Unleash the Dogs of War
Flash looked out the train window at the dark clouds rumbling overhead, his expression mirroring the other ponies he was with faces as well, as all of them had the same thought on their minds. Where was Murphy?
'It's been nearly a week since I saw him at the hospital, yet he hasn't checked in or returned to us or...nothing,' Flash growled in his mind as his thoughts were shifted back to how long him and the others had all searched from Murphy, from Applepalooza to the castle in the Everfree Forest, him and the others had looked to no avail. Robocop was simply gone. 'And I know for a fact that something terrible happened between him and Sombra. I know it. I only hope that he's still alive somewhere where he can save him...before we need saving again.'
"Celestia won't be happy to hear about this," Twilight said bitterly with a shake of her head as she brushed Scootaloo's mane, the fillies all sitting next to her with looks of worry. "Not only is Murphy a close friend of ours, but he was also hanging onto the key that powered the Sentinel's up in Canterlot. If Sombra has gotten his hooves of it..."
"Then it'll be war," Flash finished for her, all sets of eyes turning towards him as he adjusted his helmet. "That's why we need to guard the chamber with all we've got, so Sombra can't bend the Sentinel's to his will as well. Are Rainbow, Fluttershy and Pinkie going to be joining us today? I'd feel better if they were here with us."
"They'll be here tomorrow, but they're still checking the other cities and towns in case Sombra has taken Robocop there," Twilight explained as she created a map with her magic to show their locations. "Dash is circling up north, since that's where Sombra used to hide out back before he was imprisoned. Fluttershy's animals told her that Murphy was seen entering the Everfree Forest a week ago and she's been scouring it with her animals. And Pinkie simply goes wherever she feels he might be."
"So what are we going to tell the princesses, that we have to guard the chamber for the rest of our lives?" Scootaloo asked with a smirk, but the look of worry never left her eyes. "How do we know that Sombra isn't already there and waiting for us?"
"I sent Celestia a letter about what we believed to have happened as soon as Flash told me about the shadow and Murphy heading out on his own," Twilight responded. "And that was nearly a week ago. If Sombra was both in control of this key and had access to the chamber, he wouldn't have waited this long to make his move. He prefers a quick victory."
"Ah hate that Sombra so much," Applebloom whispered under her breath, her tiny body shaking from the rage that she felt burning up her heart. "First mah granny and now Robocop? How much more is he gonna take from us before he's had enough?"
"If he has his way, much more," Applejack whispered to herself as she pulled her sister into a hug, the two staying close as they heard the conductor call out that they were arriving in Canterlot. Flash took notice as they got off the train that there were no guards at the station to greet them, but instead the princesses of the day and the night awaited their arrival.
"It is good to see you again my friends, but from your faces I can see that I do need to ask my question," Luna sighed as she shook her head. "I suppose at this point we might as well consider Robocop dead or at least M.I.A. Come, we need to head to the castle and then to the chamber."
"But we can't just give up!"
"He could still be out there!"
"Mah sister would never give up on her friends this easy!"
"I have to agree with my sister, we cannot keep using the defenders of harmony to keep searching for him while Sombra still runs free," Celestia agreed, her tone silencing all of the ponies who had argued with Luna. "I too am hurt by what we have assumed to have happened to Robocop, but you must remember that he was an officer of the law. He knew the risks of going in after Sombra alone, yet he did so to do his duty and keep us safe. If we allow Sombra to win then his possible death would have been in vain. Once we have Sombra, we can force him to tell us when or if he killed Robocop, but right now safety is our first concern."
The ponies were silenced as they listened to Celestia's words, knowing that she was right but still wishing to help Robocop if he was still alive. But as the group walked through the streets Flash took notice that none of the guards were at any of their positions, even the ones that were actually of any use.
"Yes Flash, we are aware of this," Luna said when he brought the question up. "With the lack of faith we have in the royal guard we have sent all guards back to boot camp, having them remember what their duty is and how they need to behave. Those guards that are true to the code and desire to protect others are at the chamber, keeping the town safe."
"But they will not need too much longer, because I will be activating the Sentinel's today," Celestia said. All eyes turned towards her and no pony could say anything, Celestia nodding her head in agreement with the silence. "I know that it might not seem the wisest move, but with Robocop gone we need to get the city protected. And even if they are susceptible to his influence now, at least with them active they will be able to alert us if they do see him. We need eyes right now and the Sentinels can do that much at least."
"But how are ya going to activate them princess? Ya don't have the key any longer," Applejack asked.
"The Sentinels are already programmed to listen to my sister and me. We kept the key away from Sombra because with it he could undo our work and make himself sole master of the beasts," Celestia answered with worry as she looked up at the sky thundering overhead. "Let us hurry."
