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// Saved 
// Story: Abuse 
// by Hazel_Hester777 
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“Careful!” a pink stallion who looked like Pinkamena warned as he and a blue Equestria Girl dodged a bomb. They were sent by Knighty to go out of the Base and find any comrades that were taken hostage. Several had gone missing so rescue teams were sent out. They had to avoid getting seen and hit. They have to find their comrades before the worst comes. 

The stallion was Shadow Kirby. Like mentioned, he looked like Pinkamena. He was very sweet. 

The blue Equestria Girl was a girl named Serene Breeze. She had sky blue skin and yellow hair. She was a Pegasus in her Pony form but not she was in Equestria Girl form. She wore a purple top with a pink skirt. Her rubber shoes were plain white. Her cutie mark was a windy breeze with drops of water. 

“We’re here, Shadow” she spoke. 

They looked up to see a giant old building. It looked very much like a factory, but also a bit like a research facility. It looked a little run down from the bombs and attacks going on. 

“You sure that this is the place though?” 

Shadow looked down on the compass in his hooves. This compass was designed to find their comrades via focusing on their auras. Even if they are dead, the compass could find their essence. “Yep, several of them are here”

“I just they’re still alright” 

“Only but one way to find out”







 

“Sir, I believe that the subjects are making progress on the experiments we’ve done” one of the Antis named Roger spoke to the head-captain of the facility. 

“Excellent” Sting, the captain of the factory grinned. He was in human form and dressed in a black suit. He also had an eyepatch. “How are we doing with the yellow one?”

“Still nothing, sir. No sign of the Gene and she won’t even talk” he looked down on the clipboard. Each had the number of a Brony or Pegasister they captured and the progress of the experiments done on them. 

He groaned. “Did you give her another Shock?”

“Yes sir”

“Good. Keep trying. We’re bound to find that Gene soon”

Just then, another one of the staff busted into through door. He seemed rather alarmed. “Sir! Sir! Rescue teams are near!”

“WHAT?!”

Almost as if on cue, a female Anti named Casey went into the room, carrying a plate of tacos. “Your tacos, sir” she smiled as she bowed and presented them. 

“NOT NOW!”

Right then, she looked down in shame and went a bit of a distance off. 

“Five are in the area, but security is tight around. Still, there is a chance that atleast one of them will be able to get here. Should we send for defense around the area?”

“Yes! We can’t let them get anywhere near the experiments, especially 735! Now move!”

“Yes, sir” the Anti saluted before running off to inform the order. 

Sting grumbled under his breath. He couldn’t let any of those rescue teams in and save their comrades. He needed them for his research if he has any dreams of eradicating the Fandom side. The most important part was the Hidebrit Gene, but with the host not speaking and possibility of it lost, time was taking up. 

“Taco!” he yelled. Casey then went to his side, and bowed while presenting the plate of tacos to him. He took one and bit it.  When he realized how good it was, he calmed down and smiled. “That is good”








“We better put these on” Shadow Kirby spoke, handing Serene Breeze a white, plain mask. They already got into the building, and were not risking to get caught. Serene and Shadow put a mask on each, and immediately they changed and looked like one of the Antis. It was just a disguise, no real thing done. 

Before the war broke out, there have been experiments to try and find ways around the war and objects that could be used in war were also made. One of them would be these masks. If anyone from the Fandom side puts one on, they are able to disguise themselves into looking like an Anti. They could take them off at any time, and then back on. Rescue teams used this to infiltrate without getting caught. 

So far, they had been able to move around the building as though they owned it. No one really looked suspicious at them and just thought they were around for checking on the experiments. They managed to slink about easily, and were still looking for any signs of the missing comrades. Shadow’s compass suddenly picked something up, and they followed it. It wasn’t far, and they found a metal door, with a number on it:


EXPERIMENT 735


They looked at each other, uncertain at first, but then they just went inside to go find who was in there. The room was dark and old. Several papers scattered about, with an electric collar and leash on a desk in the corner. They then heard something coming from up above, and looked up. What they found was somewhat horrific. 

Hanging from the ceiling was a small filly; a Pegasus, to be exact. She had yellow skin, a brown mane, and an orange tail. She looked very weak and malnourished. Several black wires hung from the ceiling to keep her stuck up there. Some were attached to her arms, preventing weak movement from them. Others were on her wings, restraining her from flying. Two others were on her midsection. Altogether, it just meant that she was stuck up there. 

The little filly began to stir. She slowly opened her eyes, and they were revealed to be cerulean. Shadow and Serene removed their masks to calm her nerves. When she looked down, she was able to see them. 

