A weapon for hire.

by un106ble

Coming Home

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My little meltdown from learning i was now banned from sex didn't please luna, turn out the big-scary-overpowered-gundam screaming bloody murder isn't good for the nerves of a dying race princess.

At least after i explained the most horrible curse bestowed upon me by my new physiologie i got the complete sympathy of the group -aside of the angry princess-, still i set hack on finding a solution while working on my secondary body, it actually was a little project i would have to thought about soon enough to have a more fitting size to interact with equestrians, a small sized gundam using the g-bit technologie for remote control, it would be nothing more than a puppet i could live through but it was the best i could hope for and pretty simple, of course it was before i also needed some way to feel stuff through it....

-kshatriya the town named ponyville is in sight.

I turned around not needing to monitor behind us anymore, i also slowly looked up and up and slowed down,'so this is ponyville? It's...bigger than i evaluated from space, and a lot more fortified.'

The 'town' was a freaking tower, levels upon levels of fortification like some layered wedding cake with cannons and hangars doors everywhere. There was gate at the second level and we had to use an elevator to reach them making all ground based assault very much impossible.

While the elevator led us up i turned to luna,"how the hell did you build that?"

Luna made a thunderous laugh,"impressive isn't it?! We did it using the walls who were originally made to protect a others settlement, with each loss we had more wall to spare and decided to stacks the surplus here until we started the counterattack, it was an idea of the head of defense maud pie, not very expressive but she and her sisters are the best constructors we could ever hope for. They installed most of those things, elevator, cannons and flacks were disposed with care and thoughts, since we put her and her sister in charge all assault crashed against or defense without doing any damage."

"Sweet."

"WHERE?!" i whipped around toward the voice and ended looking at the Torohachi that had appeared on the platform. It was a bright pink almost painful to look at and inside was a woman around 20 years old with a pink fluffy mane so fluffy it almost covered the two pony ears on her head, she had this big scary smile and was plastered against the glass of the torohachi cockpit and wore nothing but a very very tight pink shirt with oil spots and damp of sweat and a jean short.

"Oh~~that is one good looking knight frame! Can i see its inside?!"

*shiver*'creepy! But sexy! But still creepy! But those buns! She don't even wear a bra! Did you look at that fucking manic smile dumbass?! I think I can see her panties! Since when do I like girls?! I can't decide!!!'

I covered myself with my wings,"N-no no you can't! The grandeen's crew should have arrived and told this place about me and my situation."

"So YOU are kshatriya?! Thanks so much for saving everyone! Well almost everyone..."she looked down and sat down on the cockpit chair for a few second before finaly shaking her head and smiling again but without seemingly splitting her face in two this time.

Yeah that was a little more normal, i could do normal.

"No problem, i was hired so i was just doing my job."

"Still i want to thank you, before i'd throw you a party too bad we are short on supplies. Also thanks for the grandeen and taurus, everyone in the hangar are really excited, we hope to reverse engineer them and upgrade our knight frame with them."

"Urgh please say mobile suit, knight frame is just not right...i mean does all pilot are knight?"

It was luna who answered,"actually in the past yes but nowadays? We lack the comfort for such convention, maybe you are right, mobile suit does fit better. I'll have the name changed with my sister."

"Eh not even here for a day and already you make your mark! I knew my pinkie sense was right this time."

"Hun?"

This led to a talk about some magic sixth sense partially lost with the tree and the pink haired woman named pinkie pie doing a short depression. But i digress once we reached the second level i was led to a hangar, it was empty since equestria was really! REALLY! Short on MS, i also met the sisters of pinkie pie maud pie, a purple haired woman with a very hard to read face but golly was she cool, she had this prosthetic lizard like legs and a right arm ending with a clamp, she lost those limbs when her MS was destroyed in battle but i don't know the detail yet. Limestone pie which i didn't like, the bitch was far too antsy for the easy going me. The last was marble pie, she was a shy little thing with some deep love for gundam or MS in general i tell you, i was barely inside that she had tools and stuff ready to clean me up, i did get a mighty bit dirty moving around, and i had a lot of hard to reach places, this was one more reason to create a small g-bit since nanobots couldn't really keep me clean.

After a few exchange of courtesy -except with limestone because she kept bitching about not touching this or that- and marble having cleaned me up it was decided to leave my meeting with the other princess and the research team and development team tomorrow, i wasn't tired -never was or will anymore- but luna and her guard hadn't slept for two days and a night and worked most of this time, they had comrade to mourn and friends or families to rejoin.

'so, here i am, alone again...it wasn't long before i felt this empty feeling again...i suppose things are not always related to what and where you are, but who...'

