The Everfree Forest was covered in rain. Aside from the rain, however, there was only silence, broken by the sound of mud, twigs, and leaves being disrupted by the pair of feet that belonged to the mysterious biped. The rain didn't affect him in any way. He simply continued to walk while the blood from his previous battle naturally dripped off by the water that reached his skin.

He was several miles away from the town that, according to a billboard, was called "Ponyville". The name didn't bother him the first time he saw it, as he recalled there being even stranger names of places in the last place that he considered his home.

There, just beyond the treeline, was a dimly illuminated cave. He smiled and continued towards the cave while admiring the environment just outside the cave.

The rain was still going, but it didn't stop the patch of land from being covered in light. There was a huge amount of multicolored flowers that covered the entire ground, ranging from red, blue, yellow, white, orange, purple, pink, and a mixture of colors on one stem. There was a stone path that led towards the cave with smoothed-out stones conveniently placed in the center of the field to keep any feet, paws, talons, and/or hooves from stepping on the flowers.

He sighed in relief when he found his home still safe from the dangers of the Everfree Forest. Across the borders of the tree lines, strange stones with even stranger symbols written in blood surrounded the area; runes that were capable of keeping any and all unwanted visitors out, all planted firmly in the ground.

Only innocent blood would be spared upon crossing the runes... though exceptions were more than capable of being made.

The figure stepped into the cave, where a small bonfire was lit in the center. Multiple charred branches were placed in the center of the fire, and a circle of the same runes surrounded the fire, keeping the smoke from engulfing the entire cave.

When the figure was close enough, he sat down with his legs crossed just meters away from the bonfire, rested his hands in his lap, and closed his eyes. As his eyes closed, the black fog surrounded him once again, only it engulfed the entire room, save for the runes and the lights of the bonfire. The figure's back was literally the only thing the fog was touching. His front half, however, was relaxed inside the light of the bonfire.

Then... he just sat there. The sounds of the world around him played through his ears, but he didn't react to any of it. He just listened... waiting for the first signs of trouble to play anywhere through the forest.

Ponyville... Later That Night...

Twilight Sparkle stood at the entrance of the Everfree Forest, alone, and cautious so that she wouldn't have been seen. She took a deep breath before checking her saddlebag. She had quite a few shrunken down rations of food and medicine stored, as well as a notebook, a pencil, a makeshift map that she made from her previous adventures inside the Everfree Forest, a compass, a few miscellaneous measurement tools, and a few books she could read in case she gets bored.

With her inventory checked and secured, she slowly trotted past the treeline that separated the horrors of The Everfree Forest from the rest of civilization. In mere seconds, she was completely out of sight.

She was beginning to get worried as the sounds of the wildlife grew evermore feint and distant. Eventually an hour passed, and all she could hear was the sound of her own hooves stepping into the fallen leaves. The only source of light that she had was from the tip of her horn. She had her map in front of her, and eyed the pictures that she drew curiously before looking around for any familiar signs.

Unfortunately, the darkness was too much for her to truly tell. The trees hid her vision from the moon, so she was unaware of which direction she was going. To make matters worse, there was something nearby that caused her compass to malfunction.

It was when the sounds of distant movement played in her ears when she started to panic. She spun around worriedly and breathed even heavier as the movement got closer. She then saw a pair of glowing red eyes looking right at her. Before she could even scream, a metallic device collided with the back of her head and rendered her unconscious. The sound of the metal pipe that hit her echoed through the forest.

The figure opened his eyes as the sound of the metal pipe played into his ears. The second his eyes opened, the fog behind him dissipated into nothingness. He looked outside the cave towards his next destination. Then the fog engulfed his body, and he was once more outside of the cave.

When Twilight opened her eyes, she was only able to see the other end of a black blindfold. She could hear the sound of metallic devices like tiny drills rotating and small wheels turning. There was clearly light on the other end, though. She could tell by the corners of the blindfold.

She groaned before attempting to lift her right hoof to rub the throbbing pain in the back of her head, only to discover that her hooves were bound to a metal bed.

As soon as the realization dawned upon her, she began to shake in a feeble attempt for freedom. The sound of the drills came to a sudden halt, and an angry male voice began to shout something incomprehensible at her right. She turned towards the source before asking, "W-who's there?! S-show yourself!"

The male groaned before walking towards her again. Then she felt a hand firmly grip onto the back of her blindfold before it yanked it off... along with a couple strands of her mane. She yelped in pain and closed her eyes at the sudden intrusion of light. Then, once she was able to see again, she immediately regretted seeing what was above her.

