~The Conversion Bureau - The Last Human: Part 2: Chapter 2~
~By Maxis122~
Walking down this road gave me plenty of time to think of my current situation. I was in Equestria and the controller of the country had no idea that I existed. Plus I wasn’t sure about what I was going to do in the future - because I obviously couldn’t stay in this place forever. The princess wouldn’t allow it - probably.
So far this community all seem to be quite happy with my arrival - they seem to greet me like I am one of their own. Well - except for Lyra as she greeted me as if I were a human that she had never seen before. Then again if none of these ponies have seen humans before then that would mean that they would all be natural ponies.
It was highly likely that everyone in this town was naturally born in this land and had never come in contact with humans before. Expect for Twilight and whoever pulled me out of that plane. Either way I was going to meet this Rainbow Dash - or as her friends call her Rainbow. I was guessing she might be a pegasus - but in this land anything is possible.
The end of the pathway was coming into view and the trees surrounding me were beginning to part. The light then became stronger and the countryside was now in full view again. Ahead, like Twilight said, there was a barn with holes in it. I stopped for a moment and took in the scenery - then I began to walk again.
I could hear sounds of wood being ripped apart and thrown about. It was then when a large piece of wood flew through the roof and landed right in front of me. I recoiled and then looked right back to the barn. Whoever this Rainbow Dash was she wasn’t the most careful. Anyway I must continue - so I did.
Eventually I got to the entrance of the barn and I pushed the door open a little. I looked inside to see a blur of cyan blue and rainbow fly across the room as parts of the barn fell to pieces. I then opened the door a little more so I could get inside. Once I was inside I looked up to the blue blur and cleared my throat.
“Hello?” I said. The blue blur then stopped moving and revealed it to be a cyan blue pegasus with a rainbow coloured main. I had met this one before.
“Oh, it’s you Max” Rainbow said as she jumped to the ground.
“Yeah, I guess your name is Rainbow Dash then” I said.
“Sure is! Most awesome pegasus in Equestria!” She said. She obviously thought a lot about herself and saw herself as a great pony.
“Right... So I was sent here to help you get rid of this barn” I said.
“Really? Who sent you?” She asked.
“Twilight Sparkle” I said.
“Ok then. All you need to do is help me tear this place down” She said as she then got back to work.
“Right” I said as I looked around the partially destroyed barn. The construction of it made it hard to pull to pieces as there was a lot holding it together. The best that I could do for now would be to start chopping up the main supports.
So I put my backpack on the ground and pulled out my tomahawk - then with that I examined the immediate area and found a place to begin chopping. The wood was somewhat soft as my tomahawk worked its way through the first bit of wood. After I was through the main part I pulled at the wood and it came off.
I then continued to do this on other supports with throwing the wood behind me when I had cut it. It was becoming a long and hard process but it was something to do for now.
“What was it like?” said Rainbow Dash from behind me. I turned to see that she had stopped working.
“What do you mean?” I asked.
“Being alone - all by yourself in the city” she said. I took a moment to think in pause.
“It’s a slow process of letting the loneliness kill you from the inside. You begin to lose to ability to have normal conversations with people - or ponies in that case” I said.
“Not nice then - huh” she said as she took in what I said.
“No - not at all”
“Did you expect to be the last human alive?”
“Not really - I would have expected some others to act like me”
“Maybe there is some others still around”
“That’s unlikely - the pegasi have just about searched everywhere. And to what I know they have not found any other humans”
“Maybe they lied...” Rainbow said and I became silent as I processed the thought. Maybe they could have lied to try and get me to join them and become a pony.
“Maybe...” I said as the word became lost in the room. We then got back to work and continued to pull the barn to bits. This process was coming to a point where the building was weak enough to be knocked down by a wrecking bowl.
“What did you do - as a job?” Rainbow asked as she had come to a stop again. It was becoming apparent that Rainbow Dash was more interested in talking about my past then destroying this barn. I stopped and turned to face her again.
“I was a pilot. As humans can’t fly they create machines to let them fly. And I know how to fly such machines” I said.
“Did you enjoy flying?” she asked.
“Almost every day - until one day...” I said. It was a bad move as Rainbow caught onto my last words and used them to ask her next question.
“What happened on that ‘one day’?” she asked with impact on the ‘one day’ part. I froze thinking back to that clouded day. It was one that I found hard to remember as it happened just before my life went into a spin.
