The Lost and Forgotten

Chapter 4

Fight of Flight

I awoke to noises out in the hall. I quickly get up out of the bed. I turn around to make the bed, as I finished; the door opened. I watched as Luna walked in the room.

"Good morning Princess Luna. How can I help you today?" I faced towards Luna.

"I was wondering if you wanted to finish your memories today." Luna smiled.

"I think I will pass this time. I already know how the rest happened." I turned and walked towards the window.

"I am happy to hear that." Luna walked up next to me. "I am sorry for what I put you through."

"Why would you be sorry?" I laughed. "By the look on your face; you seem more disturbed about what happened than me."

"How can you be so calm about what happened? I don't understand. Your kind might be dead and you seem so calm about it." Luna looked at me puzzlingly.

"We live for a long time. There is no point dwelling on something that is already done and over with." I sighed. "And for my kind; If we all die from something like that. We never disserved to live in the first place." I gave Luna a smile. "It is a lot harder to kill our race than you think. Not even a dying star could kill us."

"That is a very narrow minded way of thinking." Luna raised an eyebrow.

"That might be, but it is the truth." I turned to look at the door as it opened.

"Hey Jacob!" Derpy quickly ran over and gave me a hug. "Whatchya doing!?" Derpy looked up at me with wide eyes.

"I was thinking about taking a look at my fighter." I watched as Derpy let me go. "I want to see if it can still fly."

"Can I help?" Derpy smiled.

"I don't see why not." I was interrupted.

"What about me? Could you use an extra hoof?" Rainbow Dash asked while walking into the room.

"Actually; I think I could use all the help I can get." I gave them both a smile.

"Then I will let you go Jacob. It sounds like you will be busy today, so we can talk another time." Luna smiled and walked out of the room.

"Well then it is settled! Are you two ready to go?" I asked while walking towards the door.

"Yep!" Derpy quickly followed behind.

"Sure." Rainbow Dash said with a smile.

We quickly left the hospital and made our way to my fighter. As we walked through town this time. Not a lot of the ponies were looking at me. I would guess it was the blood I had on me last time. It was understandable;  they must not have had war for a long time. This world would be a good base for an advanced society. All they need is a guiding hand and knowledge about safe technologies.

"We are hear Jacob." Derpy quickly turned and smiled.

"Thanks Derpy." I quickly made my way to the door as Rainbow Dash and Derpy followed.

"What can we do?" Rainbow Dashed asked as I looked at the fighter.

"Well..." I quickly climbed on top of the fighter. "Go over by the door and dig up the dirt at the bottom. I will make sure the door won't fall on you." I walked over to the back of the fighter and held the door back.

"So the door is heavy?" Rainbow Dash asked as they both walked over and started to dig.

"Yep! It is heavy enough to crush both of you." I watched as they finished clearing the bottom of the door. "Now look at the bottom for five small holes. Look in each one and tell me if they are clear."

"But Jacob." Derpy cocked her head. "There are only four holes down here."

"That's okay. Both of you move away from the door." I watched as they both moved. I quickly jumped down to investigate the pin. "Rainbow Dash; you think you can go get Twilight for me? I am going to need her help."

"You got it!" I watched as she quickly flew off towards town.

"So why do you want this opened so badly?" Derpy looked at me while tapping the door.

"I need to get to the Inertial Dampeners. They are tubes that span the ship's hull." I looked on the edge of the door to make sure it wasn't badly damaged.

"What are Inertial Dampeners?" Derpy walked up and looked at the door with me.

"It dampens the force of motion." I looked at Derpy as she gave me an odd look. "It makes it a comfortable ride when you fly." I smile. "Without the Inertial Dampeners; you could get hurt just by moving forward."

"How can you get hurt?" Derpy tapped the side of the fighter.

"This thing is so fast at accelerating; it could hurt you." I scratched my head. "I don't know any other way to tell you this. How about this! If it can still fly; I will give you a ride and I can show you what I am talking about."

"You mean it!?" Derpy quickly jumped around in circles. "You would give me a ride on your back!?"

"Close. You can ride next to me while I fly." I look past the fighter and see Twilight and Rainbow Dash coming towards me.

