CH 14: The Terror of Techno-Tempest
Back in Canterlot, where the city is in ruined because of the invasion, every Pony that has been captured has been placed in one area. Most of them are in cages, while a couple of groups are being led in ropes by a couple of the Storm Guards that are watching them. As one group of captives were giving a Guard a massage, as he rests his feet on a pony's back, straining in process because of the weight, Songbird Serenade sadly sings from her prison that was placed like a bird cage in a sense of irony.
[Songbird Serenade]
I am here and I see your pain
Through the storms, through the clouds, the rain
I'm telling you you cannot escape
Just then, a Storm Guard came over and banged on her cage, making her stop as she gasps. The Guard growls a bit more, telling her in his own language to stop singing. Just then they both turn to the sound of a cart being pulled to see Tempest leading a cart being pulled by 2 stallions that is carrying the caged princess. As she passes by Twilight looks at Songbird who is looking at her in sadness, even though one can not see her eyes due to the bangs. She then looks down in sadness, feeling more like a failure once again.
The Tempest guards pushed open the doors to the throne room as they moved to the sides, making way for their commander and her prisoner. As the cage is moving towards the 4-petal symbol on the floor, Twilight briefly looks to the right and silently gasp in shock on seeing her mentor, frozen in stone. The Guards places Twilight's cage on the upper right corner, next Celestia and Cadance's petrified forms. Twilight looks up to see one of the stallions looking back at her in shame as he was walking out with the Guards, right before Grubber closes the door and turns and chuckles with an evil grin.
Twilight pleading with Tempest to reconsider what she is doing, only for the hornless unicorn to cut off her and brushes it off. "Tempest, don't do this. Don't give the Storm King—" "You're magic? Time to share. Once he gets what he wants, I will get what I want soon enough. I'd love for everybody out there to know what I can really do." Tempest said as she turns from her captive and smirks at her plans. "Ooh, fascinating! What can you really do?" Both ponies gained looks of surprise as they both see the Storm King himself entering from the balcony as he taps his Staff of Sacanas as he stands still.
"Your bidding, of course. Your Mighty One." Grubber praised as he knees down while Tempest stands to attention. He then looks left and right for a sec and then starts running out of the throne room through the entrance as Tempest rolls her eyes upward in annoyance at his cowardly move. "Bidding's good. I like bidding! Um, what are you supposed to be?" Storm King questions Twilight as he approaches them and looks in confusion at the prisoner.
"I'm the Princess of Friendship!" "Oh. That's nice." He laugh and mocks Twilight as he wipes a tear from his eye. He then turns to Tempest and questions her as grits his teeth as he points his thumb at the only princess that is not a statue, to which she answers while smirking at Twilight. "Why is this one still moving?!" "She and her friends put up a bit of a fight, but she's alone now. She won't be a problem." Storm King then pets Tempest and walks past her, making her annoyed at being treated like a dog, and rants about the city.
"Yeah. So, speaking of problems, this place, it seems a little too—oh, I don't know—cute! I don't like cute! I never did like cute! Doesn't really go with my whole "big bad powerful magic guy" thing, , does it?!" Tempest raises her eyebrow, making a look that says "Seriously?" "Deliver the punchline, Tempest, because this has gotta be a joke!"
He then slams his staff in the middle of his symbol, which caused glowing blue lines to outline the symbol, surrounding the 4 captured princesses. The Storm King looks in confusion as he looks up and down and then gasps in shock. Glowing, magical lines started to cover the stoned princesses from the bottom, spearing to the top as Celestia's eyes glowed yellow just as a beam of yellow magic streamed from her horn to the staff's crystal. The same thing happened to Luna and Cadance as their eyes and horns glowed dark and light blue, respectively.
Twilight tried to straggle, but was engulfed in the same lines and Has they same thing happened to her Purple glowing horn and eyes. "No!" She cries out, feeling the draining of her magic. "Check out the light show!" The Storm king chuckles as the process continued for a bit. The Storm King yanks up his Staff just after the drainage stopped and waves it a bit as it crackles blue electricity for a sec. "Wow! Wow!" He said in amazement as Twilight's eyes stopped glowing and starts paint from exhaustion of the magic draining, lying down on her stomach with her head on the floor. "Let's get this storm started! Ooh, hey, that's good. I should trademark that." He said in thought, thinking about making what he said into his catchphrase. He then charges his staff and smiles as he turns toward the ponies as Twilight raised her head.
