Team Fortress 2. Equestria's Robot Invasion.

Team Fortress 2. Equestria’s Robot Invasion
Chapter 2. Dreams of Cruelty.

Twilight Sparkle’s Library.

A good hour has passed since Pinkie left with her crazy theories on aliens. How ridiculous. Twilight thought. Aliens in Equestria... Just the idea along was preposterous! But she wasn’t able to get any sleep after she was rudely awakened by her friend. Something was still bothering her.

And for good reasons. One of these diabolical visitors had already made a way inside her very own home. Little did Twilight know that there was some… ‘thing’ skulking around in the shadows.

“Spike? Spiiike!” Twilight started poking her number one assistant. “Wake up, sleepyhead.”

“Huh w-what?!” Now it was Spike that was rudely awakened from his sleep. All from belly full of candy from last night’s events. “Ughh, just like… another five minutes please Twilight.” He begged.

“No Spike! I need you to get up right away! We all promised to help clean up the town after Nightmare Night. We’ll need to at least get started before everypony wakes up.” Twilight replied, obviously annoyed at the baby dragon’s work attitude.

“Yeah sure.” Spike yawned. “Just five more minutes… I swear.” And with that, he fell back to sleep instantly.

“I’m going downstairs. I want you up and ready in ten minutes! D-do you even hear me?” Twilight asked. Unfortunately she didn’t get any response apart from Spike’s moaning and yawning.

Annoyed by Spike’s lazy attitude, she trotted downstairs. Maybe she’d have a cup of tea before leaving. As she reached the kitchen, she couldn’t help but notice a strange puff of smoke just hanging around there. Quite strange indeed. She hadn’t been baking anything. Twilight just ate a delicious hay-sandwich as her breakfast.

But things started even getting stranger as the puff of smoke slowly started taking a physical form. A tall being standing on its hind legs. It had red glowing eyes, was dressed in quite a fancy looking gray suit and ski-mask. Another strange thing that should be mentioned is that this being’s attire is entirely constructed out of metal, as was its body. So there was absolutely no point for this creature to smoke a cigarette. But it did anyways!

“BEEP.” The creature started making some awkward noises.

“E-excuse me?” Twilight said confused as she saw the being make its way slowly towards her. Its way of walking was almost hypnotizing. It walked as if it was a crab while staring at the ceiling and holding a strange black object in its right… claw? Those weren’t hooves, that’s for sure. Was this one of the aliens Pinkie was talking about earlier?

“BOOP.” The creature started spinning in circles.

“Okay…” It sure looked alien-like. Twilight thought. She wondered if it would be able to talk. If this creature wasn’t dangerous, they could’ve perhaps discovered an entirely new species that came from outside Equestria. Fascinating, yet worrying due to the fact she knows absolutely nothing about these weird mechanical aliens. Perhaps the best course of action would be to leave it here and immediately get some of her friends in case things get out of hoof. But she couldn’t just leave young Spike here all alone. He was still upstairs sleeping in his little basket. First she had to make sure these ‘things’ weren’t dangerous. If she had only believed Pinkie earlier this morning, things wouldn’t be so complicated right now. Luckily these creatures didn’t seem to be too intelligent. It just kept circling and occasionally ran into walls. Unfortunately, the smoke it produced was quite bothersome. It took mere moments to fill up Twilight’s entire library.

“Could you please stop doing that?” Twilight asked the creature as she coughed. She didn’t know if it was able to understand her, but she could at least try.

“No.” He replied in a fancy robotic voice.

Just this gave Twilight more than enough information. She found out that it was a he. He was able to understand the ponies’ language, able to speak. And most importantly… that he was rude. But still it didn’t look particularly dangerous, even though it was twice as large as Twilight. Even in his crab-pose.

“Would you mind staying here for a while? I’ll just get some of my friends and I’ll be back in just a few minutes.” Twilight asked.

“I zhink not! BOOP.” He replied and quickly blocked the front door.

“W-what do you want exactly?” Twilight wondered.

“Ze world, my little flower. Just ze world.” He started chuckling.

“S-Spiiike! Wake up please!” Twilight shouted as she started panicking slightly. No response…

*THUMP*

What was that?! The noise came from the door leading upstairs. Oh no… What if there was more? What if they already had gotten Spike? Twilight Sparkle didn’t know how she would react if something were to happen with him.

