Chapter Three

Where there is a beginning, there is an end.

Flashback. One hour after Twilight successfully escaped.

"Shit! This isn't good." Aguri said as she alongside all the other prisoners and prison keepers are taking one of the emergency tunnels to escape... something.

"Sis. What was that thing?" Akari asked confused.

The two of them had witnessed the event that happened when an experimentation would go wrong. Akari didn't know this, But Aguri knew. She was an undercover scientist at the prison. However her weakness was her kindness. She would calm Twilight down... As she was the only successful being for all the experimentation besides Koro-Sensei.

"Aguri. We have a different issue. We have lost some scientist and prisoners. It seems they escaped in the confusion." One of the prison keepers stated.

"I know James. Listen we need to prioritize our current prisoners and move them to Bravo Two. Meanwhile use every Koro bullet you have to slow that them thing down!" Aguri ordered.

"Yes madam. I was nice knowing you." James said as he ran back into the fray.

"Sis?" Akari asked.

"Akari. That is what happens when an experiment goes wrong. They used Koro Genes on him. He is soon going to explode from the unstable nature of his current body. You need to run!" Aguri shouted.

"But what about Twilight Nee-chan? Is she alright?" Akari asked before moving forward.

"Listen dear. She has the body of an cyberpony. Unless shrapnel hits her eyes and into her brain through said eyes. She is immortal. For now keep running. I will meet you later." Aguri shouted.

However just as they were about to run away. Everything turned black for Akari. The stress of running from danger became too much. As she too, had some implants. Nothing like Twilight, but implants nonetheless.

"Shit James! I need to manually move my sister. Her implants overheated again!" Aguri shouted.

"Then Go! I think he is about to blow. T-5 minutes." James shouted.

"Shit shit shit!" Aguri shouted as she desperately moved her sister.

And right after they made it. Aguri closed the bulkhead behind her. From which when a tremendous amount of force can be felt and the sound of a powerful explosion can be heard on the other side of the bulkhead.

Present day. Twilight little expedition out to the now crater of her old prison had ended. As her first class started.

"Sorry about the delay everyone. I got a bit better acquainted with Twilight for a moment. Anyways, welcome everyone. Today we are going to practice long range shooting on that fake Koro-Sensei target. Truth be told, I was going to become the target. But since young Twilight here needs some basic knowledge. I need to give her some first. If we have time after that, I will once more become the target." Koro-Sensei explained.

"Aw." Everyone in the class said disappointed.

"Unless Tadaomi is willing to extend this class. It is unlikely that I can be shot at, today. Since I wasted a bunch of time already." Koro-Sensei admitted.

"Tadaomi! Is there a chance?" Rinka asked hopeful.

"No. I am afraid I already extended the time once. I will not do it twice." Tadaomi stated, already kind of annoyed.

"Darn." Rinka said sad.

"Well since Tadaomi is here already. He could show me some basics... While you do your thing, Koro-Sensei." Twilight offered instead.

Tadaomi blinked at the suggestion before smiling, "If Koro-Sensei allows it. Then that is a good idea."

"Fine. I will talk about stances and moves later with you in private. And... about that thing we discussed during flight." Koro-Sensei reasoned.

"Yes!" The class shouted happily. Twilight's reputation increased thanks to this suggestion.

Twilight cybernetic eyes showed as much. As she had a AR view of the world thanks to all the experimentation. Which was more often than not, just annoying as hell. Twilight meanwhile paid it no mind as she watches Tadaomi come closer.

"Alright Twilight show me your current form." Tadaomi requested.

Twilight then used the pre-programmed stance she was supposed to take with her now favorite crossbow. She loaded the chamber with a Anti-Koro bolt as she looked down the sight for a moment.

"Fire!" Tadaomi ordered. Twilight reacted instantly, as she fired. However due to the fact that the bolt tip is bouncy, the bolt bounced off the target and into one of Koro-sensei's tentacles. Hitting it by pure accident.

Koro-Sensei, Tadaomi, the class, heck even Twilight blinked in confusion at what just happened. And it took a solid five minutes for everyone to recover from their confusion. Koro-Sensei was the first to recover as he realized the evil smiles the class was giving him.

