Chapter 8: Execution of the Brotherhood?
Meanwhile, within a castle occupied by Lorcan and his forces, all things were going smoothly well. The Dragon Army was released, his enemy foes are dealt with by some form of manner he was pleased with and all seem to go according to his plans. Lorcan sat in a throne within the throne room as the villain mastermind sat comfortly with his head resting in his right hand. All was going well for him as all he was doing now was waiting for some report from the Brotherhood of Tadaka to return of the progress of their conquest (Lorcan has let them leave at some point to help the Dragon Army). It wasn't long before Trixie entered the three-room, double doors opening by magic and using smoke clouds to appear in a dramatic pose with her cape flapping and held her hat high with dignity.
"The GREAT & POWERFUL Trixie has entered the room!" Trixie declared out her welcoming and entry in the room to be glamour like so, "No applauses, please." She waved out in expecting a large crowd but tried to calm any unseen audience.
"I'm not, what have you to report?" Lorcan remotely stated with a dry tone that he wasn't applying and just went ahead to ask the member of the brotherhood of her report.
"We each have succeeded in what you wished for sir, and I happen to have a present for you. Something you should remember." Trixie responded with a pleased smile on her face as she walked up to the center spot of the room.
"Well now, this should be good to perk my interest." Lorcan spoke with a perk of interest as he wanted to hear more. "Tell me, what sort of gift have you brought me?" The dragon asked in liking to know what sorta gift had Trixie brought to the villain.
"Only one that may find to your applying, TADA," Trixie exclaimed out with her greatest of joy as she was getting into position before doing a special trick now.
Through smoky effects surrounding her, Trixie used her magic horn to make her hat float off her head. Then as if performing such simple magic tricks, the blue pony wave her right hoof in a swirling formation. Lorcan wasn't being impressed at first but then something caught his attention BIG time! From out of Trixie's hat came what he's recognized as the Elements Of Harmony used by the Mane Six, the very powers used to defeat Nightmare Moon and Discord...and the same ones that the blue unicorn ahs taken right after the release of the Dragon Army! This made the evil dragon creeped up a smile in seeing what Trixie had presented to him was truly a present of gifts that he enjoys very much.
"Ahhh…the Elements of Harmony once again as a prize from the Mane Six's first defeat," Lorcan spoke with much please and joy at what was before him now. "Well done Trixie, my dear! This was your finest display of magical showmanship!" He spoke from seeing that this showman pony was truly a member that has done an excellent part on her job.
"Oh please, go on, you little flatter!" Trixie blushed in looking away from when Lorcan gave her such praise.
"At long last, everything I've worked for is coming to fruition!" Lorcan spoke out from looking around his surroundings and lifted his arms up to declaring this. "Every task and every detail of my plans and setbacks have been for this grant moment!" The dragon explained out from things that he done to those that were minor drawbacks, but that matters little now. "The reason I created the Brotherhood of Tadaka to bring Equestria to its knees! My master, Tadaka, shall at last be pleased with my latest performance!" The villain declared out with a sinister expression that at long last, thanks to the members of his organization, his master, Tadaka, shall be most pleased with his efforts and struggles.
"Gaugh-hum, aren't you forgetting something, Lorcan sweetie?" Trixie cough a bit to get some attention on herself, the girl with her magic making the elements float around her. "When you started your Brotherhood, you promised each of us our deepest desires for when Equestria is under your control." The pony reminded the dragon of his promises to the members and they followed along because of such promises.
"Oh, I didn't forget my dear and benevolent beauty." Lorcan spoke with a falsely expressed sincere face in feeling almost hurt.
"And while the Great & Powerful Trixie likes her share to come quickly, I'm curious in when the other members shall arrive!" Trixie exclaimed out her settlement but also questioned about the others in their group that sided with Lorcan.
"I sent word for them to come here just as you used your magic calling spell in reporting your success." Lorcan stated out what he has done in calling for all the members of the Brotherhood of Tadaka. "Of course, the only one not coming is Boris and his minions." The dragon spoke off in rubbing his chin when saying those mentioned ponies are not coming, he's afraid to say.
"Why ever not them?" Trixie asked with a raised eye, why weren't all of them coming to get their rewards?
"I gave them another mission, seeing Boris' talents were a product of my involvement of him becoming a Red Devil." Lorcan spoke in patting his chest in recalling how during the Demon Pony case, he aided Boris to kill Ben Mare, the dragon pushed that pony enough to turn him into a Devil of fine talents of such evil acts. "But just in case he comes across an obstacle, I've given him a special potion to which…he'll be indebted to me so long as I rule." The villain tapped his claws together in mentioning this hidden secret under his words like he gave Boris an item which, once used, shall make him be forever grateful to him…or so he claims.
"Oh, you are so sly; I almost wonder what you gave him." Trixie spoke with a sly expression in only thinking Lorcan was playing around by his expressions.
"Hush, let us enjoy this moment, bring yourself and the Elements closer, my dear." Lorcan held up his right index claw finger in wanting things to be silent as he wished for the pony to approach him along with the Elements.
