Chapters Prologue
The lights flickered all around her, Twilight let out a long sigh holding her pistol close to her chest as she backed up against the wall. The hospital halls were covered in black slime and blood puddles rest on the floor. Ponies that were here were dismembered and eaten alive, Twilight tried her best not to look at the corpses as she made her way down the hall her back against the wall. Her motion tracker floating next to her so she would know when she should start to run. Signs of Weyland troops were visible in rooms that she was passing, they must have been using this place to fix ponies up before it was infested with Xenomorphs.
"This is Twilight, White, I am inside but it appears as if we were beat by the Xenomorphs. There is allot of blood and slime on the walls. Its like some kind of nest" Twilight spoke into her radio and waited for White Lighting to respond before she continued down the hall.
"Alright, Twilight just be careful in there please. Hurry though, I don't know how much longer she has. She isn't looking any better. There is still allot of blood here, its all over me" Whites voice was shaky and weak. "Just don't die in there, I don't want to loose you too"
"I will be fine White, I promise" Twilight responded quickly as she placed a hoof on her side feeling her belly, "I will be fine" The motion tracker began to beep. Looking down her eyes widen as a loud hiss echoed through the halls. Hundreds of dots then appeared on the screen of the tracker followed by more roars and howls. Twilight couldn't see them with her eyes but she could hear them close by. Moving faster now she keeps looking at her motion tracker as the dots on it continued to build up. "Shit!" Twilight ducked into a patients room and got under a bed, she pushed away a severed pony arm and went still. The roars grew louder and the legs of a Xenomorph rushed out of the room, the sound of many moving on the walls outside her room could be heard, her motion tracker going crazy as she just laid down hoping she would not die.
Chapter One
"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....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" Twilight let her hoof slowly moved her hoof over Scootaloo's back and smiled with her eyes closed. The ship hummed as it picked up speed going away from the station. "It's going to be okay now...." Scoots stayed close to Twilight, the alicorns blood was on the filly. White looked back from the pilots seat and shook his head punching in autopilot getting out of his seat and heading back to the dieing mare.
"It won't be okay if you die on me, open your damn eyes, don't quit yet!" White moved the filly off the alicorn and lightly slapped Twilight on the cheek. "Come on, we are in the perfect place to help you. We escaped on an ambulance craft for fuck sake. Don't give up" White used his magic to move her way from the wall and grabbed onto her with his hooves. "Come on lets help you" Twilight looked up into the stallions eyes now that her eyes were opened. Scootaloo moved over to her unconscious friend Sweetie Belle and watched. Twilight stared as she was moved onto a table, White placed a hoof on the mares forehead and smiled down at her as she stared into his eyes.
"Thank you White, you saved me..." Twilight said weak and quietly. Her eyes began to close again and her head going limp. White shook his head and slapped her a bit harder this time but the alicorn's eyes persisted to stay closed. He slapped her harder knowing if he did not get her to wake up the situation would be critical.
"Come on!! TWILIGHT!!" White screamed and taped head again, Scootaloo shook her head and tears began to fall from her eyes seeing Twilights life fading in front of her eyes. "COME ON!!! Twi!!" The stallion grunts and places his hoof on her chest and freezes for a moment. He closes his eyes and pushes down rubbing against Twilights ribs. The pain woke up the alicorn and she began to groan and her eyes started to close again. "I saved you, now I am going to fix you! Stay with me!!" Twilight looked over to Scootaloo with dead eyes, staring at her she closes her eyes, everything was black. Her eyes opened at one point during the procedure, a pain in her upper chest and the sound of crying, Twilights vision and hearing were mostly non existent at this point. She then drifted back off to sleep, what was going on?
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Sunset Shimmer walked up too Twilight as she was laying down on the table, there was nopony around but her now. The Unicorn smiled at the sleeping pony and placed a hoof on the alicorns head. She grinned and a tear fell from her eye a she giggled slightly, looking down at Twilights face she nods.
"Its time to wake up Twilight~ Wake up! Come on, wake up!!" Sunset lowered her mouth to Twilights ear and growled and then screamed loudly, "WAKE UP!!!" Twilights eyes shoot open and she sat up looking around, breathing heavy she placed a hoof on her chest and felt a bandage there. She looked around for Sunset but she was not there, it must have been a dream. Scootaloo was now sleeping in the corner of the small room of the craft with Scootaloo close by. Twilights heart sank and felt like it was breaking.
"Oh Sunset...why...I loved you so much....why did you do this?" Twilight sniffled thinking about the last thing that happened between them on Voluntas Station, Sunset stabbed her, tried to kill her after the confession as if it was nothing to her. Twilight began to cry thinking about it, she confessed her love only to get stabbed. Now her heart was breaking which was hurting her worse than the knife that almost killed her. "Oh why did this have to happen. I could have told her sooner or given her more proof of how I felt, maybe she would be here with me now! I messed up!" she looked up to the ceiling and tears fell down her face and pooled in her eyes as she stared up into the light. "I made a mistake and I am being punished for it, I loved her, I didn't want anypony to die~!!" Twilight lowered her head now and sighed wiping her eyes with a hoof.
"Twilight?" A soft voice came from the corner, it was Scootaloo getting up from her sleep. "Twilight are you okay? Are you crying?" Scoots moved over to the alicorn and hopped up onto the table with Twi. "Twilight its not your fault....Gash is the one who made her think the way she did" Twilight looked to the filly and shook her head.
"Gash is an animal, an animal with no thought, that creature had nothing to do with how she tried to kill me...she hated me this whole time and I was too blind to see it, Scootaloo" Twilight closed her eyes and clenched her teeth tight together. Scootaloo frowned and raised a hoof to speak. "Don't....I don't wanna talk about this right now Scoots" Twilight looked away and the filly lowered her little hoof and nodded understanding.
"W-What is going on~!!" Sweetie Belle squeaks as she finally started to wake up, "AHHH~!! NO don't EAT ME~!!" the filly began to scream relapsing her last moments of consciousness. White stepped out and immediately got down to comfort the panicking filly. Twilight lifter her head and smiled seeing she was finally awake despite the screams this was a good moment.
