//------------------------------// // Searching for Answers // Story: Wall-E: Rediscover // by RaygenBrady //------------------------------// "What were those things?" Scootaloo wondered aloud as the Cutiemark Crusaders sat in their clubhouse, they were gathered around a small table while Sweetie Belle was drawing with crayons. It had been a day and a half since their encounter with the Aliens and the recent mishap in the forest shook up the town badly with rumors spreading of a new evil. "It looked like they were made out of metal or something..." Applebloom added in before she looked over to Sweetie Belle and asked "What is ya drawing?" Sweetie Belle looked up and excitedly said "I'm drawing the Aliens, Maybe that could help Twilight to find out what they are" She held up the piece of paper with her magic and turned it around to show her friends, showing a crudely but somewhat accurate drawing of what they saw except for the big eyeballs and stumpy legs on the box alien. Scootaloo lifts an eyebrow before asking "Are you sure that's what the box one looked like? The egg looking one is alright but I'm sure the eyes were square on the other one" Applebloom then interjected "They almost looked like camera lenses... What if they're robots? That thing on the egg alien's arm looked pretty mechanical." "And I'm also sure that the box alien had weird wheels..." Scootaloo muttered as she furrowed her brow in deep thought before looking up with excitement "We could get our Cutiemarks this way! Robot Alien Hunters!" Applebloom and Sweetie Belle looked at each other with uncertainty before looking back at Scootaloo with Applebloom speaking up "But we would need to go into the forest for that..." "Every time we go hunting something in the Everfree, it always goes bad" Sweetie Belle added "Awww C'mon guys? I can feel it this time!" She begged as flopped her upper half on the table Sweetie Belle sighed and said "Fine! But this is the last time I go in there..." Applebloom nodded before Scootaloo sat up and put her hoof forward, along with Applebloom and reluctantly, Sweetie Belle. They counted to 3 before throwing their hooves up while shouting "Cutiemark Crusader' Robot Alien Hunters!" Scootaloo immediately grabbed her saddlebags before heading down the ladder with her friends following behind. The Cutiemark Crusaders begin their walk to the Everfree forest but none of them talked, it was also eerily silent with no sounds of birds or other critters as they approached the treeline. They all made an audible gulp before Applebloom took the lead and trotted into the forest... ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Wall-E grunted as he pushed the final boulder off of the out-cropping, dusting off his hands before he began looking around for any landmarks he and Eve could investigate. His vision was zoomed in as he scanned the horizon and the outskirts of the forest that surrounded the mountain. Wall-E never knew that plants could get so big, the sheer amount of them was a stunning sight too as he pressed the play button on his body. His favorite song came on as he hummed to the tune but he eventually saw something poking out from behind the trees. His eyes zoomed in the most that they could, laying his eyes on a building with a spire surrounded by other structures. Wall-E jumped back in surprise at the fact there was civilization right by the Bunker they woke up in, how have they not been found? He paused the music before he rotated 360 degrees with his head locked on the interesting sight as he drove back into the cave, but he was not looking where he was going and ended up bumping into his companion by accident, eliciting a sharp "Wall-E!" from Eve and causing him to exclaim "Sorry!" Eve gave him a frustrated look causing Wall-E to look down in shame before her eyes softened as he hugged her, patting him on the shoulder and saying "Just be careful" Wall-E let go before remembering why he came in here, "Eva! Look!" he exclaimed as he grabbed her hand and pulled her to the cliff, pointing out to where he saw the town. Eve's vision also zoomed in and could see the weirdly shaped tower, causing her eyes to widen as her hopes for finding humans were ignited again. Eve zoomed out back to her normal vision before looking down at Wall-E with glee "Humans may be alive!" Wall-E's eye flaps raise as he looks over at the sight in question before asking "What if not?" Eve's sudden realization that something else could have evolved to the same intelligence as humans was an interesting thought but also a little frightening if they turn out to be hostile, but there was one way to find out and that's to meet them. She looked down and saw a marker on her HUD showing where the old bunker was before looking back at the town and marking it as well for better navigation before looking down where her feet would be if she had any before also marking it to find home easier if they stray too far. Wall-E watched Eve with interest, wondering what she was doing as she looked around the forest but the trees were too thick to find easy paths through. Eve decided that