Mare-Do-Well: Moongate Asylum

by SirPotato


Flowers

The Mare-Do-Well character is based off the character from the fanfic ‘Waking Nightmares’, written by KnightMysterio. Moonbow Peek is an OC made by nightelf37. Mitta is an OC in a fan game by Donitz. If you really don’t care about this, then continue on. If you are not a brony, then leave this page immediately and forget you ever looked at it. Otherwise, continue!


Mare-Do-Well: Moongate Asylum
Flowers


"I'm so sorry." The doctor said. "I thought I was working for Docter Heart. I had no idea Atmosphere was involved until he burst into the lab."

Mitta decided to forgive him. "Where's the lab?"

"Back over there. I always get buzzed through." He said, pointing. "There's a hidden door, but... you know, it's hidden."

Sage advice. Mitta thought to herself. "I'll find it. Stay here."

Mitta walked away, thinking. Atmosphere wanted the entrance to the production plant guarded. I should pick up Pinkamena's trail again so I can find it.

Mitta activated her lenses, following Pinkamena's hoofprints. She came up to a panel that had her front hooves all over it. Deciding that this was probably it, Mitta pulled off the metal plate and found a security panel with fear gas canisters attached to it.

Pulling out her Cryptographic Sequencer, she quickly found the three frequencies and the panel blew up. She heard a grinding to her left and she looked at the source of the noise.

Part of the stone wall was sliding backwards. It then stopped and retreated upwards, revealing an auto-detect door.

Satisfied, Mitta walked through it, going across a metal walkway.

Through the door was none other than Dr Atmosphere, accompanied by two thugs. Atmosphere turned and saw her. He grinned and said, "Well... although I can't pretend that this is a pleasant surprise, I can assume that this is an opportunity."

The two thugs turned and looked at her in surprise. They stood up and got ready for a fight.

Behind Mitta, the walkway she had gone across had collapsed. The minions looked nervous in stark contrast to Atmosphere, who was pulling something out of his lab coat with a smirk.

It was modelled after a gun, but it clearly didn't fire bullets. Its barrel had a toxic symbol on it and it didn't have a bullet chamber.

Atmosphere put two darts into the gun. "Since I've finished up here, I see no harm in testing my latest creation, this Savage gun." Atmosphere and his thugs smirked as he pointed the gun towards Mitta...

...and then suddenly fired at one of his henchponies.

The thug yelled in pain, with the other thug looking at Atmosphere in surprise. In response, Atmosphere shot him as well.

Each had a dart sticking out of them, which Mitta had no doubt were filled with Savage. Indeed, their bodies were starting to mutate grotesquely, their muscles growing larger and their hooves growing claws. Atmosphere chuckled and walked into an elevator.

"Going so soon?" Mitta taunted.

Atmosphere nodded. "Indeed. When in this state, my minions aren't all that fussy about whom they kill. And I don't intend to lose my life at this age. Goodbye." He said, the elevator doors closing.

By this time, both thugs had fully mutated. Unlike the first Savage thug Mitta encountered, whom had looked misshapen and physically unwell, these Savage minions were complete in their appearance. The drug, however, seemed to have degraded their intelligence, because they were looking at Mitta with animalistic fury.

One immediately charged at her. Mitta decided to use the approach she had used with Beast and threw a thrower then dodged the now blind charge.

The Savage thug crashed into the wall. Mitta immediately ran in and started punching him. But she heard the other monster running at her, so she dodged out of the way. The creature crashed into the other, dazing them both. They both blinked hard and looked at each other.

Then they started fighting each other.

Mitta stared at this behaviour. They had seemed to have completely forgotten about her.

One got a lucky hit and the other knelt down in pain. The other apparently remembered Mitta and walked towards her. Getting an idea, Mitta ran over to the fallen one and jumped on its back. It panicked and tried to get her off. Steering as best as she could, Mitta directed the creature to the other. Its flailing arms knocked the monster back, making it stagger and kneel down.

Eventually, the monster threw her off. Mitta then immediately jumped onto the other monster and did the same thing until it threw her off. At this point, one of the monsters had picked up a dead guard and was looking at Mitta. Deducing what the monster planned to do, Mitta dodged as the body flew past her and shattered its spine on the wall.

The other monster then charged at her. Mitta blinded him with a thrower and dodged out of the way. The creature hit the wall, clutching its head. Mitta prepared to go in and start attacking, but she heard the other monster prepare to charge. She quickly threw another thrower and then dodged out of the way, the creature hitting the wall.

