'Twas a peaceful da- oh, nevermind about peaceful, but it was daytime, the smoke and haze merely blocked the sun from view, after a long fight in New York City, which destroyed by themselves and robot clones of themselves, Xero and Omega were on the road to freedom...

for about 6 seconds...

They were interrupted, and they knew the fight would last quite some time, and it did, Kary-08, their former team-mate and somewhat friend had tried and succeeded to kill them, at least for Omega, that is...

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The last few rays of light shone into his dull gray eyes, he was technically dead, brought back by an alien he thought he had killed, though only alive long enough to kill Kary-08 and die again, in the last few moments before he was decapitated, thoughts raced through his head
Goodbye, Xero, and Goodbye, Kary
I wonder if my parents are waiting for me in the afterlife
scratch that, I'm going on an express trip to Lake Burnyourassoff in the lowest part of Hell
oh well, at least I did my best
wait, I need to stop thinking, I'm dead now
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Hell looks... different from how I imagined it

Indeed it did, instead of the fiery depths, or fiery peaks, or fiery anything, Omega found himself waking up staring into a pool of clean, reflective water. He looked like shit, skin cut open, blood stains around his mouth, eyes swollen, hair disheveled and matted with dirt and ash, and the pain, oh dear god the pain.

It took every fiber and wire in his being to not howl in pain, his body was burning with the horrible, broken glass filled sensation, he might actually have broken glass stuck in his body, he would have to run a bio-scan later, but for now, all his mind could focus on was pain. He rolled over and his sight was filled with dark green foliage and bright blue sky, he immediately knew he was nowhere near the U.S. or several other countries either, industrialization killed off anything in nature that looked this healthy, he slowly got up after his body ceased it's screams of 'You're hurt, I thought you should know that.' His vision focused slightly and he could tell he was in a forest, he turned immediately away from the pond and proceeded to throw up, the act awoke the muscles and nerves in his mouth and he knew he was thirsty. Once the vile mostly-acid-and-blood mixture was forced from his body, he dunked his head into the pond and began drinking.

He felt like he was in heaven, the sensation of the chill, clean water entering his system almost made him shiver in pleasure, his abused body felt better within seconds, but he still drank, he drank until he no longer felt the blood, ash, and bile in his mouth. Finished, he sat up and gave a small burp.

"*sigh* If there's one thing I like it's feeling human." he stated in his usual tone, his speedy team mate Xero had compared his voice to Johnny Depp, though significantly deeper, with which Omega had merely replied with some of the actors quotes. He chuckled at the memory, how simple times had been, doing Black Op missions and shooting people in the head, then his company had to ruin it by saying he was too 'humane' for sparing some civilians who not 15 seconds later killed 8 human soldiers and were then swiftly shot and sliced to death.

His head felt strangely empty, attempting to run a bio-scan, he figured out why, his robotic body parts had shut down from lack of power, leaving about 45% of his body infunctional, though enough was still usable to get up and move around, possibly fight as well, but he didn't want to test that just yet.

Getting shakily up to his feet, allowing the still human parts of his brain to gather themselves and wake up his body, he still felt a large amount of pain, but it wasn't debilitating, he stretched, feeling his muscles moan and his joints snap into place, which reduced his pain significantly vision restored, he began looking around the forest, it was normal enough, plants growing randomly, animals taking care of themselves, and the weather went on it's merry free way, but he still felt something off, an aura of evil, he walked slowly through the brightest portions of pathways, cautious of any danger, he looked for someplace to stay safe.

Making his way with a slowly decreasing level of pain as his body healed itself, his pace became quicker and more fluid, he found another clearing, with a cave at the base of a mountain, he looked inside, seeing a great sight. Lava resting in a large pool and a series of flat surfaces connected by stair-like formations, but that's not what made him shed a tear of joy.

Minerals, elements in ore, metals, nonmetals, crystals, and bound to be more in the dark areas of the cave, he carefully entered, putting his expert scientist mind to work.

