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// Chapter 8 
// Story: Rainbow Factory Condemned 
// by LordCarn 
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         You enter the next room. All around you are surveillance feed monitors and, from this room, you can see every inch of the factory, but there is no map. You examine a few of the monitors. Out of the corner of your eye you see  the black hooded mare enter one of the camera frames. She casually walks across the room and opens a door. You start to hear hoof steps in the distance. Quickly realizing the danger, you search for a sufficient hiding spot, find a nearby closet and quickly conceal yourself within. Soon, the black hooded mare enters the room and looks around. She notices the open catwalk door and slowly walks through it.

After a few seconds, you open the closet door quietly and peer out of the closet to see where the mare had gone. You notice she was sitting on the catwalk, staring at the screen which now displayed a different scene. You begin to walk toward the opposite door but then stop when you hear crying. You slowly return to the doorway and gaze out at the wall before you. The scene is of the same area except a different time. Rainbow Dash stands menacingly over an unconscious orange filly with a purple mane. Rainbow Dash attached her to the machine and waited. As soon as she woke up, Rainbow Dash was most pleased.
"Oh good, you're awake. I wanted to personally do this myself. Now, any final words you miserable, worthless whore of a foal?" The orange filly looks toward Rainbow Dash with a look of great dignity and says
"You have beautiful eyes." Nothing happens for the longest time and the screen cuts off. Still aware of the consequences that might befall you if you stayed, you quietly exit through the opposite door. After making sure you were outside audible range, you begin running without care to where you were going only to find the exit to this place.

You pass many halls and machines, having to duck under wires and pipes as you traverse this part of the facility. You could fly above them but you would risk being seen. You continue aimlessly into this maze of wires and machines and wonder what the strange mare was doing. Was she enjoying watching you struggle through this mess? You finally come out the other side, there being only one door ahead of you. You proceed to attempt to open it and find out it's locked. You check the label on the door and discover that this is the door control room. Your eyes widen as you realize you could lift the security protocol if you could get into that room. You attempt to use the key you found in the Director's office with no effect. You glance cautiously about the large room you are in and begin searching for something that might be able to open the door.

It was hard to find anything in the tangled machines. You come across a large vat of a cloudy liquid plastered with acidity warning labels. An idea comes to mind, if you could melt the lock on the door, you could get inside. You pick up a nearby metal container and scoop some of the acid out of the large bowl. You quickly attempt to find your way back to the door. After a few minutes of wandering through the maze, your bucket's bottom completely melted away and releases the acid unto the floor ahead of you. You drop the bucket and quickly backpedal away from the acid to prevent it from harming you. You examine the situation. You could not navigate the maze and make it back to the door in time. There was only one option. You return to the acid vat and prepare to scoop another bucket. You fill the bucket, and take off flying, heading for the only closed door in the room. You splash the liquid close to the doorknob and glance behind you. Nothing had followed you. At last, a little bit of luck.