Trixie soon approached with a cocky smile as she levitated her hat and the Elements straight to Lorcan who step down from his throne. Then he opened his arms to hug Trixie as the blue pony stood up on her high back legs and cross her front hooves around the dragon. It was somewhat an odd moment of a tender, lovey-dobey moment for the two. The Elements circled around them for mere moments, each had their eyes shut for this feeling before opening them up to gaze at the other's expression of…affecting.
"When I recruited you, you wish to be a some pony, famous to reach even the Royal Sisters of Equestria and now…" Lorcan was stating out to Trixie while they were still in their hugging state as he was smoothly speaking to the girl with sweat-loving words. "The Great & Powerful Trixie has performed her grandest, stupendous, Final Finale in which shall be remembered for all of Equestria to never…ever…forget your name." The dragon spoke of such complimentary words that it was mind-puzzling how this was turning into a love story.
"Oh stop it you, I mean….my role does inspire myself, but I still have much more!" Trixie waved off her left hoof to the dragon in the hug, finding those words are sweet but a bit much. "After all, it's not at all like it's my last act." She stated in feeling that she herself still had a lot more to go with, this may not be counted as her final performance.
"Ohhh…but it is…just like that." Lorcan spoke with a whisper voice as his smile was well hidden for some reason.
"Hmph; what do you…" Trixie was about to ask why Lorcan was even saying such things when…
"STAB…" Suddenly without warning, Trixie's eyes widen in a shock expression after the noise was heard of something…or someone being stabbed.
"Uuuaaaugh," Trixie gasped from looking down at herself to seeing in Lorcan's right claw…was a beam sword, and worst was that it was plunged deep into her gut where blood was drooping from. "Lor…can…why…" The blue pony asked in being so lost, confused, and feeling cold…why did the person she felt caring for…do this?
"To truly bring yourself to fame, the finest act for such fine beings like yourself…can only have it brought out…by death!" Lorcan spoke with his glimmering eyes and sinister smile being seen as he soon removed his weapon from the pony whom tripled backwards while holding her side and coughing out blood from the stab.
"Cough…cough…cough-cough….I…tru-sted…you? I…even…lov…" Trixie tried to express her words out but her vision was getting blurry as she tried to see Lorcan but he looked all wobbly. Trixie tried to stay awake as best she could but from her last moanful cry, she suddenly…stopped.
"CLASP…" Soon Trixie's body fell on the floor, her head's face not being shown while it lied still as can be with tiny bits of more blood spreading.
"Yes, and it was from that relationship….you served your purpose." Lorcan spoke from lowering his sword to the pony that was so foolish about their relationship. "Oh, and one more important thing: when I tried to recruit you, you refused at first, wanting to make up for what happened from the Ursa Minor incident in Ponyville...and so I have to beat you into insanity until you believed the big lie that you told yourself...or from what I manipulated into ya. And thus, farewell forever! You are too much like your sick father."
As if horrors weren't enough, lightning flashed outside the throne-room, and the magic surrounding the Elements moved away from Trixie over to Lorcan; All but the purple hat that soon fell down to land perfectly well on what can be said as the deceased Trixie. But Lorcan didn't care as he smiled at seeing the Elements of Harmony float aimlessly around him by the will of his magic that changed the levitating spell by Trixie…to green glowing flames of aura nature.
"Hay Lorcan, we're here!" Spoke out a voice that got Lorcan's attention to turn which lightning flashed again to when his back was turned by the double doors were the other members of the Brotherhood of Tadaka. Glida the Griffin who spoke, Flim & Flam, & The Diamond Dog leader trio: Spot, Rover and Fido. The only one missing was Discord at this time but that didn't seem to worry Lorcan one tiny bit. "We came to talk about our work and wanting our reward with everything we've done so now you better…Huuagh!" Just as Glida was about to make her statement of this dragon coughing up their reward, she, and the other members gasped in shock.
Suddenly, lightning flashed again which light up the room to showing all that were seeing things in the dark of what has taken place. On the floor lied Trixie, her expression unseen by the others when beside the body was the backside of Lorcan's hoodless state but even by the lightning's brightness, his face remained hidden. Then below his right arm was his beam sword with it dripping or sizzling red blood from its stroked victim. It was then that from the little blood on the floor to the weapon that it didn't take even for the simpletons in the room not to notice what was happening. Lorcan had gone and killed Trixie, and the only notion that moved around the dragon's figure was the six Elements of Harmony. If that was strange enough, some background music was heard during this entire moment as it was playing 'Ultimate Bowser - EXTENDED' (from Super Mario 64) that it's creepy organ playing instrument theme just set the stage right.
"Oh my heavens, brother," Flim yelped in shock in what they are seeing is ghastly upon horror.
"Brother dear, I agree!" Flam responded with a gaping mouth in finding this repulsive.
"What happened here?" Spot asked off puzzled and confused of what the members see here.
"Why pony on floor and bleeding?" Fido responded to scratch his head in not understanding this.
"What is going on here?" Rover asked a bit annoyed that something happened here when they arrived.
