//------------------------------// // Part 1: Chapter 7 // Story: The Conversion Bureau - The Last Human // by Maxis122 //------------------------------// ~The Conversion Bureau - The Last Human Chapter 7~ ~By Maxis122~ The empty streets were as they were before I had left London - in search of the answers that I desired. But now I had come all the way back to square one with just as much confusion as I left with. Now I had no idea who to trust, who to work with and who to travel with. The best that I could do with for now was to continue my journey alone. This next part who need me to get to the research facility, it was a big, tall building that had a hospital on the bottom floors. But the top floors were for experimenting and test out new things. Well - that was after the conversion bureaus opened. They were trying to develop ways to counteract the potion and to find ways to turn converted humans back into ponies. It was all a load of rubbish to the public and no one really cared about what they were doing - because the main focus was on the fact that humans were becoming an endangered species. Every day more and more humans were changing into ponies - for the promise of a better life. It even got to the point where humanity stopped the Conversion Bureaus all together because too many people were being changed. Everything came to a standstill after that - the world had lost most of its population and land. But there was still a large population left over and something didn’t want there to be any more humans. That was when the mass conversion happened, the message was that you could get converted and have a care free life. Or you could stay and die. Obviously the message was not that simple but in the end everyone got the idea of what they were saying. Yet, even though I didn’t change I am still here and I am still alive. Now I was becoming a part of a group that wanted to change ponies back into humans, but part of me though that this was becoming a bad plan. A very bad plan. Who would want to change back - it would end up like when potions were being put in drinks and water supplies. Forceful methods might appear with me at the top of it all. That was something that didn’t feel right. They might have tried to take our rights but I won't take theirs. If they changed then that was their choice and I respect that. Now it came down to what I was going to do when I encountered Elliot again. Would I tell him that I wasn’t in on the plan anymore? Apart from that I was now back on the move with the correct building in my sights - It would probably be night when I got there. The perfect setting for a plan to be set - in the dead of night. It was almost feeling like the end of a movie - like I was the main character in the whole thing. For some reason I liked the idea of being the last one, this was before the mass conversion, because I could live it out in the way of Smith in I am Legend. Without the infected - of course. But there would be no law, no one to tell me what to do - I would be truly free. But now that I am really living it I have other ideas of how I would like to live life. As I walked down the street I noticed that there was a electronics store - it still had its power running with a flicker in the lighting every now and again. But the main thing that caught my eye was that there was only one television producing a image - the rest were static. For some reason this single television was developing a image. I turned to it and walked into the store to see what was being shown. When I got close enough it was the menu screen for a custom DVD - simply titled End. There was nothing else on the screen but that word and a single selection saying play. I got right up to the screen and looked at it. I then looked at the player below it and pressed the button that said play. The DVD then began to play its contents, beginning with the words of a single man. ------ “Hello, whoever has found this DVD running in this store will know by now that the ponies have taken over. The end of the human race has happened and...” The man paused for a moment and then continued to talk. “...now the mass conversion is taking effect. I am going to join this conversion because I have nothing left - humanity has died and the recent events have proved it. Just look at the news over the last few days and you will see...” The screen then displayed a news report showing the research building. A woman stood in the middle of the screen and looked into the camera. “Today, as you can see the first countermeasures to the Conversion Bureaus are being created. This research facility is working to find a way to reverse the effects of transformation...” The tape then cut off and the screen returned to black for a few moments - then it switched to a view of a street. There was a man and a pony talking to each other. The tape was silent but the conclusion was clear when police units suddenly moved in and then man watched as the pony was dragged away. Another cut took place as a collection of clips showed the military moving in and going about various missions against ponies and their own kind. Each one contained a single factor that stayed the same - there was no mercy. Humanity was being shown for the evil that it could produce. “This is the world that we have created - I no longer wish to be a part of this race. That is why this tape is here to show the future what the humans used to be.” -------- The tape then stopped and returned back to the title screen. I was shocked for a few moments as I processed what I had just saw. Those were the last few days - the dark days. I had no idea why some of it went on but I did my best to forget it. Now it had come back up, just like that. I then stepped back a couple of steps and thought for a moment - this wasn’t me. I am the last human and I don’t want everything to think that I am like the others. I then pressed the button the eject the DVD and it spat it out on a tray. I picked up the DVD and held it in my hands. Closing my eyes I put pressure on both ends of the disk until I heard a snap. When I opened my eyes the disk was broken - the information was gone forever. I then threw the broken disk on the floor and I turned around to go out of the store. Looking back at the research facility I began to walk again. Time would only tell in what was coming up for me, I continued my walk along the road with the sun beginning to set behind me. It wasn’t long until I got to the doors of the research place, the main part of the journey was flying here. But now I had arrived. I walked over to the middle of the complex