"Calm down everything is fine, you were just asleep dear, shhh shh shhhhhhhhh" White smiled picking up the filly, "Everything is going to be okay" Twilight and Scootaloo both got up off the table when the craft began to rumble and shake. The lights flickered and Scootaloo hugged Twilights leg quickly thinking it might be an alien coming to get her. White's eyes widen as he moved to the back of the craft. "Oh NO!! No, No, NO!!" The stallion closed his eyes as light shined on his face. The light was coming from Voluntas as explosions began to rip the ship apart sending bits and pieces out into space. Twilight moved to the window as fast as she could, lifting her head to get a view, she gasped seeing the station rip apart in the distance. The radio then flicked back on and a familiar pony spoke, the same voice that was talking earlier.
"Uh, hello, Voluntas craft. Are you still out there, there was a series of explosions! Twilight! Come on answer us again please, what is going on up there. There are things coming through the atmosphere, has the station completely been destroyed, come in over!!!" there was a moment of silence, "Alright, we are sending a craft to you last transmit location, be there, we are going to find you....we have some talking to do"
The ambulance was dark as the headlights of the rescue pod shined on the surface of the powerless craft drifting though space, Twilight and White were inside prepping the fillies on what they had to do on transfer like instructed over the radio. The craft was just sitting there as if it was staring at the ambulance craft. White was fastening Sweetie Belle to his back, she was weak and was starting to feel extremely ill. The filly kept complaining about chest pains and sever heartburn issues. Twilight was hugging Scootaloo tightly and whispering in the fillies ear softly. The mare was hurt in the chest from the knife wound she received from her crush Sunset Shimmer. The radio then began to make a loud noise as the ponies came on the line again.
"We are sending them in , if your ready or not, we are coming in to get you now" the radio then went silent and immediately after it did the shuttles door was ripped off the craft and five ponies in airtight suits came in and crabbed Twilight and her friend pulling them from the shuttle and too the rescue pod. Collapsing on the floor of the pod Twilight gasps and places a hoof on her stab wound, one of the ponies takes off his helmet and coughs looking down at the mare. It was the stallion from the radio, the one who she had originally been talking too. "Twilight! Which one of you is Twilight? I spoke with a Twilight over the radio about Voluntas Station" Twilight looked up to him and he looked back, he knew right away. "Twilight? Twilight I need to talk to you okay...my name is Gears, I come from Fortwaid Station"
"Fortwaid...I stayed there for awhile before going to Voluntas, what do you need from me...." Twilight began to lower her head, Gears places a hoof under her chin and forces her too look at him.
"I was on the radio, you said the Captain and others were dead. Why would you say that? What went on in there? You said something about an Alien? We need" White Lighting moves in front of Twilight and shakes his head slowly at Gears.
"She can't answer any of those questions, man, she needs to recover from her injuries" White glared into the stallions eyes and Gears stared back. Gears Fur is a odd mix between dark blue and baby blue, transitioning in and out in random streaks or even blending together creating a dark cyan looking shade. His coat color was complimented by his dark forest green eyes. Backing up the stallion nods to White and turns away.
"Thats fine, we will have more time to talk when we get to Fortwaid" Gears grunts upset he could not get the chance to talk to the alicorn. She looked sad and hurt, he would have tried to cheer her up as he talked with her. Not just interrogate her, he was upset he could not get the chance to cheer her up. "Lets get a move on, Fortwaid is not far from here..." Gears stopped when his ship rubbled a little, his ear twitches. "Strange, I-i'm sure it was nothing. Lets move!"
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Twilight covers her eyes as the shuttle doors open and the light from the small Station of Fortwaid shines into the small rescue craft. Stepping outsided the craft and onto the stations deck she smiles slight glad to not be in a tight space. Stretching her wings and letting out a long yawn Twilight smiled more looking over to her friends. White noticed her smile and returned it walking over to her.
"Twilight, we made it. We actually made it~! This is awesome...the best thing that could ever happen" White freezes when Twilight lunges into a hug with him. Smiling he chuckles and hugs her back. "I told you that you would be okay..."
"Well we both had to remind each other a little bit, White" Fortwaid rumbles a bit and Twilight raises a brow and looks to Gears as he walks past. "Excuse me, what was that!? Thats not normal" Twilight was sensitive to everything that didn't seem normal, she was still afraid but not as afraid as she was when she first came to space, thanks to White Lighting and his lessons she was able to deal with her fears. Gears turns to Twilight and smiles nodding to her.
"Well thats because its not normal, ever sense we spotted Explosions coming from Voluntas we have been struck with small debris, thats the rumbling. They are not moving fast enough to hurt us, if its one thing Fortwaid has, its space debris protection from foot too toe" Gears chuckles and raises a hoof, "I guess you could call it Voluntas Invasion if you want, not all ships were lucky like us when the big one went boom" Gears then walks away leaving Twilight to question.
"Not as lucky, is he saying that ponies have been hit by debris and died or that they were engulfed by the flames as it exploded? Why is he so calm?" Twilight stopped thinking when she felt Whites changeling wing over her back.
"Calm down, we are safe here. Nothing to worry about anymore" White spoke calmly, he truly wanted to believe that it was all over but they both had a feeling it wasn't. With all that junk from Voluntas, who knew what those pieces may have been carrying with it. "Just stay calm, stress does not help the healing process, that and..." he stops when he feels Twilight lips lightly kiss his cheek. After her wet lips leave his cheek she sighs.
"Sometimes you should really cut the chit chat, sweetie" Twilight walks away and looks around the hanger for damage. Time seemed to slowly down and Twilight slowed down to a stop. Her eyes must have been tricking her, she stared at it and slowly started to back away shaking her head. Resting in a ventilation just barely showing its head, something shiny and it had a large green slash across it. "No, No ,no..." she stopped running into Whites chest.
"Warning! Impact immanent, evacuate, evacuate" a robotic voice begins to ring in the hanger and throughout the ship. Twilight stopped and looked around as ponies began to rush away. Gears runs past but stops almost slipping and falling but he keeps his balance.
"Did I say safe, or lucky, whatever I said...IT JUST RAN OUT!! Lets go!!" Gears looks around scared and Twilight turns to him starring into his eyes now wanting answers.
"I just got here and already things are going to shit! What is going on here Gears!?" She snorts and moves towards him glaring.
