The Facility

The seconds ticked away.

"FIVE MINUTES!?" The professor desperately tried to stop the countdown. Running back and forth between computers, hitting random buttons.

ALL CELLS RIGGED TO OPEN IN T MINUS FOUR MINUTES

"Sir! He locked us out of the system!"

"DON'T YOU THINK I KNOW THAT?!" The professor shouted orders at all of his workers but was always met with 'We can't' or We already tried' or 'It's not working'.

Fluttershy was hyperventilating in the back of the room. The others were trying to comfort her but the attempt proved unsuccessful.

"Sir! Time Turner is out of his cell!"

"NO!" The camera displayed a brown colt with black mane strolling down the hall. Every step he took left a blackened mark behind. He walked up to another cell and put his hoof onto it's computer, causing it to rust and crumble to pieces. The cell opened.

"Not Rarity!" A Rarity with a very scarred looking face jumped down from her cell wielding a blade. The two escapees walked together. Facility workers rushed into the cell block with their weapons aimed at the two. Time turner turned to Rarity.

"Would you be so kind as to free the rest of our friends before the riot?"

"Why, nothing would make me happier, darling!" She ran around the corner, leaving Time Turner with the guards. He smiled at the group of cowering soldiers.

"GET BACK IN YOUR CELL!" One shouted. Time Turner simply shook his head.

"NOW!!" He ordered again. Time Turner began to walk towards them. It seemed that every step he took was burned into the ground. He was about five feet away from the rest of the group before the first shot was fired. BANG! The bullet flew through the air towards Time Turner... But stopped. The bullet turned to dust. The darkest looking smile imaginable was sprawled across his face.

"Check on the 'Alias, Lil' miss Rarity'." The camera switched over to the scarred Rarity from moments ago. She was at another cell.

"Almost done my little friends!" She said. Parasprites were buzzing around the inside of the cell, eager to get out. The professor nearly lost it.

"SHE'S LETTING OUT THE FLESH EATING PARASPRITES!!! TAKE HER OUT!!" His workers began banging on buttons and flipping levers. A riffle of sorts was lowered from the ceiling of that hallway and pointed at the prisoner.

"FIRE!" A large white light consumed the camera's view. Once it had subsided, a blackened spot was where Rarity once stood.

"Good. That takes care of her." One of the workers shouted to the professor.

"Sir! The Shadow Bolts have escaped!"

"Sir! The zombies are no longer in their cell!" Screamed another.

"Sir! All of Block C was just released!" The professor clamped his hooves to his ears.

"This place is falling apart! Initiate full lock down!" He ordered.

"But Sir, our men will be-"

"DO IT!!" The colt obeyed and slid his key card through the panel in front of him. Through the camera's eye, the group watched as the doors to every exit were sealed. Sections to the higher populated prison blocks were also closed off, leaving screaming ponies banging on the walls.

Click

Everypony jumped and shifted their direction to the door behind them. The knob twisted slowly, and everyone in the room was thinking the same thing. This is it...

The door swung open to reveal a small peach colored pony with a light brown mane. He pulled a key from the door knob and smiled. He had an extremely large ring of keys hooked to his belt and wore a what looked like some sort of robe.

"Hello." He said.

"Who are you?" Rainbow asked.

"I'm the Key Maker." The professor sighed in relief.

"I'm so glad you're here! Do you have any keys to Ponyville?" The colt shook his head.

"When I was sent here, I lost my other keys. I made these ones earlier today." Everyone was shocked as they looked at the seemingly hundreds of keys hanging from his belt loop. "I made one for everything in The Facility."

Both Tony and Doctor Jekyll were pleased with this news.

"Do you have one for my cell?"

"And for mine as well?" They asked. The Key Maker handed them their corresponding keys and pointed towards the door.

"The keys should take you to your cells." Tony was first. He stuck the key into the knob and turned it. His laboratory was behind the door. Once it was closed, Jekyll did his.

"I'll be back once I have my formula." He said. But before anyone could ask him what that was, he was gone.

WARNING!! The alarm went off again. TIME LIMIT ELAPSED - COMMENCE FULL SYSTEM PURGE

The group watched in horror as every cell in every section opened. The dangerous, malicious creatures were released to do as they pleased to the ones who had imprisoned them. Through the camera, they saw a couple of zombies both trying to eat the same body. The colt being eaten was screaming his head off, when along came Twilight. Something seemed off about this one. Her mane was sticking up every which way and she seemed to be laughing over something. But her smile fadded once she saw the zombies.

"Oh no! It looks like they're having trouble sharing! Don't worry! As a good friend, I'll help you in your struggles!" The insane unicorn preped a spell, her horn glowing, then swung her head downward. The colt was sliced in two.

"There you go! Now you both get some!" She ran down the hallway laughing for a moment, then stopped for seemingly no reason. "This would make a good letter to the princess!" She said.

She happily galloped down the cooridor just as another worker was fending for himself. The insane Twilight snuck up behind him and used the same spell on the earlier colt to decapitate this one. She severed the scalp and carved into it with a discarded bone.

"Dear Princess Celestia! Today I learned the magic offfff........" She cocked her neck around. "SHARING!!!!!"

"We need to leave! This room wasn't built to hold back the prisoners, but I know of one that was." A worker explained.