*THUMP*

With this second loud bang, the door started shattering. A large axe could be seen repeatedly striking at the wooden door. At this moment the mechanical invader started backing out slightly and took a more defensive stance.

*THUMP*

A final strike cut a clear hole through the door. A terrifying looking masked being took a peek inside The Shining-style.

“Mwahahahaaa!” Just a diabolic muffled laugh could be heard.

By Celestia! Twilight was straight up scared at this point. The crab-like robot alien, that she could easily deal with. That one didn’t look like it would cause too much trouble apart from his rudeness and mad crab-walking skills. But this… thing. This devilish creature that just destroyed her door looked as if it emerged straight from the fiery pits of Tartarus itself. But Twilight wouldn’t just give up. That’d be too easy. No matter what this newcomer brings, she could take it!

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Earlier. BLU Team and Pinkie Pie.

“Hudda!” Pyro skipped around happily, the rest of the BLU not so much. Some of their brains were still processing the fact that they were in a colorful land inhabited with pink talking ponies. Well, all of this randomness while also being pursued by the evil Gray robots of Threefort. Sure, the BLUs had gone through some wacky adventures. Fighting a giant floating eyeball, for example, or the Horseless Headless Horseman. Robots? Yeah, that would be probable eventually. But in a land this pink pony seemed to call ‘Equestria?’ Nope. Dear lord, horse puns… Of course there are going to be horse puns.

“So what’s this town of yers called lass?” Demoman asked Pinkie Pie.

“Oh. Haven’t you heard? It’s Ponyville! The happiest place in all of Equestria!” She replied.

Demoman sighed. “Oi Heavy! Where’s that bloody vodka!” He bellowed.

“You already have it. But little man should not keep drinking. Heavy once drank that much. Woke up next to bear next morning. Not good times at all.” The Russian replied.

“Ye don’t tell me what to do lad! I can bloody handle me drinks just as I did years ago!” The Scotsman continued to chug down the remaining bottle of vodka. Luckily there was at least seven more of them in his backpack. He just checked to make sure.

“Nngh.” Heavy just grunted in response. “I do not understand. Why do we not go and crush tiny metal men? Why do we run like cowards?” He asked the group. “Sasha… She hungers.”

“Let me explain this as simple as ah possibly can, big guy. Imagine we’re playing control points like we did in the past. And those darn REDs have us pushed all the way back to our last point. That’s how the situation is right now, apart from the fact that we’re heavily outnumbered, and don’t even have a final point. That’s something that ah can agree on with Solly. We need to establish a base somewhere before things get ugly. Do ya understand?” Engineer explained to the Russian. The group was already lucky enough to escape the robots the first time. They seem to have lost their pursuers, for now at least.

“Da. Engineer is smart. Heavy will trust old friend. But Sasha… I worry for her.” Heavy replied.

“You and yer gun will have more than enough time to screw around later. Let’s at least try not to scare the locals this time alright? Engineer said.

“LAND AHOOOOY MATES!” Demoman suddenly shouted as the town of Ponyville was within their sight.

“GO GO GO, MOVE OUT!” Soldier ordered his team.

“Uhmm… What are you guys planning exactly?” Pinkie wondered. She knew these aliens that call themselves ‘humans’ were strange. But surely they can’t be dangerous, can they? But it must be frightening to some young ponies if some giant alien suddenly jumps in right in their faces.

Pinkie might be random, but she was smart enough to realize that having a talk with her friends first would be much better than revealing the BLUs to the rest of town right away. Luckily, it was still early in the morning and there was barely anypony around at this time. Hopefully, the humans wouldn’t be noisy.

“ALRIGHT MAGGOTS! Secure the perimeter! I want two level 3 Sentry-Guns guarding the entrance before these piles of scrap metal arrive!” Soldier shouted.

“Need a dispenser here. Need a dispenser here. Need a dispenser here.” Scout mentioned tactfully.

“Alrighty then!” Engineer did as told and started building the mentioned things from scratch using just some metal and his wrench.

“Mmmpph…” Pyro’s Pyro sense started tingling. A presence he was extremely familiar with was close. Very close. The best course of action he could possibly think off is just to check it out quickly. So he went off on his own, further inside the colorful town of Ponyville.

“H-hey! Wait up! I can’t have you guys running all around. Just wait here for a while until my friends get here.” Pinkie shouted at Pyro. Unfortunately she didn’t get any response from the mysterious BLU mercenary.

