Alien: Twilight Signing Out

by Discord97

Rating: teen
Tags: Twilight Sparkle, Gore, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, Alternate Universe, Other, Romance, Science Fiction, Cutie Mark Crusaders, Crossover, Iron Will, Tragedy, Sunset Shimmer
Length: 30018

"Space travel is all we know. Some of us are engineers or pilots. Except for me. All I am is a common civilian along fro the ride......... Now there is some organism its aggressive...mean and its killing ponies." -Twilight Sparkle

An alicorn who wishes to repair a friendship in any way possible finds herself aboard Equestria's largest space station. Her goal is to keep things friendly with her old friend, to avoid relapsing into the past and ending up alone. As Twilight attempts to fix the fence, the station becomes contaminated.

There is an Organism...big, relentless, aggressive, and extremely deadly that arrives on the once friendly station, causing chaos and turning the friendly atmosphere into a war zone. Twilight, who has no experience in mechanics or maintenance, has to fix the station.

Watch Twilight as the hunt begins, as ponies turn on one another, and as a friendship slowly begins to crumble. Could you tell me how long it would take you to...sign out?

( Photo created by Pork984)

Published 2016-01-06 07:40:02 UTC
Last updated 2019-12-17 03:09:14 UTC

Twilight Signing In

PROLOGUE

Twilight Sparkle pressed her back against the doorway frame, her teeth clenched tight. Her hoof hovered over the lockdown switch, trembling with fear. She raised the tracker, watching the small, ominous dot move just beyond her door. Each footstep echoed in the darkness, slow and deliberate, as if the creature were toying with her, waiting for the right moment.

Was this it?

Her hoof quivered as she hesitated, the beeping growing more insistent, more relentless with every passing second. Tears welled in her eyes, spilling down her face as she touched her ear, forcing the words out, barely a whisper.

“This is Twilight Sparkle... come in, anypony? I repeat, this is Twilight—”

Her voice broke as her gaze shifted. Slowly, instinctively, she raised her revolver, holding it close to her face. Thick, viscous saliva dripped onto her shoulder as she stared into the gleaming, razor-sharp teeth of the creature. Its lips quivered, a low growl rumbling from its throat.

Twilight’s breath caught, her body trembling as panic seized her. Her wings twitched, desperate to take flight, but there was no escape. This was it. She was going to die here.

Slowly, she closed her eyes, tears still falling, and pointed the gun at the beast. The papers on the floor rustled as its tail slithered beneath her, coiling around her leg and sliding upward, squeezing tighter. The creature’s maw opened wider, its saliva dripping faster now, its intentions clear.

The hammer of the revolver clicked back.

She was ready.

**Chapter One**

"Twilight signing in."

The computer terminal flickered to life, casting a soft glow over Twilight Sparkle's face. She smiled into the camera, her voice warm but laced with nervous energy.

"Hi, Mom! I just arrived at Valuntas Station. Wanted to send a quick message before I start settling in. The arrival went smoothly, docked in one piece, though I still have space sickness. Like I said in my last message..."

She blinked slowly, placing a hoof over her stomach, her violet eyes reflecting the light from the terminal screen.

“I’m sure I’ll get used to it soon.”

Behind her, ponies moved through the hallway, busy with their tasks. Leaning closer to the camera, Twilight kissed the screen gently.

“See you soon. I have to go now,” she said softly, smiling as the screen flicked off, ending the recording.

Twilight hoisted her bag onto her back and took a deep breath, her hooves making soft clicks on the metallic floor as she exited the room.

“Hello, Valuntas... I’m ready to see you again.” Her voice faltered. Her heart pounded, the familiar worry creeping up her spine. This was her first time visiting Sunset Shimmer’s workplace, and the vastness of space always made her uneasy. Her ears pinned back as she walked, the weight of the station pressing down on her.

At the end of the hall, Sunset stood waiting, her familiar warm smile cutting through the sterile atmosphere.

"Twilight! You made it!” Sunset’s grin lit up her face as she waved her over. “How are you feeling? Space sickness still giving you trouble?”

Twilight rushed forward, pulling Sunset into a tight hug. Sunset chuckled, returning the embrace.

“Well, you seem okay. At least you’re hugging me without throwing up.” Sunset’s teasing made Twilight blush.

“Don’t jinx it,” Twilight replied, giving Sunset a playful poke in the chest. “And hey, thanks for ditching the uniform. It’s nice to see you out of that for once.”

The two walked side by side down the corridor, their steps in sync.

“So, how are the bunks here? I heard they’re way better than Fortwaid Station. I stayed there for one night—never again.”

“Fortwaid’s a dump compared to Valuntas,” Sunset laughed, then suddenly stopped, holding out a hoof to halt Twilight. “You’ll be bunking with me tonight. This is where I’ve been living for the past twelve years. Make yourself at home.”

Sunset pushed open the door, flicking on the lights. The window shutters slid open, revealing a breathtaking view of Equestria far below. Twilight’s eyes widened as she dropped her bag in the corner. Sunset plopped onto the couch, turning on the TV with a flick of her horn.

“No rules here, Twi. My stuff is your stuff,” Sunset grinned over her shoulder.

Twilight sat beside her, unfurling her wings as she leaned back.

“Thanks, Sunset. I don’t want to intrude, but... I was nervous coming here. Space is just so... unforgiving.” Her voice trailed off as she glanced at the TV, trying to distract herself from the gnawing fear of the endless void outside.

As Twilight settled in, Sunset quietly slipped away into the kitchen. She poured herself a drink, swirling the liquid in the glass before downing it in one go. Her shoulders sagged as she poured another, repeating the motion before returning to the couch.

“Tomorrow’s a new day,” Sunset said, grinning again. “Sucks that you arrived so late, but better late than never, right? How about a tour of the station tomorrow?”

Twilight’s ears pinned back, a flicker of disappointment crossing her face. She had hoped for something more personal.

“What?” Sunset’s smile faded as she scooted closer.

“I just... I was hoping we could do something else. The tour is fine, but... last time...”

Twilight looked away, the memory of their last visit stirring unpleasant feelings.

“That was my fault,” Sunset admitted softly, placing a comforting hoof on Twilight’s shoulder. “This time will be different. I won’t leave you alone again, I promise.”

Twilight’s heart ached as she nodded, letting Sunset’s words soothe her.

“Okay... I’ll hold you to that. I want this to be about us, not your job.”

“I promise,” Sunset whispered, hugging her tightly. “Tomorrow will be fun, I swear.”

Twilight smiled, resting her head against Sunset’s shoulder, hoping with all her heart that this time, things really would be different.

Author's Note

Best visit yet!! Twilight is right in a way with that statement. Thanks for reading the first chapter, this chapter was made to follow up with the two main characters past .

Shortest for a reason, for what is too come, needs long chapters.

Valuntas Station

Sunset Shimmer was walking down the hall , microphone headset on and her tight green work uniform poorly put on. sleeves rolled up slightly and half the buttons undone. The unicorn was up all night like usual, it was rare for her to sleep. She was hoping she could put in some early hours before Twilight woke up, so that there would be no distractions from her visit. Placing a screwdriver in her mouth she kneels down in front of a sealed vent entrance placing down her tools. The Unicorns radio was constantly buzzing as other workers of Valuntas Station began their shifts, talking about their lives and work. Unlike Sunset they were all laughing and cracking jokes.

"Hey Soarin, cut down on the chit chat and get to work for once" Sunset said placing her hoof on her headset to talk. She shook her head as she hears the stallion on the other end chuckle. She slid into the vent entrance she had opened up turning on her shoulder light. "Unlike you. Some of us want to get paid , or maybe even get promoted"

"Promoted, please! You have been working this station, what, twelve years now? Don't you think they would have given it too you already if they were going to at all?" Soarin gives another chuckle over the radio followed by the sound of a fusion cutter. Sunset nodded in agreement, the captain wasn't too keen on giving out promotions.

"Didn't captain do seminars back in the day? Take my five step program, you can get mussel like me, that sort of thing?" Sunset shoved her driver into the screws holding a fan in place beginning to remove them. Her light flickers a bit and the sound of Soarins cutter stops.

"Yeah well I guess it did him good if he is captain of this place, some say he was secretly smuggling arms on the side. How else could he have gotten all the money to have this place under his control" Soaring says bluntly with a hint that he was joking, another stallion buts into the conversation.

"When somepony tries to block, sell him weapons so you can build a space station and escape the world, Iron Will approved"

"Cut that out! That is just ridiculous, knock it off!!" Sunset grunts as she had great respect for the captain, "Iron Will puts more time than all of us, keeping this place safe and secure" She pulls the fan out and moves it aside as she pushes deeper in the vent system.

"Yet your the one who fixes the vents so we can live here. Yeah he is doing a great job" Soarin says sarcastically as he ignites his cutter again and continues with his work. Sunset slams her hoof on her headset and grunts again.

"pfff~ why make an argument about this?" She reaches a ladder and begins to climb it as Soarin continues cutting. Her belt was slamming into the bars of the ladder when suddenly it came undone and fell down the shaft, She tried to reach but it was far gone. "SHIT!! Look what you talkative stallions did. Now I need to go back!" Soarin stops cutting and coughs loudly.

"What happened? Is everything alright up there?" the sound of him wiping powder off his suit can be heard over the radio as he coughs some more. Sunset lets out a long sigh and presses her head against the metal of the Vent shaft.

"Dropped my belt, my fricken belt is down the shaft and probably on a whole new section of the ship by now" She looks back down the dark shaft as she uses her magic to light her way down the ladder, "I'm doing this old fashion way, I'm going to see if I can find it down there" She begins down the ladder as Soarin was about to object to her going down into the maze she places her hoof on the headset as she reached the bottom of the ladder. "Sunset Shimmer, signing off" She clicked her connection off and slowly slid down a slanted vent shaft, the tools had to have gone this way otherwise they would have been right by the ladder. Her magic was a really bad substitute to her bright LED flashlight as she continued through the shaft. Thinking to herself on the last time she changed the batteries for her light, she really needed to stop drinking so she could remember to do the important stuff.
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Exiting the vent system with nothing but a screwdriver Sunset slowly sits down at the vent entrance as Soarin and a couple other Valuntas Station maintenance crew walk over to her with grins. Soarin chuckles to himself and stops in front of the Unicorn.

"If I had a dollar for every time you lost something in the vents, I would be retired" He says with pride as he is surrounded by the others, "You really need to get back up on your hooves, slacking off like that could get you hurt" the pegasus grunts and uses his wings to button up her outfit all the way, "Seriously"

" I have allot going on right now, you don't know what it's like to be me, none of you do" She moves away getting up, she never got along with the other workers. They all thought they were better than her, that she was the weakest link. Dropping the tools in the vent only fueled their thoughts of being so. The Unicorn levitates her empty bag onto her back and starts down the hallway. Soarin smiles and he and the others head the other way. Sunset had never felt this humiliated before, she never dropped her entire belt before. Only a couple tools once and awhile. "How could I have done that, I swear i was prepared. I guess I was wrong" Her eyes widen when her pager starts going off, looking down at it as it flashes the words 'Twilight'. She gasps and tosses her bag aside and starts to run, "I forgot about Twilight! No, no, no, no!" The unicorn quickly arrives to her room breathing heavily sliding her door key inside and barging in, "Twilight!"

"Hello Sunset, Is everything okay.." The alicorn yawned and stretched her wings looking concerned at Sunsets actions, she was unaware that she had forgot for she had just woken up.

"Twilight I'm so sorr...did you just wake up?" she blushes embarrassed and walked up to her, the Unicorn had a black smudge on her face from working the vents. Twilight raised a brow and smiled looking into her friend's eyes.

"What are you sorry for, this place is amazing, I have not slept that well in weeks~!" Twilight does a quick circle as she lets out a sigh of enjoyment. "When I woke up I was afraid i was going to be the one late on you! Luckily you got here as I woke up~!" She giggles and hugs Sunset Shimmer tightly, "Now, what are you sorry for?" Sunset coughed and hugged back as she shook her head quickly.

"Sorry..Uh, Sorry for not waking you up earlier" she lies to Twilight and her ears pin back knowing it was wrong to do that, "Should have been considerate and woke you up, sorry Twi"

"That's alright silly, I am glad you let me sleep in because now I can be ready for our big day together~! I am so excited I had dreams about it even" Twilight beamed a smile and moved to the door, "Come on, I am ready to see what Valuntas has to offer for my stay" Twilight presses a button and the door slides open. she walks up, "Take your time to get ready, you have a little something on your face" she closes the door behind her and sways over to lean against the wall, things were going to work this time. She looked around the hall, ponies walking all over the place. It's like this place is never quiet or empty. Somepony would always be walking the halls even in the middle of the night. Twilight walked over to a map on the wall and placed her hoof on it, "You are here, wow, we are at the bottom of this place" she ponders and rubs her chin slowly. "I wonder how long it would take me to go all the way too the top?" Twilight looked over to Sunsets front door and then back at the map, "Hmmmmm, I wonder" she smiles brightly and slowly starts down the hallway.
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Equestria was wonderful this time of year, even from space you could see where the snow was. The view was fascinating and you could see it all from the control room. Placing his hand on the motherboard and lifting his mug to his lips that reads 'Da Boss', he takes a sip of his coffee. Iron Will always had his coffee with him, it helped him calm his nerves and stay focused with his tight hours. "How does the meteor situation look? Are we still going to need our shutters closed when the time comes" The minotaur lightly taps his fingers on the arm of his chair as he leans back in it. "Tell me how it is, not how you want me to hear it" he grins looking over at the mare in charge of the radar.

"Well it still going to be here, we won't take damage from it but the station will be dark for hours tomorrow" she said as she began to bite her lip. Iron will slowly took a sip of his coffee again and began to stand up. Now walking over to the mare with a stern look in his eyes he moves both of his hands and places them behind his back. Looking up to him and him looking down at her there is a moment of awkward silence. It seemed like he was staring into her soul for an hour and he had just walked over there. She was extremely worried and he knew it.

"Alright, we will continue with closing the shutters tonight" he takes a sip of his coffee again before walking back to his seat. "Give me news on the vents. Were they fixed?"

"Fixed?" one of the control room ponies asked having no idea what the minotaur captain was speaking about. Iron Will places a hand on his own forehead and sighs.

"I was told there was a ventilation issue, we sent mechanics to go fix it. WAS, IT, FIXED?" he gets up and stares over at the stallion who had asked such a stupid question. He glares for a moment before the stallion shakes his head as his reply, no they were not fixed. The captain slowly points his finger at the stallion and then points to the door. "Go...please before I get mad" The stallion nods and runs out of the control room with some of his things. Iron will walks slowly up to the big window of the room placing his hand on it, "Besides the vents still having issues, is there anything else I should be aware about?"

"No sir, all faculties are up and running and every room is functioning correctly" one of the ponies states quickly. Iron Will grunts and stares out the window at Equestria, space had changed him. He was what some would say. An asshole at best and an unforgiving captain. However that is what has kept the station in orbit, his bad attitude. Valuntas Station was the largest of all stations that orbited Equestria, it housed 90,000 ponies, workers and civilians. It had yet to fall to bankruptcy, fraud, terrorism, or hijacking. He was determined to keep it that way.

Author's Note

Update: Working Joes (Androids) are a possible going to be added into this story, along with an opportunity for OC's to be featured on Valuntas Station as a short or long appearance. Thank you

Separated / Vent Issues

It was unlike Twilight to walk off on her own, especially with her fear and sickness. However the tables have turned and she was walking up one of the staircases. She had met so many kind ponies, every single one just willing to help one another. She stopped at a food court and got free food because this was her first visit to the station. Never before did she receive free food because she was a visitor. Twilight didn't seem to notice she left Sunset all alone and now would have no idea where to look for her, as the thought dawned on her she began to walk at a much slower pace, her ears pin back and her look changed , she was scared. "Oh! Why did I decide to do this, I don't know where I am going! This was a stupid idea" she turns around looking down the stairs she came from, "I should go back but...where is back?"

"Twilight! Twilight~!" Three small voices rang out from at the bottom of the staircase. Twilight's ears perked up when she peaked over all the passing ponies heads to see three small fillies jumping up and down trying to get her attention. It was Sweetie Belle, Scootaloo, and Applebloom. Twilight flared her wings in excitement at the sight of them.

"Girls!! Oh Celestia you're here, what are you doing here!" The alicorn ran down the stairs and met them, all three of them lunging into a huge hug pile on top of Twilight. "How in Equestria did you get the money or free time to come all the way up here~!?" The three fillies were just as surprised to see Twilight up here. They knew about her space sickness and fear of being away from home. They all smile at the same time and all hollar at once.

