Silver Blue
Heavy Metal War
Previous ChapterNext ChapterCyber Pony Technologies tower, Manehattan.
Iron Fetlock looked at the papers, Crime was in an all time low, now but still, the city was too big for just one cyberpony, and since the brain of said cyberpony was now in control of it, he thereby had no control of it, Dragnet Badge owned it, and he couldn't just shut it off. It be a breach of contract, further more Celestia has put more use to it as an Equestrian Enforcer.
In a way, Iron Fetlock grinned, he was happy to see his creation be put to more use outside the city then just law enforcement, thus, he couldn't help but wonder, would Equestria benefit with another Cyberpony on the beat? With new threats rising and the royal guard being next to useless. Yes, yes it could.
A grin formed on the stallions lips as he got out a paper and started sketching out designs for the second cyberpony model, he wanted the second one to be bigger, heavier armored, and heavier armed. It needed to be able to fly as well, he at first thought a pegasus would be a good choice, but crossed the idea out of his mind, and there wasn't a chance he can find an Alicorn dead anytime soon. No, he needed a different race of pony...
"A Unicorn!" He grinned, "The innate magic can be useful! but we need a poweful unicorn." He began looking through the police records, plenty of unicorns work for the Manehattan police force.
This, he drew up new plans for other cyborgs. And through the weeks more were made, two in fact... and both proved to be failures. The first immediately shot the lab techs before shooting itself in the head, the other, ripped itself to pieces trying to get it's armor off.
They were once fine officers at one point, but they didn't take to being cyborgs too well.
Sitting in his office, Iron Fetlock sat alone, well, not alone, he had his secretary with him.
"What about a different subject sir?" Aurora suggested. Mr. Fetlock looked to her with a raised brow, she continued. "While it's a longshot, we could use rehabilitation efforts on one recently captured subject. Miss Vex, she was a powerful unicorn, if we use heavier reprogramming then we did with miss Silver Blue, she can be a great Cyberpony."
Mr. Fetlock stared at her for some time. He looked to his finalized plans of the Cyberpony 2, he looked back to Aurora.
"She's crazy, she can cause more damage than good." he said, shaking his head. "A good thought, though."
"As I said," Aurora continued none the less. "Heavy reprogramming and triple safety programs, she'd be a great candidate."
Fetlock put his hooves together and thought, he thought harder and harder. "If those programs fail..."
"Then we'll take the fall," She finished. "But what else can we do? Silver Blue worked because she had the same thing Vex admired in her, and Vex shares that same quality. Strength of mind, iron will, persistence, and tenacity."
Iron Fetlock nodded and turned to his Secretary. "Do it." He said, just as Aurora was about to leave he added. "Celestia have mercy on us both if this goes terribly wrong."
Aurora turned her head, silent as she contemplated his meaning, he was right and she knew it, still, she was confidant in her team.
"I won't fail you, my love."
When we returned to Manehattan, Dragnet and I grew closer than before, she was riding on my back as we flew back, using my flight pack to fly us to the precinct, once we finished our work, I decided to plug up in my chair as Dragnet sat by my side, Gear was looking at us and grinned.
"Somepony had fun." She said as she did some tests on me.
"I didn't know I can feel again...." I looked to them both and smiled. "Thanks, both of you."
Gear giggled and nodded. "Wasn't easy, but I bet it was worth it."
"Oh you wouldn't believe." Dragnet said as she nuzzled me. "I gotta get home, honey." She kissed my nose. "We'll see each other tomorrow, though."
Watching Dragnet canter off with a grin on her face was the stuff of dreams, Bolt stared and shook his head.
"Man, why can't I score a mare like her?" he said, using the bolt wrench to open a hatch on my back. "Damn lucky cyborg."
I couldn't help but giggle at him. "Hey, playcolt, if you keep that gripping up you won't find nopony." He responded by playfully acting like he was gonna rivet the side of my head. I just laughed.
