Justice Hero Scootaloo

The next couple of days, Expert decided to test the mysterious gem stone Rob had.

"So, to sum up what we've learned, it seems only Rob and Scootaloo can activate it at all." Expert said.

"Learned that one the hard way..." Aaron said, holding an ice pack to his head.

"You're the one that wanted to have sport balls shot at you. Expert offered to use smaller rubber balls, but you turned it down." Jester said.

"Even I have no idea why you didn't follow Expert's advice on that." General Hightop said.

"And when they do use their powers, they end up moving at roughly double our perceived notion of time." Expert said.

"What about that one time where they went at only half our perceived notion of time? Or the time when they went two point five times faster than we could perceive?" One of Aaron's soldiers asked.

"I did say roughly." Expert said.

"Right...you guys better go outside now." Aaron said.

The soldiers did so. "Unbelievable. You'd think they'd understand something as basic as common sense." General Hightop said.

"How's Rob?" Zapper asked Scootaloo.

"He's dealing I think. I think he just needs someone else to save to remind himself that he can." Scootaloo said.

"In that case, odd as it may sound, I hope that he gets that chance to do so." Aaron said.

"What's that supposed to mean?" General Hightop asked.

"For all his powers sir, Rob is still an emotional person. Metahuman or not, he shouldn't dwell on the ones he wasn't able to save forever. And I think he needs to be able to reaffirm himself that he can save someone's life." Aaron said.

"Even if that means an opposing soldier on the field of battle?" General Hightop asked.

"Hmph. He was once able to get the UNA a POW to trade for my one of my own men. He did so by essentially saving them from an avalanche." Aaron said.

"Ah. I remember that." General Hightop said.

"Wow. Seems Rob is just that kind of person." Scootaloo said.

"Normally, trying to do such a thing is against standard policy, but Rob did it because he knew how much my own men meant to me." Aaron said.

"And normally I'd condone getting too attached to your own men, but then again..." General Hightop said.

"Sometimes you just got to be in the field to remind yourself you're not invincible; no matter how powerful or high ranking you are." Expert said.

Scootaloo was reminded of something she heard through the grapevine; that the wonderbolts had nicknames that were used to humble them; still, she hoped Rainbow Dash wouldn't get too upset over the whole thing.

Suddenly, many sceams started to come over the channels. "What's going on?" General Hightop asked.

"We're surrounded..." One of Aaron's soldiers radioed in. "...cyborg bees..." Seems the line was only letting some things through. And the next thing let through was a scream before the soldier was seen being dismembered by some sort of cyborg.

"My men!" Aaron said. Suddenly, the entire UNA's systems were hacked, and the screens showed a giant cyborg bee with beefy upgrades

"Attention humans. We are The Hives. We have traveled from our home world to eradicate you. We will not allow you to do to your own planet what happened with ours. Your eridacation is already under way. There is no hope for peace. No hope for appeal. We will make sure that no other planet suffers the same fate as ours." The Cyborg Bee said before the feed cut off.

"Guess it's time for me to do my thing. If you really think the UNA can handle cyborg bees on it's own general, your basically asking for them to succeed." Rob said.

"I'm following along then." Scootaloo said.

"Aaron, I'm going with you." Throsten said.

"Throsten, are you sure about that?" Rob asked.

"I'll be fine." Throsten said. "Sure, these robotic bees may look scary, but I refuse to be scarred by them. This time I'm willingly going out there into the firefight that's going to happen." He added.

"Spoken like the couragous heart you've become. Throsten, remind me once this is over, to award you a medal for your bravery." General Hightop said.

"In that case, you might need protecting too. Guess that's my job." Rachet said.

"I can take care of myself, thank you." General Hightop said.

"General, I trust Rachet like the brother I never had. So you can trust him. Besides, we don't know what these Hives are capable of. You'll need every advantage you can get." Rob said.

"...As much as I hate to admit you have a point there; you do have a point there." General Hightop said. "Fine, but if I give an order, follow it." General Hightop said.

"Right. Let's go out there and make sure no one else dies." Zapper said. "We owe it to Aaron's men to make sure that no one else dies. And also to chase off those alien bugs." He added.

"I'll remain here and moniter everything. I hope I will be fine by myself." Expert said.

"You are not staying behind on your own." Shadow Rob said. "And Jester is too much of an ice pop to help you concentrate." He added.

"What was that?!" Jester exclaimed.

"It's true and you know it. Besides, I'll be the perfect defender." Shadow Rob said.

"Well let's stop wasting time here then, let's go go go!" Scootaloo said.