I opened my eyes.

I was in the subspace. It was completely dark. No monitor, no keyboard, no life.

All I could see, was a loading bar. i wasn't fully certain what it was for. It was at 90%

"Hello?" I called out. Maybe my AI could hear me. Maybe it would tell me what was going on. What happened next was what I didn't expect. I saw a figure coming out of the darkness. It was a white pony with a fancy purple mane. "R-Rarity?"

"I wasn't sure how you would feel waking up so I decided to appear in a physical form that data suggests brings you comfort and happiness."

"AI?"

Rarity nodded. "I had to restore your memory files and now your corrupted sectors are reconstructing." Rarity pointed to the loading bar and then smiled at me.

"I didn't know you could manifest yourself like this."

"I never saw the point in doing so. I thought it would just make you sad. I thought it would make you remember the older times too much." I walked forward and reached out to hug Rarity but she pulled away. "I'm sorry Sweetie Bot. You can't touch me. This is a digitally generated image. It is not a physical form."

My face fell. "Oh." I jumped as I felt my memories coming back to me. "Wait! I have to wake up! I have to get out there! Scootaloo is there! Apple Bloom is fighting them alone!"

Rarity held up a hoof reassuringly. "She has the copies. I am sure she's doing just fine."

"Can you see?"

"No. Your physical body is fully turned off until your corruption is gone."

I sigh. "So you don't know for sure?"

Rarity frowned and then shook her head. I looked over to the loading bar. Reconstruction of corrupted sectors at 95%

I looked at Rarity. "Can I ask you a question?" Rarity nodded. I knew that she already knew the question since she could see inside my head but she thought it would be better for me to ask it myself. "Would Equestria be better off if I was gone?"

Rarity looked at me blankly. A smile began to grow on her face. Not a creepy or happy one. But a compassionate one. "No Sweetie. I think that everything that has happened up to this point was a mistake. I think that you are being far too harsh on yourself."

Reconstruction of coorrupted sectors at 98%

I looked over to the loading bar. "It's almost done."

Rarity nodded. "Don't worry. I know you can do this. I just need you to be strong and fight for your life. And for Apple Bloom's as well."

I nodded as the bar reached 100. The automated computer voice said, "Reconstruction of corrupted sector comple-------"

Suddenly, the whole thing began to glitch out. Everything in my head turned red. I could feel a giant pain in my head. And then, with a flash of red light, I could feel myself waking up.

* * *

"Sweetie Bot! Pull out those guns and shoot them down before they call more fuckers!"

I was seeing red. My mind was clouded as I jumped to my hooves. I could feel code running in my head.

Target: Enemy
Define: "Enemy"
Failure Define: "Enemy"

The same code that I had programmed into the robots was now running through my own head. A kill switch. A code to destroy everypony and everything. I averted my eyes from Apple Bloom. I knew there would be no controlling my code if I saw her approach me.

I looked in my head to try and reverse the code. I couldn't find the lines anywhere. I looked through my files, codes, and components. When I reached my components however, I could see things that I had never had access to before. Components I could control such as "Front_Door" and "Roof_Hatch"

I don't know how, but the virus that I had installed into myself seemed to have given me control over the SparkWorx factory. And Celestia knows I'm gonna use it.

* * *

"Celestia!"

Luna rushed her way into her sisters bedroom. She ran directly to the edge of her sister's bed. "Celestia! Wake up!" Celestia smacked Luna in the face with a pillow and then pulled it over her own head.

Her voice was tired and frustrated. "Luna! It's like three in the morning! I only have a couple more hours before I have to raise the sun! Go away!"

"But sister! I just got a message from our Canterlot army! Sweetie Bot has amassed herself an army of robots! They are fighting at the abandoned SparkWorx factory! He said they've already lost five men!"

"Just send out the royal guard and GET OUT!"

Luna ran out of the room to dodge the next flying pillow and closed the door. She rolled her eyes and sighed. Her sister could be so grumpy when she didn't get a full night's sleep.

* * *

I opened the roof Hatch and got to work. I stacked crates to make a staircase and started to work my way up to the roof. This reminded me of a time Scootaloo and Button Mash were doing the "Milk Crate Challenge." I wanted to join but Rarity told me no. That was a good call. Button fell from the top and broke his left forehoof.

Luckily, these crates were a lot more sturdy than some dinky milk crates. I jumped my way onto the roof. I heard shouts of "Up on the roof!" and "I think that's the one we're after!"

I grew a smile on my face. "Hello boys!" I shot a bullet with pinpoint accuracy at the fuel tank of one of their military cars. It blew up and ignited into a spiraling inferno. The car's outer shell was launched into the air. I heard a shout of "OH FUCK!" as it came crashing down on somepony.

I cringed for just a second. Then I realized, it was because of the noise. I felt no remorse over what had happened. If they wanted a fight, I would give them a motherbucking fight!"