I looked at the ceiling from my sited posture, the hangar slot actually had bench like space so they could work on MS legs without holding them upward.

-correction, you are never alone kshatriya, i am always here.

I looked down on my chest and while it didn't show outside, i was smiling.

'yeah, i suppose you're right even if the way you said it was a bit creepy, it's nice to have you here hacks.'

-it's a pleasure and honor kshatriya.

'want to look at some stuff?'

-acknowledged, which category?

'i have a few MS and gundam to check on, if thing proceed like i think it will i need to make lists on which ones to give the equestrian depending of their ressources, i also have a few weapons to check on so keep the nanite at ready kshatriya, they'll need to go beyond repairing stuff soon.'

-acknowledged, i will reprogram some nanites for construction Instead of réparation and keep them ready, we still need material for constructing anything.

'no problem, i'll ask some to the equestrians tomorrow.'
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I barely noticed the night passing, i was so engrossed into my research and planning i was only made aware of how much time had passed when the princess luna came in followed by what i presume was her sister from the crown, she was wearing a white military tuxedo just like luna wore a blue one, her crown looked a lot like a navy captain cap but with jewels and crown like spike at the front and opening for her ears, it was actually looking pretty good with her multicolored hair.

The princesses were followed by three group of equestrians separated by their different uniforms, the first group was led by a red and yellow haired woman a bit too thin and tired for her own good from the black bag under her eyes. She wore a white lab coat like all those who followed behind her but with a sphere of golden and silver imprinted on her shoulders.

-probability of this group being the research and department representative is high.

The second group was maud's, she was followed by her three sisters and a handful of other all dressed in a wide array of clothes with range of movement and resistance the main focus.

'so they also invited the defense and construction department? They are taking this seriously it seem.'

I turned my attention to the last group, they wore clothes i could only describe as overcomplicated, plenty of medal and decoration to show off even ribbon and cape, it was probably some important cultural elements or traditional garnement but honestly it was pretty much useless in the end. The leader was a middle aged leaning on the old woman with a scowl splattered on her face, her hair were a faded golden and she was wearing a old Napoleon like suit.

The princesses stopped in front of me."greetings gundam kshatriya, I am princess celestia and I am the other leader of equestria. Behind me are three of the four group i wanted to bring today, the last one is on its way but we will start without them." Then she bowed deeply surprising the group's behind her the first two were just surprised but the last reacted like they had bit into a lemon.

"I would like to thank you for saving my sister, she is very precious to me and her loss would have destroyed me. Know that you have my eternal gratitude."

"S-sure no problem, I was just doing my job, beside if we seal the deal were about to make we'll be Allies so no need for debt and stuff."

She raised her head and smiled at me, "yes my sister told me of it, you wish to prove the truth of your desire to ally with us by sharing technologies with us wasn't it?"

"Y-yes"

"Then if what you share with is true to your word I have only one question, why? Why Ally with us even after my sister told you of our situation? Someone of your strength and ability would be given anything she desire by the Griffin, dragon or minotaur."

I stayed silent for moment constructing my phrase carefully so it would properly carry my answer,"I had nothing, before getting this body I was literally nothing if I had disappeared none would have noticed, I don't have relative, friend, relationship, pet, nothing I was conceived by accident and left... in a different country than my 'parent' soon after birth, after that it was a miserable life in an orphanage as the only French child, pretty bad start isn't it? Yet look at me now, I am a gigantic gundam of untold power and immortal to boot. This tell us one thing, the lower you are the higher you can reach and the more you want to reach it. And while it may be insulting there is no one lower than you right now."

The way all their head leaned to the side afterward was pretty funny i admit, "so...you want to help us because you believe that the worst your start the greatest your success?"

"Yep, and also because i know how it feel to be down on your luck. Plus because you are less likely to betray me, those other country doesn't need me and would likely try to extort me of my knowledge but you? You can't really afford to lose my help, this also mean i cannot really ally with the other countries meaning we need each others."

Luna smiled, "holding that from us would have gave you an edge on the negotiation you know?"

I shrugged, "told you i wanted to play fair with you already."

Celestia nodded and signaled for the woman in lab coat to advance,"now that my question have been answered i present you to sunset shimmer, she is the head of the research department. She will be the one to assess the authenticity of the technology you wish to share with us."

"Hello gundam kshatriya, i was informed you had a new power source for our MS do you need special support to expose its working and description?"

"Hi sunset, and nope check this out."

From my mono eye a green light created an hologram scale 1/1 of the ultracompact fusion reactor. Sunset was dumbstruck like all others and slowly walked inside and around the hologram not even writing anything with how amazed she was.

