James’s ship slowly made into clearing in front of the hospital with Destiny behind the wheel. The nearby grass and butches next are moving from the wind coming from the panels underneath the ship itself as Destiny lowers the landing gear letting the 40-ton airship rest its weight on its own landing gear and the ground below.

“We don’t have a lot of time.” I said getting off the chair still feeling the pain in my back from earlier today; making it hard to move my right arm. While Destiny powers down the ship and opens the cargo bay doors, when she notices that I was opening the door with my left hand in stand of my right.

“Mom, didn’t you see that?” She asks her mother after I left the room. “What?” She answers her in confusing. “Whatever going on with Dad; it starting to make me worry about him now.” She answers her mother. “Why that honey?” Pinky asks her looking a little concern about what she just said. “Didn’t you see that?” Destiny asks her mother; which she nodded no back to her. “He used his left hand in stand of his right.” She tells her mother. “It’s best for us to go with him to make sure he doesn’t make things worst.” Pinky tells her daughter opening the door.

Both of them quickly made their way to the cargo bay seeing some of the hospital stuff is aboard getting heavy creates that been loaded on the platforms off the ship into the building. Then they see me there talking to Nurse Redheart.

“Are you sure you’re alright; we check you out to see if something we can do?” She asks me. “I’m alright Nurse, it just taking longer for the serum to work.” I answer her.

Both of them knows something is wrong with me, but they don’t know what? When I when to check on how the unloading is going. Both of them when to see Nurse Redheart. “Nurse Redheart.” Destiny calls out to her getting her attention. “Yes, what is it?” She asks her. “What did he say to you?” She asks her. “I ask him if he alright; but he told me that he is right and the serum is taking longer to work. Is what he told me.” Redheart tells them both.

“Why is something wrong?” She asks them. “Listen Redheart, I know you just melt my dad, but I knew him all my life and I can tell something wrong with him even from a distance.” Destiny tells her. “Why what happened?” Red asked her wondering what she has seen. “Back o the bridge as he was leaving I notice that he was using is lift arm in stand of his right.” Destiny answering her question. “Now I know I only knew you three just yesterday and I notice something while I was talking with your father.” Nurse tells her making throw a shocked look on her face.

What?” Both of them said in unison wondering what she has seen.

“Well, I’ve seen that his right arm was close to his chest and that he was sweating during our little chat. I something like this before, but I’m not 100% sure; that it could be a heart attack.” Nurse Redheart tells them both.

“Come on then; what the holdup?” I said out loud, as I overseeing the last of the creates are being loaded. I feel the pain in my back moving to my chest and making very difficult moving my right arm, reaching for the cigar in my clot pocket as well my lighter in another. Putting in my mouth and light up it up; when I begin to feel light headed making lose my balance.

I fell to my knees then to the right side dropping the cigar and making my hat fall of as well making I roll a few feet. Destiny, Pinky, and Nurse Redheart see me falling and came running towards me. I could barely keep myself awake when I hear Destiny something in a panic.

“Dad, no, no, no, no, no.” She said in a panic rolling me to my back. As Pinky only saw me in this state when we first meet 20 years. As Nurse Redheart trying to getting some of her co-workers to help me.

Meanwhile in front of the hospital

Celestia, Luna, and the Doctor starting to see medical staff heading to the ship and one of them is wheeling a gurney over.

“Something must have gone wrong.” Luna said out loud seeing what going on before all three of them made their way towards the cargo bay and they aren’t the only ones heading the cargo bay. Chrysalis, Lyra, and Bon Bon seeing what going on getting off the ship and wonder what going on.

When both groups got there can see me lying on the steel floor with Destiny and Pinky in near tears, fearing the worst. The one the bring the gurney over lower it to make it easier for me to be loaded on. It has taken four unicorns to get me loaded on the gurney before quickly leaving the ship and heading into the hospital.

Chrysalis feels the fear of dread coming from both Pinky and Destiny. Luna felt something else coming from me more like my head.

I keep slipping in and out seeing only a blur from lighting going off outside to being wheel inside hearing the staff wondering what going on with me; while others getting me hooked up to machines. “His heartbeat is rising to dangerous levels.” One of them said looking at the motor show my blood pressure showing 260/120; while lighting going off near the hospital scaring everypony inside.

