The next morning, 9 am.
That morning Rex came walking into my room, now you may ask 'how?' well, Raptors, Rex specifically, are smart, very smart, so smart even that they know how to open doors, so yeah, so much for privacy. Rex walked up to my sleeping form and used one of his claws to make a small gash in my left-front hoof, which was lolling over the edge of my bed, waking me up. I lazily opened one eye, ignoring the pain of the wound, it'll heal over the next minute or so anyways. "Somethin' wrong Rex?" I asked the blue raptor.
Rex made a sound akin to a low pitched thrill, coupled with a slightly sad look in his green eyes.
"You wanna go home don't you?"
Rex nodded.
"Don't worry, we will" I said with a small smile as I rolled out of bed, the gash on my leg already healed. "Why don't you go hunting?"
Rex seemed to think it over before he nodded excitedly and ran out of my room.
"I would like to go back to Nidhogg Island as well buddy, but I've got a job to do here"
"Would you like me to make breakfast sir?" C.R.O.W. asked.
I sighed before I said. "Make some for Dash once she wakes up, I'm gonna go out for a couple hours"
"But what if princess Celestia and the girls show up?"
"Just emit a sound with a frequency of around thirty-thousand, only I can hear those" I absent mindedly said as I walked through the house, as I passed the door to the workshop I could hear the sound of power tools from the inside. "You know what, C.R.O.W. scratch that I'll be doing something else"
"Certainly sir"
Entering the massive workshop I saw Dash sitting in the middle of the workshop, working on the Lightning Tank, wearing the Mirage Amulet as I had come to call the necklace. "Already up I see?"
"Couldn't sleep" Dash said flipping up the welders mask she was wearing before turning to me. "these storm generators work following the wrong principles, these are the ones from a couple of years ago, I can make it more efficient if you'd like"
"That might be so but remember that this is only a prototype, I built it with that in mind, and used the older principles because if I do it that way it'll use less resources" I finished with a small smirk, as I walked to stand next to her.
"That's actually, really smart, if you do it this way it's less complicated and there is more room left for the Tritanium generator"
"I know"
"Sir there is somebody at the door for you" C.R.O.W. informed.
"I'll get it" Dash said as she dropped the welders mask and flew out the workshop.
"I wonder who it is?" I asked myself, I wasn't expecting anybody in particular, and it was still to early for the princess and the rest of the girls to show up.
My inner monologue was cut off as Dash yelled something. "Hey 'Kill! It's for you!"
"Coming!" I yelled as I walked out of the workshop, reaching the front door I saw a brownish-tan earth pony stallion with a black mane and tail (with a few strands of grey) and a green tie.
"Yeah?"
"That's the one daddy! That's the one who ate the CMC and tried to eat me!" A rather tiny for her age, foul pink earth pony filly with a foul purple and white mane and tail said as she came out of hiding from behind her Dad, to make matters worse she wore a tiara, that's never a good sign. She looked about as old as the CMC's, whom I though to be about twelve to thirteen years old.
"It's okay Diamond Tiara, might I have your name sir?" The stallion asked.
"If you give me yours" I said.
"Very well. My name is Filthy Rich, and I am the CEO of Rich Corp." The stallion evidently known as Filthy Rich said.
"The name's Overkill, traveling White Rabbit operative and mercenary, I am the current bodyguard of the Elements of Harmony" I said.
"Now that introductions are out of the way. My daughter told me you kidnapped and... ate, three little fillies known as the Cutie Mark Crusaders. Is that correct?" Filthy Rich asked.
"No it is not. I merely picked the three of them up from school, usually Rainbow Dash would have done that, do you by any chance know her?"
"I have spoken to her a couple times but nothing more" Filthy Rich explained.
"Okay, so like I said usually she would've picked them up but, since she... wasn't able to I did it for her" I said carefully picking my words at the end.
"See Diamond he didn't eat your friends" He said to his daughter.
