DOOM

Location: On Board The PHANTOM INHERITOR, Orbiting The Moon

Time: 2200 Hrs.

Date: June 30, 0695

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All twenty-four Marines and the three Alicorns gathered in the docking bay. The Marines sat on the metal grating floor, boxes, crates, chairs, anything that could be used as a seat. The Alicorns, however, were the only ones standing.

"I'm sure you all know the objectives. But I'll repeat them anyways. You are to re-establish contact by any means necessary. If this in any way is impossible, you are to gather all files on the artifacts. You are also to eliminate any threat and protect us at all costs." Twilight said. She did not like the idea of being protected like a child, but it was her mentor's orders. The Marines got up off of there seats and gave a solid salute. The group of twenty-four separated into two individual groups of twelve. Bravo Team (Which is the focus of the story) consisted of L.Cpl. Midnight Twister, PFC Winter Lance, Cpl. Greenday, PFC One Shot, 1stLT Pennywise, Pvt. Fire Fox, Pvt. Stardust, Cpl. Cloud Nine, Sgt. Nyan Cat, Pvt. Maple Dawn, Cpl. Scarlet Twinkle, and 2ndLT Blue Leaf. Bravo Team walked into a drop ship with the name "Dark Star" engraved into the side of it. The ship could hold up to sixteen ponies. This was enough room for the three Alicorns that would join Bravo Team. The princesses stepped into the drop ship, the door closing behind them.

"Okay Bravo Team. Your orders aren't the same as Alpha Team's." Twilight Sparkle said. This confused the entire team and the two other princesses.

"Your orders are to retrieve the artifact, U2, or Unknown 2. Also known as: The Spear of Destiny. U2 is the artifact that looked like a spear."

"What happened to U1?" One Shot asked.

"U1, or the Soul Cube, was found operational a few weeks ago. But it soon became dysfunctional a few hours afterwards." Twilight answered.

"Okay."

The drop ships levitated into the air, the airlock opening. Whence fully opened, the drop ships flew out of the docking bay at full throttle.

}|{-Twenty Minutes Later-}|{

The two drop ships landed softly on the rocky ground, the pilots giving a sigh of sorrow. For the past twenty minutes, the pilots had been racing. And now they were upset that they wouldn't be able to race for a while. The drop ships landed at different locations, miles away from each other. DARK STAR landed near Alpha Labs where as the other drop ship landed near the Communications Tower.

Inside DARK STAR, Bravo Team was suiting themselves up, excluding Midnight Twister whom had his armor on during mission briefing. He walked up to the princesses with three helmets.

"You may want to put these on, unless you know a spell that allows you to breath in space." Midnight Twister said. The three Alicorns put the helmets on, instantly hearing a hissing sound, signaling that the air has been sealed in the helmet. Midnight Twister then handed each of them a belt that had spare Air Canisters in case they ran out of oxygen to quickly. The princesses then used telekinesis and strapped the belts around their waists.

"Is everypony ready?" Pennywise asked in his normal gruff tone.

"SIR YES SIR!" The other marines said.

"Then let's rock and roll!" Pennywise said, pressing a button near the bay door. A screen turned on and showed the number: 2.5. This number was the oxygen outside the drop ship. There was another number, but it kept changing. This number was the oxygen inside the drop ship. It was matching the pressure inside with the pressure outside so that everypony inside wouldn't go flying outside. Whence the numbers were the same, the bay door opened. The Marines put their weapons on their shoulder holsters, the barrels facing forward. Almost everypony had the same weapons. The only five who didn't were Midnight Twister, Pennywise, One Shot, Greenday, and Winter Lance. Pennywise had his Remington R12 Shotgun, Lance had his G36C Assault Rifle, One Shot had his Mk 13 Mod 5 Sniper Rifle, Greenday had his M624 SAR-LMG, and Midnight Twister had his XM8 Assault Rifle which had extended magazines, a solid-black paint job, and a knife going through a pony skull image on both sides. Everypony else had an M16 Carbine. But the princesses, of course, didn't have a weapon, besides magic. The marines and princesses walked out of the drop ship and onto the rocky surface of the moon.

"Over here." A voice said to Midnight Twister. He turned his head towards the left and saw a creature off in the distance. It appeared to be bipedal. It wasn't making any movements.

"Hey, Lance. Do you see that?" Midnight Twister asked, turning his head to his comrade. They turned there heads to the direction of the being, only to see nothing.

"What did you see?" Winter Lance asked.

"... Nothing. Nevermind." Midnight Twister said, turning his head to the direction of the facility. It wasn't that far away, about 300ft. away.

"Alright, let's GO! Let's GO!" Pennywise ordered. Without hesitation, the entire squad ran, quickly turning into a full on sprint. In a few minutes, they reached the airlock. And just in time, too. Oxygen Tanks were at 12%. Pennywise pressed a button near the air lock. A screen turned on like before. It did the same thing: It equalized the pressure inside with the pressure outside. Whence the numbers matched, the door opened and everypony went inside, the door closing whence they were all in. The pressure equalized again before the door opened, the ponies walking into the room that was on the other side.

"Dear Celestia..." Pennywise said, quite shocked.

"What the fuck." Midnight Twister said in more of a statement. The room they were in was a rather large storage room. There were racks with Air Canisters, tool boxes, crates and anything else you'd put in a storage room. But that's not what they were focusing on. On the wall in front of them was a large pentagram, painted with blood. Laying on it was a stripped and upside-down crucified UAC Security Guard, his armor laying on the floor. His stomach was ripped open, all of his organs gone. Hell, even the veins, arteries, and capillaries were gone! The only thing that wasn't gone were his bones and flesh. Fluttershy and Twilight were forced to empty there stomachs upon seeing this, Rainbow Dash barely being able to keep her lunch down, but succeeding in the end. Upon closer look, his eyes were removed. And he was... Mumbling something? How is that possible after his organs were removed. Midnight Twister walked up to it to hear what it had to say.

