"So let's see here." Sweetie Belle said as she began reading over the forms Theta and Sigma had just filled out. "Looks like everything is in order here, how about you Scoots?"
"Yup, the rules are all checked out." Scootaloo nodded as she finished writing on her sheet.
"So what's the first order of business?" Theta asked.
"Uh..." The girls said in unison, not quite sure where to go from there or if they had to do any other initiations.
"I don't suppose that you have a chart of activities to perform, do you?" Sigma asked, stepping next to Sweetie Belle.
"Oh yeah! We should probably add you to that." Sweetie Belle smiled as she tore open the cabinet and pulled out the first few pages of the list, then glanced uneasily at the large pile that remained. "It might take awhile though..."
"We have the time." Sigma chuckled, looking at his brother.
"Did ya'll ever notice how your brother Church is th' only one with a normal voice?" Applebloom scrunched her nose.
"I have a weird voice?"
"It's a little weird." Scootaloo chuckled.
"Oh..." Theta said sadly.
"Come on, don't be all mopey like that. It was a joke... sorta" Scootaloo said sheepishly.
"Well, I could say that you all have weird voices." Theta mumbled.
"Ah guess ya could." Applebloom agreed.
A series of knocks came from the door of their room, and their heads snapped to it. Scootaloo let out a breath of relief and stomped her hooves on the floor twice. The door swung open and a unicorn that was familiar to both the Crusaders and the fragments.
"How's it going?" Simmons asked as he trotted past the new recruits to look at the girls. Simmons then stopped, realizing he had walked past the two colts without so much as giving them the time of day. When he saw them, he simply smiled at them politely, waiting for them to introduce themselves.
"Simmons." Sigma smiled, malicious echo following suit.
"Hey, Sigma, right?" Simmons asked passively, not really paying attention. His eyes then snapped back to the essence of creativity and backed into the wall.
"It is good to see you again too." Sigma bowed politely, fires in his eyes flickering higher than usual.
"W-w-what-"
"-Am I doing here?" Sigma finished questioningly.
"Well, I was going to ask why you're a co-" Simmons began, then saw the girls watching him and coughed. "I, uh, mean why you're accompanying the... girls?"
"Oh, he and Theta joined the Cutie Mark Crusaders." Sweetie Belle said, then shook her head at herself as she finished writing on the paper. "No, that's not right. They call themselves the Stud Stamp Sidekicks, but we're still going to work together."
"Oh, that's... nice?" Simmons squeaked. He quickly cleared his throat and looked at Sweetie Belle. "Does Sarge know about them being in the club?"
"Nah, not yet." Applebloom shook her head, then smiled at the girls. "Hey, we should tell Sarge about the Sidekicks! Ah'm sure he'd want to join up with him bein' all riled up about the name."
"I don't think he'd like that." Simmons muttered.
"What didja say Simmons?"
"Nothing." Simmons sighed, wanting to tell them about Sigma, but knowing he couldn't he turned to Rarity's sister.
"So what are you doing here, Simmons?" Sweetie Belle asked, thinking the reason Simmons was fidgeting was because he was being impatient.
"Rarity wanted me to tell you that dinner would be ready soon, so... dinner is going to be ready soon..." Simmons trailed off as he continued watching Sigma.
"How do you guys know each other?" Scootaloo raised her brow curiously.
"It's a long-"
"They obviously met before they came here." Sweetie Belle rolled her eyes. "I mean, they all knew Church before they came here, so obviously they'll know his brothers!"
"I guess that makes sense."
"Brothers? It does? I mean, of course it does! Because that is how I know them. I mean, by knowing Church I obviously know his brothers, so that is how I know them. Yes. It is."
"Why are ya talkin' all funny?"
"I'm talking funny? No. No, I don't think so. You're the one who's talking funny. I'm talking normally. And I'm as far from being scared out of my pants as I can be. Because I'm not wearing pants." Simmons said then forced an extremely awkward laugh that made the girls feel relatively uneasy. "And I'm not doing it for any other reason than everyone else is doing it. I mean everypony. I'm not a pervert like that, ask anyone."
The girls watched him as he backed up into the wall and returned their nervous stares.