"We are just as excited to see you~!! How did you get here?" Twilight looks around as the traffic on the stairway starts to get a bit more compact. The alicorn motions them to step out of the way so the other ponies can pass by.

"I was invited by a friend, one that I just got separated from. I don't know this place, I already forgot where I have been, I could never retrace my steps" she says planting her hoof on her face and shaking disappointed in herself for leaving her friend all alone. The girls look at her and Scootaloo giggles.

"Hey you know, we could help you!! Sweetie Belle has been here for at least a year. She knows this place just like any other pony would" Hearing this news made Twilights eyes light up like Christmas day. She leaned down to them and hugged them all tightly with the biggest smile plastered on her face.

"Oh girls!! If you could help me get back to my room I would be greatful! Thank you so much" Twilight separated the hug and looked down at them. They were small but they acted so mature, wanting to help Twilight and behaving really well for their age. Scootaloo nods and nudges Sweetie Belle. the pegasus grins and looks up at Twilight. "You just tell her where it is you need to be and we will all take you there, Twilight" Scootaloo and Applebloom pound a hoof together, mostly thinking they might find their talent if they helped Twilight, also because Twilight was a very close friend of theirs and their sisters.

"Alright, So I have been staying with Sunset Shimmer, she lives in the employee bunker area. If you could help me find that area i could surely find my way to the room" Twilight was still looking down at the fillies but mostly focusing on Sweetie Belle. Sweetie bell pondered for a moment and nodded to the alicorn.

"Oh yeah, I know where that is. We can take you there no problem" Twilight gasps and hugs the small white filly tightly, she was extremely happy to hear she was going to be back in the only area familiar to her, Sunset's bunk.
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The light shines into the vent and Soarin lets out a slight grunt, he was sent to pick up where Sunset had left off. The stallion really didn't like going into these things. Rats and other things like to crawl around in them, plus what if he ran into a stow away. However a job was a job, he slowly started to slide into the vent, the metal making loud clanging sounds as he did. As he was officially past the entrance he felt like the walls were going to close in on him. Placing his hoof on his headset he begins to radio to the control room, "This is Soarin, I have entered the vent. Issue still undetermined" He removed his hoof and the headset beeps into his ear, at least now he knows they can hear him while he aimlessly crawls around.

"Alright, proceed with procedure and get out as soon as you can, over" a mare voice rings in the stallions ear, she was rather calm and had a comforting voice, however, Soarin still just wanted to book it and get out of this thing. His radio was now set to constant transmit so he could speak without having to multitask.

"Nothing good besides fresh air comes from these things. Hot, dark, echoing tubes of pure terror" He closes his eyes and takes a deep breath trying to get control of his fear. Didn't want to look bad , the quicker he did his job the faster he would be out of here. "Alright, so run by the problem with me again. What's wrong with this area?" He waited for what seemed to be too long.

"We lost connection with a circulation fan, happens to be the one that pumps air to the nursery" The mare voice rings in his ears again and he lets out a very loud groan.

"Of course, babies are on the line, perfect. I'll get right to it then" He slammed his hoof into his face and rolls his eyes whispering to himself, "Why in the world would you allow a nursery fan to disconnect, wow" he continued to wiggle his way down the vent, it was extremely quiet confirming that they not only lost connection, the fan was not spinning period. Coming to a ladder he points his flashlight on the text and it reads. ' Spinning blades, don't proceed while blades are in motion' , luckily he knew they weren't working and he proceed by starting his climb to the fan. As he climbed the hotter the vent became and the harder the climb became. The pegasus slowly made his arm in a hook shape and leaned back his arm wrapped around the ladder bar. "How high is this stupid shaft! What kind of idiot pony would sign up to do this everyday" he shakes his head as he remembers this should have already been dealt with but Sunset shimmer messed it up. His headset then lights up again. His headset was running short, the connection was starting to fry out.

"Did you bring somepony in there with you?" The mare on the other end speak sounding slightly concerned. Soarin's eyes widen when he hears her say that. "There is something or somepony in there with you~! I repeat, did you bring somepony with you?" Soarin gulped as he looked down into the darkness staring to climb up.

"Negative, I did not bring anypony with me!! What the hell is going on control! This isn't funny!!" Soarin began to climb faster slipping on bars several times as he picks up pace. The thought of a blood thirsty space pirate or angry stowaway lingers in the back of his head. He wanted nothing to do with that. As he climbed he reached the top to see the stationary blades. His eyes widen as he gulps again. "C-control...."

"What, confirm what the problem is, over" the mare sounded calm again but still very concerned because there was definitely something else down there with Soarin.

"These things are ripped apart, something was trying to get through here. What the hell is going on!" Soarin didn't waste time, the fan was screwed, it needed to be completely replaced. Sliding down the ladder he makes his way down to the bottom. He didn't hesitate and he got down on his belly and began to head for the vent exit. Not wanting what was in there to find him. At the exit he saw ponies were walking by. "Hey!! Hey!!" he hollard getting extremely scared, he froze when suddenly he heard a very high pitched screech from behind him, it echoed throughout the vent. He teared up hearing that horrible noise as he was inches now from the exit. "Help me out of this thing!!" The pedestrian ponies stopped and saw Soarin wiggling trying to get out. It appeared he was stuck.

"Soarin!" Sunset Shimmer burst from the crowed seeing him, he was a wreak. Crying and trying to get out. "Soaring just calm down I will get you out of here" Soarin placed a hoof on her and a tear fall.

"Pull! Pull me out, there is something in here!!" Sunset and two stallions got right next to him grabbing tightly. "Pulllll!!!" Everypony was watching when a loud hiss was heard from the vent followed by a loud crunching sound, Soaring screamed in pain as something started to pull him the other direction. Sunset almost fell down as she was yanked up against the wall, one of the stallion fell on his face as Soarin was yanked.

"Oh my God!! Pull Pull PULL!!" Everypony was shocked and started to lend a hoof but he was being pulled in more and more and the crunching got louder as his blood started to pool in his mouth.

"HELP ME!!! AHHHHHH!!" He was ripped from everypony's grip and his screams echoed through the vent as the went distant.

Author's Note

Let the fear and turmoil began, like every Alien movie, doesn't take long for a good day to go to shit

Perfect Organism

Perfect Organism

The halls are filled with screams as ponies run full of fear. Wanting answers most start to rush up to the captain's door pounding and screaming for help. Sunset was doing the opposite as the thought of that happening to Twilight lingering in the back of her head. With tears and drops of blood up her arms from Soarin's bloody screams of help she began to run through the tsunami of ponies.

Sunset never spoke as some ponies tried to ask her for help because she was wearing her work outfit. She just gave them blank stares and walked past them as they pleaded to her. She couldn't help them from whatever happened, whatever had Soarin was stronger than her, stronger than those stallions who were trying to help. It murdered Soarin and she didn't want her friends being next. Everypony on Valuntas Station was reacting to the situation, it didn't take long for the news to spread through the crowded ship. Twilight, Sweetie Belle, Scootaloo, and Applebloom were trying not to get swept away from the rushing ponies. the fillies were as close as they could be to Twilight. Twilight looked around , she was more scared than ever now that something was wrong. Her heart pounding in her chest as her fear was starting to get to her. She wanted to go home. A tear rolled down her cheek.

The control room doors were pounding as ponies were trying to get in, Iron will clenching his mug tightly shakes his head to the staff, He couldn't allow them to come it. It would be hell, they needed to think of what they were going to do alone without all these ponies. "What are our options sir?" one of the ponies asked Iron Will with fear in her eyes and a raspy tone in her voice. Iron Will looks to her and shakes his head again as if saying there was a problem.

"Nothing we can do, the shower is coming and the shutters will close. It's not safe for anypony to leave yet." The pony staff had almost forgot about the meteor shower that was coming. They had originally thought it could wait until tomorrow but the storm had other plans. Now with no way out of this Iron Will presses a big red button on his dashboard. "Ponies, griffons, and others, please stay calm and go to your bunks. We are currently experiencing problems that are preventing your evacuation" he flinches as the pounding began to get louder outside the doors, "We can't say for sure what is going on for we did not see anything but for your safety" he flinches again as it was even louder now. "You must leave the main traffic areas, go to your home, or any sealed room" he lets go of the button and places his hand on his head letting out a long sigh. "Somepony needs to tell me what is going on, we need to bring all the staff in and see if any of them saw anything, proceed with that task or find yourself out with the civilians" He pushes off the desk and walks to his cabin doors and exits the main area of the control room. As he entered his room he could still hear all the ponies pounding at the doors. This was madness being born, he could not stop thinking about what he heard over the radio. Everypony in the control room heard the screams and the struggle that was taking place before the connection died. In the control room the head mare pressed her little green button on her dashboard.

"All employees, make your way to the control room immediately. We need your help please move immediately" as she spoke all the employees heard her voice in their headsets. Sunset Shimmer ignored it continuing on her way to find her friend Twilight. She noticed some ponies were heading into their bunks as they were told to do by the captain. She noticed a stallion yelling at a mare to give him her card to get inside her room but Sunset just walked by. She didn't care, she just saw a pony die, she was shocked and still trying to figure out what happened back at that vent. That's when her eyes began to fill with tears , the events dawning on her hard. Soarin was dead and she felt like she could have saved him, falling down she began to cry. Ponies kept to themselves and continued to press on ignoring her tears as she had ignored their cries for help and answers.

"Soarin, I'm so sorry, I tried to save you! I'm so s-sorry..." she cried as she felt a hoof touch her shoulder. Sunset looked up to see a very large mare. Tall as Big Mac looking down at her with a confused stare. She seemed calm and focused while everypony else was running and screaming or hiding in their bunks. "What do you want!?" Sunset giving the worst first impression to the mare possible, however, the mare didn't seem to care. She was wearing a green suit like other employees, except she had a badge on her shoulder that was orange with two silver stripes on in the center of it.

"I saw you here. You saw what happened didn't you? I'm Fractured heart, employee of the synthetic area" She rubs Sunset shoulder and smiles lightly. Sunset was curious on too how Fracture could tell she saw Soarin's death. Then she looked down and saw that she still had blood on her arms, this caused her tears to flow faster down her cheeks. Fracture was looking at Sunsets arms and nodded, "Come on, we have to get going. All employees are needed at the control room, let's go" Sunset slowly looked up at her and nodded wiping off her tears slowly getting up willing to follow the mare but if she saw Twi on the way to the control room, she would go with Twi and not her.

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Every window in the station began to darken , noise coming from all directions as the shutters of the ship begin to lower covering the windows to prevent them from breaking during the meteor shower. Ponies who didn't understand began to scream as the place went dark. Security cameras throughout the ship caught many ponies pounding on the now covered windows begging for the light, the view they all saw everyday was now hidden, nothing but the metal walls and ship lighting, nothing natural but the ponies themselves. Twilight and the fillies were stopped moving when the shutters began to close, Scootaloo runs over to one of the windows following the shutters as it slides over. "Hey, Hey, Hey, you can't do that. It's not fair!" she yelled at the metal as it covered the window completely along with the rest in the ship. Twilight walked over and her gut began to turn and twirl, she couldn't see the view that had kept her calm for so long. Now her view of home was gone.

"No, no, no, no! What is going on, what's happening!!" Twilight moved her hooves along the blackened window and began to hyperventilate as her fear began to go crazy. Applebloom and Sweetie Belle both go to the alicorn and begin to hug her softly and whisper to her to calm down. She was shaking now as the fillies held on to her, her nerves going out of control it almost seemed as if the fillies attempts to calm her were going to fail until the shaking slowly came to a stop and Twilight began to sniffle with her eyes closed. The three sat in front of the closed window in another group hug.

Sunset Shimmer and Fractured Heart looked around as the shutters began to close, Sunset and Fracture both knew exactly what was going on. The meteor shower was here and it was going to be a long one. However even though they knew what was going on they both couldn't help but frown as the beautiful view was disappearing. Sunset looks to Fracture and smiles, "Looks like it's me, you, and the ship walls now"

At the control room the shutters begun to close and Iron Will put his hat on his chest and let out a long sigh saying goodbye to the sun and planet. The whole control room was quiet as they watched just as they thought it was going to go dark one of the shutters began to make a grinding sound and stopped moving. It was now making a very loud howling sound as it was still trying to close. Iron will placed his hands on his ears , the sound was deafening. Just as the sound started, everypony heard a thumping in the vents, Iron Will and others knelt down out of cation and looked up. Two ponies scream as a ceiling vent cover blows off its bolts and smashes into the floor, steam billows out of the vent along with long strands of what looked like spit dripping down onto the floor. Everypony jumped down to the floor and out of instinct hid behind their desks. Iron Will stayed standing up and stared at the spit dripping down. "What in the hell...." he looked shocked.

The minotaurs eyes widen when a long tail flopped down from the vent followed by a loud hissing sound. He jumped down to the floor by his desk and something was heard jumping down from the vent. A loud growl echoed in the room and the captain couldn't help but start wishing his desk was bigger than it was. Iron will slowly started to peak up over his desk and was shocked at what he saw. It was huge and looking at the window that was causing the loud noise. Its head shined brightly from all the light beating down on it, Iron will could almost see his small reflection in it from here.

Making a loud hiss it turned away from the window and began to walk along the aisle of desks looking back and forth. Its long tail sliding along the floor and smacking into the sides of the desks. Looking over across from him Iron Will sees the head mare hiding not far away, shaking and almost crying . The creature sniffed the air and opened its mouth slightly and wet spit drops from its shiny teeth. The captain slowly shakes his head as the mare across from him looks as if she was about to run for the exit.

"Fuck this shit I have to get out of here!! Runn!!" she got up and started for the door, the creature made a loud scream and sprinted across the room and within seconds jumped over the mare landing in front of her. In fear she fell over and started crawling back on the floor. Spit dripping faster and lips shaking violently the creature turns around slowly tail raising into the air as it turns at the headmare. Letting out another loud roar it lunges onto her opening its mouth slowly, spit dripping down onto the mares chest soaking her fur.

Iron Will closed his eyes moving closer to the desk clenching his fists. The mare screamed and went silent as a small dagger tongue flies into her head ending her life. Just after the mare was dead the tongue continued to enter her body in multiple areas, the creature keeping its mouth open wide to allow the tongue to move fast. After a couple more strikes the blood begins to pool on the ground and everypony was praying it would not see them, the creature stood back up and its mouth closed as it rushed under the vent opening before lunging up inside and disappeared. Iron will opened his eyes and everypony in the room began to freak out as the ran around grabbing their things, Iron will stood up and shook his head. Looking down at his hands he began to shake.

"What the hell.....was that thing" He clenches his fists and a tear drops having seen his friend die. Some ponies rushed to the lifeless corpse but most wanted the hell out of this place. He looked over at his dead friend and sniffled, she was the best worker he had, she never made mistakes. She had grown so close to him in the last couple of years. Looking to his desk he picks up a picture frame of him and her and slowly takes the photo out and folds it up putting it in his pocket. Grabbing on the handle of a drawer he yanks it open and pulls out a small box placing it on the desk, "I am so sorry....I didn't know what too do...I should have helped" he flops down into his desk and covers his eyes. Not long after the attack, the power shut off, the ship was left in darkness.

Red lights began to flash in the nursery, two ponies were running to the doors to see what was wrong. They had no idea about the vent incident, that the nursery fan was destroyed. Once inside the mare and the stallion were greeted by the sound of screaming fillies and colts. They quickly got to work on getting the red lights to stop flashing thinking it was scaring the babies. The mare stood over the cribs and began to hum, the stallion ran to the back room and opened up the fuse box,

"Alright i got it hold on!!" the red lights stopped flashing. He smiled and slowly exited the back room and turned to see the nurse in the corner bleeding out she was pointing over in his direction gurgling out words. He yelps out a scream and looks behind him, his blood splats the wall as a dagger like tongue punctures his brain. His lifeless body being picked up as the creature hissed tossing him to the side, with loud steps it walks over to the mare getting down on all fours, the babies were crying loudly as the monster walked along the floor leaving blood trails from its hands , feet, and tail. The mare screamed before all the was heard was the cries of the screaming children. The creature left as quick as it came as it heard more screams and noises.

