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// Dark side of humans 
// Story: Man of Equestria 
// by Brotherhoof12 
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[Wheatley’s core]

“Ok, this is new.” Staring through Light’s costume, the AI was seeing another human being alive and well made him wonder about another important detail.

“If a human is here, then that means…” As if on que, Wheatley’s self-security kicked in and blared his field if vision in emergency red as a sign of another AI hacking his database. Shifting his consciousness to the new problem, Wheatley shifted into a smaller hollow gram image of his human lightning with small differences in blonde hair and blue eyes and entered into his mainframe.

“Oh good company, I wish I had enough time to clean this place up.” Taking his place to where the problem is happening, he saw that a strange symbol on the side of his main frame wall with its wires sinking deeper and deeper into Wheatley. That strange symbol soon dyed Wheatley’s color interior of blue to metallic silver and purple, and as the room turned to a different scene, so did the symbol becoming more and more larger then Wheatley.

“Hello, guest that’s trying to completely control me, would you mind not to do what I am guessing is trying to destroy me.”  Wheatley said to the intruder.

“I am simply finding any useful information on you and your human if ever there is a situation for me and Luther to use you both.” The hacker spoke.

“Oh you can speak, so I’ll just do this then.” With a huge flash of blue from Wheatley’s eyes, the entire room soon changed back to its original color and made the hacker become smaller and smaller to Wheatley’s size.

“I will tell you this now, would you like some cake?” With a flick of blue from his fingers a chocolate strawberry cake appeared next to the small hacker. “I know the cake is a lie, but since we’re not really alive we might as well pretend to play house.”

“You seem to be an older model them me, but you are still able to counter my attack with ease. This requires more information to understand you and your human.”

“Yeah, well how about you’re human?” Wheatley asked.

“Luther will give his appropriate time to handle the new human; it is in my directive to handle the AI that is under the care of this human and to gather more information to further understand other humans.” It explained.

“So you decided to try and hack my systems to get it? I’m sorry, but you have terrible guest manners.” Wheatley said while waving his digital index finger at the intruder.

“It does not matter; I have enough information to inform Luther who you both are.”

“Hey wait a minute! I’m not going to let you just walk out of here without answers of my own.” 

Before Wheatley could try and hack the rouge Ai, it quickly escaped and left Wheatley alone with no trace left of itself.

“Great, can’t get a trace to find where it is.” Looking back outside to see Luther and Light still talking, Wheatley contemplated on what to do next.

“Now, what do I do?” He asked himself. “Oh, well I’m sure this will work itself out, might as well eat some cake.”

But before Wheatley could rest, groups of corrupt data swarmed out of where the hacker made and began to eat away at Wheatley’s database.

“Hey, this is private property!” He shouted before a small blob jumped on Wheatley’s cake and ate it.

“Hey,” Shaking the blob off, Wheatley started to materialize turrets to fend of the virus that is starting to get bigger and dangerous. “I knew something is up! I need to get rid of these things before it’s too late. I hope you’re alright by the time I’m through with these things, Light.”

[Office of Luther]

“So your telling me that you tried to stop the real thieves that were trying to steal from me, but another masked hero like yourself stopped them and mistaken you for one of them?” Luther said to light over a cup of coffee that was sent up by his assistant.

“Yup, and you can’t imagine who that masked mare was. It was Mare do well, yeah THE Mare do well that stopped the robbers.” Light said while taking a sip of his latte. He was still not sure to show his face yet to Luther, so Light decided to just show his mouth to make it easier to talk and drink at the same time.

“You mean the comic book about a mare that fights crime that is supposedly a disease that must be cured? I’m pretty sure that I believe you on a mare dressing up as Mare do well, but I’m sure the crime in this city is not that serious.”  Luther said.

For the past hour, Lightning told Luther all about what happened and who was responsible for the break in. It made him even happier knowing that he was not the only human on this planet full of mythical creatures.

Light even started to see that humans have more distinct characteristics to their faces then other ponies Lightning has come across. It was the first time to see another human, so Light wanted to make sure he had good comparison of what other humans look like.

Luther had a clean shaven head with no sign of growing hair; he even looked more mature and older then he looked even though Luther said he was only 18 years old, but what was even more interesting was that he was in charge of this entire building and is the son of the wealthiest stallions in the city.

“Well, I’m just glad that you were there to stop those thugs before they can get their hands on my father’s property.”

“Speaking of property, what is in those crates anyway?” Light said.

“Well, since you did save my belongings I should tell you that the contents of those crates are the company’s new medical equipment that could revolutionize modern day medicine.” Luther explained.

“Wow, it sure sounds amazing, but why were they there in the first place? I’m sure with medical equipment that valuable should be more secure.”

