The decent was fast, and all it took was one quick glance out the window.

"Oh my god... it can't be... that's the Ishimura..." Isaac said hollowly as he walked over to the window.

"Yeah, used to be the pride of the CEC." Ellie said. "Sad story actually. I heard everybody onboard died... some sort of terrorist attack."

Isaac flinched along with the crusaders who raised an eyebrow in question.

"What? Terrorist attack? What happened on board that ship was no terrorist attack." He said narrowing his eyes.

"Yeah, Alex told us 'bout it one time. He said that him and Isaac fought Necromorph's the entire way through it." Applebloom said getting a strange look from Ellie.

She turned back to Isaac, a slight edge to her tone. "What do you mean?" She asked looking him in the eyes.

"That's where all this started, Ellie. Everything that's happened here happened on that ship. I saw it, I was.... onboard when it happ-happened." He grimaced recalling the memories.

The car was shaken as it hit something on the track. Something large.

"Hey, what's happening?" Isaac asked as he got his footing back.

"I... I don't know." Ellie said running up to the controls. "Something must be blocking the track."

"Stay here, I'll take a look." He said as he walked to the door. Crusader in tow immediately.

Him and the crusaders stepped out from the glass and metal box.

"Through there." Isaac said pointing at the door ahead.

"No, really? I hadn't guessed that's where we needed to go." Scootaloo rolled her eyes as she went and opened it.

And into a living mine field.

"Eww. These things again." She stuck out her tongue in disgust as she watched one pulsate.

As they all entered, Sweetiebelle saw a corpse laying slumped up against the wall.

"Hey," She called out. "Look at this body."

Her three friends came over and looked at it before her.

"What do you notice about it?" She asked.

"He’s dead?" Isaac said shrugging.

"Thanks Sherlock hooves." She said sarcastically rolling her eyes. "But look, the bones and chest are.... crushed in. Almost like-"

"Something ran into him multiple times." Isaac nodded, before groaning into his hand. "Scootaloo, no using me as a hammer, not around the Cyst's."

"I know." Scootaloo replied.

A small explosion and excess goo that hit Scootaloo, came from behind them.

They turned around and saw Applebloom grinning innocently as she stood next to a dying Cyst.

"Really? Did you have to do that right behind us?" Isaac asked. "Why?"

"Ah didn't want any of yall backtrackin' into it." She shrugged.

"Right. Because we totally didn't see that one." Isaac said sarcastically.

"Aright' that's enough of that." Applebloom said. "Let's go."

They all carefully walked past the crates on the left, as they went to the back, the sounds of Stalkers rang out through the room and in a second one jumped atop a crate and ran away.

Two of them ran to the back and the other two ran back to the door.

"Alright, stay calm!" Isaac yelled across the room. "Run back to us!"

Applebloom turned to Scootaloo, she received a nod and they started to run.

They ignored the surprised squawks from the Stalkers as they sped past, only applebloom stopped when she heard the distinct yell from one as it charges. She turned around, pupils dilated and a thin smile as she held her ground.

It came running at her, head down ready to smash her into a wall. She set down her Plasma cutter and raised her front hooves, attempting to catch it.

It hit her, but it didn't get the desired result. As her hooves wrapped around its head she jumped to the side and pulled, twisting its head upward to the left. It came off with a river of blood flowing freely from the corpse as it slid across the floor.

Another one came running at her, she didn't have enough time to turn and kill that one, it hit her and sent her into the wall in front of her. She hit it head first, and didn't get up.

"Applebloom!" Isaac yelled rushing over to her. "Come on, you had better be unconscious or asleep." He picked her up and shook her by the shoulder. He checked her back and saw her life had gone down by only two bars. "Thank god." He sighed as he set her down again.

A scream rang out through the air; he looked back and saw only Scootaloo standing there.

'Where the hell did she go!?' Isaac thought sporadically.

Another scream followed by a flash of light to the right of the room signaled where Sweetiebelle had run to.

He quickly ran through the small maze of crates, occasionally hitting a Stalker that tried to peck at him as he ran. When he saw Sweetiebelle, he ran even faster at the Exploder as it lurched toward Sweetiebelle as she was getting up.

Her eyes widened as she covered her eyes with her fore-legs as the Exploder lifted its sac into the air.

"Don't you fucking touch her!" Isaac yelled as he slammed into it and into a crate making the small wall cave in.

He stepped back; it got out and tried to raise its arm again. Isaac grabbed it by the arm, swung it around and broke it off before throwing it to the side. He grabbed the back of its neck and slammed it down onto the floor before stomping its head in.

"Sweetiebelle, get Applebloom." Isaac said as another Stalker came charging at them. "Yeah, that's right you fucker... come right to papa..."

It ran at him, head down and blearing out a steady yell through its twisted vocal cords. Before it hit him, he bent his arm down and upper-cutted it. It was head up in the air momentarily before Isaac brought his fist to its ribs.

It fell to the floor and as it was getting up, he planted a boot firmly on its neck before shooting its head off.

He looked back to Sweetiebelle who had disappeared. He looked back to where he came from and saw a crate go flying into the air.

