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// Invasion 
// Story: Twisted Minds 
// by Sillyponyme 
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	Azaliah had overseen getting the nuke, it had taken all night. With the fog as thick as it was, it had taken time to collect and Azaliah wasn’t happy about it. It had to be carried by plane and set down in the exact area above the hole. “Ok, a little more to the left.” Slowly the nuke dangled to the left as well as many other directions previously. “You’re good to go, drop the nuke.” As instructed, the nuke was released. Azaliah was the only one other then the pilots in the plan that had to book it out of the area. Everyone else had been instructed to stay away. The nuke fell hundreds of feet downward until the tip of it hit the marker and blew sky high. The explosion shot straight up the hole and out the top. The earth shook violently from the blast. Those at plenty of distance away could feel the blast go off. 

Metal, rock, flesh and anything else that was down there in the hole shot up and landed miles from where the explosion went off except for the marker, it hadn’t been damaged from what Azaliah could tell. Some people had to dodge the shrapnel, lucky for everyone, they had all been warned and so they had expected it. Most people were smart enough to stay in their homes. There were some necromorphs that had been pinned by flying debris that weren’t near the hole. 

At that point the sounds of a faint alarm could be heard in the distance. Azaliah pulled up her holovid and called up the prison. “Pick up, come on.” Just then a man came on. 
“Azaliah, help, the-” Blood splattered and the tip of a blade could be seen. The holovid went dark. “No, this didn’t solve anything.” Azaliah stomped on the ground angrily.





Axel sat on the old stool in the corner of his cell with a smile on his face. Some guards came by and handed Axel his food through a slot in the bars. “Eat up; you’ll be here for a while.” The cop set the plate down and walked off, both guards laughed as they walked out of sight.

“You really think that I failed you fool, no it was Azaliah who has failed. A new beginning is at hand and you can’t stop it now.” Axel looked at the dirty rags that he was given to wear. The orange jumpsuit was dirty and caked with mud. “They will respect me soon enough, they will all respect me.”

“Give it a rest; you’re the worst of us all.” A man in the cell next to him said annoyed with Axels complaining or bragging; it was hard to tell.

“No one understands like I do, my ancestors had the world saved until that filthy Isaac Clarke interfered. They decided to wait until he died of old age to continue with their plans but his awful offspring ruined all hopes for that. One by one they were taken down and what’s worse is that the government insisted that they do it. They were just scared of the unknown, the cowards.” Axel went on and on about the injustice.

“Shut up man, I’d rather have the death penalty then to have to listen to this insane man.” Many of the convicts agreed and used whatever they could to plug their ears.

“Go ahead and ignore me, you’ll see the glory of being in the presence of the marker. It will unify us as one, we’ll be saved. Convergence will happen and no one can stop it this time.” Axel said proud of his accomplishment. A guard came over to his cell and hit the bars. 

“Quiet you-” A spike hit the side of his head and killed him. 

“Yes, come and take them all.” An infector jumped on the dead guard and stabbed him in the head with its proboscis. “Unite us; help us come together as one.” As he said that, a Brute charged through the wall of his cell and rammed into Axel. He hit the cell bars and his bones cracked. The Brute grabbed onto him and ripped him in half before an Infector came over and did to him what the other did to the guard.

Chaos rang through the prison; all the prisoners were set free. The alarm sounded and guard after guard ran in and lit up the area with bullets. The lights all over the prison went out and the fog rolled in through broken walls and windows. Not a thing could be seen but gun fire could be heard even over the alarm. 





Rainbow Dash and the others felt the earth shake. “It looks like the nuke went off.” Rainbow looked out the window to find it still foggy.

“So where is Sunset Shimmer? Surely she would have been back by now.” Rarity looked worried as she paced. 

Pinkie Pie felt her knee pinch. “I think we may have a problem, things are about to get real scary like.” The others looked at Pinkie, nodded and then looked at the window.

“We shouldn’t have let her go.” Applejack frowned and then saw something flash by the window. “Did any of ya see that?” AJ went over to the window and looked out it as best as she could with no help from the fog. After a moment of looking, she backed away from the window as a tiny grappling hook flew into it and stuck. “Whoa nelly.” AJ jumped backward after nearly getting shot between the eyes.

“AJ, what happened?” Rainbow and the others rushed over to their friend afraid that she had been hurt.

“Oh, oh my. Are you alright Applejack?” Fluttershy asked after she noticed the projectile halfway through the window.

“Yeah, just a bit freaked out.” One by one Necromorphs came over to the window and started pounding on it. The group inside the house backed up from the window. The sight was terrifying. “Any ideas girls?”

Soon there were at least ten necromorphs at the window pounding on it and making it crack. Fluttershy began to tear up and the others were ready to themselves. “I say we run out the back door.” Rainbow suggested.

“I don’t know Rainbow Dash, what if we’re surrounded?” Rarity asked.

“What if we aint though and besides, what other choice have we got?” AJ asked seeing the glass crack more and more.

The five girls looked at each other and nodded. The five of them ran to the kitchen grabbed some knives and then made their way to the back of the house. Rainbow peeked out the square window in the door. A Necromorph hit the window trying to get at them. “We’re goners.” The sound of the glass shattering made the five jump. “I’m not going down without a fight.” The others except for Fluttershy, who was too scared to move, agreed. They stood and waited as the undead creatures made their way to them. “We can do this right?” They all gulped and saw a small one come around the corner. 

“Let’s get em.” AJ and the others, with the exception of Fluttershy, ran at the small necro, weapons held high.