While the elevator rose, Pinkie slumped against the wall. Her mind was focusing on one thing; she was the only one left. Twilight and Rainbow Dash would suffer the same fate as Applejack. Rarity had been killed by one of those monsters, and Fluttershy was already dead. It was hopeless to get out alive, but she felt she needed to take the monsters with her. If she was going to die, she would go out fighting. Though it was more for Twilight than anything else.

She watched the number on the wall above the door slowly count upward, and memories of Twilight started to flood her mind as the elevator ride went on and on. She didn't want to think about what had happened, but she couldn't help it. She remembered their first date, their first kiss, every single one of their firsts went through her mind as the tears made their way down her cheeks. Twilight was gone. None of her memories meant anything anymore if the pony that was the center of so much of her life wasn't there to share them with. She already missed the purple unicorn. The mare who showed her that there was more to life than parties and sugar. But she knew, somehow, that there was no way to save Twilight from her fate, and so, when the door opened, she bolted. She read the signs as quickly as she passed them, following them to the ship's server room. She didn't know where the self destruct system might be, so she figured that the server room made the most sense.

It was a long walk. The hallway was big and silent, and Pinkie was still emotionally raw from seeing her friends die so quickly. She shook her head every time she thought that it was her fault for being unable to save Twilight. It wasn't her fault. There was nothing she could do to save her because no one had expected such a turn of events. She wished it had been her instead. As an earth pony, she couldn't fly or use magic, and she wasn't nearly as strong as Applejack. She couldn't help as much as anyone else. All she had was a slight gut and too much energy from all the sugar she consumed. She was useless.

"Shut up, Pinkie," she muttered to herself, checking left and right for any sign of the monsters. Nothing. "You're worth more than you're saying. You're just too upset."

She looked at the orange door in front of her, red and white striped tape around the edges and a small window above a control panel. She pressed a button on the panel, and the door slid open to reveal one of the alien crew. It was slumped against the wall, directly across from the door. But this one was different. There was no blood around it, and inside seemed to be a bunch of tubes and wires. There was a thick, white liquid pouring from the several wounds all over its body (including its decapitated head). She hadn't expected that in the slightest.

She was even more freaked out when the head twitched, even though it was impaled on the wall above its body. Its eyes opened, and it looked down at the small pink mare curiously.

"Well, this is odd," it said with an accented voice that also sounded slightly bubbly. Most likely due to the extensive damage throughout its body. "When I heard that there was an alien on the ship, I didn't expect the marvelous specimen that managed to decapitate me. But I'm even more surprised to see that it isn't the only foreign creature here."

"What are you supposed to be?" Pinkie asked.

"I'm a synthetic human. A robot, if you will," he said. "Amazing that we speak the same language, don't you think?"

"Sure, whatever," Pinkie was annoyed. "I've already seen enough alien shit today, and now I'm going to destroy the ship. It's the only thing left for me now..."

"Surely you can't be serious?" the synthetic was dumbfounded. "This is the first sentient alien life that humanity has ever encountered, you must let me question you on your species."

"I'm a pony who can talk and have a society and know what it feels like to lose someone you love more than your own life," Pinkie spat. "Is that enough, mister robot man?"

She stormed past him, and looked around for anything relating to the ship's self destruct mechanism. She noticed a panel on the floor, and it looked like it was attached to hinges. She assumed that might be it, and looked for a way to get it open. There were two levers on the wall, and she walked over to them.

Using her front legs, she found that the hinges were very stiff, but she managed to pull both of them down. She heard a click behind her, and turned to see that the panel on the floor had opened. Satisfied, she walked back to it and looked at the image on the inside of the cover.

She read and reread the instructions, keeping in mind the time limit, and got to work. She did as they said, taking the small bolts and screwing them into the silver cylinders, pulling them up and pushing the buttons in each of them. When the final head was primed, she heard the sound of sirens break out, along with the ship's artificial intelligence saying over the PA system;
"Warning! Self destruct sequence initiated. Ship will detonate in T-Minus... ten minutes. Please evacuate immediately. The option to override self destruct sequence expires in T-Minus... five minutes."

"Not like I plan on stopping it," she muttered as she stood up.

She walked past the impaled synthetic, and into the hallway. She didn't plan on escaping the ship, but she might as well look around before it blew. She walked the empty and bloody hallways, heading in no particular direction and not caring if she was spotted. She knew she would die when she ship blew anyway. But if some alien freak wanted to off her before that happened, she welcomed it.

As if in response to her mind, she saw the dripping mouth of one of the creatures poke through a door ahead of her. But she didn't feel scared. She flinched a little as it screeched, but didn't evade or hide when it ran at her. She knew she was going to die, so she let it happen as the creature used its second pair of teeth to put a hole right through her head.

*****

Twilight woke up slowly. Her vision was blurry, and she felt extremely weak. She could hardly move, and found that she was covered in sweat. As her vision focused, she saw that she was directly across from Applejack's bloodied corpse. She also saw that Rainbow Dash was there, right next to Applejack as the rainbow-maned pegasus started to wake up. They were both restrained by the tough resin that Twilight assumed was secreted by the creatures to keep the hosts for their larvae in place. Rainbow looked up and saw Twilight there, and her ears flopped.

"Uh... hey, Twilight," she said quietly. "Looks like I've gone and fucked us over again, huh?"

"Don't talk like that, Rainbow," Twilight said softly. "It wasn't your fault."

"How?" Rainbow cut her off. "How isn't this my fault? I led us down here. I didn't move when you three were leaving. Now, because of me, we're both gonna die down here..." she hung her head. "Just like AJ..."

Twilight had no response to that. She knew trying to comfort Rainbow wouldn't work. The mare was already beyond repair at this point. The only thing left for them to do was wait until, eventually, the aliens inside their chests decided that they wanted out. So wait they did.

"Warning! Ship will self destruct in T-Minus... Five minutes! Please evacuate immediately."

"Good!" Rainbow yelled. "And take every single fucking one of these bastards with you!"

Twilight smiled a little. "That must've been Pinkie. She's blowing the ship."

"I hope it was her..." Rainbow smiled a little at the thought. "She knows what happens now, she's seen what these things can do." Twilight nodded. "See ya, Pinks... Never forget your pal, Rainbow Da-AGHH!!!" Rainbow could feel the pain in her chest, and her body convulsed involuntarily. But she didn't scream. She accepted this fate. She was going to see Applejack again, no matter the cost.

The small creature ripped its way out of her chest, splattering Twilight with blood as she watched on and the small screech broke out. It didn't take long for her own chest to start hurting as the monster inside her readied to make its violent escape. She shook and cried out as the pain overcame all of her senses. Her final thoughts being; Burn in hell, monsters. And thank you, Pinkie... I love you...

Author's Note

And so, all good things must come to an end. I hope you all enjoyed my first finished crossover. And, in fact, my first Alien crossover as well. This was an adventure for me to write and I'm so grateful for the support from fans of not only myself, but of this story as well. I hope to see more of you in the future.
Thanks for reading!!!

-Devs