Sibling Rivalry
Aside from the constant stomping as they marched, the only sound heard coming from the Cybermares was the sounds their hooves made as they hovered in the air above Celestia and Kami as they led them to where this ‘’Controller’’ was.
Celestia, finding it almost impossible to divert her gaze, looked out towards the thousands of thousands of Cybermares that was escorting them to the ‘’Controller’’ (and hopefully her sister)
In the center of the legion, the Cyber-Leader hovered in the air directly above Celestia and Kami. His dead, emotionless eyes staring out in front of him as he led the prisoners to his masters.
Refusing to look up from the ground, Kami hung his head in shame.
Up in front of them, they approached the path one would take to navigate the Everfree Forest…but close to it a large silver shape with yellow and blue windows aligning the side, and a single purple dome on the front.
Faintly raising his head, he glimpsed the spaceship.
Raising his head more, he looked up to see the large spaceship in front of him.
Narrowing his eyes, he stared at the softly humming structure, whose soft humming was heard getting progressively louder the closer they got to the docked vessel.
The only other sound that was as prominent as the ships’ engines were the Cybermares’ continuous stomping as they led him and Celestia towards their masters within.
Holding her enraged frown, Celestia looked up towards the large saucer. Her eyes widening as she marveled at the sheer size of such a craft. Unable to look away as they passed by underneath it towards a ramp that led inside the ship.
Proceeding up the ramp, the metallic figures and two organic beings entered the saucer.
While they led him up the ramp, Kami’s attention seemed to immediately shift away from the large saucer to something else.
An Equestrian trotted away from the saucer…unaccompanied by any Cybermares.
He soon stops in his tracks, and raises a hoof to touch a beeping earpiece in his hear, pressing and holding in a button.
“Infiltration successful,” he says into the earpiece…
*****
Meanwhile in space, a spaceship was in high orbit around Equestria.
Other than the soft humming of the ships’ internal systems, it was completely silent.
Onboard, in a specific room, a figure was standing by a control panel. Silently staring down at its controls.
The only sound to be heard throughout the whole room being the constant beeps and bleeps of the machinery surrounding the figure.
After listening and observing its surroundings down on Equestria, it looks up from the controls.
Turning around, it trots across the room towards a door, which sharply opens for it. Stepping out of the room, it proceeds down a corridor where another door at the end of the corridor opens. Allowing it entry to the room.
Entering the room, several figures stood gathered around a circular table. All of them viewing incoming statistics and information pertaining to the planet they were orbiting.
At the other end of the room, behind the table stood a large, round base. Standing atop the base (which was aligned with several lights on the side) stood a cylinder, which had several cables connected to it, and an armored chest plate on the front. Around the figure’s round head was what could only be described a ‘’metal necklace’’, which had several blinking lights pointed inwards at the spherical head.
Detecting a new presence in the room, the figures all looked up from the table and turned around. Staring at the newcomer.
Once seen by the others, the figure froze in place. Silently facing the group before it.
“Report?” one of the group demanded.
“Infiltration successful,” the newcomer replied. “Our spy goes undetected.”
“Excellent,” the other figure replied.
“However, a complication has arisen,” the newcomer shortly interjected.
“What kind of complication?” asked the other figure.
“Identical yet unknown DNA signatures have been detected on the surface,” the newcomer replied.
“It matters little,” the other figure said as it turned around. Looking back across the room towards the machine, “we will follow the stratagem as it says, even facing these unforeseen complications.”
The sphere began glowing, glowing a bright green that illuminated the room.
“Commence the Invasion of Equestria!” the sphere’s electronic voice ordered.
“We obey!” said all the figures in the room. Slamming their fists against their chests as they saluted the Planner.
Soon, the spaceship’s engines re-ignited again, and it started flying towards the planet.
However, while flying towards Equestria, it was far from the only spaceship that descended upon Equestria.
It was the flagship at the head of a fleet of ten other identical ships!
*****
Meanwhile, back on the surface, Kami and Celestia led down a corridor by the Cyber-Leader and several Drones.
While they proceeded down the corridor, more and more Cybermares were frequently encountered on their way. All of whom stared blankly at Kami and Celestia. Primarily Kami.