A huge machine with a multitude of needles, drills, scalpels, knives, probes, and even syringes filled with oddly colored liquids hovered mere feet above her stomach, attached to a thick metal sphere, which was attached to a rod on the metal ceiling.

Then she turned towards her captor and gasped. It was almost like a human, but he had a metal plate over his scalp, and instead of eyes, he had a goggle-like attachment implanted into his skull where his eyes used to be. He wore a short sleeved white button-up shirt, white pants, and white boots, but his skin was tan, and his face was wrinkly, revealing that he must've been old before being converted into a cyborg.

He glared at her before speaking his native language again, though to Twilight, it must've been a taunt-reassurance comment, as shown by his demented grin and his somewhat calming voice.

He walked up to a keyboard and began typing words that looked Equestrian, but were combined in foreign words. A female's voice echoed through the room... but this one was understandable.

"Attempting to begin dissection. Please restrain the subject."

Again Twilight attempted to shake herself free. This caused the scientist to growl at her and rush to her bed with a syringe in his hands. Then he spoke in heavily-accented Equestrian. "You are needed alive, so hold still while the procedures go through!"

Twilight felt a sudden sharp pain in her neck that disappeared as quickly as it appeared. Following the loss of the pain, however, her control over her bodily functions quickly faded, and her hooves fell limp on the table. Her eyes remained open, and her brain was still functioning, so she was able to see what was going on... the device above her was starting to lower towards her chest very slowly. She shed a single tear as the scalpel started piercing through the center of her stomach, and cutting a horizontal line across her lower half.

The machine then slowly pulled the scalpel back inside itself before a pair of clamps replaced where it was. Then the clamps lowered towards the massive cut on her stomach and pinched the corners of her flesh. Ever-so-slowly, she witnessed as her insides started seeing the light of the outside world... though thankfully, they weren't being tinkered with... just exposed.

Then she saw the scientist walk up to her with a metal bucket in his hands. She mentally gasped at her next realization... this scientist was harvesting her organs!

As the machine held her flesh open, all she could do was watch as the scientist reached his hand inside her and start carefully pulling her intestines out.

He merely pulled her intestines an inch out of place when the lights started to glow red. A loud buzzing noise followed the lights, and the female spoke in the intercom again. "WARNING! WARNING! THE LAB HAS BEEN BREACHED! I REPEAT, THE LAB HAS BEEN BREACHED!"

The scientist gasped before releasing Twilight's intestines, unclipping her flesh from the machine, and lifting the machine up a couple feet above her again. Then he turned around and pulled on his right hand, which was then removed, and replaced by a group of metal tubes... gun barrels.

He aimed the gun at the door as the sounds of blood spraying outside the room sounded through the halls. Then the door burst open, with a floating TV robot flying through with a huge crack in its screen, and the tip of the turret that was once below it flying behind it. When it landed, a brain was splattered onto the wall, with the hole that it came out of covered in blood in the center of the TV screen. The brain fell from the wall and rolled beside the TV, while more blood spewed from the organ.

The scientist then decided to open fire at the entrance, despite not seeing anyone there. Then, once he had to reload, he reached down into his pockets to pull out another clip for his arm gun. His movement was hindered once he looked up and saw the mysterious figure standing right in front of him. He gasped when the figure gave him a fang-filled grin similar to the one Apple Bloom showed Princess Celestia. Then, before he could even react, the figure gripped onto the scientist's arm gun and ripped it clean off before shoving the scientist back to the center of the room.

The scientist quickly regained his footing, but as soon as he looked forward, the figure jammed his arm gun through his chest, spewing blood on the floor at an alarming rate. Then the figure dropped the arm gun on the ground before pulling his own arm from the scientist's chest.

The scientist fell on his knees before slowly looking up at the figure. He grinned wickedly at the scientist before placing both hands on the scientist's cheeks. Then, in a split second, the scientist caught a glimpse of the warning signs on the monitor behind him, before being lifted up in the air, where he saw his own body fall on its back. The figure smiled at him as everything went dark, and his life faded away.

Twilight could barely see what was going on, but the sounds she heard were beyond gruesome. She looked down... and wanted to scream the moment she saw the familiar green eyes looking closely at her stomach. Then the figure slowly opened her flesh up again, and gasped when he saw her heart beating. Finally he looked at her and rubbed his chin in thought, ignoring the blood all over his arms that was getting smudged onto his skin.

