Chapters Author's Note
btw, all art is done by AI
Prologue: Interview
Inside a dark and small bedroom, a young purple female moved around in her bed, unable to sleep. The young female was called Twilight Sparkle, as she couldn't sleep as today was a big day for her. She was going to her job interview for the Letha Company. She sat up on her bed and turned on the window screen, revealing the beautiful, deep space outside. The stars glittered against the darkness of space, making the scene even more enchanting. The moon that orbited the planet shone brightly like a diamond, providing its soft glow to the surrounding areas. Upon revealing the city space station that orbited the planet, it was filled with lights of many colors.
Twilight turned on the bedside light, illuminating the room with its soft blue glow. She stretched her arms above her head and gave a huge yawn. She took a quick look at the clock; it read 0800 hours. With a groan, she turned off the clock and stood up. Today was the big day, and she needed to get prepared. She went over to the small wardrobe, taking out her interview clothing and a towel. She made her way over to the bathroom, opening the door and closing it behind her. She took off her t-shirt and pants and entered the shower, turning the handle so the water could spray on her.
"I really need this job!" thought Twilight as she turned on the small-screen TV and started to make breakfast.
The screen came to life, revealing a news channel. The female anchor was reporting about the current events of the station, mostly about politics.
"Letha Company is seeking to hire a new team to go out and study the galaxy while learning new animal life forms. If you think you have what it takes to be on an exploration team, then come to our company and we will see if you are right for the job." spoke a female voice, as videos of workers of Letha, dressed in orange space suits and gas masks, were exploring an unknown planet. "That's right. We need a team, and you could be one of the candidates," continued the voice.
Twilight made a simple toast with eggs. "Yes, yes! I'm perfect for the job," she thought as she watched the rest of the ad.
She finished her breakfast and made her way to the front door. She took a deep breath and exited the apartment, making her way down the hallway to the elevator. The elevator arrived with a ding, and the doors opened. There was no one inside the very dirty and cramped elevator.
"Ugh, why do the maintenance guys have to keep putting the cleaning off?" thought Twilight as she stepped into the elevator, holding her nose.
She pressed the ground-floor button and waited for the doors to close. The door closed, and the elevator went down, passing each floor until it reached the bottom.
As the doors opened, the smell of stale air and mold invaded her nostrils, making her gag. She quickly exited the elevator and made her way towards the entrance, opening the front doors. Revealing the rundown section of the space station. Above her were aging sky screens, showing images of the blue skies. Some of the screens died years ago and were never replaced. The roads were cracked and littered with debris. The buildings were old and in a state of disrepair, with the windows either having cracks or covered in graffiti. The place was also littered with homeless ponies and other creatures like dragons; some were sleeping on the ground, while others were just standing and waiting for someone—maybe drug deals.
"I really need to move out of this dump!"
It wasn't long, but Twilight reached the tram station, and it was packed like every morning. Twilight quickly pushed her way through the crowd and made her way over to the ticket machine. She took out her pass and scanned it on the scanner, buying her ticket, but she bumped into someone, dropping her ticket.
"Oops, sorry, dude." said the tomboyish female voice, realizing she bumped into twilight.
"Hey, watch it!" snapped Twilight, looking at the blue girl but quickly going quiet as she noticed the outfit the rainbow-haired girl was wearing.
"It's okay. Just watch where you are going, cutie." said the girl as she made her way over to the boarding gates with a briefcase in hand and vanished into the crowd.
Twilight sighed in relief and quickly picked up the ticket, entering the gate and waiting for the tram to arrive.
"Please mind the doors as they close. This is an automated tram service message." The tram closed its doors and began to move, heading to the next station. The journey to the center section of the space station was quite long, as the tram had to stop at each station, letting ponies and other creatures off and on.
After an hour, the tram finally reached the station that was nearest to the Letha Company headquarters. Twilight sighed in relief and exited the tram. As she exited the tram station, she was greeted by the beautiful sight of a clean and well-maintained street, free from the filth and poverty of the outer district. The roads were smooth and not cracked, with the occasional pothole, but the roads were wet and had puddles after the weather system rained here. The buildings were shiny and looked brand new. There was also a mix of both ponies and other creatures roaming the streets. She was about to head out when a passing car drove by, splashing her with muddy water and soaking her from head to toe.
Twilight stood there, in complete shock and horror, as the car drove away. She quickly turned to the car and screamed, "Hey, what gives!? I have a fucking interview, and now my clothes are soaked. You're going to pay for this, you ASSHOLE!" but the car was gone.
Twilight groaned and began to wring out her wet clothes and hair, but she could hear laughter behind her.
"Ha ha, that fucking sucks, dude! Ha ha!" laughed the familiar voice, making Twilight turn around and see the same girl from before, making Twilight blush again.
"Oh, it's you again." said Twilight, trying to act cool and calm.
The girl walked up to her and smirked, "Wow, dude. You look like shit!" said the girl, chuckling hard.
Twilight rolled her eyes and said, "Gee, thanks! Do you know where the nearest laundromat is? Maybe I ca-oof!" Twilight suddenly felt something being pushed on her chest, realizing it was the girl's briefcase.
"Here, take it!" said the girl, handing over the briefcase to Twilight.
"W-w-what?! You want me to carry your bag?!" asked Twilight, confused and a bit annoyed.
The girl started to laugh and gave Twilight a soft punch on the shoulder. "It's my interview clothes. Take it; I really don't care if I get the job or not. I've had enough of these bullshit interviews and just want to leave this shithole of a station." explained the girl.
"So, you don't want to be interviewed at all?!" questioned Twilight, still confused.
"Dude, just take the briefcase, please." pleaded the girl, looking a bit annoyed.
Twilight sighed "Fine, fine." taking the briefcase and following the girl, who knows of a nearby public bathroom in a park, not too far from the station.
The girls entered the restroom, and Twilight entered the stall and began to strip off her wet clothes. As she was about to undress, she looked over to the briefcase, wondering what was inside. She slowly opened it, and to her surprise, the clothes inside were very different from what the girl was wearing. It was a black suit with a tie, black pantyhose, and a mini black skirt. Twilight was speechless, and she blushed furiously when picturing the girl wearing it. "Why would this girl be carrying around an outfit like this? Thought she be getting a fast food job or lower end job."
Twilight could hear knocking on the door. "You better not be jerking off in there?" said the girl, snapping Twilight out of her trance.
"I-I-I'm not!" cried Twilight, embarrassed.
"Well, hurry up and change. I want to see if it fits you." said the girl, making Twilight blush again.
Twilight started to change, but she could hear the girl talking to her and asking what job she was going for. "I'm trying to be an explorer."
"An explorer? Like going to some alien planet?" asked the girl, a bit surprised.
"Yes."
"What company are you going to be interviewing with?"
"The Letha Company."
"Oh? Same here. Let me guess, you bought into their stupid Bullshit TV ad? That's so fucking cheesy." said the girl, chuckling.
Twilight puffs her cheeks, blushing. "Yes, I did, and they need an explorer." answered Twilight.
"Well, I was going to say good luck, but with a cute butt like that, you'll make it in no time with those dirty old farts." said the girl, laughing hard.
Twilight was speechless and felt her face getting redder and redder.
"What's your name?"
"I-It's Twilight Sparkle; what's yours?" asked Twilight, finishing getting dressed and turning around, and was shocked to see the girl hanging on the door stall, peeping the whole time.
"Rainbow Dash, nice to meet you, cutie pie." smirked Dash, looking at Twilight up and down. "Nice body by the way!"
Twilight felt so embarrassed that she kicked the door, sending Dash flying and hitting the wall. "Y-You can't call me that! PERV!" She screamed, covering her already-dressed body.
The two finally arrived at the Letha Company headquarters. A tall, sleek building with large glass windows that gleam under the fake sun. The lobby was large and spacious, with a modern design. The floors were marble, reflecting the lights from the chandelier above. There were several plush couches arranged in a semicircle around a large coffee table. There was also a water fountain, which emitted a soft hiss. Twilight and Dash both made their way over to the front desk and were greeted by a receptionist.
"How can I help you, ma'am?" asked the receptionist.
Twilight bowed, but Dash just stood there, tapping her foot. "We have an interview with the Letha Company. Can you please let us in?" said Twilight, taking out her phone and showing the email.
The receptionist looked at the email and smiled. "Of course, Ms. Sparkle and Ms....?" asked the receptionist, looking over at Dash. Looking up and down at her outfit.
"Rainbow Dash. Just call me Rainbow, sweet cheeks." Dash said, smirking and lowering herself to the receptionist, looking directly into her eyes and showing her email on her own phone.
She blink a few times and not caring "Alright, Ms. Dash. Follow me and we will get you situated." said the receptionist, standing up and leading the girls over to the elevator.
Twilight kicked Dash on the leg and gave her a glare. "Quit it with the flirting!"
Dash rubbed her leg and gave Twilight a look. "Why? are you jealous?" teased Dash, winking at her.
"N-No!" snapped Twilight, looking away and blushing but not looking where she was going, and bumped into a large male who was wearing a white lab coat.
"WATCH IT, PUNK!" snapped the male, giving her a glare.
Twilight yelped and bowed repeatedly. "Sorry, sorry!" she said, trying not to stutter.
"I'm surprised you can even walk without breaking your neck." laughed Dash as the elevator doors closed.
Twilight just rolled her eyes and waited for the elevator to reach the top floor. When it reached the floor, the receptionist led the girls down a long hallway, lined with numerous doors on either side. At the end of the hallway was a large door labeled 'CEO's Office'. The receptionist stopped in front of the door and knocked.
"Ms. Sparkle and Ms. Dash are here for their interviews." said the receptionist.
"Come in." said a female voice from inside the office.
The receptionist opened the door, revealing a large, well-lit office. At the center of the room was a large desk, where a tall woman was seated. She was a tall and slender pony with a long, flowing mane. She was dressed in a sharp business suit, wearing white heels.
"Thank you, Maple. That will be all." said the woman, dismissing the receptionist.
"Of course, ma'am." The receptionist exited the room, leaving the two girls alone with the CEO.
Twilight was sweating bricks, but she could see Dash was cool as a cucumber but also acting like she doesn't want to be here.
"Welcome girls. I'm Celestia, the CEO of the Letha Company. You both must be eager to be explorers, right?"
Twilight bowed and said, "Yes, we are."
Dash, on the other hand, shrugged and simply said, "I guess. I just want to get off this shithole station."
Twilight's mouth gaped open, but Celestia chuckled and said, "I see, Ms. Dash. Well, I shall begin with you first."
Dash gave a cocky smile and made her way over to Celestia's desk, where she sat down in the chair.
Celestia didn't seem fazed by Dash's behavior, so she pulled out a folder and a contract and set them down on the desk.
"The job is a simple one. You are to travel to nearby planets and moons and explore them. You will be provided with all the necessary supplies, and the company will reimburse any expenses. You will receive a generous salary when you reach a certain quota and will have access to the company's research and relaxation facilities."
Dash scoffed and said, "Sounds easy enough. What's the catch?"
Celestia smirked and said, "Well, you will be traveling to places that are uncharted and not very well known. Which means you will have to deal with hostile lifeforms, which are just wildlife. So, do you think you are up for the challenge?"
Dash thought for a minute and smirked, "Sure, I'll do it."
Twilight was stunned, but Celestia wasn't finished.
"Now, for the second part. Your outfit is quite interesting."
Celestia looked at Dash's outfit and was wondering why she came like this, but Dash rolled her eyes and said, "Sorry, but my interview clothes were ruined and the only thing I could find was this." When Twilight heard that, it never hit her until now that the girl gave her interview clothes because her clothes were ruined by that car. She clutches her hands on the briefcase, mad at herself for not realizing it sooner and ruining Dash's chance of getting the job.
Celestia didn't say anything and handed Dash the contract and a pen, saying, "Please sign here and then you can go and get tested for any drugs and give some blood samples."
Dash quickly signed the contract and stood up, taking the pen and headed out the door, not even bothering to say thank you or goodbye, but she did wink at Twilight, who blushed.
"Well, that was a strange one." thought Celestia, turning to Twilight and motioning for her to sit.
"My, my. This is quite an impressive list, Ms. Sparkle. Are you sure you can accomplish all this?" asked Celestia, reading the list and seeing that it was a very long one.
Twilight nodded quickly. "Yes, I am. I'm positive I can do this, Ms. Celestia."
"Well, let's get to the interview, shall we?"
"Of course."
Celestia stood up, looked out of the window, and started to say, "Do you know our company history? We are the space exploration pioneers. We've explored many worlds and discovered many new animal species. But, sadly, the galaxy isn't a safe place, so we decided to focus on terraforming and colonization. Even taking odd jobs on the side. The founders of the company, Letha and her wolf husband, Zeek, have been pioneers in space exploration and colonization. They have traveled across the galaxy, exploring and discovering new worlds. Until Letha's untimely death, leaving Zeek to be the lone CEO and renaming his company after his wife." Celestia turned her head towards a painting on the wall, a painting of a grey wolf, Zeek and Letha, but she was covered in darkness, both posing in their space suits and holding a flag of the company logo. She continued to talk. "But the galaxy is a dangerous place, and not everyone wants to settle on a planet. Many have found the galaxy to be a harsh and unforgiving place and many have died, including our workers. Some have been killed by hostile alien wild life, while others have died of natural causes. In recent years, we've seen a rise in these deaths within the company by suicide and we tried to keep these numbers down by offering better pay, but it wasn't working as we're still losing a great number of workers, so we started hiring anyone. But in doing so, we have been labeled as a "lethal company" and some people have questioned the integrity of the company as death rates are even higher with untrained workers."
Twilight nodded and said, "But what does this have to do with the job position I'm applying for?"
"Well, Ms. Sparkle, the reason we are hiring isn't for exploring itself, but rather..." Celestia turned towards Twilight, giving her a stern look. "Scavenging."
"Scavengers? but-"
"Yes. On the planets and moons we explored, we created settlements and company buildings, from mining to research, but some of those places went dark. We need to recover whatever we can from them, like supplies, high-value items, and any important research data. Even high valued scraps. We cannot rely on the government to help us recover those sites, as they are more concerned about the war on the planet side than helping us. So, we had to create a Scavenger Unit." Celestia gave a small laugh and continued to explain, "Named after the nickname the company was given. Board wasn't happy about it but hey, it sounds catchy."
Twilight gulped and said, "Lethal Company."
Celestia gave a small smirk and nodded. "That is correct, Ms. Sparkle."
Twilight was silent, but Celestia was still smiling. "However, scavenging can be a dangerous job. I know it's not the job you wanted, but you'll still have the opportunity to explore and learn. Even better pay more. So, do you think you can handle this?"
Twilight thought for a moment and nodded. "Yes, I can do this."
"Excellent. Then let us begin the second half of the interview." said Celestia as she sat back down in her chair. "How well do you know Rainbow Dash? The way you two were acting, it seems like you two are a couple."
Twilight's eyes widened and she blushed deeply. "N-n-no! We've just met!"
Celestia raised a brow and said, "Are you sure?"
Twilight nodded and explained the whole story—the car, the outfit, everything. Celestia didn't say a word until the story was done.
"So, you and Ms. Dash, aren't a couple? That's surprising."
"It is?!" asked Twilight, still blushing.
"Well, I'll be honest with you, Ms. Sparkle. Ms. Dash isn't the type of person I usually hire for this job. Heck, surprised you aren't questioning why I didn't tell her the real reason she was hired, the whole Lethal Company unit."
"Well, I wasn't going to ask, but..."
Celestia chuckled. "I know what you're thinking, and the answer is no. We don't hire people to be expendable. In fact, we only send groups of four to six people, sometimes only two if it's a small scavenging recovery job. The reason I didn't tell her the real truth is, well, because she doesn't seem to care at all, whatever reason I gave her. She just wants to leave this station, which I don't blame her for, to be honest."
Twilight nodded. "Yeah, she was complaining a lot and even told me that."
Celestia leans back in her chair. "She's the type to kill herself; that's the feeling I got." Twilight was completely taken aback by what she just heard: "Like she has a death wish or something, I can see it in her eyes. It's the same look of someone going to kill themselves, and I've seen a few with that look within the company."
Twilight started to worry a ton and gave a small "Oh."
"But when she looks at you, I see someone wanting to live. For some reason, you are the motivation she needs, so I hope you both work out well together. which is why I'm putting you two together in a team; I'm sure with you around her, she won't jump off a cliff and kill herself."
Twilight was worried but smiled and said, "Thank you, Ms. Celestia."
Celestia laughed and said, "Well, enough chit chat; let's get you tested and registered."
After many hours later, Twilight and Dash were now working for the Letha Company and were outside the building and it was nigh time. Twilight remembered what Celestia told her and asked Dash, "You don't want to kill yourself, right?"
Dash looked at Twilight and gave her a smirk and a wink. "No. Why?"
Twilight wasn't convinced and was about to speak up when Dash cut her off. "Look, if I did, I wouldn't be standing here, right? I would have had off myself a long time ago, like that stupid girl in the mall a few weeks ago. I would have jumped off rather than shooting myself like that."
Twilight looked a bit shocked, and Dash sighed, "Look, I don't have a death wish or anything. I'm just tired of living here. It's boring as hell, and I just want to get out of here. Besides, the job does sound exciting, plus the pay is good and we can explore. So, let's stop being mopey and be happy, ok?"
Twilight still wasn't convinced, but she let it go. She wasn't going to force the truth out of her; after all, she just met her, and the two haven't gotten to know each other yet. But maybe, if she is willing to be friends with her, she might tell her. Why not invite her over to her place? After all, they are going to be spending a lot of time together, so they might as well try to become friends.
"Hey, Dash? Want to come over my place and have dinner with me?"
Dash looked surprised. "Really? Well, It's not like I have anything else to do." Dash blushed as she scratched her cheek. "Sure, it will be fun." She gave a thumbs up. "Plus, I never met a girl putting out so quickly. Nice~"
"P-putting out?!" yelled Twilight, looking embarrassed.
Dash started to laugh as she punched Twilight on the shoulder. "Just teasing, Twi. But seriously, thanks. I really appreciate it. Now, let's go!" Dash started to head back to the tram station, and Twilight was behind her, upset.
"I'm not that kind of girl, you know!" said Twilight.
"Yeah, yeah. And I'm a virgin, hahahaha!"
"Rainbow! This is just a thank you for letting me use your clothes! Plus, becoming friends! Nothing else!" screamed Twilight, bright red in the face.
Jump cut to Twilight and Dash in Twilight's bed, both just finished having sex and looking up at the ceiling, covered in sweat and both blushing. While a box of pizza on the floor.
"Not that kind of girl, huh?" asked Dash, smiling and laughing as she turned to her new lover after grabbing a slice of cheese pizza.
Twilight took her pillow, smacked her in the face, and shouted, "Don't you dare talk! All that flirting you do, but you truly were a virgin!" Twilight was laughing as she saw Dash blushing hard and dropping the pizza from shock.
"S-So!? What's your point?! It felt good, didn't it?!" asked Dash, trying to save her pride, but started to worry as she said, "R-Right?"
Twilight rolled her eyes and hugged Dash. "You're so cute when you're mad and worried."
"Shut up!" grumbled Dash, returning the hug.
Both girls stayed like that, hugging and not speaking a word. It wasn't an awkward silence, but a comforting one. It felt nice to be in the arms of someone who loves you and cares about you.
In the CEO room, Celestia was sitting at her desk, looking out the window, and thinking, "They're perfect. With them, the company will be safe. I just hope they won't find out." She turned her chair around, looking at two shadowy figures, and spoke to them, "If they do, they will end up like the others, won't they?"
End of Proloue
Twilight typed away on the computer, replying to the email she sent last night. She sighed with relief as the company failed to update their systems on the wildlife and apologized for the error and will give them a bonus if they get the Quota done. Twilight updated their computer and her backup data pad after she dropped the other one in the room. She learned the little bugs were called hoarding bugs and learned about them, but in a certain section of their page, she read out loud, which Rainbow was listening to.
"Hmm... The hoarding bugs are scavengers that collect anything; they were given their name due to their territorial nature. Once they have chosen a place as their nest, they will seek to adorn it with any object they can find and will protect these objects as a part of the nest. Hoarding bugs are not as dangerous alone as they are in large hives. However, if left alone, hoarding bugs are surprisingly neutral and pose little danger." said Twilight, noticing the author note on the bugs and reading it as well. "Hoarding bugs will attack you if you get too close for too long. We love the stupid cuddle bugs!!! They even make a cute noise when finding loot or talking to each other."
"Wow, that's pretty cute. Whoever wrote this sounds like they're into the cuteness of these things." commented Dash, making breakfast but blushing hard.
Twilight turned the screen off and turned to Rainbow.
"Well, I'm glad they didn't hurt us when we invaded their nest. I wonder why. Hmm," thought Twilight, thinking about the bugs.
"Hey, Twilight. What did the company say? Are we being fired?" asked Rainbow, bringing her some toast.
"Thank you, Rainbow," said Twilight, eating the toast. "No, the company is actually praising us for finding that stash, but they did say they're going to fire us if we don't reach the quota in the next two days but if we do reach it, we'll get a bonus after their fuck up."
Rainbow sighed with relief but also worry "Great, just great. So, what's the plan today?"
