The Apple's Engineer
Chapter 14: Truth Truly Reveled
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Me: It's not garbage!
Sprocket and Applejack woke up as soon as the sun came up over the horizon. They smiled at one another and kissed. They then got out of bed and walked out. Big Mac and Applebloom were in the hallway and seen the two walk out of the same room. Applebloom asked, "Why was Sprocket in yer room, Applejack?" It was with the innocence only available to children.
"We was just slepin' together." Both Sprocket and Applejack noticed Big Mac's eyes go wide.
"Ah can't imagine that being to comfy."
"Well, I'd say it was the best night sleep either of us had. Now, why don't you go ahead and go to breakfast. We'll be there in a little bit."
"A'right." Applebloom walked down.
After she was gone, Big Max asked, "Yall slept with mah sister?"
"Yes. We did."
Big Mac then glared at him. "Ifn' she gets pregnant, yall better hope Ah don't find ya. Got it!?"
"Two things. One, I got that crystal clear. Two, you really need to not have your mind in the gutter. We were just in the same bed as we slept. Nothing happened." Big Mac tried to respond, bhut his words wouldn't come. "Come on, Applejack. We need breakfast for the day I have planned." The two headed down and Big Mac followed shortly after. After they had their breakfast, Applejack and Sprocket headed out to Ponyville for the best day ever.
Golden Oaks Library
Twilight had just finished checking, double checking, and triple checkng her to-do list, then checked her list of lists to see she was checking the right one. She then headed out and she heard a strange noise from above her. She looked up and seen somethign she hadn't seen before. It was a blue circle with pulsating circles of a different shade of blue in it. Suddenly, a white unicorn stallion with a gray mane that had a silver streak down the middle and a matching tail fell from the circle, the circle disappearing and him landing face first in the ground. "Oh my gosh! Are you okay?"
The stallion didn't get up, but replied, "Ya, I've had harder falls than that." He then tried getting up, but was unable to. "Great. I'm stuck."
"your horn must've gotten stuck in the ground when you landed."
"Why must I always land on my face?" He then pulled himself out, only to flip over the other way and get stuck in the ground that way. "Today must hate me. First, I get chased by giant squid monsters, then, I get stuck in the ground. Isn't that just great?" He then pulled himself out again, but didn't get stuck again. He then turned to Twilight and smiled. "Hello, ma'am."
"Hello. Who are you? And what was that thing you fell through?"
The stallion replied, "My name is not important. Nor is the thing that I fell through. But, I am looking for a friend. Have there been any new stallions come into town?"
"Um, one bu-"
"Tha is all I needed to know. Thank you." The strange stallion then began trotting off, looking everywhere.
Twilight blinked. "Who was that guy?"
with Sprocket and Applejack
The two of them were walking through the middle of town, smiling, talking, laughing, and occassionally kissing. Sprocket turned a head, and he stopped suddenly, his irises shrinking down to pinpricks and his face the very definition of fear. "Oh no."
Applejack stopped, turned to him and asked, "What?"
Sprocket pointed ahead. "My former boss is here!" Applejack turned and seen a white unicorn with a gray and silver mane. The unicorn turned his head towards them, then began running. "He's seen me!" Sprocket then took off running back to the farm.
Applejack took out her rope from under her hat and got ready to lasso the unicorn. She tossed the rope and caught him around the neck, she got ready to stop him, but instead he pulled her off her feet and began dragging her with him, only slowing him down a little. She held onto the rope with her teeth as best she could.
Sprocket kept a lead on the stallion he was running from. He looked behind him, and tried speeding up some, but not gaining any from him.
The white unicorn, meanwhile had a look of confusion on his face. As he was running, he asked himself, "Why are you running?"
Sprocket seen Sweet Apple Acres in the distance, and smiled, as he had a plan. He ran into the orchard off the path, and the unicorn followed, but Applejack let go just before they got there. She decided to give chase to the unicorn. She had alook of determination in her eyes as she followed.
The unicorn was having trouble keeping up with Sprocket because of all the twists he made. He never lost sight of Sprocket, though. "What is up with you?" He again asked the question to himself.
Sprocket finally seen his destination. The barn. He smiled as he ran in. He then closed it and put a board across it to keep the doors closed. He turned towards the flamethrowers he had. He put them on and lit the ends and got ready for the stallion.
