Aliens Equestrian Marines

by ShadowLeomus

Chapter 4 (Unedited)

Chapter 4: Hell at her heels
After informing Viper Platoon of Goldroots plan, Midnight had gone too her room both to rest and pack what few things of value she owned.
Once she closed and locked the door, she flopped down onto the bed.
Lucky thing about living on a ship like this, if there is a Xenomorph infestation, then all the ship's ventilation ducts are sealed with thick blast doors.
And the best thing about them is that they can't use there own blood (which is highly Corrosive) to melt through because the metal used was special one that was designed to be unaffected by the blood.
Midnight rolled onto her back, letting her disguise drop and her true form appear.
"Life... Sucks".
she spread her wings in goddess knows how long, bones clicking from being held in the same place for a month.
she looked at the ceiling for a while, lost in thought.
Her mind had been over loaded by the events of the day, from waking up from cryo to the death of Bright Lance, to her being promoted... Twice, that had to break some sort of record.
after laying there for a while, she got up and went over to her draws, and pulled a small box out.
the box was made of rosy chestnut, trimmed with gold, it had been magically sealed, and the only one who knew how to open it was her.
her horn glowed as she began the spell, and gently, she touched the box.
the box glowed for a moment, then opened.
inside were several items, the first she pulled out was a newspaper article titled "Mysterious alicorn filly found at gates to royal palace".
there was also a picture of Princess Twilight Sparkle holding a small Midnight blue bundle of fur.
That had been of course, Endless Midnight when she had been a filly.
Midnight sighed, even to this day she didn't know who her parents had been, even with the resources of the royal guard.
the second object was a photo, taken a year before she had ran away to join the Marines.
it was of her and Twilight posing for a camera outside the palace.
both of them had been grinning ear to ear, having had a good day.
She smiled at the memory, when she had found her, the princess had been the closest thing to a mother to Midnight.
the the rest of the items were just some bits and bobs.
She placed the objects back into the box and resealed it, leaving out the picture which she folded up and put it under her armour.
It wasn't a surprise that her special talent had been Xeno killing, she always was interested in the Marines.
When she was little she had read about all the battles, even the ones she wasn't meant to know about, secretly Midnight had always wanted to join the marines.
She knew that is wasn't a game and she could get killed but she didn't care, she just felt that it was right.
She had been right in the end, given the fact that it was on her first mission that she got her cuti mark at the age of 24.
It was a simple shield, she had gotten it when a Xeno had snuck up on Oats and she had dived into the way as it try'd to claw at him.
She had getten back up after dispuite having a life threatening wound, and killed it.
Normal pones would have stayed down after a hit like that, but being an alicorn she could take a beating that would kill a normal pony.
Granted she had collapsed a minutes later due to blood loss but what could she say... even Alicorns had there limits.
And she wasnt even a normal alicorn, acording to the doctors at the palace, her DNA wasn't even fully Alicorn, it was as if she had the DNA of all three races like other Alicorns, plus some from and unknown one.
and unlike other alicorns, Midnights age wasn't affected by how powerfull her magic was, but instead was just like a normal ponys.
she she wouldn't be living as long as other alicorns did.
She was mortal.
Midnight yawned, curling up into a ball.
she hadn't realised how exhausted she was.
She closed her eyes and let her mind go blank.

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Equus, E.F.S Friendship, bridge