Twilight swallowed her toast and answered, "I want to investigate the same building again and not only get that pile of scrap from the bugs but also recover that power core. It seems the company really wants it."
"So, another trip to the buggy building. Gotcha." said Rainbow, finishing her food, but Twilight noticed something was up with Rainbow.
"Something on your mind, Dashie?" asked Twilight, curious about what was going through her girlfriend's head.
"Well, are you still mad about yesterday?" asked Rainbow, feeling bad about what happened.
Twilight was a bit surprised by her question but quickly remembered that she didn't get the chance to tell Rainbow that she's not mad at her anymore. She was going to answer her, but Rainbow spoke with fear in her tone.
"I'll do anything! Please, I'm sorry, Twilight! I'll clean the ship. I'll wash the clothes. I'll do the dishes. Anything!"
"Okay, okay, Rainbow, you don't have to go overboard." replied Twilight, chuckling and holding her hand.
Rainbow took a deep breath, calming herself, but held Twilight's hand hard. "It's not overboard! I hurt you with that shovel! Let me make it up to you!"
Twilight giggled, not letting Rainbow know that she's enjoying this. "Fine, but I'll think of something later; right now we should focus on the power core. I don't want to lose our jobs."
"I'll make sure you don't regret this!" replied Dash, standing up and pumping her fist in the air.
Twilight sighs loudly, "I'm sure you will, Rainbow. I'm sure you will." Twilight got up and slapped Dash's bare butt, making her scream and blush more. "Even though I enjoy seeing you act like a cute little virgin when I'm naked, we need to suit up."
The ship landed in the same spot, and both exited the ship, but Twilight noticed something in Dashie's hand. She quickly realized it was the boom box she snuck through the company security screening.
Rainbow gave her a big smile and said, "I did. I want to give those bugs some good tunes," joked Dash, giving Twilight a thumbs up and blasting the music.
"Really, Rainbow?" replied Twilight, rolling her eyes.
"Joking! If we're going to look through trash, at least have some music to listen while we search." Dash could see her girlfriend wasn't happy. "Come on, Twi. It's just a radio. What could possibly go wrong?"
Twilight just shook her head and started walking away. As she walked, she could hear the music blasting behind her. Getting louder and louder until Dash was at her side and snapping her fingers. It wasn't long before they returned to the building.
"What could go wrong?" whispered Twilight as she entered the building. "Making that ton of noise might bring trouble. You should have left the boom box on the ship, Rainbow."
"Ah, don't worry, honey. If anything shows up, I'll smash their heads in with my shovel," reassured Dash, holding her shovel like a sword and swinging it around...until another Snare Flea dropped on to her head and repeated the same events from yesterday, but this time Twilight held Dash down and shouted at her to smack the flea off rather than running away.
When the flea was off and quickly mush up by the shovel, Twilight noticed foot prints on the floor. She crouch down and touch the dirt foot prints, seeing that they were fresh. She quickly took out her data pad, scanning the outside and noticing another company ship had landed here.
"It looks like another unit is here with us! Oh boy! I can't wait to have that water cooler talk, like I wanted! Maybe they know the place well, unlike us, who are just stumbling around. Wonder if I can invite them to the ship?" thought Twilight, putting the data pad away and turning to Dash, who was blasting her music and stomping the already dead flea, making Twilight sigh and shake her head.
They both continued their walk to the nest. The bugs were gone, leaving the nest open for them. Both girls slowly entered the room, but they noticed something was up. All the loot was gone.
"The fuck!?" cursed Rainbow as she walked into the room. She turned off the boom box and put it on the floor. "The junk is gone. This is where the nest is, right?"
"Yup, this is the right room," said Twilight, walking in as well, but she saw the footprints again. "It looks like the other unit got to it first."
"You mean the stuff we were supposed to take?!?!" Rainbow screamed, not believing the fact that the other team took the stuff. "Are you telling me we lost our easy big score!? NOOOOO!" Rainbow dropped to her knees and started to cry.
Twilight patted her head and said, "There, there. We can still recover the power core since the lights are still on. That means it's still active."
Rainbow stopped her crying and turned to her girlfriend and said, "That's true. Okay, let's check the basement area!"
Both girls got back up, but Twilight noticed something in the corner and looked red. Before she could check, she heard the boom box blasting to the max, making her yell at her girlfriend.
"DASH! Turn it off! It's too loud!" yelled Twilight.
Twilight quickly noticed that Dash wasn't holding the boom box as she answered, "What? I left it over there, rem-hey!"
Twilight quickly took out her data pad, seeing the information on the hoarding bugs again.
"They will attack you if you get too close for too long," said Twilight, reading the line again and then swiping the page.
Rainbow ran and ran, trying to get the boom box back, but the bugs kept dashing around her and teasing her.
"I'm going to kill all of you, damn bugs! GIVE ME BACK MY BOOM BOX!" screamed Dash as she ran. She could feel her lungs starting to burn, but she kept going. She knew she could outrun the bugs, so she decided to take a short cut, running into a narrow hallway.
The hoarding bugs quickly caught up with her and were holding her boom box, laughing and teasing her.
"Oh, shut up, you damn bugs!" Dash turned around and was going to walk back the way she came from, but she heard a big, dripping noise and turned around. She could see blue slime dripping from the ceiling and forming into a puddle at the bottom of the stairs. "Oh fuck, what the hell is that!?"
Twilight was looking around the building, calling out for her girlfriend but getting no answer. She was really starting to worry but also getting mad. She knew Rainbow wasn't the smartest person in the world, but even this is stupid.
"Rainbow, please come out! It's not funny anymore! Dash!" shouted Twilight as she was getting deeper into the building, and the madder she was getting, She kept looking but noticed spider webs down another hallway, which had no lights and was pure darkness. Twilight stepped closer and looked at them. They were pretty big. "Hmm...never seen webs this big before. Maybe the Bestiary has info on this?" Twilight was about to check when she heard loud music and quickly ran off, as it was close by. Unknown to her, within the darkness of the hallway, a muffled scream could be heard before going silent.
Dash and the Loot bugs were running for their lives as the blue slime was following them. Suddenly, Snare Flea tried to grab Dash's head again, but she caught it in time and tossed it into the slime. Her eyes went wide, and as the flea was melted into a gory mess, the slime quickly dissolved the poor thing.
"Shit! What the hell is that stuff?!?!?!" panicked Rainbow as she and the Loot Bugs ran into a big open room, where there was nothing but boxes everywhere and the only way out was the way they came in.
The blue slime was pouring into the room and slowly spreading around. The loot bugs quickly ran away from the growing blue slime and up the crates. Rainbow could feel the slime burning her boots, and the heat was increasing, making her run faster and climb up the boxes.
The boom box that the bugs had, dropped it, and it turned off when it hitting the crate. Dash and the bugs could see the slime becoming slow. The loot bugs quickly used their legs to make the radio turn on again and blasting music again. The blue slime quickly moved again, and Dash jumped near them and turned the boom box off, seeing the slime going slow again.
"I see...the slime is reaction to the music." Dash thought, turning the boom box back on and the slime moving fast again.
Suddenly, Twilight entered the room and could see what was going on.
"Twilight!" cried Rainbow, as the slime was slowly making its way up the boxes.
Twilight looked at the slime, quickly took out her data pad, and searched up the slime creature. She found it and read it out loud. "A eukaryotic organism classified within the paraphyletic group Prostita. With the incredible speed of reproduction, these small organisms can multiply to millions. Hygrodere rarely split apart, instead choosing to form large, viscous masses that can take up large amounts of space and become a danger to deal with, requiring large tools or lures to relocate. Hygrodere are drawn to heat and oxygen and can detect them seemingly anywhere. There's almost nothing organic they can't convert to their own body mass. Nothing has been found to poison them. Constantly replacing themselves, they can persist for hundreds of thousands of years." Twilight swiped the screen and read the author's notes: "If you ever find yourself cornered, find a tall object to stand on top of; Hygroderes have trouble climbing." When Twilight said that, she could see the slime struggling to climb up the boxes, causing the loot bugs to slap their butts at it, while Dash joined in. Twilight sighs at the stupid sight.
"SUCK IT, YOU BLUE SLIME BITCH! CAN'T REACH US!" teased Dash, giving the middle finger at it, which the Loot Bugs copied.
Twilight shook her head, as her girlfriend was being childish again. She check the next page of the author notes, since Dash and the bugs were safe right now. "Let's see here. It says the slime loves...wait, really?" said Twilight, not believing what she read.
"They love what? Music!?" replied Rainbow, surprised by the fact that the slime loves music but it made sense after seeing it first hand.
Twilight nodded, surprised Dash knew this information. "Yup, they love music and will dance to it, but they will chase the source of the music at high speeds. When on top of the source of the music, they become, as the author puts it, 'Boogie down.'...really?"
Rainbow had a smirk on her face and took her boom box. She turned it to its highest volume and tossed it into the slime, seeing it make a move.
"I see. It's not the music that it likes, but the sound. Good job, Dash," replied Twilight as she and Rainbow watched the slime have a fun time dancing to the music and ignoring the loot bugs, as they flew over it and landed next to Twilight. Dash hops down from the crates but slips, landing within the slime and screaming out in fear as she remembers how the flea died.
Twilight was going to save her girlfriend, but the Loot Bugs stopped her, making her ask, "What's wrong?"
One of the loot bugs made a yippe noise, like it was trying to tell her something, but Twilight just didn't understand and turned back to Dash but quickly went red in the face as she noticed Dash was still screaming, but not because she was in pain but because...
"THIS DAMN PERV SLIME IS EATING MY SUIT! What the fuck!?!?!?!" screamed Rainbow as she tried to get out of the slime, but her feet were stuck and her hands were being covered by the slime, which was eating her suit and slowly revealing her naked body and wasn't melting. "TWILIGHT! HELP ME! GET ME OUT OF THIS SLIME, BUT DON'T LOOK!!!"
"Um...um..." Twilight stutters as she is enjoying seeing her girlfriend's body and how she was trapped in the slime, but her logical side is telling her to save her, but her horny side is telling her to enjoy the show.
The loot bugs could tell the purple one was conflicted, so they pushed her closer to the slime. Twilight could see Dash was struggling, and her suit was almost gone. Dash was able to free her right arm and was waving her girlfriend to help her, so Twilight decided to grab her arm, but Dash couldn't hold on and fell back in, which made her hit the dial on the boom box, changing the channel to a station that played seductive music.
"Oh, that's my favorite radio station..." whispered Twilight, as her logical side was completely gone and her horny side had control now.
Rainbow was trying to get her head above the slime as it started to change its dance; it started to grope her body and play with her tits.
"Ah...ah...AHHHHH!!!" screamed Rainbow. "TWILIGHT!? WHY ARE YOU WATCHING!?"
Twilight couldn't take it anymore. As her girlfriend was moaning and her horny side was controlling her, she turned to the loot bugs and pushed them out of the room, shut the door, and locked it. The three bugs looked at each other in confusion and shrugged at each other. It wasn't long until they heard the loud blue one yelling again, "Why are you getting naked!?!?!"
"YIPPEEEEEE!" shouted the loot bug, wanting to join in the fun in yelling too.
It was hours later, until the door finally opened and the loot bugs could see a blushing pink slime running out with the boom box, while Twilight walked out with a black eye.
"I said I was sorry! Why did you punch me?!" asked Twilight as she waited for Dash to come out of the room.
"Cause that was embarrassing!" pouted Rainbow as she walked out of the room, completely naked. "YOU FUCKING PERV! You were enjoying seeing me like that!?"
"Of course I was. You have a very beautiful body, honey," said Twilight, and Rainbow could feel her face getting warm and quickly cover her face.
"You're lucky I love you," whispered Rainbow as she ran past her girlfriend and turned back to her. "Fuck this day! I need a fucking shower! Where's the exit!?"
Twilight pointed her finger to the hallway they came from and saw the loot bugs looking at them and giving thumbs up at the girls, while the pink slime hid behind the door in another hallway, blushing. Twilight sighed and spoke to herself as she left with Rainbow. "Another day wasted..." but she looked at her girlfriend slime cover ass and her horny side took over her again and had an evil smirk. "Well, wasn't a total lost. I think we had something awakened in both of us after this little event. I wonder if the company will allow us to keep a slime as a pet while working?"
It was a long walk back to the ship, but the girls made it back safe and sound. Their ship took off as night started to fall, and the other unit ship started to do a scan, shut its doors, and took off as it signaled back to the company a message.
End of Day 2
Profit Quota: 0
1 day remains
Author's Note
friend(first time playing): wtf is that a slime? Bet someone gonna mod a slime girl or suu model on to it. Fuck, bet there's r34 already of these fuckers.
yeah, this is where I got the idea for this chapter lmao
The ship landed, and the girls stepped out and looked around, as today there was no sand storm and they could see the area better. Twilight took out her data pad and saw that she had retrieved an email from the company. She opened it by tapping the screen and became very happy when she was done reading it, which Dash noticed and asked, "What's got you so happy?"
"Oh, just good news from the company. They approved of catching the slime! It seems the Bestiary author wants to see the slime in person, as she never saw a pink Hygrodere before. It might be a rare variant of the slime." said Twilight, putting the data pad away and walking.
"Cool..." said Dash, narrowing her eyes at Twilight. "As long as you keep it away from me! You perv!"
Twilight laughed and grabbed Rainbow's hand as they walked. "Oh, please. You enjoy what happened yesterday."
Rainbow couldn't help but blush. "I didn't enjoy it! That was fucking embarrassing!"
"Yeah, yeah, even though you were smiling as we did it on the slime. I swear, you must have a damsel in distress fetish or something, as you keep getting yourself into trouble with the wildlife." replied Twilight, teasing her girlfriend as they kept walking.
"I'm going to punch you!" growled Dash as they walked, but they suddenly saw another company ship in the distance, and it looked like it had already landed. "Guessing the unit from yesterday is back."
"Well, I hope they did a better job than we did." replied Twilight as she looked at the ship and continued on to the building.
They entered the building and were quickly greeted by the three loot bugs, as they were very happy to see them again and waved at the girls. Dash waved back, still kind of creeped out by the bugs.
"It looks like they trust us; I wonder why?" said Twilight as she watched the bugs flee away and disappear from view. "I think the author would like to know about this. It seems they might have imprinted on us. Let's follow them."
"Okay..." said Dash, walking close to Twilight as they followed the bugs.
The building was different than yesterday. It seems a lot of things have changed, as the layout of the place was a maze and the girls didn't have a map, so they decided to stick together and follow the Loot Bugs.
"I wish we had a map." sighed Twilight, looking around the dark place.
"Yeah, where did the damn bugs go?" wondered Dash, as they couldn't see them anymore.
Suddenly, they could hear the loot bugs making noises, like they were crying or something. Twilight and Rainbow looked at each other and quickly ran towards the noise, surprised to see what was going on. All three were caught in a web, but what really surprised the two was a company worker like themselves, but wearing an orange suit, trapped in the web and crying out.
"HONEY! HELP ME!" cried the woman as her helmet came off, revealing her red skin and blue, boyish-cut hair. Twilight and Dash were confused, not because she was trapped there, but because...
"Why is she blushing and drooling?" asked Dash, turning to her girlfriend, as the Loot Bugs were trying their hardest to break free from the web.
Twilight shrugged, as she didn't have a clue. She went up to the lady and was going to help her, but she noticed them, screaming in fear, "DON'T TOUCH THE WEBS!"
Twilight steps back and turns to her girlfriend and the bugs, then back to the woman. "Why not? What's the harm in touching the web?"
"Because the spider will come!" cried the lady, still crying, blushing, but also drooling.
"Spider?" said Dash, looking around the area. She could see spider webs all over the place but couldn't find the spider. She puff her chest out, at the girl and said, "Don't worry, we're not afraid of spiders." Dash pushed Twilight away, started to pull the webs off of the woman, and started to flirt with her. "So, you single? Want to go on a date with a badass like me?"
The woman was getting mad at Dash for flirting with her, as she was still blushing and drooling, "Fuck off! I HAVE A BOYFRIEND!"
"Really? How did you get trapped then?" teased Dash as she kept pulling the web.
"I was lost and got caught in the web!" replied the woman, as her right arm was free and she was slapping Rainbow, who just laughed.
Twilight just stared in anger, as she could see her girlfriend was enjoying herself.
"Hey, I can't blame you for getting a touch. I would want to date a beautiful girl like me too." flirted Rainbow, as she was still trying to get the woman free.
"You are so full of yourself, you know that? Who the hell are you and your friend anyway!?" cried the woman as she slapped Dash again, and her foot was free now.
"Oh, I'm Rainbow Dash, and this is...oh..." Dash slowly looked around and could see Twilight giving her the coldest stare ever and quickly turned back to the woman. "Uh, my girlfriend, Twilight Sparkle. We work for the company as well."
The woman blinks and turns to Twilight and back to Dash in anger. "Wow! Flirting with me when you have a girlfriend? How could you!?!"
"I wasn't flirting! I was just...well, kinda... okay. I was totally flirting with you. My girlfriend doesn't care, right? Twi?" replies Rainbow, trying to get out of this mess and hoping Twilight would forgive her.
Twilight just stared in anger.
"See, she doesn't mind." lied Dash, hoping the girl would believe her. She was almost finished freeing the girl, but the group could hear a loud noise coming from the pure dark hallway, and soon they could see a very huge spider glaring at them. Dash froze in fear, not realizing the spider was this big.
The woman, blushing and drooling harder, spoke, "That's the reason why I didn't want you to touch the web! The spider will come and attack you!"
Rainbow's heart drops. She was about to run away, but the spider leapt into the air, did a 360-degree no scope web shots, and blasted Dash in the face, making her helmet fall off and the next shot made her fall to the ground on her rear.
"Gross, it's all white and stinky! Why does a spider do that?!" cried Dash as she tried her best to remove the web from her face and asked for Twilight's help. Twilight didn't help and just stared at her, blushing as, in her mind, her horny side kicked out her logical side to the curb again and was imaging dirty things.
"Yeah, no, you must have a fetish thing, Dashie," smirked Twilight, as her horny side was in control right now.
"I will kill this stupid fucking spider, I swear!" cried Rainbow, trying to get out of the cocoon, as the spider tossed her next to the woman and turned to Twilight. Both stared each other down. Twilight glared into the spider's two black eyes, and it glared back. Both stood there until the spider walked away. Dash saw all this and screamed out in anger, not believing what she was seeing.
Twilight sighed as her logical side came back and explained herself, "It was a territorial dispute, Rainbow. Spiders don't like other huge animals in their territory, especially one that is female. It must be a female spider."
Rainbow was very confused, not understanding a word her girlfriend said, "What?"
Twilight rolled her eyes and spoke slowly. "The spider was marking its territory, and we invaded her hunting grounds. It knows better to fight something big. So webbing you up was just a warning, I think." Twilight took out a knife, very slowly started to cut the web, and started to listen to the woman as she spoke to Dash, who was still pissed off.
"Fetish? Oh my god, are you like me!?" cried the woman, to which Rainbow gave her a very confused look.
"What do you mean?" asked Rainbow, not liking where this was going.
"Well, I have a fetish for getting caught in weird and awkward situations. I don't know why, but when I'm in those kinds of situations, I become so horny!" replied the woman, blushing hard.
"Oh fuck..." groaned Dash, knowing where this was going, and quickly looked at Twilight, who stopped cutting the webs and looking at the girl.
Twilight gave her a foul look and said, "You disgust me!" Soon, an evil smirk appeared on her face, causing Dash to groan louder, "Go on!"
Dash was going to kill her girlfriend.
"Well, let's just say...it wasn't an accident how I got into this situation. I wanted to get caught, and I was waiting for my boyfriend to come and rescue me, but I guess he's not done yet, right, honey?" replied the woman as she looked into the other dark hallway and smiled.
Rainbow and Twilight were so confused, until they saw a tall man talking out of the hallway, holding a huge gear, and looking upset. He too was wearing the same standard outfit for the unit.
"Sorry about my girlfriend. I didn't mean to leave her hanging for so long. I was just getting this gear and thought it would be a good time to look for more stuff." replied the man as he walked over and helped Twilight get the girls and bugs free. He removed his helmet, revealing his dark orange skin and light teal buzz-cut hair. "Also sorry about... her kink. God, this is super embarrassing."
The woman was very happy, as she was finally free, and she hugged her boyfriend, blushing and drooling. Her boyfriend was trying to hide his disgust but did his best to smile as he looked at the girls. "I'm Lofty, and this is my girlfriend, Mercy. Thanks for helping her out."
"No problem, dude. My name is Rainbow Dash, and that's my girlfriend, Twilight Sparkle. Sorry if I flirted with her but couldn't help it, you know?" Dash replied, winking at the couple, and Twilight hit her head and glared at her.
Dash wasn't surprised by this reaction. "Oooooh, so scary. You're lucky I'm a nice person; otherwise, you'll be a dead person." replied Dash, which Twilight facepalmed herself and sighed, not believing how childish her girlfriend was being.
Twilight pulled Dash into her arms, making her blush. Twilight glared at Lofty and said, "If you touch her, I'll beat the shit out of you and feed your remains to the wildlife. Understand?"
Lofty stared back, not saying anything. They kept staring until he said, "You too, huh?"
Twilight nodded. "Yes, I'm possessive and jealous, unlike Rainbow here, who is a player."
