The three prepare for battle. Both sides are locked on each other waiting for the first move to be drawn.

“Applebloom,” Imp got her attention. “Please. Find somewhere to hide as this is gonna get dirty,”

Applebloom became frustrated because of what he said. “Do we have to go through this again!”

“Please! I trust that you will be out of sight?” Imp smiled at her.

Applebloom was a bit confused of the smile she has been given but soon realized there is more under that emotion. “OK! Just promise me that you won’t get hurt,” She soon headed out of side, getting away from the danger that was about to begin.

With no hesitation, Warp began the first move. One of his robotic arms began to form a fist but the three managed to dodge in time. However what they didn’t expect was the other arms to do the same. The three quickly dodged them but the speed he put on every attack started to get harder to avoid. It wasn’t long until all three of them got hit by one of the arms. Lucky for them they are able to keep their balance as they skid along, slowing themselves down.

Warp quickly got in front of Imp which he didn’t expect. “Your mine!” He spread all his arms and became ready to grab him. But just before it closed in on him, Scootaloo came in at fast speed, able to get him out of range.

“Thanks for the help!” Imp was very relieved.

“How about you thank me by helping me tag team this fool!” Scootaloo turned around and headed towards Warp’s direction. Imp summoned his yo-yo on his left hoof and launched it around Warp’s robotic arms.

Around and around, it soon reached its end. However Warp soon caught onto what they were up to. His arms began to stretch out, causing the string of the yo-yo to be ripped apart. Imp quickly noticed this. Before it could ripped, he disband his yo-yo. But it left them open to an attack. One of Warp’s arms straightened it’s hand and did a karate chop motion, chopping off the wheels of Scoot’s scooter. This caused Scootaloo to lose control and fall off her scooter with Imp going over her. With quick thinking, Imp  launched his yo-yo to a near by tree. It wrapped around it and once it was fully wrapped around the trunk he pulled himself himself to the tree and land on his back hooves, bending down. He pushed himself up and launched himself straight towards Warp at fast speed.

However Imp expected him to do that. Each of his robotic arms spreaded straight and their hands positioned themselves flat together to form a wall. Imp couldn’t slow down and  ended up landing flat on the ground in a comedic fashion. The wall of hands deformed and one that grabbed him with in it’s grasp. But soon he heard a scream that started to hurt his ears. When he turned around, he spotted Sweetie Belle screaming into the mic. He quickly dropped Imp and headed to her at fast speed. He launched a fist at her. The impact was so powerful that it launched her back a few feet.

“Sweetie Belle!” Scootaloo couldn’t bare seeing her friend get hurt like that. “YOU MONSTER!” She summoned her scooter once more and headed towards him.

The robo arms soon began to spin like a propeller hat being blown in the wind. But it didn’t matter as Scootaloo only had one thing on her mind and that is kicking his butt. But one touch of the spinning arm knocked her flying off her scooter and she landed on the nearest tree.

Imp quickly got up and saw that the two crusaders were out of commission. Imp quickly gained focus on the battle once more.

Warp soon stopped in place and saw that Imp was the only one left. He began to snicker a bit. “Well what do you know. Its just you and me.”

“You are gonna pay for hurting my friends.”

When Warp heard that, he started to laugh very hard. Wiping off the tears, he made a confident smile. “Oh please you think those two are your friends?” He closed his eyes and took a deep breath. “I can tell that you don’t see them as your buddies! Heck I know about that little crush you have of the fillie with the pink bow. But tell me this...Can you really give them your friendship?”

Imp just stood there for a moment after hearing what Warp said. “I-” But Warp caught him off guard as he got close to him and punched him out where he was standing. The strength of that attack caused him to fly off with in a straight path, knocking down every tree in the path of destruction. He skid along the ground and stopped as soon as he hit a rock.

“Damn it!” He struggled to get up. The pain really started to get to him. “I can’t believe I fell for that!”

“Ya you're an idiot!” Imp quickly looked up and saw Warp and two hands he slammed down on him.

