//------------------------------// // New Assistant // Story: The Wayfaring Strangers // by BiasedAmerican //------------------------------// “Jesus fucking Christ!" Everyone peaked out of their rooms to check on who's yelling. It came from the throne room. "What the actual fuck happened?!" Tankery screamed. Celestia was speechless. "Even I got into the shit of the fighting but I didn't even get this much damage on my own armor or the amount of blood stained on you! You fucking dumbass what happened to the armor?!" Tankery screamed. Soviet's armor began to steam in some areas and some sparking in small areas. "What did happen, Soviet?" Celestia questioned with a suspicious face. "I haven't heard from Zebrica since!" Soviet didn't respond. He just walked back out of the door, still beat up he walked towards the infirmary. Everyone gasped once they saw what happened to Soviet. His visor was cracked, armor dented, blast marks in some areas, and blood stained on the armor with some of the paint scratched off. He simply walked out of the giant castle and into the streets of Canterlot. "Something really bad happened then..." Celestia wondered. "Last time he was like this was during a personal incident, hour Highness." Tankery reported as he stood next to the door while Celestia was on the throne. "Shall we go after him?" The guards asked Tankery. "No, let him be. It'll only complicate things. Like last time." Tankery ordered. They nodded and stood back to their guarding posts. "What DID happen last time?" Celestia asked. "I'm not proud in retelling this story your Highness, but it is important if we're going into his past." Celestia nodded. Tankery continued, "He had a very terrible past, a car crash killing his parents, him having to take care of their house and their family issues which had led to some deaths due to his family's incompetence, his girlfriend cheating on him with 10 other guys, no one supporting him and he had to work 3 jobs while still 16. But he met us, MACE, we all came really close but we eventually broke up as a group and Soviet took this to heart as we were what he had as family. He left Australia after visiting Ewok and Tim once the group split, and went back home to Alaska where he was in silence and had multiple suicidal actions. I eventually moved up there with him to help him but we ended up here. There's a lot more but this is the basic gist of his background." Tankery explained. "Oh my... I never really expected that from him.." Celestia responded. "And now, this is all he has left to live for. It's indefinite that he's going to protect Equestria with his life, he's been more happy than we've seen him since." Tannery explained. "I can imagine... But I'm glad he's happy now." Celestia spoke. "Yes ma'am. We're glad too but what happened in Zebrica and the reports from Cadence, he's taking this hard. I do wonder what he did once we did evacuate from that city. He stayed behind, but I guess he took a hard beating while he was there covering our asses." Tankery spoke. "So how does it feel?" Tim asked. Ewok moved his now new robotic arm, inspecting it and flexing his fingers to see if there would be any malfunctions. There were none and it moved smoothly. “It doesn’t feel different, it’s still like controlling your arm but I can only feel my hand for now… but other than that it’s going great.” Ewok said. They were both sitting in front of a Cafe on their tables outside. They were accompanying Princess Cadance, Shining Armor, and Stephanie. Rarity, Twilight, and Fluttershy also joined them as they all agreed that they needed to get Princess Cadance’s mind off of Zebrica.  “So, how’s your donut?” Stephanie asked. “It’s alright.” She answered shortly.  “Do you need anything?” Stephanie asked sympathetically.  "I-.. I'm alright." Cadance said hesitantly. Tim looked at her with worry. "Jesus... I never knew something this fucked existed here... Glad Soviet caught up to her before they did anything more serious." "Speaking of which, where the fuck is he? And what the hell happened after we left?" Ewok asked. "No clue, I tried hacking into his suit's cameras but he strengthened the firewall on his suit, I guess Juan is helping." Tim explained. "I wonder what he's hiding.. We haven't heard from him since. Fuck, I'm starting to worry that he's going through it again. If he is, then we better hurry up quickly. I don't know. I guess I freaked out but when it comes to an entire city toppling on us or if it was direct combat I guess I break down. But to be fair, the best I can be used as is a marksman, which you can ask Stephanie about my marksman skills." Tim said. "Yeah I still remember. But we're stationed here we have to stay with them." Ewok said. "Fair enough." Tim replied. "But why do we have to hide our faces?" "Fear factor." Ewok replied as he pulled down his balaclava and took a sip of the mocha that he got from the shop. "I understand that, but I don't know if they've seen my face on accident already." Tim replied. Then Tim's eyes opened, "Wait hold on, isn't it Soviet's birthday soon?" He asked frantically. "I need to go get to Pinkie Pie, I'll be right back." Tim then ran to Shining Armor. He saluted, "Sir, I need to prepare for Soviet's birthday and plan with Pinkie Pie, sir." He got into attention stance. Shining Armor said, "It's alright, you may go." He nodded. "Thank you sir." Tim said as he ran through Canterlot to find Pinkie Pie. Laying down in the corner of an alleyway, he saw Tim run by. He sighed, "What the hell did I do..?" He asked himself as he kept rewatching the footage. Soviet then got back up and took a deep breathe before heading back to the train station.