Mitta attacked the most recent creature to hit the wall, punching it until it had had enough. It raised its fists in an attempt to smash her (and possibly eat her) but Mitta jumped out of the way, avoiding the shockwave that knocked over the other monster. Then, it charged at her again, getting blinded by another thrower and hitting the wall.

It kneeled in pain, Mitta seeing this as an opportunity. She jumped on and 'steered' it towards the other monster. Its flailing arms continuously hit the other until it kneeled in pain. So once the monster Mitta was riding had thrown her off, she landed on the other and the process continued until she was thrown off again.

By this time, Mitta was sure that she would be able to knock them out with a well-placed hit on the head. She just had to stun them again. They didn't seem like they were going to be falling for that again yet, so instead, one picked up a dead body and threw it at her. She dodged and looked for another opening.

The other monster prepared for another charge and Mitta threw a thrower and leapt out of the way. He crashed into the wall, allowing Mitta to punch him until he kneeled. She punched him twice, then leapt up into the air and brought both of her front hooves onto his head. His face hit the ground and he fell unconscious.

One left.

This one charged again, allowing Mitta to throw another thrower and quickly dodge out of the way. It hit the wall and immediately kneeled. Mitta punched him and then performed the same technique, knocking him out.

With that out of the way, the only thing left to do now was to destroy the Savage vats. She got out her explosive gel and walked over to the vats, spraying one on each side and then walking a safe distance before detonating them. Green fire blossomed out of the vats with a loud BANG.

One problem left.

Mitta activated her headset. "Moonbow, I've destroyed the Savage production facility, but Atmosphere's escaped with enough to cause us real problems."

"Oh dear..." Moonbow said. "Just when you think it couldn't get any worse."

Mitta started thinking. "They've been using a Snarler plant hybrid to create the Savage drug. The plant's the key and there's only one pony on the island who can help us."

Moonbow understood who she was talking about and asked, "What makes you think that Flower Power will help you?"

"If his plants are at risk, he'll listen." Mitta replied. "I've got a sample of his pheromones on record. He'll be somewhere in the Gardens. I'll track him down." Mitta hung up.

Mitta walked over to a gate with a security panel next to it. She quickly blew it up with her Sequencer and looked at the ravine in front of her. She needed something to cross the ravine and with one of her wings broken, flying was out of the option.

Luckily, she had prepared for situations like this.

Mitta pulled a small touchpad meant for unicorn horns. She pressed a few buttons and then waited.

A few seconds later, she saw the familiar shape of the Mare-Drone arriving on scene. It turned to the glass ceiling and then SMASHED through it. It deposited a small cylinder which exploded on contact with the ground.

Inside was a circular object that looked like it could be a reel of sorts.

Mitta pulled out the Line Launcher and looked at it. It seemed to be in good order, so she pocketed it. The Mare-Drone flew back to the Mare-Cave.

Mitta looked at the gap stopping her from getting to Flower Power. Deciding that now would be a good time to try out her device, Mitta aimed the Line Launcher and fired at the door. Two lines flew both forwards and backwards, latching onto the door and the wall behind her. Mitta jumped up and she rode the line to the door.

She stepped through, thinking to herself, Now I can go find Greenlife.

She saw two bodies in the room with the bottomless pit. Growing angry, Mitta glided over, seeing that the doctor and guard were dead.

Atmosphere must've been busy. She thought. He'll pay for this.

Activating her lenses, Mitta saw a percentage that showed how much of Flower Power's pheromones were in the air. She followed the trail and found herself at another large gap. She passed it thanks to her Line Launcher, but she did wonder about the architect who designed this place.

She followed the trail through a door, which had an unnatural abundance of greenery, with Flower Power in the middle.

"It's okay, my dears." He said, stroking one of the bushes. "I'm here now, my poor children."

As Mitta stepped into the circle, Power said, "Yes, I know she's here. But don't worry, I won't let her hurt you..." He looked at Mitta with menace. "I'll kill her first."

"Greenlife," Mitta said. "I know Dr Heart mutated these plants to produce Snarler."

"Yes." Power smirked. "I heard it through the grapevine that the mare got what she deserved."

"I need you to help create an antidote." Mitta said.

Power raised an eyebrow. "Why would I help you? I'd prefer to let Atmosphere have his fun. It's much better watching you squirm."

A 'curious' grapevine was circling around Mitta, who really didn't have time for this. Using her magic, she crushed part of the plant.