“Please…” she whimpered in a soft voice. “I don’t know…anything…no…more…please”

“Shh” Shadow cooed gently. “It’s okay, little one. We’re not gonna hurt you. We’re here to get you out”

The young filly seemed surprised. “You’re…like me”

“Yes, and we’re here to free the others who are like us”

“Free?” she smiled softly. “Oh, I always wanted to be freed from this place”

“Poor thing” Shadow whispered before looking up again. “I’m Shadow Kirby, and this is Serene Breeze”

“Nice to meet you. I’m…” she then paused to think. “I’m…”

“What’s wrong? Don’t you have a name?” Serene asked. 

“I…I did once, but, now I don’t”

“What about your cutie mark? Maybe it could give us a clue”

The filly shifted her head to try and see the mark on her. It took some work through the wires, but she finally got through. Unfortunately, there was no mark to be seen. Just a blank flank.

“No mark either. I guess they removed it too. They told me that I don’t deserve a name”

Shadow was surprised. He could understand how those Antis would kidnap several adult or teen Bronies or Pegasisters, but he never though they would have the guts to take a young child. What’s worse, they removed her name, leaving only a fearful child with a number. “But, that’s not fair! Everyone deserves a name, even you!” 

Right then, an electric shock sudden sparked from the water puddle nearby. It was a faint little shock sound, but it was still audible. When the filly heard it, a huge reaction occurred. Her eyes widened before she began to scream in fear. It was like she herself was getting zapped by lightning. 

“MAKE IT STOP! MAKE IT STOP! MAKE IT STOP!” she screamed, flailing around in a vain attempt to break free and make the sound go away. 

Shadow Kirby felt the fear just radiate off her. From the looks of it, the Antis who were using her had been using electricity as torment on her so much that even a small spark would send her into hysterics. He didn’t want to see her so sacred. She need some help. They had to get her down and out of here. 

He gestured for Serene to carry him up to her by lifting. She quickly changed to her Pony Form and did so. Once they were within range infront of her, he gave her with a concerning look. The small filly stopped screaming for a bit when she saw him infront of her. Something about his look seemed to calm her. Just then, another spark sounded off, sending her into another screaming fit. 

“Shh, it’s okay” he cooed gently to her. She slowly looked to him. “Come here, and hold on tightly, you’ll be safe with us” he spoke softly. 

She was uncertain at first, but eventually mustered up the courage to trust him enough not to drop her. Her hooves slowly reached out, avoiding the pain of the wires on her. She took a bit of work, but he was finally able to get to him. She cuddled up in his chest. It felt so warm, and calming. Something about it was so comforting to her. It made her feel safe and secure. For the first time in her life, she felt safe. She slowly closed her eyes as she melted in the hug. Shadow held her closely to assure her she was safe and to not drop her. Serene had already cut through the wires and managed to get them off the filly. The last wires removed, she flew down quietly with her two passengers. 

Shadow and Serene found an isolated corner in the room away from any puddles or electric objects and decided to rest there. It seemed they had to, now that the filly had fallen asleep. 

“Aww, she’s so cute. Why would those Antis want to hurt something so sweet?” Serene wondered. 

“I don’t know with them. But this little one is hugging me so tight. I hope we can find her a home once we’re out” Shadow whispered as he held the sleeping filly comfortingly. 







 

“Sir, we made a mistake in the experiment. It failed” Roger apologized when he found the error made. The ‘subject’ they used had just died today. Once they re-spawn, they’ll be back at the Fandom side. Once that happens, they will tell what they found and the whole Facility will be found and caught. All work for nothing.

“YOU IDIOT!” Sting yelled, almost hitting him with a flying mug. “THERE ARE RESCUE TEAMS OUT LOOKING FOR OUR TEST SUBJECTS AND WE STILL HAVEN’T EVEN GOTTEN CLOSE TO EXTRACTING AIR FROM LUNGS, LET ALONE SEPERATING TWO SOULS IN ONE BODY AND FIDNING THE BLOODY HIDEBRIT GENE! GET TO WORK BEFORE I REPEAT WHAT I DID TO BROCK ON YOU!”

Roger trembled in fear. The shouting made him temporarily half-deaf, but the shout still rang in his ears. “Y-yes, s-sir” he stuttered out quietly before running out of the room, eyes widened. 

Sting huffed; just when he thought he was getting the upper hand, something just had to go wrong. “It would be easier to extract spinal fluid from him”







 

“It’s been a while since I met someone nice” the yellow filly spoke softly. She had awoken a bit of a while back. Shadow and Serene gave her food that they brought along with them for the trip. She ate it as fast as lightning so they could only guess how the Antis here starved her. They noticed some sort of serum on one of the tables nearby. Serene took a vial to try and find out what it caused later on. It may have a connection to how the filly lost her memories. 

