A week had passed since I made the token. Unsurprisingly, I had garnered very little attention since then, leaving me with various conquests throughout the war, the biggest of which was Manehattan. Manehattan was beginning to be used as a evac point for all remaining Caribou, and thanks to Shining Armor's units who managed to sabotage the boats, allowed for a quick and clean wipe out of caribou.

A part of me felt a little guilty, and wondered what I looked like to those that still have yet to understand me. The poor mares and stallions confined by the magic must be delirious. I immediately shrugged that thought off, and rationalized that this universe is of no importance compared to the thousand of others I can visit.

It was immediately afterwards that Shining Armor came to me with a message, describing a metal-made hero in Ponyville. Naturally, I found myself wanting to find the carcass of the metal hero, and hopefully reviving him with the person still in there. So I jumped on the train, staring at the vast sky in both boredom and anticipation. Skorri had sensed this, and made a move to talk to me.

Eager to go into space huh?

That obvious?

I wouldn't be churning with excitement if I were you. Even with the technology we have, it'd still take years for anybody to reach a star, though we Iron Lords can take the journey no problem. At the worst in our realm with just the technology, it'll take a few days to reach the farthest planet at its furthest distance. Which is still very far from what we need for any real exploration.

Still, I have alternate universes to explore. All I need is to jump into a dimension, and take it. Thing is, I'm not to fond of leaving a mess behind. My college janitor made a clear message to why I shouldn't that.

Your janitor made you wanna not leave work behind? Here I thought you were just a natural workaholic.

Awww, but who'd act as if they're paying attention to the completely unnecessary history lessons about their realm? I thought with a shit eating grin, eliciting a flabbergasted response from her. I jest. Though I do say that the history is unnecessary, especially with the vast amount of universes we can jump to.

Oh go jump in a thrall pit asshole! Causing me to almost double over. I instead forced myself into hearty laughter. After a moment of calming down, I waited out the rest of the train ride. Which was surprisingly shorter than expected, and a quick scan showed that the train was infected by SIVA. I made a mental note to talk to Shining Armor about the train for when I got back.

I got off the train and made a little haste away from the station. Most of the ponies were understandably scared upon sighting me, but made no move to do anything seeing as how I hadn't attacked them yet. I didn't bother making eye contact, instead just searching any remaining rubble of the metal hero. My search was short-lived, as an equine came up from behind, clearing her throat for attention.

"Excuse me, virus? May I have a moment with you?" a feminine voice had asked. I turned to look at the interlopers, and found that they were standing above my height. I turned my gaze upwards, knowing who it was just by size.

"Ah, the alicorn sisters. To what do I owe the pleasure? It's Aaron by the way."

Celestia smiled. "Aaron huh? Well, we were wondering about your powers. What exactly is the stuff?"

Luna continued "We have done scans of what you had done to our subjects. Not only is it linked directly to you, but it's able to completely override any mind control magic. Nothing of substance has been recorded until you came along, and it's quite clear it's not magic. So pray tell, what is this power?"

"Well for starters, it's a construct powered through very little energy and materials. Though because of the energy, it's able to do things with ease, depending on the power levels it's at. The SIVA I use feeds off of solar power, and lowers the contained usage at night."

"And what are the things it can do, exactly?" Celestia asked.

"I'll say the best things first. It can make you bigger, give impenetrable defenses unless the barrier gets hit with high concentrations of energy, and bring anything back to life."

"Anything?" they said in unison.

"Anything, if given enough power. Only catch is that the target will become nearly full machine after the resurrection. The only thing left being the brain, which will get fried if a particularly dangerous element damages it." I finalized, before pausing to ask a question. "You wouldn't have happened to see the metal hero have you?"

"We have actually. Can you revive him? He's a friend of ours, and was Ponyville's-"

"Perfect! Lead me to him, I'll see about reviving the guy so he can live his heroic tale once more."

The sisters merely looked at each other, before shrugging and leading me over to the corpse. After a few minutes of walking, we came to a grave which the sisters dug up. I opened the casket inside, and found a crumpled up robot with a broom next to it. I raised a brow in confusion.

"A broom?"

"He always wanted to be buried next to his main tool. Always kept the streets clean, both ways."

"No, it's not that..." I then decided to read the tombstone.

Here lies Benny Bill.
Kept the streets clean ‘til his final moments.
Forever a true friend of Ponyville.
May you find peace in the Aether.

If my helmet was off, I would've paled. "Holy shit..."

"What is it Aaron?" Celestia asked in concern.

