The Resistance

"Vinyl? Vinyl?" Doctor Whooves asked frantically.

After a few minutes of radio static, she finally answered.

"I'm here, doc. Sorry, Tavi ran into some mech-hounds at the power station. Now, you guys will need to continue deep into the factory to find the main control panel. Once you find it, you'll need to hack it and shut down the server. That should disable all sentries in the area and stop more from being made." Vinyl said.

"Got it. Maintain radio silence until phase 3 is complete." He said as he motioned for the others to follow him.

They made their way past several conveyer belts where drones and various other mechanical monstrosities were being assembled. The further they got into the factory, the worse the smell of gasoline and burnt motor oil became. They came to a rusted elevator that descended into darkness below.

"That doesn't look safe." Comet observed.

"Come one, Comet. It could be fun." Cherry said.

Comet fluttered his wings nervously.

"We don't really have a choice here." Doctor Whooves said as he pulled the grate to the elevator open.

They all stepped on and Comet hit the down button. The elevator creaked and groaned as it descended the shaft. Comet was shaking from nerves, he hated confined spaces more than anything. He felt a hand grip his and looked up to see Cherry smiling at him as she held his hand. He managed a weak smile.

"It's okay, Comet. It's just a little elevator ride. I won't let anything happen to you." She said in his ear.

The elevator jerked as it stopped and made Comet's heart jump. He ran off the elevator and embraced the open space of the new floor. He looked around and saw six containers that looked like they were meant for cryogenic research. They were busted open, clearly something had wanted out. The strangest part was that each one had symbol above it. Comet recognized several of them as the symbols that his friends mothers sported. Only one was unbroken and empty. It was the symbol of Wind's mother.

"Strange that these containers would sport the symbols of the elements of harmony." Doctor Whooves said as he came up beside Comet.

"It's kinda creepy." Comet said as they continued through the giant room.

There were rows and rows of containers, each one emblazoned with a different symbol. As they passed one that had a sun symbol on it, it exploded open and an alicorn burst from it. She had wavy hair that was striped with different colors. Half of her face was covered in steel with a red light for her eye and she had a giant saw blade for her left hand.

"All trespassers will be exterminated!" The cyborg alicorn yelled in an auto tuned sounding voice.

Comet ducked out of the way just as it swung the spinning saw. The saw cut a nitrogen line in two and it began spraying everywhere. Thinking quickly, Comet grabbed the end of the hose and pointed it at the cyborg. It began to slow down in moving and after about a minute, stopped all together. The hose stopped spraying and Comet walked over to examine the cyborg.

"What is this thing? It looks like Princess Celestia." He said.

"I was afraid of this." Doctor Whooves said.

"What is this place?" Cherry asked, a small amount of fear creeping into her voice.

"A while ago, we intercepted some intel about a secret project to start turning several hundred ponies into cyborg warriors to fight for the overlord. We had hoped it was just a rumor, but, if these containers each represent a pony that they've turned... well, we just need to destroy this place. And fast." He said as they continued through the hallway of containers.

They reached the end and came upon a large computer that had two control panels on it.

"Okay, Vinyl. Phase three is complete. Proceeding with phase four." Doctor Whooves said.

"Excellent. Now, there should be two control panels. You will have to hack both at the same time to open the power core. Once the core is open, you will need to plant the bomb and hall ass out of there." Vinyl replied.

"Good. Comet, you take the one on the left, I'll take the one on the right." He said as they approached the panel.

They began hacking and after about a minute, the middle of the reactor slid open.

"Cherry, place the bomb." Comet said as she pulled out a make-shift bomb and set the timer.

She threw it into the open space and they all ran towards the exit. As they ran, several more of the containers busted open.