//------------------------------// // Epilogue: Forget me not // Story: What It's Like on the Other Side // by Dimitri_Domovoi //------------------------------// "He is gone, can you teleport us to the location of the girls?" PK looked at her, she nodded, her horn flared up. They appeared in the palace throne room, PK walked over to Echo and Twilight. "Echo, Dimitri has a final order for you." "... Wait what? He's dead? That's impossi-" "Silence yourself for a moment!" The sudden loud outburst made everypony and Echo, jump. "He left a note, saying to have the girls take us to a zebra named Zecora, that she will take us to a cave, containing a nanobot upgrade for you. To give it to you, activating a stronger transmitter, allowing you to contact him. He is back on earth." Echo scratched his head "Sorry for jumping to conclusions, lets go get that upgrade." He stood, twilight hopping off of him. The arrived to the cave with very little trouble, rarity tripped over a root and got mud in her mane. They entered, walking deep into the cave for several minutes "I found a room cut into the cave wall, the syringe is next to another note!" Echo grabbed the note off the counter. "Hello again PK, the note you recovered from my arm is much older than this one. After I wrote that one I found out that it would be at least a week before Anitchka attacked, so I made three other batches of the upgrade. One for you, RED, and Fluttershy. They are in a safe inside of this counter, you are the only one who can open it, there is nothing strong enough to pull the countertop off, so go ahead. There is one last note for you inside the safe." Echo read aloud, then looked to PK. "Move, I have a countertop to remove." PK grabbed the countertop, and started to pull. It slowly detached, revealing it was connected by mythril bolts. "He was not joking, this is one tough nut." He stated in a strained voice. The slab of iron was detached shortly after, revealing a medium sized safe inside, which PK removed. "Are there any codes on the note?" Echo looked up to PK "No, but what it does say is 'tell Echo to keep still, and keep the syringe.' Why does he choose now to become the Riddler?" Echo looked at the syringe, then uncapped the needle, slamming it into his arm, pushing the plunger he injected the upgrade. Location: South American Rainforest A portal opened, a grey, scaly creature shot out, smashing into a tree. It stood, looking around, it looked at its right arm, a white arm, embedded in the bicep, a dull grey metal Alicorn on a triangle, with a ruby in the center, the eyes and top half of the wings were also ruby. "Thanks for the gift..." He muttered as it unfurled its wings, flying into the sky. "I'm back on earth, but where?" He looked around, noticing a light he flew towards it. He stopped in a thick area with a metal hatch in the ground. Landing, he grabbed the hatch, and ripped it from its housing. He jumped into the hatch, falling for several seconds, before landing in a hallway. He made his way through what he was now guessing, an abandoned underground military base. "This place is too familiar..." He reached a hallway that looked like a walking claw creature had had some fun with the walls, ceiling, and floors. "This is the location where I first created Anitchka... I need to find the emergency power breaker." After minutes of searching, he found and threw the breaker, turning the lights on, and revealing a humanoid mechanical casualty of Anitchka's rampage, so many years in the past. He slung it over his shoulder, and started towards a mech lab, to repair the machine. After about an hour, he located the mech lab, finding several more, still active, one still mo0bile, the rest too damaged to move themselves. "Halt, state your identification number and name." "S-066, Dimitri A. Domovoi." The mech moved closer "Although I can no longer see, I know this information is false, your true identification number and name, please." Dimitri held his hand out "Take a DNA scan, and cross reference the genetic material with your data bank." The mech reached forward, making contact, then grabbing Dimitri's arm. It's other arm removed a scale"If you are Dimitri, then how is it possible for you to have scales?" "Test the DNA, if I'm who I say I am, then I will answere all questions." A panel on the mechs arm slid open, the scale was inserted, and the panel sealed. "DNA match, 100%. Gene match, 100%. Unknown material detected in the cellular structure." The Mech ejected the scale "This is impossible, explain." Dimitri turned around, walking away "All in due time, now I will be back, I've got a call to wait for, and this base blocks any wireless signals." He disappeared, reappearing several feet above the entrance. Location: Canterlot, Royal Palace "Alright, I'll initiate the call, then if I get contact, you mealy join in as you please." Red jumped from his sitting position to his feet "Alright, make the call, E." Echo look strait ahead "Dimitri, come in Dimitri." -"Echo? Perfect!"- "What's perfect?" Fluttershy cut in. -"I emerged from the portal near the facility that Anitchka was created in, in other words, I have a deserted facility to recreate a portal to get me back. And the upgrade worked!"- RED looked to Echo "How long until you return, D?" -"I have no clue, but SC-7 is still active, along with several damaged mechs."- PK stood "We will all help Fluttershy with your child, in your absence." -"That's good, hopefully I won't be gone very long, many a year or two."- Fluttershy started to hover "As long as you return, everything will be fine." -"I'm just glad your not mad at me."- "Why would I be mad at you? You saved both princesses, my friends, and me!" -"When you put it that way, it makes it hard to come up with an arguement. But I will talk later, but rember this, you only have to say my name to call me, goodbye for now."-