“Leave him Private. He’s just doing his duty.” Soldier barked at the pink pony.

“Aww… But I can’t just let him scare anypony. I’m keeping an eye on him. Will you guys be fine here?” Pinkie turned towards Heavy. For some reason she thought him to be their leader. Most likely because he’s the largest member of the group. “My friends will be here any minute to clean up the town. I’m sure they can help you guys out.”

“Do not worry tiny little pony. We are the BLU. We are professionals.” Heavy stated.

“Phew, that’s a load off my shoulders knowing that you’re all professionals! I’ll just leave you guys to do your thing for now and then I’ll be back as soon as I can alright? Just keep the volume down a bit. It’s still pretty early.” Pinkie replied.

“Yeah sure, we can handle things here. No problem!” Scout replied and waved the pink pony off. Her only goal right now was to keep the group of humans together, including Pyro. So she went off to retrieve him as the strange incomprehensible lunatic went off on his own. Pinkie Pie, unfortunately, also had no idea yet of what was going through Pyro’s mind.

“So… Anyone else confused as hell at the whole talking pony thing? You guys do realize we’re in the middle of their town right now… right? I mean..what if they’re hostile?” Scout stated.

“Mon Dieu… You’re not telling me that you’re actually afraid of zhese small creatures?” Spy asked as he was face palming.

“I agree with Scout. Their heads are too bloody big. It ain’t natural.” Sniper added.

“Ah understand your concerns, pardners. Y’all got to realize that it’s still Merasmus that sent us here. Who knows what crazy world this is? But our main focus should be those darn robots right now. We got to use this place to secure a safety zone for us. If that means we got to befriend some ponies, so be it. There ain’t no respawn guys, so there’s no easy way out of this.” Engineer said as he finished building the two sentry-guns at Ponyville’s entrance.

“I’m going for higher ground to overlook the situation. You maggots defend this position while I’m gone!” Soldier barked as he used his rocket launcher to leap to greater heights.

“Didn’t ze pink one said zhat her friends were on their way here? Oh, I’m most curious to see vhat we’ll encounter next.” Medic chuckled.

Rainbow Dash and Applejack. Slightly further ahead.

“Ah still can’t believe ya got up in time for the big cleanup, RD.” Applejack said to her friend.

“Pfft, I barely slept anyway. Me and Pinkie might’ve gone a little overboard with pranking last night. But it was so awesome!” Rainbow Dash replied.

“Talk of the devil. Look who’s there!” Applejack said as she saw Pinkie Pie rush towards them with incredible speed.

“Hey Pinkie! You still remember last night when we d-” Rainbow Dash was interrupted.

“Canttalkrightnowalienisontheloosemoreintownbye!” Pinkie Pie said even faster as she was running. She was already gone before both ponies could blink.

“D-did she just say… aliens in town?” Applejack asked slightly concerned.

“Pfft, It’s just another prank obviously. Let’s go check it out!” Rainbow Dash was pretty excited.

Nothing could prepare the ponies for what they would witness next. Amazed? Confused? That wouldn’t even be able to begin to describe how the ponies were feeling right now.

“W-what the hay are those things?” Applejack said shocked by what she was seeing.

“I-I have no idea.” Rainbow Dash replied.

“Schnell! Raus! Raus!” Medic shouted. “It vould appear that ze ponies have arrived. One even has a little hat! How amusing.”

“NOM NOM NOM. That was delicious!” Heavy said as he was chowing down on his Sandvich. He wasn’t really interested in meeting more ponies at the moment.

“Woah woah. The blue one over there… She looks mean and scary don’t ya think?” Scout asked.

“Really? Look at me! I’m Scout! Rainbows make me cry!” Spy mimicked Scout simply to annoy him.

“Shut up man! I’m not talking about the rainbows. That little horse actually has wings! I once fought with a goose… and those things can pack a mean punch. I was under the impression that ponies are even stronger than geese, so be on your guard!” Scout explained.

“That’s right! I’ll take all you guys on right now, bring it!” Rainbow Dash bragged.

“Oh really?! You’re being arrogant now ya little brat! Do you have any idea who I am? Any idea?” Scout replied annoyed.

“No… but do you have any idea who I am!”

Scout didn’t reply but just rolled his eyes instead.

