Half Life: Path to The Borealis

"Alyx, I'm sorry for your loss, but we can't just stay here and mourn about it. We have to push on and stop the combine, you know your dad would want that." Kleiner said.

"I-I know." She choked out. She had tears running down her face still as she still held her fathers corpse.

"Now come with me so we can get you cleaned up. Come along Gordon, we have a lot to discuss." He said as he helped Alyx up. Gordon got up and followed them, DOG picked up the corpse and took it with him to burry. Alyx looked back one last time at her father before he was out of sight.

Gordon, Dr. Kleiner and Dr. Magnusson sat in the control room, discussing the events that had transpired. Gordon just sat there and listened, occasionally nodding. Alyx was by herself, look for where DOG had buried her dad.

"It still doesn't make sense," Kleiner said. "Why would an advisor just go out and kill someone? It only attacks in self defense, or if it is hungry. But even if it was hungry, it wouldn't come all this way just to eat."

"Well maybe it came here just to try and kill Eli, Alyx and Gordon, and it one it got one of them." Magnusson said.

"Maybe, but that's also doubtful, advisors are not the kind to hunt out a specific target. There has to be a different reason for its motives." They were all cut off by the sound of an opening door. They looked and saw Alyx standing at it.

"I'm ready." She simply said.

"A-are you sure Alyx? We can wait a bit longer if you want to." Dr. Kleiner asked.

"Kleiner, if she says she's ready, than she's ready. Now lets hurry, the faster we get this over with, the faster we can stop the combine." Dr. Magnusson said as he got up and headed outside with Alyx. Kleiner was the second to leave and Gordon was the last. But as he was about to leave, he saw something out of the corner of his eye. He looked at one of the screens and saw that mysterious man again. He wore a blue business suit and was holding a briefcase. He adjusted his tie before the screen went back to normal and he was no longer there. Gordon looked at the screen a moment longer before he was called by Alyx.

When Gordon arrived in the hanger, Alyx was waiting for him in the chopper. The roof was open, making way for the chopper to fly through. Dr. Kleiner and Dr. Magnusson were standing at the lift.

"Are you ready Freeman?" Magnusson asked, Gordon simply nodded.

"Do you have your weapons?" Kleiner asked. Gordon nodded again. He headed for the chopper and got in. As soon as Gordon was in, Alyx started the engine. The blades started to spin and pick up in speed. "Be safe you two, and good luck!" Kleiner yelled over the engine. The chopper started to descended off the ground and into the sky. As soon as it was above the hanger, Alyx took off towards Borealis, wanting to end this.

Meanwhile in a different universe, in a country known as Equestria, a blue creature was sneaking around in a castle. She was a pony with rainbow hair and tail, magenta eyeris', wings and a rainbow lightning cloud on her flank. She was currently looking for her friend, the new princess of this world. She ran fast and flew to the ceiling every time she heard someone approach, once they were out of sight, she would fly to the ground again and keep searching. She checked every room she could think her freind was in, but she was nowhere to be seen. She was about to check the throne room when the door started to open, surprised, she flew back up into the ceiling.

She watched whoever it was come out of the room and, to her surprise, her friend came out. She was saying something to someone in the room, but she didn't bother to listen. The door than closed as her friend started to walk away. She was light purple in color, she has violet hair with one pinkish stripe. She was wearing a crown that was shaped in a purple star. She had a horn and wings, she has purple eyeris' and a star surrounded with five smaller white stars. The rainbow maned pony flew back down and quietly followed her, where ever she was going.

She eventually came to a stop at a pair of doors and opened them with her magic. She trotted inside while the blue pony flew inside without her noticing. She turned around and closed the doors, when she turned back around, she was greeted with the face of her friend.

"Hey Twilight!" She said. Twilight screamed and flew towards the ceiling. Her friend looked up at her and tried to stifle her laughter, tearing up in the process. She couldn't hold it in anymore and fell to the floor laughing her head off. Twilight looked down at her with an annoyed expression.

"Rainbow, that's not funny." She said, annoyance evident in her tone.

"Yes it is!" She gasped out between laughs. "You're like Raity's cat!" Twilight graoned before she felt her grip loosening as she fell towards the floor. Causing Rainbow to laugh harder, once Twilight regained her footing, she gave Rainbow a glare.

"What are you doing here Rainbow?" She asked after Rainbow had calmed down.

"Oh, Twilight, can you teleport me to the wonderbolt stadium? I don't have enough bits at the moment." She asked with a smile.

"Don't you get in free because you're in wonderbolt training?"

"No, we only get a discount."

"We'll I'm sorry Rainbow, but I'm not going to do it."

"Oh come on! Please?"

"No Rainbow."

"Please?"

"No."

"Come on Twilight!"

"No!"

"Just this once!"

"Ugh, fine!" She said as she charged her horn. Rainbow closed her eyes, ready to be teleported. Twilight was about to teleport her, but a creature gently touched her horn at the last second. Instead of teleporting just Rainbow, it teleported them both and not to the stadium.

"Have fun, Ms. Sparkle and Ms. Dash." A raspy voice said.