The Conversion Bureau: Force of Will

This story is set in a sci-fi version of The Conversion Bureau: Ten Rounds Universe created by Defoloce.

"Whoa! Ah!" Andrew said, as he almost tripped while running towards his safe house through the now abandoned cars in the parking lot.

His heart was beating fast and felt light-headed. He had been scavenging a mere minute ago in the parking lot across the street looking for anything useful inside cars. He had it planned for 2 days and with his binoculars had constantly searched the streets and the sky in look for any kind of activity while on the roof of his apartment building, he never saw anything. They took him by surprise when he had heard a not so distant voice yell "Human! We got a human in the parking lot!", followed by the sound of fast trotting of either Unicorns or Earth ponies.

Just get in there and close the door, run up stairs and use the toilet to hide in the ventilation. You still may have a chance. Andrew repeated to himself in his mind.

He was very scared. He had seen people convert at a distance with his binoculars. Fellow humans fighting for their race with all their being, just to be completely transformed in body and mind by the Potion, ready to serve their new kind. He however had always had a curiosity on how it would feel if he tried the Potion. Would his mind really give in without resistance in a mere few seconds? He could not imagine it.

"He's getting to the entrance!" Shouted the voice. Andrew was pretty sure it was a Pegasus telling his squad his location, but his light-headedness made him stop thinking and just act. Andrew entered and closed the doors without even locking them, running upstairs three floors. When he got to the third floor he heard the doors slammed open down stairs.

"No where to run! It's over, human!" Shouted a female voice.

Andrew felt he was going to faint because of the sudden persecution a minute ago. He was not used to running as he mostly took the sneaky approach when going outside to scavenge. He got inside a room and locked the door to take a while to breathe, his vision was blocked by a bit of blindness and felt light-headedness, all caused by the sudden sprint. He took a few deep breaths and calmed his mind. He was now all set, but it had taken him a full minute to do so.

Right, the ventilation. Very small in this room, but there is a one big enough in the bathroom around this corner. Get there quietly. He thought, as he opened the door slowly and walked slowly towards the corner, then peaked.

No...

"Hello? Please listen, it's for the better. We promise you a life free of worry and violence, you don't need to live like this! Let us help you! Where are you?" A white unicorn mare with dark violet mane yelled. She had a potion launcher, simple mortar-like tubes fired via magic.

One armed unicorn, two armed Earth ponies and a pegasus possibly guarding outside. Ok Andrew, think! Think!

Right! Go get the taser. He thought as he sneaked to his room, about 15 rooms down the hallway.

"There you are! Now hold still!" The unicorn mare exclaimed while preparing her launcher on the corner of the small hallway.

Andrew glanced back quickly, only to see the unicorn aiming at him with an evil smile at about 10 rooms of distance with two Earth ponies with tasers at her sides trotting quickly towards him. Andrew began to run towards his room.

"No! No! No! No!" Was what Andrew shouted before the launcher fired a mass of purple goo. It however collapsed against the open door that Andrew had opened and got in, quickly slamming the door shut.

Locked! Ok, now what do I do?! Oh god, will this really end like this?

A hoof knocked on the door.

"Listen, we really mean no harm. Im absolutely sure you will enjoy it! Please just open the door and let us help you. So you can start a new life in Equestria. We are not enemies, really we're not. Let us give you the Potion and you will understand."

Andrew was searching in his drawers for his revolver, his taser and his flash bang. He needed to buy time.

"Is it really a paradise as they say so?!" Andrew exclaimed in a nervous tone.

"It is! Equestria is a place of friendship and happiness..." Andrew found his flash bang.

"...everyone is peaceful and friendly, crimes are almost non existent..." Andrew found his revolver with 3 bullets inside.

"...it's practically utopia as you humans call it! We guarantee a long, happy life. But you can't be human to enter, so please, open the door and let us take you there." The mare finally said in a calm, friendly voice. Andrew did not pay attention, but he found his taser and was fully charged.

"Ok...im coming out..." Andrew said.

"Thank you! We promise you won't be disappointed!"

Stun them, shock them unconscious and make a run for it. Shoot the pegasus outside, three bullets.

Andrew quickly opened the door, threw the flash bang and closed it, then covered his ears.

"Flash ba-!"

He saw the intense white light appear in the borders of the door followed by a loud noise of the grenade. He had his revolver in locked mode in his pocket and the taser held tightly on his right hand. He immediately opened the door and saw the 3 ponies stunned and scratching their eyes. Andrew stunned the first Earth pony in the neck and feel quickly to the ground, knocked unconscious. The effect was beginning to wear off, but he managed to stun the second Earth pony in the forehead, knocking him unconscious. The white mare could now see and was about to levitate her launcher, but Andrew stunned her enough to get her temporarily paralyzed on the floor, but not unconscious. Andrew took the launcher and threw it towards the opposite way of the hallway from where he was going.

I MAY MAKE IT! I WILL ACTUALLY MAKE IT OUT OF THIS! Andrew thought to himself, he needed to get out NOW. He began to go downstairs where he was met by a light green pegasus mare with a stun device on her nose.

"Heh, nice try human. But you can't run forever!" Said the pegasus, as she jumped at him.

"Ahh!" Andrew shouted, he had been tackled to the ground facing upwards to the pegasus on top, trying to stun the human with her nose. He dropped his taser. He was holding the mares head with his hands to prevent him from being stunned.

"It's of no use! Stop resisting!"

"Get...off!" Said Andrew as he punched the mare in the gut. That weakened her a lot and managed to push her off. Andrew took his taser from the floor and stunned the pegasus until she fell unconscious.

*Phew*

...

"Ah shit."

The unicorn mare from before was now levitating her launcher and made a shot. Andrew managed to barely dodge the mass of Potion, but it had covered part of the stairway, making it slippery and a trap. If he touched it, game over.

