For the right price

Chapter 6: In awe of passing through.

The group had fought their way to the weapons factory, guided by Esten over the communicator. The resistance they met on the way were minimal since they had taken out a big chunk of Purnimas military numbers before reaching the factory.

Luckily, Rarity managed to lock the door that lead into the factory behind them as they got in, she also did the feat of hacking open the door. She changed the code lock on it aswell, so that they were the only ones able to get in and out. Of course, if their enemies were as good at hacking as her, that would change pretty soon.

Isaac was panting, his chest heaving as he ordered the others to take a break. "Allright... Let's rest for a moment, Fluttershy, can you take a look at our injuries and your own? No need for any bypass operations, just staple us up, we only need to hold together until we get out of here.You can't be too sure though, we don't want to end up with any infections, like the one I got after our trip to Myrath."

He sat down and leaned against the metal wall, the others doing the same, everyone except Spike, who kneeled down and guarded the hallway they were in.

Fluttershy walked over to him and started to get some bandages, cleaning solvents and other things from the medical pouch she was carrying with her. "Stay still, I'll try to get the blood off your face, then I'll puncture the bulge and put a bandage around your head, okay?" She explained to him while she got her things ready.

Spike nodded, not letting his gaze leave the hallway. "You don't need to tell me what you're doing, just do it, I can take the pain."

Fluttershy gave him a nod and went to work, putting some cleaning solvent on a big needle before pushing it into the bulge on Spikes forehead. The needle sunk into the bulge nicely without any problems, when she pulled it out the blood started seeping through the hole the needle had made.

To hurry things along, Fluttershy started to press on the bulge, causing the blood to drain in a steady stream. Once the bulge was gone she started to clean his face with a wiping cloth. She placed small strips of medical tape on the small cut and then patted Spikes shoulder, signalling that she was done.

"Thanks." He replied, letting out a sigh as he sat down, still making sure that he got the hallway covered.

He looked over to Rarity, who got some burn injuries on her arms and legs looked over and bandaged by Fluttershy. "Got some water in that bag of yours?" He asked, his mouth feeling like a desert by now.

Rarity nodded and started to look through her backpack, which she had placed between her legs as she sat down. " I would rather go back and fight those creatures in that mineshaft than do this." She said as she looked for the water bottle she had put in her bag. "It actually went better than this has gone so far, not counting Isaac almost being killed of course." She held up the water bag and lobbed it over to Spike, who took a sip of it and handed it over to Rainbow dash, who then passed it over to Pinkie pie.

Everyone took a sip as the bottle came to them and handed the bottle over to the person next to them until it came back to Rarity. After drinking some herself, she put the bottle back in the backpack.

Fluttershy had taken care of her comrades injuries, atleast to the extent she could for the time being, patches and bandages placed on their arms, chests and heads.

Pinkie pie looked around at them and giggled. "Tehee~ We all look like we come from different pieces of a mummy!"

Isaac shook his head but could not stop himself from smiling. "If everyone is ready to go, we'll head down this corridor, four of us on each side."

The others nodded and down the corridor they went.

...

The few guards they met along their way further into the factory were quickly dealt with, a hand covering their mouths and a knife slitting their throats, and sometimes these hands slammed their faces into the wall, successfully smashing their craniums to big pieces.

The only time they could not ambush the soldier guarding one of the corners they needed to pass, it was because he was facing them and if they as much as moved another inch, he would see them. They had to think fast before they got discovered, shooting him would only make their situation worse. If anyone heard the blast, the whole factory would be in lockdown before they could say shit!.

Luckily, Rarity was the fast thinker this time. She took a step forward into the soldiers view and slowly walked over to him in a seductive manner, unzipping the top of her suit, making her breasts to bulge out slightly, giving him a clear view of her cleavage. "Hi there, handsome." She said in a just as seductive voice.

The guard smirked and put his rifle down on the floor and took a step forward, his hands ready to grope her airbags. He was stopped by Rarity however, who pushed him back against the wall, trailing a finger on his chest. "Do you think you'll be able to handle me?" She asked, giving him a flirtatious wink.

He smiled at her and put his hands on her hips. " Hell yeah."

He let out a loud groan and fell down on his knees when Rarity punched him in the groin, a swift kick to the head, and another groan later, he fell down on the floor, unconscious.

"I hope I never have to be so vulgar again!" Rarity exclaimed, turning to the others as they came towards her.

Rainbow dash smirked at her. "I don't know, you're very good at being slutty."

This comment earned her a fist bump from Spike and a scowl from Rarity. "I despise that!" She said in an angry tone, turning around and walking down the hallway, the rest of the group following her, Rainbow and Spike smirking.

...

