//------------------------------// // Chapter 2: Cyberponies // Story: A Tale Of Two Doctors // by Shadow Raikou //------------------------------// Both Doctors are trying to stop the cyberponies closing in on them with their sonic screwdrivers. It is not exactly working. "Well, sometimes magic beats technology, Doctor!" Foresight said, his horn glowing. Stuffy looks at him in horror. "Wait- What did you say?" Stuffy asked in surprise as the group got teleported out of the hole, onto the surface. Stuffy had some burns on his face. "W-What the hell did you do THAT for?! Don't you know that TIMELORDS are vulnerable to MAGIC?!" "They do? I am not vulnerable to magic at all..." Fezzy said, confused. He then realized that there were more differences between dimensions than Stuffy said. Then he heard the cyberponies climbing out of the hole. "Come on then, think! Think think think!" "I have a plan! RUN!" Stuffy yelled, starting running towards Ponyville central. The others followed him, but when Foresight tired to run, he couldn't. He saw in horror that his hoof was grabbed by a cyberpony. "STUFFY?!" He yelled. The others stopped running, they were already a considerable distance form him. They watched in horror as Foresight was pulled into the hole. Ally tried to run after Foresight, but Fezzy stopped her. "It's no use. Come on, let's run." He said solemnly. "We need a plan and FAST. Converting Foresight won't take long." "Uhh... Maybe we can get Ponyville evacuated, into the town hall! And then barricade the town hall?!" Stuffy asked, trying to figure out a plan. "We've got about a hour to do that... Let's go! Scatter!" Fezzy yelled. ------------------------------------------------------------ Most of the Ponyville population is inside the town hall, which looks kind of cramped. They have barricaded the doors. They all look terrified about what is to come. At the top, Stuffy and Fezzy are looking out of a window. An army of cyberponies stand outside the town hall, tearing down the barricade like it was nothing. "Looks like they've converted a LOT of ponies... That's probably why Ponyville population looks so small." Fezzy said, then looked at his watch. "We haven't got much time." "Do we have any weapons? Alien guns? Cyberweapons?" Stuffy asked. "Not in this era." Fezzy replied, shaking his head. Then they heard the barricade being destroyed. They jumped down to the ground floor, which was empty. Most of the ponies were hid in the upper floors. Ally was waiting for them at the ground floor, through. Cyberponies walked inside in formation, but then a bigger- scarier-looking cyberpony stepped ahead of them." "I am the Cyber Leader. You will tell us the location of the ponies." A mechanical sound came out of the 'Cyber Leader'. "Oh no... I think I recognize who is inside that." Fezzy said, horrified. He scanned the cyber leader. "Yes... Foresight." "What is that weapon? Scanning... Sonic weapon. You are not compatible for conversion. You will be DELETED." The Cyber Leader said, shooting at Fezzy, who barely dodged it. "Foresight, I know you are in there! I do not know WHY they consider you superior to other ponies, but you have got to fight the conversion!" Stuffy yelled, dodging more lasers. One of them fried his tail. "I can't dodge these anymore!" He yelled. Ally's horn glowed, and a magic shield surrounded the group, which was rather very weak. It was already starting to crack. "I've GOT IT! I just need to get to the TARDIS, and use it to perform a conversion wave!" Fezzy yelled, jumping with the idea. "Go! The back entrance!" Stuffy yelled, tossing him the keys to Stuffy's TARDIS. Fezzy nodded and ran through the back door, which was also barricaded. He had to put out the barricade to get through. Soon, he reached the place where the TARDIS was parked. He unlocked the door with the keys, and went inside. Realizing that he does not know how to operate Stuffy's TARDIS, he panicked. "Uhh... How do I do the conversion wave now..." He said to himself. "Conversion wave activated." A mechanical voice came out of the console that startled Fezzy. "Blimey, he wasn't kidding about the modifications. Parameters, cyber race." Fezzy said, adding the parameters just to test. 'This Stuffy character looks more suspicious than ever.' He thought to himself. The TARDIS then shook, badly. A white wave that vaguely looked like a white rainboom erupted out of the TARDIS, spreading in all directions, transforming every cyberpony it touches into ponies. "No! Conversion wave detected! Retreat! Retreat!" The Cyber Leader yelled as the wave passed over the town hall. In but a few seconds the wave died, only after covering the entirety of the Equestrian continent. All cyberponies turned into ponies, who looked around, confused as to what happened. Ally and Stuffy smiled. "TARDIS resources depleted..." The TARDIS announced, it's voice dying out as it said the last sentence. ------------------------------------------------------------ Stuffy, Fezzy and Ally are now in Fezzy's TARDIS. Stuffy's TARDIS is now inside Fezzy's, shut down as it recharged. "You've got a handy dandy TARDIS there. Voice activated? You've got to be kidding me." Fezzy said, turning to Stuffy. He had a smiling expression. "Yeah. I'm working on better AIs, through. I call the current AI 'Tartron Mark 1'." Stuffy explained, stroking his TARDIS. This weirded out Ally just a bit. "Weird name." Ally commented. "What happened to Foresight through? I believe he just... Disappeared when the conversion wave hit him." She said, now with a confused expression. The other two also turned serious. "Maybe- And just MAYBE- He was too far converted to be converted back into a pony." Stuffy tried to explain. "Why did they