The Tale of Storm Flare and Lightning Chaser

Lightning was ready. He ignored Storm's shouts in protest, and continued forth. The queen was somewhat far back, and this gave Lightning the perfect opportunity. He looked at Storm, and mouthed the words, 'Front left pocket', then continued forward as Storm watched in horror.

   "Hey Queenie...You any good in the science department?" Lightning asked, a blue electron cloud starting to form around him. He started walking towards her.

   "Er...no, but this has nothing to do with this fight!" Queen Chrysalis replied back, puzzled. The cloud grew bigger as Lightning advanced more towards her.

       "Well, for an atom, or anything in that matter, to be stable, you need to have your electrons balanced out with your protons, or the substance becomes unstable." Lightning said, cloud growing bigger, and only about three feet away from the queen.

   "And? You're just wasting my time!" The queen said, becoming irritated. Lightning looked her straight in the eye.

        "Queenie, do you know what happens when something becomes incredibly unstable?" Lightning asked, not breaking eye contact.

              "Um..." The queen was puzzled.

   "It explodes." Lightning said, lunging at the queen. She screamed when she realized what he was doing. He landed on top of her, and added one last electron to the cloud, making it the possible most unstable thing in existence. She couldn't escape Lightnings death grip, and within a second, an electric explosion so large that the whole town saw it, erupted, forming a huge mushroom cloud. Storm was knocked back by the powerful shock wave, and Fluttershy stared in horror.The giant electricity blast stopped the whole towns power, causing everyone to come outside.

    "LIGHTNING!" Storm yelled, running towards the blast site once the cloud had cleared. Soon, others followed, understanding what had happened. Lightning may have had a high tolerance to electricity, but this was enough to get inside his system, and overload his heart. Rainbowdash, Fluttershy, Pinkiepie and Rarity all followed close behind Storm.

    "LIGHTNING! YOU CRAZY BASTARD!" Storm yelled louder, flying this time. The others followed, some flying as well. They soon reached the two bodies. There was no doubt, the explosion had stopped the queens heart, and she had been finished. Lightning lay beside her, eyes closed. Fluttershy rushed over, and listened to Lightnings chest for a full minute, begging for a sign. The others looked on in silence, and disbelief at what Lightning had done. He had saved the town, but possibly at the cost of his own life. His sword lay close to him, its blue electricity fading away...

Like Lightning.

Storm yelled furious

     "SOMEONE! CALL A DOCTOR!! WE NEED A DOCTOR!!" a pony from the crowed rushed off to get the doctor, while Fluttershy attempted CPR. Eventually, a pair of paramedics came with an ambulance, and lifted Lightning into the back. Storm and the mane six joined him in the back, all the way to the hospital. When the arrived, the doctors got to work, jabbing in fluid packs, Iv's, shots and other things. They stitched up his wounds, and did everything they could. Eventually, they managed a small, irregular heart beat, and the room felt less tense. There was some hope. After hours of work, they got Lightning from dead, to a critical state, and had him hooked up to a heartbeat monitor in a room, where he was resting.The doctors said not to get two comfortable, as it was only a heartbeat. Technically, he was still dead, but they would try everything they could. The mane six and Storm was in Lightning's room, just watching over him. No one really said anything, until Storm remembered what Lightning had told him...

Front left pocket...

Storm looked on the desk in the room, and found Lightning's grey pants on the desk. He went through his pants, and found what he was talking about. He pulled out, a small, folded note. It didn't say anything on the front, but realized it was quite long when he had opened it. It was addressed to the mane six and Storm, and was requested to be read aloud to them.

  "Hey guys...Lightning left us a note." Storm said, voice filled with swirls of anger and sadness. Fluttershy was the only one who didn't respond, and was still sitting at the bedside next to Lightning. She looked really depressed.

      "Well...what does it say?" Rainbowdash said, also sounding sad.

               "I can't sum it up, but he wants me to read it aloud." Storm said. No one said anything, the air thick in the room. Even Pinkiepie was quiet. With no one saying anything else, Storm cleared his throat and began the long letter.

