The power was out. The soldiers begun talking among themselves, wondering if patient 4 was responsible for the sudden blackout.
Soon enough, they realized if the power was cut, then the Kinetic restraints to the bulkhead door were knocked out, which meant the bulkhead doors were opening. And if the bulkhead doors were open...
Noises could be heard from the outside, growls and groaning flooded the soldiers ears. They readied their weapons. A couple of soldiers threw their weapons to the side and ran through the next door in a vain attempt to escape the coming slaughter.
A few seconds of patient waiting, one of the hideous creatures stepped out from the darkness, revealing itself to be unlike any of the other necromorphs. It was taller, stronger and unknown to the soldiers, it could also regenerate its limbs no matter how many times they were shot off.
Above them in the security checkpoint, a man wearing the advanced armor suit stood watch. He gave a quick look outside the bullet proof windows then back to the power core which he had ripped from the wall.
Was it worth it?
Was it worth killing perhaps the last humans on board Titan Station, just to advance further into the facility? He didn't answer his own question. He couldn't. Then, he heard something below him.
A few shots sounded out, then hundreds. The necromorphs at the other side of the room advanced on them with great speed, all except for the taller one which simply walked down the hallway, letting the rest of the necro army tear into the small force of soldiers.
Isaac listened as the screams from the soldier rung out and watched as the flashlights to their weapons went out one by one. Before Isaac had a moment to reflect upon his actions, a screen flashed in front of him. It was Tiedman.
"You compromised the compound, you... Idiot"!
It was safe to say he wasn't very happy. If anything he was more fearful than he was angry.
"If any of them reach the marker"...
Tiedman turned his attention to whatever soldiers were in front of him.
"Fall back! Fall back to the marker chamber! We have to seal it off"!
The screen flashed for a second before static overwhelmed it and shut down.
Isaac looked back outside. The army of necromorphs kept coming with no end in sight. He could still hear gunshots and screaming. Though Isaac could no longer see any remaining flashlights, it must have meant that the soldiers within the next few rooms were still fighting for their lives.
Isaac left the security checkpoint and made his way downstairs, trying to drown out the screams echoing around him.
After he had reached the ground level, he noticed a wide window to his right. Outside were several necromorphs slowly advancing. Some walking, some crawling. Whatever human bodies were scattered round the room, the infectors did what they did best. Turn them into more foot soldiers for the ever growing army of hellspawn.
Isaac gave a moment of pause, waiting for the twisted creatures to leave into the next room, then exited the security lookout and through the door. His approach didn't go unnoticed.
The necromorphs still in the room turned round fiercely, seeing the human and charged. The first to attack was a dark slasher along with some of the smaller green insect like necromorphs
Isaac fired with his javelin gun. The spear like projectile hit the dark slasher in its chest. The slasher roared in pain and shrugged it off and kept charging. Isaac expected as much and pressed a second button on the weapon.
A javelin let off a powerful electric shock, frying the necromorph and all the small insect like necromorphs that surrounded it.
A puker from the far side from the room took its chances and spat a disgusting ball of acid puke at Isaac. Isaac dodged it just in time and fired at the monster and another puker which crawled its way towards Isaac.
Issac switched to his plasma cutter and shot the first puker and dismembered its arm and then a leg. The creature fell to the ground dead. He turned his attention to the next puker, still crawling towards him. Isaac aimed at the abomination but before he could fire, another bug necromorph behind him latched onto his back, slashing at him.
Isaac tried to whack it off but it kept moving around. The puker started to gurgle and vomit up its puke as soon as it had a good enough shot on Isaac and fired.
Isaacs reflexes kicked in and he ducked barely in time and the puke flew overhead and some of the puke splashed onto the bug necro causing it to shriek and fall onto the floor. Unfortunately some of the puke had splashed on top of isaacs back causing him to cry in pain. Part of the suits metal dissolved only slightly and the health meter on the back of the suit dropped from blue to green.
The puker crawled its way over to Isaac once again, who tried to use a small health pack on himself as he thought he had enough time. Once it was close enough, it lashed out at Isaac, forcing him to drop the health pack onto the floor.
The puker tried to attack again. Unfortunately for itself, Isaac was quicker as he crushed its head with his heavy boots, turning the soft flesh of the pukers head into nothing more than a stinking pile of mush.
The battle wasn't over yet. A second slasher and an exploder came though the hallway, the gunfire must have drawn their attention.
Isaac shook his head and aimed his plasma cutter at the exploders yellow blobby arm and fired. The result was both necromorphs consumed in a huge explosion of foul yellow gunk.
