AVP: After the Fall

Prologue

Shadow let out a deep growl as the Hunter Pred whipped a deep cut across the top of the Xenomorph's dome carapace. Scootaloo eyed the large beast and its arsenal of weapons that it had placed on its body with wide eyes. Shadow raised his tail and roared taking off towards the Pred with a wide open mouth. The dagger-like tongue shot out as the Hunter jumped towards the alien. The two creatures smashed up against each other and the Yautja Predator took advantage grabbing with both hands onto the long tail. Scootaloo pushed herself up grabbing her rifle taking aim, Shadow flew like a heavy stone smashing into the pillar. The Hunter clenched its fists and two long blades shot out from its wrists.

"Shoot!! Shoot it now!" White reached up holding his shoulder to keep his wound from bleeding any more than it already was. "Shoot it!" Scootaloo looked through the glass of her red dot scope once again with two feathers on the trigger of her weapon. Shadow let out a small weak hiss pushing up to get back into the fight but the Yautja wasn't allowing that, smashing both fists down the beast knocked the Specimen back down to the ground before taking out a large knife to finish the job. "SHOOOT IT!! NOW!!!" Closing her eyes she pulled, the shot rang through the entire castle. Scootaloo's radio began to buzz with voices. The troops were now aware there was something going on and were now on the way to the shot. She opened her eyes and the Hunter was gone, the Xenomorph with it. A trail of bright fluorescent green blood leads out the window that was now smashed into pieces. Could this get any worse was the only thought that was going through her head now as she heard the stomping hooves of the troops enter the room

Chapter One

"Y-yes..Yes! I am fine...I just thought I saw something" Sunset smiled and turned her head to look at the approaching filly. Scootaloo had a very faint smile on her face and tears laying in the corners of her eyes. The filly tried her best to look strong in her uniform but it was really hard. If not for Twilight Sparkle, Scootaloo wouldn't be standing here among all these ponies. "I know Scoot, I miss her too but let's save the tears for after the signing of the new law." Sunset's hoof drifted up to move a segment of loose mane out from her eyes so she didn't look any more like an emotional wreck than she already did. "She saved us all and showed me how to fix the life I was living. I promise I won't leave your side, Scoot. Twilight would want us to stick together..."

Her eyes stared at the eggs as they sizzled on the top of the stove, how long had she been standing there staring off thinking about it? Sunset let out a long sigh and with a quick burst of magic she levitated the pan up and shook it to make sure the food would not stick because there was no butter left to prevent this from happening. Iron Will was at the table typing away on a keyboard with aggressive hard fingers against the plastic. He wasn't angry, it was just how he typed on a laptop.

" I really wish you would get off that thing while I am cooking. Hearing you type is like...like....." The Television interrupted her with a loud beeping noise. Will looked up and coughed as it was just another alert of space debris breaking through the atmosphere. It was never really anything serious, usually, just a segment of a room from a destroyed station or a satellite but these happened every day. "The only thing I regret about the choice is Seegson is not very good with cleaning up what happened" Will closed his laptop and pressed the tips of his fingers together while also pressing his forehead into his fingers.

"Seeing as parts of my station are still floating around up there. The fact that I made it out of what happened makes me scared what else made it out, Sunset" Iron Will said this with a forced smile as he now got up out of his seat. "Can you change the channel? I would rather hear something about progress on the captures of Weyland Loyalists"

"Have you heard from Scootaloo?" Sunset closed her eyes worried to hear her friends answer that question. Iron Will sighed and shook his head before actually responding to that.

"She doesn't call, send letters, or even seem to want to talk. I want to believe she is just busy but I know it is because of Seegson that she is so forgetful all the time and that she will probably be late for dinner" Sunset turned off the stove and looked to the television one last time to see all the information on the new impact. The pony speaking was a member of Seegson Security and he was very detailed on what was going on. The debris was part of Fort Waid Station and was also confirmed to be nothing serious but just a couple segments of a busted wall and a very old satellite it took out on the way down. The reason the alert was even broadcasted would be to notify it was not going to be striking any population or occupied areas of Equestria. Iron Will was at the door listening to the last few words before he would leave and Sunset didn't say a word about the breakfast she was cooking for him because she knew why he was leaving. The broadcast closed and returned to the regular program. Before Sunset was fully turned to look at the door Iron Will was already gone and out the door.

