Enter may have failed to defeat the Go-Busters, but he did have one last trick up his sleeve.
Enter may have failed to defeat the Go-Busters, but he did have one last resort. During the final fight in the sub dimension, in a last ditch effort, he launched all the Metavirus cards, old and new, along with data replica's of some the Messiah cards into another dimension. Figuring the random dimension wouldn't have Enetron, he programmed the cards to convert whatever energy they could find into Enetron, as well as setting them to activate on their own when they collected enough energy, while programming the Messiah cards to seek out what they originally infected. What he didn't know... was that the dimension... contained something... far worse than humans. It contained... ponies.
"It's over, Enter." shouted Red Buster as he and the others delivered the final blow to him in the crumbling sub dimension. "
"Adieu...Go-busters..." commented Enter as he started to static up before exploding into 1's and 0's. With the final battle over, and they're nemesis defeated, the Go-busters left the sub dimension. But as soon as they left, Enter reformed using what little remaining energy he could muster, and broadcast a signal across the sub dimension. "Activate Emergency Protocol: Petit Cheval." he mustered as he faded into static and strings of digital code. Soon the machinery whirred to life and a portal opened up while all of the Metavirus cards and replica's of some of the Messiah cards were dumped into the portal, but not before being set to convert energy collected by the cards into Enetron, and to activate on their own when enough energy was collected, as well as setting the Messiah cards to seek out what they originally infected. As they were all dumped into the portal, the sub dimension had finished it's structural collapse, disappearing into nothingness.
It was a nice mid-summer day in Equestria. The birds were singing, the smell of fresh air swirled throughout the land, and everything was at peace. Twilight Sparkle was in her crystalline castle looking out the window, staring upon Ponyville when she noticed a green swirling vortex in the sky above. Worried, she quickly grabbed a telescope to see thousands of tiny objects fall from the portal. Looking through it, she began to notice what the objects actually were.
"Huh? Cards?" she stated out of pure curiosity and wonder. She wasn't the only pony to notice this however. Multiple denizens looked up upward toward the sky to see the mysterious sight, many with faces of shock and awe, as the cards were blown around by the wind, each card going their separate ways.
One card flew toward a nearby construction area, landing on one of the excavators. The many workers that were there were too busy to notice this however. As the card landed on the bucket of the primitive wooden vehicle, the card was absorbed into the creation, and the word "KAZIRU" became tampographed on the boom of the bucket arm. Soon, the excavator began to move on its own, rolling away from the construction site, unbeknownst to the workers who were on their lunch break, busy eating the lunch from their pails. As soon as the vehicle was out of view, it began to become metallic. and by the end of the transformation, appeared as though it was never wooden in the first place. The now metallic construct began to dig it's bucket into the ground, and within mere moments, hit the jackpot, for within it's bucket lay a lot of dirt, and a few crystals, but mostly dirt. It soon absorbed its payload, completing the transformation sequence, as the parts of the machine began to extend and contract, before folding in on itself. It's final form looking vaguely human-like, adorned in the colors of gun-metal silver and industrial yellow, with bits of red. While it had an excavator bucket arm on the right side of it's body as an arm, the arm on the opposite side was extremely human-like. The same could not be said for it's face, which appear to be composed of the excavator treads, with two silver antenna poking from where it's forehead would be, and below that were four blood-red lenses, with yellow rims. Surrounding the head was what appeared to be the frame of an excavator cab section. It took a deep breath before exhaling, and then spoke in a deep gruff voice.
"Where...am...I?" It spoke before looking around, trying to gather it's surroundings. "This place is... very pretty." It said, before noticing the construction site. It soon began to head toward the construction site, when it soon heard a scream. Rushing over to the sound, it saw one of the workers laying under a pile of lumber, pleading for help. Without thinking, the metallic being sprung into action. Running over to the worker trapped beneath the rubble, and began to dig away at the debris using its bucket claw. In mere moments, the worker was freed from the debris that trapped him. The worker looked at his savior in shock and awe, with thoughts in his head conflicting on what he should do. The creature looked at him, before kneeling down towards his height, and placing its left arm on the worker's right shoulder. "You should be... more careful...next time." the mechanical being said unto him, before standing up, and walking into the woods. All the worker could do was stare and scratch his head at what had happened before his very eyes.
As it walked away, the metallic creature began to question its actions on saving the worker's life. "Why? Why did I... help that...pony? I don't understand why! I just, ran in there, without even thinking." it pondered to itself aloud. Soon the loud snap of a tree branch was heard, causing the mechanical being to raise its left arm, pointing it toward where the sound had come from in the woods. "Whoever you are, it would be very wise to reveal yourself now." it shouted into the surrounding wilderness. No answer came from the overgrowth, until a tiny peep was heard, causing the creature to act more cautious. "I don't want to have hurt you." it commented. Soon, the culprit revealed itself as a pale yellow pegasus with a pink mane. She whimpered in fear as it looked at her. Sighing, it lowered its arm, and walked toward her. Kneeling down towards her, it patted her head with his hand. "I apologize for frightening you. I was just worried that I was in danger." it commented.
