The CB Series: Story 1) Defeat of the Robot Zony Factory

Apple Bloom screamed. “The doll! The doll! It’s coming for me!” she yelled, beginning to run. The small yellow furred, red-haired pony began running. As she was dashing across Captain Banana, who she didn’t notice because she was going very fast, Apple Bloom saw a shadow of a robot. “The doll again!” She screamed, wanting to curl up and hide. “A.B.!” Babs called, running to her. “What do we do?” Apple Bloom was crying, “The rag doll is coming for us. She’s everywhere!” Babs tried to stay strong. “We must escape.” She said, playing it cool. Captain Banana watched, then realized that these were the two ponies she followed here.  She walked over to them, and bending down she asked, “Who are you?”

The girls screamed at once. “Shh! I’m good, I’m good. No reason to be afraid. In fact, I’m a superhero.” Captain Banana whispered, calming them down. “I’m Apple Bloom, and this is my cousin B.S.” she said. “B.S.?” Babs asked. “You’re nickname, Babs Seed.” Apple Bloom said, finally getting her back. “Look, girls, you aren’t safe here. You must go home at once.” Captain Banana instructed. Suddenly huge double-doors opened, and two pegasi robots carried Bab’s older sister inside, and they were pulling Applejack inside too in a red laser rope. The two fillies gasped. “Those are our sisters!” They both whispered. Captain Banana knew she’d have to save them, she’d have to save them all. But she didn’t know how.

“Let... us... go.” Applejack exhaled, exhausted from fighting the strong lasers and indestructible metal robots. At once two other robots that went into the Manager room were walking out, and a black and bright green zony followed behind them. He had blazing bright green eyes, and matching black and green hair that looked like the style mad scientists had, and he had a messy tail. He wore a pale white vest, and he had huge black bat wings. Captain Banana recognized him, and his cutiemark approved. It was a green toxic symbol. Captain Banana knew this was Professor Electoxium.

As his green hooves clapped against the cool, hard, metal floor in the “abandoned” factory, he made his way to a higher part of the building, and stood on what looked like a stage. “Thank you, thank you! And finally, you have done something right! My first prisoners have been captured!” His loud, robotic but yet familiar voice rang throughout the building.

He slowly walked towards where Applejack and her cousin were being caged, which was in the corner of the building. A long, tight grin grew on his face when Applejack lifted her weak head to look at the one responsible for her and her cousin being caught. “Have any last words?” The professor asked her, his bright green eyes beating down on her. Bab’s older sister lay on the bottom of the cage, and Applejack said nothing, with a single tear falling from her left eye. “That’s right, filly.” the professor said, and turning around he exclaimed, “That’s right! Soon all of Manehattan will feel that, and I will have total control!”

“I thought we’d have total control.” A new voice said from behind. There was something different about the voice - it wasn’t robotic.  “Oh, yes, Thunder. We’ll have total control.” The professor snickered. Captain Banana, along with Babs and Apple Bloom, saw a silhouette come out from the shadows. A gray pegasus, a naturally colored gray pegasus, with a bright blue mane and tale, with matching blue eyes and hooves, walked out. The young stallion had a blue cloud cutiemark, with a bright yellow lightning bolt on top of it.  Captain Banana didn’t know why or how, but she suddenly had a happy, butterfly, giggly feeling inside.

“Uncle Ele-” “Professor Electoxium. I’m at work, and I request you call me by my other, high-quality name.” He cut in. “Professor Electoxium, like I was saying, I wanted to tell you the good news about my mom.” Thunder paused, waiting for a response. There wasn’t one, so he continued. “In about a month she’s going to Ponyville for Ms. Rarity’s fashion show. Mom’s a model for her pegasus attire. Oh, and also she’s almost done with her studies with Princess Luna, and soon she might be the queen of the zonies. All she would need is a horn.” Thunder continued, “I’d be a prince, and dad would be a king, and you’d probably be somewhere in there like that, being her younger brother and all.”

“Eh, I won’t need to be royal. I’m going to take over the world, remember? You’ve spent this whole week with me, and I’ve modeled my robots after you, we reconstructed some of this factory, and you still don’t understand I’m going to be more powerful than you’re moms ever going to be?” The professor barked. “No, I remember. Trust me. I just wanted to tell you about it, I guess.” he sighed.

Captain Banana couldn’t take it any longer. She whispered to the fillies to stay were they are, and with that she quietly stood up and crept up behind the professor, just a few feet away from him. “What are you doing, Professor Electoxium?” Deep down inside Starlit had a weird feeling, getting on to who was her teacher so long. But he was doing something wrong. And being a superhero, you have to set things straight and make things good again.

Not turning his head to see who it was and remaining in his standing pose looking at the robot zony factory in front of him, he replied with one word and one word only: “What?”

“That’s what I am asking you, professor. What are you doing?” Captain Banana asked. No reply. She was becoming very impatient. “WHAT ARE YOU DOING!?” she yelled. The professor turned his head, with his eyes still looking straight ahead. Slowly he moved his forest green eyes and saw his opponent. Snickering, he said, “Let me introduce myself. I am Professor Electoxium, and I am the leader of the Robot Zony Factory. Pretty obvious, isn’t it?”

“I’m not playing, professor. I, Captain Banana, will put an end to this misery!” Captain Banana firmly said. At once the professor and even his nephew Thunder began laughing. “Cap- capt- Captain Banana! Ha! Such a stupid name!” They began laughing the hardest they’ve ever laughed before.

“I said I’m not playing. Now release them or you’ll be the ones imprisoned.” The superhero once again firmly stated. However the two stallions continued laughing, and Captain Banana used this time as an advantage. She lit up her horn, and as a tingle went up and back down her spine, she could feel her magic becoming stronger. A huge fire ball was now levitating in mid air above the unicorn, and she threw it at the cage with the two earth ponies inside it. Applejack found enough energy to let out a small squeal as she really meant to scream, and the fire melted the metal on the cage doors and quickly vanished into thin air. Applejack stumbled to her hooves, and Bab’s sister’s eyes began to open. Drool ran from her mouth, and she too tried to stand up. Apple Bloom and her cousin ran up to their sisters, trying to help them.

Ending his laughter, Professor Electoxium trotted over to where the factory’s control room seemed to be. Looking out the dirty glass window at the factory below him, he pushed some buttons and pulled some levers. Some robots’ lasers turned on, and at the same time their heads turned facing Captain Banana. They began shooting lasers at the mare. She bravely leaped up and began ignorantly using her mechanical wings. It was harder than before because of the panicking from the Apple family, but Captain Banana got the hang of it pretty quickly. “Get her!” Professor Electoxium yelled, and at once about half the robots that weren’t already attacking her began to chase her. Captain Banana blew some up, but that trick was too slow to repeat over and over without risking a deadly laser touching her. I must know their weaknesses! I have to find out! I must find out! Captain Banana thought to herself dodging mechanical zonies. Looking up she saw a red laser coming towards her.