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// Chapter 1.2: Get That Amulet! (Digital Hazard) 
// Story: Lovinity & Friends: Digital Hazards Unfold 
// by Lovinity 
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	I thought to myself as I hid behind a rock, peeking out secretly at the Unicorn stallion and that love pony as they spoke to the guard who stopped them:

Those ponies don't stand a chance. That Unicorn... I bet his strength and talent is weak. He's probably just a novice. And that filly pegasus? She doesn't even look like she knows how to defend herself. I bet with one motion I could knock her out in a heart beat. And what would she have to stop me? Love? Ha! Love stands no chance against a cyborg. But maybe she could try to shield herself with that little necklace she has on. But that won't protect her. Not one bit. Oh this is going to be too easy...

Thinking about this made me chuckle quietly. Oh was I tempted to just jump out, whack them down in one move, steal their energy, and then that's the end for them. The only thing that was standing in my way was that pesky guard. He looked like he was experienced and wouldn't go down without a fight. If it weren't for him, I'd have made my move. But instead, I decided to wait behind the rock until the guard departed.

I was unfortunate to notice however that the two ponies had started to depart the other way while the guard remained. Carefully keeping an eye out on the guard, I noticed he turned back towards the factory and started trotting to it. Alarmed, I quickly tried to teleport myself  to a safe place nearby so I can trot fast to the factory. I didn't want to be absent from there when the guard arrived. Otherwise, he would think something suspicious was going on. Even more, if he saw me trot in a hurry towards the factory, that too would have given him a red flag. I didn't want to risk it.

Trotting with all my might and stealth, I finally made it to the factory. Hiding behind something in order to allow myself to see out, I notice the guard was still a fair distance from the factory. Not to mention, he was still going the same pace. Therefore I assumed I was safe.

I went into the factory. Around where a couple inactive assembly lines were was an elevator. I took the elevator down to the second underground level out of three underground levels. This is where teleportation pods were. Getting out of the elevator, I went into a teleportation pod and sent myself to an alternate universe known as Leon's Matrix that existed inside the factory's supercomputer. And this is where I called home.

I digitized into the universe, which was basically some grassy terrain suspended in mid-air. Along the terrain were some trees as well. But where I wanted to go was something called a CCU, or Central Control Unit. These are dome-shaped digital matrices of flying numbers and letters where some tasks are carried out on the supercomputer. Today though, I just wanted to talk to my Father: The CIH Virus.

After trotting a while, I reached a red-colored CCU and stepped into it. On the inside, looking at the wall of flying numbers and letters, I spoke.

"CIH, are you present?" I asked.
"Positive," a voice echoed from within the dome. "Welcome Digital Hazard."
"I present to you an update," I introduced.
"Proceed with your update."
"A couple of suspicious ponies have spotted me today. It appears they are on to me and are most likely going to try and figure out what is going on."
"Describe these ponies."
"One of them was a white Unicorn stallion, goes by the identity of Passion Flower. Has a purple mane and tail. I overheard he is a royal guard, but only a cadet. The second one was a small red filly pegasus. I'm unsure what her name is. But I have reason to believe she is a love pony because her cutie mark and necklace contain a heart and infinity symbol."
"What do their physical and combat capabilities appear as?"
"Weak. The stallion is new in the royal guard. It is doubtful he can do any real damage. The filly I bet has little to no means of defending herself. I'm very confident in the ability to wipe the two of them out so that we can carry our plan. Just to be sure, I infected-"
CIH cut Digital hazard out before he could finish, "Are you sure they are powerless? You had stated the filly holds a necklace. Describe this necklace."
"The necklace resembles her cutie mark and has a gold chain. It might be an amulet of some sort by the way it looks."
"Digital Hazard, I want you to listen carefully. Your task is to get that Amulet. It could possess magic, which the filly could use against you."
"It never passed my process. I will do so."
"Good. I will continue with the plans as normal in the mean time. Get that amulet, or at least lure them into Leon's Matrix, and then they will be powerless."
"Aye."

At that, I exited the CCU and looked around, deciding to stay inside the supercomputer for a little bit of time as I didn't know whether or not the guard was in the factory.