"It's okay. I'm...Fluttershy Who are you?" she whispered, semi-frightened by the metallic titan.
"I am....Sh-" the metallic creature started to say before grasping his head in pain, falling to the ground.
"Are you okay?" Fluttershy asked, genuinely concerned with the mysterious mechanical golem.
"I...can't remember! My neural...processors are...drawing a blank! Must...run...previous...data from... information banks." it commented, before standing up and propping itself up against a tree. "Beginning data stream set: Project/ Emergency Protocol: Petit Cheval: File-Locked/ Activation code: 01101101 01111001 00100000 01101100 01101001 01110100 01110100 01101100 01100101 00100000 01110000 01101111 01101110 01111001. Processing Information... Data stored in Memory Bank # 707...Data encrypted. Name: Shovelloid, Metavirus Type: Kaziru, Designation: S-46. Data retrieved." Shovelloid rambled, to the utter confusion of Fluttershy. Finally, Shovelloid looked at her once more. "To answer your question, Fluttershy, My name is Shovelloid, Model S-46. I am a Metalloid, a mechanical being created when a Metavirus card infects an inanimate object. I believe that your leaders, if your species has them, will need and want to hear what I have to say." Shovelloid said, in an ominous tone.
MOYASU: To burn or not to burn? That is the question.
"Okay, Fluttershy, what is it that you needed to talk to me about?" asked Twilight, stumped as to why Fluttershy desperately needed to speak with her, seeing as Fluttershy was normally a bit of an introvert when it came to conversationalism.
"Well...uhm, someone that I met in the woods said that you would...want and need to hear what they had to tell you." Fluttershy quietly replied.
Twilight gave Fluttershy a quizzical look, not understanding what Fluttershy meant by that. "Who is this, 'someone' who needed to speak with me?" asked Twilight, genuinely curious by this.
"Oh, they're inside my cottage, waiting for you." replied Fluttershy as she opened the door to her cottage. As Twilight entered Fluttershy's house, she didn't notice anything quite out of the ordinary, until she saw a metallic figure on the couch in the living room. Moving very cautiously, Twilight slowly made her way over to the creature.
Shovelloid looked at her, and sighed in exasperation."Can you please move a bit faster? I fear that time is of the essence, and you're certainly not doing it any favors." he commented, sounding both annoyed and calm.
Twilight jumped back a few inches when she heard that. "You can talk?" asked Twilight, shocked that the figure could talk.
"I speak, therefore, I am." Shovelloid replied in an emotionless, monotone voice.
"Sorry, I just wasn't expecting you to be able to talk." replied Twilight, slowly sitting down in the chair next to the couch.
"I literally told Fluttershy that any rulers on this world would want and need to hear what I had to say." Shovelloid commented. "Look, if I point all the problems with this conversation we're having, we'll be here all day." he replied. Looking at Twilight, Shovelloid started to speak, before noticing the look of curiosity that plagued her face. "Judging from the look on your face, you are curious about me and have a few questions for me, correct?" he asked, to which Twilight just nodded. "Go on, get it out of your system." replied Shovelloid.
"What are you, exactly?" asked Twilight
"I should've seen that coming. My name is Shovelloid. I am a Metalloid, created when a Metavirus card infects a inanimate object. The power that we Metalloids have depends on the card's program. For instance, the card that made me was 'Kaziru', and it allows me to tear things apart with my bucket claw." explained Shovelloid.
"Wait, did you say card?" asked Twilight.
"Yes, I did. Why do you ask?" commented Shovelloid.
"I saw a bunch of cards come from a portal in the sky this morning!" replied Twilight.
"Well, that's what I needed to tell you about. As part of the Metalloid Salvation Protocol, the Metavirus cards were sent to a random dimension to colonize it. To make it our own, if you will. But seeing as there is life here, when the cards create a Metalloid, the resulting factor might make them hostile." explained Shovelloid. "The reason I wasn't hostile was due to a corrupted neural processor, but the same can't be assumed about the others."
"So, you wanted to tell me that innocent ponies might get hurt, because of this. Okay, how do we keep them from hurting anypony?" questioned Twilight.
"That is extremely complicated, so I'll try to explain it as best as I can. In order to keep them from doing that, we need to..." began Shovelloid, before he could explain, the little insignia on his chest began to flash rapidly.
"Why is your chest flashing?" asked Fluttershy.
"No...no, not now! I thought we had more time!" yelled Shovelloid. He looked at the two of them. "Follow me, we have to hurry." he stated.
"Why? What's wrong?" asked Twilight, obviously startled by Shovelloid's outburst.
"Let's just say, we've got to go before things get too hot to handle." commented Shovelloid, as he, Fluttershy, and Twilight ran out the door.
Two unicorn's were in a welder's shop, hoisting a gas cylinder onto a mover's dolly with their magic, but seemed to be having some trouble with lifting the thing. Little did they realize, the reason for it was that the cylinder had been infected by a Metavirus card, and was sapping their magic.
"Sweet Celestia, I must be getting too old for this." one commented.
"What's the matter?" the other asked.