With these minerals, I can get a scientific lab of sorts set up, minerals to refine and make into parts, parts to make into machines, and the lava can provide geothermal energy, and maybe I can get some upgrades for my... armor

He finally looked at himself fully, a few pieces of helmet and part of a disabled visor clung to his head, several damaged plates on his torso, his boots had several scrathes in them, but no dents or holes, and his gloves were two halves of themselves, his shirt underneath was a bit bloody but only had a couple of holes in it, one on his left side near his abs, and one by his right shoulder, despite not having arms and legs, and instead having floating hands and feet, the anatomy of a Homo Xionus was very similar to a Homo Sapien, he suddenly felt naked though, stripped of armor that was bonded to his skin, he immediately switched his goals to getting something to protect himself and creating a machine to make his armor again.

Most think Askad, our technician, demolitionist, and comms expert is the smart one of the group, heh, he's only the smartest, I know how to make the machines necessary to rebuild my armor and weapons, maybe even improve it later on, I should get started immediately.

He removed his gauntlets and set them down on one of the platform structures, he could sacrifice having two infunctional halves for one functional whole, as they been upgraded to a powerful weapon, he used his car lifting strength to punch some stone out of the wall until he got a pickaxe head shaped piece, he jumped outside and grabbed a suitable branch from the first tree he could get to and attached it to the stone head.

"And voila, a pickaxe, my younger days playing Minecraft and studying various geo-subjects payed off.", he stated proudly, he turned to re-enter his cave when the sound of a voice caught his ear.

"Well girls, the explosion went off here, but we don't know who or what caused it."

Who in there right mind would be walking around in those foreboding woods? It gave him a sense of danger, surely most people would be able to see the evil of the forest. He immediately ran to his cave as quietly as possible, unfortunately, being quiet was far from his forte.

*CLACK CLACK CLACK CLACK CLACK*

"Did anypony hear that? It sounds like metal on stone, claka-claka-claka."

Something didn't seem right about that sentence, but Omega was too hellbent on hiding from whatever might be looking for him and probably wants to kill him to think what it was. He was unarmed, but he could stop a leaping lion, punch a bat out of the air, and break a scorpion's sting while being stung, but he couldn't risk it if the unknown entity was armed with a gun or other ranged weapon. He had died once and ended up in a peaceful yet foreboding forest, he didn't want to have another shot at landing in hell. Diving down into the cave and concealing himself below a ledge, he waited for this enemy to approach.

The sound of hooves on stone came to his ears. His only thought was:

Who in the hell rides a damn horse in a fucking forest?

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10 minutes earlier

It had been a peaceful day in Ponyville, sun shining in the partially cloudy sky, birds chirping, ponies milling about running errands or doing whatever they had set out to do.

Twilight Sparkle had arrived a little less than 4 weeks ago, and had on the first day saved the world and made 5 new friends. She was already better off than she was in Canterlot, she was living in Books and Branches Library and she had a social life. Right now, she was placing the last few books into their correct places. She had balanced her schedule between re-organizing the entire library, and spending time with her new friends, and had now finished the former.

"Phew, that took a while, well, let's check the schedule."

She brought forward her day's plans, and saw that nothing else had been planned besides 'Find something else to do' and 'Spend time with Friends', an important item she now valued, where as she would have previously not even thought about other ponies besides her parents, her brother, the princess, and the librarian.

She equipped her saddlebags and set off outside to see who had time to hang out. Nearing Sugarcube Corner, a sudden explosion sounded off, briefly darkening the sky and showing its red light pillar and shockwaves from all the way deep in the Everfree Forest.

Panic was short-lived, when nopony was hurt by the explosion after it dissipated, they all went back to their previous activities. All except Twilight, after all, her logical mind knew that explosions of that size, shape, and color don't just randomly happen, so she immediately galloped off...

... only to run muzzle first into Pinkie Pie.

Known for her randomness, Pinkie merely giggled and took in a deep breath.

"Hey Twilight, Whatcha doin'? Gonna go off and investigate that huge explosion that happened? That's GREAT, I was wondering what is was too, HEY, do ya' want me to gather the girls for another mission into the Everfree Forest? Huh? DO YA' DO YA' DO YA'?