He ran back to the others; Scootaloo and Sweetiebelle fighting off Stalkers with Applebloom behind them. He started running again as he saw another Exploder sneaking up behind them.

He rammed into that one too, sending it to the floor. He grabbed it by the arm and lifted it up before throwing it towards the Stalkers. They squawked in surprise but even that was cut short as Isaac shot the puss sac on the Exploders arm, turning the Necromorph's into bloody piles of bone and flesh.

"Oh... god dammit. Don't let me do that again." Isaac wheezed as he leaned on his knees. "I need to start working out again, damn."

"Thanks Isaac." Sweetiebelle said.

"Thanks nothing, why'd you run away though?" He straightened out and popped his back. "Oh, that feels good."

The two conscious crusaders winced at the sound of what could be described as, bones breaking while being scrapped against a cheese grader.

"Well," Sweetiebelle started but winced as another crack was made. "I saw a Stalker come out from the crate behind me so I ran..." She scuffed the floor with a hoof. "Sorry."

"Sorry? You’re sorry!?" Isaac laughed much to her and Scootaloo's confusion.

"What's so funny?" Scootaloo asked. "Did I miss the joke?"

"She's sorry for acting on instinct! Sweetiebelle, that's what kept me alive on the Ishimura." He settled down to a light-hearted chuckle.

"So, you’re not mad?" She asked.

"No, I'm not mad because you got startled." He looked down to Applebloom. "So, how's she doing?"

Scootaloo ran a hoof through her friend’s mane and frowned.

"She's unconscious." Scootaloo said. "That Stalker hit her pretty hard, and hitting the wall didn't help either."

"I'll carry her." Isaac said picking her up. "She's so peaceful asleep. But I swear if she punches me in the gut, I'm dropping her." He smiled letting his helmet unfold.

Ponyville.

"About time Isaac got back into the game." Alex muttered. "It was getting boring watching him get upstaged by three fillies."

"Ah hope Applebloom will be a'right." Applejack said as she watched Isaac pick her up.

"Don't worry, after what she just did to that Stalker, nothing short of an Ursa Major can stop her." Rainbow Dash said gliding gown.

"Thanks Rainbow, ya always know how to make me feel better." Applejack smiled wiping a tear away.

Rainbow's cheeks flushed slight as she smiled awkwardly.

A loud grumble resonated through the air, all heads turned to Alex.

"What? I haven't eaten since Discord teleported me out of the shower."

Net to him, Discord was snickering before getting a punch to the jaw knocking his snaggle-tooth out.

"Do that again, and I'll shove your horns where the sun doesn't shine." He threatened.

Discord stepped to the stepped over and firmly planted himself next to Twilight.

"Good, now back to watching the survivors."

Titan Station.

"So that's where that crate went..." Scootaloo said as she looked at the crushed Guardian.

"No time to admire the scenery, we need to get moving." Isaac said opening the door to the elevator.

As the doors closed, an old song began to play again.

Isaac felt something in his arms move, he looked down to see Applebloom wincing as she rubbed her head.

"Ow, why does ma'h head feel like Sweeitbelle was singing another camp fire song." Applebloom grumbled as she sat upright. "Oh... hey Sweetiebelle." She waved nervously.

"My singing's good! Thank you very much!" Sweetiebelle said with a scowl. But even that faded as she saw her friend. "I'm glad you’re not dead." She smiled.

"Yeah, ah ah'm too." She chuckled. "Why do ah smell like tea and burritos?" She sniffed her fore-arms before looking at Isaac. "Eww, Isaac." She turned to her friends. “Why did you let him carry me?”

"Hush up, your lucky I didn't just drag you by your tail." He smiled.

She smiled too before lightly hitting him on the fore-head. She jumped down and checked her inventory as he rubbed the small hoof mark.

"Hey, where'd ma'h Plasma cutter go?" She frowned.

"Oh, I picked it up after the Stalker hit you." Scootaloo passed Applebloom's Plasma cutter to her.

"Thanks." Applebloom said.

The doors opened, and they all saw a Cyst in the floor.

"Ah've got this." Applebloom said as she sprinted forward. She shot a bolt of stasis at the Cyst as it fired a puss sac into the air; she bucked with her back legs and jumped away from the side of the wall as she grabbed the small sac with her kinesis.

The other's stood there, waiting. The sounds of Cyst's dying and one Slasher rang out before the Cyst in front of them was shot with a Plasma bolt.

"Hurry up Scoot's, I saved the Slasher for ya." Applebloom waved them forward.

Scootaloo ran ahead of them and immediately grabbed the Slasher crawling along the floor.

She let out a satisfied belch as she blew a small puff of soul from her lips.

"Let's go see what's causing our delayed stop." Isaac said getting out his Line gun.

They ignored the store and opened the door leading to the tram maintenance.

Inside, they looked up and saw massive groups of tentacles blocking the track. Down, they saw a clearing with a nitro tank sitting there. There was even one hanging on the side.

Isaac immediately contacted Ellie, alerting her of the situation.

"Ellie. There's a giant tentacle blocking the transport door. It’s wrapped around a big tank."