"No I saw him turn into a black monster and kidnap the CMC!!!" The little filly yelled.
"Who're you calling a monster you little brat!" I yelled at her.
At that Diamond Tiara started the perfect way to win her father over. Crying.
And oh boy did she cry as she ran away.
"Diamond!... Now look what you've done" Filthy Rich said as he ran after his daughter.
I sighed as I stepped back inside my house, coming face to face with an annoyed looking Dash.
"That was totally uncalled for" she simply said.
I sighed again before I said. "A little. Now, what do you say about breakfast I'm starving"
"...Fine I'm so hungry I could eat a manticore" Dash implied.
I nodded and with that we walked to the kitchen.
I walked up to the fridge and picked out a cup with a crimson liquid as Dash went and sat at the table. Putting the cup of crimson in front of Dash I said. "Try it"
"...What is it?" Dash asked with a bit of apprehension.
"Artificial blood. It's meant to be exactly like normal blood, but at the same time be different, go ahead, try it" I said with a hopeful expression.
Still not being completely sure, she carefully takes a sip.
"And?" I asked.
"It's much... sweeter then your blood" Dash replied.
"Oh, then what does my blood taste like?"
"It's very bitter, but in a good way"
"Hmm, okay then. Good, now. 'Kill?" I asked.
"Saying Overkill all the time is a mouth full, so I gave you a nickname" Dash said, leaving no room for arguing. "Now, White Rabbit?"
"Team of extraordinary people, pony or not. They're stationed in a town on Nidhogg Island, lovely town they had, 't was called Halloween if I remember correctly, I have been abroad for the past three years now" I said with a nostalgic expression.
"Halloween? Doesn't sound that friendly to me"
"And you'd be right, because the gateway to Tartarus is right outside it, the town's riddled with vampires, werewolves and other monsters who got a free pass to live in the over world, good times" I explained.
"Monsters? Really? It must've been weird living there"
"And it was! But it was awesome all the same!"
"If it's as awesome as you say then you gotta take me there one day"
"That's what she said!" The voice of Switch Kick sounded from outside the window.
"No shit dumb ass!" I yelled back. "Oh we'll go there one day, I gotta call in a few favors from my old pals there, if we're gonna win the war we'll need their help" I said. "I might be strong but I can't win a war on my own"
"Hmm, and here I thought you really were that powerful"
"I am, but the griffons have strength in numbers"
"Okay, and, when exactly did you make artificial blood?" Dash asked.
"I didn't, I simply teleported some of the artificial blood from my place in Halloween over here"
"Why would you need that there?"
"I just told you that there are vampires in Halloween"
"Oh, right" Dash said.
I nodded before I made myself a manticore bacon sandwich.
"Is that meat?" Dash asked with a grossed out expression as she quickly drank the rest of the artificial blood.
"Manticore bacon to be precise, I think it's delicious" I said after eating the sandwich in one bite. "Want some?" I asked.
"Ew, no thanks. As a normal pony I don't eat meat"
I just burst out laughing at that. "Normal!? Dash! I don't know if you've noticed! But you ain't normal no more!" I quickly said before continuing my laughing fit on the ground.
Dash sighed at that. "Hehe, yeah" She said before falling into laughter herself. "I really am a freak now aren't I!" She managed to say before falling into more outrageous laughter with me.
I heard something a couple years ago: good times + good friends = amazing memories. I guess that's true. I don't know how long we continued laughing like that, but it must've been damn long cause by the time we were done it was almost ten am.
"Hehe, I've never laughed that much in my entire life! And I know Pinkie Pie!" Dash said followed by a couple softer giggles.
"Me neither" I said still chuckling.
"You know Overkill? You're way different then what my first impression of you was, you're not a stone-cold killer"
"I'm hurt, last time I checked I was still the one who strangled Pinkie" I said faking a hurt expression.
"That's true, and I'm gonna get you for that, but, you're much more... awesome, then I first thought"
"Well thank you, I aim to please... sort of" I said followed by a guilty chuckle.
