Chapters Manehattan, New Yoke. 5:30am 2005 BLR (Before Luna's Return)
:PROLOGUE:
Beeep
The screaming call of the alarm clock roused me from my dreams, dreams that continued to call me back, sadly I had no choice. With a drousy groan and clumbsily flailed my foreleg at the offending machine that woke the otherwise pieceful rest that nestled me sweetly like a kind, loving mare would her foal.
Several flops of said appendage quickly turned into frustrated swipes as I growled in annoyance. I rolled my head out of my pillow enough for my eye to open, spotting my arch nemesis!
The alarm clock that woke me each morning, it was into its 50th maybe even 80th blare with its screeching call, the antithisis of a siren's call that took me away from my sleep.
"Oh you, I swear you were built to be my enemy!" I grumbled, though most of it was muffled inside my pillow. With a grunt my hoof slammed down on the offending device just as it reached its 100th call.
"Gotcha!" I couldn't help but grin as I slowly got up from bed.
My arch nemesis defeated for yet another morning, I slowly climbed out of my cot in the corner of my tiny apartment, lumbering like a dragon fattened up on the royal treasury of canterlot and maybe a pony or two, clicking on the television I sulked to make myself some breakfast while on television, the news pony on television rambled.
"Another royal guard has been slain by the crime lord, known only as 'Vector Sigma'," The news anchor, a mare with a blond mane, done up in a cute ponytail on the side, green eyes with a blue coat, she wore a blue dress which covered her coat, no horn and no sign of wings being covered, I was certain she was a Earth Pony like I am.
"The reports say while robbing the manehattan Museum of Magical history, A royal guard by the name of Shimmering Coast, was shot by magic bolts," The reporter the city knew well as Open Mic, said as she held a sad frown. "Shimmering Coast, as well as his partner and brother, Shimmering Isle, were sent to the museum to guard a precius royal gem, the moon stone. Both are now in the hospital."
An image of a royal blue gem with a diamond cresent moon appeared next to the city's favorite reporter. I had to admit everypony had a crush on her, even the straightest of mares.
"In Canterlot, our Princess Celestia was asked for a comment, she had the following to say..." Open Mic said before video of the Princess of Day and Night appeared on screen.
Princess Celestia who I'll be honest, I never cared one bit for her opinion, where was she when these guards were hurt, where was she when my friends were hurt?
"This mindless and brutal crime will NOT stand!" The Princess said with a stomp of her hooves, "I have known these stallions personally, as I know the names of all my little ponies!"
"Pfft, yeah right." I muttered as I ate my spoonful of chocoa poofs, taking a moment to check the box for a prize, perking my ear to listen to the princess's words.
"This pony, this Vector Sigma, WILL be brought to justice!" Celestia continued on, droning about friendship and magic, or some drivel as I found my quary, a toy Prowl.
"YES!" I cheared, Indeed I was a collector, See Prowl was one of the main characters of the 1984 Cartoon The Ponyformers, Robot ponies called the Autotrots from the planet Cybertrot, fighting an unending war against the evil forces of the Decepticoats.
I had the whole lot of Autotrots and Decepticoats, All but Autotrot Prowl, he transformed into a police chariot!
"And this is just in," Open Mic said as she read a paper brought to her. "Shimmering Coast's brother, Shimmering Isle, has passed away." She said, lowering the paper and closing her eyes, "To both ponies family and friends, I hope my words of condolences are welcome to you as I say, I am sorry and will pray for their souls."
That was the difference between Celestia and Open Mic, when Celestia said something, Friendship and all that crap came following, as well as promise for a better day, but Open Mic cared, she was the city's favorite, she was the city's Princess even. If she sprouted a horn and Wings I'd gladly bow to her. It helped too she would actually cry when we lost a citizen to violence.
"In other news," she said slowly, whiping a tear. "The city's mayor, Filed Forms, has decreed a new defence program in the works, he has contracted a private corperation, Cyber-Pony-Technologies, CPT, in short, for a new security system be impliment, while the mayor had nothing to say on the matter, CPT's CEO, and Owner, Iron Fetloc had this to say."
On the screen a most peculier pony appear, he was grey in color with a steel grey mane, green eyes, and where it not for his large black cloak covering his whole body I would say more, but what caught my eye is his left foreleg. it was silver.
"A metal foreleg?" I asked myself, watching the screen, I wasn't even listening to the babble he was saying, his left foreleg caught my attention. "Prosthetic maybe?"
"---And it is with extreme hopes the new project will aid this city with its violence issues. Vector Sigma, and all other criminals will fall! Peace will reign once more in this city!" He said in a booming voice, it was raspy, one that has aged and weathered like a wind through the mountains, he wasn't an old pony. it reminded me of Megatrot in a way. "I grew up in this city, I wish to see it back to the way it was, before crime poluted its streets."
With that, I gave a sigh. "Well, I guess I best get to the streets myself."
Getting up I put away my dishes, and honestly did nothing more, I never cleaned my appartment, it was always a mess. Cloths, Uniforms, and dishes stockpiled everywhere.
I made my way to the bathroom, looking myself in the mirror, If there was a more avarage Earth Pony mare in Equestria, well it wasn't me, I was well below avarage, pathetic more like it.
Getting to work I brushed out my gunmetal grey coat, cleaning off the dirt from my cutie mark, a baton and pair of handcuffs, I then combed my cobolt blue mane, and cleared the sleep crust out of my light blue eyes.
"There," I said with a sigh as I did my main in a professional ponytail and began to sift through my basket for a clean uniform. sniffing each one if it was clean.
Sniff. "No." Toss...
Sniff. "No," Toss.....
Sniff. "GMMPH!.... GLUGH..." I gave that uniform a quick toss as I tried desperately not to vomit my breakfast. "NO!"
Picking up the last uniform I had, I gave it a reluctant sniff.
Sniff sniff.... sniff. "Hey!" I said with a smile. "We've got a winner!"
Putting on my uniform I made my way to the mirror, grabbing my uniform hat and straightened my badge. My name stated proudly on its reflective gold surface.
"Officer, Silver Blue! Reporting for duty." I said with a smile, looking at my now cleaned up self.
Author's Note
This is the prologue, just to set the scene, if your wondering, this is six years before Luna's return, I image Blue is around her thirties.
Blue's reason that she don't like Celestia much will come along later in the story. It's not because she hates her, It's similar to a Citizen of a state and their views of a politician.
For those wondering, wile the story mostly takes place from Blue's perceptive, it's going to change to other perspectives later on. I got the idea reading Dracula.
Trotting to my locker to put on my tac, I first made my way to the police chief, giving him a smile. As he looked down at me my smile melted away. Yup, late again.
"Officer Blue, where the HAY HAVE YOU BEEN!" The chief shouted, I swear I felt my hat flew off my head. "YOUR LATE!" He shouted again, Ow my ear! "YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENES TO LATE COPS!"
My hoof couldn't move quickly enough as I gave a studdering salute, "S-Sorry Cheif Lock N' Key!" I said with the best and clearest voice I could. "I ha-have no ex---
"SHUT UP!" He shouted. I swear my ears not only exploaded, but I think they flew off with my hat. "Get in the locker room and get your gear on!"
"Y-Y-Ye---
"JUST DO IT!" The stallion shouted.
Sorry I was too busy being yelled at to describe our fearless Chief, Lock N' Key, Also known as Hard Flank, is a Unicorn, his coat is bluer then the Uniform that we're supposed to wear with pride, I guess to him it wears me with shame. His eyes are orange, sometimes I'd swear their red when he's mad, and he gets mad alot, he's got no mane, lost it over the years but from what silver tail he does have it looked to have once been purple.
His Cutie Mark is that of a Jail Cell lock with a key. He takes his work seriously and is meaner than a hydra, infact it's rumor he has a pet hydra in the basement he would feed the new recruits that don't perform as well as he likes to.
I guess I barely performed to his liking.
Making my way to the locker room, I slipped past my fellow officers, trying hard not to bump into anypony.... fail.
"Hey watch it Blue!" A stallion yelled when I almost knocked him over with my rump.
"Sorry, Gravel!" I said with a small voice.
"Get out of my way shrimp!" A mare yelled as I almost walked into her.
"Pardon me, Nightstick." I sighed. "I hate this...."
Finally, Finally making it to my locker at the end of the room I removed my uniform and began slipping into my A.M.T.G. (Anti-Magic-Tactical-Gear).
Let me explain the Tac gear, it consists of three pieces. A headset, self explainitory, it allows me to keep in contact with my partner and incase of emergency or reporting a crime, etc. Its all interconnected into a helmet I wear on the street.
Next is a vest, its Magic Proof, using Dragon Scale armor made from - you guessed it - dragon scales. Its also enchanted with a series of spell Matrixes and a onboard interface for non-unicorn ponies to use it. Non-Unicorn ponies like me. Everypony else on the force was a Pegasus or Unicorn.... Mostly Unicorn.... Our Pegasus works dispatch.
The final part of the Tac is the interface system that controls the other two componants. Its worn on the pony's neck and is enchanted to that ponies magic aura or, again, for non-unicorn ponies, voice activated. It mostly just tells me what time it is and keeps me connected to the manehattan police central. Simply put, useless.
But if I was a unicorn, it would allow me to use the Tac's emergency healing spells, in case I'm horribly shot to pieces by the goons of the street.
But no, I'm a Stupid useless Earth Pony.....
Stupid STUPID useless Earth Pony....
"Why so glum, Partner?"
Upon hearing my partner's voice, my morning started to turn brighter, Looking to my side I saw her.
A Unicorn, one with beauty and poise, yet also a tough, 'Don't Buck With Me!' personality of a dragon that will protect her eggs. Hay, even Lock and Key was afraid to make her mad. She was basicly the precincts mom/crush. Everypony wanted her as their partner. Low and behold I got lucky and now everypony hates me....
Well everypony always hated me, but now its more hate then before.
Why couldn't I have been a still-born?
"Hey, Dragnet!" I said with a fake smile, a smile that while I did love working with her, also faded as I fumbled with the zipper on my stupid uniform vest. "Ugh, stupid zipper again...."
Dragnet rolled her eyes as she lit up her horn in her rose red aura. "Here...." She said, I smiled as I looked at my partner, Dragnet had Azure eyes, violet red mane, and brown coat, her cutie mark was that of a police badge and I could swear you can hear a 'Daaaa Da Da Dun Dun, Dun da da dun dun Duuuuun' music play when she entered a room.
After helping me with my Tac, Dragnet effortlessly put her's on as she smiled at me. "So, ready to bust some badguys today, Blue?"
My bad mood from when I encountered the chief this morning seemed to die to the sword that was Dragnet's glowing smile. Why couldn't she be a princess?
"Uhm... sure." I said, with a weak smile of my own.
Making my way to the Chariot Pool, Once again I bumped into ponies on the way out. Naturally...
"AH!" Nightstick yelled as I nudged her, making her drop her TAC, "BLUE!" she yelled ready to slap me as she usually does, only for her hoof to be grabbed by a red magic aura.
"BACK OFF!" Dragnet yelled, causing Nightstick to shrink back. "I'm so TIRED of you ponies treating Blue like this!" She said with a look of sickened anger, her ears were pinned back as she looked to everypony else. "If something ever happens to one of us we're there for each other, I hope it's the same for EVERYPONY!"
When she turned around, I suppose she realized I was already moving to the weapons rack.
"BLUE!" Dragnet yelled. "I'm sorry for how they act, I'll talk to them later and...."
"Don't bother." I mumbled. "I'm used to it. Since I was a foal ponies trotted all over me." I sighed and turned to her. "I became a cop to stop stuff like this, not to have it happen to me more by 'OTHER' cops."
Dragnet shook her head. "It's still not right, one day things will change." That just made me roll my eyes.
"Come on, Dragnet. There's a crime happening out there, and we're just pony-playing around."
Dragnet stood behind me for a while but eventually she followed.
Patrolling the streets of manehattan was about as fun as you'd imagine. Ponies where meaner than ever to each other and honestly, today I didn't care. I was wanting a distraction, sadly the city wasn't providing.
It was one PM by the time Dragnet decided it was time for a break, we stopped over at the Donut Joes donut shop. Nodding to the rather youthful stallion with bage coat, blue eyes and brown flowing mane, I took my order of two coffees and two donuts as I trotted over to Dragnet.
"ugh...." I sighed, My mood improved but not much, but at least Pony Joe liked me, I was his best customer, I always got extra sprinkles.
Dragnet took her donut and nuzzled my cheek. "Thanks, Blue. Wow, thems a lot of sprinkles!" she said then looked to me with those azure eyes. I couldn't help but smile a bit.
"I visited Donut Joe with my mom since I was in the womb, he always seemed to know what I wanted." With my mind at some ease with those words, I pulled out my baton and began to twirl it around my hoof, the wrist band securing it tightly around my fetlock.
"Where'd you learn that trick?" Dragnet asked with a smirk as she watched me expertly twirl the nightstick.
"My dad, he was a royal guard...." I said with a faint smile. "taught it to me, he said if I was gonna be a guard or cop, I needed to know how to look good doing it."
It was in mid twirl that the chatter from dispatch came in through our coms, causing me to loose momentum and thunk myself in the snout.
Dragnet giggled at my antics until a call came in.
"All units, all units please respond." Dispatch called out. "Robbery at the Manehattan science and magic laboratory on 23rd and June. four suspects reported to be armed and dangerous, they stole something top secrete, really hush hush and the Princess ain't happy."
I nudged Dragnet with a hoof. "Guess thats us, Dragnet." I said, as I helped her hook up to the chariot, I hopped inside and switched on the siren. "Lets roll!"
I had no idea what was about to happen... otherwise I would have stayed home and slept in. I still blame the alarm clock...
Author's Note
More look into Blue's personality, She doesn't have the best view of herself, and while Earth Ponies are strong, she preferred to have been born a unicorn or Pegasus. Again, taking ideas from life, after all who hasn't wished they were born different?
We also see Blue is a walking mat, she's often pushed around by her other officers and has no self esteem. We also meet her partner, who is the exact opposite, she is Blue's mother-figure in a way and Idolizes her.
Galloping through the streets of manehattan, a blue earth pony stallion in a black trenchcoat, wearing red goggles, and face mask knocked ponies out of his way as he hauled a large chariot behind him.
"No sign of trouble, Vex!" The stallion shouted at the chariot,
Standing inside holding their prize, covered in a tarp, a unicorn, wearing all black armor, keeping their identity secrete stood looking out the sides, he looked down at his accomplices, three stallions lay on the floor of the chariot, two were shot with magic bolts and died from their wounds, one was crouched playing lookout in the sky incase of any airborn company. Unlike their driver, the rest of Vex's team were unicorns. But only Vex kept their identity masked.
"Their dead, Vex." The stallion said. "What do we do with em?"
"They'll serve us still. Even in death they are loyal to me." Vex said, his voice masked by a vocoder.
"VEX!" The driver shouted. "We got company!"
Vex looked up. seeing the police chariot, a brown Unicorn driver and earth pony officer in the chariot.
Vex's goggles almost narrowed at the sight, but never the less he nodded. "Then lets give them a welcome." He looked down to his accomplice. "Let's send our friends down to meet them."
Said pony tilted his head, shocked to hear what he was about to have to do with his fallen comrads.
In the police chariot we continued to chase down the suspects. We noticed they began to move around the chariot, the pony in black armor looked to us as they lowered the Chariot's ramp.
"The hay are they doing?" Dragnet asked, though we got our answer fast before I could answer.
Rolling out the back and flying towards us two pony bodies flew out of the back, both unicorns, One missed my head by an inch the second it hit the front of the police chariot's front guard.
"BY THE STARS!" I yelped, nearly loosing my eye to the dead pony's horn.
Dragnet wasn't so lucky, the second body rolled and collided with her legs, tripping her and forcing her to fall into the pavement. At least she wasn't shredded by the asphalt, She was lucky to have grabbed the body to keep her face from getting torn off by the pavement.
Once we came to a full stop I looked up, they stopped long enough to look at us.
"I admire your tenacity and integrety." The armored pony said. their voice was masked somehow. "But I warn you, do not persue us, or you will end up like your friends, the royal guards at the museum and the police I had to put down like dogs."
At that they sped off. Dragnet slowly got to her hooves, her legs shook and I could tell they hurt. "Wa-was that who I think that was?"
I stared at the chariot as it turned a corner, disappearing behind a warehouse. we had them pegged, but if we didn't do anything now....
I looked to our chariot, the second body was wedged into the chariots axel and it would take too long to lodge him out.
"Dragnet, can you walk?"
The unicorn looked up at me and nodded. "Legs are a little shaky from that trip, but I'll be fine. You?"
"Call in backup." I said as I hopped out of the chariot.
Dragnet looked at me, blinking a couple times before the dots were put together. "No... nonono. We can't go after them!" She said as she unhitched herself and ran infront of me. "Did that pony in armor sound at all like he was kidding around!?"
I stopped and look into my partner's eyes, I never saw fear in them before, but all I could do was smile. "Call in backup. We're not going in alone, I'm not the smartest pony, but I have some sense."
"Not much anyways." Dragnet said with a sigh, her horn glowed. "Dispatch, this is Chariot 354, we tracked our perps to a warehouse district, they disabled the chariot and we're proceeding on foot. Be advised, Our subjects may be with the crime lord Vector Sigma, Request backup."
I stood their waiting for the reply.
"Dispatch to 354, Orders are to stay put and wait til backup arives. T-Minus, five minutes."
"Negative Dispatch!" I replied with a snort. "Suspects are aware we're close on their lair, we wait they could run."
"354, this is Dispatch, if you don't like orders, you can just turn in your badge!"
With that reply I growled, grabbing my helmet and tossing it to the ground. "Fine."
Its then I felt a hoof on my withers. "Blue, stop." I looked over to Dragnet and saw resolve in her eyes, but mixed with the reassurance of a mother who would root her foal on at practice. those eyes that you could fall in love with... "Your not turning in your badge. Your a good cop. We can either wait, or go in and at least slow them down."
Looking at my helmet on the ground I huffed. Slowly I picked the stupid thing up and put it on. "Dispatch." I said with a slow even voice. "354, Going in to at least see if we can keep an eye on the perps, will report their movements until backup arrives.... Over."
"Rodger that, 354, and.... I'm sorry. Good luck." Dispatch's responce was genuine and sensere. "Please don't get killed, Blue.... your a pain in the ass but your still one of us.... over and out."
Meanwhile, At Cyber-Technologies....
A pony overlooked the city of manehattan, his steel grey mane swept back against his head, The cloak on his back and shoulders shifted as he lifted a glass and brought it to his lips, the glint of metal revealed his foreleg to be metalic, in fact it was a prosthetic.
"Mr Fetlock," A Unicorn Pony mare spoke behind him. she was slinder, with long spendly legs, like a model from the pony magazines. "The ponies in the lab have annouced the project is ready."
"Excelent." Iron Fetlock said as he turned around. "Is all in order?"
The mare nodded. "All we need now is a... 'Candidate', for the project." She said as she approached, sliding a folder of papers to the much taller stallion. She sat on his desk and pointed to the papers.
"The only places we could find suitable bodies would be the police departments, their ponies are more than suitable for the project."
"It's not their bodies we need though." Iron Fetlock said as he looked to the mare and smiled. "Find the first... 'Fresh' Pony available. Make sure the proper proceedures are in place. I want no legal matters in the way. Make sure we get them fresh."
"Yes, Mr. Fetlock." The mare chirped with a smile.
"Thank you for your service, Aurora Lights." He said as he turned back to the window. "We'll bring you down yet, Vector Sigma. Even the ponies you brought to the grave will help us do it."
Upon searching for a while, we found the chariot, the cargo it held was gone as well as the suspects, We decided to split up as I went through the lower levels of what we found out was an old steel mill.
Dragnet went to the upper level of the Mill as I began searching the second level....
Silently trotting through the second level, Dragnet's horn glowed, pulling out her pistol, before her, with his back turned as he urinated on a piece of machinery, was one of the perpetrators, she shook her head as she got close enough.
"Put your hooves up, Neighagra Falls..." She said as she pointed the gun at him, pulling out the hoofcuffs and magic surpressing ring.
The pony finished his business and turned his head. "Well, thats not my name, but if you insist." He said.
Just as Dragnet moved to cuff the pony, however, the stallion suddenly shot out his rear hooves, bucking her in the face several times before shoving her over the railing.
Dragnet's head hit a pipe, knocking her out as she landed in a pile of carpets, seemingly dead.
Looking down the stallion shook his head. "Damn, pretty gal too."
On the First level I made my way to a secluded spot, looking through a grate at the perpetrators.
The Unicorn pulled off his goggles and mask, revealing a stallion with blond mane, light red coat, and yellow eyes.
"Ugh, I tell you, Twig, Vex keeps steeling this stuff, but I swear, it has no value on the market." the Unicorn said as he turned on the TV.
"Well," The stallion said as he returned from the second level. Dragnet must be doing well to keep out of sight. "He keeps saying its going to pay off with his contractor over seas when he gets the last thing on his list."
I activated my comlink again and wispered. "Dispatch, this is 354, where the hay's that damn backup? it's been thirty minutes!?" I said through my teeth.
"Sorry, 354." Dispatch replied. "Backup's unavailable. we can't send anyone close enough, hold tight and----
Its then my radio squeeled in my ear as it was shot off by a magic bullet. I screamed out in pain as I stumbled out of my hiding spot, completely in pain but from the pain and blood running down the side of my head, plus the fact my ear was in my hoof now I guessed it was shot off.
The two stallions quickly jumped up, "Now boys, don't make this hard on yourselves!" I said, sadly they went for their guns. "Let's play rough then!" I was with it enough that I quickly shot a round from my rifle, killing the masked pony. Leaving the one stallion and my rear attacker, but I knew who it no doubt was.
"Your brave, I give you that." A augmented voice said as a magic aura ripped my rifle from my hooves before I can fire the next shot off. "Brave, but stupid."
"Yeah...." I said nodding, trying to ignore the pain. "Stupid for sure."
Slowly I turned around, the pony in armor stood before me, his red goggles seemed to glow as the beams shrunk as they focused on me.
"No, not stupid. I admire tenacity." He said as he walked around me, throwing the rifle to his ally. "Do you know who I am?"
"Vector...." I grunted from the sudden ringing pain in my ear. or lack there-of. "Sigma."
The pony nodded as more ponies entered. "In a way your correct, I am Vex, head of the Vector Sigma corporation."
Looking around several ponies in armor similar to Vex's surrounded me, but where Vex's wore black armor, their's were sage. Some had rifles, others were Unicorns.
"F-Firing squad, For me? bit-ah,"I paused my quip from a ringing in my head. "Bit much for one pony, isn't it?"
Vex stared at me for a time, the red beams in his goggles dialated, as though he was contiplating, he turned his head to his ponies and with a single gesture all of them left.
"I don't believe in overkill." the pony finally said. he slowly aproached me and held my head with his hoof. "Your partner was too, too easy to deal with. Your no doubt be a waist of energy and ammo."
When I heard those words the world stopped.
Dragnet.
Dead.
"No."
Vex lowered his head. "I am sorry. but it looked painless. Give us that much at the least." he turned towards me and I could feel a sick grin coming from him. "I'll deal with you myself, instead."
At that moment in a flash a bolt shot from his horn, ripping my right foreleg and rear leg off, causing me to fall, the shock of it was enough for me to scream.
"Your a good cop, I hope you know." He said with that voice. "But, I must leave a... message." he looked down at me as he fired again, the next shot ripping my other rear leg off. causing me to scream again.
Vex was patient in his work, he waited until I was done screaming in shock from the blasts to kneel down to me. "I am so sorry. but you must be my messenger."
I groaned at the irony. the old saying, don't shoot the messenger. only now I'm being shot to send the messege. never the less, I was hoping backup would arrive, save me, maybe they could save my legs, but Vex kept shooting, the pain was rediculess and I felt my insides be ripped to pieces, the hell kind of spell is that!?
I stopped screaming at some point and just began to wimper, I saw from behind the cover Dragnet, holding her hoof over her mouth, I wanted to guester her to be quiet, but having no hooves made it difficult, during Vex's shooting, my last leg flew right off.
Where did he learn these spells!?
With one last shot, I screamed one last pathetic cry. I wimpered as i looked up, little was left of my torso, he was sure not to do anything to kill me immediantly.