"Good luck friend because you're going to need it today" Sunset flopped back into a chair and leaned back to look at the ceiling. Today was not a bright day Equestria. Today was the day that it was announced to her. The day Celestia found out what happened on Valuntas Station.

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"This was something you thought I shouldn't be told about!?!? Do you realize what kind of shit you just put me into, today?" Celestia flared her large wings and they casted a shadow down onto the circle table. Moon Dusts, Speaker of the Seegson's and Iron Will who spoke for the creatures of Equestria both tapped their papers against the table. Iron Will began to sweat and shake as the large alicorn began to grunt and glare at the two of them. "Well!! Which one of you wants to start, Hmmmm?" Moon cleared her throat and began speaking about the events that took place on Valuntas Station very quickly as to not keep this meeting waiting any longer.

"Too defend Seegson, Weyaland Corp was in charge of this information for years before the events even occurred and Seegson was not able to access this information until after the fall" Moon smiled and stood up from her seat setting her papers down and headed over to one of the wonderfully designed windows the castle had to offer. "However the information was discovered only a year after the fall and Seegson Security decided that this information continues to be held away to prevent panic" Celestia shook her head with eyes closed and this caused Iron Will to adjust his tie in great fear as to what was going to happen.

"Panic? What if it happens again and because nopony was informed of the threat that is up in space millions die again? Three stations were infected with a threat that was hidden from me and the public for years! We have two new stations circling the planet and they have no idea that the thing that caused this is still out there" Moon stepped in again not allowing Iron Will to speak his part for the creatures of Equestria.

"The creature known as Specimen Xenomorph-97xex was killed on Fort Waid Station and the other Specimen now known as Specimen Xenomorph-ork987 was killed after the station itself fell apart. The events that happened on WeyU Station were confirmed to be caused because of a lab failure. Turns out they had specimens of their own on board and something went wrong but WeyU was the only Weyland Official Station with a lab the size to hide such and organism" Iron Will sat up and tried to speak his part while there was a pause.

"To be fair your highness the creatures that live here did not know about any of this and I think they should have been told" Celestia looked to him with a smile that turned to a disgusted glare. "Your highness?"

"You knew, correct? Why did you not tell them yourself?" Iron Will clenched his fists and sat down. Moon Dusts then continued to clear things up with what she had to say.

"There is almost an eighty-five percent chance that this will never happen again. There is nothing left for the creatures to live on and from what we know about living animals. They need to breathe air in order to survive and there is no way there is air left on any of those stations anymore after all these years"

"What about the other fifteen percent? Why not a solid One hundred?" Celestia had a much calmer vibe radiating from her now but Iron Will got up and dismissed himself heading to the door. He got to say one thing and it was the worst thing because he could have said something years ago about this. "Tell me what that percent is about and I will be much more comfortable about the larger percent trumping over it"

"The fifteen percent is that these things might not need air to live"

"If I had known these things years ago maybe Twilight Sparkle would have never gone to Valuntas. She might still be alive if she had stayed here in Equestria" Celestia moved away from the table and Iron Will clenched his fists more hearing her name. Twilight probably would have never gone to Valuntas if she knew the dangers that were in space. "Meeting is over. I would like it if you could go now, Moon Dusts" Iron Will closed his eyes and a tear fell from his eye as he remembered Valuntas and when he met Twilight.

"The creature!! It's here MOVE!!" Iron Will shouted as he ran down the hallways 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. "Let us 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

"I didn't know at the time but she was going to be something I missed greatly. I have to get out of here!" Iron Will finally pushed through the door and left the room. He wasn't the nicest of creatures and was defiantly not a good captain. That didn't make him a bad man and he missed Twilight. He missed her every day.