"T-this is marvelous! Such precis work i can see some likeness with our own but it's far more advanced,"

She was surprised when the static hologram started to move the different part acting like the reactor was functioning,

"Its true, princesses this reactor would work! It could solve our knight fra- i mean MS power issues!"

Celestia looked at me with a smile,"you hold your word kshatriya, you have our trust, can this..picture be imprinted?"

"Already done." i pointed a small stack of paper that my nanites had dones during the night. It was only the ultra compact fusion reactor schematic and various information related to it like security and maintenance procedure.

"For the second part, the MS schematic i mean i need to know a few thing from the defense and construction department, at least if they know what ressource you have allowed to the MS construction."

The focus was back on me since i stopped the hologram. Maud was the one to answer, "ask away then, we know all about the stocks statut."

"Alright, first-"

What followed was a long discussion about ressources, i devolved on them bringing me sample of material because they had stuff called mithril and orichalque, hack think, it's possible to make some alloy from them that could equal some low quality gundarium, it was still a lot more resistant than anything they had except for the vertigo of princess luna, it was actually made of gundarium, or like they call it moonsteel.

"That what i thought, you don't have enough material to actually use the mass production tactic, each mass produced MS lost would be a devastating waste of resources to you. Instead you should use what materials you have to make some exceptional unit piloted by your elite, once you have recaptured some land and access to mines you can start producing better MS to defend it while using the elite group in attack." i said looking at the equestrians.

It has been a few hours since the discussion had started and the princess had chair and table brought inside the hangar, paper were thrown on the tables with calculs we made and reports on stocks state they had brought to them during the discussion,

Celestia looked at me, "this is sad but true, as for your idea, we had the same, it's what the fourth group is to become, they are the best elements we have, they should arrive soon."

Honestly i was doubtful, "princess we've been here for hours, i think they forgot."

"Ney, they just have duty of their own to take care of first, ah! Here they are."

As luna said,a group entered the hangar, five woman and one man, i recognised rainbow dash among them but the other were new,

"i present to you the best equestria as to offer in term of pilots." the newcomer slammed their right fist on their chest legs slightly apart and left arm behind their back.

"colonel twilight sparkle, element of harmony, present and ready for duty." she was a three tone purple haired woman wearing a purple military uniform, she was missing her left eye she looked determined and serious but not cold.

"first lieutenant applejack, celestial guard, element of harmony, ready for duty." she was an orange haired woman with freckle, she was reap with muscle proof of regular work out, i could even see her abs under her white and gold uniform, she was calm and focused, steady like an old oak tree.

"first lieutenant rainbow dash, night guard, element of harmony, ready for duty." rainbow had ditched her armor for the uniform, i only now noticed the right arm being a prosthetic, it was hidden under the armor before, she was grinning at me.

"major rarity belle, special agent 'diamond', element of harmony, ready for duty."she was a one tone dark purple haired woman perfectly groomed and wearing a beautiful white uniform, she was also terribly scared on the right side of her face, her eyes were fine but the skin around her right cheeks was heavily scared, the partial mask covering this side of her jaw hinted toward the complete loss of her cheek, yet she didn't seem bothered by it, smiling proudly.

the last one was different, she was covered in small scar and missing her legs and arms, instead she had almost bone thin prosthetics ending with claw, her eyes were like two blue gems.

"Fluttershy, special agent 'feral', element of harmony, ready for duty."

her voice was cold and she spoke clearly and slowly. i felt all my instinct scream to me 'predator!!!!!'

'she's both scary and fascinating,'

the man was about to introduce himself when...

"wait wait wait!" i looked at pinkie moving next to Fluttershy, "pinkie pie, executive of the defense and construction department, element of harmony, ready for duty." she had this childish smile and i couldn't' help shaking my head, with a chuckle.

the man snorted with a smile, i noticed that all the other smiled too, even the one named fluttershy.

"spike sparkle, special agent 'dragon slayer', ready for duty." he was the youngest around 18/19 years old and had long green hair and eyes, he also had two prosthetics lizard like legs and wore an armor instead of a uniform,

i looked at them for a bit, mesmerized by this charisma they had but also...

'they got it, this aura the main characters of gundam all have, this 'thing' only main character posses and made them so much more.'

-affirmative, they have the same profile.

we turned to celestia and luna, they were smiling and grinning respectively.

"they are perfect."
"-they are perfect."


Author's Note

here they are! the mane six and our favorite drake, but what happened to them?! so many wounds! what is their backstory?! well, you'll find out....someday, peoples rarely share how they lost four limbs or got their face mauled the first meeting you see. but don't worry, the mane six may have lost some of their innocences but they remain those brave six girls we all love to read about, as for little spike? he is a little taller and a lot more badass.

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