//------------------------------// // The Fall of General Burrow // Story: Synthetic but living // by Dark Nightshade //------------------------------// There wasn't anyone watching the security room, which was rather stupid. And ironic. "What are you going to do?" Sunset Shimmer asked. "Ok, Sunset Shimmer, Pinkie told me that you have the ability to look into other people's minds, is that true?" Raw Data asked. Sunset Shimmer reached in between her boobs and brought out a crystal necklace. "Yep. What do you want me to do?" she asked. "I need you to project a need to run or escape while I talk into the intercom," Raw Data said. He turned around and sighed. "Are you ready?" Sunset Shimmer nodded. "Let's do this," she said. Raw Data turned on the intercom. "Hello, passengers," Raw Data said in a deep, gravely voice. "I want to play a game." Sevral minutes passed as Raw Data and Sunset Shimmer scared the passengers out of the airport, using the voice of Jigsaw to their complete advantage. When they were done, Raw Data turned off the security cameras and erased the footage for the day. "You know what you just did was really illegal, right?" Twilight asked. Raw Data nodded. "Yeah, but that's only if you get caught," he said. "Oh, Sunset Shimmer, if any other police officers come our way, are you able to make them not see us?" Sunset Shimmer grinned. "Does a bear poop in the woods?" she asked. Raw Data snickered as he and the others started walking out towards an exit. Fortunately, they didn't come across any police or guards, or anyone. They got out easily, telling the people outside that they hide until the guy stopped talking. Raw Data looked around for a car that they could all fit in. He found one pretty fast. Far from where everyone was standing, there was a taxi. It was an old-looking taxi, seemingly left there for a long while. Raw Data started walking towards it, with the girls following him. He made sure no one was looking, and turned to Twilight. "You're able to levitate stuff, right?" Raw Data asked. Twilight nodded. "Ok, good. I need you to unlock the door." "How?" Twilight asked. Raw Data raised his eyebrow. "Use your levitating abilities to pull on the lock button," he said. Twilight facepalmed. "Right," she said. She concentrated on the car's lock button, and a few seconds later, there was a click. Raw Data opened the door and started working on hot wiring the car. "Wait....isn't that the key?" Pinkie asked, pointing at the sun blocker. Raw Data looked at it. There was a pair of keys hanging from it. Raw Data grabbed and said "I knew that." He stuck the key in, turned it, and the engine (miraculasy) rumbled to life. He pressed down on the clutch, and shifted to drive. He slowly drove out of the parking lot and out onto the street. "Now time to destroy that thing and get back Ultrabyte!" Raw Data said. "How are we going to destroy that thing?" Twilight asked. "I don't know yet," Raw Data said. "I've kind of been winging this so far." Rarity snapped her fingers. "Have you ever seen that old movie, with the battle on the snowy planet against the giant machines?" she asked. "Star Wars?" Raw Data asked. "Yes, I have seen Star Wars. I think I see what you're getting at. Try and trip it, like the Rebels tripped the A.T. A.T!" Sunset Shiimer giggled. "You're such a nerd," she said. "Where are we going to get enough rope to do that?" "What about that gas station?" Pinkie asked as she pointed at a conveniently placed gas station. "It's a miracle he let us buy that much rope with out questioning anything," Rarity said. "But how are we going to execute this plan?" "Twilight will levitate the rope and tie it around its legs," Raw Data said. "That's it?" Pinkie asked. Raw Data nodded. "Pretty much," he said. "I need to think this through more." "Or, that could be a distraction," Sunset Shimmer said. "Burrow is probably going to try and steal some war heads, maybe all of them. Those misiles will have to go somewhere. One of us get onto a misile, and into the machine. Then whoever it is inside the machine starts destroying things." Pinkie's hand imedietly shot up. "Oh! Oh! Oh! I'll do it!" she exclaimed. Sunset Shimmer shrugged. "Ok," she said. "If you're sure." "Good, because we're almost there," Raw Data said. "I don't think we'll be able to get past the fence, but I don't think that matters. Twilight, you ready?" "As ready as I'll ever be," she said. The rope they were using was in the backhood of the taxi, because Pinkie had somehow managed to fit several hundred meters of rope into it. As the backhood popped open and the rope began coming out, an alarm started blaring. Twilight's powers started extending the rope to almost its full length, and started going towards the beast. "Pinkie, get ready for any openings, ok?" Raw Data said. The rope started wrapping itself around the legs of the beast, but it didn't seem to be doing anything. One of the legs that didn't get caught in the rope extended itself over the fence and just stepped on it. As it lifted again, bits of fence were still stuck to its foot and a bit of its leg. Suddenly Pinkie exclaimed "I got it!" and lunged out of the car, and started running towards the leg. "Pinkie, stop!" Sunset Shimmer yelled after her. "What are you doing?" "I've got an idea!" Pinkie yelled back. "Don't worry, I'll be fine!" As she finished saying that, the rope wrapped around the legs of the beast finally snapped, and it continued forward. Pinkie had managed to jump onto the beasts leg, and was climbing up it, fast, towards only Pinkie knew where. As the beast continued toward the facility, armed guards ran out and aimed very advanced looking guns at it. Pinkie had left their field of view, and was hopefully