What It's Like To Call This Place Home

-Gem mines under Canterlot castle-

-two weeks later-

Dimitri walked over to Echo "How much longer can you last in Overdrive?"

Echo looked up at Dimitri "Five hours remaining, I think."

Dimitri walked back to the other Spectors, and Luna, who insisted to stay in the mines with her most prized soldiers, and informed them that they were to leave in three hours. Soon after he had communicated the message, Atlus froze up "Dimitri, we have a situation, I am reviving a distress signal from units SC-3, SC-19, and SC-21."

"What is the message?" Dimitri responded immediately.

A smell speaker folded from his chest -"SC-7, we need assistance, you are the only other unit that is still online, the human governments have captured us and are going to disassemble us to recreate Dimitri's portal. They wish to colonize the world he has escaped to, if you can return to assist as, it would be a miricle, so to speak."- said the voice of SC-19.

"Atlus, you and I are going now!" Dimitri yelled as he boosted into turbo, and opened a portal on the wall "focus on the coordinates of the message, and I'll follow you through the portal."

Atlus deactivated the speaker, as he stepped through the portal, Dimitri looked to Luna "Do not go through the portal." Dimitri the stepped through the portal

-underground facility on earth-

Atlus stepped into a dark room 'Motion detecting lights...' Dimitri stepped out of the portal. The lights came on, reviewing three units, SC-19 was missing his lower half.

"Grab SC-19, I'll get the other two." Dimitri commanded, he and Atlus moved to the units and began removing them from the wall as thirty soldiers poured in through two doors, and opened fire, five soldiers went through the portal.

-gem mines-

PK stabbed his hand into the ground, making Luna look to him "What's wrong PK?"

PK prepared to throw the massive stone past the portal "I have a ad feeling, get behind something, now." As he finished, five soldiers stepped out of the portal, but stopped and stared at Luna. They began to raise their guns at her, but were stopped by PK ramming them, the stone separating the soldiers from PK, who embedded the stone into the wall, crushing the soldiers.

-underground facility-

Dimitri broke the chains holding SC-3, and SC-21. Once free they sprinted through the portal. "Atlus, get SC-19out of here, now!" Atlus put the unit on his back, who grabbed hold. As Atlus was about to go through the portal, a large caliber round tore through SC-19's head, but he kept his hold.

Dimitri began grabbing soldiers and throwing them at walls, as he temporarily closed the portal "Now then... I can get my revenge..." Dimitri said as he began to force himself into his Overdrive.

-gem mines-

Atlus exited the portal a second before it closed. He set SC-19 on the ground, checking the new hole, he found the unit only had a few minutes left before he was 'dead'. The other two units moved to Atlus' side "SC-3, SC-21, he will not live... Dimitri can not repair this damage."

SC-3 dropped to his knees "Why do I feel a sadness? Is it because he was our brother? Is this anger do to his loss?"

"Yes, when you entered this world, you developed the small emotions that all life feels, but when Dimitri is done you will be much more... Human." Atlus looked down to SC-19 "I will give you new names, SC-19, your name is Spectus." Atlus looked to SC-3 "Xatarrus." He then looked to SC-21 "And Sumarus."

Spectus looked to Atlus "A-a-a-atluzzz... W-w-w-we ar-r-re zzzzzafe?"

"Yes, Spectus, we are safe." Atlus confirmed.

"G-g-g-g-good-d. . ." Spectus went still, and his eyes deactivated, Spectus died.

Sumarus looked to Atlus "Are we truly safe?"

Atlus closed the shutters on Spectus' eyes as he stood "Indeed, we are." As he said this, the portal reopened, dimitri stepped through as he was going from turbo to normal.

"Lets go home." he looked to the dead unit "What is his status?"

Atlus looked to Dimitri "Spectus is dead, but Xatarrus, and Sumarus were unscathed." He said while motioning to them.

Dimitri walked down a tunnel with a deep groove carved along the ground "Everyone follow me, I had Atlus map out the mines to find an entrance, and the quickest path to it." They all followed dimitri silently, Atlus carrying Spectus.

After several minutes of walking uphill through the cave, they came to a wall, more specifically, the south wall of Canterlot castle's underground prison, at the end of the path between the cells. Dimitri moved to a brand new control panel. He typed a code, the wall slid down to allow them access, he typed a second code then they all moved into the building, just before the wall moved back into position. "That wall was never touching solid stone in the first place." Dimitri smirked as he led them to the throne room.

Once they entered, Celestia approached the group "Who at the three new ones?"

"Two living, one dead." Dimitri stated then looked to the two living ones "This is Xatarrus and Sumarus, Atlus' brothers."

She noded "They will be informed of the laws of Equestria?"

"Of coarse." Dimitri answered.

-The next day-

The Spectors, elements, and Derpy were standing at a grave in Ponyville cemetery "We gather to bury Spectus, brother to Atlus, Xatarrus, and Sumarus." Dimitri started as PK carefully lowered the emerald coffin into the ground "He survived many things, that any one person never could. He helped fight Anitchka, and suggested puting him back into my head, witch had he not escaped, was the best choice." The Alicorn Amulet lit up as Dimitri levitated the dirt to fill the grave. "He helped me stay calm when I was gone, and saved me several times from permanently severing myself from this world. Spectus truly will be missed."

After all had said their final farewells, Xatarrus, and Sumarus walked into the cottage, saying nothing to anyone. Dimitri moved to flutters side "I'm gonna go and see what's wrong with them.

"Okey, don't be to long." She answered as Dimitri leaned down and kissed her.

"I won't." Dimitri opened his wings, beginning to hover, he moved towards the cottage. Once inside he could not see ether of them, as he searched for them, he found them conversing in his workroom.