“That’s right! Rainbow Dash! Fastest flyer in Equestria.”

“Scout. Fastest man you’ll ever see. Faster than you, that’s for sure.”

“Is that a challenge? You want to put that to the test? Huh, punk!”

“Bring it! I’ll wipe the fl-“ Scout was interrupted by a slap on the head.

“Dag-nabbit Scout! We’ve got bigger things to worry about then yer little back and forth with the blue pony. That ain’t no way to act as a guest here.” Engineer was the one slapping Scout.

“Uhh… Yeah! You too Rainbow Dash!” Applejack gave the blue Pegasus a slap to the face.

“Ouch! What was that for?!” Rainbow Dash complained.

“Because yer startling our guests.” Applejack replied.

“Oh what, so they’re guests now?”

“Ah guess so if they’re nice fellas.”

“What?! You can’t be serious! Let’s just go to Twilight. Ask her to write a letter to the Princess and get these freaky aliens to the moon already.” Rainbow Dash said.

“Rainbow Dash! Ah thought you’d at least know that around here we treat everypony as an equal. What’s yer name then pardner?” Applejack asked the hard-hatted human.

“Dell Conager. But ya can call me Engineer, much easier. Yer little friend uhh… Pinkie Pie brought us to yer little town here.” Engineer answered.

“Ya see, Rainbow Dash? Pinkie brought them here. If these guys were dangerous, she wouldn’t just lead them straight to Ponyville. The name’s Applejack! It’s a pleasure meeting y’all Engineer.” Applejack said while raising her hoof.

“Uhh…” Engineer shook the hoof awkwardly. “There’s one small detail ah might’ve left out though. There are vicious-killer robots, hundreds of em! Right outside town in that scary lookin’ forest.”

“R-robots? You see AJ. These guys are nuts!” Rainbow Dash said.

“Uhh. Ah don’t think they’re lying. Ya know… being the Element of Honesty an’ all.” Applejack said. She became slightly worried though. If there were strange aliens inside her town, then why wouldn’t there be dangerous robots in the Everfree Forest? “Which one of y’all is in charge here? Ah got some questions.” She asked.

All the BLUs faces turned towards Engineer. Out of all the mercenaries he was by far the most capable of such a task.

"Nope.” He responded. His neck seemed to just get longer just by a little as he smacked his wrench into his hand. “Ah know exactly what’s going to happen when ah take charge around here. Something will go horribly wrong and everyone will blame it on me. Not gonna happen this time. Soldier’s the one in charge, if ya got anything to ask or complain, go to him.”

“Fine. Then where is this Soldier?” Applejack asked.

“He’s gone flying.”

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Town hall. Soldier.

Soldier had been leaping from roof to roof exploring the town. It was amazing how no pony had been woken up already by the incredibly loud noises produced from his rocket launcher. It must’ve been one hell of a Nightmare Night. He took place on the largest building in town, which happened to be the Town Hall. Soldier used his hands as binoculars. After a few minutes of scanning the area, he had acquired a target. In the distance he could faintly see a few small red lights. Two must’ve belonged to a robot’s eyes and the third… Oh no! It’s a Sniper-bot. The third red dot was the Robo-Sniper’s rifle zooming in.

Unfortunately that robot picked a wrong day to snipe. He was located on a roof of some ponies house. It didn’t matter. They’ll never know.

“SCREAMIN’ EAGLES!” Soldier shouted at the top of his lungs as he launched himself extremely high in the air. This gave him enough time to equip the ‘Market Gardener’. A shovel which damage would only increase if used while rocket-jumping. Thankfully the rocket launched him in the right direction and Soldier was heading straight for the robot. The Sniper-bot, who was completely oblivious to his surroundings, just remained motionless on the roof. Unfortunately, he never saw it coming.

*BOOM*

Soldier managed to blow up the robot with a single hit of his shovel. But the explosion created had caused the roof of the building that he landed on to collapse. Soldier fell along with the metal scraps that remained of the robot inside of the house.

Soldier coughed up some dust but immediately got back on his feet. There might still be more robots lurking around. More for Solly to destroy. He waited years for this chance. Years of living in a dumpster might’ve slightly affected his mind. But he was far from crazy. He actually considered himself a tactical genius in the same league as Sun-Tzu.

“W-who’s up there? Watch out, I know Karate!” A voice shouted from downstairs.

