Dead Space: Ascension

Twilight thought back to the body that had been hung from the ceiling. What kind of monster would do that someone? Whatever it was, it sure as hell was not friendly. There was something more going on here, something sinister and malevolent. It was as if her instincts were trying to warn her away from an ancient evil. But something more was going on, that was for sure.

She had her weapon at the ready, checking her corners even though the soldiers in front of her had already done so. She just felt so damn paranoid about all of this. She didn't want to end up like that poor alien back there, "Rainbow, what do you make of all this?"

Rainbow Dash shrugged, "I don't know, but something happened to these aliens. Something terrible."

Twilight nodded, but didn't say anything further. She watched the shadows for any sign of movement, anything that she could shoot at. The captain hadn't said a word since they had found the body. Then again, he wasn't one to freak out, so he's probably just playing it cool.

Along the way, there were multiple bodies, some mutilated beyond comprehension, some were only mildly mauled. They all wore uniforms of a sort, save for the occassional alien that had power armor on. It wasn't like anything Twilight had ever seen before. These aliens were clearly a decade or two above them in technology. If they couldn't stop this, what chance did this team have?

The captain stopped at a door, which had been ripped open. Above the door, there were blue words that moved across a thin strip of screen. The words said Communications Center. Twuilight assumed that this was where the distress signal had been sent. They went inside the room, the flickering lights already adding to her paranoia. She checked the chair, but there was no body in it like she had assumed there would be. The room was the same as it had been in the video, but where was the body?

All that was left was blood and some meat that had been torn across the floor. She followed the blood trail that started from the side of the chair to a ripped open vent. She peeked her head in, but gasped when she thought she saw movement. She had thought she had seen something move out of the vent through another vent a floor down. She continued to stare down, but nothing else happened.

Just then, something grabbed her back hoof, making her fling herself backwards. She cried out in fear, but ceased when she saw the gapsing and wheezing figure in front of her. It wasn't that chief of security, but this alien was wearing a uniform very close to his.

The alien seemed surprised to see her for some reason. She looked down, gasping to see that one of its legs were gone. It'd had to have been recently, because it would have bled out by then. Well, she didn't know much about their biology, so she couldn't say for sure. She went by his side, trying to get the alien on his or her back.

"Fluttershy, we have wounded over here!" Twilight yelled out, the team already crowded around the survivor. Fluttershy ran up to him and looked at his leg, her helmet off. She frowned and shook her head.

Fluttershy said, "He's already lost too much blood... all of that on the floor is his. Judging by their body mass, I'd say that's a lot of blood to lose."

The alien spoke, but it was very unsteady and shaky, "Please... medkit... compartment..."

Fluttershy looked to a small container on the wall, which the alien had pointed at. She got up and ran over to it, clicking the blue holographic open sign. In response, the container's doors slid open and folded to the sides. Flutterhsy grabbed a number of objects that looked important and ran over to the dying alien. She opened what Twilight could only assume was the medkit. Fluttershy took out multiple items, one a pack of gel, which Fluttershy examined first before shrugging and applying the gel upon the leg. Gasps and mumbles could be heard when the leg started to heal itself, the skin growing around the wound. It was slow, but it was obvious that the alien was getting to be in much better shape every second.

The alien leaned his head back and closed his eyes, sighing deeply. He didn't move any more after that.

Twilight went into full panic, assuming that they had just lost their patient, "Fluttershy, do something!"

Fluttershy checked the pulse of the alien, and breathed a sigh of relief, "He just passed out, but he's alive... captain, we should get him to the shuttle."

Captain Shard nodded, "You're right. Private Trigger, Private Shine, bring the survivor back to the shuttle and stay there. I think we can handle everything from here."

Two soldiers nodded their heads and walked up to the unconcious alien. They wrapped the arms around their necks, but simply walking with it was a tad difficult, it being so damn tall. So, they simply dragged it out of the room, heading back to the ship. Twilight wished them luck. It may not be a long walk back, but whatever did this to these aliens was most definitely still out there. And whatever it was, the same thing that happened here could very well happen to them as well.

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The alien's eyes fluttered open, gasping when his head screamed in pain. He tried to bring a hand to help soothe the headache, but he found himself restrained by two armored horse-like creatures. He flung himself backwards, yelling out in fear. The last aliens he had encountered were something straight out of hell. He wasn't about to just randomly trust these ones. His leg wound had been sealed, but there was no way he'd be able to get anywhere anytime soon without effort.

The horse thing raised a hoof... or something up, "Hey, calm down, buddy... we're not going to hurt you. We're taking you to our ship, so you can get help. You can trust us..."

The horse creature had its helmet down, which was very troubling, but it had nothing but genuine concern in its eyes. Despite obvious concerns, the alien reached a hand out and grasped the hoof, getting up on one leg. The pain almost made him pass out then and there, but the two horses caught him and they continued on.

The alien said weakly, "Thank... you..."

The horse that had calmed him down smiled and nodded his head, "No problem, just stick with us. We'll get you to safe- Shine, LOOK OUT!"

The other horse looked to the side, a long corridor flanking him. But what came running down the corridor was something out of his nightmares. It was bipedal like the alien, but it had bone claw things protruding out of its back and hanging in front of it. Shine brought his rifle up, screaming in terror, but it was too late. A bone claw impaled the poor soldier, lifting him up in the air. Blood poured onto the floor, his gasping and wheezing being drowned out by a screech so horrifying, it travelled aong his spine, sending cold chills up it. The other horse dropped the alien and raised his rifle, shooting fast bolts of blue light at the nightmarish fiend.

The alien crawled to a door that was rather close, trying to get there in time. He needed to get to safety. There was nothing he could do for his new friends. Nothing he could do to save them. They were going to die, but he had to live, he just had to. He got up on one foot, the pain ripping through his body like a hurricane. He went to the door, but it was locked. He tore out the panel and began to rewire the security level, so he could get in.

The impaled horse was thrown to the side, having been ripped in half, splattering blood and gore all over his screaming friend. The last horse fired repeatedly into the creature, ripping its limbs off and blowing holes in it. The floor behind them splattered with blood similar to the pony's but that wasn't the issue at the moment. The creature dropped to the floor, his screaming having been ceased. The pony slammed his hoof down, exploding the head into dozens of pieces of skul, brain matter and blood spreading across the floor. He looked to the alien, who looked rather relieved. The pony was swept into the adjacent corridor by something that looked like a scorpion. All that could be heard now was screaming and snapping of bones.

The alien got access to the room and fell in. He got up very slowly, slipping on some blood. He closed the door and crawled to the body of a soldier who had apparently been hiding in here. The weapon was still there, a plasma cutter used for mining. The poor soldier must have ran out of ammo with everything else. The alien, who was a human, grabbed the plasma cutter and kept it pointed betweent a vent and the door. If anything popped into the room, he'd be ready. He had a full clip, which was very lucky for him.

He needed to get to that ship that the two horses had been talking about. But, he needed to wait until the hallways were clear before he made a break for it. The screaming had stopped and all he could hear now was his loud, uneven breath. He was now alone in this, crippled. He needed to be careful every step of the way, or he'd end up just like the other two. All he could do now was... wait.