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When Things go Boom

by Princess OtakuGeek

Chapter 1: The Big Boom

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"You sure you have everything?" Twilight asked Spike for the umpteenth time as he boarded the train for Canterlot. And for the umpteenth the time that day the little dragon rolled his eyes.

"I'll be just fine Twi." He answered exasperated. "Besides, it'll only be for the day. And if your right, you might see me even sooner."

Twilight sighed. "I'm sorry." She apologized. "I guess I'm just a little on edge with this new experiment."

Spike quirked an eye ridge. "A little?"

Twilight blushed. "Okay, a lot." She admitted. She then broke out in a grin. "It's just so exciting! If this goes well, then it will revolutionize communications."

She then started to squeal like a filly as she bounced up and down. She almost missed Spike's sorrowful sigh.

"I guess that means you don't need me anymore."

Twilight paused and turned to the downcast looking dragon. She then smiled and gave him a hug.

"Don't be silly." She whispered to him. "I'll always need my best assistant."

She then rubbed his head as Spike smiled back.

"All aboard!" The conductors voice called out.

"Better not miss your train." Twilight said as she nudged towards the car. Spike turned and gave her a hug.

"I'll miss you."

Twilight smiled and hugged him back. "Its only its only for the day. And like you said, if this goes well we'll see each other even sooner."

The train let out a loud whistle and Twilight pushed Spike off of her. "Now hurry up. Or you'll miss your train."

Spike nodded and awkwardly picked up the large suitcase next to him. He then pulled it with him onto the train.

"Morning Jo." Carter greeted the deputy as he walked in.

"Morning Sheriff." Jo greeted. "Henry called."

"What'd he want?"

"He said he wanted us to witness his latest breakthrough."

Carter inhaled through his nose as he pinched the bridge of his nose, recalling the last time somebody made a breakthrough.

"What kind of breakthrough?"

"He didn't say." Jo then pulled her coat off its hook. "Shall we go?"

Carter stood up. "Only to make sure this one doesn't blow up."

"They're. All organized." Twilight announced triumphantly as she slid the last book in place. She then paused to admire her work. Suddenly a movement at the corner of eye caught her attention. Twilight turned to see a small green flame curl in her window before turning into a scroll that dropped at her hooves. She smiled and levitated the letter to read it.

'Dear Twilight,

The train ride was safe. I arrived in Canterlot safely. Spent some time walking down memory lane and seeing some old friends before going to your parents house. Whenever you ready to begin the test, I am.

Spike

P.S. I'm sending you this letter partially because I know you'll be worrying like a mother hen. Probably rearranging the library for the tenth or twelve time. Try not to worry.'

Twilight's eyes widened at the last statement. She then smiled and let out a small chuckle. It was true. This was the thirteenth time that she'd sorted and stacked the library.

'Well I guess I should begin preparations for the experiment.' She thought as she moved to begin preparations.

"Thank you for coming Sheriff." Henry welcomed with an outstretched hand.

"Thank you for inviting me." Carter said as he shook Henry's hand.

Carter and Jo weren't the only ones at Henry's garage.

"Why is he here Henry." Nathan complained.

"I figured it might be a good idea to have Sheriff Carter here to supervise in case something goes wrong." Henry answered.

"Seems sound." Allison agreed. "But you still haven't told us what you brought us all here for."

"I was actually getting to that." Henry then moved to the center of the room which was dominated by a large covered object. "Tell me, what would you say if I told you I've discovered teleportation?"

"I for one would tell you its impossible." Stark answered. The theory is old, but the laws of physics say its impossible."

"That's what I originally thought." Henry answered. "Then one day, not too long ago, I was experimenting when all of a sudden, it happened."

"So you accidentally discovered teleportation?" Carter summed up.

"Pretty much. I've been experimenting with it since and now." Henry then yanked off the covering to reveal a strange machine. It was about half the size of of a full grown man. With all kinds of tubes, wires and lights. The top was flat and circular with a sort of white light. And right in the middle was an apple. Henry leaned forward and began fiddling with a dial.

"Today, I am going to send this apple to the other side of town say..." Henry paused as he thought. "Global Dynamics."

"You're going to send an apple all the way to Global Dynamics?" Fargo asked, a little excited.

"To Nathan's office, no less." Henry smiled back at the accident prone scientist. "I just need to put in these calibrations and we're good to go."

"So, why did you call us here?" Nathan asked again. "Seems like you have everything under control."

Henry turned to Stark. "Nathan, this is Eureka. Nothing is ever under control."

"Got you there." Carter said, earning him a glare from Nathan.

