EIOSES Saga
Chapter 37: Good ponies and Kira?
Everypony has one of those where they can't shake the feeling something was going to happen, or if something just didn't go the way it was meant too. This feeling seemed to echo throughout the very being of Lyra Heartstrings, adopted mother of both human hybrids Ken and Kira. She couldn't shake this feeling off of her ever since Pinkie's predicted doozie. Pinkie's unique senses have never been wrong before, so why should she doubt them now?
"Oh, cheer up everypony! A doozie was never a really bad that much!" Pinkie said, attempting to lighten the mood of the group.
Lyra nodded, Pinkie words were true, a doozie was never a really bad thing. Through in her mind, she just hoped that Ken was alright. At the thought, Lyra remembered just how bad his life at Earth was, hopefully she can rescue him before it happened here, before it can produce another mental injury that would scar over.
"Everypony stop." Luna, Princess of the Night commanded, interrupting Lyra's thoughts.
The group stopped and stared at the Nightly Princess in confusion, they were inside the ruins, why stop now?
Luna walked over to a ruined and aged pedestal. She put her Alicorn horn at the tip of the marble construct causing it to light up with dark purplish magic. Suddenly the ground before them opened up, revealing a set of staircases leading into an underground complex.
"How did you know it was their?" Twilight Sparkle questioned.
Luna looked to her and replied, "I used to visit these places when I was younger, these ruins were less aged and worn then it's current state." She took a moment to wonder off in thoughts, possibly memories, before turning back her attention to them.
"In any case, this is where we proceed. Anypony want to turn back now?" Twilight turned to the others.
"I'm ready to kick some tail! I saw bring it on!" Dash yelled.
"I got my cupcakes ready for splatting!" Pinkie cheered, revealing a tray of cupcakes out of nowhere.
"Those vermin are gonna feel what's coming to em!" Applejack said seriously.
And so, the group ventured deeper within.
Meanwhile, in a remote complex inside the EIOSES base.
Ken picked himself off the floor, now awakening from the drug that kept him asleep. He sat up against the wall, rubbing his eyes with his now rugged clothing. He looked around to find himself in a cell, it was more fit for an animal then a child prisoner. Ken's eyes soared over the cell bars, which glowed blue slightly, indicating magical properties.
Standing up, he made his way over to the cage bars only to be halted by a chain attached to his legs, stomach, and neck. He grasped the chain collar on his neck, inspecting it with his hands as she attempted to look down at it.
The hybrid child frowned and sat down on the hay that layed upon the floor.
"Pooey, it's like that lab all over again." Ken mumbled, trying to take the collar off. But when he tried it shocked his neck which made Ken's hand move away.
"Owww... " Ken said as he rubbed his neck in pain. "Maybe my Ki... *growl*" the child grasped his stomach in pain as it growled needfully. "I'm so hungry! I don't think I have any Ki at all!" He complained and pouted.
*Clup clop clup clop*
Ken's saiyan ears perked up. "Huh?" He said, still grasping his starving stomach as he looked toward the direction of the sound. "Sounds like hooves." Ken continued.
A white lab coated mare pony appeared with a hood overheard, she carried a plate full of fruits in her mouth before setting it down on a table. She lifted her hood making Ken gasp as his memory flung into place at her name, Zooey Buck.
Zooey looked to Ken and said. "Be quiet, and eat this quickly." She past the food into the cage, which made Ken start eating it gratefully. "The Princess is on her way with some of the Elements of Harmony to come rescue you, as well as your mom too."
"Mom theyyy isth comtng to helpth me?" Ken said with his mouth full.
"Yes, she's coming to help you." Zooey replied, a smile on her face from the child's talking.
The boy swallowed his food, after having his mouth stuff with it, and stood upward. He came closer to the bars and looked at Zooey with the infamous Puppy Dog Eyes.
"Can you get me out so I can see my mommy?" Ken asked innocently.