“I.. It was...” I struggled to get the words out of my mouth as I looked up to Rainbow Dash. She was still in full focus as I tried to tell my story. “It was just before the Conversion Bureaus opened and I was in the Air Force. I flew an aircraft called a AC-130 - it was a machine of destruction” I then paused and swallowed.
“This one day I was flying a mission over a area in the middle east. I was flying and the rest of the team was gunning and commanding. I was the highest ranked man on the plane so my words were final. When it began I wanted to see what bad guys we were firing at - when...” I paused to collect my thoughts once more. “When I discovered that we were firing upon civilians - that was the moment when I lost faith in the rest of humanity and I turned that plane around”
“What happened after that” Rainbow Dash asked as she was still listening to my story.
“After that I was told to take some time off - and relax” I said. “I got to stay with my friends back in England - London area. Then it all happened...” I stopped again as the next set of memories came into my head.
“I guess that’s where the ponies came in” Rainbow said.
“Yeah - they came” I said as a uncontrollable rage began to boil inside of me. I tried to control it but there was not much that I could do - as these next events changed my life forever. “They came - and one by one my friends left. They changed and they all died. They were no longer who they used to be - just a overwritten personality killed them off. Then she left me - fuck...” I ranted as my voice became louder and louder until I yelled the swear word.
I then dropped to the ground and began to feel my chest hurt again as I had been stressing it for too long. Tears streamed from my eyes as I thought about her - she was still in my mind after all of these years. I looked into space as I thought about it and let the feelings show on my face.
“Wow...” Rainbow exclaimed as she looked at me on the floor with a shocked expression. I stayed silent for a few more seconds as I collected myself and got off the ground.
“But... that’s the past now” I said trying to dismiss the memories. I then grabbed the tomahawk again and continued to swipe away.
“Do you still love her?” She asked. I stopped chopping for a moment and then ignored the question and continued to chop. That was the last thing that I wanted to think about right now. She had probably found someone else by now, it’s been a long time.
“Can we not talk about that, please” I asked as I stopped. She went silent for a second and bit her lip in the thought.
“Yeah, I’m sorry” She said as she then turned back to what she was doing. I felt a little bad for just leaving her on that, not giving her any way to open out on me. Then again I wasn’t the easiest person to get along with at the moment as I was in a place where most would wish me to be dead.
“I should be sorry” I said. “I just haven’t been around anyone for a long time so I haven’t been able to talk. It’s like I have forgotten how to make proper conversation with other people... or ponies in this matter” She then walked beside me and sat down.
“It’s ok, really. I can’t really blame you as I am digging into the sensitive areas of your life that you would rather not have me asking about” She said as she comforted me.
“I almost thought that I could make it alone. It is now that I see that I need to be with others to survive inside” I then knelt down and closed my eyes. All the time that I had been alone had slowly chipped away at my sanity as I became lonely. Time was the one thing that had been going ever so slowly along.
“Everything should be ok now - because you are here” Rainbow said.
“But what about Celestia?” I asked, knowing that Celestia was still wanting any last humans to be exterminated or changed.
“You should be safe, for now” Rainbow said trying to reassure me. I relaxed for a second as I knew that for now I was safe. There wasn’t going to be anything that wanted me dead right now. And I was helping others out - so that had to be a good thing.
Now it was time to focus on the task at hand. So far, because of us talking, the building was still here. For the work that we had been doing it was almost fully unstable. Now all we would have to do is drag the side panels off and take out all of the nails. But that would take a lot of time to do, thanks to it being such a big barn.
I got up from my feet and swung my bag from my back. I had picked up something in the past that would help with taking this building down. It wasn’t going to be a pretty way to wrap this up but I was sure that this barn wasn’t going to be recycled.
“From the look of the barn so far I think I have just the thing to finish this off” I said with a slight smirk on my face. Rainbow Dash looked up at me with confusion in her face as she wasn’t sure what I could have in my bag that could get rid of this barn.
“Umm, what is it?” she asked as she tilted her head. I then grabbed a couple of sticks out of my bag and set them down on the floor. I then looked up to her and somewhat smirked in the process.
“Oh, you will see. Now all I need you to do is go find a hiding spot” I said.
“Why?” She asked getting more and more confused as this went on.