Nurse Redheart notice something turning my head to see that the mark on the side of my neck is glowing but this time in a purple color; knowing what about to happen. “Everypony, stand back!” She shouted to the group before something coming from outside then a loud bang came from the front of the hospital doors seeing a lighting blot with a purple hug quickly made through the hospital ground to where I’m being kept. The bolt was moving more like a snake than anything else before bursting through the doors and hitting in the forehead knocking me out completely.

Everypony that was still there see something that they never end up seeing in a million lifetimes. The lightning bolt was still there but where it came in contact on my head is just one long snake sending electric current straight into the brain. The motor showing my blood pressure in back to a normal level of 120/60.

Elsewhere in the hospital.

Destiny and Pinky wonder what that big bang came from and when to see what happen. End up seeing the lighting bolt floating in mid-air with a purple hug. “Dad?” She thought to herself flowing the current with mother following close behind; to see me out cold and seeing that all of the medical staff and everypony else that seen it in a state of shock from what has happened in front of them.

Both of the Princess, The Doctor, even Chrysalis comes to wonder what just happen as following the current as well. Luna still feels something going on inside my head. On the motor, my heartbeat starting to slow down. “What going on here?” The doctor asks before reaching the lightning bolt with his hoof; feeling the current going few him and something else deep within my mind. Making Luna reach as well as making the feeling much stronger through the current.

Then in a flash, both of them were forced to let go; trying to catch their breath. “Why did you see?” Celestia asks them. “I don’t know, it far too fuzzy to make it out. But whatever going on inside his head is forcing is mind to go into a dream-like state; so deep even I can’t make it out.” Luna answers her question.

“Why do you go into his dream and make him wake up; like you did for you to capture the tantabus?” Pinky ask her. “I could but it would be dangerous. Because to bring him back to waking world his enter the deeps of his minds and I may not like what may be in there.” She answers her question looking at me with a concerned look on her face.

“Luna please?” Destiny ask grabbing my left hand. “Alright, I’ll do it.” She answers her and fixing to light up her horn and enter the dream realm when the doctor interrupts her.

“I’m coming along with you.” He tells her. “I sure hope you know what you are getting yourself into.” She tells her making him to close while light up her horn making two white lines come out attaching themselves to the foreheads of both the Doctor and James's mind.

Then her eyes open glowing white. She found herself and the Doctor in the dream realm with balls around them then they a giant one come towards them quickly suck both of them inside in blinding white light.

When they came around they found themselves in the middle of a desert. Luna can feel something is wrong and try to get up to find that she as a different form. A hybrid form like Destiny but looking more human than anything else. Seeing that her skin is the same color as her colt and to see that her hair is the same as well. Her wings and horn are missing scaring her a little. The clothes she is wearing is made from different material; a dark blue pair of leather pants and black pair of thigh high boots with a 4-inch heel and a one-inch platform making the rest. The shirt was cotton with the same color as her pants with her cutie mark on it. She was wearing a black leather jacket.

Getting up seeing that she quickly regained her balance without much trouble. Seeing another human next to her. “Doctor?” Calling out to him; making him slowly get up. “I’m back, I back to normal.” He said getting up with joy hearing his voice then quickly remember using that voice before making himself to get a better look at himself. Seeing that he back in tenth regeneration form even down to the clothes; wearing a blue slut and a brown clot that reach that almost reached the ground. The footwear was a pair of Condon All-Stars in a shade of dark brown. “Well that a different color from what I remember.” He said out loud be notice Luna standing there in her current form.

“Luna, nice outfit you got there.” He tells her before realizing that they are in the middle of the desert. “I’m guessing we’re in James dreamscape?” He ask her. “Yes we are and I don’t know why we’re in these forms.” She answers his question before noticing something losing her train of thought, seeing a spinning club on one of its corners next to them made from material looking a giant mirror as big as a four-story building. “What are you?” The doctor asked out loud pulling his sonic screwdriver trying to scan the cube. But not getting anything from it.

The ground underneath their feet begins to shake. “Luna get back.” The doctor tells her getting out of dodge. Then a platform made out of rusted metal starts rising from the sand shocking both of them. Rising, rising until it reached the top of the cube.

“Well this is interesting,” Luna said out loud seeing the platform around the cube. Then hearing something coming from behind them making both of them turn to what made that noise. Coming towards them is a white horse with a white mane and tail running as fast it could. Seeing something else on its side shaking as it slows down to meet them.

“Well, this day get stranger and stranger.” The Doctor said out loud from what he has seen so far. Luna sees the horse slowly walk towards and the Doctor getting his screwdriver trying to get any kind of reading but again nothing.