Lofty shook his head and corrected himself, "No, I mean, the kink stuff. My girl has a thing for getting caught, and...well, yeah, sorry about her."
Mercy, the girlfriend, spoke up while blushing and drooling, "Hey, don't worry, honey. It's a very rare thing to have this kink. Don't be so embarrassed."
Lofty smiled and was glad Mercy was so loving to him.
Twilight understood him and laughed, "Yeah, don't worry about it. Let's just say I have a thing for Rainbow getting into trouble and her getting out of trouble, and, well, yeah, that's embarrassing. Don't worry, you're not the only one."
Lofty nodded and was relieved. He held Mercy's hand and started to walk away.
"Well, thanks for saving me, and please don't tell the company about this. They'll fire us if they know about my kink. Also, nice to meet you both. Bye." Mercy said as she waved and walked off with her boyfriend, but Twilight stopped them.
"Wait, maybe we can do a team for today? Plus, I want to do a water cooler talk!" said Twilight, smiling.
Lofty and Mercy looked at each other, and both had a smile and nodded. "Sure, let's do it."
They started to walk around, talking and laughing, as the group of four entered the next room, which was very different than yesterday and the day before.
"Oh my god! You two did it on a Hygrodere!? I wanted to get caught by one, but honey said no. Something about melting you alive or something." cried Mercy, as the couple was shocked to learn what happened yesterday, and Dash was dying inside as Twilight was telling them a story about the slime, causing her to blush a lot. "You're so brave, Rainbow. I wish I had the courage to do that. You're amazing," cried Mercy, as she was really amazed at Rainbow for getting caught by the slime.
"Thanks..." said Rainbow, as she was dying of embarrassment, and she turned to her girlfriend. "Twilight, I'll fucking kill you, I swear!"
Twilight didn't respond and just smiled, "Oh, look! The hallway splits into two. Which way?"
"Well, I'm going right." said Lofty as he and his girlfriend started to walk to the right, but Twilight stopped them and spoke, "You know, the left is always the safe route."
"Nope, never go left." said Lofty, shaking his head, and Mercy agreed.
"But that's the rule. Always go left, unless you're going right." said Twilight, giving a stern look.
Dash sighed and said, "Let's just split up. I'll head to the left, and-" before she could finish, she saw the pink slime in the left path and was still dancing to her boom box. Everyone noticed, and Mercy's eyes lit up and she started to drool, while Lofty groaned in disgust.
"I'm going right!" cried Lofty as he blushed hard, not wanting to deal with his girlfriend's weird kink any longer, but he stopped and saw the loot bugs from before and the three holding very rare scrap items. The group looked at each other and nodded. Twilight and Lofty headed to the right, while their girlfriends headed left.
"Get caught, okay?" smirked Twilight as she waved goodbye to Dash.
Dash blushes hard. "YOU MEAN 'DON'T', RIGHT!?" cried Dash, not liking her girlfriend's choice of words.
Dash and Mercy headed to the left path and hurried over to the pink slime, but it noticed Rainbow and her new drooling friend and ran off, blushing harder as it remembered what happened yesterday.
"Aw, where did it go?" cried Mercy, disappointed, and it ran off.
"Sorry about that. It still remembers what happened yesterday...that makes two of us..." said Rainbow, feeling bad.
Mercy sighs and turns to her. "How can you be so lucky and live this dream? I want to experience having sex while inside a slime."
Dash blush and sighed. "You're crazy."
"Maybe, but I want to feel the sensation of my lover fucking me while the gooey feel of the slime entering your body and on your skin!" pouted Mercy, crossing her arms.
Dash rolled her eyes and said, "Whatever! Let's go! If we catch it, the company is going to give us a bonus for it! We'll share it with you guys for helping us! So, let's get moving!" Dash cried as she started to run, and Mercy followed.
Meanwhile, Twilight and Lofty were following the loot bugs. They were going deep into the building. Deeper than ever. Lofty and Twilight were surprised by how far these bugs went and even more surprised by the amount of junk these bugs are dragging behind them.
"Wow, I can't believe the bugs found so much." said Lofty, amazed by the stuff.
"Yeah, and the company will be happy to have this amount." replied Twilight, as the two continued to follow the bugs.
Twilight turned to him. "The bestiary author did say they're pretty smart."
"I don't know. They kind of look stupid. They're like dumb ants, doing the same thing every day."
"They're not the only things doing the same thing."
"What do you mean?"
"My girlfriend does the same thing. Getting into trouble and having to get her out of trouble."
Lofty laughed, "I feel you there. My girl has the same issue, just more extreme."
Twilight laughed, as she could understand, as the two continued to follow the bugs.
Meanwhile, the girls were trying to catch the pink slime, but it was quick. Even Rainbow's speed wasn't enough, as the slime would jump over her and the girls would trip and fall, trying to grab it.
"It's so fast, Rainbow. You think it's getting smarter?" cried Mercy, as the girls would try again and fail.
"I don't know. Maybe I'm getting slower? That can't be it." replied Rainbow, as she tried her hardest to get it, but the slime would slip away.
Mercy pouted, "Let's try again."
Rainbow didn't want to, but she didn't want to hear her girlfriend's mouth when she learned she failed, so she had no choice and tried her hardest. She ran up and tried to grab it as it leapt away, and Rainbow went for the kill, only for the slime to bounce off the wall and leap on her. Mercy quickly grabbed it, and the two girls were covered in the slime.
"Finally!" cried Mercy, as the slime was squirming and trying to break free.
"Nice job, Mercy!" replied Dash, as she was impressed and got up, only to notice Mercy was rubbing the slime all over herself and her suit started to melt. "Wait, Mercy, what are you do-"
Before she could finish, the slime broke free and jumped on Dash as it was trying to escape.
"Hey! That was rude!" cried Mercy, as she was upset.
Dash was going to scold her, but the pink slime was rubbing itself all over her, and the suit was starting to melt. "Uh, Mercy, my suit is melting. We gotta get it off us."
"I know, isn't it great!?" said Mercy as she pulled Dash in, causing the pink slime to squirm, and the two girls were soon covered and on top of it.
"Mercy, I'm serious. My suit is melting! We gotta-"
"Sssshhhh, quiet. Let it happen!" replied Mercy as she pulled Dash closer and the two sat naked in the slime while the boom box was still playing the same station from yesterday. Mercy drooled as she called out her boyfriend. "Honey, I'm in trouble! Come help me!"
Rainbow had a mile-long stare, realizing what was happening and trying to process the information as her mind was breaking.
"Honey, I'm in trouble!" cried Mercy, but her boyfriend wasn't coming, as he and Twilight were still following the bugs.
"Lofty, can't you go any faster? We're losing the loot bugs! I don't want them to get away!" cried Twilight, as the bugs were starting to get further and further away.
"I'm sorry, I can't. This gear is so heavy, but it's worth a lot! I don't want other loot bugs to grab it! The company is going to be very happy about this with gear!" replied Lofty, as he was sweating.
"We can't lose them. The company will be disappointed if we come back with nothing but a big gear." replied Twilight, as she was very determined to get that stash of loot.
"Twilight, I can't go any faster. You're going to have to help." replies Lofty as he stops and drops the large gear on the floor, taking a rest.
Twilight was not happy, and she was not going to accept failure. She grabbed the gear and tried to lift it, but was shocked at how heavy it was.
"Oh my god, it's heavy! What is this made of?" cried Twilight as she struggled to lift the gear.
"It's pure steel; that's why. I found it near a broken machine. The metal is really dense." replied Lofty as he picked up the gear and continued forward.
Twilight was surprised at how strong he was and smiled. She was glad she met some new friends. As they hurried along, Twilight heard a weird beeping noise ahead of them.
"What's that noise? It's driving me nuts!" cried Twilight as the noises got louder and louder.
Lofty heard the noise and said, "Sounds like a low-battery fire detector."
Twilight looks at the walls, not seeing one. She felt it wasn't a fire detector. As they turned the corner and entered a crosswalk bridge, Twilight noticed a flash on the floor ahead of them, but Lofty didn't notice it as he turned to her and spoke, "I think we lost..."
Twilight realized what the flashing was, as the company warned them about the colonists leaving behind traps. She tried to warn Lofty, but it was too late. All she remembers is a bright flash and being tossed back by the blast. The world was spinning, and everything was so loud. Twilight tried to get up, but her body was in so much pain that she could barely move. As her vision returned, she was shocked by the sight. The gear was gone, and so was Lofty. There was blood everywhere, and there was a large hole in the bridge.
Twilight couldn't believe it. She couldn't speak or move. Her brain was struggling to understand what happened, and she finally did something. She screamed out in horror.
Meanwhile, Mercy was enjoying the slime as it was rubbing all over her as she was waiting for her dear boyfriend, while Dash was trying to get out and not wanting Twilight to find her like this and have the repeat from yesterday.
"Come on, Mercy! I need to get out!" cried Dash as she struggled in the pink slime while the boom box was playing music and the slime was dancing lovingly, which made Mercy blush.
"Don't be such a baby, Rainbow. It's not like the slime is going to kill you. Relax and enjoy it!" replied Mercy, as she was very comfortable.
Dash sighed and kept trying, which annoyed Mercy, and she spoke up, "What's wrong? You don't want Twilight to find you like this? Why? Are you afraid she'll enjoy seeing you like this? Huh?"
Rainbow was silent as the words hit home, and she was struggling even more.
"Rainbow, relax, and chill out. Do you hate seeing Twilight as the dominant one or something?"
Rainbow stopped and answered her, "It's not that! I love her and care for her, but I just don't."
"Don't what? You being weak in front of her? Or maybe you don't like being the submissive one?"
Dash was silent and didn't say anything, which made Mercy smile.
"You know, I was the same way. When I met Lofty during my second year working for the company, I was scared of being weak in front of him, as I got caught in weird stuff. It was embarrassing. I was scared he would see me differently. But he never did. He loves me no matter what, and I love him for that. He accepts my kink, and we even role play, pretending to be strangers and getting caught."
Rainbow blushed hard and didn't say anything, as she wasn't sure what to say and wasn't used to hearing others talk about their relationship, especially when they're naked together.
"But the truth is, being the submissive one isn't that bad. It's a rare opportunity. Being weak and vulnerable. Not having to worry about the next adventure. You can enjoy life more. You can be more relaxed and open up. And most of all, you can be the you that no one sees; only the one who loves you, will see."
Rainbow was speechless.
"If you're afraid of being the submissive one, why not embrace it? If Twilight loves you, then there's nothing to be afraid of. So, relax and enjoy yourself."
Rainbow didn't reply. She was processing the information and thinking. The slime was dancing as Mercy was enjoying the show and the song, and Rainbow was relaxing, letting the slime do what it wanted while the boom box was still playing music.
"I'm glad I was able to talk to you, Rainbow. We're pretty alike, you know."
"How so?"
"We found wonderful people who love us, no matter what."
Rainbow nodded, agreeing.
The pink slime was dancing and bouncing, enjoying the music, while the girls finally got along.
Twilight took her helmet off and threw it down in rage. She was angry and hurt. She was trying her hardest not to cry and failing.
"Fuck! Fuck!" cried Twilight, as she couldn't believe she had failed the company. Letting a coworker be killed like that. She felt so much anger and sorrow as she tried not to scream out.
She couldn't stand looking anymore and turned away, as the tears were pouring out, and she fell on the floor, crying her heart out, as she was a total mess. Then it hit her, and she had to tell Mercy. She had to tell her the bad news, and the thought of it made her sick. She had no choice, as the company was counting on her. She couldn't let them down. Not after all they've done for her.
Twilight got up and put her gloves back on. She was still a mess, but she had no time to fix herself. She had a job to do, and that was finding Mercy and Rainbow. Lucky for her, she could hear faint music and ran off, not noticing the doorway near the crosswalk was glowing a red dot and fading away.
It wasn't long before Twilight found Dash and Mercy and didn't react to them being naked in the slime. She looked over to Mercy, trying to find the words, as her voice was shaking.
"M-Mercy, I'm...I'm..." cried Twilight, as she was having a hard time finding the right words, while her girlfriend was wondering what was wrong and stood up and asked her, "Twilight, what's wrong? You look like you've seen a ghost."
Twilight was still trying to find the words, while Rainbow was looking at her and noticed the burn marks on her suit and started to freak out.
"M-Mercy, I lost him. He's dead."
Mercy didn't understand and asked her, "Who's dead? Who are you talking about?"
Twilight's shut her eyes and repeated herself, "M-Mercy, I lost him. He's dead."
"Who are you talking about!?" asked Mercy, starting to freak out.
Twilight opened her eyes, looked at her, and said, "Lofty. He's dead."
Mercy couldn't understand what was happening and started to laugh. "Good joke, Twilight. You had me fooled there. You look so serious."
"I'm not joking, Mercy! There was a landmine, and he didn't notice it. He's dead, Mercy. He's fucking dead!"
Mercy froze, and her face was pale as her heart was pounding. Her mind was processing the information, and her body was starting to shake as the room felt like it was spinning. She could only say one thing: "L-L-Lofty."
Twilight brought the girls to where he died, and Mercy could see the blood, while Twilight explained how he died and the gear was gone. Mercy didn't understand and kept asking her, "Are you sure he's dead?"
"Yes, I'm sure. He didn't make it. I'm sorry, Mercy." replied Twilight, as she could barely stop crying, while Dash was in shock and didn't say anything, as Mercy was trying to wrap her head around the situation.
Mercy couldn't hold the tears anymore and broke down. Twilight and Dash couldn't do anything for her. They let her cry, but they all heard something from the door that was near them. They could see a red light sweeping across, and Mercy smiled as she said, "Lofty! You came back!"
Mercy was overjoyed, as her dear boyfriend had come back to her. Twilight didn't say anything and was trying to understand what was behind the door and remember what the company warned her about. She screamed out as Mercy opened the door. "STOP! IT'S A TURRET! IT'S GONNA SHOOT YOU! STOOOOP!"
It was too late. As soon as Mercy opened the door, a barrage of bullets was fired, and it hit her dead on. Her body was torn to shreds, and Twilight grabbed Dash and dragged her into the hallway, while Mercy's body was still being ripped to pieces. The girls could hear the turret stopping, and Twilight took the chance to peek out, seeing the gun on the tripod scanning the room and the hallway from left to right very quickly. There was no way to leave the hallway without getting shot. She could see Mercy dead body, as it was oozing ton of blood.
Twilight realized the gun had a blind spot and quickly whispered to Dash, "The gun has a blind spot. Quickly, get ready."
"It's the red light. We can't get caught by it. It seems its not doing a 360-degree turn. If we can get behind it, we're in the clear."
Dash clutch, Twilight chest "So, that's the plan?"
Twilight nodded and was about to get ready when Dash just took off towards the turret, freaking Twilight out.
Rainbow didn't listen and kept running, not looking back. For once, she was being brave and not letting Twilight risk her life. Rainbow was running full force, and as the turret sensor was about to touch her, she could see Mercy's dead body and couldn't duck. The sensor locked on to her and made a beeping sound. Dash could only do one thing, and that was jump over the turret and land hard on the other side as it fired its bullets. Dash could see the gun was still firing at nothing, until it finally stopped and went back to scanning the room. Rainbow was shaking with fear and relief. She didn't think she would make it.
"Rainbow, are you okay?" called out Twilight, as she was worried.
"Yeah, I'm fine, but this fucker won't be!" Dash kicked the turret over and went offline. She picked it up and walked over to the destroyed crosswalk and threw it into the darkness, where they couldn't see it.
Twilight sighs in relief and says, "Christ..."
Twilight joined Dash and looked over to Mercy's dead body. She could feel herself breaking again. It was the same feeling from her past, when she lost a dear friend. The sorrow.
"Rainbow, I need you to do something for me."
"Anything, Twi." replied Dash, holding her hand.
Twilight slapped Dash on the face. "NEVER DO THAT AGAIN! I almost lost you!" She then held Dash close, telling her to never run off like before. "I can't lose you!"
"I know. I'm sorry. I just didn't want to lose you either." replied Rainbow, holding her dear Twilight.
The two held each other close and soon let go. Twilight picked Mercy up and carried her, not saying anything. Rainbow followed her to the exit and, soon, to the ship that Lofty and Mercy arrived in. The ship scanned Mercy's bloody body and opened the door, which they walked inside.
Inside was like their ship, but it was much different—very different, as Twilight started to cry. They could see Mercy and Lofty made it into a real home, with pictures of them hanging on the walls, a rug on the floor, a rocking chair with a book on it, and their bed had a cute blanket and pillow and their names written on it.
Dash was speechless, as the room had so many pictures of Mercy and Lofty. They could see they were in love. They could see the couple was happy together. While Twilight walked over to the bed and set Mercy's body down on it. She then walked over to the main computer and typed into the system, letting the company know what happened. It wasn't long before she got a reply, and it read, "We are so sorry to hear this report. Leave the body, and the automatic ship will return to the nearest company planet station. As a thank you for recovering the body, we will pay you for your troubles and increase your day off by three days extra. Thank you for being brave, and don't forget, you're a part of our family. Sincerely, the Letha company."
The couple didn't say anything, as they were speechless. Twilight walked back to the bed and looked over Mercy's body, as she could see her eyes were closed, as if she were sleeping. Twilight couldn't stop crying, and Rainbow could see her pain, as she could feel the pain too.
Twilight and Dash stepped out and watched as the ship closed its doors and took off. They returned to their ship and took off as well, as they couldn't finish their day, not after what happened. Twilight was on the bed, in her underwear, thinking, while Dash was taking a shower.
"Why?" asked Twilight, trying to understand why Mercy and Lofty had to die, as she had nothing else to say, as the world felt so empty and lonely without them, even if they just met. It wasn't long before Dash came out of the shower and noticed Twilight staring off into space.
"Hey, are you okay?" asked Rainbow, not sure how to cheer her up.
"I'm fine." simply replied Twilight, not really fine, as she didn't move.
Dash got on the bed and got on top of her, not saying anything. They stared into each other's eyes and didn't say a word. Dash started to kiss her, but Twilight didn't want this, not now.
"No. Not now."
Dash didn't listen and kept kissing her, not caring, as she could see the pain and sorrow in her girlfriend's eyes.
"Rainbow, no. Not now."
"Please, Twi. I just want to show how much I care about you."
"Please. Stop...please."
"No, I won't."
"Rainbow, please..."
"I love you, Twilight."
"No. I don't want this. Not now. GET OFF!" screamed Twilight, pushing Dash off, then holding her down, and crying, "STOP! ...stop..." Twilight could see Dash being all submissive and shy like always, but it was different, as she wasn't smiling or enjoying it. It was painful for her.
"Please, Twilight." begged Rainbow, wanting her girlfriend to have sex with her.
Twilight was confused and asked, "Why?"
Dash started to cry. "Mercy was waiting for him. She was waiting for him to come back to her. To have sex... I'm scared, Twilight. What if you don't come back? I don't know what I'll do without you. I'll be all alone again... I want to feel like it's going to be our last time together. Please. Don't leave me, Twilight. Please." Dash held Twilight's cheeks and smiled as she repeated what Mercy told her: "You can be the you that no one sees; only the one who loves you, will see."
Twilight let Rainbow go and kiss her, as she was still afraid. The couple was crying and holding each other, as the day was horrible and they didn't want to be alone.
They soon stopped, and Twilight told her, "Okay. Okay, I understand." Twilight kissed her again and started to get naked, and the lights of the ship went out, as the stars were shining in the darkness of space, and the couple was being loving and caring to each other, as they could feel their love and their warmth, as they didn't want to leave each other.
End of day 1
profit quota: 0
0 days remaining
-warning last chance to reach quota or be fired-
Twilight stared at the screen, looking at the red highlighted sentence, warning her that she, along with Dash, had 0 days left to earn the required amount or they would get fired.
"We're fucked." said Twilight, as there was no way for them to make the required money in time. The room was still dark, as Dash was still sleeping peacefully, unaware of the bad news. Twilight didn't want to wake her, not yet, as she got up, went to the bathroom, turning on the sink and looked in the mirror. She saw her own naked reflection and saw her messy short hair and bags under her eyes. She couldn't sleep at all, not after what happened yesterday. Remembering how Lofty and Mercy died is still fresh in her mind. She couldn't forget and wanted to remember their names. She wanted to make sure that they would not be forgotten, as she didn't want to let their deaths go to waste.
Twilight didn't answer her again, and she could hear Dash knocking on the door.
"TWILIGHT!?"
Twilight turned the water off and could hear Dash knocking on the door and crying, "OPEN THE DOOR, PLEASE! LET ME IN, TWILIGHT!"
She finally opened the door, seeing Dash holding a blanket over her naked body and crying with fear in her eyes as she feared for the worst. Twilight didn't want to see that, so she put on a fake smile and said, "Gosh, I can't take a shit in peace, can I?"
"Please don't do this. Please." cried Dash, as she didn't want to feel this fear again, as the last time was when she losther" and didn't want to experience it again.
Twilight kept the act going for Rainbow Shake. "What? Smelling up the bathroom? Geeze, okay, okay."
Twilight left the bathroom and saw Dash walking in and shutting the door. Dash noticed the look in Twilight's eyes and realized her girlfriend was lying to her. She couldn't blame her and just got ready for the day.