Flower Power gasped in pain and outraged.

"You've been in the dark for too long." Mitta snapped. "Every single plant on this island will get the same unless you cooperate."

Power growled, then sighed. "There's a plant, growing deep under Moongate. Only it can counter the effects of this Savage strain."

"Where do I find it?" Mitta asked.

Power smirked. "Deep in Arachnid's lair." Mitta's eyes widened under her mask. "You didn't think it'd be easy, did you?"

Oh, great. Mitta thought. As she left, she said to Flower Power, "Get back to your cell, or I'll be after you next."

"And I'll be waiting." She heard Power reply as the bushes closed her off.

Mitta activated her headset. "Moonbow, could you find a way into Arachnid's lair?"

"You want to give yourself to-" Moonbow asked before recovering. "Alright... there's nothing here about where he's kept."

Mitta frowned. "I found a door near the entrance to the Mare-Cave, but it's shut tight. There's got to be another way in." Mitta realised something. "I left Guard Hook in Moongate Mansion. I'll see if he knows how to get down there."

Mitta hung up and backtracked to the large gap. On the other side she saw seven thugs looking at her.

"Well, look who it is." One of them said, smirking. In fact, they all looked rather confident.

"Hey Mare-Do-Well!" Another shouted. "Looks like you've taken a wrong turn."

"We're here to make sure you stay right where you are." Yet another said. "We don't need much help though, do we?"

They all laughed at that. One of them shouted across, "Yeah, go play with that botanist for a bit longer, the boss ain't ready for you yet!"

Mitta raised an eyebrow. Getting out her Line Launcher, she aimed accordingly and fired. The thugs didn't notice the line go over their heads and just chatted amongst themselves. Mitta just zoomed over the gap and set her hooves for kicking the first two thugs in the face. As she got closer, the thugs faces quickly transitioned from arrogance to alarm.

Mitta smashed the first two thugs to the ground, followed by a third. She leapt down and prepared for a fight.

A thug with a metal rod came in and swung at her. She easily dodged it and then winded him. She punched another thug in the face and countered a fifth's clumsy swing. The second thug and the seventh then rushed in at the same time, prompting Mitta to grab the second and toss him into the seventh.

The fourth tried to buck Mitta, so she flipped him over and when he landed, she broke his foreleg. He fainted just when Mitta smashed her back hooves into the seventh thug. The third thug tried to hit Mitta with a metal pole, which she caught and hit him back with. The fifth thug got hit by Mitta's forehoof, falling down. The first, third and sixth thugs attacked at once, forcing Mitta to duck under the first, knocking him over, grab him with magic and then swing him into the other two thugs. The third one was knocked out, but the first and sixth were able to get back up.

The second thug fired a blast of magic at her. Mitta responded with her own magic blast. Due to the suit having Twilight's magical prowess, Mitta's blast easily overpowered the minion's magic and knocked him out. The seventh thug got smashed by a thrower, the first had his head smashed to the floor by Mitta's Claw and the sixth got bucked in the face.

With only the fifth inmate still standing, he tried in vain to reason with her, but she punched his face anyway.

With the thugs done, Mitta climbed into the vent and into the forgotten catacombs. After a quick navigation, she followed the path to the flooded corridor. To her surprise, the water was crackling with electricity.

"Hey!" A thug shouted from the other side. "Screw you Mares! We turned on the power!"

"Yeah!" Another said, a mare. "Not so special now, are you?"

"Why don't you just walk over here and stop us?"

"I think she's scared." The mare taunted.

"Scared of a little water? What a little-"

Both sets of eyes widened as Mitta zoomed over to them on the line launcher.

A short beat-up later and Mitta walked through the door, leaving two unconscious henchponies behind her.

Through the door, Mitta spotted a pony with a gun. She quickly hid behind the bush and activated her eyepieces. She counted five hostiles. She crept up and silently throttled the first one she saw.

"Atmos says the Mare's on her way. Sty alert and don't screw up." The captain ordered.

"When are we getting our upgrades?" Another asked as Mitta grappled up to a gargoyle. "Atmos said we'll be stronger than the Mare."

"He's got the formula. We just gotta wait our turn."

"When I get it, I'm gonna rip out the Mare's head and stick it outside city hall."

"Get in line." The captain scoffed. "I'm first."

"Yeah? Says who?"

"I hope that you imbeciles aren't feeling the pressure as you get taken out one by one." Atmosphere said over the intercom.