"Sir princess Luna is starting to wake" C.R.O.W. said.
"Already? Hmm, oh well, did not expect that... Dash could you round up the girls, I'll go greet the newborn cyborg" I said chuckling.
"Sure" Dash said as she walked out of the kitchen and into the hallway.
I quickly made myself a cup of coffee and drank it all in one go. I then teleported myself to the medical bay, quickly reaching the room Luna was lying in, opening the door, I walked inside seeing princess Luna lying in her bed, staring at the wall opposite from her bed. She wasn't wearing her usual attire, the components of which were lying on a table next to her bed.
The effects of the surgery were apparent, her legs had been replaced with dull black prosthesis, her wings had been replaced to, and lastly her right eye was replaced by an artificial glowing orange one.
"Good morning Luna, how are you feeling?" I asked.
Slowly looking at me she hollowly said. "Why? Why did you do this to me?"
"If you're gonna be pissed at anyone be pissed at your sister, she's the one who gave permission for the procedure"
*sigh* "It's not like there is any turning back now is there? I'll just have to deal with it" Luna said trying, and failing, to smile.
"Hey don't worry, you'll be back to your regular activities soon enough, first you'll have to rehabilitate though"
"Sir the girls are here" C.R.O.W. informed.
"You just wait here for a bit while I get the girls okay? Your sister should be here shortly" I told Luna, I wasn't sure that Celestia would be coming here but since the sisters are practically each other's opposites I expected Celestia to notice her sister was awake. Luna nodded. I nodded back after which I teleported in front if the main house, surprising the mane six as I appeared in front of them.
"Is she alright?" Fluttershy was the first to ask.
"Yes she's alright, I told you that yesterday. Do you all want to see her?" I asked already knowing the answer.
"YES!!!" All six of them yelled.
"Okay okay fine sheesh you don't have to yell" I said. "Now hold still" I then teleported the seven of us to the med bay, outside of Luna's room. "Now I want you all to know this, it's still Luna, okay?" They nodded. "Good" I said as I opened the door.
As the mane six filled into the room Luna turned to look at them, wearing a weak smile. Rarity and Fluttershy gasped, and the rest, minus Pinkie who wore a smile as big as usual, froze.
Fluttershy, being the first to unfreeze, immediately gained a worried look. "A-are you all right, princess Luna?" She asked with a degree of uncertainty.
"I'm a little beat up but all right otherwise" Luna replied, not bothering to include formalities in the situation.
"Are you really? Cause you look more then a little beat up" Dash bluntly asked as she unfroze as well.
"I'm fine really, it's just" Luna said as she lifted her right-front hoof whilst wearing an ever so slightly confused expression. "hard, to get used to I guess"
THUMP
"Sir princess Celestia has arrived" C.R.O.W. announced.
"Okay, you six wait here while I get the big bad, sound good?" I said. Without even bothering to wait for a response I teleported myself to the front door. Taking a deep breath I opened the door.
"Princes Celestia hi how are you?" I asked with the best fake smile I could muster.
"Where is she" Celestia simply asked.
*sigh* "Allow me" I said as I teleported the two of us outside Luna's room.
"Now I already told the girls this but still, it's still Luna sitting in that bed okay?"
She nodded.
"Good" I said as I opened the door. I followed her as she walked in and came to a stop next to her.
Just then Luna looked up, seeing her sister standing there she offered a weak smile. "Sister"
Without even looking at me Celestia punched me in the side hard enough to launch me through the wall on my left.
"Overkill!" Dash yelled in surprise and worry as she flew to the rubble of the wall under which I was buried.
"I'm okay" I wheezed out from under the rubble.
"What did you do that fo-" Dash tried to say but was cut of as Celestia retaliated with.
"No comment" She said as she walked up to Luna's bed. "How are you feeling Luna?"
