Ch.0 Stasis (Rewrite 2)

Fallout Equestria: Subject 00

Chapter 0 Stasis

“What do you do when you don’t know where you came from?”

Ministry of Peace Research Facility: Black Out

Location: Undisclosed

Research: Subject 00

Nature of Research: To determine the origin of the subject’s unusual level of inert magical power.

Known Findings of Subject 00’s Origins: Subject 00’s power level nears that of both of our princesses. In all accounts, Subject 00 should be an alicorn, not an earth pony. The key seems to be the markings she bears, but it is unknown what exactly they mean. 25 years prior to the current date, she was adopted by Huckleberry and Sue Flay of Brooks Bend. Any earlier records of Subject 00’s whereabouts do not exist. This may prove her to be a security risk, even if she is not a zebra.

Name of Subject 00: Jade.

“Okay Miss Jade, please try to lift the crate.” The Doctor asked calmly.

“Doctor Neural, how am I supposed to do that without touching it? I’m not a unicorn.” Jade told the Doctor for the thousandth time. She didn’t know why they insisted on these tests. They told her that she was sick, but she didn’t feel sick. They didn’t test her for illnesses like doctors normally do, they just told her to try and lift boxes and crates, they also told her to try to attempt to fly. She was only a Goddesses damned earth pony, not a unicorn or a pegasus.

“Miss Jade, please try. This will help us to determine what is causing your… illness.”

“Fine, I’ll try, but I won’t promise anything will happen.” She looked at the crate and then thought of it in the air. Nothing happened, just like all the other times…

A sudden blast shook the outside of the hospital. Jade felt a sudden surge and then her world went dark. When she came around, the crate was smashed … as was the wall … and the two guards positioned behind the door … and all of the research labs beyond the door. Jade felt panic rise up from deep within her when she felt a sharp pinch in her leg; she looked over at Doctor Neural who was holding a needle in his magic, a look of total shock upon his face. Then Jade’s world faded away again.

Report 125:

Doctor Neural:

We have made a breakthrough. It seems the Subject is indeed an alicorn, but her powers are sealed somehow. Why that is and how they came to be sealed is still unknown. My own guess is that whoever did this to Subject 00, did it for her own good. Perhaps this was because she could not control her power by herself. A demonstration of this fact is evident by the strong telekinetic blast she summoned when her seal temporarily lifted. Not only did she lift the crate, but she obliterated it, pulverized a five-foot-thick wall, crushed two soldiers by collapsing their armor upon them, and punched through a Stable-Tec blast door, reminiscent of the now-common Stables that dot the landscape. Her capabilities exceed that which was speculated and the blast she produced even resembled a small megaspell in destructive power. If she could be taught to harness her power safely and effectively, she could be used as a devastating weapon against the zebras.

This discovery also brings to light new mysteries, The first being Jade’s cutie mark. The crescent moon causes my team to fear that Subject 00 may in fact be a remnant of Nightmare Moon. I think they are idiots. Nightmare Moon was simply our beloved Luna, twisted and mad, but the princess nonetheless. Furthermore, Subject 00 could not have once been a part of Luna, as the date of her adoption into the Flay family a full year before Luna’s return from her lunar banishment.

Subject 00’s cutie mark is more than just a crescent moon, however. It also consists of four stars and a blue diamond. The diamond lies within the empty body of the crescent with the stars surrounding the outside of the crescent moon. We have no idea what it denotes as her talent, she has no clue either. The field of stars I glimpsed around her before the blast was the most amazing thing I have ever had the privilege to witness next to feats performed by the princesses, themselves. Subject 00 even appeared as if she had wings and a horn just as the blast ceased.

All in all, I believe the ministry mares will find this development as amazing as I have. The mare in our midst might just be the key to ending this infernal war, if not more than one. The subject is currently in stasis as per orders of the ministry mares of Morals, Peace, Arcane Science, Image, as well as the O.I.A. She will remain until the ministry mares decide what should be done, considering this new development.

In my personal opinion; Jade is a powerful mare that just needs to learn control. She is an alicorn, no matter if the ministry mares claim otherwise. The cameras didn’t record what I saw; they only recorded Jade temporarily growing wings and a horn and destroying a good portion of the Black Out Research Facility. We should now focus on helping Jade bring her powers to the surface and teach her how to use them for combat. But this is only my personal opinion and may not even be considered an option.

This is Neural signing off.

Sirens blazed as The Black Out Research Facility was evacuated by everypony but two. Doctor Neural sat by a console as he tried to restore power back to the computer.

“Shit, where are the backups?” He looked to the only other living resident of the false hospital. Subject 00 was still in stasis as by order of both the Ministry Mares and the O.I.A. She was oblivious to the world as she breathed, dreaming endlessly. “Damn me if I’m leaving you here to die when the power gives out.”

A Blast shook the building as a Balefire Bomb went off in the distance. Black Out was built like a fortress, but still needed power from outside sources. It had generators but not enough to sustain the whole facility. Jade’s pod could last a thousand years if that were the only thing the generators powered, but not if they had to power the building as well. He didn’t know how much time he had left to override the protocols but from the slamming of the blast doors behind him and the activation of protect-a-ponies, he knew it wasn’t long until the system locked him out

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He was relieved when the screen light up and was rewarded with access to the system. He quickly started transferring power from the rest of Black Out to Jade’s pod. “I might die doing this and I might be recorded in history as a mad pony, but you are a key to fixing this mess we’ve gotten ourselves into. Those stars of yours showed me. You need to help the ponies who need it whenever you wake up. You might not know it, I don’t even think I understand it, but you are going to be an important mare, Jade. You just need to live through this apocalypse. Try and learn from our mistakes. Those who don’t learn from history are doomed to repeat it.”

The lights and ventilation systems of Black Out slowly shut down. The facility built solely to study one mare became a tomb for both its head doctor and it’s only subject. “I’m sorry we lied to you, Jade, but you would have never come here otherwise.” Doctor Neural gasped and struggled for breath as the air in the rest of the facility quickly became toxic, leaving only Subject 00 alive.

5% to next level.

Base Perk: Hidden Power Tier 1. You have a vast reserve of power sealed within you, but it can only escape in large bursts and only when you are under extreme duress. 5 day recharge time required, but deals damage equivalent to a small megaspell. Be wary whom you use it around, you wouldn’t want to cook your friends.

Base Perk: Lost Alicorn: You are a Goddess Sealed in your own body. You have no idea of you true identity, nor your origin or special talent. Ponies will see you as a natural Leader, even if you don’t. +2 to charisma -15% to XP gain