2-4 Recap · 8:17pm Jul 5th, 2014
Man I wish I was at RTX. Oh well, at least we still have the live streams. Anyway, here's the recap for Act 2 Part 4!
Last time on IAIMAY
At that moment, the door to the barn swung open and a purple baby dragon wearing a headset stumbled through the open port, panting for breath.
“Applejack... I just got a call from Twilight and Church,” Spike exclaimed between breaths. “They need you and the girls in Dodge City with the Elements of Harmony ASAP!”
At that moment, it became so quiet in the generator room of the Mother of Invention that they were able to hear the voices and footsteps of Freelancer soldiers in the hallways outside.
“Twilight, we have to go! Now!” Church exclaimed, taking a step toward her.
“But Washington…”
“Is not coming. We don’t have any more time to wait for him!”
“Thank you! Thank you, thank you…” Pinkie kept repeating as she gripped him tighter. A thought then occurred to her. She wiped her eyes and looked up at the blue person, “Oh, wow! I’ve been so sulky that I completely forgot to ask what your name is!”
“I am Caboose! Destroyer of vehicles! Hugger of dogs!”
Pinkie grinned. The grin turned into a smile. The smile became a giggle. The giggle transformed into laughter.
“I like your name, Caboose!” Pinkie laughed, “It’s silly!”
With another groan, Applejack said, “This ain’t workin’! I have a pie delivery to make to another town and I have to get goin’ before it gets too late!” With a few hoof gestures, Applejack gathered the Reds around her, “All of you leave. We’ll find some other way to pay off yer debt to Sweet Apple Acres!”
“Say, you haven’t seen any of Pinkie Pie’s friends around have you?” Derpy asked, sounding happy and innocent again. “Because I have a special package I need to deliver to them!”
Just like that, Derpy’s expression turned menacing again, “And by ‘special’ I mean agonizingly painful! Ha ha haaa!”
I suppose you noticed the odd way that mare at the door was acting? Tex asked.
Sunny nodded.
One of those experiments is inside her mind just like I am inside yours. The only difference is that I want to help but I can’t do it alone. I was inside another’s mind before - the Pinkie Pie that other pony mentioned - but she and I weren’t… compatible. Joining minds as any type of artificial construct is… tricky. If I’m not compatible with the pony I’m occupying I can’t operate as effectively.
“So, does that mean that you and I are… compatible?” Sunny asked.
It’s like I told you earlier: we’ve both faced the same pain. We both know what it feels like to fail and for our failures to hurt those we care about. It isn’t a perfect level of trust and understanding, but it means we can operate together as one mind. And only by doing so will I… will we be able to stop them.
“Agent South, I still do not know what you hope to accomplish by following them here,” The entity stated in a distorted though somewhat pleasant monotone.
“It’s simple, Delta. If they’re all going where I think they’re going, then I want to see if I can’t come along. With any luck, I'll find what they're looking for first and have the chance to trade up,” South turned to the tiny green image of Delta and looked at him almost apologetically, “not that you haven’t been great, but there are bigger fish in the sea…”
The human looked up from the small pile of research papers in its hands at Twilight, Church and Quill like a foal caught with her hoof in the cookie jar.
“Crap…” it muttered in a female voice with a coarse edge, “well, so much for stealth!”
Twilight, the mages and the woman in orchid armor all stared in awe as another armored human stepped out of the pod’s hollow interior. His armor was a familiar dark gray with yellow detail. After appraising the stunned woman on the ground before him for a few moments, Agent Washington raised his Battle Rifle at her and took an aggressive step forward.
“Hello, South. Long time, no backstab!”
