Part 1. First day, first problems.
Ever since Twilight and her friends entered the castle, the ponies never stopped discussing what to do when they found the source of the disturbance. Besides Rainbow Dash and Pinkie Pie, however, as one kept to suggesting to beat the life out of whoever caused this and the other one was rambling about throwing them a party.
“Why do you think that they even deserve a party?” the cyan Pegasus asked in irritation. "We had to go all the way out here for this; I was in the middle of flying!"
“Everypony deserves a party, Silly! By the way, what cake should I make for them? Hmm, chocolate maybe? Oh! Oh! I know! Vanilla! Or maybe even--!”
Twilight interrupted their argument with a raised hoof. "Shh!" she whispered harshly. Her ears were pricked up, as if listening intently. Eyes narrowed, she glanced around them. "Girls, do you hear that?”
As the ponies' voices were lowered, they heard a faint, high pitched beeping noise from upstairs. It was repetitive, bleeping quickly three times over before resting a second, then commencing the cycle all over again. It sounded a little like a robot.
“Wh-...what is that?” Fluttershy whimpered shakily, hiding behind her mane.
“I don’t know," Twilight replied, listening more intently. "...Looks like it’s coming from the living quarters.”
“Well, what are we waiting for?" Rainbow Dash cried, itching for some action. "Let's go!" The cyan pegasus started to run towards the stairs, only for her tail to be caught by Twilight's magic. "G-augh?!"
The lavender alicorn levitated her friend to her face, which was contorted into one of annoyance. "We go together," she reminded.
"Uh... yeah, sure," Rainbow Dash blushed slightly as she was put back on her hooves.
Twilight gestured for her friends to follow as she led the way, determined to find the cause of the disturbance.
As the ponies walked towards the beeping noise, they noticed a strange metal contraption, blocking the entrance to one of the rooms. The machine was constantly rotating left and right, emitting the same noise they heard from downstairs. The bottom of the machine was a steel biped, supporting what looked like two cylinders with five or so smaller cylinders inside. On top of it all was a red box, with four holes in it. Each of the holes were a home to some sort of metal... ball?
“...What in tarnation is that?” whispered Applejack.
“Well, I myself am at a loss, Darling, but its design is truly bizarre.” Rarity remarked. "The shade of red could certainly use some work..."
“...I think I know what it is.”
At these words everypony turned to Twilight. The alicorn continued, narrowing her eyes at the machine. “If this thing belongs to the one who caused the disturbance, which I’m certain of, its owner is in that room. And this thing is most likely some sort of mechanized guard-- Hey! Rainbow Dash!” Twilight's magic once again engulfed the mentioned pegasus, dragging her back.
“Lemme at 'im! I can take it!” the cyan mare protested. "It's just some machine!"
“We don’t even know what this thing is capable of, Rainbow," Twilight reminded, inspecting the red mechanism as her friend once again dropped to the floor. "...But it looks like it doesn’t see us.”
“Ughh... Well, what’s your plan, then?”
Instead of answering, Twilight lit her horn again. “I hope this will work.”
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Irene and her father were woken up by loud beeping coming from the PDA.
Dell quickly grabbed the device, inspecting the cause of the disturbance. As the red glow from the PDA illuminated his features, the Engineer cursed silently.
“What's happening, Dad?” Irene whispered in fear.
“Someone musta' disabled our sentry. Quck, hide behind your bed!” The man ushered his daughter in the desired spot, handing her his pistol. Irene looked at the weapon in her hands. She was young, but that didn’t mean she never fired a weapon. When they were on the run, she had to use a gun to protect herself way more than once.
"Hey," her dad whispered rather suddenly, which caught her offguard. "You know Ah' love you, no matter what happens. Right?"
Irene stared up at her father, wondering what he meant by that. Instead of explaining, however, the man quickly gave the girl a kiss on the forehead. "You defend yourself anyway you can. Ah' promise Ah' won't look at you any differently." Then, Dell hurried to behind the wardrobe.
The man reached for his backpack and took out a shotgun that was decorated with ornaments on both sides. On the right side of the gun was a small metal contraption. "Frontier Justice" was its name.
Conagher quickly loaded the weapon, exhaling deeply. His heart pounding, he glanced out of cover at the spot where Irene was hiding. "Nobody'll touch you," he thought. "Never again." With the safety of his daughter in his hands, Engineer cocked the weapon, his eyes narrowed from under the goggles he wore.
Soon, a feminine voice was heard. “All right, girls, I think I disabled this thing. Let’s go.”
Silence was evident for a few seconds, before it was broken by the sound of footsteps outside. The sound was strange, as if every member of the group was wearing high-heeled shoes.