"Your unusually strong, but my entertainment has ended. Goodbye young pony, Sleep now in Sigma's embrace."
As I looked into Dragnet's eyes I felt the final shot but all went black.
Author's Note
Villains in black armor are awesome!
Darkness.
I knew it once....
Before my life began.....
It was warm once....
Now it's....
it's....
Cold. Cold as the void, and now I must....
Wait.
No,
NO!
I'm not done yet.
Theres much I have to do still.
I have to....
I...
What do I have to do....?
How can I do it? My legs are shot off, and from those final shots my body is a mess....
Wait...
Something's wrong...
I awaken once more. the world slowly becomes bright, I can see once more, but things are.... strange.... I'm In a room... a white room.
Theres ponies milling about the room, working on machines, computers, and.... wait.... wait....
I can't move. I...
I CAN'T MOVE!
Okay, Okay, calm down.... I can't move but I can see at least. No need to freak out...
just think...
Think
Think
Think......
I.... I was a pony... Earth pony.....
I think....
Earth....
I was a police officer..... yes.
And my name is.....
My name.....is.....
My......
My name......
whats my name?
The world comes to life again, but things are strange again. It doesn't slowly come to.... it... fizzled. flickered. like a monitor.
Ponies are milling about, but theres a few around me. Hello!
"She's on." A stallion says as he types on a computer. "Looks like the system is fully intergrated into the spinal cord and brain."
"Good." A pony says, he stays in a room overlooking this one, I can't see him clearly, too far away. "Get her set up. Aurora, I want her targeting system online."
"Yes, Mr. Fetlock." The mare, Aurora I think, says as she turns to me and puts a camera lense over my eyes and starts screwing them in.
I don't feel it, but things start out blurry before sharpening.
"Their in, run a test." Aurora says as a stallion nods.
Grid lines appear over my eyes, then they fade and several target reticules appear on everypony's face, Not wanting to hurt anypony I switch it off.
"The hell?" the stallion nearby says noticing what I did. "She turned em off?"
"Don't worry, just so long as they work it don't matter."
The world goes dark again.
The world comes to life again, computer jargon scrolls down the left bottom side of my vision as I look around, I can move my 'eyes' I guess, and I can pivot my head.
"Hey look!"
A voice catches my attention, I turn my head to look at the source of the voice and see ponies, their working on what looks like a large model of an armored pony. It's shaped like a mare, but it's incomplete, no legs, it has no paint, it looks familiar though...
The stallion from before is with them.
"So your awake, good to see that your operational." The cloaked pony said.
"Mr. Fetlock the new forehoof is in." A pony in a doctors coat said as they bring in a mechanical foreleg.
Mr. Fetlock looks the leg over and looks at the hoof. "I said I wanted full mechanical automotation and adaptability." he said with a frown. "it looks like any other foreleg."
The doctor smiled as he puts in some data from his computer.
The foreleg raised and extended, the hoof cracked open in four segments, followed by four individual mechanical fingers extended out.
"The graspers retract and extend, we figured it be easier to keep the pony design recognizable and better for the populace to see familiarity. That's why we kept the Female Gender design, Ponies will see a mare as more friendly for foals." The doctor said as he pushed another button. He took a piece of metal rebar and put it in the fingers grasp.
They proceeded to crush the pipe to a pulp, parts of it falling off.
"I'm impressed, put it on her shoulder." Fetlock said as he smiled at me. "And be sure to wipe her memory when finished...."
The world greeted me once more, I felt nearly complete, but only just. the world was dark outside, but I see the moon, the mare in the moon was there as it always has been..... Wait... it just disappeared....
Strange....
Darkness returned.
Iron Fetlock stood before a podium at the city park, he cleared his throat as the Equestrian Press, the Local Police, and even Princess Celestia along with a smaller Alicorn, one with a dark blueberry coat, blue mane, and blue eyes. They watched as he made a speech.
"Mares and Gentlecolts," He began, looking to Celestia, "Princess Celestia as well." he said with a chuckle, "Manehattan has a cancer, the cancer is crime."
He looked at the police as he continued. "Our ponies in blue have fought diligently, but lately crime has gotten more dangerous, more.... sinister."
He stepped out of behind the podium and walked around. "I grew up in this city, I seen it turn from a golden metropolis into a crime infested puss filled zit!" he spat, looking to the buildings as he shook his head. "Well, Now we have a cure. A vaccine."
Stepping back behind the podium the stallion looked to Princess Celestia. "Your majesty, if you'd be so kind as to be ready, you will be helping with our demonstration."
Celestia looked around, rather confused, but she smiled and stepped up on stage.
Fetlock turned to the audience and smiled. "Allow me to show you our Vaccine...."
The floor of the stage opened as a large figure rose from a platform rising it up, It's body consisted of metal, painted steel blue, it's face was like a pony complete with a mouth, two eyes that at the moment were dark, and even had a mane and tail that were made of fiberoptic wires.
Behold, our Enforcement Cyborg, we call it a Cyberpony." Fetlock said with a grin as the audience laughed. "As you've noticed I'm not great with speaches, so lets drag this on no further...."
LOADING SYS.EXE
Light.... light once more. The read out on the bottom left of my sight showed everything running at acceptable levels.
Looking around I found myself to be outside, on a stadium of somekind, infront of a crowd of ponies, looking at all the faces, I can't help but feel familiarity with some of the ones my readout shows as officers of the law.
"With that out of the way," A voice calls my attention, I turned to see Iron Fetlock, which my Hud shows as 'Creator' stands at a podium. "Let us begin the demonstration."
I step up, I knew what to do, Even as instructions fill my CPU, I can predict them as these have been ran before.
"Cyberpony." Iron Fetlock said, turning to me, "Let us start with a hostage situation." he motioned his hoof to Princess Celestia as he pulled out a weapon, my scans showed it was empty but I played along as the demo program told me to.
He stood before the Princess and bowed to her. "Your majesty, I wish for permission for this demonstration only to make you my hostage."
Celestia blinked but chuckled. "Very well. I'll allow it."
Iron Fetlock smiled as he wispered in her ear, "Alright, the demonstration is you must be in distress. so play along."
Celestia nodded and thus the demonstration began.
Fetlock grabbed Celestia and held her with a forleg and the gun to her timple.
"THIS IS A HOLD UP!" He shouted, "I want a chariot, Twenty Million bits, and No Funny Business!"
He was a lousy actor, but my demo mode kicked in.
My eyes flashed red as the plates on my sides slid open, two rifles trained themselves on Iron Fetlock's forehead and Pistol. Data was showing me the best rout of action was to fire at the pistol first then take out the gunman. But progaming told me to try and talk the situation down first.
"HALT!" I yelled. "Let the Princess go. Theres no way out of this if you harm her." my senthetic voice stated as I ran the outcome of the situation.
"Your bluffing officer!" Fetlock said, as he continued. "No I'm not going to jail!"
"Oh, Please help me." The princess said. Ugh, she's an even worse actoress then fetlock! "I fear he may fire that weapon at my head and slightly annoy me." Yep, the worst, maybe even terrible.
Thus the demo played its conclusion to my sensores. I fired two rounds at once, both of which for the demonstration where paintball pellets.
Iron Fetlock fell to the floor and groaned. holding his head. I moved up and proceeded to cuff him. "You are under arrest, you have the right to remain silent..." I continued to read his rights to him until the demo completed.
Once done I removed the cuffs and stood aside, lowering my gaze and looking at the crowd.
"As you can see," Iron Fetlock said as he got up. "Cyberpony is capable of using none leathal force, however if the situation is extreme, she is equipped with twin magic bolt rifles, in this case, they were paintball guns, and yes they hurt like hay."
The crowd laughed as they saw him whipe off the paint from his forehead.
"Cyberpony is also Equipped with automatic repair talismens and a sonic emitter. She's capable of surviving any climent of the year. Rain, sleet, snow, theres nothing this pony can't handle.... Any questions?"
A reporter rose her hoof. Iron Fetlock nodded to her and as I looked at her I felt familiarity to her face.
"Yes, Open Mic with manehattan news, How is it you refer to it as a She? It's none gender, so...."
Iron Fetlock smiled as he looked at me, "A wonderful question, you see, we chose a female form was better for the city population to identify with Cyberpony, were it stallion, it would have looked too intimidating. Being a mare however, Cyberpony can gain the popularity with foals of both genders, infact I can see toys being sold of Cyberpony for both colts and fillies!"
I tuned him out as I continued to scan the audience, my optics focusing once more on the police officers. one in particular. A brown unicorn with Azure eyes looked back at me, we stared at each other for a time before I was knocked out of my trance, as my ears swiveled forward and down.
"Is it possible I may ask Cyberpony a question?" Open Mic asked
Fetlock shrugged. "I see no issue with that."
My optics trained on Open Mic and I leaned in as she approached.
"Cyberpony, I'm Open---
"Open Mic, Reporter for Manehattan news station MHEQ, What is your question?" I asked, My systems didn't know that..... I did.... Furthermore my voice wasn't synthetic, it felt.... natural.... almost giddy.
Open Mic just stared at me for a moment, but ever the reporter she shook her head and smiled. "Yes well, I see I have another fan." She giggled. "Well, what's your message to the criminals in Manehattan."
"I'm not Pony-Playing around," I said, I could have sworn the brown unicorn's eyes bulged out when I said that, odd. "I don't play nice either!"
Open Mic smiled. "Pony-Playing around, I....I never heard that term...."
Fetlock looked at me with scrutinous eyes, he spoke in a headset making sure he wasn't heard. "I thought we wiped her memories?' I heard it crystal clear.
I looked over the crowd and the next part of my programming appeared. "Now, if you'll excuse me, I have work to do. Late cops get killed."
"Late Cops get killed."
Upon hearing those words Dragnet began running out of the audience. the Police chief followed.
"Dragnet!" Lock n' key yelled. "DRAGNET, STOP!"
Slowing to a stop and watching the now famed Cyberpony walk down the street, she panted.
"Chief...."
"I know." Lock-And-Key said as he watched as well. "Those bastards!"
"Only Blue said Pony-play... it was her thing...." Dragnet said as they watched the machine walk to a crosswalk. it.... she was almost out of sight.
"I always told her 'Officers who come in late, get killed'." The chief said shaking his head. "Maybe, maybe it's just programming?"
Dragnet stood there for a while, but as the Cyberpony left her sight, she had a feeling in her heart that she was right.
"No, it's more than that. the way she said it." the Brown Unicorn said as she turned to face the chief. "It was her voice, chief."
Lock n' Key looked at where they believe their old friend walked off, "Lets go find her then."
"Chief Lock n' Key, I presume?" A sudden voice called out.
With a jolt, the police chief and Dragnet turned. there stood Fetlock and Celestia.
Fetlock grinned, "I must say, Cyberpony is operating quite well."
"Yes...." Dragnet said as she looked him over. "Tell me, Mr. Fetlock, how did you make it? Couldn't just be spare parts and a can opener?"
Fetlock grinned, a mare walked up beside him holding a tablet. "Company secrete I'm afraid, Say, are you interested in the partner program?"
Dragnet tilted her head. "Partner?"
With a toothy smile, Fetlock nodded. "Well, she needs a partner. Only feels right. So, you interested?"
Looking at her chief, Lock n' Key only nodded to her. Thus Dragnet nodded. "Sure, Gotta make sure, she don't get into trouble like she used to."
The grin on Fetlock's muzzle was ripped right off. he blinked at her before chuckling. "I'm sure you think you might know what she is, but she's product, she's a machine, nothing more."
"I'm sure." Dragnet said as she turned to go find her partner. "Sign me up for it."
Trotting down the street I focused on greeting the locals as my program instructed, I stopped a moment as I felt a presence behind me, turning around I saw the brown Unicorn from before. Scanning the database of known officers of her description, a name came up.
"Greetings officer Dragnet." I said in a monotone voice. "How may I assist you?"
The unicorn simply stared at me with wide eyes, like she saw a ghost. I wondered if she was ill. My systems did a scan.
"Officer Dragnet, your blood pressure, and heart rate is skyrocketed. Do you require me to alert an emergency responce unit?"
Finally the Unicorn shook her head and responded. A smile shun upon her face, a smile I can't help haunts me like a spirit of an old life. I just can't recall.
"No, no it's perfectly fine." Officer Dragnet said as she sighed. "Sorry, you just.... remind me of somepony."
I stood and watched the officer in question. Voice stress analyzer dictated she was not being deceptive, but something was wrong. Still she was not suspect of a crime, therefore I could not ask further.
"I" She began, "I signed up for the partner program, if you'll take me?"
I looked the Unicorn over, she looked fit and a Unicorn would be good for a partner. I ran her file in my database, no red flags came up and her phsyce profile was clean, minus a two month depression period from loosing her partner six years ago.
"I will be glad to have you, Officer Dragnet." I stated as I turned and continued my Civilian intigration.
"What are you doing?" Dragnet asked as she walked behind me.
Many ponies stopped their taskes to look at me, they were weary at first, as predicted, but due to my mare gender identification I appeared less aggressive and due to that I was easier to accept. This helped me to identify any crimes that would occour.
"I am doing a walk through the city to my assigned precinct." I said as I looked around, then I noticed a felony in progress.
At an ATM machine, a mare was trying to hack the interface, using a fake card.
"C'mon you piece of---
"HALT!" I cried out. "Your committing a felony, Give yourself up, don't make this hard on yourself!"
The mare stopped and looked at me, she looked me over for a time before smiling, from her dress she pulled out a magic bolt rifle.
"Long Live Sigma!" She cried out as she started firing on me.
The bolts simply bounced off my external armor plating, never the less I had the local bystanders to protect as well, the bolts the mare fired could kill a pony easy, Dragnet hid behind me for cover as she pulled out her pistol and returned fire.
"You must like trouble then." I said as I deployed one of my bolt rifles. "Cease fire and surrender, this is your final warning."
"Some stroll around the city!" Dragnet yelled as she fired a round at the mare shooting out her foreleg. "You come back to us for one hour and already somepony's shooting at us!"
The mare fell to the ground, holding her foreleg while trying to fire her bolt rifle, I simply had enough and targeted the rifle, My programming stated I must attempt to bring the criminal in alive for trial, I can however kill if the pony presented enough of a threat to bystanders, but capture is most encouraged.
It's when my targeting system locked onto the mare's rifle that I fired.
CHOOM CHOOM CHOOM!
The sound of my bolt rifle roared, blasting the rifle out of the mares grip, shattering it to pieces and melting the metal parts. The mare layed on the ground in shock at what had happened to her weapon, she turned to look at me and slowly rose her hooves to the air.
"I---I surrender, o-Officer..." she said with a weak voice.
I scanned her voice, no deception. I slowly scanned the perimiter and found no bystanders were harmed. I moved up to Cuff the mare and read her her rights, I then sent a messege to dispatch to come and pick her up for booking.
Watching the Cyberpony, the one she believed was once her partner take down the armed mare on the street left Dragnet shocked.
"Amazing..." She thought as Cyberpony cuffed the mare and called it in. "Well done, partner. So want to get back to meet and greet, or you want to head to the station?" She asked, with her trademark smile.
That's when Cyberpony's own face changed, her mouth dropped slightly and left ear drooped.
"You do remember me, huh?" Dragnet said under her breath. "I knew it, I knew it was you, Silver Blue."
It was a moment, but Cyberpony's mouth clamped shut and nodded. "Yes, lets go to the station, my hanger bay should be completed."
"And, now she's gone." Dragnet sighed, fallen crested as she nodded. "Alright, Partner."
Walking to the police station, Dragnet watched Cyberpony, she looked like Silver Blue, her armor color was Grey with a blue shine to it, her eyes glowed bright blue, and the mane, though they were LED Fiber Optic Cables, they glowed Blue, it had to be her, but the cyborg lacked a cutie mark. The only difference was she was taller than Silver Blue was, but that could just be because of her being bigger because she was a machine.
'It feels like her, though.' Dragnet said as she watched her cyborg companion. 'Blue and I were partners for four years before her death, long enough to get a feel for a pony, and I feel her now.'
-Dragnet's Perspective-
Once arriving at the Princinct, Cyb (Cute nickname I think I'll use for her, oh yes lets see how blue reacts to that?) and I made our way to a room that was picked out for her. the room was decked out with computers and instruments made specifically to monitor or in some cases if needed, repair her. Also in the room where some technitians, few stood out.
Trotting to a seat, Cyb sat down, the mare who was with Iron Fetlock was there to address her.
"When at rest or in repair, your to sit in this chair." She said as she glanced at me. "Your the partner right?" I simply nodded. "Excelent, your not needed here however, but I see no reason to keep you from seeing your new partner."
"Cyb and I are sure to be good friends." I stated with a smirk, getting a look by the mare and Cyb even looked up at me rather perplexed, stange, you wouldn't think a mechanical face wouldn't have such a wide range of expression.
"Cyb, huh?" The mare said as she turned back to our pony in question. "Now, I see you had a live test of your rifles."
Cyb nodded. "Yes." she simply replied.
The mare simply jotted something down before cantering off.
'Tart.' I thought, no doubt Iron Fetlock's eye candy secretary. I huffed and turned to my partner. "So," I began, gaining her attention. "When you ready to head out?"
Cyb stared at me before looking at the technitians.
"She needs a few more moments for her system to be collaborated." A fellow unicorn mare in a doctors outfit said. "Oh, I'm Gear Grinder, I'm one of the ponies who programmed Cyberpony's directives and made it so she doesn't go mustang on us."
An Earth Pony stallion raised his foreleg. "Call me Bolt Wrench, I designed and built Cyberpony's body and dura-frame." he said with pride. "I see in the data you used her for a bullet shield, good, but don't do it too often, a magic bullet could bounce off something and hit you."
I blinked. "Good to know." I said before looking at my partner, then I noticed behind her, a strange dispenser. "What's that?" I asked trotting to it.
Bolt Wrench looked up at the contraption, he grabbed a cup and held it to a nozzle at the bottom, pulling a lever a paste came out. "Cyberpony is a cyborg, she utilizes living tissue that needs nurishment to survive." he smiled and passed the cup to me. "Go ahead it's safe."
Taking the cup with magic I took a sip. "This is applesauce."
"She has an extremely sensitive and simple digestive system." He said pointing to Cyb. "Don't let her eat anything but soft foods. it could rupture her stomach."
I nodded furviously. "Okay, gotcha."
Cyb then raised to her hooves and looked to me. "Ready to roll?"
'There's Blue again.' I thought and gave a smile. "C'mon Cyb, lets go bust some badguys."
-Cyberpony's Perspective-
After aquiring a chariot, custom made with compartments for spare limbs and a com system. I stood watching Dragnet hitch herself in.
"You do not need to be the one to pull it." I said watching her. She simply rolled her eyes.
"I always drive when breaking in a new partner, Cyb." She said with a smile. I didn't know why I earned a nickname, no matter. I can tell we will at least be friends and work well together.
It strangely felt right.
Once I climbed in and we left the precinct, I began scanning for crimes, the sun was lowering and night was starting, what better time to stop crime as they begin to start?
Author's Note
Now you can see how my writing and story telling is garbage! I'm trying, Darnit!
Anyone wanna help me out, their free to, just keep in mind I'm not online a lot.
As we trotted through the City, we've busted five criminal organizations over two months, I noticed how calm the city became since my activation. Looking around the street lamps reflected off my armor, Its when I looked at my reflection something weird happened. A face looked back but it wasn't mine.
"What happened to me?" I asked myself, but it wasn't current me, it was an old me I can't remember, My own reflection felt foreign, wrong.
Dragnet heard me, she stopped and looked up at me looking at myself in my reflection. "Cyb, what's wrong?"
I continued to star at my reflection. "No, this is wrong, my face, it's wrong!" I jumped out of the chariot and looked around.
The city, it was familiar, too familiar. "Why, why do I remember this!?"
-Dragnet's Perspective-
Cyb looked around, she wasn't rampaging, but she was starting to worry me. I had no choice, I had to convince her she was a pony who was dead for a while.
"Cyb, why's the city look wrong to you?" I asked, unhitching myself from the chariot.
Cyb looked around, it's then I realized what was wrong with her, this is where she used to live, when she was Silver Blue anyways.
"This is where a pony used to live, Cyb." I explained. this won't be fun. "Her name was Silver Blue, she was a police pony."
Cyb seemed to calm, almost like whatever programming inside her head took over. "Silver Blue, yes, she was a police officer, she died six years ago, didn't she?"
I blinked, Shit lost her again. "Yes, she was my partner. You remind me of her."
Cyb lowered her head and nodded. "I see."
Once we got that sorted we returned to the chariot and made our way to downtown Manehattan.
"All units, All Units!" Dispatch called on the radio. "A 359 in Progress at the Manehattan museum of art, suspects are associated with Vector Sigma, all units be advised."
Cyb grabbed the mic and responded. "10-4, Cyber Chariot en-rout."
I could almost hear Dispatch, (yes, dear, that's the pony's name.) balk from hearing the voice. "B-Blue, erm, Rodger, Cyber Chariot, be careful this time.... All units, did I hear that voice correctly?"
Cyb turned the radio off and proceeded to unload her side rifles. I made a sharp turn around a corner as I galloped towards the scene.
-Cyberpony's Perspective-
Once we arrived, I saw the culprits in action, One pony wearing goggles and a face mask was helping load the Heart of Celestia, A large diamond into a truck.
"Be advised, Dragnet," I began. "They're armed with magic spells that cause concussion damage to a pony's body."
Dragnet was silent, she nodded and with a snort she galloped faster, she quickly unhitched herself and dogrolled away from the chariot as I jumped out, Firing my rifles at the suspects.
Three fell from my shots, one stopped at looked at me, charging his horn.
"Think it over, creep!" I said as I targeted his horn. "You like to play rough? So do I!"
The stallion's horn stopped glowing. "What?"
"Give it up!" Dragnet yelled, training her pistol on the suspect. "Your going down for what you did to my friend!"
The stallion looked at Dragnet, then at me. The look he gave me however was as though he saw a ghost.
"I know you." he said before firing a bolt that harmlessly bounced off my hull. "Your dead! I saw it! Boss killed you, WE KILLED YOU!"
I lowered my rifles, I recorded the whole admission, but kept replaying it. What did he mean?
-Dragnet's Perspective-
"YOU SON OF A BITCH!" I screamed, firing at the stallion, he bolted and ran towards the truck.
At the corner of my eye, Cyb had the look of shock on her face, I couldn't blame her. Finding out you were killed then brought back must be a shock to her, still I wish she'd wait til the perp was down!
"Cyb!" I yelled. "CYB!" I yelled once more, nudging her. "Snap out of it!"
-Cyberpony's Perspective-
"Your dead! I saw it! Boss killed you, WE KILLED YOU!"
I kept playing the recording. Stress analyzer indicated no deceit. He was telling the truth, still the perp was getting away and I needed to act!
Targeting my rifles I aimed for the tuck's tires as it began to speed off, causing it to flip and crash into another building.
Moving towards the truck I busted the windshield and pulled the pony out, he was groaning and looked extremely hurt.
"Who are you?" I asked, He only groaned and tried to flail at me to let him go. "WHO ARE YOU!?"
Finally he passed out, there will be no answers here. Looking to Dragnet, she was giving me a pair of sympathetic eyes, she knew something, I needed to know.
Making my way towards her, I think I startled her, not realizing my rifles weren't retracted she backed away a bit.
"Cyb." She said in a shaky voice. "Cyb, calm down."
"What did he mean?" I asked, my voice sounding desperate, almost frightened. "WHO AM I!?"
Dragnet blinked, she looked to me and finally sighed. She moved up to me and hugged me. "Your Silver Blue, Cyb."
Looking at her I shook my head, I scanned the Police database and found out that indeed there was a pony officer named Silver Blue, she was brutally murdered by Vex, head of the gang, Vector Sigma.
"How is it, I couldn't be her." I said looking at my hooves.
Dragnet sighed again, she tapped at my rifles, reminding me to retract them. "I don't know, I can start an investigation if you wish?"
I stood beside Dragnet, I felt closeness to her, running the bio on Silver Blue, I found she and Dragnet both were close friends and partners.
I felt like a monster now. I felt, I felt emotion that wasn't in my programming. Confusion, sadness, but most of all anger.
"Help me." I said.
"Gladly." Dragnet said as we began our way back to the chariot.
Once returning to the precinct, I found myself in my chair, Bolt Wrench stood running tests after tests. I was getting angrier.
