The group stared at the empty space that only moments ago was occupied by Discord. They tried to process what he had told them, but all that sank in was the fact that there was no way to stop this massacre from happening.

"We're screwed..."

It was Night's voice, smooth as ever despite the fear that controlled her.

"No," Twilight said. "No we're not."

"How?" Rainbow spoke up. "You heard Discord! The Elements won't work! What are we gonna do?"

"I hate to say it," Rarity said. "But she's right, Twilight. We don't have anything we can stop then with. Our best bet is to hide in here and starve to death or go out there and take as many of them with us as we can."

Twilight looked at her friend questioningly. She hadn't expected something like that to come from her, but with the current situation she couldn't really blame her. She looked to the rest of the group; Applejack and Rainbow Dash holding each other, as with Night and Sharp, Ace was keeping an eye out the door, his plasma saw at the ready, Rarity had a hoof on Fluttershy's shoulder, trying to calm the poor girl down, and Pinkie Pie was being unusually quiet, just staring at the floor blankly.

"Do you all feel this way?" She had to ask.

Everyone looked at her then, mostly with faces of either fear or sorrow. All but Fluttershy nodded, knowing that those were their only two options.

"We could leave," Fluttershy spoke up, earning questioning glances from everypony in the room. "The planet I mean."

"How?" Rainbow Dash asked. "I can't fly that high, not sure anypony can."

"Well, don't we have a ship or something?" Fluttershy asked.

Everyone in the room was silent. Not knowing what to say. She looked around the room to see that everyone else was looking down at the ground again. Twilight spoke up again.

"Well, we coul--"

Bang!

It was the door, or something behind it. The group looked at the hastily built barricade and saw that a small section of it was pushed inward. Another bang against the door brought another indent to the barricade, a few splinters of wood ejecting themselves onto the floor. Another smash against the door brought the whole barricade down, revealing the large, clearly armoured creature on the other side. It raised up on its hind legs and let out a sound like an elephant's trumpet before charging through the smashed doorway.

"Holy shit..." Came Rainbow Dash's voice.

"What the hell is that?" Twilight stammered out.

The large creature charged right at Twilight, but she was knocked out of its way by Rainbow Dash. The necromorph then crashed into the wall where Twilight was standing, splintering the wood and sending shards of it everywhere.

"Outside! Quick!" Sharp shouted, firing a few bolts of plasma at the creature's back.

The rest of the group filed outside while the large necromorph freed itself from the hole it made in the wall. Sharp stood at the doorway while the others ran into the street, finding more necromorphs all around them. Rainbow Dash was the last to exit the library, almost being crushed by the large monster that had nearly killed Twilight.

The creature itself finally managed to free itself from the wall, leaving a large indent of broken wood and crushed books where it used to be. It reared back again and charged for the door, right towards Sharp. He quickly got out of the way and the monster crashed through the already destroyed door, creating an even bigger hole in the wall and sending even more splinters of wood in all directions. They watched as it stopped in it's tracks, finally able to get a good look at it.

It was built somewhat similar to a gorilla, and had a pair of tendrils near the pony skull that made up its face. It looked at them, all standing close together, and charged again. The group then split up at the last second. The creature's momentum kept it going, and it skidded to a halt several meters away.

"How the hell are we supposed to kill it?" Raonbow shouted.

"Try and get behind it. Its armour's too thick on the front but I think I saw a weak spot on its back," Sharp replied, hovering between the creature and Night Rain.

The monster charged at Applejack, who was trying her best to evade it, adrenaline coursing through her. She dodged to the right, and it crashed into Sugarcube Corner. Sharp seized the opportunity and shot the back of its shoulder, sending blood and bits of flesh flying from the joint.

After several bolts of plasma, the arm came flying from its joint, blood spraying from the stump and sending the creature into berzerk.

"I think you're just pissing it off!" Rainbow Dash warned.

"You got a better idea?" He called back, watching as the creature freed itself and charged again, this time at Rarity and Fluttershy; the latter of whom took flight, carrying the other with her.

The brute howled in anger and charged for Twilight, who had been distracted trying to study its behaviour. She yelped and teleported behind it, Sharp finally having a clear shot.

He aimed the plasma cutter for its leg, which bent back like a chicken, and put several bolts into it, eventually causing the limb to fly off. The brute roared yet again, hardly able to keep its balance but still alive. Sharp shot its second shoulder, eventually severing the arm and causing the monster to fall flat on its face. It twitched a few times, and finally went still on the ground, blood oozing from its severed limbs.

Sharp landed and heaved a deep sigh, catching his breath.

"What... the hell... was that?" Applejack panted, limping over to meet up with the rest of the group, who were all forming up close to the wrecked library.

"I'm not sure," Rainbow said, noticing Applejack's limp. "Woah, AJ, you're bleeding!" She looked at Applejack's leg, and saw the large splinter of wood that had gone right through it, blood oozing around it.

"It's nothin', hun," Applejack tried to comfort her, but the pain in her voice made it obvious that she was lying.

"Applejack," Twilight started, "that's not nothing."

Rainbow looked at her worriedly, to which Applejack just smiled and said; "It's okay, sug', just a flesh wound."

"At least..." Twilight said. "If that did enough damage to your arteries you could bleed out in minutes if we took it out.

"That's fine, we just won't take it out," Applejack said. "I can walk just fine." She tried to take a few steps, but the pain caused her to falter and trip.

"AJ!" Rainbow shouted, helping the injured mare to her hooves.

Sharp's ears perked up, and then went down as he realized that no one had been watching the perimeter.

Author's Note

I had planned to have someone killed by the brute, actually... Oh well. Hope y'all enjoyed!

-Devs