Twilight looked around as red lights started to flash in the hallways. Moving the fillies out of her way she stood up shaking lightly once again. A stallion came running down the hall followed by another. A gunshot rang in the distance, Twilight's eyes widened and she used her magic to levitate the fillies into the air and she took off running. Twilight was following one of the running ponies, hoping he knew where he was going, she falls over with the fillies when suddenly the stallion was tackled up against the wall, she hid with the fillies as soon as she started to hear the stallion scream in pain. She began to cry when she heard the body drop on the ground, two gunshots were heard followed by a very loud scream. The desk she was hiding by was then knocked over by the large creature running over it. the desk fell ontop of her and the fillies. Twilight slowly started to black out hearing screams and gunshots from small pistols. The last things she saw was Scootaloo and the other two shaking her head trying to get her back up.

Author's Note

Fractured Heart is an OC that does not belong to me, it belongs to a really generous person who has allowed me to put her in this story. All she asks is that if her OC dies is that I make it an honorable death.
Fractured Heart the OC had a short part in this chapter but she will be in many more chapters to come.

Thank you for all your support

Owner of OC Fractured heart

Isolated Fear

Flashes of light bated down on the alicorns eyes, sirens ringing in her ears. Twilight's eyes slowly opened seeing Scootaloo was still at her side but the other two fillies had left. Rubbing her head Twilight looks around, the desk was still covering her and it was hard to move. Pushing hard against it she manages to free herself. Scootaloo hugged Twilight started to hide under the alicorn. Unsure what was going on Twilight got up on her hooves and took another look around the hallway. "Scootaloo, what is going on. My head hurts really bad" Scootaloo sniffles and looks up to her.

"I have no idea! Sweetie Belle, Applebloom...they left me here. They just ran away!" the filly got closer to Twilight's leg, clinging to her in fear. "Everything is wrong, this whole situation is wrong....i'm scared" Twilight frowned and picked her up with magic slowly setting Scootaloo on her back and began walking.

"We will find them and figure out what is going on. I promise Scootaloo, I promise you we will figure this out" Her hooves walking stepping in a pool of blood, Twilight looked around in horror to see bodies of ponies, torn apart, oozing bodily fluids, and clearly died in a struggle to stay alive. Twilight walked on trying to keep her eyes away from the dead, trying not too look at them. "Oh Celestia why? What happened here?" Twilight's fear was still lingering in her gut and mind, making her unsafe to others and unsafe for herself in this dire situation. Scootaloo shivered covering her eyes from the deceased, she was too young and didn't want the scares to stay with her as she lived on. The hall lights flashed and some through sparks from being broken, reaching a door Twilight presses the green button. The door hisses and slowly raises into the ceiling and she enters. Moving over to a desk she starts to look for a flashlight, her horn would be unable to guide her in this darkness. She felt the need for something brighter.

"Twilight what are we doing, we should be going to safety. I don't wanna die" Twilight stopped shuffling and levitated the filly onto the desk and glared.

"Don't you say that! Don't you ever say that, we are going to be fine. Ponies don't just die without a reason!" she teared up trying to make the situation less real. Scootaloo shook her head and stood up on the desk.

"Then why is everypony dead!? Why is this happening!"

"I don't know OKAY!!" Twilight slammed her hoof into the desk and fell onto her flank lowering her head as she did. Directly after Twilight slammed the door shut aloud thud followed by a hiss came from outside her door. Scootaloo's ears pinned back and she shook her head with tears filling her eyes.

"No, no, no, no. Not again!" She jumped off the desk and ran under it. Twilight's eyes widened at the reaction Scootaloo was making.

"Whats going on, what do you mean. What was that noise" Twilight slowly started to kneel under the desk to get the filly. She froze when she heard something stomp outside the door, a loud growl echoed into the room as the door slid up into the ceiling. Twilight quickly got completely under the desk and covered the fillies snout. Slowly to legs walking through the entrance, as the creature walked into the room it immediately began to look around. Twilight began to shake biting her lower lip hard as the tail of the creature slide under the desk and sat there inches from the both of them before it finally slid out from under the desk, the creature then leaves the room hissing and growling. Twilight and Scootaloo were both terrified, Twilight had never seen anything like it before. She didn't know what it was or what it was doing here, she couldn't help but feel it wanted to kill her and Scoots. "What was that thing?" she sniffled letting go of the fillies snout.

"It was the killer, he is hungry and he wants to eat me" Scootaloo buries her face into Twilight's chest beginning crying. Twilight placed a hoof on the back of the head of the small pony. "Please don't let it get me, Twilight!" The alicorn slowly nodded.

"I promise it wont get you Scootaloo, I promise"
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Pulling hard on the revolver trying to free it from its holster on the dead pony, Twilight had no intentions on using the weapon but wanted it too feel safer if something were to happen. Tugging and pulling, the body pulling back and smacking the wall as she continued to tug. "COME ON, YOU, STUPID!!" she falls back as the gun rips from its holster. Landing on another dead pony that laid on the floor, Twilight yelped from its cold flesh touching her body. Quickly getting up she points the gun around frantically and falls over again from being to frantic. Scootaloo stares kind of smiling at how silly Twilight was being, despite the death that surrounded them both. Twilight got back up and looked over at the holster deciding she might need it as well, she looked over to Scootaloo and smiled. "Could you please keep an eye open for me? Run if you see something, I will be right behind you" Twilight slowly knelt down and placed her hoof on the stallions waist and shakily starts to pull it off his waist, biting her lower lip as the blood leaks out of large holes in the body as she yanks it off. The blood collected at the bottom of her hooves and she held back her stomach as she wanted to puke. Getting up she uses her magic to put the belt around her waist, "Dear Celestia, I am so sorry" she said to the deceased pony. Twilight looked up as she heard loud thumping in the vent above her, she stopped moving and looked to Scootaloo. The thumping stopped and spit began to drip from the vent exit.

"T-Twilight..." Scootaloo said in a faint whisper looking back at Twilight, fear filled the fillies eyes. The spit continued to drip and loud hissing echoed out of the vent but nothing but large clumps of spit came from the vent.

"Come to me, slowly, don't be scared Scootaloo. Come to me slowly" Twilight moves her hoof out to the small filly. Scootaloo moves her front hoof hesitantly to start towards Twilight but stops and the creature moves in the vent making a loud scratching noise as it stays at the exit. Spit starts too drop again, Scootaloo slowly started to make her way to Twilight avoiding the vent exit not wanting to be seen in fear she would be taken away. Twilight started to wave her hoof wanting Scootaloo to be closer. "Come on..."

"I'm scared, its going to get me" they both whispered as they talked, however, every time they spoke the creature hissed and moved as if adjusting itself to stay up in the vent. "Please help me.." Scootaloo stopped walking and slowly started to lower herself feeling helpless, that she wasn't going to make it to Twilight. Twilight bites her lower lip and shakes her head begging Scootaloo to keep moving with facial expressions. The alicorns facial expression turns to pure terror as a tail starts to slowly come out of the vent, the spit stopped dripping. Scootaloo started to back away as the front of the shiny dome head of the creature started to poke out of the darkness. Twilight looks around and sees a slightly opened locker. She looked to it then Scootaloo, holding her hoof out Scootaloo finally grabs for it. Quickly pulling her close Twilight moves to the locker as the creature lowered itself to the ground. Moving the filly inside and closing it she moves quickly to hide behind a pile of boxed food. Immediately the creature hisses and moves over to where twilight was standing. Growling again it crawls across the ground on all fours before standing up in front of the locker.Twilight moved her hoof out mouthing the words 'no'. Sniffing the locker and sliding its hand on the metal opening its mouth hissing as it did. Twilight looked away and closed her eyes. The snarling stopped and Twilight opened her eyes, what happened. She feared the worst, that her fear and sickness had gotten her into the worst. That she might have failed Scootaloo. ]

The alicorn slowly looks back and the creature was gone, Twilight smiled and closed her eyes turning around. A smile on her face still as she opens her eyes getting back up. Twilight's smile disappeared when she then came face to face with an the opening jaws of the creature.

Author's Note

The horror has just began and our main character is failing to survive. At the face of death now, what will happen next?

Reality Check

Reality Check

Twilight started to scream backing away from the creature, she continued to scream as she was backed up against a wall. The organism closed its mouth and moved towards her. Its sliding across the ground as it slowly stopped in front of Twilight. The mares screams slowly stopped and turned into whimpers as the lips of the animal started to shake and spit landed on Twilight, Scootaloo slowly opened the locker and was about to run away, run and leave Twilight to die. The creature placed its hand on twilight's neck and it began to raise her up into the air. Twilight kicked and screamed as her breath leaked out of her lungs, now with the creature's mouth opening and its dagger like tongue ready to lung out of its mouth and impale the alicorn, Twilight closed her eyes. Hooves came running down the hall, two ponies burst into the room.

"It's here!! it's here!!! Shoot it!!" a mare shouted as she ducked behind a the stallion allowing him to get a good attack point. The white coated stallion raised a flamethrowing from off his back, Pulling the trigger the flames launched directly at the creature and the flames went right over its back. The bright light from the flame shined all over the body of the animal. Throwing Twilight down into the boxes she was hiding behind the creature ran to the vent and jumped up inside roaring as it ran through the vent to get away from the fire. Twilight felt helpless as she lay on the ground, she was about to die and she could do nothing about it. She felt weak knowing that she needed to be saved, however, she was thankful the ponies saved her life. The two ponies run over and help Twilight to her hooves, once on her hooves one of them grabs Scootaloo. They quickly move them down the hall to a wall vent, tapping on it hard the vent opens. Pushing Twi inside and Scootaloo as well. Climbing in themselves the close and seal the vent.

"Move move!! Keep going towards the light!" the stallions says in a loud yet secluded sounding voice. Twilight pushed herself along the floor of the vent before entering a large circulation room that now looked like a living space. The two ponies soon enter the room and flop down on a tattered mattress.

The grey coated mare moved too Twilight and placed her hoof under her chin flashing a light in the alicorns eyes to dilate the pupils. The mare had a beautiful blond mane and blue eyes. Twilight groaned in pain from being thrown to the ground by the creature. The light hardly making her flinch do too her being in shock, her pupils were responding as they should and the mare smiles down at the weak alicorn. "I wish i could check for more but without the supplies, that is all i can check for" The white stallion walks over next to the mare and smiles.

"Are you alright? That thing almost got you girl. If we wouldn't have shown up you would be another corpse to walk by" The stallion grins and moves to a vent opening placing his ear on it listening to sounds, the mare blushes as the stallion leaves placing her hoof on the alicorns head with a soft smile on her face. Twilight smiles and looks over to Scootaloo and the filly looks away frowning. Twilight's ears pinned back and looked back to the mare and the stallion.

"I'm fine, thanks too you two. Who are you? How did you get that thing to let go of me?" Twilight rubbed her throat, her neck was sore and she still felt like she was being choked. The stallion lifts his ear off the vent and narrows his eyes and bluntly speaks to the alicorn.

"Its an animal, animals are afraid of fire. Even as deadly as that thing is, it has something we can scare it with" He chuckles as the mare turns to look at him with a frown.

"Something that can run out of fuel. When it does, we can't scare it anymore" she huffs as segments of her blond mane covers her eyes. The stallion grunts and looks to Twilight,.

"I'm White Lightning, this is my marefriend Silverstar. Who seems to forget, fuel can be collected and flamethrowers can be reloaded" He chuckles and opens his changeling like wing placing it over the back of the mare, a soft blush growing on her muzzles as he does this. Twilight smiles seeing this bond made her feel a bit more hopeful instead of being filled with fear. White looked over to the vent and grunts. "We have managed to figure out how this thing moves around so fast, it uses the vents to move around the station and only leaves it when it hears something or smells something alive" Silverstar lowers her head and nods in agreement to what her boyfriend was saying. Twilight gulps and ponders putting a hoof on her chin.

"Then why do you hide in this air box? Why hide where it travels?" The alicorn uses her magic to lift up one of the empty pop cans and waves it around as she spoke. "Why would we stay where it goes? How does that make any sense?"

"There is only one way in this box, the vent entrance, so if it comes in here we can stop it with fire. It's better than roaming out there" White picked up the flamethrower and shook it hearing the liquid splash in the red metal container. He looks to the vent and then to Silverstar. Silver smiled back at him and blushed again.

"Sweetie, um, what about the alicorn?"

"My name is Twilight! Twilight Sparkle" Twilight stood up and smiled at them both with fear still lingering in her eyes.

"Alright, what about Twilight?" Silverstar frowns and looks into White Lightning's eyes from a distance, White shook his head and looked back with a frown. "You have to help her, she can't stay here and rely on us. She needs to get over that fear! You can see it in her eyes just as easily as I can" Twilight backed away hearing the mare's attitude change. "She can't stay here"

"She can't help that she is afraid, we all are, even you are!!" White moved away from the vent entrance and placed his hoof softly on his marefriends shoulder, "She could help us, even with that fear" Twilight looks back and forth and Scootaloo moves close to Twilight hugging her hind leg softly. Silverstar narrowed her eyes.

"She almost died out there! That could be us out there if we keep her with us!" it was obvious Silverstar was overly safe and didn't want to risk taking Twilight in in fear that what she has now could crumble with the smallest change. Silverstar opened her wings and shook her head. "I don't feel safe with this large of a group, remember what those other ponies did?" Silverstars ears pin back and she looks away from White Lightning. White nods and removes his hoof from her shoulder.

"Then I will rid of her fear. I will make it so she can survive on her own if she needs too" Everypony goes silent for a moment as a hiss was heard outside the vent exit. They waited for the creature to leave and then White Lighting looks at everypony then focuses too Twilight. "You're coming with me"
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White poked his head around the corner before entering the room, him and Twilight walked around looking around. White was faster and more quiet than Twilight as he began to look through boxes that were placed in the room. "The most important thing is too be very quiet, you want to have very little encounters with the creature as possible" He picked up a pack of batteries and smiles, "Also, never run out of batteries. The ship is dark and unlike the creature, we need light to move around" White looked at the alicorn. Her ears were pinned back and her legs were shaking. He narrows his eyes and shakes his head. "You need to control yourself, Twilight. Walking around scared is a good thing, always have fear. But this amount of fear you are having right now is dangerous" He tosses her a bag of food. Twilight catches it with her magic and nods slowly.

"I'm sorry, I have had this fear of being away from home. Space makes me sick and being alone fuels my fear the most" The alicorn looks at the bag and sighs. "Back there, your marefriend. She was right about me...I can't make it out here alone" White narrows his eyes more and walks up too her.

"That's true, however, once you see things for what they are. You will understand" He smiles as he adjusts his sleeves and neck of his outfit. Walking out the door he raises his weapon and looks around. The area was quiet and dark for a moment until a stallion in a Valuntas workmens outfit walks out pointing his gun around. White ducks down and pulls Twilight with him. The stallion points his pistol in their direction and looks angry.

"Who's there! I don't want any funny business now move!!! I will shoot if you stop me from making it to the control room!!" Pulling back the hammer he moves forward. White moves back pushing Twilight with him. "Who is there!!!" White growls and stands up.

"Don't shoot, don't shoot! Please don't shoot" White Lighting jumps when he sees the stallion about to shoot. The bullet leaves the barrel and smacks White in the arm knocking the flamethrower out of his grasp. Twilight watches as the weapon falls to the ground. Almost seconds after the gun was fired the vent rumbles and the creature falls from the vent. The stallion with the gun turns around to see the creature standing up on its hind legs. Twilight gasped and another gunshot was fired at the animal as it jumped at the gunman.

As the shot hit the creature green blood flew from its body landing on the stallion's face. Hitting the ground it didn't take long for the creature to get back up. The stallion dropped his weapon and began to scream, his left side of his face began to bubble. Screaming louder he fell over and blood started to pool from his face as it began to melt away were the blood landed. White Lightning cringes as the attackers face begins to slide off the bone as blood curdling screams rang in his ears from the dying pony "Twilight shoot it, grab the flamethrower. SHOOT IT!!!!" Twilight looks at the flamethrower then at the death causing creature that was now shoving its dagger tongue into the melting corpse of the attacker. Twilight uses her magic and got up levitating the weapon up. The creature snarls as the small flame from the barrel was turned on. As it then lunges at Twilight, the alicorn pulls the trigger letting the flames fly. The creature loses focus and smashes into the body of the alicorn

"Fuck you!!!" the creature gets up again and Twilight lets the flames fly and they smash into the animal sending it running, moving to White she helps him up on his hooves. "Get up! Get up!" The face of the attacker was completely gone from the blood boiling it away. "We have to go now! We are out of fuel!" Twilight said less scared but more worried.