The unicorn seen Sprocket close the door and headed towards it. When he was close, he jumped and rammed into the door, getting his horn stuck and breaking the board keeping it closed, thus causing the door to slowly open inwards. Sprocket blinked when he seen the unicorn hanging from the door. Applejack followed soon after and looked at the unicorn in confusion. "Uh, Sprocket. Are ya sure this is the leader o' that organization yall worked fer?"
"Um. Yes. He may seem like a ditz right now, but he is very dangerous."
The unicorn sighed in frustration. "For the last time! I am NOT dangerous. I am deadly! There is a difference! How many times have I given you the lecture!? Dangerous means you are dangerous to all while-"
"Being deadly means you are only dangerous to enemies." Sprocket rolled his eyes.
"So, you do remember. Well, at least that is one thing you remembered. Why did you tell her about the organization, though? You know that is against the rules."
"Well, I figured it wouldn't hurt to tell her and I also thought it would help her understadn why I'm running."
The unicron nodded. "Alright. I see your point. Now, mind telling me why you're running?"
The other two in the barn replied in unison with, "Huh?"
"I honestly have no idea why you're running."
Applejack again turned to Sprocket and asked, again, "Are ya sure this is the same one that runs that organization?"
Sprocket shook his head and replied, "Yes. He is." He then turned his attention to the still hanging unicorn. "I was running to stay alive. I thought you wanted my head on a platter."
The unicorn rose an eyebrow and would have looked at Sprocket if he could. "Why would you think I..." He then had a moment of realization and began having restrained chuckles. "Y-you..pfft...re-really thought ..wanted your h-head on a on a p-platter?"
"Yes?" The unicorn then burst out laughing, confusing the two earth ponies in the barn. Big Mac walked in with a cart of apples, looked at the laughing unicorn stuk in the door, then the other two in the barn. They both shrugged. He then dropped of the apples and left. When the unicorn finally stoped laughing, Sprocket asked, "What's so funny?"
"You!" The unicorn let out a little chuckle. "I mean, you actually thought I was going to try to kill you? Over that?"
"That's what my boss said."
The unicorn would have been shaking his head if he could. "Let me tell you the real story. You see, I had denied the building of that. But, your boss was so wanting to make it that, he tried going behind my back to make it, taking little bits and pieces from the entire suply of metal the organization had. I found out about it and decided to let him make it and then demonstrate why I denied the building of it."
Sprocket blinked. "Really?"
The unicorn noded. "Really. When you had destroyed it, your boss had come to me, I told him that I knew what he was doing and why I let him go on with it. When I came out, I was just trying to come and give you some congratulations." The other two were silent at the new information. The unicorn then cleared his throat, getiting their attention. "Do you think you can ponder my words after you get me down from here?"
"Oh, right. Sorry." Sprocket came and pulled him down, the two landing in a pile.
The stallion then pulled himself up and rubbed his neck. "Thanks. Man that hurts the neck."
Applejack then asked, "So, what's yer name?"
The stallion turned to her and smiled and replied, "Name's DB, miss..."
"Applejack." The two shook hooves. She then asked, "What does 'DB' stand fer?"
DB and Sprocket replied in unison, "DB."
Applejack blinked, then asked, "i'm assumin' ya go throught that a lot."
DB nodded. "Yep. Anytime we had a new recruit." DB then turned his attention to the flamethrowers on Sprocket's hooves. "That is interesting." He came in to take a closer look.
Sprocket then lifted up on of his hooves. "This? It's just a rgular flamethrower suited for somepony's hoof."
"I see. I'm amazed you were able to make it. Course, you were the best of the inventors."
"Wait. if he's the best inventor, why wasn't he the boss?"
"The other guy was olready there. I wasn't going to promote that guy any more and I can't demote him without going through a huge process. After the incident with the machine, I had put in the guy's thing for demotion. Sprocket was the first on my list to get promoted to that position. But, he was fifth on the organization's list."
Applejack then chuckled. "ya know, it's funny. He was runnin' cause he thought ya was tryin' ta kill him. Yet, ya was wantin' him ta be promoted."
DB chuckled to, soon joined by Sprocket. "You're right. It is funny. Though, i am kind of hurt." He turned to Sprocket and the chuckling stopped. "I thought for sure you knew me better than that!"