"Let's get dressed and have breakfast. I'll make us something good, okay?" said Twilight, while taking her clothes out. Nit froze as she saw her suit, still covered in burn marks and dried blood. She forgot to wash it but couldn't, as her body was moving on its own and was shaking. She tried to calm down, but she could feel the dry blood on her suit. She quickly put it back and took out a standard company suit, the classic orange, and set it on the bed. She could hear the shower going, but it was louder than normal, so she turned around and saw the bathroom door was open, so she walked closer, checking on Dash, but froze when she looked inside. Dash was standing there, blushing hard as she covered herself. She was being shy like always, but she slowly looked up at Twilight and gave a warm smile as she slowly revealed herself. Twilight gulped as she knew Dash was inviting her to join her. Twilight shook her head and said, "No, not today. No right now. Later."
Dash didn't give up and said, "You can be the you that no one sees; only the one who loves you will see." Dash pulled Twilight into the shower and started to make out with her, as she was feeling the same anxiety that her lover was feeling and didn't want to leave her alone anymore. It wasn't long before they started to have sex in the shower, and when Dash came, Twilight held her tight and started to whisper wonderful things to her lover, like how beautiful and sexy she was. Dash blushed as her heart raced. Twilight whispers more things, like wanting to make her happy, to marry her, and to have a house in their home world. Rainbow could feel her heart pounding faster, as her lover was speaking from the heart and didn't care if they were in a dangerous line of work; all she cared about was having a happy life with her. She wanted to return the flavor, and she whispered in Twilight's ears and said, "I'm all yours, Twilight. I'll make you happy, and I'll love you no matter what. Anything, any kink you want to do. I'll do it for you. So please, smile. Let me see those happy eyes again."
"Okay, but first, we're so fucked."
Dash laughed and said, "Maybe so, but..."
Twilight shook her head and corrected herself: "No, not coping by using sex... I mean, we're going to get fired if we don't make the quote today. We have no choice but to try."
Dash leans back and is filled with anger. "Wait, are you serious!? That's bullshit! They know what happened, right? Least give us an extra day or something!"
"I wish, but you told us why in that email. The company isn't doing well right now, and all deadlines need to be met, no matter what. If we don't meet the quota today, then we'll be fired. Simple."
"Well, fuck them then! We'll get better jobs elsewhere," said Dash, giving a middle finger to the main computer, causing Twilight to laugh and hold her closer. "Right?"
"Dash, this is the best-paying job anywhere! Plus, I saw how much the bonus would be if we recovered the pink slime, and the extra money for recovering... Mercy body..." Twilight pointed to the computer and let Dash go, pushing her out of the shower. Twilight watched as Dash hurried over to the computer, all wet, and read the email.
"FUCK! THIS IS BULLSHIT! That has to be an error! NO FUCKING WAY!" cried Dash, not believing it.
Twilight turned off the shower, joined Dash, and held her again. "We gotta try. For our future." She put Dash's head on her wet chest and whispered something that made Dash blush really hard, making her look up at her.
Dash was trying to find the real words but could only say "really?"
"Yes. After we're living a better life, we can quit and get safer jobs, and we can ra-" Twilight was cut off as Dash kissed her, making Twilight fall on the bed. Soon, they were back at it again.
Both girls knocked down the doors of the building, standing ready as they needed to finish the mission, no matter the cost. Twilight had the two shovels, a large empty tube on her back. Dash had one shovel, and a backpack filled with things they might need. Both girls turned to each other and nodded. They took off into the building. They noticed, like before, that the building layout felt different, but they didn't care and started to search the rooms for scrap. Entering a hall or room, both would take cover by the doorway and peek inside, checking for traps like turrets or land mines. Lucky for them, there were no traps to be seen, but also no scraps. Each room they went into was completely empty; not a single thing was to be found.
"This is bullshit!" said Rainbow, kicking a nearby chair. "We got to find something or we'll never get enough money in time."
"Yeah, I agree, but what can we do?" asked Twilight, feeling worried, as their future was riding on this last search.
"We could-"
"YIPPPEEEEE!"
Both girls turned around, seeing the three loot bugs again as they were waving at them. Dash's eyes went wide with joy as she ran up to them, set her backpack down, and talked to the bugs. "Hey, you three stooges! If you let us have your scrap, we'll exchange it for this stuff in the backpack! Heck, you can keep the bag as well! What do you say?"
"Yipppe, yip, yippeee." said one, not liking the idea, but the middle one slapped them, and the other one started to laugh, making the leader smack him too. The leader turned back to Dash, who was trying to keep her laughter in, as she couldn't believe they were acting like the real three stooges.
"Yipp. yip, yipee!" replied the leader, making the other two slap their buggy hangs and run off, while the leader told Dash and Twilight to follow them.
Twilight smiled as she helped Dash up and followed the loot bugs. It wasn't long before they arrived at the staircase going down, which Twilight knew was the basement, and Dash remembered being here, as it's where she encountered the slime for the first time. Twilight pound her fist together and said, "This is great! We can get the power source while getting their loot! We might be able to finish the quota and get paid!"
"Hell yeah!" cheered Dash, pumping her fist. "Come on! Let's move!"
"Right!" replied Twilight, following the loot bugs into the basement.
When they reached the bottom, the light was dim and the floor was wet. Both girls noticed that the place looked really dirty, as it had never been cleaned. They could hear a thumping sound, making them guess something was still running down here. Dash was getting anxious and nervous, not knowing what would happen, but her eyes went wide as the three bugs were standing before them, holding their hands out and pointing further down. Dash and Twilight didn't hesitate and kept following them. Dash took out her flashlight, as it was too dark to keep seeing, and the three bugs kept leading the way.
"Yip."
"Yipe."
"Yip."
"So, where are we heading?" asked Dash, as the place was starting to freak her out.
"Yip. yipp."
"Yip. Yipee."
"Yip. Yip."
The three bugs pointed and said, "Yip." and Dash knew what they meant, as they were pointing to a glowing room up ahead. Twilight knew right away what the room was. The group hurried to it, and both girls mouths went wide as they saw the mountain of scrap, which was glowing with a bright light under it.
"Yipeee!"
"Yippe!"
"Yipe."
The three bugs started to climb on the mountain, making the two girls question what was light under it. Dash tossed the bag towards the loot bugs, and the girls started to move stuff out of the way of the unknown light source and were surprised to find that the source was a very large, glowing lightbulb-looking device. Twilight took out her data pad and scanned it, revealing its name, "Apparatus! It's a RTG! If we slowly and very carefully take it out, we-" Twilight stopped as she heard it pop out and the lights flickering and turned to Dash, who had the device in both arms and was smiling before asking what was wrong. Twilight sighed loudly as she said, "Do you know what RTG stands for?"
"No? Why Should I?"
Suddenly, their HUD started to turn red as a warning message popped on the screen.
"Warning: Increase levels of radiation detected. 70 msv"
Dash froze in horror when she saw that message and quickly turned to Twilight, who just said, "RTG means Radiation Thermoelectric Generator. It's a nuclear battery. You have to be careful with those, especially in space. One wrong move and the whole place will get irradiated, meaning we all will die a painful death."
Dash's eyes went wide, and her mind was racing, as she didn't mean to do that. She just wanted to get this job done and over with. Dash slowly started to freak out, thinking they were going to die, as she was going to drop the battery, and Twilight knew it, as she quickly caught it and put it back in Dashie's arms, telling her it was okay. Their suit is able to protect them, as long as they are careful. Dash nodded, holding the battery close to her chest.
"Good. Now let's see if we can carry this bad boy upstairs and back to the ship. We can come bac-huh?" said Twilight, as the lights went completely dead and everything went dead quiet. Twilight couldn't even hear her girlfriend breathing.
"Twi?"
"Yeah?"
"I think I'm scared."
Twilight gulped and replied, "Same. Let me get your flashlight."
"Please do. This is creepy."
"On it."
Twilight pulled the flashlight out of Dash's belt hanger, as the light was pointing away from her face. The two girls looked around. Twilight knew it was because Dash took the power supply for the complex out, but something was still off.
"You sure? Maybe this big guy was taking all the juice?" asked Dash, who was getting scared, as she had never experienced a power outage like this.
"No, it shouldn't work like that."
"Then what should I do?"
"Shhh."
"But Twi-"
"Shhh."
Twilight started to listen around, and he could hear the thumping noise from before. It was closer, but wasn't that close.
"What are you doing? Let's just go." said Dash, not liking this.
"Shhh. Listen," replied Twilight, not looking at her as her eyes were searching around. "Don't you hear it?"
"No, let's leave. Right now. Please. I don't like this."
"I hear it. Something is close by." said Twilight, ignoring her.
"No, you don't!" said Dash, feeling scared.
"Yeah, I do." replied Twilight, as she could hear the thumping getting louder and could feel the ground shaking.
Dash held the lightbulb harder as she realized something big was down here. "Nope. You're hearing things."
"I am not."
"Yes, you are!"
Twilight could see the loot bugs stop filling the bag and quickly joined them, scared shitless. "I can hear the thumping."
"I can hear it too, okay!? You're right, there's something big down here! Let's get out of here!"
Twilight quickly took out her data pad and quickly searched for anything related to thumping noises, and there was only one result, and she read it out loud while her fear was growing with every word.
"What does that mean?"
"It means..." said Twilight, as she was shaking. As she realized what they were dealing with, "It means we're fucked."
"WHAT!?" cried Dash, as she didn't want to deal with this.
Twilight noticed the author's notes and quickly checked and read them, but it was strange, like it wasn't written by the author but someone else, but she read it out loud: "Those things aren't so tough, ah, say, a daisy smack on the head, and those darn funny-lookin' animals are dead like a doornail. Trust me." Twilight was confused, as it sounded like a cowboy wrote that. It didn't help, but the real author wrote something down as well: "Sweetie bun, I told you not to talk when I'm writing in the notes section; the computer is going to pick up your voice." Twilight rolled her eyes, realizing the author was using voice-to-text when writing the entry and their partner was talking while she was working. Twilight turned to Dash and said, "Yup, we're fucked."
"How is that thing even here!?" asked Dash, not liking this at all.
"Maybe it was the real reason this colony failed? Maybe they couldn't kill it and ran, or did it kill everyone? Who knows? What I do know is we need to get the fuck out of here!" said Twilight as she started to walk up the door, flashing the light around, not seeing anything but still hearing the thumping noise not too far from them.
"Yeah, good idea. I got a bad feeling about this."
The two girls and loot bugs, one of whom had the backpack on, hurried out the door and could feel the ground shaking, as whatever was making the thumping was coming closer. Dash tried to hurry along, but the Apparatus was very heavy and hindered her movement.
"Faster Dash!"
"I'm trying, but..."
"It's getting close!"
Dash tried to pick up her speed. "I know!"
"Shit, I think it's getting near the hallway to the stairs!" said Twilight, as the thumping noise was so close, felt like they were next to it.
"I don't care; let's just keep running!" cried Dash, who didn't want to meet the beast.
"Agree!"
The group quickly ran into the hallway, saw nothing, and ran towards the exit. They all smiled as they're all safe now—until they all heard a loud roar behind them. They looked back and could see it as Twilight shined the light on it.
"RUN!" shouted Twilight, as the beast was coming straight for them.
Both girls and the bugs were screaming as they ran for their lives and could hear the monster roar and its body slapping the floor. Dash tried to run faster, but the power supply was slowing her down, and she could feel the beast's breath. It smelled like death, like it ate everything in the colony, and Dash felt her legs getting weak as the fear took over her mind. Twilight noticed and grabbed her arm, helping her run, as the beast was getting closer and the girls and loot bugs made it up the stairs. Twilight slam the door behind them and running as fast as they could to the top. They looked down and could see it bursting through the door and slamming into the stairs, crying in pain. It quickly recovered and looked up at them. The thing had a massive mouth, and it had large, sharp teeth. Three other mouths opened, and it roared at them, giving chase.
The girls and bugs ran off, hearing it breaking through the doorway and still after them. They kept running into the hallway, taking random turns, as everything felt like a huge maze now. They could hear the beast still chasing them, as it was roaring and the walls were shaking. Twilight knew that if they didn't get away, they were all dead. She didn't care about the reward or quota anymore. She only cared about their lives, but mostly Dash's. They were about to turn another corner when the beast burst out from the wall ahead of them and roared, scaring the group, who started running the other way, and it gave chase.
Dash was starting to slow down as the power supply was killing her running speed and she was getting really tired, but she could see Twilight taking it from her arms and smiling, "You are the fastest one here! Get out! I'll lead it away."
"WHAT!? No way in hell! WE STICK TOGETHER!"
"Don't argue with me! You need to save yourself!"
"NO! YOU CAN'T ASK ME THAT!"
"Just go!"
"TWILIGHT! Please don't do this! Please!" cried Dash as her lover was walking backwards and the beast was getting closer.
"GO! PLEASE! Remember, I love you!" shouted Twilight as she turned around and tossed her data pad at the beast, making her the main target. The beast was roaring, and the group kept running as they turned a hallway, but Twilight and the Thumper kept running forward, disappearing into the darkness.
"TWILIGHT! TWILIGHT! TWILIIGHT!" cried Dash, but there was no answer, as her lover was gone and tears started falling. "NO! NOOOOO!"
The loot bugs grabbed her, pulling her away from the danger. Dash was fighting them, but they were stronger. As they finally dragged her back to the entrance, she could feel the cool breeze hit her skin as they were finally outside, but the three bugs didn't stop as they held her and flew her down to the ground.
"STOP!" ordered Dash, who was crying. "LET ME GO!"
The loot bugs didn't listen, as they kept dragging her away from the building. Soon, Dash suit HUD gave another warning, as the complex radiation levels were dangerously high. Dash quickly turned to the building and could see ton of warnings filling the screen as the building wasn't safe to enter anymore.
"TWILIGHT!"
While back with Twilight, she kept running for her life while carrying the battery and looking back, seeing the Thumper coming closer. Twilight kept running as fast as she could, turning around the corner, but the Thumper crashed into the wall, crying in pain. Twilight remembered the entry, telling her the beast couldn't turn well, and quickly turned around, as the Thumper was struggling to get around the corner and was crying, as it wasn't used to going this fast. Twilight knew if she was careful, she could get away.
"I'm not going to die here!" cried Twilight as she was thinking about Dash. She had to make it back to her. "She's waiting for me! I can't leave her alone!" Twilight remembered what Dash told her about Mercy, waiting for Lofty. "I'M NOT DYING HERE," remembering how Mercy broke down when she found out Lofty was killed, not wanting Dash to be like that, "I'M NOT GOING TO MAKE HER CRY LIKE THAT! YOU HEAR ME, YOU FUCKER! I'M GOING TO SEE HER AGAIN AND FUCK HER GOOD!"
The Thumper was back, giving chase, as it was getting angry, and was slamming its arms on the ground and roaring.
"I'M NOT DYING NOW!"
Twilight turned the corner quickly and could hear the beast slamming into the wall again, crying out in pain. Twilight kept running and passing a room, quickly backing up and noticing the pink slime was in the room, dancing to the boom box. She remembered the reward for it and quickly dashed in and set the Apparatus down. She took off the empty tube on her back and started to scoop up the slime as fast as she could, pouring it into the tube. She could hear the Thumper getting closer, but ignored it and kept scooping up the slime and filling the tube. When it was full, she quickly put the tube back on her back and picked up the battery, even the boom box, and ran out of the room. The chase was back on, and the Thumper was chasing her again. Twilight was scared, knowing this was going to be her end, but she didn't want to give up. She didn't want to die. That's when her suit started warning her of an increase in radiation, and she could see the numbers growing bigger and bigger. Twilight was confused, but knew what it meant. The power core was missing, and radiation was leaking out of the exposed reactor machine, meaning the place was going to be filled with radiation. She couldn't get to the ship while still stuck in here and was wondering if Dash got out, but the HUD showed the ship didn't take off. Was Dash waiting for her? Or maybe she didn't reach the ship yet? She wasn't sure, but her body was aching. The suit was keeping her safe from the radiation, but running and carrying all this weight was killing her, and she could feel her legs about to give out.
"Please make it... to Dashie."
The Thumper was coming closer, and Twilight knew she couldn't keep going; her body was about to give up, but she noticed a glowing red light at the end of the hallway with webs. She feared it was another turret, but the light wasn't moving; in fact, it was a normal red light. She smiled as she saw the red door with words on it and shouted loudly, "FIRE EXIT!?"
As the ground was getting closer, the Thumper was screaming in terror, but not as loud as the spider, who was clinging to Twilight and crying. Twilight had to think fast, or they're going to be pancakes soon. She poked the spider, telling it to shoot a web to save themselves. The spider quickly shot a web, and the web grabbed on to a giant pipe near them, but it didn't slow their descent as they were now swinging towards it. The two screamed until Twilight's back was slammed against the pipe and she was sliding down, but she could feel the pain shooting up her back and the spider grabbing her chest in fear. She soon could see the Thumper's body smashing into the ground, exploding on impact, and covering everything in blood and gore.
"H-Holy shit."
Twilight slid down the pipe and landed on her feet. The spider quickly crawled off of her, and Twilight could feel the tube on her back was crack as it started to leak the pink slime. Before she could say anything, the HUD started to warn her about the increase in radiation coming from within the complex. Warning her to get back to ship. Twilight looked up at the building and could see the lights going out, and soon, her HUD was going red. She needed to find Dash and ran off, but she could hear something following her. It was the spider who wanted to stay with her.
"Come on, then. Maybe the company will pay extra for you? You weren't in the bestiary."
Twilight started to run, trying to find Dash, but had no idea where to go as nightfall came quickly. The only light source was the glowing Apparatus she was carrying. She had no idea where Dash was, and her data pad was lost after she toss it at the Thumper, so she couldn't message her.
"Shit, I hope she got away."
As she was walking, she could feel a vibration under her, and her eyes widen in horror as the ground around her started to crack. Her and the spider ran for it, escaping from the cracking earth, and were scared shitless as they saw a giant worm bursting out of the ground and leaping across the land. She remembered now why the company ordered them and the other units to leave the moon before nightfall. This is when the worm-like creatures come out and devour the living. Twilight and the spider hurried along, dodging the cracks in the ground, avoiding the giant worms who were coming out, and heading back to the ship. They kept going, but Twilight could hear yelling ahead of her and behind a giant hillside. She looked at her HUD and noticed the radiation was dropping and the ship was nearby, meaning those yelling were...
"DASH!"
Twilight ran towards the voice and could see Dash and the loot bugs, surrounded by giant-looking bird-like animals.
"TWILIGHT!? TWILIGHT! THANK GOD!"
That's when the birds quickly got closer to Dash and the bugs, but quickly backed off as Dash screamed again. It dawned on Twilight what was going on; the birds were afraid of Dash's scream. Were these bird-like animals a type of bird that could hear low frequencies and was afraid of loud screams? If so, this was the only way to keep them at bay. Twilight joined Dash and started screaming at the birds, turning to Dash, "GET AHHHHHH TO AHHHHH THE AHHHHHHHH SHIP! THEY AHHHHH HATE AHHHHHH LOUD NOISE!" A bird tried to closer but backed off as Dash grabbed the shovel from Twilight belt and swung at it while Twilight screamed at it "AHHHHHHHH FUCK OFF!"
"WHAT!?"
"JUST SCREAM!"
"FINE, WHATEVER, FUCKING AHHHHHHHH!"
Twilight and Dash screamed their lungs out, the loot bugs screaming their trade mark yells, and the bird screeching, falling back and watching the weird group getting towards the ship. It wasn't long before Twilight and co. were inside the ship, and Twilight started the engines, getting the hell out of there and leaving the moon as the ship almost hit a leaping sandworm on the way out. Dash sat on the floor, crying, while the loot bugs dropped the bag and quickly took stuff around the ship and hid in the closet, as it was their new nest now. Dash looked up and freaked out, seeing the spider on the ceiling. Funny enough, the spider freaked out as well, as it shook with fear. Twilight ignored the screaming and opened a hatch under the floor, putting the Apparatus into a safe, which will protect them from the radiation, but the ship scanned it and reported it wasn't giving off any harmful rays, but Twilight wasn't risking it. She shut it and checked the scans again, confirming there was no radiation in the ship. There wasn't any signs as she double check again, taking her helmet off finally and look over to Dash and the spider, still scared of each other. Twilight opened another hatch and told the spider to get inside, which it quickly did, but Twilight spoke to it, "Don't try anything funny, or I'll eject your spider ass into space! Got it!?" The spider just stared at her and closed the hatch on its own, surprising Twilight.
She quickly turned to Dash, who was looking at her and was shaking, almost like she was going into shock. Twilight quickly rushed over, pulled her into a hug, and cried, "I'm here, Dash. I'm here. Everything will be fine."
Dash held her tight. "I thought I lost you."
"You won't get rid of me that easily." smirked Twilight, leaning back.
"Thank God you're safe."
Twilight nodded and let her go as she took off the tube with the pink slime inside. Dash was yelling with joy as she saw it. Twilight froze as she remembered her promise to herself. She saw the boom box and turned it on, playing the station with sexy, seductive music. She could hear Dash questioning her, but she didn't listen. Twilight poured out the pink slime out and tossed the boom box on it, making it dance all sexy-like. Twilight turned to Dash, who realized what was happening.
"Twilight, what are you doing?"
