//------------------------------// // Chapter 29: Brothers Till The End // Story: The Original Mad Scientist in Equestria // by Br0nyb0y123 //------------------------------// In The Brotherhood's Hut, it was dark and quiet, almost everyone was asleep in the basement near the freezer, everyone except Twilight. She sat up against the wall, wide awake, she glanced over at her friends, and then stared at Spike, who slept in the most uncomfortable position, he slept with his broken finger tucked between his armpit to keep it straightened, it was an awful sight to see. She needed to get to sleep, but she couldn't, something was keeping her up, but she couldn't put her hoof on it, She sighed to herself, "This can't get any worse. It just...it just can't" She murmured to herself. Her slight murmurings were enough to wake up Rarity, who was sleeping uncomfortably herself. She groggily looked around and realized she was still in the same basement, she felt as if it was a bad dream that she couldn't wake up from, "Twilight?" Rarity whispered, "Are you okay, darling?" "No, Rarity" Twilight sighed, "I'm feeling awful actually. I can't sleep" Rarity sat up, and came closer to her friend. The cold and slightly rotting wall was rough to lean on for them, "Nikola's gone, I'm not sure if he made it back to Canterlot or Ponyville. Masai still wants to know where he could be though. Discord's dead, Lyth and Umberoth are released and causing havoc, Masai's friend and Sombra have teamed up, Celestia knows what they're up to and Masai, he may just be the biggest threat we've taken on" Twilight told Rarity. "Masai is just crazy, Twilight" Rarity tried to calm her down. "He's too smart though, if we get out of this, it doesn't really matter, he wins" Twilight replied, "He doesn't care if he dies" "I don't really know what to say then" Rarity sighed. Twilight sighed along with her friend, she then looked over to her friends, and Rarity did so as well, "They've all been through a lot. Fluttershy and Spike have got it the worst though" Twilight uttered. "I know, they don't deserve this" Rarity replied. "None of us do" Twilight said. "Try and get some sleep, Twilight, okay? Chances are Masai will be interrogating us again in the morning" Rarity told her. "I'll try, Rarity" Twilight replied. Rarity laid herself back down on the floor and closed her eyes, "Good" Rarity said before dozing to sleep. Meanwhile, on the floor above.... "So, brothers, where do you think Oz and Sombra ended up?" Vaako asked. "No clue, Vaako" Lavo replied. "Oz runs solo, he's probably betrayed Sombra already" Masai said. "Oz is smart, I don't know where he'd end up" Mimic mentioned. "No, brother. He's not smart enough" Masai replied, "He can't get the Crystal Empire without an army" "What makes you assume he's going for the Crystal Empire?" Lavo asked. "Sombra, Oz wouldn't just say he'd help Sombra without saying he'd help him with gaining power again, he's using our fake promise. And with Ozymandias being a power hungry dick, you know he'd want to get the throne before Sombra gets it" Masai explained. "What about Tesla?" Vaako questioned. "He's somewhere. The ponies down below will probably know where he could've went" Masai told his brother, "I need him for weapons, just to cause more madness, brothers" "Right" Mimic said in a kind of sulk. Masai, Vaako and Lavo noticed Mimic's sulk and then they became curious as to why he was sulking, "What's wrong, brother?" Masai asked Mimic. "It's Nito and Kephri. We haven't given them a funeral yet" Mimic told him, "Can we give them a proper send-off please, brother?" Vaako and Lavo's faces looked sad at the thought of Incognito and Kephri's murder. The three looked at Masai, who himself was also sad, he looked at Mimic and nodded, "Yeah, we'll hold a quick funeral just now. Come on then, brothers. Let's go outside" Masai told them as the four went outside the hut. The four changelings were outside the hut. They put in the time to make crosses out of sticks, and placed them on the ground, to represent their brother's graves, Masai stood in front of his brothers and faced them to make a speech in the dark and rainy valley, "Brothers. I want you all to remember Incognito and Kephri. The first time I met Incognito, was in boot camp, my bunk mate, we trained and fought together, he was one of my long time friends. I met Kephri on the battlefield, and when we both got injured we ended up in the hospital, we then shared a few laughs after that" Masai said, "They never deserved the fate they got, by Oz, but we'll get him back. They both should have stayed until with us, and they would have died with us, together, as brothers. But they remained brothers till the end, and they will still be our brothers in death. To Kephri and Incognito" "To Kephri and Incognito" The three remaining changelings said. The rain then began to pour from the dark clouds above the hut. It was cold outside, but they didn't care. This needed to be done. The four stood outside in front of the two stick crosses for Incognito and Kephri and said their last goodbyes, before parting into the hut once more, "Masai" Mimic called. "Yes, Mick?" Masai asked. "When we get back at Oz..." Mimic began. "Yeah?" Masai questioned. "..Just make him suffer" Mimic finished. "I've been meaning to do that for a long time"