The minions blinked in surprise. The captain shouted, "You heard Atmos!"

Most of the inmates rushed to where Mitta took out one of the thugs. One thug, however, stayed behind to guard the door. This turned out to be a great mistake, as he was pulled into the air by Mitta once he was alone.

Mitta quickly attached a rope to the thug's leg and let go, allowing him to swing under the gargoyle. She then quickly grappled to a different gargoyle and watched all the minions go from where the first minion had been taken out to where she had left another dangling under the gargoyle.

"How is she doin' this?" One of them asked.

"Leave him." The captain ordered. "We have more important things to worry about."

"I'll cover the door!" One of the thugs said, going under the archway that lead to the door.

Mitta watched as a female thug and the captain walked in different directions. Deciding to take out the captain, she waited for him to climb up to the highest storey, then silently jumped down and throttled him into unconsciousness.

Mitta quickly grappled away, just as Atmosphere said over the intercom, "Mare-Do-Well just took one of you out! Did you even notice?!"

The female thug ran over to where the captain was lying down, unconscious. When she noticed she was alone, she shouted, "Aren't you going to help me?!"

"No-can-do! I'm fine just where I am!" Was the reply.

By now both thugs were terrified. The female thug was shaking and kept swinging around, just to make sure that Mitta wasn't creeping up behind her.

Just as the thug turned again, Mitta jumped down and smothered her until she stopped moving.

She grappled away and waited for Atmosphere to say something.

"You are the last one standing." Atmosphere said coldly. "Do not fail me."

At this, the minion's nerve broke down and he shouted, "All right, I give up!! What do you want with me?!"

To this, Mitta glided over to him and kicked his face. He went down, so Mitta jumped on top of him and smashed his head into the floor.


Atmosphere growled at the sight on his tablet. He didn't pay his minions for cowardice nor failure. Yet...

He put the tablet away and looked at Flower Power. "You see what I have to deal with on a regular basis?"

Power smirked. "It looks like you need a change of staff."

"While I don't agree with plants having feelings," Atmosphere said. "I do think that you were right when you said that creatures of flesh and blood were inferior."

"Exactly."

"Which is why I wanted the Savage strain." Atmosphere continued. "If the flaws of the flesh were removed, then I would have an unstoppable army."

Power raised an eyebrow. "Removing flaws?"

"Exactly. It makes my minions ridiculously stronger, more durable, even faster. Its only real cost is the loss of intelligence, although I don't think that my minions had much of that in the first place."

"And why exactly are you telling me this?" Power asked.

"Because that's what I'm offering you." Atmosphere said. "A removal of your physical flaws."

Power blinked. Atmosphere smiled. "I'm not entirely sure what will happen if you take the Savage, but I can promise you that whatever it will do, it will help in destroying Mare-Do-Well."

Power growled. "The strain was made from my children. Allowing it into my system would-"

Atmosphere rolled his eyes. "Well then, if it's from your children, then it's basically just injecting your son's blood into yourself, is it not? I can assure you that there won't be any negative side effects."

Power contemplated this. "Will it grant me the power to kill the Mare?"

"Provided I don't beat you to it," Atmosphere smirked. "Then yes."


Mitta stumbled as the ground shook. It couldn't be an earthquake, Manehatten had never had earthquakes before.

Atmosphere's voice echoed over the intercom. "I must say, finding Flower Power happened to be a blessing for both you and me, didn't it?"

Mitta glared at the intercom. She really wished that he could just shut up for once.

After this wish, several gigantic vines burst out of the wall.

Alarmed, Mitta jumped back and looked at the vines. They blocked her way out and seemed to have veins that pulsed green.

Atmosphere chuckled. "Flower Power has become my latest experiment regarding Savage. I must say, the results are rather different. Shall I give him a bit more?"

There was another earthquake and a cry of pain that probably belonged to Power.

"Well, that was rather interesting, wasn't it?" Atmosphere asked rhetorically. "Personally, I was hoping for a forty-foot Venus flytrap, but I suppose that this'll work."

There was another earthquake, followed by mad laughter that didn't belong to Atmosphere.

One of the vines had opened up a way underneath. Mitta jumped down and followed the small catacomb, thinking to herself.

This was a little more than an inconvenience. Flower Power's control of plants seemed to have gone way beyond motion and minor growth. If he got any more Savage, he could probably destroy the entire island. Once she got the cure, she would have to come back here and stop Flower Power.

By now, she had ended her little detour and arrived at the door. She stepped through and out to the island.