Team Fortress 2. Equestria's Robot Invasion.

Team Fortess 2. Equestria’s Robot Invasion.
Chapter 8. Revelations.

Equestria, Canterlot.

Soldier and Derpy had gone through some wacky adventures on their journey to the palace, but they finally arrived unharmed.

They were greeted by the Royal Guards, who were ordered to escort them to the waiting chambers where they could reside until their audience with the Princess.

Remember that Soldier was chosen to be the most capable member of the BLU, to convince the rulers of this world that they had no bad intentions. This meant the other members had faith in him. Soldier knew this, and was always loyal to his job. He was going to make those snobby royal ponies his best friends, no problem! At least, that’s what he thought.

“How long are they going to let us wait, and can you believe that they tried to confiscate my weapons? Ridiculous!” Soldier complained as he was getting fed up with being treated as a dangerous lunatic. Also, once he had arrived, he got rid of the cardboard boxes they were wearing and decided for a slightly classier hat to impress everyone.

“… Do you really think it’s that weird that they just want everything to proceed smoothly and safely? Weapons just aren’t allowed here. Not just for you, but for every pony.” Derpy explained.

“Grr… I haven’t been unarmed for many… many years, and I’m sure as hell not going to break that streak now.” Soldier replied. “And it still doesn’t explain why they’re letting us wait here for so long.”

“Well, you did try to punch that Royal Guard… I guess they’re trying to make some last-minute precautions.” Derpy guessed.

“Nah, no more! The next pony to enter this room will regret ever being born when I’m done complaining about this!”

And right on queue, the door opened. Soldier didn’t care who it was, but from a first glimpse it looked like a slightly larger blue Pegasus. It was female as like 98% of the population. Probably one of the maids or something, Soldier guessed.

“Uhh, Soldier… Maybe you shou-” Derpy was interrupted.

“OH NO! They’re finally going to hear it now! You there, servant!” Soldier barked as he pointed towards the pony that just entered. He was still quite a bit larger when he stood up.

She didn’t respond, but narrowed her eyes instead.

“That’s right, you! We decided to come here on such short notice for a supposedly important audience with your fancy royalty and whatnot. Then we finally arrive and we’re forced to flee from gorillas, get pressured by those stupid guards to get rid of my weapons and hats, and lastly we’re being held here without any other information of what’s going to happen. How long have we been waiting here now, Private? 10 – 15 hours?” Soldier asked Derpy.

“Actually it’s been ten minutes… But you really should keep your mouth cl-” Derpy once again was interrupted.

“And another thing! From the moment me and my crew arrived, we’ve seen nothing but girl-ponies! In fact, the only male ones we’ve seen are in what you call the ‘Royal Guards’. Isn’t that just a fancy term for slavery, HUH?”

“Actually, there are plenty of stallions around. There’s Dr. Whooves, Big Mactintosh, that jelly pony, and uhh… Wait! That’s not important right now, Soldier, the one you’re shouting at right now is-”And Derpy was interrupted for a third time.

“Just a common worker, I know. I should be saying these things to someone of higher class.” Soldier sighed and sat back down.

“Actually… that’s Princess Luna.” Derpy finally managed to point out to the BLU mercenary, hoping he would finally cool down and apologize after hearing this.

Unfortunately, the opposite was true.

“OH, SO THIS IS THE SO CALLED PRINCESS TO DECIDE OUR FATE, HUH?” Soldier stood up again and poked Luna’s snout. “Well, let me tell you one thing, cupcake. We’re not going anywhere until each and every one of those robots are back on the scrapyard where they belong.”

Princess Luna was flabbergasted. Nopony had ever talked to her like that, yet this single human barged inside her castle and started shouting at every pony around him. No man could possibly be this stupid. What was he scheming? Why was he so confident in his own abilities that he decided to continue yelling at her even after knowing her true identity?

He must’ve been a brilliant strategic mastermind, Luna thought. It would be best just to let him continue and let her sister decide the human’s fate as the original plan was. Luna was actually just there to escort him and his visitor to the royal chambers.