“What did they do to you down here?” Serene asked. 

“They ask me questions, questions I don’t know the answers to. When I don’t respond, they give me the zapper” she shivered slightly at the thought. 

“Zapper?”

The young filly pointed to the giant device on the wall. “It hurts a lot. That’s what I feel. Pain. Sometimes I can’t feel pain anymore. I sometimes wish I can’t”

Shadow almost shivered from how they treated this poor child. “Why would they do that to you?”

“I don’t really know. They told me that I’m part of an experiment or something, and called me 735. They probably don’t think about me. No pony thinks about me. That’s why I’m down here, so no pony will ever think about me again”

This filly was no monster. Broken, hurt, abused, purposely tortured by the Hater side for a reason that was no longer apparent. The filly gazed at the soft eyes and warm smile that beamed upon her. Instead of a demon, the pony was a shadow, a shell, a faded image of a life once worth living. 

Shadow stifled a bit of crying. “Let’s think of a name for you, okay?”

“Okay”

“Let’s see. Yellow skin, brown mane, orange tail, Pegasus, no name, no memory, reacts in hysterics to electricity…” Serene thought. 

The last statement gave Shadow an idea. “Hysteria!” he shouted in eureka. “It’s not really much, but it’s a name, what do you think?”

The filly nodded, and for the first time, she smiled happily. 

“Then Hysteria it is then” Serene declared. 

“I have a name! I have a name! Thank you!” she then hugged Shadow. 

He had to chuckle at the young child’s behavior. “No problem”

“Okay, guys, we still have to find the others trapped in here, and find a way out without being seen by any of those Antis” Serene spoke up. 

“Are we gonna escape?” Hysteria asked. 

“Yes, Hysteria, we’re going to escape” 

“Oh, yay! I always wanted to see what the outside world looks like! What will it be like out there?” she looked around her ‘room’. “I hope it’s better than this”

“That’s good to…” Shadow cut himself off when he heard that. “Wait, have you never seen the outside world before?”

Hysteria scrunched her face up a bit in thought. “I don’t really know. All I know is that I woke up and I was infront of a tall man in a green suit. I got scared immediately and tried to run, but I got stung by some needle-thingy. I felt sleepy and then I was asleep. The next thing I knew, I was up there, and that’s it” Hysteria pointed up to the ceiling area that once held her. 

“Have you ever tried flying?” Serene asked. “I mean, you’re a Pegasus”

“Serene!” Shadow shushed her. 

Hysteria looked down to her wings. They were hurt and she never really was able to use them. She tried when the Antis put her down, but she only fell in a belly flop.  “I tried once…but I couldn’t. I don’t think I could even fly anymore anyway”

“Aww, you poor thing” Serene bent down to her level. “Don’t worry. When we get out of here, we’ll have your wings checked and treated and help you fly!”

“Really?” Hysteria was filled with hope. 

“Of course!”

“Oh, I always wanted to fly. I’ve wondered how it feels like to soar. I mean, I’m hung up on a ceiling, but flying is another thing. Hanging on a ceiling is not of my own choice and really hurts. But flying, I’ve heard that it’s of your own free will. To have even a taste of that free will, oh, it would be a dream come true”

“When we get out, we’ll be able to help you feel that free will. With any other lucky, we could also find your family”

“Okay, we best get out of here first” Shadow pointed out. “First we get the others free and out, and then we have to find our way out”

All stood up. But Hysteria seemed to be struggling. She tried to stand, but her hooves didn’t seem to allow it. It felt like her leg muscles were burning. The wounds on them were really painful. Made sense with how long she was stuck up in the ceiling on wires. She stumbled and fell down. 

“I don’t think it’s safe for you to be walking right now” Serene pointed out as Shadow checked on her. “Did they use something to move you around or something?” 

“I guess that would explain why they put me in some heavy boots with metal”

“Well, they do keep you up on wires for support and you looked like a puppet on strings”

“Does this mean I really can’t walk on my own like you?”

“I’m sorry to say, Hysteria, but I don’t think you can for the moment” Serene apologized as she picked the sad filly up and held her close carefully. “For the moment, we have to carry you around”

“Oh well, just as long as we get out of this place” the filly sighed. 

“Don’t worry, we’ll find a way” Shadow assured her. 

“Okay, so where’s the next one?” Serene asked as they all stepped out of the room.  

Shadow looked down at the compass in his hooves. He tapped the center and what looked like a checklist appeared. He crossed the area where Hysteria is to signify that they had found her. The map on the compass then reappeared and he spotted several small dots all in one place. 

“There’s more; this way” he then began to lead them. 







 

“Thank you, Claire; that will be all” Sting thanked his accomplice after she gave him the extra salsa he wanted. 