"Wow! What is this thing Jacob?" Twilight walked around the fighter in amazement.

"This is how I got here. It is a military fighter." I smiled as she continued to walk around it. "It allows me to fly to other planets."

"What!? How!" Twilight quickly ran up in front of me. "Can you show me!?"

"I already told Derpy that she could ride with me." I looked at Twilight as her ears wend down and she looked at the ground. I cracked under the pressure when she looked like she was going to cry. "Okay Twilight..." She quickly cheered up and gave me a smile. "I will see what I can do."

"Thank you thank you thank you!" Twilight quickly tackled me and hugged me on the ground.

"Twilight... First things first..." She quickly hopped off of me. "We need to get that door off.

"Right!" She smiled. "What can I do to help?"

"I am going to lift the door out from that pin." I pointed at the ground towards the last pin. "It is bent badly, so we need to pull it straight out then lift up." I motioned with my hands to show her what we needed to do. "I will be lifting most of the weight of the door, but it is too heavy for me alone. I need you and your telekinetic abilities to help lift what I can't handle."

"What is telekinetic abilities?" Twilight raised an eyebrow.

"That horn on your head..." I pointed at the horn.

"Oh! Its magic; not telekinetic abilities." Twilight smiled.

"Okay. Well never the less it is all the same." I looked to Derpy and Rainbow Dash. "You two are going to need to move back. It might be a little dangerous." I watched as they both moved back.

I positioned myself at the door. I reached around and got a good grip. I looked at Twilight and nodded. I started to pull as hard as I could when the door glowed a gentle purple. As the door started to slowly move. A large jet of steam shot out from the bottom of the door.

"Ignore that Twilight! Keep pulling!" I yelled as Twilight moved back.

"Right."

We continued to pull the door out. When it finally cleared the bent pin. I slowly lifted the door above my head with Twilight's help. I slowly walked over to the side of the fighter and we gently placed it against the hull.

"Well that thing is heavy! Don't you agree?" I looked over at Twilight as she laid down.

"I don't see how you could have lifted that thing above your head!" Twilight started to pant. "Even with my help; I am exhausted..." She watched as I walked up to her.

"It's alright." I put my hand on her head and smiled. "Just rest for now. We can handle the rest. Okay?"

"Okay." Twilight smiled as I walked over to the rear of the fighter.

"Wow! So this is what it looked like inside!" Rainbow Dash said as both her and Derpy walked inside.

"I don't mind you looking around inside. Just don't touch anything." I inspected the covers of the Inertial Dampeners. I then heard a loud popping noise as Rainbow Dash and Derpy quickly ran back outside.

"I'm sorry Jacob! I don't know what went wrong!" Derpy quickly ran behind be as smoke billowed out of the rear compartment.

"What did you do Derpy?..." I walked into the rear compartment and see the smoke pouring out of my Teleportation Device. "Never mind; I know what you did..." I walked over and picked up the plug on the ground. I plugged it back into its slot and the smoke quickly stopped. "I think it would be best if you both stayed out of here for now."

"Okay." Both Derpy and Rainbow Dash said while looking at the ground.

"Come over here; I need both of you to help." I twist the Inertial Dampening covers off and tossed them to the ground. "I need you both to pull the Inertial Dampening tubes out. Be very careful. They are about 7 feet in length and very delicate. Just put them on the grass on the other side of the fighter."

"You got it Jacob." Rainbow Dash smiled while grabbing the closest one with her teeth.

"Okay." Derpy slowly grabbed one of the tubes and started to pull it out.

I quickly grab the top two tubes and pulled them out enough to where they wouldn't fall. I grabbed them in the middle and pulled them out all the way. I walked over and placed them gently on the ground next to the fighter. I walked back around and saw Rainbow Dash almost had hers out. Derpy had hers half way. I quickly stopped as I heard a loud cracking noise.

"Rainbow Dash! Move back!" I yelled.

I quickly grabbed the Inertial Dampening tube Derpy had in her mouth. I quickly used my free hand to push Derpy back in the air as hard as I could. I forced the tube to break upwards to pour its contents on the ground. I quickly jumped back as I dropped the broken tube next to the fighter.

