Isaac lifted his head up; a web of slime connected his helmet and the throat lining of the Nexus. As he looked around, the Nexus began to swallow him. He tried to pull himself out, but the walls pulled him down before only his hand stuck up.

With a final push, he lunged out from the throat but it caught him by the legs and pulled him down finally. Halfway down, he hit something solid and then that gave out. Falling into a pool of foul smelling liquid.

When it cleared around his visor and his lights kicked in to full, he saw two angry engineers and a unicorn attempting to vomit. He shrugged in response before they all looked to a wall. Nest's opened up exposing the yellow bulbs. Swimming back, Isaac got out his Negotiator, while Applebloom got out her plasma cutter.

As Scootaloo got rid of the one hanging on the left, they focused on the one in the middle. Down on the bottom of the stomach, Sweetiebelle had given up trying to purge the stomach contents of the Nexus. Looking up through the liquid, she saw the Nest on the right still active and ready to fire. She charged her horn and fired off a quick bolt of magic, no spell in mind.

It fired and hit the Nest in the center of the bulbs, the liquid around it solidified before she realized what was happening.

As the stomach lining and the liquid turned to stone, the others backed away looking at Sweetiebelle. As they all thought of throwing her into the spell, the Nexus shook violently, the sounds of a fight were heard through the sloshing. With a heave and gurgle, all the remaining liquid began to swirl towards a hole not yet touched by the spell. With a single thought in mind, they all went towards it and were sucked in.

Going up the throat again, they all exited in mid air giving Scootaloo enough time to take flight, and for Nexus to leap in front of the dying Nexus and grab Sweetiebelle and Applebloom.

As Isaac hit a snow covered ridge, he slid again before being pushed off when the Nexus fell next to where he landed. Falling again, he was nearly thrown over the edge as Nexus came down with Sweetiebelle and Carver. When Isaac looked up, Norton was there. He kicked Isaac before backing away, a gun raised towards Isaac's chest.

"You made us come down here!" He said angrily pointing a finger at Isaac "You encouraged her!"

Isaac grabbed his own gun before Norton continued on with his rant.

"Now look where we are! Between Danik shooting at us and... Whatever the fuck that was, what chance have we got?"

"We've got five, Norton." Isaac said. "Remember, the fillies, they're professionals at this, like they said. It doesn't have to be like this."

"What's that supposed to mean? You want me to trust four horses?"

"No," Isaac said. "I want you to trust the five most dangerous things in existence. To them, this is nothing... Norton, just think about it. Sure, we've got Danik shooting at us, but we've got an army of our own. We have two hybrids that can turn into a Nexus and use magic! We have another that steals the souls of the Necromorphs and uses them as her own servants, and then, then there's Applebloom. She's taken on entire hordes alone and won. Norton, please, is this what Ellie would want? For you to kill a friend? To know there's a murderer with her?"

Norton, looking at him, blinked rapidly while shaking his head. Putting a hand to his fore-head, he stopped and took in a deep breath. Nodding with slumped shoulders, he holstered his gun and nodded.

"Fine, fine..." He said. "If were all lucky enough, we'll die in some instantaneous explosion."

"Actually," Sweetiebelle said coming out from Nexus's jaws. "I already died, and I don't want to do that again."

"Eww." Scootaloo said shaking goo off herself. "It's like I got eaten by Sweetiebelle again."

"Was my stomach really like that?" Sweetiebelle asked poking her slight pudge. "All slimy and green?"

"Yes!" Came the response from Isaac, Applebloom and Scootaloo.

As Carver got Norton, Applebloom looked back at the cliffs. Seeing a man there standing on a petrified Nexus, he bowed from what she could see, she gave a salute and watched him leave.

As they were going to the rest of the group, Sweetiebelle saw multiple gunships flying away, two of them with white Markers. Smiling, she ran over Isaac and nudged his leg. He looked down and got onto his knee, she leaned forward and whispered something into his ear. He looked back at her before nodding.

As they hurried to the group, Ellie saw them and began running over with a smile towards Norton. He looked away with a frown as Isaac stopped her with an outstretched arm. She looked at him, frowning before Carver cleared his throat.

"Ellie, Santos, Babs, knuckle heads," he nodded to the two guards. "Norton here has a little announcement he'd like to make. Concerning how Danik found us and his recent activities, isn't that right, Norton?"

"Norton," Ellie said. "What is he talking about? What about Danik?"

"Ya coltfriend here," Applebloom said. "Is a yellow-bellied, lying traitor! He led Danik right to us."

"We were almost killed by Danik when he caught us." Sweetiebelle said.

"He was promised a ship if he hoofed over Isaac, with the exception of Danik lying." Scootaloo said.

"And then, he was about to kill me." Isaac said making Ellie slowly look at Norton. "He had the right intentions, he just did the wrong actions. So, I'd say I'm pissed at him, and that's true," they all gave him a look. "But, I can understand where he's coming from."

There was a total silence, the only thing that could be heard was the arctic wind whistling.

Isaac was then hit in the head with a snowball.

"Did ya hit ya head too hard!?" Applebloom yelled lifting a barrel up with her Kinesis. "Ah have half a mind to squish ya both!"

"Wait! Wait!" Norton yelled. "Ellie, I know what you're thinking, but I-"

She slapped him hard across the face. He sighed, keeping his head at an angle. She stared at him for a moment, hot tears streaming down her cheeks. She opened her mouth to say something, but then huffed and walked away.

"Woman," Isaac said. "I know how you feel."

"I bet." Norton grunted. "So, at this point, I'm guessing she's available; so, feel free to ruin my life more."

"I just came to make sure she was alright," he snapped. "I get she's not interested me-wait. Why the hell am I even talking to you? Carver, make sure he doesn't do anything, our resident goddesses have an announcement for their followers."

As Carver took Norton to a corner, the three fillies all got onto a barrel and stood in attention, pleasant smiles on their faces.

"Brother Isaac," the cult leader said again. "Hello-my leaders!" He bowed on camera; Isaac making sure every receiver got the signal he was giving out on all channels. "What is your request, life bringers?"

"We came with a message." Sweetiebelle said. "To not only thank you, but to give you, all of you, your directions. The one and only speech that will be needed. I would suggest recording this."

He gave the order, multiple people going around in a hurry as they got the screen on camera. With a nod, Sweetiebelle began.

"To my children of the New Unitologists," she said. "Me, and the fellow creators, are here to give you a message to carry out throughout the centuries."

"For those who choose to follow the lighted path, they shall find peace and tranquility as apposed to those who would defy it. In the end, there shall be only yourself, and those that you have grown attached too, and the ones they have. In your time of need, in your time of death, there will be no corruption like the Necromorphs brought on by the false Markers. You will be made stronger, and you will prosper."

"For those in the church, let you worship to your hearts content, and spread the teachings you have learned to others who have not joined. Let those who spill blood against the church, let their blood be spilled to fill the cracks they have made, and let their souls burn in Tartarus for eternity. That is all, goodbye, my children of the white Marker."

The transmission ended and her friends looked at her. She merely rolled her eyes.

"They already have two Markers," she said. "I might as well encourage them."

There was an echo of face-palms, and face-hooves.

Author's Notes:

Don't worry, Norton will get his due. I have a plan. They really need an EvilShy emoticon where she has a pair of devil horns. See what I did there? But seriously, either that or an evil Spike one.