Twilight blinked, the pink mare had said all that in one breath, the purple unicorn merely sighed at the display of disregard for biology. She knew her friendship with Pinkie would never get better or easier if she always questioned her wacky ways.

"Sure Pinkie, I think it would be safer with all of us there, faster too."

"Alright then, I'll be right back."
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Derek Ganter the unicorn had always stayed courageous, even when he performed a massacre with his fighting magic. He magically lifted his glass to take a sip when suddenly Pinkie Pie dove into it, disappearing into her warping system without a trace. He only had one thing to say:

"Um, I'm afraid to drink this now."

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A few minutes later the Main 6 were making their way through the Everfree Forest, Twilight was the first to speak up.

"So, remind me why this place is so dangerous." Twilight asked half-heartedly

"Tha stories go that tha forest is cursed." Applejack began

"Yeah, the clouds, MOVE ON THEIR OWN." Rainbow Dash continued

"The plants grow every which way, darling." Rarity added

"A-a-and the animals, they, they take care of th-themselves." Fluttershy stuttered out in fear

"And EVERYPONY who ever goes in, doesn't come out, FOOORREEEVEER." Pinkie concluded

"Uh-huh, right, well, let's move on, shall we?" Twilight said, forcing the subject to change

They walked in relative silence only a few comments were made

"How long have we been waaalking." Rarity complained, not happy to be amongst dirt

"What do you think caused that explosion? Probably a bomb, I would be pretty disappointed if all we found was just some burnt dirt and scorched trees." Rainbow Dash proposed

"No 'bomb' Equestria has developed is advanced enough to cause an explosion that big, besides, the explosion itself was mostly light, only the princesses can make that much light normally, and they wouldn't add sound to it or perform a spell like that without informing ponies about it. It's an anomaly, a possibly dangerous one at that, who knows, maybe we'll find a technology infused two-legged ape?" Twilight stated simply, laughing at the end.

The other ponies began their various forms of laughter as well, what were the chances of THAT happening? absolutely negligible.

They arrived at a clearing, slightly off center of the middle was a pond with mostly clean, cold water, the ponies were more focused on the patch of scorched grass and dirt in front of it.

"This is weird." said Twilight, Applejack, and Rarity simultaneously

The 3 ponies looked at eachother, then gave their individual reasons why they thought so.

"It's weird because an explosion that big woulda burnt the ground a whole lot more than that." Applejack explained, he knowledge of fire coming from years on the farm, where fire needed to be quickly evaluated and dealt with.

"Also, horrid debris would be launched everywhere, but there is only a scorch mark on the ground, no crater or anything, except a bit of dirt and ash in the water, it looks like somepony tried to drink from the pond while bathing." Rarity added, her eye for detail paying off

"And there is no sign of what caused this, no physical remains, no magic residue, nothing, evidence can't just get up and walk away." Twilight analyzed, her studies informing her as she spoke

"Well girls, the explosion went off here, but we don't know why or what caused it." Rainbow Dash concluded, ending the debate

*CLACK CLACK CLACK CLACK CLACK*

"Did anypony hear that? It sounds like metal on stone, claka-claka-claka." Pinkie lilted

The Main 6 proceeded to gallop in the direction of the loud clacking noise, whatever it was, it was probably the one who caused the mysterious explosion.

They approached a clearing of stony ground and mountain face, in said face was a cave, they peered into it, looking at it's structure, several levels of platforms, and a pool of lava, strange, but far from impossible, though nothing seemed out of place.