"Stupid lucky cyborg."
Gear however raised a brow. "Where's Dragnet's Jacket? I never seen her without it."
I explained what happened to it, they were shocked none the less. "I sent it to a unicorn in Ponyville, she said she could fix it no problem and will mail it back to me."
The mare nodded. "We'll keep an eye out for any packages for you."
The rest of the evening went on with me in sleep mode, I was unaware of what was about to happen though, and I wish I could have stopped it.
At Cyber Pony Tech
Suspended in a test tube, a pony brain floated in fluid, the horn on it's head was well preserved while kept in place by surgical plates, Aurora looked at it as it stared back.
"Hello, Vex, I see your quite aware of your situation." She said with a grin, tapping the glass. "Don't worry, your about to be put to better use then you were in life."
A stallion in a lab coat came up to her, whispering in her ear, what he said only made her grin more as she nodded.
"Yes, Proceed immediately." She looked at the brain as it looked back, the eyes under it were moving around, able to perceive it's environment. "Your about to become something great, I wonder if you can understand that?"
There was no response, of course, not that Aurora expected one. She only smiled as she turned to the mechanical gestalt that was brought in.
"Have the brain installed in the cyborg," Aurora ordered the technicians. "And be sure it don't turn out the way Unit One did."
The ponies looked to the brain, they shrugged and began their work. It took hours, but their work was completed none the less, Now with all it's senses online, Cyberpony 2 was looking around, it sat in the lab with ponies looking at her, Aurora and Mr. Fetlock entered the room.
"I see, it's completed at last." Fetlock said, the cyborg looked down at him, it was much bigger than the first. Around the hight of Celestia, but bulkier. "Is it ready for field testing?"
Aurora looked at Mr. Fetlock. "We need a task for it, first."
Mr. Fetlock 'hmm'ed, thinking hard, he smirked and looked at Aurora. "Fine, a test against it's predecessor, Submission only, no destroying it's target."
Aurora nodded. "Of course, sir. Should I send a message to the precinct?" She got a nod, and Aurora grinned. "Of course, I'll do so immediately."
Mr. Fetlock turned to leave, Aurora stayed and looked up at her husband's creation. A look of adoration on her face. "Your going to be one of the greatest protectors of this land."
The Cyborg only stared back.
"Just look at you, a mechanical child of the modern age." Aurora said, putting her hoof on it's chest. "You can't get sick, you can't get hungry, you can't feel pain...." She looked back up. "Your perfect."
"Perfect." It replied, it's voice was deep, mechanical, and almost threatening.
Aurora giggled. "Your like a goddess unto a world of sin and death, here to cleanse the land of the blight that's swarmed it's beauty." She took a step back and turned to the technicians. "Load her unto the semi, I want complete diagnostics, and do make sure the host's memories are fully deleted."
"Yes, ma'am." the technicians replied as they began their work.
"Unit one cannot, and will not win against unit two." Aurora said as she left.
The large cyborg watched as she left, it's mono eye dilating as it repeated, "Perfect."
The sun was shining in the sky, and I was one happy little cyborg pony. I even pranced down the hall as I passed ponies by, The package had arrived and I was ready to show it to Dragnet.
"Wow, what got you so happy, Blue?" Nightstick asked as she leaned and winked. "Gonna see your marefriend?"
I snickered. "Well, technically, yes. But also, I got a surprise for her, know where she is?"
Nightstick nodded, and pointed down the hall. "In the lobby, she just got in."
I cantered down the hall, I was a mare on a mission, nopony was going to ruin my day! When I got into the lobby I saw Dragnet talking to the chief. I came up to her and poked her.
"Hey!" I said, offering my unicorn the box. "Gotcha something."
Dragnet blinked and looked at the box, she took it and opened it. "Oh my...." She pulled out the jacket, it was hers and fully repaired. "Wow! How'd you.... wait I thought... Wha?"