Princess Twilight Sparkle stood next to the Captain's chair, looking out he window into space.
It had taken a week to convince Celestia and Luna about Endless Midnight and another three to get permission to head off in pursuit of the Salura.
Now All she needed to wait for the last of the supply's and royal guard detachment to be loaded before setting off.
"I'm coming for you Midnight..." she said under her breath.
She began walking around the room, looking at the ponys as they worked furiously a their consoles.
the Friendship was a prototype Flagship that had been out fitted out with the most advanced systems that Equus had to offer (most of it had been made by her), the ship had been her pet project for a few years now.
Twilight heard the door hiss open and sompony step in.
"You put together a Fine ship Twilight"
Twilight turned to see Celestia walking towards her.
She smiled "None of this would have been possible without the help of you and Luna" she turned to face the window "But I'd be more happy if we could set off"
The sun goddess smiled sadly "Your sill thinking about her, aren't you" it was a statement not a question.
"I still don't understand it Celestia" she told her former mentor "She seemed so happy when I last saw her, why would she join the marines and how did she do it?" she asked.
Celestia stood closer to Twilight and looked out at the stars too "From what I have been able to gather, she Forged her information, finished and used a spell you made to make herself look like a unicorn and then just walked up and signed up".
"I know but how she managed to pull that all off and not get caught is beyond me".
the white alicorn shook her head amused "You know she's always been able to pull plans like this off, remember the indecent with that chocolate cake?".
"Where she was told she couldn't have it and she ended up coming up with that complicated plan to get some" she recalled "I'm still getting head aches trying to figure out how she pulled it off".
"I think it involved a cross bow, five cans of yellow paint, allot of gems and baby dragon?" Celestia recalled smiling.
"I think she topped Pinky Pie with that one" Twilight said, remembering her friend for the first time in over a century "I still don't know where she got half that stuff from".
they laughed for a moment, recalling the event, it had ended with most of the royal guard and themselfs coverd in .
"So how long will it take to get to intercept them?" the older Alicorn asked, returning to the mission.
Twilight walked over to the helm console and checked over some data.
"If the Salura stay'd on coarse and nothing went wrong, then we should catch up to them in a week" she predicted "If all Equestrian ships were out fitted with these new MHD's, then hyper-sleep would be obsolete" she bragged.
The door hissed open again as somepony ran inside.
Both Princesses Turned to see A light blue unicorn skid to a stop, holding an open file.
"Princess Twilight we have A-" she stopped as she noticed Celestia "Oh sorry Princesses, I didn't know you were on board" she said bowing.
"It's ok Rosebud, what is it you need to tell Twilight?" Celestia asked.
the Unicorn got up and hastily handed the file over to Twilight "I just got this from E.M.C command, they just received a distress call from the E.S.S Salura" she said "They say the Xenos they were carrying got lose and turned half the ship into a Hive".
Twilight opened the file quickly and read its contents.
"When was it sent?" she asked slowly.
"A week ago, from the information we've been able to get from it, one of the Xenomorphs evolved into a Queen and infected the entire crew, the Marines were fine but were reporting heavy casualties in there Fang and Hawk platoons".
Twilight looked at the file and back to Rosebud and back again.
"We can head off there now..." Rosebud reported "everything been loaded and the coarse has been plotted"
Twilight folded the file and put it under her wing and nodded "Lets get moving".
Rosebud saluted and ran off to make the preparations.
"You know... I could come with you Twilight, I'm sure Luna can handle-"
"No" She cut her off "She's my kid and my responsibility, I couldn't ask you to drop everything because I failed as a mother"
"But the offer still stands, in case you change your mind".
With that they bid there farewells and the Frendship Speed off to the Salura.

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E.S.S Salura, Enroute to hanger 4.