"There was a hickup earlier." The Gear Grinder said as she looked at the data that was printed out. "What happened out there?"
Dragnet coughed. She replied before I could. "We had a Criminal admit to a crime. Just not the one of theft."
Bolt Wrench and Gear Grinder raised their brows. "What crime was that?"
I rose my head and simply said. "The murder of Officer Silver Blue."
The two technicians looked to each other, after a long maddening silence, Bolt spoke.
"Cyberpony, you have to understand."
I bared my teet, mechanical as they were. "I Want to know! WHO AM I!?"
The two looked at each other before nodding.
"Fine," Gear Grinder said before she picked up a file. "When she joined the force, Silver Blue became an organ donor." she said as I read the file.
"This doesn't explain anything." Dragnet said as she grabbed the files. "You don't just use a pony to make a cyborg, there's more to it!"
Bolt nodded. "Your right," he said as he pulled up Cyb's schematics on a computer. "You see, when the Cyberpony program began, we needed a Pony's Central Nervous system, The brain, and their spinal cord."
On the screen schematics of my body showed the brain and spinal cord, secured snugly in my head, with wires and cables connected to it.
"Then why is she now remembering who she was?" my partner asked. "Is she Blue or not!?"
The technicians looked at each other, then Gear Grinder sat down.
"In all honesty, we don't know." she said before continuing. "Cyberpony's brain while organic was bonded with a cpu, whatever is causing her to recall Blue's identity can and will progress, it could drive her mad."
Dragnet looked at them with a raised brow. "Is there a way for us to get Blue back?"
"Of course!" Bolt chirped beside me, as he opened a plate on my skull, having pulled back the plate that attached my mane. "The only way to erase the Cyberpony program while letting the host brain to gain full control is by two methods."
Gear Grinder nodded, pulling up another schematic. "You could reset her completely, like a factory reset, the programs disappear," she said with a groan before shaking her head. "But with the time it takes for the system to reboot, you'd kill the brain."
"The other way," Bolt said as he closed my cranial casing. "Is to give her 2,000 volts of electrical shock."
"Which could expload her brain, which could kill her then and there." Gear finished. "No real safe way to do it."
Dragnet groaned which turned into a frustrated scream. I ran the outcomes in my head, when coming to the police station, I noticed a power junction, 2,000 volts of power, easy to get to.
As they continued to argue I pulled the cables from my body and walked out, ignoring Dragnet and the technicians protests, either they were confused of my sudden departure or Dragnet knew my plan.
No matter.
Walking the halls, I passed several officers. They watched me go outside, some were curious and followed me out, until I got to the junction box and ripped out a cable.
"WAIT, STOP!" Nightstick, I recall her name, said.
Taking a bite out of the exposed cable my body, systems, everything lit up.
-Dragnet-
Running outside I was shocked to see Cyb take a bite out of an exposed cable, sparks and bolts of electricity shot out everywhere, but Cyb's exhaust vents shooting sparks was the most terrifying thing I've seen on the force, it was like seeing my friend die all over again.
Ponies tried to pull her away only to refrain as they knew if they touched her they too would be shocked, thus I looked around, finding a plastic pipe on the ground I grabbed it with my magic.
Galloping to Cyb's side, I gave it a good swing and knocked the cable out of Cyb's mouth and grip, then knocked her away from the power junction, it was a spectacular light show, but I couldn't care about that.
Laying on the ground, Cyb's eyes flicked like busted bulbs and I was worried she killed herself.... Again!
"Cyb, CYB! talk to me, girl! CYB!" I said as I tried to nudge her, she was damn hot though, almost melting my hooves.
Smoke rose from her exhaust ports and I worried I had lost my friend once more. However I couldn't help but grin as her eyes flickered back to their bright blue, she looked around at us, I hadn't noticed the other officers around us as they put coats on her to help cool her off.
"Cyb, can you hear me?" I asked as I knelt to her. "Don't tell me your dead again."
looking at me she smiled. "Long time no see, Dragnet."
Hearing that voice, unaltered by synthetic monotone, it wasn't a corporate Cyborg pony anymore. I knew when I heard that voice again.... I had my friend back.
-Cyb---Silver Blue-
My head Hurt!
Looking at everypony's faces, I saw old friends, faces I haven't seen since... wait how long was I out? Looking around I felt my body, it wasn't mine, nor was it natural, I moved my hooves up and saw, not furry forelimbs and hooves, but metal ones!
"I take a nap, and I wake up with metal legs?" I said as I slowly got up, it's then I noticed the computer jargon on the lower left of my vision. "What happened to me?"
Dragnet, who I saw when I woke up just lowered her head.
"I wasn't asleep was I?" I asked, seeing her shake her head, I noticed the rest of my body. "Holy shit! Am I, Am I a cyborg!?"
It's that moment my partner glomped me, well tried to, she couldn't exactly knock me down, I was strong now, so that's a plus.
"Who cares!" She yelled, "I'm just happy to have my partner back!"
At the corner of my eyes.... optics... whatever, I noticed Nightstick, along with my fellow officers. "How long was I gone?"
"Six years." Nightstick said. "And I am..." She began to sob. "I am so sorry for how I treated you, we all are!"
The realization hit me like a brick house, which I guess now, probably wouldn't bother me, But I felt the world come to reality and I realized...
"I missed the Chief's birthday, didn't I?"
Everypony just laughed at me for some reason, but none the less they began to hug me, It was strange, and I'm sure I wasn't comfortable to hug.
"Silver Blue!"
I turned and saw Chief Lock and Key, he looked older and had more grays on him if that was possible... was he wearing a wig?
"Nice wig sir." I said, with a smile.
The chief blinked at me but a smile formed on his muzzle none the less.
"Welcome back to the force, kid."
I lowered my head and a frown formed on my lips. I knew from what memory I had there were some loose ends. One of the most important came to mind.
"Did anypony save my Ponyformers toy collection?" I asked with a tilt of my head. Everypony laughed but I sighed. "I'm being serious. I ate several boxes of cereal, collected a hundred box tops, and shopped at ten stores to get those."
I sat in the weird room with Two ponies poking and prodding me, I had wires connected to me and a new pony had just entered, she held a strange rectangle in her hooves. She was pretty thorough.
"I see," The mare, who my hud was showing off as Aurora Lights, stated as she looked at the rectangle. "We weren't sure it's possible to undo the programming. Unexpected..."
Dragnet glared at the mare as she stalked up to her, and there's Mama Dragon, coming to protect her babies.
"I hope your not planning to erase her! We know you tried before!" She said, a snort followed, behind her was the whole precinct, even Dispatch was there, a cute Pegasus pony with a silver mane, gray eyes, and light gray coat, she wore her jacket so her cutie mark was covered. But it's of a badge with two wings.
Aurora smiled as she looked at Dragnet like she was a butterfly, one she could easily swat away. "We could, yes." her smile melted as she looked at me. "It would be very easy. I have another programming chip stowed away in my office and I could easily have it installed."
"OH, COME ON!" Nightstick yelled. "Let Blue stay!"
The others in the room shouted in agreement. I stayed quiet, honestly I was nervous of this development. In three hours I learned that not only did I died, but my brain and skull were put in a cyborg's body for a crime fighting program. My real body of all things is still in the cemetery, rotting!
Aurora smiled, patiently waiting for silence to calm the room, once it did she spoke. "Yes, I could reinstall the program, but..." She paused to look at me, "We anticipated this outcome, so long as Cyberpony is operational, there is no need, besides. It's not like she can do much about her predicament now. She belongs to us, fair and simple." She said before trotting off.
"That's Bullshit!" The chief yelled. "She's still a Pony, Let her go!"
Aurora stopped and looked back at me. "If anypony wishes to buy her, they're more then welcome to. All they'll need is twelve million bits for parts and repairs, as well as keeping the technicians employed to keep her running." She looked at Dragnet and smirked. "Needless to say, I don't think anypony here has the money to buy such expensive equipment, let alone maintain it."
Once Aurora left, I sighed. Great, I'm out six years and now I'm property, equipment, as Aurora so 'nicely' put it.
"I'm doomed."
Dragnet looked at me and shook her head, hugging me tight despite the fact my new body didn't have any give to be hugged. Must be uncomfortable, and why do I smell like burnt wire?
"Your not doomed!" She said, looking to everypony. "Does anypony got some bits to spare?"
The chief shook his head. "Not that much, sorry kid." He said as he rubbed his chin. "Anypony got any ideas?"
Nightstick rose a hoof. "I have one. Princess Celestia and Luna, they might help?"
"Who's Luna?" I asked with a raised mechanical brow, gosh I won't be used to this for a long time. "Why ask Celestia? Where was she when I was getting killed?"
Dispatch nodded. "I'll send a letter." She said before leaving the room.
Dragnet smiled at me. "I know you never cared for the Princess, Blue, but she can help, I'm sure of it!"
I snorted, which gave off a hot steam, okay that's cool. "Yes, and I'm sure she'll go on about friendship and magic too."
Author's Note
Blue's back, Time for some fun!
Sitting in my chair, I sipped at my applesauce in a cup as we waited for the reply from Princess Celestia. I didn't hold my breath, even if I could. One of the technician ponies had one of my panels open on my back, a Stallion named Bolt Wrench, who was replacing some wiring. Explained the burnt wire smell.
"Don't abuse yourself too much," Bolt said as he pulled out a component, checking it's circuitry. "Otherwise you won't get the new augmentations we're planning."
"What augmentations?" I asked with a raised brow, I sipped the last of my applesauce and handed the empty cup off to Gear Grinder. Cute unicorn. Damn if only I had something of my old self.
"Well," Bolt said as he made the final repairs and closed the panel. "For one, the schematics used an earth pony like you to make you as you are now," he said as he came around in front of me and opened my chest panel, exposing all kinds of glowy, mechanical, crazy crap. "It makes you the easiest to modify, we have a winged pack being manufactured."
"Wait," I said with wide eyes, optics, whatever. "I get a jetpack? Cool!"
Bolt grinned at me. "That got you in a good mood, huh?" He chuckled while finishing his work and closes the panel.
I did as I was asked, both rifles ejected from my sides, I looked them over, they were magic bolt rifles that used arcane crystals as ammo, They were each attached to a double jointed arm that allowed full range of movement while keeping the rifles close to my sides. Needless to say they looked powerful, I was careful not to accidentally fire them off. Tempting as it were.
Bolt moved to my side, checking the arms. Its then Dragnet came in, I couldn't help but smile once I saw her.
"Hey, Partner." She said with that motherly smile of hers. "So, is she good to go see the Princess, now? Or do you need to buff her paint?"
Bolt tapped the rifles, which I took to mean to retract them, he looked at my partner and sighed. "Everything's working like a charm. Although, She could use a new wax job."
Dragnet looked me over and shook her head. "She looks fine, Bolt."
Gear giggled. "She's seeing the Princess, and you want to polish her like a new chariot, Bolt, cut the pony a break. She doesn't need training wheels."
Bolt looked me over, he was honestly considering training wheels on me! "Do I get the pretty ribbons on my ears too?" I asked, which made Dragnet and Gear bust out laughing. Even I had to giggle as I pictured myself with ribbon on my ears and maybe those trading cards on my legs.
Bolt rolled his eyes as he grabbed a rag and rubbed down my optics, Gosh, it was weird! "Let me at least polish your eyes, you have dust on them."
I gently moved him aside, (So I don't accidentally send him across the room). "I'm not a foal, I can see fine."
Getting up from my chair I checked my legs and stretched out, a whirring sound could be heard as I did so, my systems checked everything was green as I made my way to the door.
In the main hall of the station, everypony looked their best. Guess with the Princess coming to visit, we had to look our best, I was no exception, much to my surprise, my armor did get buffed, waxed, even washed out. My mane even got a good air-blasting, Gear Grinder used a can of air spray to clean any dust and debris.
It's been a month since the letter was sent and we got a reply, the whole city was made to be on it's best behavior, even the criminals took the day off. That or because I arrested or killed them. Some weren't cooperative sadly. No matter, like I'll feel bad for shooting a pedophile in the head while he was using a foal as a body shield.
Upon hearing the trumpets, the doors opened and Two Alicorns entered the station, a red carpet was rolled out for them and several guards came in to flank the Princesses as they entered, One I instantly recognized as Celestia, goddess of the sun, the other not so much, I accessed the Equestrian database and found out her name was Princess Luna, Goddess of the moon, she had a record of once being Nightmare Moon reformed.
A crier entered the room and spoke, "Introducing, their majesties, Princess Celestia, and Princess Luna!"
Everypony bowed, I was too nervous to do so but Dragnet tapped my shoulder with a 'Clank, Clank.' I looked at her and bowed, my legs whirring as I did.
Celestia must have spotted me easy, hay I was the easiest to notice in the room, I was still normal sized pony, but it's hard not to notice the one ton cyborg in the room. She moved swiftly with Luna behind her, I had to admit, I liked Luna's demeanor, she didn't carry herself like her sister did.
When I saw Celestia's hooves before me I rose, she looked me over for a while and I couldn't help but start get a little freaked out by the stare.
"So, Cyberpony, I take it?" She asked with a regal voice, her eyes scanned me over, no doubt I scanned her back, I was getting weird power read outs.
"Silver Blue, Actually." I corrected, I had told everypony in the precinct to address me as Silver Blue or just Blue, Cyberpony was for the public to address me.
Celestia nodded. "Yes, I see. I have read the letter and looked into the matter, it seems you've been not only stolen away from the world but brought back. By rather unsavory means."
She was pissing me off now.
Dragnet however came to my rescue.
"Your majesty," She said as she bowed. "uhm, Officer Dragnet Badge, I was Blue's partner for four years before her death, she's my best friend. But the company that made her, well...."
"Yes," Luna finally spoke. "We've read into the matter, when it was brought to my desk I discovered Cyber-Pony-Tech was thorough about legalities. However, considering the circumstances, I'm sure something can be done." I like this princess.
Celestia here however... "It may be difficult," Oh, come on! "Cyber-Pony-Tech has full ownership of the technology that she was built with. They own the rights to her as it were. Lots of legal tape you know."
I lowered my head, things are already looking down.
"There has to be something you can do?" Chief asked. "She's still a pony, can't you make a decree to make her a citizen?"
Luna tilted her head, as though in thought, Celestia looked at her with a puzzled stare but sighed.
"We could, but there's legal tape to get through, still-" She looked at me with sad eyes, eyes that started to make my circuits sizzle. "Never the less, I am very sorry, when you passed, I was very heartbroken."
What?
"I know the names of all my ponies, My heart ached with your fellow officers when I heard---
"Shut up." I said in a low tone.
She heard me however, her eyes went wide as she saw my eyes look up at her, they were usually their light blue glow, but I'm sure they were edging on purple or maybe orange.
"SHUT UP!" I finally yelled stomping a hoof so hard the room echoed when the marble shattered. "You say you know me, yet you asked for my NAME, you didn't know my name! Then you say you felt it when I passed, I didn't die, I was MURDERED!"
No doubt my eyes were full on glowing red now, the guards were ready to step in, but I could see they thought twice on the matter. Celestia was about to speak again but her sister placed a hoof on her shoulder and shook her head, the taller Alicorn pressed on, however.
"I am sorry to hear that," She said, "However---
"Where were you!?" I yelled, it was a rhetorical question, but one I needed an answer to.
Celestia tilted her head. "I'm unsure of your---
I pressed on, further. "Where were you when I was being killed!?" I clarified. "You say how you know our names, how you felt the pain of our loss!" I was unaware my gun panels were opening, but I didn't care. "You don't know what pain I felt, To be shot while the pony who fired those spells shot off my legs, shot my body to pieces, then six years later be turned into a bio-mechanical freak!" I panted, despite the fact I didn't need to breath.
Dragnet put a hoof on me, "Blue, calm down!"
"NO!" I shouted. "I want to be angry! It's the few emotions I have left! let me be angry, damnit!"
The princess of the sun sighed as she began to turn away. "We'll think of something, in the meantime---
"DON'T YOU TURN AWAY FROM ME!" I shouted as I grabbed her tail with my fingers and pulled her back with strength I don't think she was ready for. "Please...." I pleaded, my guns were fully deployed, she pulled her tail out of my grip as she sighed.
"There are ways we can help, the bits you need however will take a while." She said with a low voice, was she trying to intimidate me!?
Giving out an angry shout I turned my guns on the innocent vending machine and began to fire, everypony jumped out of the way or ducked as I perforated the poor snack machine, turning it to scrap, but I kept firing, I actually felt tears, or oil, something leaking from my eyes, I continued to fire until I ran out of ammo.
Everypony stared at me, my fellow officers however stayed away from me, either they were scared or gave me space, one. I felt the weight of somepony wrapping their forelegs around me in a hug, I felt them shake but I could tell they weren't afraid of me.
Opening my eyes I looked to see Dragnet hanging her head on my shoulder and her arms tight around me. I gently put a foreleg around her as I angled my rifles upward, smoke rose from the barrels. I saw the Princesses looking at me, Luna finally spoke.
"Sister, I know we can help, I'll donate the money if need be." Luna said with a smile to me. "I know what it's like to be turned into something they don't want to be."
With a sigh Celestia nodded. "Fine, in the meantime, I will tend to other matters." with that, Celestia left, I snorted as the other officers came up to me.
"Sorry for the outburst, guys."
The chief shook his head. "Don't worry about it, kid. If it was me, I'd shoot the vending machine too." Then he grinned. "Sides, I was tired of that thing stealing my money."
After Celestia left, Luna remained to assist in the financial mambo jumbo, honestly, even as a cyborg, big numbers gave me a headache. Luna seemed to handle money a lot at least.
"And thus, reading these papers, it seems the Night Court could easily loan the bits you need." Luna said as she looked over the papers.
Aurora was here as well as Iron Fetlock. Unlike Aurora, he was a much easier pony to get along with. He was looking me over with a curious look, but shrugged when the deal was being made.
"Well, we can provide parts and repairs in exchange for continued service for the public, so long as Cyberpony is fully operational and isn't damaged beyond repair." he said as he looked over the contract.
Luna nodded, "Sounds fair. what about the technicians?"
Gear Grinder and Bolt Wrench looked at each other. "We could stay to work for you for half our hiring price."
Iron Fetlock nodded. "Good, less to worry about." he said as he looked to his eye candy, er, I mean assistant, she tapped at the tablet she held in one hoof and nodded.
"In that case, all is in order, We hope you enjoy your cyberpony." She said with a smile.
Upon shaking hooves and making their leave, our witness Dragnet glared at Aurora lights, who only smiled back at her, did I miss something?
Once they left, Luna collected the papers and smiled to us. "My sister can sometimes let politics get ahead of her sometimes, Please don't be angry with her for too long."
I snorted and looked away, am I being foalish? Yup, I am, damn right I am.
Dragnet sighed and shook her head, "Give her time, Princess."
Luna nodded, using magic to put the papers in a saddlebag. "I'll see what I can do with the Civilian documentations, it'll take time, but I'll get to work on it immediately." She said as she trotted up to me and sat down. She looked at me in the optics with that smile. "Silver Blue, you have a friend in Canterlot, remember that."
After Luna left, I looked over the contract, for some reason, I couldn't be my own pony, I was instead bought by---
"Dragnet?" I looked up at the pony in question. "Did you honestly buy me?"
The brown unicorn laughed as she flashed me a grin. "Well, you couldn't run around without a 'handler' apparently, I've been your partner long enough to feel I should help however I can, soooo...."
"Well," I said as I looked the contract over and made a digital copy. "I guess things could be worse."
Making our way to the lobby room, I saw the shot up vending machine be taken out with a new one being brought in.
"So what do we do now, partner?" Dragnet asked. "We're both got tenacity after all."
I stopped mid step, a memory played in my mind, literally. A Pony in black armor looking down at me, the red beams in his goggles shrinking as he focused on me.
"I admire your tenacity."
I stood there for some time, staring into space, I played the memory several times until a hoof waved into my vision.
"Blue, Blue? You there?" Dragnet said as she poked at me. "Great I broke her not an hour after I bought her." Raising her hoof she hit me on the side. "Damn piece of...."
I jolted back to the present and looked around. My eyes turned red as I increased the volume of my voice.
"VEEEXXX!!!" I yelled, everypony stopped to look at me, they gathered around noticing my intense look.
Dragnet raised a brow and put a hoof on my withers. "Blue, what's wrong? What's gotten into you?"
I stomped my hoof. "Vex," I looked at everypony who gathered around. "How many of us has fallen to that pony? how many will fall tomorrow because of him?"
"Oh shit, Blue's pissed!" Nightstick said as she stamped a hoof, "And I'm pissed right with her!"
Chief Lock and Key came up, "The hell are you ponies thinking!?" he said, glaring at us each then to me. "Especially you, Blue! I would think YOU of all ponies would think twice before going against him a second time!"
I gulped. "B-But sir, Vex has--
Lock N' Key slammed his hoof on the floor. "I don't give a shit! Your gonna get yourself killed AGAIN!" he looked around at the gathering and nodded. "So, your gonna need backup!" he said as he stood beside me. "We know Vector Sigma took down too many of us, I know what Blue's thinking." he said as he looked at me. "It's crazy, it can get ponies killed, and honestly, I like it!"
He went over to the weapons rack and started loading a rifle. "Lets go fuck that pony up!"
With a cheer, the whole precinct went for the weapons rack, putting on their tac gear and getting into their chariots.
"Let's roll, partner."
Author's Note
Another look at Blue's personality, she can throw a fit sometimes!
A line of police chariots rushed through the streets, it took a while and some digging, but scanning the network and finding Vex's illegal selling of the stuff he stole, we found his location. I was more than ready for the fight, my rifles were reloaded and extra arcane crystals were stored into my reserve pouches.
Dragnet pulled the cyber-chariot, as she always did, and turned a corner. She looked back at me and sighed.
"Are you sure you got the info right?" she asked with a raised brow. The blaring of police sirens behind us nearly drowned her out, where it not for my enhanced hearing.
"Positive," I replied. "They stayed at the steel mill, I think the mill is just a mask, though, like how Vex found me so easily." The memory of my ear being shot off was fresh in my processor. Call me old fashion, but I was looking to shoot more than his ear off.
I pulled out a rifle from a weapon's rack, hooking it up to my side, I then took another rifle, holding it in my hoof fingers.
Upon reaching the steel mill, we're immediately shot at, Dragnet quickly unhitched herself and jumps into the chariot with me, I pass her the rifle while I took the other I put on my back.
My targeting system focuses on twelve ponies, they had armor like before but they were better armed. I was getting a vibe theres more than a simple steel-then-resell black market scheme going on here.
"Gee, partner." Dragnet said as she took aim and shot a Sigma gunner off the roof. "I don't think they were expecting company?"
I fired at two more Sigma Gunners, I targeted another hiding behind a pillar, he was a clever one, but with careful aiming I shot his rear leg at the second knee, making him fall forward, easy target now. With a shot to the head he was down for good.
The rest of the force came in and soon returned fire, the fire fight went on for a few minutes until the last of their forces fell to Nightstick's shotgun round to the head. We wasted no time in entering the building, I went the rout I took before, finding the place I was killed, the memory played out in my mind again but I filed it away.
I saw the spot I hid when watching Vex's goons, Then I noticed something up with the wall. Trotting up to it I ran a scan, the others entered the room with me and Dragnet shook her head.
"Don't run off on me like that, Blue." She said, I can't help but love that motherly tone of hers.
"Dragnet," I started. "Do you have family?"
Dragnet was silent before she answered with a smile. "I had a husband and a foal, but...." her smile melted away as she looked away. "It... It didn't last."
I lowered my head, I heard the tone and my stupid cpu had to look up the information. Her husband and foal were killed seven years ago, a drive by shooting. it was then she joined the force.
"I never got married...." I replied. "No foals, my mother passed, my father's still a royal guard." I looked to her with a smile. "He still makes me strong however."
The chief came up to us and looked at the wall.
"Find something?" he asked, looking at the wall.
I nodded as I punched the wall, leaving a hole that revealed a metal door.
"Hidden door, I can blast it with a sonic blast, but be ready for a booby trap."
After everypony got back and I stood in front of the wall, a panel in my foreleg opened as a small gun-like device revealed itself, it had a dish that folded open and in a matter of seconds, a loud pulse fired, blasting the wall to pieces and revealed the door completely.
I moved up and dug my fingers into the creases of the door, pulling it open. Once I got it open enough, I was right about the booby trap.
