A/N. Sorry again for the huge wait, I have been drawn from all this by Tekkit. We are now nearing the conclusion of this story and I would like people's thoughts on its entirety, how it could be improved and such. I think that it will be 20 chapters long and I have another sequel planned for afterwards.

Chapter 18

The skies were darkening as the evening pulled closer. The battlefields were now almost deserted with only pockets of fighting and resistance left. The most part of the land was coated in at least one layer of the bodies of dead ponies, their blood soaking into the once fertile land. What was left of the fighting was a massacre, Inmate 73's forces closing in on the few remaining ponies loyal to Princess Celestia. Over half of the entire population of Equestria had been mercilessly slaughtered and their bodies left to rot. Inmate 73 was in the process of eliminating a small group of fighters. Its hooves were covered in blood for it had decided to have a bit more fun and bludgeon all the remaining ponies to death even though it still had lots of ammunition. It was rubbing its hooves together to create heat before pressing its superheated hoof to the side of a pinned pony. First, the flesh went red and then yellow and finally black, the skin bubbling and popping under the intense heat. Inmate 73 decided that this was taking too long and so it just crushed the poor stallion's skull. A reckless mare then decided to tackle Inmate 73 to the ground and landed a few punches before being thrown off. She got up and turned around to see the muzzle of a shotgun inches from her face. This was the last this she remembered. As the lifeless body dropped to the floor, Inmate 73 turned and analysed the battlefield. Most pockets of war were in favour of it but one was way out of control, with the kill-death ratio of its warriors something around 0 to 300 (0 kills to 300 deaths). It decided to go in to the fray and win the fight.

When it flew over there to assist its forces it came across what would be its ultimate downfall, the group of six friends, holding a position and killing without mercy. The group had no air support but it seemed to be dominating the fray. They took very few hits and when Inmate 73 landed they looked over, breaking their concentration. It took this setback and used it to surround them and to pin them down, a little bit like a firing squad. It told its warriors to take aim. The look upon the faces of these six friends was not of horror or defeat, but of a knowing that they had done valiantly for themselves and others. This look into the eyes of their killer, not pleading for mercy but sneering at it, daring Inmate 73 to do the deed caused something to click in the brain of Falfrea Crimson; the metaphorical machine had got the jumpstart it needed. Inmate 73 was overpowered by the rush of life and emotion flooding from his brain. Inmate 73 was no longer in control but now Falfrea Crimson was. He looked around, his joy turning to horror and he took in what his alter-ego had done to the country he once loved. The once green grass was now mud, churned into hideous shaped by the hooves of many ponies. The mud was horribly discoloured, with red seeping into the brown and grey of the wet soil. The sky was filled with a strange red mist that seemed to be the blood of pegusi falling to the ground. Slowly, it dawned on Falfrea that he had done what he had never meant to do; he had meant to capture Canterlot and demand that Celestia would come to meet him. He had killed over ten times the estimate that he had made on his many days plotting a planning his return. The order to fire never came because it was Falfrea that fired. He pulled out the loaded MAC-10's and opened fire on his own troops. The first line of warriors fell to the ground dead, their blood further discolouring the mud. This took them by surprise and he took this opportunity to fly over to the ponies he was saving. He emptied his machine pistols and tossed them to Rarity and Fluttershy along with a few magazines. "You'll need these if you want to survive this," he said to them. He pulled out both his shotguns and laid one on the ground. By this time, the now enemy forces had regained their independence and started firing again. Falfrea returned fire with his shotgun, the blasts taking out between one and four enemies. "What do you want with us?" asked Applejack anxiously.
"To keep you alive," was Falfrea's reply, "Inmate 73 has done too many horrific deeds and I need to correct some of them." Falfrea took the time to quickly survey the group of ponies behind him. Applejack had a working rifle, Fluttershy and Rarity both had MAC-10s, Pinkie Pie had picked up a spear but the head seemed to be missing and so she was just beating ponies with a stick. Falfrea had no idea how she was not getting shot to pieces. Rainbow Dash still had her pistol but it was dangerously low on ammunition and Twilight had the initiative to pick up the shotgun that lay by Falfrea's hooves. Not the best army he could have wished for.

