//------------------------------// // Chapter 41: Forgotten Past // Story: Saiyan of Equestria // by Boyzilla //------------------------------// EIOSES Saga Chapter 41: Forgotten Past A sizable group of ponies and one little human hybrid girl journeyed through the hallway; closer and closer toward the laboratories where there objective, Ken Altarmore-Heartstrings, is located. The sensing of Ken's familiar Ki signature sparked Kira's mind like a fire, her brother was near, so close by she felt as if she stood right next to him. Kira's urge to see her brother overwhelmed her and the twin sister ran forward ahead of everypony else. "Kira wait!" Lyra yelled out, she and the others gave chase after the human hybrid child. "I have a bad feeling about this," Rainbow Dash commented. "Let's hope that feeling goes untrue," the Princess of the Night, Luna, replied. Passing along the hall way, Kira came to an abrupt stop in front of an iron door. She froze, sensing Ken just beyond it, but something seemed... Off. The Mane Six, Luna, and Kira's beloved pony mother Lyra; the group arrived just behind her and looked on in confusion. "Kira? What's the matter sweety?" Lyra asked her adopted daughter. "K-ken feels different... " Kira replied, her voice shaky and fearful. Twilight Sparkle glanced confused at Kira, "Feels different? You can sense life energy?" She said. Kira only nodded, too focused on the being beyond the doorway. *Bang* The sound of metal being struck by a powerful object echoed through the hallway, the door had a small fist-sized dent in its form. Everypony and Kira stepped back in surprise as another dent suddenly appeared with a great sound. *Bang!* "Uh... girls? Shouldn't we move?" Twilight said. *Bang!* Another dent... "Yeah, move!" Rainbow Dash yelled out, causing everypony and Kira to take cover as the metallic door flew off its hedges. Kira rolled to the side, narrowly avoiding the flying metal door. Kira stood back up, her senses screaming at her to prepare for a fight, while her human instincts yelled at her to flee. The hybrid girl looked up to the entrance of the now door-less laboratory room, only for Kira's eyes to widen as she caught sight of her twin brother. A tear dropped down her right check, before falling to the ground. "Ken? What happened Ken? What did they do to you nii-san?" Kira spoke. A primal, feral, animalistic-like Ken Altarmore-Heartstrings stood on two legs, a frenzied wildfire red aura enveloping his body as his now Oozaru eye colored irises stared at Kira. Ken's tail swayed slowly behind him, his hair stood spiky like in Super Saiyan form, yet held the color of light crimson instead of gold. Ken stared at Kira and the others, before he showed his teeth and begun to growl menacingly at the ponies. With a sudden leap, the feral Ken jumped toward the nearest pony, Fluttershy. Frozen in shock and fear, Fluttershy couldn't move herself, it was the timely reaction of Princess Luna in placing a shield between Fluttershy and Ken that saved her life. "Chaos magic surrounds the young human! He's already been injected by the potion!" Luna yelled, channeling her magic to a forceful push that knocked Ken away in mid air. "Retreat back! We can't deal with him in such a cramped area!" "Arrghhh!" Ken yelled at them all as he landed on his feet and rushed forward once again. Swallowing her fear and sadness; Kira, for the sake of protecting her mother, called upon her need to protect her beloved family and friends by summoning forth the well of power that is the Super Saiyan. Her hair spiked upward, shifting to a golden hue as an aura enveloped her figure and eyes turned tealish green. Ken and Kira's arms clashed with one another, their aura's wrestling against each other and their bodies struggling for dominance. Kira grasped her brother's arm with her free hand and threw him toward the wall. But the corrupted red super saiyan landed on all fours upon the wall and leaped at his sister with malicious intent. Kira ducked, letting Ken fly over her. Kira turned around to find Luna dragging her mother away as the others retreated back. The half saiyan girl sighed in relief before her body reflexes made her dodge a critical blow to the neck. Kira spun, kicking her twin brother right back into the laboratory room before she floated into the air and proceeded to fly down the hallway after the others. Half way down the hallway, Kira turned her head to see if her twin was following her. "Where Ken go?" She asked herself in confusion. "Ahhh!" Kira suddenly screamed in fright as Ken jumped on to her from the shadows and pinned her on to the flooring; her body shaking and tail lashing out desperately as she attempted to free herself. Ken opened his mouth, revealing his saiyan canines, and brought them down toward Kira's neck. Kira's instincts screamed to move, to avoid being marked by Ken. She had no idea what being marked meant, but her body was suddenly surrounded by a mint green aura and she disappeared in a flash of light. Kira reappeared besides her pony mother, now many meters away from Ken. The little girl breathed heavily, pickets of fear coursing through her before she lost her transformed state and her hair reverting back to its natural color. Kira looked to Lyra then hugged her for dear life. "Mommy that was so scary! It looked like Ken was going to bite me!" What's wrong with brother?" Kira asked with tears. Lyra caressed a hoof down Kira's back, soothing her adopted child. "Ken is just not himself, don't worry we'll bring him back to normal." The harp cutie mark unicorn gave a comforting smile, "After we all get back home, we'll have a big dinner first thing." "Really?" Kira questioned. "Really, now let's get outside." Lyra