"BOMB!" Dragnet yelled as everypony moved to cover, I however stayed where I was and attempted to disarm it.
It decided to blow up anyway, sending me flying across the room and smash into the wall, then everything went dark.
When I awakened, I found everypony surrounding me, I gave out a groan, Nightstick and Gravel Road, another officer, where standing over me.
"Well, I checked, her chest plate needs replacing." Gravel said as he took said component off, it was dented on the side and marred scoring was evident on it.
"Can you fix it?" Nightstick asked as she was looking over my internal circuits, how'd they know how I worked?
Gravel sighed. "It's not like a 76 Celestia Chariot.... I mean I can do the body work, but...." He groaned. "Give me a hammer and a torque wrench, and I can reattach it, maybe hammer the dents out." He said as he put the plate on a table.
A few officers ran out for the tools needed and with little time the chest piece looked ready to go. It's then I felt something connect and I found I could move again.
"AH!" I shouted. "The hell happened!?"
Dragnet ran up to me. "Calm down, the bomb blew off your chest plate and we're trying to jury rig a temporary fix, just, no more playing with bombs, okay?" Gosh I love that smile.
I nodded and slowly got up, Nightstick came back with the chest plate and fixed it on.
Once things were in order, I stuck my head into the room the steel doors lead to, only to get another nasty surprise.
The room lit up with gunfire, several automated guns fired at me as they trained their optics on me. I snorted and went in, standing still as I let them run their ammo dry. A look of boredom on my face indicated I was in no mood for this nonsense.
After a minute of firing the guns went dry, I went up to each one and yanked their power supplies, I turned around to see another metal door open on it's own, there before me in another room he stood.
My eyes narrowed as I looked up at Vex, snorting as I slowly approached. "Hello, again. Vex, is it?"
Looking down at me he tilted his head. "Do we know each other?"
I chuckled which turned into a laugh. "Six years ago, in that room next to this one." I said motioning my head to emphasize. "You shot me to death, tortured me, It was agonizing, painful."
Vex was standing on a platform, behind him a room with pillars holding a sealing above his head, below the platform posts held it up. My guns slowly swiveled outward to both my sides.
"Ah, yes." Vex said looking at me with what sounded as though he grinned at his hoof work. "The officer who shot one of my ponies."
My targeting recitals focused on the bottom posts, if the data was right, he'll fall to the bottom floor. Fall to my 'gentle' waiting hooves.
Vex sighed as he paced. "You do not know the work we are doing, officer." He said as he went on a rant. "The Princes..... well, Princesses now, would have these artifacts to be locked away! To gather dust." He looked to me as his horn glowed and a tarp beside me.
"The Celestia's Heart," He said, stating what the artifact was. "And the Lunar Crystal, paired with but one more artifact, can become one of the most powerful arcane weapons Equestria's ever seen!"
I looked over at him with a raised brow. "Six years I was gone, and your only able to get the heart recently?"
Vex looked at me for a time before continuing. "The heart was difficult to find, I had to pull strings to get it here."
Once he turned he began ranting. "For years I worked to get this far." he said as he looked at the crystal, on a pedestal on the other side of me. "Ponies far and wide will no longer have to worry about other races, the fear of Dragons, Griffins, no, they shall fear US!"
"This is what this is about!?" I said in shock. "The fear of the unknown!? Equestria has lived in peace with griffins for thousands of years, nopony is worried about them, Dragons, okay maybe, but what could be so dangerous!?"
Vex stared at me for a time before he pointed at me. "You." I blinked. "You, a bastard unholy creation!" that's going a bit far. "A mix of pony and machine, you have no right!"
My brows furrowed. "And what of you, Vex? Let's see who's under that mask. How do we know YOUR not a cyborg as well?"
Vex sighed before pulling his mask off. He.... Whoah, HER!
Under the mask was the face of a mare I never seen before. She had red fur, orange mane, done up in a mowhawk, with a long ponytail in back. Her eyes were yellow, She had a badass scar across her left brow, over the bridge of her muzzle down over the right side of her lips, Despite the scar, she was hot!
I blinked. "Nice mane." I said with a genuine smile.
Vex grinned, "Well, thank you!"
"Shame it's about to get roughed up..." I said with real disappointment as my rifles fired at the supports for the balcony Vex stood on.
The mare tried to get away from the falling platform, but I fired several rounds to cut off her escape, sending the unicorn falling to the floor in a heap with the balcony. She groaned as she looked up at me, I approached with my hooves making loud 'Thunk!' sounds.
My foreleg pulled back before I swung it, clocking the mare across the side, sending her across the room, sending her crashing into a rotted wooden wall.
"You are under arrest, for the murder of many police ponies, two royal guards, and most of all, ME!" I said as I grabbed Vex and flung her across the room once more, sending her to crash into the pedestal holding the Heart of Equestria.
"Stop!" She yelled, firing at me with those magic bolts. The look of horror on her face was precious as the bolts bounced off my armor as I slowly advanced was priceless. "No, please, listen!"
I grabbed her again and pulled her close as I glared into her eyes. "You have the right to remain silent," I threw her yet again, sending her through he doors and into the room I was murdered, the other officers stared at us as I picked her up again, continuing, "Anything you say can be used against you,"
"Stop!" Vex yelled only for me to throw her into a pile of boxes, as she got up she targeted Nightstick only for me to grab her again before she could fire off a spell bolt.
"You have a right to an attorney, If you cannot afford an attorney one will be appointed to you." I threw her to the hooves of Dragnet who was waiting with a pair of cuffs and a magic suppressing ring.
"Do you understand your rights, Vex?" Dragnet asked as she cuffed and placed the ring on her horn.
Vex, who was now bloodied up, bruised, and and defeated. "You'll hear from my lawyer!"
I looked down at her and sneered. "My programming is preventing me from killing you, right now, but I'm a cop, not a vigilante."
Vex snorted as she glared at me. "I get out, I'm gonna have you turned to scrap."
Dragnet and I looked to each other. "That sounds like threatening a police officer, Blue."
"I'm incapable of acting out my anger, Dragnet." I said as I grinned at her. "Oh my, I think I saw some evidence over in that corner, it be a shame if some righteously pissed off Officers decided to put their anger out on a cop killer while I turn away to investigate it."
Needless to say I stared at a curious mouse while the precinct practically beat the hell out of Vex, The whole programming bit was all bullshit since I was free of it now, never the less, Vex was put securely in my chariot and put in jail with me watching her. She sat in the cell, staring at each other for a while, I can now win any staring contest.
Unfortunately, I still had to recharge, Dragnet came into the cell room with a cup of Applesauce for me, and a cup of coffee for her in magic aura.
"How about a rest, partner?" She asked with her lovely smile, I shook my head.
"Battery is 63%, but I can still operate in good condition." I said as I watched our guest, waiting for the DEA to get here and take our friend off our hooves.
Vex just sat there staring at us, Finally she spoke, "So this your girlfriend?" She asked, glaring at Dragnet, my partner snorted and glared at the cop killer. "She looks tough, think she's tough enough to take a magic bolt to that pretty face of her's?"
I glared at her, but Dragnet took the bait. "How about I come in there and bash your horn into the bars until it breaks off, freak!?"
I pulled Dragnet back. "Stop, she's trying to goad you."
"It's working!" Dragnet said as she growled.
"Oooh, lover's spat." Vex said as she grinned, one of her teeth missing. "Maybe you two should go to the garage, I'm sure your metal friend has an app or two to help you relax!"
Dragnet growled and levitated the chair in the cell, throwing her out of it, She grinned as she sat the seat back down.
"Oh my, you seem to have slipped out of your seat." my partner said with a grin.
Eventually, I had to go to 'sleep', simply put I needed to recharge, sitting in my chair with wires hooked up to me, I put myself in a sleep mode, I had no dreams, but still, I didn't like putting Vex in charge of somepony that could fall asleep while watching her, what else could I do?
When I woke up, I found Dragnet sitting next to me watching me. I couldn't help but shout a little as it startled me.
"Dragnet, the hell!?" I said as I kept myself from pulling out my guns. "Jeez, never, EVER startle me like that!"
Dragnet sighed and smiled. "Sorry, I got bored, Chief's got me pushing pencils, I finished the paper work on Vex." She said as she sat down with a large box in her hooves. "We got her on so many laws broken, she'll rot for a long time, Celestia's coming by tomorrow, to send her to tartarus."
I nodded. "I'd prefer letting me shoot her with revival talismans to keep her alive so I can shoot her more, but hey, what can we do?" I looked at the box and finally my curiosity got to me. "What's in the box, Drag?"
She smiled as she pushed it to me. "Some good news, We looked around and found out some of your stuff got put in storage by your Dad, he..." She rubbed her neck with a hoof. "Uh, He found out last night while we went on the raid, and.... He's furious, but wants to see you."
I blinked, great, more drama, I took the box and scanned it. Dragnet grinned. "He did say he hoped you'd like what he could save."
I opened the box and found some things, a photo of mom and dad, Ocean Blue, and Silver Lining, a smile formed on my mechanical face as I had the photo put on a monitor, I then pulled out the next item, an old stuffed Royal Guard plush my father got me as a child, my mechanical hoof fingers were gentle as possible with it, time wasn't gentle with it, none the less I put him next to my chair.
The other things were my old badge, name tag, and mom's Recipe book, which I gave to Dragnet, in case she found something in it I could actually eat.
At the bottom, my eyes went wider then my optics could perform.
"YES!" I shouted, which I'm sure the whole station heard. Inside the box were my old Ponyformer toys. They were in decent condition with some wear. Dad tried his best to take care of them.
Getting up from my chair, and letting the cables drag behind me, I went to an empty shelf and set them up on display, with Prowl at front and center.
Dragnet trotted up beside me and leaned against me, careful of the cables. "So, what was up with you getting mad at Vex when she snipped about us like that?"
Dragnet's smile melted and she blushed. "N-nothing!" She said, "Blue, you know I had a husband, I'm not going to be able to find somepony else."
I blinked. "That's not an answer, Drag." I smiled and shook my head. "I don't think I'm capable of living a normal life, I doubt I'll find anypony unless they where a cyborg..." I looked away. "I don't even have....." I went quiet for a while before sighing. "Vex was just trying to get to you, don't let her. Soon she'll be in Tartarus, and I'm sure we'll have more cases."
Dragnet growled and turned. "It's not right, they should have let you have, 'Something'!"
I shook my head. "I could probably get 'upgrades' but I'll never feel it."
Dragnet snorted. "Well, I'll head home and see if I can find something from this recipe book, you go back to sleep, Blue, and try not to let it get to your head."
I shook my head. "Your the one who let it get to your head, partner. Is there something you want to tell me?"
She went silent then ran out. "Bye!" and she's gone.
I chuckled and looked at my photo of my parents. "I wouldn't mind either way, I just don't think it'll work out now."
Since Vex's arrest and banishment to Tartarus, Dragnet and I have been doing the usual, stamping out crime, talking, and since she brought in a game console I'm shocked has such nice graphics for me to keep myself entertained, things started to look better in the city of Manehattan. The items Vex stole were returned and I've gotten some upgrades since by Cyber Pony Tech, so long as the crown foots the bill.
I'm a bit faster with new legs, I've gotten a new set of forelegs that have tools that can help me get into locked doors, a plasma cutter, and a new face covering with a helmet, makes me look like a royal guard, per Luna's request, though I think my dad might have requested it, He plans to visit soon, but due to chaos in a town called Ponyville, he's been busy.
Other upgrades I've gotten are new retractable wings! I can fly now, Bolt and Gear installed them, they have a recharge station installed which pulls from the city's magic power grid. The wings themselves are magic powered, and can allow me to fly and hover without making noise.
I've also been given a new face cover, instead of a metal skull you see a facsimile reconstruction of my old face, everypony loves it and I only use the Helmet for when I'm on the beat.
Today however, it's a bit different. I'm on my first break, my partner didn't show up on account of being sick with the unicorn flu, nasty business, if I recall, Unicorns can't do magic besides basic levitation, the rest is the flu, but much more nasty. I decided to take the day to visit and spend time with her.
-Dragnet's perspective-
Uuuuughhhh.....
I hate this....
I hate----
Grabbing the trash can as quick as I could, I vomited, it was most unsettling as I had to use my hooves, Unicorns weren't as nimble with their hooves as Earth Ponies were, still, I wished I had company, I tried to manipulate the television to turn on, only for my horn to fizzle out.
"Shit...." I groaned.
It's then a 'thunk' was heard outside the door, then another, then another.
"Hello?" There was no answer.
The apartment I lived in wasn't the greatest, there were rats as big as foals, which I swore had turf wars in the walls, and odd sounds at night which often or not where the neighbors, still something or somepony was at my door. My police-mare instincts kicked in, I pulled my gun out as best I could, least I had basic levitation.
"This is the home of a police officer," I called out, which I earned a coughing fit for. "-Cagh Cagh- Entering uninvited will earn you a bullet in the flank!" I groaned. "Ugh, or I'll throw up on you..."
I heard a weird 'quaah' sound as the lock on my door flicked to unlock and the door opened suddenly.
"I WARNED YOU!" I yelled before firing a round.
'BANG!'
'PING!'
I opened my eyes as to why the bullet would bounce off my would be intruder, looking at the door I was greeted by a large silhouette figure, a mare by the looks of it with a set of wings, Pegasus maybe?
As they stood there two beams of light came from their eyes, and scanned the room until they reached me, triggering my headache to get worse, it's when the lights went off and I heard a whirring sound as two blue eyes light up on their head.
"Wait..." I mumbled. "Blue?"
Speak of the devil and she shall appear, or at least enter your apartment.
"Interesting way to welcome your Partner, Dragnet?" Blue said as she enters, in her hoof, she had a bag. "Why's it so dark in here?" She said, turning on the light.
I flinched and used what little telekinesis I had to put the light out. "Because the light makes my head hurt worse." I said as Blue looked at me. She came up and gave me a look.
"Scans show your fever is quite high, 110, I'll call the doctor."
"No!" I said shaking my head. "I saw one, they said get some rest and eat and drink." I groaned. "I can't keep anything down!"
She sighed and moved to my stove, it was a small apartment, a bed, stove, fridge, and some cabinets, and a TV, all in one room, wasn't much but it was home, she sat down and got some pots and pans.
"Blue," I said. "I can't keep nothing down, I said. What are you doing?"
She looked at me with a smile. "I'm cooking you a proper meal. I was a good cook in life, Plus, I saved some of mom's recipes, She was a Unicorn, had a good home cure for Unicorn Flu!"
I groaned but smiled, least I'll get something in me for a bit before it ends up in the trash.
Blue went to work, putting stuff in a pot and in no time, started stirring the stew. I snorted the mucus lodged in my head and spat in the trash, gross. She stopped and let the brew cook, sitting by my side, couldn't resist smiling at the 'Oil The Cook' apron she somehow found and wore.
"Where'd you get that?" I tried hard not to giggle, only to fail and get rewarded with a coughing fit. More mucus for the trash can.
"Oh, it wasn't easy. But I had to have it special ordered." She said with a grin. "How are we feeling?"
"Like a corpse." I said with a snort.
Blue laughed. "Trust me, it can't be as bad as that."
I rolled my eyes as I smirked. "Okay, how about some girl talk?"
Blue's head tilted. "What about?"
"Well, how are your wings working out?" I asked pointing at the new attachments on my partner's side.
Blue extended one of her wings and gave them a test flap, making it blow refreshing cool breeze on me.
"Great, I used them to fly here, and the face helps me not freak ponies out so much anymore." she said with a grin.
"The Facsimile face is great too." I said as I put my hoof on her cheek. "They even got the fur right."
Blue rolled her eyes and turned back to the stove to stir the pot. "Well, the stew is almost done. Mom called it Flu-away. I never tried it but she said it's better to inhale it first." She put it in a bowl after it was done and gave it to me. "It'll clear you up, that's for sure."
I gave her a skeptic look but did as told, letting the steam rise up into my nostrils, I sniffed, sniffed, and sniffed again. suddenly I could breath.
"Ah...." I took a sip, oh it was soooo good. I sipped again, and eventually the soup, which was really a broth was gone. I licked my lips and smiled contently, strangely it stayed down! "Okay, your getting a can of oil for hearths warming!"
Blue gave a cute toothy grin, she returned to the stove and prepared another bowl. "Book says two bowls."
I gladly took the second bowl and with in moments its contents were gone. I sighed as I gave it back. "So, back to our conversation, I wanted to ask, you never married, any crushes?"
"Not really," She said. "Well, there was one pony, but it didn't work out. Different social standings, you see. He was from canterlot, and a unicorn. Those smug ponies think their superior, I liked him though, for whatever reason."
"Cause you were young and silly?" I said with a smirk.
Blue looked to the side and nodded. "Yup, pretty much!" She took my bowl, and proceeded to clean around my apartment, Took out the trash, and even opened my blinds enough to allow some light to enter without giving me a blinding headache!
She'd be a nice maid, if you got past the cyborg part.
"So," I continued with the girl talk. "Have you ever been in bed with anypony?"
I never seen Blue, let alone a cyborg drop a plate and freeze up entirely, I'd worry the question literally froze her or made her crash. But then she began stammering and I could see a blush on her cheeks, didn't know she could still do that!
"I-I-I-....Where'd that question come from!?" Blue asked as she looked around. "Oh, it's hot in here, are you hot? I'm hot. SO hot I think my processor's melting! I'm gonna open the window."
As she did that I couldn't help but giggle, so my Blue can still be flustered, and my goodness it was adorable. When she opened the window she stuck her face out, it was a cool spring breeze so it was nice outside. I continued.
"Come now, Blue, your an adult." I said as I smiled, pausing a second to cough my head off. "You can't possibly haven't at least 'thought' about sex before."
Blue was quiet as she pulled her head back in the room, I worried she'd break the heater she was leaning on, despite her size and metallic body, she only weighed five hundred, and forty seven pounds. Still a heavy girl, though.
"I...I never really..." She looked away but slowly turned back to me. "Not with stallions much," She said before stammering again. "W-Well, a few, but.... ah.... I guess you can say I liked both, back then.... before..."
Ah, that explained a lot. "So you couldn't decide?"
"nnnooo.... I~...ah..." She ran her hoof through her fiber-optic mane, "I just~, couldn't find somepony interested.... and I wanted foals, someday..." She sat on her rump and looked at her stomach, Saddened. "Not that it matters now." A metal hoof touched her stomach and all that was heard was a metallic 'Clank'.
My ears wilted a bit, I meant to tease, not upset the poor thing. Slowly I got out of bed and cantered up to her. "I'm sorry, Blue. You would have been a great mom." I hugged her, my body protested at her shoulder brick pushing into my rub but I didn't care.
"Well..." She said, looking away. "It don't matter now, nopony wants me as their mom, not a freak like me."
She was shocked when I smacked her nose, it was the most I could do to get her attention, and not break my hoof on her armored body.
Honestly~! Couldn't they have made her more pliable? or give her fluffy fur?
"Your not a freak!" I said, I wanted to yell but couldn't. "If a pony can't see how beautiful you are, they don't deserve you!"
But she only chuckled morbidly. "Beautiful? How am I beautiful?" she said, she lifted her leg, the sound of the motor inside the joint was used as her emphases. "I'm a monster."
I shook my head at her. "Your more beautiful then you think. Sure, your different, but how many ponies can say their coat can reflect like silver, or have this nice blue shine to it?" She chuckled. "Or, have literal glowing blue eyes? or, have guns that pop out of their sides? or unlock doors, or any of the crazy cool shit you can do?"
Blue looked outside and looked at the ponies trotting the streets, she sighed and leaned on the wall. "What about the fact I'm not very soft, I suck at cuddling, and if I lay in a bed it's frame would bust?"
I shook my head. "Your plenty warm though, I don't know if it's the magic fusion core inside your chest, or what. But you make a great hot water bottle on cold days, your funny, your smart, and you always came to work even that time you had that nasty Trojan Pony virus after accessing the Library database."
That was a nasty week.
Blue still didn't look one hundred percent on board, so I stamped my hoof and did something she didn't expect. I leaned in and kissed her, really catching her off guard, her guns popped out and my ceiling got shot up, hope the neighbors weren't home. When I pulled away she was blushing and I could swear there were exclamation points in her eyes.
She stood for a while but she looked with it still, I don't believe she's offended, just caught off guard, I giggled as I push her guns back into their ports and tapped her nose.
"If nopony takes you, then I will!" I said as I trotted to bed.
Blue stammered before getting back to the stove, she was quiet for a while but the smile on her face was adorable, I still love the facsimile face, it was cute in a way and I like the fur. Eventually she must have filed the event away for later and continued with her work.
Once done, Blue scanned me again. "Your fever's going down a bit, I still think you should call a doctor."
"OH MY GOSH!" I giggled. "Your mother-hening me to death here. Why aren't you out busting criminals?"
"I got the day off, plus we kind of cleaned the city up a bit." She said as she took the flight pack off, looking like her earth pony self. "This keeps up, Manehattan won't need me." she then snorted, "Probably lock me up in a warehouse."
I guess she wants to act like that didn't happen, or Wants to save it, Dunno, really.
Shaking my head I sighed. "I doubt you'll go into storage, Blue." I said as I looked at the newspaper I had beside me, "Hey, We could go to this town called Ponyville, sometime?" I showed her the photo of the town. "It'll be good to get out of the city."
Blue raised a brow and took the paper. "That place will set my systems ablaze with how much chaos it seems to attract these days. Apparently, something called a Discord went rampant there recently."
Pouting I sighed. "C'mon. You and I need time out of the city, besides, you can't leave town on your own. not unless we put something stupid on you, like a rubber skin."
Blue's brows furrowed as she looked away. "Great, now I'm a freak that has to stay on a leash."
"No, that's not what I meant!" Shaking my head I pulled her closer with what little magic I had. Wasn't easy, she weighed a lot! "I mean, we can both go!"
Blue looked at me with her lips pursed to one side. "Fine, yeah... that could be nice. Hopefully we go, and there's no crazy shit going on."
I grinned. "That's the spirit, and hey, keep the guns put away, okay?"
She looked at me with a raised brow and extended her rifles, they pointed upward so she won't turn and smack me with the left rifle's barrel.
"Sorry, I can't take em off. They're built in, so they have to stay. Besides," She twirled them. "How can you not love Law and Justice!?"
Now it was my turn to raise my brow. "You named them?"
She stared at me a time before shrugging and grinning. "Why not?" She asked with an accusatory smirk. "I seem to recall you naming your service pistol Lady Grace."
Holding my revolver in a protective manner. "You leave Grace out of this!"
She giggled at my antics, soon we were both laughing.
-Blue's Perspective-
Eventually I left Dragnet that night, we talked more about random stuff, eventually we both agreed to go to Ponyville when she was feeling better. I agreed but after the next upgrade, which was set for tonight.
At the Precinct I sat at my chair waiting as Gear and Bolt brought in the new fangled gizmo that was supposed to be put on me.
It was a set of new hooves.... Honestly?
"Honestly?" I repeated what I thought as I looked at the things. "Don't these work good enough as is?" I asked, holding my current hooves up.
Bolt looked at me and rolled her eyes. "Perhaps, but these have better shock absorbers, the fingers are more nimble, and plus the new shoulders we have will make it so you could take greater falls." She said as she began to disconnect my hooves. I snorted and looked aside in disgust.
You won't realize what it's like to watch someone literally take you apart like you were a machine needing maintenance, or maybe you do, but trust me, this is more extreme.
I felt my legs get disconnected and the new shoulder joints put on, my new hooves came afterwards as well as I felt Gear pull something off my back panel.
"The hell?" I chided. "C'mon! Some notice first!"
Gears grinned sheepishly as he showed me what he was doing. "Sorry, kid. Princesses commissioned something to be installed. You won't feel a thing."
"IF I feel anything, I'm shooting your ear off." I grouched on and on. These upgrades turned out to be Celestia's doing, She wanted me to have more freedom, but also wanted to make sure I stayed in her sights. Ugh, she's not working well to stay on my good side! Simply put she put a tracking device in me.
Cunt.
The other upgrades, it turned out was to make me less sluggish and more lighter. I didn't know for what, I felt like a new chess piece in a game of gods. I had a bad feeling in my processors.
I wish I was wrong.
Author's Note
Now your getting an Idea of what point the show is set in. While not all the Main Six will have roles, they will appear on occasion in the story.