she could just carry Wall-E and fly him over but she would have to be careful in case somebody spots them so she turns to him and holds her arms out, saying "I carry you closer" Wall-E nodded and was picked up by Eve before she took off the cliff and flew down below, holding Wall-E under her while she stuck close to the treetops, the main building of the town coming into view. Wall-E suddenly shouted "Look!" and pointed above her so she looked up and saw a four-legged creature that was blue with two wings and very colorful hair and tail. Not wanting to be seen just yet, Eve ducked down into the forest and landed on a path before putting Wall-E down. "We continue through trees" Eve stated before moving down the path with Wall-E following after her, keeping an eye out for any more hostile beasts that may dwell here. They went down the path for 4 minutes silently, both cautiously listening for whatever might be hiding in the shadows/ Suddenly, something popped out of a bush and blocked their path, It had a feathery head and a scaly body with wings and a long spiny tail. It shrieked at them causing Eve to pop her plasma gun out and aim it at the creature as it stares at them with malice and causes Wall-E to back up a little, but surprise soon comes to the face of the scaly avian before it tries his staring again. Wall-E and Eve glance at each other while the weird creature seems to struggle with whatever it was trying to do before Eve demanded it go away by pointing with her free hand into the bush and priming her weapon to fire, a blue glow emitting from the barrel. The small beast lets out a growl and charges at Eve but before she could fire upon the hostile, Wall-E intercepted the creature and tackled it against a tree causing the beast to squawk loudly before falling unconscious. He let go of the creature before letting out a whistle in interest as he inspects the creature he just knocked out before looking back at his companion for appraisal, to which Eve giggles and held a thumbs up to him. After placing the avian creature off to the side of the path and continuing down the path, they could see the trees beginning to thin and could tell they were getting close. The Robot duo continued forward, determined to find out who inhabits the township before loud audio peaking screams echos through the forest behind them. Wall-E and Eve froze on the spot shared a look of surprise as they look back into the forest before Eve suddenly began to rush back down the path, following where the scream came from while Wall-E struggled to keep up with his still damaged track. Eve went as fast as she could through the cramped trail, another scream could be heard as she got closer bursting through some bushes into a clearing to find another one of those wooden creatures digging and gnawing at a hole in a tree trunk. It didn't notice her so Eve sneaks up behind the beast before grabbing it by the body and ramming it into the tree, smashing through the tree and getting stuck in the hole. The tree beast thrashed around and growled viciously before eventually giving up and going limp with an irritated huff. Eve nodded, confirming the hostile was subdued before lowering to peer inside the hole that was drawing much interest where she saw the three equine-like creatures that they encountered a day ago. "Eva!" Wall-E called out with worry as he poked at Eve nervously before pointing behind them where 4 more wooden canines stood. Eve spun around and aimed her Plasma gun at the hostiles, firing at the second from the left and causing the wooden creature to explode. Wood splinters fly from the explosion and pepper the surrounding area with splinters, some even pinging off of Eves shell and leaving little scratches. Wall-E watches Eve go into battle before the remaining tree beast hopped in front of him and stared him down with a growl. Eve was faced with the other two wooden beasts as try to snap at her before retreating, she was able to dodge most of them before one managed to latch onto her plasma gun arm. She punched at the head of the beast before swatting away the other wolf as it lunged at her. Wall-E grew a determined expression as the wooden canine began to charge at him before his body extended out and started to spin, his arms acting like blades as the wolf collided with him before being bashed to pieces by the spinning bot. Wall-E looked to Eve and saw one of the canines latched onto her arm, quickly driving up and grabbing the beast by legs before pulling it off her arm. He started to spin it around by the back legs, gaining speed while his head was locked into position and calculating trajectory before letting it go and sending it soaring over the trees and out of view. Eve then aimed her blaster at the last wooden beast who was just getting up for another assault before firing a shot, causing it to explode in a shower of wooden splinters. -------------------------------------------------------------------- The Cutiemark Crusaders had watched the whole thing in awe, Scootaloo was psyched up from the action as she exclaimed to her friends "That was so