//------------------------------// // Chapter 33: A // Story: The Original Mad Scientist in Equestria // by Br0nyb0y123 //------------------------------// Masai stayed up all night, he didn't sleep for anything. His many thoughts raced through his mind as he sat on a couch in his damp and dirty little hut, thoughts of destruction, hatred and anger. He thought his plans would go smoothly, though they didn't, now he has to add another two things to his list of objectives, find Nikola Tesla and kill Ozymandias. His few remaining brothers slept in the chairs littered around the place. He got up from the couch and silently made his way to the stairs that led to the basement. He sneaked downstairs and past the sleeping ponies, and quietly made it to the freezer. He stepped inside the cold room and searched for food, he was running out. He did manage to find a few scraps of deer meat for he and his brothers' breakfast. He levitated the lumps of venison with him back up the stairs. He got out several cracked plates from a nearby cupboard and roasted the meat with his magic before placing them on the plates. With the plates of meat still levitating, he stamped his hooves on the grounds, "Alright boys, time to wake up!" He shouted, "I made you guys breakfast, today's a big day!" The three slumbering Changelings abruptly shot up at Masai's calling, "Aw, fuck brother. What time is it?" Mimic asked. "Don't know, for we have no clock and no way to look at the sky to be able to tell the time" Masai replied. "How not?" Lavo asked. "Clouds" Masai told him. "What's for grubs, man?" Vaako questioned. "Deer, a hearty feast boys, enjoy while you can, it's the last few scraps we have" Masai explained to them. Masai levitated a single plate of deer to each of his remaining brothers, and had his own food as well, "Should we wake up the ponies after this?" Lavo asked as he munched on his food, "Oh, and the dragon?" "Yeah, big day today, Lavo. We're going to interrogate those stupid little horses on Tesla's whereabouts and then we're going to track down Oz" Masai told him. "What about Chrysalis, brother?" Vaako asked, "When are we going to get her? And the rest of the royals for that matter?" "Chrysalis is going to get her's coming up soon.." Masai paused, "Actually, if we get word on Ozymandias' whereabouts, we'll deal with Chrysalis and Celestia and all of them before we get to Oz, I want to see Ozymandias in fear of our actions before we get to him" "You know what? I want a scar" Lavo randomly said, "Across the face, all that shit, I hope that Project Anarchy gets me one" "Is that so, man?" Masai questioned. "Really?" Mimic asked. "I don't mean to be a drag but, and I'm pretty sure Mimic can vouch for me on this, but getting these scars hurt like hell" Masai told Lavo. "I agree" Mimic said with his mouth full. "But they look good, brother" Lavo said. Masai and Mimic looked at him with smug expressions, "I don't mean good in the sense you look good... but I'm not saying that either..." Lavo stuttered. "What do you mean then?" Masai asked with a chuckle in his voice. "I mean they look cool" Lavo explained. "Well, Lav, when Revi gave me this scar it hurt like a goddamn bitch. You were there when it happened and Revi had just killed Vekeeli, remember him?" Masai asked. "Shit, Vek. Rest in peace, brother" Lavo said in his memory. "Yeah, it was after Revi killed him, then he came to me with a rusty blade, and ran it across my eye. It blinded it, turned it grey, it wasn't good. And I let out possibly the most violent scream I've ever done" Masai told him. "Yeah, it wasn't good, man, they made us watch that happen to you" Vaako nudged him. Masai nodded at Vaako then continued, "And then there was Discord scarring Mick. When he dug his claws into Mimic's forehead and then...Mimic let out a scream, it reminded me so much of what happened to me that...that.." Masai paused once more. The three Changelings budged closer towards him, as they where curious to hear what he has to say. Masai's mind, however, was in the clouds, he tried to find the right words to express the anger and pain he felt as he watched his friend get scarred like that, "...that when I furiously yelled at Discord, I couldn't bare to see something that happened to me, happen to my friend, I just snapped at him" Masai said, "Lavo, you don't want yourself to get a scar on your face, they may look cool but... you have to realize it'll never leave you" Masai told him. The three surrounding Changelings looked at him with saddened expressions, they understood what he was saying to them, that the scars run deep, the experiences will never leave them. But Masai realized he couldn't just sit and reminisce about his past, he had to focus, "But anyways, enough about that, brothers" Masai said, "Let me tell you what we're doing today..." Masai's talk was interrupted by a flash of green light that appeared near the doorway and out of nowhere, an envelope appeared at the doorway, attracting all four of the Changelings' attention, "What the fuck is that?" Vaako asked with shock. "Looks like an envelope" Lavo replied to him. "H-how is there a bloody envelope there?" Mimic questioned with worry, "Who knows that we're here?" Masai sparked up and realized who could've sent it, but he wanted someone to make sure for him before he checks himself, "Lavo, pick it up and give it a read please" Masai told him. "Okay, Masai" Lavo followed. Lavo got up from the seat he was in and made his way to the door, he picked the envelope using magic and opened it whilst it was floating in the air, he slid the paper out of the envelope and unfolded it, then began to read it, Lavo's face spoke annoyance, frustration and anger as he read it, making Masai's curiosity rise even more, "Who's it from?" Masai asked. "Him" Lavo replied, "It's from Oz" "Can you give it to me, please brother?" Masai requested. Lavo nodded and passed him the letter, Masai held it in a magic vice and then began to read it aloud, Dear Brothers, I'm just sending a letter to tell you I've achieved my goal of ruling a kingdom, that's right, I've taken over the Crystal Empire and I'm holding Princess Cadence, Shining Armor and Princess Celestia hostage, and if you dumb fucks don't trust what I'm