Dead Space: My Little Marker

Chapter 3: The Escape?

"Ugh...damn, does my head hurt." Isaac attempted to place his hand against his forehead, but he soon realised that his helmet was still on, blocking him access to his face. Suddenly, his memory can back to him and he sprung up, eyes darting around the room he found himself in. Isaac breathed a relieved sigh once he established that he was the only one in the room. "Well... at least there's no shy, yellow pony in here. Though the naked Ellie was a nice touch.” Isaac laughed. “Man that was a crazy dream. I wonder what caused me to have a dream like that?"

Isaac retracted his helmet to get a better view of the room he found himself in. The room was a bleak grey and couldn't have been larger than one of the apartments on the Sprawl. The ceiling of the room also appeared to be lower than normal. Isaac scanned the room. He noticed a bed, similar to the one he was sitting on, on the opposite side of the room. He also noticed a toilet and a sink at the back of the room; a lone mirror accompanied the sink. It didn't take him that long to figure out that he was in a some sort of cell. The large metal door that blocked exit from the room confirmed this thought. He also noticed that the room was extremely dark. So much so, that the corners of the room were almost invisible to the naked eye. The only light was coming from the small window above his bed. The cold night air was pouring into his cell.

"How the hell did I end up in here?" Isaac wondered, searching his memory for anything that could reveal the answer. There was only one thing that popped into his mind. "The only thing I remember is I was being surrounded by a bunch of..." Isaac paused. "ponies? No that can't be right. Come on Isaac! Keep it together!" he pounded his fists against the side of his head. "They couldn't have been ponies. They were talking! I must be going insane... well MORE insane." Isaac stopped his mental argument as he heard a door open and slam shut not too far away from the entrance to his cell. He quickly activated his helmet again. Metal surrounded his head and three strips of blue lights replaced the area where his eyes were. The lights shined brightly in the dimly lit room. Isaac reached at his side. To his surprise, his cutter was still there. Whoever had captured him either neglected to notice it or assumed it was a part of his suit. Isaac chose to believe the latter.

"How's the prisoner?" came a voice from the other side of the metal door that separated Isaac from freedom. The voice was low, but still very recognizable.

“It’s sleeping soundly, thanks to those potions we injected it with.” The second voice sounded very stern and reminded Isaac of a drill sergeant. Isaac knew these must be guards.

“Well that’s good. We don’t want him to try and escape when we take him to see the princesses and the Elements of Harmony. Maybe they can figure out what this thing is and more importantly, what to do with it.”

“We always have the moon. It’s been pretty vacant since Luna came back. I’m sure the creature would love it up there” Both of the guards laughed.

“What the hell are they talking about? It sounds like they want to send me to the moon? And what the hell are the Elements of Harmony?” Isaac scratched his head as he tried to decipher what he was hearing. He noticed that the voices were getting closer and he needed to come up with a plan. Isaac turned off his helmet lights and backed into the darkest corner of the room.

The door to his cell swung open and two guards walked in. Isaac was kinda relieved that they were the pony guards he remembered. At least it proved that he wasn’t completely insane.

“Where’s the creature?!” announced the smaller of the two guards as he discovered that the room seemed to be empty.

“I don’t know. We must alert the rest of the guards to this! The creature can not escape!”

Isaac figured now was a good time to spring his trap. “Hey guys” Isaac said.

Both of the guards froze at the voice. They slowly turned their heads behind them. They only saw darkness, but out of the darkness, came the voice again.

“Looking for someone?” with that, his helmet lights activated, shining rays of blue light at the two terrified guards. Isaac raised his hand and pointed it at the bed the two guards were standing in front of. Suddenly, the bed was floating into the air. The guards turned their attention to the floating object with their mouths agape. The bed was then rocketed at the them, smashing into them with great force. Both of the guards were knocked unconscious from the sudden impact. Isaac couldn’t help, but grin. “Man, I’m good!” he boasted before taking his leave out the cell door.

