An entire squadron of officers waited outside of the gates of the complex. A dead silence filled the air, as if anything can and will happen. After a few minutes, the entire ground rumbled underneath the officers. The concrete behind the gate opened up, paving way for a mechanical spider clawing its way to the surface. The officers beyond the gate rushed towards the spider and cocked their hooves.
“Stop! In the name of the EPF!” One of the officers shouted. Within the cockpit, Twilight Sparkle, Celestia and Spike looked at the screen. The three glanced at each other with shaken expressions.
“My officers are skilled at giving chase and never letting up. It’s best that we incapacitate them.” Celestia suggested.
“Are you sure you want to do that, Celestia? Your officers are something like children for you.” Spike asked in a low tone.
“As much as I would hate to say it, it must be done. I’ve made the choice of sticking with you two and I will not let hesitation stop me.” With these words, Celestia pushed a red button on a dashboard. Plates on the spider’s legs revealed various round slots. Then a volley of white missiles fired from the legs and aimed towards the officers.
“Get out of the way! Those missiles are heading towards us!” One of the officers screeched in a high tone. The squadron of officers dispersed from the immediate area. The mechanical spider hopped into the air and onto a high platform, where it scurried away from the scene.
Beyond the outskirts of town, the forgotten desolate plain that stretched far in the distance drowned in muck and water. Ruins, perhaps of some long-lived empire, was over-filled with dirty water as the rain flooded every little crevice and hole that didn't already rust or fall apart.
Twilight Sparkle, Celestia and Spike took cover from the constant rainfall underneath the mechanical spider. Various lines of wires ran from the maws of the spider down towards the biotech implants of the three fugitives. Spike and Twilight Sparkle imputed various commands on a virtual keyboard and Celestia vigilantly eyed the horizon. All three of them were muddy and covered in rain and sweat. After several minutes of work on the keyboard, a confident smile appeared on Twilight Sparkle’s face. Celestia turned her head back as the sounds of water splattering underneath Twilight Sparkle’s hooves hit her ears.
“Did you find out how to remove our implants?” Celestia asked.
“It took a while, but we did it. Spike and I managed to find a gap where our implanted technology and our biology do not touch. All we need to do is accentuate an energy impulse from the meteor into that space. If all goes well, then our biological bodies would be separated from our cybernetic bodies.” Twilight Sparkle replied with an enthusiastic smile. Spike turned towards Celestia and gleefully pointed towards Twilight Sparkle.
“I knew that she was smart, but not this smart. I know that we both did it together, but she still managed to bypass several different firewalls in our system to reach that link, found a way to reroute the energy from the meteor and develop a program to allow for this miracle to happen mainly by herself. I wouldn’t have been able to do all that by myself.”
“Twilight is always full of surprises. She always managed to surprise me with whatever new skill she came up with. She made me proud with all of her achievements.” Celestia commented. Twilight Sparkle held her right front hoof on her face and shushed Celestia and Spike.
“We are about to enter a delicate process. I advise that we move as minimally as possible while this is happening.” She suggested. From the wires in the meteor, yellow energy sparked into all the wires and ran down to the implants.
Twilight Sparkle, Celestia and Spike all became imbued in a glowing light. After a few seconds, the wiring within their bodies and on their implants began to loosen. Wires slowly undid themselves and metal plating plied off of their bodies. After a minute had passed, any and all forms of the implant dropped onto the ground. Twilight Sparkle lifted her left hoof and moved it around. With her right hoof, she touched her left hoof. The soft feeling of her fur and flesh overloaded her senses. Tears welled up within her eyes.
“I’m free…” She glanced over towards Spike and Celestia, who rotated their limbs around. Smiles filled their faces.
“It looks as if that really did work. We no longer need to worry about being tracked down.” Spike stated.
“My only problem with the entire situation is this; where do we go next? Being out in the wastelands is very dangerous, especially without our implants and we can’t return to Neo Neighpon or virtually any city in the world. The EPF is already alerted to our assault and the Supreme Cabinet will know that we are the direct cause of Sunset Shimmer’s death.” In an uptight tone, Celestia asked. Spike shrugged his shoulders.
“I guess we just roam the world until we can find a place where we can call home. We still have access to the Mechanized Assault Spider and its power source, so we don’t need to worry about shelter. Surely, we have to find some place sooner or later.” Both Spike and Celestia glanced down towards Twilight Sparkle, who fully broke down in tears.
“It seems like this was a rough turn of events for all of us. We should probably rest for now and travel later.” With an elated sigh, Celestia finished.
A large room was dark with a single ray of light illuminating the center of the room. A round arrangement of eight dark thrones lined up around the light with pony-shaped shadows sitting in each one.
“This is most unpleasant. We lost the signal of the three fugitives that killed Sunset Shimmer.” A deep voice resonated from one of the thrones.
