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My little Dead Space: Friendship is engineering.

by Shadowstalker

Chapter 17: Guards meet the guard.

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Sweetibelle and Babs were trotting on either side of their new guard. Babs still glanced at the stallion uneasily while Sweetiebelle had become used to his presence.

They were currently going down a dank hallway, their hooves echoing down the stretch of metal with each fall. Sweetiebelle and Nexus, as he had been dubbed, were currently scanning the vents and further down the hall. Eyes closed, they raised their ears as they stopped occasionally making Babs nervous.

"Sweetiebelle," Babs whispered. "What are we going to tell the others? That we just found a random pony out in the snow where we were being chased by a Nexus?"

"No, were going to tell them the truth." Sweetiebelle replied. "I fought the frozen Nexus, mutated it with magic... Like myself, and that he's on our side. And slightly clingy to me." She said as the stallion came closer to her again. "Nexus, we stay one hoof away from each other, remember?"

The stallion nodded briskly before taking a step to the side. She nodded and he went back to searching for any potential threats.

"Well, atleast he's stopped trying to kill us. That's another bonus, right?" Babs said.

"Yeah, I guess it is." Sweetiebelle nodded. "So, what class should he be? Because he can't be a Necronicorn like me... What about a Unimorph?"

"Unimorph?" Babs said. "It fits I guess." She shrugged. "Hey, do you hear that?"

"What?" Sweetiebelle asked. "The screaming? Yeah, and I know who it is too. Nexus, attack the one with blades and save the ones without blades. Attack on sight, got it?"

Nexus nodded once before viscous looking black fangs came out from his muzzle, two Slasher blades came out of his back and he added some plating to his belly and legs. He stopped and crouched in a galloping position.

Sweetiebelle and Babs looked ahead, Sweetieblle could hear the screaming clearly while Babs strained to. Once it became clear to Babs, her eyes widened.

"Get away you bladed freak!" One of the guards yelled shooting a few bullet's into a Slasher as him and the other guard ran. "Another one! Fuck my life!" He yelled leveling his gun at Nexus as the pony came barreling towards them.

Nexus went passed them and bit into the Slasher's legs, he quickly spun and slammed it against the wall. He pinned it's arms with his own fore-legs and cut them off before beheading it with his own blades. He got off and absorbed his weapons back into himself before sitting between the two guards.

The guards stared in shock at the carnage, one second the pony had charged them and as quickly as he appeared, it ended. They looked down at him before stepping to the side.

"You two have some explaining to do!" Sweetiebelle yelled making the two guards jump.

"Alright, alright, we can explain..." The one on the right said. "And he'll explain it to you." He pointed at the other guard who jumped back at the remark. "You are the one who slipped."

The other guard shook a fist at his partner before facing the steaming Necronicorn.

"I slipped on the lotion bottle you threw on the floor, my elbow hit the firing button when I fell."

Sweetiebelle's face became expressionless, she licked her lips nodding to herself before calmly trotting down the hall.

They all watched as she ignited her horn and blew a gaping hole through the wall in front of them and then, bend the hallway making a new, crudely made wall.

She trotted back and looked back up at them.

"I should let Nexus tear you apart," she said getting gasps from the guards and a growl from Nexus. "But I won't. Instead, I'm going to let you apologize to me, Babs, and Applebloom. I'll hold Applebloom while you talk to her. Now come on, were killing time and to few Necromorph's."

Armory.

"Ohh... I hate Stalkers..." Isaac grunted popping his shoulder back in place. "I can't believe that one managed to dislocate my shoulder."

"I know!" Scootaloo said crawling out of a crate. "It was bad enough when that same one smashed me into this crate. Hey, I found snow-cone flavoring... Weird." She said tipping the blue liquid in the bottle. "I think it's still good..."

"Is there any lemon? Because I want lemon."

She looked at him before shrugging and going back into the crate.

As she was busy fishing around in there, he sat next to Applebloom, who was currently laying back in a Stalker's rib-cage. She was awake, he knew because every so often her helmet would poke out and look around.

He stared at her for a second, remembering the fight.

Armory. Four minutes earlier.

Isaac was standing at the door leading to a new exit. He put a hand on the wall, while he took a deep breath.

"That... Was... bullshit." He said. "A goddamn ambush!" He pointed at the pile of corpses in front of the elevator. "Bullshit."

"Atleast I only had to deal with blades. Lucky thing the Pukers only went after you." Scootaloo chuckled.

He shook his head while looking down at his boots, he turned one on the side inspecting the corroded metal.

Scootaloo opened the door, Applebloom trotting behind both of them sluggishly but alert.

As soon as Isaac entered, a Stalker jumped up on a crate and charged him. He fell with a yelp as it ran away.

"Came from one ambush," he grunted getting up quickly. "And into another. So, we wait for them to come to us, or do we go to them?"

"I say we go for them." Scootaloo said. "That way they can't charge us."

"Well, what are we waiting for? An invitation and a fancy dinner? Let's fill them with some plasma!" Isaac said as he ran ahead.

The other two engineer's ran with him shortly after.

Isaac had a Stalker in a headlock, he ran it head-first into a wall and let go. It slid to the floor with an audible crack resonating around the room.

As he raised his gun again, another Stalker came running at him. Applebloom raised her Plasma cutter and cut off it's legs, Isaac stomped it's head in before going back to them.

"Alright, two down, two more to go." He said. "Let's go slowly." He raised his own gun and began going forward, matching his steps with the others.

They passed over the first corpse and immediately, a Stalker charged them again.