finished before she teleports them both out of the hall way. Kill... Destroy all lifeforms... Find saiyan partner... Karmel... No, that wasn't his name... His name was Ken! Karmel destroy all lifeforms, find saiyan partner, Kakarot. Ken is name given by natives. He, Karmel, had to find his saiyan partner Kakarot. So that they could carry out the mission. The female saiyan, she was probably Kakarot. No, she's his sister! Kira! Not this Kakarot person! He couldn't hurt anypony either! Kakarot is strong, potential mate. Claim her, mark her. He couldn't... He doesn't even know what that meant... He can't... He must. Find Kakarot, claim her-*TISSH* Subject has increased bone density*TISSH* fulfill mission, wait for pick-up. Wake up Karmel *TISSH* Get the phone, we found the energy signature*TISSH* destroy all lifeforms. It hurts... Make it stop... *TISSH*This could mean many things for our human soldiers*TISSH* I hate them... I hate all of them... A flash of teal hued light appeared in the room-that's-now-a-crater before dropping one unicorn and one hybrid on the ground. Seven adult ponies, being the Mane Six and Princess Luna, ran up to them. Filled with questions and concern about the being they had saw in the hall way, Ken. "What was that?!" Rainbow Dash exclaimed her question. "This is the worst possible thing!" Rarity yelled, then noticing how everypony stared at her she gave a sheepish grin. "Sorry." She apologized. "He looked... Hurt... " A barely heard voice of Fluttershy said. "Hurt?" He looked like he went bonkers! That's what he looked like!" Applejack proclaimed. "Ken's eyes, he's hurting inside." Fluttershy began, "There... There was so much hatred... so much pain." She finished. "Pain?" Everypony questioned. Lyra was shocked, "Ken... The Chaos magic must be bringing his memories out, of his time at Earth." "Earth? Lyra what haven't you been telling us?" Twilight questioned. Lyra turned to everypony, all their faces full of confusion and curiosity. She glanced toward Kira, who was silent as if lost in memories, memories no doubt painful in their own right. Looking back to everypony else, she started to talk. "Ken and Kira, are not from this world. In fact, I think they're not of this universe. As far as I know, before Ken entered our would they were trapped within a laboratory similar to what the EIOSES base is. There, their own kind experimented on Ken just because he was different! They tortured him, abused him, neglected him!" Lyra took a deep breath before continuing. "It was why he was afraid and angry at the scientist when they came over to see him on that day, it was also the reason why he chose not to speak to anypony because he was scared of it happening again. Hay, We even attacked Raze the moment they saw him because he looked like a human!" "And now Ken is reliving these memories? That is awful." Twilight Sparkle commented. "Sheesh, the kid is so lively when I see him! It's hard to believe he could go through all that and still be that way!" Rainbow Dash said. "Nii-san... " Kira mumbled, her tail limp against her legs. Pinkie Pie jumped up and down, yelling. "Oh, oh! We can use the Elements to make Ken good again!" "Miss Pie is correct, the Elements of Harmony will suppress the chaotic energies within young Ken. Possibly even dispel them." Luna said. "But how are we gonna keep Ken to stay still?" Applejack said. "He moves as fast as Pinkie Pie having sight on apple cider." "Hmm... Cider... " Pinkie Pie drooled at the thought of apple cider. "And he's too strong to tie up with ropes." Applejack finished. Luna spoke up, "The chaotic energy infused with the child's own energy weakens normal magic. With this, bind and stun spells would prove useless against him." she informed. "I'll do it! I'll stop Ken!" Everypony turned toward the eight year old girl, Kira, in surprise at her sudden proclamation. As expected, Lyra yelled out in disapproval. "Absolutely not! You're gone through to much! This is not Discord, he's your brother, family, you cannot fight him!" "But mom, I gotta! I'm the only-" "No! You will not. Fight. Ken!" Lyra said with a finalizing demand. Drops of tears fell down Kira's face, her eyes watery and vision blurry as she took a deep breath through her nose and shouted in anger. "You don't understand! I was there, I know everything that Ken went through! The needles, the cuts, the loneliness, everything! I'm the only one who can help him! It's my responsibility!" Kira shouted at Lyra, who's eyes watered with tears. "I'll beat Ken, to protect him from the bad things hurting him inside! The horrible memories will disappear once you use the Elements on him!" Kira said, Lyra was silent. "Kira... I'm sorry... " Lyra mumbled. Kira stopped speaking, realizing that she had yelled at her only mother. "I'm sorry mommy, I didn't mean to yell at you." She replied. Lyra nodded, and was about to say something in reply. But then all hell broke loose. Suddenly a blast of Ki energy surged forth from the ground, blasting up rocks and ruins before falling back to the ground. Kira and everypony around her looked toward the explosion to see Ken Altarmore-Heartstrings. A primal, super saiyan Ken, with an aura that blazed around, colored light crimson as like his hair and tail. He stood up, but not fully, his knees still bent and hands shaped like claws. His eyes scouting out the terrain around him before laying upon Kira's form. He revealed his saiyan canines, his eyes full of anger, yet held the hint of pain within. "Brother." Kira stated, slipping into her fighting stance as a blue Ki aura appeared around her. Ken stared at Kira, his eyes fixed on her completely. He opened his mouth, speaking his very first word. "Kakarot."