Assault- and Apeppa-Tron
Haywire Robotics
Previous ChapterNext ChapterI marched out of the forest with Skies by my side and my vision fell upon a town that was a hellhole of chaos.
The ground was a giant checkerboard of pink and purple, the roads were soap, sections of the town floated and a bit was upside down, it had started to rain chocolate milk from cotton candy clouds, and a beast made from pieces of many animals lazed on a throne overlooking the town.
I approached him. Once I was about 15 meters from him he cracked an eye open and asked "Yes? Come on I don't have all day." He said to Skies before laying his eyes on me. "Ooh, what do we have here? Not of this world, that's for sure. Not even of this form." He said eyeing me. I met his gaze
"Hello." I said in my robotic voice, steely calm. "I'm PE.P.A, and this is my friend Cloudy Skies. I do believe that one of her wings is different to the other." I charged up my laser. "Care to fix it?" He looked at me and laughed.
"Nice light show, but I'm afraid that I'm going to have to pass." I marched up to him and zapped the chair he was sitting on. He promptly fell down.
"I don't think you understand." I said, charging another beam and grabbing him by the throat. "Fix. It. NOW!" I said. He snapped his fingers. I glanced over to Skies and saw that her wings were normal. I released my grip on Discord. He floated up and snapped his fingers again. Another throne popped into existence.
"Alrighty then, move along. There is quite a crowd that saw that. also the queue's getting longer. Your blocking my friends way." He said, waving his paw. i moved aside and saw two large ponies behind us. One of them was a pristine white with flowing dulled rainbow hair and a pair of wings and a horn, and another one, slightly shorter, midnight blue and with a darker blue flowing mane with dots that look like constellations as well as the wings and horn. The white one speaks up.
"Discord. We are not thy friends." She says in a regal yet dark tone. Their horns light up and they each take out gems from their bags. Discord chuckles.
"Oh, Celestia." he says, extending his lion arm to pat the white one's head. "Luna." He does the same with the eagle talon to the blue one. Then he retracts both of them. "Do you really think that those trinkets can defeat me?" He laughs and starts to lounge on his chair. Then Celestia and Luna start to rise, their eyes turning a solid white. The gems start to orbit them, with the one that looks like a six point star hovering between the two ponies. Then Luna finally speaks.
"By the power of the Elements of Harmony," She says before Celestia joins in.
"We banish thee to stone. Chaos encased in granite for the distant future. Begone the one we used to call friend, but now call enemy. Begone to rock, Discord." A bright flash came from the Elements after those words, then a rainbow streaked from the ball of energy.
Discords laughter could be heard before a gasp and then...silence. A statue stood where the throne once was. the chaos inflicted across the world was reverted to normal, but many things were shattered and destroyed. I was one of them. Skies quickly ran over to me as she saw me bent down, sparks and electricity emitting from me. I met her gaze.
"Get...The...Repair...Kits...From...The...Satchel." I struggled as I tried to contain the buildup of energy that ran through me until my laser was online, as otherwise I would explode. Skies quickly snatched up the satchel and dug out a Fusion Core. She holds it up and I shake my head.
"Not...That...The...Other...One." She quickly searches the satchel again, pulling a Repair kit out. By this time Celestia and Luna had come over to us.
"What is going on?" Celestia asked Skies. She looked at her before passing the Kit to me. "My friend PE.P.A, yes that is her name, Somehow got affected by the HUGE magical signature that blast put out and hopefully she can fix it." She explains as I jam the kit into my torso. Everyone winces as I let out a moan of happiness and pain. I feel my systems start to reboot and quickly jam another into my head to reboot the laser as fast as possible. As soon as it is online i fire a beam into the clouds. A massive humming sounds out as a rainbow laser, mainly red, pierces the sky. As it dies down after a minute everyone lets go of their ears. I look around and scan all of my new friends.
"So, what now?" I ask, taking out a miniature Workshop model.
"Now, we shall explain. All of us," she says pointedly, looking at me and Skies. "Will explain."