"What's wrong!?" Twilight quickly jumped up.

"I'm sorry Jacob! Please don't be angry." Derpy started to cry. "I didn't mean it; honest."

"Its fine Derpy; Accidents happen." I walked over to her and patted her on the head. I turned to see Twilight looking at the silver liquid on the ground. "You might want to back away from that Twilight..." I walked up to her and gently moved her away.

"What is it?" Rainbow Dash and Derpy walked up a little closer.

"It is Mercury." I pulled the broken tube out of the fighter and dumped the rest of the Mercury on the ground. I threw the tube over by the door on the other side of the fighter. "It is very dangerous. It can be absorbed into your skin and once it gets in; you can't get it out." I pick up the other broken half and toss it next to the door with the other.

"That doesn't sound bad." Rainbow Dash raised an eyebrow.

"It can kill you..." I shook my head. "It has a nag on killing brain cells. If your body doesn't repel the Mercury; if just one gram of it made it to your brain. It would kill off about 89% of your brain cells." I started to pull the other three tubes out.

"Why would you have something like that on your fighter?" Twilight asked.

"Mercury moving at, or close to the speed of light gives anti gravitational properties." I grabbed the rest of the tubes and slowly took them to the side of the fighter. "It makes for good Inertial Dampeners, but this is an old fighter. The newer models are much more advanced."

"I'm sorry Jacob. I didn't know." I looked over at Derpy as she was still crying.

"It's okay." I bent down in front of her. "All of the dampeners are actually broken. I only took them out to try and fix them." I gave Derpy a smile. "Besides I only need two tubes for it to work and I still have five." I put my hand on her head and ruffled her main. "Cheer up okay?"

"Okay!" Derpy quickly hugged me.

"Come on Derpy. I have to get back to work." I watched as she let me go. "All of you are going to have to stay away from the fighter for now. I don't want you stepping in the Mercury." I watched as Rainbow Dash and Derpy walked over to Twilight and sat next to her.

I walked over to my teleporter and gently pulled the pins out of the floor. I gently picked it up and placed it on the edge of the doorway. I put the pins back in the floor and hopped out of the fighter. I gently picked up the teleporter and walked it in front of the fighter. As I walked back towards the back of the fight. I glanced at the three as they watched me. I walked to the back and pulled the bent door pin. I tossed it behind me and looked at Twilight.

"Get ready Twilight. I will need your help in a second." I looked on the ground for the blown pins.

I quickly found the four and walked over to the door. I placed two on each side while I left the middle one out. I kicked the broken tubes away from my work area and grabbed the door.

"Alright Twilight. We need to put the door back on." I watched as the door started to glow purple.

"Got it."

I slowly lifted the door above my head. It was heavier than last time. I looked at Twilight. It looked like she was still exhausted from the first time. I quickly moved towards the rear of the fighter.

"Lower it at a 45 degree angle" I watched as she started to tilt the door as I stabilized it. I quickly kicked the four pins back in. "Computer! Lock the rear pins!" As I heard the pins locking. I let go of the door and turned to Twilight. "You can rest now."

"Good!" Twilight quickly collapsed and rested her head on her hooves.

"Wait here for a second." I quickly hopped inside the fighter.

I sat down in the cockpit and closed the rear door. I slowly powered the engines and I slowly bring the fighter into a hover. I moved the fighter about 10 feet away from the crash site. I gently land it and opened the rear door.

"That was awesome!" Rainbow Dash and Derpy ran up to the door as it opened. "How did you do that!?" Rainbow Dash yelled.

"It's supposed to fly." I raised an eyebrow while I walked out the door. "Twilight! Let's go for the test flight!" I watched as she quickly stood up. "You too Derpy." I smiled.

"So how fast can this thing go?" Rainbow Dash asked as she looked around.

"Faster than anything you have ever seen in your life." I gave her a smile.

"Is that a challenge!?" Rainbow Dash quickly took a defensive stance.

"What? No..." I raised an eyebrow. "Why would it be?"

"You want to race!?" Rainbow Dash quickly put her wings up.

"Why would I want to race?"

"What are you!? Chicken?" Rainbow Dash smirked.

