My Little Space Empire: Mechs are Magic

by Wheezyandbreezy

Indulge Me, In a Bit of Yuri.

The clean up took grueling weeks of toil.
Not only the physical wreckage, but the human cost as well. Thousands had died in the battle and the wounded were even more numerous. The patients were stabilized on ship's med bays, then we're transferred to hospitals on Terra to recover. Rainbow Dash sat alone, head downcast staring straight ahead into nothing in particular. She felt so small and weak sitting there, in her little hospital gown, a tube in her one remaining arm, and one in her nose.

Applejack slowly timidly entered the room. She saw her best friend in the posture she was sitting in and her guilt tore at her heart. She tried awkwardly to break the horrible tension. "Uhh hey there umm R.D. How ya holdin up?" She didn't answer. She only sat there and stared at nothing. Applejack could hardly breathe seeing her this way, so broken, so unlike her normal boisterous self. She felt the weight in her pocket and tried to restart the conversation. "Oh I uhh, brought y'all this!" She pulled a small bottle of Rainbow Dash's favorite whiskey. "Ah know they won't let y'all drink it, but since it's small y'all could probably."

"Applejack." Rainbow whispered. Applejack noticed suddenly that Rainbow Dash's body had gone rigid. Her jaw was clenched so hard her teeth might break. "Could you go. . . Please?"
Applejack's heart felt pierced by the question. She tried to say something, but Rainbow began to gently shake, and she couldn't find anything to say. She put the small bottle on the nightstand by the bed and walked silently out.

Tears began to patter on the nice clean sheets of the hospital bed. Rainbow's shoulder ached as she began to sob. Her crying turned into a hysterical, impotent scream. The noise attracted the attention of the doctor and she rushed into the room to see what was going on. She saw Rainbow Dash weeping violently and tried to comfort her. "Sir Rainbow Dash! What's wrong? Do you need more pain meds?"

Rainbow feebly attempted to bat her away with her one good hand but the doctor gently seized it and held it to her chest. She spoke in a quiet soothing voice and Rainbow instinctively folded into her. She smiled maternally as she gently stroked the crying woman's hair. She'd had a lot of experience with crying soldiers, and it always made her happy to give them someone to cry on.

Rainbow as far as she knew had never once cried in her life. As a pirate crying got you kicked, and as a soldier there was no place for it, but now she wept. She wept for all the pain she'd ever felt. She cried for her own failures and weaknesses. She cried for her injury and for putting her best friend's life in danger, and all the while Dr Fluttershy just stroked her hair and spoke softly to her.

Eventually Rainbow's tears petered out and she attempted to regain some of her composure. She began to apologize, but something big caught her attention and stopped the apology dead on her tongue. Two big things actually. She finally looked directly at the chest she'd been sobbing into and saw the single largest pair of breasts she'd ever seen on a person in her life.

She completely forgot about whatever she'd been sad about and stared entranced at the woman's chest as she spoke. "There now. See? It's alright." Rainbow Dash didn't respond. They were simply too large to ignore. She wondered if she was from a lower gravity planet that made them sag less. "So are you comfortable? Do you need any more pain killers?" They couldn't be real could they? They just stuck straight out at her. "Are you hungry? I don't believe you had your breakfast?" Rainbow Dash noticed two small shadows on the front of her chest and her face flushed slightly. This doctor was not wearing a brassiere. The doctor's voice dropped an octave. "Sir Rainbow Dash, please stop staring at my chest."

That got her attention. She gave the universal, "Huh?" That all people regardless of age, sex, or sexuality give when they're caught staring. Thankfully for her Rainbow Dash's wit was as fast as her mech suit so she quickly recovered with, "Well they were staring at me first."

Dr Fluttershy glanced down to see that her nipples were indeed hard. She snapped the clipboard up to her chest in embarrassment. "Well umm yes. So umm. Are you feeling well?"

Rainbow gained a bit of her old attitude back at the doctor's bashfulness, and she grinned. "I'm a lot better now."

Dr. Fluttershy was not amused. She was also used to this side of soldiers as well. "Well good. I'll have your breakfast sent up then." She noticed the small bottle of whiskey on the nightstand. "Oh no we can't have this!" She gingerly picked up the bottle.

Rainbow reflexatorily snapped at the doctor as she reached for the bottle. "Hey! My friend gave me. . ." She stopped herself suddenly when she remembered how she'd treated her best friend. The woman who saved her life, then was considerate enough to bring her booze in her hospital confinement. But she just couldn't face her right now. She felt tears well up in her eyes, but she scrubbed them away hard.

