Issues in Augmentaion
Chapter 2
Previous ChapterApplejack groaned, shielding her eyes as a bright, orange light hit her face. But as she shielded her eyes she saw her hands...they weren't her hand's, they were heavy...and cybernetic, she sat up quickly, the monitor next to her starting to beep rapidly as he chest started heaving, loud breathing escaping her as nurses restrained her. "W-What the fuck is going on!? Where is Rainbow? RAINBOW!??" She yelled out as she was pinned to the bed. A tall, slender purple unicorn walked into the room, approaching Applejack's bed, sitting next to her. "B-Boss...w-where is Rainbow Dash? There was an explosion...W-Why am I not dead?" Applejack stammered out her questions between sharp breaths. The purple unicorn pulled her glasses off and looked at the orange mare.
"I'm so sorry Applejack...but we couldn't find Rainbow's body...She Was destroyed in the blast..." The purple mare choked out, hugging Applejack tightly.
"T-Twilight...Y-You're telling me s-she...." Applejack broke down, burying her face in Twilight's neck, sobbing uncontrollably, almost digging her nails in. Twilight couldn't not cry either, one of her most dear friends was gone forever. "A-And my augments? These are why I'm still breathing?"
"Yes AJ...In your contract you signed when you joined the force it stated that if you were going to die from injuries sustained on the job, then we are allowed to augment you in order for you to survive." Twilight replied to the orange mare, Applejack's leg's and arms were completely replaced with black, metal limbs, disks and artificial muscles moving and working as she flexed them, the left half of her upper torso was now machine merged with flesh, one of her breasts having to be replaced by a metal one for appearances, the right half of her torso and lower left torso was alright, though covered in bandages. Her face was more or less normal, besides her eyes being replaced with cybernetic cameras.
"Technically AJ, only one of your eyes needed replacing, but the fake vision mixing with your real vision, and your brain trying to process both at once would have caused extreme headaches... So we had to replace both." The purple police chief added.
"D-Don't worry Twi..." Applejack sniffled, wiping her eyes as it seemed her tear ducts still worked. "I-I'm alive...And I WILL make Azor pay for taking Dash from me." She growled, vemon in every word she spoke. The orange mare slowly sat up on her bed, looking at her arms, moving them in front of her face, vital signs and information bombarding her eyes. "....This will take some serious getting used to..." She muttered, taking a while for her visual sensors to clear up before she slowly climbed out of the bed, stumbling against a wall. Twilight quickly grabbed her to steady her. "M-My....My feet aren't real...I can't feel the floor under my feet..." She said, looking down at her feet, rubbing her waist. "Its ok...I just need to work on feeling the pressure here..." She said, steadying herself, walking around the room slowly, like a toddler learning to walk for the first time.
"Applejack, are you sure you are ready to get back on the job? You should take a day or two to get used to your new enhancements." Twilight remarked as she watched her friend, ready to catch her if she fell. The orange mare's steps slowly became more deliberate and confident.
"Sure." She replied quickly. "Just give me a rundown on a list of what my new enhancements actually are..." She added, hugging Twilight, the mare gasping for air.
"Applejack! C-Can't breath! Back pain!" The purple mare gasped, Applejack quickly loosening her grip.
"S-Sorry Twilight! I guess I'm way stronger now...I need to really get used to this..." She sighed, looking at her synthetic hands, Twilight smiling as she caught her breath, she leaned down and picked up some of applejack's clothing.
"Here AJ, I brought you some of your clothes, and your favourite jacket." Twilight smiled, handing her a small pile of clothing. The orange mare in mint green scrubs took them and smiled, drawing the curtains and attempting to get dressed, soon a loud rip was heard.
"FOR FUCK SAKE!" Came the mare's voice as she tossed a shirt out from behind the curtains, ripped in two "Can you get me another?" She asked after calming down.
"I don't think they have any shirts on hand here AJ.." Twilight replied quietly.
"Fine, fuck it." Applejack sighed, soon walking out, wearing jeans on her lower half, to solve her shirt problem she had her black leather jacket on partially zipped up, her bra visible on the inside to show off her half natural, half cybernetic cleavage, eliciting a small blush from her boss. "There. Can you take me home Twilight? I don't trust myself right now, I'll probably end up ripping the steering wheel off." She sighed.
"Of course Applejack don't worry." Twilight replied, leading her friend out to the car to drive her back to her apartment. Upon entering the apartment, Applejack began to choke up again as she was greeted with pictures of her and Rainbow, and other items that did nothing but remind her of her lover, she whimpered, sitting at her desk chair and looking at a photo of her and Dash. "Applejack...Are you....Are you going to be ok on your own?" Twilight asked sorrowfully, her heart wrenching to see her friend in a state like this.
"W-What huh? Oh...Y-Yeah...I'll be fine Twilight, don't worry about me." The mare sniffled, looking at the photo.
"O-Ok...Just don't do anything rash ok Applejack?" Twilight said, sighing lightly as she closed the door. Applejack teared up at the picture, the small, salty orbs of water rolling down her cheeks as she poured some whisky into a crystal glass on her table, gulping it down in one, repeating the process for hours.
"W-Why Dashie....W-Why did you have to leave...I can't imagine a world without you....Well...I can....But it isn't one I want to live in..." The mare sniffled, whimpering as she opened a draw of the desk, pulling out a shining silver 9mm pistol, examining it in her hand. "I know...I know this isn't what you would want Dash...B-But I need you...I-I cant just carry on without you." She sniffled, placing the gun to her head and closing her eyes. "I-I'm coming Blue...Just don't hate m-" BZZZT BZZZT....BZZZT BZZZT....BZZZ- "yes....?" She sniffed, wiping her nose as she miraculously didn't shatter her phone in her grip. "Boss? Y-Yeah I'm ok Twilight, it's only been 6 hours..." She replied, looking at her clock, it was 3AM in the morning. "A...A Jumper? Really?....Fine, I'm on my way." She replied, putting the phones down and looking at the gun she just had to her head.....after a few moments of thought she sighed, placing it on the table and getting up. "Talking down a suicide jumper after all of this? Huh? Would I like some irony on the side? Fuck it, why not?" She sighed and slammed her door upon exiting, heading for her car.
