"Oh no!" Santos exclaimed. "What about the sensor parts?"

"Three pieces right?" He asked. "Well, it's a long shot but I'll take a look around."

He cut off the link and looked around, scanning the area he nodded to himself.

"Alright, well split up into groups of two. Me and Sweetiebelle will be together, Applebloom and Babs, and Scootaloo can be alone. Now, split up and look for parts."

"What? Why do I have to be alone?" Scootaloo questioned angrily.

"I think it's pretty obvious the others have been taken." Isaac said sauntering away with Sweetiebelle.

"Sorry scoot's," Applebloom said. "But the engineer has spoken."

As they trotted away, Babs merely shrugged at Scootaloo as she sat there with her jaw hanging down.

Further down, Isaac and Sweetiebelle were climbing down the ladder, the rungs creaking in protest against them as Isaac took another step.

"You know, you don't have to stand on my head." Isaac said as Sweetiebelle looked down at him with emerald puppy dog eyes. "I didn't say I didn't enjoy it. Your like a fluffy scarf." She smiled before jumping the rest of the way down.

Isaac finally got down, watching as Sweetiebelle's leg's straightened out from the impact. She looked at him, flashing a fanged smile, he shuddered under his suit.

"OK, there's a piece over there and there." Isaac said. "You grab the one on the right, I'll get the one on the left."

Sweetiebelle trotted away, looking around at the numerous icy shapes. She picked up the piece and slipped it in her suit, something else caught her eye. A circuit was resting comfortably in a pile of ammo, with a smile, she reached out and pulled.

She was brought back and fell on her flank when it didn't budge. She frowned and pulled again. The same result.

"Hey Isaac, I found this weird circuit over here. It won't budge no matter how hard I pull." She said.

He looked up from sorting through ammo and walked over, seeing her struggle to lift the circuit he cocked his head before reaching down.

"Here, let me try, I've been working out since Titan." He said.

He grabbed it and pulled, it didn't budge so he put both hands on it and pulled. The muscles under his suit flexed from the strain, with a grunt he lost his grip and fell back.

"Dammit, is it frozen or something?" He asked.

She looked at it and shook her head no.

"What the hell is it's problem then?" He asked. "Hey, Scootaloo! Did you find a piece yet?"

"Yeah, I can see one down there." she replied back on the comm. "What are you two doing? Did you find something?"

"Yeah, we found a circuit that's breaking the laws of physics." Isaac replied. "It won't even move an inch. No matter how hard we pull, it just wont go anywhere."

"Is it pink?" Scootaloo joked as she came down on small wings.

"Uh," he looked at it and stopped for a second. "Yeah, and some of the wires are sticking out. How'd you know?"

"I... Didn't." She said slowly trotting over herself. "Weird."

All four of her tentacles came out and grabbed a corner of the circuit. She pulled with all of her strength, the muscle under the bone plating bulged and flexed. With a huff, she let go and retracted her appendages.

"I can't even move it." She said in disbelief. "And I'm a living legend. I'm part of the shadows, the supernatural itself."

"Hey, are yall done down there?" Applebloom yelled down. "Scoot's, could ya go get that part in that cage?" She pointed a armor clad hoof out past the small destroyed walkway, a wire hanging down below it.

Scootaloo saluted before running over, they all ignored the circuit and focused on the small pegasus.

Scootaloo looked over the edge of the walkway and saw the frame inside, she looked up and saw the cage being suspended by a loose wire. She frowned before lighting her horn up with a crimson energy; the frame was enveloped in the same light, it slowly came out and into her suit.

"Alright, Santos, we think we have all the parts for the sensor." Isaac said over the comm as he climbed back up the ladder.

"Excellent! Do you think you can reconstruct it?" She asked.

"I just need to find a bench and call up the blueprint. Shouldn't be to difficult."

He got to the top and Sweetiebelle helped pull him up. The ladder gave out from under him as he got back on the walkway, he looked down, staring at what could have been him skewered and buried in metal.

