//------------------------------// // Chapter 13: Incognito and Mimic // Story: The Original Mad Scientist in Equestria // by Br0nyb0y123 //------------------------------// Back in the Badlands.... Masai is instructing two of his brothers to infiltrate the Princess' palace, this is around the thirtieth they've done so, with the Changelings' ability to shape-shift into other ponies and self created ones. The most skilled of the shape-shifters are Incognito and Mimic, they pose as two royal guards, with Incognito posing a light brown Unicorn guard named Archimedes and Mimic posing as a white Pegasus named Artemis, "Okay, brothers. You know what to do again, right?" Masai asked. "Yes, Masai" Incognito replied. "Yeah, patrol the palace and if anything is unusual then..." Mimic began. "..Once you come back here you inform me of the unusual things" Masai finished for him. "Oh Masai!" Vaako said beside him. "Yes, Vaako?" Masai asked. Vaako leaned over to whisper in his ear, "Oh.....uh huh.....yes, yes. Thank you, Vaako" Masai said. "What is it, Masai?" Incognito asked. "Incognito, Vaako has told me that the guards have upgraded their security, and they are beginning to use codes to signify each other" Masai told them. "What are the codes?" Mimic asked. "Kephri knows them" Vaako said, "Keph, buddy. What are the codes?" Kephri got up from the couch he was sitting on and made his way towards the four changelings who were organizing the plan, "Well, there is a fuck-tonne of them, but I can plant them all in both of your minds so remember which codes to use at which place on the palace grounds" Kephri told them. "Okay, thanks, man" Incognito said. A green glow came shining through Kephri's holey horn and then two puffs of green escaped from his horn and went through Incognito and Mimic's foreheads, "Did it work?" Mimic asked. "Let's check.." Kephri said, "What's the pass-code for the palace gardens?" "Alto, Tenner, Tenner, Alto" Mimic replied from his memory. "Good, brother" Kephri said, "Nito, what's the code for the palace library?" "Base, Soprano, Base, Tenner" Incognito also replied from memory. "You both seem fine, good luck, brothers" Kephri wished. "Thanks, Kephri" Incognito and Mimic both replied. "Okay, brothers. Transform" Masai ordered. Mimic and Incognito obeyed and then they both transformed into their respected aliases. Masai always found their transformations impressive, as he and the rest of his brothers can't transform into original creations so easily, unlike real ponies, "You! Light brown Unicorn! What's your name?" Masai asked to make sure they remember. "Archimedes!" Incognito replied. "And you! White Pegasus! What's yours?" Masai asked Mimic. "Artemis!" Mimic replied. "Good, my brothers. You're going to do well, me and the rest will continue to plan the preludes to Project Anarchy whilst you're gone, okay?" Masai told them. "Yes, brother" The duo replied. "Lavo!" Masai called over. "Yes, Masai?" Lavo asked. "Send Mimic and Incognito just outside Canterlot, brother" Masai ordered. "Of course, Masai" Lavo replied. Masai, Kephri, Vaako and Lavo wished Mimic and Incognito good luck as Lavo teleported them away from their hut and over to Canterlot using his extremely talented magic skills, "Okay, now on to the next part, we need Discord" Masai said. "Haha" Ozymandias laughed from the other side of the room. "What are you laughing at, Ozymandias?" Masai asked in a serious tone. "You're still going through with trying to get Discord on our side, aren't you?" Ozymandias asked jokingly. "Oz, keep your mouth shu-" Vaako tried to tell him before Masai stopped Vaako from speaking. "Yes, I am, Ozymandias. You think it's not going to go through?" Masai asked. "I do think it's not going to work, back when Revi paid us a friendly visit, he said he was changed by the Element bearers. He made a good point and I agreed with his point" Ozymandias told his superior. "You're telling me that you agree with our enemy rather than what I have to come up with yet?" Masai asked angrily. "That's exactly what I'm saying" Ozymandias said in a manner that suggested he wanted to push Masai over the limit. "Fuck you, Ozymandias" Masai said coldly. "You think I'm scared of you, Masai?" Ozymandias asked him. "You fucking well should be, brother" Masai replied. "Why's that?" Oz asked with a smirk. "Because I'm going to blackmail Chaos" Masai replied. Ozymandias looked at Masai in confusion and also shock, Ozymandias does not get shocked so easily either, "What do you mean?" Ozymandias asked. "If Discord doesn't join us, I will threaten to assassinate the one and only friend he has, my brother, and that one and only friend of his is a little pony called Fluttershy" Masai told his comrade with a devilish smile on his face. Outside of Canterlot. On the side of the stone mountain slopes, near the railroad tracks, Mimic and Incognito appeared just a few metres away from Canterlot. They were in their pony forms, looking across to several rocks which led to a wall in which the two can climb over to enter the city, "You ready, Mimic?" Incognito asked. "Yeah, man. Let's go" Mimic replied. "Wait, brother. Your eyes are blue, they're not to be like that" Incognito told him. "Oh shit, they're green, aren't they?" Mimic asked. "Yes, Mimic. Also, call me be my alias from now on, okay?" Incognito made clear. "Yes....Archimedes" Mimic replied. "Good, Artemis" Incognito said. The duo made it over towards the rocks that left an entrance for getting over the wall, once they both made it over the wall, they were an alley cast in shadows, in which the duo went over their plan