"A large piece of Voluntas is coming straight for us, its going to puncture the ship. Contaminate it with whatever that piece is carrying" Gears quickly moved away and ran to his ship. Twilight moved after him and White was getting the fillies and then followed behind Twilight.
"Gears!! Get back here now! What are you...." Twilight flew up into the air and the ship rumble and shook as fire was now filling the hanger. A sharp fragment smashed into the hanger and something jumped over her head making a loud noise. Looking over she sees a pony fall to his knees as something clings to his face, her head was then hit with something cold and hard, she blacked out laying flat on the ground.
Twilight lays outside the ship on the soft green grass. Her vision was blurry and she couldn't make out her surroundings very well. Having trouble remembering what had just happened. The sparking remains of the small Station Fortwaid lays cratered in the ground. Looking around she sees a pony shaking on the ground and screaming. His arm was completely severed and blood pooled around him. Twilight watched as the pony began to scream louder, his ribs where bending upwards as with every scream, Twilight watched too weak to get up. The ponies chest sprayed out blood and a small little screech was heard coming from the chest as the ponies life was over. a small pinkish head wiggled outside the chest, sliding out and falling into the grass disappearing in the tall lushness of the field grass Twilights eyes close as she falls back to sleep.
"TWILIGHT WAKE UP!!!" Twilights face felt on fire as she woke up. White was sitting over her, the moon shining down on them. He had slapped her in the face to wake her up. He looked worried as he looked down at her. "Twilight come on, get up, Sweetie Belle isn't doing so good. I need you to get up" White uses his magic to assist him as he gets her back on her hooves. Twilights vision was still very blurry as she was now standing. Sweetie Belle could be heard screaming in pain. She was laying in the grass screaming as loud as she could, her nose was bloody and her eyes filled with tears.
"Its inside me!!! Get it out!!!" the filly kicked and screamed as she placed her hooves on her chest screaming in pain. Twilight walked over weakly as White helped her over to the filly, "Help me!!! Please!!" Twilights ears hurt hearing a filly in pain, this was her friend and she was only a child. A child should never have to go through this, never. Sweetie Belles nose was bleeding and she screamed louder. Twilight fell to her knees next to Sweetie Belle, White quickly moved down as the situation progressed. Picking the child up as she screamed loudly, he brought her close and cradled her. "It hurts, it hurts, Mooooom! Help me, mommy!" The filly screamed and Twilight began to tear up moving over to White and Sweetie Belle.
"Help her, she is in pain!! Do something!" Twilight looked to White and her tears filled her eyes more, White looked down at the filly as she squirmed and cried.
"How do I help her when I don't know whats wrong, Sweetie Belle, its okay sweetie. Fight the pain, we will get you pain medication, something to help, fight it!" Sweetie Belle arched back and screamed and her chest pushed outward causing her to scream louder. "What the fuck!!!" White let go of her and the filly now lays in the grass, "What the heck was that!!" White backed away and Twilight moved forward to help, the filly screamed. Twilight reached out as Sweetie Belle let out blood curtailing screams, Gears was pulling himself out of the wreckage and looked over at the scene pulling out a pistol. Twilight picked up Sweetie Belle and cradled her as the fillies chest started making crunching sounds.
"Let go of her!! Drop her now!" Gears comes running up to them holding out a gun, White raises his hooves and gulps looking at the pistol. Twilight shakes her head and holds the filly closer as she cries. "Do it! I have seen this happen twice already inside! Drop her!" Gears was flipping out and he almost looked crazy, "Its not safe, I can help her, she is in pain. I can make that pain stop!" Twilight shook her head again and Gears then pulled the hammer back on the gun. White got up at that moment and picked up a stick nearby.
"Hey! Lets not make this ugly, I have a stick, not afraid to use it" White looked serious as to beating the stallion to the ground with his piece of wood. "We need to get this filly pain medication! Not kill her!" Gears shakes his head.
"Oh no, pain medication isn't going to help her, she is giving birth! Birth to a monster, now let her go!!" Twilight quickly drew her pistol, she still had it, after taking it out she remembers when she took it from a corpse on Voluntas. "Seriously!!!???"
"Drop the gun Gears, its not helping anypony here, especially not Sweetie Belle" Twilight tears up aiming the gun at Gears shaking as she did. Gears lowered his gun and kicked at the ground. "Thank you so much..."Twilight lowered her pistol and Sweetie Belle slowed her crying and smiled.
"I feel better Twilight, it doesn't hurt...." she arched back and blood shot out of her mouth and sprayed from her chest as a small head of an alien poked out. Sweetie Belle closed her eyes and went limp as the creature made hisses. The creature screamed up into the air , Twilight looked at it , it was a Xenomorph but something was very different about its looks. Twilight looked down at her hooves as the fillies blood covered her arms and rested on her chest. Falling over her eyes fill with tears, she heard the creature squealing and the sound of flesh tearing as it tried to wiggle out. Gears stepped forward and shot one bullet, the bullets roar rang in Twilights ears and she flinched the tears now began to flow as the blood of another rests on her
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The rocking chair creeks against the wood of the porch, Granny Smith was rocking looking up into the sky. Apple Jack and her brother were throwing on jackets as the night was cold, they were heading out to the fields to see what was going on. Everypony in Ponyville saw the Station fall from they sky and they all felt the collision. Apple Jack wanted to go see it but she was not allowed to go alone, so Big Mac was the one who was going to go with. Granny smiled as the two moved past her and down the steps of the porch.
"You two enjoy yourselves now, heheh" The elderly pony smiled and Big Mac gave his classic reply, Applejack smiled and stopped turning to her Grandmother. The Earthpony was excited but scared.
"You going to be alright here on your own Granny? It cold out this night and you may not want ta sit here all night" Applejack blushed and slowly started to turn to leave, she was sure but wanted to hear from Granny herself that she would be alright.