They fought for about 2 minutes before Falfrea realised that they were getting nowhere, just defending against and ever growing army of warriors. He yelled "I'm bringin' out the big guns!" and opened his wings to expose the GAU 13s that hung from the underside. "Say hello to James and Davis!" He let the 30mm calibre bullets tear through the ranks of the enemies, holes the size of a Satsuma were what was left of the impacting bullets tearing through flesh and bone. Within half a minute all of their opponents were torn to pieces and thrown all over the battlefield. Falfrea turned to look at the ponies he just saved again but they were looking at him with disgust and horror. "What have I done now to upset the six ponies whose help I need the most?" he asked them.
"You just shot about 100 ponies into pieces," said Applejack,
"You killed them all without mercy," said Pinkie,
"But worst of all, you looked as if you were enjoying it," Twilight finished. Falfrea looked at them all, analysing whether he could use them for what he intended to. "I need your help; I need it more that I have ever needed help before. I can see that you are a very close group of friends and that you have connections with Princess Celestia. I need you to help me end this war today but I need you total trust and cooperation. If I don't have trust, this will never work. I need your help and trust to take back what was taken from me and from 72 others that can't be here because… because… I killed them all…" Falfrea trailed off, tears welling in his eyes and falling to the ground. He knew he had done wrongs and he sought to correct them but he had only one way to do so. Bring Celestia to justice. "Right, I need to know now. Are you with me?" Falfrea asked, his pleading eyes moving from one pony to another. They all looked as though they would decline. "If you say no, you will die and I will die, there is no way out of this. If you come with me then we will either die together or we won't die. So, are you with me?" All the six friends could see was a deceptive mass murderer pleading with them to go with him into their own base, but deep within his eyes, Twilight saw a spark of life or a sign that he was not only a mass murderer but one trying to resolve his sins. "I will go with you," Twilight decided and she moved over to stand by him. "Thank you Twilight," he whispered in her ear. "Are you lot going to stay there or do you want your group divided?"
"Anything to end this war," Applejack said as she joined Twilight and Falfrea.
"I can agree with you there Applejack, this war is so muddy," was Rarity's statement.
Pinkie Pie bounced over to be with her friends and Fluttershy walked tentatively over. All that was left was Rainbow Dash. She couldn't look at him, let alone speak. "Rainbow Dash, don't be bitter that Inmate 73 beat you. I'm not Inmate 73 so I have no idea if I can even fly that fast and you probably want to join your friends." Falfrea pleaded, hoping that she would see that even if she was near him her friends would distract her. She flew over, "Just to be with my friends." She mumbled.
"All right, I got you all. This couldn't have gone better. Umm, could you lot just wait here whilst I speak to Twilight." Falfrea took Twilight away from the group, out of earshot. "I need you to do a very good job here, your part is critical. I have four plans for what I will do, plan A means that you don't get hurt, Plan B will be painful, Plan C will be agonising and Plan D results in death. But, I have a way of cheating death. If you let me put a small amount of nanomites into your body them you won't die and all that I do to you will be repaired but, the pain will still be there. Do you want to proceed?"
"I don't really have a choice, if I go then all the others will go and you will be left with nothing. My answer is yes and I want the nanomites." Twilight said to him, steeling herself for what would probably be the worst day of her life. "Nanomites then," Falfrea said as a small syringe like device protruded from his metal leg. He pushed the sharp end into a blood vessel and empties about 100,000 nanomite units into her bloodstream. "This amount will repair you slowly so it looks as realistic as possible," Falfrea informed her, "Let's do this thing!"

The seven ponies burst through the front blast doors with a magic blast from Twilight's horn and they ran through the rubble that seemed to consist mostly of oranges. The next door Twilight opened from the panel next to it. "Right then, whatever I do you need to react accordingly but don't attack me. If you want to run, run until you can hide and then wait for me. Most importantly, don't tell anypony any informati-CAMERA!" yelled Falfrea and as they skidded to a halt he shot it out, "They know we are here." They continued along passageways, taking out cameras and blast doors until they came to the lift that took them down to the bunkers. Four auto turrets guarded these doors so Falfrea took them out with his GAU 13's. They all got in the lift and it was a tight fit with seven ponies. Falfrea was a stallion sandwiched between six mares (good times, good times) but this was not on his mind for that was focused on how he would get Celestia to surrender. When they reached the basement level the doors opened and they all braced for… nothing. There were no guards, no turrets and no explosives. Celestia seemed to want Falfrea to come and get her. They all stepped out. "Don't take another step," warned Twilight as she tentatively walked over to the control panel on the wall. She inputted a series of numbers and letters and the screen changed to one more like a control panel with levers and dials. Twilight set all the dials to 0 and pulled the lever down. An audible hissing sound escaped the entire hallway as all the doors opened and all the defence systems were deactivated. "I hope you know what you are doing," Twilight said to Falfrea.
"Why wouldn't I?" They approached the final door, the opening system a lot simpler than that of the rest of the hallway. "Open it," said Falfrea.

