//------------------------------// // Discovery // Story: The Hunt for Doctor Whooves // by Princess Bronicorn //------------------------------// Doctor Whooves woke up tied to a metal chair. His vision was blurry for a moment. He blinked a few times and his vision cleared up. he saw two stallions and a mare, talking to each other but wasn't able to make out what they were saying. "Where am I?" Doctor Whooves questioned. "Quiet!" One of the stallions commanded, "You're going to answer my questions. Don't lie and you'll be safe. But where are my manors. My name is Leon and these two are Tanya and West. Who are you." "The Doctor," Doctor Whooves replied. "Doctor Who?" Tanya questioned. "Just The Doctor," Doctor Whooves insisted. "Where are you from?" Agent Leon interrogated. "A galaxy far from here," Doctor Whooves replied. "Stop playing games," West commanding while hitting The Doctor. "I am from Galifrey. It's destroyed!" Doctor Whooves cringed. "What is your species called?" Agent Leon questioned "I am a time lord. The time lord, the last time lord in all of existence," Doctor Whooves said. "Now one more question. Where is Derpy?" "I will not tell you." "Oh but you will," Agent Leon said. "What can you possibly do to me. I've been through far more pain than you could ever deal to me." "Then we'll just have to kill your former companion. West bring Twilight in." "Princess Celestia will have you executed!" Doctor Whooves shouted. "Princess Celestia has ordered us to kill her as well. It's either Twilight or Derpy" "How do I know that you wont kill her if I tell you where Derpy is?" "What's a stallion without his honor? You can't have honor if you lie, now can you?" "You're worried about honor, but you're willing to kill an innocent are with a little filly!" Doctor Whooves shouted. "Doctor, don't tell them anything." Twilight moaned as West dragged her in. "Shut your mouth traitor!" West hissed pushing Twilight to the ground. "West, kill them both. Tanya, your going to help me find Derpy." Leon ordered. "Yes sir." Tanya replied. Agent Leon and Tanya left the building to search for Derpy. West grabbed a knife from the table and pointed the knife towards Doctor Whooves. "Any last words?" West grinned as Twilight covered her eyes "Actually... yes," Doctor Whooves chuckled, "Look out." Agent West got hit with a shovel in the back of the head. West fell to the ground with an orange mare standing behind him. "Applejack?" Twilight questioned. "Just returning a favor," Applejack said undoing the restraints on The Doctor. "It was nothing," Doctor Whooves insisted. "But it's everything. You brought back family. Don't know about you, but that's everything a pony would wish for. And it's a debt that can never be fully repaid. Enough talk, we gotta get out of here." "You bitch!" West shouted as he stabbed Applejack in the leg. Applejack let out a loud yell, Agent Leon and Tanya heard it from outside the warehouse and quickly ran back to the room. Agent Leon entered the room to to find Twilight up and walking, Applejack laying on the ground, and Doctor Whooves attacking West. "Tanya, after Twilight. The Doctor is mine," Agent Leon commanded. "Twilight, hand me the Sonic Screw Driver!" Doctor Whooves yelled. "Applejack, you hang in there. I'll get you out of here." "Doctor, catch!" Twilight shouted. "Fantastic!" The Doctor shouted catching the screw driver, "Okay, I'll warn you once and only once. This screw driver is a weapon. It can kill you in a press of a button. Let us go and I'll let you live. If not, then I'll kill all three of you." "What makes you think we will believe you. It's just a screw driver," Agent Leon taunted. "Do you really want to take that chance. I mean I came to this town in a blue box. Which by the way is bigger on the inside than it is on the outside. I have two hearts. I've been living for hundreds of years. Oh this one is my favorite. I can travel through time and space, hence the term time lord. So... Do you really want to see if this can kill you or not?" "Leon, please," Tanya said, "He has a point. Let them go!" "Our mission is to kill The Doctor and anypony who follows him. Princess Celestia will have us killed!" Agent Leon argued, "I will not let him go!" "Forgive me Leon," Tanya said, hitting Leon in the back of the head, "Now go, before I change my mind." "Thank you.. Twilight, carry Applejack and follow me." Doctor Whooves commanded. Twilight carried Applejack while following Doctor Whooves to The Tardis. Applejack bobbed up and down while Twilight ran, making her feel every ounce of the pain in her leg, she let out a yelp from the pain. "Twilight, can you please slow down?" Applejack groaned. "No time. We have to get out of here," Twilight responded. "It hurts too much." "See if this works," Doctor Whooves said pulling out his Sonic Screw Driver and pointing it at Applejack while pressing the button. "What did you do?" Applejack asked. "I suppressed the pain. The wounds aren't gone, but the pain is minimized." "Thank... you... Doc..." Applejack voice faded. "What did you do?" Twilight asked. "I made her fall asleep, but I need to tell you something." "What is it?" "When the goon knocked me out, I had an image. The image was Trixie sending me a message. Telling me that something is coming to Equestria. She said that I'll gain friends, and I'll loose friends and that Friends will become enemies and enemies will become friends and ever action and reaction I make will be the fate of this whole entire planet. Which is odd, because when I went to Appleloosa a dragon picked me up and told me that I was the one who brought them here. I have no idea what this means. But I need to find out. This could explain why