I just grinned. "Rarity fixed it for me."
Dragnet put the jacket on and smiled. There's my Dragnet's classic look! "Thanks, Blue!"
I grinned back until I noticed everypony in the lobby, they weren't smiling, something was wrong.
"What's with you guys?" I asked, "Do I have my gear box open or something?"
"Blue...." Dragnet said as she rubbed her shoulder. "Cyber Tech replaced you. They're coming out with a Cyberpony 2."
My optics went wide. "Wha.... what?" Then I thought about it, Another Cyberpony means I can retire, Dragnet owns me, so they can't throw me in a warehouse, I'm a free pony!
"Well, this is good! I can move on!" I said, looking at everypony. "I mean, I'll still be a police pony, but I can almost live a normal life, heh!" Still everypony was somber. "Come on what's with you ponies!?"
Dragnet put her hoof on my side and looked up at me. "They're making you fight the new model, until submission, either way, there's a chance you won't win, I saw it, it's big!"
I was quiet until I smiled. "I'll just forfeit then, no need to fight the stupid thing, right?"
The chief however just shook his head. "They want none of that, Blue, they want you to fight it."
Dragnet hugged me. tighter than I knew she could. "It's horrible, It's huge, they call it a cyberpony unit 2, but it looks nothing like a pony! It looks like a monster!" She began to sob. "It's going to kill you, Blue! I just know it! I'll have to watch you die, again!"
I put my hooves around her, holding her gently and running my fingers through her hair. I never seen her this upset, and now she believed she was going to loose me to his thing. She was sobbing and trying to talk at the same time, it just came out as gibberish, I looked to Gear and Nightstick, motioning them to come get her, she was unstable, and it broke my metaphorical heart.
The doors opened and Iron Fetlock and his secretary came in, she looked too smug for my liking, Dragnet saw a glimps of it outside, but it was at an angle I couldn't see, but from the shadow, it even terrified me.
"Morning Everypony." Iron Fetlock said as he approached me. "Are you ready Unit One?"
I snorted. "The name is Blue." I said as I looked to Dragnet. "Is there a way we don't have to do this?"
Aurora shook her head. "The Demo is already installed, just let it bash you around some, it's submission only, it won't destroy you."
I snorted and sat down, Initiate 'Act Like a Child' mode!
She kept looking me over, until she said those words... "Unit One, engage Program Prometheus."
I just looked at her brow raised, then something clicked. It felt as though I was thrown in the back seat. "By your command..." The hell?
Dragnet caught on quick. "What did you do to her!?" she yelled, she was about to pounce on her until Aurora put a ring on her horn, it kept her from doing magic and oddly paralyzed her. "What did you do to her!?" She asked again.
"She wasn't obeying properly." Aurora stated. "Unit One, go outside and await orders."
"Yes, Mr. Fetlock." My mouth said, tried as I might I couldn't snap out of this, whatever Prometheus is, it was installed long ago.
"The command line I used is voice activated." Aurora said as she looked to dragnet. "Unit One, when the order is given, you will engage Unit Two, you must sustain 90% Damage before surrendering. Is that understood?"
"Yes." Oh shit!
"NO!" Dragnet yelled as we were brought outside.
When I turned to face my opponent OH SHIT! It was huge! It looked like an Alicorn, by design it was, but it had VTOL wings, meaning it had the wings to look like a pegasus, but in of each wing had a turbine, on it's back I could see stabilizer fins, it lacked a traditional tail, instead it had a scorpion like segmented tail that had some weird pincer thing at the end.
It's face was modeled after Celestia, obviously with a mohawk, it's eyes were red and they trained on me instantly with murderous intent.
"Unit One." It said, with a voice that sounded more mechanical and too deep to be child friendly like I was made to be.
I REALLY didn't want to fight this thing now. It didn't help I felt a presence about it, a familiar one, and it didn't set well with me.