"It's quite alright, Overkill did an amazing job of patching me up, I do think I need to get used to it though" Luna replied.
"And you do, and we'll start with that later today" I said after I stuck my head out of the rubble. I then proceeded with digging myself out, after I was done with that I spoke again. "Now if you'll excuse me I need a drink, C.R.O.W. show them the way out once they want to leave" I then teleported out of the med bay.
"Will he be alright?" Fluttershy asked Dash.
"If I know 'Kill then he'll just push through it... I'm still a little worried though, I'll go look for him, see you guys later" Dash said as she walked out of Luna's room.
(10.25 am, deep within the Everfree forest)
Needless to say, I was pissed, what with that little bitch Diamond Tiara calling me a monster, and now I got myself on Celestia's kill list, but, she agreed on the surgery! She knew her sister was going to end up as a cyborg and she agreed with it!
"Aargh!!! Why does the universe hate me!" I yelled as I punched a tree, completely shattering it and the surrounding trees in the process.
You know Dash said that she loved you don't you?
"Shut up I don't want you talking that crap, it was obviously a slip of tongue" I scolded my conscience.
But you want to believe what she said don't you?
"Hardly, it would be way to complicated anyways, I'm still just a mercenary you know?"
That might be so but, eh fuck it, as long as you keep talking yourself down I won't help you anymore.
"I don't need you anyway"
...
"Good" I said as I continued my little temper tantrum. But, that stupid little voice inside my head had a point, maybe I do want to Dash to like me... HA HA HA, yeah right. Why would ANYbody love ME!? It's just stupid to think Dash is the one to love me.
But,
Again with the but's
What if she WAS the one. Meh fuck it I'll figure that out later.
"Now" I said as I closed my eyes. "How about a quick check up" I simply sat on the ground. I then concentrated on my body. "Mental state: more insane then recommended. Body structure: still a general clusterfuck, hehe" I sensed Dash coming into range of hearing me talk, so I slightly altered what I was about to say. "Now the big bad, Tritanium levels: 25% of blood has been replaced with liquid Tritanium, above average and it is recommended I visit the Tritanium absorption chamber as soon as possible, any further shifting may result in permanent heart damage..."
(10.27 am, deep within the Everfree forest. POV chance to 3rd person, Rainbow Dash)
"Where is that guy?" Dash asked to nopony in particular. "It can't really be that hard to spot a walking death machine of, well, death"
She had been flying over the Everfree for the past Fifteen minutes looking for Overkill, first she went into town to the local bar, Berry Punch's berry punch, expecting the grey Shifter to be drowning himself in liquor, but he wasn't there.
Then she thought where a walking death machine would hide, the forest of course!
And so she'd been flying there for the past fifteen minutes looking for him.
Just then Dash heard something in the distance.
"Tritanium levels: 25% of blood has been replaced with liquid Tritanium, above average and it is recommended I visit the Tritanium absorption chamber as soon as possible, any further shifting may result in permanent heart damage"
"What!?" Dash yelled as she took of to where the voice came from. Seeing Overkill sitting in the middle of a small clearing in the sea of trees she landed right in front of him.
(POV change, 1st person, Overkill)
THUMP
Looking up I saw Dash standing there. "Oh it's you"
"What. Was. That." She simply asked.
"What was what?"
"That... gibberish about Tritanium levels being to high!?" She half-yelled half-asked.
"Oh... that, aw crap I didn't want you to hear that um. Let's just say that when you guys hit me with the Elements of Harmony, it wasn't all beneficial. You see, I now have both chaos magic and residual harmonious energy inside my body, those two complement each other, which is what allows me to go Apex, but at the same time they don't complement each other, which is the reason my body now naturally generates liquid Tritanium as well as my normal blood, liquid Tritanium is... poisonous, even to me, Shifting increases the amount of Tritanium my body generates" I explained, saying nothing but bullshit.
"......... WHAT!!! Why didn't you tell me this sooner!?" Dash yelled in my face.
