//------------------------------// // Chapter 2: +1,000 years later... // Story: Meet The Medic Bot // by TheDisplacerOfEquestrias //------------------------------// "Oh-hoh-ho no more!" A Equessian (Russian) voice says, laughing... The year is 2017, the Month is Oktober, the day is 13, a Thursday, and the time is 1:15 PM. It is a beautiful morning in the country of Griffinstone, as a certain Germane Robot is working on one of his patients... ...well, if you could call telling jokes while in the middle of an operation "working". "Wait, wait, wait, it gets better... When the patient woke up, his skeleton was missing, and the doctor was never heard from again! AHAHAHAHA!" The Germane Robot, T.M.S., also known as Turbo Mecha Sonic and, more commonly referred to, as "The Medic," said, before laughing madly... The patient, a Hippogriff, surprisingly, named Bermuda Antarctic, a marine soldier in the army of Griffins, thought about the joke for a bit, before laughing loudly with the Medic and smacking the table next to him, causing some tools to fall off, but the Medic didn't notice, as he and Bermuda slowly calmed down, before the Medic said "Anyway, that's how I almost lost my medical license... heh...", making Bermuda concerned... Suddenly, a dove, with some of its feathers stained with blood, popped up from Bermuda's chest (the Medic was doing some heart surgery due to an accident with one of the weapons), surprising both the Medic and Bermuda, before the Medic said "Archimedes! No!", as he shooed the dove, Archimedes, away, only to say "It's filthy in there! Eugh..." This gained a confused and mildly surprised look from Bermuda, but the Medic didn't notice and said "Birds.", before chuckling... The Medic then gets a weird device out, with a charge meter with the word "über" on it... "Now, most hearts couldn't withstand this voltage," He says, as he attaches the device to Bermuda's heart, before he brings it to his stationary Medi Gun's beam, which was keeping Bermuda alive without a heart, as he adds "...but I'm fairly certain your heart...", only for it to explode, as Archimedes is thrown back from his perch by one of the pieces of Bermuda's heart... "What was noise?" Bermuda asked, only for Medic to reply and say, after recovering from his mild surprise, as he casually removes the remains of Bermuda's heart, "The sound of progress, my friend." The Medic opens up a mini fridge with some hearts in it, with one being called "Mega Baboon," and he grabs it, saying "Ah, perfect...", as he pulls it out, revealing that, behind the "Mega Baboon" heart, was a decapitated head of Commander Hurricane, somehow being powered by a battery and is alive, despite being a decapitated head, in the back of the fridge, as he says "Kill me.", only for the Medic to reply "Later.", before closing the fridge. "Now, where was I? Ah, yes, there we go." He says, as he puts the device from earlier into the heart, as he holds the heart up, watching it slowly grow brighter... He begins to laugh maniacally, Bermuda joining in, laughing nervously... The über meter slowly goes to full on the device, making the Medic stop laughing and squint his eye, as he leans his head back a bit, expecting an explosion... Only for it to not happen, making him smile and say "Oh, that looks good.", before he drops it into Bermuda's open chest and adds "Very nice there." Bermuda looks to the Medic and asks "Should I be awake for this?" "Ah heh. Well, no, heh.", as he adjusts his glasses, before he adds, struggling to fit the heart in, "But as long as you are, could you hold your rib cage open a bit?" Bermuda nods and tries to hold it in, as the Medic says "I can't... seem..." Bermuda suddenly yells in pain, as a crack is heard, before he hold what cracked up, revealing a broken rib, making the Medic and Bermuda look at it tentatively... "Oh, don't be such a baby..." The Medic says, taking the rib away and pinching Bermuda's cheek, as he says "...ribs grow back!", before he tosses it aside... He then goes towards a dove that was resting on his stationary Medi Gun and whispers "No they don't.", making the bird cock his head to the side, before flying away, as Medic pulls the Medi Gun towards Bermuda's chest... The Medi Gun slowly heals the his chest, closing it up... Bermuda smiles and slowly sits up, a claw over his chest, as he feels the heart beating with ease, before he asks, after inhaling deeply, "What happens now?" "Now?" He asks, helping Bermuda out and pulling him up, chuckling, "Go and tell your friends and wife, my friend." Bermuda nods and says "Mind if I take one?" The Medic laughs and says "Of course I don't mind! Go ahead, my friend!" Bermuda nods and takes one of the lollipops, a Hydra Meat flavor, as he walks out the door... The Medic smiles in happiness, as knocking is soon heard from the backdoor to the operating room... "It's open!" He says. The door opens to reveal the Griffin King, King Gryphus, as he walks in, wearing his crown and his royal attire... "Ah, George! I was wondering when you'd come!" The Medic says, grinning as he hugs King Gryphus, or "George," as they Medic calls him, making George grin and chuckle... George bear hugs the Medic and says "Good to see you, old friend." "Same to you, George!" Medic says, smiling. "Another operation done, Medic?" George says, gaining a nod from the Medic. "It was your cousin, Bermuda Antarctic, this time. Faulty Crossbow error. Don't they know how to make good ones any more?" Medic asked. "Hey, we're trying, Medic." George says. "Eh, well, it is getting better, nevertheless... Now, what can I do for you, George?" The Medic asked. "Well, I got a message from the Princess of Equestria, Princess Celestia..." George said, getting out the message and handing it to the Medic, who accepted it and began to read it. "She says her younger sister, Princess Luna, has come back from her 1,000 year imprisonment and that she'd like you to come and say hi to her, since it's been a couple hundred years." George explained. "Hmm... I'm sensing that this isn't the only reason she wants me to come back." The Medic said. "Let me guess... blueprints?" George asked, gaining a nod from the Medic... "Although... I guess I can go visit Equestria for a while... I've heard of this neat little town called Ponyville from your daughter, Gilda, so that might be a good place to stay." The Medic says, closing the message up and giving it back to George... George takes the message and says "Shall I get your apprentice... What was his name again? Lucille, I think... in to take over?" "It's Lucinda, and yes. And tell your little brother that we'll have to cancel tomorrow's Poker Night." The Medic said, gaining a nod from George... "Of course." George said. A couple days later... "Ah... I'll miss Griffinstone... won't you, Hurricane?" The Medic asked, now in a flying carriage being led by some Hippogriff... The decapitated head of Commander Hurricane sighed and said "Perhaps. It was quite boring there, honestly." "I'd have to agree, but it is fun to be around the Griffins and the Hippogriff there... like Bermuda." The Medic said, making Hurricane grin and chuckle... "Alright, you got me there." Hurricane said.