and saw the elevator. For now I thought it would be better to avoid these things - since my last encounter. So I turned around and walked up the stairs instead. After a couple of floors I was regretting my decision, but it was better to be safe. The floor that I was aiming for was the near top one that held the records, because if Elliot was already here then he wouldn’t be in there. He would be looking for the other research. So that was my destination. After a few minutes of stair climbing I got to the correct floor, that was when I collapsed on the floor and began to take deep breaths. Thats the last time I do that. Now I could do some searching - that was when I got my breath back. I then stood up and looked around at the immediate area surrounding me - it was filled with plenty of boxes and documents. On the wall was a fire axe and a button to set of the fire alarms - plus water system. I ignored these for now as I needed everything dry. I then walked down the hallway and looked at the various boxes. Nothing really caught my eye as I first went over everything. So I sat down and thought about it for a moment. Thinking about what that rainbow pegasus meant by “check the records”. What was I expecting to find. I looked at the mirror ahead to see myself in my perplexed state. Then it hit me. I quickly looked to my side and looked inside of the box marked ‘employee birth records’. Everything was tabbed at the top as I searched through the box. I came to the back and there was not the thing that I was looking for. Maybe that rainbow pegasus wanted me to not find something. I then stood up and looked inside the next box marked by ‘employee status’. Inside I looked through the file and found the one that I was looking for. I looked at it for a few seconds and observed what it had to offer. Things were now beginning to fall in place, but only one pony could put this all together. I stood up and turned back towards the stairs, only to meet the one who I never expected to meet. She stood there with a scarf around her neck and a backpack on - like she had been traveling for a long time. “Miss Sparkle” I said, remembering her from that interview. “It’s been a long time since I’ve seen a human” she began as she looked me over, noticing the two pistols on my chest. “I hope you don't plan on using those” she said as she pointed as the pistols. “I don’t intend to” I replied as I looked at her. “The pony that you have been traveling with - he is not...” she began before I interrupted. “I think i’ve figured that out by now. Thanks to you rainbow coloured friend I’ve been able to gather the lost pieces” I said. “I bet you want me dead for what I did to your kind - and maybe indirectly to you. That’s why I am here...” she said as she looked up and me. “I’m sorry for what happened to her, I didn’t think that it would lead to this. I’m sorry” She said as she then let some tears leave and she bowed her head. So many emotions were running through my head right now - sadness, anger and other random emotions. For the first time a pony was bowing to a human - something that has never happened before. She was sorry for what had happened - she probably didn’t mean to cause so much pain. All she wanted was to get rid of humanity - in the nicest way possible. It was an evil thing to do but then again she was one of the ones who gave the choice. There was another group that forced people to change into ponies - another group that produced propaganda against humanity. She was only part of the early stages and she probably didn’t expect the next events in history. But everything has happened now and there is no turning back. “It’s complicated, in how I am feeling” I began, she looked up again to hear what I had to say. “I understand what you got caught up into but at the same time you should have expected this to happen” I said. We then fell silent for a moment as the words sunk in. “I accept you apologie” I said. Suddenly the elevator came to life, Twilight and I both looked at it as the number at the top slowly gained value. It was moving up and something was in it. Frozen in place, we watched the doors - waiting for the incoming conclusion. Whatever it was it must be able to turn the power on and activate the elevator. That would have to be something human. “Hide now” I said to Twilight. She looked at me confused but then quickly ran away and hid. If it was who I thought it was then she shouldn’t be here. Even though I was angry with her I still had some part of me needing her to be safe. The tension built as the elevator number got bigger and bigger. All the way I was watching the doors, waiting for the ping to say that the door was ready to open. I got out my pistol and aimed it at the door with the safety off and my finger on the trigger. I then peered to the right and caught glimpse of Twilight hiding behind some boxes a couple of meters away. She looked into my eyes and watched as I looked back to the door. The number was almost at its climax and everything had come to this moment. All this time of waiting I had finally gotten to the moment where everything was going to be revealed. The truth. A ping. A tone began to ring in my ears as I coughed, time stood still for a moment as I fell to the ground. Everything was shaking as my entire body went into shock, my mind processing this new feeling of pain. The gun fell to the ground and lied next to me. A slight trickle of blood subsidized in my mouth as my body began to bleed. It was then when I began to hyperventilate and try and get back my lost breath. Then the ringing stopped and I looked over at the elevator door to see the shadow of a man. For the first time in a long time - another man was in my presence. There was a cloud of smoke around the area where the man stood - mainly around the object that he was possessing. When my vision came back into focus I could see that he was holding a pump action shotgun. The man then pumped it and the fired shell ejected itself and pinged against the floor. He then began to walk forward - slowly as he held his shotgun by his side. His face came into view and then I knew exactly who he was. “Wow, its been a long time since I’ve done that to something” this man said in an excited manner as he got closer to me. “I’m sorry Max, or should I say - mister Hunter. It has to end like this” He continued as he then got right in front of me. He then knelt down and pulled my other pistol off my chest and threw it away. “You won't be needing that any more - because you will be dead soon. Plus, as you are dying, I will tell you about my plan. Like with those