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                        Dead Giant                         
                   -by Fluttershylover-                    
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                         Chapter 1                         
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Chapter 1
"Dear Sister, is it necessary that we must rule together. What if we manage to go into a problem we can't get out of? Imagine if our followers--" Luna's ranting was stopped by the hand of Celestia.
"No need to worry, my dear sister. The old saying goes, sharing is caring. We must hurry and meet the parliament, you know how prudish and bossy they are."
The two sisters entered a large, fancy-looking building that was made from marble. "Sir Creamy, we must address the matter of gem shortage!" The parliament began to fight among each other, instead of talking and helping the community.
"Sit down, Paperlock! We must talk about how to make sure everyone is in check!"
The princesses could barely hear themselves think! Then, with the traditional Royal Canterlot voice, Luna shouted, "PEOPLE OF THE PARLIAMENT, MY SISTER AND I MADE THIS GROUP SO WE CAN DISCUSS THE TROUBLES EQUESTRIA IS EXPERIENCING! NOT TO FIGHT EACH OTHER, JUST SO WE CAN TALK!"
"I thank you, Luna. Let's get down to business." Celestia said in a cheery manner as she and her sister sat down.
Hours later
The moon came out, and it shined the Sun's light on it's reflective craters.  
Luna exited the building, two minutes early.
"This is amazing, ruling a land, while my elder sister rules the majority of it. Splendid."
A small-tank like robot appeared out of nowhere, and so did a silhouette.
"C'mon, L-4, one of my mechanical horses on the carriage broke and I need you to fix it." The silhouette picked up the robot and ran away.
"Hold on!" Luna tried to catch up with the fleeing figure, but she slipped on her dress.
The princess got up and waited for her sister. "Luna, why did you leave? Mr. Flint wanted to see you. He said that the people of East New Pegasus need less sunlight. Let's go home and figure out how to solve this problem."
"Tia', I'm a bit tired, can't I just rest."
The Sun Goddess giggled, "That's the first time I heard you say that you're tired."
"I'm serious, I want to go to sleep. I'll raise the sun with you tomorrow."
They walked and walked, while Luna was wondering who was that mysterious figure? And why did she or he create a robot or mechanical horses? Why not use normal horses? Why?
That night, Luna only slept for an hour before getting ready to raise the sun with her sister. After that, Luna went to Parliament Palace to try and see the figure. "Where is she? She can't be far. Or can she?" She looked everywhere, but she found a weird carriage in the parking lot.
"Hello?!" Luna said with her Royal Canterlot voice.
"Huh? Oh, crap! Hold on!" The stranger opened the door to the carriage. "Wha?"
"Did you create that robot?"
"I did. It's a Beta-prototype Repair-bot. It's only meant to repair common complex mechanisms, like a car or boat. The other inventions, like the alpha-type support-bot, are supposed to be helping the repair-bots or medic-bots and such. So, what do you want?"
"I just want your name."
"Vanessa "Vinyl Scratch" Scratchton."
Luna knew that name, Vanessa was a well-known worshiper of the Night. "Princess--"
"No introduction needed, everyone knows you, especially me." Vinyl grabbed Luna's hand and kissed it.
"I don't need and introduction, but you do."
"All you need to know is that I have a Masters in Engineering. I can tackle and project with the workers and repair-bots at my side."
"What about an empire?"
Vinyl though for a moment. She'd need many supplies, but the worker-bots could certainly use exercise. "Alright, for you, it's free."
"Wait! I didn't actually mean to build it! I just thought you'd accept the job, but I do want something... I want... a Space Station! That can hold my worshipers and let them thrive there! And I want everything that will keep my worshipers nice and dandy!"
Vinyl ran into her carriage and drove off.
"ARE YOU GOING TO DO IT!?"
Vinyl rushed home, where she entered V.I.L.E
"Weeee!" Vinyl shouted as she went through a tunnel. Colors flashed all around. Vinyl fell on a mat.
"Welcome Vanessa to Vannessa's International Liar Enter." Said a large computer screen as Vinyl got up.