They continually saw nothing but identical corridors and Cybermares before arriving at a steel door that opened upwards for them. The Cyber-Leader entered before them.
Upon stepping into this room, they noticed that the entire room was surrounded in darkness, other than the bleeping and beeping lights on the wall. And a particular blue light, that above it was a faint red light.
Immediately, Kami narrowed his eyes at first sight of the blue light. Glaring directly at it.
“Halt!” the Cyber-Leader instructed.
Both Kami and Celestia stopped moving. Silently watching as the Leader turned around and looked behind it towards the blue light.
Raising its hoof, it slammed its chest in salute of the blue light.
“The prisoners have been brought as requested,” the Leader said.
Then, a loud, mechanical noise sounded as a tall, humanoid figure stepped out from behind the shadows.
At first glimpse of seeing the very recognizable being, Kami’s eyes widen. Shocked to see a Controller here, let alone in humanoid form!
“I-impossible,” he stuttered. Shaking his head in denial.
Celestia and the Controller’s heads turn towards him. The Controller blankly staring at him.
“Commence scan,” the Controller proclaims.
The Controller’s visual display changes, and a grid forms around the unknown humanoids’ body is scanned.
After finishing its scan, the Controller held it gaze concentrated on him.
“Scan complete. Trace of DNA 000X detected,” the Controller proclaimed.
Celestia raised a confused brow after hearing this.
“Curious…” the Controller said as it stared right into his face. Gently tilting his head as if recognizing something about him.
“The fact that you’re violating my personal space? Yeah, I do find that curious!” he grimaced.
“You are the second entity that the DNA 00X has been detected,” replied the Controller.
Through its visual display, the Controller watched Kami’s expression immediately contort into a look of fear.
“Why is that important? Kami fought against you Cybermares long ago, so why wouldn’t you recognize him?” Celestia asked.
Turning its head, the Controller looked down towards her, then, back up at Kami again. Silently staring at him.
“Because neither I or my cyber-brethren was present during whatever Cyber Wars he played part in,” replied the Controller before it turned and walked away from them.
Holding its hands behind its back, the Controller stopped in front of the darkness. Silently averting its gaze with either of them.
Both Celestia and Kami’s brows jumped at hearing this.
“What?!” Kami softly uttered.
“But that’s impossible! You were all destroyed in your final assault!”
Despite being bound, the Drones raised their hooves. Aiming their weapons towards him. The Controller, however, raised its hand. Gesturing for the Drones to stand down.
Now, Controller and Kami faced stood face-to-face. His organic eyes staring right into its blank ones.
“Be that as it may, we are the beginning of a new Cybermare species. One that shall rise from the ashes of the old Cybermares that the Doctor destroyed!” Unknown to Kami, the Controller tightened its fist.
“Whoa, whoa, whoa!” Celestia interjected. Holding up her hooves in a time-out gesture.
Both Kami and the Controllers’ attention was drawn towards her. Both humanoids turning their heads and staring back at her.
“Instead of getting side-tracked, why don’t you elaborate on what you were going to say before Kami interrupted?” she asked with an innocent, yet frustrated, smile.
“Hey, I-“
“Shut up!” she snapped at him. “I came here to save my world, not to have a history lecture on the Cybermares.”
Seeing her point, Kami grimaced as he nodded his head.
Turning himself around, he stepped back towards her. Standing beside her as he starred back at the Controller, though, albeit with a glare.
“Now, Controller, what did you mean by ‘’second entity to possess this DNA 00X’’ ?” she asked with a serious expression. Raising a brow at the Controller.
“You’re more or less straight-up telling us that there is another with this DNA.”
Slowly, the Controller turned to face her. Staring down at the Alicorn princess.
“Affirmative. However, while Kami is currently our prisoner, the other is impossible to locate despite already being located,” replied the Controller.
“And why is that? Is it hiding from you?” she asked. Taking several steps forward.
“Negative. Our scans have traced the other…however, we are still unable to pinpoint its location cause its movements are sporadic, thus, making it difficult to locate.”
“Well, which planet is it hiding on?”
“Frost Planet Prime!”
Immediately, Kami’s brows jumped at hearing this, while Celestia just gave a confused look in response.