Author's Note

White Lightning- This OC belongs to the artist who has been working with me on my Fic, I do not own him and it is a pleasure to have this OC here in this Fic. http://pork984.deviantart.com/

Silverstar- This mare is taken xP in RL by the artist who is currently having his OC shipped in this story. She was excited when i asked her if I could add her OC to the story, she said yes.

Malfunctioning

Malfunctioning

"Three! Two!! ONE~!" Sunset and Fractured both pull on the center panel of the locked doors of the control room. Falling down on her flank with no prevail Sunset places both hooves over her eyes as the lights around her and Fractured began to flicker. "Why...why would they tell us all to come here if they didn't plan to open the doors?" Fractured raised her hoof as if she was about to speak but she quickly withheld her words and forced a smile.

"I don't know about you but....a door is not going to stop me from my duties. I am getting in there one way or another" the earth pony looked around at the walls and then to Sunset. "Clearly there is a malfunction, this station appears to be taking a beating from the meteor showers" she points up at the flickering lights and gives a cocky smile. "Appears to have stopped communications....I have not heard anything from in there in at least an hour" outside the control room they were not alone, several ponies sit against the walls. These were the same civilian horses who were rioting for answers. The ones who were clueless to the real situation.

"Meteor storms happen all the time, this is the first time I have seen the place so dark and lonely" her horn lighting up the surrounding area with its light, Sunset looks to her left and then her right, "Where do you suggest we go smart stuff~?" Fractured slowly raises her hoof and points to her own badge on her work coat.

"To the Valuntas Synthetics, they should have activated the synthetics after the power went out. We use them for situations such as this one. They keep the peace and fix what ponies cannot" waving her hoof she motions Sunset to follow her. Ponies watch as the two mares walk off down the hall. Fractured smiled and slowly began down the stairs, once focused she never stopped moving. Sunset was watching her closely, paranoid with blood still on her hooves.

"Fractured, right? That was your name?" Sunset hurries to the mares side with a smile. Fractured blushed lightly and nodded slowly. Sunsets smiles grows and she blushes as well, "My name is Sunset Shimmer~ I work the vents of this station" as they both continued to walk the walls that surrounded them grew darker. Sunsets horn glows brighter to better light their way through the halls.

"Sunset Shimmer? Hmmm, I like it" Fractured beamed a smile at Sunset. That smile reminded the unicorn of her friend who she was afraid was alone, Twilight Sparkle. Frowning and following Fractured, Sunset shook her head trying to shake the thought of Twilight hurt or alone. Fractured looked back at Sunset as she opened a door, the door sliding open with a loud steam hiss sound coming from it. "You alright?" Walking into the room the lights shoot on.

"Fine? Are you sure you want to ask that question?" Sunset said slowly raising one of her still blood stained hooves up in the air.

"Right...what happened, rumors are starting to make me think there are killers on this station" Fractured looked around, the room was freezing cold and contained many glass cages but all were opened and coolant leaked from them in a smoke.

"I don't even know, something pulled him away. I had his hooves on mine and I let go..." Fractured raised a brow at Sunsets choice in words. Turning around and walking up to the unicorn the earth pony ponders.

"Don't you mean somepony pulled him away?" The door slides open causing the two mares to go quiet and look over to the doorway. The white, bald, blank face of an android stares at them from the doorway. In a robotic monotone voice the android looks back and forth at them.

"What are you doing here? You are not safe here, please go to your bunker and sleep. Let me help you" the android steps in the room. It was a unicorn with piercing white eyes. "You really shouldn't be here" Fractured looks to the synthetic and smiles happy to see it.

"Its alright synthetic, we need your assistance" She turns her body to face the white robotic fleshed pony as it listened to her and walked closer to the two mares. "There is a door at the control room that has been locked down. Me and my friend need inside, can you help us?" The android walks up to Fractured.

"Most certainly, you require emergency access. Fusion cutter will be required, this way please. Follow" The android turned away and headed out the door. Sunset and Fractured tail behind it as it leads the way. Sunset had a big smile on her face as it lead the way. "Fusion cutter will be inside this room, do you require anymore assistance?"

"That will be all, stay outside while we retrieve the cutter, thank you" Fractured enters the room with a smile on her face and Sunset followed. The androids eyes slowly turn red as its slowly watches them leave into the room. Inside Fractured begins to put together the cutter they required. Sunset looked around and then to her new friend.

"Wow, that was quick. We will be in that control room no problem now" she closed her eyes beaming a smile. The door opens and the android looks in with red eyes.

"Do you need assistance? Please let me help you" The android steps inside the room and glares at Fractured. The mare turns around and finishes putting the cutter together and fastens it to her side. "You're not safe here"

"I told you to wait outside, we are fine. Go on your assistance is no longer needed here" the earth pony said to the now disobeying android. Sunset moved out of the way as the android slowly started to move forward. "I said go, we are fine here. Your assistance is no longer needed" Sunset and Fracture both leave the room passing the android. The synthetic watches them leave and stands still for a moment before deciding to follow the two mares.

"You shouldn't have done that" it says in an emotionless tone, it slowly and steadily walks behind them following them with its red eyes glowing brightly. Sunset looks back and gasps at the disturbing looking synthetic trailing them.

"Uh, Fractured, our friend is following us still" She nudges the taller mare to further express the fact something was not right. The earth pony looked back as they both headed back up the stairs. They both started to feel uneasy, making it too the top of the stairway they freeze. A synthetic was slamming its hoof repeatedly into a stallion's face, over and over and over. The pony's face was sinking deeper into the head with every blow. The android stopped when the two mares did. The area around the control room that had several scared and confused ponies was now replaced with their lifeless corpses. All around the area there was androids , they all had beating red eyes. Sunset had tears in her eyes and Fractured was deathly shocked by what she saw. Removing the cutter from her side she gulps and Sunset looks around as all the androids stare."Hurry! Give me the cutter!! Lets go!!" Sunset takes the cutter and sprints to the locked door, Fracture follows as the androids begin to slowly walk forward at them.

"Stand DOWN!! STAY BACK!! THATS AN ORDER!!!" The androids ignored the pony they would normally never disobey, "I mean it, stop moving, STAND DOWN" Fractured for once was starting to sweat and shake from the site of so many androids and she had nothing to stop them but words at this moment. As they drew closer Sunset wasn't even halfway done with cutting the the panel to unlock the door. "Come on Sunset!! Get it open, NOW!!" Sunset started to shake making it harder to cut.

"This is harder than it looks!! I'm trying!!" The androids were only a couple feet away now as they all were calmly speaking, telling the two mares to 'come with me' or 'you're not safe here'. They for sure weren't safe here because the androids were the thing making it unsafe at the moment. As Sunset continued to cut the red light on the door started to flash green. Pulling away the torch she was confused. She hadn't finished cutting.

"Did you get it! Please tell me you got it!" Fractured turns around as the door opens up. Both mares see to small hooves but as the door raises the body got bigger. Holding a large maintenance jack. Iron will rushes out the door and slams the large metal bar into one of the android's head letting out a loud scream as he swung.

"Get inside!! Move!!" the minotaur removed the jack slowly from the head of the android and quickly moved back as the mares rushed inside, Iron will enters after them and smashes his fist into one of the Androids as it enters knocking it out of the room. Lifting his other hand he smashes the button by the door and it locks down like before. "Stupid androids, what the hell is the matter with you" he turns around and stares down at the two ponies, "As for you morons!! Why in the hell were you trying to ruin this safe haven!! I could be dead now because of you sorry sacks of.."

"We came here because you told us too, sir!! So how about you calm your shit!!" Fractured quickly snapped back at the captain and pressed one of her hooves on the captains chest. "Our mission was to report to this office, that is what the headmare said over the speaker before things went dark~!" the captain blinked slowly feeling slightly intimidated by the mare interrupting him. Only slightly, he grabs her hoof and removes it from his chest. "Tell me what the hell is going on captain, those androids were killing ponies. They don't do that! They are suppose to be friendly"

"How do you know what androids aren't supposed to do and are suppose to do!" he demands asserting his rank and authority to the mares, he was quickly shot down and looked like a fool as the tall earth pony grunted and pointed to her badge.

"Because work with them" she said bluntly and looked around the room, papers were scattered all over the floor. Belonging were gone and a blanket lay over what appeared to be a body on the floor, "W-what the hell happened in here Captain, what is going on?" Iron Will looked over to the covered up body and clenched his fist over his heart.

"Everypony left this room after the headmare was murdered. They all took their things and left, I am all that keeps this ship going now, however now that you are here..." he walks to a window and places his hands on the glass. Sunset looks at the body with tears filling her eyes and then looks to the captain.

"What happened in here Captain, what did this?" Sunset said as she placed her hoof on the blood soaked blanket, remembrance of Soarins blood filled screams return to the back of her head. The captain takes a sip slowly from his coffee mug and chuckles.

"You wouldn't believe me if I told you but what choice do I have. A creature is on this ship and it is killing ponies, just like it did the headmare. Took her life in the first couple seconds it was in this room, she was just dead and gone" he closed his eyes and shook his head. Both the mares covered their mouths and shook their heads with the captain.

"I told you it was something and not somepony..."

The Chase

Twilight quickly ran with White and Sweetie Belle as the flames that scared the creature away didn't have a long affect. The creature returned from above landing hard on the ground with a loud hiss once again.The two ponies who had scared the creature away quickly turned around, one of them used his magic to take out a shotgun from his back holster. The other stallion starts to quickly unload the flamethrower. Pulling the trigger of the shotgun with fear in his eyes and heart the stallion misses the creature. Lunging at the gunner and getting him on his hind hooves, grabbing one of his front hooves with its large hand it pulls him forward. Looking up at the creature as his shotgun fell to the floor the stallion screams as the tail of the animal flops up into the air before wiping forward and puncturing into the ponies gut. Blood drips from his lips as his arm was yanked on pulling him forward on the tail, the tail pushing deeper into the body and he screams as the slightly bumpy surface rips through his body. The creature then quickly let go of the stallion letting him fall to the ground as its tail rips out of the body. The blood pools as he lay next to his gun. At that moment the other stallion had just loaded the flamethrower, the creature was faster however and was now face to face with the flame wielding pony. He yells as the mouth of the creature opens and he is picked up by the head, the hands of the beast grabbing on both sides of his face. Now just above the ground the dagger like tongue flies into the skull splattering the brains and blood of the pony onto the wall. Dropping him immediately afterwards the creature hisses and turns to where Twilight, Sweetie, and White ran too.

Twilight used her magic to quickly levitate Sweetie Belle up onto her back so she could pick up speed and keep running. White had the thought of the empty flamethrower he had on his back, those two stallions had a flamethrower and it appeared to be well loaded up. As they ran taking a sharp turn they hear the loud foot stomps of the creature moving down the hall behind them. It screamed moving quickly. As Twilight was moving she noticed something down the hall. It was two ponies, two ponies and.....and..."Sunset!!!" Twilights ears quickly perked up as she saw her friend. She was with another mare and a monitor. Sunsets ears perked up as well as she heard her friends voice, she and Fractured look over to where it came from and Sunsets happiness died when she saw the creature rush taking the corner almost hitting the wall as it took the turn. She and Fracture had just gotten done with feeling better from the android attack.

"The creature!! It's here MOVE!!" Iron Will shouted as he ran down the hall a ways opening a door before rushing inside. Sunset stood there as Fractured tugged on her. The captain poked his head around the corner of the door and held his hand out waiting. "Lets move!! Forget them! MOVE!!" Sunset lowers her head as Twilight and White try and pick up speed as the creature was about to gain on them moving faster than them with ease. Sunset rushes up and places her hooves on a wheeled table and pushes it.

"Look out!! Move" Sunset falls over from her hard push, Twilight barely dashes out of the way as. The creatures speed was enough to gain but it had no time to dodge the table. The table smashed into its waist sending it face first to the floor. Its Dome head smacks the floor and it rolls head to tail in a ball before coming to a stop on its belly. This gave Twilight room to join the Captain, Sunset, and Fractured at the entrance to the door. Iron Will yelled and wasted no time as he locked the door down. White by instinct now looks up and around for vent exits. When he finds none he falls to the ground and begins to kiss it. The creature rushes by the window and roars as it walks around the area outside the door. Twilight lunges to the chest of Sunset Shimmer and tears fill both of their eyes as they latch against each other in a big hug.

"Sunset, I am so sorry I walked off. That was the biggest hypocritical thing i could have ever done. I am so sorry!" She said as the tears continued to flow.

"Its alright..Its okay, Its not all your fault. I understand why you left" She smiled holding her friend close, Iron Will looks over and rolls his eyes, the captain got up and began to look around to see if there was anypony else here. He figured it would be best, better than listening to the two mares snuggle and make up.
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"SILVER!! I HATE YOU!!" White got up and tackled her to the ground and kissed her over and over again. Twilight and the others opened there eyes to the sound of White screaming this "Why are you out here, thats so stupid Silver. Thats so stupid" he kissed her more as he spoke. The mare was surprised and Iron Will had his large maintenance jack back and ready to swing after the stallion randomly yelled. Looking around at the larger group Silverstar frowned and looked to White. Scootaloo who was with the gray mare gasped and began to tear when she saw Sweetie Belle and Twilight. Running over and hugging her filly friend tightly as she began to cry lightly.

"Who are these Ponies, I thought you were just going out to teach her" she quickly points a hoof at the alicorn Twilight Sparkle. White stopped kissing his marefriend and Iron Will angrily grumbled lowering his weapon. Twilight was still close to Sunset but was calmer and not as teary as she stared at Silverstar. Sunset looked at White and Silver with a raised brow, she had never seen them before.

"Maybe we should talk about this later" White was about to finish speaking with an 'I love you' when the front window smashed to peaces as the creature rushed into it. Clenching its hands and roaring at the ponies it backed away hissing. Iron Will ran away to the emergency door and opened it leaving. Before he was gone he slammed the jack into the control panel and caused the door to shut down so it could not be opened. Twilight was on her hooves and reached out with her hoof.

"No!!! Stop!" She yelled as everypony got up and rushed to the door. Silverstar was shaking next to her boyfriend, fractured quickly began to beat on the door and was screaming hoping to Celestia the captain could hear her curse.

"Captain!! You coward piece of shit!! YOU ASSHOLE! Get back here you dick~!" she continued to pound as little Sweetie Belle and now Scootaloo coward in the corner. White moved away from the door and looked around, now hoping he was wrong and there was another way out, like a vent. "I'm going to kill you, you coward!" Fractured backed away from the door and growled at it, the creature rushed away from the broken window and smoke began to drift from the glass as it melted. The glass had hurt the creature after it mashed in the window. Twilight slowly moved over to the window and picked up the empty flamethrower, she felt safer with it and they would need it if they came across fuel.

"Why would he do this, isn't he supposed to be the one to help us?" Twilight asked the fear of knowing they did not have long staying in this room before the creature returned. "He is the captain, aren't there rules he is suppose to go by or something!?" White looks around and cautiously answers Twilight.

"From the looks of it he wouldn't even go down with his ship, if it were to go down" Sunset glares at White still having respect for the captain. Even if he just left them all to die here. She let it go for now and looked to the front exit.

"How about we get out of here before that thing returns, from what it seems...it will be back very soon. Lets not die because of a group members mistake" Sunset says bluntly and looks to Fractured with a smile knowing she would agree. White looks to Sunset and growls lightly and backs up. Scootaloo looks to the window and whimpers before going over to Twilights leg and hugging it for comfort, Scootaloo was missing he alicorn sense she left with White to go concur her fear.

"Twilight, please don't let Gash get me...." Scootaloo said as she nuzzled into the leg fur of the mare. The adult group all raised their brows as Twilight looked down and questioned the filly.

"Who is Gash?" the alicorn smiled kneeling down as she placed a hoof on Scootaloo's shoulder. Scootaloo looked to where the creature had broken in through the window.

"The monster, I named it..." the filly looked up to Twilight and frowned, "Gash has a cut on its head from breaking in trying to get me" she says as she points to the green blood that was melting away at the glass. "Please don't let Gash get me, Twilight. Same for Sweetie Belle..." Twilight and the others nod and give a slight smile. Sunset rolls her eyes and steps forward looking at Sweetie and Scoots.

"Where is Applebloom? I have never seen you three on board separated so where is...." the unicorn stops as she realizes she answered her own question. Looking over at them again she shakes her head and frowns. "I'm sorry" Sweetie Belle covers her eyes and both fillies are then levitated onto Twilights back so they did not have to run if it came to that. The group of ponies left the room through the front door. Fractured had a very angry look on her face and that anger was for the captain. The large mare huffed and moved ahead of them all to lead the way, she knew the best rout to the control room, thats where she believed the captain ran too. As they moved on their way to the captain they ran into many ponies that were trying to survive, at least they knew the place wasn't completely lost. They were not alone here and the ponies they ran into were the best examples, most of them wanted to join them but either were denied by Fractured or decided they would be better off on their own. Sunset seemed to never leave Twilights side as they walked the halls of Voluntas Station, White was the same way with Silverstar. Keeping close to his marefriend.