It rammed into Scootaloo and then took a hold of Isaac's arm. He gave a yelp, hitting it with his gun as it shook him into a crate. Applebloom put her Plasma cutter under it's throat and fired. The body slumped down pooling blood while the head spurted a few trickles before falling off.

Isaac fell to the ground, clutching his shoulder while Scootaloo's tentacles were laying out from inside the crate. Applebloom snorted once as the last Stalker charged.

She had her back turned to it, she closed her eyes and raised her plasma blade to her muzzle.

She spun around, grabbed it's head in a backward pull, it fell back, she landed in it's chest and with one swipe took it's head off.

Scootaloo was just sitting up when she saw Applebloom slump into the Stalker's chest. She let her helmet fold up and gave her friend an incredulous look.

"What?" The apple farmer said with a hint of agitation in her voice. "Ah'm tired and ah don't wanna' move." She said putting her Plasma cutter to her chest as if it were a teddy bear.

Present time.

"-aac? Isaac are you paying attention?" Scootaloo asked waving a hoof in front of him. "Hello? Equestria to Isaac, do you copy?"

"Yeah, yeah," he nodded. "Did anything else try to kill us while I was thinking?"

"No, but I found the lemon flavoring. I took one of every flavor just in case. Babs and Sweetibelle found their way back... Sweetiebelle said she was on the other side of the wall; and Babs also said that her and Sweetiebelle picked up three others."

"Oh... Can she still make the snow-cones?"

Two hooves meeting two face-plates echoed throughout the room.

"What? I'm hungry..."

Two minutes earlier.

"Listen, I am so sorry about the whole tube thing. Really, I-"

"Would you please stop!?" Sweetibelle and Babs shouted at the guards. "You both have been saying that since we brought you along!"

They both gulped and nodded before slinking back slightly.

"So, where are the others?" Babs asked. "You said they'd be here, but all I see is a wall."

"They're behind the wall." Sweetiebelle replied with a role of her eyes. "Alright, guards, Babs, Nexus... Your going to have to climb in my stomach."

She was met with silence while Nexus stood in attention in front of her.

"Just do it, and quit being sissies." Sweetiebelle replied growing in size.

The guards and Babs were about to make a run for it when Sweetiebelle grabbed them all with a set of Drag Tentacles and rose up onto her back legs. She threw them in the air and caught them like popcorn.

She got onto her belly and had Nexus quickly crawl down her throat. With a gulp, she rubbed her throat for a second before turning to the wall.

The other side of the wall. Observation Deck.

"So, when do you think the others will be back?" Norton asked Santos. "What do you think Carver?"

"They'll be here soon." Replied the soldier. "Hold on, what's that noise?" He asked shouldering his gun.

Ahead of them a low rumble could be head across from the Nexus's head. In a loud bang, the wall was dented in, another bang rang out as another dent was made followed by a groan. The metal around the dents was outlined by an orange ring that quickly dripped down the sheets.

The wall finally gave in with a final hit, Carver fired at the white intruder but stopped once he saw what he was shooting at.

Sweetiebelle closed her eyes from the bullets, stepping forward she didn't register the ice she was walking on. She slipped just as her vision was coming back, and quickly wished she couldn't see.

Her cheeks turned a bright scarlet as she unhooked her mandibles from the frozen Nexus's own teeth. She looked to the observation deck and crawled along the frozen remains of the creature.

Norton raised his gun at Sweetiebelle, but it was quickly put down when Carver held it down and shook his head. Norton stepped back with a grunt.

Sweetiebelle put her fore-claws onto the Observation Deck and raised her hackles, scrunched up her muzzle slightly and began regurgitating the others.

They slid out in mess of limbs. The guards were the first to get up, shakily fling and wiping the goo off. Babs got up and started to shake herself clean like a wet dog while getting more on the guards. Nexus just sat, eyes closed and ears splayed back.

Sweetiebelle shrunk down again and climbed back onto the Deck. Her blush was still sitting heavily on her white cheeks. She kept her emerald eyes to the floor as she sat next to Santos.

"Are... What just happened?"

"Ah'm gonna kill you two!"

"Get back here Applebloom!"

Sweetiebelle and the others turned sharply and saw Isaac, Scootaloo, and Appleboom, who was in mid-jump and clearly going for the guards throats.

Scootaloo caught Applebloom and held her away from the guards. She kept trying to reach them whichever way she could, biting, swinging, even taking out her Plasma cutter before she could fire.

"Isaac? Applebloom? Scootaloo?" The guards asked in surprise. "Long time no see. Small universe, huh?"

"Let me at em' so ah can beat em' with their own arms!" Applebloom yelled at them.

"How did you all get here so fast?" Carver asked. "And who are those three?" He nodded towards the guards and Nexus.

"Well," Isaac said. "Scootaloo could have apparently teleported us back here anytime she would have liked. So, after she did, the first thing we see is Sweetiebelle making out with the frozen Nexus over there. Now, what the hell was going on here?"

"Nothing! Nothing at all! And I did not kiss the Nexus!" Sweetiebelle stomped her hoof. "I slipped and fell conveniently there... That's all!" She said pouting.

The room was filled with a strong silence afterwards, no one or pony moved. Scootaloo quietly took out the flavoring's that instantly drew everyone's attention.

"So, who want's snow-cones?" She asked.

Author's Notes:

Credit for the new class goes to AlfaMaxis. So now everyone is happy with the names, and I get a new OC. I'd say this is a pretty good deal. (Cue people who disagree for the fun of it.)

Next Chapter: Into the belly of the beast- Part 4. Estimated time remaining: 3 Hours, 3 Minutes
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