Dr. Fluttershy noticed the change in mood and asked. "This was a gift from a friend?" Rainbow Dash couldn't answer just yet, she just nodded her head firmly. Dr Fluttershy gently put the bottle down and sighed. "Well alright it can stay here for now." Her voice once again gained its low toned iron hard quality. "Don't drink it." Rainbow through her teary eyes looked at the hard expression on the doctor's face. "If you do it might react with the pain medication you're on and kill you. Do you understand?" Her eyes were hard as flint. Rainbow nodded quickly.

As if by magic the arousingly scary doctor instantly turned back into the nice doctor with the huge titties. "Good! I'll go get your breakfast." She turned to exit the room.

Rainbow scrubbed the rest of the tears from her eyes and called out. "Wait!"

Dr. Fluttershy took a long breath in and out before turning to mentally prepare herself. She turned expecting some lewd parting shot, but instead Rainbow Dash looked genuinely remorseful and said, "I'm sorry ma'am. For staring, I mean. I was just surprised about how beautiful you were."

Dr. Fluttershy was honestly taken aback for a moment. "Oh ummm." For some reason she couldn't think straight. She'd heard every line in the book, and had no end of soldiers call her beautiful before, but for some reason this particular compliment caught her off guard. She almost forgot to thank Rainbow for the compliment and squeaked out. "Oh ummm. thankyou." Then she scuttled out of the room.

Rainbow watched her rather shapely ass as she left the room. She grinned to herself as she took the bottle from the nightstand. "Fine ass bitch tellin me I can't have a drink." She held the bottle between her legs and was about to twist off the bottle's golden foil cap, when she stopped suddenly. She stared at the bottle and thought of the doctor's face. She'd been nice enough to let her keep it despite it probably being against policy. She sighed hard and put the bottle back on the nightstand.

Several days later Rainbow Dash was sitting up in bed with a very annoyed look on her face. Dr. Fluttershy walked over to the bedside and cheerily asked, "And how are we today Sir Rainbow Dash?"

Rainbow turned to look at the doctor and then Fluttershy noticed her eyes snap determinedly up from her chest to her eyes. She sighed hard. "Look Doc. Not for nothing but how long do I have to stay here? I feel fine."

Dr. Fluttershy gently sat down beside the bed and much to Rainbow Dash's annoyance it was on her bad side. "Well you were very badly hurt. We need to keep you here to monitor you for at least another week, just in case an infection pops up."

"A fuckin week?!" Rainbow Dash whined as she flopped languidly back against the bed. "Can't you just give me some drugs and send me on my way?"

Dr. Fluttershy chuckled softly and Rainbow couldn't help but enjoy the sound. "No I'm afraid not. Plus we need to change your bandages and reapply your biogel." She reached out to start removing Rainbow's bandages but she flinched violently away. Fluttershy adopted an admonishing tone, "Now Sir Rainbow Dash, if I don't keep an eye on your."

"Just call me Dash." She interrupted.

Dr. Fluttershy looked into Rainbow Dash's eyes for an overlong moment then blushed slightly as she turned back to the bandages. She smiled weakly as she said, "Well Dash, you'll never get out of here if this gets infected, and we need to keep an eye on it." Rainbow sighed and allowed the doctor to begin removing her bandages. As she pulled back layer after layer of gauze she began to notice the last remnants of the bite marks left after Rainbow's last night on Terra. Fluttershy couldn't help but joke. "I'm sorry but we're you in a space battle, or a dog fight?"

Rainbow grinned wide and wanted to burst out with, "Terran bitches are crazy!" But she remembered how much the doctor seemed to appreciate her not staring at her tits. She decided to use that thing Rarity was always bitching at her and Pinkie Pie for never using. What was that again? Started with an S. SUBTLETY! That was it. Rainbow should use subtlety. "Oh just my last night on Terra before. . ." She wiggled her left side to reference the battle. "Ya know."

Rainbow saw the doctor blush slightly. "Oh. . . But why would?" She stopped herself suddenly and her gaze snapped up to Rainbow Dash's eyes.

Rainbow raised both of her eyebrows to signify, "I'm willing to tell you, but I'm not certain you want to hear it."

Dr. Fluttershy quickly dropped her gaze back to Rainbow's wound, her face beet red. "Ummm let's see here. This bit of gauze is stuck to the wound. This might sting a little bit."

"Go ahead." Rainbow said apathetically.
Dr. Fluttershy tugged ever so gently on the gauze but it wouldn't yield. She slowly increased the pressure and she kept glancing up to Rainbow's face, but she didn't betray any sign of pain. She finally got the gauze to yield with an uncomfortable jerk, and sucked air through her teeth. She saw Rainbow's body tense, but she still didn't show any trace of pain in her visage.