“Just do it, ok” I said sharply. She nodded and then walked out of the barn. When she was out I grabbed the sticks and set the code on them to 754. After that I peeled the plastic layer off one of the sides and suck one stick onto each of the walls of the barn. With the last one I threw it at the ceiling and it just about stuck onto it.
With the sticks all stuck to the right places I then walked out of the barn and looked around the outside area. After a few seconds I saw where Rainbow Dash was and I walked over to the small bunker that she was hiding in.
I slipped down into the bunker and got my bag open again. This time I pulled out a box of sorts that had a panel on the side of it. I opened the back of it and found a key pad. After pressing the button that said CODE I then proceeded to press the numbers in 754.
“Sooooo, what exactly are you doing?” Rainbow asked.
“Just getting rid of that barn” I said fixing the back on and then flipping the armed switch.
“And how can you do that with a couple of sticks and a box?” She asked with her sarcastic tone in the air.
“Well you see” I said. “Where I come from - when a human encounters a building that they want to get rid of... then they use sticks and a box. But this box has another feature...” A red light then appeared on the box as I then held it in front of me.
“And what is that?”
“It is very good - at setting C4 off” I said. Then before she could say anything I pressed the button. A series of quick bangs happened as the C4 detonated and was consumed by flames. The shock wave then plummeted through the building tearing down the main supports.
The shock wave then flew past me and Rainbow sending a gust of dust with it. Then the flames consumed what was left of the barn and pushed the loose parts away. Within a few seconds the barn had gone from standing to being everywhere.
When the smoke began to settle I then popped my head from the bunker and looked to see the results of my work. And there was nothing there. Just a plain old hill with nothing on it. I then turned to see Rainbow Dash with her hooves on top of her head as she waited for the after effects.
She then slowly opened her eyes and looked at where the barn once was. And now it was gone. She took a sigh of relief and a slight laugh of nervousness as she took in what had happened.
“So, C4 makes things go boom then” She said.
“Yup. Now all we need to do is tidy up the mess that I have created” I said as I chuckled.
“Yeah...” She said as she somewhat let out a smile. It was then when we noticed that there was the silhouette of somepony in the distance. We both stopped to look at it closer - actually it was getting closer to us. Then the silhouette turned into Twilight as we saw her with a extremely worried expression on her face.
“Twilight?” I called out. She then got in front of us as she looked back. She was breathing heavily as if she had been running for a very long time. After a quick recovery she then turned around and looked to the sky.
“What’s up Twilight?” asked Rainbow as she looked up.
“She’s coming, I don’t know how she found out but she’s coming!” Twilight yelled as a golden storm began to appear in the sky.
“What is that?” I said as everyone was thinking the same thing. Then there was a flash and a stream of golden energy plummeted down from the sky and landed in front of us. The air blew against us as the energy then formed. Then, with a small explosion the energy dispersed and she stood before us.
“Twilight Sparkle!” Celestia called out as she stood just a few meters away. “Stand away from the human, you too Rainbow Dash” the two ponies stayed where they were.
“No princess - I will not allow you to do anything to this human” Twilight said firmly.
“Twilight - you will do as I tell you to”
“I’m not going to take orders from you - and I will not allow you to harm this human” Twilight said.
“Why are you standing out for this human?” Celestia asked.
“Because he saved my life!” Twilight said.
“Twilight - he is a human. You cannot trust him. He is vile and destructive!” Celestia said.
“And he is kind and loving!” Twilight rebelled.
“I will not allow this impurity to walk on Equestrian land any longer” Celestia said as her horn then glowed. Twilight was then throw aside along with Rainbow Dash.
“Twilight! Rainbow!” I called as I watched my only pony friends get thrown aside by their superior leader. Celestia then turned her magic towards me. A ball of energy, much like the one that she had when she arrived, formed upon her horn. The clouds then became the same golden colour as before as they gathered over the area.
“Human - be gone!” Celestia called out as the magical spell then grew in strength. Then a bolt of golden lightning struck me. Within a second I was dragged up into the air - traveling in the bolt of lightning. This wasn’t meant to kill me, but it was going to sent me somewhere where Celestia wouldn’t have to worry about me coming back.
But for now all I could feel was - nothing really. I was weightless as I traveled through the clouds - far away from Equestria. I was somewhat glad that she hadn’t vapourised me on the spot - but the question still stands. What was I going to do next?