Soon they came to a big door, from the inside they could hear the sounds of machines and hammering. This must be where the workers were imprisoned. Isaac ordered Spike and Rainbow dash to pry the door open, but after a few failed attempts he changed plans. He ordered Rarity to hack the door, but he didn't want the door to be able to be closed and locked behind them, trapping them inside, he wanted her to overcharge the whole mechanism.

Rarity kneeled down in front of the door and started working on the computer panel next to it. As she did this, the others got into formation, ready to storm the room.

Isaac positioned himself in the middle and started to speak. " Allright, when we get it we take care of any guards first, after that we call Esten so that he'll come here and pick the workers up in the landing ship. Hopefully this will go smooth, and I hope I didn't just jinx it."

Rarity looked back at them and nodded. " Here we go!".

Sparks flew from the door as it got overcharged, it opened and stayed that way, giving them a way in. They rushed into the large room which was filled with conveyor belts, and workers dressed in blue overalls standing next to them.

"Hey! you there!" A guard on the other side of the room shouted at them and held up his rifle, about to fire at them. Spike and Rainbow dash shot at him first, forcing him to throw himself behind cover to not get hit.

The other guards in the room soon found themselves under fire aswell, though not all of them were as lucky as the first one, and died quickly. The workers laid down on the floor to protect themselves from the temporary carnage that ensued from the battle between the last remaining guards and Isaacs crew.

When the chaos died down, a few of them looked up as if to wonder why they were not dead yet. Isaac walked up to the worker closest to him and helped her up on her feet.

"Who are you?" She asked, looking at him, Spike and the girls like they were some sort of supernatural beings, or atleast like they were an odd looking group of people that was carrying lots of guns.

The other workers slowly started to stand up and look at the group, not sure what to do.

Isaac looked around at them and spoke. " We're from Nebula 9, we're here to get you out, there's a ship waiting for you outside, now move it, we can't waste time."

He turned around to Fluttershy and Pinkie pie. " Fluttershy, Pinkie, you escort them out to the landing ship outside, make sure that they won't get hurt."

They nodded and walked back out into the hallway and escorted the line of prisoners out.

Isaac contacted Esten on the radio. " Esten, are you inbound?"

Estens answer was almost inaudible but Isaac managed to hear some of what he said. " I...BBZZZK...There soon. Ilsa...SSSKHT...Autopilot!"

Their conversation was cut short by other doors in the room opening and soldiers marching in.

"Take cover!" Isaac shouted out, but the others had beaten him to it, already hiding behind the conveyor belts. He jumped behind the cover of one himself, but the lazer blasts they had expected didn't come.

"Well, I guess that you have a lot of skills, being able to get this far." A dark voice addressed them. "Sadly, this little rescue mission of yours will end here."

Isaac stood up to look at the person talking to them. The person in question was a dark skinned human male. He was bald, had an eye patch and a large scar crossing his face , passing under the eyepatch.

" I'm Logan, and may I ask who you are? We have to put your name on your tombstone after all." He gave a menacing chuckle, but Isaac didn't show any reaction to it.

" I'm Isaac, and you won't get any of us any tombstones without a fight, know that Logan!" Isaac scowled at him, grabbing his plasma rifle.

Logan sighed and gave him a smirk. " If that is the case, we will see it soon. Kill them!"

The group of Purnima soldiers opened fire at Isaac and his crew, and they in turn responded in the same manner.

Isaac let out a groan as his leg got hit, and he hid behind on of the conveyor belts next to Twilight, who were shooting at two enemy soldiers huddling behind a large metal box.

Twilight herself had some more burn marks than when they went into the room, and she looked more pissed than anything. "I hope this will be easier than it feels like!" She said, shooting a few rounds before taking cover again.

Isaac let his rifle rip, the light blue orbs flying through the air, leaving black burn marks on the walls and conveyor belts he hit when firing at the enemy soldiers hiding behind them.

He went back down the conveyor belt again and turned to Twilight. " We might have to retreat this time." He said, the words feeling wrong to him. "Or as I would call it." He continued. "Advance backwards."

He looked up to shoot again, but stopped in the middle of his motion.

Logan was walking towards him, a smirk grew on his face as he saw that Isaac was looking at him.

Isaac gave him a stern look in return, this was it, he was going to fight him, man to man. He was determined to kick the shit out of him in the process.

"Twilight!" He called, causing her to look at him.

She just barely managed to catch his plasma rifle as he threw it to her. She looked at him for a second as he started to walk towards Logan, his hands clenched into fists.

With his shotgun still strapped to the side of his leg, he walk slowly towards his opponent, who was throwing his own lazer rifle to the side.

Time felt like it slowed down the closer Isaac got to Logan, but it sped up again as he threw the first punch.

Logan dodged it perfectly and threw a punch that hit Isaac in the chest, making him stumble back a few steps. But he recovered quickly and struck his opponent on the side of his head.

