Chapter 11: the Protogen Tragedy and Hydra Encounter

3rd POV

The sun was setting as we see Frank, Eris, and their new Protogen friend Leah as she begins to talk more about her race and what her people were like back in their home planet of Jadour. From what Leah explained to them is that the protogen were an advanced civilization where the residence where the population consists of anthropomorphic mammals with cybernetic parts in civilization that reminded Frank of the movie Blade Runner. Though Frank was still cautious of her as he was reminded of what the protogens had done under the command of Prof. Chrome back on earth from killing many innocent civilians to rounding up some for his vile experiments. Even though Chrome was ordered to find the gauntlet he had been doing some things on the side, but as Leah explained more about her race had Frank and Eris go wide-eyed.

Eris: your people were being controlled?

Asked a shocked Eris as Leah nodded sorrowfully though Frank kept a neutral expression.

“Correct my people were being controlled through a chip embedded into our heads to serve the professors bidding. Soon every protogen became nothing more than robotic slaves for the professor and Kane.” Answered Leah.

“If I may ask, how is it that this all happened? What exactly lead to your people being enslaved by the professor?” asked Frank who was both curious and still on the fence at the whole thing as Leah sighed at this.

“The protogens were an advanced civilization, but we were also undergoing a civil war between two factions with the imperialist losing badly and the renegades taking over most of the territory. It didn’t take long for the professor to arrive and offered his aid toward the imperialists who accepted out of desperation as the professor gave them more advanced weapons and soldiers and soon the imperialists had changed the tide of the war. Little did they that the professor had placed his mind control chips within the minds of each imperial soldier and once the war ended the soldiers soon turned their guns on to the imperial leaders as they later rounded up the remaining renegades to be turned into the professors’ slaves as he took control over the planet.” She ends her story in sorrow as her body begins to tremble remembering what had transpired during the professor’s takeover of the planet.

Eris looked at the protogen with sorrow, yet Frank remained neutral as he recalled how the protogens that attacked earth acted like machines even when one of their own were destroyed they still fought like a terminator robot.

“Just out of curiosity, once a protogen is given this chip their stuck being a slave or is it possible to break them out of mind control?” asked Frank as Leah shakes her head at the human’s question.

“Sadly no. Once the chip is placed within their brain, their minds are wiped and are programmed to be a slave to the professor and if anyone tries to remove the chip it is programmed to self-destruct killing the one the chip is embedded into. Those who were not given a chip were called defectors and had to be rounded up and if they resisted, they were terminated.” She said in a trembling tone.

Unknown to the rest Frank had placed a lie detection spell thanks to the magic upgrade he got from Nightmare Moon just to be safe and seeing is how the spell hasn’t reacted to any of her words shows that she wasn’t lying. Frank sighs at this as he moves closer to Leah who still had her head down trying to hold back her tears before feeling a something petting her head as she looks up to see Frank petting her with his left hand trying to calm her down.

“Seems like you went through a rough patch. But just know that you won’t have to deal with that anymore. Kane is gone along with the rest of his generals, so there is no need to feel upset and since you’re now living in this planet, I am sure the population here will welcome you with open arms just as they did for me. And with that said and done let me be the first to welcome you to Equestria.” He said as he smiled at Leah who immediately tackles him to the ground and proceeds to the hug him fiercely much to his bewilderment but simply rolls along with it while patting the protogens head as she says *thank you* multiple times as she holds onto him tightly and rubs her head onto his chest as Frank simply smiles at her antics.

Eris was happy that Leah was being comforted though a part of her was trying not to pull her off the guy and tell the protogen that Frank was off limits for she didn’t want to break the mood even though it was gnawing on her mind. It was then that Leah realized what she was doing as she gets off of Frank and backs away a bit as the sides of her mask were glowing pink.

“Oh… I am sorry I didn’t know what I was doing I just felt so happy when you are comforting me…I enjoyed what you were doing on my head…and then my instincts kicked in…and I just…” she stops her words as Frank raises a hand to her as he gets up onto his feet.

“Its no problem at all after all you were just showing how happy you were nothing more. And well if I am being honest, I did enjoy the hug especially with how soft and comfortable your fur was.” Said Frank who was rubbing the back of his head sheepishly though this reaction caused Leah to go bright pink and it was then that Eris clapped his hands to get their attention.

