"You're going to be at the bottom after the next flight of stairs," Grey's voice calmly said.

"...Seriously?" Scootaloo replied, irritated. "You couldn't give me any more warning than that?"

"Afraid not—I'm having a hard time sensing what's going on this place, what with all the running. Plus I think something in these stairs is screwing up my 'sight'."

"Weird that—oop!" Scootaloo exclaimed as she reached the bottom, extending her hooves out and skidding on the metal floor so that she didn't plant her face straight into the wall. "At the end, guys, stop!" she hastily managed to exclaim before needing to catch her breath. Once she had gasped in a few breaths of air, she looked up and turned her head from side to side. Each way featured a dimly-lit hallway surrounded by pipes and electrical boxes and other metal parts, with a metal grating floor to match. And each way looked exactly the same.

"Which way do we go?" Scootaloo asked as she looked over her shoulder, seeing Flight and Kaylee come up behind her and pause, panting as they stood there. Both looked absolutely winded, like they could barely keep running—but they didn't have much of a choice in their present situation. Flight looked about ready to make another snarky remark, but before she could, Grey replied.

"You're gonna want to go to the right, and I'll direct you two from there. Send Kay—er, actually, Flight over to the left, as a distraction. Tell her to hide between the pipes if she can squeeze in—I don't think they'll look for her there."

Scootalo blinked, trying to keep up with the insect's rapid speech. "Um... alright." She looked at the two ponies in front of her. "Okay! Kaylee, go off to the left here and run and try and divert them! Hide in the pipes if you can, and don't get caught!"

Kaylee looked worried, but nodded. "I... can try."

Then, Scootaloo turned to Flight. "And you're coming with me, I guess."

Flight blinked. "Huh, okay. Whatever you say, cap'n."

With a nod, Scootaloo ran to the right with Flight close behind, and Kaylee sped off to the left, just as the thundering of hooves from above were about to reach the bottom level. As Scootaloo galloped as fast as her legs could carry her, however, she could hear an audible sigh of disapproval in her ear.