But if he kept up this attitude, his future promised nothing good at all. He and his crew would most likely be banished away. It would be rather enjoyable seeing this play out, Luna thought.

“Please, proceed. My sister is the one that will you will need to convince.” Luna said.

Now Derpy was flabbergasted. Why wasn’t Princess Luna enraged with Soldier’s randomness and shout back at him with her Royal Canterlot speech? Anyway, might as well continue since they’ve gotten this far.

“Hmmngg… Always a Princess… Never a damn Queen. Probably has gone evil and insane Disney-style.” Soldier grunted silently.

Luna raised her hoof in frustration and wanted to slap the hell out of the BLU mercenary. Words like these were beyond rude! But she held it in, knowing that he wouldn’t last long anyway after meeting Celestia. Oh, please send him to the moon, sister!

The three proceeded walking through the castle and eventually reached the actual royal chambers. Derpy had only seen this place once before but it was just as amazing. Princess Celestia was gracefully sitting atop her throne at the end of the chamber. As always, she had a genuine smile on her face.

“Please, come forth.” She said.

Luna took place next to her sister and was ready to see how things would turn out.

Derpy took a small bow, showing her respect to the Princess. Soldier on the other hand pulled out his Direct Hit rocket launcher and aimed it towards the royal sisters of Canterlot.

“Let me tell you exactly what’s going to happen! One, you’re letting us stay here without interruption until me and my partners have gotten rid of all the robots in your pretty world. Two, we want booze. Three, GIVE ME YOUR HA-” Soldier was now the one being interrupted by a magical force which swooped the rocket launcher away from him.

“We have no need for such dangerous devices when we’re just having a friendly chat, do we?” Princess Celestia said with a slightly more annoyed tone.

Derpy was happy the Princess did something before Soldier blew up the palace with his stupidity.

“Grr… Fine, let’s talk.” Soldier replied. He didn’t want to grab another weapon before thinking of a way to counter magic.

“First thing’s first. Your… hat, it seems rather fancy.” Celestia pointed this out.

“Why, yes! It’s a Towering Pillar of Hats! I managed to steal… err ‘borrow’ this from my teammate who had no need for it in his current state.” Soldier explained. He stole the hat from one of the mercenaries back at Fluttershy’s cottage earlier.

It was a beautiful hat that could not be described with words but we’re trying it anyway. Three hats, a grey bowler hat, a black top hat, and to finish it off a boater with a black ribbon. They were all stacked on top of each other. That’s a solid ten in my book.

“A hat worthy of wearing on an event such as assassinating *COUGH* err… ‘Meeting’ a Princess!” Soldier continued coughing.

“I see. How thoughtful of you to dress properly considering your team’s situation. I understand you’re all stranded here in our world after a battle with a powerful magician that also accidentally transported his company’s backup supply of human robots here. I understand you and your team want to dispose of them, yourself?” Celestia asked.

“Damn right we want to destroy them all. Those things made my life miserable.” Soldier replied.

“Then is it a personal grudge that you hold against them?” Celestia asked.

“Huh? Grudge? Yeah, I guess you could say I hate their metal guts. But this isn’t just for me! It’s for the poor children… The young ones unable to sleep at night because they fear the unavoidable certain rise of the robots. But we… not just the BLU, the RED as well, I’m sure. We stand as silent vigilantes that will protect them so they will be able to witness the world of tomorrow. And we ask nothing in return but guns… and hats.” Soldier ended dramatically.

“But… I’ve heard that they’re child-friendly, and they don’t seem that dangerous. Are you just making things up, hmm?” Celestia questioned.

“Fine! They’re just annoying and I want to blow them up with my guns, happy now? And who the hell told you that they’re child-friendly?” Soldier wondered.

“… I know everything!” Celestia bluffed. Of course she didn’t want to break her promise with Saxton Hale just yet. “But that’s not important right now. What is important is that you convince me right now why I should allow you all to temporally live in our world. What I want to find out is how lethal you really are.”

