"Let’s kill this bitch." Isaac said coldly.

He raised his Plasma cutter and started to walk forward, firing as he went.

The others were left to deal with the Pack.

"Wow..." Sweetiebelle said looking at herself. "I look like them..." She formed a sharp-toothed mist grin. "Awesome." She said running forward.

"Looks like it’s just you and me now, Scoot's." Applebloom said getting flank to flank with her friend. "Ready?"

"Ready." Scootaloo replied, herself as mist as Sweetiebelle.

She was different. Her wings and face were a white like Sweeties, only with two black swirling masses for eyes. Her tentacles the same color, and her wings also. But she didn't just have wings, she had her horn.

"Get them." She said before charging.

Sweetiebelle tore through the Necromorph's like a blowtorch through ice.

She saw two jump at her from the sides, she stuck out her hooves and impaled with two blades before throwing them forcefully at the others.

Her horn charged up, she sent out a small shockwave of yellow energy at her back hooves. The Pack that were near her, disappeared leaving behind ammo and a health pack.

She picked that up with mild interest before throwing it over her shoulder.

Scootaloo and Applebloom were tearing through the rest of the pack even easier.

Scootaloo saw a lone Pack member run at her. She rolled her misty eyes before her horn charged up. Two slabs or rock smashed together, sandwiching the Necromorph. She looked over at Applebloom, who, was bucking the rest of them or was shooting them with her Pulse rifle. A clear psychotic grin on her face.

"Ah've fought tree's tougher than yall!" She yelled, wiping a small pack of them out with a grenade blast. "What are ya!? An Alien weapon or a crayon!?"

Scootaloo stared on in slight horror at the damage her friend was causing.

All of them stopped when the 'world' flashed yellow temporarily. They all saw Isaac firing away at the markers, and its exposed heart.

"Everyone! Shoot it!" He said reloading. It closed after a slight amount of damage had been done and Nicole appeared again, to the side. "Dammit." He cursed.

"Give up Isaac." She said.

"Would you shut up!" He yelled.

Before she could take a step forward, a large chunk of rock landed on her followed by a large fireball that shattered it. He looked at Sweetiebelle as she pointed to Nicole again.

She was not happy.

Out from the edges came Slashers and a Brute, followed by more of the Pack. They ran past Isaac and instead, went after the crusaders.

"It's just you and me, pumpkin." She said hollowly.

"Fuck you!" He yelled firing another bolt of Plasma at her.

"Isaac, stop, you’re hurting me."

"Die!"

As they had their fight, the crusaders were having their own trouble.

"Yall think ah'm gonna go down that easy!?" Applebloom yelled as Slasher's surrounded her. "Then yall should have brought more of ya friends." She took out her Line gun and began firing away.

The front area was clear but the ones behind her were moving at her too quickly.

Sweetiebelle tackled them and tore them to shreds with her blades, not caring about her weapons.

"Thanks." Applebloom nodded. "Look out!" She aimed her Line gun at the approaching Brute and was met with a click. "Uh oh..."

Sweetiebelle jumped out of the way, hissing as her horn charged up again. She lifted the Brute up and spread it apart.

She set it on the ground and jumped on it, tearing into its exposed shoulders. She pinned it down and the front of her throat dissolved, her eyes becoming white and milky. She arched her head back and let forth a torrent of fresh acid.

She gave a little high pitched roar before going to her friend’s side. There, they both had Slasher’s and Pack on both sides.

All of them charged, Sweetiebelle and Applebloom sat down, hoof bumped and watched as both parties were crushed by Scootaloo.

She wiped her tentacles of and cut another Slasher in half with her wings before bucking another out of existence.

The world flashed yellow again; they all automatically turned and started to fire at the Marker heart. It shook the 'world' as a hole, oozing black liquid came from it.

It closed and Nicole appeared again, at the other end of where Isaac was. He turned around but was stopped when Scootaloo held him back.

