What Happened in September...

September 23rd - 4 Months B.N.M.

Redemption Day

Hydro opened his eyes slowly, the light of Celestia's Sun temporarily blinding him. He squinted his eyes slowly and looked over towards the open window that led to Luna's balcony. He sighed contently, rolling away from the window and staring into the sleeping face of Luna, her quiet breathing gently warming his snout. He leaned forward, giving her a tender kiss and slowly slid out of bed, careful not to wake her. Putting his tuxedo back on, he gave his mane a quick straightening with magic and trotted towards the open window. He didn't have a very large window to operate in, and time was of the essence. Stepping out onto the balcony, he turned his head in the direction of the Everfree Forest and lit up his horn, disappearing in a flash of white magic.

He reappeared in an instant, landing just outside the Everfree Hospital with a large smile on his face and his eyes narrowed in determination. He trotted inside, giving the attendant a nod and rushing down the hall, eager to get to his lab. He had a guest to prepare for, after all....

~~~

Alexi frowned, sitting on his haunches inside the carriage across from two Unicorn Guards. They were currently on the outskirts of Ponyville, the time for the meeting approaching quickly. The scientist cleared his throat and said to the guards "Thank you for coming with me...with times like these it helps to be safe. Do tell Princess Celestia that I am thankful for her concern, but I do not think this trip will be that troublesome."

The guard on the left nodded, answering with "Of course...but I want you to know we are not just here to be your guard. The Princess is concerned about her student, and it is our job to ensure he is safe as well"

Alexi sighed and shook his head, muttering "Look...Hydro's not a pony to crowd. Let me go in, I'll look him over, and I'll report to you his state of health. I promise I vill be truthful in my findings da?"

The guards looked at each other warily for a moment before the one on the left sighed and nodded, muttering "Very well...but do make it quick, Celestia will be waiting for an answer soon." Alexi nodded as the carriage came to a halt, the door opening and the earth pony hopping out.

The Everfree Hospital looked warm and inviting, the doors opening for him as he approached. He looked around nervously, approaching the front desk.

The attendant at the desk smiled and exclaimed "Welcome sir! How can I help you today?"

Alexi looked up at her with a small smile, muttering "Um...good day miss. I have an appointment with...Doctor Gen today..."

The attendant nodded and said "Oh of course! Just head down this hall, about eight doors down, and take a right down another hallway. There should be an iron door at the end of that hall, with a staircase behind it. Go down the stairs and voila, there you go!" Alexi thanked her with a nod and made his way around the desk, trotting down the hall of white.

Below, in the basement, Hydro gently placed the sphere of glass inside the Atom Machine, the vacuum spell ready and already floating inside the sphere. He backed up, closing the door to the machine with a loud thud, his ears perking as the basement door opened. He turned his head and smiled as Alexi carefully stuck his head in, looking around carefully.

The doctor shouted, making Alexi jump a little "ALEXI! My good friend, you made it! Come in, come in!"

Alexi smiled a little, pushing his way into the door "Hydro...it is good to see you...you look like you have been busy!" Hydro smiled, looking back towards the mostly completed cylinder of metal that rested on the wooden table. One of the panels was open, revealing the pedestal that would contain the orb.

Hydro exclaimed as he beckoned Alexi over with his hoof "Indeed! Look here, it is my latest project! I was just putting the finishing touches on the shell when you arrived!"

Alexi walked over, looking over the cylinder with a confused expression on his face and muttering "Vut...is this thing?" Hydro smiled widely, trotting over towards the Atom Machine and pointing towards it.

As Alexi turned to face him, Hydro whispered with excitement "Alexi I did it...I split the atom!" Alexi's jaw dropped, his eyes widening as he look towards the machine and then to Hydro.

He whispered "R...Really? You did it? You actually managed to split it?! Hydro that's vunderful!!!"

Hydro nodded excitedly and shouted "I know! The energy outputs I got were insane, unbelievable! The best part is, I know how to collect, and even store it!" Alexi smiled widely as Hydro went on "Right now, I've got a specially prepared container inside the machine. Once I turn it on, the vacuum spell I've prepared will drag the energy into the orb, and I'll simply seal over the hole with magic!"