Imp couldn’t move a single muscle in his body. The robo hands flattened themselves like a blanket to cover his entire body. All that he could do is just stay in place, watching the devilish smile of Warp form in front of him.

“You know this is pretty pathetic! When I fought against ponies like you, you seemed to be very predictable. Caring for others safety, looking out for each other’s backs, taking a blow for your teammate and so on,” A laugh came out, interrupting him before in the middle of his sentence. “You are no exception. This is why I needed to upgrade myself so that way I would soon find someone who doesn’t fall for any of this,”

“I thought you wanted to improve your life?” Imp asked in confusion.

Warp nodded his head sideways. “Well one could have one more than just one goal. Now then lets finish this!” The two hands grabbed him. “Well this is where I dispose of you now. Don’t worry! I’ll make sure your so called friends will come with you,”

The grip started to tighten up. It began to choke him. Imp couldn’t resist because the grip on him was so strong like boulders being press onto his body. What he thought was that this would be his last mission to go through. Slowly he closed his eyes.

“FIRE!” A shout out of nowhere which caught both of their attention. During this, a big pile of dirt is launched and hit on the back of Warp’s machine.

When he turned around, he saw the the CMC standing there with a catapult made out of wood.

Warp couldn’t help but laugh at what he saw. “Tell me you three. What do you expect a pile of dirt would do to me?”

Applebloom smiled deeply. “Why don’t you take another look!”

Warp wondered what she meant by that but then he started to feel something. Like that he was lit on fire. He took a look and noticed that there a bunch of fire ants on his body. The pain started to get him so much that he dropped Imp. Before Imp could hit the ground, Scootaloo charged in and managed to catch him to bring him back to the others.

Scootaloo laid him down. He slowly opened his eyes, regaining conscious. “What happened?” He said while he was rubbing his forehead.

“Well we just saved you from that monster with this!” Applebloom began to show off her contraption. “Ain't she a beauty?”

Imp couldn’t help but smile. But something unexpected happened that caught their attention. A white flash appeared on Appleblooms flank. As soon as it died down, all of them were surprised and shocked at what they saw.

“My...My” Applebloom couldn’t help but be speechless on what she saw.  

“I knew you would get it eventually!” Scootaloo jumped up in excitement.

The cutie mark that Applebloom got was an apple shaped paint pallet with a hammer, paint brush, and wood all crossing each other forming a star with sparkles all over it. Applebloom couldn’t help but jump up and down for joy.

“Well it seems that I got my prize.” The three soon pointed their heads to Warp who was now covered with rashes from the bites. “This is just as what I wanted. All the armor fillies up and center. How I couldn’t be anyway more happy.” The smile he gave off gave the four an uncomfortable feel.

“You know I don’t understand much of your motive but that just gives me reason to not let you walk across this world anyway.” Imp slowly walked up to him.

“Oh are you saying that you want to kill me?” When he heard those words, all he could do is laugh. “Well then.” His arms began to set themselves in a fighting stance. “I want to see this in action!”

The four summoned their weapons with Applebloom having a hammer in her mouth. “Alright guys lets end this psychotic doctor’s wrath!”

“RIGHT!” All of them proclaimed.

Warp charged at them with a fist slam. The four quickly dodged before it could hit him. Imp began to make the first move. He launched his yo-yos at his face which hit him. However it seemed that it didn’t phase him. This left him open to an attack from the bottom but he was able to avoid it thanks to Scootaloo’s scooter. She drifted along the side of Warp, causing some sparks that blinded him. Imp took another shot and aimed at Warp’s stomach. “UGH! OOF!” The impact seemed to phase him. With that in mind, the two continued to focusing their attacks on the stomach.

“You think that I’m gonna let you-” A pile of dirt hit him on his back. He turned around and saw  Sweetie Belle and Applebloom behind a catapult built around twigs. Imp began to attack Warp while he was distracted but he was not one to get easily sidetracked when he focused on the battlefield. Warp grabbed the yo-yo by the string and pulled Imp in, launching him up in the air and pulling him back in with a fist ready. Applebloom quickly launched another pile of dirt at him but he put Imp in front of him, to take the blow. It was then followed by a fist to the stomach, launching Imp towards Applebloom and Sweetie Belle’s direction. Sweetie took action and tried to catch him, but Imp was launched so hard that it pushed her too and they crashed the catapult.  