While on the way to Ponyville, Dragnet and I decided to go to Canterlot to take in the sites, The train fair was decent, but I was marked as cargo and put in the storage car.... In a box.... with packing peanuts. I hated it, but Dragnet was nice enough to stay by my side.
Chief Lock n' Key gave me a trench coat and fedora, it helped that I kept my face open as much as possible, so ponies didn't freak out, thank Luna for the Facsimile face!
I continued to pick packing peanuts out of my joints as Dragnet and I trotted around the city, trotting the street of Canterlot, I saw there were more Unicorns than any other of the three races. Some Pegasus guards here and there, but few civilians.
"Wait up." Dragnet said as we got to a crowded area.
Ponies were gathered in the plaza, They were watching a broadcast on a view screen.
"And this is just in," A pony, Red unicorn stallion with blue mane and purple eyes. He wore spectacles on the bridge of his snout as he read. from a paper. "A Threat has been made to Canterlot by an unknown party, all this a week before the royal wedding!"
"Royal wedding?" I said as I looked to my partner. "Did you know anything about this?"
Dragnet shook her head. "No, we're going to ponyville, remember?"
"As such, all incoming and outgoing traffic has been halted until further notice, all except guests and family for the wedding are now allowed to enter...." The stallion lost his professionalism as he looked off screen. "Does this mean I can't visit my mother tomorrow?"
We trotted off to a quiet area as everypony dispersed.
"Great!" Dragnet groaned rubbing her face with a hoof. "Now we're stuck here!"
I looked at my unicorn friend with pity, Then dots were connected as a smile formed on my muzzle. "You know, why not enjoy the situation while we can?"
Dragnet looked up at me over her hoof. "What do you mean?"
I wrapped my foreleg over her withers and pulled her close. "C'mon, Draggy! We can do some sight seeing, I been to canterlot before, it's changed sure, but we can make it work!"
She pursed her lips before a smile came up on her muzzle. "Guess your right, what about the threat though? What if the city's under attack?"
I just smirked. "Well, I'm a crime fighting cyborg, your a Manehattan police officer, You still have your service gun right?"
Dragnet looked at me and patted the side of her jacket. "Never leave home without it." She said as her horn flashed. "And I am well versed in defensive and offensive spells."
Smirking I lifted the trench coat to one side. "You know I'm always packing." Justice poked out of my right side panel.
So you know, my rifles are built where my ribs would be. So they're well hidden.
later through that week I got a fresh polish job, some waxing, and Dragnet commissioned somepony who worked on detailing for chariots to put my cutie mark on my left hip, it felt good to have it again, even though I know it's a replication. I also carried a bag, it held a bag of money bits, in case I found something I wanted to buy, I also had more arcane crystals brought with me in my side pouch that was under the coat. Needless to say, I was paranoid.
For good reason.
Later that evening we found a hotel to stay at, Needless to say I took the stairs, the elevator couldn't take my weight, and the looks I got when the thing almost fell off the cable was a reminder of a freak I was. Still, Dragnet and I sat in our room as she ate her salad and I enjoyed a chocolate smoothie, at least I could taste.
The next day, Dragnet and I were shopping, the guards trotted past us became more apparent, they seemed to beef up the security since yesterday and there was a pink bubble around the city.
"They sure are paranoid, huh?" Dragnet asked as she watched the guards, one of whom came up to me.
"Miss," he asked as he looked at me. "You need to remove the coat."
Oh dear...
"U-uhm, well the thing is, I can't, I have... I..."
"She's a war veteran, sir." Dragnet said as she jumped to my side. "She's covered in scars...."
The guard was skeptical, he looked at me and narrowed his eyes. "It's against the law to impersonate a guard, you know that, right?"
My own eyes narrowed, I hope my acting was good enough. "Tell that to the 354th Earth Pony battalion that perished at the battle of Celestia hoof, sir."
Dragnet grabbed my hoof. "Easy there, lieutenant." she looked at the royal guard. "P-Please, she lost good friends, if you push her any further she'll have a flashback, real nasty."
The royal guard was sweating and nodded. "I-I'm sorry, I just have to verify----
"WHAT IS YOUR NAME, SOLDIER!?" I yelled at him, hoping the time my dad scolded me when I exploaded the kitchen would help me here.
How was I supposed to know putting fireworks in the oven was a bad idea? plus it was a triple dog dare! YOU CAN'T REFUSE A TRIPLE DOG DARE, You CAN'T!
The Royal guard, who quickly saluted at me sweated so much he left a pool under him. "P-Private Cold Breeze, Sir-er Ma'am, Sir-Ma'am!"
"DO YOU KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE TO SEE YOUR FELLOW SOLDIERS FALL, PRIVATE COLD BREEZE!? Or Should I call You Private No Brains!?"
"N-NO MA'AM!" He said shaking in his armor. "I-I'm sorry Ma'am, I am honored to stand before a veteran guard!"
"DO YOU WANT TO SEE HOW I AM A VETERAN!?" I yelled showing a metal leg, his eyes widened as he saw his reflection in the polished steel. "I lost this leg by fighting the griffin scum that killed my men! Tell me now if I'm impersonating!"
"N-No ma'am, your not, I was just---"
"DROP AND GIVE ME TWO HUNDRED, PRIVATE NO BRAINS!"
"MA'AM YES MA'AM!"
And thus he did exactly that, Dragnet and I trotted off until we got far enough away that we busted out giggling.
"Private No Brains?!" Dragnet snicked. "Oh, that poor pony, Blue you were so mean to him!"
I snickered. "Oh, he'll be fine, I'm sure."
We trotted through the city, doing some shopping and sight seeing, I was hoping to see my father, but alas, he didn't seem to be around, probably being held at the castle.
We stopped at a cloths shop, Dragnet saw some dresses she wanted to look at, I couldn't help but wonder why?
"Blue, you need one as well."
SHIT!
"Shit..." I mumbled under my breath, er if I had a breath... "Draggy, how could I wear a dress, I won't be able to wear one, remember?" I emphasized by moving my foreleg, the whirring it made was enough evidence.
Dragnet rolled her eyes, she looked around and found an employee.
"Excuse me, Miss?"
The pony turned and looked at her, she came up and looked at the dress Dragnet picked out.
"Ah, good choice, miss. But I think Green would go better with your coat and compliment your eyes."
My unicorn friend blinked and nodded. But, alas, I couldn't get out of the situation that easy.
"Well, I'll keep that in mind, but my friend here needs one as well," She said, much to my annoyance, and embarrassment she pulled my coat off. "As you can see, she's a special case."
The poor employee gaped at me and looked like she was about to run out screaming. But I give her credit, she shook her shock off and smiled, albeit in an unsure manner.
"I'm sure we can find something for your friend, let's see what we can find for her?" she looked me up and down. "Hmm, you are a tough one, aren't we?"
"Bullet proof, too." I remarked, earning an elbow to the side hull by my friend... she quickly regretted it as she groaned holding said appendage in pain.
Looking me over she circled me and tapped my side, earning a 'tink tink' in return.
"Oh, your a challenge alright, but I never deny a challenge!"
After an hour of looking, the employee returned, empty hooved.
"Unfortunately, your a challenge even I can't take on..." She said with a sigh, suddenly she gasped and stamped a hoof. "BUT! I know who can!"
"Who?" Dragnet and I responded.
"Why, Mistress Rarity, of course!" She replied by showing us a pamphlet. "She's an up-and-coming new pony in fashion! She's based in Ponyville, but word has it she's in Canterlot, at the castle as we speak, if you hurry, you might be able to find her after the wedding!"
"When's the wedding?" I asked, my eternal database looked up the information before the pony could reply, I got an answer. "NOW!?"
Both Dragnet and the employee blinked before Dragnet smiled. "She's quite gifted, y'know." she said looking at the employee.
Galloping out the store, we bolted toward the castle, Dragnet had my trench coat, I didn't have the time to fiddle with getting it on, we worried about ponies running from me, but we were in a hurry....
Wait....
Why isn't the towns ponies running from me?
Looking around, we saw everypony in the streets staring up into the sky at the pink dome, I noticed it got darker there were loud muffled thuds.
"What the hay?" I said, I looked to Dragnet to ask, but it seems she too was in a trance at what was happening above us.
Curiosity got the better of me too, I looked up and my scanners went haywire.
Above us, outside the dome were strange ponies, well, at first glance they looked like ponies, but were more insectoid, they had holes in their legs and curved horns, their wings were like insects and buzzed as they flew. They rammed themselves against the dome, causing it to eventually shatter.
As the Magic barrier fell, pieces of it came down on us, I shoved Dragnet and anypony too scared to move out of the way, the pieces hit me, but didn't stop me, until I heard a yell and saw a filly in the street, her tail was caught by a piece of the barrier, another large one was about to crush her, my systems worked overtime as I moved as quick as I could.
I activated my rifles, having them deploy from my side, I fired at shards as they came down, the largest pieces were my targets as I ran towards the filly, I hadn't the time to shoot the shard, lest I risk hitting her, I did the next best thing.
Jumping over her and shoving her under me, I took the shard at full impact, which hit me pretty hard, my vision froze up for a second or two, I had major tracking error, Damage readings showed my optical circuits have been knocked for a loop, no doubt I got hit in the head.
Once my systems readjusted themselves and my vision was back to full 1080px, I looked down at the filly.
She was an orange Pegasus with purple eyes, purple mane with a tomboy style short cut. She was staring up at me in awe as though I jumped out of a comic book.
"T-Thanks...." She said, looking at me with wide purple eyes.
"Your welcome." I replied, my scans showed she was unharmed.
When the barrier's spell evaporated, the shards disappeared, freeing the filly's tail. However, the danger wasn't over, the buzzing got louder, looking up and around the creatures started to invade, some used magic from their horns to accelerate themselves and impact into the ground to terrorize the civilians, three impacted near us, surrounding me and the filly and cutting me off from Dragnet.
"Dragnet!" I yelled. "Forget me, I'll be fine. Get to safety!"
The unicorn, stubborn as she was shook her head, pulling out her service pistol and loading it. "Don't think so, partner."
I sighed. "We have no jurisdiction here!" I lowered my head and checked my data.
The princess since updated my system, and by princess, I mean Celestia, she wanted to make changes I feel were intrusive, I had freedom, but something felt off. It's then I knew why.
Directives popped up on my new HUD, an actually useful upgrade by Cyber Tech, While I made my own choices, sometimes my cybernetic systems would suggest things I needed to do if situations rises.
Celestia apparently added some of her own programming to it.
'Directive objectives updated....'
Directive 1: Protect the citizens at any cost.
Directive 2: Drive back unknown hostiles in any means necessary.
Directive 3: Get to the Castle to provide backup.
'All Jurisdiction limitations lifted, Unit is to protect and serve kingdom to the best of it's ability, for the Princesses of Equestria, for the lasting of harmony.'
Oh, well that's within understandable tolerances, makes me feel like a weapon now, though.
The creatures hissed as they set their compacted eyes upon the filly and I, From how they bared their fangs at us and their body language were showing intent to harm, I gladly began letting my targeting system take control.
Shoving the filly underneath me as I acted as a body shield, my helmet formed around my head, it was domed with a silver reflective visor.
"Alright, bugs." I said as my Rifles reloaded and I began taking into account the fact more of the creatures seemed to be gathering around us. "You want to play? Okay let's play, hope you like it...."
"ROUGH!"
With that I began firing Law and Justice, sending bolt rounds into the monster's skulls, their blood was green and bits went everywhere, As soon as I fired, Dragnet joined in, I opened a path for her to run to as we formed a protective circle.
The creatures were easy to bring down, but by the stars, they had numbers on their side! Sadly we only so much ammo, and I was limited to the ground, I didn't bring the flight pack....
Oops.
Dragnet spotted one of the freaks trying to sneak up and take a bite out of her, it was quickly rewarded with a hoof to the face, she was rewarded with a satisfying crunch, which made her smirk.
"This is getting expensive!" Dragnet yelled over gunfire as she jumped behind me to reload. "I only have so much ammo!"
"Doesn't this place have a police department!?" The filly asked. "They might have ammo for you."
Dragnet looked around. "Not on this block, Blue?"
I took a moment for my system to find the Canterlot PD, it was down the block to the left, near the Guard Barracks. Oh dear...
"You won't like it..." I said, Dragnet fired over my shoulder, using my side panel as cover. "It's across town, we'll have to run like maniacs."
Dragnet looked down at the filly who was holding her ears closed from how loud my guns fired. She snorted and grabbed her and threw her on my back.
"Dragnet, what the---
"Your the fastest, GO!" She yelled as she booked it down the street.
"Damn You!" I yelled as I too ran, kicking one of those freaks in the face, snapping it's neck when it's head flopped back at an angle most unnatural.
Running as fast as we could the buzzing got louder, it seemed the rest of the swarm got called in and decided to investigate why their troops were herded in one spot.
Dragnet and I were side by side when we turned the corner, We thought we were home free when a Green bolt shot past us, I was shocked to see my armor nearly melted from it.
I dared to look back, I wish I hadn't as I saw a whole fleet of the damn things, flying and shooting at us with green magic bolts from their horns, they hit the pavement, making it melt, One shot nearly took my side paneling off.
A second look I noticed these were different from the ones we faced in the Alley, they were bigger, had different, I dunno insects.... Oh, Chitin, yes, their chitin was thicker, wings were bigger to compensate, having two sets on their backs with a shell, they wore dark blue helmets with armor that was spiked, it reminded me of a rhinoceros beetle.
If it weren't the fact they intended to brutally murder us, I'd find it cool.
Needless to say, I had better things to do tonight than die.
These bigger bugs... Oh, I got a name from my database, They're changelings. These particular set, Six of them precisely, were called Bullet Changelings... I see why....
The doors of the Canterlot Police Department greeted us, Well, I greeted it first by going through them.... literally, OH YEAH!
Needless to say the Royal guards and police officers there were ready to start shooting at me until Dragnet ran in and I turned to fire at the Bullet Changelings.
Oh, I get it, cause their like bullet ants.... okay...
Needless to say I was shocked when it took a whole arcane crystal to drop just one. I felt the filly climb off me, I checked her and saw she was unharmed. Unfortunately for the bugs, I don't care for those who harm children intentionally.
The bugs got behind cover and started taking pot shots at me, some hit, but they weren't as hot as before, guess they have a limited amount of affect per shot. Still wish the damn things would drop easier as their lesser armored buddies.
"Who the hay are you!?" A pony yelled, turning to look I saw it was a royal guard Pegasus.
"Manehattan Officer Dragnet, and Officer Silver Blue, we were on vacation when these things attacked." Dragnet explained further, I was too busy dropping bugs as I could with my limited ammunition.
"Silver Blue? that thing's your friend?" the guard asked, shaking his head. "I'm Rumbling Thunder, I'm with the 25th division until we got separated."
Dragnet snorted. "And yes, that 'thing' is my friend. She and I were partners on the force longer than you've worn that armor."
Rumbling Thunder looked at me as I continued to fire, I jumped back to reload and finally I looked at him.
The pegasus shook his head. "Well good, we could use a shield, we need to establish a line back to the castle."
"That's where we're going," I said before jumping back out the door to continue firing, of the six that attacked us, four now remained, as I said these things don't drop easy.
Rumbling Thunder turned to Dragnet and the filly. "We'll get you two to safety, so long as that thing can keep them busy."
"SHE'S NOT A THING!" Dragnet yelled, "Her name is Silver Blue! She's a pony like everypony else! She.... She only got this way because she was...." She sighed when she caught my side look at her. shaking her head she trotted beside me. "You can go run away, but my partner and I are staying, we'll both give you cover."
Rumbling Thunder watched us go at work and shook his head. "Fine, die at the side of a machine." He turned to his troops. "Fall in, boys. We're getting out of here!"
One of the guards came up to us.
"I'm Freefall," he said, he too was a Pegasus. "Do you ladies need anything?"
I gave him a side look and nodded. "Ammo, we need 44.mag rounds and Arcane crystals, 12 gauge preferred."
The stallion nodded and galloped off to the armory, another ran in with him to help. Some of the officers loaded their respective weapons, rifles mostly.
"You girls aren't alone, we'll help you out from the windows." the officer, a unicorn, old enough to be Chief's age.
I nodded and fired another round, blowing the head off number three.
"Shit, here comes more, Standard little bastards this time." one officer said from upstairs.
"Damnit!" I said before shouting. "Does this station have any heavy weaponry?" after hearing more shots I finally got an answer the moment my rifles went dry, I was out.
"Armory, theres a Arcane Machine gun, it's too heavy for anypony.... "There was a magic bolt shot. "oh, you sonova---"
I went to the armory and saw a thing of beauty. the Arcane Machine Rifle was huge, it was almost as big as me and had boxes and boxes worth of ammo. If I could orgasm, the floor would be wet right then and there. I think I might have sprung a leak.
Apparently cyborgs can orgasm, it just wasn't that fun, sadly.
Taking the arcane MG, I went to the doorway and set it up, I was about to fire when a green bolt hit Dragnet, she screamed out and fell, leaning against the steps railing.
"DRAGNET!" I yelled, my scans showed she was hit in the shoulder, she'll be fine so long as she got medical attention, never the less I was pissed, I decided to hell with the set up and held the MG like a boss and began firing at the Changelings.
The moment they realized they not only pissed off a cyborg with heavy weaponry, they also realized their numbers quickly dwindled, I shot them up to the point most had more holes then their legs did, firing like mad until they decided we weren't worth their trouble and got the hell out of dodge, or in this case out of the street.
Once the last changeling fled or fell to my fury, I set the MG aside and ran to Dragnet, she was holding her shoulder that was bleeding badly, I did another scan that showed the damage wasn't as bad as it looked.
"Officer Down!" I called to the officers up stairs, several with medical bags ran in, they were field medics, no doubt the city had more problems then it made you believe.
"Don't worry about me, Blue." Dragnet said as she whimpered when a doctor began treating the wound. "I've had worse, remember the raid on that drug den?"
I chuckled. "Yeah, we both got shot to hell, That was before this." I said, looking at myself.
Dragnet chuckled. "Good times." She said wincing again. "And more to come, now go, get to the castle and see if you can help there."
I nodded, though reluctant to leave my partner and best friend. "I'll come back for you, Draggy."
She laughed and groaned as the doctors brought her inside for triage.
"We'll take good care of her, thanks for your help." The CPD Chief said as he shook my hoof. "Take the MG, we'll give you more ammo too."
With a smirk I nodded.
Author's Note
I always imagined Changelings to look more like something H.R. Giger would design. similar to a Xenomorph, or Sil. something actually bigger than a pony.
Trotting up to the castle gates, I had the MG mounted to my side, with the help of the CPD Officers that were mechanic savvy, they jury rigged my firing system for Law to fire the MG, the former rifle being held onto by Dragnet at the CPD station.
My targeting system calibrated itself to assist in aiming for the larger MG, though being a heavier gun meant I had to sacrifice speed for firepower....
Worth it...
I had a bag of ammo for both Justice and the MG now, needless to say, I looked like a filly who bought a whole toy store, oh yes, I was quite a happy girl.
After all, Ladies like heavy weaponry!
Once I got to the gates I found they were locked, readings found they weren't magically sealed, so I did the easiest thing I could, I ripped the fuckers off the hinges, throwing them to the ground and made my way to the castle doors, those too met the same fate as the door at the police station, I just barreled through them.
Seriously, doors don't mean shit to me anymore.
"POLICE, cancel out your magic, put your hooves up and prepare fore an ass kickin!" I shouted.
What awaited me was a room of frightened pony hostages, and more changelings, one however was different, it was taller, skinny, and had a jagged horn, her eyes were emerald green with darker green irises with black slits, her wings were jagged and had holes in them, she looked heavier armored.
She looked at me with wide eyes and finally spoke in a two tone voice.
"What the hell is that!?"
I began choosing my targets with care, there were hostages now and I wanted to make sure they were unharmed.
"I'm the royal ass kicker, here to save the fucking day." I said as I fired Justice at the smaller changelings, bringing them down with little effort, I took care with my targeting and where I shot, there were seven ponies, six mares and a rather zone out stallion, and two princesses, one of which was Celestia, done up in a cocoon, gross.
The MG roared as well, firing at changelings trying to fly at me from above, they dropped like flies, and I couldn't help but chuckle at the irony. Eventually the room was cleared, leaving the ponies, Princesses, myself, and the big one.
Needless to say she looked pissed. "MY CHILDREN!" She gave out a scream and galloped at me, I tried to fire at her, only for her to dodge my shots at speeds that my onboard targeting computer couldn't keep up, eventually distance was gone and she was in my face, grabbing my MG and ripping it off my arm.
"YOU DARE ATTACK ME!" She yelled, "I am Chrysalis, Queen of the Changelings!" She shouted in my face, baring her fangs as she used the MG as a club to hit me across the head.
I went flying across the room, near the pony hostages and into a pillar, I was buried under debris, knocking me for a loop for five critical seconds. I shook my head and got my systems back in order, I rose from the rubble, my armor was dented and my chest plate had a tear on the right side.
"You," She said, I realized she was behind me as I turned around to fire Justice at her, only to be rewarded with the MG to the face again, being sent across the room. "You will PAY for murdering my children!"
I slammed hard into the wall, finding myself unable to get up, looking down I saw why, my left foreleg was ripped off, shooting sparks as wires and hydraulic fluid sprayed from the injection tubes.
"Shit..." I mumbled, luckily, I was still operational.
She was coming at me again, I had precious seconds, taking careful aim I fired Justice, blasting the MG out of Chrysalis' grip and fired again, the rounds bounced off her armor but it made her pause long enough for me to raise a rear hoof and kick her square in the jaw.
She went flying straight up and hit the sealing, masonry and parts of the sealing came down when she did, I slowly got up and began to pummel her while she was down.
"You are under arrest!" I yelled with each punch. "You have the right to remain silent, anything you say can and WILL be used against you!" I kicked her in the ribs, making her yelp as she went flying into a pillar, causing it to crack. I picked her up and looked at her.
"You have a right to an attorney, if you can't afford one, well, your up shit creak!" I said before I headbutted her, knocking her to the ground, I grabbed and threw her again.
She collided against the wall next to a window, I began to slowly approach, she suddenly got up and fired a green magic beam at me, hitting me in the chest, opening the breach in my armor.
"ENOUGH!" She yelled.
I slid across the ground as I landed, stopping at the hooves of the hostages. A purple unicorn, white unicorn, orange earth pony, cyan Pegasus, a yellow Pegasus, and a pink earth pony, The purple unicorn looked down at me, I was having tracking problems again as my system began to lag.
Needless to say, I couldn't move.
Chrysalis looked down at me and sneered, her fangs were literally dripping with drool.
"I'll tear you apart you mechanical abomination...." She said as she lifted a piece of rebar and impaled it through the breach of my hull.
I screamed out as she leaned down, and looked me in the visor.
"Now you'll pay for killing my children, and ruining my perfect day!"
"You mean, OUR perfect Day!" a voice called out, gaining both our attention, standing beside the stallion, who was white with dark blue mane and wearing a red vest, a pink Alicorn with gold, more pink, and purple mane. her eyes were a more darker shade pink with a crystal heart flanked by gold swirling details.
They glared at Chrysalis as she looked at them in shock.
"How did you escape?" She asked more to herself than anypony in general.
Finding the moment of reprieve, I punched the changeling queen off me, knocking her away long enough for me to get up, the rebar still impaled, but it could be ignored for now, I tried to stand but I stumbled over, only for the orange earth pony and cyan Pegasus to catch me.
"Whoah, easy there, sugarcube!" The Orange mare said as she held me, I give her credit she was strong.
"Dang, she's heavy!" The Cyan Pegasus said as she fumbled and let me lay on my side.
"I'll live."
"But not for long!" Chrysalis said as she tried to charge us, I tried to get up but couldn't, I sustained too much damage.
But then, the pink Alicorn and white unicorn stallion seemed to glow, forming a heart as a magical pulse engulfed us and sent the Changeling Queen out the window, the rest of her horde going with her over the horizon.
The two touched the floor and embraced, I on the other hoof laid there, looking pathetic. Looking at the piece of Rebar in my chest, I grabbed hold of it and pulled it out, the sound of my scream was enough to startle everypony in the room.
At some point the Princess had freed herself, trotting up to me and smiled.
"Thanks for your help, officer." Celestia said as she knelt down to me, her horn glowed as she helped me up. "Silver Blue, I will have the best ponies to help repair you, don't worry." she said with a smile.
