Same Time, Same Stories, Different People, Different Worlds

Dempsey picked up the Wunderwaffe and stood up. He looked back at Niko, who was also getting on his feet, and back at the two horse-like creatures who called themselves "ponies" lying on the ground. Niko was the first to actually walk over to the ponies, Dempsey noticed that Niko looked curious and disappointed. Niko examined both ponies, starting with the cyan one who called herself "Rainbow Dash". Rainbow Dash lied on her back, with her limbs on the ground.

"I think I know why her parents named her 'Rainbow Dash'," Niko said, allowing himself to chuckle a little as he moved her tail with his foot.

Dempsey finally decided that he should walk over to the ponies. He walked over to the yellow pony, just as Niko was about to. Dempsey noticed that the yellow pony, who Rainbow identified as "Fluttershy", was lying on her abdomen, with her limbs spread out too.

"Dude, these things have huge freakin' eyes," Dempsey said, squatting down to further his examination.

Dempsey noticed that there was an image of a butterfly on both hind thighs of Fluttershy, and placed his hand on it. As he was tracing the image with his hand, he said, "What do you think the picture on her sides mean?"

Niko shrugged and shook his head, "I do not know, Dempsey. Maybe nothing."

Dempsey stood back up, but kept his eyes on Fluttershy.

"You could be right, but usually if something exists, it is there for a reason," Dempsey replied.

"So you're telling me that we are in this… this crazy place for a reason, is-is that what you're telling me, Dempsey?" Niko question, getting a little angry.

"Calm down, Niko. Yes, it is possible that we were sent here for a reason that we do not know, but I for now, I would rather be here then spend my life trying to escape dead people who were put to life and are hungry for me and other people," Dempsey said.

Niko sighed, and walked further along the path and looked at the town below and ahead of him.

"I agree with you. You wanna what happened to me, Dempsey?" Niko asked, which he then received a "Yes" from Dempsey.

"I was being harassed by idiot Liberty City gangsters, when some fuckin' swing set 'flung' me into the air and I landed on my cousin's fuckin' cab. Now I'm in land of talking fuckin' horses with wings!"

"Hey, not all of them had wings."

"Dempsey, I DIED!" Niko exclaimed.

"I think I did too…" Dempsey replied, looking at the trail behind them.

Niko thought for a moment and looked at the sky.

"We are in Heaven?" Niko questioned.

Dempsey laughed in his mind, but then thought seriously about the question.

"N-no, I don't think so."

"Yeah, I doubt it anyway," Niko looked at his feet. "I guess this is hell."

Dempsey chuckled out loud.

"No, Niko, were in a world of talking horses-let's leave it as that."

Back behind Niko and Dempsey, there was slow movements and groaning. Dempsey quickly turned to the path and recognized the voice of the groaning.

"Looks like Richtofen is finally getting up. Come on, let's go see how he is, Niko."

The two men left the two ponies on the ground, and walked towards the bush which shrouded the other men. By the time Niko and Dempsey reached the bush, Richtofen was starting to stand, but it was obvious that the blow to his head affected him presently. Richtofen rubbed his head as he stopped glancing at Dave, and turned to the men walking up to him. As soon Richtofen decided that both men were close enough to hear him, he began to speak, stuttering occasionally.

"D-Dempsey… di…did I… drink Nikolai's v-vodka?"

"Richtofen, you were knocked out by Dave. How do you feel?" Dempsey asked

"Oh… I feel like I have a bad hang over…but, on my cheek. Hmm, Dempsey, are we still on zee world with zee talking horses?" Richtofen asked, examining the environment around them.

Dempsey gulped.

"…Y-yes." Dempsey said.

"And we found out that there are different kinds; horses with wings and regular horses." Niko added.

"Yeah, they called themselves 'ponies'." Dempsey finished.

Richtofen sighed and looked back at Dave. He thought of freaking out, but he realized that it would be futile.

"Dempsey, I am hungry. If we find somezhing to eat, maybe I won't go crazy."

Both men, realizing they too were hungry, silently agreed and began to travel the path again. Richtofen, realizing that two more 'ponies' were lying lifelessly on the ground, shrugged and kept silent. But Dempsey knew that in his mind, he was screaming, and so was Niko. Dempsey then realized that he never knew Niko's last name, so he decided to break the silence (they were all staring at the ponies on the ground) and ask him.

"Hey, Niko, I never got your last name. Mind telling me what it is?"

Niko continued to stare at the cyan pony, and eventually spoke.

"Bellic."

Richtofen glanced up at the trail in front of him and kept his now-tired hand on the back of his head.

"We should get going; it's very insane zhat I have not passed out in zeh pass few minutes," Richtofen suggested.

Both men agreed and began their walk down the path towards the unidentified town that stood in front of them. Although they were focused on the town in front of them, Dempsey and Niko had their minds on Dave and the ponies they had shocked, but they had thought more about the yellow one, which they knew as "Fluttershy".

"The yellow horse…pony thing seems very… what is the word?" Niko thought.

"Why did that pony or horse have an image on its thighs? She has a… 'Comfortable' feeling to her, but the cyan one with the rainbow-colored tail and hair-or what do they call it? Oh, mane, yes, she seems like the self-centered form of a pony, but I could be wrong… Man, I am hungry," Dempsey thought.

As Niko, Dempsey, and Richtofen made their way closer to the town, they noticed something that they haven't thought of before, but Niko also wanted to know something.

"Hey, uhh… Richtofen; what is that alien weapon you have there?" Niko asked, pointing to the mentioned weapon on Richtofen's side.

"Oh zhis?" Richtofen asked.