“Okay so now that we have that out of the way why don’t we talk about Frank’s story after all you must be curious about him right Leah?” she said as Frank had a nervous look on his face as Leah became curious at this.

“Now that you mention it I am curious as to why you are here and not back on your planet. I mean you are the one that ended the warlord and protected them from his generals and minions I figured you would have stayed where your race would praise you as a hero.” Said Leah as Frank was not sure how to explain this remembering how Celestia and Luna after he told them his story and how they wanted to spill blood once they heard what happened to him after Kane was killed.

“I too want to know more about Frankie’s time on earth. I only know snip bits from what Celestia, and Luna have told me about the guy’s story.” Said Eris as Frank sighed at this knowing that there was no way out of this as he prayed that it goes smoothly.

Frank POV

“THEY DID WHAT????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”

I was wrong and honestly; I really shouldn’t get my hopes up when it comes to stuff like this and thank God, I managed to cover my ears especially with how mad the girls were. Though I was amused to see Eris go completely and see steam shoot out of her ears though I was worried after seeing Leah’s eyes turn red as she extends a pair of claws from her hands.

“HOW COULD THEY DO THIS TO YOU?!!! YOU PROTECTED THEM YOU SAVED THEM, YET THEY HAD THE GAUL TO HUNT YOU DOWN AND BRAND YOU AS A THREAT TO THE PLANET!” screamed out Leah who looked like she wanted to draw blood as Eris seems to agree with her as I had both hands raised signaling her to calm down.

“And like I told the princesses; humans tend to fear what they don’t understand and due to the invasion and how I was able to stop it they believed I was a possible threat to the world and out of paranoia wanted to keep me contained. While others wanted to harvest my DNA in the hopes of replicating my abilities to other humans which is a bad idea since the gauntlet itself is what keeps me from turning into an alien mutant. But all of that is behind me for I now live in world where I am not constantly hunted down and not seen as a monster or something to be cut open.” Said Frank as Eris raised an eyebrow at me.

“And what about your mom and your sister?” she asked as I let out a deep sigh.

“It’s better that I keep my distance away from them. So that the military doesn’t go after them to get to me. Trust me when I say that I am doing this to keep them safe even if means never seeing them again.” I say as my mood soon turned sour as I took a deep breath and exhaled calming myself down as I clapped my hands together.

“Okay now we have that done how about I grab us something to eat. You two stay here and Eris maybe you can use your chaos magic to conjure up something to help us cook whatever I bring back, okay? Alright be right back.” Before they could say anything I immediately dashed out of the old castle and out in the woods.

Location: Everfree Forest

Okay so maybe that wasn’t the right way to end a conversation, but it was the only thing I could think of at the time so might as well run with it no pun intended. It was then that I caught a particular scent as I stopped in my tracks and sniffed the air the scent of whatever was near as I followed the trail as it got stronger and stronger the closer, I got. As I reached the end, I soon found myself in a new area of the forest which looked like something out of a swamp and remembered it to be a place called froggy bottom bog.

I sniffed the air again wondering who’s scent it was as it led me to a large lake of water as I tried to recall what creatures lived around this area with my back toward the water. And as I tried to remember I then heard something rising from the water and as I slowly looked back, I was greeted with the sight of a large creature with 4 orange heads with fins on the sides of their heads and green eyes as each head stared at me with a hungry gaze. It was a damn hydra and one that I remembered from the show as I mentally hit myself for not remembering that.

Just before I could say anything one of its heads charges towards me mouth agape before being swallowed down its gullet as I was now inside of its belly. And let me tell you this the smell in there was horrible, it was so bad that I nearly lost all feeling to my nose and as the smell was aggravating me to no end, I could use my energy sword and cut my way out, but if I do that I would need to charge up my power which would then alert the princesses to my location which is a bad idea especially with where I am now. It was then that I felt something tap my foot as I looked down and noticed a broad sword under the stomach juices and against my better judgement proceeded to grab it through the slime and pulled it up to me. The blade itself looked like it was in good condition as it also had a green gem at the center of the pummel and that’s when it hit me. I then moved over to the wall and with all my strength swung the blade in a horizontal slash as it slices through the flesh as I smirked at this.