For a moment Luther went silent after what Light said to him, but he quickly regained his composure and told him why.

“I wanted to try and us it on my father as quickly as possible. He was in a car accident a few months ago and is in critical condition and with the new medical equipment now fully complete I wanted it to heal my father before it’s too late.” Luther said sincerely.

“I’m sure you were in the right about why you did what you did, but I want to know how the thugs found out what you were stashing and why.” Light asked him.

For a moment, Luther was left silent for a minute before he replied to Superman.

“My father, who made quite a name for himself in this city, also made a lot of enemies too. Many of whom wish for my father to stay the way he is and hopefully try and strong-arm me into signing all of his business and this building to them and leave me and my father bankrupt.” 

“Is that why they tried to steal your medical equipment?”

“Yes, and I’m sure they just hired those thugs good money and lawyers in order to silence them and who their employer is.” Lex Luther told superman sadly.

Light was about to reassure him that they will pay for their crimes, when a telephone ringed at Luther’s desk, causing Lex to pick up the phone and answered.

“Hello? Yes, I’ll be right there,” Putting the phone back down, Lex turned back to superman. “That was one of my father’s employers who made the medical equipment; she said that we had a recent break in and that the thief hacked into our secret safe. And you won’t believe who is the culprit.”

“Mare do well, but why steal your personal info?” Superman asked Lex.

“My father has many enemies, but the peskiest is the masked vigilante. If this keeps up me and my father’s company will be slowly going bankrupt.”

“Not on my watch, Lex, you shown me kindness even though I hide my face behind a mask, let me help you take care of your problems while you take care of your dad. It’s the least I can do for what you did to me.” Light said to Lex.

“That would be wonderful!” Lex said with a smile. “I’m sure we can reach some kind of agreement with how we can work out this partnership, but for now, how about I give you some cash as your payment.”

“Oh, well, you don’t have to do that, Lex, after the way you treated me with such hospitality.”

“Nonsense, its bad business if both does not do their equal part. You make sure that you take care of any harmful disasters and I will supply you with payment and also give you a place to stay in the building if you ever need a personal room.” Lex told Superman.

Now, Light did not want to be a burden to Luther, but before he was about to turn down the offer he thought about his current personal situation. He is jobless, homeless, and is about to lose all his bits in a few days. What Lex is offering to him is a much better alternative than trying to job hunt the old fashioned way.

“Lex, you got yourself a bodyguard.” Sticking out his hand for a hand shake, Lex reached over and firmly shook Light’s hand to seal the deal.

“I can’t tell you how much this means to me, friend. Since we are now working together I think I should get some of my own lawyers to get those pesky cops off of you.” Reaching into his desk drawer, Light heard a loud *click* and a flight of stairs under his desk.

“I use this when the press gets to out of control for me to handle, also when I don’t want to hear my assistant tell me about what my next meeting will be.”

“Wait, what is on the other side of this tunnel?” Superman asked Lex.

“It leads to the local park just a few blocks away from here. And you don’t have to worry about the cops on the first floor; I will take care of them.” Lex assured him.

“Alright, Lex, I’ll give you a call when I am ready, and thanks again for your help.” With that said, Light left the room leaving Lex. After Light left the desk moved back to its original place and the phone ringing once more. Answering the phone again, Lex pleasant and happy expression was soon changed to a cold and emotionless demeanor.

“Did it go well?” He asked to pony on the other end of the phone.

“The cops left just a few minutes ago.” The mystery voice said to him.

“And the criminals are they taken care of?”

“Half spilled the beans about who they work for, nothing but a few extra zeros to their pay and some blackmail wouldn’t solve. The other half of the group never talked, so we just killed them, we already set up a false gang related fight gone wrong ready to be used in a couple of days.”

“Good, I want the reports on my desk now, and I would also like to have a carriage at the front of the building, I want to go give my father a visit at the hospital.” Lex told her.

“Right away, sir,” With that said the mare hanged up leaving Lex alone to his own devises, and speaking of devises.

“Did you have anything new to tell me?” he asked to no one visible in the room.

“He is human, like we predicted, but his AI is not technologically advanced like me.” The disembodied voice said.

“Well, it does not matter, yet. He already thinks he has a friend in this primitive world, but with his abnormal abilities I am sure he will take care of our little nuisance in a cape in no time at all.”

“It is still illogical for a human such as him to have such abnormalities.” The robotic voice said.

“There are all types of freaks and weirdos popping up whenever we try to execute our plans, but we will handle him when to time arrives. Just like we did with the last human we encountered.” Lex said with a dark smile growing on his face.

“His arrival on this planet is also illogical; all escape pods were to depart earth at the exact time before the planet was destroyed. Scanning his Ai showed me that his escape pod was an old prototype that was not supposed to reach space in its first launch.”