The class then without a slight hesitation, opened fire at random. Twilight used her hooves to imitate silencing the sound. When in reality she merely muted her ears. She saw that Tadaomi looked proud at her, while Koro-sensei looked slightly confused at her.

Twilight then pointed at her brain and mouthed 'Programmed...'

Koro-sensei's eyes widen in shock. Before nodding and pointing at his office while dodging the bullets. Twilight nodded. Unbeknownst to Twilight, Tadaomi also understood what she just mouthed. Causing him to frown. He looks at Koro-sensei before giving Twilight a bunch of pointers.

The whole perfect shooting and constant pointers from Tadaomi lasted about an hour. Until the end of the lesson. Normally Twilight would have joined Tadaomi in the next mandatory class. But Koro-sensei excused Twilight from the group for some important communication that needed to be done between Twilight and the faculty.

"Sorry about this Twilight. The rest of the faculty will be listening in. Since they are going to be watching over you for the remainder of the year. That way they can also give you better schooling... But also so they don't accidentally step on a landmine." Koro-sensei calmly explained.

"No. They have the right to know... So ask away. I will try to answer to my best of my abilities. But! I will chose whether I answer or not. Alright?" Twilight offered.

"Deal." Koro-sensei said as he shook Twilight's hoof.

"Let me get the alicorn out of the room. What exactly are you?" Koro-sensei asked.

"An experiment in a nutshell. But to be more precise. Half pony, half cyborg. Pre-programmed to be a hitman. In order for the last part to work, they deleted a bunch of memories or twisted others." Twilight explained.

"And... that doesn't bother you?" Koro-sensei asked with a confusing color.

"I have also been programmed... Which causes my emotions to have trouble displaying. And also I have been programmed not to care about it." Twilight admitted deadpanned.

"But?" Koro-sensei knowingly asked.

"Yeah... It bothers me a lot. But at this point, I say. Whatever, atleast I am still alive. Unlike some others." Twilight stated calmly.

"Have you seen a lot of death?" Koro-sensei asked.

"Yes." Twilight answered without missing a beat.

"Willing to give more details?" Koro-sensei asked. But Twilight shook her head. Ending the question right there.

"Alright. In terms of programming. What were you programmed with?" Koro-sensei asked.

"How to disassemble and re-assemble a crossbow. How to clean a crossbow. The stance to take when shooting a crossbow and how to properly shoot said crossbow. That is all." Twilight explained.

"What about the art of killing?" Koro-sensei asked worried.

"I escaped before they successfully programmed me with that." Twilight stated, suggesting that she got incomplete information on that piece of knowledge.

"I see. I suppose that is good. About you past... How much do you remember that feels as the real timeline of events?" Koro-sensei suddenly asked curiously.

Twilight's eyes widen before beginning to think. "I never really thought that any was fake... But I do suppose that there are some oddities when I look back. Things that makes little sense in the context of the situation.

"Do you believe that you truly were tortured?" Koro-sensei asked serious.

"Yes..." Twilight grabs her head in pain as she is trying to force the memories to return. "Torture.... then a week of no torture? Then..."

Before she can continue the pain overwhelmed her mind and body. Causing her to faint, "Akari... Where are you?" she said in her daze before truly fainting.

"Twilight!" Koro-sensei shouted as he quickly grab her before she hit the floor. Tadaomi entered the room as well to check up on her.

"She must have tried to force the memories out. Poor girl. Even her memories are faulty at best." Tadaomi said saddened.

"Akari... I know her. Isn't she Aguri's little sister?" Irena asked as she too entered the room calmly.

"Yes. If I remember her at the briefing. She is someone that is receiving implants for an injury. Wait. Do you think?" Tadaomi asked surprised.

"Yes. That would make sense." Koro-sensei said worried.

"Hm. Twilight and Akari are friends then I presume." Tadaomi stated.

"Yes. But why are her memories so faulty?" Irena asked confused. "Surely that organization isn't brainwashing as well, is it?"

"Unlikely. Which means that after the cyber upgrades were attached. Something happened. Either that, or she was too broken to remember at the time." Tadaomi reasoned.

"*Bzzt* *Bzzt*" Tadaomi's magic phone was ringing. In a EMP enhanced room. Before he could pick it up, it unlocked itself.

"Is this... Tadaomi?" A girl voice stated on the other side of the phone.

"Who is this?" Tadaomi boomed.