“Well looks like I have to do what Hercules did and slice way out of this shit.” I said to myself as I proceeded to move forward and continued swinging.

I also heard screams of pain as I continued to hack and slash through everything before busting out as I landed onto the ground as I turned around to see the hydra screeching in pain as the heads swing around in multiple directions before falling onto the ground lifeless with a large gaping hole on its chest for everyone to see. I then stabbed the blade into the dirt and started wipe off the slime and blood off of me though not before giving the dead hydra the finger before spitting on it.

“DIDN’T THINK SOMETHING THAT LIKE ME WOULD KILL YOU HUH? FIGURED THOSE EXTRA HEADS WOULD HAVE MADE YOU SMATTER, BUT I GUESS I WAS WRONG. VALLAS AL INFIERNO PINCHE PENDEJO!!” I yelled out expecting it to come back life to try and attack me, but it didn’t. It just laid there lifeless as I realized that my heart was racing, and I was clenching my fists tightly. And after taking another deep breath and exhaling I started to feel calmer as I remembered why I was here and figured that some hydra meat would be good for today and grabbed the sword again as I proceed to cute some chunks of its meat and stored the chunks in my bag.

Note: the last part said go to hell dumb ass.

Once that was done, I was about to make my way back to the castle until I notice some other creatures rising out of the water as what looks like crocodiles made of stone were moving towards me as walk out of the water and onto dry land as one of the center hisses at me with its jaws slightly open as I held up my hands.

“Whoa there, take it easy.” I say calmly as one of them motions toward the dead hydra as the one in the front looks back at me as I realized what was going on.

“Yeah, I did that, but hey if you want you can have the rest, I already have what I need okay.” I say hoping that they would understand and much to my shock they did as they soon rushed toward the carcass of the dead hydra as the one from before looks at me and nods its head to me before joining the rest of them.

Now I know what you’re thinking. I could have just killed them just like I did to the hydra. And I would agree with you, but I keep in mind I was covered in hydra guts, and they were probably drawn to me due to the smell. The good thing is that one of them motioned the others to the corpse and they left me alone which was good enough for me though I still wonder why I was led to the hydra in the first place then again it was probably due to wanting to eat some sea food or something. I just shrugged at the thought and proceeded to dash my way back to the castle sword still in hand though I hope Eris and Leah will not be too upset with me, for leaving them like that.

3rd POV

Location: Castle of the two Sisters

Moments after Frank had left Eris and Leah set up a cooking area and with the help of some chaos magic by the goddess of chaos herself though Leah could not shake what had happened after seeing Frank dash away like that as she looks over to Eris.

“Can he always do that?” asked the female Protogen as the goddess of chaos simply nodded at her.

“It’s surprising really. Though I think he still doesn’t like talking about his past by how he reacted.” She says as a sad look took over her face as did Leah.

“I still can’t believe the leaders of his planet would brand him a threat even after he saved some many people and killed the invaders. He had to leave behind his family and was hunted down like a common criminal how is that fair?” said Leah still trying to make sense of this.

“Like he said humanity has a tendency of fearing what they don’t understand and you could say it’s the same for those in power. Always thinking that they’re doing what’s best for the people when clearly, they’re not. How the people had better sense than the ones running their nation is beyond me.” Eris said snorting at the thought as the two sighed before looking back.

“I really hope that he is alright.” said a concerned Leah as Eris had an idea as small grin took form.

“I have an idea after all he has two lovely looking ladies here to keep him company. And I doubt he wouldn’t mind having snuggled the both of us that is if you’re interested.” Suggested Eris as Leah’s face turns bright pink and her tail begins to wag.

“Well… I mean I wouldn’t mind if it meant he would pat my head if that were happen.” Said Leah as a smile started to form.

“Then its settled let’s make his stay in the Everfree a good one.” Said Eris as Leah nodded.

Just then Frank comes in still stained with hydra blood and slime on his clothes with the sword still in hand as the two turns to him and are wide-eyed at his state.

“I am back, and I got some food to eat.” He said with a smile on his face as the girls still looked at him with shock.

“WHAT THE FUCK HAPPENED TO YOU!!!!!”

Author's Note

this took some time to write and i do apologize for taking this long to make it and also hope you guys like having a protogen in the story.

hope you guys like this chapter and i will see you in the next post.