“Good lord, civvies!” Soldier panicked. No wait! He can handle this, no problem. A man of his stature surely can’t screw up something as basic and simple as this. “You can come up ma’am! There’s absolutely nothing going on in here.”

Soldier stood ready with his shovel equipped in case things would get ugly. This was not just a regular civilian. This was a pony for god’s sake. The BLU leader wasn’t sure what to think of their capabilities.

“OH MY CELESTIA! What happened to my roof?” The pony was shocked to say the least.

“OH MY GOD! What happened to your eyes?” Soldier was equally shocked.

“AH! What the hay are you?!”

“Aaah!” Soldier screamed. Wait a minute, this was not how he figured this situation would turn out. Time for some ridiculously complicated plan to win this pony’s trust.

“Alright… I’m not here to hurt you. What’s your name Private?” He asked.

“D-derpy…” The cross-eyed Pegasus responded quietly. “And you?”

“Jane Doe to my old war buddies in Europe. You however, as a civilian, will address me as Soldier and nothing else! Do you understand that?” He barked.

“Y-yes sir, Soldier, sir!” Derpy answered.

“Good. Now let me explain the situation to you. You see these metal scraps just lying around here?”

“Yes. What’s with them?”

“Those are robot remains! Me and my team have been sent here by that damn sissy Merasmus along with the robots that are currently employed by the Mann Co. We’re here to get rid of those metal bastards once and for all!”

“Wow. I have no idea what you’re talking about, but it sounds really dangerous.”

“Uh-huh.” Soldier nodded. “That’s why you little civvies need to be able to protect yourselves against this threat. I’ve done this before with a young girl in Poland, I’m sure this won’t be any different. Take this!”

“What’s this?” Derpy asked as she was handed a unfamiliar object.

“It’s a Shotgun Private.”

“A Shot-what?” Derpy said confused.

“SHOTGUN! You use it to blow those damn robots to bits!” Soldier explained.

“Oh… That sounds scary. I’m not sure if I like that. And how am I even supposed to hold this?” Derpy answered as she continued to inspect the ‘gun’ she had never heard of before.

“Don’t worry, Private. No one has ever died from using a shotgun, I'm sure. Let me explain how it works. That right there is the barrel. That’s where the projectiles come out. It fires bullets. You’re able to continue shooting these by reloading. Just put in some new rounds right over… there! To fire these rounds, you just need to pull the trigger. That’s the little thing located at t-” Soldier was suddenly interrupted.

*BOOM*

Derpy was shocked by the loud noise this weapon produced. Unfortunately, it went completely silent afterwards.

“… Are you alright, Mr. Soldier?” She asked the BLU leader who was now crawling on the floor.

“M-Medic!”

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Pyro. Somewhere in town. Earlier.

Pyro liked this strange world. Why the hell not? It was all sunshine and bright colors, anyway. At least that’s how he perceived things. Pyro’s mind worked in mysterious ways. No one could explain it, not even he could. But years of fighting for the BLU have taught him one thing. Be wary of spies, and there was one extremely close according to his Pyro sense. But this wasn’t any normal Spy. The aura it produced reminded Pyro of an endangered species which the REDs have ultimately exterminated: The Spycrabs.

But it seems they have returned. Now, in an even more deadly robotic form. Who else but Pyro could stop these extremely diabolical beings? Most likely anyone else to be honest. Spycrabs weren’t dangerous, just reaaaaally annoying.

Pyro was armed with his Degreaser, Flare Gun and trusty Axtinguisher; a deadly combination that could simply incinerate and pulverize any mechanical being with great speed.

“Hmm hmm hmm.” Pyro chuckled evilly. He arrived at the location where he guessed the Spycrab would be. It was a large house in the shape of a tree. No wait… It actually was a tree. That was cool, sure. But Pyro could not for the life of him figure out how this strange door would work.

“MMMPPH!” He complained. The door had won this battle. But Pyro would come back for his revenge. He swore of that. Anyway, he proceeded to look for a different entrance. A small balcony caught his attention.

“Hudda!” He climbed up and broke through the window. Inside the tree, there were even more bright colors! A miniature sized bed along with more tiny furniture, this must be the bedroom. But no Spycrabs around, by the looks of it.

Suddenly Pyro heard a distress call coming from downstairs. It sounded feminine. Someone must be in a dangerous situation. Pyro might as well check it out since he can’t find the Spy.

