Cutie Mark Engineers/Necromorph Killer's Yay!
Chapter 2: What's going on!?
Previous Chapter Next Chapter"What's going on!?" Rarity screeched.
"What happened to mah lil' sister?" Applejack said tears brimming on her eyes.
"D-Don't worry I’m sure there safe... there just somewhere else." Twilight said putting the mirror back together.
"What if that thing finds them!?" Applejack yelled.
She stopped and turned to them with her head hung low. "I... don't know."
"This is all my fault. If I hadn’t have had that brick then none of this would have happened." Pinkie cried, tears dripping off her flat mane.
"Pinkie, nopony could have guessed a brick of all things would have come out of your mane. It's noponie's fault but mine." Twilight said before standing up with a determined expression. "And I’m going to fix it."
"Twilight dear, if you didn't notice you may be powerful, but the magic I used is far more stronger than any normal ponies magic." Discord said.
"But we have to try! Spike take a letter please."
He absentmindedly pulled out a quill and parchment. His face and mind a clear blank.
"Dear queen Celestia, it seems a new spell that I was working on, along with Discord has went... wrong. So very wrong, the Cutie Mark Crusader have been lost, there not dead to our knowledge, just somewhere else. We cannot be sure of their safety at the moment but we hope they are, especially after the world we were all watching.
Your faithful student, Twilightsparkle."
She gave a small smile before he sent the letter, and not soon after a bright flash came from upstairs.
Celestia came running down and saw the burn marks on the floor, Discord not smiling and the Element's in despair.
"What exactly happened?" She asked causing all the ponies and Draconequiss to flinch.
"It seems when we were looking into another world, a rather violent one... Three foals were accidentally sent there."
"What world? We need to find them, to make sure that they're safe."
"That's exactly what we were going to do. Discord think you can do it again?"
"If it means protecting my friends I’ll give my own life." He said before placing his talon on the mirror again.
It glowed yellow before a picture of blood covered walls, torn doors and in the middle were three ponies and the biped from earlier.
"What are they wearing? It's absolutely horrid." Rarity sneered.
"It looks like what it's wearing... then that means it's helping them! There safe!"
As the looks of happiness spread across all of their faces before another creature, a large hulking thing blasted through a wall. It walked mainly on two arms and was armored throughout there to its shoulders.
All the happiness had left to be filled with dread.
"There's no way they can beat that..." Rainbow Dash said now with tears starting to fall.
Back in Titan station.
"So Isaac, you know what we are, but we don't know anything about you. So, what are you?" Sweetiebelle asked.
"I'm a human, or if you want to get scientific a homo-sapien. So, no monkey jokes."
"You're supposed to be a myth."
"The last time I checked pegasai and unicorns were myth's too."
"Touché. So what's going on here?"
"Another Necromorph outbreak. Unfortunately, this is my second run in this sort of thing."
"Where was the first?"
"A class-A planet cracker called the Ishimura. I was sent there along with a small group of people to see what went wrong. Only to be nearly killed around every corner, shoot asteroids, fight hellish creatures in and out of space and let's not forget about that traitorous bitch that wanted to use the Marker as a weapon."
"A Marker? What's that?"
"It's an artifact the church picked up, saying it will liberate the galaxy. As it seems, I’m not quite ready to be liberated yet."
"So, where is everypony? Shouldn't they be fighting this?"
"They're all dead as far as I know. Otherwise their killing necro's and each other."
"I forgot to ask, but where are we?"
"You’re on titan station."
"Where's-"
"What's that noise?" Asked Scootaloo.
Not a second after she finished those words the door down the hall burst forward letting out a giant creature with plated arms.
"Oh shit! Brute!" Isaac yelled switching weapons.
He was now holding what looked like a larger version of what he was carrying.
It charged and he fired one bolt into its shoulder cutting it off. It fell momentarily before standing up again. It roared and a large object flew out from its "mouth" and came directly at them.
He stuck out his arm and a white beam came out grabbing it and with a quick flick of his wrist, sent it back straight into its face.