“Looks like it’s here.” the same voice said. “All right, I’m going in.”
“Be careful, Twi.” another feminine voice with a thick Southern accent said.
The man tightened his grip on his weapon and got ready as the door opened. His gloved finger hovered over the trigger as he peered from behind his cover, hoping to see the enemy.
What he saw, however, made his jaw drop. It also nearly made him drop his shotgun.
In walked an equine-like creature with a lavender coat, a dark violet mane and tail with a purple stripe, and a horn and wings adorning its body. On its flank was a picture of a violet six-pointed star surrounded by white normal stars.
"What is that?" Engineer gawked, returning back to his cover. "...It kinda reminds me of last Halloween. Heh, Scout would kill to see this--"
CLONK!
Irene, who was also looking from behind her cover, accidentally dropped her pistol from the shock. The pony quickly turned its head towards the noise, attentive. Irene ducked, but too slow. She was spotted.
The creature’s horn emitted a violet aura as the girl was flung out of her cover to the center of the room.
"Oh, no you don't!" Engineer thought furiously. "NOBODY treats my daughter like that!"
Conagher flung himself out of his cover, jamming the shotgun barrel against the creature’s head. The equine froze, eyes wide. That only made Dell's finger tighten on the trigger. “Ah' would stay still if Ah' were you," Engie's teeth gritted, rage evident on his face. "...Pardner.”
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Twilight froze, the shock that she was seeing an actual human in Equestria overpowering. That was impossible; the Mirror transformed anyone who passed through!
“Wh-... what do you want?” her voice was shaking with fear as she stared at his rage-filled face fearfully.
“Ah'm askin' the questions here, Pony," the bipedal said coldly. He had a thick Southern accent. "Tell yer friends to come on in. Ah' know you ain’t alone.”
Twilight gulped as the barrel of the contraption dug into her skull, leaving no room for questioning. “G-... girls? Please, come in."
“What's up, Twi?" Rainbow Dash asked quizzically. "You sound pretty nervous.”
As Twilight's friends entered the room, their eyes went wide as they saw a tall bipedal being, dressed in overalls. It was towering over Twilight and pointing a strange metal thing at her head. Next to them was another creature who looked pretty much like the first one, but was much shorter, had longer hair, and a more slender face. It looked scared as it dashed to the bigger one's side, shakily holding another metal thing at them. The other bipedal responded with a pat of her head, one hand still holding the slender thing. The small creature was wearing a dirty and tattered dress, matching the Southern style with the bigger one.
“Hey! Let her go!” Rainbow shouted, preparing to charge. However, before any mortal wounds could be inflicted, she was grabbed from both sides by Rarity and Applejack.
“Woah, there, Rainbow! Hold yer horses. We don’t know what that thing can do to Twilight.”
“Yer friend is right," the bipedal stated. "Stay right there, or yer friend here is a Goner.” After the reluctant pegasus calmed herself, the creature continued. "You see this here shotgun?" He tapped the contraption in his hand. "This here's a Winchester M97, customized by Yours Truly. It fires 12 gauge caliber bullets, has a range of twenty-two yards, and is powerful enough to blow this here pony's head off. So now y'all know what Ah' can do to her."
The room of ponies gawked at that. Rainbow Dash instantly shut herself up, all hopes of rebellion gone in a flash.
"Ah' reckon y'all will know who's in charge here," the man said darkly.
“What do you want?” Rainbow Dash nearly whispered.
“Ah' could ask you the same question," the bipedal gritted his teeth, finger touching the trigger. "Y'all just come in here an' think you can terrorize mah' daughter and Ah', huh? Well, Ah' guess Ah'll have t' teach y'all a lesson...”
The room once again went silent at the reveal of the two's relationship.
Twilight guiltily interjected: “We were sent here by the princesses to find the source of an energy disturbance! I swear, we never intended to hurt your daughter!”
The tall human raised an eyebrow at that. “Jus' what were you going to do when you found this... 'energy disturbance?'”
“Well... we were to report to the princesses and wait for further instructions.”
The man was deep in thought after hearing the lavender unicorn’s words.
"...Alright, maybe they didn't want to hurt us," he thought. "Sure, she attacked first, but only because she thought us to be a threat. Moreover, no actual harm was done..."
Finally making his choice, he lowered his shotgun and motioned the unicorn to join her friends. Seeing this, Irene lowered her pistol as well. The man cleared his throat. “We’re, uh, sorry for making such a terrible first impression... Ah' suggest we should start over. What do y'all think?”
“I guess you're right.” Twilight agreed, before turning to Irene. “Following his apologies, I’m sorry for attacking you earlier. I didn't know you weren't an enemy.”
