My Little Pony / Tron : Awakening
Chapter 4 - The Renegade
Previous ChapterNext ChapterAs Tech begin to work quietly in his workspace, he view his disc and his Lightcycle. So many things happen, he thought once I was a ordinary pony, but now, I become a revolution. A legacy of the hero of The Grid. And if this is my destiny and the future of Equestria, so be it. After all, this is what you wanted is that right, Beck?
Memory begin to play as a young colt teen discover a place, meeting a 'friend' that soon become a teacher, learning to use the Lightcycle and the disc, stopping a remnants army, and the loss of his best friend. Now, he taken the name to bring hope to Equestria.
After a memory down the lane, he begin to yawn a bit as he stretched his back as if he knew, he paint his gear and wrench shaped cutie mark to the equal cutie mark and headed back upstairs while turning off the lights in the basement and close it down while covering the entrance with a mat and a table. He checked to see if the mat is straight and gladly it is. With that, he had his unnatural smile and head outside only to find Starlight Glimmer was with the Mane 6 and Double too.
Decide that Starlight Glimmer is up to no good, he called for her with his fake cheerful voice "Starlight Glimmer!"
She turned as well as the others as Tech walk towards them, "What's going on? Where are you taking with our visitors?"
"Oh, Tech, these ponies are interested in seeing the cutie mark vault." Starlight replied in which he gotten a shocked expression but changed quickly.
What?! No! Those girls! his mind screamed at that fact. Still, he calmed down and resume his unnatural smile "I see, if you like, maybe I should with them is that ok?"
Starlight rubber her muzzle then smile at him "Of course you can come, the more the merrier."
With a nodded, he started walking with them to the cave where the cutie mark vault located. For a mile, Starlight Glimmer said to the Mane 6 "I'm so delight you interested in our cutie mark vault. We all had hope someday that all of the ponies in Equestria will make a pilgrim of a cheered village, to have theirs remove too."
Not all ponies, Starlight. We make our own destiny. Tech's thoughts replied darkly as they continue walking. Since he front of the girls, he take glance at them as they whispered to each other while Starlight continue to explain more.
"This is the reason why we're here." Twilight whispered.
"Pilgrimenge?" Pinke asked
"No, helping those ponies getting their cutie marks back." Twilight respond "And who ever this Tron pony is from before, he must trying to help those ponies too."
"But sugarcube those are just rumors that those ponies said, how we know that he's on the good side?" Applejack asked
"I don't know, but I just hope we had a answer." Twilight muttered.
"Ooh, are you sure Twilight, they just miss them a little bit."Fluttershy replied "Even though they seem all that happy."
"Then why did they want to meet in secret?" Twilight asked as the girls glance at Double "Why did they did not told Starlight about the vault? Something's not right."
"Excuse me, but I can hear that you're talking about something?" Tech asked them which the girls begin tense a bit, knowing that one of them heard them.
"Oh, um, well, we just....." Twilight trying to find a excuse from him but he chuckled
"Don't worry, I'll keep your secret from Starlight. Promise. The vault and everything. Beside, I not going to let Starlight had her own way." Tech's voice was normal then dark as monitor his mouth as he made a zipper mouth which the girls were confuse at him. Of all of the ponies, he's not like the others. Like before, Twilight can sense a spark within him but what kind of spark? And what he meant that he'll not let her had her own way?
"Right through here!" Starlight monitor a cave as the ponies begin to enter as Tech about to enter, Starlight stopped him "Um Tech, can you at least watch over here? Just to make sure that the renegade cause any trouble in this vault."
He can hear her growling at that name but he nodded as he stayed at the front of the cave. But through his mind, he grunted at this. Great, this is problematic. I just had to stay guard in this cave while the girls' cutie mark going to be taken away! And my weapons and stuff are at the house! If I go to my house quickly, Starlight know that I'm the one she's been hunting for!
He sighed as while looking around, he take a peak as he saw the girls in a shocked expression as a vault of cutie marks was displayed with a staff was on the middle.
"Behold, our cutie mark vault."
"I never seen anything like this." Twilight commented as the ponies glance at the staff as Starlight explained to them,
"And here, is the staff of sameness. It was one of the great metal mage brooks 9 enchantment item. We're incredibly fortunate that we have it here. " She levitate the item as to unknown to all ponies, Tech grunted at this.
"Oh, no. Twilight." he muttered.
Starlight continue to explain more of it "This is the tool that allows us to free ourselves from our marks."
Your wrong. You only gave them slavery to them! Tech's mind screamed in rage, not liking where this is going.
Starlight glance at them in curious tone "I wonder how did the subject of the vault come up?"
Pinkie then replied "Uh somepony were telling us how much they miss their cutie marks and -"
"Pinkie!" Twilight said which shut her up and replied a 'oops'.