Midnight brought down another Xeno as it droped down from the celing, spraying the one behind it with green blood.
It screemed as it counterpart's blood burned through its carapace.
She ran past both of them downing another two before her clip went dry.
"I'm out, Reloading" she yelled into her radio mic as she pulled another clip and replaced the empty one.
So far they had lost 6 ponys and had met little resistance, most of the Xenos had gone to help their queen which left most of the way to the hanger clear.
"Objective in sight, slicing in..."
"Rear guard reports that the Xenos are on to us" she heard Goldroot say to the marine "Have that door open and a perimeter set up by the time we get there"
"Affirmative, Advance team out"
Screeches and cry's from the now fast approaching Xenos made her look behind her.
They were closing fast, Stalkers, spitters, warriors, even a rino was on there tails.
the rear guard was shooting wildly behind them as they ran, most of the shoots going wide.
some had been grabbed and were being draged away, while others were just being torn apart by claws and tails.
Midnight turned away from the slaughter and kept running.
She was behind the rest of her squad, buttercup, Trevor and Oats keeping in pace with Goldroot.
Gun fire filled the Radio, along with the odd scream.
"How many are there!"
"Berry punch look out"
"Ahhhh!"
"Pull back! Pull back!"
She speed up and caught up with Oats who was lugging his Smartgun along.
"Dear Goddess... sounds like there getting torn apart back there" He said, huffing with effort.
"Just keep running, hangers just up ahead"
Two ponys were standing in front of a large blast door, firing at the Approaching Xenos behind Midnight and her team.
As the Goldroot and there others speed past the door, Oats and Midnight stopped and pointed there weapons down the way they came, giving what was left of the rear guard, time to get through the armoured door before they closed them.
"Get in here!" she yelled over the Radio, firing another burst into the oncoming hoard.
"Hurry, there coming!"
"I don't want toI don't want to die"
Ponys rushed past them, some dragging unconscious ponys as well.
The chattering of a heavy weapon came from the back of the group.
"Come on you bastards!" somepony yelled over the roar of fire "You think I give a rats ass if I die!"
Midnight saw another group back out of a passage a little way down from the door.
judging by the majority of the group's getup, they were pilots, protected by three other ponies, one of them firing a smartgun the way they came.
The Doors began closing as the firs t one ran by.
If finally closed just as the Smartgunner finally back stepped through it, triple bolting it's self shut.
Without staying to see if the door healed the Xenos, she began running again.
The Door leading into the hanger slid open, with a hiss of compressed air, inside we a wide variety of vehicles from aircraft like Cheyenne dropship, Vendetta Gunships and Carryell bulk transports.
the hanger also featured a few ground vehicles from APC's, to Banewolf inferno tanks and other's Midnight didn't recognise right away.
most of the pony's around her were loading the aircraft with supply's and ground vehicles, some pony's had strapped into Exo-Loaders to speed up the process.
"Careful with this stuff, you drop it and we all get blown into space"
"Get those turrets on the doors"
"Stay still you pansy I'm trying to heal you"
With the amount of noise the pony's in the hanger were making, you wouldnt think that there was a army of Monsters trying to kill them.
"I'll see if I can't get the parts for this Vendetta from the damaged one"
"This is the last of it, tell Goldroot we're ready to head off..."
"midnight..."
The wisper made her jump and look around her to try and find who had called her.
"come to ussss... feed with ussss..."
The voice was in her head, making her hairs stand on end.
some pony tapped her shoulder "Midnight"
She jumped making Oats back away "Wow Girl, calm down, ya look spooked"
She shook her head "I... I heard something... Whispers" she said distantly "In my head"
"Calm down, Your just Tired is all, common lets get on th-" he was off as they heard a loud clang.
the entire hanger went quite and stared at the cargo tunnel door, which now had a large dent facing inward.
as they all watched, something began hammering the door from the other side, making more dents until the door was ripped open inwards.
Then The Xenomorph queen climbed in, flanked by her praetorian guard.
"So The bitch came to see us off" Midnight growled.
"Oats, Midnight! Get on the Dropship!" Goldroot yelled over the coms.
Oats tugged on her armour "Come on"
She pulled away, taking a defiant step towards the Queen "Go" she told him "I'll keep her busy"
