Prize Fighting, part 6
Sweetie carefully floated through the sea of numbers and images, mumbling 'Glorft' over and over under her breath. This seemed to keep her on a specific course. There were several times where she was almost distracted by various things that caught her interest - whether in the form of images or scrolls - but she quickly discarded the distraction since Kiva was counting on her to get what they were looking for. Maintaining her focus, she flowed along in the sea. She found that various parts of the sea had paths linking them together, and she was able to move faster along the paths than if she tried to push straight through the sea in the direction she felt she needed to go, so she stuck to the paths whenever they had her going in roughly the right direction.
Eventually, she came across a massive structure surrounded by flames, mines, and what looked remarkably like gun turrets. Strange drone constructs also patrolled it. When she mumbled 'Glorft' under her breath again, she felt herself pulled towards the structure. "Kiva, I think I've found something," she spoke up firmly, hoping her voice would carry to Kiva...wherever she was relative to her. "It's...I don't know how to describe it..."
"I can't really see it from here," Kiva explained calmly. "I was able to see that information on Astral Projection earlier. Up until now, I've only seen a few odd hyperlinks that streamed by rapidly."
"Hyperlinks?" Sweetie asked curiously. "That must have been those paths I was on. It made getting here much faster when I ran along them instead of floating through...and I touched the scroll about Astral Projection..."
"Perhaps you could touch what you're looking at?" Kiva suggested thoughtfully.
"I don't think that'd be a good idea," Sweetie countered, eyeing one of the drones. "It's...pretty secure."
There was a brief pause and some odd static. "Mora asks if you can take a picture of it," Kiva translated after a time.
"Picture?" Sweetie asked, confused. "I don't have a camera-" To her surprise, a camera appeared in her forehooves. "Oh! There we go." Aiming it carefully, she snapped the picture. "Did that help?"
There was silence for a time. "...Sweetie, I don't know how you managed it...but you're at the military processing center for the entire Glorft civilization. If we can get information out of it without detection, we'll know everything about the Glorft. Everythi-"
Sweetie blinked as Kiva was cut off and everything slowed down. "Kiva?" she asked in confusion.
A message popped up in front of her, seemingly projected from her horn.
External communication lost. Forced disconnect anticipated. Quantum acceleration in place. One minute personal time until forced disconnect.
Warning: forced disconnect will cause disorientation, loss of equilibrium, or enforced separation.
Engage emergency recall to body? Time to return, 20 seconds personal time.
Sweetie stared in shock. Based on the countdown, if this was right she had maybe another 20 seconds before she would be too late to get back to her own body. "But...but it took so long to get here-"
The message changed as the spot on which she stood briefly pulsed.
Incognito bookmark placed. Emergency recall to body?
She didn't know what an 'incognito bookmark' was, but she'd just have to ask Kiva and hope it was good news. "Do it!" The world vanished.
Scootaloo waited calmly in the cockpit of Megas, waiting for the next match to start. She knew getting so confrontational with Magnanimous after he had come to try and make her take a fall. It was likely unwise to bring up her friends as she did, too. She told herself she did it to try and protect them, but she couldn't help but think it somehow put a bullseye on their backs-
"Scootaloo, come in!" Kiva suddenly called out over the comm link as her face appeared.
"Kiva?" Scootaloo gasped in shock. "What is it?"
Kiva started to say something, only to be cut off as the signal was lost. Manganimous then appeared on the screen. "I gotta admit, I'm impressed," he said calmly. "I expected you to be atomized by now-"
"Is this the part where ya've got Kiva and Sweetie Belle in some sort of death trap and are tryin' ta compel Scoot ta throw the fight ta save them?" Apple Bloom interrupted dryly. "Ah hope yer at least gonna announce that it's the 'underhanded tactics' of our next opponent tryin' ta 'break our fightin' spirits' at the start o' the match Scoot's supposed ta throw. It'd be real disappointin' if Trixie back home could put on a better show than someone with an audience multi-star wide."
Magnanimous blinked a few times. He then smiled disarmingly. "Now why would you possibly believe I would-"
"If Apple Bloom gave you the idea to spin it that way, do you really think I'd believe it when you told me right after she suggested it?" Scootaloo pointed out flatly.
"You know, even genre savvy adults are willing to play along," Magnanimous countered acidly. "You kids are taking all the fun out of this." The communication cut.
Scootaloo sighed as she watched the new terrain take shape, a rocky landscape with a few trees and stone arches. The far gate to the arena opened, revealing a mecha in samurai armor...which quickly became five.
"Ladies and Gentlemen!" Magnanimous announced to the audience. "Megas' next opponent is the Samechrai Brothers...but it seems they've lost the path of honor! Behind the backs of this establishment, they have captured friends of Megas' pilot and suspended them over...the Quantum Singularity!" A spotlight shone down on a glass cage containing Kiva and a disoriented Sweetie Belle, suspended over a swirling black vortex contained between several pylons emitting a containment field. "The little pony must now choose between her friends' well-being, or the Championship!"
Scootaloo's eyes narrowed angrily as the audience booed this development. "Why that..."
"Clever," Apple Bloom murmured. "If we fight, we lose the crowd appeal. If we throw the fight, he can eliminate the other guy next round and the crowd'll cheer him."
"Or I can do what the switch says!" Scootaloo snapped as she reached forward and flipped the 'Get Peeved' switch.