Zooey Buck, found herself gazing into the eyes of the most cutest thing she had ever seen. Her left eye twitched as she felt her mental self fight miserably to deny the small child's request. It was only with the nearby sound of a opening doorway that snapped her out of the illusion.
Her emotion switched to slight panic and quickly said to the child in bars. "Quick, go back to sleep!"
Ken didn't argue and went over to the hay pile before falling under a fake-sleep. His saiyan side enhancing his hearing to ease-drop on the coming conversation between Zooey and the unknown.
"What are you doing here?" The unknown said.
"Checking on the human, sir." Zooey replied calmly.
The unknown replied "Is the midget still asleep?"
"Yes, he is." She said.
"Yeah, whatever. I need you to come with me and help with something."
"Huh, what?" Zooey questioned, but followed him out of the cell area.
Ken came from his fake-sleep. "Well, that was rude." Ken commented on the unknown. He grabbed the chain on his legs, his energy arising within him from the food beforehand. *Snap* the chain stood no chance from the saiyan hybrid's strength. His hands reached for the stomach chain *Snap*, two down, one more to go.
Ken braced himself, and he jerked for the neck chain, the magical electricity coursed through him as it made contact with Ken's hands. But within a few seconds *Snap*, it fell to the floor.
Ken stood up, stretched a bit, a grin wide on his face.
"Better go find mommy!" He said, making his way to the cell bars and pulling them apart.
Well, that's what would have happened, if they didn't glow on touch and blast him backward unto the cell wall. Which caused Ken to pout as he got back up.
"Stupid magic." He pouted, wiping the dirt off of him. "Maybe a Ki blast will work!" He raised his arm, channel his Ki into his palm then... Nothing?
"Awww, come on! I should have enough Ki! That's no fair!" Ken complained to no one.
Ken tried again, through with the same result as he mumbled again about how magic is silly. Ken now knew by this point that he was too tired to break out. So, Ken reluctantly fell back asleep upon the yellow hay as he waited for either his Ki to regenerate or for mom and her friends to rescue her.
Meanwhile, Lyra and the group had just come across a locked enchanted doorway. They stopped and looked around for other pathways to venture forth, but found no such thing. So the group sat around, chit chatting a bit as the three magical users, Lyra, Luna, and Twilight, racked their brains for an answer to get inside.
“Maybe the door has a switch or leaver? Perhaps it requires a magical incantation, or specific item to allow passage?” Twilight said, giving ideas and suggestions to the dark Alicorn princess.
“The magical incantation might prove correct, but if that’s the case then we will need to solve which incantation was used to lock the doorway.” The moon princess replied, her eyes closed in thought as she no doubt was trying to remember the magical means of locking a important door.
Lyra looked at the enchanted door, the runic symbols surrounded it's stone frame in a beautiful blue glow. The runes reminded Lyra of Ken's particular symbols engraved on her son's abdomen.
'Really should investigate them more, perhaps it has a connection with their Father?' Lyra noted to do this at a later date. The mint pony glanced back toward both the unicorn and Alicorn who were both discussing multiple magical incantations. Why do they have to make it so complicated? Can't it be just a simple password?
Whether by luck, magic, Ki, or the Force. A blue rainbow colored Pegasus, Rainbow Dash; stood relaying quotes from the particular Daring Doo series. One such quote by a villain so happened to be said to Pinkie Pie who memorized it in a brief instant and recounted it out load for all to hear.
"Mwahaha, Fear us for we shall release the beast of the wild upon Equestria!" Pinkie said in a comedic matter.
*Brrr Ghhhr Waaaath*
Everypony stared as the door transferred into the floor, allowing passage within. The most notable, Twilight Sparkle, stood agape at the prospect of such a simple thing as a password opened the enchanted passageway.
"But-Wha-Huh!?" Twilight smartly said.
Lyra watched as Twilight's eye twitched, and Dash snorted a bit in amusement. Deciding to act before Twilight has a nervous breakdown, Pinkie calmly, and happily bounced down the pathway.
