//------------------------------// // Ignore All Hope for Mercy. // Story: SCP. Secure. Contain. Pony. // by SolidFerret //------------------------------// {A/N} Try to guess the song thats lyrics inspired the name for this chapter. The Task units had swarmed into the facility at the very words of a Containment Breach. The first ones in were killed almost right away. Montes and Ramirez had been lucky and decided not ruin their second chance by shooting at people who just wanted to escape. As more Task Forces entered, they were fortunate since the SCP's looked for survivors. Some units were ambushed by a few. An unlucky guard being killed by 173 when no one was looking, or SCP-106 dragging some away to the pocket dimension, 096 ran around the facility in search of prey after it saw someone look at it earlier. The survivors had moved around the nearly endless foundation in hopes of founding a way out. Ricca had little memory of the ares they had been through since he's only seen a quarter of the massive building. "Hey buddy, do you even no where we're going?" Rainbow Dash asked. She was impatient when it came to moving slowly and the group had a slow pace since they ran from the guards. "This is the way Montes and Ramirez came from. We're bound to run into an exit." Lopez assured them as they kept walking. Rainbow Dash wasn't convinced but she wasn't from here so she knew she didn't have any leverage in locations. It still didn't help the feeling of danger that was lurking inside of all of them. Blinking was the number one fear in the ponies' minds. The thought of something appearing suddenly in their vision was already nerve-wracking. They stayed away from walls in fear of SCP-106 coming back for Fluttershy or a new victim. Suddenly there was a rumbling followed by a roar. "Shit. That was SCP-682." Allan cursed as the noises stop. "That thing sounded giant." Rarity said while shaking in fear. "It sounded far. I think we're going in the opposite of Gate A." Ricca said as they went through a hallway. "There better be a fucking exit then." Jake growled. Ricca only rolled his eyes. But as soon as they stepped out and onto a catwalk, a gunshot rang and hit the railing, causing a spark to illuminate the ground enough for a few to make out a few mobile task units. "It's them. Kill them and the SCP's" The leader pointed and then fired his weapon. "Jake, you, Greg and Ramirez go ahead with the ponies. We'll hold em' here and catch up." Ricca ordered as he and the others fired back. "Alright. Good Luck." Jake said as he went for the door. Bullets were fired his way that weren't able to hit him. Ricca and the others fired to make sure that they were the ones needed to be dealt with. "Ricca. I don't want to go." Fluttershy said over the gunfire. "No you have to!" He yelled over the sound of his weapon being fired. He tried to continue until a bullet spark the rail. "Don't worry. We'll catch up." He called as the others fell back. "Come on Fluttershy. They know what they're doing." Twilight assured her as they moved to the door and sealed it as they all got in. "Alright. I'm in charge now. We we'll just keep moving until we can rest and wait for the others." Ramirez said while clutching his still bleeding arm. "Who made you in charge." Jake pointed a finger at Ramirez. "Oh so I guess you want to go first?" Ramirez said with a smirk under his mask. Jake only stood there with a defeated look on his face and said, "Lead the way." While motioning his hand towards the end of the hall way. Ramirez only nodded as they moved through. Fate had other plans as SCP-173 burst through th vents and landed on top of Rarity. She fell to the ground and began to struggle from the creatures legs with no avail. "Help." She said weakly. They all moved while Greg kept eyes sight on the statue as they pulled on Rarity. SCP-173 had a vice on Raritys' ribcage. She could feel it. Its' legs were squeezing the life out of her. They didn't move more but were still giving pressure to her lungs. "I... can't... breath." She said while gasping for air. "Shit. It's strangling her." Ramirez said as he tried pushing the statue of her. SCP-173 didn't move from the spot. Rarity had been gasping for air in hopes of getting oxygen to stay alive longer. "He's not moving." Ramirez said with sweat on his face under the mask. "There has to be something?" Applejack pleaded. "Can't you use magic or something?" Jake asked. Twilight seemed to have kicked into gear. She was so shocked by the creature that she forgot about all the magic. Her horn started to glow as SCP-137 became coated with a purple aura. However, he still wasn't moving. "I feel it moving." Rarity said as she got a little air in her lungs. Twilights horn glowed brighter as SCP-173 lifted a little more off the ground. Ramirez had bashed his body against it in effort to move it. Soon SCP-173 toppled over and laid on the ground motionless. Rarity stood up and gasped for air. "Come on move!" Ramirez yelled as they all piled through the door and into an office. They shut the door and soon heard banging in the vents going away. Gunshots were still ringing as the task unit fired at the four. "We have to get out of here!" Lopez shouted over the gun fire. "We'll find a break eventually." Ricca responded and fired back. Just as someone took aim at Riccas' head. What sounded like screaming was heard as a vent burst open. SCP-096 fell down with a claw raised and stabbed down into a single soldier. A few had seen his face, including the ones on the balcony. "That is the shittiest break ever!" Lopez growled as they quickly ran for the door. Just as Montes ,the last in line, was getting through the door, 096 was charging up the stairs and right at them. "RUN!!!" He screamed as they made a mad dash towards the door to the other end. It opened to see Ramirez pointing a gun but quickly looked away to avoid 096s' face. Montes had threw his gun in the room and jumped for the door. He only was a few feet short and crawled towards the end. He turned around to see 096 still charging and began screaming as the door slowly closed. 096 thrusted a claw forward and was met a metal door as he had just missed it by a split second. "Holy fuck." Montes said as he got up and dusted himself off. "Well great. Now we have him to deal with." Lopez said as he dropped to the floor. [A/N] Hope you're all enjoying. Surprised I managed to get more like than dislikes since it was opposite when I posted the first chapter. Leave a comment. Fav. this shit. Follow if you want as well.