//------------------------------// // 22) The Fight // Story: The Experiments // by SapphireRose87 //------------------------------// {Henry} Derek and I came out of the shadows to greet Experiment Rose, Experiment Sebastian, and Cora. Of course, they had expected our arrival and Cora had an amused look on her face. “Well, then, my sons have finally returned home! In case you were wondering, we’re here to welcome you.” “Gee,” I said. “Thank you? And did you just say sons? As in more than one?”  “Oh yes,” said Cora. “You are first born Experiment Henry. I’m glad to see my other son, Experiment Derek.” “Last time I checked,” snapped Derek as he narrowed his eyes at Cora, “I already have parents and my mom is definitely not you!”  “Yup,” I said. “I thought I told you I’m Santa Clause and I’m too busy delivering presents! I’m not really sure if it’s that time of year yet, and I don’t care!” When Cora heard this, she laughed a laugh that I knew all too well. It really annoyed me at this point. “You’re still funny!” Cora said. “That makes you charming. I’m sure your future wife loves that in the man that she’s going to marry.” “Yuck!” I gagged. “No, thank you.”  Cora pointed to Experiment Rose who was standing behind her. “Yup!” I said. “That confirms it, I’m Santa Clause! Do you really think I’m going to marry that creature passing for a woman? That is if that’s what you want to call her.” “Now, that wasn’t very nice, Experiment Henry!” Cora scolded.  Experiment Rose gave me a creepy look that made my skin crawl. Experiment Sebastian gave the same creepy look to Derek and I could tell that he didn’t like it either. “Aww!” Experiment Rose said. “I can’t believe my future husband has come back to me. It’s been so long since I’ve seen you and you’ve gotten much stronger than last time. Just look at your muscles!” I don’t like this creature at all! I thought. I don’t blame Henry for not liking that creature at all! I heard Derek’s voice in my head and just about fell over backward.  Am I crazy or are you talking inside my head? I asked silently.  That’s just what I was thinking! Derek thought. This is an interesting change of events! I thought. Hmmm, this is perfect!  What are you talking about? He asked. Duh, since we can communicate like this, it’ll make it easier for us to come up with a plan when we’re fighting those creatures!  I heard Derek laughing in my head. I laughed with him. We were laughing in each other’s heads when Experiment Rose cleared her throat to get our attention. “Aren’t you forgetting something? Experiment Henry?” Experiment Rose asked. “And what might that be, creature?” I sneered. Good one, Henry! Derek thought.  “I’m not a creature!” Experiment Rose said, reminding me of how Discord would say he’s not a pest.  “Oh?” I said. “You’re not? I’m sorry, my bad!” “You haven’t proposed to me yet!” Experiment Rose said. “Where’s my engagement ring?” “Yeah,” I said. “No, thank you! And I’m not letting you tie me down so you can sit on me again, for one of our stupid ‘playdates!’” Cora nodded. “It’s a shame none of the other girls gave us offspring! Oh well… I guess we’ll have to try again, huh, Experiment Henry?”  “You did what?” Derek demanded. “You heard that correctly,” I said. “‘Playdate.’ Now I know what it means, that pisses me off even more!”  “You’re not going to do that anymore to my boyfriend if I have something to say about it!” Derek growled at Cora. She looked at him, amused.  “Oh?” Cora said with a smug look. “We won’t? We’ll just see about that!” Experiment Sebastian scowled at Derek and I smiled when I saw the look on his face.  “Did you call Experiment Henry your boyfriend, Experiment Derek?” Experiment Sebastian asked. “Yeah, what are you going to do about it?” Derek taunted. “And my name’s not Experiment Derek! Last time I checked, it’s Derek, you idiot! I think you need to get your brain checked out!” “No, I won’t because you’re my lover, and you know it!” Experiment Sebastian snarled.  “And having a ‘playdate’ with me is a relationship, how?” Derek asked. Cora rolled her eyes, bored with the conversation. “I’m done talking. It’s time Experiment Rose and Experiment Sebastian bring you two home where you belong!” As soon as Experiment Rose and Experiment Sebastian heard that it was as if it were a signal to step in front of Cora like shields. Without another word, Cora went back into Lab 14. * * * After Cora left, Experiment Rose and Experiment Sebastian had evil smiles on their faces. Derek and I returned the favor by giving them the same look. Well, then, Derek thought, what do you have in mind for these two creatures?  Let’s just have some fun with them for now! I thought. But, sooner or later, we’re going to have to allow ourselves to get captured by them!  And why would we do that? Derek asked. Because it’s the easiest way to get into Lab 14 without having to barge in! I thought. You see those ropes they have?  Yeah, I see them, Derek thought, but we have them tied around us right now! I looked down. Experiment Rose and Experiment Sebastian had their ropes tied around our waist. I could hear Derek freaking out in my mind.  Calm down, Derek! I thought. I’ve got an idea, just follow my lead, okay! Fine! he thought.  I didn’t realize that my powers had come out of nowhere again. I was hoping to be able to summon lightning again, but I guess that only happens when I’m mad. Instead, I felt myself rise up into the air a few feet. It was kind of freaky. But I'm a god now, so I guess I should get used to stuff like this happening. Henry? Derek thought.  Yes, Derek?  What are you doing? He asked silently. Is that part of your magic? I guess so, I thought. This is going to be interesting… Experiment Rose looked at me in awe. I got in the air about ten feet and broke the rope that was around my waist in doing so. I flew over and grabbed Derek, breaking the rope around his waist.  Experiment Rose smiled at me. “See? You are going to make a good father for our children!” “Yeah,” I said. “Yuck!”  Experiment Rose threw her rope at me again and I dodged it by jumping onto the next tree branch. As she kept throwing her rope at me, I kept jumping from one tree branch to another. After a couple of times, I reached up and was able to swing to the next branch as if I were a monkey.  “Stand still, future husband!” Experiment Rose yelled.  “Future husband?” I smirked at her. “I don’t remember proposing to you so I don’t think we’re a future anything! Exactly how many times does a guy have to say no before you take a hike?”  “But Head Cora will give us the wedding ceremony when you come home!” Experiment Rose whined.  “Are you kidding me?” Derek snapped. He was busy dodging Experiment Sebastian's rope and I could tell he was having fun doing so. I jumped to another tree branch and stuck out my tongue. “You’re acting like a spoiled brat!” Experiment Rose said.  “So what if I am?” I said, sticking out my tongue again. You’re just having way too much fun with this, aren’t you? Derek thought.  I kept jumping tree branches to provoke her. The look on her face made me laugh even more.  “Oh, come now, Experiment Henry!” Experiment Rose pleaded. “You would make a fine father, don’t you think?”  “Yuck!” I gagged. As I taunted Experiment Rose, her rope hit me once in the back. I didn’t even lose my balance and it didn’t hurt one little bit. I smiled and paused at what I was getting ready to do. Derek knew that I was getting ready to do something but he didn’t know what.  Are you getting ready to do something stupid? Derek thought. Maybe, maybe not! I thought. I’d never thought I’d get a chance to use my other form as a unicorn again! Oh, yeah! I forgot you could do that! Derek thought. Well, have fun with that! “Unicorn!” I said and transformed after I jumped down from the tree branch. Just like the last time, I was on all fours, and walking just came naturally. I used my magic to summon four shields that looked like the one that I had used to chop down that tree with. Four of them? Derek thought. Really! I guess I can’t help myself! I thought. This is going to be fun!  