Ace galloped through the tunnels, a bipedal creature shot electricity at him. Ace fired his shotgun at the monster. It flew back, smearing itself on the tunnel's wall. Ace continued. A beam of light shone in the distance. Ace galloped to it, he was finally outside the horrors of the facility, in a forest. Moonlight light scattered through holes in the canopy of the dense woods, glimpses of Luna's night sky. Owls hooted and a stream flowed down a hill.
All this was interrupted by a conversation in earshot.
"So who's this Sparks?"
"Said he was at Ground Zero with Freemane. Everypony else died 'cept those two."
"Sheepherd's missing in action."
Ace readied his shotgun, still listening behind a tree.
"All I know is those two have been killing my friends. They'll pay."
Just then, a radio blared.
"All units, withdraw. We are cutting out losses and pulling out, forget about Freemane, Sparks, and any other targets. Repeat, we are cutting our losses and withdrawing, any units remaining after take off will be left behind."
"We're far from any landing pads, might as well get a move on. If we see Sparks, we'll get him."
A young owl hopped close to Ace. Ace motioned a hoof at the bird to 'Shoo'. The bird twitched its wings, bobbing it's head to the side. Ace motioned a bit more intense. The bird hooted agressively, then flew off noisily. The soldiers turned their heads to the tree.
"You hear that?" One asked the other.
"Sounds like something's behind that tree there."
They trotted toward the trunk, Ace hearing them, without thinking, he galloped away from the tree.
"We got Sparks!" One shouted.
Ace galloped for what looked like a building. More and more marines gathered in behind as he galloped past them.
"Squad, neutralize Sparks!"
They started opening fire. Ace galloped behind a tree.
"What have we here? We've got a certain somepony who's been doing some killing." One mocked as they approached.
A whale-like noise echoed through the woods, followed by the flapping of giant wings. Crows and other various birds fled at the sound.
"The hay was that!?" A soldier shouted.
The ground shook. A crow squawked, but was then suddenly silenced.
"I don't like the sound of that..." One remarked.
Ace looked up to see something of a giant manta ray floating in the air. An orange beam formed on the bottom of it.
Ace started to gallop.
The orange beam screeched as it shot down into the grouping of soldiers, they didn't have time to scream before they disappeared completely.
Ace galloped at a dash, jumping over logs and stones, the ray still above him, charging a beam. The beam fired as he had got to the building. Ace broke through the building's doors. A large mass of soldiers waited for him, several dead science team ponies piled on one another. A mounted gun behind sand bags stood in front of a doorway. The gun fired at Ace, Ace dashed past it, jumping over the sandbags. Assault rifle bullets wedged themselves into his visor. Ace dashed through the doorway. The ray fired another beam through the skylight of the entrance, the soldiers disintegrated within an instant.