Out of the door again came a large black creature. It stood up on two legs like Isaac but instead of hands, it had two large spikes.
It charged and he shot, only for the shot to only stagger it. It let out a screeching roar and ran faster than he could fire. It tackled him to the ground and was trying to sink its two blades into his head.
"We need to help him!" Applebloom shouted.
"But that weird gun is over by that thing!" Sweetiebelle cried.
"We need to help him! He's been nothing but nice, so I think it's time to return the favor."
"Yeah! Let's get that thing!" Scootaloo cheered already rushing to the gun.
She quickly grabbed it with her teeth and ran back to her friends.
"How does it work?"
"I think he pulled this thing here." Sweetiebelle said while pulling the trigger back and causing them all to jump in surprise.
"Okay, we know how to fire it, now it's time to fire it." Applebloom said.
They all nodded and raised the gun to the creature's shoulder level. They fired and its arms came off in a spray of blood and burnt flesh. Isaac slowly got up and stuck out his arm before catching another of the pods from the "Brute" and sent it to the side.
He grabbed the gun from them and calmly aimed it at the ground in front of it and fired a small bolt of energy, making a small ball of light come out. It raised up flashing before it exploded.
"Thanks for killing that thing."
They all were about to thank him when they realized what he had said. They all broke into tears the next second.
"W-We killed somepony!" They all wailed.
He gave them the most sympathetic look he could manage before getting onto one knee and gently wrapping them in a hug.
"Listen, you didn't actually kill anyone. These things... these Necromorph’s are just remade dead bodies, all you did was shoot a walking corpse."
"So there zomponies?" Scootaloo asked looking up at him.
"No, Zombies want to just eat your flesh. Necromormorph's want to eat it, cut you into little bits, blow you up, impale you, tear you apart and turn you into one of them. But that won't happen as long as you stick by me, I’ve lost so many people I care about and I’m determined to get you all out of here."
"Pinkie promise?"
"What's a Pinkie promise?"
"Just do what I do. Cross my heart, hope to fly, stick a cupcake in my eye." Said Sweetiebelle doing the motions.
He did the same before realizing the words to it were like another. "Huh, that sounds like the human version. Cross my heart, hope to die, stick a needle in my eye."
"I think I like ours better." Scooaloo said.
"Yeah, I do to. Now come on, since the store back there didn't have the equipment to put weapons in your suits we need to find another."
They all nodded before continuing on.
Ponyville. Library.
All the ponies had a mix of horror, confusion, fear and happiness.
"He promised to help them!" Pinkie cheered.
"Yes, but I fear for them myself. If he is lost then they will surely perish." Celestia said.
"But you heard him; he said he's fought those things before! He knows what he's doing!"
"Your right Pinkie. I believe, that they are in safe hooves. From his actions and sympathy I see no ill intention in him. Now, let us rest and continue this tomorrow at the castle." She said before teleporting out.
"Applejack, you and your family can go, I’ll harvest the apples and do all the work. Twilight I’ll make sure your library stays intact. Rainbow Dash Fluttershy, you two have others who can fill in. And Rarity... I’ll just tell the customers you went away on Royal business." Said Discord.
"Thank you."
"Thanks partner."
"Alright! No work!"
"T-Thank you... if you don't mind me saying?"
"Thank you darling."
"Hey what about me!?" Asked Pinkie.
"You don't actually count considering you did an entire week’s worth of baking last night."
"Oh yeah!" She giggled.
"Now let's go." He said teleporting them to the castle.
He turned to them gave a quick smile and teleported out only to come back with a frightened Macintosh and scared Granny Smith.
"Are they safe?" Big mac asked.
"Yes, they got some help from a local. He's apparently dealt with the sort of thing before." Twilight said.
"Good. But Ah don't think me and granny can see it."
"That's understandable, you two don't have to stay." Discord said teleporting them back to the farm.
"So, why don't we all go to bed?"
They all nodded and left to find the guest bed rooms.
"I hope their alright." He whispered before teleporting to his and Luna's room.
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