//------------------------------// // Sierra Lynn: the Fallen Comander // Story: The Impossible Task // by Miscord Chaosmaker //------------------------------// Commander Sierra Lynn was assigned to the U.E.T.F (an advanced team of humans and ponies in charge of protecting Earth and Equestria) to aid in the investigation of the mysterious disappearances and deaths of ponies all over Equestria. This is her personal log as she conducts the investigation. Commander’s log 1426 I have been assigned to the U.E.T.F after my success in the rescue of Princess Celestia, Princess Luna, and the chaos pony; Miscord, from the changelings. I hope I will get the same respect as I did with my old team. I might be a woman, but I am still up to the challenge. Commander’s Log 1427 Day one of the investigation. I decided to go to the home of the first pony that disappeared. We arrived at Dr. Nightlight’s home/lab at 4:40 A.M. What we found I will never forget. The lab was splattered with blood and a weird yellow slime. Bits of meat and intestines covered the tables. Some spore-like substance was growing on the walls and floor. We got a sample, so we will get results on it soon. The bed room was a bloody mess. Pony corpses were nailed to the walls, some had their organs hanging out, while some had slashed apart and chunks of flesh chewed of their bodies. We found a trap door under the wreckage that used to be the bed. We had to use magic to pry it open because it was glued shut by the blood of the dead ponies. The trap door lead to a small underground room that was covered in that yellow slime except this time the slime had hardened into a honeycomb like form. The room looked like some sort of hive that had been abandoned recently. What looked like giant cocoons lined the walls. All of them were empty. I hope nothing hatched out of them that were dangerous. I leaving a team here to keep a watch over the place, maybe they will find something that we missed. Commander’s Log 1428 Day two of the investigation. Another team and I went over to the ruins of the Carousel Boutique, the second crime scene. We were poking around the ashes when we hit a metal trapdoor. There might be a pattern here, but I have to collect more clues before I decide. We opened the door and climbed down a small wooded ladder that looked very new. Instead of a room, we found ourselves in what I can only describe as a giant hive. Unlike the one under the lab, this one was much bigger and was still active. We saw disfigured shapes moving around in the dim glow of our lights. The trap door above us slammed closed and locked from the outside. Our lights won’t last long so we turned them off and started to feel our way into the hive. On our way down, we passed a cocoon that held a terrible scene. A small filly was floating in the yellow slime that was the interior of the cocoon. The filly’s flesh had mostly rotted away, what was left was an ash grey. The little pony was wearing ripped and torn clothes. The only words we could read were Cutie Mark Crus. I think we found the missing Sweetie Belle. The sad thing was, the little pony was still alive, but she was dead. I don’t know how she was still alive, but we had to keep moving. Commander’s Log 1429 I lost half my team down here in this cave. We had to rest for a little bit, so we found an unused room that was connected to the hive. We set up camp and had just started to settle down, when the two one watch, a unicorn male and a human female, shouted out a warning. We struggled to get our weapons ready, when they attacked. They charged with the force of a dragon. The things overwhelmed us before we even knew what was happening. They dragged off four of my team and killed two more. The rest of us gunned the things down and ran for our lives. We are now in a small cave with no food and very little water. I have a long scratch on my side. I hope I don’t get infected. Commander’s Log 1430 The rest of my team has disappeared, leaving me the last one left. I think……I think they all changed into those……..things. I might fall to the same fate. I won’t let that happen, even if it’s the last thing I do. I’m teleporting this log on to the surface in hope that someone will find it and know what happened to me and my team, so this will be the last entry of Sierra Lynn; Commander of the U.E.T.F. I’m blowing this place up so none of these things will ever harm anyone again. Goodbye. The bomb that Commander Lynn set never went off. The things down in that cave are smarter than I thought. I did however find this log, so it is more proof that these things exist. The thing is I don’t have enough information on these mysterious things that live under the wreckage of the Carousel Boutique. I hope I can find more about these things. I will pass on the information to the others -- The strange pony Commander Lynn and her team disappeared on May 1, 2045. She was presumed dead and her parents were given a badge of honor. The rest of the U.E.T.F also disappeared without a trace and their base disappeared as well. A strange pony was seen running away from the last known location of Commander Lynn with a data pad floating in front of him.