"I... don't know why I didn't tell you, I just, didn't I guess. It might be because of me being stubborn and thinking I don't need help heheh-"
SMACK
I was thrown on the ground by Dash hitting me in the face. Hard.
"What was that for!?" I yelled as I stood back up, rubbing my right cheek.
"Don't ever be that stupid again" Dash said looking at the ground, her right hoof still raised up in the air.
"Dash-"
"Promise me, that when something like this comes up again you'll tell me" Dash said looking me in the eyes. I could see real worry in those rose eyes of hers.
"...Fine" I said before raising my left-front hoof in the air. "I, Terramorphous Overkill Sin, promise to tell you, Rainbow Dash, whenever something troubles me or is wrong with me. Now happy?"
Dash simply fell on the ground laughing. "T-Terramorphous!?"
"Oh hardy har har laugh it up, like Rainbow Dash is the best name ever"
"I don't care just, Terramorphous!? Pfffhahhahahahhahahahhahahahhahahha!!!"
"Screw you Dash, really" I said pinching the bridge of my muzzle.
"Oh my gosh that's a stupid name" Dash said after she calmed down a little.
"Finished?" I asked.
"Yup, finished" she replied, still giggling a little.
"Good, now, I could really go for a drink right now do you know a place I could get some liquor?" I asked.
"There's only one bar in town called Berry Punch's berry punch, but sure I'll take you there follow me" Dash said as she took off.
I took off after her and after about ten minutes of flight we landed in Ponyville.
"Follow me" Dash said as she walked in a seemingly random direction.
Following her we quickly came upon a building with a large sign saying: Berry Punch's berry punch.
My opinion of the sign could be summed up in four words: I am not amused.
"This is it" Dash said.
"Thanks" I said as I walked to the entrance, but stopped. "Do you want a drink? My treat"
"Sure, I could go for some cider" Dash replied as me and her walked in.
It wasn't much to be honest, just a simple, relatively empty room with a bar on the farthest wall. There weren't many ponies present, but that was to be expected cause it was still in the morning.
Walking over to the bar I saw a purple mare with a purple/reddish mane and tail cleaning some bottles. "Welcome to Berry Punch's berry punch what can I get for you?" The mare asked putting the bottle she was holding down.
"Some simple cider" Dash said absently as her and I took a seat.
"Strongest stuff you got" I said.
"You sure? That's pretty tough stuff you're asking for" The mare warned.
"Don't care, I can handle anything you throw at me" I said with a daring smirk.
"If you say so" the mare said as she picked up two glasses and filled them up. She then slid one of them, which was filled with a golden colored drink, over to Dash. She then slid the other over to me, which was filled with a bright red, foam covered drink.
"There, strongest stuff I can legally sell, Fire Ruby liquor, said to burn a hole through a dragons stomach" the bar-mare said. "Hey everypony! Gather 'round, this guy's gonna try Fire Ruby liquor!"
And just like that, all was quiet. Slowly, everybody present turned around to look at me.
With an even more daring smirk I drank my entire glass of liquor empty in one go.
Everybody held their breath.
My entire face turned as red as what I just drank as I coughed up some fire.
"Phew, that's some strong stuff you got here, not as strong as I'm used to though" I smugly said.
"What!? How?" The barmare asked.
"You'll learn not to question how Overkill works" Dash deadpanned.
"Oooookay... Then what is the strongest stuff you've ever had the pleasure, or rather, displeasure of tasting?" The barmare asked as the other ponies present lost interest.
"That would be... Liquid Darkness" I concluded.
"Liquid Darkness?" The barmare and Dash asked at the same time.
"It's not really a strong drink by itself, but the reason it's the strongest drink out there is because it messes with your mind, you see, Liquid Darkness is made in distilleries in Tartarus, which in and of itself is awesome. I don't know how but what they do in those distilleries is mix... um... liquid madness and fear with basic beer. Anyways it messes with your mind in such a way that you live all your deepest fears and darkest desires in the span of literally the blink of an eye... very few people can go through that and come out sane" I grimly explained.