"You go on now Applejack, go see the space thingie of yours and hurry on back home! There is still some more soup to be eaten" Hearing about the soup Big Mac nudges Applejack to get moving, he was not a fan of the soup Granny made and hoped if they were gone long enough she would forget about it. So they both headed off and the old mare continued to rock in her seat. Looking at her land she smiled, this was what she wanted. A large hunk of land to herself, the ochered was peaceful at night, hearing all the animals and seeing the trees in the dark they shinned in the night light that beamed down on them. The old mare stopped moving in her chair when she heard the sound of a single gunshot. "Now what in they hey? Who would be shooting at this time a night?" she shakily got out of her seat and moved inside no longer wanting to be outside. On one of the nearby trees something climbed down and quickly moved towards the house. The mare stopped moving once again as a loud thud was heard on the roof. "What the, Big Mac!! I told you too stay off the dang roof!!" She started up the stares and shook her head angered. "You should be out looking at your space thingie not on my.....roof" She stopped when she looked into Appleblooms room. The Xenomorph turned to look at her with a loud hiss, its head was ridged and its tail long. The end of its tail raised into the air and it jumped up onto the ceiling and ran along it before jumping through the doorway landing on the old mare. Snapping her old spine she was paralyzed. Opening its mouth the tongue quickly stabs repeated into her chest and its tail shoved into her gut and wiggled around inside her, her organs began to slide out and her bodily gases leaked into the air as the creature began to rip her apart, unable to scream of move the mare was staring blankly at the ceiling as another head moved over her face as the other continued to rip her open. A tear rolled down her deadpan stare as the mouth opened, a dagger like tongue flies into the elders head.
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Sliding the bottle up against her lips and drinking, Berry Punch eagerly waved her hoof for another bottle at the tender but he refused as he shook his head at her. Berry blushed and slammed the glass down on the counter and burped. She stared at the tender blankly and licked her lips randomly, she was too drunk to understand the meaning of the word no, waving her hoof for another again.
"Come on, I am thirsty over here, get me another dammit~!" She wiped her lips and drooled afterwards with a blush on her cheeks. She was rather horny as well as drunk and could tangle with anypony any moment now.
"I told you once already, you cannot have another. You are too damn drunk, go clean up you look like a gym sock" The tender then began to clean a glass and pointed to the back room. "Go now, your making my bar look like a room for the homeless" Berry slowly got off her chair and stuck her tongue out at the stallion. she wobbly walked to the back room and took a bottle with her drinking it. As she went back she went into the bathrooms and stared into the mirror at herself.
"I don't know what he is talking about, I am one sexy damn mare. I would fuck me" she blushed and slammed the remaining of the drink into her mouth and swallowed. Tossing the glass at the wall it shatters and she turns on the water of the sink and puts her head under it. The water rushed down her head and some onto the counter and floor. Opening her mouth she lets the water fall like a water fall from her lips. She then pulled her head out and heard a smash outside the bathroom. "Oh come on, I am not done in here yet. Go get some pussy somewhere else you pieces of horny shit!!" Berry was thinking it was the stallion that always was trying to get her when she was drunk, she had a stalker, she normally would bang anypony but something was off about this one. She hear the door bang now. "I said I am not done yet, just a fucking minute, pinch it off or something!!" The door made a bang again and she groaned walking over to the door, she stopped quickly when her hooves were suddenly wet. Looking down she sees blood coming from under the door. "What the fuck"
"Holy Shit!!" A pony screamed and then everypony started to flip out, Berry could hear the screams which caused her to push open the door. Stepping in blood she sees the tender against the wall with holes all over his body. She screamed and rushed out of the back, Ponies where screaming and one was being dragged out the door and up onto the roof. A elongated head pokes up from the bartenders counter and hisses staring at Berry, its ridged skin on the head shines from the light and the creature sprints at the mare, she runs but trips on the body of the tender. The creature slams into the wall as it attempts to turn putting a hole in it. Red blood on its head from a pony it must have killed, screams echoing throughout the area it slowly moves over to Berry and lets out a scream opening its mouth.
"Get out of the way!!! Are you crazy!!" Octavia comes bursting out of the bathroom and pulls berry in locking the door, the xenomorph hisses and lunges at the door repeated smashing its head against it, it was trying to break in. "Come on help me cover this window!!" They both now heard police vehicles pull up to the bar followed by horrid screeches and gun shots. Death filled screams followed and one of the police cars quickly left as quickly as it came. "What is going on out there, did you see that thing!!" Berry shakily helps Octavia remove a mirror from the wall and brings it to cover the window.
"I don't know! There was so much blood, everypony was dieing and , and, what the fuck!!!" Berry fell over onto the tiled floor and began to cry, "I need to stop drinking , this is crazy!!" The moon beats down on the roof of the bar and a Xenomorph makes its way onto the room and screams up into the night sky, a fire broke out next door and the streets had ponies running for their lives as the street manholes busted open and some Xenomorphs crawled out. The creature on the roof hisses as spit falls from its fangs, its ridged dome head shined from the light and it stayed on all fours as it moved along the roof before jumping down onto the streets.
Fragments of Voluntas continued to fall from the sky, Twilight was still laying on the ground. White and Gears were arguing about Sweetie Belles death and the gun shot used to put down the baby Xenomorph. Twilight stared across the field, it seemed like she had been laying there forever now hearing them argue. Gears was calm where White was loud and angry. Twilight slowly sat up and looked back at them. She frowned and looked to the dead body of the little filly. It hit her, where was Scootaloo?
"Scootaloo!! Scootaloo where are you!?" Twilight stood up and ran straight for the wreak, "Scootaloo, I'm coming!" Gears looked away from the wreak and White hurried over to Twilights side and stopped her from going inside. "Hey, get out of my way!"
"Twilight no, you can't go in there. Not with your condition...you have to face it...Scootaloo might not" before he could finish Twilight pushed him back and slapped him in the face. He blinked slowly and looked at her shocked. "Twilight..."
"Don't you ever say that again, I promised her from the beginning that I would never let anything hurt her! Gash may be gone and can't take her away but that does not mean I left that promise with the creature" Twilight moved him out of the way and moved over to the crash site. White followed her with his eyes and slowly rubbed his cheek. Gears was now looking in the same direction and watched Twilight move a piece of rubble out of the way. White stares as well not moving, just watching as the mare begins her search. Both stallions didn't see the point, they both figured Scootaloo was as good as dead.
"Twilight, stop this, we should be moving away from the wreak not into it" Gears said quietly crossing his arms and shaking his head, he had a cut on his cheek and his face was covered in black stains. White nodded in agreement that being here was unsafe. "That wreak will contain nothing more than corpses and deadly gases, I suggest you stop now so we can get going" Twilight stopped and turned around, she had black powder on her hooves and on her face. She shook her head and walked over to them both.