"Look at the corners of the rock she's at." She said.

He looked and saw two large shoulders swirling like smoke behind each rock cover.

"What are you waiting for Isaac?" Nicole called out. "Finish me!"

"Sweetiebelle, Scootaloo, blow that bitch to China and back, would you?" He said crossing his arms.

They both stepped forward, energy building up in their horns. The amount sending arcane sparks flying everywhere, scorching the ground beneath them. In unison, they both fired.

The grown was melted as the twin balls of energy rocketed towards the surprised Nicole. She disappeared before they hit, but the Brute's died.

She re-appeared at the edge they were at. This time, A Tripod came up.

Sweetiebelle rolled her eyes before running at it.

It swung down, splintering rock as it did. She grabbed onto its claw, sunk her blades into it and held on. She arched her head back and poured on more acid, melting the claw. She landed safely as it stood with a limp.

It swung out with its tail, she jumped and when it came back, she was flung forward. She gave a growl before carving a hole down its underside. She climbed in and barely visible through the black mist of the creature. She shot out Cyst's, tearing the inside apart as it wailed and clawed at its chest in pain.

Nicole made it vanish with a wave of her hand. Sweetiebelle quickly ran back to her friends and stood there, glaring.

"Get your weapon's ready." Isaac said. "Were going to use everything we have." He took out his Pulse rifle and Line gun.

Scootaloo took out her ripper's, Flame thrower and Force gun; all of them being held by a red glow.

Sweetiebelle took out her Seeker rifle, Contact beam, Javelin gun and Plasma cutter; all of them held in her own crimson glow.

Applebloom took out her Pulse rifle and Plasma cutter, dual-wielding them, a thin grin etched onto her muzzle.

"Give her hell!" Isaac yelled.

Nicole was lost in sight as the hail of gun fire, Plasma and fire-based engulfed her. Only then did they stop when the marker opened up again.

As they fired, Nicole slowly reappeared behind them. She slowly walked up to them, unnoticed.

Before any of them knew what was happening, she swatted Applebloom and Scootaloo away like gnats with a flick of her wrist. She kicked Sweetiebelle behind her and grabbed Isaac by the throat.

"After I have consumed you!" She yelled. "I'll find a way to spread convergence to you little pets world too!" She yelled, eyes burning with a brown glow.

Sweetiebelle was blurry eyed, her head hurt from the sudden hit. She sat up, rubbed a lump and focused on the image in front of her.

"I'll find a way to spread convergence to you little pets world too!" Yelled Nicole, holding Isaac by the throat.

Her eyes widened before narrowing. She looked to her side and saw her Javelin gun. She picked it up and aimed.

"You want to absorb something?" She asked.

"You!?" Nicole spun around and dropped Isaac in surprise.

She shot a javelin straight through Nicole's glowing mouth, it went through and she disappeared leaving the Marker open. The javelin kept going and punctured the heart, Sweetiebelle grinned and pulled the trigger for the alternate fire.

Her and her friends smiled as they saw electricity dance across the heart before it exploded. Symbols and light flashing in and out, forward and past it and them.

They all suddenly found themselves back in reality.

The station was falling apart, rocks the size of mini-vans fell from the walls. Alarms blared warnings, the Marker, destroy and crumbling.

Isaac looked at the crusaders and gave them a small smile before sitting down. A frown on his face. They all got onto his lap and laid their heads there, comforting him in their last moments.

"Warning: Reactor containment destabilized. A reactor breach is imminent. Evacuation personnel is required. This is not a drill." Blared a alarm, the warning deaf in their ears.

"Isaac?" Applebloom mumbled.

"Yeah bloom?"

"If'n we had made it out, and you came back with us. You'd make a great part of the apple clan. Before we go, I'd like ya to know... ah think of ya as a second brother. Big mac's fine but, it gets lonely when he's not around. You've been here for more ways than one... thank you..." She silently cried tears of happiness.

