Nanotechnology, the reason the Borg had been so successful in assimilation. It's also the reason you can't be rid of them until you burn all of them to ash.

>Critical damage

>Scanning for other drones

>0 Detected

>No assistance possible

>Drone #1 undergoing self repair

The drone was in a room of rock carved under Canterlot to be used in researching this strange creature that had almost brought about the death of the Equine Kind.

"Seal the room! It's skull is reforming on it's own!" Exclaimed a stallion scientist. "It's eye is showing that beam again!" Another mare screamed. The ponies ran out the room. Followed by two guards sealing a huge stone in place over the door. Then placing magical barriers over it. Holding there as the drone stood.

It was surrounded by a biolab, some of its augmentations lay on the tables nearby, its powerful augmented arm had been removed.

>Self Repair

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"I'm telling you doctor I've never felt the TARDIS lurch like that." Said a flustered Roseluck* "Hmm? A pony with a sand timer across his sides looked up from touching a few switches and knobs. "It's fine, it was probably just the CyberPonies we just jumped from." A large bang from outside the door was heard, the brown earth pony looked toward the door. "That! Is not suppose to happen. Nope nope, not possible. We are moving through time and no one can be there!" He chimed.

But the thought of something wrong bunched in his thoughts. "Ohhhh fine." He swiveled his head over the console forward of him, pressing buttons with his hooves. The room lurched and stopped moving altogether, followed by the ding from outside. The Doctor pony quickly went to the door opening to look. Before him was a alley in Canterlot at night, albeit it looked like there was more dust than usual. "Can't be anything was vaporized right?" He looked around quickly before his eyes landed on a spoon on the ground forward of him. "Ah! A space spoon got stuck on my door with the uhh...Magnetical thinge in the TARDIS...Could have sworn I fixed that." He picked up the spoon, closed the door and the pony box disappeared.

What he hadn't seen was the stunned CyberPony that had fallen on it's back on the other side of the ponybox. It was of silver looking make. "Doctor...The doctor is gone." It sat up, it's mission failed. It had been told to hold on and ambush that stupid brown pony when he came out of the box. But when it stopped he didn't expect the sudden light change, it's eyes only now just readjusting. "Mission Failed." It said plainly before scanning around him, finding an empty alley with ponies walking about in a large street forward of him, though only few.

It had only taken a few seconds for the metal contraption to find a door to the back of a store to break in. As is stepped through the new splintered wood that was the door it found an empty shop. It scanned around, it was behind the selling counter of a donut shop. A sigh nearby identified it as "Donuts Joe's" place. The CyberPony made it's way to the front of the shop to look out into the street, it was a shopping street. Deserted and bare, he unlatched the front door and stepped outside. "Power source required to rebuild." It said out-loud to no one in particular, it's metal eyes moving down the road. It looked down to its right arm as if looking at the time. A slot opened up and showed a circular radar, now showing only one faint blip leading to the castle at the center of the city.

The CyberPony went to walk down the street down to the side, adopting a minimal noise making program. Making its way to this castle to take advantage of what was probably their only source of power. The moon was in the sky, the stars brighter than usual, the sky was content and quite bright that night. The city was bathing in the light, beams going into windows, showing dust particles in the rooms. Peaceful, save one street where a suction cup sound was emanating as a CyberPony walked down the street. A singular colt looking out his window before saying something muffled from the window that amounted to "Fallout: Equestria Armor!" (Quote is not Canon)

The Cyborg paid no mind however, his trek to the castle near done. The wall in sight up the street, two guards stood with long spears on each side of the now closed doors. As the Cyborg reached the door the two guards lowered their spears. "The Princesses and Elements are sleeping, you missed the speech by five hours bud. Take off that costume and go home." The guard on the left said, his eyes narrowing. "We are called Cybermen." It said, stopping its walk to look at the two. "You will become like us, you will be upgraded." The guards both took defencive stances. "Look here! Ain't no tinfoil enchanted to look like steel gonna intimidate us! We already had a bad day, what with them things!"

The standoff only lasted a few seconds before the Cyborg responded. "Upgrading is compulsory." The guard on the right quickly responded. "What do you mean by that?" The drone looked to him. "You are compatible. You are intelligent. You will be given a better body, remove emotion." Neither guard responded. "Would you not want that? A life with emotion? A life without pain?"

"No, I like how I am now!" The one on the left exclaimed before charging the drone. "You are not compatible. Delete! Delete! Deleeete! Next Chapter: Startling Encounter Estimated time remaining: 14 Minutes