"We can't take them there! That's suicide! There are too many prisoners around that area!" The professor countered.

"Well, it beats staying here." This worker sounded so familiar, but was wearing a mask over her face. Rainbow swore she knew who it was, or at least, who it sounded like. The worker ran out the door, the others following. Professor Laceration wore a look of anger as he headed out the door.

Chaos. It filled the hallways of The Facility. Every worker running for their lives. The very things they had caged were now coming for revenge.

"Uh... This way!" The worker shouted. She turned to the left and ran down the cooresponding hallway. The pony leading them seemed to know exactly where everything was. Someone swung at her and she was able to dodge it. Something was thrown and she caught it. They rounded up near a cell that seemed to still be closed. The mare ran her card through the computer and the glass was removed. Inside was the set up of a house's kitchen.

"Mom? Is that you?" A young filly was heard.

"Yes sweetie. It's me." A Scootaloo came out from behind a counter. The mare removed her mask. Rainbow Dash!?!

"Are you alright?" The worried Rainbow asked.

"Yeah. My cell didn't open for some reason." The professor giggled at the shocked expression on everyone's faces.

"Oh, yeah. I forgot to mension. In one universe Scootaloo is Rainbow Dash's biological daughter." Rainbow just stood, staring at the alternate version of herself. Completely baffled by this display.

"The safe room is just around this corner." The motherly Rainbow said. The group chased her to where she had stated. But once they had rounded the corner, the professor stopped in his tracks. Before them stood three ponies.

"These... These are classified as the most malicious under our files..." The professor whispered. The scarred Rainbow Dash they had seen earlier, along with Cheerilee and Big Macintosh.

"I thought that I uprooted you weeds!" The crazed Cheerilee screamed. Big Mac simply stared at the group with a disturbing looking grin on his face.

"I'm afraid we're going to have to kill you now." Rainbow said.

"No!" Someone from behind. Everyone's attention was shifted to where the voice had come from, and out from behind stepped another Scootaloo. This one having a cybernetic leg and half of her face was covered in circuitry.

"I'm not going to let you do that!" She shouted. Mostly towards the weather factory Dash.

"Oh, you... How many times do I have to kill you before you're dead?!" The motherly Rainbow pushed her Scootaloo towards the normal Rainbow Dash.

"Promise me you'll take care of her." Rainbow nodded and latched onto her double's daughter. The half cyborg Scootaloo spoke again.

"We'll give you enough time to get inside the safe room." The younger Scootaloo lunged for her mother.

"Mom! You can't do this!'

"Don't worry... These nice ponies will take care of you."

"M-Mom..." Tears were flowing.

"Listen, Scoots. I can't have you be hurt. I'd never be able to forgive myself for that. If it means that I have to give my life to clear you a path to safety, then so be it." The little filly nodded, and her mother looked to Rainbow Dash again.

"You get her in that room." She handed Rainbow a key card.

"This way! We'll have to go around." The professor shouted. They ran through the hallways up to another elevator.

"Unfortunately, the only way is through Maximum security. I just hope that they left." The elevator began to climb. Once the top floor was in sight, voices could be heard.

"Where the hell are we?"

"HEY GUYS! I'M A FUCKING HORSE!!"

"HOLY SHIT BALLS!! Me too... What did you do Richtofen?!"

"I did nothing! I swear! It must have had something to do with the teleporter malfunctioning."

"I hear something!" The elevator stopped at the top. The group was face to face with another four ponies. These ones all wore different clothing ranging from a tattered T-shirt to a large coat and fur hat.

"Who the hell are you?" One asked. He had a peach coat and blonde mane.

"Dempsey! You idiot! Isn't it obvious? Ve are in another dimension! I didn't sink it vas possible vis the Dg-2's limited power but we're here!" This one wore a strange cap with a golden eagle on the front. His clothing was light brown and he had a red strap around his front leg with some weird black 'plus' sign or something on it.

"What are you two babbling on about? And where is MY VODKA!?!" The one wearing the fur cap began a frantic search in circles for his lost drink.

"Please, ignore dem. Where are we?" This last one wore a cap similar to, Richtofen? They thought someone called him. Only it was green and he seemed to have some sort of Katana strapped to his back.

"You're in a prison for dangerous things from different dimensions." Twilight explained. The one they called Dempsey smiled.

"Hey Takeo! I just realized something. You're gonna have a hard time honoring your ancestors if you're a horse!!" He burst with laughter. The professor stepped forward.

"Well, I'd love to sit here and laugh all day but we're in the middle of a prison break and I'd like to get to safety!" He pushed past the four strangers and went on his way. The rest followed. Including the strangers.

"What's your name?" Pinkie Pie asked one.

"Nikolai Belinski! But you can call me Nikolai. Hey, uh, have you seen my vodka?" Pinkie shook her head.

"Damn..."

"Down the hall! It's right there!" Everyone looked forward to a large steal door. It had more of those spell markings on them. Rainbow slid her card through the panel and the door slid open. They were met with a shotgun barrel in their faces.

"What's your business here?" The colt asked. He wore a leather hat and coat. The side of his face was scarred completely. Part of his jaw was visible even with his mouth closed.

"Who are you?!" Twilight asked.

"Jonah Hex."