"Sorry, Dashie, but I promised myself that if I lived..." said Twilight as she walked over to her, removing her helmet. Kissing her all lustful like, as she whispered in her ear, "I would fuck your brains out. I love you!"
Before Dash could say a word, Twilight touched her chest, and with one strong pull, she ripped her suit off into two, exposing Dash's nude body and throwing the ripped-up suit away.
"TWILIGHT!?"
Twilight pulled Dash in for another kiss before tossing her into the slime, watching her get all messy with the dancing slime. Twilight took her boots and gloves off, throwing them away. Dash was covered in pink slime, which was sticking to her, and Twilight couldn't help but lick her lips, but she could feel her tears falling. She spoke after wiping them away. "I won't leave you alone! I'll always get back to you! I promise! I PROMISE! I WILL MAKE SURE OF IT! YOU HEAR ME!"
"Twi-" but Dash stop talking as she froze when Twilight ripped her own suit off, exposing her naked body and causing Dash to look away.
"YOU'RE MINE! I will never make you cry! I LOVE YOU!" screamed Twilight as she jumped into the slime and started to make love to her.
Meanwhile, the poor slime was turning more pink as it could feel the two large creatures doing something within it and blushing hard as it realized what. It was trying to escape, but the music was too good not to keep dancing. The poor thing was stuck while the two girls were having fun.
End of last day
Author's Note
I love the hawk gimmick. its always a blast to see friends and family screaming at them lol
Turning in the Quota(71-Gordion Moon)
The ship is rocketing towards a dark blue moon; it has no signs of any land mass, only endless seas and storms that rage on certain parts of it. Dash looked away from the computer screen, now dressed in a cool casual outfit, holding a backpack on her back.
Dash looked confused and asked, "What do you mean?"
"Remember what I told you about the other moon being an old abandoned colony? It was owned by the company, and don't you remember seeing the drills and pipes outside? The company was trying to get something underground, drilling for it. Other units might be tasked with recovering data, while we were tasked with recovering any high-level scraps that might be resold or reused. Now, look at the moon. It's an ocean moon; no doubt they're drilling there as well, and whatever is in there, they made it the main base of the company. It must be very important and valuable, which means..."
Dash, finish the sentence. "Scraps and data are going to be in great demand for this operation. Reusing the scraps to fix broken drill parts rather than buying new parts... It sounds like cutting corners to me." Dash said, but Twilight shrugged, making Dash continue, "Recovering lost data is important as well. Reclaiming lost info and recovering the lost bases...yeah, I get it now. Alright, let's make some bank then baby!"
Twilight smiled and nodded in agreement. "Plus, we can relax for the next three days in the company-provided living area. I want to check out their research area; maybe pick up something useful."
Dash ears perked up. "Wait, what about the free days off we were given? I was hoping we were going to use them."
Twilight shook her head. "I asked if we could save them in the email, and they allowed it. Winter Eve is coming up; I want us to have the whole week off."
"Twilight...that's..." but Dash was cut off, as the ship was approaching the base and its port.
"Let's turn in the stuff, get our money, and head to the living area. We can enjoy the whole day together." said Twilight, giving her a wink while tapping the tube with the pink slime in it, causing Dash to blush and sigh.
"You've gotten way too horny now, thanks to that slime. But fine, I don't mind it...feels good on the skin."
Twilight didn't respond and watched the ship get docked at the station port on the floating base on top of the calm waters, and the door opened. Dash got out first and could see tons of shipping crates everywhere and other company ships parked in a row, just like them. She turned around and saw Twilight scanning the Apparatus three times before finally pressing a button, making the computer place the battery into a steel box and raise it up from the floor. Twilight put the backpack filled with scraps on and carried the steel box.
"I'll head to the drop-off point. I'll see you at the living area."
Dash puffed her cheeks and shook her head. "Nope. I'll wait for you!"
"But Dash-"
"Nope."
Twilight sighed, walking away while Dash waited on the ship's railing deck but notice someone, wearing a bright yellow suit and pretty small in size, walking out of the ship next to them and waited by a shipping container.
Dash smirk as she saw the two huge breast and went into flirting mode, as she jump down and walked over all cool like. The small girl noticed her and took her helmet and hoodie off, revealing her face.
Twilight looked up and could see how dark the clouds were. The moon must have a strange weather cycle, making her wonder if this is the rainy season. She looked around the base and saw a few other workers. She bet they were heading off to another moon as well. She looked at the shipping containers and wondered what was inside. The place was a mess and was poorly lit, and the floor looked old and rusty, almost like this base was an older model. Maybe an older base that was repurposed or something. She took out Dashie's data pad, since she lost her backup, and opened the map of the area. She wasn't far from the drop-off area and kept going in the direction she was going. She soon saw the drop-off area, as she saw four workers like herself but still wearing their orange suits. They were putting the stuff they found in a collection window. She waited in line. She could tell these four workers were pretty young in the way they were acting, blasting music, pointing at each other, and dancing, while one poor soul had to put everything in the window. She could feel the steel box was getting heavy and wanted to put it down. She was about to do it, but it slipped out of her hands, causing her to panic and try to catch it, but someone caught it for her.
Twilight smiled, happy she was so friendly "I hope so! We need to get 400 or more to fill the quota, or we get kicked out of the job and sent home."
"Ah, I see. Well, if that's the case, then the battery will cover most of the cost, if not all of it. If I had a dime for every time I saw a rookie like you come in with a battery, well, I wouldn't be in a crap job like this. The name's Applejack, by the way. And you are?"
"Oh, my name's Twilight Sparkle. Nice to meet you, Applejack."
"The pleasure is all mine. Let's take the weight off your shoulders, shall we?" AJ took the steel box and placed it on her shoulder; there was no sign of strain at all.
Twilight suddenly remembered Lofty, remembering his strength. He was much taller and more muscular than AJ, but she was just as strong, meaning she had a lot of power in her. Twilight couldn't help but stare at AJ and blush. AJ didn't notice; she was too busy looking at the others in front of them.
"Gosh darn rookies. Why does the company keep hiring youngsters like these? Also calling the unit after that awful nickname. Lethal Company? Poor Letha is rolling in her grave. It's bad enough those stupid rookies have no respect for the company as well. Look at them. One of them is peeing openly in public..."
"It's just a term of endearment, Applejack." reply Twilight but even she knew how bad it look.
AJ sighs, not amused by Twilight's comment. "Still. I would rather not get fired if I pick another fight. You should be careful as well, you know. Even if we're on company grounds, it doesn't mean we're safe."
Twilight didn't understand what she meant; weren't they safe here? Before she could ask her, AJ got in front of her, protecting her as the rookie started to spam the bell, which acted as a call button for the stuff to be collected.
"Damn idiots didn't read the handbook. Stay back!"
"I thought the button was just to call collector?" asked Twilight, peeking behind AJ.
"It is, but you can't spam it. It's a safety hazard, you know. The bell is to get the attention of Jeb."
"Who's Jeb?"
"Jeb is the one who does the collecting. If you spam the bell, you're calling all the Jebs, and trust me, you don't want a lot of Jebs. Speaking of which, stay behind me and don't make any noise."
"Why?"
"See? Now you know not to press the bell more than once or twice. Jeb is a light sleeper."
Twilight looked at her with terror in her eyes and said, "Is this normal?!"
"No," simply answered AJ, "but it became normal over the years. So, yeah, I guess. You just learned the rules and the saying. Don't annoy the bell, and you don't mess with the Jeb."
Twilight took a minute to compose herself, watching as AJ put the steel box into the window desk and taking the backpack from her back and putting it next to the box. She signaled for her to ring the bell. Twilight slowly did, as AJ quickly grabbed her wrist and stopped her.
"Not too fast. Two rings, then wait a few seconds, then one ring. That will wake up the Jeb without disturbing him. Go slowly."
Twilight slowly rang the bell, doing exactly what AJ said. Two rings, then waiting, then another. After doing that, the window opened up, and a tentacle came out, wrapping itself around the two items, causing Twilight and AJ to step back. It took the objects inside and shut the window. Soon, a robotic voice can be heard from its speaker, saying, "You are hard workers. Keep the goo*buzz glitching*Free Her*buzz static*d work. Here's your pay."
Twilight heard that weird voice line, but AJ brushed it off, as the Jeb voice box always acts up or just fooling around like always. Soon, Twilight could hear her data pad beeping. She held it up, noticing the quota was reached, but something was wrong. AJ noticed the look and asked her what was wrong.
"Well, the quota was 400, but I think this is a glitch. The items we collected don't add up to 400; in fact, there are items here we never collected. See?"
AJ looked over her shoulder, looking at the pad, and noticing what Twilight was talking about: "Hmmm, you're right." AJ smirked, "I see now. Jeb added the Four Idiots collection to yours. Lucky girl, you'll be earning their paycheck as well."
Twilight was about to question her, but the robotic voice spoke again. "*buzzing static*The rookies*static buzz* death awaits*buzz* collection yours*static glitch* End is comin*static*nice day."
AJ shook her head and said, "Jeb, I told you. Stop saying and fooling around, ya scaring the rookie here."
Twilight was scared of this monster, or whatever it was.
"*buzz*My apologies. Nice day.*buzz and static*Please leave a review and five stars. Thank you."
"Twilight, relax. It was only a joke. You don't have to worry. Jeb loves to joke sometimes."
"Worry? I'm terrified. What is that thing?!"
"That's Jeb," said AJ as she led Twilight away, knowing the girl would ask a ton of questions. "Don't worry, you'll be fine. It's just Jeb. He's a nice guy....or it?"
Twilight couldn't understand, and maybe that was the best? She walked away with AJ, but noticing something, and asked her, "Wait, didn't you need to drop something off too? Wait, you don't have any scrap with you?" They headed towards the docking area.
AJ turned to her and smirked. "I was just passing by sugar cube; we had already turned in our scrap. Just coming back from the living area, my gi-huh?"
Twilight and AJ stop as they could see Dash, flirting with a small woman with big breast, wearing a yellow suit. Her gas mask was still on. She looks shy, as Dash was putting the moves on her.
"You're cute, you know?" said Dash with her charming voice, causing the girl to blush and shake her head.
Her voice was filtering through the mask. "No, I'm not. Please leave me alone. I'm waiting for someone. Please..."
Dash smiled, put her arm around her, and spoke in her flirty voice as she stared at girl's breast, "Hey, it's alright. You're a cutie. Hey, let's-"
Before she could finish, she felt a cold metal pipe smack her butt. She turned, noticing Twilight, filled with pure rage. She smacked her butt again, making her leave the girl alone.
"So, you like them busty, huh?" asked Twilight, as Dash was backing away from her girlfriend. "Or, I should say, you like them more busty than me. I'm not enough for you, am I?"
"T-twi, wait!" Dash was backed up against their ship, with Twilight smacking the ship hull with the metal pipe in her hand. "You're more than enough, Twi!"
Twilight wasn't listening; her eyes were now focused on the big, round lumps in the yellow suit of the small girl. Twilight looked at her own chest and looked at Dash, who was looking at the girl's chest, making her even more mad.
"DASHIE LOVES BIG TITTS! YOU BITCH!" yelled Twilight, slamming the pipe into the hull of the ship, bending the pipe, scaring Dash and the others.
"NO! WAIT! That's not it; I'm not into her!"
Twilight didn't believe her and slammed the pipe again. "PICK A FUCKING GOD AND PRAY! PRAY FOR FORGIVENESS!"
Dash has never seen Twilight like this. Twilight should know how much she loves to flirt, but she will never cheat. Still, the damage was done, and she has to beg for forgiveness. She has no idea why she was getting so mad, unless...
Twilight froze, hearing her say those words, and felt guilty. She was feeling a little insecure; her breast was never big, and it bothered her, but it was silly since Dash loves her and her body. She dropped the pipe and turned to AJ and the girl, coughing before saying, "Sorry! Also, sorry for my dumbass girlfriend here! Miss...?"
"Her name is Fluttershy." answered AJ, surprising Twilight and Dash.
"How do you know her name?" asked Dash, while Fluttershy hid behind AJ.
"Because she's my partner..." said AJ, pushing Fluttershy forward, removing her gas mask, and then kissing her.
Dash was surprised; her eyes widen when she sees Fluttershy return the kiss and blushing. Twilight was blushing as well and was surprised to see that Fluttershy and Applejack were lovers. They broke the kiss, and Fluttershy finished AJ sentence.
"She's my girlfriend. We came back from a job, and AJ went to get the keys for our living quarters." explained Shy as AJ went into their ship and took out their stuff.
"Oh, I'm sorry. So sorry how Dash acted!" said Twilight to AJ, who just laughed it off.
"It's okay, sugar cube. Shy gets flirted with all the time; I'm used to it. She's a cute gal. Don't blame the lads and lasses for hitting on her. Even more so with her cow utters!"
Fluttershy sighed, hearing that nickname for her breast: "Please don't call my breast, cow utters, AJ."
"Why not? They are huge! Be proud of them."
Fluttershy blushes, hiding her face from embarrassment and saying, "I know, but still."
Twilight was looking at Dash and sighed, still guilty about her girlfriend's actions. She just met a new friend, and Dash almost ruined it.
Dash noticed Twilight worry look. she really needs to keep her flirting under control. She didn't like to hurt people's feelings or her girlfriend. She felt horrible.
AJ noticed the two were all sad, and she smiled. "It's fine, sugar cubes. Don't feel bad."
"Are you sure?" asked Twilight.
"Yep. Besides, I'm happy Fluttershy is a pretty gal, and a lot of guys and gals would hit on her. I would rather have them hit on her and fail than be jealous, knowing Shy is my partner. Trust me, we had some crazy exes, but we're together, and that's what matters. Don't beat yourself up."
"I'll try." said Dash and Twilight.
"Good. Need help with your things? Even though Shy has cow utters; she is just as strong as me! She's a little shy, but she's strong like a cow."
"Thanks, but we can manage." said Dash, trying not to look at Shy's chest again as she could feel Twilight's cold stare.
"Non sense! Let's get moving, girls." said AJ as she and Shy entered their ship, but Shy froze and screamed in joy, making the three turn and look at her.
"LOOK! Look!" squealed Shy, pointing at the tube with the pink slime.
"What? The slime?" asked Dash, as Fluttershy squealed again and nodded as she got near it, admiring the beauty of the slime and its color. She took out her data pad, put it on record, and spoke, "Bestiary draft. I believe I met the unit that found the rare Hygroderes. It's just as the company reported from the unit. It's color is pink, not the common blue. I can't believe I'm meeting this new color species for the first time."
"Um, excuse me?" said Twilight, confused by Fluttershy's sudden behavior but quickly realizing who she might be. "Are you the bestiary writer? The one that made the bestiary and wrote all the entries?"
Fluttershy turned around and smiled, "I am! I love to study life. All living creatures. The company hired me for that reason, other than recovering scrap like the others. They need animal logs on all the creatures on the moons, as well as the environment and flora and fauna. It's fun!"
Twilight quickly hugged her, making the rest surprised.
"What are you doing?" asked Shy, blushing.
Twilight, let her go. "Sorry. My name is Twilight Sparkle, and thanks to your information on the Thumper, I was able to survive. Thanks to your information and notes, I was able to know how to avoid it. You're amazing! Thank you!"
Fluttershy couldn't stop blushing; no one ever thanked her for the work she did, even less hugged her.
"Um, no problem, but the company was the one that told me about the Thumper. We just studied it from afar."
"Still, your information on the creature was detailed."
Shy played with her fingers and said, with a small smile, "Thanks."
Dash blinks, realizing something: "Is Twilight hitting on her?" thought Dash as she could see Fluttershy, all shy and bright red.
AJ could tell Dash was getting jealous, so she spoke up, "Ha, those Thumpers aren't tough, just daisy smack-"
Twilight and Dash turned to her and finished her sentence, "On the head, and those darn funny-lookin' animals are dead like a doornail", we know."
AJ and Shy blink, wondering how they knew that. Twilight showed them the author notes on the Thumper, causing AJ to laugh and Shy to squeak with embarrassment.
"I need to edit that! How didn't I notice that!?" asked Shy, blushing in embarrassment, but AJ rubbed her back, calming her down.
"It be studied on and then sent off for research. The company wants to learn why it's pink and if it's the same breed. If not, a new entry will be made for it. If it's the same breed, it should be sold off to any high-paying zoos."
Twilight was sad, but she knew she couldn't do much. AJ could tell Twilight was sad, so she decided to do something.
"Yes. In the report, the research team was able to confirm my findings as they watched it do it asexually or being attacked, growing another version of itself, and it kept going, which is why it can become very dangerous if left unchecked. Why?"
AJ took the tube, opened the lid, and let it ooze a bit before taking out a pocket knife and cutting it. Closing the top and watching the smaller slime ooze around the floor but not getting bigger. Shy noticed this and spoke to her data pad. "It seems the pink Hygroderes doesn't increase in size when threatened or losing part of itself. I need more testing to see why."
"There. Now Twilight can have a pet, and you can study it without worry. Problem solved."
Fluttershy was amazed and nodded, but Twilight asked if she could have the bigger piece back when they were done. Shy simply said, "Why?"
Twilight gave an evil smirk and was going to explain why, but Dash stopped her and said, "Nothing! Nothing at all. Forget what she asked for!"
Twilight was confused by Dash's actions, but Shy giggled and said, "Well, alright?"
The girls were about to move out when Twilight remembered about the spider and opened the hatch, making Flutteshy scream with joy, as she had never seen one before.
After a long talk, Shy was holding the tube of the pink slime, and AJ had a leash on the spider.
"We'll be heading to the research section of the base with these cute creatures. I'll make sure to report your findings on this spider and update the Bestiary entry with it. They'll pay you extra, just like the slime." said Shy, bowing to them.
"No problem, and thanks. Hope we can see each other again!" said Twilight, waving at them.
Shy stood up. "Well, to be honest, can we meet tomorrow? I would love it if we became friends. We can talk and hang out."
Dash and Twilight blink, surprised, and Twilight quickly reply with pure joy in her voice, "Of course, that would be great! You two are really nice. I hope we can be good friends. We can even have water cooler talks!"
Fluttershy blushed heavily and nodded, saying goodbye and heading away with AJ into a different doorway of the base. Dash could tell something was off with that girl, but she brushed it off and followed Twilight inside the company building.
Inside, they could see a check-in office with robot guards. The front desk robot asked them their names and badge IDs. After that, they were led to the screening and decontamination area. The room was white and empty, but it had a scanner on the side of the wall. The machine scanned them and told them their body mass was acceptable and their clothing was fine. There was no disease or infection. White smoke blasted them, killing whatever germs that were on them. Then the room was scanning them for any weapons or contraband.
Twilight started to sweat, as she had the small slime in a smaller tube in her pocket and worried the scanners would pick it up.
Dash and Twilight looked at each other and sighed in relief, as they didn't want the slime to be confiscated. Twilight took out the data pad, and the map showed where the tram was, and they headed there.
It wasn't long before they got off the tram and found themselves standing in a small town-looking place. It was pretty clean and nice. People are walking around and talking. They could see rows of box houses. Twilight checked her pad and could see the tram would take them to the market, but they just wanted to rest, so they walked off to find their home for the next three days.
"Damn, they really did a nice job at this place. I wish the shithole back home was like this. This place is nice," said Dash, checking everything out. "Really nice!"
Twilight checked the map again and could see their home was a row over, so they walked there, passing by the local staff and seeing people chatting. Few were wearing their suits; maybe some were heading out or just returning like them. This was a nice-looking place, and Dash was right; she wishes the station was like this.
"You're telling me." said Twilight, as they found their home and entered.
The house was nice and cozy. There was a couch, a TV, and a table. A small kitchen, a small dining room, a bedroom with a bathroom, and a few closets. They closed the door and placed their stuff down and just sat on the couch, relaxing.
"Damn, what a few days that have been, right? But hey, at least the pay is good. Maybe we can afford a nicer place when we get back home next year." Dash said, putting her arm around Twilight.
"That would be nice," said Twilight, snuggling into her girlfriend. "Really nice."
"So, what do you want to do? I don't feel like moving from here."
"Same. Wanna see if the TV has something to watch?"
Dash turned the TV on, and the first thing they saw was an ad for the company and a message telling them they could buy and sell(which needed to be approved by the company first) anything at the market. After that, the TV switched to a movie channel. They decide to relax and enjoy the movie.
Back on their ship, the loot bugs opened the closet and stepped out. They looked around, not seeing the blue or purple creatures. They started to look around the place, not noticing that they had opened the door by pressing a switch on the computer screen. When they noticed it, they ran towards it and ran out onto the docks. They started to search for anything to bring back to their nest. Two headed to the drill area, while the leader of the three ran off to the other ships.
The two loot bugs noticed the big drill and hopped down on it. Checking for any loose parts, but could pick something up with their long antennas and looked into the hole below them. They could hear something—something calling out—and they quickly ran off as they sensed the danger.
Meanwhile, the leader loot bug was looking around and hid as it saw a few robots taking away a dead person's body. It was Mercy's body, but her wounds looked very different. The loot bug didn't know this but watched as the robots took her away and disappeared into the base. Soon, two new crew members for the ship entered it and took off. The bug steps out and returns to its nest after finding an item that one of the crew members dropped. It was an ID badge that read "12-15-6-20-25."