"Lorcan, answer us…NOW!" Glida snapped off with a loud and demanding voice as she felt like something was off here…WAY OFF.
"You want to know, it's simple…" Lorcan spoke off casually to turn around, hood back up in about to explain himself. "Your servitude in the Brotherhood of Tadaka has expired." The villain stated out that the members here have used up their service.
"Expire?" Spot responded off even more puzzled and confused.
"Us," Rover patted his chest if Lorcan meant the members as they were expired.
"What you mean?" Fido asked a bit unsure in why this dragon was saying this about them now.
Soon organ music was starting to pick up the bit tone as Lorcan had the center stage now with his audience. "It's as stated…I brought you all together as tools to complete my quest to freeing Tadaka's Dragon Army!" He remarked off to hold up his free claw in telling the members here of his 'true' objective all along. "And with the task over and completed, I have no further use of any of you!" The villain waved off his beam sword in declaring this announcement was a permanent settlement.
"So then that's it, you're just getting us fired?" Flim responded off a bit upset and infuriated to heare this.
"You have some nerve after everything we've done!" Flam complained out in seeing that this guy had some nerve in pushing them around.
"If you didn't want us, why even bother creating this brotherhood thing?" Glida remarked off that if this dragon never wanted the members, why have them in a group in the first place?
Calm music was heard during this timely discussion scene. "My dear, the Brotherhood was a front to complete it's one objective and that mission only." Lorcan shook his head in finding that question silly to even be considered to be asked. "So there is no need for there to be one anymore the Brotherhood of Tadaka so I've decided to disband and remove its existence….by permanent matters." He declared out this statement with which he held up his beam sword in a forward direction of the group before him.
"Uh-oh," Fido yelped in seeing this and feeling like that isn't a good tone to hear.
"Dragon lost it?" Spot muttered out nervously in seeing this guy has flipped his lid.
"We work hard for you and now you want us gone!" Rover snapped off in feeling very annoyed by all of this stuff suddenly, "Fine! We let ourselves out!" The Diamond Dog waved off to the dragon before turning around followed by his company in planning to leave if they are not wanted…oh how wrong they are.
"CLUMP…" Then as if by magic, the double doors were suddenly shut before the members who were shocked that this happened. Now they were trapped, trapped with a crazy dragon villain and who was inching closer to them with each small step…
"You Diamond Dogs are very thick-headed, so I'll be clear." Lorcan spoke from never dropping his weapon from where it points to. "I brought you all here….to ends our ties by ending your lives!" The dragon stated with an evil gaze in by removing these former members of his, he'll finish them off…by death.
"Hold on, you're forgetting not ALL of us are here!" Gilda held up his talons to look around with a cautious expression in trying to stall for time with an excuse.
Then the music beat was starting to pick up more of a beat here. "True. Discord & Boris remain absent. But while the God of Chaos's presence remains puzzle to me, Boris is serving a final task with his bumbling stooges going to set a finale task to any resistance to my plans." Lorcan rubbed his chin with his free claw in stating that it's true that there are only two members not accounted for but he'll have time to deal with them later.
"Then if it's a fight you want." Flim declared out writhe an annoyed tone while his horn was glowing up with magical power.
"Then a fight you shall get!" Flam finished off their statement with the same tone and had his horn glow up with magical power too.
Soon the Flim Flam Brothers used their horns to glow together to summon forth a strong magical spell which was when the beat of organ playing made a dramatic response, "POOF/CRASH!" Then what should drop out of nowhere but a large mechanical beast of lizard man design. It stood over 20ft tall, color designs were golden yellow body and red armor plating for the boots, gauntlets, an apple icon symbol that tangled from its front & back waist of red trunks, a bulky chest-plated shoulder pad set, and the armor was made of hard flame-proof gem-stones. The head feature was only showing of a lizard face, clear red emerald eyes, sharp white teeth, two silver horns sticking up from its back-head side and three spike line up across his nose. There was also one gem imbedded in the armor parts that were an orange color in looking to be an extra source of power even without unicorn magic. The only weapons it wielded was in the left claw a chain wrapped around the thing with a 'Y' shaped bladed edge in which its design to grapple any target to bind them in an in-escapable grip and in the left claw was a blacken twin bladed battle axe of a darken style design that could chop up 10 trees or slice a large boulder rock in half with one swing. Then if that wasn't creepy, then the back part of the machine beast opened to allow the Flim Flam Brothers entry as it closed off from inside was some machine base controls for the two. Then from the back were steam pipe air closing vents which blew out from when the creature was activated.
"Interesting toy, did you design it for our cause?" Lorcan spoke from gazing up at this mechanical creation, as it's feature appearance strike that of a close dragon race.
"It was meant to serve our cause!" Flim's voice snapped out from inside the giant lizard man robot mechanism.
"But thanks to you, we're turning its attention of finishing you!" Flam's voice declared out in what the Brothers plan on using this machine for now.
"You shall meet your end against the Flim Flam Brothers Latest Forest Demolition Creation - The GAROOZIS!" The Flim Flam Brothers voices announced through a com-link as they used their magic to power the mechanical machine from inside which made the thing's eyes glowed.
