Sharttedarrow's vision was blurry. H found himself into somekind of... chamber. Where was he? Why was him sleeping into a can-like object? Why he felt so weird. The first thing he noticed when came to his sense is that his sight looked like somekind of red len camera. It seemed to have some static. What happened to him? His lips were also feeling awkward. He wasn't feeling them. And his tounge felt something under it, much colder than his lower jaw. He licked his teeth for a momment. They were sharp and tasted like steel. But why? He also felt something on the side of his body. It was like an extra limb, but he couldn't turn his head to see it. The can-like chamber opened, freeing Shatteredarrow. His body fell on the cold steel floor, but atleast he could move now. He slowly standed up and looked at his left hoof. It was a skeleton-like steel hoof! He quickly jumped back, surprised by his new limb.
"M-my hoof!" He exclaimed. "What happened to it?!
He started analyizing the rest of his body. The 'extra limb' he felt before was... odd. It looked like a box with disc on it's front. On the disc were six pipes. On the box, right above the pipes, there was a mini red flashlight. He started pointing the pipes around, in curiosity og what were they for.
"Hmmm... it wasn't here before..." He said to himself.
His only opition now was look for a mirror so he could see why his face felt so different. He also noticed a change in his voice. It sounded like a radio of some sort. His voice didn't sound like that. Something was wrong. Something changed him. He felt like there was a switch button in him. He 'switched on', which was a very bad idea. Suddenly the pipes started spinning and splitting little projectlies, filling almost the whole room with roles.
"GAH! HOW DO I STOP IT?!" He screamed.
"Stopping minigun firing process." A female radio-like voice said, making the pipes stop. "You need to learn more about your new body."
"W-WHO ARE YOU?!" Shatteredarrow asked, looking at every direction, looking for the mysterious mare.
"Im your System Interface and Command Item." The voice explained. "You can call me S.I.C.I."
"You mean 'Sici'?" Shatteredarrow rised an eyebrow.
"Call me how you wish." Sici replied.
"So you are in my head?" He asked. "Have i gone insane?"
"Negative. Yes, im in your operational cortex, or you 'head', but i am a program installed into your CPU or 'brain'. So no, you haven't gone mentally disturbed, but yes, i am in your head." Sici explained.
"Oh. It explains a bit." He replied. "How did i get here?"
"Analyzing memmories, analyzing visual cortex, analyzing files..." Sici said. "Sorry, no results have been found for your question. But i have found info about this abandoned laboratory."
"Abandoned?" Shatteredarrow looked at some depris of the building. "Can you help me to find the exit?"
"Im marking a extraction point in your map." Sici said.
"Wait, my map? What ma-" Suddenly a cube appeared on the left corner of his sight. Looked like a little black screen with a green arrow in a white maze. And a blue dot in the end of it. "Woah!"
"The green arrow represents you, the blue dot is the objective." Sici explained. "Follow the map to the blue dot."
"Uh... alright then." Shatteredarrow said. "So, Sici, what do you know about this lab?"
"Something made this place before we excisted. Even before your excistence." Sici explained as Shatteredarrow kept walking trough the devastated hallways of the building, following his map. "It was created 194.7428.68 millions of years ago."
"Wow, all that? This place must be jurassic!" Shartteredarrow explained.
"The builders weren't ponies." Sici said.
"So what were they?" He asked with curiosity.
"Unknown." She replied.
Shatteredarrow continued to follow his mini-map until finally breaking the silence.
"What is this thing with pipes on my torso's side?" He asked. "And why was it splitting those... things?"
A new cube appeared, but this time on the right corner of his sight, showing the pipes box spinning in it.
"Model X-61 mounted machinegun or 'minigun' equipped with a laser sight and armor piercing 65.caliber bullets." Sici explained showing the little 'things' her new friend reffered to.
"Minigun eh?" He said, looking at his minigun, aiming it up and down. "It might come handy."
"Agreed." She replied.
"My tooth feels so... sharp." He commented.
"Your jaw was replaced by a titanium one, such as ypur tooth was replaced by artificial steel teeth, capable of
Crushing metal, steel, wood, stone and other materials." She explained.
"Wow... i am pretty much a great white shark in a pony body!" He exclaimed. "What about my eye?"
"Your left eye was replaced by a mechanical interface screen, which allows me to show you the mini-map, play audio-logs or videos and even show status of your body, like damage or needs." She explained with all the details. "For example: Right now, you are hungry, in the need of food."
"True... something to eat sounds nice." Shattered replied feeling his stomach growl.
"We are almost at the exit, Deadwalker." Sici said, leaving Shatreredarrow intriged.
"Deadwalker? My name is Shatteredarrow." He explained.
"My archives say you are called Deadwalker." She replied. "If you don't mind, i prefer calling you like this."
"Hmm... call me how you wish." He accepted his new name.
For now on his name would be Deadwalker. He hasn't forgotten his job, though. He wanted to protect the princesses once more. But will them accept him? He turned into a half-machine after all. He reached the laboratory's doors, opening them and seeing a sign.
"Umb... research facility." Deadwalker readed the sign.
" 'Umb'?" Sici asked.
"Seems like half of the name was scratched. I can't read it." Deadwalker replied.
"We can worry about this later." She said. "Lets see if we can find some food for you.
Deadwalker noddedin agreement and started walking away from the ancient building.