"Shouldn't we just teleport there instead of walking? As much as I love the tour of Canterlot I believe that speed should be our first priority," Rarity asked, but Luna shook her head.
"We have made the castle as magic proof as we could, in hopes to keep Sombra out of it. While it might not stop his smoke form, it does prevent him from simply teleporting in to attack us in our sleep. Unfortunately, it also keeps our magic out as well," Luna answered as she pursed her lip.
"Princesses, if I may leave and go join the guard at the chamber, I would feel safer about this whole thing?" Flash asked the two princesses with a bow. The two stopped and shared a quick glance before shaking their heads.
"Actually Flash Sentry, we would rather have you at the barracks training the other guards. You have proven yourself to be a noble soul and we feel that you would do more good there." Flash hid the disappointment in his eyes, but respected the princess’s orders with a bow and turned towards the barracks, Luna looking back towards the sky.
"Come. We are almost there."
DPD
The massive green doors opened with a touch of his hoof, making the entrance into the chamber far easier than the past times he had entered it. A large smile spread on his face at how easy this had become, a smile that was illuminated in a green light that shone from around his neck. The dark king entered into the chamber already planning his victory speech that he would give to his new world, but as he entered the main chamber he found that there was still some trash that needed to be taken out.
"So, you are the final line of defense?" Sombra asked with a loud chuckle, turning all seven of the guard’s heads towards him. He saw fear flash in their eyes as they spotted him and he knew that this battle was over. A guard dash for parchment and quill, yet a bolt of dark magic erased both him and the parchment, leaving the other guards to look with horror at Sombra. "So, are the rest of you going to do something foolish as well? If you run for your lives now, I may just let you go."
To Sombra's moderate surprise the guards all shared one last look with each other, as if they were excepting their fate, before grabbing their weapons and placing their helmets onto their heads before advancing towards Sombra with courage burning in their eyes.
"Ah, so you're the dumbest of Celestia's guards. Well then, we can't have such idiots running around, can we?" Sombra cackled as he slipped into his shadowy form, turning himself into a spear that pierced through one of the guards chest plates and ran clean through him. The guard had barely began to fall when Sombra twirled his shadow body like a twister, whirling the blades of darkness at such speeds that two guards found themselves missing their heads.
"For the princesses!" one of them roared in defiance as he began to fire bolts of magic towards the cyclone of darkness, but it slithered out of the way of his shots and enveloped him in its darkness, crushing the life out of him within seconds. Another guard hurled her spear into Sombra's darkness, but all that did was cause laughter to echo throughout the room before the darkness shot out like a bullet into her head, dropping her without another word. Sombra returned to his natural form with a small chuckle before he began to advance towards the pool of green magic at the end of the room, lifting his key with his magic as he did so.
"Hold it!" Sombra turned his head with mild interest to see that he had missed a guard, who was cut and bruised from the cyclone but still drew breath. "You're not done yet, not as long as I still draw breath!"
"This fight is over. And you know why? Because you're standing in my way," Sombra said before turning his attention back to the pool. He imaged that the guard had a look of confusion on his face at that moment before a loud cracking sound could be heard, followed by a body falling to the floor. Sombra smirked as he took the key and placed it in the pool, cackling to himself as the green pool began to turn into a murky black, the magic seeping through the floor and into the stone Sentinels that lined the room.
"I am king Sombra, your new master," he said into the key as the black magic began to infect each and every one of the Sentinels. "You answer only to me now, not the princesses, not the ponies; only me. Now, arise!" Sombra's eyes show with delight as the stone beings eyes flashed a crimson red before they began to stir, black magic seeping through their limbs where green magic used to reside. Dozens of Sentinels awoke from their slumber and turned towards king Sombra, each of them looking up at him, awaiting his instructions.
"The only thing depressing about this moment is that I had a big speech thought up before I sent you off to kill all of the ponies, but since you're all just machines you probably won't understand a word of it...ah hell, I'll say it anyway," Sombra laughed before clearing his throat and casting his arms wide.
"Greetings my personal army, you should all consider yourself to be among the luckiest machines in the land! Because today is a day that shall never be forgotten in the new history of Equestria, run by yours truly. Today we shall all strike down the princess who believe themselves untouchable and cast fear into the ponies who never wished to know what darkness can lie in this land!" Sombra roared with pride as he began to laugh, having fun as well as building himself up. "And the best part is once I've won I can kill any of you and none of you will care, because you are all under my command."
"Now then, all of you have only three simple tasks you must follow today! The first is to obey my every command! You all seem to be doing great on that front, so I'm not that worried. The second is to kill and destroy everything in this city that represents the old ways, the Celestia way, the way that was created for the weak," Sombra said with spite in each of his words, before his smile retook its place upon his face. "And the third is to fight to the bitter death, no matter what happens. Now go then my rock ugly minions! Go and tear down the world of those who created you! Repay them for their kindness!"