I could only nod as I groaned pathetically. "Just so long as my friend Dragnet's all right."
I then noticed the white stallion and pink Alicorn approach me. They looked to each other and nodded with a smile.
"We would be honored if you'd attend our wedding." The pink one said.
The stallion nodded. I nodded and decided it best to power down.
After a few hours of ponies worrying if I died and another few of having my ass repaired, I woke up to several ponies in a room staring at me, one of the faces I was happy to see was Dragnet, who's shoulder was covered in gauze and she walked on a crutch.
"Hey partner!" She said as she came up to hug me, I smiled, I couldn't resist hugging back. "I was so worried when I didn't get any information, the whole city heard gunfire, but nopony could clear the story up for me on what happened, I had to come here to find out by these ponies."
I looked at the ponies from before, at the same time I ran a diagnostic, everything ran great, even my guns were reinstalled and repaired. Back to normal. I looked at my foreleg and tested it, back to normal.... well... close to it.
When evening came and the Wedding went on without a hitch, I got to know the ponies in attendance and even though I was invited, I stayed in the back, Dragnet beside me.
When the wedding ended and everypony were dancing, my helmet was retracted, so my face was out so everypony could see me. I felt a tap on my shoulder, I turned and saw Dragnet standing behind me, she wore a beautiful green dress, I agreed, it went well with her colors, the White Unicorn mare, I found out, was Rarity, as thanks she made a dress for me, it fit, and it complimented me well. it was white with light blue roses and blue Lilac flowers.
"Care for a dance, officer?" Dragnet asked with a sly grin on her muzzle as she held out her hoof. I was about to refuse only for her to grab my hoof. "Glad you agreed!"
She pulled me onto the dance floor, the song was more for couples, but with that grin on the brown unicorn's face, how could I say no now?
"Crazy day, huh?" I asked, getting a chuckle and quiet 'yeah' from her. "Sure you want to dance with me?"
She laughed and rested her head on my shoulder. "Wouldn't have asked you if otherwise, now would I?"
I chuckled and danced with my partner, it was nice. I always seen Dragnet as a mother figure during my time I was alive, now I was seeing her as something more... I think when she kissed me the day she was sick, I think she's.... nah, can't be.
Eventually we made room for the couple of the hour and let them slow dance, we joined in as well when the rest of the couples did so, then came the swapping of partners, I ended up with the purple unicorn at some point, her name was Twilight Sparkle, she was totally a nerd, but I heard a lot of good things about her, my stupid onboard computer ruined it by running back checks on her, turned out she only got into trouble a couple of times, but other than that nothing major.
"Enjoying the party?" She asked, smiling, over her shoulder, I could see Dragnet glaring at Twilight, ooh jealous pony.
"Except having to get beat to hell, I'm fine." I said with a chuckle. "I can't eat some of the foods here, I have to eat soft foods, but what I did have were awesome."
Twilight laughed, "Yeah, that would be Applejack's work, she's an amazing cook."
I nodded as we danced a little longer. "Do you plan to visit Ponyville?" she asked as we spun.
I nodded again. "Yes, my friend and I planned to go there for vacation, as you can figure out, Canterlot was our first stop."
The purple unicorn nodded. "Your not a bad dancer." She said, looking me up and down. "So, how did you get this way?"
"U-uuhh..." I stammered. "I-..." Honestly, I didn't want to talk about it. But, I gave an abridge version. "W-Well.... I got... uhm... I was a police officer, and, we were chasing some criminals. I was spying on them and.... uhm. Got... caught..."
Twilight nodded as I explained. "Go on..."
I bit my bottom lip, rubbing the back of my neck. "Look, I really don't..."
"Oh, OH!" Her eyes went wide. "You don't have to tell me if you don't want to." She said, but a smile crept on her muzzle. "But, if you need a friend, you have six in Ponyville, waiting to get to know you."
We danced a few more minutes before changing partners, three partners later, I got Celestia. Oh boy....
"Uh-uhm..." I stammered. "I-I'm sorry."
Celestia blinked. "What ever for, my little pony?"
I looked into her eyes and sighed. "For my outburst, a few months ago. I... I was going through alot, and..."
Celestia giggled. "Oh, don't worry about it, Silver Blue, ponies are emotive things, even yourself." She paused before her smile melted off. "You had full right to be angry."
My brow furrowed. "Why?"
She sighed and looked at me. "Your right, I should have been there, to save you. But, I cant..." A tear, a real one ran down her cheek. "I wish I can be everywhere, but I can't, but I should have stopped Vex myself, now, so many ponies are gone."
I sighed, now I felt really bad. I looked over at Dragnet who was watching the scene, the jealous look was gone and a look of remorse was evident on her, she gave me a nod to continue my conversation with her.
"I... I forgive you." I slowly said as I looked up at her, she gave me a look of shock before I continued. "I was being selfish, But I guess I'm the first to be brought back, so, I'm sorry."
Celestia blinked a few times before smiling, she nodded and we danced a few more moments before I had to ask.
"Why all the upgrades though?"
She looked at me and sighed. This time a more serious look came to her face.
"Equestria as a nation has known peace a long time, Silver Blue, but dark times are coming, I need all the friends and assets available, I had your jurisdiction limitations removed in case I needed you in another area of the kingdom, I also needed you to know what I thought was more important to the safety of the citizens, I knew you'd be able to do so yourself, but the directives were installed to ensure it."
She paused before continuing. "I was unaware you was in the city, Silver Blue, and I am very glad you were." She said closing her eyes to inhale. She opened them again to look at me. "Were you not here to distract a majority of Chrysalis's forces from the rest of the city, many ponies would be hurt or worse right now."
It's that moment she took a step back and bowed to me. "Silver Blue, you are now a friend to the crown, you've shown loyalty and resolve, you fought Chrysalis, despite harm brought unto yourself. Furthermore you distracted Chrysalis so Twilight could free Princess Cadance, thus how she and Shining Armor were able to effectively save the day." She rose and looked me in the optics.
"Silver Blue, should you need anything, the Nation of Equestria is available to you, the resources of the Crown will be at your disposal." Celestia said as we continued to dance. "Anything you need, Parts, repairs, you name it, it's available."
I was honestly speechless. However, one thing popped up in my mind, I hated to ask, I didn't want to get my hopes up, but damnit, I had to know.
"One thing that comes to mind, Princess." I said as I licked my lips.
Celestia nodded.
"W-Well..." I began, nervousness set in but I had to know. I looked up at her and showed her my foreleg, but she knew I meant more than that. "Is there a way?"
Celestia was quiet for a while, she looked around, when it was time to change partners, she refused to relinquish me. Finally she looked to me. "It will be difficult," She said, I began to deflate until she continued. "I will see what I can do, But, understand, it's a long shot."
I nodded, Looking around I saw Dragnet impatiently waiting to have her partner back.
Celestia grinned. "I see I have competition." Finally she relinquished me and I was returned to Dragnet's rather possessive grip, She sees me as her foal, one she doesn't want out of her sight.
Celestia turned once more and bowed. "Once again, I... No. All of Equestria thanks you, both." She turned and left, leaving a possessive Dragnet and I to dance.
"Your getting ridicules, Draggy." I said chuckling. "I'm not a foal."
Dragnet snorted. "I missed too much dance time with you because of her!" She huffed but looked up at me with a serious expression. "What was that about anyway?"
I explained the conversation to her, eventually the dance ended and came time to throw the bouquet, Rarity shoved several mares out of the way to catch it, until Dragnet took one flower from it, she placed it in my ear and smiled.
"Much better, now can we go to our hotel? I'm exhausted."
I chuckled and we returned to the Hotel for the night. One of the cool new upgrades I got while I was repaired was a charger cord that could be plugged into the wall, I did just that and took a power nap,
The next morning, Dragnet and I were off to Ponyville, hopefully no shenanigans awaited us...
I was wrong.
Naturally...
Ponyville Vacation, oh and an ugly Bird
(A/N: Before you read this, be warned there is a Cyborg Pony on Unicorn Intimacy scene, I am not good with sex scene so it's rather soft core. But, if you like it. cool! if no, well forgive me.)
During the train ride, I got to ride coach this time with Dragnet and the Mares from Ponyville, I also met the little dragon, Spike. He was cool.
Spike looked up and down at me, he wasn't scared, I think he wanted to say Hi, so I broke the ice first.
"Hey, little dude." I said with a smile, my hoof out for a hoof-bump. He obliged and returned it, smiling.
"Wow, are you a robot?" he asked, I would have been offended, but knew better, he just didn't know.
"Nah," I corrected. "Cyborg."
"Cool!" He said as he grinned. "I'm a dragon! the most fearsome beast of Equestria, Lord of the sky, protector of ponies! and---"
Dragnet giggled. "Lord of the sky huh?" She said pointing at his wingless back.
Spike looked at his back and sighed. "Okay, I'm still growing, but...."
I smiled. "It's cool, I was a foal once, it takes a while for everything to kick in." I winked.
Twilight however sighed. "Don't get him started."
But Spike was grinning. "I'll have the biggest wingspan than anypony!"
I smirked. "Bigger than Celestia?"
Spike cupped his chin. "When I grow up I'll be way bigger than her! I can be the royal dragon!"
Everypony laughed at him, but it was only in good nature, never the less I smiled in a supportive manner.
"Hey, maybe someday you'll have wings like mine?" I said as I reached into the luggage compartment and pulled out my flight pack, complete with wings.
Princess Luna was nice enough to have some guards get it for me, In case I needed it, Spike's eyes bulged out as he 'wow'ed under his breath.
One of the pegasus mares, Rainbow Dash, groaned.
"Great, This keeps up, EVERYPONY can be a pegasus."
I rolled my eyes. "It's so I can fly, but have a more practical use, I'm too heavy to walk on clouds." I said, putting the pack away in the luggage compartment.
The look on Dragnet's face was heartbreaking, She was vocal on it before, she didn't want to see me turned into a weapon, and get used to blow ponies up. Plus, she didn't want to leave my side, We're like two peas in the pod, I enter a room, she's next to come through the door. Whats left of the door usually.
It wasn't long until we arrived at the Ponyville station, The girls helped Dragnet and I check out the town, it was strangely vacant, I don't believe I had that much of an effect on ponies. It's then I got to go to this place, Sugar Cube Corner, I noticed the pink one disappeared, so we entered.
"SURPRISE!" The whole town was stuffed in the building, My system, was reading more ponies that the building was capable of holding, but it managed.
The pink pony from before bounced to me and offered a smoothy, I was sure to explain what I could and couldn't eat. The questions were many, but Dragnet helped out.
"Welcome to ponyville!" Pinkie Pie said as she put a hat on my head. "Your visiting now, but maybe you'll visit more often huh?"
She zipped to the side of the room so fast my cpu was burning from trying to keep up with her, so I looked at the floor just to keep it from burning out.
"Y-Yeah, maybe." Dragnet said and looked at me, "I been here before, this pony is very nice, just give her a chance."
"It's fine, but she's making my system short out with how fast she is." I only have so many GBs of RAM, And I don't think 3000 TB RAM would be enough!
Dragnet's mouth made a cute 'o' face before she put on her trademark smile.
Applejack then came up with a smoothy of her own. "Hope your enjoying yourself, Silver Blue." She sipped the smoothie. "Gotta love Pinkie Pie, she can make sure anypony can enjoy her amazing cupcakes!" She stopped to look at the smoothie, "Hey, I wonder what the ingredients are?"
As the party continued, Rarity trotted up to me next, she had a small filly beside her.
"Thank you again for your help." She said as she looked to the younger unicorn. "And this is my sister Sweetie Belle, Her other friends must be around somewhere?"
I looked at the filly and smiled. "Hi."
She waved. "Are you the one who saved Scootaloo?"
I blinked and tilted my head. "The orange filly?" The two nodded. "I guess I did then."
As the party continued, Dragnet and I found a quiet corner, we were sipping coffee (turns out I CAN drink it, Yay!) and discussing our plans.
"The town don't look like much," Dragnet said before continuing. "but there's things here that you won't find anywhere else, Like the Guardian Clock tower, where the bell there was used to alert the guards during the coming of the griffins."
As the day continued, Dragnet and I began our tour, Dragnet mostly dragged me around town. We ended up making a full zig-zag around the whole place. Ponies here were oddly friendly to me. Surprisingly my appearance don't bother em, I later found out Pinkie had something to do with it.
"Mommy, look!" A filly said pointing at me. "Can I have one? PLEASE!?" She asked, her mother giggled.
"Sorry, but I don't think I can find one at the toy store." The mare said.
I chuckled. "Sorry, I'm limited edition."
The mare stared at me wide eyed. "Uhhh...."
Okay MOST ponies were told ahead of time.
"Cool she talks!" The filly said. "Trade you my Doll for her, miss!"
Dragnet busted out laughing. I just facehoof with a mechanical smack which caused the mother to pull her foal away.
"I'm deeply sorry, she can be insistant." The mother said while looking down. "Now, Orion Lights, I don't think you can put her in your toy chest, she won't fit."
"I'm a Police Crime Prevention cyborg, not a toy, Orion Lights." I said as the mother sighs. "Don't sweat it."
After... that happened.... We continued to a large building, it was shaped like a carousel and upon seeing the sign I got it. Carousel Boutique.
Catchy.
Trotting in, the door went 'ting ting' Calling the owner out from behind a mirror.
"Cooomiiiiiing!" She said, it turned out Rarity owned it. "AH, so you made it to my humble shop, have we?" She giggled. "Rest assured you were wise to save the best for last!"
"Hello again, Rarity." Dragnet said. "You know I've Been here before."
"You grew up here before, remember, darling?"
"You lived here?" I asked with a raised brow. "I thought you were a Manehattan Mare?"
Dragnet grinned and booped me on the nose. "I was born and raised in Ponyville, but I moved to Manehattan for police training, when I joined the force, you and I got partnered up. I had to keep you out of trouble somehow." She giggled.
I couldn't help but smirk. "And now?"
"Your still a loose canon, my dear." She said before ruffling my fiber optic wire mane. "Thats why you need somepony to keep you safe."
"Since when Have I been a loose canon?" I asked with a raised brow.
"You shot the snack machine." Dragnet stated simply. "Then there was the air conditioner."
"It fell on my hoof!" I argued.
"You shot that 'burgler'." She added.
I snorted. "He was resisting arrest!"
"He was the homes owner, Blue." She argued.
"He was fine!" Okay, he might, MIGHT, be in a wheel chair now...
Dragnet shook her head. "Then, there was the toy store incident."
"That Tickle-Me Luna had it coming!" I quickly defended.
"You shot it's head off, in front of a foal!" She quickly argued. "The precinct had to buy thirty of the damn things, because your arcane bullets went through four isles, we're lucky nopony was hurt!"
Rarity was staring at us in confusion, I could tell she was wanting to interupt, but I could tell the stories and banter were amusing her as she was trying hard not to laugh.
"Okay, okay, fine, maybe I'm a bit jumpy." I relented.
It was the oddest timing, but the second I said that, a loud 'ding' made me jolt, Law and Justice came out and I was about to fire at the sound, until dragnet pulled them off target, making me shoot the vase in the corner. Rarity had her jaw on the hing as she stared at the damage.
"Well...." She said as she trotted over to clean the mess. "I've been wanting a reason to throw this ugly thing away."
"Sorry Rarity." I said as I chuckled, I saw Dragnet open a hatch with a wrench. "What are you doing?"
She was shaking her head as she detached my guns. "You'll get these back at the end of the day, Blue."
I groaned. "Damnit."
After that ordeal, Dragnet and Rarity began talking, Eventually the talk turned to me standing on a turn table with three mirrors in front of me and Rarity holding a measure tape.
"How did we get from me shooting things to me standing here being poked and prodded?" I asked no one in particular, Rarity answered anyway.
"Oh, don't be so dramatic, darling." She said as she put the tape around my chases. "Everypony deserves to look their best." She pulled the tape off and jotted down the numbers, raising a brow, She then went under me to get my body length measurement. "Including you!"
When she got up out of under me she went to my Mane and began trying to full with it. "Now, your mane may be difficult. Was it designed like this, or did nopony making you have a since of vision?"
I wasn't sure if I should be offended or not. "It grows." I clarified. "I just never style it."
Rarity gasped. "FOR SHAME!" I was smacked on the nose, which really didn't do much but to make the white unicorn make a soft yelp and hold her hoof, making her regret the action. "I shall fix that instantly!"
She pulled out a pair of scissors, and moved them to my hair, then a detail I forgot to mention was evident as the poor pony got a nasty jolt the second she cut a lock of my mane. She yelled out as she dropped the scissors, despite using her magic, the bolt bounced from her scissors, to her horn.
"OOPS!" I said, "I'm sorry, Rarity, I forgot to warn you. They're electrified to allow a kind of connection to the database." Ponyville doesn't have one, therefore it's trying to search for it. "I'm so so so sorry!"
Rarity wobbled on her legs as she held the blackened scissors. "Oohhh." She moaned. "I-It's okay, darling. No harm done. And my mane isn't sticking up." There was still a crackle of energy surging around her horn as she got back to me with the scissors. "Okay, let's try this again, shall we?"
I quickly turned the database scanner off, making my mane loose it's glow, Rarity 'Oohed'. Apparently my mane was silver with a blue streak running through it. It was reflective as the individual follicles were indeed wires, LEDs infact, with them off, they were reflective, making almost like a mirror effect.
Rarity stopped to fix her own mane in her reflection, after that, she began her work without being zapped, her horn glowed as the turn table rotated me as she went from front, left, back, and then right, once done, I saw the pony who looked back, She had her mane pulled back, making her face more visible, the pony tail she wore was now braided, with a metal nut put in place of a scrunchy.
Dragnet took a moment to look up from her magazine and look at me. "Oh my." She came up to me and smiled. "Who's this cute pony?"
"Hah. Hah." I sarcastically replied. "Where'd you get the bolt?"
Rarity smiled. "I'm not done yet, Darling." She said, pulling out a buffering attachment for a power drill. "Despite what some ponies like to think, I have worked with more difficult ponies."
After a buffering job, a strange but satisfying tightening of loose joints, And a fresh coat of wax, I slowly rose from an oil bath that Rarity kept in her basement, that had a 77 Chariot which she's been working on, guess a pony petty like Rarity can have some side hobbies.
It wasn't long however, I was put back up on the pedestal as Rarity began bringing out fabrics for whatever it is she was doing, I looked outside and it was almost dark!
Dragnet was treating herself to a mud mask treatment, her hooves being rubbed by two twin ponies who Rarity invited over on pay to give my partner their attention as she couldn't do so herself, being focused on me.
"Now," Rarity said, placing a piece of fabric after fabric on me. "What look would work with you?" She was muttering as she continued to change fabrics. "No that won't do." She said tossing the fabric aside. "NO!" She yelled. "Defenantly Not!" Flying Fabric. "HOW DARE YOU!" And another. "BEGONE!" Another Fabric learned the magic of flight.
She was getting frustrated, obviously. It's when she rummaged through her storage of fabrics she found something, turning to me she muttered, though my sensitive audio receptors still picked it up.
"I wonder?"
Trotting up to me she held a fabric in her magic grip, it was of a grey color, I was curious as to why that color caught her eyes when others would have worked well. But she had began to pick up other fabric rolls.
"Yes." She muttered. "Yes that could work, simple yet elegent, Mixing machine and the beauty of the mare inside!" She began to drape the fabrics on me, I tried to look but she made me turn my head as she was placing different fabrics on my neck. "Maybe... yes!"
I was spun around, making me dizzy as she levitated an assortment of cutting, sewing, and ruler tools. She quickly got to work and by the time she was finished, my clock was showing it was midnight.
Once she was done, Dragnet was asleep and my charge was down to 48%.
"Finally." She said, her eyes were blood shot and her mane was frazzled. "BEHOLD!"
Turning me again I was greeted to a pony I've not seen in six years. I was wearing a dark grey dress with saphire spiraling accent details, the breast of the dress had a V-bangle sewn in the fabric made of a dark blue leather with a zero one embroidered in the left side.
Around my neck was a light blue handkerchief that was tied around my neck, I turned to the side and noticed a set of black boots that used straps instead of laces.
I smiled at Rarity and nodded. "Thanks. Been a while since I felt like a real pony."
Rarityand nodded back with a smile of her own in return. "Your welcome, darling."
The next morning, Dragnet and I left Rarity's, she was kind enough to let us stay the night, we went over to the Library, turned out it was Twilight Sparkle's home, fitting, I figured she was a book worm.
I was reading a book on mechanics, machines, and computers, mostly in case I needed to do self repairs, it was quite useful and very informative, I ran the data with some literal 'speed reading', I compared the data with my schematics and found a ton of it useful.
Opening a hatch compartment on my chest I found an interface behind another panel, it was a monitor showing my data storage, memory, all that crap. If I ever deemed it necessary I could reprogram myself.
I then found a strange circular 'thing' with a grip in the center, like a reverse flathead screw bolt. Screwing it open, I nearly shut myself down, it was my Magic Fusion Core.
"Cut that out!" Twilight yelled. I looked up startled as she chastised me. "Your going to pull a wire out or something!"
Dragnet looked up from her book, shaking her head. "That's just how she is, she's a curious lil' pony." she said with a giggle, that smile disappeared when she looked away. "A brave pony too." she looked at me from the side. I knew what she was thinking.
I nodded to her and returned to the book I was looking at. After I got the info I needed, I went to another, one called 'Ponies and Puppets, how to cut the strings." Huh? That one was an interesting read, it was a story of a pony who was controlled by dark forces, until she learned how to 'cut her strings' as it were, and worked to undo the damage she done.
It was a fascinating read, but not a useful one, still the data was saved onto hard drive, and I began doing another look through the shelves, Dragnet was reading another book by then, a romance one from the looks of it, didn't figure she was a trashy romance reader, weird.
After all that, we began to leave to another of the town's many landmarks, for some reason, Dragnet lead me to a farm.
"Uh, Dragnet?"
"You'll be fine, Blue. It's a Farm, Sweet Apple Acres to be exact!" She said, going over the place's history. "It was one of Ponyville's first establishing land marks!"
"So... an apple farm." I said plainly.
Dragnet stopped, and I almost ran her over. "No no no, it's more than that." She continued. "It's ran by the Apple family."
"OH!" Yeah, everypony knew the Apple family, there was an Apple in every huge and small town or city, even the Canterlot Capital had an Apple.
There's a rumor, in fact, that when a town starts it's roots, the Apples plant the first seed. And it's well known to stay on the Apple's good side, in Manehattan, the Apples have a large connection in the city, They run a lot of stores and you never disrespect them. Doing so means bad things will happen to you.
Even the police either have Apples in the family, or had support from them. Which is odd for a Mafia type organization, but it don't mean they have to be bad ponies.
Once we got to the farm, Dragnet saw one of the town's owners. She was one of the ponies at the wedding, Applejack I believe. Jeez, does all those girls live in town?
"Well, howdy again, there, Blue!" She said looking me over. "Well, Ah say yer lookin much better than the last time I saw ya!"
I blinked at her in confusion, until she chuckled.
"Ah was at the weddin, remember?" Her smile melted away like ice in a flame. "Ya were beat a might bad, metal pipe stickin outta ya, arm missin...."
"OH!" I said. shuddering. "If it's all the same to you, I'd rather forget that moment."
The farm pony nodded. "Yeah, can't blame ya there, par'ner." She said before changing the subject. "Where ya'll been?"
I chuckled and looked myself over. "I got a make over at Rarity's."
Applejack chuckled. "Explains the fancy getup. Lookin amight good, though! So You two like to see the farm?" The farm pony asked as she offered us an apple. I got applesauce with cinnamon. YUM!
Eating it however I got wierd grinding noises coming from my stomach. A pop was heard and I spat out a seed.
"OOPS!" Applejack said. "Ah best check that dern apple masher again. Seems to be on tha fritz."
I was spitting apple seeds out like a machine gun, putting new holes in the ground. Applejack was watching until a smile flashed on her face.
"Say, you two wanna help with the farm, ah can have ya'll do some stuff round here." She said, dodging a seed I spat out. Jeeze how many of the damn things are there!?
Dragnet grinned and nudged me with a hoof. "We'd be happy to, right Partner?"