once more, "Okay, so, same as always, Artemis. We go in, do our patrol for about five hours, we go back, once we go both go back we tell Masai of any unusual things if there was any, okay?" Incognito asked. "Sure, brother" Mimic said. "Remember, I'm Archimedes, you can't call me brother during the shift" Incognito said. "Okay, Archimedes" Mimic said. "Good, let's stay in character" Incognito told him, "Follow me" Incognito led the way to the castle, passing through crowds of both sophisticated and ordinary ponies, whilst walking over to the palace, the duo decided to talk about their thoughts on Project Anarchy, "Hey, Archimedes, what's your opinion on the plan?" Mimic asked. "My personal opinion is that I think it will go well" Incognito replied. "What about Oz's idea, taking over?" Mimic asked quietly. "Oz is a power hungry sociopath with a massive ego, I don't think his plan is going to come into commission anytime soon" Incognito replied, "I respect the dude as much as everyone is in Brotherhood but he's got to stop testing Masai or he's either going to get killed by Masai or kicked out of the Brotherhood" "Yeah, that's true, Archimedes" Mimic said. "We're almost there, Artemis, I'll do all the talking and you just stay in character" Incognito told him. The two disguised Changelings made it to the Palace gates where they saw two guards at the gate, "You two, halt!" One of the guards ordered. "Yeah, sorry man, we're just going in" Incognito replied. "Not without the passcode, friend" The guard told them. "Oh yes, I forgot. Base, Base, Base, Tenner" Incognito replied. "Okay, guys you can pass. You guys are late as well" The other guard said. "Yeah sorry, we were stopping off for donuts" Incognito lied. "Didn't save any for us?" One of the guards asked in an annoyed tone. "Em...." Incognito paused. "Nah, I'm just pulling your tail, man" The guard chuckled, "Oh yeah, before I forget. Your armor isn't in the lockers, they taken it to the laundry room to get them shined, just beside the library" "Okay, thanks, man" Incognito said. The duo both walked over in the direction where the library was, they both passed by several guards and then the duo, just as soon as they as they made it to the library, saw Princess Luna approaching them from the opposite direction, "Keep cool, Princess heading" Incognito said. "Okay, Archimedes" Mimic replied. The two kept cool until Luna stopped them in their paths, "Excuse me, you two" Luna said, "I couldn't help but notice but you're not in uniform" "Oh, sorry, your Highness, but me and friend here came in late, and we were just picking up our armor from the laundry room, they were getting shined" Incognito replied. "Oh yes, as you were, soldiers" Luna said, "Try not to be late next time" "We won't, Princess" Mimic said. "Good, as you were" Luna said as she passed them. Mimic let a small sigh of relief as he thought that the Princess of the Night was going to see through them, luckily, she didn't, "You alright, man?" Incognito asked. "Yeah, I thought she was going to see through us" Mimic replied. "Nah, man. Our disguises are perfect, no one is going to see past it" Mimic looked behind him to see Luna walking away, "Damn, for a pony, she's pretty attractive" Mimic said. "Keep focused, Artemis" Incognito replied. "Sorry" Mimic apologized. The duo entered the laundry room, and saw a few sets of armor laid out on a table, "Which ones are ours?" Mimic asked. "Our names should be engraved on the helmet and body armor" Incognito told him. "Okay" Mimic said as he searched the armor, "I think I found yours" Incognito went over to where Mimic was and saw his alias' armor, he levitated it up and placed his helmet on his head and his body armor across his torso. Mimic did the same with his armor, he leviated it, but no one noticed, if they did, they would find it strange for a Pegasus to use magic, "Where to now?" Mimic asked. "We continue with the shift, we're going to the throne room" Incognito replied. "Okay, Archimedes" Mimic said. The duo walked down the hallway and made it over to the throne room after passing the library, the kitchen, the downstairs to the gardens and the grand staircase. Once they made it to the throne room, they opened the door and saw two guards in the place of it, "Hey, we're here to take over throne room duty" Incognito said. "Code" One of the guards said. "Tenner, Soprano, Tenner, Soprano" Mimic said. "Okay, just stand guard" The guard told them. The two guards exited the room and Incognito and Mimic took their place, they saw Celestia and Luna talking from across the room, the duo both eavesdropped in on their conversation, "So, sister. Twilight is visiting along with her friends?" Luna asked. "Yes. She is also bringing over a new friend you and I have not yet met" Celestia replied. Incognito and Mimic both looked at each other, they can both tell what each were thinking just by their facial expressions, "Who is her new friend?" Luna asked. "An inventor from another universe" Celestia said. The Changeling duo opened their eyes a bit wider towards each other, "Twilight has also said to me that the inventor can make objects teleport from one place to the other..." Celestia continued. "There is nothing special about that, dear sister" Luna interrupted. "..Without magic" Celestia finished. The duo looked at each other once more and they both realized they had to tell Masai about this, "But...." Luna paused, "...That is impossible" "We'll have to see it for ourselves, Luna" Celestia told her. As did the Changelings, they had to see this for themselves before leaving to tell Masai.