Princess Celestia is after me." "I don't know Doctor. The dragons could be talking about the changelings all those years ago. Not you as in you, but you as in you and all your friends in the war. Your vision could have been just a dream from that encounter. I wouldn't worry about it too much," Twilight assumed. "But I have had these dreams before. Many times back in the other universe. Well maybe not a lot. But I have had them before." "Um, Doctor. Agent Leon is right behind us." Twilight warned. "Then we must run faster." "I can't, Applejack is weighing me down." "Just hurry!" Doctor Whooves shouted, "Where are we anyways?" "We are near Sugar Cube Corner," Twilight responded. "It looks like we are going the right way then," Doctor Whooves commented. "Where did you leave The Tardis?" Twilight asked. "Right beyond this bridge." Doctor Whooves and Twilight continued to run to The Tardis. Agent Leon picked up speed and was right on their tail Doctor Whooves could see The Tardis coming up into view. Doctor Whooves tried to run faster, but his legs wouldn't let him." "Twilight, teleport us!" Doctor Whooves shouted. "Understood," Twilight responded conjuring up a spell. With in a blink of an eye they were inside The Tardis. "Thank Celestia,"Doctor Whooves said falling to the ground tired. "Doctor!" Derpy called hugging him. "Um guys," Twilight turned around, "We have a problem. "What is it?" Doctor Whooves questioned. "It's me," Agent Leon grinned. "How did you get in here?" "I was in range of Twilight's spell. But now it's time for me to kill you all! "That wouldn't be a good idea." Doctor Whooves said, playing with the control panel "Why not?" Suddenly The Tardis started to shake around. Doctor Whooves and Derpy held on to the structure of The Tardis. Doctor Whooves held on to Dinky, making sure she wouldn't get hurt. Everypony else fell to the ground from the violent shaking. With in a few seconds, the shaking stopped. "This is way." Doctor Whooves said opening up the door. "We're in space!" Twilight shouted. The view was magnificent. They could see space as far as the eye could see along with their planet, with three ships above them. "Doctor, are those your ships?" Derpy questioned. "What ships," Doctor Whooves replied. "Those ships," Derpy pointed, "The three ships above manehatten, ponyville and The Crystal Empire." "Derpy, go get Dinky, Twilight attend to Applejack." "What's wrong?" Twilight questioned, "Whose ships are they?" "Those... those are dalek ships," Doctor Whooves said falling to his knees. "So, why shouldn't I kill you?" Agent Leon questioned. "Because, If you kill me, those daleks will destroy your whole planet," Doctor Whooves informed, "It all makes sense now. The dragons were talking about the daleks, my dream was warning me about the daleks. This is probably why Princess Celestia want me dead." "How many of them in each ship?" Derpy asked. "Over a thousand, it only takes one dalek to destroy a whole planet without the proper equipment. A thousand daleks was enough to kill the whole human race. Even with weapons like guns and rocket, still wasn't enough to kill the daleks. The only reason why they aren't dead is because I defeated them." "How do I know that you aren't working with them?" Agent Leon questioned. "Because you aren't dead. Daleks only have one function and that's to kill. The only emotion they have is hate. No sorrow, happiness, or pity. Just hate and rage. They are simply killing machines." "I don't know that, you could be lying." "And I could by lying to Derpy that I love her, or that I am friends with Twilight. They don't know, won't, and can't know that I'm telling the truth. But they trust me. You trusted Princess Celestia when she told you that I'm an enemy. Everything that you have been told in your life may possibly be a lie. But you trust is anyways. Not because you know it's true. But your heart and instincts feel that it's true. If you help me, I can stop the daleks. I can get them to leave this planet." "How so?" Agent Leon asked. "I bribe them," Doctor Whooves informed, "Sorry Derpy, but the only way I can do this is if they take me." "Wait what!" Derpy yelled, "No no no. There must be another way." "The only other way is by sacrificing ponies lives at least three of them. Maybe more. I can't allow that. I'm sorry," Doctor Whooves said, "I'll try to think of other ways, but if it boils down to it, then I will, and must let them take me. If it means saving this planet." "What about all your experiments, it'll all get left behind. There will never be answers to them. So many thing left uncovered." "If it means saving all of you," Doctor Whooves said, "Agent Leon, please let us go. I can save your planet. The daleks are only minutes away from battle, well murder. Everypony you love will die. Do you want that to happen?" Doctor Whooves questioned. "No, I do not," Agent Leon answered. "Then let us go. I can stop them without any sacrifices. I can save you, Princess Celestia, and the whole planet." "I can help by getting rid of you, right here and right now." "You do that, you'll be stuck in here," Doctor Whooves warned. "If that's what it takes to save my planet," Agent Leon offered "You won't be saving the planet, you'll be killing the it!" Doctor Whooves yelled. "Why can't you just be rational!" Twilight shouted, "I understand you have a mission, but is the mission worth risking the world, or your family?" "Princess Celestia will banish me to the moon," Agent Leon protested. "We can worry about that after we take care of the daleks," Doctor Whooves offered. "Fine, but after this, I'm taking you to the princess." Agent Leon compromised. "Agreed, but for now, we have a world to save."