Logan groaned and lunged at him and grabbed Isaac around the waist, lifting him up so that he could throw him down on the floor, but Isaac headbutted him and both of them fell down on the hard metal floor.

When they got up they went at it again, the lazer blasts from both sides of the room flying around them.

In the corner of his eye, Isaac could see Twilight firing his plasma rifle at her enemies. She had a slight problem with the recoil, but she still managed to pick off a few of the enemy soldiers. He looked back at Logan and stepped forward.

They went at it again, swinging punches that hit one another in the chest and the face. Isaacs nose was bleeding and Logans lip was busted, blood dripping from that aswell.

Isaac managed to give Logan a successfull uppercut followed by a kick to the groin, which made Logan fall down on his knees. He let out a loud groan and held up his hand.

"Argh! Shit! Come on, just give me a moment, allright!"

Isaac smirked at him, but allowed Logan to collect himself, but what Logan actually was doing was counting his balls, to make sure there were just two, and no additional pieces.

Their battle now heated up, they did not only kick and punch eachother, but slammed their opponent onto the boxes, pillars and conveyor belts around them.

Logan had managed to hit Isaac in the solar plexus, momentarily stunning him. He used this to his advantage and slammed him onto one of the conveyor belts, giving Isaac a large burn mark across his face.

Isaac screamed in pain as the conveyor belt pulled at his face, he started to wrestle and grabbed Logan and pulled him forward. This made Logan smash his face into the back of Isaacs face, and a loud cracking noise was heard as his nose broke.

When Logan was preoccupied with the pain, putting his hand to his nose. Isaac decided that this was his chance to end this little game.

He put all of his bodyweight behind a kick that he aimed at Logans leg, which hit right where he wanted it to.

Logans leg collapsed under him as the bone snapped and with a scream of pain he fell to the floor.

Isaac took his shotgun and loaded it, aiming at Logans head.

Logan was groaning, blood seeping through the marks and scars he had gotten from the fight. He was gripping at Isaacs boots, but the pain from his leg was too great for him to ignore.

Isaac looked down at the fallen enemy. " I hope someone makes sure that the tombstone says Rest in pieces." With that, he pulled the trigger, ending Logans life.

He turned around and ran back to Twilight, hiding next to her.

" Is he dead?" She asked, handing him his plasma rifle.

Isaac nodded, putting his shotgun back in the holster on his leg. He reloaded his plasma rifle and started to fire at the soldiers that were scattered about in the room.

"As dead as one can be. Now we have to get out of here!"

He looked over at Rarity, Applejack and Spike on the other side of the conveyor belt, but he couldn't see Rainbow dash anywhere.

"Where's Ranbow? " He asked, looking around.

"Right here!" Her voice came from his left, he looked over and saw her huddling behind a bench that she had turned over, now reloading her rifle. "I saw you take that guy out, nice work captain."

Isaac smirked at her. "Thanks, good job at keeping your ground." He turned back to Aj, Spike and Rarity, shouting at them to get their attention.

"Guys, get ready to move! Me, Rainbow and Twilight first, you follow. Move it!"

He grabbed Twilights arm and ran towards the door they came though, Rainbow dash close behind them.

The others covered them as they went. Spike got a lucky hit on one of the soldiers, making him fall to the ground, his lazer rifle still firing as he dropped it.

When Isaac and Twilight was through the door, Spike, Rarity and Applejack rushed to the door.

Before the door closed behind them, Spike felt an immense pain in his back as he got hit.

He fell forward onto the floor, groaning. "Shit! Argh! They got me, bastards!"

The door closed and he felt two arms lifting him up. It was Rarity, he had clearly underestimated her strength.

"It's okay Spikey, don't worry" She told him, dusting him off. "We'll patch you up back at the ship."

Spike rolled his eyes and pulled his arm away from her. "Yeah, yeah. Thanks, I'll be allright."

Rarity looked at him a bit shocked at how he acted, even though she had helped him, but she let it go, giving him a huff in response.

Isaac stood near one of the walls, trying to contact Esten on his communicator. "Esten. Esten! Damn it, it's busted!" He exclaimed, putting his communicator back into the pouch on his chest. " I hope that he'll find his way here."

...

Fluttershy and Pinkie pie led the group of workers through the halls and corridors back to the door they came through. They moved slowly around the corners, not wanting to fall into a trap.

Fluttershy's communicator bleeped, the screen showing that Esten wanted to contact her. She pressed a button on it and Estens voice came crackling through it. "Fluttershy! Doctor! I need the coordinates to your position now! I can't get through to Isaac!"

A loud bang was heard, followed by a swear from Esten. "Damn it! A few more hits like that and I'm toast, I need those coordinates, Doctor!"

Fluttershy frowned, she didn't know the coordinates, but maybe Esten could locate them by using the communicators.

"Esten, I dont have the coordinates, you'll have to use the communicator to triangulate our position. Please hurry up, we don't want to keep these people waiting for too long."

