Have A Thing · 7:07pm Sep 22nd, 2016
So.............. There has been like... No content flow. And I am sorry for that, but I'm still having trouble writing the stories... 
I just don't know what it is... But... I just can't seem to focus on my stories recently... It sucks. 
So I've been devoting time to both Editing and character for the additional Queens... Hoping that something stirs in my mind...
So... I thought that I would give you guys at the very least something to let you know I am in fact still here... Though I warn you, this little bit of stuff has very little to do with pretty much any of my stories. Names may be there... But it is just an idea I've had for some time. Not sure if it is worthy of a full story or not... Anyway... Enough stalling.
The First Sentinels
Pain...
That is the only thing running through my head. A searing, burning that worked it's way to my very core. Every part of my body felt as though it was lit at once. All I can remember is the bright light, the screaming... The deathly screaming... then... Burning, the smell of my home burning in an inferno of sunlight. The screaming nullified by the sudden burning that ran through me. I thought there would be no end... The only relief I got was when numbness and cold took a hold on my body. The cold stones beneath me like a blizzard against the burning heat. Even after the glowing sphere had receded I still felt the pain.
I'm not sure what happened next, there was shouting, magic going off, the cold of steel, I could feel my limbs and carapace burning, but then more filled the void, entire portions of feeling were lost, was I dying? I must be! It felt like days since the orb scared me... Numbness... I... All I see is dark...
I don't want to die...
Starting Boot-up Sequence...
Running System Diagnostics.....
Life support.................................. Functional...
Motor Controls..............................Disabled...
Magic Matrix................................. Disabled...
Flight Systems............................... Disengaged...
Searching For Problem...
Solution Verified.............. Flight Systems Not Implemented.
Weapons System........................... Unavailable.
Running Further Scan...
Weapons System Disabled... Safety Protocol: 1-0-0A69B
Hive-Mind Link............................ Unavailable.
Transformation Circuit Not Located
Battery Operating Normally
Running Registration...
Name: Unavailable
Class: Unavailable
Standard Weaponry: Unavailable
Testing Vital Signs....
Heart Rate: Elevated
Breathing: Nominal
Blood Circulation: Accelerated
Running Medical Check....
Morphine Supplies: Low
Sedatives: Low
Lack Administrative Power... Required For Further Check.
Running Final Tests:
Tests Results...... Acceptable
Activating Senses:
Taste..... Online
Touch..... Online
Audio..... Online
"Do you think this will work?"
"It is all that we can hope for... You saw what happened to their Hive."
"yeah... But this is our what? 32nd attempt? Not to mention that this wasn't just a test. If we fail here, he'll die."
"He's still alive, and so far the boot up is on it's last phase, he should be waking up...."
Smell.........Online.
"Do you think that this is a good idea... I mean... To use the crystals..."
"Is that really what you are the most worried about?"
"They weren't designed to be used like this. Acari would be furious...."
"Then it is a good thing Acari isn't here.... Not that I hate her..."
"It's disrespectful... I don't think this is what they thought it would be used for..."
"yeah? well I never thought a war like this would have ever started."
"Do you think we have a chance?"
"If this works... Then we may be one step closer..."
Optics.............Online.
ERROR... Left Optical Sensor Disabled..... Connection not available.
Continuing With Start Up...
"He's waking up."
"Hopefully... Last time the brain got fried by a failed circuit."
"There's an issue with the left eye..."
"Oh, Come on!.... Uh.... Ah! There's the issue.... Got it!"
Left Optical Sensor Online.
There was a light buzz as I felt a bright light enter my left eye. I tried to close flinch back, but my eye didn't respond, instead I found it dimming the surrounding area, making it possible to look into the light. I opened my right eye. Slowly, It opened, allowing me t take in the surrounding area. I was lying down on some kind of table turned so that I was seemingly floating, my legs not responding to my commands. From the top left, I saw a series of words running past.
Photosensitivity decreased by 80%.... Calibrating vision.
As I scanned the words, I heard a mechanical whirring as everything went out of focus, beginning to refocus itself shortly before the words: 'Calibration Complete' ran across the top left of my vision.
"Hello?"
My eyes scanned down towards the voice, it was one of those I heard while waking up, this voice belonged to a white Unicorn mare, her blue mane tied behind her as she looked up with green eyes. She was wearing a white lab coat and seemed to have a form of surgical mask hanging around her neck. "Can you hear me?"
I attempted to reply, but no sound came out.
"Well... If you can hear me... Blink... I guess."
I blinked with my right eye, my left still refusing to close itself.
"Actually could yo undo it twice... Just to be safe..."
I blinked twice in a row.
"Okay...So you can hear me?"
I blinked twice again.