“Mmpph… Hudda hu-“ Pyro was interrupted as he tripped over an oversized basket.

“MMPPH! MMMRAAAGH!” This enraged Pyro obviously. He continued the best course of action which would be to completely burn this basket to the ground.

“MWAHAHAHAA!” Pyro raised his Flamethrower to celebrate his well-earned victory. Pyro 1 – Basket 0. He continued down the stairs to see what this this shouting woman’s deal was.

Meanwhile at the incinerated basket.

Some awkward lazy noises emerged from beneath the ashes of the completely burned basket. It was Spike! Luckily he was able to survive Pyro’s flames, being a dragon and all. But he had no idea what was going on as he had just woke up.

“W-woah. Oh Celestia, not again! I must’ve sneezed in my sleep. Oh no… Oh no… Twilight can’t find out about this! I… I have to get rid of the evidence.” Spike said to himself as he noticed his own bed completely reduced to nothing but ashes. He quickly collected a broom, swiped the ashes together, and dumped them in a garbage bag. He was still slightly panicking and knew that just this wouldn’t be enough. He took the garbage bag with him outside, through the window upstairs where he planned to hide the ‘remains’ somewhere on a branch of this enormous tree. He he he… No one will ever find out. He somehow completely missed the fact that the windows had been broken.

“Hey Spike! Whatcha doing?” A high-pitched voice asked from behind him. A pink pony spontaneously appeared behind him.

“Oh, you know. Just… hanging out.” Spike answered casually. “Wait. What are you doing then Pinkie?”

“Just looking for aliens, why?” Pinkie answered. “Have you seen any?”

“Ughh Pinkie. I’m pretty sure aliens don’t exist. Anyway, can you keep Twilight busy for a moment while I take care of some… business?” Spike winked.

“Uhh… Okay?” Pinkie answered. “I guess I can ask her again to help me find that strange guy.” She leaped through the window where she did actually manage to notice the broken shards lying around. Something’s not right here.

Back at Pyro.

“Hmm hmm.” Pyro chuckled diabolically. He paced himself down the stairs slowly. Step by step he kept tightening the grip on his Axtinguisher. Unsure of what he would encounter next in this magical tree.

Eventually the BLU mercenary reached the bottom floor where he was greeted by another one of these complicated doors which Pyro just couldn’t figure out.

“Mmmph!” He said angrily as he used his axe to clear a path. It was quite a sturdy door so it required a few hits. After a while he managed to cut a clear hole through the door and peaked inside the room. There he noticed a purple unicorn along with a Gray Spycrab.

“Mwahahahaaa!” Pyro laughed maniacally. He proceeded to give the wooden door one final smack which caused it to completely crumble to pieces.

“Mon dieu! BEEP.” The Spycrab said shocked.

Twilight Sparkle, meanwhile, did the most sensible thing she could currently think of in a situation when there are two aliens running loose inside her house. Hide. She hid herself behind the kitchen counter and hoped that these two creatures would just leave after finishing whatever it is they were doing.

“Just lay your weapons down and walk away!” The Spycrab warned Pyro.

“Mmmpphh.” Pyro barely responded and slowly made his way towards his target. He dragged the fire-axe behind him which left quite a large scratch on Twilight’s floor. The sound it produced came straight from a horror film.

Then the slaughtering began. Pyro continued chuckling like a madman while repeatedly striking the robot with his axe. In all of her years, Twilight had never seen such a violent act. And now… right inside her library.

“Mwahahahaa!” Pyro cheered victorious after decapitating his foe, he held up his head high as a trophy.

“Oh no… Did that thing just kill the other mechanical alien?” Twilight whispered to herself, worried at what just occurred.

“Oh dear. It vould I appear I made quite a mess.” The head of the Spycrab said looking down at his body that was completely demolished.

“Oh good. It’s still alive. I figured mechanical beings would’ve been more resilient.” Twilight thought. At least knowing that nopony died in her library was comforting.

“No wait! Vhat are you doing monsieur? Stop zhis madness!” The Spycrab’s head was placed atop the counter Twilight was hiding behind.

“NOOOOO! BOOP.” Those were the last words uttered by the Spycrab that infiltrated Twilight’s library. A sea of flames completely engulfed the counter and appeared above Twilight’s head. She was too frightened to actually look up with this scary-looking alien with his terrifying muffled laugh so close next to her. Whatever this thing was… It was dangerous.