COOL!". Sweetie Belle on the other hand was trembling, scared to meet the machines that had just taken out 5 timberwolves at once while Applebloom was confident that they meant no harm to them. Applebloom was the first to poke out of their hiding spot, watching the weird creatures before she froze on the spot as both of the creatures turns towards her. The white one spins her arm which makes it close up before resting it at their side with what looks like claws that Spike would have, though more rounded. They have a 10-second staring contest, eyeing each other up before the egg-looking machine surprisingly speaks first while putting their claws to their chest "Eeeve" Scootaloo pops out before looking at Applebloom with a confused expression before Applebloom decides to respond "My name's Applebloom. Your name is Eve?" The blue eyes widen on the bot as she listens before nodding and answering "Yes, are you injured?" Applebloom decided that 'Eve' was female from the sound of her voice before shaking her head "No, we're fine. We don't know what we would've done without you and..." Scootaloo then interrupts as she waves a hoof under Eve's floating form "How are you doing that? Is it magic or cool alien stu- OW!" She was cut off by Sweetie Belle smacking her upside the head with a hoof as she was the last to crawl out of the hole before whispering "Be nice!". Scootaloo apologized before Sweetie continued "I'm Sweetie Belle and this is Scootaloo, Nice to meet you!" Eve suddenly started to back up with Wall-E as the Cutiemark Crusaders could hear incoming hoofsteps before an orange form burst through the bushes on the other side of the clearing. Applejack comes through, leading Eve to expose and quickly aim her weapon at the orange mare. The Cutiemark Crusaders suddenly stand between the two as Appleblooms sister calls out to her "What are you doing? Get away from those things, they could be dangerous!" "But they saved us from timberwolves and made sure we're okay!" Applebloom rebutted as she stomped her hoof with both of her friends backing her up with a "Yeah!!" Eve was done stalling and decided to sternly confront the orange mare "Who are you?" Applejack shuddered from the cold and almost distorted voice as their blue and glowing eyes stare into her own. "My name is Applejack, Who are you, and why are you here?" Wall-E poked at Eve and shook his head, she understood his hesitance to expose their mission so she decided a simple answer "Name is Eve, We're in an unknown location" "You're lost? Could you please stop pointing that thing at me too?" Applejack exclaims as the laser sight was steadily resting on her torso, Eve complied and holstered the weapon Eve nodded her head to confirm Applejack's conclusion as Wall-E comes forward and drawls out "W-Waaaall-Eee" while holding out with a three-pronged hand for a shake, Applejack happily obliging as she puts her hoof to his hand before giving a firm shake and letting go. "See! I told you it was Wally!" Sweetie Belle exclaimed, Scootaloo rolling her eyes as Applebloom giggled. Sweetie Belle then noticed Wall-E's name tag on the lower part of his body before she asked "What does Wall-E stand for?" All of a sudden, Wall-E snaps to a static pose while monotonously speaking out his acronym "Waste Allocation Load Lifter Earth-Class" before breaking out of his trance and rubbing the back of his head, embarrassed by some of his remaining robotic autonomy causing Eve to giggle before adding on "And I am Extraterrestrial Vegetation Evaluator" Applejack then noticed it was getting dark so she decided to wrap this up "Well it was nice to meet y'all, we gotta get going but maybe you can come by tomorrow to meet with a friend who you can explain your situation to more clearly." Eve liked the idea as it might prove to be helpful in their mission so she nodded and replied "Request accepted, what time is it right now? I need to adjust timezone." Applejack nods and answers "I'd say it's around 9:25 pm, I don't have a watch on me so you can get a more accurate time reading or whatever you robots do tomorrow." Eve giggled and nodded before asking "Is 11:00 am a satisfactory scheduling?" "It sure is. let's meet at this spot, a neutral ground" Applejack also requested to which Eve nodded, The equines said their goodbyes and went into the bushes as Eve picked up Wall-E and began to fly back to their mountainside home. A few hours had passed, Wall-E was sleeping on his shelf while the spot next to him was empty. Eve was sitting on the outcropping, looking down at the town that was lit up from the numerous houses and streetlamps. She gave a sigh as the excitement of seeing a completely new world that wasn't just dirt or garbage was also a little stressful, bringing plenty of danger for her and her soul-companion. Eve looked at Wall-E's from rocking on his shelf before she then looked up at her HUD. A small list of directives appeared at the top right where she then focused on the first directive on the list, a directive she got ever since she made the choice in the garbage airlock on the Axiom. It read 'Protect Wall-E'.