"I got work on that acronym, anyways, I want a blueprint of recent bot plans."
And then came up large scale projects. A quantum leap machine, lightning in a bottle, mind-reader-bots, and the largest scale project.... Project </3 (A.K.A: Project Broken Heart)
"Comp, didn't I tell you to but Project B.H in the Later folder?"
"My mistake, Vanessa. The omega5-prototype bots are fixing this problem."
"I hope so. Alright, cancel mind-reader-bots and super powers. Tell the worker-bots to find spare parts to create more C.A.F Chips and worker-bots. And make a new project. Project ISS "Colossus". I want all information about this classified! Only inform the current Elements of Harmony."
Wiiirr!
The bots powered up and began to work. Workers her melding metal parts together, others were in scavenger mode, and the supervisor was making sure everyone was working at a pace they could keep up with.
"This is AMAZING, Vinyl. Each robot is helping it's fellow mechanical friends!" Octavia looked around, seeing so many wondrous tools and bots.
"What could go wrong, Comp? The rebreather can help maintain a steady amount of oxygen, while turning carbon dioxide into more oxygen."
"What about alien life? What if it finds our planet and--"
"An electromagnetic pulse will be administrated every time a ship tries to enter without our permission. The exterior of our station will be surrounded by a Farahay cage."
"What if--"
"You ask too many questions, Comp! I know what I'm doing!"
Comp was given emotions... Vanessa thought it would be a good idea.
"Okay, everything seems like it's ready. In two days, we're going to space!"
Vinyl turned everything off, went upstairs, and did everything she'd normally do on a Tuesday afternoon.

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                         Chapter 2                         
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Chapter 2
Vinyl's suit was old and complex. One malfunction and Vinyl will be Dead in Space, but that didn't stop Vinyl from going into space.
"Alright, we got everything ready. Lighting is okay, so are the oxygen levels and etc. Okay, "Colossus", let me in."
In a few minutes, the large door was ready for spaceships to come flooding in. But Vinyl said that when she finished the space station, they'll have to wait one more day to see if "Colossus" is habitable.
After twelve hours of boring double checking, Vinyl was done. She walked over to the power switch, flipped the switch, and watch every room brighten up. She entered her room and put herself in stasis for the next 3 days.
When Vanessa awoke, she found two security officers sleeping on spinning chairs.
"Hey, assholes, wake up."
Both of them fell off the chairs, setting off their guns. "Give me a gun."
"Sure thing Ms. Scratch. Here's my .356 Punchback pistol. It has taser mode and a flashlight to go along with it. Also, why do you have a stasis bed in the security room?"
"For security reasons... What else?"
Vinyl made her way into the Space port. She lightly pushed people out of her way. In one of the facilities, a small insect was evolving into something... It had a shell on it's back, grew eight legs, a proboscis, and a small tail with a sharp tip.It jumped into a vent and began to search for a host.
"Guys, I'm glad you can make it, but you didn't really need to dress all fancy, it's just dinner... Normal dinner."
"But Princess Luna is here. We want to look our best!"
Everyone agreed with Twilight.
"Well... Okay. Here's a security watch. I only give it to mature people, because I don't want children to keep pressing it just because they think it's room service. I heard Diamond Tiara wanting room service on my way to the launch site."
Beeping came from Vinyl's watch. "Whoa, a problem already? Gotta go guys, make yourself comfortable."
Vinyl ran away. The beeping became faster as she approached... Diamond Tiara pressing her father's watch.
"What is it?"
"There's way to many people here, I'm getting cold, and no one has guided me to my room! Also, my room has to complete with a queen-sized bed, fluffy pillows--"
"Whoa, there, I'm here for SECURITY reasons. I'm the superior officer, not the superior butler. And let me tell you something. This is the port, it's space, everyone is getting a room, every room is the same." Vinyl went into the hallway, leaving an angry Diamond Tiara behind.
A worried security officer approached Vinyl.
"Officer Vinyl, we have trouble in Facility 10. One security team has gone offline."