"Rarrrruguhh," The mechanical creation called Garoozis roared before dashing off from speed that could be match by Rainbow Dash up into the air.
There was a long pause from the music as the organ sounds were playing for another dramatic moment here, "Hmph. This should kick for some laughs." Lorcan spoke with a sly expression in finding this somewhat amusing to him.
Then Garoozis lashed its chain around Lorcan who chose to not avoid and let the weapon bind him. The dragon could feel the strength of the chain, it was clearly coated with strong diamonds to which was also used to imprison a caged Demon Pony that was Ben Mare. But back at the fight happening now, the Flim Flam Brothers creation, Garoozis was diving down with its clearly deadly axe held in the air which at the moment, lightning flashed at the ferocity of the stage set.
"DIE TRAITOR," Flim's voice shouted out loud in a demanding statement.
"FEAST ON THIS!" Flam's voice shouted off in wanting the villain to bear witness to this little stunt.
"DARK AXE SWING," The brother's shouted off in stating their attack as it was with the dark axe in hand.
"RAARRUUUOORRRGHHH…!" Garoozis roared from raising its dark axe up in the air, as it came swooping down to deliver it's chopping move against Lorcan. "Boommmvhmm…" There was a loud boom from when Garoozis's attack hit caused a lot off the floor to scatter into corners and created a dust cloud around its surroundings.
"Yes, yes, yes! They did it!" Spot cheered in seeing that their side ended up winning.
"Yippy! We won!" Fido clapped in feeling happy that they won this fight.
"Hehehe, Lorcan now a dead dragon now!" Rover cackled in amusement in thinking that the dragon villain is dead and not a problem to them anymore.
"Wait…what's that…?" Glida spoke from suddenly noticing something odd happening behind the smoke clouds where the battle took place.
Suddenly, as the smoke was clearing, the members saw what happened that they didn't expect to see…Lorcan was alive. In fact, he had somehow broken the chains that were made of diamonds and then used his beam sword to redirect Garoozis's dark axe to the side. Lorcan looked like he barely even moved somewhat of an inch and was still in place while the Flim Flam Brother's mechanical giant beast stood while making some grumbling growl noises like a real beast.
"Impressive, you brothers were truly an interesting bunch to create such fine machineries for our cause." Lorcan spoke off with a sly smile in staring at the Flim Flam Brothers hiding in their mechanical creation as it was a fine piece of work. "This latest one, Garoozis, was it? I think I might take a fine shine to him. Being close to a dragon appearance and the power it has to rival such a species." The villain stated with a curious mind of liking this newest creation and its abilities, he can find a good use for it.
Then Lorcan waved up his left hand against Garoozis's chest plate and then something happened. The back door opened up suddenly, and then what should end up being levitated up from the cockpit than the Flim Flam Brothers. The other members stared with shock in seeing the brothers force out of their machine while they struggled to get out of this spell that they are caught in. Then Lorcan sheath away his beam sword with a sly smile as while he had the one claw in holding the two opponents, the villain slowly brought up the other.
The music got around to the dramatic organ playing spot as something else started to take place here. "But other than your fine creation, you two…are expendable!" Lorcan remarked off against the two unicorn salesman brothers in not having any use for them. "So like apples, I'll just snap the object in half." He made a cruel humor statement about the brothers since they were into apple cider making, this remark of a feeling should be fun to taunt those on near dying beds.
Then there was a heavy pressure feeling happening in the air as Lorcan was having his other hand make a slow grip motion in which case…the Flim Flam Brothers were gasping their breaths in mid air.
"Gaaugh…brother…ugh…what now…?" Flim gasped from trying to hold his neck of an unseen invisible force trying to choke him.
"Ugh-Ugh, brother…we must…gaugh…" Flam gasped out a few muttered words in what to do now but he had the same trouble like his brother was having.
"And with a twist…" Lorcan spoke with an evil smirk across his face as lightning flashed once more across his hidden face as he had his free claw made a squeeze sign before…"CRACK-CRACKFRUVHM…" Then from a shadowy view of two floating ponies in the air, their necks were snapped in a far over turn direction. "And the deed is over." Lorcan mutters out before he waved his claws over which shot off from a distance near some curtains two more bodies. Lightning flashed once more which revealed the back sides of Flim and Flam with their bodies and twisted necks looking over by an opened curtain side where a loud thunder 'booming' and lightning flashing effect showed their death.
"Uh-oh; this not good," Spot yelped in seeing that if that creation of a weapon couldn't beat Lorcan, what can?
"He killed them too!" Fido exclaimed from seeing that the Flim Flam Brothers are now dead now.
"Well duh, like that was gonna save us anyway!" Gilda remarked off that these dumb Dimond Dogs had to see that even with such a deadly weapon, that kinda plan couldn't hold a candle.
"We can't stay here, every dog for himself! Let's escape!" Rover screamed out in fright that they got to runaway and get far from this madness.
