In a world so close yet so far, Equestria is seen, perished and almost a barren land. Fillydelphia, Manehatten and Trottingham all suffered the same fate.
The scene quickly switched to a devastated castle painted with blood, the rubbles seem to be smeared with carcasses of dead ponies and it was a horrifying sight. A mysterious pony figure arises among the concretes holding a purple pony with its two hooves. The mysterious pony flashed out a maniacal grin. "Why? This…isn't…right, please *cough* stop…this…" pleaded the purple pony with a desolated face while coughing bloods. The mysterious pony ignored the pleading and mercilessly used its fangs to tear the poor purple pony from limbs to limbs. Blood splashes violently across the solid concretes and ground.
At an annihilated laboratory, an android pony stood stiffly, bracing itself against the murderous air. Her designation name was AP-001 Emotion Engine MKIII, codenamed 'Heartless'. She had chrome finished body with golden linings which stretches down her forelegs from her head. A small computer screen is placed at her front body just below the neck, showing statistics. Several covers of various sizes can be seen on her head and body concealing weapons. Her mane almost resembles Twilight's but with black colour and striking red lines instead. Heartless glanced on a wrecked signboard. What was written on the signboard gave her a reminiscence of her sole creator. 'Twilight Lab Industries' was once a lab created by Doctor Twilight Sparkle to experiment various type of creations from modern gadgets to androids. Numerous androids were created but only one was activated. Heartless felt an enigma in herself, why was she awakened after a long stasis? Why was she chosen? What is this feeling she felt which shouldn't even exist in an android? Questions shrouded her A.I programmed brain, questions that are impossible for an android pony to have. A robotic clicking sound suddenly emitted from the android's forehead, indicating the presence of a life form in range. She knew it was time for her task as hardcoded in her memory banks, to eliminate 'Butterfly'. She didn't know who this pony was and why this pony considered dangerous in her data banks. Nevertheless, she didn't care as of her only duty now was to kill this pony.
The mysterious pony codenamed 'Butterfly' by Heartless finally appeared in her radar. As the mysterious pony charged towards her, she spoke with amplified voice in an absolute robotic manner, "Your existence is deemed to be erased from this world, Butterfly". "I am to bring perfection to this world, to correct the corrupted, to purge impurities from this world, to bring about the new garden…" responded the mysterious pony in a demonic voice. Its voice was so loud it can be heard from miles away. But that didn't threaten the android, not one bit.
Heartless took the chance to record its voice. "I am created for the sole purpose of eliminating you, even your ideals will be in vain. I shall gain victory at the end of this battle!" said the android along with a sarcastic grin.
"The new future requires the destruction of the present, you will rot away with the rest, fruit of the corrupted". The mysterious pony replied with a more gruesome echo. Heartless flinched a little with that last sentence, what did it meant by 'fruit of the corrupted'? It didn't bother her that much but something deep inside her just sparked a bolt of rage a moment ago. She set aside all of her worries now for fear she might fail her task.
"Execute command set!" shouted Heartless, activating necessary weapons and engaged on the mysterious pony after calculating all the possible outcomes of the battle. After approaching close enough to the mysterious pony, the blue stained sky illuminated it in her eyes. The picture became clear and she was able to capture the image of the mysterious pony. It had a yellowish body and an almost gracefully flowing light pink mane. Its face was sinister with sharp fangs banging out from its teeth. It also had a pair of bat-like wings. The first two features were very similar to a data in her memory banks but differ from it was the darker pink shade and the fact that 'Butterfly' possessed a more demonic nature. The other two were completely new.
Without hesitation, Heartless confronted the mysterious pony head on. Both of them clashed out, causing the ground around them to shatter. Both of their hooves were tied to each other, desperate to push the opposing side. They were seriously on equal ground. "It's useless now, I have all your life data. You won't move me." commented the confident android. The mysterious pony sprouted its wings even wider. A stronger aura began to surround it. It gained a tremendous amount of power, a power output more than what she expected. Heartless managed to get pushed back by it and put on more thrusters to level the situation. "Hmph! If that's how you're playing it!" the two cannons installed in her hooves gave away which completely blasted away the mysterious pony's hooves. It got pushed back several metres by the impact from the cannons.