Starlight let a fake gasp as she said to them "Ooh are they? It seem to spiral more a free thinking, don't you?" then twirl the staff and ended with a deadly tone.
"Oh well, *laughing nervously* we certain didn't want to cause anymore disruption on this charming- " Rarity trying to make up a excuses
"Good " Rarity begin walk away from Starlight but bumped into Double "let's just make sure of that shall we?"
Then more of the orange light armored ponies come to her side as each of them grabbed their disc as it glows orange brightly. As if that wasn't enough, more of the citizen ponies were come her side too surrounding the Mane 6.
"It's a trap!" Twilight shouted as the ponies prepare for themselves as Twilight teleport in midair and prepare her magic but Starlight blasted her using the staff as it glows green and frozen Twilight as Starlight had a evil grin.
Tech was horrified at this as he saw Twilight's cutie mark taken and store in the vault replacing it with a equal sign. NOOOO!
Then she fell down as Starlight now fire the magic of the staff at the rest of her friends, taking them in the process and replace them with the equal sign.
"I don't blame you for what you trying to do here." Starlight walking towards the equalize ponies with a malicious grin. "You spend your lives thinking those marks are a good thing."
"Give them back!" Twilight shouted, with anger in her eyes.
"Well, you can spent your lives around here. With us. And we can show how life is better without your cutie marks. Show them where our guest will be staying!" Starlight commanded them as the orange armored ponies uprehanded them as Tech can only saw this horrifying event.
After taken them to the 'guest room' the orange ponies now guarded on the front of the door. As night had fallen, Tech laid his head in shame as he glance at the 'guest room', he grunted as he slammed his hoof on his table, feeling guilty.
"Raggh! This isn't supposed to happen! I should done something to save them! I can't believe they now become part of this slavery!" Tech muttered as he take a glance at another disc, identical to the one but in white he begin to welling up in tears.
"What can I do? How can I save those who're suffering and lead a revolution?" his tears begin to break up as he muttered a friend's name "Beck, I need you. I don't know what to do."
With a tear dropped onto the disc a fainted white glow sparkle as it traveled that no pony seen, to the 'guest room', the girls tried to get out but no such luck so they need to rest. The white speck reached to them as it sparkled away. Then something happening.
"Beck, I wish you're here......" Tech's voice was heard on the girls as each of them look around for the strange anomaly.
"Who's that? Did you girls heard it?" Twilight asked them to which they nodded.
"I need your wisdom......." Tech's voice was heard again as the girls tried to find out where that voice was coming from.
"Yeah, it's like it ringing on m'ah ear." Applejack replied
"Who's it from?" Fluttershy asked
"Please, what can I do?" Tech's voice echoed again as Twilight widened her eyes in surprise.
"This is Tech's voice!" Twilight respond which the girls carried the same expression as her.
"That's Tech's voice?! How's this possible?" Rainbow asked as they silence the room to hear it more.
"Beck, what can I do to bring the revolution to this place? Twilight and her friends were trapped in this slavery and I did do nothing to protect them." Tech's voice echoed with what they can hear is voice cracking.
"Is Tech talking to........himself?" Twilight muttered.
"Beck? Who's Beck?" Pinkie asked
"Gosh, he must care about us." Fluttershy felt pity to him
"Wait what does he mean revolution?" Rarity asked which the others shrugged at this.
Then another voice was heard, but not from Tech.
"Tech, don't blame yourself." another voice said, that of a young stallion.
"Wait who's that?" Rainbow asked
"Beck! You did came, please what can I do to save them and end Starlight's tyrannic rule? After all you're the legendary hero of The Grid." Tech's voice asked him with happiness.
"That's Beck?" Applejack wonder "And what's The Grid?"
"I can't help with that, Tech. That's something you need to figure out on your own." Beck's voice replied.
"I don't know how....." Tech's voice was waver a bit
"Tech, you've now becoming something that your world need. A revolution and the bringer of hope. Don't ever doubt yourself. Remember all of the time you and I spend in The Grid. Your training like how he taught me before, now become what the ponies need." Beck's voice was raised and with that the girls can hear Tech nodded.
"All right thanks." Tech said as the voice faded away as the girls were speechless as what they heard. Tech met a friend in a place called The Grid name Beck? And he been training to become a revolution?
"Okay......that's just weird." Rainbow decide to break the silence.
"Yeah, what does this Beck pony meant about Tech being a revolution?" Applejack asked
"For once, I don't know." Twilight muttered as the girls prepare to sleep in for the day.
Meanwhile at the basement, Tech prepare his equipment as with the lights flicker a bit, his blue eyes now finally sparked into a flame. The flame of revolution.
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