"Twilight, nothing is here." One of them whispered

"Well, I guess it was just a feeding animal." Twilight observed after a few minutes

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With his one thought concluded, Omega peered over the edge of the platform, and was met with a strange sight

Horse creatures, too small though, perhaps ponies? but, wait, is one of them flying? with WINGS? did I land in a land of mythology? lucky I studied some mythology. Wait, stay focused Omega, yes, definately pony-type creatures, I see a protrusion from the head, wings on the sides, 6 specimens, 2 unicorns, 2 normal ponies, and 2 pegasus..es, pegasuses? pegasuseseseseseses? pegaseeses? Oh wait, it's pegasi, none the less, they lack riders, so they came here of their own curiosity, but wait, then who spoke in the forest back ther-

"Twilight, nothing is here." he heard whispered, as though attempting to be sneaky or private, but failing in the presence of his trained hearing, though quiet, it stopped his train of thought on a dime.

"Well, I guess it was just a feeding animal." a studious sounding voice said, Omega immediately knew that this voice belonged to 'Twilight', whoever that was

"Ya think it was Twi?" another voice, with a southern drawl. Omega immediately liked it, he was a fan of western culture and a southern drawl was enough to win him over a little bit.

"M-maybe it w-was an animal, and f-from the blood stains, it s-seems like a carnivore." a quiet and timid voice this time, either this pony-owner had a talent in polyvocalism, or these pony things were talking, and Omega didn't see any owners around.

"Well whatever it is, it's either completely uncouth for simply bleeding everywhere, or perhaps it didn't even know it was wounded." a posh voice added, Omega didn't like this one at all, posh reminded him of snooty, snooty reminded him of arrogant, and arrogant reminded him of Kary, and Kary, well, he didn't like being dead as much as the next person, and Kary had killed him.

"What kind of silly filly doesn't know when their hurt?" a happy voice, Omega tried to break it down into secondary emotions hiding a truth behind a wall of lies and false joy, but he couldn't, replaying it over and over in his head, he couldn't find anything malicious with it, odd, the sentence itself was off, as though the speaker wasn't speaking right.

"It was probably somepony either dangerous, dumb, or both if they made an explosion." a rough voice, Omega knew he heard all of them, if these ponies were talking, then all 6 of them have spoken, but that voice, if he didn't know any better, better being the fact that Xero wasn't a pony-creature, he would call out to the rough voiced one, he could tell that it's owner was brash, reckless, probably insane with some obsession, and more than likely a speed demon, just like his almost friend/disrespectful subordinate Xero.

He did not want to get into a fight within... his internal clock, like all of his robotic parts, was still shut down from lack of power, his bio-electric energy not enough to keep them online for a usable period of time, he greatly regretted not getting a reactor upgrade before he left, but it would probably be broken when he got here anyways.

Slowly but surely, each pony left, leaving one unicorn, she, he had deduced that it was a she because all 6 voices were distinctly female, even the tomboyish one and the really quiet one.

The unicorn took a step back, revealing herself in the sunlight after previously being backlit, her coat was a soft, light shade of purple, lavender, he recognized. She had a mane and tail that were a very dark blue with a streak of purple and streak of pink in them. Her eyes were weird, not because they took up half her face and were distinctly anime-like, but because they faced the same direction, a sign of mental illness or possibly retardation, he figured the smartest of the ponies had eyes that faced different directions.

He felt conflicted, he needed to inform her of his presence, and figure out if these ponies could talk, but he needed to do it in such a way that she doesn't freak out, he gathered his strength, he jumped up to the higher platform he was hiding behind, now in full view of the purple pony.

"What the? wait, girls, HEY-" she had started, before being cut off

"Shush shush shush" Omega cut in, ending her sentence

"What are you? Wait, can you talk?" Twilight asked calmly, though unsure of his response

"Yes, but don't tell anyone about me, Twilight." Omega said, barely containing his faltering confidence, if the legends were true, unicorns were mages, and he could NOT deal with magic.

"Who are you? How do you know my name?" Twilight querried, catching on to his statement immediately

"My name is Omega, and I know your name because I heard you and your friends, and one of them whispered it, I do not wish to fight, but know this, if you tell your friends about me in my absence, you WILL suffer consequences, I just want to live peacefully, and I will not let anybody stop me." Omega concluded, trying not to sound too aggressive or mentally unstable.

