//------------------------------// // MOYASU: To burn or not to burn? That is the question. // Story: My Little Metalloid: Friendship is Mechanical // by GamerDroid23 //------------------------------// "Okay, Fluttershy, what is it that you needed to talk to me about?" asked Twilight, stumped as to why Fluttershy desperately needed to speak with her, seeing as Fluttershy was normally a bit of an introvert when it came to conversationalism. "Well...uhm, someone that I met in the woods said that you would...want and need to hear what they had to tell you." Fluttershy quietly replied. Twilight gave Fluttershy a quizzical look, not understanding what Fluttershy meant by that. "Who is this, 'someone' who needed to speak with me?" asked Twilight, genuinely curious by this. "Oh, they're inside my cottage, waiting for you." replied Fluttershy as she opened the door to her cottage. As Twilight entered Fluttershy's house, she didn't notice anything quite out of the ordinary, until she saw a metallic figure on the couch in the living room. Moving very cautiously, Twilight slowly made her way over to the creature. Shovelloid looked at her, and sighed in exasperation."Can you please move a bit faster? I fear that time is of the essence, and you're certainly not doing it any favors." he commented, sounding both annoyed and calm. Twilight jumped back a few inches when she heard that. "You can talk?" asked Twilight, shocked that the figure could talk. "I speak, therefore, I am." Shovelloid replied in an emotionless, monotone voice. "Sorry, I just wasn't expecting you to be able to talk." replied Twilight, slowly sitting down in the chair next to the couch. "I literally told Fluttershy that any rulers on this world would want and need to hear what I had to say." Shovelloid commented. "Look, if I point all the problems with this conversation we're having, we'll be here all day." he replied. Looking at Twilight, Shovelloid started to speak, before noticing the look of curiosity that plagued her face. "Judging from the look on your face, you are curious about me and have a few questions for me, correct?" he asked, to which Twilight just nodded. "Go on, get it out of your system." replied Shovelloid. "What are you, exactly?" asked Twilight "I should've seen that coming. My name is Shovelloid. I am a Metalloid, created when a Metavirus card infects a inanimate object. The power that we Metalloids have depends on the card's program. For instance, the card that made me was 'Kaziru', and it allows me to tear things apart with my bucket claw." explained Shovelloid. "Wait, did you say card?" asked Twilight. "Yes, I did. Why do you ask?" commented Shovelloid. "I saw a bunch of cards come from a portal in the sky this morning!" replied Twilight. "Well, that's what I needed to tell you about. As part of the Metalloid Salvation Protocol, the Metavirus cards were sent to a random dimension to colonize it. To make it our own, if you will. But seeing as there is life here, when the cards create a Metalloid, the resulting factor might make them hostile." explained Shovelloid. "The reason I wasn't hostile was due to a corrupted neural processor, but the same can't be assumed about the others." "So, you wanted to tell me that innocent ponies might get hurt, because of this. Okay, how do we keep them from hurting anypony?" questioned Twilight. "That is extremely complicated, so I'll try to explain it as best as I can. In order to keep them from doing that, we need to..." began Shovelloid, before he could explain, the little insignia on his chest began to flash rapidly. "Why is your chest flashing?" asked Fluttershy. "No...no, not now! I thought we had more time!" yelled Shovelloid. He looked at the two of them. "Follow me, we have to hurry." he stated. "Why? What's wrong?" asked Twilight, obviously startled by Shovelloid's outburst. "Let's just say, we've got to go before things get too hot to handle." commented Shovelloid, as he, Fluttershy, and Twilight ran out the door. Two unicorn's were in a welder's shop, hoisting a gas cylinder onto a mover's dolly with their magic, but seemed to be having some trouble with lifting the thing. Little did they realize, the reason for it was that the cylinder had been infected by a Metavirus card, and was sapping their magic. "Sweet Celestia, I must be getting too old for this." one commented. "What's the matter?" the other asked. "This gas cylinder feels like it weighs 20 tons, for some reason, I don't know why." the first replied. "Here, let me try." the second responded. Gripping the gas canister with his magic, he received the same result as the other unicorn. "Hey, you're right. Why does this feel so bucking heavy?" "I don't know, but the sooner we get this thing on the dolly, the sooner we get to go home." commented the first. "How about we both use our magic on it at the same time?" questioned the second. The first looked at his partner, before nodding his head in agreement. The two then used the magic