"Well, I had never destroyed something."
"This is true. But, the others had done so. I mean, if I had offed everypony that destroyed somethign by accident or messed up on a mission, there would be a whole lot fewer in the organization. Now, Sprocket and I have some catching up to do." DB walked over to Sprocket. "I gotta know how you've been doing."
"Um.."
"It' a'right, Sprocket. Go on." Sprocket nodded and the two walked off, DB asking questions like Pinkie Pie. Applejack chuckled. "How is it that guy can be the leader of an organization like Sprocket was talkin'?" She then walked off to get some work done.
the next day
DB and Sprocket had caught up over the course of the previous day and DB had met some of the ponies in the town and got a welcome from Pinkie Pie. The DB, Sprocket and the elements of harmony were now on a picnic. Pinkie Pie had a real good laugh from the story of why Sprocket had come and the fact that, when she had said DB's name didn't make any sense, he replied, "Neither does most of what you do." When the others asked how he knew what she could do, he replied, "I'm able to break the fourth wall and see what she's done in previous chapters."
They were now listening on one of DB's stories from one of his adventures. "I ran out on to the ledge, gave a little salute from those following me and lept onto the zip line, purposely swinging back and forth. Some of them tried following, but when I got to the other side, I cut the line, sending them into the river."
Rainbow smiled. "That was about twenty percent cooler than the last story."
"Really? I though the last story was much cooler." He chuckled slightly, Pinkie laughed hard, the others rolled their eyes, used to his jokes by now. "What? It was sub-zero temperatures! And the ice pants did not help the situation."
"I find the technology your organization uses very fascinating! How were you able to make that equipment that we've never even heard of."
DB smiled. "I will only say we have our ways. I also haven't told you of the most advanced stuff we have. That stuff is locked away, never to see the light of day unless we absolutely need it."
"I for one just absolutely need to see those wonderful outfits you described to us."
DB shrugged. "They are more for function than fashion. Suddenly, a watch on DB's wrist beeped, and he groaned. He looked at it and sighed. "Well, looks like this visit is gonna have to be cut short. I've gotta get back to the organization. They can't seem to go more than twenty-four hours without having a problem unless I'm there." DB stood up an said, "Well, Sprocket, you ready to go?"
The others then replied simultaneously, "What!?"
Sprocket sighed sadly and said, "Well, it..it is where I belong."
Applejack then asked, "But, Ah thought you seen this as yer home?"
"We never got to have a farewell party!"
"I still need to finish your suit!"
"Who else am going to have such intersting talks about technology with?"
Sprocket raised a hoof to silence them. "i'm sorry. But, it is where I belong." He then turned to DB. "Well, let's go."
DB then shook his head. "I have a better idea." Sprocket raised an eyebrow. "I think it's about time we started bringing the organization into other dimensions. Since you've been here, I'd say this is a good place to start."
"what?"
"Sprocket. You are now in charge f the Equestria dimension of our organization. I just have a few restrictions for you."
"Oh?" Sprocket was trying to hide a smile.
"One, keep on inventing."
"alright."
"The next two are very closely related." Sprocket nodded. DB then began smirking. "Don't get married without letting me know first. And, if you have a child before then, unless adopted, you are in so much trouble." Sprocket was blushing madly, as was Applejack. DB chuckled. "What? I'm able to tell when two are in love. That is actually what pushed me to make that choice." DB's watch beeped again. "Well, I gotta go."
"Wait!" He turne dot Twilight. "What did you mean by 'start bringin the organization into other dimensions'?"
DB simply smiled. "Isn't it obvious?" A portal opened and he started stepping through, stopped and turned to Sprocket, and said, "I'm surprised most that you were able to make those flamethrowers without fingers." He then stepped all the way through, the portal closing seconds later. All eyes turned to Sprocket, and he sighed, realizing he had several questions to answer.
Me: Well, one more chapter, then the sequel will be coming, and I'm sure the epilogue will let you know what idea I have for the sequel.
Tigress: First time the epilouge does it.
Me: Well, the stories for KFP are always connected by mentioning the ones before in the first chapter. At least, mine are. So what if I don't point to what I'm doing next in those! I never plan the next one! Anyways, review!