"Ya know," Applebloom spoke up as they walked to the door. "Has anypony else noticed it's been awfully... Quiet? We haven't been attacked since we came in here."

"Are you complaining?" Isaac asked as they entered the rotating door.

"Na'h, it's just... Weird." She muttered. "Like somethin' bad's gonna happen at any moment."

"I'm sure nothing bad will happen." Isaac dismissed her with a wave of his hand.

The door opened and they stepped back out into the frozen waste of crates.

And the Snowbeast came back from over the wall.

"Ya were sayin' Isaac?" Applebloom muttered.

"Don't you start with me, you've done it twice. And I was the victim both times."

"Girls, and guy," Scootaloo said. "Can we focus on the large Necromorph in front of us?"

As they all aimed their weapons at it, it stood glaring at Sweetiebelle. She unfolded her helmet and stepped forward.

It took a step forward, giving a roar.

Her eyes turned crimson, the veins turning black while the whites turned red. She puffed up her chest and let out her own roar, albeit it was very high pitched, but nevertheless, it had the desired effect.

It backed up, shaking it's head in irritation. She gave another roar, changing her vocal cords, it was a deep roar like a Brute's. It looked at her once before scuttling back over the wall.

"Guys, that beast thing keeps running off before we can kill it." Isaac said over the comm.

"I scared it off by roaring at it!" Sweetiebelle added enthusiastically.

"Right," Norton replied. "So, about those snow cones..."

"Can it dirt bag, I still haven't forgotten about your little remark." Isaac warned. "And I don't think you'd want Applebloom to know what you said, do you?"

"What? What that'd snake say bout' me!?" Applelboom shouted. "Ah swear ah'll beat him like a rug!" She yelled over the comm.

"Oh shit! I'm... Breaking... Talk later..." He made static like noises over the comm. The ponies and human rolled their eyes, clearly seeing through it.

"Isaac, what did he say?" Applebloom asked.

"Um, I don't think-"

"Ah didn't ask ya to think, ah asked ya what he said." She said taking out her shotgun. "Now, what did he say?" She cocked it, letting a shell fall intimidatingly to the snow. She narrowed her eyes at the man before pointing the gun between his legs, he yelped and covered his crotch plate.

"Applebloom! What the hell!?" Isaac yelled as he jumped side-to-side, trying to avoid her aim.

"What. Did. He. Say?" She asked slowly.

Isaac looked at the crusaders, they looked equally as shocked, if not more than him. Babs quickly nodded.

"He said, you should have just let Babs take the hit!" Isaac yelled in a breath.

Applebloom's face fell, the gun lowered, her left eye twitched as she went to go sit by a crate.

"He... Let... Babs..." She muttered as her eyes danced to the sides, scanning the snow in front of her.

"Bloom, are you... Are you alright?" Sweetiebelle asked.

Applebloom stopped, she froze like a statue. Slowly, she got up, a look of pure anger adorned her.

"No." She said lifting her shot gun up again, only this time her hoof was on the rocket launcher's trigger. "Nopony messes with the apple family!"

"Wow, Applebloom calm down!" Sweetiebelle said.

"Calm down!? Calm down!?" Aplpebloom yelled as she pointed the gun at her friend. "No! Ah'm not gonna calm down! He's went to far this time!"

As she began to trot heavily but quickly towards the door, Sweetiebelle put a clawed hoof in her way. Applebloom looked up at her with a sigh.

"You not gonna move, are ya?" She asked.

Sweetiebelle shook her head in response.

Applebloom sighed and shrugged.

The next part flashed by in seconds, but went by to them in near hours.

Applebloom pointed her gun at Sweetiebelle and fired. The rocket flew out and hit her in the roof of her mouth, she reared up letting out a roar as brain matter fell to the ground. She fell by Isaac, he jumped as she hit sending a small shock wave out.

"Ah'm endin' this now." Applebloom mumbled as her pupils began to dilate. "And nopony is gonna stop me!"

Sweetiebelle had regenerated her lost brain matter when she looked at her friend in shock.