"You must find the Spear of Destiny and Soul Cube. You must find them now before-"

*BANG*

The guard was silenced by a gun shot, Midnight Twister barely startled. But startled or not, this didn't stop him from turning his head to the source lightning fast. The shotgun mounted on Pennywise's shoulder had steam emanating from the barrel.

"The fuck was that for?! He was telling me something!" Midnight scolded, storming his way to his superior, not caring if he out-ranked him or not. What if what the guard had to say was important?

"He was suffering. It was best that he be put out of his misery." Pennywise said, grabbing a shotgun magazine and putting it in his shotgun (There's a magnet on the bottom of the boots).

"Wait, you said he said something to you. What did he say?" Twilight asked. Midnight hesitated, but spoke anyways.

"He said that we need to find both: The Spear of Destiny and the Soul Cube. And then he said that we needed to find the before somepony-or something-finds them." Midnight Twister answered, heading towards a door afterwards. He pressed a button, but the door did not open. Instead, it said,

"Access: Denied. Please enter the correct code." A female computer voice said. Midnight Twister looked above the door. Above the door, was "Storage Room: 105-B". He then looked over to the guard's armor. Laying beside it was a Personal Data Assistant, or PDA for short. He walked over to it and grabbed it with his hoof, turning on the PDA straight away. He tapped a file titled "Storage Room 105-B Code Update". He scrolled through the text until he saw the door combination, which was 1-9-9-9. He put the PDA in a pouch on his chest plate and went up to the door. He typed in the code, hearing the female computer voice say,

"Access: Granted."

The door opened right afterwards. On the other side was another pony. Except, it was alive. It was female by the looks of it. She was a tan Earth Pony with a black mane/tail with yellow streaks going through it and wore a white lab coat with yellow details on it. And on another note, the coat she wore was painted... With blood.

"Guys! I found a survivor!" Midnight Twister hollered, the mare's ear twitching after hearing this. Upon hearing this, the Marines and princesses moved to the door where Midnight used to be. Midnight Twister had walked slowly to the mare, not wanting to freak her out. The Marines moved through the door quickly, Pennywise saying,

"Spread out! Secure the area!"

"Clear!" Maple Dawn hollered, soon followed by ten other Marines.

Midnight Twister was now by the mare's side, whom was hiding her face, lightly sobbing. The poor mare. MidnightTwister felt sorry for her. Being here when shit hit the fan was far worse than coming here after the shit storm.

"Calm down. Everything will be alright." Midnight Twister said softly. There was silence, excluding the Marines whom were walking around and looking for a generator to turn on the power because it was dark.

"I need you to-"

"They're watching us as we speak..." The mare said.

"Who is watching us?" Midnight Twister asked.

"The monsters are..." The mare said.

"Where are the monsters?"

"Why should I tell you? You'll just say I'm insane."

Midnight Twister thought for a while before coming up with something.

"Look, I haven't really told anypony this, but I've been hearing whispers lately. They're usually saying 'They took my baby'." Midnight Twister said. The mare snapped her head to him quickly, fear and sadness in her eyes.

"The monsters... They're up there..." The mare said, looking at a cat walk, Midnight Twister looking at it as well.

"And there..."

Midnight Twister and the mare looked at a maintenance tunnel.

"There.."

They looked at an air vent.

"And over there."

They looked at a door. Midnight didn't know why, but he felt another presence behind it. Speaking of which, he felt other presences exactly where the mare pointed at.

"Okay, go tell the princesses. I'll go check out the door."

"NO!" She yelled, everypony looking at the two.

"You can't do that! Please, don't open the door! One of them is behind it! One of those DEVILS!" She yelled, tears streaming down her face.

"You three!" Midnight Twister looked at Winter Lance, One Shot, and Stardust, them looking at him.

"I want you to wield that door over there shut. Nopony is to open it."

"Hey! I'm calling the shots here!" Pennywise barked.

"Shut it!" Midnight shot back. The two stared each other down.

"Greenday, open the door. The mare here is hiding something."

"Sir yes si-"

"NO!" Midnight and the mare yelled.

"OPEN THE FUCKIN DOOR!"

"Sir, that is a very bad idea!"

"SILENCE!" Fluttershy yelled in the Royal Canterlot Voice. Everypony looked at her.

"Whoa. Calm down Flutters." Rainbow Dash said, trying to calm the yellow Alicorn down. Fluttershy looked at the mare, and then Midnight Twister. The mare wore a pleading look, and even though she couldn't see his, she could tell Midnight Twister wore the same look.

*BANG, BANG, BANG*

Everypony looked at the door that Midnight and Pennywise were arguing about. It was bending inwards as well as earning very large dents from whatever was on the other side.

"I SAID THAT THE FUCKIN DOOR NEED TO BE WIELDED DAMN IT! EVERYPONY, KEEP YOUR EYES ON THE MAINTNANCE TUNNELS, VENTS, CAT WALKS, AND THAT DOOR!" Midnight Twister ordered, in which all of the soldiers did as they were told.

"Twilight, Rainbow, Fluttershy, and..." Midnight Twister began.

"My name is Minty Gums."

"And Minty Gums, go and lock yourselves in the storage room. The combination is: 1-9-9-9!"

The Alicorns and Earth Pony nodded and ran to the Storage Room Door.

"Fire Fox! Get your ass in there and defend them at all costs!" Midnight Twister ordered, Fire Fox nodding and sprinting to the door, shutting and locking it behind him.

-TO BE CONTINUED...