"Um, uh, okay then Omega, I won't tell anypony about you, but I will need to talk to you later, you are a strange creature and I wish to study you, if you don't mind?" Twilight said

"I was going to say the same thing, let me just gather my strength, and maybe we could meet again some time." Omega proposed, his soldierly discipline helping him greatly with coping with the circumstances, he may not know who these ponies are, or why they seem familiar, but he would kill to stay in the clear with them, if they were sentient beings, then they probably have a civilization, society, government, and god only knows what else, but they more than likely were the dominant species here, while he was probably endangered

"I'm not sure, but it's possible." Twilight answered, accepting his offer and putting his mind to a slight ease, after dealing with lies, half-truths, and betrayal all of his cyborg life, he always maintained a constant sense of doubt and caution, but she seemed to trust him, so he let go of his suspicion a little bit.

"I would like that, now get along, your friends must be wondering where you are, come back tomorrow, preferably alone, your friends might not react to me as well as you have." Omega observed and would have documented if his digital memory was still online, he internally sighed at the inconvienence.

"OH right, I'll talk to you tomorrow?" Twilight blurted out, visibly ready to gallop off to get back to her friends.

"Sure thing Twilight, tomorrow." Omega replied, chuckling softly at her enthusiasm.

With that, Twilight galloped off to rejoin her friends who were probably looking for her, Omega waited, counted to 60, and then turned back to the area that would be his laboratory. He ran a bare hand through his dirty hair as he looked, mapped, and thought.

Good thing I learned how to do all of that science fuckery while I was still employed, I could build a whole laboratory to make my armor and weapons, design a warehouse to store materials and supplies, and whatever else I need.
Almost everything, I need a team, I'm a leader, a damn good one at that, but I can't do everything alone.
That can come later though, I need to get myself situated first.

*drip drip drip*

I'm bleeding, aren't I? Yep, bleeding, I probably looked WAY too dangerous during my conversation with Twilight, fuuuuuuuuuuuuck.

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Twilight ran faster than she ever had before, she had encountered a possibly alien creature, and had agreed to talk to it, she was surprised her false confidence didn't visibly falter, Omega seemed nice enough, though possibly mortally dangerous, she would have to get a shield spell ready to use in case it attacked.

Him, not it. she thought, it was male, at least from what she could tell, his face was a cross, with thin lines for his eyes and mouth, but what was apparent in his bio-structure was what made it obvious, she couldn't see any physical signs of mammary glands and the torso was mostly flat, and the voice was only slightly higher pitch than that of Big Macintosh, which was still very deep, masculine formation of the body, chiseled jawline, short hair, it all fit. Omega was a male.

She still worried though, while he didn't look dangerous, per se, he WAS bleeding, but most fleshwounds bled, he said a few dangerous things, but he could be trying to look tougher than he was in order to avoid a fight, he was wearing a few broken plates of armor, but he could have been a knight of some sort, the intelligence factor was the key to a full understanding, she didn't know how advanced his race was, she would have to wait and prepare for their meeting tomorrow.

Twilight had returned home, and prepared a set of materials to analyze Omega, science was calling, and she was hellbent on answering.

She would have to wait, she had to sleep, and hope that this mysterious stallion wasn't nocturnal.

Author's Note

So, this is the first chapter, I'll admit, I'm new at writing, even when I have it all in my head, I have trouble getting it typed up in a sensible way.
I highly recommend watch the Xionic Madness series for a better understanding of Omega and, if you like action, some good entertainment as well
This starts off the day before the events of 'The Ticket Master'
The lack of reactions from Omega comes from being an awesome soldier and having dealt with emotions so thoroughly before that he no longer has much reaction, the super-smart science part of his mind is just so it's logical that he eventually recovers his armor and weapons, because he will.
The lack of reactions from Twilight comes from being not allowed time to freak out before her panic is replace with enthusiastic science and studying.
Again, my first official writing, many scenes were scrapped or put into storage for future use, I rewrote several parts, tried a few formats, and attempted to keep the word repitition to a minimum, any natural skill is from personal literacy and vigorous studying of successful stories.
Have a nice day.