Discord, Zephyr, Dumbbell, and Score follow Fluttershy as she runs through the city before entering her place of employment, Fluttershy stomped through the museum in search of someone who could help.
"What are we doing here lady?" Score demanded as Fluttershy quickened her pace
"There's only one person I know who can possibly give us some answers." the pink-haired woman rounded the corner
Fluttershy froze when she found the curator talking to Zecora, Everyone immediately pulls out their guns and points them at the mohawked woman
"YOU!" Fluttershy shouted as Discord pulled the hammer back on his revolver
Zecora scowls as the Curator nods his head. "Miss Shy. Gentlemen." Curator Neighsay said unfazed by the number of barrels aimed at him and Zecora
"What is she doing here?" Fluttershy demanded
"Do you genuinely wish to know?" Neighsay said with a smug grin. "Or would you prefer just to shoot us?"
"After what I've seen," Discord said uncocking his gun before sliding it back into his shoulder holster. "I'm willing, to go on a little faith."
"We are part of a secret society. For centuries we've sworn to do all in our power to stop the high priest Sombra from being reborn into this world!" Neighsay explained while seating himself.
"And now because of you, we have failed." Zecora glared at the group.
"And you think this justifies the killing of innocent people?" Fluttershy asked her boss in a somewhat shocked expression.
"To stop this creature? Let me think."
"YES!" Neighsay and Zecora shouted in unison.
Fluttershy groaned in frustration as she spotted her brother playing with the chariot of Solarius. "Zephyr stop playing with that!
"Question?" Discord said raising his hand "He's afraid of cats, what's that about?
"Cat's are the guardians of the underworld." Neighsay explained to the black-haired man. "and he will fear them until he is fully regenerated,"
"And then he will fear nothing!" Zecora said glaring at all in the room
"Yeah and you know how he gets himself fully regenerated?" Dumbbell asked while Scores began loading his gun.
"By killing everyone who opened that chest..."
"AND SUCKIN' EM DRY!! That's how!!"
"This Sombra fellow" Fluttershy said walking up to the Medjai and her boss. "When I met him in Hamunaptra he called me Chrysalis." Fluttershy said as Neighsay and Zecora shared a worried look. "And then in Mister Hoops' room he tried to kiss me."
"It was his love for Chrysalis that cursed him in the first place" Neighsay said looking back to Zecora. "And it would seem that even after three thousand years..."
"He is still in love with her" Zecora said
"While I admit it's flattering and romantic but what has that got to do with me?"
"Perhaps he will once again try to raise her from the dead!" Zecora said with a hint of hope in her voice.
"Yes, it seems he's already chosen his human sacrifice." Neighsay and the others then turned to Fluttershy who suddenly felt a chill crawl up her spine.
"Wow, bad luck sis." Zephyr said when Neighsay stood up from his seat.
"On the contrary, it may just give us the time we need to kill the creature!"
"And we'll need all the help we can get...his powers are growing." Zecora said when she noticed the room was getting darker and all looked up to see the sun was being eclipsed.
"...and he stretched forth his hands towards the heavens, and there was darkness throughout the land of Southern Equestria," Zephyr said as the sun was completely blocked out
Securing themselves within one of Cairo's forts, Discord looks out a window of Fluttershy's room and spots the Soldiers manning the walls and the black sun
"We must stop him from regenerating," Fluttershy said as she and Zephyr are pacing around the room before looking toward Score and Dumbbell. "Who opened that chest?
"Well, there was me and Score here," Dumbbell said pointing to himself and Score. "Hoops obviously and that Southern Equestrian scholar....Blueblood I think"
Discord turns from the window and looks at the two. "What about my buddy, Bitty?"
"Naw, he scrammed outta there before we opened the damn thing," Score said slightly angry at the situation
"if you ask me he was the smart one out of all of us"
"Yup, Definitely sounds like Bitty"
"Well we must find Blueblood and bring him back to the safety of the fort before the creature does."
"Right. She stays here, you three come with me." Discord said when the rest of the group began to object, none more so than Fluttershy.