"Good... I was worried for a moment."
"You had nothing to be afraid of." The other voice, a male's this time, said, coming from my right, I couldn't get a look at him, as my neck was still refusing to listen. "I told you he was waking up."
"Yeah, but I didn't think he would be able to hear me... Last time it couldn't understand."
"We fixed that issue." He said, before mumbling: "After the exploding head issue..."
"Why can't he talk?" The mare asked.
"I'm checking that now... His vocal component should have been booted up... I think I've got it..."
Command Prompt 24-36 Accepted, Engaging Vocal Component.
"Ask him something."
"Okay... Uh... What do I ask him?"
There was a sigh from my right. "Do you know where you are?"
"No... I ..." I stopped, the sound of my voice felt foreign, it felt as though a piece of my voice still remained, but much of it was changed, a light mechanical buzz sounded when I spoke, and I felt no connection to the left side of my jaw.
"Well, at least that's a start..." The male said. "I'm going to try and bring your motor controls online. Whoever worked on you before did not like you very much..."
"Where am I?" I asked.
"The Crystal Empire." The Mare replied. "You're lucky to be alive... We brought you right to this facility."
As I scanned the bottom of my limited vision, memories began to come back. "What happened to the Hive?"
The Mare's ears fell and her eyes shrank a little. "Oh... Um... I'm sorry to tell you this... But... The Hive is mostly destroyed."
"What?" I asked in shock. "Wh-What do you mean it's gone! I-It can't be! I..."
"Whoa! Calm down big guy," the Stallion said, "The location is destroyed, there are still plenty of Changelings alive and well... Though... Maybe less than we would like..."
"Spanner!"
"I'm just saying." Spanner replied. "He wants to know, I'm going to tell him."
The Mare shook her head. "Do you... Happen to remember anything?"
I thought back in my memories. "I...remember... Running... Shouting...And...Pain... Then, nothing..."
"Okay... I think I got your motor running buddy." Spanner said.
Movement Systems Enabled...
I lifted my right hoof, I had not felt anything in it since the burning pain, when I looked at it... I figured out why.
My hoof had ben replaced, instead of my black carapace, I found a steel leg replacing it, segmented steel that enabled movement but still kept the protection at full, I looked at it in shock. Then raised my other hoof, seeing the bottom half of the limb replaced with a similar prosthetic. I tested moving my legs, seeing the metallic limbs follow the commands.
"What... Happened to me..." I said, a slight shake in my voice, I looked down at the rest of my body, my chest down to my waist was fully replaced with metal, a blackened metal that mimicked my old carapace, but still had a split through the center, below my waist, the right half of my body was replaced wit the metal. I looked at my sides, seeing if my wings were still there, but instead found nothing. "No...No No! This... What Am I! What happened to me!" I said in a panic.
"Why...Why am I covered in metal!" I looked back towards the Mare, wh was looking at my in slight worry. "What happened!"
"You... You uh..." The mare replied.
"We saved you." Spanner said, walking into my vision, he was a brown Earth pony, rather tall for one in my opinion, his mane was a shaggy blond pile on the top of his head.he was looking up at me with a serious expression.
"But... But..." I looked at my backplate, the once blue surface now a cold steel, a split down the middle where it could separate. "How am I alive! I...I..."
Spanner pressed a few buttons in front of him, causing me to be lowered to the ground and dropped, where I stood up on the cold floor. "What am I!"
A door to the side of the room opened as a pink Alicorn walked in. "You are alive... And that is all that matters." She said, walking over. "I will answer your questions in time, but not right now. There are some other things that need to be discussed..."
So yeah.... This is a thing that's been on my mind. I basically just made this to say that I am sorry for the lack of content and tell you that I am still alive. Hope you all have a good day... 
I am really bad at ending these things.... 
Is that King Zulu brought back to life with help from the ponies in the Crystal Empire? If so, awesome! Can't wait to see what you will add and/or change for the final version.
Sentinels? Robotics? Cyborg Changeling? Can he even change? Borgling? That sounds like something out of Starcraft... Anyway if you can't focus and think of what to write that is fine, you're only human. I'm sure no one expects you to mass produce chapters for your stories and if they do well they're just being impatient little shits hopefully. You'll focus and think of something eventually, it just might take a while.
Hey, don't worry, we'll wait. We might send the Russian mafia to you as motivation, though. :D
I like it, I wouldn't mind seeing more of it. Many questions left unanswered, though the mention of searing light burning the hive makes me think Sunbutt went mad.
4221670 Who's king Zulu?
4221689 Someone you will meet in the next chapter of 'Hives'
4221670
shush.
4221718 Hehehe
4221718 Aaaaaah, okay.