"Stop looking at me!" Simmons yelped as he fell to his stomach. He quickly glanced up, acquired his target and ran next to it. "Come on Sweetie Belle, we should probably get going!"
"Why?"
"Because Rarity said it's your turn to do Opal's litter since I did it the last seven times. You like doing the litter right?"
"No..."
"Oh, shi- I mean, yeah, she said if you came home for dinner now you can... do the dishes?"
"I don't like doing that either."
"Fine." Simmons muttered halfheartedly. "Just come with me, we have to go."
"Okay." Sweetie Belle said sadly as she walked past her two filly friends.
"Good to hear, glad you saw it my way. Um, Scootaloo, Applebloom?"
"Yeah?" The two remaining Crusaders asked together.
"Stay in school!" Simmons said, then sprinted out the door.
"See you guys later." Sweetie Belle mumbled, but flashed Theta and Sigma a quick smile. "It was nice meeting you two."
"Likewise." Sigma replied coolly.
"So what are we going to do now?" Theta asked happily, quickly coming into his own around the friendly ponies.
"Ah guess we should head back t' th' farm." Applebloom shrugged as she trotted out of the Crusader headquarters. "Not much t' do 'round here besides make plans. Besides, we need to wait for Sweetie to come back so we can start designing your side groups cape!"
"We get capes too?" Theta inquired ecstatically. "That is so cool!"
"Yeah, but not right now." Scootaloo laughed. "We're not so hot at sewing or any of that fashion junk."
"I guess I can wait a bit." Theta said impatiently, then stared at his brother with a large smile. "Are you excited too?"
"Enthralled." Sigma nodded slowly, not wanting to sour Theta's mood.
Theta happily galloped out of the headquarters after Applebloom. Scootaloo looked over at Sigma to let him go, but he bowed his head, politely giving her the go ahead. She nodded appreciatively at him and walked out the door. Sigma walked out after her as she neared a now waiting Theta and Applebloom. He quickly trotted up to her before she reached them and tapped on her shoulder.
"Something wrong?" Scootaloo asked.
"No, nothing is wrong. I just wished to thank you." Sigma said slowly, looking over at his brother. "While he may not be fully ready to take on the new world, you are making it relatively easy for him to do so."
"It's no problem." Scootaloo assured him.
"Even so, I..." Sigma stopped talking and his eyes slammed shut.
"Sigma?" Scootaloo asked, taking a step towards him. "What's wrong? Why are you-"
Twin shrieks came from the dual fragments as pain rushed into their brains and began spreading through their bodies, rendering them unable to do anything but writhe on the ground and holler due to the extremities of their pain.
"Help!" Theta barely managed to scream through his gritting teeth as his horn fizzled with pure energy.
"What's wrong with them?" Applebloom yelled, panicking over their new found friends.
"I don't know!" Scootaloo said worriedly. She ran over to Theta and threw his right foreleg over her neck. "Come on, grab Sigma! We have to bring them back!"
Applebloom nodded and mirrored what Scootaloo had done to Theta with Sigma. They winced as their companions roared into their ears, threatening to deafen them as they galloped towards Sweet Apple Acres. As they neared neared the farm, however, they heard three more screams of agony coming from the farm. A deep, dark howl, a collected yell and a monotonous bellow. Over in Ponyville, Twilight was hearing the same cries coming from Church's room.
Church's mind now felt as if it was no longer the only one vying for control.
No chapter tomorrow.
Because Borderlands 2.
Hope you enjoy sitting here at possibly one of the worst moments to have a longer wait at.
...ok then.
1295052
Makes more sense if you watch the newest episode.
Ah, the new episode physic screech thingy... I'm curious to see where you go with this.
Oh shit... the meta...
Nah... unlikely.
Do you have any idea what you're doing or are you just making it up as more episodes of RvB are released?
1295014 well dang cliff hanger. also DONUT IS ALIVE
1295076
Most of it is made up as I go along, but this scene (or the one you're probably referring to) was already planned when he got hit by Spike's fireball.
