Thomas:
Thomas awoke with a throbbing headache. He rubbed his temples as he got out of a bed that wasn't his own. The room was fairly clean making it obvious that no one lived in it. He noticed that the only light was coming from a large window with balcony. He briefly looked out of it and found that it was early evening. He scanned the room once more and saw his equipment. With a few brisk steps he was infront of the desk it was sitting on. Thomas distinctly noticed a lack of chairs. Thomas picked up his chest piece and checked it for damages. There were several scorch marks over its surface but overall the armor modules were in working condition. The batteries however were bloated and looked as though they could start leaking at any moment. He gently removed the two batteries, electricity arched between the them causing Thomas to drop them.
"Well that was strange." Thomas muttered as he carefully stepped around the batteries. "Gotta dispose of those later." He said as he opened a several panels on his armor. Checking through his suit's electronics he found that several of his systems including the emergency release were fried. "Luckily enough its just some of the computer boards shouldn't be too hard to fix." He said moving on to his A.I. unit. "Don't worry I'll get you up and running." He affectionately promised.
A.I.
"Emergency power levels dropping." She read as the alert sounded in her system. "Panels two three and four are open?" A smile danced across her new more mature face. "I see he's working on restoring functionality." She felt her system being removed from the armor module. She couldn't wait to show off her new form. She had spent hours browsing downloaded magazines looking for the perfect "data" to base her new avatar and she hoped he liked it. She also changed her name to one she had heard him mention liking. Her void like world suddenly sprung to life as her system showed full power. "Good morning Thomas." She said exploding to life from her module and striking a pose.
"What the..? How... Wait who are you?" Was all Thomas could say as the new sexier version of his A.I. appeared.
"I know right, since we ended up meeting the real Sarah I thought some changes were in order." She twirled once showing off her new proportions and her new attire. She had based her new outfit off a movie about ninjas. "I also changed my name since it might get confusing having two Sarahs around. So from now on call me Tracy, k."
Thomas:
Thomas stood dumbfounded, he was holding the A.I. module in his hand and she was acting as though she was on full batteries. Not to mention that she had the looks of a supermodel dressed in a skimpy ninja outfit.
"We can talk about your changes later how are you at full power?" Thomas asked concerned.
"What do you mean?" She asked looking around for her batteries. She saw them laying on the floor. "Uhmm, it seems that your bioelectric field is still supercharged." Tracy stated bringing up her moniter screens. "Infact I'm reading excessively high voltage." She found it fascinating it was like she was reading the electrical current of a lightning storm. "How's your armor it felt like you were fighting a storm earlier." She asked indicating that the conversation should stop there for now.
"That would explain why my circuit boards are fried." He said trying to remember. "I can't really remember. In fact I don't even know how long I've been out." He stated flatly.
"By my count you've been asleep for a day and a half give or take I lost your vitals when I was removed." Tracy said with a hint of anger. Thomas chuckled a little at her attitude. He recalled when she chewed out his doctor for turning her off during a checkup.
"Well at least I don't need to worry about your power supply for now." Thomas said placing her in his other hand. "One thing's for sure we need to fix my armor I feel exposed." He turned back to his armor module. He opened another compartment that contained a belt with holsters for both his pistol and her A.I. module. Tracy powered down so Thomas could hook her into the belt. He firstly removed the velts battery which arched in his hands as the electricity in his body overcharged it. He flipped the belt over and opened the back side of the panel. With some slight modifications he juryrigged the belt to feed off his bioelectric field. He snapped the thin computer device onto the belt. He grabbed his pistol next and it instantly read that it's ammo compacitor was full. "Thats useful but hopefully the compacitor won't overload." He whispered as he secured the belt around his waist and thigh.
Luna:
Luna stood on the deck of her sister's tallest tower. It was here that Celestia watched her kingdom for trouble. Tonight she had been asked to keep a special eye out for trouble. She scoured the night with both her eyes and magic. She looked through the dreams of her charges always ensuring that her charges could sleep. Luna looked left and down. To the room where her interest truly layed.
"I wonder what he's up too." She thought spotting a brown unicorn in golden armor walking past his door. "I should really visit him." Luna said aloud as she continued scanning Equestria for trouble. She recalled the events of the day and felt both sorrow and curiosity. Her uncle had returned only to be exposed as a confused individual who only had his memories. Then Celestia had shattered both his minds first attempt at repair and her emotional reunion. She felt a little dark voice in her head begin to speak. 'She did it again, she took what was important what you love.' It hissed trying to get a foothold in her heart again. "Celestia didn't mean to she was just trying to fix things." She defended. 'She caused it in the first place, was it not her who slew your uncle, did she not steal your people's love and make you a villain for a thousands of years?' It whispered venomously. "I will not give into you again, never will we rise as the Nightmare." Luna said the last of her statement as a whisper. Few knew that she had something else in her which is why she often refered to herself as we. 'Fine princess but your weakness will cost you everything you hold dear.' Nightmare said receding into her subconscious. Luna shook her head she disliked Nightmare yet knew that she now permanently inside her. Sighing she returned to her duties hoping that Nightmare wil stay silent.
