Containment Is Magic

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Her eyes popped open. She blinked rapidly, waking herself up.

Jitterbug was awake.

She heard a voice crackling over the intercom. ”The site is experiencing multiple Keter- and Euclid-level containment breaches. Rainbow Dash and Pinkie Pie have breached containment. Full site lockdown initiated.”

She leaped up, immediately looking around. What was going on?

Jitterbug was afraid. She could feel it overtaking her entire body. She shivered and hunched herself close to the ground, her legs dangerously close to giving out on her.

Her green mane fell over her face as she dipped her head too low. She began to cry, her fearful tears spattering the ground below her.

Suddenly, she heard a sound right in front of her.

She leaped backwards, surprised by the thing that darted by her. She caught a glimpse of several colors as they disappeared into the wall, leaving behind a coating of goop. She had no idea what the thing was, but she knew it was something to fear.

She gave a small squeal and crumpled to the ground, her small amount of resolve lost. She began crying once more on the ground.

After several minutes, she heard a sound above her. Once again, her head snapped up as she distanced herself as quickly as she could from the sound. In front of her, the wall crumbled, the hallway becoming exposed.

Jitterbug took a deep breath. She knew she’d get found here. If not by that thing, then by another thing. She hadn’t been at the LTF Foundation for very long, but the two tests she’d been privy to were absolutely horrific.

She’d always been jumpy, but after being exposed to the terrors of this place, now she was terrified.

She needed to escape. She needed to get out of here, away from these things. As much as she didn’t like that hole in the wall... there was no way she could possibly stay in this cell. She didn’t want to die here.

She quickly darted through the hole in the wall. Her shaky nerves had helped her survive all kinds of situations, and she was hoping they would help her get through this, too.

As she looked both ways down the hallway, she spotted a dark shape on the ground. She looked at it, puzzled, and trotted over.

As she approached the thing, she noticed a pool of blood around it. She came closer, wondering what had happened.

It was a guard, his crumpled form mangled from something that had found him and torn him apart.

Jitterbug couldn’t stand this. She turned her head to the side and threw up. This was not going to be easy for her.