Stories of Equis: Adrift in darkness.

The sound of hooves hitting metal filled the corridors of the ship as the stallion ran for his life. His lab coat flapping in the air whenever his rear hooves kicked it up. Sweat pouring down his head and body while he winced every time his hooves hit the grate floor, generating loud bangs and scrapes that could attract the things after him. He flinched at every sudden noise, afraid as if it was a threat.

He ran past a corpse of a trooper that had its neck torn open violently, showing the once hollow throat as it overflowed with blood and streaked down the body. A mortified look on the trooper's face showed he had lost the fighting chance at defending himself but managed to take one of the beasts with him, as it lay with gaping wounds on the opposite side of the hall. The stallion made one glance and stumbled in shock and felt bile rise to his throat before regaining balance, swallowing it back down and continuing to run. He nearly lost his stomach right there, and that alone could have marked the end of his relatively short life for they were close behind.

So he redoubled his speed.

Alarms blared throughout the ship as it replayed the same message over and over: "Alert! Containment breach!" Growling and yelling emitted from a corridor cross section where he was headed. He didn't even slow down. For he already knew what was down the hall. What happened next was what he dreaded; the growing made a sudden, abrupt, nerve chilling alert at his hoof-steps before the echo of multiple hooves hitting the floor and roaring was behind him.

Letting loose a gasp of shock, he attempted to go even faster. Ahead was the location he was aiming for; one of the many ShipCom stations. Apparently number 39. Four trooper guards stood with their Magi-rifles by their side, ready to defend to the last. They spotted him running towards them and brought their weapons to bear towards him, with seemingly fearless faces.

"I'm clean! I'm clean!" he hollered before they started firing on him, they began firing anyway at the beasts behind him, narrowly missing him. Loud growls and shrieks of pain sounded behind him as the things got shot at. He made a quick glace back before running forward towards the troopers.

One of them stopped firing to slide a card into the door control panel after looking him over quickly, causing a small beep and a green light to appear above the panel. The door slid open and the trooper shoved him inside before closing it again behind him.

He breathed a sigh of relief for finally making it to the ShipCom center safely. Looking around he saw many of his companions that helped him with many works and test within the labs. Most were sitting by the wall or in the corner, rocking back and forth crying or whimpering, trying to tell themselves that this was all some bizarre nightmare by Luna, to curse them for what they have done.

He saw the ShipCom console and made his way to it, careful to not step on some of the ponies on the ground on the way. When he arrived at it, he pressed a few buttons to turn it on. The console made a small beep, and the panel on it lit up. He sighed with relief, simply glad to see that it online.

Suddenly, hissing gunfire started to emit from outside the door as well as growling and the yelling of ponies in pain, causing just about everypony in the room to jump in shock and quiver in fear. The sounds continued without end as the pony recorded his message, occasionally looking around and towards the door, making sure it has not suddenly broken down. Some of the troopers and guards that were inside with them had moved near the door and had taken cover behind various objects and watching the door as it shook and shuddered at the force behind it.

"....Destroy the ship, I don't care what valuable research is on here, you must destroy this ship!" he demanded as he broadcast the message, practically screaming at the camera. A loud bang stole his attention for a few seconds before looking back at the camera on the console before looking down and taking a deep breath. "If this gets out all life as we know it will cease to exist or be dreadfully endangered, that is why you must destroy this ship." He paused and looked around at some of the faces that were staring back at him in response to his yelling. He saw one stallion holding a mare close to his chest while petting her head as she cried into his now tear-stained lab vest, saying soothing words to her partially deaf ears.

Turning back around toward the camera, he shook his head in sadness before taking one last look at it. "Dr. Testskript signing off," was the last thing he to the camera said before the doors broke open with a screech and the message cut to static.