Dust held the medical kit in her mouth and flew out the way she had come. It was dark and she was struggling to see. She tried to listen for movement, indicating which way the guard had gone, but all she could hear was the whirring of the generator. Looking round, she came to the conclusion that she must have come from the left, as she had turned right whilst going into the room. She turned right and quickly headed down the corridor, hoping to catch up with the guard. Eventually, she came to a three way corridor. Loud hoof-steps could be heard from her right. They were unlike most hoof-steps though, it was as if they had a soft padding underneath them. Then she heard the clunk of a real hoof against metal, she focused on the sound, it was getting quieter but it was definitely hooves against metal. The hoof-steps became too quiet to hear and the softer hoof-steps grew louder. She realized that the softer hoof-steps sounded almost the same as to the guard that had run away trying to find SCP-0034. She stood her ground, she didn't want to, but a part of her told her that if she didn't eliminate the guards then she would not be able to find her friends. Four guards rushed in, they stopped when they saw Dust. She was much smaller than them, about the size of a mid-sized dog compared to them, but she still frightened them. Dust knew that if she was to have a chance of finding her friends, then she'd have to kill everything and anything that tried to stop her. -Again, I'll say, she didn't want to, but needs and musts are more important than wants and likes.- Dust didn't know how she'd go about killing them, she couldn't think straight for a start, and second, there was no table. Three of the guards aimed their guns at Dust, the fourth ran, presumably to find SCP-0034. Dust charged at the three guards, bowling them over and headed straight towards the fourth, she tilted her head back and, when she got close enough, she smashed the guard over its head with the medical kit. She hit it with such a tremendous force that it was knocked out cold and blood started to escape from a newly formed wound. The other guards had gotten back up now and were firing bullets at Dust. Dropping the medical kit, she picked up the unconscious guard. It was difficult for her since the guard was much bigger than her, so she flew into the air. She used the guard as a human shield, The other guards quickly realized what she was doing and stopped firing, but it was too late, a soft groan was heard and then silence, Dust could no longer feel the heart beat of the guard she held, she couldn't hear any breathing either, it was dead. The other guards stared in horror at their friend who they had killed. Whilst the guards were distracted, Dust had dropped the body, picked up the medical kit and flown over to the guards. She smashed the medical kit onto their heads. One was knocked out cold instantly, the other two, noticing their friend was knocked out, just had time to defend themselves. One of them grabbed her front left hoof and tried to drag her to the ground, failing, he called for the other guard to do the same. Dust flew upwards, it was easy enough, soon, both guards were hanging onto her hooves dangling above a drop at least 15 foot deep plus the extra 3 feet they were above the ground. She shook them off and let them drop the 18 feet, loud thuds could be heard as they hit the floor. Then she went back, picked up the unconscious guard and dropped him down the side as well, she listened for the thud, it was softer but that was probably because it landed on the other two bodies. She did not hear nor see the guards coming in, all she could hear was the blood pumping in her ears so loudly, she thought they would explode. Quickly, she opened a door, flew through it and closed it behind her.
Koko was still wondering what had happened when he came across a large containment cell. It was similar to his own but instead of being made of glass, it was made of steel. He looked around. A few things, looking exactly as the trustworthy one he had seen earlier, were running around, shouting to each other about SCP-0989, gathering bits and pieces and then rushing out of a door on the other side. He hid in the shadows and kept quiet. 'Good, no-pony had seen him' he thought to himself. He waited until all of the creatures had vanished. He then came out of the shadows and looked around. On the wall, there was another plaque, this time with information on SCP-0989. He read the information:
SCP-0989, class-Euclid. SCP-0989 is to be contained in a small 3 by 3 meter room, with the walls ceiling and floor made of steel. SCP-0989 seems to be a mythical unicorn that is able to perform certain spells. SCP-0989 cannot perform magic if it is kept in a room made of steel, however, if a door or window is open then SCP-0989 can use its magic. After a few days the steel will drain SCP-0989's magic and SCP-0989 will have to be re-stabilized otherwise the lack of magic or electricity flowing through SCP-0989's body will cause any generators to shut down thus allowing SCP-079 to take control of the facility. When re-stabilizing SCP-0989, no less than 2 Class 1 or higher personnel are allowed to enter. SCP-0989 is not allowed to be moved anywhere at anytime under any circumstances.
Koko then looked at the picture, it was Aura.