"Here we are, the control room doors...however the doors are locked down again, I was a fool and left the cutter on the other side" Fractured turns to the group and frowns. "There is no way we are getting in there" after she spoke a speaker above the door turned on and Iron Wills voice rang out of it. Fractured uncovered her ears and looked up listening, so did the rest of the group.

"You want in I get it. I am sorry I left you all there alone but I had no choice. I am not dieing for you, I am not dieing for anypony" The minotaur yelled from the speaker. Sunset growled and walked up to the door and spoke back.

"Your the captain, your supposed to be the one who takes these things better!! You left me to die back there!" she spoke for herself because her trust for him was depleting. The captain quickly responded with a surprisingly calm tone.

"I am working on that, I am going to help and save my station. However I am going to have you do the work for me. I am not being out there with that thing, if you want in here there are some things I need you to fix. I left a box of things you will need outside this door, its either you help me save my station or we die here. You dieing doesn't hinder me, I can find others to do this job" Twilight looks to the box and walks over to it taking out a headset and placing it on her head, the microphone turns on and she lets out a long sigh before going to the control room door and moving Sunset out of the way.

"What do you need us too do?"

Maintenance

Maintenance

"Vents, generators, and security controls" Twilight looked down on the floor at the maintenance jack repeating those words so she would not forget the tasks she had. Lowering her head as she leaned against the wall outside the control room. Sunset was tightening the neck of her outfit to make it less droopy, last thing she would want is to trip out here. Fractured was tinkering with all the tools that she was supplied with, seeing how she could make them work better. White was in a tight hug with his marefriend as they all waited for the okay, Iron Will gave them no choice on this matter. He was right, out here they would die eventually and that was a fact.

"Twilight, do you want me to be with you? I have experience with working on this ship and you don't. You will need my help out there" Sunset said as she approached her alicorn friend. "Besides, the vents are something I should have fixed before all this" her ears pin back as a soft blush grew on the unicorns muzzle. Twilight smiling up at her friend nods in agreement that she was clueless on the matter. Just as Twilight agreed Iron Will started talking on the speaker again, the speaker was distorted slightly from the power that was draining from the ship due to the lack of maintenance sense the meteor shower and the unwanted guest.

"Alright, now remember the vents have to be done first and the security controls must be last. I will keep in contact with you all as you work to keep you updated on the movement and any issues that arise. Of course if a problem occurs while you are still out there I will require you too fix them before I can let you back in" the captain coughs after he spoke this short little briefing, "Now get moving! I am sure your not the only thing out there that heard me. Your expendable to me, remember this" the speaker then turns off and the ship darkens as the captain turns off the main lighting of the ship from inside the control room to better preserve the power that was left. Twilight got up and looked to Sunset placing her hoof on the Unicorns shoulder.

"Maybe this will be the end for us, maybe this is were we die or maybe its were we survive...If we are to die there is one thing I want you to know before we go" Sunset shimmer nods and stood still to listen to the alicorn and what she needed to say. "I didn't just come here to fix our friendship Sunset, I came here because..." Fractured Hearts butted in and interrupted the confession before it could be confessed.

"Enough chit chat, we have to get moving, right, now" the earthpony moved her hoof to point down the hall, two androids were walking down with red eyes, "We don't want to tangle with those joes" Fractured turns on her headset and begins to press forward away from the joes, the others followed. White Lightning did not have any tools, just a tracker. The device was originally designed to track rats inside vents so they could be exterminated. This one was modified, it was now made to track bigger animals instead of tiny rats. As he looks on the square screen he sees six x's moving on it, those indicated his group. Twilight and the rest had tools to fix the vents and wires to fix the generators. Fractured had the security card to get the advance security access online.

"Sweetie, I don't like this. We were doing just fine on our own, inside the duct just me and you" Silverstar was walking close to White not liking the crowd of ponies only for the fact she didn't know them very well, "Why do we have to do this work for when we had everything under control back at the duct?" White looks away from the screen of the motion tracker and chuckles softly before stopping and halting Silverstar, giving her a soft kiss on the lips.

"Who are we if we don't help others, does that make us any better than the looters or Gash?" The stallion and everypony agreed to call the creature by Gash. He looked at the tracker, " Besides we ran out of fuel..." He and Silver began to walk down the hallway to catch up with the others who had pushed ahead of them. The tracker begins to beep lightly but White was unsure why, he stopped. "Hey guys I think this thing is broken or something, its beeping" Sunset and Twilight look back and move over to see what was the issue. At that moment a circle dot flew into the center of the screen, as it did loud movement was heard above them. The dot then moved slowly away from them before coming to a stop. Sunset quickly gasped and looked to the others.

"Its here, go go go!" immediately after she screamed , the creature jumps down from the vent and roars. A cut was on the shinny dome head of the creature on the side of its head. Opening its mouth it lifted its arms and jumped onto the the wall landing on all fours and ran across it quickly before lunging . The fillies screamed as the creature lands in the center of the group before rising up on its two legs with a hiss.

"It can walk the walls!! Move! Move! MOVE!" Silverstar screams and the group quickly runs in different directions, the tail of the creature swings tripping up Sweetie Belle. The little one screamed loudly as her hind leg was grabbed by the creature, Fractured heard the screams of the filly as she was about to take a corner to get away. Her hooves slide to a stop before she quickly rushes back at the creature. The spit of the animal drips as the mouth begins to open, the tail of the creature slithers up in the air and slides across the back of the filly. White stopped seeing one of the x's move back at the dot on the tracker. Looking back he sees Fractured pick up a leg from a broken chair, she quickly smashed it on the arm of the creature. The filly falls from the grasp of Gash, picking up the filly she rushes to a vent and opens it overriding its lock.

"Move , get inside and don't stop moving! Go you will be safe I promise little one" The earthpony had a heart for fillies and colts. She would risk her life for them. She was doing it now, for a filly she hardly knew. Sweetie Belle screams and cries as she was placed inside. "Go!!" at that very moment the mares leg was grabbed and she was pulled away from the vent as Gash pulled her away the earth pony landed face first onto the ground. White wanted to help but didn't know how, last time he tried he almost died from that thing. He got up and started heading to the struggle. Fractured reached for the broken leg of the chair and managed to grab it. Noticing White making his way to her she shakes her head and points down the hall as she was then picked up into the air by her hind leg. Swinging the leg into the face of the creature she screams. "Go!!! White run away!! Go NOW!!" She hits the floor and quickly got up and sprinted to the vent opening as the creature let out a loud squeal of pain. White nodded and ran away down the hall leaving Fractured to escape. The creature jumped at the vent and grabbed her by the waste pulling her out again, Fracture kicks the creature in the face with her strongest leg knocking it back.

"Come on! Hurry!" Sweetie Belle screamed as she cried from inside the vent. Fractured looked up as she was pulling herself inside the vent to see the tear filled eyes of the filly. "Hurry!" The creature screamed and pulled the large earthpony from the vent , she kicked it again and again knocking it back. Sweetie Belle screamed and moved deeper into the vent. Getting back up Fractured runs over to the vent and smashes her hoof onto the lockdown button, the vent quickly seals and the mare was yanked away from the vent as she screamed.

"Run kid!! Run!!" Gash pulls her onto her hind hooves and she looks up at it, the dome head shines and the spit drips as it grins at her. Her eyes widened for the first time in her life she felt a new feeling. She felt the feeling of being slightly afraid. Gash lifted its hand before pressed its claws into her chest. She screamed in pain as he blood began to change her green clothing red. "Fuck you Gash, your going to die you ugly mother fucker" the mare cursed a bloody curse as blood collected on her white teeth. She let out an angry, fear filled scream as Gash shoves its tail into her spine pulling her close as the mouth of the monster opens, the lips shakes as the small dagger tongue slowly exited its mouth before retreating back inside the mouth. As the blood ran down the leg of the dieing mare Gash raised its hand once again and brought its hand down slamming the claws into her eyes and ripping off her head slowly, she was dead at impact. Tossing the head aside and ripping her from its tail the creature screams up at the ceiling.
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Pushing themselves into the vent Twilight had the tool in her mouth and headlight on, the vent was hot and now crowded as they headed to the mashed up area of the system. They needed to replace fuses, wires, and remove the fan from the system to pump the air through the area. Sunset had new blades for the fan that she would be placing on the center of the old rotation mechanism for an easy replacement. Silverstar was with Sunset and Twilight but the rest were undetermined to them.

"Sunset, I think we are almost there! I think" her voice echoed through the vent and even vibrated the metal flooring of it slightly, Sunset tried to peak around Twilight but it was too tight in the vent to get a look.

"Its hard to say, what do you see up there. Describe it to me , okay?" the unicorn said as quiet as she could, Silverstar was moving slowly looking back from time to time hoping to see her boyfriend appear, every time she did she always saw nothing but blackness.

"Well I see a golden latter ahead, a sign on it but its hard to read from here" Twilight squints trying to get a look at it.

"Thats it! Move lets get out of here as quick as we can" Sunset pushed the flank of Twilight to get her moving. Silverstar was still looking back. As the three reached the latter there was now room for them to stand, the chamber was big and the fan was up above them, there were bars around the top so they could stay up without falling when they got up there. Twilight placed her hoof on the bar of the latter and began to climb up. "Alright, i got the fan, Twilight you get the fuses and Silverstar you can do the wires. Do exactly as I say alright?" Both the mares nod as they all start the climb. Sunset straps herself in and begins to remove the busted fan blades, Twilight gulps as she looks at the already opened fuse box. the fuses were big and color coded. Sunset tears up slightly remembering Soarin died here trying to fix this exact issue, Silverstar's ear twitches as she stares at the tangled wires.

"Well this is perfect, way to go you brilliant captain. Send a group of ponies with little to no knowledge of the station to fix the stations issues" Silverstar grunted and hoisted her strap up to the bar and clipped it in so she would not fall, Sunset stopped and looked at her and wiped her head clean of grease from the fan blades and grease gun she was using to lube the prongs of the new blades so they would slide in.

"If you just do as I say there will be no problem, now what you need to do is disconnect all the white wires, keep your light on to distinguish the colors so you don't unplug the tan one. Or don't if you like the feeling of being shredded cheese" Silverstar gulped and nodded not liking the sound of what Sunset said. "Pull that and the safety feature will disable and we will be gobbled up by this fan" Twilight was pulling out the fuses as Sunset and Silver were talking about the lingering death by fan. She looked at the fuses she had and the color codes , she was sure she could figure it out. Pushing the fuses in hearing them click she looked over at the light panel to see if they passed. Biting her lip the lights all turn green. Sunset looked over with a smile and shoved the last blade into place. Silverstar was working on the wires and pulled the last white wire with a positive sigh of relief.

"There, now thats done, I replace these wires or what?" Silver asked as she flared her wings, her sides were hot from the extra heat her wings made on her. They were like insulation to her body.

"Thats correct, after that we can get the hell out of here and contact the captain so he can start up the core of the duct and get the air flowing" Sunset unstraps herself and begins to climb down as Silver plugs in the new wires. Twilight unclipped and follows the unicorn. Silver slowly started to put the last one in before unstrapping herself and climbing down to head to the exit. Placing her hoof on her headset she began to speak.

"This is Silverstar! Sunset, Twilight, and myself are done with the vent chamber. White if your out there...please answer me" As the gray mare exits the vent she sees Sunset on the ground tied up screaming through duct tape 'Run'. Looking over quickly she is smashed in the back of the head by a shotgun. Falling to the ground the mare slowly looses consciousness. Sunset screams and the but of the gun smashes down on her head knocking her out as well. A voice rings in Silverstar's ear form her headset.

"Silver!! Silverstar its me! Silver its White are you there?" her headset fuzzes up and the voice returns, "I am at the generators, I am going to start them back up, Silver please come in. I am with the fillies, I don't know where Fractured is, she was in a tangle with Gash, I think she had time to make it out. I hope...Silver please answer me"

Author's Note

Maintenance has been halted, I would like to give a moment of silence for Fractured Heart. I am upset at having to end her like this, especially sense I really like the support her maker has given me. I wish i could have involved her OC more in this story but at least i stayed true to my word, she did not die like a coward. Instead she dies saving a child from Gash

Thank you for your support, RIP the OC Fractured Heart

Weyland Yutani Corporation

Weyland Yutani Corporation

The lights flash and loud sirens start to ring throughout the ship, Iron Will is yelling on the radio to Twilight about the situation. Twilight was having a hard time taking it all in as the minotaur screamed in the mic in anger at the situation. She was only focused on his voice as Sunset and White Lightning were trying to wake up Silverstar.

"You heard me Twilight, Weyland Yutani craft docked on my station!! My station!! How could I let this happen? What do they want!!" Will took a sip of his coffee and let out a loud groan. "Alright, alright...just get back to control. It's not safe out there with those Yutani ponies out there. I was checking the camera feed and they are all armed to the teeth with weapons. I just question as to why, do they know the situation" There was a long pause on the feed as the captain thought for a moment. "No, it does not matter. Just get your sorry flank to the control room. Don't die or fuck this up" Twilight removed her hoof from the mic looking back at her friends as they finally managed to wake the gray pegasus. Sunset looked up at Twilight and smiled, the orange lights still flashing brightly and making it hard to make out things around them because it was flashing.

"We made it? Oh wow, I'm alive" Silver smiled getting up, White was still holding the flame thrower with a smile, she gave the stallion a kiss on the cheek happy to see him alive.

"Iron will says we need to get back to the control station, the situation has changed is one of the words he used" Twilight looked around as what seemed to be an empty station had come to life. There were ponies moving through the halls. As Twilight and the others got there things packed up the windows of the station began to show light again, the shutters that left the place in isolation were now lifting. Twilight smiled as Equestria was now in view again. They didn't stay there for long, they had to get moving. "Come on lets go~!!" Rushing as quickly as they could move the headed on their way to the control room, it was easy to avoid the Yutani ponies because when they saw any signs of them, the group avoided them. Now running up the stairs to the control room Twilight radios Iron Will. "Captain we are almost there, be ready for us this time. Don't shut us out"

"I will be waiting Twilight, getting the doors for you now" as they arrive they see the doors opening, quickly rushing inside the door closes behind them. Twilight was quickly greeted by the barrel of a gun to her face. There were ten maybe twenty ponies in the room, two of which had rifles against the captains head.

"Hello Twilight and friends, I am from the company. We hear there is a little issue with your station. Captain here has failed to comply with us for the past minute or so. Perhaps you would like to take a seat and we can go about this peacefully" One of the ponies says giving her a glare, two his suit was gray and yellow with a W stamped on each shoulder. "Tell your friend to drop his flamethrower, after all he wouldn't have it if we did not ship it here to begin with, please and thank you" Twilight stares at the barrel of the gun that was still in her face, Iron will had one black eye and a very angry look in his eye.

"Alright, hey...we don't want anything to happen okay. Just take it easy man" White said lowering his weapon to the floor. "Take it easy now, what is the meaning of this. Why violence to solve this issue?" Two androids walk in and one of them walks up and takes the flamethrower.

"I will be taking that, it will further assist you in this time of error" the android said as he took the weapon to the stallion who appeared to be in charge. The stallion unloads it and tosses it on a desk nearby.

"Thanks to the androids we shipped to this station, and the installment of a synthetic laboratory in Voluntas Station a couple years back. These androids have supplied us with some very interesting information but none beats the one we have today" The stallion pulls out a chair and Twilight sits in it to prevent anything, "Thank you, could the rest of your friends do the same. We wouldn't want anypony to get hurt" the stallion chuckles and takes out a pistol, "You all must have seen the creature, the Xenomorph XX121, or Xenomorph if you don't want to add the rest of the garbage at the end" Twilight looks over while seated and raises a brow at the stallion.

"Xenomorph? Your saying your corporation knows this things exists! Just to keep it a secret!" Twilight growls as the pistol the stallion was holding is now resting against her cheek. "You are just going to let that thing keep killing! You have known it long enough to name it? How many are there? Where did they come from?" Twilight feels the cold barrel press harder on her face.