7 minutes ago, outside the city walls…
Everything was quiet for the time, until XLR8 zooms in, stopping and hiding behind a tree, looking at the 2 Guards at the gate. "Those muscle heads won't know what passed them." XLR8 whispers to himself and zooms towards the gate, passing the Guards and causing them to spin for a bit before stopping dizzy. They were confused for a bit at what had happen, but just shrugged at each other and resuming guarding.
XLR8 continues speeding through the city, going up on the rooftops to avoid the other Guards. He stops every now and then, looking at the streets for something. "Where is it?" He said to himself as he keeps looking. He then stops on a rooftop and looks down, smiling at what he had found: The prisoner area.
"Okay, let's see how many guards are there? 1, 2 ,3… 5! Only 5? I love those kind of odds!" XLR8 Said in confidence as he slides his visor in place. He then zooms down into an alleyway peeking out to see Songbird's guard threatens her again as she cowers. He then speeds to towards the bully, spinning around and lifting him up in the air as he made a tornado.
The Guard screamed his head off, attract all the guards and prisoner's attention as they look in shock. XLR8 then stops and jumps up, whacking the Guard into another with his tail, sending them crashing down like bowling pins. XLR8 then lands and zips out of sight, confusing the 3 others. Just then, a blue and green blur speeds by and grabs a Storm Guard as he zips by, passing by an open cage and tossing him inside, locking it as well. He did the same thing to the other guard as the last looks around, armed with shield and spear.
Suddenly, the blur slammed into him, knocking away his equipment. The blur knocked him a few time as it hits-and-runs him, distorting the Guard. It turns around trying to find the speedster, not noticing the new 'Kick me!' sign on it's back. It turns around just to see a ball covered foot slammed into his face, knocking him into another spare cage, locking it as the blur took the cage keys from it.
The Ponies look around in confusion. One minute, they were all being held against their wills, the next, A mysterious blur took down their captors like they are nothing. Suddenly, the blurs speeds by the defeated Storm Guard group, tying the 2 knocked out guards with chains, 6 times, each time dropping a group of 3 defeated and chained guards. The blur then sped past the collared ponies, breaking the ropes and muzzles that binds them, much to their shock.
The mysterious speedster the speeds by the cages, unlocking the doors and freeing the captives. Songbird's cage was last unlocked as the popstar herself jumps down from it all calls out to the others." Is every pony okay?" She gets remarks of yeses and we're fines in response. "What just happened now?" A Unicorn named Starlight Glimmer questions.
Just then, the blur stops in front of the group, making the group look and gasps in surprise at the sight of XLR8 before them. 'Woah! What is that thing!?" "It looks like a blue lizard that stands upright!" "Hey, check it out. He's got wheels on his feet!" 3 fillies named Apple Bloom, Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo cries in exclamation, in awe at the alien in front of him. "Hang on, did you take those guys down and freed us?" A Pegasus wearing a blue with yellow jumpsuit named Spitfire as she pulls her goggles up.
XLR8 retracts his visor and smiles while nodding to the group. "Thank you so much." Songbird thanks the alien hero as the group all smile and thanks him as well. He then waves at them and the speeds off to the castle as the ponies all watches him. Songbird silently wishes him good luck in saving Equestira and turns to everypony else. "Okay, everypony. Let's head out, quietly!" She orders out as the others nods and starts heading to a hiding place until the storm blows over.
"Okay, Everypony has been sent somewhere safe! Now to take on Banana breath and the hornless freak!" XLR8 said to himself as he speeds through the town, zipping past the guards without them knowing. Just as he stops and hides behind the gate to the courtyard of the castle, glowing Blue lines starts appearing all over the massive city and then being drawn into a single spot near a balcony that overlooks the yard. "Okay, this is definitely not a good sign!" He comments as he stares wide eyed at the scene before him. As he stares at the building, A giant blue bolt of electricity blasts from the balcony entrance, sending some debris flying. "And I know that is an even badder sign!"
Twilight grunts in pain as her body smashes out of the balcony with bits of her cage landing near, crackling with some blue energy that The Storm King's staff shot with. "Not bad. Actually, kinda first rate. What else does it do?" The warlord comments as he looks and taps his staff a bit with a look of thought. "Your Excellency, may I take the Princess of Friendship inside with me? I still have some 'personal business' to deal with her." "Huh? Oh sure, go on ahead. I'll be out here, testing some new magic."
The Storm King approves Tempest's request as she goes and scopes Twilight on her back just as she was coming to. As Tempest heads back into the throne room, her boss raises his staff as the sun did along with it. He notices it and starts moving it up and down, bending the sun to his command as he said joyful shock. "You gotta be kiddin' me! I can move the sun?! A ha ha! Wow! Now this is what I'm talkin' about!"