Friends-

  If you're reading this, I'm either dead, or close to it. I probably didn't survive whoever was coming after Storm and I. You're  also probably wondering why I am also so accurate, right? More on that later. Let's get on with... business. I hate having to write this as much as you hate having to listen to. I didn't know you all for that long, but I definitely will miss you all- Especially you Fluttershy. I love you, never forget that, no matter what happens or what has happened. Storm, thanks for being an awesome friend. We knew each other for a long time, and we had a good run, right? (Storm noticed what looked like a small water drop next to this sentence...) Anyways, I'm letting Fluttershy take whatever she wants to remember me by. Storm, I want you to have my fender start. Learn how to play something on it maybe? Rainbowdash-I also didn't know you for that long but you did help me with a lot, and for that, I thank you. I'm leaving you my lightning bolt collection. Rarity, I honestly only met you once, and I'm not sure what you would appreciate, so you can have one thing in my wardrobe to aid in you clothing creation. Twilight, thanks for informing me on what I needed to know. I leave you my book collection. Applejack, again, I only met you once, but I'm leaving you my desperado hat. Well, that about covers that then right? Anyways- explaining from earlier- Storm, you remember when we were about four in the facility, and they injected us with the red stuff? And it hurt for about a month? Well...I found a file in the mayors office-about us. Before the scientists released us, they also released our personal files. And, I found out what that stuff was. Part of the lies they told us was right. We were test experiments. Were. About four years into the program, they had collected the data they needed. But, they wanted to extend their funds, so they invented something called, 'T1TAN'. It was basically every shot and ray they ever used on us into one concentrated dose. It was deemed unstable, but if they could correct the formula, they would be paid millions. So, they went on with testing it on us. Now, of course, this is what gave us our powers, but it did something they didn't account for. You know how we telepathically communicate? Or phase through walls? Or any other use of physic powers? Well, thanks to Twi helping me research 'T1TAN' I saw that it was not meant to have psychic powers. At first, it looks like just some minor side effects, but it made us into...something different. To put it into perspective, we are more important then Celestia. Now, don't get excited. Ironically, 'T1TAN' actually made us into real Titans. No, were not actually from the underworld, I'm just putting our abilities into perspective. But, we also poses the power to destroy all of Equestria and then some so as you can imagine, certain people are offering rewards for the capture of us, alive or dead, and more then 5 people have already taken the offer up. So, I'm sorry I didn't tell you this sooner Storm. I'm sorry everyone. But, because Storm and I are Titans, does not make us evil. We just have the powers and traits of them, so please, don't discriminate Storm. He's going through a lot right now. That's basically the situation at hand, so , I hope this is not my true end. But, if I truly am dead, I want Fluttershy to make the decisions for what she wants to do with me. I'm sorry I had to tell you guys like this. Hopefully, this is not over.

Yours-

Lightning.

Storm was awestruck. He remembered reading about the long lost Titans tale in Lightnings small book collection. It was one of his favorites, and the tale basically told of two brothers, gifted with extraordinary powers from the Underlord himself, for the sole purpose of destroying Equestria. They were perfect, except for the facts that they had souls, which came with feelings. When they met everyone in Equestria, and saw its beauty, they couldn't bring themselves to destroy it. Instead, they use their powers to fight back the other forces sent to aid in the conquest of Equestria. It was supposed to be a fairy tale, but it was so far coming true. Everyone was shocked, and some realized that he was referencing the Titan fairy tale. They had seen Lightning and Storm's display of Titan like powers, and didn't have a doubt that this was true. They exchanged words and phrases like, 'Is this true?' or 'Do you need some time alone?' and then the plain 'Cool..'. Most ponies decided it was a good time to leave, and had taken what Lightning had left them. Most had tears in their eyes, as Lightning was a good friend, and he had sacrificed himself for a town he barely knew. It was brave of him. Everyone but Storm and Fluttershy left. She was looking at the ground, not saying a word. Storm felt bad for her, and tried to comfort her.

     "So...what do you think you're gonna take? I can get it for you if you want." Storm said, trying to be as calm as possible.

        "...Nothing." Fluttershy said sharply. Storm was puzzled. Didn't she love him?

   "I'm-I'm not sure if I understand what you mean." Storm said nervously, getting what she was implying.

     "Nothing. You can only take things from peoples will if they're dead and Lightnings not dead.." Fluttershy said, quivering on the last word. Storm knew it, and he felt like a jerk for saying it.

        "I-I'm sorry. I'm just gonna let you have your time with him..." Storm said, slowly walking out the door. Fluttershy didn't look up. She really did love him...

Time passes...