Heartless smirked, "That's just the beginning". It was indeed just the beginning. The mysterious pony instantly regenerated its hooves and evolved into a more demonic figure. Its body started to turn dark blue and several red markings appeared on its body. Its iris turned red and sclera went as black as tar, fangs banging out even more and its wings grew bigger. Furthermore, its mane turned white and it grew twice its initial size. The android pony made a big mistake. The situation was way out of her calculation, now she needed to escape. She didn't have the necessary plans but her weapons were enough to bust her out from the now dreadful situation. There was a teleporter located inside the lab. According to her memory banks, in the event that she failed to finish her task, she is to use the last resort by using the teleporter.
"NOW GAZE! UPON MY PURITY!" shouted the mysterious pony followed by a burst of loud, high pitched sonic wave towards Heartless. She immediately took a jump back and shouted "Freedom Mode!". Two covers on top of her body slid out to reveal a pair of wings coated with carbons and metals. The battle suddenly became more intense. She quickly launched several metal rods to form a psychic barrier. It managed to hold the waves out before the barrier broke which gave enough time for her to dodge the attack at suitable range. She flew and constantly parrying all the mysterious pony's attacks by engaging double image and hyper jammer. But she knew this wasn't going to last long and she needed a flash of wits. After several dodging, some of her body parts only got minor damages and somehow her hyper jammer malfunctioned in the process. With quickest of flash, the mysterious pony finally got to where she wants it to be and immediately crashing it towards the lab entrance by opening up all of her thrusters and pushed it back, destroying some of the internal parts of the lab in the crash.
The mysterious pony was severely damaged but recovered in no time. "Where is the portal to the silence world?" it questioned as soon as it felt a spike of dimensional energy in the lab.
Meanwhile, Heartless secretly booted up the teleporter and planned to land a final blow to the mysterious pony before escaping. She jumped out of her hiding and showed herself up just in front of the teleporter. The teleporter was shaped like a chamber with four small beacon on four sides of the chamber.
"It is right here, Butterfly. I'm going to a new world. But, you…you're not going anywhere. Because this is where your grave is going to be! Justice Mode!" her wings retracted back into her body and the cover on her head slid out, shooting out a horn with swirling red lines. A plasma orb was forming at the tip of the horn, absorbing the electrical energy in the lab, leaving just enough energy for the teleporter to use.
"Those who oppose, DESERVE TO BE PUNISHED!" shouted the mysterious pony, the echo was so loud it nearly crumble the lab. It gave Heartless the shivers though she didn't know why she felt that and regarded it as a defective feature in her system. She quickly put those worries away and concentrated her energy on the plasma orb. At the other end, the mysterious pony had her hooves glowed all red blood with steam coming out and sharp spikes began to appear on its wings. It drove itself towards her with a hysterical laugh on its face. It made the surrounding air more terrifying than it supposed to.
She had it now, the mysterious pony was coming closer, but her body parts just won't move. Her defective feature came back but why must it now? She tried to shoot but her fears were just too much. Why…why was she given these cursed emotions? Androids never needed one, they simply carry out their given task. Yes…that's just it. With that in mind, she was able to calm herself down and channeled all of her powers to the plasma orb and shot it the moment the mysterious pony started to strike her with the bloody hooves. It managed to hit its hooves just as she wanted to. The immense explosion from the plasma orb made both got hit by the massive impact and pushed back. The mysterious pony lost both its hooves again. It quickly got up and flew towards her with fangs banging out like a sabretooth.
"Darn you! DARN YOU! YOU ARE A VIRUS! ALL OF YOU ARE VIRUSES! JUST DIE! DIE ALL OF YOU!" Its voice echoes violently in the lab that the lab started to turn into dusts.
The impacts from the plasma orb managed to push back Heartless perfectly into the teleporter with minimal damage to it. Just as she calculated, the teleporter had just finished its loading sequence. Beforehand, she encoded a self-destruct sequence and was proud that all things going according to plan. It was the first time for the android to feel that way. It felt great. She grinned and mumbled to herself, "Heh, numbers never lie.".
"I said this was going to be your grave, Butterfly. Now you stay and howl amidst the flames of your failure, as this lab self-destructs. Rest in peace, Butterfly!" Heartless said with a little sarcastic intention at the end before she disappeared into thin air. She was hoping that would be the last time the world has seen that monster. The lab then let out huge explosions as if the laboratory was crying with firecrackers. Amidst the flames stood the mysterious pony, facing its doomed fate… but still awaiting…for its day of reckoning…
~Author's note~
This is my first story here. The main character is inspired by Sweetie Bot.
Oh and I made a reference to the PS2 system in the prologue. Other than that, the battle part was fun to write! :3
Reviews are appreciated.
Updated! I forgot to put MKIII on her designation name.