He looked at her like she saw crazy "single marine can't stand up to a queen, you'll get your self killed!"
"He right" she thought "A normal marine can't stand against this bitch alone, but an Alicorn..."
Without another though, she used her Changeling spell, and in a flash of blue light, she stood in her Alicorn form, standing taller then Oats, who back stepped in shock.
"Get to the Dropship" she told him as she took to the air, grabbing two more Pulse rifles with her magic and flew towards the Queen.
"Buck me! is that, that Princess that went missing?"
"Our Endless Midnight was thee Endless Midnight?"
"Woohoo! Kick her Ass Midnight"
She fired bursts of fire at the queens and her guard, killing two of 6 guard.
"Will you guys just get air board!" she said over the radio "I'm no Celestia and I don't know how lo-" she had the wind knocked out of her as the queen swiped her aside with her hand.
she was sent flying, impacting into a er ribs.
Slowly she got back up as the first of the Dropships and Gunships lifted off and flew out the hanger through the magic shield that kept the air in the hanger and the vacuum out.
she dropped the pules rifle she was carrying, which were now empty, and looked at the tank behind her.
the armoured vehicles bolstered a removable Eradicator cannon, its multiple barrels gleaming in the light.
"Dusty get this trash can up in the air"
"Controls aren't responding sir" the Pilot said "Give me a minutes to bypass the damaged circuits".
"Dammit... Midnight, If your still breathing I need you to buy us some more time!"
Midnight Rubbed her side "Ow... How much time?" she asked.
"Dusty says Five minutes" He said after a pause "If I were you, I would use that Eradicator tanks guns"
Without a word she flew ontop of the tank and climed into the open canopy cannon and turned it on the Xenos.
while she had been down, normal Xenos had joined the party, she pulled the trigger of the cannon which began mowing them down, tearing them apart.
the Rounds just bounced harmlessly off the Queen's Hard shell.
"This aint working! Her armours too thick!" she shouted over the roar of the guns.
"Two more minutes, If only we had a Flame thrower, we could roast her"
Midnight face hoofed, remembering the flamer holstered on her back,
Quickly she took to the air and pulled the weapon out and started letting off jets of fire at the queen.
She screeched as she was enveloped in fire, lashing out in pain.
Midnight smiled as the fuel canister ran empty "Burn bitch!".
She went to pull out a fresh one, then the queens thrashing tail, knocked the flamer out of her hooves.
the weapon fell to the floor, breaking on contact with the floor.
Then the queen slashed at her, scoring a number of hits before knocking her away a her into a wall, breaking a few of her ribs.
She got back up, wincing and try'd to take to the air again, bug when she try'd to move her left wing a sharp jolt of pain erupted from it.
She gave it a once over, it was bleeding from multiple cuts and She could feel that the quite alot of the bones in it had been broken.
To make matters worse, one of her now broken ribs was constricting her lung, making it hard to breath.
"Just...Bucking...Great..." she wheezed, taking in rugged breaths as she struggled to stay up.
"Dam that mare can take a beating..." she heard somepony said over the Radio.
She saw the queen who was still on fire, advance on Midnight ,screaming in pain.
She stood her ground against the her, pulling her Pistol out and pointing it at the approaching monster.
She began firing, even though the bullets did nothing to harm the Bitch.
the Queen opened her jaws wide, her inner mouth popping out, and raised up to make the killing blow.
then and explosion made her stumble backwards, leaving a huge gaping hole in her side.
Midnight looked where the missile had come from, following the smoke trail to its sorce.
Hovering just inside the hanger, a Vendetta Gunship let off another volley of missiles at the Queen, tearing more holes in the creature.
"Hunter 4 here, though you could use a hoof"
The gunship continued to pound the Queen, emptying its missle racks.
The queen died without a sound.
"Scratch one queen" the Vendetta pilot said, taking his gunship further in, doing a flyover of the dead queen.
Midnight stood there to sttuned to move, her breathing becoming more and more labored.
"If... you guys... don't mind... I'll just... go lay down here..."
She didn't even feel herself hit the deck.

If you have stayed and read through this then thanks! This chapter was a real pain to write and will probably go through many more its perfected.
If you have any advice of ideas about what should happen next please leave a comment.
thanks!