All of the stone Sentinel's let out a roar of war before they all turned and began to move towards the exit, Sombra laughing manically as lightning flashed overhead and thunder shook the kingdom. He then used his magic to create a throne for himself out of the floor, sitting down in it as he reached into the darkness and pulled back a large orb, which he looked into with a smile as the first images of the Sentinel's moving into the streets began to broadcast.
Sombra then moved from the throne to the pool of green magic in the center of the room, dipping a hoof into it before shivering. Yet as he looked up at his horn, he saw the magical glow upon it grow even brighter. He made a mental note of what he had just discovered before sitting back in the throne with a smile as he took the orb again.
'Today is finally the day, the day in which I take all of Equestria for my own. Nothing can ruin this for me. I have all five aces, I have the army that was specifically designed to combat somepony as dangerous as me,' he thought to himself with eyes glued to the orb, watching with a smile as the Sentinel's began to strike down ponies in the street with no remorse. 'The princesses and their ponies will fight, that is to be expected. But they will fall, it is only a matter of time. And just in case they do manage to find a way to overcome the Sentinel's,' Sombra began as he lifted his eyes for a moment, smiling at what he saw. 'I have the hidden sixth ace up my sleeve.'
With that last thought Sombra leaned back in his chair, watching the slaughter as it began.
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....Well buck.
Well, crap. Looking forward to more.
Keep up the good work. Deus tefcum.
Celestia.... Is really pretty fuckin' dumb in this, isn't she?
Since when has that ever stopped them throwing them at every problem head first, often with only a vague letter? They are being far too sensible , whilst at the same time giving the villain a WHOLE WEEK to complete his evil plans with. Sombras' just going to turn up and announce he's already won days ago isn't he, with an army of Robo-ponies?
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5389914 I'll admit, sending a majority of your guards away for training when you know there may be a big attack coming soon was not the best idea the royal sisters have ever had. I mean, a mediocre defense is better than no defense whatsoever, right?
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Somewhat playing Devils advocate here , but its shown again and again in the films that OCP ( the guys who built Robocop ) did so on the smallest possible budget and with no regard for anything other than making him a corporate asset ; only succeeding in getting anything at all working in part due to murphy and a lot of luck. Their best attempts to "copy" Robocop completely fail , even when they have all the data and schematics on what they did to him originally. OCP is literally meant to embody the worst corporation you could imagine.
So yeah, presuming they would plan for backups or any sort of security beyond "don't shoot OCP members" (which they attempted but also failed.) is VASTLY overestimating the guys who built him in the first place.
Hell Robocop connects to ocp computers by stabbing it with his fist spike. Any company that designs a computer interface that also doubles as a durable shiv does not have security as its main concern.
5389988 Not to mention not immediately changing the fucking locks (I know it's not an actual lock) when it became obvious Sombra had the keys.
3 things that need to be said right now.
1. This story's version of Celestia & Luna makes it really easy to hate them.
2. Sombra deserves an axe to the face and a hell of a lot more.
3. If Robocop comes in fighting for Sombra then there's only one thing you can do.
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Because?
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You should bring in the Master Chief to stop king Sombra. :-P
"If"?
Well, you screwed up, ponies.
Pray to you princess because you will die.
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Get out.
Sombra, you're so freaking dead a thousand fold for the crimes you've wrought including Crimes of Genocide!
Things aren't looking good as Sombra unleashes genocide on ponykind. Hope they can stop that Savage for Sombra no longer is a pony for he lost what it means to be one a long time ago.
I hope that Savage Monster Demon has the most slow and painful death ever!
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Sorry, but as cool as that idea is......this is Robocop's story.....so he'll have to wait for another time.
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I agree on the last two things, but disagree on the first one as no matter how prepared you might be, someone will find a way to outsmart you.
The take over reminds me of when Magneto took control of the Sentinels in X-Men: Days of Future Past and when Galavatron did the same for the KSI Drones in Transformers: Age of Extinction.
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When I saw the Transformers 4 film and then saw the company 'KSI' I almost shat myself laughing as it instantly reminded me of this guy.
Jesus fucking christ. xD
This would be a good time for Twilight to remember those anti-gravity spells.
Send the Sentinels straight to the moon.
As for having to fight Murphy that'll be easy as well. We know that magic can't pierce his armor but it doesn't have to. Twi helped fix his arm so you just need to insert a shield spell into his joints and inflate it. Blow his arms off and at most he can walk at you menacingly.
Look you stupid bastard you've got no arms left!
Yes I have.
Look.
It's just a flesh wound.