Fluttershy woke up in Lightning's room. She hadn't left him since he had been in the hospital, and was determined to stay with him until he woke up. She looked at him, then the heartbeat monitor that he had been hooked up to. She had memorized what the doctors told her the problem was...

   "His heart was overloaded, and was dead for six minutes. The volts of electricity shot through him was enough to power Ponyville for three days. It would be amazing if his heart was ever the same again. Also, his brain had been temporarily stopped. Though he won't suffer brain damage, it has induced an indefinite coma." The coma was the real problem, as his heart was now far better. It was still irregular, but it was faster then earlier. She listened to the monitor. It was calming to know that the one she loved was still alive. The doctors said it was a marvel that he had actually survived a lightning blast that big, so he was lucky. Storm burst through the door. His eyes looked red like he had been crying. And, indeed he had. He had been thinking a lot, and the realization of his best friend being...simply gone had finally sunk in on him.

   "Fluttershy..I need to be here alone for a sec..."Storm said. She understood, and left the room. Storm sat at the edge of Lightning's bed.

   "You know...you're being selfish. We all miss you and you're just...thinking of dying? Of quitting? Just...leaving us here? What about Fluttershy? Doesn't she matter to you? What about me? Don't...I mater? Why wont you just wake up? Huh? WAKE UP! WAKE UP DAMMIT! FUCKING SIT UP AND WAKE UP!!!!" Storm said, breaking out in tears. Everyone missed Lightning, but Storm was really hurt. I felt like something was missing. He sat there, screaming some more at Lightning. He just didn't know what to do anymore. It was all to much. Storm left the room ten minutes later, and Rainbowdash was waiting for him. She had heard him, and knew talking wouldn't help. The two silently left back for Rainbowdash's house.

A week passes...

It had been a full week, and Fluttershy had finally gone home. The doctors weren't sure if Lightning would ever recover, and Fluttershy needed to tend to her animals. It was calming to an extent. She was still heartbroken, but she wasn't going to let anything else die...

Fluttershy quietly tended to the animal coops outside, feeding them and taking care of other odds and ends. It was quiet, as Lightning usually talked a lot when helping Fluttershy. She really missed him...She was putting away the tools, when she heard a very faint noise...like footsteps on grass. She turned behind her, but found nothing.

  "Must be in my head..." Fluttershy thought. She went into her shed, and put the tools away. She looked up, and headed back indoors to get back to sleep.. That's about all she had  been doing lately...She turned around to head back inside, only to be greeted by a big, red pony.

   "Well hi there." Big Macintosh said, grinning from ear to ear.

      "B-Big Mac..." Fluttershy stammered. "W-what are you doing here?"

  "Well, your pretty boyfriend really did hurt me, and since he's in the hospital, you're gonna have to take his beating for him. Oh, and ah brought me a friend to help...deliver the message." Big Mac said slyly. Gilda stepped out from behind a tree.

     "He really is a jerk. And, I don't like you, so it's kind of a win win- for me anyways." Gilda said, cracking her knuckles. Fluttershy was trembling. She didn't know how to defend herself, but she would have to try. She put her fists up, readying herself to get beaten.

   Maybe, after this, they are going to leave me alone, Fluttershy thought. Big Mac smiled and drew his fist back, and hit forward with all his might. Fluttershy flinched, ready to feel the sharp pain. But, it never came. She opened her eyes in shock.

   "L-Lightning?" She managed to stammer out. He was standing in front of her, and had Big Mac's fist in his right hand. Big mac looked at him. He was breathing heavy, and this time, both of his eyeballs were full red. There was no white or anything. Just red. Big Mac looked behind him, expecting to find Gilda. He did find her, but she was on the ground, clutching the left side of her rib cage. Lightning had flown over, as fast and hard as he could. He delivered a flying v kick of massive proportions. He had used the energy he had gained from his furious flight over to achieve this kick. When his foot made contact with her rib cage, a loud, audible crack was heard. He was certain that he had shattered the left side of her rib cage. He then saw Big Mac about to punch Fluttershy. Right when his fist was about to hit her, he had teleported in front of her and caught his fist. This is where they were now.