With that during the organ's pause for dramatic mood, the Diamond Dogs ran off away from Gilda to the right side where they were going for a window. The trio were almost about to make it if not for a few things. One, thunder booming noises and lightning flashing effects blinded their sights temporally. Second, was that once sight was returned, the Diamond Dogs yelped in fear to cease running when Lorcan stood before them with an ego expression from his unchanged smirk.
"Let's look back on the memory, shall we?" Lorcan spoke in a calm, casual, understanding tone. "What was it that you Diamond Dogs wanted out of this trouble of aiding us?" The dragon spoke in bringing up something about an agreement he had with these dogs in the first place.
"Um…gems?" Spot replied off in a small quick thought of what they wanted.
"Yes, yes, we did it for gems!" Fido nodded with a smile in recalling their reason of doing all of this.
"And…we don't mind not having gems if you not pay up." Rover spoke with a sweat-drop in holding his arms up that if Lorcan doesn't wanna pay them, its fine so long as they can live.
"On the contrary, I plan to give you your rewards!" Lorcan exclaimed from a falsely wicked smile that was hidden of his nature to the Diamond Dogs.
Then from that dramatic organ upbeat sound, Lorcan waved his left hand over the three dogs which appareled out were…Three glimmer silver gems of beauty.
"Ohhh, gems!" The Diamond Dogs responded in a lost hypnotized state in loving the gems.
"I can see why you Diamond Dogs find these gems interesting." Lorcan spoke off casually in seeing how these dogs get lost by such pretty little things such as gems. "While us dragons love them so much, we have a large stash of collecting them as our treasure!" The dragon villain exclaimed in knowing more than anything that his kind likes to stash up this treasure…as a little meal for them.
"But…you said no give us gems." Fido spoke out from being wondering of concern about what Lorcan said.
"Right, right, no give us any gems!" Spot nods in feeling that was true, they weren't going to get any gems.
"Then tell us, why give Diamond Dogs what we want?" Rover asked puzzled off if not annoyed by what this dragon was up to.
"Because in a scientific note, these gems…when the light is passed through their clear point just right…can unleash a powerful beam." Lorcan explained out something that puzzled the Diamond Dogs, but was a knowledge that the dragon found most…fascinating.
"But why tell us this?" Fido asked still puzzled while he stared at his close gem piece.
"Yeah, why tell us this?" Spot responded while doing the same act as the other.
"Diamond Dogs collect gems for value, so why's this fact important?" Rover shrug off from looking to his gem piece in not getting what else was there that was important about gems other then shiny value.
Suddenly, there was a silent beat happening from the music as it was coming to the dramatic scene now. "Because…it shall be your…Eternal Reward." Lorcan spoke with a hidden and sneaky nature as he held up his left claw that unleashed small glowing green energy particles going into the gems that the dogs were so focused on. "From a simple trick of my magic, watch how what you treasure is more than a pretty sight…it's also…deadly!" On Lorcan's very words from such dark threats, he finished pouring his magic into the gems which the items glowed and the dogs stared puzzled of an intriguing part of curiosity of their nature at what their favorite object was showing.
"Prussvhmmm…" Then without warning, the three gems glowed in the center of their structures to unloose a magical beam blast that caught it's viewers by surprise.
"AAAAUUUGGHH…" The Diamond Dogs scream and tried to rise their arms up in defense, but….the light flashed over their heads with their panicky and frightened expressions fading away in the wave of light.
Soon from where Lorcan stood, the smoke cleared from where the Diamond Dogs' bodies stood frozen from where the three gems hovered over still. However, the dragon villain smiled with a huffed expression as the smoke lifted from looking from the three gems over Fido, Rover and Spot's heads was…nothing. Just the clear image through the gem of the stuff pass where what could be said was behind the dog trio. Without being noticed by their blind upsetting thirst for Gems, Lorcan had in a word 'blown their heads clean off', the bodies stood without heads. Then in another booming thunder and flashing lightning, the Diamond Dogs bodies dropped backwards with a loud 'thump' noise. Then to add further insult of injury, the three gems dropped to the floor and rolled on over, where from a camera view, the gems each stopped in where the Diamond Dogs' heads were, as if by an illusion, their horrid death expressions could almost be seen on the gems themselves.
Soon the music was picking up a more quacking organ beat from what's happening next. "Well now, three down, who else is left," Lorcan spoke from looking for the only member left to dispose of; Gilda. "Oh Gilda, isn't she the clever griffin?" He spoke from his eyes trailing up over to the ceiling, as soon as he did, a lonely feather was descending…a griffin feather to be noted.
"Breakissvhmm…" Soon outside the castle, the glass ceiling rooftop where the throne room was located, we see a familiar griffin girl fleeing the action. Lightning flashed with the booming thunder as now it's Gilda that was trying to escape this madhouse of slaughter-tued. The Griffin girl was flying as fast as her rival Rainbow Dash's speed could, to escape through the clouds, to fly away from Equestria, anywhere that didn't have Lorcan around to come and kill her.