Great, one less escape route.

Andrew ran upstairs one floor before the mare could make another shot. He began to run towards one of the the last rooms of the hallway and locked himself there. The room had no windows and the ventilation was too small for him to fit. He still had a chance, he still had his taser and his revolver loaded with three shots. He was going to attack by the side of the door when she entered.

The door smashed open and Andrew went straight to stun her in the neck, but before he could do that has quickly hit right in the gut by the strong legs of the mare, she was expecting that. Andrew fell on his back while covering his gut in pain. The mare levitated his taser and threw it out of the room, then brought her launcher into the room. Andrew still had his revolver.

"I'm sorry!" Andrew exclaimed in a tone with pain, as he took his revolver out and aimed straight at her head and pulled the trigger, the perfect head-shot at close range.

*Click*

"Huh?!"

*Click*

The lock!

But it was too late, the revolver was engulfed in purple magic and was harshly taken away from him, then thrown out the room.

Not good, not good. This is it, it's...over. This is how I converted. Andrew was shocked at this realization and felt the need to cry, but he forced himself not to with only slightly watery eyes.

The white mare spoke as she closed the door.

"No where to go now. Understand it's for your own good. Once you are converted you will see, and you will want everyone else to see. Here, take this." She said in a soothing voice as she levitated a test tube with the purple liquid, an incredibly complex combination of both human technology and Equestrian magic.

"Im grateful you tried to use your gun as a last resort, here, I promise everything will be better. A new life awaits you in Equestria" She said with a slime, then levitated the test tube to my hands and I held it.

"How about? NO!" Andrew shouted as he threw the potion at her, but was immediately held by her magic and placed back in her bag.

She gave a long sigh.

"You humans just never want to cooperate, but no worries." She levitated her launcher aiming straight at me. I stood up and backed off until I hit the wall.

"I will fix everything right up. You'll see." Andrew was horrified. He took a last look at his hands, his feet, his legs and his arms.

"They say the potion affects the mind too right? It removes the human part of us?" Andrew said in a worried tone, he had known the answer, but no details.

"Indeed. It removes your human nature and essentially makes you an Equestrian in mind." She said as she aimed right for my chest, no chance of missing.

"It wont hurt at all, in fact it feels good. Just relax."

What if I fought against it? Might at least try. I will fight as much as I can with my willpower to keep my humanity. Im not Equestrian, never was, and never will be. I'm a human, and I will always be one. Nothing can change that.

She shot him.

Covered in the purple elixir from the shot on my chest. It felt warm and it made him extremely drowsy in an instant, collapsing to the ground trying to remain conscious. He could not resist closing his eyes, he saw the mare lowering her launcher before everything went black.

Never forget. Don't you dare ever forget. Your name is Andrew. You are a human. They converted you in body, but will never change your true self. You don't want to follow Celestia, she is enslaving human kind, your kind. You won't he-

He began to feel the body transformation, which was completely painless. In fact, it felt very pleasant. He needed to get ready for when the potion reached his brain, so he kept concentrating, ignoring his hands turning into hooves and the shifting of his bones.

Your name is Andrew. You are a human. You don't want to go to Equestria, it's not your home. They are destroying and converting your home, you don't want to join them. Celestia is not superior, you don't have to obey her. They are enslaving your race. Im Andrew, and will always be Andrew.

The transformation had been fairly quick, he was now fully converted in body. Now the potion made it's final phase, into the brain, to eliminate what had previously been human Andrew to be changed into an Equestrian mindset.

He felt a dominant impulse to give in fill his thoughts. He envisioned all the errors of human kind; the invention of the atomic bomb, famine, pollution on soil and air, crime, war, the Human kind was the most terrible race in existence and had to be dealt with. He had to join forces with Equestria. His entire mind had the most irresistible impulse to accept that and join them.

Yes. He thought I was so wrong! I need to help them see! I need to save them from themselves! It feels very good, we will bring peace and joy to our new world! Celestia was right all along haha! I need to sign up, I need to-

He stopped, quieting his thought still under great influence of the Potion.

Could...could I have been wrong all these years? Are their methods correct? Re-cap, re-cap. It's not correct. Or is it? I need to help them! I...

No, it's not. You can't just extinguish a race against their will. Remember, there are Purity Patrols too, they murder people who stand out on resisting Celestia's methods. It's not correct, they can't tell us how to live! It's not correct. I will never join them. It's the eradication of my species! I won't do it, I won't do it, I won't do it! Ahh! He felt a pain inside his head.

What if I have simply misunderstood them? Do join them! It's for a greater good, it's conversion of the entire race or they will destroy themselves!

But it's not necessary is it? I mean, sure we humans may not be perfect, but thats not reason enough to end us... He was very confused, not sure which side to choose. But now he would base himself on memory.

What did I think about it before I converted? ... "Celestia is enslaving humanity", and by extension, the whole planet. We are humans forcefully converted into other species because they think they know better. They kill anyone who opposes. This is not even their home planet. They don't have the right to do this to us! I have made my decision. Ouch! The pain began to get very intense in a single point somewhere inside his head, as if he had a needle inside.

I have made my decision! Im a human and will stay human! The pain got even more intense and he could not bear it, yet he resisted.

You won't work on me. I rather die.

The pain got even worse and was unbearable, he thought the Potion was going to kill him.

The end. At least I died a man...well kinda heh... A tear dropped from his eye.

I really hope humanity makes it, it's their right to be free. It's our home planet, not Celestia's. Ow... The pain felt like hot needles sticking inside a single point in his brain.

There better be an afterlife or I'll be mad haha...Goodbye... He thought, as we has losing consciousness.

The pain had stopped completely.

What? He thought confused and excited at the same time. He opened his eyes.