Rainbow Factory Meltdown

Scootaloo, Sunburst, and Peppermint Crunch were all heading towards the control room when they thought they heard the faint sound of somepony screaming.

“That sounded like Green Gem,” gasped Peppermint.

“Whoever it is I hope nothing too terrible happened to them,” answered Scootaloo uneasily.

“Ok, let’s focus on the task at hand,” said Sunburst, “If we can get to the control room I may be able to re-hack the system and open the doors. The only pony better at hacking than Nimbos was me.”

Scootaloo noticed that Sunburst winced when he said the name.

“Don’t worry it’s not your fault…” she replied.

“But it is. It’s all my fault. If I wouldn’t have fallen asleep then none of this would have happened, and my friend Nimbos wouldn’t be crazy!”

“Well, when you put it that way…”

A silence followed until they reached the elevator to the control room. Scootaloo pushed a button and they all waited.

“So, do you really think you can open up the door?” asked Peppermint excitedly.

“Of course! Computers, codes, it’s my thing...” answered Sunburst.

The elevator arrived and all three pegasi stepped inside of it. Sunburst punched the control room button and they all glided upwards.

“Be ready everypony,” whispered Scootaloo, “If Nimbos were to be anywhere this would be the most logical spot.”

The three pegasi tensed getting ready for combat. A few seconds later the door slide open and they all ran out screaming with hooves flying. After awhile they all stopped, panting for air, and looked around. Nimbos wasn’t here; what a relief.

“Well I guess it’s better to worry about nothing than something,” giggled Scootaloo, “Ok Sunburst, get to work.”

Peppermint Crunch and Scootaloo sat next to Sunburst and watched as his hooves flew across the keyboard. Scootaloo had never seen a pony type so fast in her life.

A few minutes later Sunburst hit one last button and proudly proclaimed, “Done!”

“The doors are open?” asked both Scootaloo and Peppermint excitedly.

“Opening,” corrected Sunburst, “It will take about two minutes before they are fully opened. So might as well head back while we’re waiting."

At that moment the elevator door opened and Nimbos burst through. He was holding a knife dripping with blood that had the remains of an eyeball sticking on the end of it. His breath was heavy and he looked tired. There was blood and gore splattered across his body and face. His bloodshot eyes scanned the room until they finally landed onto the three pegasi.

“Look what we have here,” Nimbos grinned, “Three little traitors trying to let the rest escape! I don’t think so…”

Instead of Nimbos making the first move Sunburst did. He flew up into the air and dived down at Nimbos with all of his force. Nimbos, not expecting this, did not have much time to react. He sidestepped to the left hoping to dodge this unforeseen attack. Barely missing him Sunburst landed where Nimbos used to be standing.

“Oh? So now the rainbows fight back?” snarled Nimbos, “I guess that means I’ll just have to fight harder!”

Sunburst ripped a small pipe out of the wall. It must have been a water pipe because water spewed out from the broken end. Now that Sunburst had a weapon to fight with the fight was a little more even. While the two stallions clashed Scootaloo and Peppermint got onto the intercom to inform everypony that the doors where now fully opened.

“Ahem,” said Peppermint clearing her throat and trying to sound as calm as possible, “The exit doors are now…”

Suddenly she was slammed into by Nimbos.

“Nice try, you little demon!” spat Nimbos, “But I won’t let the rainbows get away with this! The dam evil RAINBOWS!”

Scootaloo glanced behind Nimbos to see Sunburst laying dead on the ground. Nimbos had carved out his heart and for some reason stuffed it into his mouth. Nimbos then punched Peppermint Crunch in the face so hard that she immediately blacked out. Scootaloo, scared out of her wits, made a dash for the elevator. Nimbos, apparently not caring, sat down and started to type on the keyboard. Scootaloo ran into the elevator and pressed the down button.

“You can run but you can’t hide!” shouted Nimbos as the door shut, “I’ll find you! I’ll kill…”

His voice faded as the elevator descended. Once the doors re-opened Scootaloo galloped as fast as she could towards the main room.

Only one thought rang inside of her head, “Must get out of here before Nimbos re-seals the exit!”

As she passed the doors to the reactor room Nimbos came over the intercome.

“The doors are being shut! You stupid rainbow possessed ponies didn’t really think that you could outsmart me did you?” He laughed, a spine chilling laugh, “I’ve put up with you all for far too long! I’ve overridden the reactor; it will overheat in less than thirty seconds! It’s already at 10,794 degrees!”

“Oh no!” thought Scootaloo, “13,000 degrees is when a meltdown happens. And nothing can stop a meltdown! The whole reactor will explode, covering the entire rainbow facility in raw spectrum!”

Scootaloo ran passed the pure spectrum cooling center and continued as fast as she could.

“12,000!” howled Nimbos over the loud speaker.

The door that led into the main room was insight!

“12,500!” screamed Nimbos.

The whole place began to shake. Cracks ripped through the floor and chunks of the ceiling began to break off. An explosion happened behind Scootaloo; she knew it was the reactor. Soon the hallway began the rise in temperature! Scootaloo quickly glanced behind her to see something horrifying. The raw spectrum was pouring down the hallway behind Scootaloo and destroying everything in its path! Thankfully she had her safety glasses on, but it still hurt to look at it. With all of her strength Scootaloo ran as fast as she could! Nimbos voice came over the intercom again; only this time he was singing.

“In the Rainbow Factory, where all your fears and horrors come true! In the Rainbow Factory, where not a single soul gets through…”

He kept singing it over and over and over again. The chilling tune made Scootaloo scream in terror as she galloped down the hall. When she finally burst through the door into the main room everything seemed to be going in slow motion. The floor was cracking; huge chunks of ceiling were falling onto pegasi and crushing them; Nimbos sang over the intercom; raw spectrum was rushing down the hallway behind her. Suddenly she felt herself being lifted up off of the ground! Scootaloo looked up; it was Rainbow Dash!

“Hold on! This is going to be a wild ride…” shouted Rainbow Dash over the chaos and destruction.

Flying faster than Scootaloo had ever traveled before they shot towards the exit. The door wasn’t completely closed yet, but in only a few seconds it would be! Dodging falling debris Rainbow Dash flew towards the door with all of her might. Suddenly an enormous explosion rocked the facility. The raw spectrum had poured through the door Scootaloo just flew away from and spread all throughout the main room almost instantly! Now Rainbow Dash was dodging debris and raw spectrum clouds! The spectrum that wasn’t in a gaseous state vaporized all of the grounded pegasi as it washed over them. About fifty meters from the exit door a piece of debris fell onto Rainbow Dash’s head and knocked off her safety glasses! Right before they passed through the closing doors Rainbow Dash thought she saw some spectrum out of the corner of her eye. She felt tons of pressure and tension build up inside of her brain, but she fought it as best she could. The two friends crashed onto the hard floor on the other side of the door just as it slammed shut behind them.

“W-we made it…” moaned a shocked and dazed Scootaloo.

Rainbow Dash twitched, fighting the tension inside of her.

“I have to keep it under control,” she thought, “I only saw a little bit. Not much at all…”