Despite the door to the castle being reinforced, Robocop still kicked it open with relative ease before walking inside with the CMC behind him and Flash tucked under his good arm. He turned his head to look back at the small fillies, whose eyes were still wide after the shock of seeing what his weapon had done to the manticore.

Robocop knelt down in the center of the room and gently placed Flash on the floor before him, switching over to scanners to determine the damage. "My scans indicate that you only have minor fractures along one of your ribs, the rest is just bruising," Robocop informed him as he stood back up, Flash giving him a weak smile. "You are lucky."

"Luck may have had a part to do with it. Or it could have been the guy in impenetrable armor that saved our lives," Flash weakly replied as he rested his head on the ground and closed his eyes, wincing ever once in a while. Robocop looked down at his own damaged limb with a frown before walking over to a table that rested against the wall, grabbing it with his good arm and dragging it over in front of one of the thrones. He was bringing up his records on how to repair himself when he noticed the CMC still staring at him.

"May I help you?" he asked.

"Um...thank you, fer saving us," Applebloom said softly, Robocop nodding at her before turning his attention back to his arm. "If ya don't mind me asking, how did ya know we were in trouble?"

"My scanners picked up an unknown energy near the edge of the town, an energy that was registered as destructive and dangerous. I went out to make sure that no one would be harmed by this energy," Robocop informed them as he realized that he needed power tools if he was to repair the damage done.

"But didn't Twilight order you to stay in the castle-"

"Unless I was with her or a guard," Robocop finished for the filly as he motioned to the sleeping Flash with his good arm. "If there was an unknown energy source, I assumed that there would be at least one guard there."

"Yeah, but there should have been more," Sweetie Belle grumbled as she looked down at her hooves, gaining Robocop's attention once again. "The other guards ran off though when the manticore was too much for them. Poor Flash over there was the only one fighting against that beast until you showed up."

"The other guards abandoned you?" Robocop asked the fillies with what almost sounded like surprise, and then he clenched his fist as he glared at the table in front of him. "I assure you that they will not get away with that."

The moment he finished saying that the sounds of hooves could be heard on the crystals and the fillies turned around to see two figures tackle AB and Sweetie Belle. "Oh thank heavens yer alright," Applejack said with relief in her voice as she gave her sister a death hug, AB fighting with all her might to remain breathing.

"If anything had happened to you, I...I don't know what I would have done," Rarity sobbed as she gave Sweetie a much nicer hug. Twilight entered the room behind the two and hugged Scootaloo, though when Robocop looked past her he saw the guards from that had apparently abandoned the fillies standing around the door. Twilight then turned her attention to the fallen Flash and she raced over to him, looking over his wounds with horror in her eyes.

"Oh Flash..." she whispered as she gently placed a hoof on his face, waking the guard up. Flash looked at Twilight with a small smile before he pushed himself to his hooves.

"Don't worry princess, doctor roboto over there said that it's a minor fraction at most, nothing too serious," Flash said with a chuckle before he looked past her to the guards hanging around the door. "And now, only after all the fighting's over, do the lot of you bother to show your sorry faces."

"Wait, what are you talking about?" Rarity asked Flash as the CMC glared at the guards as well. "They told us that you sent them to get us."

"Trust me, I told them no such thing," Flash snarled, causing the guards to back away from him. "I assume they told you about the manticore that attacked us on the edge of town? They did? Did they tell you that when the creature used dark magic against us that they turned tail and ran, leaving me and the fillies alone against the beast?"

All eyes turned towards the guards, who hid their faces beneath their helmets in response. Twilight didn't want to believe it, but from the looks on the faces of the fillies and Flash she had to assume the worst.

"So...anything you want to say to me in front of the Element of Honesty?" Twilight asked the lot of them, none of them answering her as both her and Applejack's eyes pierced through them. "Alright, did you abandon three, little fillies to a manticore and a single guard when they needed your help? I want an answer." The guards never responded, but one of the guiltier looking ones nodded sadly.

"Very well. You are all dismissed," Twilight snarled with narrowed eyes, spreading her wings when they tried to argue with her. "Don't. You have shown your true colors and I cannot trust you with any pony’s safety. Return to Canterlot and inform Celestia of what happened. And I’ll know if you don't tell her."

The guards left with their heads hung low, leaving Twilight to turn her attention to the other problem in the room. "You disobeyed my orders," she said to Robocop, who looked like he was trying to take his arm off. He turned his head towards her as she spoke to him before standing up, his arm hanging limp at his side.

"You instructed me to not leave this castle unless I was with your or a guard," Robocop repeated. "I was with Flash Sentry, a designated guard. Therefore, I did not disobey you. Now if you excuse me, I must attend to something." He sat back down and continued working on his arm, the actions not escaping Twilight's notice,

"What happened to him?" she whispered to Scootaloo next to her.

"The manticore we fought tried everything it could to hurt him, but almost all of the attacks didn't even make a dent," she replied. "I guess one attack messed up his arm though, since he's barely moved his left one since he..." Twilight didn't know why Scootaloo stopped there, but she knew that Robocop was injured and needed aid.

"Okay Robocop, let's take you to the hospital," she sighed as she walked over to him. "Do you want to remove your armor now or wait until we get to the hospital?"

"Negative. All I require is a drill and some more wire," he requested, his tone telling Twilight that he wasn't leaving.