“Sir, if I may ask you?”

“Of course, Claire. Ask away”

“What’s so special about Experiment 735? I’ve noticed how you seem to like they were very important in the experiments”

Sting sighed. “Claire, have you ever heard of the Hidebrit Gene?”

“Yes, sir. I heard that someone named Adam Smith was its last bearer”

“And so he was, until a new one managed to get it, Experiment 735. I tried to extract it from them, but it ended up in making it lost. That’s why I’m performing experiments on those other freaks we caught. If I could try to extract something like DNA or a breath of air or whatever from them, then I could try again to find the Hidebrit Gene in 735” 

“But I thought you said that the Gene was lost”

“Genes don’t just disappear. It’s there, and I’m sure of it. I just have to locate it” 







 

“How are you holding up, Hysteria?” Shadow asked the filly. 

“Fine, I guess” 

“Aww, Shadow, she’s cute!” Serene booped the filly on her nose, much to her confusion. 

“Well, here’ the next one. They’re in there” he pointed to the door. 


Testing Room


 

Shadow then opened the door. What he found horrified them. “Cover your eyes, Hysteria” 

Inside the room were several Pegasisters and Bronies.  Some were in pony form while others were in Equestria Girl form. They all looked really weak and pale. Some looked even sickly and badly injured. They were each in separate cages and some were even chained in place. Still, that wasn’t what Shadow and Serene had Hysteria cover her eyes for. 

Two of their comrades were strapped onto each a separate table. The male one was stuck to the wall. He was lacking an eye, and one of wings had been severely mangled. Two Tesla volts were at his sides. 

The other one, a female, was faring no better. This one was strapped to a table on the floor. Her gastrointestinal tract was exposed. Like the male, she was with a severely mangled wing and two Tesla volts were at her sides. 

The male one looked up and groaned. When his vision was clear, he saw them. “Spring, wake up! Someone’s come to rescue us!”

“Really, Trey? I wonder at times…” the female one yawned a bit. 

“Yeah, don’t worry everyone. We’re gonna get you all out of here” Shadow assured, trying to ignore the urge to vomit from the scene. 

“Well, atleast we managed to find them all here in one piece” Serene mused, making sure that Hysteria wasn’t looking at all. 

Shadow coughed slightly. “So to speak, we still have to get those other two in one piece. Does anyone know how to sew?” 

“Oh! Oh! I know how to!” Hysteria lifted her hoof enthusiastically like a preschool foal. “The ones here sometimes let me play with the needles around and I learned to sew after I found a thread and cloth! I made pretty rainbow, but they threw it away! What do you want me to sew?” she was about to open her eyes, but Serene re-covered them with her hand. 

“Maybe not you, okay Hysteria?”

“But I wanna…wait, do you hear something?” her ears perked up. 

“What is it? What do you hear, Hysteria?” Shadow asked. 

“Sounds like…footsteps! Someone’s coming!” 

“Hide!” the strapped down mare yelled. 

Saying no more, the trio scrambled for a hiding place. They were having a bit of difficulty as the objects around been too small to even fit even one of them. Hysteria must’ve sensed it because of how she spoke up. “I think I know where to hide in here”

“Where? Wait, can you see?”

“Nope, my eyes only see black, but my mind says ‘behind the hidden broom closet beside the cages’”

“What broom closet?” Serene asked before she felt something at the wall beside the cages. She felt something hallow and was soon able to find an odd lump. She found it to be a doorknob. She then opened it quickly and it was revealed to be a broom closet. The trio immediately went inside, two of which were wondering how the third found it. 

“Well, so far, we still aren’t getting any closer to finding the answers to the isolation of a certain gene or anything” one mused as they went inside. 

“So, nothing about it? You know how Captain Sting feels about it” 

“We’ll have to find one soon. Who knows how Roger is doing” 







 

“Okay, 735, let’s try that again, shall we?” Roger asked as he entered the room. “If you’re good, perhaps we can…” his words were cut short when he saw that the ceiling space where a yellow filly once hung was now just with wires. 

“No!” he cried out. 







 

 “Well, I guess that does mean…” Sting started. 

Roger then busted through the door. “Sir, one of the subjects has escaped!” he cried out.

“WHAT?! WHICH ONE?!”

“Number 735, sir”

“YOU LET THEM ESCAPE?!”

“No, sir; I just went inside to do another practice run when I looked up, and lo and behold, she’s not there anymore!”

Sting was fuming before he summoned the other members of the facility. Once all were present, he gave the order. “Experiment 735 has escaped! Spread out and find them before they exit the building! Search everywhere! Bring them to us alive! Search high, search low, search far and wide! Find me that foal, or she’ll have your hides!” 