"Now now, getting ahead of yourself are we. Lets not have your life end today, we are here for the creature. Once we take it off the ship, you will be let go" Sunset moves forward trying to object against the stallion but a gun is quickly pointed at the unicorn. "The only thing captain has been able to supply me with is news that you are the ponies who got the power on. This is good news for me, for you can help me" moving away from Twilight the stallion puts away his gun, "I know you won't deny helping me, after all, if you don't" all the Yutani troops aim their weapons at them. "You won't exit this room if you say no" Twilight gulped and closes her eyes before responding to the stallion.

"What is it you request us too do?"
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"CAPTURE GASH~!! ARE THEY CRAZY!" Sunset Shimmer slammed her hoof on the ground and stared at Twilight with one eye twitching. The unicorn was not happy to hear this or to be a part of this. "That thing...Xenomorph...Gash...whatever you want to call it has killed over half the ship mostly on its own! They want to capture the thing and you are going to have us help with that!?" Twilight nods and stood up now face to face with her friend.

"Its either help them or die! I promised Scootaloo that i would not let anything happen to her, I will help these ponies if it means she will be okay. They are going to take this thing away, we will be able to live after all this Sunset. It will all be over, this nightmare, this Xenomorph" Twilight gave a slight smile as she thought of Voluntas Station being safe again. Sunset huffed and paced back and fourth a bit before returning face to face with Twilight again.

"This is crazy...the worst plan i have ever heard...but I'm in it with you" she held out her hoof with a smile as White Lighting walks up with a smile and nods joining the group.

"You can count me in as well, no Gash on board sounds okay too me" he grins now pumped for this mission, more than anything. Silverstar walks up with the foals and smiles joining in on the group as well.

"Count me in!!" As they all began to agree it was for the best, two troops walked in the room and loaded their rifles and stared at Twilight.

"We are suppose to aid you in this, it wouldn't be a team effort if you went without a Weyland to come with you, so we are here to help you capture the Xenomorph. Are you all ready?" The group of friends nod as they now all head out the door and begin down the hall. "I am required to repeat the plan. As we speak other soldiers are setting up a trap. We are to make our way to the security control center where we will make as much noise as we possibly can to draw the Xenomorph out of the vents. After we do this we will we will use fire to keep it at ease as you, Twilight. Start the security procedure, after that it will only have one way too go. The trap" Twilight nods and Sunset shakes her head and coughs out some words as they then make their way to the security center.
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Twilight was now breathing heavy, the plan sounded so good but it went to hell fast. The flames only angered the creature and the two soldiers were the first to fall to its anger. She couldn't get the site of there chests being ripped into out of her head. Her friends managed to get out but she was in the back at the security panel, she needed to get the door closed so she could do what needed to be done. She move up to the wall and shook her head.

"No, this is not going to work. What went so wrong back there?" clenching her teeth tightly together, back pressed against the frame of the doorway. Hoof hovering over the lock down, hesitant and scared she raises the tracker. The dot was still moving just beyond her door, hearing the footsteps aimlessly stomping around in the darkness wondering if it would finally come to get her. If this was it. She shakily started to remove her hoof from the door lock, the beeping was slowly getting more and more consistent. As the alicorns tears began to flow from her eyes she places her hoof over her ear and began to slowly force out words.

"This is Twilight Sparkle, come in anypony? I repeat, this is Twilight..." her words were quickly brought to a halt. Moving her eyes slowly to her side, the alicorn raised her revolver to the side of her face. The thick viscous saliva dripped down as the creature's mouth, lips shaking and twitching as its teeth shine. It growls lightly, Twilight tries to keep her eyes from closing, knowing it would be the end of her. she was going to die. The alicorn slowly closes her eyes and points the gun at the creature.

Papers on the floor rustle across the floor as the tail slowly slides under her wrapping around her leg sliding up, the spit dripping faster and mouth slowly starting to open. The hammer of the pistol making a click as it slowly pulls back. She was ready. Opening her eyes she let out a loud scream and ran to through the door. The Xenomorph swung its tail and quickly tripped her up, landing face first on the ground Twilight almost lost consciousness. Sliding her body to the door she used the frame to get back up, her motion tracker lay on the ground outside. Twilight raises her revolver and shot into the dark, a loud roar was heard and the Xeno lunged out of the darkness and tackled her, Twilights eyes were narrowed and she was weak as the creature pushed its hands onto her chest pinning her too the floor. Twilight looked up at it as it moved its head over her face. The shinny teeth shined in the little light that was in the room, spit began to drip onto her muzzle. Revolver to far to reach she was defenseless. Opening its mouth the Xenomorph roared, flames flew at its body as White Lightning charged in the room screaming. The dagger like tongue flew out of the creatures mouth, sense it moved its head from the flames its face was no longer over hers. A loud crunch was heard and Twilight let out a very loud scream , it was blood boiling. Gash rushed down the hall heading to the vent. Twilight cried in pain as she had been bitten in the upper shoulder by the Xenomorph, luckily it was only minor, the tongue would have gone straight through her but it didn't this time.

"Twilight, the code!! Whats the code!!" White screamed kneeling down by her, Twilight looked up at him and the Xenomorph was almost to freedom and the plan was going to fail.

"Six...zero, eight, four, two, five" she weakly said, White Lightning didn't hesitate. He got up and ran to the panel and jumped for it. The creature was under the vent entrance and was getting down to lunge inside. White landed in front of the panel and quickly began to type. 608425. The creature was halted and smashed into the now sealed entrance. Everything began to seal shut except the hall way. The creature then ran down the hallway, to the trap. Now out of site from the two ponies. Twilight groaned, White was now helping her up.

"Come on, lets get you out of here. We did it, you did it Twilight! Its over now" as the headed out the security room they were stopped by the sound of a pistol hammer clicking back. Both their eyes widened and Twilight began to tear up. "W-What why!!" Silverstar was cuffed and Sunset Shimmer was behind the gun and motions the two to get moving. She now was wearing a different uniform, on her shoulders of the suit there was a stamp of a W, she kept the gun pointed at them and now looked impatient.

"Move now!! GO!! Move it, we aren't done with you yet!"

Level One Infestation

Sunset pushed Twilight and Lighting into the room, looking up Twilight gasps seeing she is in the hanger of the Station. A large ship sits on the floor taking up most of the landing area of the hanger. There were lots of ponies in here, walking around the ship and writing on clipboards. Looking around the room her ears then pin back when she sees the dome head of Gash. The Xenomorph had its head looking to the floor as it was in the trap. Its arms in a shackle mechanism extended in front of creature and legs pulled back in a shackle mechanism as well. Sunset put her pistol away and got Twilight up on her hooves, Twilight was confused as her friend began to push her further into the room. As the alicorn was moved she noticed Silverstar and the fillies were here. Gash was hissing but was relatively still, there were ponies around the Xenomorph and they were writing things down and looking at its body structure.

"Keep moving Twilight, try not to look at anything. I don't wanna kill a friend today dear." Sunset said bluntly before stopping Twilight, "Stay here, my superior will speak with you shortly" Sunset walked off and Twilight reached out to her and a tear formed in her right eye before falling off her face.

"Sunset! WHY!? You were one of them the whole time! Why did you not tell me your real job here, what did you know that you kept a secret!! You lied to me!" Twilight lowered her hoof but Sunset just kept walking, the stallion from before walked up and smiled at the alicorn. He pulled out his pistol and chuckles at her.

"Hello Twilight Sparkle, its good to see you again and that you have complied with us. You succeeded to do what no pony else could do, you even took a blow from the creature. Nasty little bite that thing gives out, hmmm?" he walks a circle around her and presses the gun on the back of her head bringing her to a kneel. "One thing we at Weyland forgot to mention to you, we don't leave survivors. However...I am not going to kill you, Sparkle" he removes the gun motions Sunset to come back. "I will leave that to you Sunset, deal with her as soon as you can" Sunset nodded and got Twilight up on her hooves and forced her to start walking, as they walked Twilight looked around, she noticed something odd. there were a large row of glass containers containing crab like creatures. They had long thin tails and were slamming themselves up against the glass and rubbing against it as ponies walked by their containment jars. Twilight tried to steer towards the containers but was stopped by Sunset.

"Don't think about it, last thing we need is another Xenomorph. That and we don't need you too die that way, painful death carrying the alien parasite!" Sunset stopped Twilight near Gash, the creature still shackled and snarling. Twilight looked to the creature, it was so still as it was now captured by Weyland. Sunset walked over and placed her hand on the creature and quickly removed her hoof when the Xenomorph roared from her touch.

"Why are you doing this? I thought we were friends and now your going to kill me! WHY!?" Twilight looked over with tears and noticed Silverstar and White being brought over to the area. Sunset smiled seeing them, White growled with hate in his throat wanting to come out and scream but he kept mostly quiet.

"You! Silverstar, help them move the creature onto the ship for extraction" Sunset said blankly holding her gun up, Silverstar stood there confused. "NOW!!!" Sunset stepped forward and Twilight teared up more looking at her friend. The Unicorn moved Silver up to the creature and smiled. "Come on start pushing" Silverstar did exactly that trying to move it. "Hurry up" Silverstar pushed and managed to move the trap forward slightly. With a smile Silver looks over to her boyfriend with a blush. They both lock eyes and Silverstar stopped pushing the cart. Sunset slowly raise her gun walking over to the pegasus. Twilight reaches out and cries.

"NO!!!" A loud gunshot was fired and Silverstar falls to the ground a hole in the back of the ponies head. Whites eyes fill with tears and he falls to the ground. Shaking he holds back the urge to murder Sunset knowing he was out gunned. Twilight screamed and got up onto her hooves. "I loved you!! I loved you and now your killing my friends!! THATS WHY I CAME TO THIS STATION!!" Twilight screamed louder as the tears streamed down her cheeks. Sunset looked over and shock filled her eyes momentarily hearing the alicorns confession finally be present. She had know idea these feelings for here were possible that Twilight was the pony who was feeling them. Twilight bolted up to Gash and placed her hooves on the creatures head. A loud hiss came from the mouth of the monster and Twilight closed her eyes slowly sliding her hoof on the dome of the creature. "Worst of all....you used me to capture this monster. This thing! IT has been killing everypony and you want it for what? Self gain!!"

"As a weapon" the stallion from before walked up and moved Twilight away from the Xenomorph. "A weapon to better kill those who oppose us, nopony would dare threaten our society if we could control these things!" The stallion looked at the dead mare on the ground. "Huh, what a shame. She was pretty, an item even" White growled again and got up hearing his dead marefriend being talked about that way from a sick perverted, power hungry, asshole. "Kill them, Sunset~" Twilight was up by Gash again her hoof on the shining dome again. "Do it now"

"Hey fuckhead" Twilight said bluntly, he turned around and Twilight had her hoof on the backplate of the trap, "Go fuck yourself!" she slams her hoof on the plate and dives away. The Xenomorph falls to the ground and quickly sprints away from the trap before slowing to a stop. Turning around it lets out a loud scream and sprints at the group. Everypony begins to scatter and the soldiers who were unprepared tried to get their weapons. Gash lunged and grabbed one of the ponies and its tail slammed up his rear and shot out the front of the stallions face. Sunset Shimmer unloaded her rounds trying to hit Twilight as the alicorn was running away. Two of the bullets smash into a glass container and a crab creature rolled out onto the floor wiggling and squealing. Sunset Shimmer looked at the thing and a stallion who was running in that direction.

"Facehugger!! Don't go that way!! Its a facehugger!" Sunset screamed and the creature she was screaming about stopped squealing and got on its legs and jumped up into the air. Its long tail moved like a hook and intercepted the stallion who was trying to get away. Latching onto the ponies face a last breath was heard before the stallion stopped moving falling onto the other glass containers and more facehuggers were now set free. Sunset quickly got ready and sprinted across the room after Twilight. "You get back here!! You little bitch!"

"Sunset!! Get that pony, hurry, there can be no witnesses" the lead stallion turns away after hollering to Sunset. He was met by the shiny teeth and gashed head of the once trapped Xenomorph. With a loud scream the creature shoved both hands into the stallions chest pushing him to the floor and it started to rip open his ribs as it pulled outward. Ponies running and screaming as facehuggers began to quickly intercept them bringing them to the floor. That was when the quarantine lights began to go haywire.

"Warning, quarantine levels indicated. Please evacuate station, i repeat please evacuate station" a robotic voice began to echo throughout the ship and the Xenomorph rushed to a closed vent before ripping it open. Gash stood there as facehuggers ran into the vent first, then the creature followed the little into the vent.

Author's Note

Next is the final chapter, that will be the longest and most conclusive and even surprising chapter. The ship is now being flooded with Facehuggers and Gash is free to kill again. With Sunset Shimmer hot on Twiligths tail and armed to kill, the remaining cutie mark crusaders who's location is undetermined right now are going to be plunged into a world of nightmares. I hope you enjoy and the next chapter will either tear at your hearts and make you cry, or make you beg for more. We will see when the time comes

Twilight Signing Out

The eight legs of the facehugger wiggled as Twilight was trying to keep it from her face. Her hooves pushing against it as the tail wrapped around her neck making the face crazed facehugger's body move closer to the Alicorn's face. Pushing against it hard with her face a tube wiggles out of the creature and begins to touch her nose and lips. Its tight getting stronger Twilight began to scream and grunt from getting tired of fighting the thing, it was winning. The tube was attempting to push into her mouth as the facehugger was now winning the fight. Twilight suddenly started to feel very sleepy from the tube being in her mouth as the facehugger was about to push up onto her face a large blue hand grabs its back and another its tail.

"Oh no you don't you creepy little face humping bastard" Iron will manages to pull it off due to all the strength he has. Twilight's eyes shoot open as she no longer felt tired as the facehugger was ripped away before it claimed her. Iron Will quickly grabs her hoof and pulls her up onto her hooves. "Good to see you Twilight! You almost joined the other side" Twilight smiled and so did he. They both were interrupted and quickly took off running from the area as Sunset Shimmer shot at them from the other side of the hallway. The captain was now holding his arm, Sunset had managed to shoot him there. Twilight followed close to him as the both entered a room not far away to take the time to hide, Sunset wiped the front of her muzzle and saw the facehugger that was once attacking Twilight wiggling on the floor having been hit by a bullet from her shots. Placing the barrel of her pistol over it she shoots twice splitting it in half, it started to ooze down into the floor as its blood began to leak onto the floor.

"Come on Twilight, this is silly, wasn't this the point? To spend more time together, why are you avoiding this precious time right now" she moved the cylinder out of the gun and loaded the weapon. "Its so unlike you Twilight, to avoid a friend. Especially unlike you to avoid me now that i know the truth. Your love for me, if only I had known before the Xenomorph" the unicorn smiles and taps the window of the room Iron Will and Twilight were hiding in. "I mean, wouldn't it be something" she pressed her back on the wall and rubbed up against it looking back into the window, "If we did become something, why not come out and I will spare you?" Twilight slowly moved so that Sunset wouldn't hear her moving around. The Unicorn was growing impatient and quickly walked into the room. "I know your in here!" pulling the hammer back she looks around. Twilight stood up and Sunset quickly pointed the gun at the alicorn, Twilight stopped and quickly began to plead to her friend.

"Sunset wait, please, don't do this to me" Twilight shook in fear seeing the barrel pointing at her, she was scared her own friend was going to take her life. "I love you still, please, we can stop this and we can all leave together" a random pony stood up, he was hiding in the room at the same moment Twilight was.

"I just work here, I don't know anybody here" the pony said with a smile now raising his hooves to surrender. Sunset rolled her eyes and then returned her attention to the lavender mare, her friend.

"I work for Weyland , there can be no witnesses to what has happened. Even if you completely screwed the operation and released everything we had worked so hard to capture, we have to kill everypony here" She then pointed the gun at the random pony, "That goes for you too so don't go anywhere" Iron will then stood up surrendering, Sunset gave a pleased smile and lowered her gun. "Good, now how about you two come with me peacefully. Nopony will live long now, those facehuggers you released are how Xenomorphs are created. Once they get on your face the plant one in your chest. You later die from the birth as the creature rips from your chest. You just made allot of Xenomorphs today" Iron Will nods and slowly decides to go peacefully, Twilight does the same.

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Running fast with the fillies White Lightning carried his flame thrower once again. they were sprinting through what remained of the crew on the west sector of the station. Everypony screaming as Two dome headed beasts came from the ventilation, fast the creatures began to take down ponies. White was terrified, more Xenomorphs, to him one of those things was a nightmare. Now this ship was a feeding ground for an army. As he kept running he heard Sweetie Belle scream from behind him but by the time he looked back a facehugger was laying on the little fillies face, she was motionless on the floor. White quickly ran over to the child and picked her up with his magic. He shook his head frantically as screams echoed around him. Placing the filly on his back he continued to try and get out. He had no idea how long the filly had, Scootaloo was running fast next to him. He opened a nearby door and pushed Scootaloo inside. He didn't want to be out there anymore now.