Isaac searched the hallway he now found himself in. There were numerous cells on each side of the dungeon. Everyone of them appeared to be empty. Excluding the one that now housed two guards. Isaac decided to close and lock the door to his ex-cell to ensure that its new occupants wouldn’t be leaving anytime soon. Isaac then set his attention to the end of the hallway. He noticed another door, much larger than the cell doors. He assumed this one must be the exit to this dungeon and he began to make his way towards it.

Isaac slowly opened that large door and peeked his head in to see if it was all clear. Thankfully, it was. He stepped out and noticed that there was a staircase directly in front of him. With no other ways in sight he began his assent. At the top of the staircase he found another door. He slowly opened this one as well whilst checking to make sure no one was on the other side. Once he established that the coast was clear he stepped out into a very large, open hallway. Several banners draped across the roof of the hallway. There were so many different colors that it gave Isaac the creeps.

Isaac now found himself stuck.

“Which way do I go now?” he thought aloud. He shot his head to the left and then to the right. To the right he noticed that the hallway ended and split off into two different directions. To the left the hallway went on for a long while before turning to the left. Not wanting to stand around much longer, Isaac made the decision to go to the left. As he began to walk he heard footsteps behind him. Isaac quickly ducked into a nearby room, which, lucky for him, was empty.

Isaac closed the door to the room and stacked against the wall nearest the door. He heard talking. Suddenly, two figures stopped just outside of the room Isaac was hiding in. Isaac could see their shadows under the door.

“Did you hear about what happened in Ponyville?” asked one of the voices.

“Yea. Some creature attacked the town and nearly killed a group of guards. I heard that the creature can fly and has the ability to freeze ponies with some sort of blue ray.”

“And that thing is going to meet the princesses? Who’s to say he won’t try and kill them and the Elements of Harmony?”

“If he tries anything, he’ll be put down instantly. We’ve got enough guards in this castle to ensure he won’t be able to harm anyone else. Also, the princesses could handle him themselves. I’m sure they know plenty of spells that could rip that thing apart limb from limb.”

“I guess your right. I wish I could use that kind of magic! That could prove handy if anyone tries to mess with me!”

“Agreed. Now then. Wanna go grab something to eat? Our shift ends now anyway.”

“Sure.” The two shadows then disappeared as the two guards began to walk away. Isaac waited until he stop hearing their hoofsteps then he stepped out into the hallway once more. Now that it was all clear, he once again made his way to the end of the hall. He turned down into the next hall and came to an abrupt stop. A group of patrolling guards were the only thing greeting him in the next hallway.

“It’s the creature! He’s escaped!” yelled one of the guards as it pointed its hoof, indicating Isaac’s position.

“Shit...” Isaac turned and began a mad dash in the opposite direction, the guards right on his tail. Isaac wasn’t sure where he was going, but that wasn’t his main priority at the time.

Isaac ran through a seeming endless number of hallways. He passed several other guards who joined in the chase. He needed a way to slow them down so he could get a bearing for where he’s going. He did a quick turn around and shot several blasts of stasis at the wall of guards, slowing almost all of them down. Several pegasi flew over the slowed guards and dived straight towards Isaac. Isaac ducked to dodge their attacks. He then used his kinesis to grab one of the pegasi freezing them in place.

“What sort of magic is this?” the pegasus guard questioned as it tried to break free.

“It’s called Kinesis. Let me show you how it works!” Isaac retorted. He then used the pegasus as a weapon and slammed it into the others. Soon all of the flying attackers had plummeted to the ground and the ones that had been running after Isaac were frozen. Isaac wasted no time. He activated his boots and shot off down the hallways. Isaac rocketed around corner after corner. This castle was turning into one big maze and Isaac was not too happy about being a lab rat.

Isaac came to a stop in a large open room. He noticed two very large doors at the end of the room.

“Those must lead to the outside!” he reassured himself. Isaac felt a sense of happiness fill his body. He was finally gonna be out of this colorful hell hole.