"So you want to race that bad?" I crossed my arms. "So be it; where do you want to race too?" I watched as Rainbow Dash looked around.

"How about you pick to where we race too." Rainbow Dash smiled.

"Alright..." I looked around and see a large mountain with a large city built on it. I pointed to the city. "How about we race to that city and back here." I smiled

"You want to race to Canterlot then back here?" Rainbow Dash raised an eyebrow.

"Hey! You wanted to race. Might as well make it good!" I smiled at Rainbow Dash. "Are you chickening out?"

"What!? No way! I am ready when you are!" Rainbow Dash smiled.

"Okay. I need to get Twilight and Derpy inside. I will give you a head start, so you can go now." I motioned Twilight and Derpy inside.

"But that's not fair..." Rainbow Dash cocked her head. "Why would you be giving me a head start?"

"You better get going!" I walked Twilight and Derpy to the cockpit. "I am getting ready to fly off, so hurry up and go!" I watched as Rainbow Dash quickly flew off.

"I think you are underestimating Rainbow Dash." Twilight smiled as I closed the rear hatch. "She is the best flyer in all of Ponyville."

"I think it is I who you are underestimating." I picked Derpy up and placed her in the seat on the right. "Hold on tight Derpy. You are going to get the rush of a lifetime." I turned to Twilight. "Your next Twilight; come here." Twilight walked up to me and I picked her up. I gently placed her in my seat. I made sure they both were sitting comfortably.

"Were are you going to sit Jacob?" Twilight looked at me as I stood between them.

"I think I will be fine if I stand. I can use your chairs to hold myself in place." I smiled at them both. "Are you two ready?"

"I sure am!" Derpy smiled while clapping her hooves together.

"I am ready." Twilight gave me an excited smile.

"Computer. Disable all dash controls and only listen to my voice." A small noise pinged when the dash locked in place. "Computer. Slowly ascend to an altitude of 150 feet." We all watched as we took off from the ground.

"This is amazing Jacob! This is much better than our hot air balloon!" Twilight got excited.

"Computer. Show altitude and speed in meters per second." I watched as a screen popped up on the window.

"What is that Jacob?" Derpy pointed at the screen on the window.

"That will update us on our progress. It is going to tell us everything that is happening to the fighter as we fly." I put my hand on Derpy's head. "It will be fun, so let's watch."

"Okay!" Derpy smiled as she put her hoof in the air.

"Computer. Scan my friends muscle mass and tell me how many G's they can stand." I looked up at the results. "2.56! That's not bad. You ponies are very strong, but it's not as high as I can handle." I smiled. "Computer. Show me a maximum that they can handle for 5 seconds." I watch as the computer did the calculations. "Now we are getting somewhere. We can launch at 5.93 G's. You two might want to hold on."

"Okay!" Derpy pushed back against the chair.

"Is it going to be bad Jacob?" Twilight gave me a worried look.

"Nope. You will love it; I promise." I gave them both a smile. "Computer. Scan the air for a life sign similar to the two that are in the chairs." I watched as the radar scan showed a small blimp 6 miles out. "You are right. Rainbow Dash is fast, but not fast enough."

"What do you mean Jacob?" Twilight gave me a funny look as I smiled at her.

"Computer. Accelerate to 200 meters per second. On takeoff; don't go faster than 5 G's. Bring me right behind that life sign." I quickly braced for acceleration.

A massive force pulled me back as we took off in a massive boost of speed. I laughed as Twilight and Derpy yelled while being thrown back in their seats.

"Whooooo!" Derpy yelled while throwing up her hooves. "This is so much fun!"

"What is this Jacob!" Twilight yelled while trying to push herself away from the chair.

"Calm down Twilight. I don't want you to black out..." I laughed as she continued to try her best to push herself out from the chair.

The pulling force quickly slowed down. I few seconds later; we started to slow down.

"Looks like we caught up to Rainbow Dash." I waved as she looked back at us. I laughed as she gave me the most confused look.

"How fast can you go Jacob?" Twilight looked at me in amazement.

"Go faster Jacob!" Derpy yelled. "Faster!"

"I don't know how fast it can go." I looked back at Rainbow Dash. Suddenly a large rainbow exploded from behind her.