Koko was very hopeful when he saw this, hoping to find his friend, he looked around but noticed that the cell was empty. He sighed, Aura must have teleported away. He went out the door that all the other guards had gone through. He listened for them and heard their soft hoof-steps, he carried on forward. Then at one point he thought he heard something, like something hitting the ground from a long fall. He ran towards the noise, he found the creatures staring at the floor, a pool of blood, stained the floor, lying in this puddle was the beaten corpse of a creature, it had several bullet holes in it's chest and a large dent was found on it's head. A door opened and Koko's head shot up, just in time to see something quickly fly through it and close the door behind it. He couldn't tell what it was, but he felt sure that he knew it. Forgetting that the other creatures were there, he ran forward to try and get to the door. One of the creatures saw him and grabbed him. He was about the size of a small horse compared to the creature, and he could easily get away from it.
However, the other guards had crowded round and were backing him into a corner. Koko reared and bucked trying to scare them away but not trying to hurt them. One of the creatures pushed the others back with both it's grabbers, then reached one out towards Koko. It was holding an apple. The creature didn't know if Koko could understand it, but it introduced itself anyway.
"Hello, SCP-0034, I am Edward. I am a guard of this place" Koko listened to Edward as he explained what was happening. "We need you to help us catch SCP-7789" Koko did not know who SCP-7789 was, but he knew he trusted Edward and that if the creatures needed help catching it, then it has to be a danger. Edward introduced the other creatures, 'Charles, he was always grumpy, Alex(ander), he was a clutz, Henry, nothing much to be said about him and Lucas, he spoke several languages.' Koko found himself trusting these guards as much as he trusted the first one who got killed. He decided that if there was a threat that could kill them then it was best to get rid of it, and then maybe, the guards would get him back home to Equestria with his friends and family.
Aura was getting a bit distressed now, he had been walking for a few hours since he had left the door where Dust was supposed to be to find a key card. He had heard a bit of screaming and shouting, and a lot of loud bangs that frightened him. He knew what the dangers were, sort of. The screaming had set his mind whirring, trying to come to conclusions about what they came from. However, the only conclusions he came to, involved either Dust attacking some-pony or killing some-pony. He shuddered each time a thought like that came to him. From he first moment he had laid eyes upon Dust, he had held a crush for her. He always felt happy when he saw her smile even in the darkest of times. She had always been the one pony who could make him smile. Now was probably the only time in his life when he couldn't have needed her comfort more.
--2 years ago--
Aura was standing in a field that was surrounded by a race track. Miu and Koko were having a friendly competition. Who was the fastest and strongest. They had asked Aura to be the judge and he of course had said yes. Koko and Miu were his best friends, so why wouldn't he have wanted to spend time with them. The two had agreed to run 15 laps of the race track, it was a fairly large race track, but they wanted to see how far they could push themselves. They were on their 14 lap, and neck and neck, when a shout was heard from above. It was the shout of some-pony telling them to move out of the way, and fast. Aura only had time to look up at who was shouting before a small, baby blue pegasus, came crashing into him.
"ow...", the baby blue pegasus was the first to respond. Painfully, she got off of Aura and held out a hoof to try and help him up. "sorry, I didn't mean to crash into you, by the way, my name's Dust. What's yours?" She seemed pretty happy even if she was hurt.
"Uhh..., It's okay. My name is Aura." His head was still spinning as he took Dust's hoof and got up. As he looked up at her he saw that she was so, very, cute. He looked at her, staring into her gorgeous deep blue irises... 'NO' he scolded himself. 'I should not be thinking like that! I've only just met her!!' He shook his head quickly as he tried to clear his mind and smiled at her.
"YES! I WON!!!" came a shout from his right.
"NUH UH! I WON!" came another shout.
"Aura, you saw who won right?" came the first voice again. "Tell Koko who really won that race!"
"uhh, sorry Miu, I didn't really see, sorry." Aura answered
"WHAT!!" Both the other ponies shouted in unison before collapsing.
"Sorry Miu, sorry Koko!" Aura called to them. He turned to Dust and asked, "Are you okay?"
"yeh, I'm fine, are those your friends?" She inquired nodding towards the two exhausted ponies.
"Yeh, the pegasus is Miu and Koko is the earth pony. Do you want to meet them?"
"Sure!" Dust responded and started to walk towards them. "HI! I'm Dust, I see you were having a race. Aura tells me that you two are his friends, Koko and Miu." Both the collapsed ponies sat up and looked at Dust.
"umm, yeh, I'm Miu, I am the best pony around!" Miu boasted.
"No you're not, I am" Koko retorted.
"No, I am!" Miu and Koko started into an argument about who was the best.
"ehem" Dust coughed trying to get their attention, "I think you'll find that I'm the best around." Dust smirked cheekily at the reactions she got.
"What! No way! I'll challenge you to that!" Miu Shouted, "I'm THE best and the ONLY best!"
"No, I'M the best!" Koko shouted in Miu's face. The two stared challengingly at each other.