"And how did you fare?" Dash asked.
"Me? I was never sane to begin with!" I exclaimed laughing.
"Well, that's disturbing" The barmare said with a shudder before she walked away from us to help someone else.
"Well, if you can do it so can I" Dash said as she drank her drink in one go as well.
...
"...Hey... Rainbow" I asked.
"Yeah?" Dash replied, surprised that I called her by her first name.
"Did you..." I tried to say as a hint of crimson appeared on my cheeks. "Did you mean what you said yesterday?"
"What do you mean?"
"I think you know damn well what I mean" I said.
"Oh... that" Dash said as she blushed herself. "Well I-"
"HI!!!" Pinkie Pie yelled as she appeared out of nowhere.
"Ahh!" Dash and I yelled at the same time.
"The fuck was that for Pinkie!?" I yelled at the party-pony.
'Thank Faust that Pinkie had to show up at that exact moment' Dash thought.
"I have a letter for you!" Pinkie said, completely unaffected by my harsh language.
After that Pinkie fished a scroll out of her mane and gave it to me.
On the scroll I saw a white wax seal with WR written on it in stylish letters.
"This is from White Rabbit!" I exclaimed as I opened and read the letter.
"Well? What does it say?" Dash asked.
"To my good friend Overkill,
There has been reliable intel of a vampire residing in Ponyville, I know that you're staying there currently so find that vampire, all we know is that she's a unicorn mare, early twenties, and it's been confirmed she also a super. I expect you to bring her to me Wednesday next week, no later then 5 pm.
Good luck and I'll see you next week.
On another note, Epoch will be staying with you until then, he's been having a couple of problems lately.
Boss
P.S. Bring princess Luna, I know.
P.P.S Hi 'Killy! Caitlyn here! I just wanted to say; good luck number five!
P.P.P.S. Bring the elements as well." I said as I read the letter out loud.
"That little brat, calling me number five" I grumbled.
"Okay, two questions; who is Caitlyn and why did she call you number five?" Dash asked with a slight hint of venom as she said Caitlyn's name, which went completely unnoticed by me.
"She called me number five because I am the fifth most dangerous being on the planet... she's number four" I sadly explained.
"...There are four beings more powerful then you!?" Dash yelled.
*sigh* "Yes, like I said, number four is Caitlyn, she's a lynx who knows any body even better then I do, she need only glance at you to know your body's exact weak points, and she can strike them with swiftness and maneuverability matched only by our delivery pony.
Number three is a basically a god in mortal form, Florentine Fable is his name, and he is the Seraph God Slayer.
Number two is a guardian angel that goes by the name of Uriah, a warrior who knows basically every type of magic and can use it to it's fullest extent, but he mostly uses Rapture magic.
Number one is the leader of White Rabbit, the Grimm Reaper, Death himself.
There are only two entities who can beat Lord Death, Dark and Light Gaia.
Dark Gaia is the king of demons and the ruler of Tartarus, Ragnarok.
Light Gaia is the queen of angels and the ruler of Elysium, Faust." I explained.
"Holy shit" Dash said before she slammed her hooves over her mouth. "Did I really just say that?"
"You most certainly did" I said proudly.
"Let's just act like that never happened" Dash said. "How do they know that you can bring me and the rest?"
"White Rabbit always knows my exact location, it's for safety purposes" I explained.
"And what are Supers?" She asked.
"Supers are ponies with special powers!" Pinkie explained before I could.
"...I'm not even gonna ask how you know that. But, where did you even get this letter Pinkie?" I asked.
"Well, princess Celestia wanted to have some time alone with Luna, so she told me and the rest to go away. And when we where outside a dark red Pegasus stallion was waiting for us, I didn't know him but he told us to give this letter to you once we found you, and then he disappeared right before our eyes" Pinkie explained.