“That wouldn’t work in here.” A voice calls out to them shocking both of them. “Who said that?” The Doctor ask out loud looking around to see who or what made that noise. “I’m right in front of you.” The voice called out getting both of their attention to the white horse standing right in front of them.

“How are even talking?” Luna ask the horse. “Well, first off I’m a guy and two I’m talking to you through the dream itself.” He answers her question.

“If both of you suspect to find James. You wouldn’t find him here.” He tells them both. “Then where can we find him?” The doctor ask him. “He's in the core of his own mind. To keep himself from going mad from everything that he been through. You might have seen the lighting bolt connect to his head?” He ask them. “Yes we did.” The Doctor answers his question. “The element saved his body but it can’t reach the core where he is.” He tells them.

“What do we have to do?” Luna ask him. “I can lead you to the outer rim of his mind and both of you get to the core and bring him to the outer rim. So I can bring all three of you back to the dream world.” He tells them both.

“Well, it not like we any choice now do we.” The Doctor said out loud. “Well then, get on.” He tells them.

Once both of them get on. “It best to hang on.” He tells them before taking off as fast he can go running away from the spinning cube and the rusted up platform.

Both Luna and the Doctor hanging on the best they could when something is opening ahead of them. A riff glowing white with a black center opens up in front of them and the horse just keeps getting faster and faster. When something like a dome starting to form around them the faster they when towards the riff.

Then in a flash of white light making both of them close their eyes and hearing something either one of them as ever hear before; sounding like future canon charging up before going off with a big bag.

When they open their eyes again that they have made it and what they could see is truly spectacular a city bigger than anything they have ever seen before making Canterlot and Manehatten look small in comparison. The horse stopped so that they could get of Luna still dumbfounded of the size stretching as far the eye can see. Before stepping off the edge nearly falling into the deeps of the black void below them. “You don’t want to end up down there.” The horse tells them both catching herself stepping a few feet back from the edge. When they can see something coming towards them.

A subway train coming towards them on tracks that don’t even exist. Slowing down before stopping in front of the group. All the doors open up and someone comes out of one of the doors wearing a blue suit with a conductor hat with the same color as its hat. Looking human with a light tan skin with a dark brown mustache. Wearing black frame glasses showing his brown eyes; noticing the group getting their attention.

“Excuse me sir; can this train get us to where we need to go?” Luna ask him. “Well let me guess your heading to the core?” He answers her question with one of his own. “Yes, we are.” She answers him in a state of shock.

“Can you do it?” The Doctor ask him. “No, we can’t take you straight to it. Because of reasons I can get into right now. But the end of the line leads to the border of creative fields and the long term memory banks.” He tells them answering his question.

“Anyway is just you three?” He ask them. “No, it just them.” The horse answers his question without even shocking the conductor.

“Well come on you two.” He tells Luna and The Doctor getting on the train. “ALL ABOARD!” The conductor shouted before getting back on; making all of the doors close. Then a quick jolt nearly causing both nearly falling to the steel floor below. Making them grab one of the steal pools that next to the seats.

“Conductor.” Luna calls him getting his attention. “Yes, what is it?” He ask her. “May I ask what this train is called?” She ask him. “Well my dear, this is the train of thought express. One of many, going through the city; from cargo to passenger.” He answers her question feeling the beginning to turn 180^o upside down. But there is no way to tell from up or down in this place. Both of them can feel the turn taking place, but something not right. Making the Doctor look out the window seeing what going on.

“Clover, absolutely clover.” He said out loud making Luna wonder what he just said. “What is it, Doctor?” She ask him before seeing the city has turned upside down. “You see gravity here is very different then back home.” He answers her question. “Why is that?” She ask him again as the conductor leaves the part of the train they were in. “You see while we’re in here there no way to tell up or down. It's like being outside in space but we can still feel gravity somehow?”He said out loud before noticing the conductor as left. As the train gets closer and closer to the city.

“Where did he go?” He ask out loud walking to a set of doors between the train carts. Before seeing people setting in their sets reading the newspaper showing what going on outside with a headline. James has gone into a coma! Luna follows him feeling the train turning a hard left still heading into the city. The skyscrapers starting to come into reach glowing different colors and an electric going into the top of the buildings from other parts of the city and from coming above them through a series of riffs sending more current into different parts of the city.

The train keeps getting lower into the city making people that on the train get themselves ready to get off getting bags of tools and briefcases filled with stacks of paper and files.

