The next day

Cybe ran through the large forest at incredible speeds that shouldn't be possible for him due to his heavy metal parts, a handy upgrade given to him. He sprinted away from his pursuers, princess Cadence and Shining Armour. Not wishing to fight them he decided to run, and run he did. He dodged and weaved through the forest path. Large roots proved difficult for Shining Armour to jump over without losing speed. Cybe just jumped over each obstacle with impressive flips and turns. He held out his metal fist and activated his energy sword, cutting down multiple trees to hopefully block the path as he escaped.

Shining came to a stop as he reached a dead end at the bottom of a cliff. Cybe had used his slingshot claw to quickly get to the top and continued running.

"Don't worry Shiny, I'll get him." Cadence quickly flew up the stone wall and spotted Cybe approaching a huge waterfall. "Perfect, he's put himself into a corner!" Cybe reached the cliff and stopped, looking around for anything that could help him. Hearing hoofsteps coming from behind him he tensed up. "What's wrong cyborg, out of escape plans? Now I will avenge my brother for what your kind did to him!"

Cybe just turned to her with a smirk and gave a playful salute before slowly falling backwards off the cliff. Cadence just looked confused.

"Doesn't he know he can't survive in water?" She looked over the edge and her eyes widened. Cybe fell onto a tree growing out the side of the cliff and broke it off the wall, causing it to fall with him on it down the violent river below. Cadence growled and flapped her wings, flying quickly down to the friendly cyborg. The tree reached the bottom of the waterfall and smashed against some sharp rocks. Cybe jumped off of it beforehand and grabbed a piece of the shattered trunk and began surfing down the violent current with ease, moving so fast the world around him was blurred, Cadence right behind him.

Meanwhile Twilight was walking through another area of the forest with a small device in her magic, Fluttershy following her. "Ok, he should be coming this way now...and he's coming fast!" The reached the river and something zoomed past them. Cybe jumped off his plank and began running into the dense forest. "Hey, his colour scheme was different, what was he running from?" Her question was quickly answered as an enraged Cadence flew past them. "Cadence?"

Cadence slowed down when hearing her name and looked back. "Twilight? What are you doing here?" She was stopped as a large metal fist knocked her down. She slid over to Twilight and Fluttershy and shakily lifted her head. A large robot walked out of the trees. It had the same colour scheme as standard cyborgs but this thing was fully mechanical. It's head was round and red with three large spikes, two glowing yellow eyes. It's body was heavily armoured. Its upper arms were metal poles with wires shield in the joins while the forearms were large and buff, holding various weapons in covered slots. It had two large red hands that had gun muzzles on the fingertips. It's lower body was basically designed the same.

"What's a C-Unit doing this far from the frontlines?" Asked Twilight in surprise. She fired a magical beam at the large robot but it smacked it away. Fluttershy began shivering at the group was backed against the edge, just inches away from the violent current. She began to mumble until she yelled.

"CYBE PLEASE HELP US!!!"

The group heard fast footsteps approaching until the friendly cyborg burst out of a tree and leapt on the C-Unit. He mounted it's back and began punching it's head. He opened his claw and stabbed it through the chest pulling out its power core. He jumped off the fallen machine and let it collapse to the ground. Just then two more C-units appeared with a squad of cyborgs. Looking around Cybe knew it would be impossible to defeat them all and make it out with the three ponies alive..

"You, Unicorn, can you teleport you three out of here?" He asked as he looked at Twilight.

"What about you?" Cybe just looked at the enemies and his eyes glowed yellow.

"I'll be fine, just go!" Twilights horn glowed and the three mares disappeared. The enemies aimed their weapons at Cybe and he took a fighting stance. As the cyborgs were about to fire they were all either blasted by magic or were stabbed by swords and spears. As the last cyborg fell a squad of pony guards emerged from the trees. Just then Cybe felt a stabbing pain in his back and fell unconscious, behind him Shining Armour stood with a stun crystal.

"Place him in magic bonds." The soldiers followed his orders, taking Cybes body and binding his limbs. As he was walking towards the squad he noticed the C-unit that Cybe had taken out and the power core in the friendly cyborgs hand. "Could make a nice project for Twily to work on."

Meanwhile

Back at the Golden Oaks Library Twilight lay Cadence on a couch and sat with a curious stare. "Why'd you attack that cyborg Cadence, there has to be a good reason why. Fluttershy told me that the cyborg you were chasing was friendly."

Cadences look became saddened. "Shining and I were taking a break from all the war stuff by taking a walk down to the sea of stars to spend some time together. When we got there were saw a small boat floating in the water, the cyborg was in it. When it awoke it just jumped from the boat onto the shore. When it saw us it looked afraid, then it started running. We had no idea that he was friendly and acted on instinct, chasing him through the woods. I was blinded by the hatred I held for cyborgs after hearing what they did to my brother, Glowing Heart." Tears formed in the alicorns eyes and she choked. Twilight walked up to her and brought her into a hug.

"Shhhh, it's ok, think of it this way, Glowing is now with Faust in the Forest of Eternity." This helped Cadence to smile and wipe her tears.

"Thank you Twilight. Although we left Shining in the forest, he most likely found a way to get to the cyborg."

"I hope Cybe is ok..." Fluttershy said silently.

"Cybe?" Asked Cadence.

"That's his name, Cybe Catcher. He saved me from a group of cyborgs yesterday, he was really kind to me afterwards before a group of guards showed up, then he ran away."

Cadence closed her eyes and sighed. "If that's true, then I fear that Shining has made a horrible mistake by now."