Will walked down the hall, till he found a door he hoped he would never open again. He reached into his pocket and pulled out an odd looking little key. He held his breath, and inserted it into a keyhole in the center of the door. The sound of several clicks and whirs could be heard, and finally a little ding. He pulled the key out, and the door slid away.
Princess Celestia was standing there waiting for him. The rooms was made of a much darker color then the rest of the castle. A large wooden table dominated the room, and there were a couple of chairs surrounding it. Will sat down in one, and looked to the Princess.
"We can't really get the team back together, seeing as most are either dead, or too old for active combat." Will reminded her.
"Which is why We have selected new recruits for this plan." Princess Luna said, stepping out of a dark corner. Will raised one eyebrow.
"You have?" He asked. "well I'm going to assume that you are going to tell me who, right?"
"Indeed." Celestia confirmed, giving him three files. As he opened the first, she began reciting the basics of who they were. "Big Macintosh, very strong, and older brother of Applejack. He is also a third generation, seeing that his parents and grandmother were on this team before him."
"Interesting..." Will commented.
"Second, A Changeling named Arigos, you remember him don't you Will?" Celestia asked.
"Heh, how could I forget."
"Well he recently joined the detective force in Manehatten, we figured since you two knew each other this might work well. Third is up to you, I trust you will find somepony that can get the job done." Celestia finished.
"Ok then, lets go meet the team." Will said, rubbing his hands together.
As they walked, all Will could think about was who exactly could he recruit for the team. That thought was all that he could think of for the time being.
finally they made it to the place where two ponies stood awkwardly, slightly fearful of each other. One was a tall muscularly built red stallion, who was always known for saying few words, and letting his actions speak for themselves.
The other was a Changeling, who few knew, was a close friend of Will. Will had saved his life once before, but alas, that is another story for another time.
Will strode over to them both, and hugged Arigos, which surprised both Arigos and Big Mac.
"Good to see ya pal." Will said.
"O-oh yea, its great to see you gain too." Arigos stuttered, dumbfound at the embrace.
"I'm guessing you've been briefed on why your here, but you still have a few questions, don't you?" Will asked.
"Eeeyup." Big Mac said. Arigos only nodded.
"First off, Let me be the first to say. Welcome to the C.P.I.D.." Will declared.
"Is it true? That we are going to help you protect others that wish to harm you?" Arigos asked.
"No just me, anyone like me, and anyone that gets near me or any other human." Will explained.
"Yikes." Arigos muttered.
"They are extremists, and will not negotiate or surrender. They would rather die then lose." Will informed them.
"Sounds like one of my old cases." Arigos joked. "I've dealt with ponies like this before."
"No you haven't." Will barked. "These are trained killers, and they have no mercy."
Will glanced over at Big Mac, and saw that he showed no emotion. He had a better poker face than Celestia!
"Big Mac, your grandparents and your parents knew this. I just want to say, I'm sorry I couldn't save them." Will whispered. Big Mac gave him a seemingly blank stare.
Will continued, "Can you forgive me?"
"Nope."
Will hung his head. "I can't blame you." Suddenly he perked up. "Well, let's go see what R&D managed to cook up for us this time."
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Metal Gears was very excited about this, apparently not only were the Princesses themselves coming to inspect her work, but three other V.I.P. as well. She hoped that her work would please them. From what she heard, they wanted to test them long term. What she wasn't expecting was that the three V.I.P. were a changeling, a farmer, and whatever that even was. Some sort of monkey? The monkey-thing cleared its throat.
"We are here to see what you have built to assist us on our....uh...mission." It said.
"The best Non-lethal weaponry in Equestria," She explained, holding up a gauntlet made of copper and brass gears. "Mark four zero three grapple hook. It adjusts to fit all hoof sizes, and has dependable accuracy up to fifty meters. There is a switch that changes the tip depending on what you are using the it for, a three prong claw for climbing, a blunt tip for Non-lethal combat, and suction cup tip for scaling smooth surfaces, the gauntlet also has a clock readout to give time of day and date. The cord extends and contracts due to a tether spell, which is far more convenient then the old crankshaft that the older mark three zero one model used. The gauntlet has been tested by dragons and griffons, so Mr...uh."
"Will, the name is Will."
"Right, so Mr. Will here should be able to use this device with little to no trouble at all."
"Great. Lets get started then." Will said, handing Arigos and Big Mac each a Gauntlet, and putting one on himself. It fit under his sleeve with ease, meaning that he could conceal it.
After a few hours of messing around with the grapple hooks, the trio figured they had gotten he hang of using the device.
"Just know that these are prototypes and my suffer malfunctions, so be careful!" Metal Gear reminded them.
"Shouldn't we see if she had anything else that could help us?" Arigos asked Will.
"Next time we will. For now, these are just fine." Will responded. "For now, lets get to work."