"Just a minute you can't just leave me behind like some carpet bag! and who put you in charge-DISCORD WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU ARE DOING?!?" She shrieked as Discord suddenly hoisted her onto his shoulder and tossed her into the bedroom before locking her in and giving the keys to Dumbbell.
"This door doesn't open, she doesn't come out and nobody goes in. Right?"
"Right."
"C'mon, Zephyr." Discord said adjusting his harness
Zephyr swallows hard and points to himself. "Me? I figured I'd stay at the fort and keep my baby sister..."
"NOW!"
"Coming" Zephyr said still afraid of the man
Bluebloods Office
Once Fluttershy was secured, Discord and Zephyr made their way to Bluebloods private office only to find it ransacked with a certain sneak rummaging through everything.
"Well well, lemme guess. Spring cleaning?" Discord asked as Bitty tried to make a run for it but was stopped when he was suddenly struck by a chair.
"Nice shot." Zephyr said as they marched over to Bitty.
"Oh Bitty did you fall down? Let me help you up!" Discord grunted as he got a firm hold on Bitty's shirt and slammed him into the bookshelf.
"You came back from the desert with a new friend didn't you Bitty?"
"What friend? you're my only friend-AHHH!!" Bitty shrieked before being slammed on the desk.
"What you doing with this creep huh Bitty? What's in it for you!?"
"It is better to be the right hand of the Devil,... than in his path. Golden Bit answered hoping to be spared a beating from his friend "As long as I serve him, I am immune."
"Immune from what?"
"Filthy animal," Bitty muttered in Hungarian
"What did you say!?" Discord said lifting the man from the desk
"I don't wanna tell you. You'll just hurt me some more"
"What are you looking for?" Discord asked his old friend as he grip Bitty's clothes tighter. "And try not to lie to me"
Discord lifts Golden Bit to the fast metal fan above them "The book!" Golden Bit shouted in fear. "The black book they found at Hamunaptra! Sombra wants it back, he told me it would be worth its weight in gold.
"What does he want the book for?" Zephyr asked as Discord lowered Golden Bit from the ceiling fan
"How the hell should I know," Golden Bit said as Discord lifted the man again."
"Something about bringing his dead girlfriend back to life, but that's all I swear!" Golden Bit screamed in panic as Discord lowered him back down. "He needs the book to do that..." Golden Bit then looks to Zephyr. "And your sister."
Before Discord could question Golden Bit any further, they all heard a blood-curdling scream. Discord looks at Zephyr. Golden Bit seizes the moment of distraction and knees Discord in the balls, Discord doubles over and collapses as Bitty leaps out the window. Anger replacing pain Discord and Zephyr rush to the window in time to see Bitty disappearing into the crowd, however, the pair soon froze in fear as they looked down into the bazaar.
Down in the bazaar, people are screaming and quickly backing away from the shriveled corpse of the Professor. the figure in heavy robes bends down and rips the canopic jar out of Blueblood's cold dead hands, the black book of the dead nestled firmly in his free arm. The figure turned revealing the mummy they faced earlier that day, however, while parts of him were still decayed flesh his skin was a deathly pale color. Sombra -having regenerated even further- looks up and catches eyes with Discord. Sombra grins as he opens his mouth and a huge swarm of flies comes out, the swarm races straight up at Discord and Zephyr who shuts the shutters to avoid the plague of insects.
The flies slam into the closed window and immediately spread throughout the bazaar, the people were left screaming as they tried to run from the swarm. meanwhile, Sombra merely walks through the panic-stricken shopping area, he gazed past the bazaar and spotted the fort which housed his sacrifice and the others he must kill.
Discord and Zephyr look at each other with panicked expressions.
"Damn-it! That's two down and only two to go." Discord said leaving the torn office space
"And then he'll be coming after Flutters." Zephyr said following Discord
Score was sitting at a window sill staring out at the fort watching soldiers in doing drills while sitting in the chair behind him was Dumbbell sitting in a chair fiddling with one of the jars taken from the temple neither of them said anything to the other since the were too worried about the looming threat on their lives till finally Score had enough and got off the sill.