"No surprises there, the guy you saw is called Hell Hound, and the reason he disappeared is, on the ground he is the fastest thing alive, capable of breaking the light barrier at his fastest. He is the delivery pony I just talked about" I explained.
"The LIGHT BARRIER!?" Dash yelled/asked.
"The light barrier yes"
Dash just continued gawking.
"I think you broke her" Pinkie chirped as she waved a hoof in front Dash' face.
"Could you wake her up?" I asked sighing.
"Sure!" Pinkie said as she took a party-buzzer out of her mane and blew on it right in Dash' face.
"How is that even possible!?" Dash yelled in a volume that matched the Royal Canterlot Voice, or RCV for short.
"I dunno" I shrugged.
"Don't give me 'I dunno'! You're supposed to be smartest pony on the planet for Celestia's sake!"
"Exactly, the smartest PONY. Not the smartest being, that honor goes to my teachers, Raymond, and Gaige, White Rabbit's magic expert and scientist respectively" I said.
"I think I need a break" Dash said, but as fate would have it that won't happen anytime soon.
"What is that thing? Is it a Pegasus?" A voice sounded from outside followed by more.
"No it's to big, a dragon?"
"Too small, plus it has no wings"
"Then how can it fly?"
These and more voices sounded from outside.
"Karma's a bitch ain't it?" I said.
"It sure is, come on let's check it out" Dash said as she jumped of off the chair.
"Sure" I said as I threw a couple bits on the bar and followed her, Pinkie following us as well.
Coming outside the three of saw that most ponies that were outside looking up towards a red, blue and silver blur making it's way to Ponyville.
"It's a monster! Everypony run!!!" A voice yelled through the town, it took a second or two more before everybody actually started screaming their asses of and running around like chickens that had their heads chopped of.
Of course during all this Dash me and Pinkie just stood there silently observing the blur.
A minute or so later everybody that was outside was now holed up in their homes.
After about another minute the blur landed about thirty feet away from us, kicking up a large dust cloud.
I simply increased the size of my wings ten fold and with an almighty flap blew the dust away, after which I shrunk my wings down again.
Where the dust cloud once was now stood a six foot tall metal machine, for comparison the average pony stood at about three foot tall.
The machine itself was bipedal, it's legs were rather thin, halfway down the legs was what looked like aluminum cans which acted as it's knees, hydraulics were clearly visible at the back of the legs. It's arms started in hexagonal shoulders, the top arms looked like tubes, the middle of which were adorned with red stripes, which then went into another hexagonal shape for the elbow. The bottom half of the left arm was made up of two spokes which came together in a hand with one thumb and three fingers. The bottom half of the right arm was blue and looked like a rifle, sporting no hand, white light shone through vents at the bottom of the rifle. Along the body of the machine various cables were visible.
Of course, that's what Dash and Pinkie saw, all that I saw one of my first creations, Epoch, he was currently wearing his tier four naked frame, and the weakest of his various electromagnetic rifles, Sparky.
Epoch and I began walking towards each other, once we met halfway I looked up to his bird like head, although there were a couple key differences. For one he didn't have a beak, a metal bar went around the bottom of his chin, and his eyes where blue glowing slits.
Epoch then kneeled in front of me and looked me in the eyes.
"Identification complete, Terramorphous Overkill Sin confirmed" A highly monotone voice sounded as no visible mouth moved on Epoch's head.
"Took you long enough" I said smiling.
"Indeed it did mister Sin" Epoch said in a voice completely unlike what was heard before, instead of being monotone, this voice was smooth as silk yet threatening in a neutral kind of way, a lot like my voice, although my voice was a lot raspier and a pitch or two to three higher.
"You know this thing?" Dash said as she walked up to my side.
"Know? Heck, I built him!" I proudly said, mentally patting myself on the back.
"It truly is an honor meeting you miss Dash, my name is Epoch" The tall robot said as he looked at Dash, not a single emotion visible in anything he did.