at the same time on the gas cylinder, which surprisingly worked. The two then lifted the cylinder over onto the dolly. After setting it down, they quickly locked the shop doors. As soon as they had left, the transformation began to take place. The gas cylinder began to shake, and merged with the dolly and welding tools. The final result was a red and silver robot with tints of yellow, orange, and black, with four green rectangular lens. While it's right arm was red and human-like, its left arm was a silver gas cylinder with a blow torch attachment on the end where the hand would be. Its torso was mostly black, with orange cracks similar to volcanic ground. Its head and shoulders were covered in flame-like armor, with missle launchers built into the shoulders. The word, 'MOYASU', was etched on its left arm. Letting out a moan, it turned toward the shop door, and a stream of fire jetted from the tip of its left arm, burning away the iron doors to the shop. While it burned away the metal doors, it screamed one word. "BURN!" As Shovelloid and the others approached the area, they realized that they were too late. Looking at the charred remains of the metal shop door, Shovelloid sighed. "He's gone. Now we'll never find him." he commented. Fluttershy looked at the scorched remains of the shop door, before looking at Shovelloid. "Who...could've done this?" she asked in a whisper. Shovelloid loked at Fluttershy, before responding. "Only one metalloid comes to mind: Burnerloid." he replied. "He merely burns what he sees as nothing more than fuel...and that includes living beings. What makes it worse is we aren't gonna be able to find him." he commented. "That's not entirely true." Twilight commented, which got Shovelloid to look at her. "He was nice enough to leave us a trail." she said, as she pointed to the black burn marks on the ground. "Burn, you foolish equines, burn!" shouted Burnerloid as he sprayed huge bursts of ignited gas. Ponies scattered left and right, trying to get away from the pyromaniac. As he went on shooting flames, Twilight, Fluttershy, and Shovelloid arrived. Turning towards the three, Burnerloid scoffed. "Oh hello, little ponies. Do you want to get burned too?" he commented, before noticing Shovelloid. "A fellow Metalloid. Help me destroy these two." Burnerloid stated, pointing at Twilight and Fluttershy. Shovelloid looked Twilight and Fluttershy, before looking at Burnerloid. "Why?" he asked. Burnerloid looked at him. "Because we need to colonize this place." replied Burnerloid. Shovelloid looked at Burnerloid. "Why?" Burnerloid stared at Shovelloid. "Because the sub-dimension is gone." Burnerloid responded, with a tinge of anger in his voice. "Why?" "Ughhh! I don't have time for this pointless banter!" screamed Burnerloid, before aiming his left arm at Twilight and Fluttershy. "Prepare to become a pile of ash, you foolish ponies! Moyasu Melter!" he yelled as a blast of burning hot fire came from the tip. "You will do no such thing!" responded Shovelloid, dashing in front of the spray of fire, protecting Twilight and Fluttershy from the flames. "So you're on their side, you traitorous pile of scrap? Just cuz you're protecting them doesn't make you a hero. All that makes you is another bump in the road to success." shouted Burnerloid, as he shot a few missiles from his shoulders. "I prefer to think of myself as an, 'impartial judge', thank you." Shovelloid responded, shooting bullets from his finger tips at the missiles, causing them to explode. Burnerloid growled in frustration, before pointing his left arm at Shovelloid. "Moyasu Melter!" "Oh I'm ready for you this time." commented Shovelloid, before raising his bucket claw. "Kaziru Klaw!" he shouted, as he charged at Burnerloid. As the two of them collided with each other, a large amount of energy was released in the form of an explosion, knocking back Twilight and Fluttershy. As the smoke cleared, Shovelloid and Burnerloid stood there, their backs facing away from each other, neither of them moving. Soon after, Burnerloid fell backwards, landing on the ground with an audible thud. Shovelloid turned to face Twilight and Fluttershy, staring at them. As he walked towards them, he turned to see Burnerloid trying to get up. As he started to get up, Shovelloid reached his hand towards Burnerloid. "Why are you...doing this? Just finish me off." Burnerloid wheezed. "Sometimes it's better to show mercy to an opponent." Shovelloid stated. "What about the colonization? Are you really going ditch the Vaglass cause just to help these low life equines? What is so special about them?" questioned Burnerloid as he was helped to his feet. Shovelloid scratched the side of his head. "Why don't we get them to help us with the colonization?" he asked Burnerloid. "Please tell me joking. What do these two know about colonization?" asked Burnerloid "Probably more than you think." responded Shovelloid as he walked towards Twilight and Fluttershy, with Burnerloid in tow.