“Dagnabit!” Applebloom shouted in frustration. Little did she know that Warp was just in front of her.

“Maybe shouting out in frustration wasn’t such a good idea!” Warp made a devilish smile over Applebloom’s despair. He threw a karate chop at her but luckily for her, she blocked it with a canvas she summoned out just in time. The karate chop was so strong that it pushed her off the ground. She used this chance to launch the canvas at him like a frisbee however Warp’s robotic hands quickly reacted and deflected it. He pounced off the ground and headed to her at fast speed. She had no time to react when he thrusted his fist at her. However, Imp was able to take the punch for her. He coughed up a little blood as a result.

“IMP!” Applebloom shouted.

Imp soon got tossed out of the way as Applebloom landed on the ground. But Warp soon followed her with two hands wrapping around each other and slamming it down on the ground where she landed. Luckily she avoided the attack and quickly got out of range but Warp was proven to be faster than she anticipated. She quickly dodged every incoming attack but it was too fast for her. One single punch in the face was all it took to hurt her.

“Oh you're making this easy my little armor fillies!” He gloated. “Come on I’m waiting for you to go at your full potential!”

“All right then how about this!” Warp quickly looked behind and sees Imp with a raged look on his face, kicking Warp in the face then followed by a slam down with his yo-yo’s. The impact made Warp bleed a little but he didn’t show any sign of weakness. “What the…” Warp couldn’t finish his sentence. Seeing that devilish looking face is not something that he had ever seen.

Warp grabbed him by the hoof and slammed him down on the ground. He then proceeded to repeatedly punch him in the stomach. “ How do you like that huh!” He kept punching him with no rest or pauses in between. Imp couldn’t continue the assault for much longer. But for some reason he stopped. Imp was able to breath for a moment but it was soon cut short when he was grabbed him by the palm of Warp’s hand.

“Oh you poor thing,” Warp snickered. “Just by the look of you makes me feel sorry.”

With all the damage Imp suffered, it didn’t stop him from asking a question. “What do you mean by that?”

“Its simple really. You don’t feel strong enough but you couldn’t get simple pony folk to not get involved? I feel so sorry for you. You must think that if you do this then you would feel better about yourself,” He laughed while he breathed in pain. “Let me tell you something. You see when you want to feel better about yourself then you do something helpful for everypony. However once you do, pony folk will soon see how useless you are. It’s pretty much fact!”  

Imp couldn't speak another word.

“Well I guess I should end your life here and now!” As he raised his hand and was ready to slam down.

“HEY!” Warp quickly turned his head around and see the three on the launcher of the catapult.

“EAT THIS!” They all shouted at the same time right before rope loosened up and launched them straight into his direction. During this, Imp used this time while Warp was distracted to get himself free. He launched one yo-yo to a tree and wrapped around it while the others punched Warp in the stomach. It was so strong that he coughed out a small pool of blood and spit. Imp quickly got out of the way as he pulled in his yo-yo and he swang around the tree. He launched his other yo-yo to the tree that was a little farther from the last one, slowing him down as the yo-yo hold him.

Warp soon recovered from the blow however it was too late. The three of them together head butted his stomach. The attack was so powerful that it cause him to fly off a bit. He faced the other direction but saw Imp who launch himself straight at him. He tried to stop the attack however it was too late.

“THIS IS THE END!” The incoming speed that came to him, Warp knew that he couldn’t avoid it. All he could do was smile as he faced the impact. The force of the impact was like the impact of the CMC only this time it was a lot more powerful.  

With a final blow like that, he said one final word before he flew off. “Listen Imp. Once when your friends ditch you, you will see the pain of being lonely. Once that happens, YOU'RE DEAD!” With that, he flew off in fast speed until he hit the head of the robot. As he tried to get up, he saw that it started to fall apart. All he could do was just smile as the robot crumbled down, making a huge tsunami that hit the forest.  

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