Needless to say, that fact unnerved Dash greatly.
"I suggest you don't try to surprise me miss Pie" Epoch said as he looked over his shoulder at the pink menace as she tried to crawl up from behind him.
"Ohh" Pinkie said sadly as she walked over to and then stood next to Dash.
"How did you notice Pinkie creeping up on you?" Dash asked.
"Sonar" Epoch simply said.
"What's sonar?" Pinkie asked.
"It works the same as what bats use to hunt" Epoch explained as he stood upright again.
"You're like a bat-bot!" Pinkie excitedly said.
"If you want to see it that way" Epoch said in a slightly irritated tone of voice.
"Halt creature!" A voice said from our right.
Looking in the voice's direction we saw Celestia and the remaining Elements of Harmony running towards us, quickly stopping forty feet away from us.
"Now why would I do that?" Epoch calmly replied.
"Do you even know who you are talking to stupid thing!" Rarity said back.
"Of course, that's princess Celestia, co-ruler of Equestria, and controller of the sun" Epoch calmly said, a little to calmly for Rarity's taste.
"Then treat her with some respect!" Applejack added.
"You are in no position to demand such a thing from me" Epoch retorted.
"And why not!" Applejack yelled.
"I recommend you to stop being so hostile"
Twilight had had enough of it, so she did something she usually never does, use her position as princess. "As a princess of Equestria I order you to bow before your superiors!"
"I repeat, you are in no position to demand something from me, a guest in your country"
"What do you mean a guest!? You're an intruder and should be locked up in the bowels of Tartarus!" Twilight said after she snapped.
"I represent the Grimm Reaper himself!" Epoch yelled pointing the Sparky at Twilight.
That shocked everybody, well, besides me of course.
"So do I, and I unless you want a second war on your hoofs, I suggest you stand down, and stop being hostile" I added.
"B-but that's just an old fairytale, there is no Grimm Reaper, right?" Twilight asked as she looked at Celestia.
"There is, Lord Death rules Nidhogg Island, home to the most powerful beings on the planet, each one of his warriors could beat even me, if left to their own devices the Elements of Harmony" Celestia said.
"What!? But I thought only Overkill could do that!" Twilight yelled.
"Well, you thought wrong" Celestia bluntly replied.
"That's right, and we don't answer to anybody except Lord Death. So I suggest you stop trying to boss us around, or you will pay" Epoch said.
"You are wrong on that part Epoch, I was hired by Celestia and Luna to function as the bodyguard of the Elements of Harmony" I said.
"Really now? How much?" Epoch asked looking at me.
"750 bits a month" I replied.
Everybody was shocked from the casual turn the conversation between me and Epoch just took.
"White Rabbit pays more" Epoch said.
"I know that, but this is like a vacation job you know" I retorted.
"Ahem" Celestia said trying to get our attention.
"Yes?" Me and Epoch asked at the same time.
"If I may be so blunt, why are you even here?" She asked Epoch.
"That is not only confidential but also I'd doubt you'd understand" Epoch responded.
"Are you calling me stupid?"
"Only if you want to see it that way"
An awkward silence quickly followed.
"Come on Epoch, let's go. I wanna see what's wrong with you" I said as I walked past Celestia, Epoch following soon after.
"What is that thing?" Rarity asked to nobody in particular.
"I don't know, it doesn't have any magic at all" Twilight said.
"I um, think it's a he" Fluttershy said softly.
"Well, whatever it, or he, is, I've never seen anything like him, like this Epoch" Celestia added. "Well I have duties to attend to, I've been away from Canterlot for long enough now, I'm sure Overkill has it under control" she continued as she spread her wings.
"But what about Luna? Don't you want to see her any more?" Twilight asked.
"Like I said, I'm sure Overkill has it under control" and with that Celestia flew of to Canterlot.
"If all of Deaths warriors are this loyal to him, then I might have to take action" Celestia thought with great concern.