"Alright. Rarity, there should be some power tools downstairs, but if not look around please." Rarity nodded and headed into the lower chambers of the castle. Twilight was then free to turn her attention back to the others in the room. "Alright Flash, when we head to the hospital we'll get you checked on as well, but before that do you mind telling me what happened?"

"I'll make it quick, talking makes it worse," Flash grunted. "We escorted the fillies to the edge of the city and there was a manticore that used dark magic, so I assume Sombra sent it. It went right for the fillies, me and the other guards tried to fight it, but when it seemed hopeless they fled. I was getting beaten pretty bad and that's when Robocop over there showed up. The manticore started fighting with him and...nothing it used worked on him. it's claws didn't scratch his armor, it's tail couldn't penetrate his skin...he just laid into it. It bit into his arm and wounded him slightly, but then he..." Twilight raised an eyebrow when Flash didn't finish his sentence, but Robocop picked up for him.

"I removed it's brain from its skull. Forcefully," Robocop said from the throne, having given up on his arm until he got his tools. "The manticore received three .50 caliber rounds through the brain. It did not get up. You will ask for an example, but as I wish to conserve my ammo I will not demonstrate for you now."

"Well, thanks for saving me the trouble of asking," Twilight muttered, although she was on guard against the human again. She had received the autopsy of the ponies (the reason they had been out) that had been brought down by Robocop and almost all of them had either fatal puncture wounds or were missing their brains and the back of their skulls. 'He must have a weapon that can kill anypony with ease. Thank Celestia that he's on the laws side. Actually...now that I think about it...'

"I found them!" Rarity exclaimed as she emerged from the lower chambers, holding a power drill, some crystals and a box of wires. "I also found some nifty crystals that I'm going to borrow from you Twilight. They would look much better on a dress than they would simply lying around the castle." Rarity dropped the box on the table in front of Robocop before she pranced over to her sister, showing her the crystals as Robocop picked up the drill.

"So, finally gonna take off some of yer armor huh?" Applejack asked with a smile as Robocop spun the drill once.

"Something along those lines." Then, to the surprise of the ponies, Robocop placed the drill in a screw near his shoulder and began to drill, removing a screw that Twilight realized was far larger than it should have been. After placing that screw on the table, he then placed the drill under his arm in a similar spot and removed another screw.

"Um, are those screws supposed to go that deep?" Applejack asked, all of the ponies watching with interest. After removing the second screw, Robocop then placed both the screw and the drill on the table before he reached over with his right hand and...completely removed his arm from his body. Rarity let out a scream before she passed out on the ground while all the other ponies looked on with absolute disbelief. Robocop took his arm and placed it on the table before him, picking up the drill again to remove some armor near the elbow.

"Y...you just...removed your arm," Twilight managed to squeak out.

"Excellent observation. All of my limbs are designed to be removable for repairs or replacement," Robocop explained as he removed some wires from his arm, replacing them with the new ones next to him. "It seems I am fortunate. One of the motors was knocked loose and a few wires cut, but other than that the damage is minimal." He replaced the armor on the arm before picking it up again, holding it back where it was supposed to go before looking over at Twilight. "Would you mind holding this in place?"

"Okay," Twilight squeaked as she held the arm in place with her magic as Robocop began to replace the screws in his arm. "So...you have a metal arm. Your arm is mechanical."

"Incorrect. Ninety nine percent of my body is either metal or mechanical, including both arms and legs," Robocop replied, gaining him looks of horror from the ponies that were watching. "The lower half of my face that you are observing now is not actual flesh. It is a facsimile created to give the citizens the impression that I am human when I clearly am...not."

"So...what are you then?" Sweetie weakly asked.

"The proper term for one like me is cyborg. But I am Robocop, upholder of the law," Robocop replied as he stood up, bending his elbow and flexing his hand with a nod. "Arm capability at ninety seven percent. Acceptable percentage." None of the ponies knew what to say in response to what Robocop had just said. Then Flash spoke up.

"How did this...happen to you?" Against his will, images began to flash through Robocop's mind. the day him and his partner attempted to arrest a criminal gang at an abandoned steel mill. When he went in alone to arrest the criminals and bring them to justice. When he was ripped apart by the gang members and their fire power. When the leader...shot him in the head. Robocop then looked down at his metal hand again, clenching it tightly as the vague notion of rage whispered in his mind.

"I was murdered," Robocop whispered so softly that none of them could hear him before he turned his gaze to Twilight. "What is it you wish to ask me?" Twilight looked stunned at his question, but after shaking her head she looked up at the robotic officer with regal eyes.

"Robocop, I've heard about what you have done for my ponies in the...day and a half you've been here. At first I didn't trust you, but after seeing how ready you are to risk your life for others...and how my own guard seem to have none of the courage or morals they once had, not you Flash, I realize that you are on our side now, the side of the law. And since I seem to be down a few guards now that I've fired them, I need somepony...someone who can replace them."

"If you are going to instate me as an officer, please do it officially," Robocop replied.

"Very well then. Robocop, by the authority of my title as princess, I make you a guard...officer of Equestria. Your duty is to uphold the law, enforce peace and protect those who cannot protect themselves. Can you follow these orders?" Robocop slightly smiled at how she chose her words, knowing that she had picked them based on his own directives. This would make his new job here in Equestria that much easier.

"I will follow the directives that you have instructed me with," Robocop replied as he stood up straight, the CMC and the other ponies (except for Rarity) smiling up at him. "I shall serve the public trust. I will uphold the law." And then he turned his gaze towards the three fillies for a brief moment. "And I will protect the innocent."