Dr. Fluttershy inspected the ragged tear of the wound. Bone, and sinew, and muscle lay bare under a thin layer of protective gel. She looked with a professional eye at the edges and saw they didn't look infected and the swelling was receding nicely. She smiled and said. "Well everything looks good here."

"Except the missing fucking arm." Rainbow quipped.

Dr. Fluttershy chuckled at the unexpected wit. "Well umm yes, I mean of course not that." She applied the solvent to remove the soiled biogel, and gently applied a fresh coating. "And after that dries you can bathe if you'd like."

Rainbow Dash rose stiffly and stretched. "Goddamn finally!" Rainbow thought to herself. "I've been smelling leftover bar skank for a fucking week now." She tore off her hospital gown, its small metal snaps all popping at once. Dr. Fluttershy's eyes grew slightly wider as she noticed that in addition to the bite marks she'd noticed, the knight was covered in scars from her head to her feet. The knight's small tone body was positively carpeted in little white marks, some long and jagged, others small lines. Her back was especially populated with scar tissue. She looked the knight up and down until something unusual drew her eye. Her eyes locked on a small spot of color on the knight's lower abdomen. Apparently the carpet did match the drapes, and the variety of colors drew the eye like a trainwreck.

"Now who's staring?" Rainbow quipped, trying to keep most of the smugness out of her voice.

Dr Fluttershy's face grew beet red and she snapped to her feet. She quickly scuttled to the doorway and said. "I'll just come back when you're done." Then Rainbow heard her footfalls all the way down the hall. Followed by an odd squeaking sound she realized was whispered mortified self reproach. Rainbow couldn't help but grin. She looked at herself in the mirror and smiled for a brief moment. "I still got it." She thought to herself. Then her eyes fell on her wound and her mood sank. She entered the shower and the hot water felt amazing on her skin. She was happy to see it didn't hurt her wound to have the hot water on it and she simply stood enjoying the relaxing heat. She awkwardly dried off and summoned the doctor. She came in and the two sat in silence for a long while as she worked. Dr. Fluttershy finished the procedure and sat still for a long while in silence. Rainbow was about to ask what was wrong when Dr Fluttershy burst out with a loud, "I'm sorry!" Another moment passed before she clarified. "For staring I mean."

Rainbow bobbed her head in understanding. She wanted to burst out with a raunchy, "Don't be." But she remembered the S word, and in a completely serious tone said, "Don't be."

Dr. Fluttershy's gaze snapped to Rainbow's eyes and stayed there for a long moment. Her face grew redder by the second until she finally looked away. "It's just I've never seen so many!" Rainbow was confused. "Your scars I mean." Rainbow looked down at the patchwork of torn skin and understood. She'd had them for so long she usually forgot they were there. "Excuse me." She said loudly and skittered out of the room. Rainbow watched her go. She put her arm behind her head and grinned.

The next day when Dr. Fluttershy visited Rainbow she saw several things piled on her nightstand. She saw a rainbow frosted cupcake, a gift basket full of various beauty essentials, and a rather thick book. "What's all this? She'd asked.

Rainbow smiled sadly. "Oh my friends finally found time in all this bullshit to come and visit."

"Oh how nice! No more booze though I hope." She joked.

Rainbow's sad smile failed. "No uhh Applejack didn't uh. . ."

Dr Fluttershy realized she'd hit a nerve and kicked herself internally. "Well I'm sorry I missed them."

"Oh it's cool. Twilight's fucked off on the surface learning to be god or whatever, Pinkie Pie's. . . " She was going to say getting her brains fucked out." But instead opted for. "Keeping her company, and Rarity's had to take over as Admiral with what's his fuck gone. Charles or whatever."

Dr. Fluttershy balked. "Your friend. . . The one who brought you to me. Your friends with the new VICEROY?" She asked incredulously.

Rainbow rolled her eyes. "Yeah how bout that shit? She gets a pair of fucking WINGS! AND I LOSE AN ARM!"

Dr. Fluttershy laughed despite herself. Rainbow gave a half smile. She really liked that sound. She shifted in her bed. "So I get out tomorrow right?"

Dr Fluttershy put on her professional pants, and consulted Rainbow's charts. "Umm no. You have surgery tomorrow then.~"

"SURGERY?! No one fucking told me about any surgery.'' Rainbow whined.

Fluttershy looked at her in mild confusion. "Of course. You didn't think we were just going to leave you like this did you? No! Your friend the uhh." Her voice grew mildly nervous. "The Viceroy. . has gotten the best flesh smiths on Terra to implement your augmetics."