That last statement sent them all into panic as they didn’t want to die. Wasting no more time, they all spread out to look for the missing child before they could escape the building. 







 

“Why would they keep several of our comrades in one place but keep Hysteria in one secluded room?” Shadow wondered. 

“Maybe they’re just mean enough to make her feel so lonely” Serene whispered. 







 

“Now I’m really confused” Claire mused. 

“What is it now?”

“Just a while ago, you said 735 was vitally important. Now that they’ve gone lose, you just said that ‘she’ll have you hide’ what does that mean?”

“Claire, you’re new to this facility despite being in the Hater side for years, and you’re getting on my nerves”

“Please sir”

Sting gave up. “There’s something else we’ve found about 735 aside from holding a weapon of destruction”







 

“They just told me I was a danger to them. They chained me up to make sure I wouldn’t hurt them. I think that’s why they broke my legs and wings” Hysteria whimpered slightly. 

“But, you’re just a filly” Serene pointed out. “And that’s even abuse”

“Arthur, do you hear something?” 

“I think it came from the closet, Jenny”







 

“When we first brought 735 in, she wasn’t hung up on the ceiling like she was now. We just put a few chains on her to wall so that she would stay put”

“Why would you keep her on the ceiling? Do you know that could damage her body severely?” 

“That was the point. But we had a good reason for that. You remember Brock, right? The Head Scientist performing on 735 before Roger?”

“Yeah?”







 

Hysteria was starting to feel scared. 

“Shh, its okay, Hysteria” Shadow cooed gently. He was failing to try and not sound scared as well as the two Antis approached the door. 







 

“He handled 735 really well. He was able to install enough fear in her to make her speak. But, one day, something bad happened” 







 

“Well, look what we have here” two Antis grinned when they found the trio in the closet.

“I’m gonna look” Hysteria spoke as she began to open her eyes. 

“Hysteria, wait!”

But it was too late. 







 

 “You ever wonder how did Brock die and when we found the body, it looked like something straight out of a horror movie?”

“Yeah?”

“It wasn’t really me who did it” he paused for a second before looking at Claire straight in the eye. “They broke off their chains that day” 







 

Hysteria’s eyes widened when she saw the scene around her. She saw the state the other Bronies and Pegasisters were in. She was even more horrified when she saw the two that were strapped down and experimented upon. That was when her eyes darted back to the Antis above her. Those were also the ones who experimented and tormented her. The ones who want to hurt her friends. The ones who made her unable to fly or walk on her own. The ones who took her identity. Something about seeing all that just somehow flipped a switch in her. Her breathing unsteadied. Her eyes widened. A voice rang in her head. 

Kill them. 

Her eyes turned red. 

Kill them before they kill you. 

Her fangs sprouted and sharpened. 

Kill or be killed. 

“Give them the Shocker” the male one spoke, grinning at the frightened Shadow. 

“With pleasure” the female one, Jenny grinned. She grabbed a huge stick with an electric source at the end, and was about to hit Shadow with it when a small yellow hoof intercepted with it, holding it to make it unable to move. Jenny tried to pull the hoof off, but then she got the shock of her life when she saw the face of the owner. 

Hysteria’s pupils had turned red and shrunk. One eye twitched slightly before she turned her gaze at Jenny. Before long, she grinned eerily from ear to ear, revealing her sharp fangs. Her mane turned orange, like her tail. Those eyes were staring into her soul. 

“What happened to you, freak?!” Jenny yelled before Hysteria lunged forward and bit her, also taking along the male, Jake. All focus was now centered on the fight between the grown Antis and the filly. What just happened? Just a while ago, Hysteria was so scared of everything, and couldn’t even walk or fly. And now, she’s attacking full grown Antis viciously.  

“Shadow, Serene!” she called to her friends. “Go save the others! I’ve got this! I’ll meet you both outside!”

“Are you sure you’re gonna be okay?” Shadow asked, more concerned for her than the Antis. 

“Save them, Shadow!” finally, she got at Jenny’s neck, making fresh blood spill out. 

Serene finally managed to free those who were strapped down in the tables and used some Healing Potion to close up the wound on the one with her gastrointestinal tract exposed. Shadow had just freed the last of those who were in the cages. All ran off with Serene leading them as Shadow went at the back to guard them. 

Looking back at Hysteria, he spoke up, “Hysteria!”

“Yeah?” she called back as she fended off the male Anti. 

“Thank you!” he spoke one last time to her before one of the kidnapped Familiars grabbed him and took him with them. 