   "YoU jusT maDe The WORST MiStaKe of yOuR LIFE. I GaVe yoU A Chance....BUt NoW..." Lightning said, purposefully not finishing the sentence to let Big Mac think of his own fate. Big mac tried to escape, but Lightning quickly twisted his arm behind his back. Big mac squealed with pain. He then threw him over his shoulder, where he landed on Gilda. She stood up, coughed up some blood, and charged at Lightning. She stuck him with her talons, but he kneed her in the stomach in response. She hunched over, which threw her into more pain because of her shattered ribs. He kicked her to the ground, and was about to unleash a barrage of punches, but Big Mac grabbed him from behind. Gilda quickly stood up to try and hurt Lightning while he was vulnerable, but Lightning stomped on Big Mac's foot. He released Lightning accidentally, and Lightning then swept Gilda's feet from under her, quickly caught her then throwing her at Big Mac. He heaved over in pain, but saw a piece of glass on the ground. He pretended to fall and picked up the glass shard. Lightning walked over to him, but Big Mac stood up and embedded the glass shard in Lightning's chest. It barely missed his heart, so it didn't do anything but piss him off more.

   "Oh...we're playing that way.." Lightning said, ripping out the glass shard and pulling out his elemental Gibson SG sword. He lunged at Big Mac and quickly slashed his through his lower arm. Not only did it cut off his lower left arm, but it sent a huge electric shock through Big Mac. He kneed on the ground, blood spurting from his wound.

   "Yield" Lightning said, pointing his sword at Big Mac. He looked up, pain in his face

     "Ne-never." Big Mac said defiantly. Lightning wasn't going to kill either one of them, but Big Mac had asked for it. He would be in the hospital for a while. Lightning raised his fist, about to black out Big Mac, but Gilda was right behind him.

    "S-Surprise" Gilda said, stabbing Lightning all the way through the chest with a long, jagged piece of metal. Lightning's red eyes met her amber eyes. Gilda's pleased expression dropped, realizing that this had barely affected him. He quickly grabbed her neck, picked her up, sent a static charge up her, then threw her to the side. He pulled out the makeshift blade, and dropped it with a clang. He gave Big Mac a powerful kick, and he fell unconscious. Lightning panted, eyes slowly returning to green. Fluttershy gratefully hugged Lightning for saving her.

   "How did you-" Fluttershy started. She stopped her short.

      "I'll tell you later. Just call an ambulance for now." Lightning said, sitting down. Fluttershy nodded, and went inside, phoning the hospital.

   Soon enough, the ambulance came to take care of Big Mac and Gilda. The police also arrived, arresting the two for assault. They were going to arrest Lightning, but Fluttershy had explained to them how he saved her, so they left him with a warning, advising him to stay out of trouble. Soon,  Rainbowdash, Storm, Twilight, Rarity, Pinkiepie and Applejack showed up to see that Lightning was for a fact awake and healthy. All of them pestered him with the same question: "How did you do it?" He was going to answer the question, but only when everyone was listening, so he wouldn't have to repeat himself.

    "Alright, alright I'll tell you. It's nothing really spectacular, I was just asleep, then something like a giant electric shock went through me, then showed me what was happening, so I flew over as fast as I could. That's really it." Lightning said, tired. Being stabbed took a lot out of you.

    "But-you were stabbed all the way through your chest. How did you survive?" Twilight asked. Lightning calmly looked at her.

     "I'm a Titan." Lightning said, putting his Gibson SG away in his body. Yes, he was a Titan, but it didn't mean he couldn't feel pain. Everyone could tell, and soon left to let Lighting get some rest. Storm and Rainbowdash returned to Dash's house and being in a good mood and happy for Lightning's recovery, they raced each other there. It wasn't too competitive, but it was still fun to...well just have fun. They walked into the house laughing. Rainbowdash was happy to see Storm in a better mood. They went to the couch and sat down to watch TV.

     "What do you want to watch Rainbowdash?" asked Storm, making himself comfortable.

   "What ever I guess. It doesn't matter to me." Rainbowdash replied. Unable to decide, they sat there flipping through the channels. Storm just sat there and watched some mindless show for a while. Then, he stared to  remembered when Rainbowdash kissed him and how good it felt. He was thinking of what he was going to do. He didn't want Rainbowdash to think he was uninterested. He finally came up with a plan and sat there for a while then he finally built up the courage to carry out his idea.

    "Quit being a wuss mate, just do it." Lightning telepathically sent to Storm. Storm chuckled a little.

       "Good to have you back man." Storm sent back. Then, he turned to Rainbowdash.