“Though we could not ignore the fact that the commander of our forces went AWOL and assisted in criminal activity, we mustn’t forget that we are left without a supplier for the world’s leader in biotech implants. In addition, we lost the meteor that granted us the ability to make said implants.” Another figure stated with a less deep, but still threatening voice. Another voice chuckled at these words.
“Those are minor setbacks. We can always promote one of our captains to the position of Commander and place a puppet into the supplier’s complex. Plus, Sunset Shimmer generously donated her own research and body, which would allow us to recreate the metals required to create biotech implants.”
“Though it will take a while before we finally get everything running again, nothing of value was ultimately lost.” Another voice echoed through the darkness.
“Still, we do have to retrieve the meteor back at all costs. Who knows what will happen if it remains with those three?” A fifth voice asked.
“They can’t believe that they can run or hide forever. Sooner or later, we will capture them and subject them to the ultimate punishment.” A strong voice shouted as the sound of a hoof pounding metal rung through the room.
“And I am confident that we will be able to catch them. They may have erased their signals, but we can determine all of the safe havens of the world.” A feminine voice spoke out. “What are your opinions, Alpha?” An imposing figure positioned on a throne loomed his sight over all the other thrones.
“We wait until they let their guard down. From there, we strike them and eliminate them. We don’t need to judge them in courts when we can judge them ourselves.” A dark silence filled the room after the deepest voice spoke.
Seven months later
A pristine set of golden green plains came into view of the eyes of a mechanical spider. The solar rays struck the land with an eternal glow and the sun was cast high into the sky without a cloud in sight. Green palm trees that carried abundant crops of fruit were sprinkled throughout the land. From the cockpit of the spider, Twilight Sparkle, Celestia and Spike emerged. Every single one of them had large smiles and shaky legs.
“This place is… beautiful!” Twilight Sparkle stated. “After such a long time of hopeless searching for habitable lands, I never thought I would find some place uncorrupted by devastation.”
“It truly is a beautiful sight. Areas like this were only encountered in the stories I’ve read.” Celestia vocalized with awe dripping in her tone. Spike inhaled deeply and expanded his wings out to their maximum length.
“I can finally stretch my wings out!” Afterwards, boisterous laughter echoed from his lungs. “This place is awesome! All the food we can eat and all the rest we can have!” Before he took a step forward, Twilight Sparkle jumped off of the mechanical spider and ran off into the plains, giggling with a smile. With her horn flashing in a lavender color, fruits from the trees levitated towards her.
“I can now devote my attention to what is important in life!” Twilight Sparkle gleefully shouted. Celestia, who was looking at Twilight Sparkle, flashed a motherly smile. She looked towards Spike with a grin.
“I have never seen Twilight Sparkle so happy in her life before. I have to thank you, Spike.” Spike looked towards Celestia with a grin on his face.
“You know, I couldn’t have done it alone. Twilight Sparkle gave me the hope to change my own destiny. If it weren’t for her, I still would’ve just been sitting in my dank home clopping to Playcolt.” A sly smile appeared on Celestia’s face as she narrowed her eyes promiscuously.
“I never noticed this before Spike, but you’re actually pretty cute in the sunlight.” She said in a playful tone. Spike’s cheeks blushed slightly in response.
“Thanks… I guess that’s all what I have to say.” Celestia edged closely next to Spike with a widening smile.
“Oh really? That can’t be all you have to say. After all, didn’t I give you a massive wing boner seven months ago from my actions?” She neared her face within the range of Spike’s right ear. Spike shuddered. “Strong, handsome, smart and a good naughty boy. Coupled with me, we should be able to make some especially strong Kirin to build a new society upon.” A spurt of blood suddenly erupted from Spike’s nose.
“…You just aren’t teasing me again aren’t you, Celestia?”
“Now why would I tease you when I truly do mean it this time? We have all these lands to just the three of us. We need future generations to preserve this land and make sure it wouldn’t fall under the corruption of biotech implants and devastation. If Twilight agrees to repopulation as well, then we have all we need to build a new society upon.” As these words passed her mouth, she swished her ethereal tail towards Spike’s face and tickled his nose with it.
“So… when do we start repopulating the land?” He eagerly stated with a semi-conscious grin.
“How about now?” Celestia asked, moving her lips over to Spike’s lips. She forced her tongue through Spike’s mouth and embraced him. Spike's eyes closed from their wide-eye state the moment Celestia's lips met his. He embraced Celestia back and returned the kiss, his tongue wrestling with Celestia's for dominance.
Twilight Sparkle, whose focus was on the colorful fruits hovering before her, was blissfully unaware of the rough noises of lovemaking behind her.
“This is what life should be like. We will treat this land right and not make the same mistakes that others have done. I know that we will have new adventures and we may even see the wrath of the EPF one day, but this is what a Utopia should be. I will do my best to help take care of this land.”
As these words passed through her lips, an orange mango she levitated suddenly splattered itself onto her face, forcing her to drop control of the fruits around her. She was covered in light orange juices. She pulled her tongue out and licked the juices around her face, relishing in the sweet flavor of the fruit. For the first time in a long time, she laughed.