"Oh really? Then how come you crawled out of the wreak if all that would be in there is corpses and death. She is in there and I am going to get her out" Twilight turned away and was stopped by White Lightning. She grunts and was spun around to look at him. "White, let go of me. I need to continue looking for her" White held her tighter and shook his head in disagreement.
"There is no time, you saw what happened to Sweetie Belle, there are more of those things out there. We have to get out of here before its too late!" White held her tighter not wanting her to go back in there. Twilight stared into his eyes and began to get angry with him not letting her go. There was a glow in her eyes and she growled.
"If there are more of them why don't you go deal with them! Go save the day! I am going to save that filly!" Twilight wiggled which only made White tighten his grip and he shook his head more. Gears watched and looked over to the wreak and he noticed something climbing out. He got up and went to go take a look at the two were at each others throats. "Let me go, I am going back in there"
"No your not Twilight!"
"Yes, I, Am! White let go of me!"
"No!"
"YES!!" Twilight screamed and directly afterward found herself kissing White on the lips and he was kissing back, a large blush was across her muzzle and cheeks. She didn't know why or how this started but it was happening, as they both kissed each other out of hate Gears was pulling on a small hoof and soon he fell on his back with Scootaloo on his chest. Scootaloo coughed hard and groaned in pain from the crash. She looked over and saw Twilight and White with their lips locked together.
"Twilight?" Scootaloo said with a little squeak at the end of the name she spoke. Twilight pulled her lips away and looked over to the filly with a big smile on her face. Moving over to her she quickly picked her up in a tight hug. "Twilight were you just?"
"Not now Scootaloo, I was just angry and sometimes that happens when two ponies get mad enough. It was nothing, really, oh I am so glad you are okay!" Twilight twirled around holding the filly close and snuggling her. "I told you...you won't get hurt when I am around" Gears smiles and gulps a bit before turning away and looking around.
"There should be a town nearby...or something....maybe a pony?" he stops when he notices the exact thing he was looking for, "PONIES!!! Fellas, we have company!!" It was Applejack and Big Mac, as the two earthponies got closer they broke into a sprint when they both noticed there were ponies at the crash site already. Twilight looked up and her heart sank in her chest. Twilight looked away and coughed hoping to not be noticed. Applejack stopped and looked at them all Gears walks up and holds his hoof out. "Hello, oh thank goodness you all are here. My name is Gears I was a passenger on that...."Applejack moves him out of the way and walks past, "Station..."
"Twilight? Is that you...what are you doing here?" Applejack sounded displeased and shook her head and frowned at the alicorn. "I though yall was going to space. Leaving this all behind? You know, Volun...Volunta...whatever its called" Twilight turned around with tears in her eyes, White looked upset, these two obviously knew each other well at one point.
"Voluntas Station! I went to Voluntas station and your going straight to yelling at me when I just fell from space!" Twilight set Scootaloo down and grunted, "Not even wanting to know if I was okay!? Nothing?" Scootaloo looked away and at the wreak, she knew that eventually she would need to speak because Applejack would ask eventually. "Whats up with that, Applejack?"
"Twilight, of course I am wondering if your okay. I am just more disappointed in you than I am happy to see you" Applejack stepped forward and smiled. "You are still my friend Twilight, its just what you did before you left us that made me upset" Twilight looked down and nodded in agreement at what she did was wrong and very cruel. "Come on now, you all should come with us back to Sweet Apple, you all probably need food and medical attention, lets get you out of here" Twilight nodded before lowering her head, she felt awful for how she responded. They needed to get out of here and now she had some friend issues that needed resolving. Who knew what waited for them in Ponyville, Twilight only hoped there wasn't many Xenomorphs made during the crash. There was allot of Facehuggers, who knew what would happen next.
Twilight could not stop looking over to White as they walked through the apple ochered, she was blushing hard. The kiss came from nowhere but now she couldn't stop thinking about it. She still shared feeling for her passed friend Sunset shimmer and was sure he still felt feelings for his passed lover Silverstar, why did they kiss, was it really out of anger or was it something special. Applejack was leading everypony and was leading them to the house, everypony noticed something was strange when the door was left open. Applejack gasped and rushed inside worried for Granny. Twilight flared her wings and quickly was ready for anything, there was some busted in windows and other signs that something happened here. Everypony then ran upstairs as they heard Applejack scream, Big Mac took the lead and ran up the stairs to see what was wrong. What they all saw made them sick, Granny smith was laid on the ground. Her gut and chest ripped opened and everything inside was gone or mushed up. Applejack was puking in the corner from the site and didn't show signs of easing up. Big Mac teared up and placed a hoof over his mouth ready to puke himself.
"A Xenomorph............. Applejack, Big Mac, you have to listen to me. We have to get out of here!" Twilight moved to the stairs , Gears and White listened right away and headed straight down the stairs. Applejack wiped her lips clean of vomit and breathed heavily.
"What kind of pony would do this!! I have to call the authorities, my grandmother was murdered. Your telling me I need to leave her here!?" Applejack stared down Twilight and shook her head.
"The authorities will not be able to stop what did this! Applejack what did this was no pony. It was a monster" Twilight shook her head back at Applejack and then stared down at her. "We have to go now, I know that its not gone!"
"Aren't we a little old to be talking about monsters Twilight!? This is serious my Granny is dead" the earthpony stomped a hoof and walked down stair crying softly because of her loss. Twilight began to biter her lower lip after the hoof stomp. She began to look around to see if they would be drawn by noise like before. Walking downstairs Twilight tears up and stops Applejack as the earthpony was about to pick up the phone. "Twilight, enough, i need to get somepony out here to see this"
"If you stay here, you will look just like her!" Twilight screamed and used her magic to hang up the phone, placing it on the wall Twilight stares at Applejack again. Applejack backs up feeling threatened.
"Is that a threat, Twilight, are you threatening me?"