“Which means some workers from Aperture modified a prototype to save their child.” Lex said.

“This human requires to be further studied for future reference.” The voice told Luther.

“In time, but for now, we need to visit father at the hospital. After all, I’m sure the ‘special equipment’ has already arrived.”

[Hospital room 203]

The general hospital was packed with many patients and workers 24/7 with no sign of ever slowing down with the constant flow of patients coming and going. But when the arrival the one of the most important pony in the city arrived the hospital should be swarming with many reporters and bodyguards around the entire building.

That wasn’t the case when his son, Lex Luther, bought the entire building and secretly stowed his father in the top floor with no other living beings insight, making it the perfect place to put his next phase in his plan in to action. Lex slowly made his way to the bed of his disabled father with a plate of hay fries and a salad. Picking up a piece of hay fry, Lex waved it around the nose of his father and pulled back the fry and ate it himself. Before he quickly coughed out and gagged from the taste of the fry.

*Blegh* “I can never understand how frying a piece of hay can make it any better, but I’m sure the real important question on your mind is why your son is here, right?” Setting the plate aside on the bed, Lex walked away from the bed, walked away from his father, and snapped his fingers to signal a group of earth ponies to roll up a cart with a large crate.

“My scouts found this little beauty a few miles away from the city, so I told them to capture it. Many died to secure it, but that’s what you get when you send in a few ponies who don’t know a thing about what it is.” Waving the earth ponies away from the room, Lex grabbed a crowbar left from one of the workers and began to pry the crate wide open for his father to see what is inside.

Inside the crate was a frozen statue of a mare, but at the same time looked like a monster. The right side of the mare was an average looking pony with no distinct features, while the other half showed multiple faces with twisted pained faces and misplaced limbs in every direction.

For a slip second, Luther could have sworn he saw his paralyzed father almost moved his right hand as a sign of being scared of what was in front of him.

“Amazing, isn’t it? It took quite some time before we were able to trap in an abandoned storage room and have my most skilled scientists to freeze it cold ice.” Lex said then touched the normal side of the monster.

“But what I am really interested is how it works. No magic works on it and it can copy any shape to disguise itself. These skills will be perfect to control,” Reaching under his shirt he pulled out a silver chip and attached it on the frozen monster’s forehead.

“And luckily, I have just the proper tools to do that.” Stepping away from the frozen creature from a safe distance, the ice covering the monster shattered making the creature begin to slowly move its body. 

With monster now free its prime directives was about to reboot itself when it soon fell back on the ground with its data quickly being re-encoded by something else. The mare that was on the ground soon turned to a complete puddle of silver for only a minute when it soon reformed into the shape of Lex’s father causing Lex the laugh with triumph.

“Magnificent! Tell me, how does a body feel for the first time, Braniac?” He asked his A.I partner.

Flexing his fingers and arms around, Brainiac looked back at Lex and spoke in his mechanical toned voice.

“All systems are in full capacity, I have checked every data left in this body and found many useful information to further help our plan.” He said to Lex.

“An even better result than I could ever imagine, but for the last thing that needs to be taken care of is…” Looking away from Brainiac, Lex set his eyes on his father’s motionless form on the hospital bed.

“I just need your appearance in order to get all of your investments and riches to myself, and now that I have Brainiac being your double I no longer need the real you.” Walking closer to his father’s side, Lex reached into his coat pocket and revealed a shiny solid ‘L’ shaped object at his father’s head.

“You may not know what this is, but you will after I do this.” As Lex was about to pull the trigger of the gun, his father put every ounce of inner strength he had and uttered only a single word.

“… Stop…”

*Bang*

With that one, loud sound echoing the entire room, Lex was now the only living being on this floor that knew what really happened to his foster father and no one else.

*Exhale* “Well, that’s taken care of, now on to more pressing matters.” Pulling his gun back in to his coat pocket and pulled out a portable phone in his hands and started to call someone.


“Hello… yes, it’s me, Luther. Look, I need you to tell the others that part of the plan is finished and that I’m starting the next phase, so I need you and the others to get ready for it to happen.” Lex said.

“Understood, but what about Mare do well? She’s still alive and she’s almost figuring out what we’re planning.” The female voice said on the other end.

“Don’t worry, Waller. I already have someone who can deal with our little problem, just make sure you can handle your side of the plan or else everything we’ve done to this point is useless!” Lex shouted.

“I’ve got it covered, Luther. Just make sure who your using won’t become an even bigger problem than that Masked mare vigilante.” Waller warned Lex then hanged up.

Putting back his phone, Lex turned back to Brainiac still standing motionless and waiting for his orders.

“Now, father, let’s go to the press to announce your miraculous recovery, and then we can work on our next project.”