There was a dramatic musical pause from the organ music before continuing on with this sync feeling of the scenery. "Damn it! I should have quit while I was ahead, now I'm part of the whole get killed plot by a crazy backstabbing dragon!" Gilda muttered out in seeing and complaining all of this to herself from what's happen. "At least he can't follow me after he got them dogs." When she stated this, the griffin soon ducks right into the storm clouds that were happening in the skies. "These storm clouds are the perfect place to fly through that nobody thinks twice of escaping by such a route." The girl griffin smiled in seeing she's thought of a great plan in which case, nobody ever thinks of checking out. "I'm in the clear, there's no way he'll be able to…" Just as the girl was thinking she was in the clear, that idea soon was dropped.
"My, my, it's easy to see how Rainbow Dash and you were once cool friends! You both like to brag a lot!" An all too familiar voice was heard somewhere within the clouds.
Gilda's eyes shot up from freezing in her moment of flight as she saw something unbelievable before her. It was Lorcan, worst off that not only did he catch up to her, maybe even surpass her speed of flight to be in front of the girl, but this guy was now walking on in thin air.
"You….how'd did you…" Gilda was taken back in shock and surprise in seeing this dragon villain in front of her. "When did you…" She tried to say out but felt too lost in her words still. "Why are you…walking on air?" Gilda finally managed to state out a question of Lorcan able to walk on the very air, that's like an impossible trick!
"Confusing I must admit." Lorcan nods with a sly smile in knowing why Gilda is confused by his little surprise. "While Pegasus ponies are capable of walking on clouds, there are only a few animals that have the ability of flight that can do the same." He waved up his arms in stating how only so few can ever touch and walk on clouds in the air.
"But on air…and without WINGS," Gilda exclaimed off in disbelief that this guy could walk on something not there.
The music was quickening its pace from the organ sounds as the scene continues its work. "Only with a spell can someone make the impossible possible, my dear." Lorcan explained with a smile across his face at seeing Gilda not know such a simple knowledge. "Now let's chat before your demise." He spoke in wanting to say something as if to taunt the griffin girl before he ends her. "You always had a hot passion for being cool and hanging out with the cool crowds." Lorcan held up his left hand in motioning the fact of what Gilda has been known to do in the past. "You felt rage burning when Rainbow Dash had chosen her pony friends when she saw what a jerk you've been to pretend to be her friend just as long as she stayed cool." The dragon grip his left hand in stating the painful truth which she gritted her teeth in her beak in the mere mentioning of that bad day she had in Ponyville.
"So…what's it to ya?" Gilda remarked off rudely in what does that got to do with her and her former friendship with Rainbow Dash.
"Because you'll be going from cools-ville to hots-ville," Lorcan shrug off to state this fact in a puzzling manner of speaking. "And during your moments, you'll finally be better than all the rest!" The dragon villain exclaimed what he'll give to Gilda as it's something she wants, after all.
"Forget it, you won't get me!" Gilda snapped off at the villain in knowing his lies and tricks by now from her street-credit style before she quickly turn around to fly off even quicker.
Soon the drama of the organ music was slowly creeping up onto something as we see what's about to turn here. "Unfortunately, while your plan was smart…it also carried a heavy flaw in escaping from me." Lorcan closed his eyes in not pursuing his chase for the fleeing griffin as all he does was make a remarking fact on something. "Never try to escape through a storm when one who controls magic is in the center." When the villain stated this, he held his hands up that unleashed green volts of flames into the very clouds the two beings are in.
Then suddenly before Gilda could take a close enough reaction, several bolts of lightning flashed against the griffin. "GWAAAUUGGHH…" Gilda screamed from being zapped by the lightning but worst off was her entire feathery body was catching on fire during the process. "HAAAUGH-HAAAUGH…HAAAOOOOOOT!" She yelped and cried out loud in seeing what's happening to her, she's burning!
"Now like a Phoenix, you've burned at your final moments in life and now shall burn…to dust." Lorcan spoke with a dry expression in watching the suffering that Gilda was going through.
"Auugh-uuuaagh…aaaauhhh…" Gilda was letting off her cries of pain before suddenly…ceasing to resist and then when the lightning cease their attack, the griffin's body was all blacken and was unable to keep itself in the air from not moving its wings.
After reaching a pause for the musical organ effect, it continued playing with this wicked event happening now. Lorcan smiled at this deed as he watched the burned crisp Gilda vanish beneath the clouds. It would only be a matter of time before she hit the ground, but this villain cared not how just as long as he witnessed this member of the former Brotherhood of Tadaka was finished off.
Soon the scenery changed to back in the thron room once again where the massacre had taken place. Lorcan had re-entered the area, the Elements of Harmony were floating around his person as he looked around at his work which thanks to the flash of lightning, the villain got a good view of his handy work. Lorcan stabbed Trixie before seizing the Elements of Harmony, snapped the Flim Flam Brothers necks after a failed attempt with their machine weapon, blasted the Diamond Dogs heads off, and in the irony of it all from a scientific fact of their favorite gems to boot, and lastly Gilda's body that fell somewhere outside of the palace's walls. The villain care not of what he's done to them former members of the Brotherhood of Tadaka. Even now, that evil music was heard playing in the background to fit the closing of this next scene.