"Applebloom, that's-"

Scootaloo was cut off when Appleblood aimed her gun at her and fired. Scootaloo teleported out of the way, while just missing the second rocket as she reappeared.

"Ok, fine, if that's how you want to play." Scootaloo frowned as she dropped her form and replaced it with her natural form.

Appleblood sneered at Slenderloo, she fired another rocket for it only to be caught by Slenderloo's aurora. She sent it back and Appleblood grabbed it in her kinesis before shooting it back along with a second rocket. She detonated the first with a shotgun blast, letting the second be covered as it flew past the flames.

Slenderloo put her wings up in defense when the wave of fire hit, she was completely unprepared when the second rocket flew out and exploded next to her.

She was flung away, sliding in the snow she slowly got up. Her wings were partially singed, her mane smelled like soot.

Appleblood trotted up, before Slenderloo could speak she lifted the butt of the weapon and slammed it against her head, knocking her out.

Sweetiebelle had just gotten up, she looked at her unconscious friend, and her other psychotic friend standing over her. Now, she felt a twang of fear when the small southern filly looked at her.

"Out'a ma'h way Sweetie." She spoke, her voice on the edge of he killer mode and normal voice. It was cheerfully, but angry all at the same time. "Ah don't want to have to hurt ya."

Sweetiebelle narrowed her crimson eyes in response, growing her armor out she grew to her full size. Standing three times taller as any Tripod, she took up nearly the entire circle the vicinity. Appleblood narrowed her eyes, she took out her Planet cracker Plasma cutter.

Sweetiebelle merely cocked her head at her choice of weaponry.

'What is she going to do with that?' She thought. 'My armor can deflect airship bullets as if they were rubber.'

She found out when Appleblood finished the short gap between them. She jumped up and grabbed onto one of Sweetiebelle's mandibles, the surprised Necronicorn's mandible swung inward, Appleblood used the momentum to propel herself inside her friend's mouth.

Sweetiebelle gagged before swallowing, a dawning realization quickly made itself know in her mind.

'I don't have armor inside of me... Uh oh.'

She put an armored clawed hoof to her belly as she felt it being sliced up from the inside. She gave a blood muted roar as she fell down; she breathed heavily and passed out when she felt the red hot plasma cut through her hide.

Appleblood trotted out, she unfolded her helmet, a look of anguish and regret mixed with anger and loathing were present on her features.

"Applebloom, stop!" Isaac yelled as he got in her way. "Please..." He asked getting onto his knees. "I know Norton's a complete douchebag, but do you really need to kill him? It's bad-"

"Wait," Applebloom said. "Kill him? Ah didn't say ah was gonna kill anypony. Ah wasn't gonna kill him." She shook her head in disgust. "Ah was just gonna ask Ellie if ah could just rough him up." She shrugged.

"So, let me get this straight..." He rubbed his temples. "You fucked up your friends so you in turn, could ask Ellie if you could fuck up Norton?"

"Eeyup." She replied guiltily.

"How the fuck am I still alive with you three around me?" He laughed. "Seriously, I was about to shit myself thinking you were about to kill me."

"Eenope. Only knock ya out." She grinned. "Hey, Isaac," Applebloom muttered quietly now. "C-Could ya make sure their safe?" She rubbed a hoof along Sweetiebelles armored side, keeping it there to feel the heavy breathing. "She should be wakin' up now."

Sweetiebelle, as if on command, slowly, painfully, opened her eyes.

She shrunk down and stood, coughing for a moment. She looked over Applebloom, hesitant at first, but seeing her friend's small smile, she trotted over quietly and sat.

"Sorry bout' that Sweetie." Applebloom muttered, looking downcast at the snow. "Ah didn't mean to hurt yall."

"Hey," Sweetiebelle put a hoof on her shoulder. "You were just protecting family. And, that was pretty awesome with what you did. You've never been able to take me down during combat simulations."

"Wait, what?" Isaac and Babs asked at the same time. "Combat... Simulations?"

"Later." Sweetiebelle smirked. "I'll scoop up, Scoot's and we can get moving."

