1. Marksaline the Necromorph Queen

The Ishimura, save Sunset Shimmer 2/?

Discord hoped that his warning about them run and gun away was not to tall a order for the Alicorn sisters as warriors, still it was the safety of the foals everyponys would have prioritized. Further did the expandable nature of the head of a sentient Necromorph be enough incentive to book it before they look it up.

Nightmare Moon did the reasonable thing and followed the instructions of the mad God, after all:
"Stay at your own peril", is a expression well experienced in war times. Nightmare Moon war against what ever try hunt them down started now.

Nightmare Moon established the formation and tactics quick and simple:
She herself would be the spearhead, aggressive retreating towards the enemy if needed. Cadance and the fillys on her back were top priority.

Cadance the middle of the group, to avoid getting the foals in range of the enemy and book it without looking at anything behind her if possible.

Luna as the rear guard, buying Cadance time if needed. Luna was their herds best physical warrior and would come out on top with her level headed fighting as long she had something to defend.

Simpel yet effective, when one only has seconds to make, explain and execute a plan, than that it was all they needed.

With a buck that almost dented the door and ring the proverbial dinner bell, did their escape started.

Nightmare Moon was already halfway out the door when the vent of the small security room got destroyed and a skin and fur coat missing Diamond Dog with blades in hands came out the shaft. Cadance bearly snuck a peek before she followed Nightmare Moon. Luna give a few pott shots in the attacker chest with little result before she followed the herd escape route.

Being so under pressure would make everycreature survey their surroundings more than they already were, while galloping for their lives.

For a reason beyond her imagination, did Nightmare Moon cursed up a storm that the corridor had ventilation shafts all around build in. Who ever would ever designed a place like that, would win her ire in the future...

"Luna! Behind you!" Cadance shouted, as she could see a already damaged creature coming from the security room.
Which appeared to possess a furless Diamond Dog like form with its arms raised up in the air, approaching their moving group.

"Luna! Open fire! Open fire!" Cadance shouted needless, to which she and Luna opened fire on the monster. Fortunately did Nightmare Moon had apperently already caused enough damage and with a short burst did it stopped moving.

Though while their miniature needels hit the creatures repeatedly, did they indeed not seem to die when others would have perished long ago.

They all knew that they needed to get out of this badly lit and ventilation shaft filled area.

There was currently not a shortage of attackers and they see another bursting out of ventilation shafts with the sound of exploding vent coverings.

From one second to another one, did one monstrous creature dropped down from a newly opend vent shaft.

Anywhere near where walking by, causing the ponies to turn and start firing into their pursuing enemys. While it seem to be inefficient to shot their chests, did it throw them back if not simply stopping their advance in place.

Nightmare Moon, Cadance and Luna noticed that the monsters weren't dying just as Discord had warned them. Further with all of the ammunition that was being pumped into their chests, they be running out of their offensive option very soon.

They didn't understand yet how that enemy could be possibly defeated, if they didn't die to weapon fire.

How a creature could still be functional with all of the holes that were being put in their chest was ludicrous.
But evidently they somehow managed to ignore damage to major organs.

Not wasting mind capacity towards struggling how to understand their enemy, they just all make a run for it.

"Run faster! Fasterrr!" Sunset shouted in desperation as she had the feeling to have experienced this once before...

The creatures appeared to be blocking one another approaches do to the leading ones seem to struggle to move after all the damage they received. One of the creatures had apperently enough and started tearing apart the bodies of the damaged and group slowing down creatures ahead.

Apperently was a damaged member of its pack not worth the struggle to lose its next meal.

"Fillies and Cadance, get the Tarterus out of here!" Luna called out to them, while she used her empty weapon as blunt club to bludgeon the enemy to a stand still for a few seconds.

Though that was followed by Nightmare Moon sniping some of the enemies heads off, did it not buy that mutch time.

The two were left to their fate as the Fillys on Cadance back were standing in indecision on their pink rides back.

Cadance didn't let their sacrefice go to waste and booked it as fast she could down the corridor.

When Nightmare Moon run dry of ammunition and Luna lost her Nails Rifle to one of the creatures did the warrior sisters decided that it was time for them to move their flanks.

To which they headed through the now unobstructed corridor.

Cadance had been slightly slower with the fillys on her back, now as they are a few second ahead, did they could run themself unobstructed towards where ever this corridor lead them.

By their RIGs reading was Luna now less than half her health indicator strong. Nightmare had only received a glancing hit and was almost unharmed.

As they get to galloping away before the creatures came for them, did Luna noticed that her damaged state slowed her down despite her legs being in good shape.