"The only ones left of our little group that could have posed as threats were only Discord and Boris." Lorcan stated with a little curve of his eyes in thinking about the last two members of his group that were the only challengers to look into out of the others. "But like all of you, they 'too' will have shared a fate in either death…or possibly something…" He exclaimed to wave his arms out over at the deceased batch of the former members of the Brotherhood of Tadaka. "Far…far…worst to imagine," Lorcan spoke with his evil eyes gazing in the shadows, his voice as close to hissing like a snake was all too spooky to witness if such a face wasn't hidden by the darkness.
Lorcan looked to the floating six Elements of Harmony under his glowing green magic. There were Honesty, Kindness, Laughter, Generosity, Loyalty, and Magic and each was a perfect item to be used from the Royal Pony Sisters to the Mane Six. If not further back when this power was once the Rainbow of Light used by 'human girl' that aided the ponies ages ago to the point where even Celestia and Luna were but fillies. But now, they were in his power, Lorcan had finally gain them and would use such power for his own goals.
"With the six Elements of Harmony, Tadaka's rule is but assuring!" Lorcan declared in grasping his fist claw in knowing what is soon to come. "Once I've secured the last three elements of the Triforce, then 'WE' shall rule this world!" Lorcan waved out his hands over the rotating elements in once he's gain Ben Mare's three elements, nothing can stop him. "And enjoy the slaughtering of every…single….PONY…" The dragon gazed off into the distance, as a flash of lightning and booming thunder went off before he responded with this to say, "TO EXTINCTION!" Lorcan hollered out to the heavens and over the hole in the ceiling that Gilda went through while his figure was in front of the deceased Trixie. He plans to kill off every pony till there was nothing left but a world…of..NO…PONIES!
"KOWPOWVHHMM…BOOOMMMM…" Then the hugest bolt of lightning mixed with the loudest 'booming' thunder had actually shooks the entire foundation of the palace while Lorcan's frozen figure stood there. The hurdling gale force of winds, the flashing light rotating his shadow like clockwork, the same wicked and vile evil expression from sharp fang teeth to gazing eyes never flinching from this loud cry of Mother Nature of his scheme!
"HA-HA-HA-HA, WHAAAAA-HAHAHAHAHA," Lorcan then made off with the most vile, echoing, ghastly, shivering, wackiness and all the rest and above evil cackle that cracked the very presence of the area he's in. Soon, the dragon began to levitate up into the air, leaving by the hole in the ceiling as more collapsing of flashing lightning and booming thunder danced around in the skies of this dragon's presence without touching him. And tailing him were the Elements of Harmony, completely in-shrouded by Lorcan's magical grip hold, the villain had victory in the grasp, nothing of any small hope could stop him, the Dragon Army or Tadaka himself of their conquest of all Equestria, the whole world was thei's for the taking! It was around here that the background music was slowly fading away into the distance just as Lorcan was fading from the picture of our view itself.
The only true hope may still remain to those still left to put up a fight against such lost of hope and odds. But that question remains puzzled as where are our heroes now and what can they do to stop this madman Lorcan and his plans, now that he's found no more use of the Brotherhood of Tadaka. Only a true miracle of fate, belief, and a lot of luck can save all of Equestria now.
"Geez, that dude is crazy!" A familiar voice remarks in hiding in the throne room, away from Lorcan's hearing range. "I'm glad that Boris warned us of this."
"Us, otherwise we would be like clones!" Another familiar voice exclaims.
"Yes, yes, headless, even!" A third familiar voice comments as the figures came out of hiding, revealing themselves to be...Trixie, Gilda, the Diamond Dogs and the Flim-Flam brothers, still alive; But how?
"Yeah...I'm glad that Boris did tell us..." Trixie said, recovering from the trauma that she has went through.
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Trixie glares at Boris as she snaps, "And what makes you so sure that our lives are at stake here?"
"Look, Trixie, if you think about this, Lorcan has his army, right?" Boris points out to Trixie and the other members with a sigh. "What's to say that he would be wants us when this is over? That villain wants to kill the pony race...and some of us too!"
"But we are safe, yes?" Rover asks Boris in concern. "I mean, we aren't ponies."
"Doesn't matter! Lorcan will see no use for any of us, even you Diamond Dogs."
"Whatever, you lied before to cover your tracks of the Demon Pony's death." Gilda remarks to Boris with a scoff. "What's to say that you aren't doing it again?"
"Fine, stay here, risk death if you must. But I'm taking my minions and shipping out here!" Boris snaps in determination. "Once I get Twilight with me, we are splitting; Boys!"
"Coming, boss," The two minions exclaims as they follow Boris while leaving the other members behind. They find it hard to believe that Lorcan would want them dead after all they themselves did for him.
Of course, Trixie is beginning to have...concerns...
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Trixie was performing her levitation trick for Lorcan when she entered the throne room...but out of precaution, the unicorn did something else: she pulls a body-double switching trick. Trixie appears near the door, now to see if what Boris was saying is true.