“Frost Planet Prime?” she asked confused. “What is that?”
Kami slowly turned towards her. Looking down with nervous eyes.
“Frost may have many bases of operations across the galaxy, but Frost Planet Prime is his main. His lair,” Kami explained.
Hanging her head, she shook her head as she looked down at the floor.
“But that doesn’t make any sense. Why would someone that has a special DNA strain want to hide out someplace where someone like Frost is?”
“Reasons are irrelevant…now, for now we have a live specimen,” the Controller interrupted.
Narrowing her brows, she looked up towards the metal humanoid in front of her.
Suddenly, the Controller extended its arm out towards Kami. Touching his shoulder, and started electrocuting him!
His body violently shaking as he was tortured by the fell bolts. His screaming slowing as he fell to his knees, and then to the floor.
“Kami!” she shouted as she ran over to him.
However, the Controller aimed his wrist-canon at her. Halting her in place.
“Do not move or you will be deleted!”
Angrily glaring at the humanoid, she growled through gritted teeth up at the Controller as several Drones restrained her by grabbing her shoulders.
“Take him,” the Controller ordered as it pointed its finger at the motionless Kami.
“What are you doing with him?! Leave him!” she demanded, but the Cybermares just ignored her as they loaded Kami’s body onto a hovering casket. A holographic display was then raised over the open casket.
Without giving her as much as a chance to say anything, they trotted out of the room with the casket. The door closing behind her.
“What are you going to do with him?!” she nearly screamed at the Controller.
“Beings with the DNA 00X are rare, but now we have obtained a live specimen. It will be experimented on, dissected, and examined until we have learned all that can be from it,” the Controller said as it starred towards the door.
D-dissected? Experimented on?
Her lip begins trembling as images of what they’re going to subject Kami begins appearing in her head;
Showing her such horrific images as Kami’s torso being brutally sliced open to allow them to examine his internal organs!
Despite how much he struggles, he cannot get free, and all the while is continually interrupted by another one of the surgical blades cutting into his insides to extract the only things that matter to the surgeons!
As his scream rings out a final time, her eye shoots open, and she feels her power igniting!
Meanwhile, Luna’s eye shots open. Interrupting her meditation.
Her jaw hangs open as she can sense the power that has just awakened!
Slowly standing back up, Celestia gritting her teeth as she looks back up towards the Controller.
Her sparks beginning to glow a vibrant gold hue.
Releasing its hands, the Controller slowly begins to back away from her. If not for being a machine, she would be able to see the mounting fear on its face.
“RrrrAAAAHHH!” she screams as she lunges herself at the Controller!
“Where are you-“
However, she was soon slapped away by the Controller towards the darkest part of the room.
The Controller towering her as it stares down at her, folding its arms behind its back again.
“You owe him nothing. Why sacrifice so much for him?”
Slowly rising up to her hooves, she sobbed softly at being reminded of Kami again.
“Because he is the only one that I can rely to help defend my home from you!” she spat at him as she slowly stood back up.
For several minutes, the Controller remained silent.
“It matters not. Once you have been upgraded, your memory of him will fade-…”
“…for soon you will only be loyal to one,” a voice from the shadows interrupted the Controller.
Celestia head snapping towards the darkness behind her as she saw a chair rotate around, revealing the last thing she wanted to see
“Me!” said the figure as a grin spread across her face, while Celestia’s eyes widens and jaw hangs open in shock.
“Luna!?” she utters softly in horror at seeing her sister again.
Luna just smiles back in an evil manner at her sister’s fear.
“You are afraid…good!” she spat back at her sister as she leaned forward in the chair, before she started gently hovering in the air for a brief moment. Softly planting her hooves down on the floor.
“You should be frightened, for when the sun sets on this day…one of us will be lying in the dirt, and the other will stand victorious over the other,” she said, glaring at her sister while blue sparks had begun appearing all around her.
“The world will finally know you for what you have always been!” she said, taking several steps close to her sister.
However, as Luna got close enough to her sister, Celestia, suddenly, kicked off against the floor. Lunging herself at her sister!
“NEVERRR!”
Before either the Controller, Cybermares or even Luna, herself, could react, Celestia reared her right arm back before delivering a punch to Luna’s face!