While it was only a little, did it make enough difference to split the sisters by 3-4 meters when Nightmare catched up to Cadance.

Cadance experienced a slight complication along the way to escape the enemy. There was a elevator infront of them, but it needed to be called up!

One of the vents that they ran under happened to explode and another one of those creatures dropped down on top of them.

Though it had to paid for its little stunt, when Marksaline tackeld it away from Sunset and her Sister that still clinged to Cadance.

Marksaline see-trough wings worked like blades and the creature was dismembered in seconds before Marksaline mind returned from her killing frenzy into guard mode and she run after her pink M♡mmy and her sister.

While Cadance and Nightmare Moon almost comical pressed the calling button in alternate order.
Did Luna could already see the group ahead trapped infront of a elevator.

With a move born out of desperation did Luna throw herself at the creatures leading body. This unexpected coming body tackle made the first two rows struggle and one even fall over.

Luna managed to get away from the group of struggeling creatures with bearly any life indication on her RIG left.

When she heavily limping was moving towards the group under horrendous pain, did Nightmare Moon switched with Cadance Nails Rifle and Nightmare Moon advanced to help her grunting in pain sister.

Nightmare decapitated many of the creatures and even removed some of their arms with blades growing out of them, until Cadance borrowed Rifle stopped working do to a empty magazin.

Nightmare used once more the blunt nature of her empty rifle in telekinesis grip to bludgeon the living Tarterus out of their attackers to stall them.

Until her sister see Nightmare Moon RIG life indication turn red, Luna used all her strength to throw her sister towards Cadance and than continued to beat the monstrositys with the dropped weapon while retreating.

When Luna noticed the enemy coming to close, did she try to turn and run away. She barely had time to turn around before one of the creatures swung one of its bladed arms and removed one of her hind legs.
With a scream did her body reaching its limits locked up.

The foul monster started to carve up the poor mares body and appeared to hack her apart...

While Nightmare was screaming at the sickening sight of her sister being stabbed until only minced meat remained of her.

Nightmare was sick to her stomach. If her body wasn't shaking in pain, would she run over and start ripping them apart by hoove!

While that was going through her mind, did another creature jumped onto Lunas corpse and started tearing her apart.

Despite the fact that the RIG of Luna had flatlined in the last few seconds, before one of the sick fuckers cut Lunas head of with a florish movement that send Lunas head towards Nightmare.

Nightmare catched her sisters helmet protected head by instinct and was surprised to see her despite being brutally murdered and sliced to ribbons, having a look in her eyes that was promising bloody revenge.

Way to late did the slow as fuck elevator finaly reached its destination and open its doors.

Cadance shouted for Nightmare to get into the blood forsaken Elevator so she could activated the door lock.

Nightmare Moon was holding her sisters decapitated head in her magic grip while limping to the elevator.

When she reached it, did Cadance immediately turned around and slammed her hind hoove on the control panel.

To which the door closed and saved them from the monstrous creature continuing to walk towards them.

But before the elevator could get finaly moving however, did one of the fuckers shoved both of its armblades into the crack between the doors and forced it open.

Nightmare Moon absolutely fucking had it.

SHE.WAS.ABSOLUTLY.FUCKING.DONE!

She used Lunas horned head to stab the creature again and again with a war cry that made Discord shutter.

While Cadance moved to the back of the elevator space and stared at the absolutely stabbed to shit creature.

With a furious buck did Nightmare send the remainings of this vile being flying.

When the elevator was finaly started to descend into the Ishimura lower areas was noone under the impression that this adventure would be anything but a very bloody walk in a park...

As they tried to calm their nerves individually after the witnessed carnage, did the cargo lift was lowering its cargo unbothered to its destined halt.

It came eventually to a stop and opened up.
Everypony got out of there as fast as they could.

Though they needed a few minutes to do so, did they eventually recovered from their ordeal.

Though that situation lost a bit of seriousness when Luna started to talk about how unnecessary painful her death was and a growing headache do to her head being used as a stabbing weapon despite the Helm taking most of the beating.

Nightmare Moon hugged her decapitated sisters head in tears before Luna made shushing noises to set her sister mind at ease.

After a few minutes did Nightmare noticed everypony hugging her. That give her the physical reassurance to get back in the mindset of a warrior.

She lovingly give them all a nuzzling and they started to get back to the matter at hoove.

They checked there RIGs first.
Cadance and the fillys displayed flawless health in a blue light.

Nightmare Moon had a sliver of a red lifebar left on her RIG that was blinking.

Luna had no RIG remain on her bodyless bloodied helmet.