ok. "Aim!" They heard someone yell out. "Fire!" The guard started firing beams of light towards the beast, but nothing happened. No damage was visible. "That thing's invincible," Raw Data muttered. Suddenly an addition claw came out of the back of the beast and swatted at the guards. "What's happening in there?" Sunset Shimmer asked. Meanwhile, what Pinkie was doing would probably get her killed if she did it incorrectly. She had guessed that the machine was invincible. On the outside. But on the inside, it was still quite vulnerable. So, she had a plan. She had managed to get into the machine, and was now waiting in what she was sure was the misile holding room. "Ah, mister author, I know what you have planned!" she said. "Burrow will only bring in one nuclear warhead at a time, because he's afraid he'll drop it and set it off." As she finished saying that, said nuclear warhead rolled into room. "Don't worry, this is your first big fight scene! You'll get better!" She stuck her hand into her pocket and rummaged around for a few seconds before pulling it back out. She was holding a timer. She set the time to five minutes, put it on the warhead, and started to run. Back outside, the guards had all been knocked unconscious, and the claw had grabbed another warhead. As it brought that warhead into an unseen hole in the beast, Pinkie appeared on the top of it. She pointed at the car, and suddenly, she was standing right in front of it. Raw Data jumped in suprise. "How did you do that?" he asked. "Actually, never mind." Twilight, Sunset Shimmer and Rarity snickered. "Don't worry, darling, you get used to it," Rarity said. Pinkie climbed into the car. "Go, go, go!" she exclaimed. "One of them is going to go off in four minutes!" Everyone gasped. "Pinkie, are you why it's going off?" Twilight asked. Pinkie nodded. "Are you crazy? That will kill us all!" "Don't worry, the skin is invincible," Pinkie said. "The insides will be pretty much completely destroyed though." "What about Ultrabyte?" Raw Data asked. "She's still in there!" Pinkie paused for a few seconds. "Doesn't the magnet trap have long range?" she asked. "Yes, but what about the mind control thing?" Twilight asked. "That's still a problem." "We'll cross that bridge when we get there," Raw Data said. "Now activate it!" Twilight flipped a switch on the top of the canister, and it glowed white. She aimed the bottom at the beast. A few seconds past and nothing happened. "Shouldn't Ultrabyte be zooming towards us right now?" Pinkie asked. "Wait for it," Twilight said. "Wait for it." And the beast shuddered to a stop. It paused completely, it's claw still holding a nuclear warhead in it. The beast shuddered several times before its eyes started glowing. The bright pink light increased and suddenly, it shot out in a ball of bright pink light, towards the car, and hit the canister. It flung Twilight into the opposite window, hitting Sunset Shimmer and Pinkie as she did so. The canister was now glowing bright pink. For several seconds, everything was still and peaceful. Then the beast started moving again. It turned towards the car, and started stomping towards it. "Go!" Pinkie yelled. Raw Data floored the gas pedal, and the car zoomed forward. Unfortunately, it was facing the machine, so for a few seconds, that's where it was headed. But Raw Data was turning the wheel, and the car turned with it, until it was facing away from the beast. However, the beast was shuddering now. It was definitely malfunctioning. And it was because of Pinkie's bomb. Metal started creaking, legs groaned, and it started to collapse. By some kind of miracle, none of the nuclear energy actually made it out, which was good, but still a little freaky. It fell like the A.T A.T that was tripped on Hoth in Star Wars, its head hitting the ground first. As the rest of the body hit the ground, it sent up a massive cloud of dust. For a few seconds, they were completely blind. As the dust started to clear, everyone strained their eyes to see if the beast had fallen. As the outline became clear, they gasped. It had, ideas, fallen. And it didn't spear to be moving. "You did it," Raw Data said. "Pinkie, you destroyed it!" Everyone started clapping for Pinkie, while she blushed. "Ah, you don't have to clap," she said. "The important thing is that we got Ultrabyte back." Everyone turned to look at the pick glowing canister. "Speaking of which, we should get home. We need to free Ultrabyte from her mind control," Raw Data said. "Oh! Start the car, and we can travel by map!" Pinkie exclaimed. Everyone groaned. "Really, Pinkie?" Rarity asked. "Please don't." "Aww, why not?" Pinkie asked. "It takes much less time, and it gives the author less to write if he uses a break and needs to fill the readers in!" "I understood none of that, it does take less time," Raw Data. "And we do need to get back to Canterlot City." "Yeah, we don't want any government agents coming to and thinking that we were the cause of that beast thing," Sunset Shimmer said. "Especially with us, the known magic users, and me, the one with a bit of a criminal record here." Twilight nodded. "She dies have a point," she said. "Besides, Applejack, Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy and our families must be going crazy trying to find us." "Ok, then it's official," Pinkie said. "We travel by map! Raw Data, you can drive wherever, but we'll be there by the end of the minute." Raw Data started driving forwards, and as Pinkie said, the travel by map thing happened again. By the end of the minute, they were back in Canterlot City, near Raw Data's house. He turned and faced the others. "Well, I'll drop you off at your homes," he said. "Where do you girls live?"