Battle for Equestria: Halo
Getting Settled in
Previous ChapterNext Chapter"So here is the kitchen, we make coffee every morning so help yourselves to it." Alexander said as he showed the five marines around the research base. "Down the hall and to the right are the barracks and weapon lockers. We'll get you set up there in just of few. And if you come across any doors that say authorized personnel only, then you stay out. Clear?"
Alexander glances over the group, his dark brown eyes taking in the group of four in front of him. He wore the purest of white lab coats and black framed glasses. His hair is a messy black mass of tangles and his pants are a deep navy blue. His skin has a bit of a dark tan to it.
Jessie looked around the place giving it a skeptical eye. "So much for the 'residential area', there's nothing here except for a sofa and a TV with some lame ass movies!"
"And the decor! It's horrendous! It simply will not do!" Rachel chimed in.
Penny, who had been hiding behind the group most of time decided to peek out from behind them to look around. Her gaze shifted around the room taking in the thick Titanium-A walls and their grey color. Whenever another person would walk by she tried the make herself as small as possible and huddle up next the Samantha. Any time Alexander tried to strike a conversation with Penny it would usually result in her cowering behind her friends of replying so quietly that Alexander would decide that it wasn't worth the trouble of trying to get a response he could hear.
Samantha looked around as well. "Ah don't see nothin' wrong with it. Y'all are just whining."
Jessie scoffed at Samantha's remark. "Whatever, this place sucks. Hey, has anyone seen Abby?"
Everyone shook their head and Penny seemed to have peeked out a little more to look for her friend. The pink haired marine always seemed to disappear and reappear in random places, leaving a majority of others confused as to how she slips away so easily. Their commander has concluded that she somehow breaks physics and that there is no reason to try and figure out exactly how she does it. Not to mention how she stays in shape despite the amount of sweet pastries she eats on a daily basis. It's almost considered 'healthy' for her by most of the medical staff.
She also tends to work in the kitchen though she mostly bakes the small amount of deserts the rest of the marines and crew are allowed to eat aboard the ship due to risk of getting out of shape. Abby also had this thing that allowed her to sense when things were going to happen and it has saved her and her friends numerous times in the heat of battle.
Alexander seemed to be the most confused of the group and glanced around for this Abby. "Uhh, who is Abby?"
"Ya know, 'bout this tall, pink hair?" Samantha said with the hand gestures to show her friends height.
Alexander looked completely baffled by this point. "You four were the only ones here...."
The group looks at Alexander just as baffled as he is. Surely they couldn't have left Abby outside in the cold where the woodland creature could easily get to her. But then again they didn't worry much as she had a tendency to do this from time to time where she would be here then there in a matter of seconds.
"I'm sure she'll pop up somewhere. She always does." Jessie reassured them, and everyone seemed to visibly relax. Everyone but Alexander.
"You so sure?"
"So sure about what?" a overly excited, high pitched voice came from behind the scientist, causing him to jump and fall before turning to face the person in question with a look of fear on his face. "Ohhhh, what's that over there?!" she exclaimed before disappearing and reappearing over next to an unmarked door.
Alexander stood up again, still a little shaken. "wh-... wait... what?"
"Don't ask." Jessie replied with smirk and nudging Alexander with her elbow.
"This doesn't make sense!"
"We know..."
"But..."
"Seriously, don't ask. We don't know and we don't want to know. It's Abby and we leave it at that." Jessie explained, still leaving an extremely confused scientist who's whole life revolved around logic, only to be broken by this one person.
Abby once again seemed to have moved on to other parts of the research facility and in minutes there were numerous guards and marines running around trying to find her and get her to stay in one place as she continued to explore the building on her own without a problem. The four friends watched amused and Penny even came out from hiding behind Rachel to watch as well, a small smile crossing her lips.
Once again Abby appeared in front of Alexander, her face scrunched up as she studied him before giving him her renowned smile that said 'I've never seen you before so I'm going to throw you a party'. "So where's the food? Is there any cake?" Alexander just looked at her like she was crazy which cause the pink haired marine to do an exaggerated gasp. "I have to make some!" With that she was in the kitchen in seconds.
Once Alexander's brain processed what happened he turned towards the kitchen and went after her. "Wait! You can't just come in here and start baking. We don't even have...." he stopped at the open refrigerator door and watched as Abby pulled out supplies to make a cake big enough to feed an army. Literally.
"You know we use that stuff to cook actual food, right?"
Again an exaggerated gasp came from the marine. "You're right! I should be making cupcakes!"
"Wh- no! That's not what I meant!"
Abby stopped in her tracks and gave Alexander a confused look. "Soooo... Muffins?"
Alexander glared at Abby, obviously trying to keep himself from exploding. "No. I mean we can't be wasting supplies." Abby just stared at Alexander, still awfully confused. "That means no cake, cupcakes or muffins."
Abby looked at the scientist with disbelief before slowly putting away the items she got from the fridge. She silently vowed herself that she will make this person smile by morning.
Once Abby had returned the items to their places Alexander turned to the rest of the group who had been watching with smirks on their faces. "It's getting late. I suggest you all get to bed." He said sternly before pushing past them.
Jessie strolled over to Abby and wrapped an arm around her neck. "Don't worry Abby, tomorrow, we make them the best breakfast they ever had!"
Author's Note
So I just realized I left out Pinkie's human equivalent the past three chapters so here she is! Any thoughts? I hope I caught her character well. I'd also like to hear what you guys think of the story so far and any ideas you might have that would go well into the story. Also if you didn't like it explain why so I can fix it. I hate getting dislike without an explanation as to why I received it in the first place.
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