“Ah-hah! I found you!” Pinkie Pie was the next to crash through the door. “You didn’t think I’d just leave you roaming around on your own did you now?”

“Pinkie! Run before it gets you as well!” Twilight shouted hoping to warn her friend in time. Unfortunately this did give away her location.

“Mmmpph?” Pyro said to Pinkie.

“Haha! You silly filly! Pyro’s just here to play. He wouldn’t even hurt a fly, would you?” Pinkie asked.

“Mmpph! Hudda!”

“What he just did. T-That didn’t really look like playing…” Twilight pointed out.

“Hudda hud. Mmmph.” Pyro said.

“He said that he’s sorry if he scared you. It’s part of the job or something. He just wanted to make some friends.” Pinkie turned to Twilight.

“Pinkie… You can understand that… thing?” Twilight questioned.

“Of course I can! Can’t you? You just have to listen veeeery closely.” Pinkie explained.

“Hudda!” Pyro cheered excitedly.

“Wait… I have no idea what’s going on anymore. Can you explain this to me from the beginning?” Twilight asked.

One explanation later.

“So… There’s aliens AND alien robots? And basically the aliens that are ‘human’ are supposed to be the good guys?” The purple unicorn was getting more confused by the second.

“Uh-huh. That’s what I think, at least. I actually have no idea what’s going on as well!” Pinkie giggled.

“Okay… Then how many of these humans and robots are out there?“ Twilight asked.

“Hmm. There aren’t that many humans. I think there’s only about nine including Pyro here. But they said there’s at least hundreds of robots!” Pinkie answered.

“Then… where are they exactly?”

“Robots should be in the Everfree Forest. I left the humans at the Town’s entrance.”

“… You’re saying that you’ve led eight more of … these guys.” Twilight pointed at Pyro. “Straight into Ponyville? Do you have any idea how irresponsible that is, Pinkie?”

“Hey! It’s not my fault! I asked you for your help earlier but you didn’t believe me. Bad Twilight! Besides, I had no idea what else I could’ve done. I couldn’t just leave all alone them in the forest. And don't worry! They've said that they're professionals!” Pinkie replied.

“Professional what…? Anyway, I’m sorry that I didn’t believe you Pinkie. But after last night’s prank how could you expect otherwise? I just hope nothing will go wron-” Twilight was interrupted.

*KNOCK KNOCK*

It was the front door. Twilight quickly trotted wondering who it could be. She was pleasantly surprised that it was Applejack and not another random alien.

“Oh hey Applejack. I’m sorry that I’m late but some things have ha-” Twilight was again interrupted.

“Ah ain’t got time for that right now! We got some major problems on our hooves. Everything that could possibly go wrong just went wrong!” Applejack said as she was still recovering from the sprint she just took towards Twilight’s library.

“Calm down Applejack. Tell me what happened.”

“Ah see you already met one of the aliens.” Applejack could see Pyro inside the library having a cup of tea along with Pinkie Pie. “The rest of em in town ain’t doing as well as that fella right there!”

“What exactly happened?”

“First we heard from Derpy that she apparently ‘shot’ one in the stomach. After that another one drank himself into a coma. That’s already two that need to get to the infirmary as soon as possible! When all that was happening Rainbow Dash kidnapped one of them for Celestia knows what! Some of them are extremely mad for what happened and refuse to cooperate. They jus’ keep complaining all the time. An’ there’s this one big guy that just won’t stop singing with this strange alien accent. AND THEY KEEP TRYIN’ TO STEAL MAH DARN HAT! Ah just have no idea what to do anymore Twilight! Ah can’t do this on my own, ya got to help me!” Applejack begged.

Twilight sighed. She knew she would shine in chaotic situations. She knew she had to be the one to solve this. Should she inform the princess? Or keep it a secret and handle this herself? Unfortunately there wasn’t any time for that right now. Just an hour max and ponies would start waking up. It wouldn’t be pretty if they just walked out their door and are immediately confronted by one of these strange visitors. Twilight Sparkle had to gather these nine ‘humans’ and make sure the injured ones would get proper treatment. And Rainbow Dash… Really? You can’t just go around kidnapping everypony you don’t like.

Anyway. This had to be solved properly! And Twilight Sparkle was the right pony for the job!

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