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Kurisu and Okabe, still in the past........
                          
But how do we get back to our world, the present that is?" I ask. 
"Well, we would have to merge back on our world line, we have somehow become detached from it and delved into the past of another" 
"But the only way to do that is..... the phone wave? And we aren't connected to our physical bodies anymore, we can't touch things." I, the Mad Scientist has no science to explain this. 
                          
"Well, maybe we could, let's give it a try" Kurisu floats over to my young self. 
"That will be disastrous! DO NOT pat his shoulder! He will be haunted for the rest of his life! Wait... I WILL be haunted for the rest of my life!" 
"Oh please, calm down Okabe", as Kurisu says this, her hand is on my past self's shoulder. 
He screams then faints and Mayuri runs over to him.
                          
"See now look what you've done, you pathetic assistant", I cross my arms in superiority. 
"Well, since my body doesn't pass through objects, I COULD smack your face right now", a playful grin crosses her pretty face.
I run as fast as these ghostly legs can take me. 
                          
Once our quarrel has been settled, we come up with plans on how to get back to our origins. I mumble to myself. 
"SERN has to be the troublemaker for this, there's no doubt about it. The organisation seems to developed tactics to erase my existence. Is it I know too much? Or some other reason? Hmmmmm. Mad scientists must be too much for them......
"Okabe, can you stop your frolicking and listen to me?" Kurisu interrupts me. She's irritated and has her hands on her hips. 
"El. Psy. Congroo." I bow my head as if in prayer. 
"Well I'm going to continue whether you're listening to me or not", she talks on about some pure mathematics and science hypothesises. My mind is wavering and I'm not really paying attention. Then I see a little boy in a black coat across the street. He..... he looks like me? Wait he HORRIBLY looks like me! Do I have a twin I don't know about? 
                          
The present time......
                          
Suzuha leads Mayuri and Ruka to her base. They walk into a building that they never noticed before. 
"So, um, where are we going Suzuha?" Mayuri is still in a distressed state after witnessing Daru die. 
"I'm sorry but I can't tell you anything until we get there."  Suzuha replies sternly. Mayuri stays quiet the rest of the way. After striding up many flights of stairs and passing abandoned offices, they reach the roof. The whole of Akihabara is right before them and the morning sun rays warm their faces. 
"This is a safe spot, hardly anyone knows you can access the roof", Suzuha sits down and beckons the others to do so. 
                          
"I'm going to get right down to the point. Now, what just happened was a turn of fate. On this world line, that's what was bound to occur. You know how Okabe wanted to reach Steins;Gate? Well, I'm not sure that he even explained it to you. Anyway, this is a fake Steins;Gate. SERN created a fake reality so that they could continue with their operations. After all his exhausting efforts, Okabe was led to the wrong place." Suzuha looks off into the distance with sad eyes. 
                          
"Is a world line kind of like alternate universes or something?" Ruka questions. He's finding it hard to understand all this.
"Yeah.... I guess so" Suzuha sighs. It's hard to explain things to these two. 
"This is top secret information I'm about to tell you. No one knows about it except me in this point in time." 
"No one...... except you?" Mayuri gasps. 
"Yes." Suzuha inhales. "Okabe has a twin brother hiding within the shadows, and he may be in league with SERN. Both want to eliminate Okabe as he will ruin their plans in the future. They aim to get rid of Okabe in all world lines. He will disappear from every universe." Ruka and Mayuri are silent, this is horrifying to find out. Mayuri looks as if she is about to faint again. 
                          
The morning winds pick up and their hair flows with it. 
"Okarin. That's what you call him right Mayuri? The name belongs to the twins. Oka for the one saviour of the world, and Rin for the destroyer of the human race."
"I just called him that because I thought it was cute...... come to think of it, where did I get that name from exactly?" Mayuri rubs her head in thought. 
                          
"We have to save Oka and reach Steins;Gate at all costs. This is because Steins;Gate doesn't have two brothers." Suzuha is confident. 
"What do you mean?" Mayuri is really interested now. 
"In Steins;Gate, both brothers merge into one during their mother's pregnancy. It is a rare phenomenon, but this means that Okarin is in harmony with himself. He doesn't create crazy experiments that SERN hates him for, and he doesn't join SERN. Okabe is a perfectly sane human being in Steins;Gate and no one has to be killed." 
"So.... how do we get to Steins;Gate then?" Ruka has doubts. 
"The Gate must be opened. But it won't be us who will be going to Steins;Gate", Suzuha almost laughs. 
                          
"Then how do we save Okabe?!" Mayuri cries. 
"Someone else will. However I cannot tell you who, it will definitely cause a paradox. All I can say is that both brothers must meet and create the ultimate experiment." Suzuha declares. 
                          
The sun is higher in the sky now, symbolising a glimmer of hope in this dystopia world line.
                          
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