Diamond Journals Issue 1: A Quest for Memory

Wily's Robot Masters were all across Equestria at this point. Wily was overseeing an attack on Canterlot, with Bass on his side.

"NYAHAHAHAHAHA!" Wily cackled. "This stupid pony world shall be MINE!! And once I take over and turn these ponies into my new line of Robot Masters, our world and EVERY other world will be in my empire as well!" he gloated.

"Doctor, even for YOU, this is a crazy plan." said Bass, one of Wily's better robots. Treble, Bass's companion definitely agreed, even though he couldn't really talk.

"Bass, I let you in here for a reason. I can always eject you. Watch that tongue of yours." Wily warned. Treble barked, trying to imply that Bass didn't actually have a tongue, but of course, Wily never got that.

"Sorry, Wily." Bass replied, taking the warning seriously. "DRILL MAN! PICK YOUR FEET UP!" he yelled, obviously implying that Drill Man was slowing down.

"I can't help myself, Bass!" Drill Man shouted back. "I'd like to see you do this instead of being cooped up in that fancy flying machine of yours with the doctor!"

"Well, 1, use those drills and DIG your way around, and 2, I only get my hands dirty if I need to!" Bass continued to shout. Treble barked angrily at Drill Man, further emphasising the point.

"Calm down, you two." Wily said to the robot duo before opening the lid of the capsule. "If Diamond's back in shape, which I'm fairly sure he is, then we have to stop him from getting here. Bass, if you will?"

"What did I JUST say, Wily?" Bass said, only resulting in an eyeroll. "Oh, you meant to instruct one of the Robot Masters!" An affirmative nod confirmed that he was on the right track, and Bass turned to the attack. "BLOCK MAN! Diamond could be here any minute! Tell Impact Man this: you and him are on security detail. Whatever happens, Diamond must NOT get here!" Bass instructed.
"On it, Bass!" Block Man yelled back. "Impact Man, you heard him, right?"

"Affirmative! Let's give Diamond the hard reset he needs!" Impact Man replied. The two abandoned the area, with Guts Man and Bomb Man warping in to take their place.

"Alright, now...we wait." Wily stated confidently.

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Diamond, now with 2.3% of his memories restored, was trying to make his way to Canterlot.
"My backup memory drive has a tracking system on it, I believe. It appears Wily is somewhere in Central Equestria." Diamond said.

"Canterlot!" said Rainbow Dash, who had recently joined the team, as with the rest of the Main 6 ponies. "That is NOT cool!"

"You could say that again, Rainbow. Ah'm not sure what Wily's up to, but I'm sure it ain't good." Applejack replied.

"Whatever it is, it's not gonna happen." Diamond assured the mares.

"Are you sure about that, Diamond?" a mystery voice said. With it came a familiar whistle as a familiar robot figure dropped down in front of the team.

"I may have amnesia, but I'd NEVER forget that sound. Consider another 1.4% of my memory bank restored." Diamond said. His memories with the robotic figure flashed before his eyes and the computer didn't even bother to state it's automatic message. Diamond had said what it was going to for it. "Blues?"

"My name is not BLUES!" the red and grey robot yelled at Diamond, firing a blast from his Proto Buster. "And it isn't Proto Man either! That ship sailed long ago, Diamond. As of today, I am Break Man." Proto Man wore a full helmet over his regular and had a red scarf around his neck instead of his yellow one. The two fighters readied their arm cannons for battle.

"Black Hole Bomb activate!" Proto Man said, his armour changing colour as he switched his weapon on kick-off. Unfortunately for him, Diamond leaped out of the way and fired a charged blast from his own buster, which Proto Man couldn't quite dodge fast enough. Detonating his Black Hole Bomb, he switched again, this time to his Water Shield. No blast could shatter this, other than the weapon's weakness, which Diamond, having reset his buster, didn't have. This time, Pinkie Pie had the answer. Reaching into her hair, she pulled a single Weapon Cartridge containing data on the Thunder Wool attack.

"Great thinking, Pinkie!" Diamond exclaimed. "Replication activation." he said, activating his Replicator Beam. Blowing the cartridge and ridding any excess pink hair, he turned on the beam and replicated Sheep Man's powers. A small ping indicated the replication process was complete and Thunder Wool was added to Diamond's arsenal. Tossing the cartridge back to Pinkie, who inserted it back into her hair, he uttered these words:

"Activate Thunder Wool!" As he said this, Diamond's armour changed to match Sheep Man's. (Diamond's Variable Weapon System, unlike the ones that Dr. Light built, can replicate the exact abilities of a Robot Master. His helmet, buster and all of his armour changes to match that of the robot master he copied, but there are side effects, due to it being a prototype.)

"So your friend has weapon cartridges on her. Discard them, pink pony!" Proto Man yelled, pointing his buster at her and changing to Fire Storm. Pinkie was smart, though, and discarded exact replicas she was storing. "Good. Now, carry on." he said, going back to Water Shield. Obviously a bad move, as Diamond shot a Thunder Wool above him, destroying the shield and dealing significant damage when it struck. Changing back to his buster weapon, Diamond fired another charge at Proto, who had the same idea and went back to his Proto Buster. "You haven't won yet!" Proto Man shouted, charging his next strike and forgetting about his core. As the shot was charging, however, the core overheated and left him defenseless.

"A core overheat. I can't attack him now!" Diamond said.

"But you can attack us!" yelled another Robot Master. Proto Man warped out, leaving Block Man and Impact Man in his place.

"Alright, Robot Masters." Diamond said, not necessarily to anyone in particular. "Welp, let's do a bit of Replication!" he continued, activating his Replicator Beam once again and locking on to Impact Man.

"HEY! Get that replicator out of here!" he yelled, trying to ram at Diamond. He missed, allowing Diamond to hop onto his back and stay semi-safe.

"Wait a sec, I don't need this! Block Man isn't weak to Pile Driver and Impact Man isn't weak to Block Dropper!" Diamond said, having placed the weakness weapons and data on Wily into his Protected section. "I need Acid Man and Blast Man's weapons for this job!"

"Heads up, Diamond!" Pinkie yelled. She stuck a hoof into her hair and tossed the Weapon Cartridges he needed towards him. Activating his Replicator Beam, he replicated both powers in one rev, adding both Acid Barrier and Chain Blast into his arsenal.

"You sly dog! I thought your amnesia would make you forget the weaknesses!" Block Man exclaimed. "Curse that Protected section you have in your damn robot brain!"

"It won't save you this time, though!" Impact Man yelled out, but Diamond was having none of it. With him switching to Acid Barrier, Impact Man stood no chance and popped within seconds. Block Man wasn't far behind when Chain Blast was put into play.

"Pathetic." Diamond activated his Replicator and copied the powers of the near dead Robot Masters, offloading Thunder Wool in the process. "Go home and get yourself fixed. I'll wreck you again easily." he continued.

"Ah don't mean to be the bearer o' bad news, but our train's about to leave!" Applejack notified the Elements and Diamond.

"Uh, why do we need a train again?" Diamond asked, having temporarily forgotten about his amnesia. "Oh yeah! To get to...uh...never mind. Let's just get to the train!"