Sin Whinny Chapter 27 · 11:45pm Jun 26th, 2016
I can't resist offering up a little teaser of what's coming in the next chapter.
Junior sounded worried. And Junior NEVER sounds worried. I was beginning to wonder if we could handle what we were rapidly flying into. Then Junior went and made me feel worse.
“Um… Pop.”
“Yeah son?” I asked, hearing uncertainty fill Junior’s voice.
“Um. You know how my systems use a variant of bat pony echo location to help identify targets and to navigate in close quarters?”
“Yes son. Very useful. I am guessing that you have located the enemy?”
“Um… yeah, you could say that.” Junior replies. Did I hear a tremble in his voice?
“Junior, if you have bad news, best to just go ahead and spill it. That way we can plan for how to deal with it as a team.”
“Right. O-of course. Whew. Okay, here goes. So my sonar is picking up roughly five hundred or so cyber ponies approximately one point seven five miles ahead on a direct course toward the castle.”
“Five hun- Sheesh, no WONDER you sound worried, that’s going to be a problem. A big problem. I thin-”“No Pop.” Junior interrupts. “That’s NOT what worries me.”
“Five hundred cyber ponies armed to the teeth isn’t what’s worrying you? Sweet Celestia! I’m not going to like this am I?” I say, bracing myself for the worst.
“No Pop, you really aren’t. See marching along with them is… um… well... well, it’s pony shaped, but… um...”