The communicator crackled before letting Estens voice come through it again.

"Understood, Doctor." Esten responded, the sound of the landing ships engines roaring in the background. "Keep the people protected for a bit longer, I'm on my way."

Fluttershy turned around to pinkie. "Pinkie, make sure that there is no one behind us. We have to get these people out of here now, Esten is on his way."

Pinkie pie did a salute. "Okie dokie lokie, Doctor!" She said and walked back down the hallway, walking past all the prisoners they had rescued.

A wolf male in the line of prisoners turned to Fluttershy, giving her a pleading look. " We'll get out of here safely, right?"

She smiled at him and patted his shoulder. "We'll do our best to get you out of here, either that or we'll die trying. Your people at home wants you back, and we're here to get you back."

He nodded quickly. "Thank you!"

Fluttershy walked them through the maze like corridors, the line of prisoners and Pinkie pie following behind.

Luckily the bodies of the guards they had taken out on the way in were still there, working like a trailblazer.

Fluttershy sighed in relief when she saw the exit further down the hall. She turned around and urged the prisoners to hurry towards the door.

They started to run towards the door, but the clattering of Pinkie pies rifle falling to the floor and a scared squeal from the pink pony made them turn around and stop.

A soldier had snuck up on her and grabbed her from behind, knocking her rifle from her grip and was holding her around the throat, making her gasp for air as she could barely breathe.

"Stop right there!" The lizard said aiming his blaster at Pinkie pies head. "The lot of you ain't going anywhere, drop your weapon or your friend dies."

Fluttershy slowly bent down, put her rifle on the floor and kicked it over to the lizard.

"Good girl, now start getting those prisoners back inside. And you..." He spoke into Pinkie pies ear. "You and I will get to know eachother a bit better, how does that sound?"

He smirked, but his expression froze as he felt the barrel of a rifle pressed into the back of his head, followed by a TCHKWHEEE sound.

The lizard sighed. "Oh crap..."

"Yeah, shit would have worked well, but crap will do it." Isaac answered, and pulled the trigger. A blue light flashed in the corridor, painting the walls for a second, followed by splatters of blood.

The lizards dead body fell to the floor, leaving Pinkie pie and Isaac standing with bloodstains on their clothes and faces.

"Are you allright?" Isaac walked up to her and picked up her rifle, handing it to her.

Fluttershy did the same, and took up the task of guiding the prisoners to the door.

Pinkie pie smiled at Isaac, nodding, wiping some of the blood off of her cheek. " I'm allright, he didn't hurt me, but it sure was a doosey."

Isaac turned around and saw Spike, Rainbow dash, Rarity and Applejack coming around the corner.

"You ran off mighty fast!" Applejack panted. " But it seems you got here in time."

Isaac nodded at her. " Yeah. I'm sorry, Esten is waiting for us. Rarity, get the door open, we need to get going fast."

Rarity laughed all the way to the door. She put the code in and the door slowly opened.

All of them turned towards the door, getting their weapons ready, but they were met by Esten standing outside of the landing ship, a laser blaster in each hand.

"Nice to see you all in one piece." He looked over at them, noticing all their marks and bandages. "You guys sure look like shit."

The prisoners walked in a line, hurrying into the landing ship and strapped themselves in.

Isaac walked over to Esten and patted his cheek in a oh you manner. "I can show you all the mirrors we have back on the ship later, friend."

Esten smirked and climbed back into the ship, closing the hatches and lifting off.

"Hold on, we'll be back at the ship soon."

...

The crew and the prisoners had arrived back at the space station Nebula 9, and they were greeted by the whole population of the station, cheering as they found out that their kidnapped friends had returned.

The leaders of the space station thanked them with all their hearts and they were more than happy to pay the crew for their services.

Once paid, Isaac and the others thanked the Nebula leaders and went back to the ship with their credits.

While on the Nebula 9 space station, the girls and Spike had noticed the way that the people had looked at them. Even though they were covered in bruises, bandages and burn marks, it felt like the people looked up to them, like the signs of their struggle to get their loved ones back were symbols of their goodness.

The people looked at them and whispered, gasped and tried to reach for them, to touch them, to make sure that they were real. And they could hear the words Super soldiers get whispered repeatedly amongst the people around them.

They felt perplexed as they walked through the mass of people, random persons walking up to them, taking their hands and shaking them as they looked at them, starstruck.

Isaac walked last in line, he sighed as he looked around at the people around him, he could feel their stares on his skin, it was like it was burning the outside of his clothes.

He walked into the Nordin and sighed. "Poor souls... So desperate for heroes, for someone that will do the right thing, and protect them, give them hope."

He sighed again and closed the hatch, never to see the people of Nebula 9 again as the Nordin slowly moved from the space stations orbit and flew back out into the endless space.