Extraequestrian Xenomorph
A Little Incentive
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Applejack ~ Alive, Nostromo
Twilight ~ Alive, Nostromo
Vinyl ~ Alive, Nostromo
Fluttershy ~ Alive, Nostromo
Rainbow Dash ~ K.I.A., Body Ejected Into Space
Pinkie Pie ~ Depressive State, Nostromo
Rarity ~ Alive, Nostromo
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Happy Nightmare Night Aftermath, Everypony :P
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Vinyl held up the prod to show everypony.
"This here is just a regular prod." Vinyl explained.
"It's insulated all the way up to the top, so make sure you don't put your hoof on the end."
"It should show the little bugger a little incentive, but it won't penetrate his skin unless he's weaker than us."
"Ah think our best course of action wood be ta' split up into teams." proposed Captain Applejack.
"Twilight, ya can take Fluttershy and Vinyl, I'll be wiff Rarity and Pinkie Pie."
"We can each take a tracker and try to locate 'em. Once we got 'em, we can launch tha little bastard right out inta space."
Pinkie quivered a bit at the sound of those words. She was understandably traumatized from the horrible incident, where she witnessed a monstrosity explode from her closest friend's chest; and the whole crew had to wrap up the body and launch it into space. The whole process of disposing of the body was extremely morbid, and the crew had to help hold Pinkie down as she cried and reached out for her lost friend. At least Dash's pain was already over. Pinkie's hair had been straight for a while now, but the crew couldn't restrain progress for one crew member's problem, they needed to work fast. Who knows what that thing could do to the ship and crew if they just let it thrive.
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Beep, Beep.
"I've got movement here!" Vinyl said.
"And this bugger looks to be awfully close."
They continued to follow the tracker down the hallway until they reached a dead end.
"There!" Vinyl shouted suddenly, pointing a hoof at the grate at the end of the hallway.
"It's right behind that grate."
"Alright," Twilight began, "Here's the plan. We'll prod the grate, forcing it off. Once the creature can be seen, we'll prod the creature, and Fluttershy will toss the net over it. Got it?"
"O-ok Twilight..." Fluttershy said, in her usual shaky voice.
They all got into position, ready to put their plan in action.
"Now!" Twilight shouted, making Fluttershy jump.
Vinyl and Twilight got the grate open and shoved their prods inside. A screaming noise came from the inside, and the creature slithered out of the grate and between Fluttershy's hind hooves, escaping into the ship again.
"Fluttershy! Why didn't you drop the net!?" Twilight boomed at Fluttershy, making her cringe and cower back in fear.
"It was..." Fluttershy began.
"It was Angel."
Twilight and Vinyl began to lightly giggle.
"Oh, uh, sorry Fluttershy. I think the tension is starting to get to me." Twilight said respectfully.
"Well, we wouldn't want him to be picked up on the tracker again, and we certainly don't him running around with that... that thing on the ship. I'll go and get him, alright? You two keep looking for the creature, I'll be just fine." Fluttershy said, with a hint of confidence in her voice, an unusual occurrence for the timid Fluttershy.
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Fluttershy trotted through the inner corridors of the ship with much trepidation, but she pressed on. She had to find Angel, she couldn't just let him wander around on the same ship as that creature unsupervised.
"Angel! Angel? Oh, please come out Angel Bunny!" She called out.
She was deep into the ship now, who knows what could be lurking around here. She continued to walk, it was just like going through the Everfree Forest, only with something much more dangerous lurking about. All the tall machinery and contraptions dwarfed Fluttershy in comparison, as the small slivers of light seeping through the vents cast distorted shadows on the wall. Fluttershy then stopped walking, as she noticed something peculiar on the ground.
[What's this?]
She bent over to get a closer look, but still couldn't make it out. She clamped it between two hooves and held it up. It was a translucent sort of rubbery thing, very thin and with a lightish brown tint. It seemed to have a big tear in it, as if something had ripped it open.
[Could it be... Maybe like a snake? Did it shed it's skin? Oh no!]
Fluttershy then heard a pattering, and let out a squeal of fright.
[Oh no, who knows what could have happened to it if it shed it's skin! Oh I have to find Angel quick!]
"Angel? Angel come out, you're scaring me!" Fluttershy spoke tremblingly.
No response, not even a sound to indicate Angel had heard her, or was even there. Fluttershy walked forward into the next room, a large cylindrical shaft, much like the one in the cave Rainbow was first attacked in. You could look all the way up and still not see the end, the only indication that the shaft even came to a close were the longs chains that hung from the fog-ridden ceiling. She saw the distorted shadow of a figure displayed against the wall, then it quickly disappeared as whatever caste the shadow took refuge behind some machinery. Fluttershy's heart skipped a beat, as she squealed again. She took a deep breath, and walked into the room. Slowly, with shaking hooves she silently walked over to the machinery, and took a peek around. What she saw was the cowering figure of Angel Bunny, backed into the corner and petrified with fear.
"There you are, Angel!" Fluttershy exclaimed with a sigh of relief.
"You really had me worried for a second!"
Fluttershy reached out her hooves, signaling Angel to hop in so Fluttershy could carry him back to safety. Angel slowly began to let down his guard, and hop towards Fluttershy. His eyes suddenly widened, and he backed further into the corner, as he saw a dark, foreboding figure descending behind Fluttershy.
"Now now Angel, there's nothing to be afraid of!" She said, as she heard something touch the ground behind her.
She slowly turned around, and found herself looking in the face of death. The creature was now very large. It was a sleek black figure, with two legs and two arms. There was no eyes, or at least anything that resembled an eye. All it had was a mouth full of sharp teeth, on a curved, elongated cranium. There were sort of pipe-like tubes emerging from it's back, and it had a long segmented tail with a smooth spike on the end. It also seemed to have a strong exoskeleton. Fluttershy was absolutely helpless and petrified. She opened her mouth to speak, but no words would dare leave her mouth in the presence of this towering behemoth. The creature stared at Fluttershy, it's face almost touching hers, creating a menacing atmosphere. It's lips began to curl back, and it began to drool. It's mouth slowly opened, to reveal a hard tongue with another mouth on the end of it. It intimidated Fluttershy like this for a bit. Then, it let out a chilling bug-like howl, and swung around, impaling Fluttershy with it's tail. Blood flew out of her chest and her mouth, as Angel watched the horrifying sight. She let out a sound scream, a cry of agonizing pain, as she felt the sharp tail twist and penetrate her flesh.
"Fluttershy!" Vinyl called, hearing her screams as she ran down the hallways with Twilight.
"Fluttershy, we're coming!" Twilight boomed through the hallways.
But when they arrived at the scene, all that remained of poor Fluttershy, was the blood slowly drizzling from the chains on the ceiling, and her cry of pain as it echoed through the Nostromo.
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