“It’s ok.” Irene said softly, clutching her father's side. Conagher put a hand on her head, stroking her hair as he smiled.
The alicorn felt a warm feeling in her heart as she examined the pair interact. They were definitely father and daughter. She then backed up so she was with her friends, still facing the human. “I guess introductions are in order. My name is Twilight Sparkle.”
“Howdy, Ah’m Applejack” an orange pony with a Steston said. The man smiled a bit at hearing his native accent, tipping his hardhat to her as a greeting.
“Name’s Rainbow Dash. The fastest flier in all of Equestria!” a cyan mare with a rainbow mane puffed out her chest proudly.
"Are ya sure your name ain't Scout?" Engineer mused in his head. He smiled and repeating the gesture.
“Why, hello there. My name is Rarity. And I must say that you really need some new clothing.” a white unicorn said with slight distaste.
Conagher chuckled. "Ah' know. But let’s just say that in our... situation clothes issues were far from being the most important problem.” the man sighed a bit sadly.
The man was about to continue when his vision suddenly turned pink.
"HI!” a mare with ocean blue eyes and a pink... well, everything else chippered.
“Whoa, easy there, pardner!” the man stepped away from the pony, chuckling.
“Sorry for our friend here. Pinkie Pie is always anxious when she meets new ponies.” the violet alicorn apologized quickly.
“No apologies needed, Ma'am. And who is you friend over there?” he gestured toward a yellow Pegasus, who hid behind her pink mane when the man had turned to her.
“Um...." she whispered, unsure of what to say. However, as the yellow pegasus saw the genuinely friendly smile on the man's face, she finished. "I’m Fluttershy,” the mare whispered, the man barely hearing her.
“It’s a pleasure to meet you, Fluttershy,” Engineer remarked, tipping his hardhat to her. The words made the mentioned pony uncover her face and smile timidly. “It’s a pleasure to meet all of you... Whelp, guess it's mah' turn. Ah’m The Engineer and this here is my daughter Irene.”
“Hi!" Irene smiled at the ponies.
“'Engineer?' That’s... not really a name. Why choose the name of a profession as an actual name?” Twilight tilted her head.
Engineer laughed, tucking his hands in his belt. “Well, it’s not my real name. My working contract demands me to keep my name a secret.”
The ponies just stared at him in confusion.
The man thought for a moment and added: “But since Ah' no longer work there and Ah’m in a different world, Ah' think that my contract doesn’t matter anymore.” The man smiled to the group. “It’s Dell. Dell Conagher.”
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Hell yeah! Update.
Cannot wait for next chapter.
4589559 Your picture scares me.
This chapter was very much, worth the weight
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Well, I picked a good time to go through my 'read later' list. I definitely want this to keep going.
MORE NOW.
plz
Is this the blu or red engineer?
4592925 Red
I just noticed this, but I don't think Gray would need those blueprints. He clearly reverse-engineered the Sentry Gun, Dispenser, and Teleporters. (As seen in Operation Mecha-Engine.)
Why could he not do the same for the immortality machines of Redmond and Blutarch? Not a flaw in your story, just something I noticed about the TF2 canon in general.
Good so far, but there is one problem:
The shotgun Dell mention is actually a full length Ithaca 37 shotgun.
See.
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4592925 red because he used a red sentry
it's hard to contain my inner fanboy...good job
I think maybe the whole Bipedal and color naming of Characters is getting a little annoying.
Hopefully you could fix that up a bit?
4596303 I'll think about it, but I see nothing wrong with it now.
4598010 Okay, I don't know maybe it's just me but i find it repetitive.
It would be like everytime someone called your name they also said your Nationality and color. But whateves! Great story either way.
Good job mate.(I ALWAYS wanted to do that
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4600133 Thanks for menioning, gonna fix it right now.
Wow... quite the intriguing tale so far, can't wait for more!
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4707321 New chapter coming soon(er than later).
not wanting to encourage couple, but this girl could be the daughter of applejack and engineer, paradoxical world applejak
4600524 hi potato master
Moooaaarrr
When will this be updated? It's awfully entertaining.
4792141 Two new chapters coming soon.
4792914 ha. Oh, and if you didn't know, but you prob do, the two Jala and. Shining Armor have the same voice actor.
4794177 Yeah, I know about mlp and Bionicle having the same voices actors. It's pretty funny that Snips and Teridax share the same voice actor.
4794188 along with Chrisalis and that other evil queen from the third movie. Rudaka or something?
4797027 Yep. But her name was Roodaka.
4798021 alright.
PLEASE CONTINUE I NEED MORE
Shouldn't anxious be replaced with excited?
I know it's late but I like this story