5389688
With security system provided by "MagiVolt", the final word in carriage security.
MagiVolt: LETHAL RESPONSE.
Read the chapter, hate Sombra even more if possible. Can't wait to see Murphy either shoot him in the head or make him swallow a level 10 explosive.
5390301 What?!?!?!
A self-destruct feature/command for the Sentinels would have been a good idea Celestia!
Well. Celestia and Luna, I'd like to formally congratulate you on your ability to be dumber than a glass hammer.
On another note, I figured out the reason you have those big stained glass windows in the hallway is so you can lick them; you oxygen thieving dumbasses.
I'm getting a bit annoyed...And a whole lot frustration....
To bad some cobras did not come with Robocop, they would have been helpful.
5390287 Its a good start but they are going to need more dakka.
5390301 Master Chief won't be enough, send Judge Dredd as well.
hell yeah!
5391058
Better yet, make that bastard swallow a Hydrogen bomb!
Celestia realy is stupid in this story...
I mean, it's magic. She could have programmed the Sentinels to self destruct as soon as anyone beside them tried to change their programming. That or make its so only those resonating with the elements of harmony or good will could take control of them. Why even make a keY?
Besides plot convenience, there is no reason for a thousand+ year old beings should be this daft. Their kingdom is still standing after all this time so they must be doing something right? If they had peace for so long thet the military has basically become complacent and incompetent then the Princesses have been covering things pretty damn well.
It is better to shape your plot to how characters would react to a situation than to force characters to be blundering fools to make the story play out. If Celestia and Luna acted smarter you would only be making Sombra seem even more clever to win. Everypony wins that way.
5391058 At this point simply killing him won't be satisfying for anyone. He needs to suffer mentally and physically in a way that makes him wish he hadn't done these things. He needs to feel bad about it and beg for his life before he is slowly suffocated under the metal boot of Robocop.
What would be funny is if the new programming for Robocop made Murphy so bent on being evil that he betrayed Sombra and shot him in the back, because that is the evil way of doing things.
I mean judging from how laughably evil Sombra is, the new directives are probably like this...
1. Follow my command at all times
2. Destroy the innocent
3. Break the law at all times
Once Sombra makes the new law, or says something stereotypically evil like "My word is the law now," then Robocop will have no choice but to shoot the bastard.
5390652 That doesn't make sense. Celestia and Luna are written as idiots in this story. If they were written with the actual competency of 1000+ year old beings then it would only make Sombra look more clever (not a bad thing, considering the alternative is making the Princesses look like two hicks living it up in luxury).
It may be that Sombra would figure something out anyway, but that doesn't excuse the way the Princesses are written to be so incompetent.
5396634 So Sombra is Hoist by his own Petard due to a poorly worded line making it a case of Nice Job Fixing it Villain??? I like this idea, espeically since I can see the use of three classic tropes in play.
5389988 One of the Princesses could have stayed behind as well. Hell, they could have both stayed and sent a useless guard to fetch the main 6.
Okay Onomonopia, I want to give an honest review so far.
I like the concept. I like the overall story and what you are trying to do here. I really enjoy your portrayal of Robocop as he becomes more like Alex Murphy.
However, many key characters seem out of character. Normally this could be ignored if they were original characters, but considering the show and fandom have pretty solidly formed the mane characters of MLP, the cracks really show through. You have already shown that you can think of in depth plot and work around other character shortcomings, so there is no need for these out of character moments to be happening. The most important thing about story telling is for characters to make sense and react to the situations presented them, not to shape their personality around the plot. Again, you have written many characters spot on and presented plot spectacularly at times.
The other thing that detracts from this being a "great," is the amount of errors. Errors that are blaring and easy to spot. Granted your later chapters have gotten better, you have not gone back to fix them. Readers don't care if this is some personal reminder of days past and mistakes that you try not to make again. If you really care about your writing, you will edit mistakes. It's part of the writing process.
Part of what keeps me reading this story are the premise and what is generally an engaging story. You took on a challenging character when you decided to write about Robocop from the first film. You have done pretty well with him so far.
I only write this review because I respect your effort and want to see what the future holds.
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They knew he had the key and could take control of an anttire army. So they kept them? Wtf. Seriously you messed that up. The princesses are over a millennia old and they don't have war experience or common sense? They could at least boobytrap the sentinels. Did you rush this?
honestly i feel bad for sombra. i mean he really should win this because the princesses were very dumb this story and he covered all options with proper planning and the will to carry out his plans... but nah, good guys win, the end.
5396634
"Break the law at all times"
Imagining this but where Murphy's willpower makes it so he only breaks really small laws, and the next chapter is just Robocop jaywalking to get farther away from the trash can so he can litter with the empty egg carton he stole from a gas station and egged the castle with