Applebloom gave a nod, she turned back to her cousin, who, was staring at her aghast.

Applebloom gave a small toothy smile and shrugged. Babs responded with a snort.

They all got up, Isaac brushing some snow off his head before his helmet folded back up.

"Hey," Isaac said on the comm. "Did you leave those flares there, Ellie?" He asked.

"No, that means Danik and his men must have gotten in there. Crap."

"Sucks for them." Isaac said. "Because they have no idea what their messing with." He chuckled.

Sweetiebelle had made herself as large as her sister, her features were rough at best but she looked no different than a large filly. She had Slenderloo draped across her back, using her own tendrils to keep her friend's tentacles from catching on anything.

Isaac picked up the shredded remains of Sweetiebelle's suit and put them into his inventory. he waved the three others on as he entered the doorway again.

As they entered, the message could once again be heard. Babs and Applebloom both frowned as they heard the part of slaughter.

As they passed through the chairs and tables, the two fillies stopped and gave a silent goodbye to the souls killed. Isaac watched in thought, Sweetiebelle knew what they were doing and did the same.

The three crusaders opened their eyes and only smiled towards Isaac, he started to walk again, slightly slower as he heard Slenderloo begin to mumble.

They opened another door leading to a similarly set area; crates were stacked in the middle, a few were scattered around the area, and the trail of flares led to the armory door.

"Hey, any chance we could get her on her hooves early?" Isaac asked.

Sweetiebelle turned her head backwards with a snap, Isaac jumped back slightly at the sight. She gave him a quick glance before fixing her gaze back to her friend.

Sweetiebelle looked at her friend's faceless head before putting the tip of her horn to Slenderloo's. A pink energy was transferred from Sweetiebelle to Slenderloo.

The area that was Slenderloo's eyes started to shine a dim green, it momentarily darkened from top to bottom simultaneously before glowing a brighter green. She lifted her head up and looked around.

Her ears splayed back as she saw Applebloom. Her mouth split, revealing a black hole writhing with similarly colored tentacles. They spilled out from her mouth and a few holes in her cheek's before a few even wormed their way through her neck. With her wings outstretched, she flailed her tentacles around.

"Oh, she remembers what ah did." Applebloom grinned. "How are ya feelin' scoot's?" She asked nervously.

"Like I was nearly killed." Slenderloo replied straightening herself out. "How are you, mentally?" She asked.

"Fine, fine..." Applebloom muttered. "Ah'm sorry bout' blowin' ya up. Isaac said ya thought ah was plannin' on killin' Norton."

"That seemed like the logical conclusion when you went berserk on us. Luckily Sweetiebelle stopped you while I was knocked out."

"Funny thing about that." Babs muttered. "Applebloom actually took down Sweeiebelle with her Plasma cutter... From the inside."

"Sweetiebelle, did you swallow Applebloom?"

Isaac repressed a snicker as he watched Slenderloo's faceless expression as her friend gave a no.

"Then, who stopped you?" Slenderloo asked.

"Isaac." Applebloom said bluntly. "All he did was talk with me."

"He... Talked?" She repeated. "Out of us all, the meat shield stopped you with words?"

"Meat shield? I don't-"

"Not now meat shield," Slenderloo said as she changed back. "Seriously, who stopped you?"

"Isaac."

"Applebloom, I want a real answer, not a joke."

"Oh for the love of christ, get in there and let's go kill Danik's soldiers!" Isaac yelled as he pulled Scootaloo in by the ear.

The others giggled as she was pulled, Applebloom stopped and stumbled, shaking her head she caught up.

"Hey, Applelboom, are you alright?" Sweetiebelle asked gruffly, her vocal cords scratchy from the size difference.

"Just light headed. That's... All..." Applebloom closed her eyes, curling up on the floor, she began to snore lightly.

Sweetiebelle sighed before placing the filly on her back.

Author's Notes:

The fight was just for you SCP, hope ya feel better.

Oh, and I made a new word to describe Sweetiebelle. Necronicorn, (Necro-nicorn). What do you think? Pretty awesome, right?