I spat the last seed from my mouth, Making Dragnet yelp as she ducked, holding her ponytail down. The seed flew a good thirty yards before imbeding itself in the barn's wall, I gagged a bit before smiling. "Sure thing, Doing something other than firing Law and Justice sounds nice for once!" I said popping said guns from my sides, nearly smacking Applejack upside the head.
"WHAOH NELLY!" She said pushing Law away from her noggin. "Easy there, pony girl, 'bout took mah head off!"
"Don't worry," Dragnet said. "She's not armed, She shot Rarity's place up after hearing the microwave ding and I had to disarm her."
"How do we know it wasn't really a bomb?" I argued.
"Your not a bomb disposal Pony, you failed that class, remember?" Dragnet argued. "And let's not forget that nasty boobie trap Vex had on that door."
"There's a story there, Ah bet?" Applejack asked, Dragnet was happy to tell it as I played the memory back, literally!
Back when we were getting Vex, Prying open the double doors to her hideout, I spotted a bomb, neatly nestled on the floor, it was set to explode the moment the doors were open, I tried to disarm it, but the damn thing blew up in my face, sending me across the room and blacking out. I rubbed the hammered out dent on my chest plate with a fresh memory.
Applejack blinked, she tried hard not to laugh but ultimately failed. "Wow, ya'lls like a couple-a trouble magnets. Ya'll must see alotta action."
I grinned like a school filly. "You should see the black box recordings on my hard drive."
"Black Boxa-driva-whatza?" Applejack said. "Now ya'lls plain talkin fancy!"
"Remember when I got shot at Canterlot?" Dragnet said.
"I don't want to, it hurts seeing you hurt." I replied honestly.
"Awww." Applejack giggled. "Ya'll sure yer just partners?"
I blushed and pulled out my plasma cutter. "You want to loose your tongue?"
The farm pony just laughed harder. I was literally fuming smoke from my vents, Dragnet was just smiling sweetly at me, but we were both blushing.
Trotting through the orchard, Applejack had hitched an apple cart to our backs, Mine had several bags of seeds, I got an idea of what she had planned for me.
"Alright, gals." the Farm Pony began. "Here's yer jubs." She said as she turned to us. "Dragnet, ah need ya to help miss Blue 'ere to clear out these ol' dead trees. Since ah'd reckon apple buckin's outta the question fer our cyborg."
"What!? I can buck a tree! Bucking's easy! WATCH!" I argued
"BLUE, Don't!"
It was too late, the second I locked my crossairs on an innocent tree I reared back with my back legs, and kicked hard at it.
The apples rained down on the ground, several thunked against my hull while Dragnet and Applejack ran out from under the bushel as they came came down. I gave them a big grin until we heard a cracking groan, it lasted a few seconds, and grew in volume before being followed by a loud crashing thump.
Slowly I turned my head, my neck joints made a slow whir as I looked behind me.
There on the ground the tree laid on it's side, uprooted. Birds around the orchard were flying off, startled by the loud noise.
"Uuuuhhh."
I was too flabbergasted by the unintentional damage I caused, Applejack had her mouth hanging open and Dragnet was facehoofing.
"Applejack, I'm so sorry!" I said as I got around beside the tree and picked it up, good ol' Earth Pony strength mixed with mechanical ingenuity, the Tree rose up, roots being pushed back to their home in the soil.
Applejack and Dragnet set to work pushing the dirt back in the ground to keep the tree from falling.
"Well, ya got them apples alright." Applejack said as she looked at the mess. "Posta keep the tree standin though." She was giggling at least. "Now, let's keep to the job, kay?"
I snorted. "Fine. C'mon Draggy."
I was certainly more suited to removing the dead trees, they stood no chance against me as I ripped them out of the ground the same manner I did with the poor apple tree I unintentionally knocked down.
Applejack was refilling the holes where the old trees were removed and Dragnet planted new seeds, I was at the 1,000th tree and was about to knock it over until I just suddenly shut off.
"The hay?" I heard, no video but I had audio. "What in tarnation happened, she jus stopped!" It was Applejack.
Somepony opened the core cylinder on my lower side, I got a message saying the Magic Fusion Core silo was open. "Her core needs charging, she must have been active too long. Luckily I got a second one in my saddle bag, would you be so kind as to..."
"Sure thang, par'ner." I heard Applejack say. A few minutes of Dragnet muttering to herself as she was no doubt fussing over me, I suddenly had video.
"Gotcha on reserve power, Blue." Dragnet said as she continued to tweek my system. "You should be able to see now."
She had also opened the hatch on my chest and opened the second, using the console inside to punch in more codes.
'I can see you.'
"Yeah, what happened?" She asked.
'Some kind of power outtage.'
She sighed and shook her head at me. "Never, EVER scare me like that, I hate when you do that!" She emphasized that by punching my shoulder, causing my body to rattle a bit, since nothing was on, my joints were locked up, making me rock a little.
'I don't mean to.'
It wasn't long until Applejack came back back with another Core, Dragnet took it and with a profession that would make Gear and Bolt jealous, installed it.
Finally I got a full charge and my systems booted up, Readout showed a full charge and my battery was at 99%.
"You forgot to charge last night!" Dragnet asked, like a mother scolding her daughter. "You gave me a fright, Blue!"
"Sorry, I didn't get to charge last night, I was being dressed up by Rarity." I defended, Dragnet put the empty core in her saddle back, I saw she had two more full ones inside.
"Well, come on. let's get back to it." Applejack said.
By evening, the work was done, and I was picking bits of wood out of my hull. We were heading out to the hotel we rented a room at, when Twilight came galloping to us with Spike lagging behind.
"Spike" Pant. "Letter, Princess..." Pant. "For you..." pant.
Dragnet and I shared a side glance, "Try breathing, then continue."
Twilight panted a few more times before she started. "Spike received a letter from the Princess, it's for you." She explained. She gave me the letter and I read it outloud.
"Dear Dragnet and Silver Blue,
I apologize for interrupting your vacation a second time, but this is a serious and possibly for you, personal matter.
A squad of royal guards have went missing, I gave them an order to check the Castle of the Royal Sisters, I wanted to be sure Chrysalis wasn't hiding there (we learned different now), They have yet to report and I grow worried.
One of the Royal Guards was Lieutenant Silver Lining, Its because of this I am certain you wish to deal with the situation yourself.
If you wish to employ Twilight for assistance, you may, Twilight has been my most loyal subject and student since childhood. But I pray you keep her out of harms way if possible.
I wish you the best of luck,
Her Royal Majesty, Matron of the Sun, and Protector of Equestria
Princess Celestia."
Dragnet was about to say something, but I bolted off, I had no idea where to go until my onboard navigation system showed me where to go.
My father...
Missing....
I snorted, I lost my mother, then my father lost me, I won't stand by and loose him when I have a chance to see him again.
Overriding the disarming of my weaponry that Dragnet put on me, Law and Justice came forth from their respective hatches, after Rarity's, Dragnet reattached my weapons but disarmed me. Now I was armed, and any foe will learn I was dangerous!
Galloping at a speed that even Dragnet couldn't keep up with, I bolted through the forest. Trees and thorned bushes were turned oblivion as I smashed through them like tissue paper.
"BLUE!" I heard Dragnet scream, She did her best to keep up but eventually she tripped and fell.
I stopped and looked at her. What was I doing? Running blind? With a sigh I turned around and came up to her, helping her up, she shook her head at me.
"You can't just run in like a war machine, Blue, come on, we're in this together." She said as she trotted with me, until we heard more hooves running in.
When we turned, we saw Twilight gallop in.
"You'll..." Pant. "Need." More panting. "Help..." She needs to exorcise more.
I looked at Dragnet who pulled out her pistol and loaded it with a smirk. "Never deny backup, partner."
It took a few hours until we got to the castle, I learned Twilight was a very powerful little unicorn. She can do shit you wouldn't believe. She even levitated ME! That's a very talented little pony! Even Dragnet's Jealous.
"Ugh..." I groaned. "Why couldn't I have been born a Unicorn?"
Dragnet put her hoof on my shoulder, "Blue, Your special the way you are, your a wonderful Earth---
"No, I'm a useless earth pony!" I argued.
"Excuse Me!" Dragnet balked. "But who among us is a kickass cyborg pony with guns here?" She put her hoof on her chin, "Hmm, oh yes, YOU ARE!" She argued further. "You have the greatest strength among us, Heavily armed, heavily ARMORED! You took on Vex, fought Queen Chrysalis all by your self!"
"Got my ass kicked you mean." I clarified. she slapped me.
"You still fought bravely," She said cupping my cheek. "Your the most amazing little earth pony, you were before your death, and now, even more so!"
I remained quiet.
"Uhm... We're here." Twilight said, as we got to the castle, it was lit up, and something felt off.
We proceeded inside, after I had to get my flight pack so I don't snap the bridge. once we got in, we found the place in disarray, as though a fight broke out. There was blood on the floor and magic energy burns and a small pock holes on the walls. it looked like one hell of a fight.
Dragnet put her hoof on my withers and nuzzled. "I'm sure Silver Lining's fine."
I nodded as I began to look around, there were signs the guards were sent here some time ago, the place looked lived in. I had a bad feeling and I deployed my rifles.
Dragnet looked at a blood stain, it started with a splatter then smeared across the wall, like whatever hurt the poor bastards threw him into it and he dragged against it a bit before he fell.
No bodies, strange.
"This place is dead, whatever happened here, I think we missed it." Dragnet said as she picked up a knocked over can of soup at a fire pit.
"Must have went down some time ago, I'd say three and a half hours." I said as I pulled a wall tarp over, it was old, tethered, and the details on it depicted an Alicorn raising the moon, must be the Lunar court side of the castle.
I noticed something on the floor, picking it up I saw it was a wallet, I opened it finding a photo of a young filly holding a royal guard plush. Wait...
"Dad..." I said as I looked around. I switched to thermal, then X-Ray visions. Nothing.
"There's a trail," Twilight said looking at a wall. "It ends here. Think it's a---
I fired my guns at the wall before she could finish, it shatted to pieces and bricks fell with ease. Fuck this shit.
"Rotating wall...." She finished. she looked to Dragnet with an annoyed look.
My favorite unicorn grinned sheepishly and shrugged. "She can be dramatic sometimes."
"Ya think?"
"Let's go." I said as we entered.
Looking around I found there was a stairway, at the end, an orange glow caught my optics. Proceeding with caution, I went down and we began to hear voices.
"I'm hungry. You just ate three Ponies! how can you POSSIBLY be hungry? I just am." Despite the conversation, it sounded like it came from one being, but in different tones. "you eat two unicorns then your hungry five minutes later! Bah, they just don't fill you up as well as earth ponies do. there was one in the group we caught. let's eat him."
I quicken my pace, once we got to the bottom we saw something most horrifying.
Bones, bones everywhere, there were more here than from just a few guards, whatever this thing was, it's been eating ponies for a long time.
"How did we miss this?" Twilight asked herself as she entered. She gasped as she looked over.
I followed her line of sight and saw the fresh remains of the guards, they were pegasi and unicorns, no earth ponies, yet.
"Let's cook him first, makes the meat tastier." The voice said, the rest of the personalities agreed.
"Your never going to get away with this!" Another voice, one I heard my whole life, from birth and before death. My Oil Pump pumped faster as I used my X-Ray mode, behind the wall an Earth Pony was being held down by chains, and... what in Equestria!?
Whatever it was, looked to be a bird, but had the head of a pony and... my word, it was big!
"I'm coming Dad!" I yelled out, I had no time to blast the wall, and I feared I may hit dad.
"Blue?" the pony's voice said. it was him!
I ran and smashed into the wall, sending bricks everywhere, I must have been a sight to my dad,
He was a light gray earth pony with green eyes and a blue mane, I got most my looks from him. His armor was torn and he was bleeding, but scans showed he'll be fine.
Needless to say, he was staring in awe at me, I was like a ghost to him, my eyes must have been glowing through the dust as it began to clear, and honestly, I must have been a badass sight.
"What is this?" The creature said as it looked at me. "More food?"
"You can try!" I replied. "But I'm gonna give you one hell of a tummy ache!"
Dragnet and Twilight entered behind me and saw the situation, Twilight gasped.
"A Harpy!"
Indeed, it looking like a cross between a vulture and a pony, and DAMN was it ugly, it had jagged teeth with fresh blood in it's mouth, a dewlap on it's neck like that of an elderly mare but more extreme, it's feathers were black and it had clawed fingers, so it was like a bat, it's Talons were long and curved like a scythe, which looked like could tear a pony to shreds, and from the blood on them and bits of fur, I'd say it had plenty of practice in that profession.
"Dragnet, help my dad." I said as I glared at the Harpy and spread out my legs. "Twilight?"
"Happy to help." She said with a snort. "Be careful, from what I've read, Harpy's are strong, they can tear a pony to pieces in short order."
"How about cyborgs?" I asked, in genuine curiosity.
"Dunno, but be ready, their beaks aren't for show either." she replied.
"Be careful," I heard my father say behind me. "It killed my men."
I snorted and trained my rifles on it's wings. Firing seven rounds, the harpy screeched, it was so loud everypony pinned their ears back, even I had to turn off my audio receptors to keep them from exploding, I took aim and shot the ugly bitch again just to shut her up. When it was safe I turned my audio back on.
"That was loud!" I yelled.
"WHAT!?" Everypony said.
"I Said that was LOUD!" I yelled out again.
"WHAT!?" Was the response. Then Twilight had to add. "That was Loud!"
I rolled my optics, just before having a wing pimp slap me like a hoe, sending me across the chamber into a statue of Celestia, it's head rolling into my crotch with it's eyes looking up at me. I blushed.
"Sorry, Princess, your not my type." I said as I extended my fingers to pick it up.
The Harpy was advancing on my group, It's wings were splayed out in a manner that I didn't like, Dragnet almost had Dad freed, but the chains were being difficult.
"Please hurry." Dad said as he looked up at the Harpy.
Dragnet growled. "I'm trying my damnest."
"You'll all be our food!" The Harpy said as it was about to pounce, Twilight was charging up a spell, but the thing was almost on her. "Your first!"
Rearing my hoof back.
"Hey dad, remember when I was in the filly's baseball legue?" I said, getting his attention.
"You had a terrible throw back then!" He replied, "You beamed the coach in the head!"
"Yeah, let's see if my luck has changed any?" I chucked the statue's head at the Harpy, it thunked right across it's face, sending it spinning with a squawk.
"HAH!" I smirked. "I still got it!"
"Sure did, honey. Keep at it!"
Picking up more parts of the statue I began chucking them at the Harpy, the second the third piece was thrown, it caught it in it's jaws, tightening before crushing the marble into dust, it hissed at me.
"Okay, not my best throw." I muttered, I broke into a gallop at the monster and jumped on it's back, firing at it as I held on for dear life while Big Bird tried her best to throw me off.
"Get off me, Tin Can!" The Big Bird said as it tried to swipe at me with it's claws.
"But I like being on top!"
It's that moment Twilight cast her spell, I saw Dad get freed from the chains just as Dragnet was about to try and cut his hoof off. Thank goodness!
I fired again and again, But the damn thing's feathers were thick, you'd think a bird be easy to shoot, but even my arcane shots were just impacting against thick leathery skin and feathers.
"Damnit, Doesn't anything put you down!?" I yelled as I went up to it's shoulders and started to punch the Harpy, making it squawk each time until it decided to bite my hoof. "HEY! I just had that Polished!"
The Harpy pulled me off it's back and flung me, sending me through another wall, and almost over the cliff had I not deployed my flight pack, I was thinking of possible options as I watched the others deal with the beast.
Pulling out her pistol, Dragnet dodged the Harpy's claws the best she could, her jacket being the only thing to keep her from being sliced to ribbons as she dodged a swipe from it's wing, while Twilight was throwing pieces of the shattered statue at the bird, She was being careful not to hit anypony, most hit home, but didn't seem to harm the damn thing much.
Dad on the other Hoof, once he got his arcane sword, he started hacking at it, but like before, it's feathers were thick. Arcane Magic Bullets did nothing, throwing things at it was just as effective, what about....
An idea popped on my HUD, literally, It was a long shot, but what else was there, I flew in at top speed, lowering myself down parallel to the floor, I put in as much speed as I could.
The sound was like a scream of an eagle, as my afterburners roared, Big Bird heard me coming but just as it was about to swipe at me it was too late, I collided into it's legs, sending the bitch flipping over it's head and onto it's back, squawking as she tried to get up, I slammed my hooves into the floor to slow myself down and turned around in mid slide, I deployed my sonic emitter and advanced upon it slowly while firing.
The sound the Emitter used was at a frequency that could shatter the most toughest walls, and turn glass to sand, The Harpy stood no chance as it screeched in pain, holding it's ears closed, it rose to it's feet and began to back away as I advanced closer, Twilight and Dragnet joined beside me, Dragnet shot her pistol while Twilight flung more objects at Big Bird.
Dad stood and watched in awe as I subdued the Harpy, causing it to screech one final time before jumping out of the hole in the wall and fly off into the everfree, hopefully never to be seen again by pony eyes.
I shut off the sonic emitter and snorted, steam shooting out of my nostrils. I checked over my armor for damage, a shallow cut from when the Harpy swiped me away was evident, but negligible. It's that moment I felt a presence behind me. I turned around and saw my dad looking me over.
"Bluey?" He asked, he took a cautious step towards me as I took one towards him. "My little bluey?"
I blinked. This was more awkward than I figured it be.
Suddenly, I looked away. "No!" I turned trying to go out the hole in the wall only for Dad to grab me. "Don't look at me!"
"Blue!" Dad said, pulling me back as best he could, I give him credit, he wasn't stronger then me now, but damn did he try. "Don't run, please."
I stopped, but kept my face hidden behind a mechanical wing. I couldn't let him see me like this!
"Blue, please..." He said, trotting in front of me to cut off my escape. "Let me see you."
Reluctantly, I lowered my wing, and looked him in the eyes, green eyes met glowing light blue optics. He had a look on his face, one I couldn't read. He bit his hoof before he put it on my face. He knew it wasn't the same face he held when I was a foal. But he knew it was mine.
"Oh, Oh Bluey, what have they done to you?" He said as he cupped my face, a tear ran down his cheek.
"It's still me dad..." I said softly.
Suddenly he pulled me into a hug. "I know, baby. I know." He put his hooves to my sides, trying to find something of me he recognized, I hugged back, but it was pathetic.
He looked at me again, he was on the verge of a breakdown but shook his head, refusing to let himself loose his mind, he put his hooves to his head, running them through his hair. "Oh, oh Bluey...."
"Dad...." I shook my head. "If you need a moment---
But he shook his head. "No." He sniffed. "No, I don't." He was getting angry. "Who did this to you?"
"Vex... Vector Sigma, they found me, I...." I stopped. I could barely say the rest but Dad realized it. He took a deep breath.
"I mean, who turned you into... this?" He said motioning my body. "This isn't... it's not...."
Finally, Dragnet came to our rescue and put a hoof on his shoulder, she pulled him aside. "Silver Lining, She's still your daughter, Don't do this to her."
Dad looked her in the eyes and after a moment he took a deep breath, it was shuddered, but strong, he snorted before nodding.
"Your right," He nodded again. "Yes, you are my daughter." He finally said to me as he hugged me again, I hugged him back this time. "And no matter what, I'm still here for you."
"Uhm..." Twilight said getting our attention. "This is nice, but, can we do this away from the blood covered walls and bones of dead ponies, please?"
Needless to say we agreed, we left the castle later on and got back to Ponyville, Twilight went home to file her report. While Dad got us a hotel to stay at, Dragnet thought it best if Dad and I got to catch up, and gave us privacy.
"So." I began, sipping a hayburger smoothy. "What happened after I...."
Dad nodded. "Well, I made sure you had the best funeral ever." He said with a smile, it was a morbid one, but genuine. "You should see your headstone sometime."
"I did!" I said with a nod. "Silver Blue, 1985 - 2005. Loving Daughter and best damn cop on the force, If you break the law in heaven, I'll come for you. It was sweet dad."
Dad chuckled. "Had to argue with the funeral home to get it made." he picked up his coffee and took a sip. "So, Do you need tune up's now or something?"
I did a double take until I realize he was being literal, I set the smoothy down and nodded. "Yeah, I have two technicians that maintain my cybernetic side, the precincts going to hire a psychiatrist for me when I get back."
Dad raised a brow. "Phsych doc? Why? Your not crazy!" he said, already he wanted to go off on a rant but I held him down.
"No, dad." I chuckled. "It's more for my biological side, I'm a cyborg now, which means my biological parts need to be maintained as well."
He nodded with an 'oh' and calmed down. He sipped his coffee and dunked a donut in it. "So, what's it like?"
I looked at him for a time before the question made more sense, I sighed as I looked at my hoof, extending my 'fingers'. "I can Kind of feel. More like, vibrations if anything. I can't feel the cold, I can't feel the heat, the breeze of the wind, I...." I sighed. "I'm sorry Dad."
He raised an ear up for a moment, then he realized. "What?"
I huffed before looking at him again. "I'm a freak now, huh?"
He finally understood and shook his head. "No, no your not, your still my daughter, your not a freak!" He said before smiling. "Besides, I wouldn't know a freak to have a unicorn friend of yours likes you."
I raised a brow. "Twilight?"
"Huh?" He then busted out laughing before shaking his head. "No, the other one. The rather cute brown unicorn."
I blinked before that 'memory' came up and quickly refiled into the databanks. "OH!" I said. "Uh.... y-yeah, I think she likes me... But... what about...." I rolled my hoof to emphasis, but dad shook his head.
"Don't worry about that." He said as he finished his donut and finished his coffee, picking out the sprinkles from the bottom. "Your... different now, you can easily still live a normal life, Maybe a better one, besides, you can adopt." he said before finding his quarry at the bottom of the mug.
"So you have no problems with it?" I asked, he replied with a shake of his head as he tried to lick the bottom of the mug, only to be refused his prize as his tongue wasn't long enough.
"Damn it, come here." He mumbled, getting a spoon to get at the sprinkles. "You shall be mine."
"But how---
Suddenly he slammed the mug to the table and growled. "Don't Do That!" he yelled, suddenly he got close and despite my height, weight, and greater strength, that was all forgotten by memories of how my dad was when he was furious with me.
"You are the best damn daughter ever, there's plenty of love left in you!" He yelled putting his hoof on my chest to emphasis. "You weren't brought back to mope! 'OH Poor Me, I'm a Frankenpony's Monster!' STOP IT!" He shouted as he managed to back me into a corner, bet that was an amusing sight, but hey, Daddy can be scary when mad.
"B-But---
"ARE YOU A FOAL STILL!?" Dad shouted, Ow my audio receptor ringed a bit! "Get over yourself, You have this beautiful mare interested in you and your being a whiny little foal, Your an adult, FUCK, YOUR A CYBORG!" He began to step back. "Grow up!" Finally his face softened into a sad one. "Don't do that to yourself... You have a new lease on life, honey. Take it!"
I blinked a few times, after he calmed down, he sighed, Let me clear something up, my dad was scary when he was mad, but he'd never hit me or mom, he was a loving father, not to say I never got a spanking for doing something really bad.... like exploding the kitchen.... but he was really sweet, and I do still love him.
I came up to him and rested my head on his shoulder. "Alright Dad...." I said with a sigh.
He was quiet for a time before chuckling. "Well, your still my little Bluey, only you'd rest your head on me like that."
I smirked and gave a small giggle. "It was difficult when I was a filly."
"Did you get the box?" He asked with a smile of his own.
I nodded, "Thanks for saving Sergeant Spear for me!" He grinned before I continued. "And my Ponyformers, nopony at the precinct realy understand how valuable they are now."
We talked through the evening til it was time for supper, Dragnet invited Dad over, but he had to refuse, having to report to Canterlot and write his report, I on the other hoof had a better idea.
Hooking myself to a zebrox printer, I printed out his report. He took the paper and just raised his brow. He recited to me what happened and I basicly printed it out for him.
"What?" I asked before adding. "Your report's done now, I cut your time in half."
He looked at the paper before shrugging, signing his name and folding it into a pouch on his armor. "Well, guess I could leave in the morning."
Dragnet clapped with the cutest squee you can think of, then grabbing both of us she pulled us out to the ponyville diner.
I sat down and Dragnet sat down next to Dad at our table.
"So, Mr. Silver Lining, how was your talk?" Dragnet asked, she was playing interrogator while I looked at the menu, sadly, not much I can eat here, hmmm... Damn does this sound good though.