    "Um...Hey Dash?" Storm called.

"Yeah, what is it, Storm?" Rainbowdash noticed that Storm was sweating and his face was red.

   "Uh...I think your the most beautiful mare I have ever seen and ever since i got here I've  had feelings for you and I was wondering if would go out with me and be my special somepony..."Storm rattled off nervously. Rainbowdash was stunned by this. She finally had heard the words she was waiting for him to say. As she was thinking about this, Storm didn't know what to do because she wasn't answering so he did what came do his mind first. He slid over, leaned in and kissed Rainbowdash. Rainbow soon felt his lips touch hers her mind went blanked and kissed back. Both of there faces were red and their hearts were beating a mile a minute. Dash soon pulled away to answer Storms question.

    "Yes, I'd love too..." Rainbowdash said happily.

"You really think I'm beautiful?" Rainbow asked with a red face. Storm answered like she knew he would.

   "Yeah, of course! Your hair is pretty and your eyes are amazing over all your just drop dead gorgeous." Storm said. Dash smiled, and they continued kissing. It was the best day ever for Storm...

"I'm just so glad you're back!" Fluttershy said, hugging Lightning even tighter. They both were in bed, and Lightning was resting from his long day.

      "Yeah, me too mate. Being dead ain't to fun ya know?" Lightning said back, looking at her with his cool, green eyes, and smiling. It was soothing to hear his accent, and see him next to her. She leaned in and started passionately kissing him. Lightning did the same, and soon, the both were intertwined with each other. Lightning and Fluttershy really got into it, and soon, kissing turned into touching, and that escalated to...more serious things. Fluttershy was nervous at first, but she knew what she was doing. And surprisingly, so did Lightning. Of course though, they both had Ponynet connections... Lightning showed Fluttershy what he knew, and Fluttershy showed Lightning what she knew. It was an awesome night and well...

It was a nice 'welcome home' gift for Lightning.

Time passes...

Lightning woke up.

   What a kick ass way to recover from being stabbed...He thought. He thought about a lot now, like how he probably was never going to leave Ponyville, or how cool being a Titan was. There was a lot going on, and for once, it wasn't all to bad. After all, he did get to preform another concert soon, he would soon be getting his gems, and he had Fluttershy. She had fallen asleep now, and he looked over to her. Even asleep, she was stunning. He got up out of bed, threw on his usual clothes, and explored the house for some tea. Fluttershy did make the best tea Lightning had had for a while...among other things. He found some in the fridge, poured himself a cup, and enjoyed the morning sunrise. He had been up for a while, and had intended on seeing the sunrise since he had only seen artificial ones before. It was a true sight to behold...He finished his tea, and went upstairs to wake Fluttershy.

   "Hey mate, the suns up...so you might want to get up ya know." Lightning said, lightly shaking Fluttershy awake. Her cyan eyes fluttered open, landed on Lightning and smiled. She stretched, and sat up. Soon, after throwing on her sweater with the lightning skull Lightning had helped her design with her blue jeans and moccasins, they had breakfast and discussed their plans for the day. Lightning also remembered what Storm had done yesterday, reading his mind the whole time. He told Fluttershy.

    "So, I heard Storm and Rainbowdash are together now." Lightning said, mixing in some sugar in his tea.

        "Oh, really? Good for him and her I guess." Fluttershy said. She wasn't too interested in Rainbowdash's personal affairs, and would rather spend time with Lightning.

   "Yeah. Mate's been after her ever since we got here, so I imagine he's happy." Lightning said, staring out the window. He wondered he was going to do today. He was fully healed, so the opportunities were open.

     "Oh, and before I fall asleep or something, do you want to go out and do something today?" Lightning asked.

"Oh-um, sure. I'd love to!" Fluttershy said. She still wasn't used to being in a relationship yet, as being with Lightning was too good to be true. It was gonna be a good evening...Lightning thought.