"I... I don't have much time to talk. Listen, my phone is attached to Twilight. When she fainted, my phone registered her location. Not accurately, but regardless. I saw she fainted am I wrong?" The girl on the other side asked.

"What do you want exactly?" Tadaomi asked annoyed.

"Well if she fainted... then you need to whisper the following code in her ear. Or she is going to stay asleep... For a very long time. "Akari is your friend". Is the code. Please hurry. There are enemies coming since they too heard the alarm. Her position has been broadcasted. It is only a matter of-" The girl tried to explain when suddenly the line went dark.

Koro-sensei whispered that exact phrase into Twilight's ear. Causing her to reboot herself.

"System report in progress." Twilight said in a monotone voice, "Physical form all green. Shooting ability all green. Mental status... Error connection lost. Attempt to reestablish connection. 1, 2, 3, Connection to main server lost. Attempting manual override. Warning mental inconsistencies detected. Attempted memory restart without primal conditioning. Entity not ready to tell the truth. Requesting to be laid down, preferably on a bed of some kind. Use code when ready."

After Koro-sensei calmly walked through the building to the guest room. He laid her on the soft bed. After which he used the code.

"Very soft bed detected." Twilight stated, "Warning memory has been triggered. Would you like to see it?"

Koro-sensei looks at Tadaomi and Irena. They nod. "Yes. Show memory."

"Replaying memory. Voice only. Film hasn't been unlocked yet." Twilight's monotone voice rang.

Flashback

"Twilight!" A female voice spoke.

"Cadence. I am right here!" Twilight said.

A hug can be heard on the replay. As a weird dance can also be heard.

"Where are we going today?" Twilight asked.

"Today we are going to A̷̝̪̹͛̐̇̐̌́́̚͝ļ̴̫͖̰̍̇̂̓͒͛́l̶̨̡͔͉̹̣͎̹̳̒́̀̈́̓͗̑͐͆͠ŷ̵̧͘͠͠w̴͉̺͚̬̐a̵̠̲̣̙̹͍̰̰̲̹͝ÿ̴̞͙͔͍͙́̅̌͑́̉͌͒͘ to shop at today." Cadence stated. A weird glitchy mess can be heard.

"Great! Will big brother Shining Armor join us?" Twilight asked.

"y̴͔̏͗͐̊̅͂̓͗e̷̥̐̌̈ş̶͚̦̟̝̯͍̩͕̇̍͛̈́̓͛ͅ No." Cadence said. The voice has become even more glitchy.

"That is awesome-" Twilight said incomplete as the glitchy memory ends.

"Warning. Severe inconsistencies detected in memory. Memory had been warped 95%. Possible cause: Extreme trauma and PTSD. Suggested action: Time. Lots and lots of time. Try to avoid triggering memories or do not replay them. Until mind has recovered enough." Twilight monotone voice explained.

"That doesn't sound good." Koro-sensei said worried.

"Recommended current action. Restart this cyberpony. Allow full restart. DO NOT REPLAY ANY MEMORIES!" Twilight monotone voice shouted.

"Alright. Restart. Code Akari is your friend." Tadaomi stated.

"Code accepted. Restarting now." Twilight's monotone voice stated.

After a few minutes. Twilight had been fully restored as she simply stood up from the bed and walked up to Koro-sensei.

"Sorry you had to witness that memory. I was also watching it. And realized that my... current condition is simply not ready to remember yet. Perhaps in due time." Twilight calmly stated.

"Yes. Perhaps the questioning should wait. Tell you what, is there anything that should get your mind of this event?" Koro-sensei asked.

"I... I want to do another..." Twilight asked.

"Another what?" Koro-sensei asked curious.

"Mission." Twilight finished somewhat timid.

Koro-sensei cringed a little. Irena's eyes widen. But Tadaomi merely nodded.

"Alright. Follow me. I will show you on the hows and whens. Okay?" Tadaomi asked.

"Sure." Twilight said as she meekly followed him.

Author's Note

Also I finally figured out what this story is going to work as. It took like three chapters and literally months of thinking. And I finally know where this story is going to head. And its potential ending as well. The ending could change of course, but atleast now I know a course of writing direction.

So expect more chapters coming much more often since now I know what to do and how to write. Also damn, this book isn't getting any raving like to dislike ratio is it?