"No, its a warning, one you should take and leave this place" Twilight spoke softly which got Gears's attention, the stallion hoping to hear about Voluntas and the events that happen on that station. Twilight however was not going to tell him, she did not see a reason to let anypony know the events. What was important is that they know what is going on now. "Applejack..Granny Smith meant allot to me too. She was wise, she was a really good friend, she would want you too run" Twilight and Applejack stand staring at each other, their eyes locked.
"What am I going to tell Applebloom when she returns from..." Applejack freezes and looks over behind Twilight . "Returns with her friends, Scootaloo, what are you doing here?" Applejack looked to the filly and then too Twilight. "I am afraid to ask..."
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Octavia held onto the broken bottle as the ridged head began to push its way through the door. The door splintering as the frame began to crack. The Xenomorph was being stabbed all over the head by the splintering wood fragments. Its blood began to poor onto the floor and it was making the door weaker than ever. Berry Punch backed up against the corner of the bathroom as she heard the acid blood melting the floor away. Hissing and bleeding the creature pulls out of the door. A large hole in the center of the door Octavia got ready, The Xeno pushed back in entering the room and it immediately lunged its tail at Octavia missing her gut by an inch. The mare quickly slammed the broken bottle into the ribs of the animal causing it to let out a loud scream of pain.
"Move!! Lets go!" Octavia screamed to Berry, they both sprinted out the torn door avoiding the blood. The Xenomorph screams again and turns around hissing. A mixture of spit and green blood was oozing from its mouth. Jumping out of the bathroom and onto the ceiling the creature began to chase the two mares down. Octavia rushed by several ripped apart bodies and held back her lunch as she did. Both mares stop as another Xenomorph turns from the corner in front of them. The second creature raises its scythe of a tail and begins to wag it in the air. The first Xenomorph drops from the ceiling landing on two legs before lowering itself to all fours. Spit dripping from both mouths the creatures begin to slowly move forward as if waiting for the two ponies to make a wrong move, a move that would end their lives. Octavia watches the second Xeno that is in front of her while Berry watched the one that had come from behind.
"Octavia! We are so boned aren't we? We are so fucked, what are these things!!" Berry pressed her flank against Octavia's making sure there was no space between them. "Awww, Fuck" the first Xeno then jumped up and landed on the ceiling , its tail wagging violently it pounces down at the two mares. The other jumps as well. Both mares made a move to get away. Reaching out at Berry one of the creatures grabs her arm and yanks her down to the floor. Hissing it begins to drag her away. Berry kicked and screamed for help as Octavia attempted to get back on her hooves. "HELP ME!!!"
"Berry!! I'm coming!!!" Octavia was then blocked by the other Xenomorph. The creature reached its hands out to grab her with its mouth opening wide.
"DUCK!!!" Octavia heard somepony scream from behind her, she did exactly as told and ducked. A loud crack of a shotgun was heard and the entire front of the dome head of the Xenomorph blows away, its limp corpse falls to the ground. Still screaming and now being dragged out a window Berry cries out for help. Octavia looked back as she heard the pump action slide click. It was Nigh Light, the stallion panted from the kick of the gun. A scream was heard and blood spattered against the window where berry was taken. A shadow of more blood flying into the air could be seen as a street light beamed at the building. Berries screams slowly fade and the blood stops flying, the Xenomorph burst back into the window. "Lets go!! Move!" Night Light raised the gun and shot knocking down the alien creature. "GO!!" pulling back the pump of the shotgun Night Light follows Octavia out the door.
"Oh my god shes dead! This is awful,what is going on!" Octavia fell to the ground pressing her head against the cement. Nigh quickly grabbed the mare pulling her to her hooves.
"I don't know but we need to leave, now! Come on!" Night Light did not hesitate and began to run away from the bar, Octavia looked back and began to tear up before running after the stallion. The two headed to a nearby alleyway, slamming up against the side of the building. Dropping the shotgun and looking to Octavia Nigh smiles, "You made it, thats something right? Come on, I'm all out of rounds and we need to get going" Turning around Night light freezes seeing Big Mac, Applejack, Gears, White Lightning, and his daughters tear filled eyes. "Twilight!!" Twilight quickly ran up to her dad and broke down crying as she gave him a big hug.
"Dad! Its me! Oh dad, something really bad is going on!" Night light stared down at his daughter and teared up putting an arm around her. Both ponies closed their eyes and hugged each other crying lightly knowing they were both okay. "Dad I am so sorry I left...I'm Sorry"
"Its alright...Everything is going to be okay...I forgive you Twily" Gears and White Lighting both looked at each other smiling. Gears had a bigger smile than them all, he was a really joyful guy and tended to outshine everypony when it came to being happy about something. "I love you...Twilight"
Raising its head letting out a loud scream the Xenomorph stands above the manhole. A pony stares up at its face as the creature keeps its tail deep inside the body of the mare. Opening its mouth and spit dripping faster as it does the alien moves its head closer to the mare. She closes her eyes but she then feels the tail rip out of her after a loud bang. Opening her dyeing eyes the mare sees the body of the creature melting into the street. she frowns as a barrel of a shotgun then presses into her head being levitated by a blue aura. She shakes her head with pleading eyes and then the pump of the shotgun cocks back before slamming a round in the barrel.
"Please, don't kill me...I...I can still make it. I don't wanna" The back of the mares head flies out as the shotgun releases a large slug into her face. The body topples and lays on the ground. The shotgun then drops to the ground the sun was rising and the Xenomorphs were all moving into the hospital or the maneholes. It only seemed like seconds after that large vehicles started pulling up behind the shooter. The vehicles had Weyland markings on them and the shooter turned around as the troops came out of the vehicles. Pointing their guns around and walking over to the pony. A commander exits his vehicle with a smile looking over.
"Well well, to think we all thought you were dead" The stallion takes off a pair of sunglasses and chuckles shaking his head. "I see Voluntas was a failure while in your hooves, hmmm? Otherwise I wouldn't be here today. Except instead of one...I have to deal with many...mind explaining to me how this all happened?" The shooter got down on her knees and lowered her head, her muzzle bloody and her outfit splattered in blood, she smiles and a tear rolls down her cheek before looking up to the leader. The mare had Weyland marking on her uniform and she began to laugh lightly.
"Love happened, I failed because of love....sir"
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Twilight moved quickly across the street avoiding the patrolling Weyland troops, her father and friend follow close behind. Twilight peaked around the corner of a box and raised a brow as the troops appeared to be looking for something.