She again looked over to Thomas's room she really did feel like visiting now. Luna spotted movement behind the heavy burgundy curtains. She thought about calling out to him but decided against it. Instead she sent word to one of her hand maidens, a cheerful mare whith a dark brown coat and white mane and tail with a midnight blue streak in them, magically asking her to find out how the human was feeling. She didn't want him to have another episode.
Starlight Lotus:
Starlight or as her friends called her star was surprised when her princess contacted her. Luna let Star know that a friend of hers had just woken up from a really bad time and needed to be checked on. When the message that had been simple floating green words in the air. Since she was in the kitchen Star had decided to grab some coffee for them both. She rounded a corner balancing the tray on her head. When a guard and politician nearly ran into her. Starlight back peddled and thankfully didn't spill any of her drinks.
"See what I mean its disgraceful how the princesses keep these commoners around." The politician an unicorn with a light cream mane and red coat.
"Yes sir truly disgraceful." The gaurd said shifting uncomfortably he obviously didn't like the topic of this conversation.
"Yeah but atleast we are well mannered commoners." Star said looking the politician in the eye. "You ought to learn some manners." She stood enjoying the look of shock on the stallions face. She walked through the indignant stallion and his guard. She spotted a grin on the guards face, he was loving watching his boss squirming. As she continued on she heard the conversation pick back up. She sigh many of the aristocracy was getting to the same point some even went so far as saying the tribal class system should be reimplemened. She shook off the feelings that the meeting had left with her. She stopped infront of a large set of stylised doors with a moon motif. She heard some voices from inside the room. "Welp guess I wasn't the first one here." She said knocking.
Thomas:
Thomas was chatting with Tracy, mostly about what had happened since he was a few days, the sudden knocking on his door. He and Tracy stopped and looked at the door. Thomas's training kicked in a stopped him from answering. Tracy looked over to the door with a quizzical look.
"Come in." Tracy called wanting to see who it was.
"Sorry to intrude..." The pony paused mouth agape. Both Thomas and Tracy were staring in shock. Thomas recovered first. Strangly enough it didn't bother him that much after the initial shock.
"H... hello ma... ma'am." Thomas managed to say his years of isolation showing in his voice. 'Dam why is this hard.' He thought with a sigh.
"Oh, ah hi, uhm... I heard you were up so I brought some coffee." She said uncomfortably the thing infront of her throwing her off. "Can you drink coffee? I've never dealt with whatever you are before." She apologized. "Will we need another cup I only brought enough for us?" She said looking at tracy.
"Oh, no worries I'm a artificial intelligence designed to aid assist Thomas." Tracy proclaimed proudly. She truly loved her job.
"Oh your like his hand maiden." Star said happily as she moved over to his desk. She slid the tray onto the desk. She spotted the armor modules sitting next to her tray. "What's that?" She asked indicating the armor.
"That's Thomas's armor but it needs repairs." Tracy explained, she was happy to finally be doing what her programming was designed to do.
"Armor huh, wait your a knight aren't you?!" She exclaimed turning to him in surprise. She hadn't expected to be serving a foreign knight. "You must tell me about your kingdom." She simply loved anything foreign.
"He really can't Thomas was kept separate from everything else so he could do his job better." Tracy said she still couldn't quite understand what prompted Thomas's earlier outburst.
"That makes no sense how can he protect his realm when he doesn't know about it." Star asked confused she had never heard of a guard kept isolated.
"They kept me separate so they could use me for evil." Thomas said hanging his head. "They stole most of my life just so they could make me do whatever they wanted. I've done things horrible things." Thomas let it hang in the air. He didn't know why he had said all that he had but it felt some what good that he had. Tracy looked at him in surprise. She had known that he was going to be regretting what he had been forced to do but she hadn't expected him to be so outspoken and honest about it. Thomas stayed silent for a bit not knowing what else to say or even if he should should be speaking. He was at a strange place for him, he was free but all he had known was violence. His future was undefined and his past was a bleak waste land devoid of even the most basic of human rights.
"That sounds horrible why didn't anyone stop them?" Star whispered confused.
"Because no one could the victims had no rights and anyone who tried to investigate was either paid off or executed." Thomas said grimly remembering some of the missions he had done.
"But people still knew right why didn't they do something." Star stated flatly to her it was a no brainer. If those in authority failed to act it was up to the people to do something.
"They would be punished by the people sworn to protect them." Thomas stated coldly. He knew the truth of his world all to well. "If you acted outside your roll, you were made to suffer." He said looking over at his armor. As he stared a thought occurred to him. 'They turned me into a weapon.' He thought looking at his hands. 'I didn't have a choice before but now... I can be the thing that protects I can do what these ponies can't. After all weapons work both ways they can harm or protect its all about who wields them. "Star I want to do it." Thomas said grinning.
"Ah do what cause, I'm not into well things." She blushingly said confused.
"What, no not that I want to be a guardian a real one I want to make lives better by doing what others can't." He said rising to his feet. "I'm free finally free, but I know I'm a weapon I was trained for combat, raised for war and those that created me used me for evil. But now I'm in my own hands and as swords can also deflect a blow as a shield so to will I protect others." He felt fire in his heart he had a purpose one he had chosen and could feel pride in.
"That good sir is quite the noble goal." Star said with a wide grin. "Though you should really talk to the princesses about it first."