“Oh, so you want some confirmation of my skills on the battlefield? I currently have 435,776 kills total, and still counting.” Soldier bragged.

“Y-you murdered more than 400,000 people?” Celestia responded, shocked.

“Nah, most of them are kills on the same persons over and over again. We had this little thing called the Respawn that would allow us to infinitely rebuild our bodies upon death. But I did kill a giant load of Nazis in Europe over the course of some years. I also think I might’ve accidentally killed some Cuban dictators, the Pope and Santa.” Soldier bragged once again. He was sure that if he kept talking about his murder records, he’d convince the Princess that he wasn’t a violent person at all.

“You murdered Santa Hooves?!”

“What? No, Santa Claws of course. I also killed Dracula, or at least some guy that looks like him.”

“This… Wow. I have no words to respond after hearing such a story. I think it is obvious what must be done.” Celestia sighed.

Luna already saw what was coming from the moment she met Soldier. It was simply unavoidable with the way he was acting.

Soldier on the other hand, was already convinced his charming war stories had already won over Celestia’s trust.

“BUT, because I’m an honest ruler I will allow your escort to have her say as well. Ms. Hooves, tell me, is there any way you can convince me to why I should not immediately dispose of this individual?” Celestia asked.

“What?! Dispose of me! I thought we had a sure deal, damn it!” Soldier quickly grabbed his secondary weapon, the shotgun. Unfortunately for him it was immediately thrown away by Celestia’s magic once again leaving him grunting in annoyance.

“Just stop talking, Soldier. You’re only making things worse.” Derpy said to the BLU mercenary and turned towards the Princess now. “I know that Mr. Soldier seems like a violent and reckless person, and that’s because he is. In fact, the first time I saw him he nearly destroyed my entire house. I’ve never met any pony as strange and unpredictable as him.”

“What! How dare you, you backstabbing miniature horse! I gave you my cardboard box, dammit!” Soldier shouted as he couldn’t believe that Derpy was being all negative about him.

“BUT… Mr. Soldier is also a very kind man. Even after I managed to hurt him with a gun he didn’t complain for even a second. He didn’t accuse me and didn’t even ask for an apology. He never showed any bad intentions towards any pony up until this point. He also promised that he would repair all the damage done because one of his teammates is good with building things. Even though he always yells at them and calls them maggots, I still think they’re all really good friends, those BLUs. And I know that they’re all really strong and can be useful to get rid of those scary robots in the Everfree Forest. I know that Soldier doesn’t seem like a friendly person at the moment, but I really hope you can at least give him another chance to prove himself.” Derpy finally ended her word in this.

“Very well, your kind words have persuaded me. Soldier, you may have one final chance to prove yourself fit to live in this world of harmony. Tell me more about yourself, for starters, what is your actual name?” Celestia asked.

“Uhh…” Soldier quickly checked his underwear to make sure. “Sergeant Jane Doe, ma’am.” He was ready to take this second opportunity to either prove himself a valuable asset in getting rid of the Equestrian robot invasion or die trying.

“And what’s your age?”

“I… uhh, about 75 or something, I don’t know!” Just thinking about this made Soldier’s head hurt.

“75? I’ m really not that familiar with humans, but you don’t look that old at all in my opinion. Anyway, what did you do before your time in spent in the war?” Celestia asked.

“Huh? What do you mean?”

“What did you do before you went off to war? Did you have a wife, any children? And what of your parents?” Celestia bombarded Soldier repeatedly with more and more questions.

“I uhh… I can’t remember.” Soldier replied silently with a slightly sad tone.

“You truly can’t remember?” Celestia questioned.

“Huh… I guess not.”

A minute long silence followed. Princess Celestia was brainstorming. Could a lifetime spent in war make him like this, dangerous and unpredictable? Could all this constant combat and violence change a creature so much that he completely forgets about his past?

If that were the case, Celestia pitied the poor human. No one deserved such a terrible curse.

