Cheerilee was out side in the Manor’s garden when she went up to a tunnel that was boarded. With one buck from her fore hoof the wooden planks shattered into pieces, she then entered into the tunnel.
She walked awhile till she ended up in the same cave that she had been in all those years ago. Just like her old house, the cave didn’t change: the waterfall was still there, the stalagmites and stalactites still in their positions. The only thing different was when she looked up there were new bats and they didn’t like her being in their territory. The bats looked like they were going to attack until one flew to Cheerilee and landed on her right hoof. At first Cheerilee didn’t know what the bat was until she realized that it was the one she helped from the ground. She smiled and said.
“It’s good to see you again.”
Then the bat flew and started circling her then the other bats began as well. Cheerilee felt like a filly again looking at all the bats in a circular dance around her. This lasted for about a minute till the bats began to disperse all except one that landed on Cheerilee’s shoulder.
“Well at least you would have company down here, Mistress Cheerilee.” Hoofred said watching the entire scene of the bats. Cheerilee smiled and said.
“I like the company of anything, scary or not.”
“Yes well why would you want this cave anywhys?” Hoofred asked while he was by the exit. Cheerilee looked at Hoofred and answered.
“I need it for my new career.”
“And what would that be?”
Cheerilee was silent for a moment and said. “What happened to me was injustice and I can’t change that.” She then wore a determined face and answered. “But I can make sure that real criminals get their justice.”
Hoofred looked at Cheerilee for a second before saying. “Well then you need all of the support you need.” Hoofred then lifted a smile. “Mr. Fox will have all you need at Maine Tower.”
Cheerilee smiled then began trotting out of the cave and turned on her disguise and said.
“Well let’s get going.”
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Later Cheerilee and Hoofred were riding the Canterlot’s rail line to Maine Tower. Hoofred then trotted up to Cheerilee and said.
“You built this rail line for Canterlot for cheap transportation for the ponies of the city.”
Cheerilee knew he was talking about her childhood friend’s accomplishment. “Of course I didn’t want all those ponies to walk all the way to another part of the city.” Then she saw Maine Tower, it was haft the size of the Canterlot castle and it is in the middle of the city.
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They soon got to the Tower and went inside, to find everypony starring at them, or more specifically at Cheerilee. She noticed this and asked.
“Why is everypony looking at me?”
Then a light red stallion with a light grey mane and a filing cabinet as a cutie mark came up to her and answered. “Because you haven’t been at Maine Tower for the last two months.” He walked up to Cheerilee and said. “I’m Mr. Fox and I’ll be leading you to where you need to ‘prepare’.”
Cheerilee followed Fox while Hoofred was tending other matters. The two ponies made it to the lowest level of Maine Tower and then went into a giant underground storage area. Cheerilee was in ah of seeing so many items in the lowest floor and then ask.
“What is this place?”
Fox went to the mare’s right and answered. “This is where all prototypes go when they aren’t approved by the director board.” Fox then went to a computer and ask. “What do you need?”
“Do you have any kind of light weight armor of some sorts, and some grappling equipment?” Cheerilee asked. “I need it for rock climbing.”
Fox smiled and answered. “I have exactly what you need. By the way…” He then walked up to Cheerilee and pressed the red button in her ear that turned of her disguise. “I created this so I now when a pony is using one.”
Cheerilee was shocked of what he did and ask. “Do you know who I am?” Cheerilee looked away from him. “Do you believe my side of the story?” Then Fox put his hoof under Cheerilee’s chin and guided her back to his face.
“Before I worked here, I used to been a investigator for the royal guard and what I learned that you can tell what a person is like by looking them in their eyes. And I caught a lot of criminals because they had hate, perverted, evil in their eyes.” Fox then smiled and said. “But when I look in your eyes I see a compassionate, strong, loving mare.” Cheerilee looked in ah of what Fox had said about her. “So yes I believe you. And I also now this is more then a rock climbing.”
After that he led her to a cabinet, and then pulled out a black suited armor. “This is the light weight diamond armor, it can stop knife attacks and it can deflect bullets from 9mm to 12.7mm. Unfortunately the board didn’t think a guard isn’t worth $400.000 bits.”
He then brought out a crate and opened it to reveal number of gadgets. “These little beauties were supposed to been for black op missions. This hoof mounted gauntlet can fire gas pallets; a launcher that can fire any kind of object, and finally it has a grappling mechanism that fired can grab hold of anything and it can recoil bringing you to that structure.”
Cheerilee was amazed of all of the armor and the gadgets but felt something was missing till she remembered what came with Mare Do Well. “Do have anything for gliding?”
Fox smiled and brought her a cloth and a clove. “This may seem as a regular cloth right now but if you put a current through it…” He then placed the clove on the cloth and it immediately hardens. “It can turn into a solid fabric material that you can shape it in any kind of shape, and for your case gliding.”
Cheerilee smile and said. “I’ll take them all. Well if it’s ok with the board.” Fox simply answered.
“Mistress Cheerilee you own the Enterprise so technically all of this is yours anyways.”
Cheerilee sighed in relief that she didn’t have to go through them. Then she saw a vehicle under some sheets, she then pointed a hoof at it and asked.
“What’s that?”
Fox looked behind him and answered. “The Diamond Canine? Oh you wouldn’t be interested in that.”
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A moment later…
In another room Cheerilee was driving the Diamond Canine while Fox was explaining the details.
“They called it the Diamond Canine because just like a Diamond Dog it can go behind enemy lines without being noticed by it’s built in transportation gem inside. And after its surprise attack it would use its rocket boost to jump in the air to teleport back to friendly space. The boost button is right there to actv…” Before he could finish Cheerilee pressed the button that then activated the boost for a few seconds till Fox turned it off and then the Diamond Dog returned to normal speed. “But there were many defaults with the thing, the transportation gem can only work if the vehicle is in the air, and the gem had to recharge for four hours after its first use. But besides that it’s a wonderful machine.” Then the Diamond Canine stopped and Cheerilee got out and said.
“Does it have any defense?”
Fox then pushed a button in the vehicle and two turrets popped out of the front, then he handed her a three inch thick manual. “It has turrets that can shoot any small objects; it can shoot a RPMG (Rocket Propelled Magical Grenade) out of mid air.” He then pointed a hoof to the manual. “I bet you can read through that manual in a day to know about it.”
Then Cheerilee through the manual in the air and then the turrets shot it to pieces. “More like I shot through it in a few seconds.” Cheerilee joked to Fox that he just smiled in a look of ‘Didn’t see that coming.’
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Later at night Cheerilee and Hoofred were now preparing the cave for the equipment and the vehicle she got. Then she saw an elevator at the lower back of the cave. “Hoofred look at this! I think it goes to Maine Manor!”
Hoofred looked and said. “Well at least we don’t need to go through the flower garden anymore. Looks like it’s mostly intact that it only just needs power.”
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Later on Cheerilee was now modifying the armor suit by spray painting it black and a dark shade of gray. She then began working on the mask covering the eye lids with two dark lends because she remembered what Fox said. ‘What I learned that you can tell what a person is like by looking them in their eyes.’ She then began sharpening metal boomerangs that were the shape of Mare Do Well with her cape spread like a bat. Then Hoofred came and asked.
“Why her, Mistress Cheerilee?”
Cheerilee kept sharpening one till it was finished and looked at it. “She frightens me, and I want criminals to be frightened by her as well.” She then through it at a plank of wood where it went in an inch into it. She then thought.
‘I'm ready to begin serving justice to all that wish to be criminals and the corrupt.’