"FUCK!! How fast do these things grow up!" he slammed his head back and slowly slide down to the floor against a wall, "Oh why did it have to end this way!? Why Sunset!! WHY DID YOU DO THIS" he slams his head back again remembering the last face he saw on his marefriend face. She was so clueless and in love with him and now she is dead. Scootaloo looked around and ran around the room, she wanted Twilight and a way out. "Scootaloo, stop there is no point in trying. We are dead now, we all are" he lets go of the flame thrower and lets it slide away from him. "I am ready to die now..."

"No, Twilight said we are going to be fine. She is going to get me out of here!" she said looking to the depressed and now lonely stallion.

"Twilight is dead too, nopony will live from this!"
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Iron Will was walking with Twilight and Sunset with his head down, he was a horrible captain. Always thinking about himself and not others. He wouldn't even go down with this station when this all began. Everything was crumbling and he had done nothing but let it happen. Sunset was now carrying a shotgun that she had taken from a fallen Weyland soldier. Twilight had no gun anymore, Sunset took that away after they surrendered to her. As they walked the were all cautious as the screams of dieing ponies all around them, they arrived at the control station entering it slowly. Sunset turned around to look at her three captives. The safe moment soon passed when a loud crunch was made , the captive stallion was now being raised into the air by a long tail. Sunset backs up and from up in the rafters above the door a shiny dome comes from the darkness, it was gash. The Xenomorph shoved its dagger tongue into the head of the stallion and tossed him aside. The body slammed against the floor. Hoping down from the rafters Gash quickly jumped over Sunsets head and landed behind her. Twilight busted into a sprint to go to her friend, even if she was just trying to kill them. Twilight could not let anypony die from this beast. Gash placed its hand onto the mouth of the mare letting out a loud hiss. Twilight was just about to make it to Sunset when she was knocked out of the way. Slamming against the desk she looked up. Iron Will tackled Gash with a loud scream, they both tumbled to the floor and Sunset was out cold, she passed out from pure fear.

"Iron Will, what are you doing!!!??" Twilight screamed getting up and heading over to Sunset. Him and the alien were now on the floor, rolling around Gash got on top of Iron Will just to be pushed off sent flying into a desk.

"Go!! Get out of here! Take Sunset with you" Iron Will looked to his desk and grabbed a spare maintenance jack. He held it in one hand and garbed two other items from the desk. He stared at the other items as he smiled at them. It was a picture of the headmare and himself next to each other. The mare had a red blush and Iron Will had the biggest smile, as he held the picture he smiled more as he looked at the other item. It was a wedding ring. "I have a station to sink with..." He looked to Twilight and screamed at her. "GO!!" Iron Will looked in front of him to see Gash was now standing up. Iron Will sprinted at the alien and the Xenomorph screamed and rushed at the Captain. They both met and their hand locked as they came to a stand still. Iron Will grunted and pushed as sweat began to run down his face. The alien growled as they both fought to gain control of the battle. Pushing the Xenomorph back the captain swings the jack up into the chin and sent the alien back landing on its back. Raising the jack he swings down at Gash , the Xenomorph raises its hand and grabs the incoming jack. With a hiss it uses the lever to send Iron flying into the air and landing on his own desk snapping it in half. "Ughhhh, you son of a bitch" Getting back up he limbers up quickly raising his fists. "Have at me, GASH!!" They both once again rush at each other, colliding together Iron Will slams his fist into the face of the creature, "This is for my ship" He punches Gash and the creature lets out a loud scream each time, "This is for my friends" He punches again, "AND THIS IS FOR MY WIFE!!!" He swings but Gash catches the punch and hisses opening its mouth, the dagger like tongue flies out but the captain catches it and keeps it out of the mouth. "If I am going down!! Your going down with me" with a loud scream he pulls the creature off of him as he rushes to the control rooms panel. Slamming his fist down on a button the ship rumbles. With a smile he spits out blood and tears up falling to his knees. stuttering he speaks as Gash grabs Iron Will by the head, "A G-good Captain I am n-not" a tear falls as he shakes lightly bleeding from his gut as a tail shoves all the way through, "B-but that doesn't make me a b-bad man" his chin was red and he smiles as he felt at peace, "I'm coming my love" flames engulf the room as a large detonated explosion detonates in the room destroying everything in the control room.
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Twilight felt a huge rumble under her hooves as the control room lit up in flames and exploded. She fell to her knees and Sunset began to wake up rubbing her head softly.

"Ugh, what, no!! What happened!!" Sunset looked around angered. Twilight smiles and got up slowly.

"I saved you...."She stops and shakes her head, "No, Iron Will saved you..." the alicorn stared at her unicorn friend and shook her head, "Why are you still so angry are you still wanting to kill me? Lets get out of here and live a better life!" the station rumbled and a robotic mare spoke on the speakers.

"Ship stabilizers off line, evacuate station, evacuate station~" Twilight looked up at the wall and then Sunset.

"we can leave, we can end this, ponies need to know that Weyland is lying to them, that these things exist!! You know its the right thing to do, please, come with me!!" Twilight raised her hoof and moved it over to Sunset to except, it was right then that White came from around the corner with the fillies. Scootaloo had managed to give the stallion hope, that things could be fixed and he could be happy. "Please Sunset.." White narrowed his eyes at the unicorn still holding back his hate for her. Scootaloo looked around as Twilight waited for the unicorn to except her offer. Twilight smiled as Sunset walked up slowly to her friend Twilight, slowly going into a hug Sunset smiles softly and so does Twilight. Hisses and roars were heard heading that way as the Xenomorphs were hunting for the remaining ponies, they were a handful of what was left and it would not be long until the creatures were right on top of them.

"Sorry Twilight.." Sunset said softly before pushing forward. Twilight eyes widen and the alicorn slowly falls to the ground, a knife in her gut Twilight lays on the ground in shock and pain. "No witnesses...."

"You fucking BITCH~!!!" Whites anger exploded at that moment as he tackled the unicorn to the ground, "She loved you!! She trusted you!!" using his magic he grabs the Unicorns knife and they both fight for control with their horns glowing. "We all trusted you!!!"

"That was your mistake!! I never wanted to help you!! You all are expendable! Everypony is!" Sunset screams as she pushes on the knife as the other remains still stuck in Twilight. Roars were heard coming down the hall.

"If thats the truth they would kill you too, ponies aren't items, you can't throw them away!!" White tears up as he gains control turning the blade towards her. "Weyland will always screw you over!! They will use you til you have nothing more to give!!"

"What would you know about anything White!!" she struggles and turns the blade towards him now. White grunts and his horn began to glow brighter as he grabbed a segment of his outfit and ripped off the badge. Underneath was a Weyland W.

"Because thats what they did to me!!" he uses all his strength to slam the blade down onto Sunsets chest, the blade penetrated her heart and he rolled off of her. Sunset gasped and was now slowly dieing as the Xenomorphs were now visible in the hallway. Scootaloo screamed as they were heading their way. White moved to Twilight and picked her up moving down the hall, a ambulance craft was not far. Scootaloo was screaming but helped White by opening the door to the craft. The door closed behind them and he set the dieing Twilight into a seat. The creatures were all outside the craft banging on the door and roaring. White moved to the pilots chair and buckled himself in. "Stay by Twilight Scootaloo!! Buckle her in!!"

"Okay!! Hurry I'm SCARED!!"

"Don't be...its okay...I'm okay. I promised you didn't I?" Twilight smiles as hints of blood collected on her lips, tears in the alicorn's eyes. "I promised i wouldn't let them get you, didn't I" Twilight placed a hoof on Scootaloo's cheek and smiles. White starts up the ship and soon they were soaring through space at high speeds. Twilight heard a bunch of ponies talking on the radio form another station 'Come in Voluntas Station, do you copy' Twilight reached up and pressed a button and she brought Scootaloo up to her chest and hugged her. "This is Twilight"

"Twilight? Twilight please tell us what is going on. There was a large explosion detected on Voluntas. What is happening up there" Twilight giggled at the ponies and smiled.

"You might not believe me if I told you....however i don't see a reason not to tell you other than that. There was a attack on Voluntas, an alien organism, don't bother going there everypony is dead" the radio buzzed and the ponies on the other end responded.

"Alien what!! Twilight, you have to let us know what is going on!!"

"My friends....Applebloom, Fractured Hearts, Silverstar, Sunset Shimmer, Captain Iron Will, Sweetie Belle....they have all signed off. they are either deceased or believed to be" Twilight pauses and the radio was quiet for a moment. The blood collecting on her body and her eyes closing slowly, "This is Twilight.....Signing Out"

Author's Note

Thanks for Reading

The Fight

Pushing hard on the stallions arm Twilight uses her magic to rip off some cloth from her own outfit to tie around the wound. "So How am I supposed to do this again White? I have never done this before, help me out" White groaned and looked at his shot arm and then to the cloth closing his eyes.

"Okay, keep the wound closed and tie the cloth tight enough to keep it from bleeding anymore. PLEASE try and make this as painless as possible"Twilight looked at his arm and the blood that was coming out of it. She presses the hole together and quickly ties the fabric hard, the cloth made a loud noise as the cloth rubs against itself. He kicks with his back leg groaning in pain, "Silver is going to kill me...Oh god this hurts like a bitch" he cries like a colt who fell while running on the playground throwing his head around in pain. "Do you think it's still out there?" Twilight slowly raises her head to look through the office window, the creature was infact still walking around hissing and picking up boxes. She looks to White and nods slowly gulping in air.

"What are we going to do now? That thing will kill us if we make to much noise" Twilight looked back up to see where the creature was, White began to think. He knew that it was not safe to stay here, especially now that they were out of fuel. The creature slowly begins to walk down towards their direction, its tail sliding across the floor and spit dripping down from its lips. On its chest was a green colored bullet wound that would drip green droplets of blood from time to time. Slowing down and letting out a long hiss it seemed the creature already knew they were there but at the same time acted like it was unsure as it moved its head around sniffing the air. Shifting its body around and its tail smacking the sides of desks as it continued to hiss and sniff the air. White and Twilight closed their eyes before slowly starting to move away. The creature hissed loudly again as they started to move and spit could be heard hitting the floor as it dropped more from the mouth. White stopped and looked at Twilight speaking in the softest way possible.

"Slower...I don't like this, not one bit" The stallion moves slowly with Twilight as they both move to a different desk, it was a circle table with chairs all around it. For meetings probably. At that moment the creature rushed over to the table and stopped on the opposite side of it , slowly it started to move around it towards Twilight and White, as it moved they moved away but kept close to the table. Turning around it started to go around the table the opposite way it was before causing the two ponies to move away in the opposite direction again. It was like a psychotic game of ring around the rosie and duck, duck, goose and they really didn't want to get caught. The creature then rushes away from the table returning to the office area walking around, it's loud footsteps could be heard getting more distant. Twilight looked around to makes sure it was safe to move.

"Alright, come on, I don't want to stay in this room anymore than I have too. Not after that" Twilight got up and started to walk cautiously to the door. The door made a soft beep and slid open allowing Twi to exit with the wounded stallion. "You said there was more fuel on the ship, where is the closest place would you say?" Twilight quickly turned around to face White Lightning, "Where is iT" she said in a demanding whisper. "We need that fuel" she frowned as Lightning began to rub the back of his head giving an embarrassed smile.

"I don't actually know where to start looking...it could be anywhere" He said and his ears began to flop backwards. Twilight turned away lowering her head.

"You don't know...wonderful...to think I had hope just now. It's gone now, you know why?" She narrowed her eyes and a tear started to form in her right eye. "Fire is all we have to fight back....it's gone....and we don't know where anymore is" White nods and grunts from his arm pain as he moves closer to the alicorn.

"We will be alright, we made it this far without fire" his smile fades as the creature makes a loud hiss nearby, "For now, less talk, more moving. Okay?" They both quickly start moving once again, the creature was then heard moving up into a vent access and running through it moving right over them and further away after that. Twilight lowered her head and stopped quickly placed her head against a wall and groans. White slowly moved over to her and placed a hoof on her shoulder. "Twilight, you saved me back there...you know that...you did what you had too do" Twilight slowly looked back at him and shook her head.

"What of that other pony, he is dead now because of that thing. He didn't deserve that, nopony deserves to be killed that way" The alicorn closed her eyes and a tear slowly rolled down her cheek. White removed his hoof and backed up away from her.

"That's not true, he was going to kill me Twilight...not everypony is going to be your friend anymore. Not with that thing on board this station" The half changeling looked around and walked over to a locker opening it up and pulling out some batteries and a box of pistol ammo. He then returned to his new alicorn friend and poked her side with the box. "Here, you need these" he sets down the pistol ammo next to her. Twilight looks to the box then her gun that she stole earlier, she frowned and slowly levitated the box up.

"I don't want to hurt anypony, White" She shook her head and he smiled placing his hoof on her again.

"It's time you learn that you may need too hurt others to live" He backed up and walked into a room not far away to give her a bit of alone time to think about the situation and the need for protection. "I will scream like a girl if the creature come to eat me" He chuckles closing the door behind him. Twilight slowly used her magic to pull the revolver out of its holster and up close to her face. the metal of the barrel was cold and shined like a brand new wedding ring. Her horn began to glow a bit brighter and the cylinder slowly pulled out from the gun, the gun was not loaded and hadn't been this entire time. The alicorn looked at the empty holes in the cylinder and then to the bullets in the box. One of the bullets glow from her magic and floats out of the box and up next to the gun, the two objects weren't deadly unless together. Together they could end a life. Slowly she slides the bullet into place and it makes a small metal on metal click. Twilight's ears pin back and she closes the cylinder. Levitating the box up into her saddlebag slowly she puts the gun in its holster once again. One bullet was a big step for her, her weapon was now alive and ready to kill. However she was not ready for when it needed to do so, she didn't want to pull the hammer back to have it slam down and drop a pony. She would easily shoot at the creature, that thing wanted her dead every time she came across it. She didn't feel the same about anypony on this station, they are all just scared like she was. At least that's how she feels.
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Sweetie Belle's tears rolled down her cheeks as she stood over Applebloom. She shouldn't have left her there alone, she kept regretting the fact that she ran instead of staying with her. Removing her hoof from the cold body of her friend she falls over and begins to sob hard, her body trembling and shaking violently as she cried. Her nerves were pinched and her brain scarred deep from the site of a lifeless friend, the blood lay clotting on the floor from the small filly. A loud hiss echoed the hall as the creature still roamed. It had came from nowhere and surprised them both. The memory of running away played over and over in the fillies head. She thought Applebloom was right behind her but when she stopped, she wasn't there. Holding her head with her hooves she cried more now that her actions had gotten Applebloom killed.

"I am so sorry Applebloom, I thought...I thought you" moving over and wrapping her hooves around the body the young filly hugged her friend and cried into her fur. "I thought you would follow me" she shakes more and slowly lets go of the body pushing away. The lights flickering around her and the thought of knowing the animal was still in the area made Sweetie Belle very scared as she slowly left the body on the floor. Sweetie Belle quickly headed out of the room and started running down the dark hallway. The lights flashed allot in this area, running passed bodies and broken androids the small filly ran fast with tears in her eyes. "Help me!! Somepony help!!" she screamed and ran into a room and the door sealed behind her. Right after she screamed a loud roar echoed in the hallway. Large footsteps began to run down the hall as the creature sprinted down towards the room she had ran into. She hid as the creature stopped running and hissed loudly looking at the door. The door refused to open after Sweetie Belle locked it down, she hid under a table and shook. The creature growled and reached up to the ceiling grabbing onto a grate ripping it down. Reaching with both hands it pulled itself up inside. Uncovering her eyes she looked around and slowly started to crawl out from under the table. Just as her hoof left the cover a grate in her room slammed down from the ceiling and the creature followed with it. Landing on all fours it growled now inside the room with the filly. Sweetie Belle quickly pulls her hoof back under the table and closed her eyes. Standing up tall the creature began to patrol the room looking left to right sniffing the air. Sweetie Belle was trying her hardest not to cry to extend her chances of living past this. She was afraid she would be seeing Applebloom again soon.

