Morning came quickly. Greg was facing toward Applejack with his free arm draped over her. Even though she had been with him for a couple of days, she knew she could trust him. The plan was simple: break out of the room; find Mac and Apple Bloom; escape using a shuttle. It was simple enough, but AJ couldn't help but feel bad for the others that were on board. Fortunately, Greg sympathized.
They heard the outer door open, their captor would be in the room at any moment, so they did their best to pretend they were still asleep. Greg could hear its footsteps get louder as it approached the cot. Once the footsteps stop, Greg and AJ open their eyes. "Now!" He yells.
AJ leaps off the cot and around the other side of the alien. It turns to face her, but AJ kicks it in the chest, sending it staggering back to Greg who catches it in a rear naked choke. The alien flails around, futilely trying to escape. Moments after securing the choke, it begins to stop moving. "Time to sleep." Greg whispers into its ear. Finally, the alien stops moving. Greg stands up and drops the alien onto his cot.
Greg raised the barrier and destroyed the control before the two leave the room and race down the hallway. At this point, neither of them could understand each other. In this phase, Applejack would search for Big Macintosh and Apple Bloom while Greg secured a shuttle and at this point, alarms were sounding, alerting everyone to their escape.
Applejack searched room by room, releasing abductees as she went, recruiting them to help her find her siblings. The next room she entered was Stor's. His roommate was what looked like to her an upright deer. "Stor?" She calls.
The two look over. "Applejack!" He yells. AJ lowers the barrier. "He finally did it, I see."
AJ smiles and nods. "Yup. Ah still need to find Mac and Apple Bloom." She says.
Stor and his roommate look at each other and nod. "We'll help." Stor's roommate says.
"You stay with Applejack, I'll go find Greg." Stor says to his roommate.
Greg ran into a group of five security guards. He'd see them all the time when going to the commons area, but this is the first time he would actually fight them. He knew they didn't have the psychic enhancing gems attached to their hands like the scientists did, so he wouldn't have to worry about them rendering him unconscious right away, but they did have stun batons.
The first guard rushes him, but Greg proved to be more agile, dodging its strikes. As it swings its arm back, Greg slams his foot into its chest, knocking it down. Greg takes its baton and knocks it out with it. Another guard was right behind him. Greg passes the baton from one hand to the other, turning around, zapping the second guard and taking its baton. Two down, three to go.
The last three were much easier to take care of after Greg started dual wielding the batons. After he finishes the last guard, he hears a whistle behind him. He turns around to see Stor, picking up a pair of batons for himself. He points to Greg then draws a circle on the side of his head. Greg laughs. The path to the shuttle bay would be a resistant one, but Stor and Greg would eventually make it there.
Applejack enters another room, this time she finds Big Macintosh. "Mac! Ah'm glad yer alright." She says, galloping up to her brother and hugging him.
"Yup." He responds simply. Mac's roommate was a larger version of one that Apple Bloom mentioned the other day.
"Are ya ready to get off this thing?" AJ asked.
"I am." The woman responded.
The four leave the room and are quite surprised about the number of people that were running around, attacking security guards. "Sweet Celestia!" She yells out.
"Applejack?!" She heard a familiar voice call. It was Apple Bloom. The filly saw her brother and sister and they gallop up to her, with Stor and Mac's roommates with them. Apple Bloom wasn't alone, and the girl she was with runs up to Mac's roommate. The ponies guess that she's either the girl's mother, or her sister and the group continues. This time, to find Greg and Stor.