Did you just decide to lose your mind? I thought we were supposed to get captured by them! Not kill them! Oh no! I thought. I’m not going to kill them, don't worry about that! Yeah, I think we should get you some help when we get done here! he thought. I burst out laughing and didn’t realize that I was laughing outside my head. Experiment Rose must've gotten tired of me dodging her easily, and now that I had summoned my shields, she was very annoyed with me. She put her rope away and placed her hands on her hips. I laughed even harder when I saw the look on her face. “I don’t think you need those shields,” said Experiment Rose. “I mean, I know couples fight but I didn’t think we were fighting that bad!” I snarled at her in response. “You and me? A couple? And we’re fighting? Yeah, you’ve lost your mind, creature!” I looked over to see Derek dodging Experiment Sebastian’s rope again. He couldn't stop laughing and he almost got caught, but I saw Derek standing in front of a tree and somehow dodged Experiment Sebastian's rope again. He looked at Experiment Sebastian with curiosity, who paused when he saw the look Derek started giving him. “What is that look for, Experiment Derek?” Experiment Sebastian asked. “Do you see where your rope is?” Derek replied. Experiment Sebastian looked to see that his rope was tied around the tree he stood in front of. Experiment Sebastian tugged on the rope but it wouldn’t budge.  “I wonder,” said Derek, “can you chop down a tree like Henry can? Or drill a hole into the tree stump like I can?” “No...You...Didn’t!” Experiment Sebastian growled. “Oh?” Derek said with the same tone Cora used. “I didn’t? We’ll just see about that!” Experiment Sebastian tugged on his rope as hard as he could and it did nothing but snap in two. The part of the rope that had wrapped around the tree burned and disappeared as if the tree had absorbed it. Experiment Sebastian pulled the other part of his rope back and did not look happy about it. “Great!” Experiment Sebastian growled. “At least these ropes grow back!” “Oh well,” Derek taunted. “It looks like your hopes and dreams have just crashed and burned!” Derek dodged Experiment Sebastian's rope and stuck out his tongue. This is fun and all, Derek thought, but when are we going to allow ourselves to get captured by them?  Fine! I thought. I guess I’ll just have to end my fun now! Oh well, it was fun while it lasted! I didn’t want to do what I knew I had to do next. But I used my magic to put my shields and spells away. “Human!” I said and transformed. I then put my hands up to show Experiment Rose that I surrendered. Of course, she thought I was up to something and narrowed her eyes at me. I really wanted to stick my tongue out at her again but it took a lot of self-control for me not to. Derek followed suit. “What are you doing, Experiment Henry?” Experiment Rose asked. Experiment Sebastian narrowed his eyes at Derek. “What are you doing, Experiment Derek?”  I really wanted to snap at them and say we’re not experiments but once again it took some self-control to keep myself from doing so. Somehow Derek and I knew exactly what we were going to say next and said it at the exact same time. “What does it look like we’re doing?” Derek and I said. “We surrender! Duh!”  Experiment Rose and Experiment Sebastian had evil looks on their faces when we said that.  “Well, Experiment Rose,” said Experiment Sebastian, “I think it’s time we take these two back home!”  Experiment Rose nodded at him in agreement. My eyes widened in anger when I saw them- two long needles full of blue liquid. Great! I thought. I’m not surprised that Cora would go that far to get us back inside Lab 14! What is that? Derek thought. I could tell he was trying not to panic or get angry like me. It’s called the Knock-Out drug! I thought. It’s the same drug that Lab 14 used on me over and over again to put me to sleep so they could bring me to the testing area! Then they would wake me up to start their tests!  I didn't know that Experiment Rose and Experiment Sebastian had thrown the needles and that they had hit their mark until I felt a bolt of electricity go through me.  What’s happening? Derek panicked in his thoughts.  I think it’s our power trying to flush out the drug! I thought.  But since we’re allowing ourselves to get captured, I think we should take a nap! Seriously, Henry! Derek thought. Are you nuts?  That would be a no, I thought. Remember, we’re allowing ourselves to get captured! Goodnight, Derek. I’ll see you inside Lab 14! Fine, Derek thought. Goodnight, Henry! See you inside the lab! I let the Knock-Out drug take effect and went to sleep.