Alexi blinked with awe as Hydro checked over the machine, making sure everything was plugged in correctly and all the wires were rigged right. He spoke as Hydro went over one of the lines "Vut are you going to do with the energy once you've stored it? This could mean such great things for Equestria!"

Hydro laughed loudly, hysterically even...causing Alexi to laugh as well, but with a slight nervous twinge in his voice. The scientist wiped a tear from his eye and shouted "I...I know! This IS going to mean great things for Equestria, the end of it actually!"

Alexi chuckled but suddenly stopped, his smile turning into a frown as he muttered "Um...vut did you say Hydro?"

Hydro giggled, a wild look in his eyes as he pointed over to the device on the table and said "I'll place the orb in the machine once it's full of energy, seal it up, trot over to that nice little hill just outside Ponyville with the device, press a little red button, teleport away and 'KABOOOOOOOOOOOOM!' Goodbye Equestria!!!"

Alexi let out a nervous laugh, muttering "V...very funny Hydro. Actually...that's not very funny at all...vhy vould you vant to blow up Eques-" He stopped as Hydro snickered, pushing his hooves against his own mouth and trying to stop himself from laughing. Alexi smiled, laughing as he said "Ah, I knew it vus just a joke! You nearly had me there Hydro, you silly pony you!" They both burst out laughing, the two colts holding their sides and letting tears of laughter spill from their eyes.

Hydro however, suddenly lit up his horn, his face growing serious and his voice coming out in a guttural growl "But no seriously...Equestria's going bye-bye." Before Alexi had a chance to respond, Hydro's horn flared up with magic and picked Alexi up in a levitation spell, the colt crying out in fright.

He screamed as he dangled above the ground "Hydro stop! This isn't funny, put me down!!!"

Hydro scoffed and turned the colt upside down, shouting as he looked up at him with an enraged look on his face "Funny? You think I'm being funny!? You think after you fuck my marefriend, abandon me and my work, and drop Angel at the very mere mention of a foal that I'm being FUNNY!?"

Alexi yelped as he felt Hydro's magic give him a harsh squeeze around his middle, making the colt shout "H..Hydro the foal was yours! I knew it voulden't be right of me if I had stayed! Vut reason is this to take it out on Equestria!?"

Hydro jerked his head back, Alexi flying forward and jerking to a halt as Hydro pressed his forehead against Alexi's and screamed "BECAUSE EQUESTRIA KILLED ANGEL, AND MY FOAL!" Alexi's eyes widened and his jaw dropped in horror as Hydro whispered "Oh yes, that's right. You must not have gotten the memo. You see, due to Celestia's poor handling of her empire, and her inability to fix the problems she promised to fix, I had to bury not only my marefriend, but my foal as well. My unborn foal Alexi, who had done nothing wrong!"

Alexi whimpered "H...Hydro I'm so sorr-" He yelped as he was flung across the lab, smashing into a heavy-duty locker and causing it to topple over. He tried to dive out of the way but was too slow, his bottom half getting caught under the locket and causing him to scream loudly in pain. Hydro giggled as he slowly walked over "Ooooh...that sounded like a leg, or maybe a hip! Can you feel it Alexi!? Can you feel that pain!? Welcome to my world!!! You and the rest of you bastards don't deserve to live in this shitty world, turning your backs on the people you care for and leaving them all for dead! I'm the only one who's willing to actually DO something about the scum and blackness that has infested Equestria!"

Alexi seethed in pain, looking up as he shouted "At what cost!? The deaths of hundreds of thousands of ponies?!"

Hydro shook his head, his eyes and smile widening with glee as he whispered with excitement "Oh no...not just the ponies...the world! Equestria, in just under an hour, will succumb to a power that will force Celestia's hoof, making her remake the world in a better, more peaceful image! Can't you see old friend, I'm not destroying Equestria, I'm saving it!"

Alexi scoffed and spat out a glob of blood at Hydro's hooves, shouting "You're fucking insane! You really think Everypony's going to just let you waltz around with a weapon of mass destruction!?"