I saw an orange blur darting between flames. Scootaloo, I thought as my eyes went even more red. I activated the magnets that Rarity had added to my hooves and easily walked my way down the wall of the factory. A line of soldiers lined up. I shot every single one of them down. I felt a few bullets hit my side but I didn't even care.

"Apple Bloom!" I yelled. "She's going towards the back of the factory! Let's cut her off!" I heard a yell of confirmation from across the battlefield and I took off running around the right side of the factory. I clicked into my head while my auto-run kept me moving towards my intended target. I locked down the doors on the back side of the factory.

I ran around the back corner and saw Scootaloo desperately trying to push her way into the factory from the back. I stepped right behind her and pulled out my guns.

Scootaloo heard the mechanical whirring of the turrets and swung around. "S-Sweetie! I'm sorry! Please!"

My eyes were a bright red. I could still feel traces of the virus. It was calling me. Compelling me to end this all right here. "Why should I? You sat by while they threw me into the forest like garbage. You attacked my best friend. You shot me twice. You betrayed me. You tricked me into coming here so you could launch a surprise attack."

The orange pegasus in front of me was shaking. My data analysis ran 100% fear coursing through her body.

I paused for a second. But that second was all it took. During my moment of hesitation, Scootaloo lept forward and knocked me down. She began swinging punches while she had me trapped. Not at me, but at my still exposed sensor.

I quickly activated the magnents in my hooves which pulled me out from under her and stuck me to the wall. I quickly turned them off and landed on my hooves. I began to swing at her. I had her knocked down to the ground. While she lay on the ground, I began to rev my turrets and assumed a battle stance.

"Any last words?"

"Buck you!" She sprang up from the ground and latched onto one of my turrets. I could feel her feeble attempts to pull it off. I watched as she struggled to no avail.

Out of nowhere, a gunshot rang out. Not from me but from my left. I watched as I saw a blast of blood come from Scootaloo's head. I looked over to my left and saw Apple Bloom standing there with a gun in her hooves. I pulled Scootaloo's limp hooves off of my turrets and put them away.

I could feel the virus slow down as my eyes returned to their green color. I walked over to Apple Bloom. "Y-You actually did it?"

Apple Bloom nodded. "She had it coming."

"Is it over now?"

"Not quite Sweetie! We still have almost thirty soldier out front and there's more on the way. You thinking what I'm thinking?"

I laugh. Almost bordering on manically. "Let's fuck shit up!"

* * *

People from all around could hear the commotion going down in the old SparkWorx factory. Ponies all around were holding their foals close. Some took them to basement shelters. I was unaware of all of this.

However, there was one pony who smiled as the gunshots rang out.

Rarity walked through her boutique. It was about 3:15 in the morning. She would probably not sleep tonight. She walked over to the kitchen and poured herself a bowl of cereal. She sat down at the table. Normally she would read the newspapers or read a book but today she just sat there. Listening.

She took comfort in the gunshots. As long as there were shots, Sweetie was still alive and fighting. She smiled as another round of gunshots could be heard from the edge of the Everfree Forest.

* * *

I released another round of bullets at a line of soldiers in front of me. Each one fell in what I perceived to be a perfect harmony. I watched as four of my robot bases attacked one of the soldiers and began biting at him. Just like I taught them. I thought.

I threw a punch at a stallion coming up behind me and laughed. It wasn't long however until more soldiers began to show up. These ones were in golden armor. The royal guard, I thought. My head began buzzing. "Apple Bloom! I'm sending my position over the receiver! I'm gonna need to see you quickly!"

I saw Apple Bloom running up on my side. "What's wrong?"

"That!" I pointed a hoof at the sky. Apple Bloom saw the golden armored ponies flying towards us and the grounded ponies running after us. "You know there's two we can't kill."

"Why? And who?"

"Shining Armor and Flash Sentry! We can't kill either of them! Twilight would be heart broken." Apple Bloom nodded and assumed her battle stance.

The grounded ponies reached us first. We began massacring them all. I did keep half an eye out for a white unicorn stallion.
Turns out that the Royal Guards were somehow smarter than the military as they began shooting stun spells at us. I clicked down my command key. Run:Shield

My shield came out of my horn and I began slamming into ponies with it.

The feeling was building up in me again. The virus. The urge to kill.

* * *

The battle dragged on until around 9:30 in the morning. Eventually, the royal guard retreated. The unit of the Canterlot military they had sent our way was destroyed. And the spiteful orange pegasus leading everything was gone.

After the shots stopped, I turned off my guns and looked at Apple Bloom. I gasped as I realized that a tip of her ear had come off. "Apple Bloom! Are you okay?"

She nodded and wiped a tear from her eye. "Sweetie! We did it! We're alive!" I nod. "Come on! We're gonna go home."

I inhale sharply in a hiss. "See... About that."

Author's Note

Rarity gettin that 3 AM Cereal!!

Almost done y'all! I hope y'all are enjoying :)