Ace cantered down a corridor, following the arrows indicating the way to the locker room. A pipe covered with labels that read 'CAUTION - LASER' wrapped around corners on the wall.
"Good morning, Ace." A science pony with a lavender coat greeted, though he didn't quite know her, she still seemed familiar.
"Good morning... Do I know you?" Ace asked.
"Probably. Twilight Sparkle. Nice to meet you. Are you ready for your test today?" She inquired.
"As ready as I will be." Ace answered.
"I hear it's probably going to change Equestria quite a bit. Good luck!" She wished.
"See you at lunch, I guess." He said, though rather unsure if he would.
Ace hesitantly passed her by into the locker room. He trotted over to his locker, the name 'A. SPARKS' in bold at the top.
He levitated the battery needed for the HEMV suit to activate and trotted over to the HEMV capsules. He pressed his hoof into the button of the capsule of his own red suit with dark grey gaskin plates. Ace recalled that Sector C science team's suits matched their colors, to identify who they belonged to.
He cantered over to the capsule and put the suit on, placing the helmet over his head. He race cantered out of the locker room, almost knocking over somepony.
"Doctor Sparks, please come to the Anomalous Materials Lab, immediately." The intercom rang again.
In seemingly no time, he arrived at the airlock to the test chamber. A security stallion was at the door.
"Come on through, looks like they're about to start without you." The stallion stated.
Ace took no heed and trotted into the chamber.
The chamber was gigantic, the walls, floor and ceiling were all an orange. A microphone ringing echoed in the room.
"T-testing..." A worried science pony said as he cleared his throat, "Now that you're both finally here, we can start the test. Gordon, if you would press the button on that platform, we could start the test before the sample arrives." He continued.
As Gordon pushed the button in, three gigantic arms extended out of the ceiling as a green laser shot through an aperture.
"I'm seeing predictable magical rays," A different stallion indicated.
"Phase two emitters, starting... now." The more feeble-sounding one announced.
The laser flashed a brighter color and light, so intense it was almost blinding.
"Ace, we cannot predict how long the system can maintain this, please, work as quickly as possible." The confident one notified.
Ace cantered over to a cage above an elevator, the elevator arriving with a sickly colored green crystal in a cart.
"The delivery system just arrived with the sample, please insert it." The feeble one instructed.
Ace pushed the cart into the light, an eye-searing light shot across all three arms of the room, so intense the walls were white.
"C-celestia! Ace, get away from the beam!" The feeble one shouted.
"Shut it down, get them out of there!" The confident one broke.
"It's not... It's not shutting down!" The feeble one yelled.
Explosions lit up the room as a stray beam shot into the control room, the stallions screamed as their bones parched to ash and their flesh was flung around the room, a mere shack in the midst of the test chamber.
Portals formed out of reality, transporting beings unfathomable to their previous knowledge. A beam hitting Ace's suit sent him to what seemed another world, bipedal creatures walked to him and seemed to pray. He was suddenly taken back to his world. He looked to where Gordon was, the stallion laid on the floor.
Ace galloped for the door when a beam of pure energy destroyed it. Ace jumped through the smoldering remnants of the guard at the door and the door itself.