As the Storm King was busy playing around, Tempest took her captive and drops her in the middle of the symbol in the Throne room. "Tempest, please! It's not too late to change! We can still stop the Storm King, together! Please, let me be your friend." Twilight pleaded the commander, hoping she can help off this path.
But to her surprise, Tempest chuckles for a bit, making her confused and concern. "Silly little princess. You actually still think I wanted friendship? You're very wrong! Let the Storm King have your magic… for now. Me, on the other hoof, I am after a greater power. A power that is beyond this world and has the strength of 10000 worlds, little one." Tempest explains as she circles around Twilight, who is looking down in thought at what she had said.
Twilight gasps in horror as she looks at the grinning villainess. "You're after the Omnitrix!" "Bingo, Princess. Once I have that beautiful alien device in my passion, I will not only get my horn back, but I will also show everyone the exact same pain they did to me and rule this land, after my boss is taken care of, of course." Tempest explains her secret plan to the horrified alicorn.
"Guards, gag and tie her up! I want to make sure our little pretty princess is nice and comfy for her role as 'damsel in distress'. For her friend." Tempest orders to something behind Twilight as she smirks down at scared Princess, who turns around and gasps to see 1 of Tempest's guards holds out his hands while the other holds a coil of rope. The 1st guard makes a lunge at the princess as the screen fades to black.
"You have got to be pulling my tail!?" XLR8 exclaims in shock as he sees the sun and moons being move rapidly back and forth. Focusing on the task on hand, he zips past the courtyard to the castle throne room entrance, stopping to see the Tempest guards exiting and widen their small eyes at the Kineceleran as he did the same thing back.
"Uhh… Hi guys?" The Guards growled and tries to tackle him, but XLR8 quickly dodges them as they continue to throw punches. "I guess the feeling's not mutual, huh?" He then uses his speed to thrash them, finishing the job by spinning them around and then kicking them both, knocking them into a broken stand as they groan in defeat. Smiling at his work, XLR8 then zips to the doors, opening them and zips past them inside. He runs around the castle, zooming through rooms for a bit and heading towards the throne room.
Tempest steps in front of the stoned alicorns, now arranged side-by-side and on the left side of the Throne room in the order of Cadance, Celestia and Luna. "Time for the ladies to wake up." Just as Tempest said that she reaches in her armor pouches and pulled out a small bag. She reaches in and pulled a small bit of pink powder and blows on the statue heads. As the powder reaches the stone figures, the heads then unfroze, reveling 3 gasping princess as they blink and looks at each other in shock.
"What happened?!" "Why are we back in the Throne room?!" "Why are our bodies still stone while our heads are moving?!" Cadance, Luna and Celestia questions as they look at each other. Just then, Tempest chuckles and attracts their attention as they widen their eyes. "Tempest!" "Morning, your majesties. Did you all sleep well?" She mocks them as questions with a smug smile, angering the others. "Yes, we did sleep. Thanks to you!" Cadance said as Celestia questions "How did you break the spell?" Tempest hold up the bag as she explains.
"A little something, I call "De-stoning powder". A little bit can unpetrify a part of a stoned one while a big hoof full completely undoes it. Who knew experimenting with Obsidian orbs can produce a very effective antidote as well?" Tempest states as she toss the bag a bit away from Luna.
"You have made a grave mistake waking us, Tempest! Now that we have control of our horns, we can use our magic to stop you!" Luna declares. Tempest just stands still, smirking at the Alicorn's struggle at activating their magic, which are no longer their anymore. "What's going on?! Our magic isn't with us!" "Oh, did I forget to mention that while you were all sleeping that The Storm King Stole your magic and is now outside on the balcony playing around with them? Must've slipped my mind."
Tempest mocked answers Celestia question, making the Alicorns look to their left to see to their horror, The Storm King rabidly changing the sun and moon while shouting. "Day, night! Day, night! Day night! Day night! Day night!" "But, the Storm King isn't what you should be worried about, it is me." Tempest said getting their attention. "You see, I'm having something special being delivered to me at this spot as we speak. As soon as I get it, I will soon be all powerful! And the Storm King will be a memory. You see: why be the commander of an army of a man-child? When you can be the empress of a vast kingdom instead?" She declares as the other alicorns glared at her.
"By the way, I made a new friend while I was out. Isn't that right Twilight?" Tempest turns around and walks away a bit and then moves to the side to reveal Twilight, tied to a chair with ropes covering her upper body, leaving her head, neck and lower legs free while a white bandana gags her as she moans at the others, who widens their eyes in shock. "Twilight!" "you gagged and tied her up!?" Luna and Cadance cries in shocked at seeing the bounded Princess of Friendship as Celestia was horrified.