Now, lets step away from this for a second. Now, this is the part where you, the reader say to yourself,

    "Alright, the stories OK, but the plots...not going anywhere. It's romantic, and there's some fight scenes that the two will never lose. This isn't really different from anything else.." And yes, at this point you are correct. What's odd is that I'm addressing it, right? Well, don't worry. You can go back to reading soon, I just want to point some things out. So, first. don't you think it's odd that Lightning chaser mentions having an English accent, and the only one who addresses it as being from England is Fluttershy? Do the other ponies only know of Equstria? Lighting reads a lot, and in the lab he had a book that talked all about England, and that's how he knew of it. Also, even though the two may be strong, isn't odd that their attackers never fight back? I mean, they would at least make an attempt to harm them more then just the occasional punches? There's a lot of tiny things like that, that Lightning and Storm don't notice, since they had been having a good time. Maybe you did see these tiny things. Or, maybe you liked the tale to an extent, to where you didn't notice these things- like Lightning and Storm. Anyways, that is all for now. Shall we return to the tale?

Meanwhile, somewhere deep in the Everfree forest...

   "OK sir, they've been there for almost two weeks . We know how they react around people, and Lightning and Storm know of project T1TAN. Phase one has been completed, should we move onto phase two?" A tan pony in a white lab coat said to his partner.

      "Well, we would be all clear, but the two have failed themselves. They have shown the true extent of T1TAN, but they have emotions for the other ponies- so they won't destroy Equstria when we ask them to." As the blue pony finished his sentence, another yellow pony walked in, seeing how their plan was going. The thing was though, he did not know of their full plan.

  "Sir, how are th-" The pony stopped as he looked on the monitor in front of the other two lab ponies. It showed the two subjects in Ponyville- which wasn't part of their original plan.

   "Whats going on with the two test subjects? I thought we sent some CLAW units to go hunt them down when they escaped." The yellow pony was puzzled now.

       "Well, since phase one has been completed, I think it's safe to tell him." The tan pony said to his blue partner.

   "OK, well, we foresaw the two escaping soon, and we let them escape. If we honestly wanted to catch them, we could have, but we had another plan. Project T1TAN was funded mainly by ponies who wanted Equstria gone, so we decided to see how the two test subjects would react in an environment where the opportunity to make friends and enemies was present. We needed to make sure that they would have no remorse for the people in the town, but sadly, that was not part of their personality. So, we need to get the two back here and...make some adjustments. Then, we can rain down an Equestrian apocalypse with the two ponies who they thought where saving them." The yellow pony was shocked.

    "Should we use the TI-087 to warn them to turn themselves in?" The tan pony asked. The yellow pony was still in shock, and couldn't say anything.

      "Sure. Boot him up." The blue pony said, getting back to his computer. "And while you're at it, boot up TI-088. Don't want those two to try anything funny." The yellow pony was shocked at how calmly they were handling this whole situation. They were planning on destroying something big...the place they lived in. Hiw could they do this?

         "Wait wait wait...you gave these two a false sense of freedom, let them get to know the towns people only to recapture them and make them into emotionless robots to destroy a town? For what- some gems? People live there! The two subjects have girlfriends! And friends! You cant do th-" A sharp crack was heard, and the yellow pony fell to the ground, blood and brain matter pouring out onto the lab floor. The blue pony lowered his .357 revolver back into his holster.

   "That should shut him up." The blue pony said, not even taking his eyes of the monitor. The tan pony left the room, getting ready to boot up TI-087 to warn the two ponies of their fate.

Meanwhile...

Storm and Lightning were both on dates with their mares. It had been a rather uneventful day, so it was nice to get out of the house. Lightning and Fluttershy had gone to Pinkiepie's bakery for some pastries and coffee. Storm and Lightning were taking a nice walk downtown, enjoying the sights. Storm of course, had been expecting a fight, and he had come prepared since Big Mac tried to get revenge on Lightning.The two talked and laughed, seeing the sights. It was all going well... but then, Storm saw Thunderlane, followed by two dumber looking ponies.

    "There you are you bastard..." Thunderlane said, briskly approaching Storm and Dash. His two henchman followed close behind him. He pushed Dash to the side, and picked up Storm by his shirt collar.

    "You think your little stunt back there was funny? Huh? I had to go to the hospital for a fucking WEEK!" Thunderlane said, getting angrier. Storm laughed.

     "You think you scare me? Haha...Funny. Even if those two ponies back there could fight worth a shit, Lightnings got my back. I probably won't need his help though, seeing your not even the slightest bit of a threat." Thunderlane raised a fist to punch Storm in the face, when Storm kicked him in the gut. He dropped him and fell to the floor. Storm walked up to him, bent over and was about to beat the lights out of him, Lightning coming behind him, to make sure the two henchman didn't try to interfere. But, a giant explosion erupted nearby, interrupting the party. Everyone looked above them, to find a robot. There was two actually, but only one had fired a missile. They both descended downwards. Their appearance was shocking- they were both an exact metallic copy of Storm and Lightning. Their eyes were big blue visors instead of being eyes, and a closer examination revealed that there were indeed human eyes behind the tinted visor--were. Robo-Lightning, or as printed on his shoulder plate, TI-087, was the first to talk.

