Tightening of the screw

by MidnightFMare

session 04

I am awoken by a loud pounding on my door "Hey! Pill pony! get up!"

I rise and open the door "I am not a 'Pill pony' I am a pharmasuticals specialist and-"

"Don't care! Narcisus got out!" the voice says, my eyes still closed from sleep

"...Wait... WHAT?! How in Luna's name did she escape?!"

The pony looks at me "A newbe let her out. Said she was too beautiful to be caged up. Luckily he survived because the darkness in the outer cell blinded her for a minute"

"Wonderful... I know how to stop her but... Wait!" I dig through my files for a certain one "AH-HA!"

Name: Mimic

Condition: mimicry without a time lag

Background: the last living member of a dead hive, the singular hive mind has degressed into an eradication of identity

It mimics the shape and movement of anypony it sees, as if a mirror image because of its ability to know what its target's next moves are. It is kept in the non-pony chambers in the second building. side note: it survives like a pony does and not feed on love unless there is more than enough ambient love

"Okay, I'll need a little time. Activate shut-down procedures in this building and do not confront her. Go!" I command, the pony running away into a hall

"No time to stretch..." I open the window above my bed and jump out, spreading my wings to slow my descent With my velocity coupled with the prevailing wind... which is blowing towards the second building... a little turn and it should carry me to it... I think in my head, letting the wind guide me towards a wall-door (A door on the side of the outer walls of all of the buildings, an emergency way for pegasi to get in and out in case there's a riot)

Landing inside, I gallop down the halls, looking for the right door "AHA! Here we are... 'Mimic'" I press the release button, a click echoing throughout the hall as the door opens.

"Are you in there?" My voice comes out in stereo "The acoustics in here must be great or- Gah! Not the time for this!" I trot in and bump into a grey Pegasus

Or rather... myself

"Okay... this is a bit strange..." We say at the same time "Follow me!"

"No, Follow me! Me! ME!" I pause and walk out the door, me following until I hit a wall, still walking into the wall until we are side-by-side

We nod and run down the hall to the door Sure hope mimic can fly

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We land in the near a number of unicorns running away "Hey, can any of you coneheads create a black dome?"

They look up and their eyes shrink to pinpricks "You let ANOTHER patient loose?!"

"Just answer the question" We say in stereo, causing them to wince "Yeah, we can, but why?"

"I have a way to fix two problems at once, but I need you to isolate Narcissus and Mimic here. Then when Mimic takes on Narcissus' image, that will end her mutilating rampage for perfection. Trust me, I'm a doctor*"

They look unsure but then nod "Okay, we can do that, but first we need to get her still long enough to put up the dome"

"How long do you need?" We ask, and we shiver

"About 20 seconds"

We nod and head towards the conflict

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"Mirror!" we yell, running up to her

She looks over her shoulder, her long triple-red mane down over her shoulder, her hooves showing spots of blood and her crimson eyes looking at me with a bored yet raging fire. She drops her victim, the heavier of the two who attacked Screwloose a few days ago "I am guessing you are the one whom I talked to a scant 48 hours ago, yes? I did not know that you had a twin"

She kicks the groaning guard in the gut "Filthy little monster... he tried to overpower me... so I thought a little punishment was in order, he'll live; just... not without a fitting disfiguration" she smirks and trots closer "I do like you doctor... My apologies, I never caught your name"

"Alka Hest" we reply "Mirror, one of us is a changeling that can mimic you perfectly, but in order for it to work, we need you to hold still and trust me"

She snorts and kicks the guard "Why should I trust you? You could be like that boorish oaf"

I look at her "I don't know why you should trust me, but if you keep on this path, the others are going to try and kill you. I do not want that to happen to you... so I beseech you to trust me" we bow to her

"Raise your head, I trust you" I turn to the unicorns and nod, a black circle surrounds us and rises into a dome and I step out "Okay, I think it worked"

The dome dissolves and facing each other are two Mirror Images. They smile and nuzzle the other, hooves raising into a hug "Now I can hold you..." they whimper, and Narcissus raises her head, tears starting to run down her face "Thank you... Alka Hest... you've... given me a panacea of divine proportions... now I won't be alone..." they trot over to me and kiss my cheeks, making me blush despite myself and, in perfect synchronization, they trot back to the basement room

One of the unicorns taps my shoulder "Uh... mission accomplished?"

I nod "Yes, mission accomplished... now if you'll excuse me, I have to combine two files and re-lock the door. By the way... what's today's date?"

"The 25th of Mayre, why?"

"... Merde... Princess Luna is coming here tonight!" I remember her letter from when I first got here

The unicorns scramble to move the heavy guard but I stop them "Just put him in a closet or something, she was right when she said that he was a monster. And see if you can rouse some of the custodials to clean up the mess, attend to any other injured personnel and go about your duties as you would usually" they nod slowly and mutter amongst themselves down the hall

I look at the grunting form of the guard and smirk "You know, there's a saying, how does it go...? Ah yes, 'Karma is a bitch'" I raise a leg and kick him in the jewels, relishing his moan of anguish "Now, whenever you think about harming a patient or anyponyelse, I want you to remember this feeling. Now, let's get you to the medical bay"

Author's Note:

* all whovians want to say this at some point in their lives or in the case of DerpyI'm a nurse