After a few seconds of waiting for something else to try its luck, Isaac bent down and picked up the health pack, now covered in the brains of the dead puker, and healed himself. His green bar boosted itself back up to blue.
Isaac walked down the hallway and was about to enter the next room until he noticed the body of one of the soldiers to his left. His visor had been smashed, revealing his eyes. He seemed to have been stabbed in his chest and had his stomach slashed across. His intestines painted the cold steel floor in blood.
The lifeless eyes stared back at Isaac. They seemed to ask one question. "Why"? A question Isaac couldn't bring himself to answer even in his head. At least not right away. He looked at the body a while longer before finally giving it an answer.
"You gave me no choice".
And with that, Isaac tore his gaze off the soldiers haunting eyes and walked further into the facility.
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"I'm not doing it".
Isaac seemed to be finding it hard to believe that he was talking to three ponies. But now, the white one, Sweetie belle, had told him that another unicorn called Twilight could send him back home with her magic. It sounded ridiculous.
"But why"? Pleaded Applebloom.
"Magic does not exist, okay? I'd have thought your parents would have told you that by your age".
"But-".
"No".
The three fillies froaned in unison. They then huddled and spoke in hushed voices in which Isaac couldn't hear.
The armored human looked round, careful not to injure his muscles any further and noticed to his left the broken javelin, the detonator mine and...
"God damn it". He spoke to himself, hoping the young ponies didn't hear his foul language. He looked back at the fillies, they were still talking among themselves, not one of them facing him.
Quickly he seized the slasher arm with his kinesis module and shot it deep into the Everfree forest behind him. As the arm was forcefully launched, it made a small *whoosh* noise, catching the orange pegasus's attention.
"What was that"?
"What was what"? Isaac lied, deciding that telling them chucking a severed arm into a forest was not a good move on his part.
The three little ponies turned back to Isaac, getting back to their original plan of getting him to come with them. Applebloom spoke.
"If y'all don't at least try, how do you know it won't work".
"I don't".
"So why not ask her for help"?
"... I work better alone". This time Isaac spoke the truth. Almost everyone who tried to help Isaac, or if Isaac tried to help them would have been killed one way or another like Hammond, Stross and DR Kyne. And even when they were alive, they always had entrusted Isaac to carry out the most dangerous tasks.
"But what about putting trust into other ponies"? Sweetie belle asked.
"I tried that with a girl called Ellie".
"And"?
"She tried to shoot me in the face, first time we met".
The three girls eyes widened. Isaac quickly interjected before they panicked.
"But we ended up being great partners and helped each other though tough times"!
That seemed to work as their eyes returned to normal size.
"Then ya got nothing ta lose if ya just try. Like with this Ellie fella. Plus, Ah know Twilight well. She would never try ta shoot ya".
"... Maybe, but...".
"Please Mr robot"?
The three filles eyes grew wide once again, but no in shock. This time they were pulling the most adorable faces they could make. Isaac just stared back before giving in and sighing.
"Alight. I'll give it a go. And my name is Isaac, not Mr robot".
"But if you're not a robot, why are you covered in that rad metal"? Asked Scootaloo, impressed with the advanced suits design ever since Isaac had first fallen out of the sky.
"It's a suit to protect me. My real body is hidden under the armor". Responded Isaac.
The fillies nodded.
"Ready to go, Mr Isaac"?
"One second".
Isaac walked over to his left and picked up the broken javelin gun and the detonator mine. He put the javelin gun away on his back and the mine in one of his pockets.
"Okay, ready".
All four of them walked towards the town of Ponyville.
A few minutes of walking in silence later, they had reached Ponyville. They were just about to walk into the town when Isaac realized something.
"Whoa hold on, hold on. How am I meant to get across the town without causing a panic"?
The three fillies looked at Isaac, then at each other and then back to Isaac again.
"What do you mean"?
"Well, I'm a human, something that your species has probably never seen before, and if any of them see a dangerous looking monster waltzing through town, its bound to cause panic and chaos".
"...Oh".
The three fillies begun thinking as hard as they could, trying to think of a solution to how Isaac could meet Twilight without him even stepping one foot into town. Then...
"Ah got it"! Applebloom smiled in joy with her new idea.
"Why don't we just hide Mr Isaac in the clubhouse an get Twilight ta meet him there"?
The other two fillies thought about it, trying to find any flaws in Appleblooms plan. There didn't seem to be any.
"Sounds good to me".
"Me too. What about you Mr Isaac"?
Isaac sighed. "Whatever works best".
The three fillies beamed at his answer and lead the human towards Sweet Apple Acres.