"A big tank? Nitrogen Trichloride. Those explode if they overheat!" Ellie responded.

"Perfect!"Isaac said dis-connecting the feed.

He aimed at the explosive barrel perched on the tank hanging above, he fired and it exploded raising the temperature.

He looked to his right and picked up another barrel, before he could shoot it, a ball of fire flew past him and hit the tank, blowing it up.

The tentacle moved away, leaving a flaming hole where the tank once was.

He looked over to Sweetiebelle whose horn was dimming down.

"Now we need to get the one down there." Isaac said getting on the lift.

The other three got on, sat quietly and waited as they approached the floor.

"Okay Ellie! Get ready, one more!" Isaac said as he picked up another tank.

"What!? Are you crazy!? That one in the middle? If you set that off then it will incinerate everything in here!" She said worriedly.

"Yes it will. Tell Stross to hold on, here we go..." He said as he fired it.

And down came a Tripod.

"Come on!" Sweetiebele yelled.

"Sweetiebelle, Scootaloo! You two start throwing tanks, me and Applebloom will keep this thing off you! Move! Move!" He ordered as it swiped at him.

They looked at each other before running to opposite sides of the room, each grabbing a barrel.

"Come on! I'm right here!" Isaac yelled.

The Tripod swung; he ducked and shot it with Stasis. He ran up and started to fire away at its elbows. Before it came out, he started to swing and in one powerful hit, one elbow broke.

Applebloom had crawled to the top of it and grabbed its head. She got down in front of it and let its tongue come out, when it did; she grabbed it and broke the blade off before grabbing it with her kinesis and plunging it into its eye.

She jumped off as it started to thrash around, aggravated, it swung out and hit a barrel Scootaloo was carrying. It exploded and she was lost in smoke, she came out as she was thrown back into the wall.

"Scootaloo!" Applebloom yelled. "Yall will pay for that!" She yelled as she ran at it.

It swung down, she jumped to the side, it swung down with its tail, and she grabbed onto that and let it flip her onto its back again. It thrashed as she climbed up to its head. She pulled out the blade from its eyes and stuck the barrel of her Pulse rifle in. She fired off one grenade.

Chunks of flesh went flying, Applebloom was blown back but landed on a pile of flesh that made it to the floor before her. She got up and quickly ran back to Isaac.

The room started to shake, fire blasting out of random points, tentacles moving around rapidly and the sound of another Tripod was heard.

Isaac picked up Scootaloo as the Tripod landed down to the middle of the floor. They watched in hatred as they went up the lift.

As soon as they were able, they rushed into the hub waiting for them.

"Ugh! uh! Go! Go! Go!" Isaac yelled as him and the crusaders huddled together.

Ellie pressed in the commands and the tram started to move. It picked up speed but eventually, the flames caught up with it.

"Faster Ellie! Faster!" Isaac yelled over the Explosions.

"I can't make it go any faster!" She yelled back.

'Myabe I can though...' Sweetiebelle thought.

The flames were about to cover the front window when the tram started to glow a pale blue. Ellie looked back and saw Sweetiebelle's horn alight.

As the flames covered the car it shot forward with a burst of energy.

When they cleared, Tiedmann came into view on Isaac's screen. He made sure not to look at Scootaloo again.

"In another situation, I might admire your persistence, Mr. Clarke." He said casually. "But this is bigger than you and bigger than the lives of everyone on this station."

A soldier came up behind him, his face obscured by his helmet.

"Sir, final preparations for evac are wrapping up." He said.

"It looks like it all ends here. At this point, it’s all just..." He paused before finishing. "Dead weight." His screen turned off.

"Isaac, what does he mean?" Ellie asked. "What did he mean when he said dead weight?"

A blinding light in front of them answered her.

"He’s using the solar beam! We have to stop the transport! Now!" Isaac yelled as he followed the beam's path.

"Oh shit!" He yelled as it hit the rail causing the Transport to shake even more.

As it went through, a large explosion followed after as pieces of the rail fell down to the moons interior.

"He... he cut the station in half. There's no track to get across on." Ellie pointed at the destroyed rail.

"Why don't we just use that fancy ship and bring the other side over?" Applebloom said.

"Back us up! Back us up!" Isaac said waving up.

"What? Why?"

"Just do it, Ellie! Hurry! The Ishimura, if the gravity tethers are still functional I can-"

"You can snare Gov Sec and drag it back, Isaac, this is ridiculous." She said as they neared the ship.

“Ah am the one who suggested it actually.” Applebloom said getting a nod and smile from Isaac.

"If I can line up the tracks for a few seconds, you should be able to get the Transport across." The Transport stopped as it arrived to the entrance of the Ishimura. "Stay ready, and take care of Stross." The doors opened as he folded his helmet up.

"Isaac, no, this is a really bad idea!" She said.

"Stick around. I'm full of bad ideas." He said energized.

"It's true." The crusaders said.

"Ours are bad but his are the worst." Sweetiebelle said.

They all lined up, side by side.

Scootaloo looked back and gave a knowing glare at Stross.

'Something doesn't sit right with me about him.' She thought.

They all took their first step.