"Ah to hell with this. I'm going downstairs to get me a drink you want one?" Score asked Dumbbell as he made his way to the door.
"Yeah get me a glass of bourbon." Dumbbell stated.
"Alright." Score said as he walked out the door.
"A-And a shot of bourbon." Dumbbell added as he got up and put the jar on the seat he was in.
"Yeah okay, okay." Score said as he continued to walk away.
"And a bourbon chaser!" Dumbbell continued.
"I'll get your damn bourbon!" Score shouted.
"Don't worry about the door." Dumbbell said to himself as he closed the door Score walked through.
Dumbbell then looked at the jar in the seat and decided to goof around thinking he was in a fast draw with the jar before he started doing some gun tricks.
Suddenly there was a howl of wind from the window causing Dumbell to aim his revolver at the opening but he saw no visible threat so he slowly moved forward to investigate and when he arrived at the window he saw nothing and began to holster his gun when suddenly a blast of sand flew into the room knocking Dumbbell onto his back before the sand swirled around him creating a miniature sandstorm that picked him up and despite trying to put up a fight Dumbbell could do nothing not even scream as all the fluids were drained from his body leaving him a dried husk before being dropped onto the ground suddenly the sands came together and formed the body of Sombra looking mostly whole but still missing parts of his body to be fully whole.
The Mummy steps over Dumbbell's shriveled body as a scarab crawls out of his neck and into his mouth, Sombra bites down on the flesh-eater as he walks up to Fluttershy's door. The mummy rattles the knob only to find it locked, Sombra merely grinned as he turned into sand.
Fluttershy was asleep in her bed when sand begins streaming in through the keyhole, The sand kept pouring onto the floor as it formed a large mound. Fluttershy starts to toss and turn as the sand shifts and changes shape, Sombra walked towards the bed as his body showed no sign of decay.
"Chrysalis," Sombra whispers as he plants a kiss on her sleeping form.
However, his lips and mouth instantly start to degenerate and decay. Fluttershy wakes up and sees Sombra's rotted mouth kissing her, the pink-haired woman screams As she tried to shove him away.
The door burst as Discord and Zephyr barged into the room. "Hey!" causing Sombra to turn to the pair. "Get your ugly face off my girl!"
Fluttershy rolls away from the mummy as he turns to Discord in anger, Sombra starts stomping toward the man as sand began swirling around his hands
"Lookie what I got," Discord said lifting the white feline from earlier
Sombra lets out a shriek as the room is filled with sand, Everybody covers their eyes as Sombra's sandstorms blow out the window and vanishes over the compound.
Zephyr aims his gun at the window, his hand shaking badly, Discord moves to the pink-haired woman and extended his hand
Fluttershy takes his hand and immediately pulled the man into a hug. "Are you okay?" Discord asked the woman in his arms
"Well now that you mention it" Zephyr said before noticing the hardening glare Discord was giving him
"I was talking to her"
Zephyr races his big convertible through the streets as he constantly honked his horn, Fluttershy sat between her brother and Discord looking scared and nervous,
"You called me your girl?" Fluttershy said as she gives Discord a look.
"What?... Oh yeah, that was just um, you know, figure a speech." Discord said not looking at the lady
"I think you were jealous" Fluttershy teased
"Jealous?" Discord laughed. "You're kiddin' me? Did you see that guy's face?
Score leans forward from the back seat, filled with fear.
"Can the two of you not flirt right now?" Score said fear clear in his voice as Zephyr pulled the car right up to the museum. "In case you haven't noticed we're being hunted by a three thousand walking corpse"
"What are we doing back here anyway?"
"Well according to legend, the black book that you and your friends found had the power to bring the dead back to life. Until now it was just believed to be a superstition." Fluttershy explained.
"Well believe it sister, that's what brought our buddy back to life." Discord said as they headed upstairs.
"Yes so I'm thinking that if the black book can bring him back to life..."
"Then maybe the gold book can kill him."
"Precisely! now we just need to find out where it's hidden."
