A tall, thin, 16 year old was sitting at a desk working on a program for his boss, his thick frame glasses were resting on his forehead as he was looking over the code. He leaned back and ran his hands through his dark blue hair. "Come on, why won't this program work, C told me that these frequencies were up to date." This is Micro, real name Micro Chipington the 3rd, a certified genius, having graduated from college at the age of 14 with a masters in electrical engineering and computer software, but current resident tech guru for the Dragon Riders.

Spike recruited Micro not soon after the famed genius went into hiding. Being a genius, almost every person in his life had high expectations for him, but he was still a kid and all that pressure was slowly killing him. So one day Micro decided to leave that world behind, he hopped on a bus headed for Canterlot, but the only problem was he didn't have any money and when he tried to get a job, no one would hire a 14 year old, so he started to work with the Bloodstone bikers to make some cash. They treated him like dirt, so when Spike took over, Micro gladly joined up with the Riders, that and the fact that he had a crush on Ember.

Micro sighed as he looked at the bike he has been working on, it was a bootleg copy of a brand new Arc Vector, it had taken some work to hack into the manufacture's servers and download a copy of the specs, but thanks to Micro, it only took a few minutes. Right now the bike was hanging on a lift behind him.

Suddenly the door to his office was flung open by Spike. "It's done, where is it?" Asked Spike. Micro jumped out of his seat.

Micro looked at his guest and sighed. "Oh, its just you Boss. I'm guessing that Zecora told you about the bike?"

Spike nodded his head rapidly. Micro sighed as he looked at Diamond. "Hey DT, was school a problem?" Asked Micro.

Diamond shook her head. "Nope, I actually had fun today, but can you and Sassy look at my new helmet, I want to make a few changes?"

Micro smiled. "Sure, I'll get it done tonight, but Boss hasn't said a word in a few seconds, so I think it will have to wait until he's done." Micro looked at Spike and when he did he sighed at the sight. Spike was drooling at the sight of the bike. "Boss, yes it's ready. Can you grab your helmet I need to install the new visor?" Asked Micro.

Spike nodded as he ran back to his room and grabbed his crew helmet. It was the same as his normal helmet, except it was stuffed to the brim with Micro's tech, which included a tracking system, heart rate monitor, Kevlar enforced titanium woven lining, and Bluetooth connectivity. Spike handed it to Micro. He placed it on his desk and removed the visor, it was high end and could easily be repurposed for someone else's helmet. Micro grabbed a similar looking visor from one of his shelves, and after attaching some wires, he snapped the new visor onto the helmet.

Micro plugged Spike's helmet into his computer as he began to download the special programs he had worked on. Once It was done Micro handed the helmet back to Spike. "Here you go." Said Micro.

Spike grabbed the helmet and smiled at it. Spike turned around and removed his mask, he handed it to Diamond. "DT, hold this." Diamond nodded as Spike placed the helmet onto his head. Spike turned around. "Ok, lets hear the new features." Said Spike.

Micro nodded. "Ok, I have coded a few new things into the helmet. Aside from our standard street light changing command, our communication command and our GPS command. You now have a few new things, I gave you some experimental tracking software, it will keep track of both radio and cellular signals. Just look at someone and say 'Track', it will store that signal and create a blip on the inside of the visor, it will also check all calls and contacts on that device and mark them as well." Micro then pulled out his phone. "Try it."

Spike looked at the phone. "Track." Said Spike, seconds later Spike's visor was covered in a lot of dots. "It works, also it looks like most of the crew is in the apartments. How do I turn it off?"

"Just say 'Tracking done.'" Said Micro.

Spike nodded. "Tracking done." Spike's visor went back to normal. Spike smiled. "Ok, what else?"

"Well, that's all of the practical features. But try saying 'Eyes out'." Said Micro.

Spike shrugged. "Eyes out." Said Spike, but to him nothing happened, his visor was still blank. "Micro, what the hell man?" Asked Spike.

Micro smirked. "It worked." Micro pointed at a mirror. "Look." Said Micro. Spike turned to the mirror and saw his helmet. Instead of a blank visor, now it showed a pair of green dragon eyes on the visor.

Spike moved his eyes and the visor moved the eyes to match. Spike laughed as he looked back at Micro. "Eye tracking, nice touch." Said Spike.

Micro smiled. "Thanks. Lastly I need to get the bike a test ride to make sure that the heads up display is working." Micro sighed as he lowered the Arc to the ground, he looked at Spike. "Boss, this is still a prototype, I've made some improvements to the original specs, but go easy on it at first, I need to take some readings."

Spike nodded but in reality he wasn't listening. Spike jumped onto the bike. "Ok, it takes a few seconds for the heads up display to pop up." Slowly, a compass, a mini map, a speedometer and a small rear view mirror popped up. Micro looked at his computer. "OK, all systems are working right. Start her up."

Spike smiled, it was almost time. Micro walked over to the garage door, he pressed a button and slowly the door opened up to the alley. Spike pressed the start button on the bike, but since it was electric, it was practically silent, Spike smirked as he quietly left the office. Micro turned his back to grab his laptop. "Micro." Said Diamond.

Micro sighed as he slumped. "Boss is gone, isn't he?" Diamond nodded. Micro groaned as he pulled up the tracker for the bike. Spike was going over 100 miles per hour down the street. Micro smiled. "All is in the green, no errors, and the batteries are holding strong." Micro turned to DT. "So DT, it looks like everything is working, lets hear what you want to do to your helmet."

Diamond nodded as she placed her helmet onto the desk. "Well, I'm thinking of the same basic set up as Boss's, but can we make it more me?" Asked Diamond.

Micro nodded as he pulled up a new design of helmets he had been working on. "I think, I have just the thing, I call it the Aero." Said Micro. The Aero was a design that looked like a normal helmet, but at high speeds the helmet would slowly change into a more stream line shape, all while not compromising safety. Micro was going to display it to the world, but his parents were against him using his talents in this way.

Diamond looked at the helmet. "Can you change my helmet with this design?" Asked Diamond.

Micro smiled. "Diamond, you wound me, I thought of that long before now, I had planned for companies to be able to quickly change over to this model with only one change in the manufacturing process. I can easily augment your helmet to work."

Diamond smiled. "Thanks Micro. I'm going to head to Sassy's office and get my measurements taken. Can you tell Boss to stop by when he's done?"

"Sure thing Diamond." Said Micro.

Diamond walked out of the office and walked down to the next door. She opened it and was promptly pulled in.

With Spike, he was speeding down the streets. The Arc was working great, his heads up display was tracking everything, and the lights weren't a problem. Spike stopped for a moment to catch his breath. This wasn't his first time on an electric bike, but with Micro's improvements, this one was far better. Spike laughed at how much speed he was getting, but that died when he suddenly got a call from Micro. Spike sighed. "Answer call." Said Spike. "Hey Micro, sorry I ran off, I couldn't resist."

Micro sighed. "its fine, but we had a major drop in power just now, head back in." Said Micro.

Spike nodded. "On it, just make sure to get it working before this weekend." Said Spike.

"I know." Said Micro as he hung up.

Spike sighed, he was having way to much fun with the Arc, but safety was important. Spike turned around as he headed back to the crew house.

Author's Notes:

Short chapter, I just wanted to introduce Micro, and the next one will be short as well to intro Sassy or SS. Not much more to say.