We were both moved to an abandoned part of the city, Dragnet was forced to watch as was the whole precinct, the city even, Ponies I could tell didn't want to see their beloved hero be murdered a second time, Yeah I kind of became the towns mascot over time, I just don't care to talk about it.
I doubt this thing will get a toy anytime soon.
"The rules are simple, the units are to fight until 90% Damage is achieved, then they are to surrender." Fetlock said.
I noticed Aurora tapping at her tablet, I didn't like that smirk on her face.
"Please, Don't do this to her!" Dragnet cried. "I just got her back, don't do this, I beg you!"
Fetlock looked at her, doubt was on his face, he felt... conflict. But Aurora rolled her eyes, bitch!
"Begin!"
I was finally returned to control, I tried to yell surrender, but I found my audio shut off then a Damage percentage meter show on my left corner.
The damn thing didn't delay either. It pounced on me like a wild cat and grabbed me with... Holy Luna is that MAGIC! It held me in a levitation field, slamming me into the ground numerous times before throwing me across the street, I slid to a stop at a statue of Luna.
"You are obsolete, Unit one." it said with a growl as rifles of it's own rose from it's back, these were different from mine, as they fired, the round hit me in the chest, sending me flying into the wall of an abandoned apartment.
I couldn't reply, so I did the next best thing, My own rifles won't do shit against that thing, so... I fired my sonic emitter.
Unit Two reacted the way I was expecting, the emitter didn't do shit against it, the bitch just ran up at me and ripped the emitter off!
FUCK!
Then the damn thing grabbed me with it's levitation field, firing it's rifles at me with abandon. Damn those things weren't rifles, they were fucking miniguns!
Unit Two, I realized wasn't meant for Law enforcement, it was for MILITARY!
After a minute of shooting, beating me, and finally tossing me about I was grabbed again...
I was turned into a metal pegasus without wings again, causing me to crash into a building, just as I started to get up, Unit Two used it's own clawed fingers to gab onto me, it started to slam me into the steel support beams for the buildings numerous times, before holding me down with it's hoof, the pincer on it's tail lit up and tried to cut my face open, I tried my best to hold it away, but it was useless, I had my helmet deployed, and it got cut right off.
"I am Perfection." Unit Two said. "A goddess amongst disease, one that I shall cleanse."
I bared my teeth, there had to be something I could do, but right now, I was at 83% damage. If this keeps up, I'll be ready for the scrap.
"You will be destroyed, Unit One, I will see to it."
Destroyed!?
Then it hit me, I can't talk, which means I can't surrender.
That BITCH!
Outside, everypony gasped as I was thrown through the wall again, crashing back at where we began, Unit Two was galloping at me, It stopped suddenly, I didn't like what it had planned, until it raised an arm and a fucking arcane fusion canon raised from it's foreleg!
It took precious few seconds to charge before---
'CHOOOOM!'
My armor was not meant to take this punishment, a nasty seven inch wide hole was punched through my chest, blasting out my back as pieces of shrapnel flew out. I went flying across the street, my body was in ruins, My left foreleg was hanging by a stray stubborn wire, and I felt my left optic sizzle before it went off for good!
"Warning, 99% Damage to outer hull, interior systems damaged, system shutdown emanant!" My onboard computer said.
No shit!
"You die now, Unit One." It said before it's voice garbled in a sinister laugh. "But I admire your tenacity." It literally roared as it slammed it's front hoof on me again and again, beating the ever loving shit out of me.
It dawned on me, the presence inside that felt so wrong, so familiar. It was Vex!
By the stars, what have those stupid ponies at Cyber Pony Tech done!?
Finally, I guess my system had enough, my vision went red as the following in the bottom left corner showed up. "Program terminated. Shutting down....." My onboard computer chirped.
I embraced Pony Death once more...
Author's Note
To be continued>>>
Insert Back to the Future TBC score.
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