As everypony with exception of Luna looked around with their necks swinging from side to side did they orientated themself in their surroundings.

They noticed that they were in a area with many tools. And a in the air hovering and glowing cutting tool.
Discord give the exposition that it was a ranged magic cutter tool.
It would be excellent to dismember their enemies. After all, if they are unable to move, who cared if they are dead or alive?

Nightmare Moon studied the tool that would be a weapon for their herd.

A few seconds did she smiled to herself as she imagend to pay this vile bunch Lunas treatment back a hundred times.

She tried to pick it up, but she could not.
Discord remarked that this tool made weapon was for Sunset Shimmer alone.
She would be the only one able to lift it and use it.
Discord did not elaborate why it had to be so...

As Discord had told them, did Sunset eventually take the magic cutter in her telekinesis grip.
She pointed it at the wall, where she noticed that it felt easy to hold despite her telekinesis being rather weak in the real world.

Though Sunset had no idea how well it would serve her and her herd, would she do her part if more of those monstrous beings revealed themselves to them.

Once Sunset tested it and discovered it could be rotated, did she wondered if the displayed three point showed her the cutting path or if it only cut on this three points.

One test firing on a dead Griffon leaning against the side of the wall showed her that it was indeed slicing instead of its shot piercing like the adults nail rifles had shown to do.

While she pitied the somegriffon that had been brutally harmed by one of those creatures, did she wondered why there was a dead corpse there to begin with...
She was disturbed to notice it wearing Necromancer of Light robes.

And just for a moment did she remember the face of the Griffon, before her memory of it dissappeard.

Sunset was brought back from her flashback when Luna spoke up:
"I am happy to see that you found something to defend yourself with, more importantly your herd. We are strong alone, but stronger in numbers."

Nightmare nodded in confirmation of the obvious but still important lesson.

Cadance commented that she had the only working as weapon intended gun currently. As Cadance left them to wonder how to make up for the lost weapons did Fluffelpuff noticed something written in red paint on the wall.

Everypony turned towards her when she read it aloud despite not having learned yet how to read.

"CUT OFF THEIR LIMBS" was pretty mutch the best idea any creature could deal with being that don't die.

Marksaline wondered aloud if it wasn't better to eat all the bodies they see laying around in case they managed to make corpses into more annoying creatures.

While it was a fair point to dispose of the bodies, did Nightmare Moon & Luna could not imagen eating corpses just to get rid of them.

To their horrified look did Marksaline started to rip apart the Griffons corpse and eat it.
There mouth dropped open when Cadance joined her and remarked that the Griffon taste absolutely stale and they needed salt or some spices to make it acceptable in taste.

Fluffelpuff was drooling for some reason and Sunset face was just in a 'what the buck' expression frozen.

Nightmare remarked that they could not possibility eat all the... laying around meat to dispose of them as possible enemys since they would run out of time.

Cadance agreed, Luna exhaling in relief when she hear her niece agree.
Before Luna wondered how she actually keep breathing with her lungs currently being cut away...
Dream logic...

Though they didn't wasted to mutch time, did Discord was reminding them that the clock was still ticking down.

They eatch turned towards eatch of the rooms connors and searched for usable items.
Three nearby crates didn't opened, but the were unrealistically easy to smash in.
Discord assured them that the object it hold individually was not being in danger of being damaged even if they step on it while smashing the boxes open.

They picked up a medical pack with lube that was magicaly healing their wounds, no matter what kind of wound as long they are still alive.
Dream logic...

At that Fluffelpuff stopped hitting Lunas head with the small medical tube filled with medical solution that absolutely didn't look like the stuff her M♡ther had under her bed in a locked up chest...

Further did they acquired a thousand bit coin with Discords head displayed on it.
Discord explained that they could use the money later in a automated shop. Further did money collected by one was added to everyponys account while staying individually.

In short: One could buy something and the other didn't lose any money.
Even the dead Luna received money, but got to wait for later when they found a store while she respawned to use her accumulated dream money.

Nightmare Moon already had decided that she would split her future gains to supplement her weapon damage output and RIG armor / Lifepool.

Luna would focus all her stuff on damage output once she had a body and a weapon.

Sunset Shimmer would focus everything she had on her RIG armor and Lifepool.

Marksaline had not decided yet.

They heard the sound of someone sounding like Sunset Shimmer shouting for assistance behind the door. The urgent tone of the Filly urged them on, they needed to go through this door and save the Sunset Shimmer dream version.