End of the first Quota mission
Author's Note
i'm that poor soul btw. always putting the shit in the collection window, while friends fucks around lmao
Twilight could hear beeping within the bedroom as she was sleeping. She groans, not wanting to get up, but the beeping continues. She opened her eyes and got up, yawning. She took the clock and turned it off, as it was 9:40 a.m. She went back to bed, snuggling against Dash, but she noticed something was off with Dash's body. She felt like a pillow—a very soft one. She got up and removed the blanket, seeing that she was indeed snuggling against Dashie pillow, not her girlfriend herself.
"Huh?"
She looked around and didn't see her girlfriend, but Twilight did see something. Her and Dashie's stuff was put away in the closet and dresser when she remembered just leaving their luggage out on the floor after going to bed. She suddenly could smell something wonderful coming from the kitchen and followed it. She was surprised as she saw Dash wearing one of Twilight's long t-shirts, which covered her lower body and showed a bit of bare butt. Dash was cooking breakfast, humming a tune.
"Morning, Twi." said Dash, turning her head and smiling.
Twilight blinks and just stands there. "Morning, Dashie. You're up early. And why are you wearing my shirt?"
Dash didn't stop cooking but spoke, "What? You don't want to see me in your shirt, babe?"
"I don't mind, just wondering."
"I'm wearing this because I'm not wearing anything underneath, and it's not good for a girl like me to cook naked. I'm making eggs and bacon; would you like some?"
"Sure, just let me change first. Also, did you put our stuff away?"
"Yeah, I woke up earlier and got bored, so I just did that. I also fixed up the living room after we-" Dash turned bright red when she remembered what they did in the living room after watching the movie and ordering a pizza. "You know what we did! I had to clean it up! We'll be living here for the next year; we can't have a messy house!"
Twilight just giggled and entered the bedroom, grabbing some clothes and entering the bathroom. Dash could see her girlfriend was wearing nothing as she entered the bathroom, making her blush nonstop. When she could hear her singing from the shower, Dash sighed heavily, putting the food on the dish. "Why? Why do I keep getting flustered? I'm dating her; I should be fine seeing her naked. I should be fine, so why? Why do I keep getting embarrassed? Maybe it's because she's always so confident in her body and not shy at all, not like me."
Dash took the dishes and placed them on the table, along with a couple of sodas and utensils. She went back to the stove and started to clean up. It wasn't long before Twilight stepped out of the shower and fully dressed, which made Dash all red again. Twilight was wearing Dash's outfit from the time they first met.
"Babe, what are you doing?" asked Dash.
"N-No! Not at all. It's fine. It's just a little weird. I never thought you would wear my clothes, I mean."
Twilight picked up her plate and took a few bites before answering her, "I realize we should be wearing each other's outfits, as we are dating and living together. It would be a good bonding exercise and a funny idea. Don't you think so?"
"Um, yea, yea. I agree." said Dash, taking a bite of her eggs and sweating.
Twilight noticed and felt worried, "Is it weird? I can change if you want."
"NO! I mean, it's not. I think it's fine. Don't change."
"Are you sure?"
"Yes. Totally!"
Twilight took a seat and continued to eat, while Dash went to the bedroom to change, as she already had a bath after waking up. Twilight picked up the data pad that was on the table and wanted to check her emails, but noticed that Dash used it, as there was a list of things that the house needed. She went through it and started to check normal email account.
"Hmm, maybe we should do some shopping today? I mean, we're not working, so it's fine. We have 3 days before the next quota mission, so we can relax and have some fun. What do you say, Dash?"
Dash steps back into the kitchen, wearing Twilight's outfit from yesterday, with her own reading glasses on, and looking super embarrassed and awkward.
Twilight was frozen with shock, dropping her fork and just staring at her girlfriend, making Dash worry.
"Does it look weird? Do you hate it? I knew it. I'm not good with this kind of stuff."
Twilight blinks a few times before saying, "No! Not at all; you look fine. Great, even. It's just that you look great."
Dash was happy and sat down. She picked up the pad and checked what else was needed while Twilight kept looking at her. They had only been dating for a month and living together back in the space station for a week before they were shipped out for their jobs. All this felt new and fresh, like they were dating again.
After eating, they were both about to head off to the market, but Twilight checked on the pink slime she was able to keep as a pet. It was still in the small tube and still moving around, making her happy that it was still alive. "Don't worry, little guy. I'll get you a big home so you can move around and get you some food. Gonna ask Fluttershy what you eat though, so you get strong and..." Twilight smirked as her honey side was kicking in, "Big! Super big!". Dash was standing behind her, blushing and sighing, when she heard that.
The two finally left, and after exiting the tram, they were in the market area of the company town base. It was a huge area with rows and rows of shops selling anything you could think of. Some were selling weapons and gear; others were selling food and drinks. Some were clearly owned by the company, but there were others that were not owned by them. Twilight watched as Dash started to shop around for stuff, taking the lead, so she was following her, holding her hand, and keeping her close.
They stopped by a weapons shop, and the robot salesman was talking to the other customers.
"I can't believe how low the prices are for this shit. Who the hell is selling crap guns and ammo? What the hell?" said a woman, looking at the gun.
Dash and Twilight kept moving on; they started to notice a pattern with the non-company-owned shops, and it was clear that the company was selling better items and not cheap knock-offs.
"Why is this so cheap?! These should be worth more?" said another man, looking at the item.
"What's the difference?" said the owner.
"The difference is that these are all knock-offs. You're selling us fake stuff! Company owned shops are better. Screw these shops." replied the man, as the girls kept walking and continued on their shopping.
Twilight kept watching Dash, amazed at how well she was shopping, checking everything and buying only the best, which made her happy that her girlfriend was such a good shopper. Even one of the old shop owner noticed this, as Dash was buying a fish tank for the slime.
"You are a good shopper. I'm guessing you are the housewife between the two of you. You look like one too. I can tell by the outfit. Your wife is a lucky gal."
Twilight giggled as Dash was blushing when she heard.
"We're not yet ma-" but Dash was cut off as Twilight held her hand and smiled, saying, "We're not married yet, but we're hoping too."
The shop owner was surprised and laughed, saying, "Damn, you two are a young pair. But don't worry; I wish you two the best of luck, and may the stars shine brightly on you."
Twilight told him thanks and took the tank while pulling a shock dash away.
They stopped at the same company-owned pizza store and were eating lunch when Dash couldn't stop thinking about what Twilight said, making her red.
"You're not happy I said that? Did it hurt your feelings?" asked Twilight, worrying as she took a bite of the cheese pizza.
"N-No! Not at all. It was sweet. Thanks. I just can't believe you said that. That's all."
"We're dating and living together, so I thought it would be nice to say something like that. Sorry, I didn't mean to make you feel uncomfortable."
"No! No, you didn't! I'm happy. Just surprised. So don't worry."
They finished eating and walked out of the shop. Dash asked her where they were going now; that's when Twilight took out her data pad and said, "We're going to head to the study research area. Fluttershy wants to meet up and hang out! This is great!". Dash just put on a fake smile and followed her.
After dropping off everything at their home, they made their way back to the research area, stepped inside the sector, and walked up to the front desk.
"Welcome. How may I help you?" asked the receptionist, a female robot with a very nice voice.
"We're here to meet up with Fluttershy. Is she around? She allowed us to be here." said Twilight, smiling.
The robot looked into her records and smiled, saying, "Ah, yes. Fluttershy is on the bottom level, in sector 4 of the wildlife study area. Would you like a map?"
"Please and thank you."
After getting the map on her data pad, they stepped into the elevator and took it down to the bottom floor. The doors opened, and a small sign was in front of them, saying welcome to Wildlife Study Sector 4. Please watch your step and don't bother the animals.
"Alright, it should be right around the corner." said Twilight, taking the lead and entering the sector.
They were standing inside a giant study lab with a giant dome under it, housing different animals. They were walking down a bridge and could see many robots and workers doing studies and research. Fluttershy was nowhere to be found.
"Fluttershy?!" shouted Twilight, looking around, but a robot walked over to them and asked if they were looking for her.
The robot nodded and led them somewhere, saying, "She is; let me get her."
The robot brought them to the break room and left to get Fluttershy. The girls could see a lot of robots and a few people having their lunch break. Dash could see cute female researchers from dragons and ponies and enter her player mode, while Twilight noticed her dusting off and getting ready to flirt and she smirked. Dash was quickly snapped out of it as Twilight walked pass her and started to hit on them like Dash would have done. The female dragon researchers blushed and got nervous, which was something that Dash had never seen before. She could feel a slight pain in her chest.
"I hope your work is hard and your legs are nice and soft." said Twilight, winking.
"Are you hitting on us?" said one of the women.
"I am. How did you know?"
"We're not that kind of—" said the other woman.
Twilight took her hand "Don't worry. I'm not that kind, either. Just a woman wanting to show her love and appreciation towards beautiful and lovely ladies like yourself. That's all. I hope I didn't make you uncomfortable."
The women just shook their heads, blushing madly. Twilight smiled and turned to Dash, seeing her all upset. Twilight was glad to show her how it felt to be on the other side, but something happened that caught her off guard. The girls that she was hitting on, gave her their numbers.
"You girls are giving me your numbers? Want my number too? Why?" said Twilight, looking surprised.
"Well, you seem really nice. Also, you're hot. We like that. If you want, maybe we could hang out sometime." said the one woman, winking.
Dash felt like she could scream, but she could only stand there and watch as her girlfriend was getting their numbers and they were flirting with her. Dash just took a seat and waited, seeing Twilight getting into the playgirl mood and chatting with them. She was not liking this at all—not one bit. Even more so when more girls started to join in and asking her out.
"Ladies, ladies, there's enough to go around. Don't fight now." said Twilight, giggling as she was enjoying herself.
"I'll share with anyone you want. If that's fine!" said one of the women, kissing her hand.
"O-Oh, wow. Thanks. Maybe we can arrange something. I'm Twilight Sparkle, by the way."
"Nice name. I'm Trixie." said the blue-skinned unicorn woman, wearing a research outfit.
Dash watched as Twilight started to stare at the lady's bare legs and touch them. She quickly stood up and stomped her way over to them, pulling Twilight's ear and forcing her away.
"Babe, you have your own girlfriend right here. You don't have to chat them up like that. Stop!" said Dash, holding Twilight close.
"YES! We're dating! So she can't be chatting you all up. I'm her girlfriend, not you. Sorry." Dash said, blushing.
All of the ladies started to be upset that Twilight was taken, but said Dash was lucky, as they believed that Twilight was into nerdy types, causing Dash to blush.
"Nerdy type!?" thought Dash, but she let out a cute squeak when she felt Twilight's hand under her skirt and touching her buttocks.
"That's right. I have my own beautiful girlfriend right here, who is amazing in every way. Dashie is the best girlfriend a woman like me could ask for." proudly said Twilight, turning to the group of women, making them jealous of Dash. "I love her!"
Dash couldn't answer or do anything other than let go of Twilight's ear and start playing with her skirt while blushing like crazy.
"D-Dashie?"
Twilight turned and noticed Dash was getting all red and shy. She smirked and pulled her away from the group as the girls waved goodbye and headed back to work. They sat at a table, and Twilight put her arm around Dash and leaned against her, whispering in her ear.
"So, is this how you feel whenever you hit on girls and I get upset? Does it hurt? I'm sorry. I didn't mean to make you mad, but now you get it, right? How it feels, awful, right?"
Dash didn't want to admit it, but she was right. It felt weird to watch her girlfriend talk with those other girls and them get her number.
"Y-Yeah, kinda."
"Kinda?"
Dash looked away. "It hurt, alright? Seeing you chatting up those girls, making them happy, and them giving you their number," Dash looked back at her, with a serious look now. "Which, by the way, I never get, so how the fuck did you get theirs so fast!?"
Twilight giggle "I don't know. I was just being nice, and it worked."
"Just, just don't do that again. I don't like it!" said Dash, puffing her cheeks.
Twilight looked at her with warmth and happiness, as everyone was right. She looks like a cute, nerdy girl while wearing her clothes. It also doesn't help how clingy she was being as she held her hand. She made her look like a nerdy girl who lost her virginity and was now the proud and overprotective girlfriend.
"Sorry. I'll make it up to you. I promise."
"Better do that."
Twilight leans forward and kisses her very lovingly, as a few girls that were leaving the break room were able to catch it.
"I'm jealous of her..." said one.
"Yeah, same. She's lucky to have such a hot girlfriend, but still, it gives us nerdy girls hope, right?" said another.
"Yea, true."
Back in the room, Twilight was holding Dash close while continuing to kiss her, but it was broken up as they heard a familiar voice.
"Oh sorry. I'll comeback!" said Fluttershy, seeing the two making out, but Twilight broke the kiss and quickly stood up with joy.
"No, Fluttershy! Don't leave. It's ok, we're done."
Fluttershy was blushing. "If you say so."
Dash was upset that Twilight broke the kiss, but she and Twilight noticed that Fluttershy was wearing very hippie-looking clothes. She was even barefoot.
"Woah, what's up with the outfit?" asked Dash.
"Oh, Applejack is here?" asked Twilight.
Fluttershy shook her head and pointed up, saying, "She's actually doing her own thing right now. I'm glad you could come! I want to ask you something about the creatures you brought here and something else. Come, follow me."
The girls followed Fluttershy to the elevator and took it down to the dome area. She pressed a button, and the elevator stopped and slid to the far right. It landed in a desert area and opened its door, making Fluttershy and others walk out.
"This is the desert dome. Many different desert creatures are studied here. Some can be very hostile, but others are harmless and very nice."
The girls followed Fluttershy deeper and saw a giant snake in a cave and a monster-sized scorpion running around. It stopped and waved at Fluttershy before going back to its nest.
"Wow. That's one big scorpion. And a giant snake. I didn't think scorpions could get that big. What else do you have?" asked Twilight.
"Remember that spider you saved? We have that now, and that's why I brought you here." answered Shy as she stopped in front of a small building without a door. She lowers herself behind a large rock, telling the girls the same thing.
"Ok, why are we hiding?" asked Dash.
Fluttershy shush her, saying, "She's in there. We created that building for her. We dub her the Bunker Spider, as it bunkers down in a building like this, just like you found her in that colony. She's a new species we've never seen before. Second largest spider ever discovered as well."
"How is that possible? How can you not find something like that?" asked Twilight.
"There's millions of worlds, Twilight. It's impossible to explore them all. You can't cover all of them. There's plenty of places we haven't explored yet."
Twilight and Dash looked at each other and back to Shy, making Twilight say, "So what do you need us for?"
"Since you discovered her, the company is asking you to do some research and help us discover more about her. If you are able to figure her out, then the company will reward you greatly. But we can't enter her home. She's too hostile and dangerous with the staff, but she was so peaceful with you two. So I want you to go inside and study her."
"What?! Fuck no! We're not going in there with that monster. No way! Right Twilight!?"
Twilight was quiet.
"Twi, please tell me you're not considering this?!"
"It sounds fun. And the reward is huge." Twilight turned to Shy, "Right?" Shy nodded. "Okay, let's do this!"
"Twi, no! That spider can kill us."
"She won't. She was friendly with us; besides, we're safe here. Right?" asked Twilight to Shy.
Shy nodded as robot guards stepped out of nowhere and had their weapons ready. "Yes, the company will protect you. They don't want to be sued after all. Plus, I have my own weapon here. I will protect you; trust me."
"See Dashie? We're fine. Let's go."
Dash wanted to say something but decided not to, as they walked into the building while Dash held the data pad, live streaming everything to Shy and the other researchers. Inside the run-down building, there were spider webs everywhere, as they covered the whole room. Twilight carefully moved around it, not touching it. Soon they could hear Shy asking through the data pad that if the webs are dangerous to touch, like if it could cause someone to be paralyzed.
"No, not paralyzing, but it will warn the spider that someone got into its lair." Twilight grew sad as she kept talking. "Someone told us this."
"Who was it?" asked Shy, but seeing how upset Twilight looked, she took back the question and was going to ask another question, but Dash screamed as she and Twilight saw the spider setting up new webs and got scared as it turned around. Both sides stood there, frozen. Shy quickly learned something and said, "You caught her 'unprepared'. She froze as a defensive reaction. It's best if you don't do anything. Don't move."
"I have a bad feeling," whispered Dash, slowly stepping backwards, hoping the spider didn't see her.
"Why are you moving?" asked Shy.
"I'm trying to leave!"
"No, don't move! Don't make any sudden movements. Just stand there."
Twilight tried not to move, but the spider started to get closer and was walking around them. Shy told them not to run; that would only trigger the spider, as she would think they were prey.
"What are we supposed to do!? She's getting closer!" whispered Dash.
"I'm sorry, but that's all I can say. You have to trust me." said Shy.
"FUCK THAT! I'M OUT!" yelled Dash, running towards the exit, but the spider jumped and did a 360-degree no-scope web shot, blasting Dash in the back, knocking the data pad out of her hands, and then shooting in the face, cursing that it happened again. "In the face again, really? All white and sticky! Gross!"
"D-Dashie! "Are you alright?" asked Twilight, looking worried but also blushing hard, as she couldn't get the dirty images out of her mind.
"Ugh, yeah, just pissed off. Help me get this stuff off."
"I-I can't. The spider is still there."
Dash looked and noticed the spider was right in front of her, looking at her and saying, "Fuck!"
The spider turned around and fired off a ton of web and blasted into Dashie's face and body, covering her head to toe in webbing and starting to spin her up and putting her in a cocoon. Dash was trying to get the webbing off her eyes and mouth, but the more she did, the more webbing the spider fired, and soon she was completely wrapped up, then being tea bagged, and the spider was now facing Twilight. Once again, both were having a stare-off. Shy was watching all this and writing down notes and nodding to herself. She even smiled as she could see the spider walking away, back to working on its web, and then hiding on the ceiling. She told her to get Dash and come back out.
Twilight did that and went over to the cocoon, seeing that the spider had left the room. Twilight started to tear the webs apart and was able to pull Dash out. Dash was breathing hard and was upset.
"Why were you blushing when she shot me in the face!?"
"Can we talk about that later?" asked Twilight, not looking her in the eyes.
"Whatever! This place is freaking me out."
Once outside, Fluttershy explained why the spider didn't attack Twilight, which Twilight already knew, but there was a part that surprised her.
"It knew Dash was my partner?" said Twilight, blushing hard and holding Dash close.
"I can't say how, but yes. It could sense it. It can tell you were the alpha; even though Dash was the one that was aggressive and screaming, it didn't matter. The spider was only focused on you, Twilight. It knew better to hurt Dash or you. Amazing!"
Dash wasn't happy to hear that, "Wait, you telling me that stupid spider sees Twilight as a threat but not me?"
"Yes. I can't say why, but that's the data I have. Sorry. I guess it sees you as the beta, so to speak."
Dash started to head to the elevator. "Fuck this place!"
Shy bow "Anyway, I'm sorry about your experience, but at least you got something good from it."
"Like what?" asked Dash, turning around.
Twilight smiled and held up the data pad, saying, "Data and the bonus money!"
"That's true! But still, I can't believe a spider sees Twi as a threat and not me. Like, what the fuck? I'm tough too!"
Fluttershy smiled and agreed with Dash, not wanting her to be upset anymore, but Shy noticed that Twilight was blushing as she watched the video of Dash getting covered in webs. She walked to Shy and asked, "Can you maybe make me a copy of this? I might want to watch it tonight. For research!"
"Sure, I guess?" replies Shy, not understanding why she would want a copy.
They moved on to another spot, this time in a dark cave, and walked in. Twilight smiled with glee as she saw the pink slime, just slowly moving across the rocky ground, while Dash stepped back, not wanting to be near it.
"The pink Hygrodere you discover is something! Its slimely body doesn't melt anything, unlike the normal Hygrodere. It dances to music like other Hygrodere, but for some odd reason, it reacts more if sexy music is playing. It's amazing!"
"You guys tested that!?" asked Twilight, looking surprised and nervous.
"Oh yes, we test all music and that's kind of music it loves. We don't know why it acts like that. We don't know much about it at all."
Twilight sighs with relief. making Shy a little confused, but she kept talking, showing the girls the large pink slime creature, just hopping around and splashing its slimy body around with music playing from the data pad. Shy even told them not to touch it; even though there was no acid in its body, it had a chemical inside of it, as they discovered when it attacked two researchers.
"What kind of chemicals!? What happened to the two researchers!?" asked Dash, freaking out.
Shy turned red and said, "Aphrodisiac."
"A what!?" screamed both.
"We don't know why either. We believe it has sex with another creatures, and maybe that's the reason it's pink. Whatever the reason, it can increase the libido of whoever touches it, which is the reason the two researchers had sex. Luckily, they didn't have partners."
Twilight blushed and looked away, as she knew the real reason why it became like that, but froze when she heard Dash say, "Makes sense now."
"What do you mean?" asked Shy, not understanding her.
"Nothing. Forget it," replied Dash, as she changed the subject. "So why are we here? This thing isn't doing much."
Fluttershy remembered why they're here and answered her question. "Oh right. Well, the thing is, for some reason, it behaves weirdly when around purple and blue skin researchers. We believe it remembers you and fears you. Was it hard to catch? Did you have to use a device to hurt it?"
Both girls just shrugged, not wanting to answer the truth. Making Shy wonder why the slime was like that.
