Rip of the Rift

The next day, Starswirl had everybody meet in the weapons room.

"So, as all of you know, we were attacked yesterday. Then Fallout arrived and managed to freeze the thing that was attacking us," Starswirl said.

"Then he had sex with Pinkie," Rainbow Dash said. Fallout and the Pinkie he had sex with blushed.

"Yeah, anyway, Fallout was able to do that because of a Fusion Core," Starswirl said. "Those are all these spheres on the ground. They scan you, and give you powers according to your personality."

"What about those robots?" Hidden Darkness asked.

"Those are a little bit like the Fusion Bots," Starswirl said. "TAaPS, care to explain?"

"Absolutely," TAaPS said. "Climb inside of the cockpit, and it terraforms to your body, kind of like a cocoon. As it does that, it scans your brain to give you powers that are a bit more advance than the Fusion Cores."

"So it's like an upgraded Fusion Core?" Candy Burn asked.

"Yes," TAaPS said. "But both have certain advantages. Now, someone will have to pick up a core for an example. Twill Weave, how about you?" Twill Weave nodded.

"Ok," she said as she bent over to scoop up a core. "Now what?"

"Just wait," TAaPS said. A few seconds passed, and then the sphere shuddered. Then a beam of blue light shot out of it, scanning her entire body, seeming to linger a bit on her head.

"A.R.G.U.S. systems activating," a voice from the sphere said. "Prepare for engagement."

"Engagement?" Twill Weave asked.

"Systems activating," the sphere said. "Prepare for merging." Then a bright flash of light blinded everyone for a few seconds. When they could see again, they could see the sphere attaching itself to Twill Weave, expanding and coating Twill Weave's skin in shiny black metal. Then it started becoming her skin, the metal becoming the whitish purple that her skin was, and the strange circles and dots showing up clearly. And then she started moving. She looked down at her skin and gasped.

"Why am I so shiny?" she asked. "What did that sphere do to me?" A hole the size of one's pinkie appeared on the wall behind Twill Weave.

"Well, if you'll place your finger inside of this hole, I can set up the training wheel programing," TAaPS said. "As for everybody else, pick up a sphere and lets get started!" In the clamor that followed, it was reviled that a few spheres didn't start activating with a few people. TAaPS was talking to those people now: Hidden Darkness, Fractured Heart, Toxigo and Candy Burn. They were standing next to the robots.

"It would appear that you four will need a Fusion Bot," TAaPS said. "Don't worry, it's not very complicated. Just get into the cockpit. Hidden Darkness, you first." Hidden Darkness nodded and stepped towards a robot. It was a bit bigger than him, and looked like something from a movie. Hidden Darkness opened the cockpit, and started to slide in. His arms slide into the arm sockets, and his legs went into the legs. It was like putting on clothes, not very hard, but so much more advanced then clothes. He was about to ask TAaPS what to do when the glass screen closed around him.

"A.R.G.U.S. systems activating," a voice said. A blue light came out from the top of the cockpit. "Are you sure you prepared for this fusion?"

"Wait, what?" Hidden Darkness asked.

"Say yes!" he could hear TAaPS say from outside.

"Why," Hidden Darkness asked.

"Just do it!" TAaPS said. "It'll be worth it!"

"Ok, fine!" Hidden Darkness said. "Yes!"

"Starting fusion now," the voice said. The robot started to move and shudder, making Hidden Darkness move along with it. "Terraforming now." Everything started shifting around Hidden Darkness, and closing in on him. From somewhere, a ton of mist started emerging, fogging up the glass, and taking away his visibility. And then the metal and glass started to merge with his skin, coding entering his bloodstream and something forming over his right forearm and all over his back, and the glass forming over his face completely blocking his view of what was happening. And then it was done. His vision cleared, and he could see what the Fusion Bot had done to him. The people around him had gasped. There was...something....on his right forearm that looked kind of like a chemical arm glove he used, except it came up to his elbow, not his entire arm. And it was made of metal, not latex. It had some kind of module on his wrist, kind of like some kind of watch, although it was probably closer to being like a small supercomputer. Then he looked at his back and lightly gasped. There was some kind of backpack like thing attached to him, filled with a ton of different chemicals.

"It's a chemical blaster," Hidden Darkness muttered as he stood up.

"Close," TAaPS said. "It's actually a genetic modification device." Hidden Darkness frowned.

"What?" he said. "Genetic modification? How so?"

"It alters your genetics for a period of time," TAaPS said. "Basically, it will change you into something else." Hidden Darkness grinned.

"And how does this power work?" he asked.

"Let's wait until everyone has gotten their Fusion Bots," TAaPS said.

About 10 minutes later, Fractured Heart, Toxigo and Candy Burn had gotten into their Fusion Bots. Fractured Heart had gotten some sweet weapons in her arms and legs, Toxigo had gotten the ability to turn invisible and pass through solid objects, and Candy Burn was able to summon a powerful exosuit made of candy corn. And now was their training.

"Ok, Hidden Darkness, the power the modifier on, just press down on the central disk," TAaPS said. Hidden Darkness pressed down on the circle above his wrist, and it sprung up, higher than before, and emitted a strange blue and black light.

"Ok, now turn the ring on top," TAaPS said. Hidden Darkness gripped the ring and turned it. A hologram appeared. It looked humanoid, but it wasn't human. It had spines coming out of it's spine, and was covered in scales, and it's arms were so long they were touching the ground.

"What is that?" Hidden Darkness asked.

"That is a Repto," TAaPS said. "It is a reptilian species from another universe."

"And how do I activate it?" Hidden Darkness asked.

"Just push down on the central disk," TAaPS said. "Now, everyone gather in the training room!"