Moments later Luna and the Doctor wonder what is going on with these people before feeling the train touching the ground making everyone lose their balance for a second. Seeing the city like it is.

Seeing trucks loaded with something with glowing spheres heading other areas of the city. Some loaded with gray spheres heading to loading dock being load up on a cargo train heading while another leaving heading to the void where Luna nearly falling into.

The train begins to slow down pulling into a station before stopping and opening the doors letting the people that ready to get off. Before letting some more. The conductor sees them again

“The next stop is the end of the line.” He tells them before moving into other parts of the train as the doors close again seeing those people just got on get settling down for the ride. Then another jolt the train was on its way to the last stop.

Luna and the Doctor start seeing the building a pond building flying by them as the train going as fast it could into the deeper into the city.

After what felt like forever. The train slows down into the last station of the line. Once the train stops and the doors open; both Luna and the Doctor gets off seeing the Conductor getting off for a smoke break lighting up a cigarette.

“Well folks, this is the end of the line.” He tells them taking a drag of the cigarette. “We’ll come to this station every hour.” He tells them again. “Thanks.” Luna tells him. “I wish you the best of luck getting to the core.” He tells them taking another drag from the cigarette.

Both Luna and the Doctor made their way out of the station to finally see this city up close and in person.

Seeing buildings going as far they could see; buildings going as high as 300 stories and some even bigger. Before seeing another truck loaded with more of those different color spheres turning heading down the road towards a gate with a few guards their.

Both of them quickly made their way to the gate to see what behind it. “Hold it right there.” One of the guards that seen them coming to the gate while his coworker talked with the driver of the truck. “Excuse me guard, may I ask what is behind that gate?” The Doctor ask him. “Well sir, this one of many gates leading to the long term memory.” He answers his question making his coworker.

“Hang on Mack. I got to see what going on.” The other guard tells the driver going before going to see what going on with his co-worker; seeing that he’s talking to two people, one of them with a blue skin tone.

“Private, what in god name are you doing?” He ask him getting his attention. “Sorry sir, these two wanted to know what behind this gate.” The guard answers his co-worker. “Did you tell them?” He ask him again. “Yes sir, I did.” He quickly answers him; before looking at them.

“Get back to your post.” He tells the private. “Yes, sir.” He said giving a salute and heading back to the guard post leaving the Doctor and Luna with the other guard rubbing his eyes a little. “God help me.” He thought to himself.

“Excuse me.” Luna said getting his attention. “Yes, what is it?” He ask her trying to calm himself from losing his temper on both of them. “You seamstress.” She answers his question. “You have no idea, when you have to work 10 to 12 hours a day and most of all during this time right now knowing something trying to get to the core to kill everything I know from living in this god for sacking the city.” He answers her question with everything going through his mind.

“Listen, I’m sorry we didn’t get your name?” The Doctor ask the guard standing in front of them. “Sergeant Brigs.” He answers his question. “Well, as I was saying; we need to get the core to rescue James.” The Doctor finishing his train of thought.

“The core, both of you.” He said out loud in a state of shock from what he just heard. “That right.” Luna quickly reposed. “You did mansion something else trying to get to the core?” She ask him. “I did, there something else out there I never seen it in person; but I’ve heard of it.”

“What is it?” Luna ask him again. “From what I’ve heard that there’s a person out there with red veins glowing and can spit up black tar that can control a person just by touching it. The face looks like a rotten corpse showing bone or something from what I can tell is a gunshot from the left side of its face and it’s left eye glows red from time to time.” He describes what it looks like.

“Is that what you trying to guard?” The doctor ask him. “Yes, and to keep tabs on what comes in and out of these checkpoints.” He answers the question before hearing the truck horn going off making his attention to the truck driver looking at the side view mirror wondering what the hold-up.

“Excuse me.” He tells them before turning his attention to the truck driver. “Mack I told you I’m checking this out, I do appreciate your patience but you may have to help me out with this favor I did for you some time ago!” Brigs shout at the driver. “I thought you never bring that up. What do you need?” Mack ask his friend. “Listen these two are trying to get to the core to rescue James, from what kind of place he ended up in this time.” Brigs tell him. “Well, you have seen my paperwork and I can help them get to the core, but you and I know I can’t go all the way there; before they know something is up.” He tells the Sergeant. “Good,” He said out loud before getting the attention of both of the Luna and the Doctor to come on.