Rainbow was suddenly dramatically less annoyed with the prospect of surgery. "Bitchin! I get a fuckin robot arm?! Oh my god the captain had an augmetic laser eye. Can I get a laser on my arm?!"

Dr Fluttershy's mood darkened. "Yes, very nice. Hmmm." She walked quickly out of the room.

Rainbow called after her as she went. "Hey. HEY DOC! What's the matter?" But she didn't return. Rainbow thought she heard the sound of faint crying.

The next day she had her surgery and spent most of the day staring at her robotic arm. She thought it'd be cool to have but instead it served as a physical manifestation of her failure. She wasn't aware that she had tears trailing down her face, or of the fact that Dr Fluttershy was standing in the doorway. Eventually she silently crossed the room and sat at Rainbow's bed side. Finally after what felt like hours of silence she finally whispered. "I fucked up. She's always had to save me." She shook her head angrily. "She's always had to save my ass. From the day we met she's always had to pull my ass out of the fire." She sobbed wordlessly for a long while.

"Dash. . . That's what good soldiers do. They jump on grenades to save their comrades. They risk life and limb for their battle brothers." In the heat of the moment Dr Fluttershy let slip something she'd not spoken of in several years. "I would've given anything to save my squad from. . . " She realized her slip too late.

Rainbow gave her a quizzical look, still sniffling. "You. . . Were a soldier?. . ."

Fluttershy tried to get up to leave but she knew Rainbow needed to hear this. "I let my squad get wiped out to achieve the objective at the siege of Cloudsdale. I let them die. And now every day that passes I wish I'd done what Applejack did. She saved you. I DIDN'T save them."

Rainbow sat up in her bed, her tears forgotten. "Clydesdale. But that means you'd have to be a. . . "

Dr Fluttershy removed her lab coat and on her right shoulder was a tattoo of the sigil of the Viceroy's most elite squadron. She saw the winged lightning bolt of the Wonderbolts. Rainbow sat mouth agape. She couldn't believe she had been doctored by the sole surviving Wonderbolt. She was about to go complete fangirl, but she noticed Dr Fluttershy's expression didn't seem terribly pleased about the fact that she was a living legend.

"Doc. You were a Wonderbolt?" She breathlessly asked.

Fluttershy looked away. "Yes I was a Wonderbolt. And a butcher. And just like all the other murderers in the galaxy."

Rainbow Dash couldn't understand. "What do you mean? You were the hero of the siege of Cloudsdale. It was because of you that Cloudsdale joined the empire!"

"DO YOU KNOW WHAT I DID AT CLOUDSDALE DASH?!" Fluttershy screamed, tears in her eyes. Rainbow shrunk back in surprise. "I left my squad exposed while I went to blow up a target full of people barely older than children. Because I left their flank unguarded every single one of them died! " Her expression dropped then. As if she'd simply run out of steam. "After Cloudsdale I just couldn't do it anymore. I didn't want to hurt people anymore. I wanted to help people. I just sat in my room all day reading medical textbooks. I just thought maybe if I could help people. . . If I could help people. . ." She broke down weeping then.

She felt herself laid against Rainbow's chest and heard her speak barely above a whisper. "Doc. Because you cracked Cloudsdale's defenses the planet's nobility surrendered. Had the siege gone on who knows how many would've died." Fluttershy looked up into Rainbow's eyes. Her expression was hard, almost angry. "I grew up where we fought to survive. We didn't have the luxury of limited objectives. I fought because I would be killed if I didn't." She looked Dr Fluttershy directly in the eye. "You fought to protect the empire." Rainbow tore open her hospital gown and Dr. Fluttershy and looked closely at her scars. "I FOUGHT TO GET SOME SICK FUCK'S JOLLIES OFF." A tear came to her eye. "You have nothing to apologize for."

Dr. Fluttershy leaned forward and kissed her then.

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[BleuBlooms]

"DO YOU KNOW WHAT I DID AT CLOUDSDALE DASH?!" Fluttershy screamed, tears in her eyes. Rainbow shrunk back in surprise. "I left my squad exposed while I went to blow up a target full of people barely older than children. Because I left their flank unguarded every single one of them died! " Her expression dropped then. As if she'd simply run out of steam. "After Cloudsdale I just couldn't do it anymore. I didn't want to hurt people anymore. I wanted to help people. I just sat in my room all day reading medical textbooks. I just thought maybe if I could help people. . . If I could help people. . ." She broke down weeping then.

So the world Celestia created is better , how? exactly?

[Wheezyandbreezy]

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