Hydro smiled and whispered "You don't understand Alexi...not even Celestia herself could stop me if she wanted to. Today is the day that shall forever be marked down in history as the day the world was saved from itself." With that, he trotted over, ignoring the shouting protests of the wounded colt, and pulled the power lever on the machine. The lights flickered as the machine powered on, Hydro's horn flaring up with white magic and his eyes looking through the small visor. He went about his work, Alexi being forced to watch in horror as the machine glowed with bright intensity. Hydro narrowed his eyes in concentration as the massive amounts of energy that was swirling around the machine started to siphon itself into the orb, the lights and other machines in the lab losing power quickly.

Up above, the two Unicorn Guards who were standing near the front entrance snapped their heads towards the sounds of shrieking. The attendant mare had taken a dive under her desk as the lights in the ceiling exploded violently, the entire hospital losing power. They looked towards each other and nodded, rushing inside.

Back down in the basement, Hydro carefully opened up the machine and stared in awe at his wonderous creation. The Orb was glistening with blackened magic, wisps of black energy slowly rising off of it. He smiled with glee as he gently levitated the energy packed orb over towards the cylinder, placing it gently inside and closing the metal panel. He giggled as he lit up his horn, shouting "Finally...finally it's done! It's finally done!!! HA HA HA HA!!!!" As he sealed it with magic, the door to the basement suddenly burst open, the two Unicorn Guards rushing in and gasping as they saw Alexi trapped underneath the locker.

He pointed a hoof towards Hydro and screamed "Stop him!!! He's trying to kill us all, STOP HIM!!!!!!"

Hydro snarled and flared up his horn, angling it downwards as the guards did the same. He shouted as he prepared a large volley of magic "No, NO! I'm going to save you, I'm going to save you all!!! DON'T YOU TRY TO STOP ME!" Bolts of magic whisked back and forth rapidly, the three of them trading off blasts. One of the Unicorn's flew back, smashing into a wall as one of Hydro's bolts caught him in the neck, frying his throat and instantly killing him. The other guard screamed and fell on his side, his back leg getting rended off by a white bolt. The guard lifted his head and watched as Hydro walked quickly towards him.

Narrowing his eyes at the scientist, the unicorn flared his horn up and shouted "Requesting backup, Everfree Hospital, quickly befo- ACK!" Hydro shoved his own head forward, ramming his horn through the Unicorn's eye and into his brain, letting off a discharge of magic that caused the Unicorn's head to explode violently.

Alexi screamed in panic as blood splattered all over the ceiling and walls, as well as Hydro's front "Help!!! Somepony help me, HELP!!!!!" Hydro turned his head slowly over towards Alexi, slowly walking towards him with his lit up horn, the white magic evaporating the blood that coated his front.

He whispered as he approached "Screaming isn't going to help...you're already a dead colt..."

Alexi smiled and looked at the mad scientist's side, shouting "Yeah?! Well so are you!!" Hydro blinked and turned his head, his eyes widening as he beheld two gaping holes embedded in his side, the rims of the shots singed and burned. With so much adrenaline pumping through him...he hadn't even noticed that he had been shot.

Alexi chuckled but quickly screamed as he felt his front hooves being pulled on, a white aura of magic covering the front half of his body and his ears perking to the sound of Hydro's voice "You should feel honored Alexi...you're going to be the first to die for the new world..." Alexi roared in pain, his front hooves continuing to be pulled by Hydro's magic, a small puddle of blood starting to pool underneath the colt's body.

He looked up with tears in his eyes, screaming "HYDRO STOP!!! PLEASE!!! MAKE IT STOP, MAKE IT STOP!!!!" Hydro smiled softly, his head slowly cocking to the right as he heard several snapping noises echo out from the colt's body, a fresh torrent of screams emitting from him. Alexi looked up into Hydro's eyes, his screams suddenly quieting as he felt his vision blacken, the muscles and bones that made up his middle finally giving away from the pressure. Hydro watched as Alexi was torn in half, his top half flying across the lab and splattering it's surfaces with blood. He panted quietly, his lungs heaving for air as he lit up his horn again and lifted the Hydrogen Bomb from its place on the table, the detonator along with it. He made his way over towards the door, stepping over the bodies of the guards and heading upwards. The time for Equestria's salvation was nigh.