He smiled but that disappeared when an enraged Ellie and two terrified guards appeared on his screen.

"You complete bastard!" She yelled. "Was this your great plan? Dump me off and die?"

"I'm full of bad ideas, remember?" He said lightly.

"He is." The crusaders replied.

"Yeah, well, here's another one. I'm crashing through the roof to get you. Now move your ass!"

"Wait! No! Ellie! Ellie, it's too late! Steer clear of the station!" He ordered abruptly getting up.

"Isaac, it’s never too late for love." Applebloom said. "Let her."

The entire room shook and in another flash of light, Ellie punched a hole through the roof and down came the gunship.

"Warning: Hull breach. Decompression." Said another alarm.

Isaac and the others were flung upwards towards the vortex.

"We can still get out of here!" Scootaloo yelled. "Come on!"

The others and her ignited the extra thrusters in their boots and sped up.

Small flacks of the Marker crunched against the RIG's as they went.

"Keep clear of the large shards!" Isaac yelled as they all passed over a large chunk of the destroyed Marker.

They saw another chunk and flew under immediately. Afterwards, another chunk came from the middle and they all went through the gap in the middle, making sure a barb didn't catch them.

They flew past another piece as it came from the right, after that, a piece from above.

They could all feel the heat from the gunships thrusters now, they could feel freedom. And it smelled like gasoline.

With a final boost, Scootaloo grabbed Isaac and the others, using her wings and magic to propel them along, they crashed into the ship cabin and saw the guards close the door as they entered space and the station exploded.

Ponyville.

"That... was... awesome!" Rainbow Dash cheered.

"Go bloom!" Applejack and Big Macintosh yelled together.

"She made it, she made it out..." Applejack cried happily into her brothers shoulder.

"Eeyup." Came his usual response, only his muzzle had the biggest grin imaginable.

"Way to ruin the mood Mac. Using your wide vocabulary." Applejack teased.

"Hey!" Discord yelled. "Hey listen! I can get them back! That Marker thing was what was preventing it! Now I can get them back!" He clicked his goat leg and dragon foot together in the air.

"Well do it!" The crowd yelled.

He put a talon to the mirror and it started to shimmer.

Deep space. Gun ship. Noble 6.

"Ah can't believe we did it." Applebloom breathed out. "That was horrible." She laughed.

"Yeah," Scootaloo said. "It was boring just picking up souls like that. It got boring halfway through."

The others just stared at her before laughing.

"And!" Sweetiebelle chirped merrily. "I got a souvenir! I got the Peng treasure!"

"Yeah, that's great." Ellie said. "And Isaac, since its Christmas and all..." She smiled before pulling him close and kissing him.

"Aww..." The crusaders said. "Ewww... Ellie, don't you know where he's been?" They grimaced.

"Nowhere worse than me." She said.

"I think that's a fairly decent present." Isaac smirked.

She slapped him, leaving a red mark.

"And that's all you'll get for a week after that little stunt." She hissed walking to the controls.

He turned to the crusaders, smiling.

"Women, what can I say?"

"Isaac," Applebloom said. "Is it really Christmas?"

"Yeah, it is. Why?"

The crusaders looked at each other and huddled together, occasionally looking up at Isaac. They dispersed and Applebloom unfolded her helmet.

"Isaac, ah know it’s not much, but..." She reached into her mane and pulled out a single gold bit. "Merry Christmas from the three of us."

He took the bit and looked at it; he smiled gently before putting it in his armor, right where his heart would be.

“Wait!” Sweetiebelle said. “I messed up the punch-line!” She threw her hooves in the air in frustration.

“Sweetie, what are ya talking bout’?” Applelboom asked.

“When we we’re fighting Nicole! It was what I said to her before I shot her in the mouth! And I missed the Punch-line!”

Everyone aboard, looked at her before bursting into laughter.