Trixie looks horrified as she saw what happened next: her clone is getting stabbed by Lorcan, the villain said his horrible words...as well as confessing to torturing the pony into insanity! Boris was right all along!
Trixie rush away from the throne room then saw the members about to arrive. She stops them, saying, "Everyone! Boris was right...Lorcan was planning on killing us all along!"
"Wait, are you sure?" Flim ask Trixie in shock and disbelief.
"I saw the whole thing...luckily, I switch myself with a clone in time."
"Yikes, what shall we do?" Rover asks frantically. If they go into the throne room, Lorcan will kill them...but if they don't, he will suspect something is up.
"Looks like we will have to do the same cloning trick," Flam said thoughtfully. "At least Lorcan will get what he wants and we will still be alive..."
"Let Trixie do it..." Trixie comments as she turns to Gilda. "You may not like us ponies...but would you rather die?"
Gilda glares at the ponies and the Diamond Dogs, then groans, "Fine...make me a clone and I promise not to bag on you for a week!"
"Done," Trixie exclaims as she got to work on making clones of the others to fool Lorcan...
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"Well, Lorcan thinks we're dead, but now what?" Spot ask puzzled and worried. "He will kill us."
"That monster...I say we get him." Gilda growls while clutching a claw.
"Are you kidding?" Flim ask Gilda in alarm by the griffin's suggestion. "He will just kill us."
"Right and I doubt the clone trick will work again." Flam said, agreeing with his brother.
"I say...we let low and let our enemies take care of him." Trixie suggests, recovering from the insanity that Lorcan has forced onto her to join the Brotherhood in the first place. "Yeah, I think they will beat Lorcan..."
"And how?" Gilda ask Trixie skeptically. "He has already beaten up Rainbow and her dorky friends and got the Elements."
"Well, that's the funny thing about villains...they are always overconfident! Kinda like us for that matter."
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The ponies were freaked as they saw what happened in the same images that disappeared in the sky: Lorcan killing off his Brotherhood members. What will happen to them all now; if he could kill off those who trusted him...
"We got to get to the castle and stop him!" Shining exclaims in determination. "We were able to have record of how Rainbow tracked down the castle. If we get there, we will fight them off."
"And how?" Ben Mare asks Shining, his love's brother and his cousin-in-law, in concern. "Lorcan could put Twilight and her friends in danger...and that guy is too strong."
"Can't give up any," Big Macintosh said in concern.
"Then there's a way you can still win." A familiar voice spoke up as the ponies saw Golden Heart appearing right in front of them.
"Golden Heart," Shining exclaims in relief as he bows to Golden Heart. "You are safe and sound. But...what do you mean?"
"You were right before, I overheard it. I know of a way, I am assembling a rescue team to rescue the Mane Six and the little foals as well as recover the Elements of Harmony. I want you to distract Lorcan. Don't try to win...just keep fighting until we get them out."
"Oh, I see. So we won't be winning but won't be losing either." Ben Mare said in thought. "Good plan."
"Good, listen, I am bringing my rescue team over to the castle earlier. We will lay low until you arrive." Golden Heart said in determination. "No matter what happens, don't let Lorcan kill you...and once we get our goals, we will give you a signal as well as a way to escape."
"We will bring our forces to the front." Shining said as he prepares to get some troops to deal with Lorcan with Ben Mare and Big Macintosh.
Golden Heart nods as he leaves, heading over to a tent where he has gathered the ponies for the rescue mission, along with Nyx and Phobos; The filly in concern said, "I thought this mission was a secret one."
"I know, but with your father, uncle and Big Mac distracting Lorcan, we will get an easier time to get to your mother and her friends." Golden Heart explains. He then turn to the rescue team made up of Sir Spell Nexus, Derpy, Tough Apple, Time Turner, Cheerilee, Caramel, Lyra Heartstrings, Bon-Bon, the Mane Six Lookalikes, Zecora, Soarin' and Spitfire. "All right, you know what you're getting yourselves into, right?"
"Of course, I am willing to fight, after all." Cheerilee said with a nod.
"You didn't have to come of course. You overheard me talking with Time Turner and volunteer yourself."
"I know...but the Cutie Mark Crusaders are some of my students and as their teacher, it's my responsibility to keep them safe. Plus, don't say I lack fighting skills: I once tore through Rarity's Carousel Baroque while under the influence of the Love Poison!"
Golden Heart sighs a bit, knowing that it's pointless to argue. Cheerilee cares for her students and will risk her life to save them. But what will Big Macintosh say if he finds out that she's helping on the rescue mission?
"Okay, I will explain when we get there. We will go in once Shining's forces invade the castle." Golden Heart said then turns to Nyx. "Nyx, listen carefully. When I give you the signal, use your Stare to freak out Lorcan or distract him so that Shining, your father and the rest can escape. Can you do that?"
"Well, I may have half the strength...but I still got what it takes to give Lorcan a scare." Nyx said with a nod. She may lack her strength but is willing to give it her shot.
"Good. Time to begin 'Operation: Save the Ponies and Elements'."