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The two alicorn sisters sit back, contemplating what I had just told them.
After finding that I could use the miniature workshop to create all sorts of things by accessing the workshop HUD and collecting blueprints. I already have all of the workshops Blueprints, so with time i could make everything.
Catch there. 'With time'. Don't know how long I can hold up, but Assaultron's could hold up over 200 years in an apocalyptic wasteland without repairs, so I thought of a good chance of ten times that, maybe more, with constant refreshments in the robot workshop, a good stock of Repair Kits, and external databases to hold my excess memories.
I could already make Kits, shock hands, eggbeaters, and some thing that converts laser energy into conventional magic like these ponies use.
I had to let go of my laser for that, though, so that ain't happening. Well, maybe, maybe. Lots of maybes. After all, I am in another world, scratch that, another dimension, a magical one at that. I just... just...ugh.
Celestia voices her thoughts on the matter, snapping me out of my thoughts.
"So, you are from another dimension, this is not your true form, that is a human, and you are now a being called an Assaultron, that is one of a selection of 'robots', which are beings made entirely out of technology, and you want to live here? Is all of that correct?" She questions me. I nod, now that I have my regular accent I feel a bit more comfortable.
"Yep. So, is that a yes for an...Equestria, is it?...yes, Equestrian citizenship. If that isn't to much trouble." I reply with a heavy Australian accent, examining my eggbeaters, that now, due to some mods, look like hands and work like them.
The two alicorns look at each other, silently conversing. Then they straiten and Luna turns to me.
"Congratulations, PE.P.A, on your Equestrian citizenship. Also, Cloudy Skies, we have something to grant you." she says, looking to Skies. Celestia then levitates an amulet to her. The amulet looked like a cloud, made out of quartz. I detected strong signatures that I have made out to be magic.
"Powerful little fella, that thing is." I said as I completed the magical diagnostic. "Staunches aging. Makes you immortal. Gonna need it if you wanna be my friend." I joked. Skies smiled and took the amulet.
"Yes, you are right about that, PE.P.A. but, it has to be tied to a life form close to the host. And you seem to have a magical life force." Celestia says with a frown. I just chuckled.
"The magical life force is probably just the laser energy that keeps me going, it seems to have an affinity to magic. I even have a mod that basically gives me the ability to use magic. Cool, huh?" I said.Then a beeping and a flashing light on my HUD cut me off. Skies looked at me, concerned.
"What is that, is that bad?" She asks me. I quickly scroll through my warnings book.
"I don't knooooooooooow...Here! Oh, oh..." I trail off as I see what the warning is.
"What? What is it? TELL ME!" She screams, shaking me. I shake my head and let out a sad sigh.
"Damage auto shutdown. Means that if i sustain a life-threateningly powerful injury, i shut down for an innumerable number of years. Could be twenty, could be twenty thousand. I don't know. Just hope I see you soon. Keep a diary for me, ok?" I ask her, patting her head. She looks at me with puffy eyes, tears streaming freely as she comprehend what is happening.
"No...No...I just became immortal and i cant spend it with one of the only friends i ever had that would stand up to the people wronged me. Today, you faced down DISCORD, for Faust's sake! Because he wronged me, you marched up to him and threatened to zap him if he didn't fix his wronging. I..." She hung her head, then looked at me in the camera/eye. "Don't be gone for long, please?" She pleaded with puppy-dog eyes. i patted her head once more, then looked at Celestia.
"Put me next to Discord's statue, will you?" I asked. She nodded. I looked at Skies. "Cloudy Skies. One of the first ponies I ever saw. I promise i wont be gone long." I stood up and did a two finger salute. "See ya, eh?" I say as my joints start to freeze up and lock me in that position. as the light starts to fade, Celestia, Luna, and Skies all saluted to me.
"Come back soon." Skies says as I lose everything except for my mind.
"Not a day will go by, Skies. For me and for you" I think as everything shuts down.
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