The impact sent Luna flying backwards. Crashing through several walls before coming out the back of the ship, and flying back up into the air!
Many of the surrounding Cybermares’ attention was stolen away by Luna crashing through the hull of the ship.
As Lunas’ body shot through the air, the wind blowing across her fur…her eyes shot open as she sensed something coming after her from the ship!
Just before she was hit, she stopped in mid-air, and with a quick swipe of her arm deflected the incoming punch harmlessly away from her.
Hearing a soft grunt beside her, she smiled and turned her head. Looking towards Celestia with a cruel smile as she moved away from her.
Looking into her sisters’ eyes, she recognized the rage in her eyes. The fires burned brightly…but needed to be extinguished!
Reigning her power, a blue, fiery aura exploded around Luna.
Celestia was startled by it, but as she flinched she felt a painful punch to the stomach.
Twisting her hoof against her stomach, Luna’s evil smile widens at hearing her sisters’ painful grunts.
Her sister raises her hoof to try and punch Luna away, but Luna looks up just in time to notice, and then super-speeds out of the way. Dodging the attack, leaving it to pass through air.
“Huh? Where did she-?” Celestia asks confused. Turning her head to try and find her, only to be bombarded with multiple punches to the face.
“And…” Luna says as she appears in front of Celestia. Reeling her hooves back, before quickly swinging them towards her sister, hitting Celestia hard in the head, “strike!”
Shooting towards the ground, an explosion of dust and chunks of the earth scatter as she hits the ground.
Folding her hooves across her chest, Luna gently hovers down as the dust cloud settles, revealing a large crater. Celestia’s motionless body lying in the center.
Seeing her so crushed and defeated, she scowls angrily as the wind blows through her mane.
“Pathetic, I had hoped for a challenge,” she says holding up her hoof, causing a ball of energy to form.
The larger the ball grows, it becomes redder, seeing more intense sparks being discharged from it.
“Farewell, sister, it has not been pleasant!” she says in contempt before throwing the ball of energy down towards Celestia.
Shooting down towards the surface, the ground shakes fiercely as the large, energy-filled sphere draws closer towards its target.
Sensing her impending doom drawing closer, Celestia’s eye shoots open. Looking up, she is meet with a wall of blue, crackling energy. However, before it hits her, her arms shoot out in front of her and grabs the large, crackling ball of death. Halting it in place.
The ball begins crackling intensely as it feels her resisting it. Trying to push back against her.
Back in the air, Luna impatiently taps her hoof as this is taking a great longer than she expected.
Come on, blow up already! I want there to be no trace of her!
However, her brows soon narrow confused as she notices the sphere beginning to lift back up…
Huh? What the-?
Before her train of thought can be completed, a loud scream is heard from underneath the violently crackling ball of energy. It’s discharged energy causing several places to darken.
With a strong push, the ball is launched back up into the air directly towards Luna!
“What-NOOOO!” she screams, taken by surprise at seeing her own attack being launched back at her.
*Bzzt*
In a second’s notice she’s vanished, allowing the ball of energy to shoot up into the air. Disappearing out into space.
Back down in the crater, Celestia keeps outputting enough energy to ensure the ball of energy leaves the planet.
However, she is suddenly tackled to the ground by Luna, who saw her after dodging her older sister’s counter-attack.
Repeatedly, Luna begins trying to punch her face, but is unable to land a single punch due to Celestia covering her face.
“Filthy cheater, you faked me out-GAH!”
While shouting enraged, Celestia kicks Luna’s back, sending her crashing into the ground.
Standing back up, both sisters glare back at each other as they jump up into the air. Once again hovering in the air.
Celestia panting softly, while Luna glares hatefully at her sister.
Both of them silently hovering in the air as they silently stare back at each other. Celestia’s stern look meeting Luna’s malevolent glare.
As they begin spiraling around each other, both then fire an energy blast towards the other…
Holding out their hooves, both of them catch the energy ball, with Celestia throwing hers’ up into space, and Luna throwing hers’ away at a random location.
Then, both of them stop moving. Silently, hovering in the air as they both exchange stern/enraged stares. ��_�^�3�0