Hysteria nodded before she finally bit the Anti, killing him. She was still lying on the floor, and it looked like she would have to do the worm just to move anymore. But then, she didn’t give in. She used all her energy and will as she tried to fight the urge to give into the pain and fall back down. Finally, she was successful as she sat herself up. Before anyone else knew it, she was able to stand. Electricity sparked in her wings as a smirk grew on her face. Giving one last look at the enemies she killed, she grabbed their Shocker and map, and ran off to take out the rest of the facility. 







 

“Sir, we just lost Jenny and Jon!” Tiffany spoke, looking at the screen with the lights of all the Antis in the building. They made sure to put a tracker on each to let them know if they had just been killed. When that happened, their light would go out. 

“WHAT?!” 

Right then, another beep came as another light was taken out. “Now we lost Jerry”

Sting facepalmed. “Warn the others!” 







 

Right then, several Antis had already begun to patrol the facility. Each was armed with either a gun or a tranquilizer. Some had gathered around the room Hysteria had just entered, thinking they could just corner her there. They were wrong when she jumped out and killed them all, rabid animal style. Her eyes were full of insanity. She had only one thing in target now: Kill all Antis in here, and burn this place to the ground. 







 

“Sir, seven more have just died!” Tiffany sounded really scared now. As she spoke, more Antis kept ended up getting killed as their lights turned off. They were all dying in a rapid pace. The line of the Antis with vanishing lights had now begun to line up in a way that whatever was killing them was now near the Main Room where they all were. 

“WHO’S KILLING ALL MY COMRADES?!”







 

Hysteria had just killed the remaining Antis that were out of the Main Room. She was sure the last ones were in that one area. She had taken the liberty to pour gasoline and alcohol all over the bodies of the victims when she found a whole room filled with it. Don’t get me started about how she was able to pour gallons that were carried on her back on the bodies of the victims that were lined up like a dead army in the military when her legs were weak and her wings were numb. 

“Just the ones in the Main Room to go and it’s off to meet with Shadow, Serene, and the others!” she then remembered about how it may turn out for her when she was out. No memory, no idea who she was, no idea about her family. She knew what would happen to kids like that. “Oh well, better the orphanage than here, I guess”

She was about to exit the Belongings Room when something shiny suddenly got caught in her eye. She had to shield it a bit when it was blinding, but she soon found what it was. On the bottom of the shelf labeled, “From Experiments” was a box with the tag, “Experiment 735”

“Experiment 735? That’s my code name here. Did I have something with me when I got kidnapped?” she wondered. She wanted to see if the box had any clues about her life. Opening it, she found only two things inside: a small black filly outfit meant for war and a blue hat. The hat had a flower on it. Reaching in, she took the objects out. It wasn’t much, but it was hers. 

She felt something when her hooves ran across the hat. It was like some lost part of her was there. She felt something precious was attached to it. She couldn’t figure out what it was, but a single number ran in her head, 1. It was an odd clue, but it was better than nothing. 

She stumbled a bit, her back legs were starting to feel weak and wobbly again. She had to get out of here quick before she succumbed to the pain again. She put on the back outfit and hat, feeling like she was reunited with something that was missing. Stealing a small smile, she ran off to take out the last of the facility. 







 

“Sir?” Tiffany was already scared now. 

“Please tell me they eradicated the Anti Assassin” Sting was hiding his fear now for whatever was killing all comrades. He would hold a big funeral later, but only if they didn’t die. 

“Worse” Tiffany gaped at the screen. The only lights on now were the lights of everyone in the Main Room. “The Anti Assassin eradicated them”

That was enough to make Claire faint. 

“Can you find where the killer is now?”

Right then, a walkie-talkie sounded off. From the static pattern, they knew it was Roger. “Oh, thank goodness” Sting regained himself as he went to answer it. Surely one of his best comrades would be deliver some good news. “Roger, what is it?”

What scared everyone in the room was that Roger was screaming for his life. It sounded like the cries a person made when they were being killed and on the brink of death. 

“Roger? Can you hear me?” Sting asked, barely maintaining his stature now. 

“Captain! Save yourselves! She’s got me!” he then heard Roger gave one final scream before something disturbing, like a bone crushing, was heard. 

Everyone in the room was already getting frightened from that. Some had hidden under the tables while others had grabbed a weapon. 

“Roger?” Sting was really scared now. 

The next thing he heard sent shivers down his spine and made his blood run cold. “Experiment 735 here. Male Anti and several others are down. Be there in a sec, roger and over!” they sounded like they were smirking before the next thing that was heard was maniacal laughter and static. 

Sting dropped the walkie-talkie with a thud. “Well, what do you know? Our goose is cooked” he spoke casually before screaming as everyone else ran awry. 







 

Hysteria laughed insanely after she pushed the button on the walkie-talkie. She decided to give them all a good scare before she dove in for the kill. She was about to walk off when…

“Hey…you…” Roger spoke weakly behind her. 