"There simply is no competition as to whom the best is but, if you two so really badly want my crown I will gladly challenge you for it." Dust calmly, yet cheekily said. So in about 3 minutes the three ponies had agreed on how they should go about this competition. The one rule was, no wings allowed. First, it was who could jump the furthest, then it was who could run the fastest and finally, who could throw a rock the furthest. 5 minutes later everything had been set up, Aura was the judge. The three competing ponies lined up, ready to jump. They all had to jump at the same time.
"3... 2... 1... JUMP!" Aura shouted and let out a small bang with his magic. At the signal, the three ponies jumped. Miu and Koko came neck and neck, with Aura not sure who had gotten the furthest between the two, but Dust had jumped almost twice as far. She looked back at the other two ponies and smirked. The next part was the running race. Dust, Miu and Koko lined up and waited for the bang, it came and the three shot off like rockets. All three of them were quite fast but Dust was just a bit faster, (by a bit, I mean about a whole pony length) and she won no problem. But when it came to the rock throwing contest Koko was by far the best. Being an earth pony, his races specialty was being at one with the earth, just as a pegasus was one with the sky or a unicorn being one with the forces of magic. When Koko threw the rock it went at least 3 meters further than Dust's and 5 meters further than Miu's.
"Hehe, looks like I won, I'll take that crown now" He said, smirking at Dust.
"Not so fast, If I recall, I won two of those events, and two is a bigger than one so I win" Dust smiled. Koko's smirk was wiped from his face, then it returned and he looked at Miu. "I beat you, so that means I'm better than you! HA! At least I win something!"
"You certainly won't win any modesty competitions, nor will you beat your ego" Miu grumbled.
Aura laughed at her remark, then looked over at Dust, her sparkling eyes filled with glee and joy at having won the competition. She looked at him, so happy and joyful. Her smile just made Aura smile back, she was like an angel and, even though he had not been feeling sad or depressed at all, seemed to wipe all sadness away. When she smiled, it sent a spark through his body, one that made him feel like he was floating through the sky.
--back to the current time--
Aura's eyes glossed up as small tears came from his face. He missed his friends, he had only been away from them for what he assumed was a few mere hours but with waking up in a strange place, alone, no comfort or guidance and possibly some large threats, was making Aura feel as if he'd never see his friends again, never see Dust's beaming face, never to tell her how he felt. Aura was looking down, not really paying attention to where he was going, he was lost in his thoughts when a loud bang was heard, and then a few other loud noises.
'THUD' then 'THUD' again, the sounds were loud and Aura thought that he had heard a splintering sound come with the first one.
'THUD, clump' The third thump was softer but accompanied by what sounded like something falling or bouncing off of something else.
Miu had been walking for some time now, and her hooves started to ache. She flapped her wings and flew gently along the forever lasting corridors. Each corridor looked the same, maybe one or two with a door leading to a small room or cupboard, but otherwise exactly the same. She was thinking about this for a long time, only when her head bumped into something hard did she snap back to reality. She looked up to see what she had bumped into, it was a large door. She opened it and went through, closing the door behind her, she heard a loud bang. Nothing was there, but she could still here the loud banging as if some-pony were bucking the wall. She observed her surroundings, she was in a room, with a machine inside. The machine had two doors at either side and two switches in the middle. She went over to the left door and opened it, inside was a tiny room, about the size of a small closet. Inside the other door was the same. When she observed the switches, one of them had settings, Rough, course 1:1, fine and very fine. Seeing nothing else of importance in the room she left, on the wall another sign was hung, this didn't have any information other than the machine inside the room was 'SCP-914 and that it was classed as safe'.
Miu trotted past the sign on the wall and looked around the corridor. She saw the door she had originally come from down the corridor and then she saw another door. One she hadn't seen before. She glided to the door and opened it. On the other side there was yet another corridor, but this one was a bridge of sorts, with a staircase going down into a storage area. She was about to go down the staircase when she blinked, this normally wouldn't have been a problem, but this time, when she opened her eyes she felt like something was out of place, like something or some-pony had moved. After staring for a few seconds, she shrugged the feeling off and descended down the stairs. Half way down the stairs she blinked again, only this time, she paid no heed to the movement among the boxes.
After 5 minutes of searching and finding nothing, she decided to go back up the stairs and started to head towards them.
'bang!' Miu jumped and swiveled her head round towards the sound.
'Bang' It was louder this time, and closer.
'Bang!' louder still, Miu kept her eyes and ears open but she was frozen to the spot.
'BANG!' It was directly above her now. She looked up and blinked at what she saw only for it to have disappeared from its place on top of the container and be standing right in front of her. She just stared at it in horror, not blinking, not moving. She was frightened. The thing just stood there, seemingly to look just above her. It was a head taller than her and it stood on only two legs. But it didn't move, Miu couldn't see any signs of breathing either. It was like a sculpture. Only when Miu's eyes started to water did she blink a few times, when she could see properly gain, the sculpture had gone.