    "Lightning Chaser...Storm Flare. We are here to warn you--you have a day to turn yourself in back to the laboratory from which you came. Otherwise, we will forcefully take you back while you watch your town crumble before you. You have been presented with these choices, and cannot say you have not been warned. I hope you make the best informed decisions. Agent Mac, Agent Gilda, come with us. Your job here is done. Good day." Robo-Lightning said, looking up the two ponies. Big Mac and Gilda stepped froward, ready to follow the two cyborgs. Lightning stepped forward.

    "Whoa whoa whoa...who the hell do you think you are? And what the hell is this? Your..some imposter? I'm the real Lightning." Lightning said, telling off Robo-Lightning. Robo-Lightning turned around, speaking.

     "The two scientists who studied you before in the lab, let you escape into an environment like this to see how you would react to other ponies. They sent out Agent Mac and Agent Gilda to test the true powers of the T1TAN mixture. They also built me and TI-088 to aid you two in the conquest of Equstria--once they were done tweaking you a little bit. You two showed to much compassion, so they need to make some small adjustments. Here. Make your choice wisely." Robo-Lightning said, throwing a map towards Lightning. Lightning and stormed were shocked...they were still being used as lab rats.

   "What?...They're still...using us? Like fucking RATS? Tell your boss to screw off! I'm not going with you! EVER!" Lightning yelled, getting angrier.

   "If it's a challenge your offering, I'm afraid I'm going to have to harm you." Robo-Lightning said, pulling out a replica of Lightning's Gibson SG sword. It looked like it, except it wasn't surrounded by lightning. Lightning did the same.

   "Bring it on robo freak!" Lightning said, charging the cyborg. It moved just in time, but Lightning hooked him, and swung around, hitting him in the face. But...he forgot it was half metal. It hurt his hand, so he electrically charged it, then hardened the charge. He hit the cyborg, this time having more effect. On the fifth hit though, the cyborg grabbed Lightning, and threw him against a wall. He slowly got back up, picking his sword up with him.

      "Alright...time to die!" Lightning said, ready to charge. Storm was about to step in and help, but the cyborg version of Storm flare stopped him.

    "Let them fight it out. It may influence your decision" the cyborg said. Lightning sliced  Rob-Lightnings  arm, spilling  mix of black and red stuff to the ground. The robot used his sword, slashing at Lightning. He moved, dodging it to were it just barely scratched him. He delivered a roundhouse kick to the monsters face, slightly denting its faceplate. It suddenly grabbed Lightning.

    "I've had enough of this! Prepare to die... mate!" the robot said mockingly. It got its sword, and stabbed Lightning through the chest, spilling blood everywhere.  He tossed him aside like a rag doll, sheathing his sword. Lightning couldn't have survived that- in fact he didn't.

    "You know TI-087...they did want him brought back alive." Robo-Storm said, studying the body.

            "He chose his own fate. You know your options Storm. Turn yourself in, or die like your friend." Robo-Lightning said, flying off with Big Mac and Gilda. Robo-Storm followed his lead.  A great pot of boiling rage shot through Storm...but there was nothing he could do. The cyborgs had no emotions, and barely felt pain. It was like fighting a boulder. He couldn't win. He looked down at Lightning's lifeless body, a big hole through his chest. A tear formed in Storms eye.

     "Don't worry Lightning...we'll get those son of a bitches...if it's the last thing we do!" Storm said. He had had about enough. Who the hell were those guys? How did they find them so fast?

    "FUCKING SCIENTISTS!" Storm yelled, punching  hole in a brick wall. They were still being tested... A mob surrounded Lightning's dead body. Storm slowly walked off, determination in his eye. There was no way he was going to destroy Equstria. He knew what he was going to do...but he needed Lightning's help. But, what Storm didn't know, was that Lightning had a plan of his own, and Robo-Lightning had just sent the worst mistake of his life rolling down towards him.

    Oh...there will be blood. Storm thought.

There will be blood....