"Can one of you go near it? I want to see something."
"Sure. I'll go." said Twilight.
Twilight walked near it, making it notice her, who started to blush and run away very slowly. Twilight walked back, and Shy asked Dash to do the same.
'Whatever, as long as we're getting paid for this."
Dash walked up to the slime and stood there, and like Twilight before her, the slime started blushing hard and, like before, tried to run. Dash sighed and was going to walk back, but tripped and fell backwards into the slime. Twilight smirked while Shy covered her eyes, as Dash's clothes were melting off and exposing her skin and even her panties and bra, before long they were almost gone. Dash screamed.
"DON'T JUST STAND THERE! SOMEONE HELP! AND NOT HAVING ACID!? BULLSHIT!"
"I-I-I'm sorry! I don't know what to do! I'm sorry!" cried Shy, not helping her at all as she held the data pad up to her face, hiding her face.
"TWI!?"
Twilight smirked and was going to join her, but remember, there might be video cameras recording this, and Shy was with them. She didn't want to get in trouble with HR. Twilight sighed and said, "Hold on." and quickly ran up to her and pulled her out.
"WHY DO YOU LOOK SO DAMN DISAPPOINTED!?" shouted Dash, as Twilight was giving her a sad look and tears coming down her eyes.
Later, the girls were in Shy offices, and she gave Dash her extra pair of clothes and was going to tell them something as she waited for Dash to sit down.
"Thanks for the help and hanging out with me. It's been fun to be around you two. I hope you feel the same way."
Both nodded, as it was pretty fun to be around her, and Shy is a sweet girl in their eyes.
"Good to hear. So, what I want to talk about is that the company has offered me and AJ to join your unit. AJ is alright with it, since he likes you two and I feel the same way, but I wanted to hear from you two and see if you really liked me. We don't have to work together if you don't want to."
"Wait, what? We didn't know or hear about this!" said Twilight, while Dash said the same thing.
"The higher-ups requested it. They were impressed by your findings of rare and new creatures, and there is a report of a weird animal on 56-Vow. They're hoping, with you two and with us, we can capture it. Of course, we still have to fill the quota while hunting this animal. Of course, we'll be there to help find scraps. What do you say? You'll get a bonus like before if we find this creature and bring it back. So, what do you say? Yes or no?"
Twilight looked at Dash and then at Shy, saying, "Can I ask something?"
Shy nodded.
"Did the higher-ups give any hints about this animal?"
Shy turned off the lights and turned on the TV, playing a video. It was inside a colony building, and two white eyes stared within the darkness before disappearing. The lights went back on "That's all they've got, and reports don't help either," Shy said to them. "All reported the same thing. Two white eyes are looking at them. There are no other details, other than that it's not a robot. That's it. I don't know what it is. They don't know as well, and that's why higher-ups want us to go and find out."
"So... you're saying that this is some weird thing; no one can figure out what it is, and they want us to find it?"
"Basically, yes, Dash. So, what do you say?"
Dash was thinking and was about to answer, but Twilight beat her to it.
"We're okay with it, but if this thing is dangerous, we won't refill the request. I'm not risking Dash or my life on something that no one knows nothing about." Shy was going to say something, but Twilight wasn't done talking. "I won't risk your lives as well! You're our friends. Got it!"
Fluttershy smiled with a small blush, and I agreed with her.
"With that settled, glad to have you two aboard!" They shook hands with her, and Twilight had an idea. "Why don't we have dinner before we ship out? We can get to know each other better."
"That's a wonderful idea, Twilight. How about your place?"
"Sure, our place is fine, right, Dash?"
Dash was creeped out by the creature as she kept looking at the screen and answered her, "Huh, sure."
"Then it's settled. Let's exchange numbers. We'll be seeing you guys in a few days."
With the plans made, the girls waved bye to her and left. Twilight was walking happily, while Dash was still creep out of the white-eyed creature.
"Are we sure about this? I mean, what if this thing is dangerous?"
"If it is, we'll just ignore it, collect the scrap, and be on our way. That's the best plan I have."
"Ugh, fine. If that's what you think."
Two days later, it was nighttime, and Dash was making dinner while Twilight was fixing her black dress. She was hoping this dinner date went well. Soon, there was a knock at the door. Twilight answered it and saw that AJ and Shy were there, wearing their best clothes, and AJ was carrying a pie.
AJ tips her hat forward. "Hey girl, we brought some sides for the dinner. Hope you like apple pie!"
Shy bowed "Hello Twilight."
"Hello, girls. It looks delicious; please come in! Dash is making dinner as we speak. "
"Thanks!" said AJ, entering the house with Shy.
Sometime after eating dinner, the girls were chatting away while Dash was pretty quiet and starting to take the plates to the sink. AJ commented on that.
"Yo, Dash, is everything okay?" But Dash just nodded and left. "She's not much of a talker, is she? Unless she's hitting on someone."
Twilight took a piece of the apple pie and spoke, "It doesn't look like it, but she's an introvert, but like you said, unless she sees a hot girl, Then she talks." Twilight pouted and took a bite of the pie.
AJ smirked and laughed a little as she took a bite of her own pie. "I hope she doesn't mind us living on the ship for the next three days. Gonna be packed like a can of sardines."
Twilight is taken aback by this: "Wait, your not going in your own ship? Why?"
"Blame the company on that. They are trying to cut costs by saving fuel, so they decided that all four of us would be on the same ship for this mission." answered AJ, finishing her pie.
Shy was still eating hers. "It's going to be pretty cramped. Dash won't mind, right?" But Shy noticed that Twilight was frowning hard. "You aren't happy about this, I see. Sorry."
Twilight looked sad but understood why the company wanted them to share a ship to save fuel and money, but the reason she was upset was because she wouldn't see Dash's cute embarrassment face anymore.
"Nah, just upset that Dash won't overcome her 'problem'." answered Twilight, finishing her pie.
"Problem?" said both girls, not understanding what she meant.
Twilight smirked, knowing this would make Dash mad, but the reward of seeing her cute reaction would be worth it. She told them.
It wasn't long before Dash came back, sat down, and could see Twilight trying to hide her laughter while she felt Shy's hand on hers and telling her, "Dash! That's awful! Being all flustered around Twilight when she's naked! Poor girl, your sex life with Twilight must be hard!"
Dash went red in the face and wanted to scream at Twilight, but AJ spoke up: "Sorry to hear that, lass; Twilight said you are still a virgin too. Still haven't done it with her? Shame."
Dash was screaming in her mind and turned to Twilight, who was looking away and laughing softly. She pulled Twilight and started to whisper, asking what she said to them, not realizing that AJ and Shy were whispering at each other too, until Shy spoke, "Dash, AJ is okay with it, and I'm okay with it as well. If it helps you and your sex life, we'll join in, in heling you!" proudly said Shy, while AJ nodded. "I was raised in a hippie household, so I'm okay with this kind of thing and AJ doesn't care one bit!"
Dash blushed and stammered out, "W-w-wait, join in? What?"
Twilight heard them and was shocked, as she was caught off guard as well.
Cut to the next day and on the ship, with Twilight and Dash blushing while they look at AJ typing away on the main computer, while Shy was playing with the loot bugs, as they forgot about them. Twilight and Dash are on the bottom bed of the bunk beds. The reason they were blushing was because AJ and Shy was naked, along with theselves.
"I'm going to kill you, Twi." whispered Dash, as she was red in the face, eyes closed.
"Don't blame me. I was talking about how you were afraid of seeing me naked. That's it! I didn't think Shy would do all...THIS " whispered Twilight back to her.
Dash groaned as she hid under the blanket, not wanting to stare at anyone.
In route to 56-Vow
Author's Note
I wish the game had a down time other than visiting the company moon. it be also neat to have a zoo area and look at all the animals/monster without fear of dying.
3 Days Left To Quota(56-Vow moon)
Dash opened her eyes and looked up at the bottom of the bunk bed that AJ and Shy were sleeping in, and she could hear their soft breathing. She got up slightly but stopped as she realized that Twilight was snuggling her again as she was still asleep. Dash sighed, as she liked Twilight being clingy, but it was annoying to start the day with her snuggling her like this.
"Fucking Twilight," thought Dash as she hurried to the bathroom and took a cold shower.
After taking a shower and getting dressed, Dash checked the time and saw it was almost time for the girls to be up, so she started to make breakfast, but she froze as she heard a voice.
"Need help?" asked AJ, as she was sitting up in her bed and looking down at Dash.
Dash didn't want to turn around, as she didn't want to stare at AJ's body, but she did answer, "Nah, I'm good. Microwaving food doesn't need two people." She turned her slightly "Just woke up?"
AJ smirk as she saw Dash looking away and blushing. "Nah, been up hours ago."
Dash was surprised. "Seriously?"
"Yep, always an early riser. I worked on my family farm, so I got used to it. I miss hearing the rooster wake me, though."
"Well, at least I'm not the only one awake. I thought I was the only one up."
AJ quietly got out of bed, landed softly, and looked at Twilight, making sure she didn't wake her up, but she could see her hugging the pillow and nuzzling it. AJ could only smile and joined Dash at the small kitchen counter.
"Twi sure loves you, huh?"
Dash didn't make eye contact with her as she was waiting for the coffee to be done. "I guess..."
AJ shook her head; she was hoping for Dash to be more talkative with her. So she asked her how she met Twilight. AJ was happy as Dash was talking rather than saying a few words as she told her how they met. After she was done, AJ slapped her back, causing her to make a cute noise.
"Really now? You met each other on your way to the company building for the interview? Funny enough, it happened to me and Fluttershy as well. We were on the same tram and walking down the same street. Didn't help. that she thought I was following her; boy, she was crying up a storm as she ran inside the building."
"Yep. We're lucky; the company hired us and was lucky enough that they paired us up. I remember after the interview, we were in the lobby, waiting as the tram was shut down after some accidents."
AJ and Shy were trying their best not to look at each other after what happened when getting here and Shy calling the cops for the misunderstanding.
"Its alright, lass. The company said that the tram will be back up soon."
"No...not that..."
AJ looked at her and saw that she was red and looking at the floor.
"Ah, you mean the whole thing when getting here. Hehe, not your fault. You thought I was a stalker."
"But I should have listened and not called the police on you."
AJ sighed, getting up and sitting next to her. She put her arm around her shoulder and told her, "Look, it's fine. No harm, no foul. Let's move on, yeah?"
Shy nodded and leaned against her, feeling safe with her. AJ was surprised by this and blushed, even more so because she got a good view of Shy's big chest, but didn't say anything as she didn't want to scare her and was enjoying her warmth.
"What's this now, a sugar cube?"
"My...my phone number. You're really sweet, and I want to hang out with you more. I'm sorry..."
AJ was shocked, but smiled and told her, "Sure thing. We'll meet up after work."
Shy looked up, and her face lit up, causing AJ to blush more, as she had never seen someone look that happy before.
"We started out as friends, and we slowly got closer and became a couple. We didn't realize we had feelings for each other until someone pointed it out."
Dash looked surprised, as she didn't expect AJ and Shy to be like her and Twilight, meeting each other like that. She finally looked at AJ in the eyes and said, "Sorry about hitting on her back then. I know you said you were cool with it, but let me make it up to you."
AJ shook her head. "There's no need for that; I'm fine with it. Just be careful with the other girls you hit on. Someone won't be forgiving like me. Like Twi over there, that girl has crazy strength when she's mad! Don't piss her off again." joke, AJ, but she could tell Dash wasn't having it; she really wanted to make it to her "Fine!"
Dash smiled, and maybe Twilight was right in wanting to be friends with them; AJ looks like a caring woman.
"Here." simply said AJ as she took Dash's hand and placed it on her bare chest.
Dash went red in the face and wanted to take her hand back, but AJ was holding her hand in place and even pressing her hand into her breast.
"A-AJ, what are you doing?!" whispers Dash, not wanting to wake Twilight or Shy.
"Making it up to me by manning up and stopping acting like a virgin around naked women. Poor Twi was crying her eyes out yesterday after dinner. You won't look at her or even touch her when she's naked. What's wrong with you, girl?"
Dash didn't say anything and just stared at her. Not caring that she was groping AJ's chest. She was thinking of ways to get back at Twilight, but she noticed the sad look on AJ's face.
"Look, you can be shy; you can even be a coward, but please don't treat your own girlfriend like this. It's not fair to her, and it's not fair to you."
"How so?"
"I know you like her, and that's a good thing, but if you don't do anything about it, then she will get bored and might find someone else and leave you. All because you can't handle seeing her naked body. Don't you love her body?"
"Y-yes. I love it a lot!" replied Dash, grabbing harder.
"Then why not touch her? Or look at her? You're a coward! A yellow belly."
Dash looked down and could look at AJ's well-built body and back at her own body. She looked over at Twilight's naked body, as the blanket was off, and could see that even though Twilight was a nerd, her body was well in shape. She was perfect; she was beautiful.
"I don't want to look because, well, it makes me self-conscious. I'm not like you or her; I'm not beautiful. Sure, I'm somewhat built but not sexy. That's why I hit on sexy girls. I just want to believe I am."
AJ slapped her on the back of the head, causing her to yell, let go of her chest, and rub her own head.
"Ouch! Why'd you do that?"
"For being stupid. You're cute and sexy, and even more so, you're kind. Stop doubting yourself."
"It's easy for you to say. You didn't have someone telling you you were ugly or hurting you when you did so-"Dash froze when she said that, she could see AJ looking worried and asked her if Twilight was hurting her. "No! She never hit me!"
"Sugar cube, don't lie. If Twilight is hurting you, we can help you."
"No, seriously. She never laid a hand on me. Never. It was someone else."
Dash looked away, rubbing her arm. AJ looked at her arm and didn't notice it until now. She could see the faded cuts. She started to understand why Dash was the way she was. She left it be for now.
After everyone ate, Twilight was drinking her coffee and looking at the computer screen. She typed away, turned to the others, and spoke.
"It seems this colony had a factory, but it was abandoned not too long ago, and it's unknown if it is in good condition or not. This might be why they're sending units out here. The report doesn't say why the colony was lost. It just went dark one day." explained Twilight.
"I bet it has to do with the animal we're after." said Dash, feeling scared.
"Don't worry, lass. We'll have each other's backs. Just don't go out alone and don't wander off." AJ said, trying to sound reassuring.
Dash wasn't buying it but nodded and could see that Twilight was trying not to think the worst.
"It's okay; you're not alone. You're not the only one afraid; I'm a little nervous myself."
"Thanks..."
"If you're nervous, how about this? You can stay behind with Shy and check out the surrounding area. AJ and I will head into the factory. Deal?"
Dash nodded and smiled, as she was fine with this but told her to be careful. Twilight said she would always be careful, as she would always come back.
After the landing and the doors opened, everyone left the ship. Twilight looked up and could see a clear morning sky, and the forest they were in was pretty foggy. She opened her data pad and checked the information on the planet "Humid, Rough Terrain. Teeming with plant life and the stuff we know about the colony going dark—great, nothing useful." She put the data pad back and turned to AJ, who was looking up at the sky and tapping her boot. Twilight asked her if she was waiting for something to happen.
"Waiting on the delivery I ordered last night. Should have arrived by now."
Twilight looked around and could see Shy and Dash looking around the landing site, checking out the plants. She shook her head and asked her what she ordered.
"Just some supplies. Nothing big."
"You didn't order any weapons, did you? It was odd that the weapons were removed from the ship, but it's understandable; this moon letter rating is low."
"No, not weapons. It's something else; don't worry abo-" AJ stopped, as she and the others could hear weird music playing and coming from the sky.
"What's that odd music?" asked Twilight, looking around and seeing a long black tree-looking object landing not too far from them.
AJ and the others walked over to it and watched as AJ pressed a button on the object, making it open its containers and dropping a red box and walkie-talkies.
"The company added music to the delivery drone because someone requested it in the feedback survey that they send out every month. It's annoying, but it helps find the bugger when fog, heavy sand, or snow storm hits, heard the requested wanted workers to be 'happy' when getting their items." said AJ as she picked up the box.
Twilight rolled her eyes, thinking it was a dumb idea, but didn't say anything as she picked up one of the walkies.
"...really? Company really likes cutting corners, huh?"
AJ nodded and asked Twi to test it, which she did and worked, as Dash could hear her as clear as day. With that done, both parties went their way.
Dash and Shy started to talk around the area, and the fog was starting to lift a bit. They could make out more of the surrounding area, like the hills, tall trees, and something else with some trees.
"What's up with these trees? They have giant, somewhat-looking holes in them." asked Dash, poking at the tree.
Shy started to check them out and touch them. It wasn't long before she turned back to her and said, "They look like swamp mouths from planet Zell."
"Swamp mouth? The hell is that?"
"These are trees that live near swamps and lakes and eat anything that gets close enough."
"Well, no wonder; no animals are here. I was wondering why it was quiet. Wait, are we in danger!?" asked Dash, backing away from the holes.
"Don't worry, these types don't eat people, but small animals."
"Well, that's good. I don't want to be eaten today."
Both giggled and kept walking forward, unaware that the tree had moved slightly.
Twilight and AJ made it to the factory, and the only way across is an old, rusty-looking bridge. AJ put her boot on it and tested it to see if it was safe; it held her weight.
"Seems alright. I'll go first."
Twilight reached out, stopping her. "Hold on! What if it breaks and you fall? What will happen then? There seems to be no way out of that valley under us."
"I'll be fine, Twi. Don't worry. Besides, I'm a farm girl, so we know how to survive. Plus, it's why I ordered this." AJ patted the red box on her back. "It's an automatic ladder. I'll just climb out if I fall in."
"Still, you should be careful." Twilight remembered Mercy and shook her head to forget her face. "Shy is waiting for you to come back. Don't die!"
AJ smiled, thinking she was overreacting, but nodded and slowly started to cross the bridge. She turned back and looked at Twilight and could see she was worried about her.
Once she was on the other side, she turned to Twilight and gave her a thumbs up, letting her know it was safe. Twilight sighed relief and started to cross. AJ watched and noticed the bridge started to creak, which Twilight seemed to not notice as she was crossing very fast.
"Twilight! Slow down, or the bridge is going to break! Take it nice and slow."
Twilight looked up and was surprised that the bridge wasn't moving.
"I'm fine, AJ. See?"
AJ looked shocked and didn't say anything.
Once Twilight was on the other side, they both looked back and could see the bridge wobbling a bit but stood strong.
"We better not use it when bringing scrap back. Might break on us, right, AJ? We better find another way out or least carry smaller scrap back."
AJ nodded. It was too risky to use it again, as she touched it and could feel it moving now. They turned away from the bridge and entered the factory.
AJ and Twilight turn on their flashlights and look around. Twilight could tell the place had been abandoned for a while. There were some machines and crates lying around, most likely when the workers left in a hurry.
"Jammed good! If we had a key, we might get inside. Let's head back."
AJ shoulder tackled the door and turned to Twi. "Wait! Maybe we can force it open."
"We can, but if we damage the hinges, the door will fall and block our way. We might find another way around anyway."
AJ nodded. Twilight does make a point, so she left it be and returned where they came from, but they were unaware of the white eyes looking at them through the door window.
Meanwhile, Shy and Dash stopped on a hilltop and had a better view of the forest. They could see swamps and more trees with holes in them.
"Man, this place is big." said Dash, feeling a bit worried as she felt small.
"Don't worry, Dash. The animal we're looking for isn't big, but the trees here are pretty big. I wonder why. The air isn't very different than back home."
The girls sat on the hill, taking a break. Shy was on her pad, while Dash took off her helmet, took out a candy bar, and ate it. Dash looked at Shy and felt nervous, as she wanted to chat with her. She looked at her candy bar and back at her.
"Hey Shy, have you ever had one of these? They're not bad; they would like it more if there was more chocolate and less peanut. Still good though."
"No thanks; I prefer fruits."
Dash's ears went down, and she looked away. "Oh, okay."
Shy looked over and asked, "Are you okay, Dash?"
"Yes, just...well, I'm bored. We haven't seen anything yet, and I'm just a bit tired; I'm not used to walking so much. I'm a runner, not a hiker." joked Dash, laughing a bit and hoping Shy would laugh as well.
"We're doing good, though; this man map we're making will help in the long run. We can head back to the ship if you want."
"NO! I mean, no. I'm fine; I'm just bored. Let's keep going." Dash put her helmet on and stood up. Shy looked at her, worried, and could tell something was bothering her, but left it be for now.
AJ and Twilight were walking through a hallway and shining their lights around the dark hallway. Twilight stopped and looked over at a nearby room, opened the door, and looked around.
"What did you find, lass?"
"It's a restroom. The mirror is broken and looks like the toilet was removed. Wait." Twilight scanned the area, and a high-level scrap was pinned. Twilight entered the bathroom, picked it up, and looked confused. AJ noticed her look and asked what was wrong. "This can't be right. How is this worth 90 bits?"
AJ walked over and could see the item in Twi's hand and agreed with her, "That's just a normal pink hair brush? I've used plenty of them."
Twilight was trying to figure out why this was worth 90 bits but couldn't. She rechecked the scan, and it was still coming out the same. She believed the scan was broken, but whatever, she put the brush in her suit belt hook, walked out of the bathroom with AJ, and kept walking down the hall until they finally exited it and found themselves in the section of the factory where things were once being made.
