//------------------------------// // Finale // Story: United we Stand // by Chemtest //------------------------------// —(Survivor)— I sit in a room with all the other leaders, having gone back to normal. Now I am the Emperor of the Combine, so I must represent them, “I want my Combine to live in this land. They are innocent, the Emperor was the bad one. You may annex them, take the technology, make them a puppet, I don’t care. As long as they are treated no different than a pony would.” Lenin looks over at me, “That’s a risky proposition, Survivor. But I can see the use we could have with the Combine becomeing a part of the Equestrian Republic.” Notepad looks between us, “I’m in agreement.” McBad looks around, “As long as a few can come live in Bananaramma, I am good with it.” The other representatives around the table, including my friends all ring out their approval. I nod, “Then I am ready to scede my crown as Emperor and my Combine between the Equestrian Republic and the Bananaramma Corporation.” Everyone nods, and Notepad writes on the treaty, “Alright then. Good we got that out of the way.” Lenin then speaks up, “I do have to say, we would have lost without McBad. Now, in the future we will grow stronger, but we need to learn from the present. I propose an alliance into a single International.” Ha, just like Lenin in real life. I nod my aggrement, “In my power as Lord of New Vegas, and a noble of Equestria, I agree to join.” McBad smiles, “The Bananaramma Corporation could always use friends. I’ll join.” Slender looks around, “I may not be a King or Lord, but I will offer my help.” Courier joins in, “And I’m with him. I’m a one man army.” Avatar leans back, “The Fourth Storm Riech would be glad to join.” Raven adjusts the height of his bone chair, “I would be glad to come in, with my power as King of the Confederation of Harmony.” Chem places down his whiskey glass, “As King of the Equestrian Empire, I would find it wonderful to join.” Notepad nods along with us, “Then we shall make it so. The Revolutionaries Concordat is herby in effect to wield together the Fourth Storm Riech, Confederation of Harmony, Equestrian Empire, Bananaramma Corporation, Equestria, and Equestian Republic.” She looks around, “Is that all?” Everyone nods, “I believe this meeting is over then.” “Then we are all to sign this, and we shall see what comes after.” I hold up my hand, “I could tap into my power, open dimensional portals for everyone to go home.” “Then we shall do that right after we are done.” ——— I tear open the last portal, “There we are.” My friends all come up to me, “We need to aggre on something. If one of us are ever in trouble to great, we should be able to call upon each other.” I nod, “It would be best to do that. Weather it’s for a fight, emotional or physical or social.” We all toss something together, and we all receive five tokens for each other. I look up, “Then I believe we are good. I do hate to cut this short, but I hate to say goodbye, and I do have to go.” I walk around and hug all of my friends, “Good luck back home, and don’t be afraid to call upon me.” I hug Chem, “Continue being you, make them equal buddy, I know you’ll succeed. I remember pointing a gun right at you... seems so long ago.” He hugs back, “Oi mate, I’ll make sure to do a cheers with Satan in your name. We’ve been through thick and thin, and don’t forget that.” Then I go on to Avatar, “I know you the best of all. We are the same person, after all. Well, we were, I’m not so sure about that now. Continue to bring glory to the Palmer name.” He pats me on the back, “I’ll do that, you just be sure to do the same. Oh, and remember, I won’t be there for the next Mexican stand-off.” I laugh, and move on to Slendy. I take him in embrace, “You know, out of all the people here, I think we’re the most serious. I remember us calmly talking before the stand-off, and at how we were the only ones with good reasons.” Slendy take me in, not having to bend over because of the fact I’m so tall now, “You didn’t see the Courier or Chem during the war. They were so serious... I was scared. I only fought on because of you. And, our colors match, we both blend into the dark. Always keep that in mind, no matter how insignificant now, it may save your life later.” I move onto Raven, and he has to add some bone, “Remember that stand-off we had? I was trying to protect you, and you pointed your gun at my head. Now that I know you... I think the gun would’ve shot blanks. You are a person who is cruel, but on,y to those who deserve it. I look up to that.” Raven smiles, “Well dang, you figured me out. Yeah, the gun was blanks. I wasn’t about to shoot someone for trying to help, I just thought it was a big joke, a reference to Sparrow. Now that I think about it, Chem has blanks, his barrel didn’t have a bullet down it, and I think the Courier was in the same boat as me. But we’ve come over that.” I pat his back, “Forgiveness, Raven, always remember that. Compassion towards those who deserve it, and forgiveness to those you hate. Some don’t deserve forgiveness for they fight of purely selfish reasons. But anyone who has good reason deserves a chance. Remember that.” I walk over to Courier, and falter for a moment. I’m about to just offer a hand, but I decide to hug fully instead, “Courier, you were my hero the entirety of my life. You are the reason New Vegas exists, it’s you I learned from. And here you are, standing before me. My hero from the screen to the flesh. And I will never see you as anything other than a hero. I’ll always be there to help you where you falter. I will help you learn from the past. After all, ‘Who are you who do not know your history?’” The Courier returns it full force, “And I view you as a hero, Survivor. You are so powerful, and yet kind, more than I’ve ever been able to achieve. The NCR, the Legion, House, all dead by my hands because I could. Because I didn’t learn from the past. I’ll take that to heart. Funny you should quote Ulysses, I’m sure you two would make great friends in the end. Both teaching each other lessons that can only come from experience. And I’m going to make sure I learn now.” I back off, and stand near the portal, “It’s an honor to call you all my best friends. Until we meet again.” I look back, and walk through my portal. —(Courier)— I walk up to my portal, only to stop and look at who’s next to it, “Hey, cousin.” I smile, “Wanderer, your coming with?” He nods, “Oh yeah, if the Mojave can survive without you, the Capital can survive without me. I’ve done my work, I did my job too many times. I think I deserve to retire early.” I walk up to him, “Then I would be happy to welcome you. Let’s go.” And we both stepped through at the same time. —(Raven)— I land back home, and find myself on the middle of the ship, wedding decorations being taken down. I look around until I spot Captain Jack, “Sparrow, you better set these back up immediately! I will not wait any longer for you to sit around, start working!” —(Slendy)— I land back home, and immediately shudder. Dark forces, that much I know. Multiple overlapping so I cannot tell them, but two stand out. Ah, I know those two. 096, 049. Well, here I go again. —(Chem)— I land back in my universe, in the middle of Celestia and Satan. I hold up my bottle, and Satan taps his glass, “For Survivor!” Celestia looks between the two of us, “What?” —(Avatar)— I land back within my palace. Damn, I need to make a speech about this. —(Survivor)— I land in my office in the Lucky 38. I look out of the windows just like I did before I left. Criminals caught in seconds, bits exchange hands, nobles argue about pointless things. I’m whole again... now I can enjoy this so much more. I’m home.