"Gather a lot of security teams, armed with machine guns, and leave a few here. I'll come with you."
Are you serious? The first three minutes or so and we already have a problem?
As soon as security teams were following the DJ to Facility 10, Vinyl took out her Punchback pistol.
They tried to turn on the lights, but it didn't work. They continued to walk. Many of the officers trembled. Hissing came out of the vents, but they continued. Broken glass was everywhere, tables were toppled over, and an air vent was broken.
Everyone knew this was a sign of a struggle. A smell invaded the nostrils of the security officers. Putrid smell that burned their nose hairs.
Soon, they found slime and then a pulsating egg. "Oh man, that's where the smell comes from."
The egg cracked and a medium-sized insect opened it's hellish eyes. One of the officers charged at it, attempting to kill it.
The insect lunged at his face. The officer struggled. The insect didn't want to kill him, only harvest him. After the security officer was tired and couldn't fight anymore, the insect forcefully inserted it's tail inside the man's throat.
The security officers were terrified, too terrified to even go near the insect, even Vinyl.
The insect began to lay eggs inside the officer's stomach, and then it went off into the darkness.
"Is he dead?" Officer Lyra asked.
"Heartstrings, he's dead. D.E.A.D."
"Vinyl, promise me that you'll get rid of these things. I gave Bon-Bon my recommendation card."
"Lyra, these are monsters and we don't know how we kill these things. Let's just pray that we can get rid of these things before they become a nuisance."
Everyone began to act like nothing happened and exited the facility.
Vinyl went upstairs to her office and got into her uniform. Knee pads, body armor, boot, a holster, and her purple shades. She felt nervous, she thought that this was the day she was going to die. "You might as well die a virgin than a slut." Vinyl said before she left the room.
She went downstairs and made her way into the dining area. The mane six were invited to eat with Vinyl. Where are the rest you say? Cafeteria. It's not as bad as it seems. It's actually pretty fancy. There's rules, like: Please don't shout, if you need anything snap your fingers once and service-bots will come and such.
Vinyl put her Punchback pistol in her holster, sat down between Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash and the food came rushing in.
"What's it like being Superior Officer?" Rainbow Dash asked with anticipation. "It's like being... Spitfire. You're there for when teammates need you."
THUMP, THUMP!
"If they're injuries or when they need help, you help them."
THUMP, THUMP!
"And you NEVER leave them behind."
Vinyl's heart almost stopped. She didn't follow any of those rules, ON THE FIRST DAY!
"My goodness, it's cold here! Can we turn it up just a bit more?"
"Sorry, Rarity, only Luna can decide that, but she didn't arrive yet."
"Oh boo."
After that, they began to eat while talking.

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Chapter 3
"YOU MADE A FUCKING SPACESHIP FOR A WHORE PRINCESS THAT SURROUNDS HERSELF WITH LOVERS, JUST SO SHE CAN ESCAPE PREJUDICE!" Lyra shouted at the top of her lungs.
"I don't care, I don't give a fuck, and I, again, don't give a fuck. I was in a mental institution when I was sixteen-years-old and they tortured us with engineering lessons and shit. Just because I want to exploit myself, doesn't mean you have the right to stop me. I can get everyone out of this mess ALIVE. Both the princess and the civis."
"You're full of yourself, Vinyl." Lyra slapped her best friend in the face and left the room.
"Oh, Ly, my mixed feelings for you are pretty mixed."
Five hours earlier
The security officer woke up. "I'm-I'm alive! SWEET CELESTIA, I'M ALI--AGH!"
The officer didn't know it, but the alien insect babies inside of him were growing, and were soon going to grow so much, his body's going to have holes.
"HELP, I NEED HELP! THE PAIN! IT HURTS, PLE--"
One of the aliens had burst out of his chest, then his groin, then his throat, and finally, his spine. All of them were deformed and terrifying.
But one was turning into a blob of flesh and blood. The blob grew ten times faster. He broke windows and the thick hulls.