Isaac approached the doors. They were very heavy and difficult to push open. Isaac backed up from the door, got a running start, and slammed his body into the doors. The doors flew open. Isaac raised his head to get a better view.

“So, you’re the one who’s been playing around in my castle?” came a regal voice.

“You’ve gotta be kidding me...” was all Isaac could say to describe his situation. Before him stood more guards than Isaac could count, but they weren’t the ones that Isaac was worried about. It was the two large ones that stood in the middle. One was a bright white and had a rainbow colored mane that seemed to flow in a non-existent breeze. She (Isaac assumed it was a she based on its voice) was much larger than the guards that were with her. She was also just around the same height as Isaac. Standing next to her was a smaller, but equally as regal looking creature. This one was a dark purple and had a blue mane.

Isaac was just about to retreat through to door again, but a strange aura covered the door and slammed it shut. Isaac search around the room for any hope of escape. His eyes locked onto large chandelier that was just above his head. Isaac quickly unsheathed his cutter and shot at the chain that hung the chandelier.

CRASH

Isaac used the cover of the smashing chandelier to cover his escape through a nearby window. Neglecting to realize that he was on the second floor, Isaac came violently crashing to the ground below letting out a painful grunt.

“Well... that hurt” Isaac said as he stood up.

“Where’d he go?!” Twilight asked. She and the other Elements had been standing behind their princesses when Isaac had entered the room.

“He went out the window!” noted one of the nearby guards who was pointing to the shattered window in the corner of the room. “He’s getting away!”

“Not on my watch!” came the voice of a cyan colored pegasus who flew out the broken window after the escaping alien.

“Rainbow!” Twilight called after her friend. “Wait for the rest of us!”

Rainbow Dash ignored her friend’s plea and continued her chase after Isaac.

Isaac had been running when he heard a screaming from behind. He stopped and turned just in time to see a rainbow colored blur smash into his midsection, sending him to the ground. He looked up to see a cyan pegasus with a multi colored mane staring at him. She suddenly rose her front hooves up and tried to punch Isaac in the face. Isaac dodged her attacks as best he could, but the pegasus was determined to knock him out.

“Get off me!” Isaac demanded as he lifted his attacker up and threw her to the ground next to him.

“You’re pretty strong, but not enough to stop me!” Dash lunged at Isaac once more. Isaac raised his arm in an attempt to freeze his attacker mid-lunge, but a beeping sound indicating that his stasis was dry quickly killed that plan. Once again Isaac found himself on the ground dodging a barrage of punches.

“Enough of this!” Isaac grabbed onto his attacker, threw her into the air, and then used his kinesis to entrap her.

“Hey! Let me go!”

“That’s not gonna happen.” Isaac began pulling the trapped pegasus closer to him. He pulled his arm back, ready to lash out at his now helpless attacker, but he found that he couldn’t move his arm.

“What the-AHH!”

Isaac was lifted abruptly into the air and smashed back down on the ground. He tried to move, but all he could do was shudder under the massive weight he felt pushing him down.

The pegasus was now free from Isaac’s kinesis and was staring at the trapped creature in front of her.

“Heh!” she laughed “Not so tough now, are ya?”

“Rainbow! Are you ok?”

Isaac looked in the direction of the voice. He recognized the lavender pony that had taken his rifle earlier. Her horn was glowing once more and it was obvious that this time she was focusing its power on keeping Isaac down. She was being accompanied by several guards and the two princesses.

"Huh? Oh yea, I'm fine!" replied Rainbow.

“Good job, my faithful student! You’ve caught him!”

“Thank you princess.” Twilight responded with a smile.

“Take this creature to the interrogation room immediately! He’s got a lot to answer for!”

“Yes, your majesty!” responded several unicorn guards who replaced Twilight’s magic with their own to keep Isaac pinned. They then lifted him up into the air and began to take him back towards the castle.

This escaping thing isn’t really working out for me, Isaac thought as he was being levitated back into the place he had tried so hard to flee from. I hope Ellie is faring better than I am. Where is she anyway?