Henry nodded then smiled at Stark. "Plus I thought you might want to witness the first long distance teleportation."

"Wait, this is a test?" Carter asked, suddenly nervous.

"First long distance test to be exact." Henry answered. "I've tested it before, but only short distances. Today is its first long distance test. You may wanna where these."

Henry then offered the group goggles.

"Henry, are you sure this is safe?" Carter asked nervously as he strapped his goggles in place.

"Of course. But you know, just in case, we might want to step back."

Twilight had closed the library for the day and now stood in the middle of the room.

'Time for the test.' She thought. She focused her magic into her horn and began to focus on Spike. Her horn glowed magenta and right in front of her a ball of magenta light formed.

'Its working!' She thought gleefully.

At the same time in a certain garage in Eureka, Henry and friends, now several feet from his device stood in anticipation as Henry pushed the button on his remote device. Instantly, the machine hummed to life and a beam of white light surrounded the apple. They watched in awe as the apple began to disintegrate.

'Its working!' Henry thought gleefully.

All of a sudden, the bubble of light began to warp violently and expanding.

'W-what?!' Twilight thought in alarm as the bubble of magic grew more and more unstable as it filled the room, its coloring now mixed with an unfamiliar white. And try as she might, she couldn't stabilize the spell.

Back in Eureka at the same time, Henry was experiencing similar difficulties as his own device started beeping warning sounds. The half disintegrated apple began to warp and it pulled itself together as the beam of light grew, magenta mixed in with it.

"W-what?!' He thought as he tried desperately to stabilize it.

"Henry turn it off!" Sheriff Carter yelled at him.

"I can't!" Henry called back. "Its fluctuations are beyond my control. Its almost like its interfering and feeding back with a separate signal."

"What kind of signal?!" Nathan called back.

"I don't know. But whoever's on the other end of that signal is probably having similar difficulties."

Twilight felt her horn creak painfully as the spell continued to grow stronger. Then, with a flash of white and magenta it exploded.

They ducked as there was a sudden unexpected explosion. White as magenta light washed over them and a tingling sensation was felt all over their bodies. When all was quiet, they stood up from their positions removing their goggles.

"Well that was certainly interesting." Stark said as he strolled to the device that now looked like its top had been blown apart and was now covered in a sort brownish yellow goop.

Nathan ran his finger in the goop and put it in his mouth. "Hmm. A little overboard for a bit of applesauce Henry."

"I don't understand." Henry said as he looked over the data on his computer. "By my calculations that should've worked."

"Well then your calculations were wrong."

Henry shook his head. "Couldn't be. I've tested this time and again, albeit over a shorter distance and it should've worked. In fact it almost worked. What ever went wrong, it wasn't on this end."

"This end?" Fargo asked as he replaced his glasses after cleaning them.

"Like I said earlier, according to this data the signal crossed and fed into another equally powerful signal causing both signals, and I'm assuming this, to fall out of sync and overload to the point of combustion. You may have noticed the magenta tinge."

"Uh guys." Allison finally said. "Where's Carter?"

Carter had a splitting headache that sort of made it nigh impossible to think. Following the explosion at Henry's garage, Carter had felt a sort of fuzziness as though he was being pulled apart molecule by molecule. Next thing he knew, he was falling. The ground felt hard and cool with a sort of springiness. Carter figured he'd landed in grass. But besides that, he knew nothing about his surroundings. He could feel a soft breeze on his face and the sounds of birds were at the edge of the ringing in his ears so he figured he was outside.

But he was unable to ascertain where he was. His head was fuzzy and his already blurry eyesight was growing darker. Just before he blacked out, a movement caught his attention and a blurry dark form entered his vision.

"Hey, you okay?" The warped female voice asked.

All Carter could muster was a barely intelligible mumble before he promptly passed out.

Twilight hurt all over and her head where her horn was felt like it was being stabbed by a knife of white hot pain. She could barely keep herself up as she began to sway. At the edge of her hearing she heard someone banging on the door.

'I suppose such an explosion wouldn't go unnoticed.' She thought as she felt herself faint almost like she was experiencing it from a distance.

As her vision began to blur and darken, she barely registered the loud crash as her door was knocked down. She could barely hear the sounds of other ponies entering to see what happened. And the last thing she saw before darkness claimed her was a stallion looking her in the face trying to ask her what happened.

Sorry if the sciencey bits were off. I'm not much of a scientist. Also, apologies to any hardcore Eureka fans. My knowledge of Eureka is somewhat limited. I just had this story in my mind and I just wrote it. Please enjoy!

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