That’s it. Princess Celestia had made up her mind.

“Very well then, I will allow you and your team to stay in Ponyville for the time being. One mishap means instant banishment. Is that understood?” Celestia stated.

“Yeah, sure. As long we can still beat up those damn robots.” Soldier replied. He wasn’t sure why Celestia had a sudden change of heart. But he’d gladly accept whatever fate has in store for him.

“Of course! That will be your main objective as long you will remain here. I want you all on patrol 24/7. Just take turns and take care of the situation as quick as possible. Go now, before I change my mind.” Celestia pointed Derpy and Soldier towards the door. Destroying robots was not violent at all, as stated earlier, it was like beating up a refrigerator.

Soldier and Derpy left, feeling pretty good about themselves. The rest would be delighted to hear the good news back in Ponyville.

“Are you insane, sister?! Are you just going to let that mad man stay in one of the most peaceful villages in Equestria? You clearly saw he trying to attack you twice, he even admitted murdering countless amounts of people. If you ask me, this seems like a really bad idea.” Luna said to her sister.

“I understand your concern. But perhaps it is better for them to reside here for a while and experience the true meaning of harmony. Learn that peaceful times do exist. Perhaps they will change their violent ways.” Celestia explained.

“But what if they were to hurt your prize pupil, Twilight Sparkle?” Luna added.

“… Fine, send somepony to keep an eye of them.” Celestia sighed.

“It will be taken care of, sister. Do not worry.”

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Ponyville.

Spy and Rarity, after enjoying a delightful cup of tea, decided to finally meet up with the rest of the group again. Twilight still wanted to get the introduction done as soon as possible, even though most of the ponies already found out about the humans that were currently in Ponyville. Nopony seemed to mind them for some reason. It was like humans kept popping up there every week or so, nothing out of the ordinary at all.

Rarity really disliked Spy’s constant chain smoking and Spy didn’t like Rarity’s constant whining about it. But apart from that, they get along just as good as any other pony and Frenchman.

Unfortunately, a single terrorizing being was watching them from a small distance, not fearing the sun in the least. Its red-glowing eyes were directly focused on the BLU Spy.

“Mmpphh… BOOP.”

“So, every pony is gathered at Fluttershy’s house is what I understand from the information I currently posses. It’s not too far from here, it’s on t-” Rarity was interrupted.

“It is ze large cottage at the edge of ze forest. Isn’t it?” Spy asked as he was watching in that general direction.

“Y-yes. How did you know that? Did you break in there as well? You better not have given Fluttershy the scare of a lifetime!” Rarity replied.

“No. You see ze small light flickering atop of ze building? It’s one of my teammates signaling with a mirror that they’ve established a new headquarters to me and any other lost members. It seems like that’s ze place where we’re going to settle for a while.” Spy explained.

“I see. Using mirrors is an interesting way to communicate with each other.” Rarity was pretty amazed.

“… You know zhey could’ve just called me. Cellphone seems to be working just fine.” Spy sighed.

“Phone? I’m afraid I’m not familiar with such a th-” Rarity was as Spy suddenly pushed her aside.

“MMMWAAHAHAAA!!!” Suddenly the Pyro robot that was watching the two for a while decided that this was his moment to strike.

“Mon Dieu… Zhey’re adapting.” Spy said, shocked as he was looking directly at a terrifyingly Gray Pyro armed with the Scorch Shot, a Third Degree axe and worst of all… A deadly Phlogistinator. Atop his head was an enormous umbrella keeping the sunlight away from its metal body.

He stabbed the metal Pyro in the face once, causing it to back up slightly, giving Rarity a chance to regain her footing.

“You know how to stop that rude loud-mouth, right?” Rarity asked Spy as she stood back up.

“Oui. It is finally time for my moment to shine. Zhere is not a challenge I would back away from.” Spy said, super-confident in his own abilities.

“MMMPHHH!! MWAAAUUGH!!” The robot did his little taunt and started charging towards the two with great speed in a straight line while constantly spraying his flamethrower.

