Your Human And You: Feet First Into Hell

Luna looked through the darkness of Nightmare Moon to watch as the behemoth of metal and magic ripped apart their prison, and continued to watch as Nightmare Moon jumped towards the beast and used their magic to peer inside of it. When they did, Luna gasped when she saw several creatures within a metallic room. They were all bipedal in nature, like Minotaurs, but had no fur on their bodies, and had their legs bend towards their front. All of them wore black suits with white outlines, and were all strapped into seats that were mostly facing flashing walls with small texts and images.

'They're so... amazing,' Luna thought.

'Indeed, they are,' Nightmare Moon replied, sinisterly. 'Let's see if they fall as hard as Celestia will!'

Luna's pleading was muted as Nightmare Moon pierced their ship, and allowed her to speak to the aliens.

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The crew of Lost in the Stars watched in stunned silence as their view of normal space was obscured by purple mist, and the presence of an alien staring right at them. It had a quadrupedal stance that it used to balance on the ship's exterior, light blue armor that barely covered a third of its body, a black as empty space body, and behind its head was a wavering blue fog with white dots among it. When it came up on the main screen, its eyes widened as it spoke.

"So, this isn't a creature, but a vessel!" it spoke in a menacing female voice.

"The Hell is that!?" the Comms specialist shouted.

Whatever it was had heard him, and made an amused sound.

"So, you can speak Equish as well! Perhaps the ponies below will understand your cries of terror, as we all take to the ground!"

When it finished speaking, the lights in the bridge went dark for a few seconds as the crew members were thrashed about in their reinforced seats.

"We're entering the planet's orbit!" Lisa shouted over the speakers. "Whatever that thing is, it's using some kind of gravitational grip that's too strong for our thrusters to break!"

"What about Fire-team Nightmare!? Are they alive!?" Commander Matthias shouted at the A.I.

"They're all in their pods!"

"Launch them!"

"Sir, that's a ridiculous-"

"DO IT NOW! GET THEM OFF OF HERE!"

Lisa went silent for a few seconds before responding.

"Aye aye, Commander."

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Maelstrom held onto the interior of the SOEIV as the ship rocked yet again, this time the lights going dim as the force made the ODST press against the side of the pod. The soldier heard several familiar hissing sounds around him as Lisa spoke in the radio.

"ODSTs, Matthias has ordered that you all be dropped now to avoid losing you in the crash. If the ship doesn't make it, find whatever you can to contact UNSC command immediately and signal for help. If we do survive, then we'll try to contact you. Stay safe, and good luck."

The ODST could feel the rumbling of the air-locks releasing beneath the pod as his view was changing from the interior of the Prowler to a planet that was seemingly growing beneath him. The screens to his sides all lit up to show that the rest of the squad had indeed made it inside of their respective pods, and were also witnessing the approaching surface of the planet. An all too familiar beeping sound rung in the small pod as Maelstrom spoke to his fellow troopers.

[3]

"Get ready to drop, troopers! Where are we going!?"

[2]

"STRAIGHT TO HELL!"

[1]

"AND HOW ARE WE GETTING THERE!?"

[DROP]

"FEET FIRST!"