2030 Hours Cloudsdale time: Asteroid
Aileron watched as they put the bodies of Rudder and the Medic into body bags, which would be put aboard Firefly 3 upon their return. She had been given a quick rundown on the history of the creatures called 'Nightmares'. They were supposedly the reason for Nightmare Moon, a long time ago, an asteroid crashed just outside of Canterlot, and Luna was the one to investigate and claimed to have found nothing, but was suddenly distant up until her banishment. They couldn't kill Luna so they made her a tool, for the regular everyday pony they just fed directly. Their species hunted for sport. Unlike most creatures, they fed on fear not physical flesh and material.
"Why didn't you tell me," Aileron asked, "Why wouldn't you?"
"I wasn't allowed to unless you're life depended on it. Which it did." He replied, "we have a job to finish."
"This isn't a research station..." Aileron started, "This is a warning grid. For any invasions..."
"Yes, the Nightmares seem to prosper on the dark side of the moon, so we have the Lunars watching every possible part of it. Hoping to maybe spot something before it is to late." Awdry replied.
Aileron sat for a minute, wondering if she should of, in fact, taken part in this mission. Then she stood up,
"I came here to save ponies, and that is exactly what I'm going to do." She entered the nearest hallway the gravity talisman holding her to the floor, and she began to trot down the hall to the safe room. 3 army ponies followed, including the Sargent, while 3 took the 2 bodies back to Firefly 3.
Pliers peered into the room of the generator. Which had a giant rock imbedded into the side of the generator. Pliers didn't even need to check under the hood of it to know that the coils were likely shredded, the magnet shattered, not to mention the cold had probably done a number on it. She turned to Byron and Milly and shook her head.
"I can't fix this, even with the best tools in the world, it's spare parts now. And you'd have to be lucky for any of them to work." She said, "This space station can't replenish the oxygen, or keep the heat up, or anything. Only thing that will work, and is working, is the flipping artificial gravity."
"So what are you saying?" Byron asked.
"Space station can't be fixed with what we have. Hell, if the asteroid had penetrated only a few meters it would have taken out the reactor that spins the turbine. Then we'd be in deep shit." Pliers said, "Come on, we better meet up with the rest of the guys, let's head to the safe room."
The 2 nodded, and they all began to make their way to the safe room.
Pliers was the one to find the room. She trotted up, and knocked on the door. Nothing.
"Alright," She said, turning her attention to the security panel, she used a crow bar to pry it open. The wires would have confused the average pony. But Pliers already knew every bit of it just by giving it a once over. Reconnect power supply to the screen to the door motors. There was a spark as the door's motors opened opened the door. "Cars on the street, or advanced space station, there is absolutely nothing that I can't hotwire."
At that moment Milly and Byron found her, and all 3 entered the airlock, and after fiddling with the door locks, they were able to finally open the inside hatch. Before they could enter somepony swung a piece of handrail at Byron's head, which Pliers, being an experienced at being attacked randomly in the alleyways of Manehatton, quickly blocked the swing. Twisted the forearm and put the Earth Pony into a head lock.
"Hey, I yield don't kill me please!" The Pegasus cried on the verge of tears.
"Well then the next time you have guests, don't try taking their head off." Pliers said as she released the Pegasus, "I'm Pliers, this is Milly and Byron."
"My name is Harmony, the other ponies are Syringe, Pulse, Butch, Circuit breaker, and Spanner."
"Other Ponies?" Asked Milly, then there was a grunt as one fell from the ceiling. They all looked up to see that the ponies she had mentioned were all 'hiding' in the ceiling ready to ambush them. The small earth pony that fell raised a hoof, "Names Spanner."
A Pegasus dropped down. "Butch is mine. Have you seen another Pegasus, Rudder? Can't miss him."
"You lot are the first of the crew we've found." Milly explained to them.
Suddenly there was a banging on the door. The airlock had shut when they exited. Milly and Butch wiped out their guns and aimed at the door. When the doors opened they lowered their weapons when they saw Aileron, and some of their fellow soldiers.
"Oh there you are." Said Pliers.
"So let me get this straight," Harmony, putting on her space suit, "That... mist that kidnapped... and killed Rudder is what caused Nightmare Moon?"
"Yes, and if they are allowed to stay aboard this station they may try to get to Equestria, we simply cannot risk that, we have to kill them, trouble is we don't know how many are on the vessel." Said The Sargent.
Butch then perked up, "Hang on, how badly damaged was the generator?" He asked Pliers
"Id say worse than the hole in the ship if that was even possible. Why?"
"How bout the reactor?"
"No, it's intact."
"Then Let's overload it."
Everypony went absolutely silent.
Then a smile spread across the faces of every pony. All knew that this was the only way to possibly beat this... thing.
They split into 2 teams, Butch, Spanner, Pliers, Byron and the Sargent went to the Reactor to set makeshift charges to blow the station to hell. While the rest made a Bee line for Firefly 3. When they arrived. Aileron quickly began prepping the ship for the flight back, when there was a scream. Turning she saw that one of the Nightmares had gotten aboard and had decapitated one of the Soldiers and thrown another into the cockpit knocking him unconscious, Aileron's magic grabbed the gun and aimed it. Said a silent prayer and shot clean and true into the beast. It screamed and Aileron fired until the magazine was empty. Then she slammed the butt of the gun into it until it finally stopped moving and dissipated.
A few minutes later, the rest of the crew had joined her aboard the craft. And they left in Firefly 3, The Sargent had a timer set, and they all watched as the space station, and the things aboard disintegrated as the uniornium reacted to the explosives and destroyed everything aboard the space station. As they began their journey back to Equestria. They tended to the wounded and mourned the dead.
Upon returning they were given a hero's welcome. Twilight would award all those apart of the mission the highest medal and honor possible.
Not many remember the story of Lunar 5. But now that you know it. I hope now as you look up to the moon, you remember the scarifies made that fateful day. For the battle of Lunar 5.