“Mon Dieu, run! It’s a W+M1 Pyro, zhose things are nearly unstoppable!” Spy’s confidence quickly changed into fear as the Pyro approached. Not even the Dead Ringer would be able to secure his safety from this insane robot.

Spy quickly pulled Rarity along with him before they were both caught by the hellish flames produced from the Phlogistinator. Spy desperately tried to find a set of stair or anything to jump on to perform a nice stair or trick stab to completely ruin his day, but nothing was around that would be able to help him.

This wasn’t a battlefield, it was just a simple small town. But there was always a way to win. Spy didn’t like the way he had to take care of this situation, but there was no choice. It was either that or die. And he’d gladly suffer the humiliation to live another day.

The Pyro just kept incinerating rocks, plants, and parts of some houses in his pursuit of the two, quickly charging his ‘Mmph’ meter with everything that burns.

A small pinging sound could be heard shortly after. It was completely charged and the crazed W+M1 Pyro-bot got ready to unleash hell.

“MWAHAHAHAA!!!” The Pyro proceeded to commence his battle cheer, activating the Phlogistinator’s terrifying true power.

“Stand still, little flower. It will be over soon.” Spy said to Rarity. He proceeded to casually light a cigarette.

“… Shouldn’t you do anything then? I mean, he’s standing completely still at the moment.” Rarity wondered.

“I zhink not. Zhere are some enemies that one cannot overcome. Zhe moment that insane lunatic’s flames reach us we will be burned to nothing but ashes.” Spy explained.

“… Then let’s get out of here while we can!” Rarity was getting pretty concerned. Standing around just didn’t seem like a good battle plan if that robot was as powerful as Spy said he was.

The Pyro finished his taunt and starting rushing towards the two once again with his flames spewing in front of him. Brakes were definitely not installed on this robot.

“Zhat is why zhis is Team Fortress…” Spy said as he took a puff from his cigarette.

Rarity quickly ducked to cover, but it wasn’t even necessary as a tracer round from a sniper rifle flew past her with amazing speed.

The bullet managed to completely decapitate the Pyrobot. But it didn’t go down instantly, he still managed to take a few more step before the fierce sunlight lit up the robot and caused it to explode.

“Thanks for walking in a straight line, wanker!” Sniper said as he took his hat off and took a bow, causing further humiliation to the Pyro’s death cam.

Sniper was sitting atop the roof of Fluttershy’s cottage where he was taking a look around for some reason.

“You’re lucky these ponies are so cold towards me. Otherwise I wouldn’t be bloody sitting here, mate. Ya can thank me later, Spy.” Sniper was also talking to himself apparently. Sniping’s a good job, sure. But it sure was lonely.

Back to Rarity and Spy.

“What in Celestia’s name was that?!” Rarity asked as she was clearly startled by what just occurred.

“It seems my predictions were correct and Sniper was ze one that I spotted earlier. He fired his technologically advanced sniper rifle named ze Machina in order to save us from ze Pyro. I really don’t like this, but we owe him our thanks. Let us continue. Your friends must be waiting as well.” Spy explained.

“Very well… But I’d like to avoid these bad-mannered ruffians on the way there, please.”

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Somewhere at a completely random location.

Dozens of soldiers started gathering in front of a large building. It seemed as though someone was getting ready to hold the speech of a lifetime, undoubtedly a brilliant moment for a trailer if this were a game of something. But nothing random ever happens in this story so I’m pretty sure we’re good.

“Humans are no strangers to war… After all, we’ve been fighting for as long as we can remember.” The Chairman rose and started his inspiring speech that would definitely boost morale.

“Yeah!” Some of the soldiers responded.

“War… is all we know. In the past we fought for Imulsion, we fought for country, we fought… for freedom! But all that changed, after E-DAY!”

“For fifteen years we've been fighting for our very survival against inhuman, genocidal monsters. But it is a fight, we cannot continue. Humanity faces extinction, unless we end this war now!”

