You Have the Right to Remain Silent

by RDDash


4: Smuggling Robots and Visiting Old Friends

"Come on get in inside, we are going on the ride!" Twilight opened the door of the craft and gestured for her prisoner to go in. "Or would you prefer that my companion escort you instead?"

"Don't bother!" Her eyes dropped on the direct hundreds of years old flying machine "Huh! I didn't realize that police are still using this piece of junk!"

"Yes! Aren't you the lucky one to fly in this perfectly good piece of junk!" Twilight said with a bit of annoyance, "Now get inside we are going to fly upstairs!"

"Upstairs?"

"Yes, Upstairs!" Twilight once again gestured for her to step inside. Both of them had entered into the flying machine "Now, let's see, I would need to shut you down! Trust me this is just going to make it easier for both of us!"Twilight did so and then send a shutdown signal.

"Are we actually doing this?" Spike asked her.

"Yes, Spike we are! I just don't want to hear it right now!"

"Okay, whatever!"

"Good!" Twilight tossed Spike ignition key, "You are flying this piece of junk! Now go and try to have fun!"

Spike rolled his eyes but still caught the keys, a few minutes later the rotors span and the vehicle flew straight upwards. It flew until it reached high orbit, and from there it flew straight into the stations docking port. Satisfied with the results Twilight reactivated the robotic mare "Rise and shine sunshine we have arrived. Welcome to your new home, which is also going to be your new job for awhile! "

"And if I refuse?"

"Well, in that case, I would really have to follow my orders, and then I will have to do a factory reset on your CPU, and the best part is we won't have to go anywhere. I have all the necessary equipment right here, on board of this piece of junk. " Twilight tapped her hoof on the hull of the flying vehicle.


"You are not going to let it go are you?"

"Nope!" Beamed Twilight and then smiled, "So what is it going to be?"

"I don't! I would really like to keep my personality if it's alright with you!"

"Good, let's go! " Both of them exited the flying vehicle, and then they went to the central command room. They don't even have to wait long before Silver Star has arrived to meet them.

"You know, I never expected you to come back!"

"I don't, I am actually dropping your new co-worker at your care! You like machines don't you?"

Silver looked at Twilight with annoyance, "Do I look like a robot-sitting service to you? "

"No, but It would still be better than the alternative if anypony asks this robotic mare just received a factory reset procedure... By the way, what's your name sunshine?"

"My name is Model Number 422456. Robotic mare threw a polite smile, she currently remembered the id which the worker ponies assigned to her on the factory that she had been manufactured on."

"Perfect!" Beamed Twilight.

Silver Star just kept looking at both of them, "Well okay then, I guess she can stay! Um, Twilight just to let you know your wings are going to be ready in two to three days, we can even do the installation right here!"

"Okay, but why here?" Twilight was slightly confused.

"Celestia works in mysterious ways, all I can do is to just obey my orders to the best of my ability!"

Twilight realized something, "Celestia is in charge of this space station isn't she?"

Silver blinked. "I thought she already told you that!"

"No, no she didn't! At least now I know that for sure!"

Silver Star nodded, and then turned her attention to the robotic mare, "Alright, new girl welcome to your new job!"

"Thanks, I guess, for giving me this opportunity!"

"Don't sweat it! I mean literally like don't sweat the oil because if you do, then you are going to clean it up. It will only be fair."

Satisfied that's her job is done Twilight went back to the docking port and then entered the vehicle

"Huh, you came back! Well alright, then the vessel is yours once again."

Twilight nodded and then took the controls, "Spike, I am not racist to robots, am I I mean our society definitely is?"

"I don't think I have noticed, you were just doing your job."

Tomorrow is the weekend, that means she won't be called unless there is an emergency. Otherwise, everything was fine and everyone was free to choose whichever jobs they wanted.

Twilight still have one more thing to do before she would go to the local police station and then park her ride there.

"I believe we still need to fly somewhere, its time for me to check your regular maintenance. So that's means we are going to the caves....Right, well let's fly the bird then."

Twenty minutes later they descended down to the planet service and Twilight flipped the switch that started to broadcast her id code, then the small hangar door opened up.Satisfied with results Twilight flew straight into the tunnel. After the brief period of time the tunnel door closed.

Twilight landed on the small landing platform, she switched off the engines and then they both exited outside." uh, this place definitely brings back some memories!"

"It is?"

"Yeah, the old repurposes mining facility, that was way before that city of Old Canterlot even existed even exited."

"Shouldn't then it being rebuilt then under the ruins of old city? I mean the new city, not the mining facility!" Spike scratched his metal head.

"Nuh, I don't see the reason why it should be!" They entered a small room with some diagnostic equipment, she sighed "Alright let me just connect you to the diagnostic unit, it will probably take some time to start it up, so we better to start it up!"

A few minutes later Spike had relocated himself into small 10 gallons long structure with the machine-liquid that contained a mixture of lubricant and nanomachines. A beeping noise had been heard, and Twilight went away into another room, she was extremely satisfied that everything is going as it should. The room that she was in right now was a bit smaller, it did have small bed for her to sleep and the replicator unit, that in theory could replicate almost everything food, water, and other small utility junk. Replicating is a bit of a strong word for it, what it actually did is teleport things that already existed, but some nerds in the lab just couldn't resist to name it replicator, Twilight had no actual idea of why.

"Hello my old friend, its good to see you again!" she said to no one in particular

"Hi, Twilight! I am glad that you found time to visit me again! I heard that Celestia is going to make you a Princess again." The deep voice boomed from the speakers.

"Aha-ha, very funny Spike! I can see that you are still hiding in this cave!"

"Sorry to disappoint you Twilight but this is the only place big enough for me."

Twilight sat down on the bed "You know you could always go back to the dragon valley, after all, you are still holding the rights to a dragon lord position."

"Hm!"

"Yes, hm! Ember was only trying to be polite, and you know that the only way you could transfer it is to make them chase after the ruby."

"Not going to happen, besides I am very stubborn in that regard, so it is not going to happen!"

"Alright! Alight! Just cool it! You know that I am just messing with you!"

"Hm!" Twilight knew that this is the last thing that she would hear from her old friend, the old dragon wasn't very talkative. Is time to make herself comfortable she is going to be here for awhile, two to three days to be exact.