Cadance glanced over at Sunsets position between the now again in formation standing filly sandwich of doom. Sunset had tears in her eyes, but nodded her head and approached the door as Cadance did. Cadance would use her empty range weapon to bludgeon the enemy until Sunset managed to cut it into pieces.
Limb by limb.
To which Nightmare raised Lunas head and smashed the panel that was preventing the door from opened. Luna remarked that the electrical shock tickeld rather than hurting her face and horn.

Fluffelpuff showed a impressive tongue length when she opened the door infront if them by hitting the green door symbol with her tongue tip.

Before Fluffelpuff could make a remark of having a taste of dirt in her mouth, did they see the door opening.
They found one of those vile creatures.
Actually this one was a normal Diamond Dog that was... Bloody hell... It was doing unspeakable things to the dream Filly spread out before it.

Everycreature was in shock or confusion looking on what was going on infront if them..

Nightmare Moon and Luna were seeing red and with a synchronized war cry, did they rammed the Diamond Dog away from dream Sunset Shimmer and stabbed that sick fucker into mince meat.
Even Discord was fuming in rage...

Sunset Shimmer could not quite make out that memory, but she feel a sharp pain between her hind legs for a moment and decided she would try to figure out this bad memory later.

Discord and the Royal sister made sure that by the end of this adventure, Sunset Shimmer would never ever remember this traumatic memory ever again.

As the Royal sisters absolutly finishing off the mutt that had been defiling the dream version calling for aid.

For some reason did not even Marksaline wanted to feed on this corpse of a stabbed to bloody rag Diamond Dog.
Something simply told her that this meat was beyond anyone's taste...

After they had consoled the dream Filly, did Sunsets slight burning between her hindlegs stopped completely and Sunset feel as a weight she could not remember before carried around lifting off her.

Once this adventure was over, would Discord have restored certain things and removed well healed scratch marks that where once on her back.

As the dream Sunset Shimmer dissappeard with a thankful smile after a while, did dream memory Sunset dropped two clips of magic cutter tool ammunition fir them to pick up.

One of the mutated creatures started to sneak up to them when they helped healing the dream Sunset overcome her trauma with hugs and group snuggels.

It turned out that Marksaline was a well atuned filly to her surroundings, she noticed the sneaky enemy and with a hiss jumped at it.

Unfortunately did she receive a hit by it, still did she dismembered it with her wings just like a masterswordsmare would do.
Marksaline showed impressively to Discord how somepony dispose of a enemy in war times a zombie like being.

Marksaline still was blue on her RIG, but she could almost use up the health pack on her own, that it dropped once defeated and kicked one final time for good measure.

With the in the room found and from this enemy dropped small healing gel container used on Nightmare Moon, did she feel well enough to walk around with manageable discomfort.

Sunset ones opened fire on the Diamond Dog that had attacked her dream version. She actually expected something to happen. But this useless meat puppet was truly so empty, nothing came out of it.

Fluffelpuff turned towards Marksaline and noticed that the bone blades were floating around her. Apperently did her sister wanted to keep the bone blades for some reasons.

What ever her reason was, she tapped on the main body of the mutated Diamond Dog and with a *pompf*, did it turned into a 'Crimson Cookie' that could be split in half.
Marksaline eat her half and Fluffelpuff got to eat the other half as Sunset Shimmer decline to eat the other half of the crimson cookie.

Nightmare watched as Marksaline examined her makeshift weapons for a few seconds before carefully nibbeling the rest of the meat and other organic remain of it cleanly off.

Only once the bone remained, did she nodded and stuck one to Luna neck who hold it by having it logged in her head. She would have preferred to hold it in her mouth like a commando Ape might carry it for later use. But they would make do. While Nightmare Moon received the other blade as close combat aid.
Better a bone blade than nothing at all...

As they continued down the corridor did they find a pair of boxes and smashed them with their hooves.
They found one magic energy containers for Sunset cutting tool which would allow her to restock her weapon by 5 shots if she ran out of ammunition that had a 6 display on it.
A ammunition counter was indeed coming in hoove to know when to retreating for reliable reload without getting hacked to meaty ribbons.

Luna mumbeld a remark that until they can get back to the lounge area and claim the lost guns, these blades have to serve them for some time.

Cadance had no idea if it was possible to pin the creatures in place, but if it would not work do to sharpened bones not indefinitly pinning the creature in place, than that had to be enough until they get to a shop for hopefully a few weapons and ammunition for them.

For now they would have to stick together like a tick to a Yak and improvise the horseapples out the Ishimura surroundings, until they could decently defend themselves.

Author's Note

This traumatic journey has just begun...

Stay snuggly everyone 👍

Last edited: 28.02.2023