movies - monologuing. Then this will all die with you!” He said. “Why Elliot?” I asked as that was all that I could think to say. “Why? Well, it all started when I was a pony. As you know, I was not a natural human - I got captured and changed. So, I warmed up to the people and got into a higher up position. Then I worked on my plan to destroy the humans for taking my life. So to keep my mind I took a conversion drug and got changed into a pony again - but...” He then stopped, thinking for a moment about what he was going to say next. “What?” I said. “She got together with somepony else - she gave up on me. Just like that. It was then when Equestria detected my hate and they booted me out. Then I survived for a short period of time - then I found you. I was lucky but the fact remains. You were the only one that could get me back to London” “Why did you need to get back here?” I asked as this was beginning to make less and less sense. “Do I need to decode this for you” He said as he got closer. “You are the last human and I want my revenge on humanity - so why don’t I roleplay as Max Hunter and make you a mass murderer. What a great way to make humans look exactly how you didn’t want them to be like. I will use my technology and dark magic to make you the ultimate killing machine. I can’t wait to get started!” He giggled and smiled at me in a insane way. “You monster...” I said as I coughed. “You will be the monster soon. And you will die here being the only one who knows. Its a shame really” “Why?” “Oh, because you would have made such a great pony” he then laughed in my face and suddenly stopped. “Laughing matters aside, it was nice knowing you. But there is one last thing that I have been really curious about - ever since I met you” “What is that?” “Why didn’t you tell me you sir name? Hunter isn’t that bad” He asked. “You will never know - that will die with me too” I said, chuckling at my own success. “As I have nothing better to do then I will just make you tell me” He then pressed on my wound, causing immense pain to me, I yelled out in pain as he looked into my eyes. “How about now?” I leaned forward and whispered “How about no”. He then leaned even further in making the pain greater than before. Everything was yelling out at me to stop him but I was weak. I could only let the pain happen. “GET OFF HIM!” Shouted Twilight as she tackled Elliot to the ground. He dropped his shotgun and was sent a couple of meters the the side with Twilight close by. “You mother f-” Elliot began but was then bucked in the head by Twilight. He fell down but then got up. He looked at Twilight with nothing but hate in his eyes, he was a real monster. He then slammed the fire alarm next to him and the water machines began to blast water out of them. At the same time a bell rang once but then broke. The ground became wet with dots of blood around Elliot. There was some blood beginning to trail out of me from the gunshot wound that I had taken. Twilight moved so that she was in front of me, she was defending me. Her eyes narrowed and Elliot gritted his teeth. The two stared at each other for a moment until Elliot laughed a little. “You’re defending him, how cute” Elliot said. “Because he’s worth defending” Twilight shouted. “Why?” Elliot shouted. “Because he’s human” Twilight said, peering back at me. “Fine then!” Elliot shouted as he ran forward and threw a punch at Twilight. She jumped out of the way and then turned to face him again. She met another punch in the face from Elliot as he swung around and slammed Twilight away. She slid back on the water and attempted to get back up again. Elliot began to storm over to her but lost his balance a little on the surface. This gave Twilight the extra time she needed and she charged into Elliot sending him back again. She then pounced on and pushed his arms back to stop him from attacking. He was stuck to the ground for a little time but then he rolled over and got Twilight on her back. They began to struggle as I got onto my feet, I was weak but I could still do something. The water made my cloths wet and reduced how much I could move as they had gained weight. I stumbled over to the wall and could see them fighting with non of them winning at the moment. I looked to the cabinet ahead and saw a fire axe. Elliot then got the upper hand on the battle and grabbed Twilights head, then he threw her forward into window at the end of the hall. Elliot then picked up the pistol and walked over to Twilight who was fazed from what was going on. Elliot then brung the pistol up and aimed it at Twilight with the intention to kill. Then I yelled out and swung the fire axe down as he turned around. The axe sliced through his arm in one slice and chopped his hand off. Elliot then screamed as he looked over at his cut arm. “YOU FUCKING BA-” he yelled, but was cut off when I lowered the axe and sliced it in a upwards diagonal way. Elliot flew through the air and landed on his front. Dead. I then dropped the axe and fell to the ground, leaning against the wall. I was now done, everything was going to end now. There was no more that could be done - Elliot was now dead and Twilight was alive. I had to kill another to keep one alive - but it was worth it. Now I could rest knowing that I wasn’t completely bad and I saved someone. Or somepony if I were to be more precise. But now my blood was draining and my pulse was dying. My life was ending and I could only look at the wall opposite. Then Twilight came into view, she stood in front of me and looked at my wound that bled. “I’m sorry that you had to see me like this - I wasn’t expecting a shotgun to the chest” I said. “Don’t worry, you’re going to be ok! Just hang in there” She said as she frantically grabbed a cloth and pressed it against my wound. “Please Twilight” I said as adsorbed the pain and tried to push her away. “No! I can help!” Twilight shouted. “I would have never expected this...” I said as I chuckled a little. “What?” Twilight asked. “Getting help from you, you were the last pony that I expected to meet” “Don’t worry, its going to be ok. Just don't go!” she shouted in panic. I then put my hand to the side of her face and looked into her eyes. “Tell her...” I began but then tears were building up in my eyes. “Tell her I’m sorry...” I got out just as I then let my hand drop. Then I began to let my eyes close as I took on final breath. This was my end and I welcomed it. Even though I was dying, I had completed what I could. Now it was time to rest. To sleep. “Don’t worry, I’ll fix this” I heard as I blacked out. “Its going to be ok” ------ END OF PART 1