"This gas cylinder feels like it weighs 20 tons, for some reason, I don't know why." the first replied.
"Here, let me try." the second responded. Gripping the gas canister with his magic, he received the same result as the other unicorn. "Hey, you're right. Why does this feel so bucking heavy?"
"I don't know, but the sooner we get this thing on the dolly, the sooner we get to go home." commented the first.
"How about we both use our magic on it at the same time?" questioned the second.
The first looked at his partner, before nodding his head in agreement. The two then used the magic at the same time on the gas cylinder, which surprisingly worked. The two then lifted the cylinder over onto the dolly. After setting it down, they quickly locked the shop doors.
As soon as they had left, the transformation began to take place. The gas cylinder began to shake, and merged with the dolly and welding tools. The final result was a red and silver robot with tints of yellow, orange, and black, with four green rectangular lens. While it's right arm was red and human-like, its left arm was a silver gas cylinder with a blow torch attachment on the end where the hand would be. Its torso was mostly black, with orange cracks similar to volcanic ground. Its head and shoulders were covered in flame-like armor, with missle launchers built into the shoulders. The word, 'MOYASU', was etched on its left arm. Letting out a moan, it turned toward the shop door, and a stream of fire jetted from the tip of its left arm, burning away the iron doors to the shop. While it burned away the metal doors, it screamed one word. "BURN!"
As Shovelloid and the others approached the area, they realized that they were too late. Looking at the charred remains of the metal shop door, Shovelloid sighed. "He's gone. Now we'll never find him." he commented.
Fluttershy looked at the scorched remains of the shop door, before looking at Shovelloid. "Who...could've done this?" she asked in a whisper.
Shovelloid loked at Fluttershy, before responding. "Only one metalloid comes to mind: Burnerloid." he replied. "He merely burns what he sees as nothing more than fuel...and that includes living beings. What makes it worse is we aren't gonna be able to find him." he commented.
"That's not entirely true." Twilight commented, which got Shovelloid to look at her. "He was nice enough to leave us a trail." she said, as she pointed to the black burn marks on the ground.
"Burn, you foolish equines, burn!" shouted Burnerloid as he sprayed huge bursts of ignited gas. Ponies scattered left and right, trying to get away from the pyromaniac. As he went on shooting flames, Twilight, Fluttershy, and Shovelloid arrived. Turning towards the three, Burnerloid scoffed. "Oh hello, little ponies. Do you want to get burned too?" he commented, before noticing Shovelloid. "A fellow Metalloid. Help me destroy these two." Burnerloid stated, pointing at Twilight and Fluttershy.
Shovelloid looked Twilight and Fluttershy, before looking at Burnerloid. "Why?" he asked.
Burnerloid looked at him. "Because we need to colonize this place." replied Burnerloid.
Shovelloid looked at Burnerloid. "Why?"
Burnerloid stared at Shovelloid. "Because the sub-dimension is gone." Burnerloid responded, with a tinge of anger in his voice.
"Why?"
"Ughhh! I don't have time for this pointless banter!" screamed Burnerloid, before aiming his left arm at Twilight and Fluttershy. "Prepare to become a pile of ash, you foolish ponies! Moyasu Melter!" he yelled as a blast of burning hot fire came from the tip.
"You will do no such thing!" responded Shovelloid, dashing in front of the spray of fire, protecting Twilight and Fluttershy from the flames.
"So you're on their side, you traitorous pile of scrap? Just cuz you're protecting them doesn't make you a hero. All that makes you is another bump in the road to success." shouted Burnerloid, as he shot a few missiles from his shoulders.
"I prefer to think of myself as an, 'impartial judge', thank you." Shovelloid responded, shooting bullets from his finger tips at the missiles, causing them to explode.
Burnerloid growled in frustration, before pointing his left arm at Shovelloid. "Moyasu Melter!"
"Oh I'm ready for you this time." commented Shovelloid, before raising his bucket claw. "Kaziru Klaw!" he shouted, as he charged at Burnerloid.
As the two of them collided with each other, a large amount of energy was released in the form of an explosion, knocking back Twilight and Fluttershy. As the smoke cleared, Shovelloid and Burnerloid stood there, their backs facing away from each other, neither of them moving. Soon after, Burnerloid fell backwards, landing on the ground with an audible thud. Shovelloid turned to face Twilight and Fluttershy, staring at them. As he walked towards them, he turned to see Burnerloid trying to get up. As he started to get up, Shovelloid reached his hand towards Burnerloid. "Why are you...doing this? Just finish me off." Burnerloid wheezed.
"Sometimes it's better to show mercy to an opponent." Shovelloid stated.
"What about the colonization? Are you really going ditch the Vaglass cause just to help these low life equines? What is so special about them?" questioned Burnerloid as he was helped to his feet.
Shovelloid scratched the side of his head. "Why don't we get them to help us with the colonization?" he asked Burnerloid.
"Please tell me joking. What do these two know about colonization?" asked Burnerloid
"Probably more than you think." responded Shovelloid as he walked towards Twilight and Fluttershy, with Burnerloid in tow.