"Hey...anyone else hear that?" Zephyr asked when they began to hear what sounded like chanting.
"All hail Sombra...All hail Sombra...all hail Sombra..."
A large, crazed mob covered in hideous boils and sores comes chanting as they approached the museum
"And last but not least my favorite plague," Zephyr said with complete sarcasm. "Boils and Sores"
"It has begun." the mohawked woman said in a grim tone. "The beginning of the end."
"Not quite yet it hasn't. C'mon." Fluttershy said determined to stop the mummy
Fluttershy rushed to the large stone tablet which held the information on the city of the dead and the books, the crazed mob pounded at the locked doors in hopes of retrieving what their master desired.
"Now according to Celestial Scholars, the black Book of The Dead the Equestrians found was inside the statue of Anubis but in reality, the Gold Book was supposed to be hidden there," Fluttershy said as she scanned through the ancient language. "It would appear that the Celestial Scholars messed up and swapped the hidden books"
"So if the Black book was found in Anubis then the Golden book must be inside..."
The Banging on the doors can be heard as Fluttershy and the Curator quickly sort through the many hieroglyphics, meanwhile, Discord and the others watch as the 'slaves' of Sombra flood into the museum.
"Come on Flutters, hurry!" Zephyr urged his sister as she struggled to decipher the texts.
"Patience is a virtue!" Fluttershy said before the doors were suddenly forced open and the mob poured in.
"Not right now it isn't!" Discord said while drawing his gun.
"You know what I think I'll bring the car around," Zephyr said running out of the museum to get to his car
"I've got it!" Fluttershy said in excitement. "According to this, the golden Book of The Living is located at Hamunaptra inside the statue of Horus" Fluttershy giving the stone a rather obscene gesture. "Take that Celestial Scholars"
"That's great now let's get out of here," Score said rather impatiently
Soon as Zephyr was out the door, he was already met with the zombified mob and needed to think fast so in a spur of the moment he stood up straight and began walking like a robot as the mob closed in.
"ALL HAIL SOMBRA!" He shouted out loud trying to sound like one of them and by dumb luck it actually worked and they instantly resumed their march as he quietly snuck out of the mob and made a break for the car.
Zephyr slows his pace allowing the mob to walk past him, before long the eldest brother was outright walking backward before the mob was out of sight. Zephyr leaps into the convertible before firing up the engine and turning the car around, right as he passed the museum door Discord, Fluttershy, Score, Zecora and the Curator run up and jump inside the car. Beni steps out of the museum and sees them.
Golden Bit rushed out of the museum to see them fleeing and calls out for his master "Sombra! SOMBRA!"
From the window on the top floor of the Museum, Sombra looks down and finds his prey driving away before letting out a primordial shriek
"You're gonna get yours, Bitty!" Discord shouts as they race past him. "You hear me? You're gonna get yours!"
"Oh Like I've never heard that before!" Bitty shouted back as the zombified mob started to chase after the group
Zephyr hauls ass down the narrow bazaar street, Discord looks back as the mob vanishes from view.
"Nice driving Zephyr" Discord patting the eldest brother on his shoulder
"Thanks," Zephyr said glancing back before turning his eyes back to the road ahead
Zephyr's eyes go wide as he slams on the brakes causing everyone to look ahead, blocking the road was a massive hoard of Sombra's Slaves. none of them were moving, they just stood there waiting for what the group would do. Discord looks between the mob and Zephyr before doing something even he thought was stupid, the gunman slammed his foot on Zephyr's which forced him to press the gas pedal. Seeing this, the mob starts running at the car with the intent of stopping it.
"Hang on!" Discord shouted as they started crashing into the enslaved people
It didn't take long for the mob to get a hold of the car and start climbing, Discord and the others fight them off and throw them off the car, and more people jump on. Zephyr swerves the car causing it to crash through some stalls, knocking them off, Zecora spots one climbing from the rear before driving her fist into his face. the man tumbles before knocking more of the mob off their feet, one managed to get their hands around Zephyr's throat before Fluttershy poked his eye out. the man let out a scream before Discord's foot connected with his face and kicked him off the vehicle. unfortunately, two managed to get a hold of Score who tried to fight them off, a struggle that dragged the Equestrian further and further off the car
"Discord!" Score shouted as the car made a hard right causing him to fall off. "DISCORD!!!"
