepare….”
With that I punch clean through the screen and say “sorry. That bitch really pisses me off sometimes.”
I then added
“you’d best stay here. If things get violent, then I guarantee that somepony is going to die, me, rainbow, both, or the factory workers. If I need help or it’s over the call sign is ‘ore’ got it?”
They all nod and I reply in kind as I depart…
i march along the tunnel to the factory's offices and slowly, a smile forms on my twisted face...
at last.... i nearly have my vengeance... i already know whats going to happen. Atmosphere is gonna die, i'll just knock rainbow out and then yell the all-clear sign. the faster i get the fuck out.. the better...
I advance on the office marked ‘rainbow dash’ and I kick open the door, two heavily-built ponies instantly knock me down, but I just kick them off and I grab a torn off length of pipe from nearby and with skull-shattering force, I smash both in the head with the pipe, sending blood, bone and brains across the floor.
“Coward!” I snarl as I advance “too scared to even face me!?”
And rainbow comes out of the shadows, attempting to kick me. I just swat her aside and grab atmosphere who groans “what now?
I just grab my pipe and smash it into both of his testicles before cutting out his brain and savagely smashing him into a bloody mess, before i grab rainbow.
"i could kill you, but i wont. you transformed me into a monster, but i will let you live, so you can stay with you friends, grow old and die, knowing that even a once-enslaved bio-weapon, has rejected you."
i drop her and march off as i shout the call sign, but i head toward the labs. i smash open a nearby tube, freeing one of my fellow test subjects, the experimental weapon known as 'thanatos'. he steps out of the tube, and i say "C'MON man!"...
slowly, we make it ot the doors, stepping out and breathing in the crisp, fresh air as the smell of blood clears from my nose, having been there ever since my capture.... thanatos and i slowly walk off into the sunset, wondering what will happen next in our wild lives...