More and more people started gathering and obviously agreed with the Chairman.

“We have hoped the Light Mass bombing would have dissipated the Locust horde… But they survived, and have returned stronger than ever. They brought with them a force that can sink entire cities. Even Jacinto, our last beacon of hope through all these dark days, is at risk.”

“Soon, we'll have nothing left to defend. And that leaves us with only one option. Attack!”

“Gears. What I ask of you now is not an easy thing, but it is necessary. If we are to survive, if we are to live long enough to see the seasons pass, our children grow, and experience a time of peace we have never known. We must, now, take this fight to the Locusts!”

“We will go to where they live, and where they breed, AND WE. WILL. DESTROY THEM!”

The soldiers cheering started getting pretty loud by now. Morale was rising rapidly.

“This is the day we take the battle to the heart of the enemy. This is the day we correct the course of human history, THIS IS THE DAY, WE ENSURE OUR SURVIVAL AS A SPECIES!”

“Soldiers of the COG, my fellows Gears. GO FORTH, AND BRING BACK THE HOPE OF HUMANITY!!!" The Chairman ended his speech here.

“Yeah! Wooooh!” The crowd’s chants started getting pretty wild now. But what the hell was going on?

“E-Excuse me! We’re looking for err… Siberia. Could you point us in the right direction?” Finally a familiar face arrived. It was Saxton Hale, along with his new ninja companion.

“W-what the hell are you talking about? Have you been smoking that grub plant we confiscated earlier?” The Chairman replied, obviously annoyed by the shirtless man’s attitude.

“Look… I think we might be lost again. Could you just tell us where we are?” Saxton asked.

“Are you two insane? And what the hell are you even wearing? This is Jacinto, our last standing stronghold on Sera!”

“WHAT! So we reside no longer in the Earth realm?” The ninja replied shocked.

“Hmm, Skeletor. It appears I made a wrong turn again.” Saxton stroked his mustache as he spoke.

“For the last time, it’s Scorpion... And this is starting to get ridiculous. It’s beyond taking a wrong turn if we end up on a completely different planet or dimension or whatever this place is. You have a terrible sense of direction, you know that?” Scorpion complained.

“GET THE HELL OUT OF HERE! GEARS, Dispose of those two properly!” The Chairman gave his troops this order.

Multiple soldiers started revving up their chainsaws which were apparently applied to their gun, quite innovative.

“Flying kangaroos on a boomerang, this got way out of hand! I don’t want to beat up more people than I already have to! We better make a run for it, Skeletor!” Saxton shouted as he started running off before the COGs started shooting.

“Wait, what?” Skorpion was left behind in the line of fire, pretty confused.

“FIRE!” One of the soldiers shouted. They all proceeded doing just so.

“Ah!” Skorpion was startled, but far too experienced to die at such a place at such and time. He knew his trademark move was his only way out of here.

“GET OVER HERE!” He shouted as he threw his kunai attached to a chain directly towards his good friend, Saxton Hale.

“AH!” Judging by the Australian’s reaction, it was a direct hit. Scorpion used this opportunity to pull himself to safety.

The Chairman could only watch the two random troublemakers get away unharmed and alive.

“Damn stranded hippies.” He complained.

Slightly later.

Scorpion and Saxton Hale managed to get out safely from the crazy soldiers. Saxton did have some small injuries due to the kunai Scorpion threw, but as Soldier would say; Pain is weakness leaving the body. It’s no big deal. He’d walk it off, no problem.

“What is it Saxton-san. Your eyes, they seem absent.” Scorpion asked concerned about his friend.

“Oh, Skeletor… This is fun and all, but it’s not complete yet. Are you… ready to hear the truth?” Saxton replied with a serious look now.

“The truth… What do you mean?”

“The real reason I decided to bring you along on my adventure.”

“… Because I know where the device is that you seek? Isn´t that the reason?”