Score tumbles across the pavement before jumping to his feet and shooting the two who pulled him from the car, unfortunately after their deaths Score tried to chase after the car only for the mob to catch up. The Equestrian backs into a corner as he continued to fire his pistols into the hideous rabble, killing several, and keeping them at bay.
However, his heart drops when he hears a CLICK! from both his pistols. Score pulled the trigger several times just praying for another bullet.
CLICK!
CLICK!
CLICK!
CLICK!
Despite being out of ammo, the mob stays back and looked at him like rabid vultures. The mob parts like the red sea as Sombra walks passed them and up to Score. Score whimpers in fear as he gazed at Sombra's half-rotten face. Then he gets an idea, reaches into his pocket, and pulls out his jewel-encrusted jar. He holds it out for Sombra as the mummy snatches it from his hands and gives the man a grin, Score grins back as a newfound hope that he'll be spared crosses his mind.
Golden Bit stood among the crazed, diseased mob as Score let out a blood-curdling scream, the shifty man turned away from the horror as Sombra drained the man of his organs and fluids.
Despite their best efforts, the surviving members of the group lost control of the car and crashed into the town square's fountain with the mob hot on their heels. It seemed like this would be the end until they suddenly halted and began chanting once more as Sombra appeared, skin dark as night with eyes blazing crimson as he marched through the crowd.
"It's the creature..." Neighsay spoke with fear.
"he's fully regenerated."
Fluttershy stares at him as his shadow-like hair bellows with the wind, his eyes brimming with enchanting purple energy.
"He's gorgeous," Fluttershy muttered causing Discord to give her a look. "Sorry"
"Keetah mi pharos, aja nilo, isirlan." Sombra grinned as he approached the group.
"Come with me, my princess." Golden Bit Translated as he walked beside the High Priest. "It is time to make you mine, forever."
"For all Eternity" Fluttershy corrected with a scowl. "Idiot"
"Koontash dai na" Sombra spoke once more in the ancient tongue as he offered his hand to her.
"Take my hand and I will spare your friends."
"have you got any bright ideas?" Fluttershy asked Discord.
"I'm thinking, I'm thinking..." Discord said as he tried to think of a solution.
"Well you better think fast because...if he turns me into a mummy you're the first one i'm coming after.
With no other choice, Fluttershy accepted his offer but Discord was not having it and quickly drew his gun on the creature.
"NO!" Fluttershy said as Zecora got him to put his gun down.
"He has to take me to Hamunaptra to complete the ritual!"
"She's right, live today fight tomorrow." Zecora said as Discord reluctantly put away his weapon and glared at Sombra.
"I'll be seeing you again..."
Sombra merely grinned at the man before retreating to the mob, Golden Bit walked up to Zephyr and proceeded to relieve him of the key needed to read the black book. Once Sombra cleared his slaves, he commands them to kill them all.
"NOOO!!" Fluttershy screamed
Sombra pulls her away with a wide smile plastered on his face, Golden bit looks at Discord with a smile to match his master.
"Goodbye my friend," Golden Bit says before running after Sombra
"COME HERE YOU LITTLE..." Discord breaks free from Zecora's grip only to stop once Bitty ran passed the mob
As the mob closed in, Discord spotted a manhole and quickly threw off the lid while Neighsay held them off with a sword he kept hidden under his robes.
"Come on you're first!" He said to Zecora as she jumped in.
"You're next Zephyr!"
"What about my sister?" Zephyr asked as he nudged his way in.
"We'll get her back, go!"
The Curator pulls out his curved blade and starts to hack at the zombified crowd.
"Come on your turn!" Discord shouted at the old man
"Go!" Neighsay screamed as he cut down another slave. "Kill the creature!"
Discord drops down into sewers as the mob began to surround the Curator
The Curator screams in agony as the mob tears the Curator apart.