This was it, this was the time where havoc and chaos would create a hive mind, which would evoke the end of humankind. No longer could Vinyl, the facility, nor "Colossus" could contain the creatures.
Hull breach in Facility 10.
"Hull breach? But these things are made out of reinforced gems. The machine don't lie."
A group of officers and Vinyl entered Facility 10. The blob covered the broken hulls, but it was birthing rapidly growing monsters.
"OH MY GOD, WHAT IS THAT!?" An officer vomited. "It's a birthing... thingy. It's native to... Nightmare Realm." Vinyl stated.
"Nightmare Realm? Isn't that just a myth?" Lyra giggled.
"Kinda. If the princesses are separated, one of them will go into a state of depression, opening the Dream Realm, which causes chaos all around, or the Nightmare Realm, causing nightmares...to happen. In Layneigh's terms, we have to go back." Vinyl walked back and forth as the blob gave birth to multiple monsters.
"ESCAPE PODS!"
Every security officer ran towards the door. "HOLD YOUR GROUND!" Vinyl shouted.
The security officers stopped.
"We can't look suspicious. AT ALL...No screaming, no shouting, no talking or ranting about a blood-covered blob that continues to break through the hulls."
The blob released it's hold on the hulls.
"HOLY SHI--" Before Vinyl could complete her sentence, the vacuum of space didn't allow her to talk anymore.  
Everyone held their breath and raced towards the door. Vinyl looked at her sleeve. She pressed a button and BOOM! Her face was covered with a helmet that gave her air.
"HOLY CRAP, DID YOU JUST SEE THAT!? I PRESSED A RANDOM FUCKING BUTTON AND I HAVE A HELMET THAT SUPPLIES ME WITH OXYGEN!"
The security teams did the same thing. "This is badass!"
Everyone calmed down and calmly went for the door, pressed the "open" button, and even though the strength of the vacuum force was stopping them from reaching safety, they still made it out alive.
"VINYL, YOU STUPID--"
"I'll deal with you later, Ly, I have something to take care of." Vinyl took off her helmet. "Whoa, you can take it off? Who designed these?"
Vanessa approached Princess Luna, but the princess looked at her as if she just came out of an exploding vehicle.
"Yo, Luna.... Yo..."
"That was amazing!" Luna exploded with joy.
"Welcome to 'Colossus'--"
"Feels good that I can let loose... What can I do."
"Whatever you want, I'm not the ruler of this place."   
Princess Luna gave Vinyl a sly look.
"What?"
After endless hours of shopping, Vinyl's limbs were carrying big shopping bags. "Should I wear this dress or this dress?" Princess Luna asked Vinyl.
"I can't see anything. Plus, I don't like fashion, why do you think I go in my boxers when I go get the newspaper?"
"Hmm, you're right. Where's Twilight?"
Better her then--HOLY SHIT!
Vinyl came falling down with all the bags.   
She got up and walked around the mall, she eventually bought gum. But Vanessa couldn't forget about the trouble in Facility 10.
"Lyra, can you report to Facility 10 to ch--Oh wait, never mind, let me just access the FC.56 footage."
"Whatever, asshole."
Vanessa carefully inspected everything the video offered. But she didn't see where the monsters were coming from.
"Clever bastards must've came in before I finished 'Colossus'. But how? I know they came from the Nightmare Realm, but something must've provoked or allowed Equestria and Nightmare Realm to collide... But what?"
Vinyl raced to Twilight's room, but when she got there, Twi was gone.
"Shit."
Vinyl walked away from the room and found out that they were in Astronomer's View Palace. The light-brown officer raced to the Palace. "If it's too late, I have to get to the Escape Pods."
Vinyl barely made it there. "HEY, ASSBUTT!" Vinyl called out to Twilight.
"I-UH... GOT A LARGE AMOUNT OF BOOKS I WANT TO GIVE YOU!"
"You tried that one on me last time."
"I have...I have... Fuck you, 'Colossus' is in trouble and you don't help me out."
Twilight's eyes opened wide.