“He can take both of you near the core. But there’s no way come back to this checkpoint once you come through.” He tells them opening the passenger door to the rig; seeing the driver is an older man wearing all black with graying hair still showing black still their. The cab nearly looks like it was made from wood alone with black leather seats.

“Hello, I’m the Doctor and this is Luna.” The Doctor said to the driver getting into the cab of the truck. “You can call me Mack.” He tells them shifting the gear shift into 1^st gear.

“Mack, thank for doing this.” Luna tells him getting into the back as the Doctor gets into the passenger seat and about to close the door when the Brigs said something “Mack, just give me a second to open the gate.” He tells Mack before walking off towards the guard post where his coworker is.

“Open the gate, Private.” Brigs tell his coworker. Making him push a button making the lights on top of the gate towers to light up flashing with a yellow color. Then the gate locks and hitches unlock themselves; before seeing the door jerk open a little before sliding open making noise that you can hear for miles like nails on a chalkboard.

A minute later the door is finally and making all that noise. Mack moves the gear lever into position making the semi move a little before moving towards the gate into the long term memory.

Luna looks out the side view mirror seeing something looking like a shadow behind a building looking at her. “What was that?” She thought to herself thinking that her eyes are playing tricks on her.

Once the truck is through the guard at the guard post pushed the button again making the gate quickly close behind them faster then it was trying to open. Luna readjusted herself as the truck pick up speed before seeing something in the distance.

When they have gotten closer to see what it is, it nearly shocks both Luna and the Doctor. Shelves a pond shelves big a the buildings outside with roads going around them seeing other semi-trucks and a lot more of those orbs in different colors. Seeing trucks getting loading through these glass tubes with more of those gray out color orbs they have seen before.

“Oh my god.” The Doctor said out loud seeing the size of this place. “You say that again.” Luna said staring at the same thing.

“How big is this place?” Luna ask Mack. “This place goes on for miles and there are more of those orbs here then anyone can be able to count.” He answers her question “All of them are his memories?” She ask him again as the truck make its way to the outer edge of this place. “Yes, they are all his memories from his very long life, even the ones on the trailer.” He answers making a turn making something to roll around out behind them; getting both of their attention.

The Doctor goes to see what was that and come to find out it was one of the orbs in a shade of blue, red and purple. Mack sees what he has found and begin to get a little angry hitting the breaks stopping the truck making the Doctor loses his balance, almost dropping the orb in the process. “Put that back where you found it.” Mack tells him in a tone like he about to kill him. Making the Doctor put the orb back where he found. Then Mack gets the truck moving again calming himself down.

“Was that one of his memories?” The Doctor ask him in a tone that he hasn’t used in a long time. “Yes that is one his memories but that is a copy of one of my favorite memories that near the core of something that happened to James a long time ago.” He answers his question.

Luna wondering why he would make a copy this memory. While The Doctor and Mack still talking; as they reach the interior of this place. “What you mean; it one of your favorite?” The Doctor ask him before Mack could answer the Doctor kelp going. “Are there anymore back there?”

“There’s something I must show you.” He answers him before my a left turn towards a shop or something; pulling into the parking lot of the building.

Once the truck is shut off and parked. “Bring the orb.” He tells the Doctor opening the driver side door and getting out. Luna still wondering about all of this while the Doctor gets the orb he saw earlier and follow Mack inside.

Inside there was nobody there around only a few stations with helmets with cores attached to them. They made their way to a few of the stations. “The orb.” Mack tells the Doctor, making him hand him the memory orb and putting in a docking station making the two of those stations fire up; making both Luna and the Doctor wonder what about to happen. “The helmets, you’re going to need them to view the memory.” He tells them; making them stand on the platforms and graded the helmets that are there.

“Aren’t you coming with?” Luna ask her getting her helmet. “No, I have seen it too many times and it would be best to see in person for the first time. One more thing that, it would be like being in a movie. If there something coming towards you it will just go through you without hurting you.” He tells them.

“Well then, what I use to say a long time ago. Allons-y.” He said out loud before putting on the helmet with Luna quickly putting her on. Both of them pull something down over their eyes. Making the platform turn blue sending both of them into the memory.

Here is the 39^th Chapter in the story so far. Man, this toke some time to finish and upload; because of work and other things I'm not going to get into right now.

There no telling when the next chapter is going to come out. But I know one thing for sure is going to be something that has been earlier chapters.

That all for now.

This is James Cribb signing out.