//------------------------------// // Post-Credits Ending // Story: You will be Upgraded // by EmperorDalek //------------------------------// Trotting through the hallways of the Cybermare base, Diagoras moved through the empty hallways. He was in a state of confusion, as he had been meeting with the Cybermares, and all of a sudden, they had started acting up, they fell to their knees, and suddenly, their heads exploded. Knowing that something was wrong, he excused himself from the office, and hurried to the elevator to meet with the Lord. But as he wandered through once illuminated, and well-maintained tunnels, he understood much of what had happened. He didn’t know the ‘’why’’, but he did know the ‘’how’’, or at least he had one or multiple theories as to how this happened. In several places, the ceiling had been torn, the walls had been opened from the inside, and dead, motionless bodies of Cybermares were spread all around. But without their heads. ‘’Oh my-…What happened here?’’ He asked, horrified. Trotting through the rest of the base, discovering it was all pretty much in a very bad state. He suddenly stopped in his tracks, realizing something. Quickly turning himself around, he looked behind him, and galloped back down the tunnel. The door opened out of the way, and he galloped out onto the gratting. He stepped out onto a platform, in front of him stood a console unit with two buttons on it. He lifted, and pressed his hoof against the button on the bottom. Clanking, softly, the platform started to descend downwards. Coming into contact with the ground below, the platform stopped moving. The grate gate creaked open, but before it managed to open all the way, it broke off, falling to the ground. ‘’Ok-ay. This is really starting to creep me out. It’s like, nopony has been here in years.’’ He said to himself, as he trotted forward. He approached the large, black cube at the center of the giant crevice in the ground. He came to a stop, his eyes spotted a large scene of carnage in front of him. Although, he should be used to seeing it by now, he still let out a loud gasp of shock as he saw the dead, badly damaged bodies of the Cybermares. Sparks flew out from the destroyed remnants of the Cyber-Controller, and the Cyber-Lord. Standing over the Controller’s severed head, he looked down at it. The Controller may have been a non-individual entity. But from what he had experienced that was not true in the slightest, Cybermares were meant to be…well, robots, but there were certain moments when he had noticed that it had hints of a personality inside that head. A soft smile settled on his face, he reached down, touching his hoof against the steel skin of the head. Suddenly, he lifted his head, turning it towards the right, starring back at the giant, black cube. ‘’What the-‘’ He asked, confused. He looked towards it with a raised eyebrow. ‘’What is-‘’ He said, as he turned himself to face it. ‘’That thing-‘’ he raised his hoof, moving it towards the surface of the cube. ‘’anyway?’’ He asked, his hoof coming into contact with the cube’s surface. Suddenly, upon making contact with it, a shockwave erupted forth. The wave of pressure threw him and the dead body parts away. With a hard crash, he and pile fell down. Landing on the ground. Lifting up the piece of metal limb, he looked back towards the cube. His eyes widened, not believing what they were seeing. ‘’Oh my sweet Celestia!’’ He said, softly, starring back. Out through the skin of the cube, green bursts of light emerged. The light continued to spread, forming into a large circle, with strange internal shapes inside, within it. The ground, out of nowhere, started to shake violently. During the wild earthquake, bits of the wall that was composed of Cyber-Tech, started to come lose – Falling down onto the ground. He raised his hoof, grabbing hold of the Cyber-Tech, and throwing it away. He rose back up to his hooves, brushing some of the dust off of him with his hoof. Galloping towards the cube, he grabbed hold of it with his hooves. Holding it, tightly. ‘’Oh no, you’re not leaving me! My associates may be gone, but I’m not going to leave this place empty hooved.’’ He said, angrily. All around him, the ground started to tear itself apart, splitting open. Steam started to emerge from the cracks in the ground, flowing inside the chamber, filling it, until it started to seep out through the open spaces it could find. From inside the cube, a loud clanking sound entered into the airspace of the shaking chamber. The strange markings started to move, clanging as they rotated and shifted in place. A loud hiss of steam emerged from the corner of the cube, as a small glint of light shined out from it. Shocked at what was going on, he backed away. Rather, taking his chances by getting killed quickly, rather than getting taken to another dimension inside the cube. The light grew much stronger with every inch the corners seemed to be opening outwards. From inside it, a soft, weakened moan could be heard. ‘’Finally-!’’ A voice spoke out from inside the opening corners. ‘’I am free!’’ The now-apparent doors continued to open, revealing more and more of what was behind them. He now sat himself in front of the unfolding light, starring, jaw-dropped inside it. The ground continued to shake, but now, it didn’t seem like it was effecting the chamber, itself. Soft hisses sounded, as the sound of clamps being disengaged interrupted the remarkable moment. A soft fabric brushed against the surface of the cube’s floor. Taking several steps out of the cube. Turning it’s head, and looked down at him. Up through the destroyed ruins of the Cybermares’ underground base, a loud, booming laughter escaped up onto the surface.