He turned around and rushed out of her sight, only to reappear a second later with a syringe filled with blue liquid. She eyed it warily as it pierced into her neck. Then, her consciousness faded once again.

The figure removed the syringe from the pony's neck and tossed it behind his shoulder. Then he rushed towards the nearest first-aid kit attached to the wall and pulled a needle and a spool of stitches from the container. Finally he rushed up to the pony and began sewing her flesh together once again, while keeping a close eye on her pulse, and trying his best to keep most of her blood inside her body.

After a minute of cautious sewing, he had her attached once again. Then he rushed towards the first aid kit again and pulled out a few long strands of bandages, a bottle of disinfectant, and a bag full of cotton balls. He tucked the extra medical supplies into a hidden pocket beneath the cloth on his chest, while keeping one roll of bandages in his hands. He then ran up to her and wrapped her into the bandages, before trying to lift her up. Letting out a groan, he looked at her hooves and noticed that she was bound to the bed.

He gripped onto one of the bindings, but stopped himself from pulling it off. An idea stuck in his mind, and a grin formed on his mouth. Instead of lifting her from the bed, he gripped onto the handle bars at the foot of the bed and gave it an experimental pull. It had wheels attached to it!

He then contemplated on what to do, before looking up at the huge metal device over the bed that still had multiple blades and sharp points attached to it. His grin slowly rose as he looked between the huge "Ball of Blades 'n Needles" and the "Portable Bed".

The cyborgs began piling inside the hallways with their guns and swords aimed ahead at the broken wall. They camped for a moment while anticipating the figure's next move.

Suddenly the black fog left the room, and the figure materialized in front of a pair of soldiers with their pistols aimed at him. He quickly snatched their pistols out of their hands and "shifted" back into the room while the others opened fire, unintentionally gunning down a large portion of their own. Then they all turned towards the doorway and aimed their guns again, this time slightly more aware of their enemy.

Tension started to rise. The alarms faded from their minds, and everything almost went silent.

The tension was broken once the bed skidded through the opening with the metal desk that held the scientist's computer attached to the rolling chair, and the huge medical device firmly attached to the head of the bed with mixtures of wires, medical tape, and wet bandages tying it to the corners. The figure had one foot planted on the chair, and the other floated in the air to allow him the chance to gain speed in a fashion similar to a skateboard. He firmly gripped onto the bed's handle bars and slid through the crowd of cyborg soldiers with ease, as their bloodied corpses were either "attached" to the sharp points of the "Orb of Death", or smashed below the heavy bed.

The flying TV Robots started to appear from the corners with their lasers ready to fire. This caught the figure's attention and made him glare at the androids. He then quickly sped the chair up before "shifting" on top of the metal orb through the black fog. There he reached into the back pockets of his blue jeans and drew both pistols that he took from the guards earlier. Then he fired forwards and backwards, disarming the soldiers behind him of their weapons and causing the robots ahead to explode from their own weapons jamming, which was caused by the bullets flying into the barrels with bizarre accuracy.

As the explosions went on, more robots flew forward through the smoke. The figure then quickly leaped on top of one that was close enough and dragged it onto the orb while holding onto its gun. As it fired rapidly, its lasers only blasted through the enemy soldiers even more.

Finally, there was the destination straight ahead... a window. The figure aimed the laser at the window, only to realize that it was out of ammo. He sighed out of frustration and punched inside the screen, then yanked the brain out of the system and crushed it in his fist. Then he gripped onto the TV and slammed it onto the sharp tip of the orb before "shifting" back onto the chair as it started to slow down.

With his hands firmly gripping the handlebars of the bed, he kicked his foot onto the ground to build up momentum before "shifting" onto the bed with his hands firmly gripping Twilight's bindings on her forehooves. After a quick checkup, though, he sighed in relief when he still felt a pulse. Finally, as the wall inched closer, he crouched down to where his body was on top of her to keep any glass and/or debris from touching her. Then... the window shattered, and they were falling down a massive cliff.

In midair, the figure quickly tore the metal bindings from Twilight's hooves, lifted her into his arms, and leaped into the black fog. As soon as he rematerialized, he landed on the grassy floor with Twilight's unconscious form still wrapped into his arms, and his left knee touching the ground. Then, once he stood back up, he walked away from the area as the contraption they escaped from landed on the ground with an explosion.

Naturally, he didn't even bother to look back. Instead, he rushed the unconscious mare through the Everfree Forest, and towards his cave, where he knew she would be safe.

Author's Note

On a side note, please don't be hating on my lack of "Drawing Skills"! I am aware I can't draw that well. Thank you!