She groaned slightly from that. “What is it now? I enjoyed breaking your arm; do you want me to do that to your neck?”

“Why…7…3…5…”

“My name is Hysteria now!” she yelled at him. “And you and your buddies out there just deserved this! You broke all those innocent souls, including me, and now I can’t even remember who I am. Why, it took a lot of strain before I was finally able to walk right now! And my wings are broken! And you even tried to kill my friends!”

“You…won’t…get away with this…”

She then went near his neck. “That’s what your Captain once told me” 

A scream was let out from Roger before he died. 







 

Claire and Sting panicked as they ran through the only exit now, a metal bridge with no railings. If you fall, you’d die from falling down a 50 foot drop. The rest of the Antis were now distracting an enraged experiment, risking their lives to save even one to tell the tale. 

“Okay, sir, we have secured the perimeter. But we highly doubt that we could find an exit before 735 catches us. But if we pursue hard enough, we could find one of the emergency exits, and…” Claire spoke, trying to calm Captain, but she paused when she noticed his scared gaze into nothing. “Sir?”

“Claire, what is fear?”

Claire tilted her head in confusion. “Fear is an emotion that comes when one is scared and frightened. Your heart thumps uncontrollably, you can’t steady your breathing, you feel like you’re gonna die from a heart attack…” she then paused. “You never felt fear before, did you?”

“Is this what fear is like, Claire? Boy, the King must be disappointed now in me” 

“Sir…”

“He’ll have my head”

“Sir…”

“Well, if 735 doesn’t beat him to it…”

“Sir!”

“Yes, Claire?”

“Sir, what is your name?”

Sting tilted his head from that. “My name is Sting”

“But you look like you were stung” she then continued. “Listen, I’m new to this facility, but I have been around long enough to notice how you act around your comrades. Your name is Sting because you give orders which feel like a sting. Now, think, if Experiment 735’s anger was triggered by something. Then you must know how to un-trigger her”

Sting thought for a bit. Yes, there was a time that they found a way to snap 735 out of her insane state. It would be tricky, but it shouldn’t be much of an option. “Claire, I’ve got it”

“Well?”

“Live bait”

“WHAT?!” she yelled. 

But right then, a yellow hoof grabbed Claire from the back and a yellow filly with sharp teeth bit into her neck. Claire only gave one final shriek as Sting watched in horror. The Anti dead, the filly dropped her dead body to the floor below. Sting reached an arm out as he watched Claire’s dead body disappear into the abyss. 

Anger fueled up in him. He didn’t know Claire that much because she was new, but he knew enough to consider her a friend and somewhat companion. Yet all his other comrades were just killed by this creature who, they admitted torment, and he was the only one left alive. The choice was now his: Kill or be killed. 

Before the filly could’ve gotten to him, he took out a sword and plunged it into one of her hind legs. It made her suddenly look panicked as she fell down. Her legs weakened altogether and she collapsed to the floor. She soon snapped back to her shy and frightened personality. Her mane returned to normal brown and her eyes turned back into the innocent cerulean they were. She looked up to him in utter fear, though in her eyes it looked like she had no idea what had happened. 

“Well, 735, stabbing you in the legs was always the reason you couldn’t walk anymore” he grinned, looking at the blood on her leg. 







 

“Okay, is that everyone?” Shadow Kirby asked as he and Serene gathered all the ones they rescued. He then noticed that one was still missing. “Wait, where’s Hysteria?”

“She didn’t come with you?” Serene asked. 

“No, I was pulled away by someone as she took out those Antis”

All those they rescued looked at the one who was the last in line. They wore a nervous grin. 







 

Hysteria woke up a few seconds later. She found that she was strapped down once again on an operating table. She freaked out as she couldn’t move anymore. Infront of her was Sting, grinning at her maliciously. 

“For an Anti’s Assassin, you were pretty good” he then pulled up a remote infront of her. “But you still have a lot to learn just yet”

Before she could react, he pushed the one button on the remote. A strange, clanking sound was heard. A part of the ceiling above them suddenly opened up, allowing a huge machine to come down from it. It looked very massive. It has red empty vials attached to it, all connected to a needlepoint at the end. It was a huge needle, almost intent on taking all her…

No, she thought, her eyes widening from fear. 

“Oh yes” Sting seemed to have read her thoughts. “If I can’t get what I need from you, it just proves useless to keep trying, especially since you killed all my crew”

Wait, I did what? That’s impossible, I’d never do that! It’s too scary. 

No, you didn’t, but I did. 

Hysteria flinched form that voice. It sounded like her own, but the vocal range was somewhat deeper and older. 

Who said that?

I did.

Who are you?

It sounded offended at her thought, whatever she was talking to. You forgotten me so easily? I’m you!