"Scoot, what will activatin' the magic combat systems do?" Apple Bloom demanded as circuitry within Megas shifted. "It's not like it's gonna give you a magic button ta press to save Sweetie and Kiva!"
Scootaloo blinked as the buttons on the control panel moved around, and one revealed a new label. "Uh...you mean like a button labeled 'Anti Friend-Eating Quantum Singularity'?"
"...well that's convenient," Apple Bloom murmured thoughtfully. "Think it'll work?"
"Only one way to find out!" Scootaloo declared as she brought her hoof down hard on the button.
Megas leapt out of the arena to grab hold of the pylons emitting the containment field. A fist reared back and punched through the pylon, making the field there fail. The singularity whirled as the gravity emitted started to pull Megas in...and the chest of Megas opened into a frighteningly organic looking mouth filled with vicious looking teeth, spreading until it utterly enveloped the singularity before slamming closed and pulling back to the normal configuration. The front panel of Megas' chest shifted back and forth organically with an odd crunching sound before settling back to normal. A massive belch sound effect echoed from the machine.
Kiva stared down at the mech in shock. "...how?" she managed to gasp out just barely.
"...the fuck did I just watch?" Magnanimous spoke over the loudspeaker.
"Hey!" one of the female audience members shouted loud enough to be heard, a green-furred fox-like humanoid female in a white dress. "Language! There are children present!"
"Oh shut up!" Magnanimous snapped back. "After what we just saw, that was totally called for!"
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Hooray for the context sensitive button!
Ya but still what the fuck did I just watch?
I don't really have anything to say in response to what Megas just did, so I'm just going to sit back and smile. >^_^<
9115481
*Whacks with Captain America's shield*
Language.
Wow,..... awesome! Definitely Megas XLR material.
Don't think to hard on it Apple Bloom, Megas works on the same principles as Pinkie Pie....
Oh crap, Megas works on the same principles as Pinkie Pie!
Greeeen skinned giiiiirl!
Or fur.
I think you were describing the one from canon, anyway. My memories are vague.
Meanwhile in a place outside of time and space a pony shaped figure wearing a cloak watched the going on's on a monitor a bit of pink poofy mane hanging out. "Hehe I just knew this would be fun, I told you giving them a giant robot would have amusing results" she said
Nearby a certain Draconequis nodded as he ate a handful of popcorn "That you did, and I fully agree" Discord replied then added "Did you have anything to do with the robots new ability's?" he then asked earning a shrug from his companion.
(XD sorry couldn't resist)
i wonder what Coop would sayy if he saw this
Guess that button was the Singularity most absurd button she could have pressed.
9115481
* Whacks with my version of CAPtain AMErica's shield...
9115504
Or do you want me to wash your mouth with soap and castor oil...?
I can't remember if that singularity thing actually happened in the episode... but between Megas and MLP both having stuff happen, I can totally see it happening. And the female audience telling Magnanimous not to swear was awesome.
9115659
"What did the singularity taste like????"
9115659
could be amusing if the CMC and friends wound up in an the universe with coop Piloting MEGAS and the CMC and him meet and share piloting tips XD
You know... I can't help but think of FLCL or something like it at this particular part.
9115864
You're not the only one. This kind of crap you'd might find even in the Getter series, NGE, heck even Gunbuster.
9115527
Honest question.
MEGAS Vs. Pinkie Pie.
Results?
9115745
think of the chaos, destruction, mayham and general silly stuff that would happen if they met ^_^ with their MEGAS.
if it happens in a future chapter then i better stock up on popcorn, soda etc and enjoy the show
9115421
the contact sensitivity button
They're useful button to have.
Dear god, is there anything Megas can't do?
No there isn't, which is why it's so wonderful.
That was hilarious, rather apt, and less than subtle. Nice!
Well, it's obvious that mech is aware and/or helping them now!
9116018
thats a good idea! I shall also make sure to stock up
A mere singularity generator is nothing compared to a machine that harnesses the power of the Fourth Wall.
Scootaloo: Blooms, remember what Rainbow Dash says. What do you do with a button that you never seen before?
Applebloom: We press the sumbitch?
Scootaloo: YEP!!! (Slams the hoof down)
9116202 Actually, this is pretty much canon. Megas always has an oddly specific button that appears just when it's needed, and usually does something that is exactly what's needed in that situation.
I remember at one point the chest opened up, and the bow of Space Battleship Yamato popped out, firing the Wave Motion Gun.
9116924
Yes.
But pulling an Evangelion? That's bad taste.
9117037 Looked to me like it didn't mind the taste of the singlularity. Mmmmm... singularity flavour.
Megas once gattaied by taking 5 Voltron expy robots piloted by Ninja Science team Gatchaman expies and using them as boots, gloves and a backpack. And when I say gattai, they weren't designed for it so he just rammed them on. Now that's offensive.
9117739
Better than Megas being an abomination in a giant robot costume and that was totally Coop idea.
9116022
Context sensitive button is always the best. Conker will agree.
Can anyone tell the female in the end is shout-out or from episode?
9117739
The green gorilla zorp then joined the #metoo movement.
Best when sung to the tune of the MST3K theme.
Magas = Bakasura. ..... seems legit
9117037
Evangelion? I was thinking more FLCL.
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I was thinking that too when I read that part. So any chance of Canti or anything from FLCL appearing in this fanfic?