"Like things weren't bad enough with the Xenomorphs running around. Now we have these assholes to deal with" White growled and he pulled open a window to climb inside the building. "Did you see those Xeno's, they look so different than Gash. Smaller, faster, ridged dome heads, and a tail that looks to be made for slaughter. All they did was kill, kill, kill" Twilight nodded and looked to White smiling, White smiled back but they both ducked down when they heard Weyland forces walking right by their area. "Inside now, go, go, go" Twilight stops and peaks around the corner of the building. The squad was stopped and a pony in a fancy outfit was speaking to them. "Twilight come on, lets go" Twilight raised her hoof and listened in.
"You are not after drones, you hear me? These are Xenomorph worriors! You see one, you don't hesitate a shot, you kill it on site! If you don't your dead from it or me" One of the troops steps forwards and clears his throat.
"Sir, Xeno warriors are born only when there is.."He was interrupted by the pony in uniform.
"Your correct private, they are made to protect a hive" He looks at the squad and smiles, "Thats right, the mother is either born or on its way. Hopefully she is here so we can end this now instead of later. Find the hive and report back to me. Kill anypony who questions you or is not one of us, understood" the pony in uniform looks to the private who spoke to him, "Whats your name kid?"
"Private Thunderclap, sir!"
"I'll remember that for your family"
"My family sir!?" The stallion breaks into a sprint as the uniformed pony raises a pistol out of his holster. the other troops stand and watch as the private ran. He falls as a bullet is shot into his leg, slowly crawling away screaming in pain the high ranking officer puts his gun away and looks to the others.
"Either you finish him or let the Xenos have a free snack, your choice" He then walks off stepping into a van and slamming the door. He rolls down the window and smiles at the troops. "They mostly come at night, mostly, stay frosty" tapping his hoof on the side of the door the van starts driving and he rolls up the window. The troops nod and decide to walk past the private, the private reaches out for help but they ignore him and keep walking. Twilight watched the troops walk past, she has a hoof on her muzzle looking at the wounded stallion. She started to walk out from her hiding place and White shakes his head and grabs her.
"No! Twilight, no you are not going out there and helping him! Lets get out of here now, he will kill us as soon as he can walk again." Twilight looked back and she looked scared.
"White he had kids, a family, I can't let him die from those things!" Twilight pulled away and tried to go out there again. White grabbed her again and pulled her back and held her there.
"Twilight no, its not safe, if we take him we have a higher chance of dieing and you know it! Twilight come on leave him remember what happened last time you trusted a Weyland, you were stabbed by her!" Twilight pulls away and stares him in the eyes.
"You were a Weyland once and I trust you!" White stared back and was shocked
by what she said. She walked out and the Private saw her coming, he reached out. "Are you okay, how bad did he get you?"
"Help me please, he got me pretty good. I can't move my leg too well" Twilight knelt down and White soon joined her picking up the rifle that the troop had dropped after being shot. White looked around and then too Twilight holding the gun close to his chest with magic. "Help me please" White looks at the troop and begins to shake his head not enjoying all the noise he was making. Twilight was trying to quiet him but the stallion would not stop. Pulling the slide of the rifle White looks around for any Xenomorphs.
"Your superior officer, he said Warriors, what did he mean by that!?" White said getting edgy and unpleased with this situation. "A hive, a nest, warriors. What is it you are looking for?" The troop begins to scream more as the pain in his leg grew larger. "God dammit, Twilight shut him up. I'll ask again later" Twilight frowned and tried her best now using magic to pull the stallions mouth shut. White jumps back as they all hear glass shatter nearby followed by more shatters. Whiter shook his head and five Xenomorph warriors step out from a nearby building. They all looked at them and began to hiss, spit dripping from their mouths.
"White, look out!!" Twilight screamed, White quickly turned as a Xenomorph jumped from the room next to him. Whites eyes widen and the tail of the creature reared back ready to strike once it landed in front of White. White fell back being tripped up from the alien as it landed. A loud his came from the creature and then a loud bang of a shotgun.
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The sound of a gunshot rang in the streets of Ponyville, the weyland troop quickly turned around as a beep came from his motion tracker. He was on alert now as the tracker began to beep more frequent. He takes a step back to the side of the street, water draining into a grate. Turning on his radio he hears gun shots on the other end. Whipping his gun around a dot appears right on top of him. Looking up and around there was nothing to be seen. The dot continued to blink followed by a hiss. He moved his eyes down to the grate and a hand flew up and out grabbing his leg pulling him down against the grate. The pain caused him to pull the trigger and the gun fired in several directions. A dagger tongue flew from the grate and repeatedly stabbed the pony in the chest.
"Captain!! Captain" A group of ponies busted out of a building nearby. As they exited it began to rain, one of the troops looked up and was met by the face of a Xenomorph. the alien grabbed him and pulled him up to the roof disappearing. His gun fell to the ground alerting the troops of the Xenomorph. "Shit we have one, i got it, i got it!" The mare pulls the trigger and lets the bullets fly. While holding the trigger her friend began to fire as well killing one of the Xenomorphs as it jumped out of a bush. The mare stopped and ran down the street. "Lets go! NOW!" She turned and flew up into the air as a tail slammed into her legs causing her to fall forward dropping her gun. The stallion rushed to help her up intercepted by two Xenomorphs, he screams as two tail slam into his body the rain pouring down on the mare as she hears her friend die. A third Xeno crawls over on four legs placing its hand on her head slamming her face into the road. She screams and the tongue flies out into her head. Her radio began to buzz of gun fires and alien screams.
"Their everywhere, coming from the wall look ARRRGGGGGGGE!!!!"
Gunshot began to come from every direction, the noise of dieing Weyland troops could be heard everywhere. White was on the ground after the Xenomorph encounter. He refused to open his eyes after the alien jumped at him. After the loud gunshot Twilight raised her head, water falling from her mane and blurring her vision and making it hard to see. A mare stood levitating a shotgun, the pump slides back before slamming a shell into the chamber. Blood was leaking down the ponies side and rested on her chest as well. The gun aims at Twilight and the alicorn jumps back away from the screaming private.