"Ohh… don't think like that that. Think of it as… 'getting comfy' After all, we're practically 'BFFs'." Tempest said as she cups Twilight chin and turns it to her, shaking her head along with Twilight's as she pats her cheeks, making the princess groan out. "Tempest." She looks back to see Celestia glaring at her with rage.
"If you so much as harm a single piece of hair on Twilight, I swear I will—" "What? Just continue looking at me with narrow eyes? Face it, Celestia. You can't do anything except watch." Tempest said as she lets go of Twilight chin and walks a few steps forward towards them, stopping in the middle as the other Alicorns silently glares at her. "Besides, in my world, all of the creature and ponies would be united under my banner, my rule! IT would be a perfect world of Harmony! But in order to reach it: We have to get rid of some dead weight. And that's what you 3 are: DEAD Weight." Tempest aims and powers up her magic as the Alicorn adopted looks of terror as Twilight struggles and mumbles behind her gag. The commander chuckles as she prepares to fire.
BANG! Just then, the throne room doors busted open just as XLR8 timed out, standing in the doorway as Dan Tennyson as the others direct their attention to the kid alien as Twilight mumbled his name behind her gag while Tempest powers down. "The front door was open, but I decide to knock anyway." "Charming… I'm guessing your Dan 10? The so called 'on of the greatest heroes in the multiverse'?" Tempest questions as she walks forward in his direction, making the other alicorns surprised that the hero they had summon is not only a human, but a 10-year-old kid.
"The one and only, I'm guessing that your Tempest Shadow, huh? Here's the deal: you let my friend and the other princesses go and I won't take you apart!" Dan threatens as he socks his fist into his palm. Twilight smiles under her bandanna as she was touched at him coming back. "Or how about this deal: You surrender to me and I might let you breath." "Well then, I guess it's no deal for the both of us then!" Dan said as he gets in a fighting position. "Very well, Tennyson. Do you have any last words?" Tempest said as she charges up her horn as the captive princesses looks in worry. Dan smirks in response as he yells out his catchphrase. "Just 3: IT'S HERO TIME!"
Dan then activates the Omnitrix and slams down the core, emitting a brief flash of green light and then starts morphing Dan.
He stomps his feet as they became copper boots with 3 green lines on them as his pants became blackish-green with triangle dash lines on them. He bends down and holds his new massive arms that has green fingerless gauntlets them as bronze flat head bolts pops on his elbows and shoulders with a green line in them, crossed and near his head. He then became so muscular his shirt rips off as his skin turns grey with some of it turns darker with stitches appearing, making it more patchwork-like as some pinkish scars appear on a few parts. Just then, 3 more bolts popped out of his back one-by-one as 2 huge green conductors with white coils and green bulbs thrusted out of his shoulders. He then bends upward just as his hat and necklace disappeared and his hair became black and in a spiky mullet style as the transformation finishes.
Frankenstrike pounds his fists together as his conductors and arms starts sparking green lighting, making him more intimidating. Twilight widens her eyes in amazement at the transformation while Tempest smiles as she was impressed by the power of the Omnitrix. The princesses gasps in shock at seeing a human boy turned into what looks like a biped version of Franken pony. "Amazing. The Omnitrix is more powerful than I thought. I will have it for myself!" "Please, you're 3 quarters my size and still thinks you can take my watch? Lady, you're crazier then you look!" Frankenstrike taunts as he smirks.
Tempest then smirks as she responded back. "On the contrary, I happen to have something that will give me an edge." She then pulls out and holds the black with purple lines cube, dropping it on the floor and stomping on it.
Then, black ooze with purple lines started to spread from her hoof up to her leg and then her body. She then stands up on her 2 while smiling evilly as her back legs starts morphing into long, thin-yet muscular legs with spikes on the side ankles. She gain a female torso as spikes appeared on her shoulder and hips. She grew the same style of arms as her legs as 3 spikes appears on her forearms. She grew 5 sharp claws.
The alicorns looks up in horror and fear at the monstrosity that is Tempest, who chuckling as the black ooze covers her head and morphs it into a horse head with purple glowing lines and a purple glow in her opened mouth, that is filled with sharp fangs as Tempest's mohawk forms, now in a black with purple glowing lines. Frankenstrike blinks in shock as 2 purple glowing eyes form on the demoniac horse head. "Now, I'm only going to say this once, Tennyson." Tempest said, her voice now has a Mechamorph tone to it. She then holds out her left claw in a giving motion as she yells out her demand. "GIVE ME THE OMNITRIX!"