"It is a gun that shoots rays of which is not known to us. All we know is that it was made by the Germans, and is top secret, well I guess it's not top secret now." Dempsey answered.

"Germans?" Niko questioned.

"Germans, Germany? You know, zee country with Nazis?" Niko shook his head. "Vha- oh, Dempsey vill explain," Richtofen said, rubbing his forehead.

"You've never heard of Germany?" Dempsey asked.

"No, no countries or land is named that back in America."

"No, it's… you know what; forget it. Have you guys thought of how we're going to enter a town we've never went to before, that may or may not contain non-humans or never seen humans before without disturbing the town?" Dempsey asked.

Niko shook his head while Richtofen thought about it, but he thought to no avail.

"Well, we can't just walk straight into the town; they'll hunt us down like bad habits!" Dempsey informed.

Niko began to repay attention to Dempsey, and realized what he had said.

"Hey, why do we not just go on this path? I think it leads to a house or something," Niko suggested, pointing to a structure down the path.

"Hmmm, not a bad idea; let's go, I think it's about three o'clock. Damn, it is good not to come across zombies for more than thirty seconds!" Dempsey said.

The three men headed towards the cottage, exiting the woods.

"Shiiiit," Niko said, his jaw dropping.

"Ya…Sooooo many animals..." Richtofen said, letting go of his head.

"This home is a fucking tree! I mean, now there's TWO of them?!" Dempsey exclaimed.

Niko nodded, still keeping his mouth open.

"Man, this thing is bigger than I thought… Anyway, let's go… I guess," Dempsey suggested.

"Uh, Dempsey, I see zhat zhere's an obvious problem about shtepping inzhoo someone's tree-house," Richtofen stated.

Dempsey stopped in his tracks and examined the huge tree-house down about fifty feet away from him. He thought for a second and finally said, "You're right; we'll have to go in stealthy, so Niko, DON'T freak out if you see anything unusual."

Niko closed his jaw and then pointed at Richtofen.

"What?! Tell him that!"

Ignoring Niko's argument, Richtofen looked towards the variety of animals and put on an unsure look on his face.

"Dempsey, zhere's anozher problem; zee animals."

Dempsey flinched at the fact and quickly recovered from it.

"Oh yeah… Fuck, Richtofen; come up with some ideas!"

Richtofen glanced at his hands, which were covered by old gloves, and then started to rub his hands together.

"I vould like to suggest zhat we kill ZHEM ALL!"

Dempsey and Niko looked at the Nazi-doctor. Which caused him to chuckle nervously.

"Oh, uh…heh… I don't have an idea."

Dempsey sighed and studied the structure carefully, thinking of the possible choices and consequences of each way to enter the structure. He came up with multiple ways, but one of them came up to be less risky than the rest. After a while, Dempsey sighed and glanced at the now-impatient men returning the glance.

"Well we can simply just knock on the door, or we can seem more hostile and try to sneak in from the back. I'm assuming you all don't want to be attacked by those animals, so let's keep calm and move on," said Dempsey, walking towards the structure.

Niko reluctantly followed, along with Richtofen.

As they cautiously neared the structure, squirrels, birds, a dog, beavers, and even some bears, began to study the men. But there was one creature in particular, that the men were aware of and were eying closely; a white rabbit. This rabbit was eying the men before they even noticed it. The rabbit seemed to send a message, such a one that Dempsey and Niko never knew was possible from a rabbit, or any animal for that matter; I am watching you.

"Niko, you seeing this?" Dempsey asked, keeping his eyes on the white rabbit.

"Yeah, w-what about you, Richtofen?" Niko replied.

"Hmm, ya, but he is nozhing compared to zhose demon dogs… Ya, he is harmless," The doctor replied with a slightly high-pitched voice, causing the other men to cringe at the sound of it.

Once the men reached the structure's door, which stood up about five feet tall, they stood still, until Niko and Dempsey stared dumbly and nervously at Richtofen. Richtofen sighed and glanced back towards the animals and back towards the door.

"Dempsey, go knock on zee door, or I will kill you." Richtofen said, without making eye contact with either men.

Dempsey shrugged and slowly and cautiously moved towards the door.

"Tu es!" Richtofen huffed.

Dempsey didn't know what that meant, but he knew for sure that it had something to do with him taking forever. Even Niko looked impatient.

Dempsey finally reached the door and knocked softly three times.

*Knock*

*Knock*

*Knock*

If I see a fuckin' talking horse when the door opens, I will shit my pants, Niko thought.

…

Anyone in zhere? I vould like to have a talk… Richtofen thought.

…

Hello?! Dempsey thought.

"*cough*…C-coming…" An unknown voice said.

The men quickly glanced up at each other, confused and nervous simultaneously.

"Shit, Niko, act as friendly and not-a-dickhead as you can!" Dempsey whispered, resulting in a quick, deadly stare from Niko.

The lock on the wide, wooden door began to deactivate, the tumblers resetting automatically, along with the door knob itself turning. The suspense of the situation from all the men could easily have sparked a war in another country back on Earth- let me remind you; just from these three men. When the door opened (which was a small amount), the first thing that Richtofen could see was a blob of pink. But, this pink blob or blur, had a tint to it. It's like zee pink creature is depressed.

The moment that the men could clearly see the pink "blur", they all immediately stopped everything, including thinking and breathing.

When Richtofen finally came to some of his senses, he spoke;

"Uh…Hi…"

Niko decided not to freak out or "shit" his pants and spoke up.

"Demspey, t-that's a lot…of…pink?"

The creature spoke up, eyeing each of the humans.

"*Cough*Uh…*cough* call me 'P-Pinkie'."