"Yes," Dad said as he looked at me. "Honey, that's the foals menu."
I looked up at him before looking at the menu. "Yeah, so?" He raised a brow before I continued. "Sensitive and simple stomach, Dad. I can't eat whatever anymore, It needs to be a paste." I went back to the menu.
"Well, tell me," Dragnet continued. "What was Blue like as a foal?"
Dad pulled out the photo as I looked at the menu. "Oh she was very mischievous! She wanted to be a cop back then."
Dragnet giggled as she saw the photos of me in a police outfit as a filly for Nightmare Night. Mmmm! the gravy with mashed potatoes and oats can be good. DAMN! Can't eat pizza anymore! Shit this is torture!
Dad laughed. "She of course didn't get her cutie mark til school, when she was a hall monitor, she stopped somepony from breaking in and beat them with a club and cuffed them, yelling 'Stop Resisting Arrest!'" They laughed. "Turns out it was the new principle!"
Dragnet gasped before busting out laughing. "Was she in trouble?" Dad nodded.
"I could have told that story you know." I said glaring from over the Menu. "And I have you know, Mrs. Apple Skinner looked especially suspicious!"
Dad was chortling. "She was trying to unlock the door, sweety, it was recess."
"She was a part of he rebel alliance, and a traitor!" I argued. "And besides, she wouldn't stop resisting arrest!" I pouted, which just made Dragnet's heart melt.
The two bursted out laughing, apparently my glowing eyes wasn't enough to look intimidating at all in this situation, I just sighed and looked at the menu. Ooh, ice cream soda! I can have that, these are mostly deserts, but fuck it, I'll take the mashed oat potatoes and ice cream soda.
Once we had our orders and ate, Dad was telling another story of my time I was in school, I got into alot of trouble trying to 'arrest' the bullies for illegal drugs, But, I was right, as they had ionized salt on them, and they got into a ton of trouble. I was still punished though, which was bullshit.
(Adult Fun Time Warning!)
Once the evening ended, Dad bid us goodnight and we went back to our hotel, Dragnet plugged in my charge cable and I watched her crawl into bed, staring at me.
"Your dad's great!" she said as she polished her gun, then looked over her jacket with a sigh. "And this thing's ruined."
"I'm sorry, Draggy." I said as I looked at her jacket, it wasn't any police pony's jacket, it was her mother's, Dragnet's family is from a long line of police ponies. Even some royal guards. All the way back from the first golden age of equestria.
I scanned the jacket, it could be fixed by a skilled seamstress.... hmmm.... I know one pony...
Dragnet came up to me and draped herself over my back. "What are you thinking?" She began caressing my cheek. I'm still not used to this behavior from her.
"Nothing, thinking to think." I said, I had a plan, but it'll be a surprise.
Dragnet just nodded with a 'uh-huh.' and turned back to her bed.
"What's wrong, Dragnet?" I stupidly had to ask.
She looked at me with half lidded eyes. "Four years we were partners, almost five now.... You can't figure me out?" she said sitting in her bed looking at me, "Can't read me?"I came up to her as far as the charge cable could reach. "Why not do a scan? Maybe your inferred can figure it out?" DAMN! She was using a hot seductive voice! She keeps up my CPU will burn out!
"Dragnet, I..." I began only for her to cut me off.
"I told you, if nopony was interested, I'll take you myself!" she said. I did a double take.
I balked. "WHAT!?"
I think the whole town heard me. Dragnet was holding her ears before looking at me with a smile.
"That caught you off guard huh?"
"WELL DUH!" I said before shaking my head. "How could this work? We're partners, It's against the rules!"
Dragnet just shook her head. "Well, actually, Gravel and Nightstick are dating, nopony's stopping them."
I stammered for a time before she put her hoof over my lips. Those azure eyes were looking deep into my glowing blue ones. Damnit, I had to admit, even without a heart, I knew it be fluttering. Oh wait, my oil pump is taking that mantle.
"I talked with Gear, she said she made something for us both, and I had her install some things when you were in sleep mode before we left."
Her hoof went down and opened my chest hatch, pressing a pressure pad I had no idea was there, I yelped and jumped back away from her. She looked at me as though she saw me explode, twice.
"Blue, it's okay." She said as she kept her distance. "Look, if you don't want to...."
I sighed, "I'm being a child." I said as I looked up at her. "I... I do... but... This is kind of weird for me, I wanted my first to be with feeling, not a push of a button." I approached her and leaned against her. "Push it again... slowly this time."
It was terrifying but in a way, beautiful. I found out I do have an orgasm, I also found out what Dragnet meant about 'requesting new upgrades', She and Gear got to work together in adding new 'parts' to my body that was covered by armor. There was now a hatch that had to be opened, I wondered why Dragnet kept those tools in her bag, it was to open it.
The hatch was located at where it would be, inside was to my surprise, mare parts. though most of it was made of synthetic skin, it had enough feeling to work.
"It feels weird..." I said as I looked at it. It was like the real thing, my finger poked it and I felt it.
Dragnet looked at me, she was odd without her jacket and pistol reign on, but beautiful as well. "You'll be fine."
"I'm not backing out." I said, I had been laid out on the bed, though the mattress was taken off the frame. She went down and began her work. "EEK!" I yelped, not used to feeling of any kind. She pulled back and looked at me.
"Calm down!" She said. "I won't hurt you, you know that."
"I know." I sighed and nodded, she went down and started again, slowly this time, needless to say it felt nice, She used the power cable to keep me from jerking too much and, Gee, I wonder if she'll use chains on me for kinky stuff?
Shut up! I'm a cyborg who never had sex when alive, and now that I get it, I'm enjoying it! I hope she uses a cable whip!
As she continued, I eventually I got used to feeling again, and gosh the pleasure! It made me moan like I never thought I'd be able to again. Pleasure, a feeling I'd never thought I feel again, came back from the dead. Even my leg twitched as I laid back and enjoyed myself. "So, I take it oil don't taste good, huh?"
She came up with a smirk. "Actually it's not oil, it's something I requested."
When she got back to work I paused and raised a brow. "How many 'requests' did you ask for?"
Dragnet popped her head out from between my legs, fluids of some kind leaking from the side of her lips as she tapped her chin.
"See here, the 'pleasure pad' the 'synthetic skin', and more pleasure nodes.... hmmm... I lost count." She said before going back down, now I was curious what that stuff was, I did a reading of it.
Turns out I had secretion valves installed, they would leak synthetic pleasure fluids the same as a real mare would, it's safe for consumption.
Dragnet began to go a little faster than I was ready for, and had me squirming, Needless to say she wasn't expecting me to squeek and spray her face.
She pulled her head up and gave me a wide eyed stare. "Was not expecting that.... Where you like this before?"
I only nodded while whimpering. Oh yes, I was one of those girls. I wasn't expecting her to shove her crotch in my face though.
"Your turn!"
I got to work, and she couldn't keep up with me, hey, a cybernetic tongue? I'm putting that bad girl to use! Poor Dragnet wasn't as much of a fountain as I was (or used to be when alive) I can hold that honor between the two of us. She tasted good though, like a chocolate velvet cake! Delicious!
She laid down on top of me, playing with the presure pad a bit, after getting used to it, it got to be fun, sadly, she got tired and closed the panel up.
"Awww." I griped. "Don't stop..."
Dragnet sighed. "Blue, I'm exhausted, and I need rest." She said, however she continued to cuddle with me. I recalled her saying I was a wonderful hot water bottle. she grabbed her pillow and put it on my chest.
"Good night, Draggy."
"Night Blue...."
Cyber 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.
I was in the void again, it was warm, inviting, and I felt safe, I looked at myself, I had a body again, my old one. Looking around I felt a presence.
"Hello?" I called out. "I know your there..."
I looked around and around. I almost felt dizzy, until I turned once more and saw--
"Mom!?"
My mother, Ocean Blue, stood before me, she had the most loving smile you could imagine, her mane was like her name, ocean blue, her eyes were the cyan while her coat was green like ocean foam.
"Hey, honey." She said as she wrapped her forelegs around me, she smelt like an ocean breeze, I took the smell in deep as I could.
"What are you doing here?" I asked, looking at her. "Is it time?"
Mom's smile melted. "No.."
I balked. "No?" I repeated. "B-But... I... I'm Done. I'm ready... I---
Mom put her hoof to my lips, her smile returned. "Shhh, baby. Your not, I'm afraid. You have a long road ahead of you. You need to go back, your marefriend's in danger."
I blinked, it came back to me, Dragnet was my new marefriend, I did love her, but I figured she'd understand, but mom seemed to read my thoughts.
"She's in grave danger, Silvy." She said and her eyes took on a hard look. "All of Equestria is. That new Cyberpony, it's evil, you have to stop it."
I shook my head, tears running down my eyes. "How!? It... I lost, it killed me again, I can't...."
Once again I was hushed, my mom pulled me into her bosom and rocked me. "Your not dead, not yet, and there's more adventures for you, my sweet baby girl."
I was silent for a time, I looked up to her and sighed. "Why?" I asked. "Why me?"
Mom simply smiled at me. "Because it's your destiny. We'll be together again, we all will, as a family, but for now, I need you to do this."
I buried my face in her chest, I sobbed, I hated to go back, but I did so love Dragnet, and I was sworn to protect and serve before it was programmed into me. Mom simply held me in her arms, soothing me.
"shhh..." She said as she rubbed my back. "Are you ready?"
I looked up at her. "Why now?"
She kissed my forehead, I began to feel distant. "I need you to say something, darling. Prometheus Override, say it."
I blinked. "Prometheus Override?" I said. "But what---
Suddenly I felt the pull get even stronger. "I love you my little Bluey!"
Suddenly I was returned to the living world, My eyes snapped open and I looked at the monster above me, it was about to smash my head in until I grabbed it's arm with my hooves.
"Inconceivable." Unit Two said as it tried to push down on me. "You've are destroyed."
"I don't think you understand the proper use of that word." I said as I opened my left gun hatch, it was the only rifle working. "Hungry? Have some arcane blasts!"
Unit Two roared as I fired a fully charged shot into it's chest, the panel on it blowing right off, making it back away.
"You want to fight!? You got one!" I yelled as I fired round after round after round of fully charged shots, I noticed my leg dragging along the ground before I grabbed it and ripped it right off. I gave out a primal roar of my own before I began to beat the ever loving shit out of Unit Two.
"NO!" Aurora yelled as she watched. "HOW!?"
"She shouldn't even be active!" Iron Fetlock said as he grabbed Aurora's Tablet. "She's not even online!"
Dragnet was even shocked at my savagery. "B-Blue?"
Unit Two was a tough nut to crack, as I continued to beat it with my improvised club. It tried to grab at me but I climbed up on it's back and began to fire my remaining arcane rifle into it's back, causing it's armor to dent up before rupturing.
"Get off of me, Insect!" Unit Two said, it's right hatch opening.
I noticed however, The second the minigun began to rev up and fire I grabbed onto it and moved it pointing downward, making Unit Two shoot itself into the hole I made, it gave out a eardrum killing scream, sparks shot out and I saw something splatter on me.
"What's wrong, Bitch?" I said as I fired into the now larger hole. "Blow out your cooling unit!?"
"I am not done yet!" Unit Two said as it extended it's wings, the turbines began to spin up and we began to rise.
As we rose higher and higher, Unit Two tried it's best to make me fall off, but my hoof digits were dug in good into the hole I made as I shoved my severed arm into it, using remote manipulation to have the fingers of that hoof to rip all kinds of shit out.
"Sorry." I said as I ripped the minigun clean off. "But your flight license has been---" I began to say before I shoved the minigun into the turbine, causing the blades to rip to shreds before igniting into a fantastic fireball. "REVOKED!"
As we fell, I did all I could to rip and shoot anything and everything I can get a hold of, it was safe to say I was pissed.
Then we hit the ground, I was thrown off from the impact and rolled a good ways, I have no idea where my foreleg went in the fall, but Unit Two fell and impacted into a crater of it's own a few yards away.
I slowly began to rise, my articulation joints were protesting, Everything was protesting, I had only half my vision, no HUD readouts, my systems went dark and my magic core was down to ten percent. No doubt I had a coolant leak somewhere as my core was also heating up.
If this fight continues, I was going to not just lock down, I may explode!
And of COURSE the damn thing gets up!
It was worse for wear, looked like it was ready to collapse, and still the fucking thing gets up!
Unit Two took one step however like it was the fucking terminator, sparks were shooting out of it, and since it's cooling unit was gone it was spewing black smoke from it's vent ports. I did a number on it, but obviously not enough.
I couldn't just fight this thing, it was too tough, and I needed to immobilize it. Looking around I saw something that gave me an idea.
A sinister grin formed on my muzzle as it began to have a problem getting out of the crater, apparently, I shot out the hydraulics for three of it's legs, it was already falling over.
I yelped in pain as sparks spewed from the joints in my neck, But the grin on my face remained, I had a plan and I began to make my way to a large crane with a wrecking ball on it.
Next to the crane was the building Unit Two used me as a pinball machine,
"If the support beams are damaged enough and the walls are as weak as they look---"
Ever seen that animated film version of how Snowfall Frost Stole Hearths Warming? Whenever Snowfall would grin it looked so sinister? Yeah my face was like that now.
I began to three-legged gallop to the crane, all I needed was a little push! Unit Two watched me, but I knew it didn't know what I had planned otherwise it would try and stop me, or maybe it did, and maybe I did enough damage to prevent it from doing something? I stuck with the plan none the less.
If Aurora wanted me to fight Unit Two and get killed, Fine, she won, but now that I'm back, I'm not going to just let this thing go and get fixed up! I'm going to kill it!
Getting myself into the crane, I looked the controls over, my vision was fully red and it came off like a monitor with bad reception, picture was rolling, fritzing about as my HUD -after getting it working- showed me how to operate the crane's controls as my readout was going bonkers. I got vision back in my other eye, but I hadn't realize the optic's been shattered and a red camera was whirring as it roamed around as I looked at the levers and wheel.
Grabbing said levers and wheel I used my fingers to start the crane, backing it up and rotating the cab to set it in the desired position. Unit Two was crawling out of the crater now, but as it looked up at me I gave it a friendly wave as I spun the wheel, swinging the wrecking ball into the abandoned building complex, the shattering of concrete, shearing of age old rusted steel, and the sound of a unknown number of tons came toppling over as Unit One's optics went wide as it could allow.
It was like the thunder of a terrible storm, as the building buried Unit Two, it's scream was like music to my audio receptors, it was a pure melody I took a moment to enjoy.
Laying back in the seat of the cab, I stared at the rubble, Unit Two's arm was sticking out of the wreckage, as though it had tried to defy it's own death. Looking over, I saw Iron Fetlock, Aurora, and Dragnet, the horn ring had been taken off of her obviously.
My girl wasted no time to get to the crane's cab, She slowly helped me out of the cab and pulled me away from it. Her face was wracked with worry and cheeks stained with tears. I looked up at her and smiled.
"Hey," I said with a smile.
She just went straight to sobbing as she hugged me. "How?" She asked. "How is it you keep dying on me?"
"Oh," I began. "Don't worry, you can't keep me down that long." It's the sound of screeching metal against metal that caught my attention. "You have GOT to be fucking kidding me!"
The arm sticking out of the rubble began to move, slowly Unit Two rose from the rubble, smoke and shattered concrete.
Debris falling off it's broken body as it rose, Unit Two rose like a black shadow in the night, it's red optic focused on us as I slowly rose to my three hooves. But the second it took a step it tumbled and fell in a heap. it's wings were shredded and bent in ways you couldn't image, it's turbine was ruined and it's armor was torn and dented up good. We both did a number on each other.
My core however was going critical.
"Warning, further combat will result in core meltdown." my onboard computer told me. "The resulting explosion will cause loss of life of many ponies, Defensive and Offensive actions are highly NOT recommended!"
"Let's go you sonova---
"BEHAVE YOURSELVES!"
I was cut off from my kickass one liner as Iron Fetlock outburst.
"I've Seen Enough!" He said as he looked to us. "Clearly, both units will only destroy each other," he huffed. "This was meant to be a competition to show strength of our Cyborgs, not a blood bath!" He turned to me. "Unit One, you've performed admirably and will be repaired immediately, return to base."
I blinked. I was about to refuse until Dragnet hugged me trying to pull me away.
"Come on, Blue." She said softly. "I don't want to loose you again."
I wanted to protest, but the second I collapsed, I knew I was done. I looked up at her and put on the most pleading face I could muster. "Help me."
Dragnet looked at me for a time before the sweetest smile formed on her lips, her horn lit up as she lifted me from the ground. "of course, Blue, anything you need."
"Let me know, when you see a radio shack." I said as I limped off into the sunset.
"What were you thinking?" Fetlock asked, he didn't look angry, but disappointment was evident on his face. "Unit One was almost destroyed, and while I admit, I take blame for the idea, I feel we did more to ruin our image of the company by having this fight." He snorted. "But you using Prometheus to hinder Unit One, removing her free will, was going overboard!"
"Mr. Fetlock---" Aurora began only to grunt with a shake of her head. "Iron, please. I thought, maybe if ponies saw that Unit Two was superior... I only wanted what was best, Unit One was a good start, but when we lost it..."
Fetlock shook his head. "We lost nothing, Aurora, Unit One regaining it's.... Her identity was more beneficial. She brought crime down in this city, tourism is up! And you decide the best course of action is to Destroy her?"
"My love." Aurora began as she set the tablet aside, unaware of Unit Two moving towards them. "I'm sorry, I thought maybe,... Ugh, I don't know what I thought..."
Fetlock sighed, "The look on that unicorn's face...."
Aurora closed her eyes tight. "Don't."
"It reminded me of your face, when you thought---
"Please, Iron! I don't want to remember." Aurora said as she looked at him, eyes swollen from tears. "I can't stand remembering that day."
Fetlock sighed and looked away, only to see Unit Two standing before them, despite the damage and the fact it was barely standing, it loomed upon them like a vulture over a corpse. "What the hell!?"
Aurora jumped back. "Unit Two, your job is done, return to the trailer and go into maintenance mode.
Unit Two just stood there.
Aurora glared at it. "Damnit," She took her tablet and began tapping at commands. "Unit Two, return to the trailer."
It's arm began to slowly raise.
"Unit Two!" Aurora yelled.
Fetlock grabbed Aurora and pulled her under him, when the arm came down it stopped just short of hitting him, the cyborg finally shut off. He looked down at Aurora who was panting, her hoof stamped hard on the tablet, the command was shut down, she looked wide eyed at her husband.
"I want that thing sent back to the tower, and dismantled." Fetlock said. "Understood?"
Aurora nodded, "I fully agree."
At the Precinct,
The moment I was brought in, Gear Grinder screamed the second she saw me, many officers dropped what they were doing, helping me to my hooves. Giving Dragnet some help, once I got to my hanger bay, Bolt saw me and nearly keeled over.
"WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED!?" Bolt yelled as he held Gear. "What did they do to you, Blue!?"
"I'm calling the Princesses in..." Dragnet said as she galloped out of the room as I collapsed in my chair, Gear and Bolt going to work immediately.
"Well, I got thrown around, shot to hell, thrown around more, lost my foreleg somewhere," I listed off. "I died, saw my mom, came back, and kicked Unit Two's ass, Then I dropped a building on it."
Bolt took a step back and shook his head. "You shouldn't even be operational, let alone still alive!" he said as he pulled out a circuit board from my chest. He began to list off some, just SOME of the damage. "Your motherboard's fried, both your auxiliary and backup hard drive's gone, your outer haul's been ruined and... BY CELESTIA, Your Core's been cracked the size of canterlot!"
I sat there and blinked. "What does that mean?"
The two looked at me like I was a zombie, which in a way I kinda was, a biomechanical one.
"It means," Gear said as she took out the cracked core, I was running entirely on the cables now, and sheer willpower. "Your dead, Technologically, and biologically." She said as she looked up at me. "You shouldn't even be talking right now, let alone running."
I simply blinked. "So..." I began. "What's keeping me going?"
"If I can hazard a guess, Your will to survive."
The voice of Princess Celestia said, as she graced the room as she and Luna entered. The two however stopped the second they saw me, Luna's eyes began to tear up as Celestia even broke her usual façade.
"By the Ancestors Stars." Luna muttered as she looked me over.
"I've had worse." I said, as though this was nothing.
"No, you haven't!" Celestia said as she looked me over. "I want a report later, but this...." She circled me. "I don't know much about technology to tell the truth, uhm..."
Gear Grinder however stepped in. "Simply put, The machinery is destroyed, whatever is causing her to stay online must be a something powerful."
Celestia was speechless, but Luna nodded.
"Yes, I can see it..." Luna said before she looked to me and smiled. "Blue is the one doing it."
I simply raised my brow. "Can't say I follow." but Luna put her hoof over my chest.
"A machine can't run without power," She said. "But a Pony don't need power, only her heart. Her soul, as it were."
Everypony in the room stared at me in shock, Celestia closed her eyes and nodded, no doubt she understood. Gear Grinder and Bolt Wrench simply looked at my schematics, I was just confused.
Dragnet however came up by my side and kissed me. "I figured that out long ago." She said as she put her hoof over my chest. "Blue don't need a mother board, Magic Core, or any of that technical stuff. She just needs her heart."
"This is good and all," Bolt said as he got his tools out. "But if we don't get to work now, she's not going to last another minute until her core explodes, she's a danger to us right now!"
"Then we shall assist." Celestia said as she pulled out a scroll and quill. "However, I believe it's time for an upgrade I think?"
"I'm serious everypony!" Bolt said putting on a yellow suit. "She's leaking, Dragnet, either get a suit on, or get out! She's emitting Magical Radiation!"
Dragnet blinked, she refused to leave, and as I figured, put on a anti magical radiation suit. "I've learned so much about her, I can help."
The two technicians looked at each other and shrugged. Gear was quick to shoo everypony out. "You too princesses, out!"
"But, we're immune." Luna said before Gear shoved her.
"She's still going to blow! OUT!"
After that ordeal, I was amazed to see Dragnet and the technicians get to work so fast, Dragnet helping was a pleasant company.
Back at the CPT tower, Unit Two stood in it's lab, cables running to it, appearing to be shut down, it was quiet and nopony was in the room.
Slowly it's system came on, it's view was red with system readings loading up. It's eyes moved around, it was disconnected from it's body as they had started to dismantle it. No matter, this body wouldn't do, it was powerful, but clearly it lacked in many areas. It wasn't without agility, that it could agree, but it didn't feel... familiar.
Unit Two didn't care for that however, it wanted more power, but how? Without it's body it couldn't continue it's programming, and the brain inside demanded more.
"I must destroy unit one, it's inferior, and I am PERFECTION." Two thought. "Yet like this I am unable."
Finally a memory came up, it felt rage.
"Unit One is not my only enemy." Two surmised. "The ponies who created me, they wish to destroy me now..."
Electrical discharges ran through the cables as Two ranted to itself. It's optic dilating.
"They must pay.... ALL PONIES MUST PAY, I am Perfection!"
Suddenly a memory from before, one it didn't recall from the battle came up from it's memory banks. One where it stood before a tall white pony, one wings and a horn.
"Celestia..." It said in a low voice. "She is inferior, I am perfection! Luna is inferior, I am PERFECTION!"
Another memory appeared, from another life it seemed, like as a criminal, as it stood before a young police officer, shooting her mercilessly, then encountering her again, but as a familiar Unit One.
"Unit One... it uses a pony's brain... Like I do apparently." Unit Two looked around at it's body, compared to it's Predecessor, it was larger, made to look like that of an Alicorn. This wouldn't do.
"I will not be associated as a pony again!" Two growled. "I was once weak, the very blight on this world, now I can be more. I am PERFECTION!"
More energy surged through the cables as Two activated the tower's computers. It demanded a new form be made. One lacking the form of a pony, one that was above all life on this planet.
Machines started up, beginning the task it's new master demanded. They began building a new body, one bigger. One that can destroy it's enemies, and bathe it in cleansing flame.
Unit Two also began to hack the tower's security systems, doors, even the lights and music systems. Shutting everything down at once, except the room and factory it occupied. Ponies, both technicians, business, and even the odd janitor began having unfortunate and life ending 'accidents'. It started to extend it's influence through the rest of the city's mainframe. Causing 'accidents' of the lethal kind.
Though most ponies survived as they didn't rely on such autonomy like CPT tower did, much to Two's disappointment.