"A Sonic Rainboom!" Derpy yelled while throwing up her hooves.

"Super Sonic? Nice; I never knew something so small can have so much energy." I looked at the radar.

"So you did underestimate Rainbow Dash?" Twilight sighed. "Can you win now?"

"You don't know the half of it." I smiled. "Computer. Slowly accelerate to 3,432 meters per second. Don't surpass 2 G's and continue to use active scanning. I don't even want you to hit a bug while we fly. While you are at it; bring up power consumption." I watched as a power consumption bar pulled up in the middle of the screen.

We quickly started to accelerate. It wasn't as fast as the first time, but it was fast enough to excite both Twilight and Derpy. I watched as the speed quickly climbed to 344 Meters per second. The fighter violently shook for a couple of seconds.

"What was that!" Twilight yelled in panic.

"It's nothing to worry about Twilight." I watched at the speed breached 500. "Derpy said something about a Sonic Rainboom? It is called something else were I am from. Rainbow Dash simply hit Super Sonic speeds." I looked as the speed passed 700. "When we passed 344 meters per second; we also hit the speed of sound."

"So how fast is 3,432? Why would you set it that high?" Twilight pointed at the radar. "If that dot is Rainbow Dash; we will catch up to her in no time."

"The 3,432 is ten times faster than the speed of sound. I honestly thing we will be turning before we even hit that speed, but might as well try." I smiled.

A rainbow streak was quickly visible. As soon as we saw it; it quickly vanished. I looked down at the speed and saw we passed 1,600. The mountain was coming up on us very fast.

"Computer. Cut the speed down to 1,200 and  turn around the mountain."

"This is the best Jacob!" Derpy smiled. "Can we do it again!?"

"Maybe. Let's just make sure my fighter is okay to fly." I smiled.

"You mean this thing is not suppose to fly!?" Twilight started to panic.

"Well... I did crash it when I avoided hitting Derpy." I watched as we quickly turned around the mountain. "It might have been best to inspect it before flying." I laughed. "I think we will be fine."

"Are you sure?" Twilight asked.

"Yep." I looked out the window and pointed. "There is Rainbow Dash." I laughed.

"Hi Rainbow Dash!" Derpy yelled. "Bye Rainbow Dash!" She said as we quickly passed her.

About a minute has passed and the finish point was coming up quick. I looked at the computer screen and saw nothing out of the ordinary.

"Computer. Slow down and land where we took off."

We started to slow down. I watched as Derpy and Twilight put their hooves on the dash, so they wouldn't fall out of the chair. We slowly came up on our goal and the fighter started to land.

"Computer. Unlock the controls and open the rear hatch." I watched as Twilight and Derpy jumped out of their chairs in excitement.

I walk towards the door, but Twilight and Derpy quickly ran in front of me. I walked out of the fighter and closed the door.

"Where are you going to stay tonight Jacob?" Twilight smiled.

"I was thinking of sleeping in my fighter toni..." Twilight interrupted.

"Nope! That won't do..." Twilight smiled. "I have a bed ready at my house. You can sleep at my house tonight. It will be just like a sleepover!"

"I guess that sound fine with me." I looked at the sun as it started to set. I then looked off in the distance and see Rainbow Dash heading towards us. "Look who it is." I smiled and watched Rainbow Dash land.

"How did you go so fast!?" Rainbow Dash quickly ran up to me.

"My fighter has a lot of power." I smiled. "I was impressed about your Sonic Rainboom. It was cool." I continued to smiled.

"You mean it!" Rainbow Dash smiled.

"Yeah. I have never seen anything like it before." I watched Derpy as she quickly walked up next to me.

"Can we do that again Jacob?" Derpy smiled. "It was so much fun!"

"Actually I am getting a little tired." I looked at Twilight "Do you think we can go Twilight?"

"Okay, but what about your stuff?" Twilight pointed her hoof to the teleporter.

"It will be fine. It is waterproof." I smiled.

"Okay then." Twilight smiled. "Let's go; we can continue tomorrow." As I followed Twilight; I could only wonder how tomorrow was going to play out. After all this world is very strange.