"Well come on! We don't got all day ya know! The readers get awfully bored very quickly!" Ugh... Pinkie... Said.
Lyra raised a eyebrow, and Dash just said one sentence to explain it all to our motherly pony.
"It's a Pinkie thing." Dash said as she galloped over to Pinkie Pie.
Applejack came over to Lyra's side. "Don't let it get to your head, Twilight already tried that." The farmer assured her. "Besides we are closer to sav'in your son, I'm sure Applebloom and Kira are very worried."
The group came into a clearing, only to find it filled with griffons, minotaurs, ponies, and even a humanoid dragon. The dragon stood forward, but once it saw the princess of the night, Luna; did he yell a very simple, yet dangerous command.
"ATTACK!"
A line of enemies came into a face off, each group was charging when suddenly, time slowed. Lyra stood with her friends in a defensive line, but it was all unnecessary for at that instant.
The left wall exploded outward.
The smoke quickly covered over the white lab coated enemies, a black figure, a dark dot in the smoke,
came rushing from the broken wall toward the bad guys. A *CRACK* was heard as the figure meet with another, in a few seconds a minotaur came flying out of the smoke with his ribcage clearly broken.
The figure did a sweep, knocking three ponies off their feet. The sound of energy suddenly erupted before making three small blast. Each blast hit the three previously tripped ponies into being knocked from the smoke unto the ground with burn marks covering their body fur.
Finally, the smoke cleared enough for the action within to be revealed. Gasp and eye widening expressions came forth as Lyra's group looked agape toward the middle of the scene, a little girl with a wiggling tail stood defiantly against the enemy.
"Kira!?" The whole of Lyra's group yelled in surprise.
Kira turned toward the direction of her name, and seeing Lyra, Luna, Twilight, and the others. Gently waved her left hand in a side to side motion saying "Hiya!" In a sweet innocent tone.
*Grr*
The dragon from before growled dangerously, before commanding his forces to attack the tail human child and harmony group. "Capture her, and kill the rest!" He said, pointing toward Kira Heartstrings.
A duo of unicorns came rushing to position, and fired their stun blasts toward Kira. The female hybrid, who had her back turned and facing her adoptive mother, had no idea it was approaching. Lyra's horn lit up with magical power faster than a heartbeat as maternal instincts screamed at her to protect her 'offspring'. A magic barricade appeared around Kira, easily absorbing the attacks of the scientist unicorns.
This action gave Kira plenty of time to counter attack. With quick motion, her small seemingly fragile hands appeared in front of her forward, energy gathered with a yellow glare, the familiar shape of a attack Lyra had seen many times before in the twin's spars with each other, and Raze.
"Masenko..." A ball of yellow condensed Ki gathered itself to the front of Kira's hands. The ball, spiked in many directions as if the energy seemed to burst open at any second, remained trapped and in the child's total control.
Then, Kira thrust her arms forward with great speed and strength.
"Ha!" Kira yelled, the ball of energy released itself as a yellow-orange beam, the barricade fell from the inside out as the power behind the girl proved too much. The beam traveled toward the dragon itself, who opened it's mouth and released red flame.
But fire, proved weaker than Ki.
"Ahhgalgahahhhhhhhhhh!" *BOOM*
The dragon, didn't stand a chance as Kira's Masenko tore through his upper half, burning it into a crisp, nothing remained of the creature with the exception of a pair of draconic legs, standing still as if time had frozen. With this, the surrounding scientist fled the scene.
Kira grinned, ignoring the fact that she just killed someone, at her expertise in fighting. Through, that didn't save her from another source of terror. One angry Lyra.
"Kira Altarmore-Heartstrings! What on Equis are you doing here young lady!"
Quickly, Kira racked her brain for an answer.
"Borrowing some sugar?" She said innocently.
Too bad Lyra was still the same.