The door slid open and all the royal guards raised their weapons to defend the two Princesses sitting on the thrones in the centre. The hallway was empty for as far as they could see but then suddenly from the left side Twilight walked into view. All the guards tensed and many almost discharged their rifles. "Twilight, my faithful student, what are you doing here?" asked Celestia with worry in her voice. It was now made apparent to Twilight why the war needed to end, her teacher had dark circles under her eyes and her once white coat was stained to a dark cream. Celestia's mane lay limp at the side of her head, a thing never seen before. Luna was looking in better shape but she looked distant as if she had removed herself from the room. Before Twilight could reply Falfrea spoke "To end this war." The voice of Falfrea both startled and returned Celestia and Luna to their respective minds. "Falfrea! It has been a long time," said Celestia cheerily.
"That it has but now you may see what you have done to me," Falfrea stepped into the doorway. He had not made any attempt to hide his implants. In the harsh white light of the doorway the entire system could be seen. Apart from the obvious physical changes of his leg, ear and eye there were many not seen. Through the skin that had been made more transparent by the nanomites, all of his internal organs could be viewed. Less than half were totally natural. His heart was rigged with a metal structure that seemed to protect it and add to its power. His entire digestive system was surrounded by the dark mass of nanomites and all of the blood vessels were full of them. Falfrea had no blood left, only nanomites to serve its purpose. "This is what you have done to me and I am going to get justice for all the lives that you ruined by all of your secrets. All I want is for you to make a speech that reveals to all your subjects the secrets like the CDFRDT." Said Falfrea.
"And what if I don't?" Celestia asked suspiciously.
"Let me just give you some incentive," said Falfrea and he pulled out one of his shotguns and pushed it against Twilights head. He advanced into the room and the other five followed behind in shock. "And let me just give you a different one," said Celestia. A quiet click could be heard from far away and everypony jumped when Discord appeared in the middle of the room. "Oh hello," Discord was addressing Falfrea "I don't believe we have had the pleasure of meeting. My name is Discord, Master of Chaos. Now reformed of course."
"The last time we met, you were stone and I was 7." Falfrea said nonchalantly. "And how did the master of chaos end up working for the princesses as a guard may I ask?"
"Like I said, I reformed," Said Discord "But anyway, I know how to make you end this war and I know all of your darkest secrets."
"Spill the metaphysical beans my dear friend."
"I know how you killed them all; up there and how you can see the eyes of the dead haunting you at night. I know why you haven't gone to see if your family is alive because you fear that they will be dead and most of all, I know that you know that all of the emotion you are enjoying now must come to an end as you settle back into normal life. Only one problem there though, you can't have a normal life because you are a monster and you would worry for them every time you were near them and eventually you would lose control and kill them," Discord smiled as he looked upon the pain in Falfrea's eyes, how he knew all that Falfrea didn't want anypony else knowing. The grey would come any second now… Discord was confused, all of his tricks had failed and Falfrea was still Falfrea. "I think that I need to teach you a lesson Discord," Falfrea said through gritted teeth, "I know what you are trying to do and I have no idea whether it will work or not. I know from the fact that you have a low level telepathic field that allows you to see the things I don't want you to see but this is now a disadvantage. I just bounced back the signal, amplifying it with all the technology in my body and I know that you know that there is something missing."
"There is, for I felt it as soon as you mind was open to me."
"Do you want to know what it is and why you can't discord me? It is because half of my brain is integrated computer. It doesn't feel anything, emotion, pain or anything. It just processes all the data that my senses collect. The other half you don't want to mess with. I have no idea what will happen if you discord me, I can't even begin to start to work it out. You might release Inmate 73 in which case you will all die, no exceptions. Now can you move please so that I may continue negotiations with the Princess," Falfrea was getting impatient. Surprisingly, Discord moved out of the line of sight and negations began. All the time Falfrea had been chatting to Discord, the gun was still pressed against Twilight's head. "Chance number one, give in to my demands," he asked politely. "I will never give in," Celestia answered.
"Chance number two."
"Again, I will never submit."
"So be it." Falfrea turned slightly left leaned over Twilight and clamped his mouth over her ear, bit down and pulled back, tearing the ear off. Blood trickled down the side of Twilight's face; she was motionless for she was still in shock. Falfrea didn't spit out the ear but instead he chewed and swallowed.
"Always need my protein," said Falfrea as he steeled himself for a bad digestive ride, his stomach was not designed to process meat. The gun was still pointing at Twilight's mutilated head, Rarity had fainted as soon as Falfrea had bit down and the others were just staring at him. Chance number three my dear," Falfrea said.
"I don't care for Twilight, do what you will," said Celestia with a sneer.
"Fun, fun, fun!" Falfrea pulled out one of Twilights wings, lined it up to her leg and shot. The pellets tore through her wing and impacted her leg, breaking it in two places. Blood spurted from the main artery in the wing, propelling blood away from Twilight's body and bone could be seen through the hole in her leg. "Final chance," Falfrea offered
"Do it, I dare yo…" a gunshot echoed through the hard corridors of the facility followed quickly by a thud. Falfrea had shot Twilight through the neck (a headshot would have destroyed her memory) and she fell lifeless to the floor. "Any of you brave enough, take her into the hallway," Falfrea was addressing the group of four standing behind him. Rainbow Dash eventually stood up to the challenge and lifted the body of her friend out of the room and into the hallway.