consider him superior to the other ponies, through?" Fezzy asked. "Why make him the Cyber Leader?" Ally tried to focus on what happened. "Can you show me the conversion wave hitting Foresight on this monitor of yours?" She asked expectedly, looking at Fezzy. "Hmm. I'll try." He said, going up the monitor. A few seconds later, he yelled. "Gotcha! Here it is." He said. The other two gathered around the monitor. The conversion wave hit the cyberponies behind Foresight, converting them into ponies. When it hit Foresight, there was a bright flash and he disappeared. "Maybe he died because his conversion was irreversible?" Stuffy guessed. "No, play it again. This time in slow motion." Ally said, squinting. Fezzy did so. The same thing appeared on the monitor, this time slower. "Ha! Did you see that?!" She yelled. The other two shook their heads no. "Gah, play it again, slower! I'll show you!" She yelled. Fezzy did so. Stuffy and Fezzy looked in very closely. Then they spotted it. The bright white flash emerged from where Foresight's horn was supposed to be- under the cyberpony helmet- enveloped him, a split second before the conversion wave even hit him. "Aha! So that's it!" Fezzy yelled, happy. "What was it?" He said, completely clueless. "I believe that was what us Unicorns will call... Teleporting." Ally said. "It's a very complex spell only two out of ten unicorns could execute properly. Me being one who can, of course." She explained in a proud tone. "That means he got away?" Stuffy asked. "That is possible. How far can a... Unicorn like Foresight teleport?" Fezzy asked Ally. "Hmm. I'd say about... This is me totally randomly guessing... two-three kilometers?" Ally said. Fezzy was thinking. "Oh, and HOW FAR can unicorns travel, even at their greatest extent?" Stuffy asked. "Well. I don't really know, since I never studied magic beyond basic magic classes. But I think the record for farthest teleported distance was about from Manehattan to Canterlot." Ally said, confused. "That means Foresight couldn't have possibly escaped the wave, since it covered the entire continent." Stuffy said. "Unless there was a cybership in the sky. The wave didn't travel up." Fezzy said, shaking his head. "The point is, he's gone. If he's escaped, he will need time to remake the cyberfleet, and if he died, well... He died. He could have also got converted to a pony for all we know." Stuffy said, trying to cheer up. The TARDIS then shook violently, and made the materialization sound. "What's happening?" Ally yelled over the sound. "The TARDIS is going somewhere on her own! She never does that anymore!" Fezzy yells. Ally has an unimpressed look on her face. "Yes, and a half a day ago it DIDN'T do this same thing and bump into another TARDIS." Ally yelled sarcastically. The TARDIS stopped then. She let go of the railing she was holding. "Where are we?" She asked. Fezzy ran out of the TARDIS doors. They were in some sort of tent. "A few years ago, Ponyville." Stuffy said, reading the date and location off the monitor. He walked out. Ally followed. "Welcome." A mysterious voice startled the group. Foresight was sitting in a chair in the tent. "Have you come to see your future?" He asked to the confused group, obviously not noticing the TARDIS or it's sound. "Huh? Foresight? What're you doing?" Stuffy asked. "Oh, so you've heard of me. I'm Foresight, and I can tell the future. It's my talent, really. I can tell the future. And no, this is not a scam." He said. "Really?" Ally asked smugly. "Because the LAST fortune teller in Ponyville turned out to only being able to tell the future a few seconds in advance." She said, enraging Foresight. "I am NOT like that con artist of a mare they called a fortune teller! Besides, everypony KNEW that she worked in that sweet shop, and was lying through her teeth." Foresight yelled. "I'll look into your future for FREE to prove it!" "Go ahead. I don't believe in this kind of stuff." Stuffy said smugly. "You. You bring great danger to this world. Danger beyond what I've..." Foresight started, his eyes opening wide. "Ever... Felt before... You'll rain down fire on Ponyville soon... Ah! Just get out of here!" He yelled furiously, pushing them out of his tent. They got into the TARDIS, panting. "What was THAT all about?" Ally asked. "Danger, he said. What he 'saw' probably scared him enough to kick us out of there." Fezzy said. "Not that I believe this fortune telling nonsense." He said with a serious expression. Stuffy looked kind of sad for a split second there." "If this is a few years ago, then why didn't he recognize us when he met us in his future?" Ally asked, confused. "He probably forgot. That cyberpony invasion doesn't happen until two years in his future. Why would he remember somepony who had such a bad future in store for him." Fezzy explained. "Not that I believe in that nonsense." He said, just as Stuffy's TARDIS unlocked itself. "Ah! It's recharged! All it took was a trip through the time vortex!" Stuffy cheered up. Stuffy's TARDIS then made an announcement. "Intense solar flare detected. Danger." It said. "Huh?" Stuffy said, confused. "There's never been a solar flare that affected Equestria before... Unless your sun is dangerous to Equestria, is it?" He asked. Fezzy shook his head no. "Hmm. Location?" "On the dark side of the moon." The TARDIS replied, much to Stuffy and Fezzy's shock. "What's the big deal?" Ally asked, once again confused. "Solar flares are when the SUN erupts harmlessly. Sometimes harmful. But there's no sun on the dark side of the moon!" Fezzy explained, bewildered. "Let's check it out!" Stuffy yelled, pulling the timey-wimey lever. The TARDISes went shaking. "GERONIMO!" Stuffy yelled, excited. To be continued...