Isaac finally calmed down enough to speak. "I'd say this is the strangest Christmas-the hell is that?" He raised his gun at the small ball of light appearing in the back. "Ellie! We've got... something!"

"What?" She looked back and pulled out her Pulse rifle. The guards at the ready too.

"Ah… ah think we know what it is..." Applebloom said, tears welling up in her eyes. "Home."

The light expanded suddenly and in a flash, a horned equine head popped through.

"Hey kiddos!" Discord smiled.

Unfortunately, the crew members were startled and Isaac accidentally shot a grenade out.

Discord was blown back in a wall of smoke.

"Shit..." Isaac groaned. "Sorry!" He yelled.

"Bye Isaac, bye Ellie, bye guards!" the crusaders waved sadly as they went.

"Hey," Isaac saw a small grey blur on his screen. "I just got an achievement. My Little Dead Space: Friendship is Engineering. Sweet."

"Bye." They all waved.

"Who knows, maybe I'll see you all again? Hopefully under better circumstances." Isaac said.

"Me too, Isaac. Me too..." Applebloom cried, she gave a last wave and went through.

The portal closed, leaving the cabin heavy with sorrow for the exit of the latest arrivals.

"Well, atleast Scootaloo didn't get all my money." Isaac smiled, reaching into his pocket. "Wait... she took my wallet! Damn you Scootaloo! Damn you!" Isaac yelled to the heavens.

Ponyville.

The crowd was in an uproar. Confetti and compliments were being thrown around. The crusaders just stood there, staring poker-faced at everything.

"Welcome back my subjects." Celestia said. "Is there anything you'd like to say to the others here?"

They all glanced at each other before turning back to Celestia.

And they walked away to the side.

They all sat over at a nearby table, Scootaloo passing out menus. Applebloom inspected her Plasma cutter while Sweetiebelle examined her Peng and Scootaloo, Scootaloo was going through her schematics she downloaded.

"Applebloom!" Applejack yelled, rushing her sister and tackling her in a bear hug. "Oh me and Mac and granny and... heck! Everypony were worried bout' yall! Ah'm so glad your back..." She cried into her sister’s mane.

"Applejack!" Applebloom whined. "Not in front of our ruler!"

"Ah missed you so much!" Applejack shook her sister around.

Scootaloo decided to help spare her friend and used her tentacles to pry AJ off.

"Thanks Scoot's." Applebloom breathed.

"No prob-"

"Scootaloo?"

She stopped, her tentacles dropped to the ground. The entire crowd was silent. She slowly turned her head to see Rainbow Dash, looking quite nervous.

"I-I-I..." Scootaloo squeaked out.

"Listen, Scoot's..." Rainbow said. "Why didn’t you ever tell me? I wouldn't have thought of you any different?"

"Y-You wouldn't?" Scootaloo asked, tears starting to brim.

"Not at all." She shook her head.

Scootaloo burst forward and wrapped all of her tentacles around her idle. She cried ‘thank you’s’ and compliments as she buried her muzzle into her chest.

"Sweetiebelle!? Hey let me through! I say! Watch where you put that hoof!" Rarity said jumping up. "Over here!"

Sweetiebelle saw her sister stuck so; she slipped out of her suit. She stepped toward the crowd and they all backed away when she went to her full size.

When Rarity saw her, she was slightly afraid. But, she scolded herself and went forward.

"Sweetiebelle..." She said a small smile and tears on her muzzle. "You don’t know how happy I am your back..." She smiled before nuzzling her sister on the hoof.

"Uh... everyone!? We have a problem!" Discord said backing away from the mirror as it started to glow. "Something else is coming through!"

Sweetibelle immediately fell to pieces, slipped on her suit and joined her friends as they took their proper stances in front of the mirror.

The mirror had smoke pouring out, and out from it came a nightmare thought long gone.

"Ubermorph." The crusaders hissed.

Author's Notes:

You can see the Achievement as my new avatar. I can't figure out how to put it on though...