"This way lighting, the scream came from here! I know it did!" Twilight rushed down the dark hallway with the stallion following not too far behind. White Lightning couldn't help himself but continuing to shush the mare as they ran, he really wanted to do this quietly. Coming to a stop the alicorn looks around. "That sounded just like a friend of mine. It sounded just like Sweetie" Twilight walked down the hall slowly looking into the front windows of every room she passed.

"Alright, even if it was your friend there is no way they are still alive after a scream that loud" White grunted in pain from his arm still hurting. "If we heard it the creature did too, there is no way it couldn't have" Twilight continued to look into the windows and shook his head in disagreement of White's statement.

"I don't believe she is dead! There is no way she is dead, I will never accept that unless i see a body" she looks into a window and her eyes slowly widen as she sees the creature inside. She ducks down and motions White to get down. The stallion slowly lowers himself and groans from his arm pain. Twilight slowly lifts her head to look in the window, under the table was Sweetie Belle who had her eyes closed and she was shaking. Lowering her head she looks to White. "Told you she wasn't dead, she's in there with it now. Poor filly" Whites eyes widen and he got up.

"A filly, your telling me a child is in there with that thing. I don't fucking think so" the stallion closes his eyes after looking up to the opened grate. Using all his leg strength he manages to get up inside the vent. Using his magic he illuminates the ventilation and wiggles his way to get to Sweetie Belle., Twilight gasps and shakes her head at the rash action. She quickly looks into the room and sees White slowly lowering himself into the room with the soft flapping of his wings. As he touched the ground he quickly got down on his belly. The creature turned around hearing his hooves touch the ground. As it slowly started moving in his direction he began to move to the filly. Twilight went to the door and tried to open it but the lights were still red signifying the door was on lockdown.

"That's why you took the vent, dammit Lightning" She pressed her head on the door when a filly scream was heard followed by the door light turning green. Sweetie Belle rushed out and Twilight immediately grabbed her covering the fillies mouth, "Sweetie Belle!!!" The creature roared as White got up and headed for the door, he was quickly stopped smashing into the wall as the creature whipped him with its tail. Twilight gasped and un holstered her gun. As she turned to look in the room Twilight shot at the creature just before it started to head to lightning. The bullet smashing into the side of the creature it let out a loud scream. White wiggled looking up to the hurt creature. He shook his head as it looked over to Twilight. The spit pooled out from its mouth and its lips shaking violently. Opening its mouth and bursted into a sprint. Twilight Quickly reacted and run out of the way causing the creature to smash into the wall outside the door. Falling over it roared again quickly getting on its feet again. Twilight managed to get one bullet in the cylinder of the gun and was about to put in a second one when the creature got back up. Hissing loudly and its tail swishing up into the air it growled. White bursted out of the room with a lead pipe and smashed it into the large head of the creature, Twilight quickly started to continue loading the gun. After loading the gun Twilight looked up to see the creature picking up White by the throat slowly opening its mouth. Sweetie Belle ran out from behind Twilight and ran up to the creature. Twilight slammed the cylinder into the side of the gun and raised it. White began to tear up in fear as he looked at the creature's mouth opening. Twilight pulled the hammer back and Sweetie Belle jumped up and kicked the creature in the side but with no prevail on helping stop this attack.

"Help me!!! I don't wanna die!!" As the dagger like tongue flew out of the mouth of the creature Twilight began to unload the shots into the creature's side again causing the tongue to graze the side of White Lightnings head instead of inside it. The creature let go of the stallion letting him drop to the floor as the creature's blood spattered. It screamed and raised its head to look at the ceiling as it did. It looked to Twilight now and growled quickly lunging into the air and pouncing on top of her. The creature raise its tail and slammed it towards her but missed, the tails spike stabbed inside the wall and Twilight pushed at the creature's head the tongue sliding out trying to stab into her head but Twilight kept smacking the creatures large head pushing it back just enough to prevent this. She began to scream and White was getting back up. Sweetie Belle was hiding under the table in the room she was before. The stallion growled and rushed landing on the animal's back smacking it before being thrown off into a wall. Twilight stared up at the creature as her chest was now covered in spit from its mouth. White rubbed the top of his head and groaned in pain, the tail of the creature pulled from the wall and it let out another loud roar, its side was painted green from its own blood. A bullet shot rang from behind the creature and it screamed again. Sweetie Belle had managed to levitate the gun up into the air and shoot it. Turning around the creature seemed to react to whoever attacked it, getting off of Twilight it hisses and started to move towards Sweetie Belle. Pulling the hammer back the filly stared at the creature. Twilight slowly slide down to the floor now laying on her back, she was weak from trying not to die. Opening its mouth hovering it in front of the fillies head and she closed her eyes slowly now only hearing the low growl of the creature.

"It's the Xenomorph, the Xenomorph!!!" The creature then yelled as the sound of fire was heard flying through the air, then the sound of the creature was heard jumping up into the vent.

The Crazies

Twilight slowly opens her eyes, Silver and Sunset were sitting over her. Sunset was looking off to the side and Twilight could hear allot of muffled voices as she was waking up. Rising up to a sitting position the alicorn rubs the back of her head with a slow groan escaping her lips. As her vision cleared she saw that Silverstar was now in her face looking in her eyes and even feeling her vitals on Twilights neck. Slowly smiling the pegasus moves her hoof away and gives a nod to the unicorn Sunset Shimmer.

"What happened? My head is pounding...." Twilight said looking around, they were in a small room with one window that gave them a view into a much larger section of the area. On the other end was a group of ponies who were laughing and enjoying themselves. They were eating food, drinking wine, playing card games, and there was even a mare and a stallion who appeared to be getting close as they were making out on a couch. Sunset shook her head and growled at the window in anger looking at them.

"What happened, these bustards attacked us and stuck us in here like prisoners! Now they are having a wonderful time laughing it off" Sunset got up on her hooves and paced back and fourth in the small room. There were other ponies in the room with them, they were quiet and most of them had the look of extreme fear in their eyes as they just stared at the newcomers. Twilight rubbed her head more before looking out the window. Her eyes filled with shock as she saw the actions that were going on the other side. "I have tried to get answers from these ponies but they seem brain dead or in shock. I am trying to figure out why"

"Maybe they will let us out? Maybe they are just scared and want to make sure we are friendly" Silverstar spoke quietly and lowered her head in doubt of her own words.

"Well we could hope that is the case but with how bad my head hurts, they must have attacked us hard. Planned it out too because we did not see them coming" Twilight said as she removed her hoof from the glass of the window. One of the stallions on the other end of glass separated them picked up a shotgun using his magic and began to laugh heading over to the door that kept Twilight and the others separated from the laughing, happy group that the stallion was with. The door opens and he points the shotgun at everypony in the room. Twilight moved away from the glass and Sunset moved away as well.

"What the hell is going on here? What is your problem locking us up here" Sunset said to the stallion with a glare, the stallion walks up and presses the barrel on the unicorn as he looks at a stallion that sit in the corner of the room.

"You, get up! Get out of here, your free to go" the stallion said softly with a grin on his face the entire time. The scared pony shook his head as two other ponies entered the room to take him out of the small room. "Take him, he is ready" the two ponies grab the pony and immediately the stallion begins to kick and scream trying to break free. Silverstar placed a hoof on her own muzzle in shock that the pony was upset that he was free to go. Why would he be scared or upset about that? The stallion was quickly out of view as he took the pony out of the room. Twilight tried to see where they took him but the stallion and the 'free' pony were out of site.

"What was that all about?" Twilight said as she began to look around still trying to find were they went, even if it was impossible to do. Sunset and Silver were both equally as confused and the other ponies were still brain dead, zero help to them. Sunset growled and glared out the window at their equipment that was taken from them. Their communication, tools, and Twilights revolver were all confiscated after the attack and out on the table the ponies were drinking around. Silverstar was thinking to herself, raising her hoof in the air as counting as she spoke to herself. Biting her lower lip from time to time before continuing with counting. Twilight moved away from the window and decided to take off her saddle bag. "No need for this, i have nothing to carry anymore"

"Oh but we will need it when we get out of here, I promise you that we will be out of here too" Sunset moved the bag aside with her hoof and blushed at the Alicorn. "We will figure out what they want and be out of here in no time at all" Twilight nodded and flared her wings to stretch them, she was stressed from all the things she had been doing for the past few days. All the lights were dim and flickering still, the generators must have still been down. "Twilight, while we have this time. There was something you wanted to let me know....about why you really came to the station to see me" Twilight looked into Sunsets eyes at that moment and frowned remembering she never got to tell Sunset the truth.

"Sunset...I want to tell you but, I don't know if you would understand" the alicorn moved a hoof up onto the unicorns chest and smiled, "However I guess it would be right to tell you the truth. I came here to fix our friendship, that much was true! I never lied about that much but I did leave out the biggest detail onto why i was excited when i got your invite~" Twilight bit the bottom of her lip and was once again interrupted as Silverstar got up and squeaked.

"I GOT IT~!!!" both mares moved away from each other and looked to Silverstar, Twilight smiled and leaned in over to Silver. Silverstar smiled and got up onto her hooves. "It is clear these ponies aren't okay in the head, no pony in the right mind would be partying in a situation like this. I don't think they were going to let that stallion free. I have a plan to avoid them however"

"What? What are you talking about. Are you saying these ponies want to hurt us?" Twilight said quickly not wanting to believe that yet, Sunset raised a hoof to silence her friend agreeing with Silverstar.

"Whats your idea Silver, you have my attention" The unicorn lowered her hoof and sat down looking over at the mare as they all spoke softly to avoid letting the party ponies from hearing them. Silverstar gulped and then grinned pointing up on the ceiling. Above them was a grate for vent access.

"Thats the only way to avoid them completely, we find a way to remove the grate and climb inside when they are all asleep. Then we move quickly to the next vent access and exit from there" Silver said quickly and quietly to further avoid a conflict that would happen if the ponies outside heard. Twilight backed away shaking her head.

"No, no, no, that is a horrible idea!" Twilight spoke louder now as she was opposed to going up there. Sunset shook her head and put a hoof on Twilights muzzle to bring down her volume shushing her. Groaning under Sunset's hoof Twilight closes her eyes and shakes her head again.
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It was dark and Sunset had Silverstar on her back to reach the grate. Twilight was pacing still hating this idea, they managed to find a way to get the screws to loosen using Silverstar's diamond necklace, somehow it was working and they were working on the last screw so the grate would come down. Twilight shook her head and looked out the window at the asleep ponies, shaking her head faster she looks up at Silverstar.

"No, this is a bad idea. We don't know why they stuck us in here. Maybe they were trying to make sure they were not going to get hurt by us and doing this will totally break their trust or any trust they might have gotten from us being calm" Twilight was trying to make the situation of them being stuck in the small room less suspicious and creepy. "Like we should give this a chance maybe?" Sunset shakes her head and looks over to her friend Twilight.

"I doubt they could be nice after they had a gun to my chest and that pony freaked out a major storm by them taking him away" Sunset said as Silverstar stopped what she was doing to but into the conversation.

"Which is exactly why i started to think about it, I figured we would figure out eventually why that pony was scared to go with them. I don't want to figure that out so i then thought of a way out" Silverstar began to work at the bolt again and let out a long sigh, "The only way i could think of is the way Gash always escapes fire, the vents..." Twilight shook her head harder and looked up at the two again.

"So we are going to shove ourselves into our own death by going up there! Wonderful!" Twilight grunted and the power in the room shoots on, all the lights on the station light up as a loud hum rings everywhere from the jolt of energy. The generators were now back online. This sudden burst of light caused the ponies on the other end to start waking up. Twilight looked to the window once the lights turned on. It was hard to see because it had been awhile sense the station was this bright, the shotgun stallion who had entered the room before was now entering the room they were in. Twilight tried to get out of the way as the door opened and the stallion entered along with a couple other ponies. "Sunset!!!"

"Get them, they are trying to escape!!" The stallion screamed and pumped his shotgun as three ponies rush in the room, one tackles Twilight as the other two begin to hustle with Sunset and Silverstar. The stallion with the gun quickly moves the pony off of Twilight and moved her out into the big room. "Perhaps we were to kind with you three! Now its time for you to see the light, to be cleansed!" the stallion began to shout at Twilight and he tossed her in front of a windowed door , the door lead to a room that was much like the one she was just taken out of but there was allot of blood on the walls. "Show her! Grab one of the old un pure ponies! Show her what the great lord has sent us to do with ponies like her" Sunset and Silverstar are thrown next to Twilight and are all forced to look into the bloody room. A random mare is taken from a room and brought to the bloody room being tossed inside as another pony tosses a object with two speakers attached to it inside the room. "This is the gift that we were given! The creature, the beast was sent here to us! To be pleased as it cleanses the ship" the door closes as the device begins to make allot of loud buzzing noises, at the very second it started a loud thumping was heard in the vent going towards the room the mare was thrown into. Twilight , Sunset, and Silver were all still forced to look. From the already broken off vent access , Gash lowers its tail down into the room before entering it, immediately lunging at the mare pinning her up against the wall with a roar. Its dagger like tongue launches out and impales the mare in the face. Gash then sprints to the vent access and lunges inside.

"You monsters!!! What is wrong with you!" Silverstar screamed, "Your crazy!! That thing will kill you too if it got the chance!!" She screamed louder and the stallion bashes her in the back of the head knocking her out.

"Shut up!! We are not crazy!!" the stallion walked behind the mares and chuckles evilly, "You are next!" he pushes Twilight on the ground. Immediately Sunset begins to scream at them.

"NO!! No you leave her alone! No!! Stop!" she wiggles as she was held in place pleading for Twilight not to be sent in there. "You let her go! Please!" The stallion ignored the pleading and moved Twilight to the door and pushed her inside, Twilight heard the sound of another door opening in the room. She was unsure what it was but somepony had entered the area. The crazy ponies seemed to not notice as they all were occupied with a task. As the stallion placed his hand on the door ready to throw the noisemaker into the room with Twilight something interrupted.

"Let me help you~" a robotic voice spoke from behind the shogun stallion. The android quickly turns the stallion around and begins to strangle him. Twilight was on the ground as she looked out the doorway. The only other stallions rushed over to their friend as the mares began to scream in horror of the robotic pony strangling one of their friends. "Your acting hysterical, please calm down~" tightening his grip the android pushed the stallion against the wall as the other two stallions began to beat on the back of the robotic pony. The noisemaker hits the ground and begins to hiss Sunset kicked the noisemaker away from her and it rolls over to the center of the room where the mares were screaming. The vent begins to rumble and the choking stallion begins to speak again but to the robot.

"It's coming, you will end as it saves me from your evil~!" confidence lingers in his voice as Gash slams down from the vent running right past Twilight who lay in the room of which the creature entered. Gash headed towards the noise and stopped roaring at the mares. The mares stood there surprised as the creature hissed at them. Gash lunged at the mares pushing one of them off the couch they sat on. They all got up an ran as the creature put its hands around a mares head kneeling her down by force before shoving the end of its tail into her skull. The stallion lets out one last scream seeing this, "NO!! No this isn't right, we serve you! Noooo!!!" the android then breaks the stallions neck and turns to Sunset slowly moving towards her. More androids begin to enter the area preventing the crazies from leaving. Twilight got up and Sunset began to crawl away from the approaching android. One of the mares picks up the revolver that was confiscated from Twilight. Shaking with the revolver armed the mare stares as the creature lets go of a lifeless body with a loud roar. Sprinting at her now growling the mare places the gun to her own head quickly pulling the trigger. Her head peals open on the temple and she falls to the ground, blood pours from her head.

"Sunset!! Run!!" Twilight bolted for her friend and helped Sunset onto her hooves. "Help me get Silverstar!!" Twilight moves to Silverstar as the Android was right next to them reaching out.

"Let me help you~" the android reaches and grabs sunset but soon after he does a tail smashes through his chest and white blood oozes out of the androids mouth. Gash hissed and removed the tail placing a hand on top of the androids head. "You shouldn't be here" the androids said in a gargled tone from the blood oozing out. Gash raises his tail up into the air before swinging it into the side of the androids head. Twilight and Sunset began to pull Silverstar to the exist of the room, Gash ripped the end of the tail out of the android and moved to look in the direction of twilight and Sunset. Spit dripping from its mouth Gash charged. Twilight closed her eyes before she heard the unexpected. Gash lunged up into the vent with a roar moving fast through the ventilation. Opening her eyes she sees a familiar face, White lightning was now helping the two mares drag Silverstar out of the room as he held a lit flamethrower.

"We have to go now, we are taking this to the captain! I am done here" White yelled as the remaining androids started towards them with red eyes. Thats when the emergency lights began to flash, orange flashing lights began to flash throughout the station as they exited the room.