saying, I dare you to visit me. And one last thing for each of you, Vaako, you're dumber than a bag of hammers. Lavo, you're an obnoxious scumbag who thinks he's good at magic. Mimic, I killed your best buddy, and there's nothing you can do about it. And finally, Masai, I hate your guts, simple as that. And if any of the four of you comes here, I'll be waiting. Yours truly, Ozymandias. "That fucking pig" Mimic uttered. "When I see him, I'm gonna beat the shit out of him" Vaako added. "I'm gonna kill him" Lavo said. Masai didn't say anything, he just sat in his seat, with his eyes shut and stayed silent, "Masai, you okay, brother?" Mimic asked. Masai breathed deeply, "I'm fine, I'm just... angry. That stupid sect thinks he's above us. We'll prove him wrong, we'll outlive him" Masai said, "But we have other matters at hand. I can't believe I'm saying this, but Oz will have to wait. We need our names spread across Equestria first, we'll start by finding out where Tesla is from the ponies, we'll announce our names at his location. Okay, guys?" "Yes Masai" His followers agreed. In the cold and damp basement below, Twilight and her friends were sound asleep. However, for them, it was uncomfortable, with the shackles at their hooves and sleeping on each other. They were awoken by the door at the top of the stairs opening aggressively, and Lavo and Vaako storming down the stairs and taking up all of the ponies with a joint magic vice, they however, left Spike as he was still in pain from his broken finger. Lavo and Vaako placed them all onto chairs, as they adjusted to getting up, they felt horrible, with their stomachs in pain from the deer meat. Masai came up to them and then said to them, "I need information from you, Elements of Harmony" "You ain't gettin' it" Applejack groaned as she yawned. "One of you will croak" Masai replied as he glanced over to Fluttershy with a creepy stare. Fluttershy looked away in fear, she was terrified of the Changeling. She felt queasy around him, and was worried he might do something similar to yesterday's events when he kissed her, "What information?" Twilight asked. "Tesla's whereabouts" Masai told her. "I said to you before, we don't know" Twilight told him boldly. "An idea. Give me an idea of where he could be" Masai ordered. "I don't know...probably Canterlot" Twilight replied. "Canterlot is gone, Twilight" Masai smirked. Twilight felt a sudden shiver crawl through her spine, she couldn't believe, her birthplace was destroyed, "What happened?" Twilight asked quickly and curiously. "One of the dragons made it crumble" Masai sneered. "N-no. My..my parents where there..." Twilight uttered. Her friends looked at her with sadness, they felt sorry for Twilight, and worried for their own families as well, "Now, Twilight. Me and the Brotherhood have almost brought Equestria to it's bare bones, and now I have you six sitting in front of me, right where I want you to" Masai told her. "Go to Hell, Masai" Twilight replied with anger. "Hell? Tell me something, Twilight, my darling. Can you really differentiate Hell and what's currently happening to Equestria right now?" He asked her as he came closer to the point where they almost butting heads. Twilight stayed silent, she was actually outsmarted by the intelligent insect, "Thought not" Masai smugly grinned at her. "You think we're going to do anything for you, you worthless scumbag?" Rainbow ragingly asked her. "Well, Rainbow Dash, my dear. Considering the fact that two of my brothers are dead and one has left us, I guess we need more helpers..." Masai replied to her a silent chuckle. "Fuck you" Rainbow Dash replied. "Oh you have no choice, if you don't do what I want, then I'll kill you all, one by one, starting with the adorable little Fluttershy" Masai said. Masai turned to face Fluttershy with a disturbing smile, causing Fluttershy to hang her head with fright and dread, she then began to weep, "Ya lay a single hoof on her, and ah swear to Celestia.." Applejack threatened. "You swear to Celestia? Hahahaha. I can bring her head to you, and then you can swear to her" He told her with bitterness in his voice. "If I get out of here, then I'll tear you to pieces" Rarity told him. Masai thought it was cute when the ponies tried to threaten him, and rather funny, he doesn't fear them, "And you can get out of here, mule" Masai insulted her. The word "mule" hit Rarity like a hammer to the head, she froze and felt like crying. The same with when the Diamond Dogs said it to her, but she knows that she can't cry herself out of this situation, because she knows Masai or his followers won't care one bit, "You can all get out of here, every one of you. It may seem stupid, but all you need to do is tell me one thing" Masai told them. "And what's that?" Twilight asked angrily with gritted teeth. "Tell me where Nikola Tesla is" Masai replied. "I told you, I don't know" Twilight winced, "If he's not in Canterlot, he's in Ponyville. Check there, that's the best we can do, Masai" "We will" Masai told her. Twilight was worried for Nikola, as was the rest, "Why do need him anyways?" Twilight questioned. "What?" Masai asked back. "Why do you need Nikola?" Twilight asked again. "Weapons, my dear. I was impressed with his machine, he can probably make much more explosive devices" Masai replied. "But aren't you doing enough damage already?" Twilight asked, with a plan in mind to protect Nikola, "The Dragons? Society crumbling? Everything else? You even have us in your sight. Why do you need Nikola?" Twilight asked. Masai listened to Twilight's point, and he realized something, he doesn't actually need Tesla. He is already doing his job well as it is, but he doesn't need weapons. However, Twilight's reasoning gave Masai a different, and more sinister idea, "You're right, Twilight. I don't need to get weapons from Tesla. However, that doesn't mean he shouldn't be more involved in this ordeal" Masai told her. Twilight became frightened again, "What are you talking about?" Masai didn't reply. He just stared at her, and as his idea become more thought of in his mind, he began to chuckle, and frightened the ponies even more, then the chuckle turned into a horrific laugh, and the ponies didn't know what to make of it.