1295014 You're evil xD
Good luck choosing which character to play as. They are all pretty cool
*Falls to knees* "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO, WHY? WHY!? OH GOD... wait I don't get my internet back till Thursday anyway so I'm good. Have fun playing Borderlands 2.
1295062ALRIGHT, WHO DONE IT!
Eww borderlands, sorry I just hate the way they do the graphics
1295014
You are a cruel cruel writer, but an amazing one as well.
1295103
>My face at 20 seconds.
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Shit just got real
dis gunna be good
1295014 Please don't spoil it. I didn't have time to pre order it, and I won't have any time to buy it. I want it soooo much though....
Can you bring Donut to this world since he is alive and all and maybe Wash to and Doc along with Lopez, oh you could make it so Wash goes back to base along with the memory thing finds Donut and Doc and they do some craziness and get transported to Equestria. THAT WOULD BE SO EPIC MAYBE EVEN BRING THE META OUT OF NOWHERE AND START HURTING PONIES.
Ouch... Well here we go! Alpha returning! .... Wait. Church is Epsilon who is memory. Maybe past versions of people are coming back?
1295103 I KILL YOU NOW!
i sense something bad is about to happen. ah man the cmc were finally going to have a saga and now it's over before it started. *sigh* oh well
1295147
You know, it would probably help if you read the FAQ in the description.
1295014No fair ... 3 new chapters and we got us a deal alright?
oh man, i revisited all the fragment information on the unofficial wiki and i completely forgot about gammas weird voice... this story suddenly got about 19% more interesting
Sorry darkwing those graphics just make me want e game maker in the scrotumo punch the scrotum
1295169sorry I just really fucking hate those graphics I can play games with horrible graphics but the way they styalize it piss' me off
1295176 Oh sorry I had forgotten about the Faq you made I read it once but forgot about as soon as i read like 200 chapters during summer.
1295218 I SUMMON ONE THOUSAND MUTANT MIDGET PSYCHOS WHO WILL COME AND KILL YOU WITH THEIR BLADES AND SHIT!
1295089
You psychic son of a bitch...
1295232
A tad high, but from now on I'd like it if mistakes were PMed to me since they just clog up the comments.
I have mistakes pretty much every damn chapter, so having a comment every chapter telling me just the spelling mistakes and nothing else is getting kinda silly.
1295240I've received better death threats from four year olds, literally
1295279
You don't put out enough and I feel like you don't truly respect me as a strong, independent black woman.
I'm taking the cowbells.
I read this to pass the time while Borderlands 2 was unpacking on steam.
I still have a minute to go
Well looks like its totally going to be alpha time. Yup, totally. Ah can feelz it.
1295014 Really, who are you playing as? I think I'm going to be playing as Zer0 for the most part or maybe the Mecromancer.
Is all I can say/do
1295319
Fineeeee.
1295386
Just told a guy above you to refer to the FAQ concerning questions/frequently recommended things.
1295275 I will resurrect Jeffery Dahmer and lock you in a small room with him.
1295419sounds like fun but in the meantime I'm going to go watch porn while you attempt and fail to threaten me
1295240
I wish there was a like button for your comment
AWWWWWWWWWWWWW SHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIT Son!!!
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1295451 How would you like to walk through East Oakland in the middle of the night wearing a nice suit and carryig a briefcase filled with $100 bills?
I read this almost nonstop, and i have to say that you are an amazing writer. I especially like the way you write the characters, to me they read naturally and not forced almost like the characters themselves were writing in their parts. Keep up the good work.
1295662considering the fact I could legally kill people and get money it would be nice
1295755 East Oakland. Do you you know what it's like there in terms of crime?
1295817yes now before you continue to try and make me feel threatened know that you won't win for you are looking at someone who has expierianced deaths warm embrace
1295014 You are pure evil! Evil! Evil, I say!
1295312
Axton.
Mecromancer won't be out for a while, you just get her for free.
1295834 And I just realized how much I love/hate Oakland. It's nice and all, but if one more police officer gets killed during a traffic stop, I'm going to be pissed. How many is that in the last few years? 5? 6? Who cares! That's too many. Way too many, right?
1295014 Bro, You play that Borderlands 2 like you can't stop. Because I want to play it.
1295240... Wut?