"That's my college janitor!" I exclaimed in surprise. "How'd he end up like this?"

Celestia stood there, processing my words. "Your janitor? That is quite the surprise! Tell me, what did you think of Ava?" Celestia asked, happy to see that even in his homeworld somebody remembered him.

"Kind of an arse, but that's not important right now! We need to get him back up." I said. I grabbed his head, and began transferring large amounts of SIVA Solar energy. A few moments later, I felt his systems spring to life.

Benny Bill sat up from the casket, quickly taking a look around for Dainn. He then finally took note of us, and for a few moments did nothing but stare.

"God, if this is how you do your afterlives, you need a supervisor to polish your skills."

I sighed, whilst Celestia just brought him in a bone crushing hug as Luna tried to pry him off. "Glad to see you're back with us Ben." I said, a small grin present.

"Is that you I hear Aaron? How's Inigo been holding up? I still had yet to encounter him back home."

"Funny you should ask that..." I said, pausing as I explained what had happened to the two of us. The sisters remained stoic throughout the tale, and Benny Bill remained chipper as ever, until he asked out of concern of whether or not it was painful for us. After some reassurance, he simply stared off for a bit.

"Well you two are lucky bastards..." I heard him murmur. "Hey, may I borrow Rasputin for a second?"

I detect no malicious intent. Rasputin quickly stated.

"Ok... but may I ask why?" I said as I pulled Rasputin's AI out of my brain. Ben simply took him out of my palms.

"I've always wanted to have this," he said, before picking up the broom and placing Rasputin on it. The broom swirled with SIVA energy, its shape changing drastically. Its brushes became more metallic, sharper than they were before. A trigger appeared a couple feet away above from the brushes, and the wood was replaced with a metal layer. Ben then handed me back Rasputin, as I stared on in befuddlement.

Ben internally cracked a nearly psychotic grin. "Ohohohoho, yesss. I always dreamed of having something like this." He then cleared his non-existent throat. "Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, I present to you the Killing Wipe! A broom that is also a mop, armor piercing shotgun, spear, and most importantly," he said as he put it between his legs. "SPACE BIKE!" he finished, just as the wipe blasted off with a trail of flame while he cackled madly. I could only stare on in silence, before chuckling.

"Sounds like something you'd want!" Celestia and I said in unison, causing us to look at each other.

"...Pun buddy?"

"Pun buddy."

After a while of simply watching him have fun with his Wiper, he got off, and I actually expected a smile to appear there.

"Well Aaron, mind telling me what's been going on in Equestria since I died? I bet you killed Dainn with a dildo or something!" he asked, whilst adding a joke. He unplugged Rasputin, and tossed him over to me. I caught it and quickly reconnected him.

"Funny you say that actually. You know Discord? He actually bargained with me to have that happen." I quickly raised a hand to stop his congratulations. "However, Dainn used a self-destruct spell on me, so the job was failed before I could even get to the empire."

"What a shame... though Discord off all people? I would shudder to think what Dainn had done to Fluttershy to evoke such a method."

"He made an artifact that inflicts females with submissiveness, and males with dominance." I simply stated. "Looks like a dick too."

"Really? Sounds like he was just asking for it at that point." We both then shared a look, and laughed. We knew that if Inigo was here, he'd make a shitty what-she-said joke.

"In any case." I said, bringing out the serious tone. "We're nearing the final assault against the Caribou. Shining Armor is taking care of the Yaks, who brought down their walls to help the remaining Caribou. I am taking down the Crystal Empire. Although I have a feeling the Caribou will make a mad dash off to the west from Vanhoover. So that city is in need of a quick sweep. Think you're up to the task?"

"They've killed me, tortured my friends, left my streets a mess, and you think I don't feel like doing it?" He put his wiper in the ground, arm outstretched as if waiting to grab something. "Just give me the damn map boy. You and I both know that I hates real trash talkers."

I smiled, and called for an infected for the map. "Your target is Vanhoover then! I suggest you be at the docks upon making your attack." I then proceeded to walk away.

"You forgot to give me the map, boy!" Ben yelled after me. Not a moment later I heard something land, and quickly assumed it was a flying unit that delivered the ordnance. "Never mind, this pegasus got me one."

Author's Note

SURPRISE! What,don't know this guy? Well He's a one-shot character I dumped in Displaced short scenes. Decided to bring Him back,mainly because the shotgun,spear,broom bike came into mind. Yes,I am going to show how this crazy old fart will use it,no You'll be needing to wait some chapters.

Editor:Vutava