"Wait! Please...please don't shoot. We don't want to hurt you...please" The gun remained pointing at the alicorn. Twilight shook her head as the rain began to pour harder. The gunshots sounded closer now as if the troops were fighting over here. Twilight moved forward and the gun remained pointing. "Please...don't" The gun slowly lowers and drops to the ground the shooter slowly steps forward. Blood on her nose, chest, and side. It was Sunset Shimmer. Twilights eyes widened and a perfectly timed lightning flash flew across the sky. White Lighting had finally opened his eyes to see the unicorn standing over him now. "S-Sunset? How are you?" The unicorn looks up and smiles as the rain beats down on them. White Lighting got up picking up his weapon and pointed it at Shimmer. Twilight jumps forwards and pushes the barrel down. "No! Wait....just wait"
"Yes please, I don't want too hurt you!" Sunset began to act frantic now that she saw they had a gun. "I didn't shoot you, you don't need to shoot me" White forced the barrel back up and shook his head. Sunset looked around and the gunshots that were all around them were now scattered. "Now is really not the time for vengeance or finishing what you did on Voluntas" Sunsets horn flashed blue and the gun she held a moment ago was sent sliding towards Twilight, "Handing it over, please, don't do this"
"You pointed a gun at Twilight, is it not fair to point one at your fucking face" White growled and Twilight pushed the gun down again. "Twilight stop! She is a killer, she almost caused you to die" Sunset moved forward a bit and was shaking.
"White please, what i did deserves a death penalty. Not now though, we are about to have Xenomorphs up our asses in a couple minutes" Sunset was now in front of them and she had a faint smile on her face. Twilight blushed lightly and smiled back, she still had a connection with her but the kiss with White was still floating in the alicorns mind. White steps in front of Twilight and looks into Sunsets eyes.
"Your after the hive aren't you! How can I be sure your not still with Weyland?"
"I never said I wasn't with Weyland but a friend told me awhile ago. Friends always come first" Sunset walks past White and looks at Twilight after she said that. "She is my friend, she comes first now! I made a mistake that I plan on fixing" White stares and Twilight nods wanting the unicorn to come with.
"You can come with us" Twilight said with a hint of excitement, despite this was the mare who stabbed her. "We just have to get the rest of our group first"
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Twilight pushed against the door to push it open, when the door finally did fly open Applejack came out from a corner and was holding a baseball bat. Twilight jumped back and put her hooves up.
"Hey, its us..its okay" Twilight smiles and Applejack quickly hugs the alicorn. White walks around now making Sunset visible, Applejack separates the hug and now has a very displeased look on her face. She looks at Twilight and shakes her head and Twilight frowns from it knowing whats up. Twilights dad had a unpleasant look on his face as well once he saw Sunset. Twilight closed the door with her magic and shook the water off her mane looking at the group. "We are in trouble if we stay here. Those things, the Xenomorphs, they are going to be coming here"
"How can you be sure sweetie? We have been safe all day ever sense we came here" Night Light steps forward and Twilight shakes her head again.
"Dad, we made allot of noise, the guns made allot of noise"
"Guns? What about guns?" Applejack steps into the conversation and glares at Twilight. "What is going on here! Thats still my question, my granny is dead because of it and I still have little for answers!" Twilight flinches and raises a hoof to get AJ to shut up.
"Their is an army here, Weyland Troops and they are not friendly. They are after the creatures" Twilight looked around and frowned not knowing how to explain everything. She was clueless about these Xeno Warriors. "We have to go" The door opens and a stallion tries to make it inside. It was the private soldier that Twilight had saved, he was outside keeping watch.
"RUN!!" He stops as a tail slams through his chest. The tail whips back pulling him outside and up the roof. Blood then began to trickle down the roof. Twilight stared and her eyes widened as lightning flashed. Six heads shined from the flash and they jumped up on the roof and began to hiss and growl. A window shattered and a Xenomorph landed in the room. The warrior looked at the group and Octavia took a step back leaning against Twilights father Night Light, she recognized this one from the bottle wound on its side. Applejack screamed and ran for the door. Her brother took after her.
"AJ Wait!!" He screamed as they both busted outside. As they exited a Xeno jumped from the roof landing on Big Mac. He screamed as its claws dug into his back pushing him to the ground. Applejack screamed and ran towards him but was stopped as another jumped from the roof. White came out with his gun and the rest of the group followed as Octavia stayed inside with the Alien that busted in. The mare held a Cello stick and waited for the creature to make a move. "AHH!!! Run" Mac screamed as a tail began shoving through his lung, "RUUUUUN!!" White pulled the trigger and shot Mac in the head and he quickly turned fire on the other Xenomorph that was after Applejack leveling it down to the ground with bullets White screamed as he did it.
"Die you son of a bitch!!!" He pulled the trigger and continued to fire as another came down from the roof hissing and jumping around on the buildings trying to confuse them and get a clear kill. Octavia stood waiting as the Xenomorph began to circle her inside.
"Come on, lets make some art. You need a makeover!!" The Xenomorph lunged and Octavia swung smacking it with the stick. It topples hitting the ground hard. Getting back up to strike again the Xenomorph was then tackled back down by Octavia. "Did I say , all rise!!!" She slammed the cello stick down and it punctures the aliens chest making it scream. She was thrown off and slammed against the wall. The Xenomorph screamed and rolled around with a cello stick in its chest. Octavia struggled but got back up. "This is for Berry!!!" She rushed over with a plank of wood. Swinging down she starts bashing it its head, crunches were heard as the board began to melt away from the head busting in and spraying blood on it. Octavia throws the board away and the alien stops moving.
"Twilight look out!!" Sunset screamed and rushed over to her friend as a Xenomorph jumps from the roof. Bullets still being shot around and it was still raining hard. Sunset jumped in the way and the alien grabs her shoving a tail into the mares left side. Twilight screamed and she powers up her horn and shoots a beam of magic sending the alien flying off Sunset Shimmer. "T-twilight? Twilight are you okay?" Twilight rushes over and kneels down getting Sunset up.
"Sunset I am okay, I am going to help you!!" Sunset looked up and smiled at the alicorn and kissed her cheek causing Twilight to freeze and look back at her.
"Fuck Weyland, I quit..." Sunset smiled and the group began to move away from the building as Sunset began to bleed out.
