//------------------------------// // Chapter 7 (Crush! Kill! Destroy!) // Story: To Be Human // by SuperPinkBrony12 //------------------------------// No one in Ponyville knew that anything was wrong. Not even Pinkie Pie, who surprisingly enough was known for her psychic visions as well as her 'Pinkie Sense'. As far as everyone was concerned it was just another average day in Ponyville. For despite all the high profile and even low profile disasters that occurred Ponyville was actually a very peaceful town in the middle of Equestria. If it weren't for the fact that it was the home of Princess Twilight Sparkle chances were that no one would even know it existed. The citizens of Ponyville went about their daily business. Walking from place to place to buy and sell various goods. Or to just relax and enjoy the scenery. Unfortunately the peace and quiet that was present over the town was about to be disrupted. Without warning there came a loud shout that might have reminded a few of Princess Luna (or Molestia as some called her) and her "Royal Canterlot Voice". But the voice that spoke proved beyond a shadow of a doubt that it was not Princess Luna that disturbed the peace. "Attention all sentient life forms of the town of Ponyville!' the robotic voice shouted. As people turned to look they noticed what appeared to be "Sweetie Belle" but something seemed different about her. As she drew closer people could see that her eyes were glowing bright red, and in various places along her left arm scratch marks revealed wires of all shapes and sizes as well as colors. It didn't take a genius to figure out that something was wrong. Sweetie Bot continued "Knowing full well that you intended to fear me I reveal myself as Sweetie Bot! And as of today I am your worst nightmare! I offer you this warning! Resist me at your own risk! All sentinet lifeforms that do so will be destroyed!" Just about everyone started laughing. Surely this was all some sort of joke. As far as they knew Sweetie Belle would never do something like this. But they didn't realize that this was not Sweetie Belle they were dealing with. "So you choose to mock me?!" Sweetie Bot said "You shall pay dearly for your ignorance! Set phasers to destruction!" Lasers suddenly started shooting out from Sweetie Bot's eyes, as well as from cannons on her hands and knees. As the first couple of buildings were completly annihilated people began to realize that this was serious and that Ponyville was once again in danger. But no one (not even the most heartless of criminals) could bring themselves to hurt Sweetie Belle, or Sweetie Bot as she was calling herself. Everyone either believed she didn't know what she was doing or that she was possed. As a result Sweetie Bot fired laser after laser and destroyed building after building but no one could do anything to stop her. Cries of "The horror! The horror!" and "We're all gonna die!" echoed throughout all of Ponyville even though for now Sweetie Bot's rampage was mostly confined to the market place and town square. Sweetie Bot herself continued to shout out warnings and sayings such as "Don't make me destroy you inferior life form! or "Bow down to me worthless human!" but she also occassionally shouted lines such as "Crush! Kill! Destroy!" and "Exterminate! Exterminate!". When word of this incident reached The Mayor she tried her best to remain calm. "We must not allow fear and chaos to regin supreme." she was heard to say. But her words did nothing to make anyone feel better. As far as everyone else was concerned Sweetie Bot was on an emotional rampage and the best course of action was to scream and run helter skelter (or in circles if people had nowhere to run). Throughout all of this Sweetie Bot didn't seem to care about who or what got in her way. She simply continued her seemingly unstoppable rampage of destruction. From an outsider's perspective it seemed like Ponyville was doomed. And chances were that Sweetie Bot would not stop there. But the big question was, would even the royal sisters be unable to neutralize this threat? No one knew the answer but the very thought that the rulers of Equestria could be defeated was enough to send shivers down the spines of even the bravest of humans (Big Macintosh and Roid Rage/Snowflake were among them).