~~~

Celestia galloped down the hallway as fast as she could, her orders already being barked out towards her royal guard. Already Pegasus Guards were in the air, rushing towards the Everfree Forest. She had heard the distress call from one of her guards, her thoughts filled with worry over the fate of her student.

It wasn't until thirty minutes later that a pair of Pegasus Guards walked into the basement of the Everfree Hospital, their stomachs nearly giving out at the sight of the carnage that had been plastered all over the place. They moved in slowly, cautious as they looked around for any signs of Hydro. One of the guards cringed at the sight of the half-body that was wedged underneath a locker, his eyes only looking away when he heard his comrade shout "Hey, you better look at this!" The guard quickly rushed over, looking at to what the other was pointing at.

He looked over the tattered mess of papers, his eyes scanning over the words as he whispered "Oh...sweet...Celestia. Contact the Princess, IMMEDIATELY!"

~~~

Hydro giggled, trudging up the hill as his side throbbed in pain. The bomb floated gently beside him, his eyes gleaming with the color of blood and his mane flapping in the wind. He reached the top of the hill, gently setting the bomb on the grass and falling back on his haunches. He placed the detonator on the ground and smiled, his horn flaring up with magic and his hoof hovering over the button. He shouted with glee as he looked over towards Old Ponyville, an insane glare in his eyes "This is your Redemption Day everypony!!!" He looked back down towards the button and moved his hoof forward, gently pressing up against the button and smiling as it began to push in.

A voice however, made him halt "HYDRO, STOP!" He snapped his head up to the left, a frightful look in his eyes as Celestia teleported onto the field so violently the grass around her had partially exploded into flames.

Hydro snarled, his hoof over the button "GO AWAY FROM ME! Stay away from me! Go...go aw-hahahahah! Oh fuck it, what does it matter!? You can't touch me now!!! You see this button here?! I'm going to PRESS IT!!!"

Celestia shouted again, tears spilling from her eyes as she screamed "No!!! Hydro please, don't! I know what that thing is, the guards have already told me! Don't do this, I'm begging you, please!!!"

Hydro looked over towards her, an enraged look on his face as she screamed "Really!? You're begging me!? After I begged you to save Angel's life, to save Equestria and to say 'FUCK IT' to the boundaries!? You sick, twisted bitch of a mare you! How dare you demand I stop from doing what you failed to do! I'm having to fix Equestria because you were too fucking afraid yourself to do it! No longer, not anymore!"

Celestia sobbed, whimpering as she held up a hoof "H...Hydro please...I'm sorry! I'll fix it, I promise! Just please...don't do this to your people! There's so many of them at are innocent, don't condemn them too!!!"

Hydro simply shook his head, smiling as he whispered savagely "Oh...I believe you Celestia...I know you'll fix it. I'll even go as far as to say you'll actually rebuild it!"

Celestia screamed "HYDRO NOOOOOOOOOOO!"

*Beep*

Celestia fell back on her haunches as Hydro vanished in a flash of white magic, the device beeping rapidly and starting to light up. She shook her head, tears flowing from her eyes and her horn lighting up with yellow magic. "Not like this..." she whispered, her horn growing brighter and brighter and drawing in a beam of light from the sun. She looked up, watching as her magic started to spread out a gleaming dome of yellow. "I cannot save Ponyville...oh I cannot save them all!!! Mother, Father, oh gods above, Luna!!! Please forgive me!!!! Please, Please forgive me!!!!!"

~~~

Hydro stood in front of the Everfree Hospital, his vision blurring and his limbs growing weak from the loss of blood. He started to laugh as he saw the yellow dome from Celestia's magic, shaking his head at the feeble attempt the Princess was making. "It's no use Celestia!!!" he shouted towards the wind, "Nothing's going to save you n-"

It happened in an instant, the dull thudding of an explosion and the brightest flash ever to have been seen in Equestrian history. The skies lit up with the color of blood and casted a red tint across the entire land. A monstrous rush of wind whipped Hydro backwards, sending him flying back into the doors of the Everfree Hospital with a loud crash. At first, there was silence, but soon there was a thunderous rumbling, an explosion of unimaginable magnitude, spreading outwards with tremendous force. A wall of fire spread outwards, instantly incinerating Old Ponyville and obliterating the land surrounding the large hill. Before the fire could reach any farther then Ponyville, however, the yellowish dome of Princess Celestia's magic crashed into the ground, trapping the explosion inside. The sheer amount of power that was needed to maintain such a spell had Celestia screaming in pure agony, her head pounding with severe pain as the explosion whipped and swarmed around her. She had used her magic to protect herself of course, her body lighting up and vanishing in a flash of yellow. It was in this moment that Everypony across Equestria stopped, turning their heads and gasping with fright and awe as a rainbow-colored mushroom cloud rose up into the air, pushing against the bubble of magic and expanding a ring of rainbow energy outwards from its middle. Hydro giggled from his spot on the floor, his side continuing to bleed and his eyes trained on the mushroom cloud, watching as a few spots on the bubble burst, ash swarming out of the breaches. He gently laid his head down and wheezed for air, his vision finally blackening and his mind falling into unconsciousness.

"I just remembered...what happened in September. I'm the one who killed them all, I survived after the fall."