The Conversion Bureau: Bio-Terrorism

"Re... Reggie?" Delsin asked hesitantly.

The pegasus before Delsin wrapped its front legs around his arm and began to rub its red fur on him.

"It was scary and dark in there," it continued in Reggie's voice, "I thought I was gonna cry."

Delsin fought to get a hold of the situation, having no idea whatsoever as to how this happened or what was still going on. As he tried to focus, the pegasus Reggie let go of his limb and stood up with a beaming smile.

"This feels amazing, Delsin! I've never felt so clean! So new! So alive!"

The Conduit managed to get to his feet and looked down at his morphed brother, Reggie's combed-back hairstyle barely up to Delsin's waistline as opposed to the former few centimeters above Delsin's head.

"Wha... what happened, Reggie?" Delsin finally managed.

"I've been reborn!" he cheered. "I'm a new pony, now, Delsin! You should try it! Let the magic free your soul, Delsin! It's incredible!"

Delsin tried to form a response before he heard more cheering and voices all around him. With a turn of his head, Delsin watched in stunned silence as more small horse-people began to fill the streets, painting his vision with a rainbow of intense colors. A few were like Reggie, with wings, while others either had a horn on their faces, or neither. They were all greeting each other, hugging, cheering, and saying hi to the brothers as they passed by them as they walked in the same direction.

"Reg, where are they all going?" Delsin asked his morphed brother.

"To Princess Celestia! She's here to liberate us from our-"

"Reg, come on, man, cut the crazy talk and be straight with me here!" Delsin interrupted as he raised his voice.

"Delsin, there's no need to shout," Reggie said with an eerily warm smile.

"You're talking about weird names and 'cleansing' and- dude, you sound like a Nazi, right now, except with these..."

"Ponies, Delsin. And besides, Princess Celestia's calling out to us. I can hear the others rejoicing now. If we go now, maybe we can find some of the Cure for you, too!"

"'Cure'? For what?"

"For being Human," Reggie answered almost casually.

Delsin paused for a second before igniting a swirling vortex of smoke around his arms.

"Reg, I think we both know I'm not Human," Delsin reminded his brother.

"But think of what this can do! Maybe you'll be able to keep your powers when we go there! Think of all the ponies you could-"

"Don't say 'help', because before we came here, you told me we were trying to get rid of them, remember? I don't wanna add 'being an alien horse-thing' on a list of problems that-"

"Delsin, I know you're confused, but just follow the light," Reggie stated before he extended his wings and began to flap.

"Wait, Reggie," Delsin started as he grabbed his brother, "where do you think you're going?"

"To Princess Celestia," he answered.

"Well you're not going to-"

Delsin was unable to finish his protest as an armored pegasus barreled into him at a dangerous speed, slamming him into the pavement as Reggie took off in flight. As his face was being pushed down by an armored limb, Delsin watched his brother's pegasus form disappear towards the dome of light.

"No!" he grunted as he slammed his elbow into the pegasus holding him.

When his arm made contact with its armor, the metal released a loud gong as the metal bent inwards, shaping itself along Delsin's strike. The pegasus rolled off of him without resistance, and Delsin got up and ran.

"Reggie!"

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Sergeant Hot Fuzz of the Royal Guard smiled warmly at the sight of herds of Newfoals lining up before the exterior of the shield, positively gushing with positive emotions as they waited to start their new lives in Equestria. The thought of saving so many had always been the best part of joining the Guard, he reminded himself. He remembered the first time he had been on an assignment like this, and the Humans had come willingly to be born anew at the hooves of the Princess herself.

At this time, however, the Newfoals were becoming less frequent, as the last of the herds of former Humans began to trickle in. Every now and again, one would stop to thank him, hug him, and, on rare occasions, kiss him on the cheek. One in particular, however, decided to stop by for a quick talk. The red pegasus had a light smile on his face, as opposed to the beaming ones he had seen so often, and landed quite shakily to talk to him.

"Something the matter?" Fuzz asked.

"Well, I felt so amazing when I was reborn, but I tried to get my brother to follow me to be cured, as well," the pegasus said sadly. "Am I a bad brother for not being able to help him?" he asked.

"Absolutely not," Hot Fuzz answered with a smile. "You did the right thing by trying to help, and that's all that matters."

The pegasus smiled wider, but not as wide as Fuzz thought he would.

"Well, I think he might need some special help with being cured, though."

Hot Fuzz chuckled as he placed a hoof on the pegasus' shoulder.

"Don't worry, we have special cases all the time. We'll save your brother."

The pegasus hugged him and whispered a quick thanks before moving towards the edge of the barrier to Equestria. Just as he was about to, however, a shout rang through the immediate area.

"Reggie!"

A group of Guards prepared to block the incoming Human as Hot Fuzz ignited his horn and lifted three bottles of The Cure. When the Human was close enough, it stopped and looked between the Guards and the pegasus at the edge of the barrier.

"Reg, come on, bro, don't do this to me!" it shouted, false tears running down its hairless face. "What about Betty!? What about the Akomish!? What about taking care of Augustine, or Eugene, or Fetch, or even your cop buddies here!? You're strong, Reggie! That's how I was able to get to where I am now! All of my self-control, all of the 'doing good things for people', that's because of you! Because you were always the one who did everything right, for everyone! Don't leave! PLEASE!"

The pegasus Newfoal almost seemed to be moved by the Human's speech, but shook his head silently before turning back to the barrier.

"REGGIE!" the Human screamed as the Newfoal stepped through the barrier, never to see this world again.

"Guards, hold down the Human!" Hot Fuzz ordered as the rest of the group moved in to subdue him.

After collapsing to its knees, the Human was surrounded by 30 of Celestia's Finest. Fuzz brought the three vials of The Cure close to the edge of the line of Guards before he spoke to the Human.

"I'll admit, that was actually quite touching. But don't worry, you'll see him in a minute."

"You did this to him," the Human spoke as its fists clenched.

"We saved him."

"You brainwashed him!" the Human shouted as it raised one leg to stand.

"Think what you want now, you'll be saved regardless," Fuzz stated before chucking all three vials at the Human.

The glass containers shattered against the Human and wrapped it in a cloud of rainbow mist before everything seemed to become silent. Just as Hot Fuzz was about to call out to the Newfoal that should have been resting inside, the cloud began to pulse black before spiraling around a silhouette of the Human. As the smoke began to part, the Guards got a look at the Human, its arms morphing with the cloud of smoke as its eyes began to glow red.

"You took by brother from me!"

Before the Guards could figure out what was happening, the Human crouched close to the ground and looked as though it was going to jump. As it did, however, the smoke surrounding it shot into its body, and the Human exploded upwards into three balls of orange light, smoke trailing upwards as the three lights circled each other. When the smoke reached its apex, the three lights collided to form the Human, glaring down at the group of Royal Guards. A war cry rang from the Human's maw as black and orange smoke ignited behind it, propelling its wavering form into the center of the Guards. When the Human collided with the ground, Hot Fuzz felt a wave of rage rush over him as bits of the street beneath him were melted away, smoke and embers filling his lungs as his world turned black.