Falfrea had activated the dormant nanomites in Twilight's blood when he bit off her ear, and so as she was removed they were already fixing her and stopping the bleeding. "My next pony will probably be more persuasive. Luna, could you please come down here." Falfrea asked.
"You will not touch my little sister!" Celestia shouted at Falfrea, rage filling her soul.
"I won't touch her, but these might," Falfrea flared his massive wings to shot off the GAU 13s. Now that Falfrea was threatening a member of the royal family, the guards were all active and pointing their guns at Falfrea. He felt the movement of the air as somepony pulled the trigger and Falfrea moved his closest wing to block the bullet. He beat the wing down just as the bullet hit so that it wouldn't ricochet everywhere and possibly kill somepony. "I will let you off on that one but if anypony else fires then I will have to do a little bit of killing," Falfrea said, "Now Luna, I really enjoyed my time with Nightmare Moon. I met her about five years ago in the CDFRDT and luckily for you I spared her life. You did a very good job on that one Celestia, and I have to give it to you; that was a good test. Sending Nightmare Moon to the moon and keeping your sister in hiding for 1000 years. Damn that must have been hard, keeping your sister a secret for so many years and then teleporting her into the right place at the right time and taking Nightmare Moon back to a place where you could contain her or maybe you just killed her… I'm getting away from the matter at hand. Celestia, give in to my demands or I kill Luna." The princess of the night looked at her elder sister with shock on her face; Celestia was weighing up the two options. "Going once," Falfrea said. Luna looked more desperate now than she had ever been. "Going twice," Falfrea started up the motors on the Gatling cannons, their multiple barrels spinning faster and faster. "Gone."
"WAIT," Celestia shouted and Falfrea dug the guns into the stone floor, shattering most of the ends of the barrels and most of the floor. "I give in." Celestia stood up and cast her gaze at the floor. "I was wrong and I need to…"
"Hold it right there and tell that to the six ponies waiting outside. The entire story and all the information or you know what will happen," Falfrea threatened, "And yes, I did say six. I put a small amount of nanomites into Twilight's blood before we came in here and their sensors tell me she is fine and talking very quietly to her friends." Falfrea was looking very smug. "TWILIGHT, CAN YOU COME IN HERE PLEASE!" She walked in with a slight limp but she was totally fine other than that. As all six ponies entered the room the guards tensed up again. "Guards, stand down," Celestia was now in a state of shock, "but you shot her through the neck."
"Yeah, that'll scar," said Falfrea.
"But… through the neck must do some permanent damage."
"Not with nanomites your majesty. I didn't shoot her in the head because while they can regrow brain cells, the memory and data in that area is lost forever. Hell, she might have forgotten that you were all friends." The last statement was aimed at the five ponies surrounding Twilight. "Now, onto business Celestia, tell them everything." The Princess then proceeded to tell the six friends about the CDFRDT and some things that Falfrea didn't know about (don't worry, I will tell you all about it in the epilogue). At the end all six ponies were horrified. "How… and why?" Twilight asked her mentor, beginning to question the royalty standing in front of her. "Don't take it out on Celestia here Twilight. You know more than most that there is only one monster in here and that is me. I can live with what she has done to me because I forgave her as soon as I got to one year. My time in solitude gave me lots of time to think and do artwork and play sports and… I'm getting off subject here but anyway I forgave her because she did what she had to do to protect her subjects and her power and I would have done the exact same thing. I think it is time I told you all a little story about me… Actually, hell no! You can wait until the Princess does a public speech about all this and what she has done and then the whole of Equestria will hear what I have to say!"(once again, epilogue) Falfrea's voice went into a crescendo and it ended up with him proclaiming the last few words. "Whoa, Whoa, Whoa. You said nothing about a speech. They'll kick me out or worse, try to kill me." Celestia looked at Falfrea,
"It'll be for the best and I will defend you if it comes to that. Now let's get out from here, side by side, ally beside ally."

A/N. FINALLY! This has taken me soooo long it is untrue. I am very sorry for the time between updates but I don't get many reviews so I don't know what to do. As you can probably tell if you actually read the text is that there will be an epilogue to this story and a prologue to the sequel which I hope is to come out soon so if I keep people waiting then send me a PM and I will get right onto it. Please leave me a review to tell me anything, positive, negative, questions; I will read them all.

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