"I wonder what they were making here?" asked AJ, flashing the light across the belt system.
"I don't know; I wish I could ask the manager or workers, but they're just...gone."
The two kept looking around, when suddenly AJ scan picked up another high-value scrap, but it was above her, and it looked like a giant gear. It was worth 200 bits, max. AJ slapped her knee in joy, as she was happy for the rare find.
Twilight looked up and noticed the ladder to get up there was long gone, meaning the only way to reach it was a very tall ladder. AJ dropped the red box and pressed a button. Twi watched as the ladder came out and quickly rose up and stopped at the floor where the scrap was.
Meanwhile, Twilight was still down below, looking around. She kept moving her light across the room and just seeing dusty and old machines, but out of the corner of her eye, she saw something move and shined the light at it, but it was nothing there. She got closer to the spot, but was unaware of a black hand pushing the ladder, sending it falling down on her head.
bonk
AJ heard the ladder falling, looked down, and saw Twilight on the floor and the ladder over her body. AJ jumped off the platform, landing on her feet. She quickly rushed over to Twilight and was worried; she could see her not moving.
"Twilight! Are you okay?!"
"That hurt, but I'm fine; my head is killing me." said Twilight as she slowly stood up and rubbed her head.
"You sure?"
"Yes, don't worry. What happened? Did the ladder fall on me?" asked Twilight, rubbing her helmet.
AJ stood up and nodded. "Yup, it must be my fault; I didn't lay it down right. Sorry."
"No worries. Just take it slow. I don't need you breaking my head or something." joked Twilight.
"Will do."
AJ set the ladder back up, and this time she made sure it was laying correctly. She went back up and looked over the gear, wondering what it was used for. While Twilight took off her helmet and checked to see if it was damaged. She froze as she saw the white eye creature in the reflection of her visor. She quickly turned around and saw it knock over the ladder. Both froze with fear, but the creature ran off, leaving Twilight stunned.
bonk
AJ looked around and saw the ladder fell again, and she looked down and saw Twilight under it, but this time she could see a bump on her head as her helmet was off.
"Oh no..." whispered AJ, fearing the worst.
Back outside, Dash and Shy were heading back, but they suddenly noticed a gray-looking ball in front of them. Both didn't know what it was, and Dash walked up to it and picked it up.
"Huh, what's this thing? Looks like paper."
Shy pulled out her pad and scanned it. She slowly backed away as the system matched what it believed was it.
"Dash, slowly put it down and back away."
Dash looked over and noticed how nervous Shy was. She did what she was told and could hear the ball buzzing. Dash quickly backed away and stood by Shy, who was holding the scan report.
"The system believes it's a nest for honey bees?"
Dash laughed as she walked away from Shy and picked up the bee hive.
"Then we're fine. Our suits can protect us. Plus, honey bees are harmless."
Shy didn't know what to say, as she could see Dash was poking at the hive.
"Come on, let's show the others. Free honey!"
"Wait, Dash!" called out Shy, as she realized what kind of bees they are as the system found the correct match for them. "Those are Circuit Bees!"
Dash froze and could hear the buzzing getting louder and more aggressive.
"Circuit Bees!? Are those the same bees that can have electrostatic charge!? SHIT!"
Dash threw the hive at the tree, where a hole was, and could hear a buzzing sound. Both girls looked at the hole and saw the bee coming out, and it was a small red bee.
"RUN!" shouted Dash as she pulled Shy's arm and ran for it.
The swarm flew out of the tree and quickly caught up with the girls, stinging at their backs, causing their suit to short out.
It wasn't long before AJ got back to the ship with an unconscious Twilight in her arms. She opened the door and found Shy putting burn cream on a screaming shirtless dash. AJ asked what happened, but the girls noticed Twilight in her hands, and Dash ran over to her, asking the same question but for Twilight.
After each explaining of what happened, AJ ordered the ship to take off, as she noticed the swarm was nearby and was looking to zap them. Dash is sitting on the floor, while Twilight is on the bed, recovering as Shy is done putting an ice pack on her head.
"She'll be fine. Just a tiny bump. The ice pack should help. How are you doing, Dash?"
Dash had her arms crossed, and she was still shaking a bit. "Fine."
Shy and AJ could tell Dash was closing herself off to them. They didn't know what to do but wait for Twilight to wake up.
End of Day 3
3 Days Left To Quota(Experimentation Moon)
Month later
Dash could hear a beeping sound, opening her eyes, and see the very small cramp ship they were on. She looked out the window and could see an orange gas planet with an orange moon. She stretched and yawned but stopped as she realized she was cuddling with Twilight, who had short-haired, naked and still sleeping. She quickly remembered that they had sex, and she blushed brightly, cuddling her even more. She could smell the scent of sex and her lover's body scent, making her even hornier.
"Fuck, why is she so damn sexy?! She's the perfect woman! I just want to eat her up right here and now, damn it!" Dash thought, but quickly shook her head, getting her pervy thoughts out of her head. "Stop it, or I'm going to wake her up. She gets all mad if I wake her up too early."
Rainbow slowly let her go, got out of bed, stretched her body again, and finally turned off the alarm clock on the floor. She barely had to walk down the ship to reach the small kitchen. The ship wasn't very large, as the whole room she was in was a combination of the living area, dining room, kitchen, and bedroom, with a small bathroom in the back end and a closet. The kitchen was very small, barely fitting the sink, the microwave, and the coffee machine. She turned on the lights, took out a bag that said 'coffee' on it, threw a scoop of the black powder into the coffee maker, and turned it on. She then took out from the same cabinet a bag that had a picture of bacon and an egg and threw six strips of the fake meat and fake eggs into the microwave. She wasn't hungry yet, but knowing Twilight, she's going to wake up soon and complain if she hasn't made breakfast. As the microwave was heating up the fake meal and the coffee maker was brewing the coffee, Rainbow went over to the control panel, turned on the lights, and could see on the screen a model of the gas planet and its moon, which didn't have a name. Their first mission was heading to this moon, which had a desert-like environment and was home to the ruins of an old colony. The reason they were heading there was to check and see if there were any resources or valuable items in the colony.
"Man, collecting junk from old settlements. What a bummer! Couldn't we explore someplace, you know, interesting?" Rainbow thought, remembering that the reason she took this job was because she wanted to explore, not scavenge a dump. She was upset when she learned the truth from her girlfriend, but in the end, she didn't care and was actually happy for this.
She looked over to Twilight, and she was still sleeping but flipping around and exposing her breasts. Dash blushed but quickly looked away. Even though they were lovers, Dash still acted like a virgin around her, getting embarrassed easily and shy when she saw her nude.
"Good morning, my little rainbow." said a sleepy Twilight, squeezing and groping her ass more.
Dash blushed and tried to get Twilight's hand off her butt. "Twi, quit it."
"You love it, or you'll be using more force to remove my hand." teased Twilight, not removing her hand.
Dash puffs her cheeks up, being all mad. "I hate this! It feels like the roles have switched between us since we had sex on the day we met. You used to act like me before we became a couple, and now I'm the one being shy and flustered. How can you be so calm around me when we're naked?"
Twilight let go and took her meal and drink. "Because it's you, silly. When I'm around you, I can't help but love you and feel comfortable around you. You're my soulmate, after all. I've always been nervous around others, and you're the only one I'm this relaxed and happy around. Plus, it was your idea to be naked on the ship. Saying it will help you get over your shyness and learn how to relax around a naked girl, if I remember correctly." Twilight started to laugh as she sat back on the bed. "Tough-looking girl, but really acts like a cute little virgin around a naked girl. Oh, Rainbow, you're too cute."
Dash huffed and crossed her arms. "Shut up! You were acting the same way when you were a virgin! You were nervous and shy, always hiding your breasts and blushing like crazy!"
Twilight took a slip of her coffee and then said, "Yeah, our first time doing it, but not anymore, unlike you, Dash. Like you said, the roles have switched. Now I'm the confident one, while you're the shy one." Twilight started to laugh again as Dash puffed her cheeks harder, but she quickly looked away as Twilight puffed up her breast at her.
"Go take a shower and get dressed! We have to land soon!" Dash took a sip of her coffee and started eating her breakfast, still looking away.
Twilight took a bite of her food and a slip of her coffee and smiled, "Alright, dear~". Twilight put down her cup and food on the floor and headed towards the shower stall, but as she passed Dash, she slapped her buttocks.
"AH!" yelled Dash as Twilight chuckled and continued on her way.
Twilight looked back and winked at her girlfriend and said, "Just returning the favor, baby."
Rainbow's face was completely red, and she looked away as Twilight entered the shower. She could hear the sound of the water and the humming of Twilight voice. As she waited, she thought about their time together.
Rainbow Dash knew this was a relationship that would last forever; after all, they were soulmates. She didn't know how or why, but she just knew. Even more so when she turned her arm around, revealing scars around her wrist. She remembered what Twilight asked her on the day when they got the jobs. Asking if she was suicidal, remembering the look Celestia gave her. She could tell they all noticed she wanted to end her life after losing 'her'.
Twilight slowly peeked out of the shower and smiled as she watched Rainbow being like a housewife, so much so that she had to comment on it, "Wow, look at my sexy housewife~"
Rainbow turned and puffed her cheeks. "Oh, shut it; I'm not your housewife."
Twilight laughed and went back to showering, but shouted out loud, "You will be one day~!"
Rainbow's face turned completely red, and she just kept on cleaning.
After an hour, the two were clean, dry, and clothed. Both had their space suits on. Dash's suit is blue, while Twi's was dark purple.
"Desert moon with ruins of an old settlement. It looks like the atmosphere is somewhat breathable, but it's going to get really hot soon, so we'll need the space suits." said Twilight, turning to Dash, who was on the bed, and spinning her helmet in her hands. "Try not to break your helmet. It's not going to be cheap to replace it as it's coming out of paycheck."
Rainbow looked at Twilight and sighed, "I know. I just want to have fun, not do some stupid scavenging. This is not why I joined this job."
Twilight got up, sat next to Rainbow, and rubbed her back. "I know, dear. Just try and think of this as a new adventure. Maybe we will find something exciting. Something we can keep, not just report and sell."
Dash looked up at Twilight and sighed, "Thanks, hun. I guess I'm just a bit tired. I didn't get enough sleep."
Twilight looked confused. "Why? We slept just fine." But it dawned on Twilight as she gave Rainbow a smile: "You wanted a third go at it, so don't be mad that you lack sleep."
Rainbow pouted and said, "Hey, don't blame me! You were the one who kept begging and saying 'more' and 'don't stop' and..."
Twilight quickly kissed Rainbow on the lips and said, "I know, my sweet little rainbow~ I was the one who begged, after all." Twilight started to laugh as Rainbow's face was bright red.
"Just put your helmet on! I'll do the same!" Dash said, taking her helmet and putting it on, while Twilight did the same. Soon, a HUD came online, showing their body on the top left, along with their weight in carrying whatever they found. Soon, a blue screen pop up, showing a certain quota they need to reach in three days.
"Wow, this is a lot. But the company did say that the pay will be better if we complete the goal. Still, how much are we going to bring? I doubt they want anything small." asked Dash, looking up at Twilight, who stood up and checked the main computer screen again.
"I don't know, but let's just start exploring this part here. I heard there are other teams in the area. We might see them if we're lucky. I can even have a water cooler talk with them!" said Twilight, pointing to a spot on the screen.
Dash sighed as she heard, "Great, a good reason for me to break my helmet then."
Twilight looked down and sighed. "You know, at first glance, you never look like an introverted type, nor would I imagine you wanting to be alone."
Dash shrug. "Hey, I like having my own space, and I hate dealing with annoying people. Just because I'm not a total introvert doesn't mean I want to socialize. I talked to you when we first met, after all. And besides, you're an introvert too, but you don't mind talking to others."
Twilight nodded. "Yes, true, but the difference is, I'm more social and not wanting to die the second they have to talk to a person."
Dash looked annoyed and said, "Shut it, smartass."
Twilight giggled and said, "Come on, let's go."
Twilight pulled the lever on the main computer, which also acted as the auto pilot to control the ship. The engines turned on, and the whole ship shook and rumbled as it was descending. As they were getting close, Dash could hear the beeping noise of the computer, letting them know they was about to land.
"Ok, we're here." said Dash, jumping off the bed and heading towards the storage closet. She took out flashlights and a supply bookbag, putting in a bottle of water, a few power bars, a small first aid kit, and two shovels, which she toss towards her girlfriend. She then went towards the weapons locker but stopped as her HUD showed the hazard level of this part of the moon. It was the lowest letter grade system, which was grade D; there were no dangers in this section of the area they were landing in.
"No need for a weapon, so let's keep the safety on." thought Dash as she put the handgun back and closed the locker.
"Alright, are you ready, Dash?" asked Twilight, standing by the door.
Dash nodded and said, "Yup, let's do this, babe."
Twilight pressed the button and the door opened, showing a light sand storm and rocky cliff sides.
"We need to find a safe place before the storm gets worse!" said Dash, her voice echoing in her helmet.
Twilight nodded. "Ok, the ruins shouldn't be far from here!" Twilight is trying her best not to get blown away by the wind.
The two slowly made their way through the area, finding the ruins were not that far from the landing site. It was a large gray building, and the entrance was above them; the only way up was a ladder.
"I'll go up first!" said Twilight, climbing up.
"Be careful." Dash whispered, fearing the old-looking ladder would break apart, but lucky for them, it didn't. Twilight looked at her, gave her a thumbs up, and then went inside the building. Rainbow followed her, and once inside, they could see the lights were still on, confusing Dash. "How is there still power? I thought this place was abandoned."
Twilight put her hand under her helmet gas mask and started to think, "Hmm, maybe the building has its own power source? This might be the reason why we're here. To investigate this building's power source and recover it."
Dash looked upset and said, "What!? So you're telling me we're collecting a stupid battery? What a waste of time."
Twilight rolled her eyes and said, "Dash, please don't be a brat. We have a job to do, and we're doing it."
"But still, a battery? That's mor-" Before she could finish, something dropped on her head and quickly wrapped itself around her head.
"Dash, calm down!" said Twilight, holding her hand and trying to remove the creature from her face, but it wouldn't budge.
Dash let go of Twilight's hand and started to run in circles. "Calm down!? It's stuck to my head! It's like that movie! ITS GAME OVER! GAME OVER, MAN!"
Twilight sighed, knowing Dash would never change, even in a dangerous situation.
"Rainbow, please listen to me! Stop and take deep breaths, and let me get it off your face. It's just a Snare Flea. They're parasites, and they're harmless to us, as long as we're in our suits." Twilight was getting scared as Rainbow was running in a certain direction and bumping into the metal wall.
"Harmless!? I'm being blinded right now! And it's disgusting!" shouted Dash as she blindly ran down the hallway. "SAVE ME! HELP! I'M BEING ATTACKED BY A PARASITE!"
Twilight quickly chased after her, annoyed and scared for her safety. She kept screaming at her to stop running, but Dash didn't listen; instead, she was screaming and freaking out.
"Dash, listen to me; this isn't a joke! You're going to hurt yourself if you keep running! We don't have a map of this building! Please listen to me!" Twilight was almost caught up with her, but her foot got stuck in a hole and fell on her face. "OW! DAMN IT!" she yelled and quickly realized she had lost sight of Rainbow and was only hearing the echo of her screaming. "No! Rainbow, wait for me! I'll find you! Don't go into any room! JUST STAY OUTSIDE OF THE HALLWAY!"
She ran and ran, hoping Dash would stop and stay still. She couldn't help but worry that Dash might be getting herself into trouble; after all, she wasn't known for thinking before acting, even when she was told to and freaking out.
She kept searching, but soon she saw a small but cute-looking bug in front of her.
Twilight quickly followed the three bugs. They turned down the hallway and stopped at a doorway. They place Rainbow inside the room and guard it.
Twilight slowly approached the bugs, making sure she wouldn't anger and make them attack her. She slowly kneeled down and gently touched one of the bugs, and it didn't react in anger. Just opened its arms and yelled "yippee!"
"So you're not a threat? Hmm..." Twilight looked inside the room and could see tons of junk inside. "Do they collect junk and hide it in this room? Maybe they think Dash and the flea are junk as well?" Twilight was amazed by these little creatures; not only were they carrying a woman who's wearing a space suit and is three times bigger than them, but they were also collecting and storing items. She took out her data pad and looked up to see if there was any information on them.
They didn't make any moves against her, but she was worried about how Dash was doing. She walked past the bugs, which moved away, and saw Dash and the Snare Flea sitting in the middle of the room, surrounded by junk.
"Are you okay?" asked Twilight, but she was surprised when the flea answered her first, as it wobbled about on Dashie's head, only for Dash to smack it.
"HEY BUDDY! She's talking about me! NOT YOU! NOW GET OFF!" Rainbow screamed, trying to take the creature off her head.
Twilight sighed and lowered herself to her girlfriend. "Please calm down, Dashie! Your scaring the flea." said Twilight, slowly taking the bug off while looking at the data pad again and reading the information on it. "Oh, the information on it is amazing! Its body can produce silk, which can stick itself to walls and ceilings! Oh, the writer said they can make good milkshakes! They also said the Snare Flea was the reason why the colony failed!"
"That's awful!" replied Dash, with the flea agreeing as it made noises.
Twilight almost had the flea off. "I know, right? How did these little guys kill off the entire population of the colony!? It makes no sense unless they were used as weapons against them?"
Rainbow eyes were visible as Twilight almost got the flea off, and Rainbow did an eye roll and said, "What? No, I wasn't talking about the colony. I was talking about drinking this fucker as a milkshake. It sounds damn awful." The flea made agreement noise again, as it was about to be removed from Dashie head at long last.
Twilight finally got the Snare Flea off of her and wiggling in her hand. "There, you are safe now. Huh?" Twilight noticed the data pad scanning the room with all the junk and revealed something to her, which made her eyes light up. She was going to tell Rainbow, but the flea quickly got free from her hand and attached itself to Twilight's head, trying to kill her but clearly wasn't working, but Dash started to freak the fuck out.
"TWILIGHT! OH SHIT! OH GOD! YOUR HEAD! THE FLEA! IT'S GONNA EAT YOU! I HAVE TO KILL IT!" Rainbow yelled, trying to think of a plan to save her girlfriend, but Twilight was cool and calm as ever, as her helmet was protecting her. But Rainbow was in total panic mode, and the fact that Twilight wasn't panicking made her worry even more.
Twilight just laughed, trying to get the bug off her head. She couldn't help but tease Rainbow a little. "Help me! Save me, darling!"
Rainbow eyes were wide open, and tears were coming down. "I'M TRYING! THERE'S NO WEAPONS HERE, JUST JUNK! WAIT!" Dash quickly noticed the shovels on the side of Twilight's backpack. She grabbed one and got ready, but Twilight was having the time of her life and didn't know what Dash was going to do.
"Come on, Dashie, you can do it~" teased Twilight, as the flea was starting to get annoyed with its failed attempts to kill her.
"OKAY! DON'T MOVE, HONEY! I GOT THIS!" Rainbow was sweating, nervous about the idea she was going to pull off, but the adrenaline was flowing, and the fact that Twilight was still not freaking out was pissing her off. "I'M GONNA SAVE YOU!" Dash swung the shovel and smacked the flea and Twilight head, causing her to fall to the ground, shocked that Dash hit them. She could feel the shovel hitting her head as red blood from the flea started to cover her visor. Soon, she could see the flea dropping off, and was dead.
"Dash, yo-" Twilight felt the shovel hitting her head. She realized that Dash had her eyes closed as she kept swinging the shovel, not seeing that she had gotten it off. "Dash!" Twilight yelled and tried to grab the shovel but couldn't. Dash kept smacking away until she finally stopped and opened her eyes. Seeing Twilight in a family guy's death pose.
"I saved you!" cheered Dash as the shovel slipped from her hands, making a loud clang noise when hitting the ground. The three bugs quickly took it and held it as they stared at the girls.
Twilight didn't move; only her head was twitching a little.
"Umm... Twilight, are you okay? honey?" Rainbow was worried that she had gone overboard. She lowered herself onto her knees and turned her around. Dash could see she was knocked out and had a little bit of blood. Dash gasped and started to shake her. "Twilight, please wake up! You're the smart one here! Don't leave me alone with these bugs! Please! I'm sorry, baby!" Dash was on the verge of tears. She looked back at the bugs, who were just watching them and waving at her, and then back at her unconscious girlfriend. She held her up and ran for the exit. The bugs watched her run away, and they looked at each other, wondering if they had done anything wrong.
Rainbow ran through the building, finally finding the exit and making her way to the ship. She got on, and the ship's automatic system took off as it started to fly away. Rainbow placed her girlfriend on the bed and was checking her head wound, which wasn't bleeding anymore.
"Twilight, please wake up! I need you! You're the one that helps me out when I'm not sure what to do!" Dash cried, trying her best not to cry too hard.
It won't be until nighttime when Twilight will finally wake up. When she woke, she found the medicine kit on the bed, and everything inside of it was all over the bed. Among the stuff was Dash sleeping on her side, hugging her tightly.
"Fuck me..."
End of Day 3
Author's Note
been playing the game with friends and family. Even watching my fav streamers play it. I had to make a fic based on it. First time playing it, friend killed me with a stop sign as she hates bugs and kept her eyes close lol