“Ha! I would find that device one way or another… But no, that’s not it. Do you remember that I told you of the universe where my employees currently reside?”

“Yes… you mentioned your blue team is currently trapped in a world with talking ponies which exist in a television show where they’re forced to fight against an army of robots originally designed by Gray Mann. With all that we’ve been through these past few hours… I’m not that surprised to hear such a thing anymore.” Scorpion said.

“Good. Now you see, these ponies have a tattoo on their flank representing their special talent. Do you understand?!”

“Understandable.”

“Once I had first witnessed this amazing show with my own two eyes, I simply couldn’t believe such a thing. I was fascinated. To be able to find out what your true talent is… I never even thought about it until then.”

“Then what happened?”

“I did some soul searching. I just couldn’t figure it out… It angered me greatly. Just beating people up couldn’t be my talent. It just couldn’t be that simple!”

“But you did find out eventually?”

“Exactly, and I’m telling you what it is… right now!” Saxton made sure to make this event as dramatic as possible.

Scorpion gasped.

“My talent is… being able to see what other people’s talents are. I don’t care what they say! Redmond and Blutarch might have hired the mercenaries, but I hand-picked them personally! And they’re the best damn mercenaries I’ve ever had the honor to witness. In fact, the reason you were able to tag along with me is because of your own personal talent, Skeletor!”

“Surely it must be my skills in ninjutsu and armed combat.” Scorpion bragged a little.

“You couldn’t be more wrong! It was obvious the moment you took off your mask. The fire… It all made sense then. You, my friend, are a master-chef!” Saxton proclaimed.

“What! Impossible, how were you able to figure out such a thing?” Scorpion was shocked, but also surprised.

“Please… Are you going to tell me a man with a flaming skull for a head doesn’t know how to grill a steak?”

“Yes, I guess it was obvious after all.” Scorpion sighed.

“Anyway, since so much stupid stuff has been going on lately, we might need to consider asking for some help.” Saxton explained.

“Do you have anyone in mind?”

“Yes… In fact, there’s only one person capable of such a task. You probably never heard of him, though. I just wonder where that weird guy Freeman is hanging out these days, he’s been kind of absent lately.” Saxton sighed, but looked up to Scorpion who was gasping once again.

“F-Freeman!? You can’t possibly mean Dr. Freeman? Tales of his legend even reached my village. You really have a connection with a person this well-known?” Scorpion said excitedly.

“Eh, Doctor? Guess that’s what they’re calling him these days. You crazy kids! I can’t possibly keep up with your modern hip talk. I guess I’m just getting old. Anyway, who else could be capable of helping us?” Saxton replied.

“Well Sub-Zero is the only other strong man I know, but I despise him. So I guess we’ll go with your choice.”

“Then let’s go to wherever he is! We’ll search the entire world if we have to! If he’s hiding somewhere, we will find him!” Saxton shouted as he got ready for their next adventure.

Once again, somewhere at a random place.

A small isolated room. There weren’t any windows. Just the door and a single chair, there was a man sitting on that chair. He wasn’t doing anything but staring at the ground.

But he knew it. He was needed somewhere. Only he possessed a certain ability to aid Saxton Hale and Scorpion, only him.

He pressed a button attached to the chair. The man now sat up, straightened his back and took a deep breath. He followed up with a long sigh.

Just a few moments, later a woman entered the room.

“Mr. Freeman, are you sure?” She asked slightly concerned.

Freeman stood up and nodded. A man this great had no need to use words to express himself properly.

“Very well then, here is your crowbar.” She said as she handed over a rusty crowbar.

Freeman accepted the object without any hesitation. He took a final sigh and stepped towards the exit of the room.

How long has it been? The light started blinding him as he ventured further outside.

It’s been far too long…

But no more! You can’t fight against your destiny. There is a moment when a man must take action himself, or else surely nothing is going to happen.

But first thing’s first… That cursed number.

It must be destroyed.

You will terrorize us no longer.

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Author's note; Enjoy Mann vs Machine tonight. I know I will.