A/N. On a writing marathon here! Spent most of the day writing and I hope to use tomorrow in a similar way but I have to study so yeah. I hope to get one more chapter in this weekend.
Chapter 4
The ground shakes. Buildings crumble. The ticking begins…
They ran, Applejack, Twilight, Applebloom and Granny Smith, to Ponyville and found all the townsfolk standing in the streets and looking out windows. They were met by a worried looking Rarity and Rainbow Dash. "Where have you all been then, you look awfully muddy," Said Rarity. "Don't ask sugarcube," replied Applejack solemnly. Rarity saw the look on Applebloom's face and recognised it as the face of a pony that has just been scarred for life. Tick! Tock! Tick! Tock! Tick! Tock! The ground started to shake. The buildings started to break. In the rubble and dust the light of unicorn magic cast an eerie glow. Still, the ticking continued. Silhouettes appeared against the dust. The ticking intensified. Mouths lay agape as the first of the machines broke through the wall of dust. Their square chunky body moved with surprising speed and agility for a clockwork robot. "Rainbow Dash get spike!" yelled Twilight as the first wave of metal zombies advanced. The ponies at the front stood no chance. The robots bore down upon them killing all they could reach. They were picked up from the floor and killed in the most horrific ways. The ponies panicked. Doors and windows were bolted shut. They ran in all directions for their lives. Those that got caught were crushed and soon, blood flowed openly down the streets. The robots froze for a second as Falfrea plummeted to the ground. Fifty meters of falling to hit the ground and not breaking a bone in his (Falfrea Crimson was and still is a stallion) distorted body. He laughed. "I love hearing them scream," he said with a smile on his face, "continue your assault." His smile was purely for show. Falfrea Crimson felt no emotion. The robots restarted with renewed vigour, picking ponies up and pulling them limb from limb or just crushing them in their metallic fists. They were all soon blood soaked. Rainbow dash returned with spike. "We should get out of here," she yelled.
"Not yet," replied Twilight. "Spike, send this to the princess." She held up a severed head.
"What," Asked spike in amazement, "we can't send that!"
"We have to tell the princess about the dilemma," said Twilight. The blood dripped onto Spikes claw as he held it, but he sent it as his friend Twilight told him to. By now the street was empty and the robots fixed their clockwork gazes on the seven ponies standing there. "Watch out!" yelled Rainbow Dash as a fist hit the ground where Applejack was just standing. "RUN!" hollered Granny Smith. They all ran in the same direction. Towards the exit of the town and the Everfree forest. The alicorn and the Pegasus flew to the cloud home to get some basic supplies whilst the others ran to Fluttershy's.
When they regrouped at the yellow Pegasus's house, Twilight and Rainbow Dash both had saddlebags filled with food, blankets and drinks. "We need to get to Canterlot" said Twilight to the group.
"But what about Pinkie?" asked Rarity
"I'm here," said a voice. They all turned around to see the pink pony bounding down the path towards them. She was covered from head to toe in blood and she had bits of organs lying on her back. Fluttershy fainted from looking at all the blood and gore. "What," Pinkie asked. She looked down on herself. "Oh, this," she pointed at her blood soaked coat and mane, "well, I went outside to see what all the hubbub was about and as soon as a stepped out the door a thing stepped in front of me, picked up Mr Cake and crushed him in its fist. I was standing underneath."
"We still need to get to Canterlot," insisted Twilight.
"Well then, the fastest way will be with me" Shouted a voice from above them. They all looked up to see the royal carriage with Celestia leaning out the side. The carriage circled round and touched down about twenty meters from where they stood. "Hop on board," said the Princess loudly. They moved Fluttershy's limp body to the seat and then all got in themselves. Pinkie got a superfast magic water clean from the Princess before climbing aboard.
Ponyville lay in ruins, all the houses had been destroyed and blood flowed in a torrent down the streets. Falfrea gazed over the ruins. Almost exactly five years ago, he had walked through this place with a covered cart and as he surveyed his work, he felt no remorse, no regrets and no happiness. He cleaned his wings by scraping them against the floor. The bodies fell off and he went over to them. An elderly pony and a young colt. The youngsters frame was destroyed, now he was a shapeless form of flesh. His radar ear picked up signals from a ruined house and whilst his brain calculated the source of the noise, he approached the house. When he looked inside he saw a light brown mare with glasses, grey hair and a broken leg. He stood over her and analysed her anatomical usefulness. He gave her the positive and began the assimilation process. Soon she was standing up with a blank expression on her face. The nanomites then leaked out of her nose and formed an eye attachment and a set of body armour. "Your name is now Bio-force general 02, your previous name will be erased from your memory," Said Falfrea. He found several more survivors and when analysed they showed no qualities of use. All the survivors that were of no use to Falfrea were killed by his own hand, their lives ended by the mistakes of a greatly loved leader, a leader with many secrets.
A/N. ooh, suspense! All righty then, more back story and more violence in the next chapter. I will try to update soon but I cannot promise anything. Please review and notify me if there are any mistakes.