That scared Hysteria. 

I’m the one who saved you and your friends back there when those Antis had you cornered. I just want to protect you, and those close to you. 

Really?

It is what I came forth for.

“Hey, pay attention!” Sting yelled, making the filly turn her attention back to him. “Nevermind. Once you’re dead, you won’t need it”

Right then, he then pushed the button, making the machine suddenly activate. It began to pull out the sharp point of the needle to take her blood. Fear surged through her body as she heard the machine spring to life. She could see the bloodthirsty Captain Sting grin at her with a devilish look in his eyes. She didn’t want to die. She wanted to live. 

You know, I could help you with that.

How?

Let me take over

Take over?

Let your thoughts flow freely into me. Detach yourself from your body and into your mind. When you come back to normal, we shall be out of here. 

Hysteria hesitated for a moment. Of course she was uncertain. She just met this character. But from the looks of things, she didn’t have much of a choice. She detached herself from her senses and body. The next thing she saw was darkness…

…before opening her eyes to reveal that she and Sting had their tables turned. 

How did that happen? She just saw darkness, and now she was the one who was free while Sting struggled in his bounds. She was scared and frightened from what happened. She tried to make sense out of it, but soon found that it was too late. Sting gave her one final glare before the needle got to him, and sucked all his blood. 

She had closed her eyes to shield from the guilt. She felt bits of her sanity suddenly fade. She remembered what they did to her, how she lost her memoires, how they experimented on her, how they forced her to watch as several others like her were tortured in even worse ways. Because of them, her memoires were lost. Because of them, she was traumatized. Because of them, she was a shell of what was a filly. Half her sanity only remained form her trauma. When she opened them again, she had felt all her worries slip away. 

She looked down to her side to see her hat, the only clue she had of her life, on the floor. She put it on and embraced her new slice in life. She had to make a run for it before she lost feeling in her legs again and the building explodes. 

She suddenly felt a rush of adrenaline flow into her wings. Curiosity got the best of her before she moved them up and down. She then made them move faster. Electricity seemed to spark into them. It frightened and hurt her at first, but she soon got used to it. She tried flapping them even harder, and she felt her hooves suddenly lift off from the ground. 

She looked around. There was only a minute for her to get out before this facility exploded. Could she take the chance to fly her way out? 







 

“Come on, I have to go back in there and get her out!” Shadow tried to go against Serene, who held him by the forelegs. 

“But, Shadow, it’s dangerous in there!” 

“But, we can’t just leave her!”

Right then, the facility exploded. The ones who were unicorns charged up their horns and created a huge shield to protect themselves from the debris. With their combined power, it protected everyone form the explosion. They all dropped it when they thought it was safe. 

Right then, the explosion also sent a filly rocketing out through the front door. One Unicorn immediately grabbed them with her magic. The figure was limp in the magic grasp. When it was put down, Shadow and Serene knew who it was. 

“Hysteria!”

Yup, it was little Hysteria. She looked a little burnt. She coughed slightly from the smoke as fresh air entered her lungs. She opened her eye a little, but they soon opened completely. 

She managed to give a small smile. “Hi Shadow”

“Oh, thank goodness, she’s alive!” Serene sighed in relief. 

“Don’t worry, Hysteria. We’re out of there now. It’s gonna be okay. It’s gonna be okay. You’ll be fine. Just hold on” Shadow fretted over the filly. 

The young filly smiled weakly at him. Her eyes darted down to her wings. She was able to fly, even though it was just once. And one facility of Antis was no more. She closed her eyes to get some rest. 







 

They were able to reach the Base or the Fandom side later. All were attended to. Because of the extremities that had gone on, they all had to go to one of the hospitals in one of the safer areas of their side in Wonderland. All managed to get the treatment they needed and were soon nursed back to health. Hysteria herself was able to recover from the burns. Shadow and Serene reported all that happened and what they found. 

It was good thing that in this Wonderland realm that injury, even if fatal, could heal quick and easy as long as attended to. In a matter of days, everyone who was rescued was able to fully heal. Granted, some had a few disabilities like no being able to walk without support for a few weeks or so. Still, they had to stay in the safer areas to avoid any more damage. They were all sent home, except for one. 

But that was soon resolved. Shadow decided to adopt Hysteria. The little filly looked up to him as though he were her parent. He did it to make sure she didn’t have to be alone. Considering the trauma she went through, she had to have a nice home. He wanted to make sure she had someone to talk to. 

Hysteria couldn’t walk yet, so the hospital gave some therapy boots to help her walk independently and a wheelchair in case she got tired.  She couldn’t fly due to the damage done to her wings. Serene also visited Shadow to watch over Hysteria as well.