The killers and the Librarian

Stich and Skull stand at the entrance of the hospital. The bright light falls off in front of them.

Wha... What is this light?

Skull shrugs his shoulder and turns around to asks, "Hey why is it so bright outside?"

The receptionist looks up at the two boys with quizzical looks.

"What do you mean?"

"What is with the bright light? I never remember the clouds casting down a bright glow before... do you?"

Not at all

"What do you mean?" The woman asks behind them.

"I mean what I mean the clouds never gave this much light before... Its almost as if the Doctor wants us to see something outside..."

Or he could be trying to kill us with the light

"Yea there is that..."

The woman watches the two talk back and forth between each other. One writing while the other talked. It was something else to her and the subject was completely beyond her. She almost wondered if she should call a doctor down here to check on these two before they leave.

The doors open and Twilight rushes end stopping a few second before crashing into the two boys. Skull and Stitch jumps Skull reaches for his guns finding that they're in fact not there. Stich stretches out his hand a scythe materializing in it. He brings it down inches away from Twilight's face. Twilight gulps and slowly steps back. Stich recognizes her and pull back the scythe and places it on his back. The scythe latches onto his back staying in place.

Pulling out his notebook her writes.

Sorry about that.

"Where... Where did that come from?"

It's better if I don't explain...

Twilight nods her head and looks at Skull who is staring right at her.

"Well no hard feelings rig!"

Skull's fist slams into the front of Twilight face sending her backwards through the door. He didn't care about the light at this point and walked forward out the door. He cracked his knuckles as he towers above the grounded Twilight. She looks up at him with horror in her eyes as she brings at hand to her hurting face.

"Why you son of a bitch! Where are my fucking guns!" Skull yells ready to beat Twilight into a bloody pulp.

Twilight could only look on with horror in her eyes. She didn't know how to respond right now. The person in front of her had the demeanor of a killer something never seen before in eqeustria and the imposing bat wings on his back didn't do anything to make it seem less than that. She wanted to cry out for help to run from the very place where she laid but all she could feel is fear. Through out her entire body. She wanted to call out a spell that could help her but she questioned if that would even work.

"Well!" He yells readying another punch.

Stich places a hand on his shoulder making Skull look back. Stich raises his eyebrow before showing him the pad.

Is that really smart?

"I don't care! I want my goddamn guns!" Skull says staring at the woman in question with pure anger, "And I know she's got them!"

Stich would give a sigh but. Instead he hits skull in the back of his head to show his irritation with the other boy.

"What the hell Stich!?"

Stich shakes his head at him.

How about being nice and gentle before you start ripping heads off.

"But ripping heads off is much funner!"

I know but think about your babies.

Skulls sighs and kicks a loose rock from the bath they stood on.

"Fine! For my babies and that's it!"

Stich nods his head and holds his notebook down for Twilight to read.

Sorry about that. He tends to get testy without his guns.

Twilight nods her head enjoying to look at the other boy despite the stitches covering his mouth. Stich helps her up to her feet and dust some of the dirt off her clothes.

"Well ummm." She takes a few steps back, "I wrote a letter to Princess Celestia and she said she was coming here to see you two and so I figured I would come get you two before she actually arrived. I was hoping there would be no hard feelings between us but."

"Yea no hard feelings." Skull scoffs thumping his fingers where his holsters and guns used to be getting edgier and edgier.

"Ri...Right... I'm truly sorry about that but we have no time! I have to get you to the library before!"

With that Stich straightens up and turns her around waving her onward.

"And the book freak takes the lead..." Skull says rolling his eyes at Stich's actions.

Skull sometimes wondered what Stich would say or even sounded like if he could talk. But at moments like this when that stare came upon him... he was glad for what the Doctor did.

"Don't stare at me like that... Just get moving!"

Stich nods his head pointing towards the bright blue sky as in on wards. Twilight nods her head leading the two hurriedly back tot he library.

It didn't take long...ish. Sure Skull and Stich wondered off a few times staring at some of the things they wouldn't believe back in their world like flying human. Sure the Doctor had the capability in it but they always figured it would be a hassle for him. They figured he'd been playing god long enough that nothing was impossible for him and that he chose not to do things but seeing as it is right now they still think the Doctor has busy doing secret projects without anyone noticing.

They still fear that they might be under Doctor's control and could turn at any moment. They really did want to meet this Celestia fellow that Twilight kept rambling on about. They didn't ask questions but only half listened while they discussed amongst themselves. Once they finally reached the library both Skull and Stich looked confused. It was a tree with windows, doors, and a balcony. Something like this seemed so unreal. Sure they've heard of tree houses but this was a literal tree house.

"This... this is the library?"

"Yes! Now no time for that come on hurry inside!" Twilight says getting behind the two trying to push them in ineffectively.

The two take the hint and walk inside to find the inside littered with book cases lined with books. It was unbelievable. Stich spun in a circle before falling to the floor.

"Oh my Celestia is he okay!?"

"Yea he's wait oh my wha."

His question was answered before he could finish. A bright white light filled the room blinding everybody within. When the light dims Skull opens his eyes to see a woman clad in white shirt with a the sun on the front of his along with long blue pants that hugged her figure nicely. She emitted a warm air around her as well as shined a bit. It actually hurt to look at her directly as well as be in her presence.

"Hello there Twilight." The woman says looking at Twilight.

Twilight bows and says, "H-H-Hello Princess."

Figuring as this is the woman Twilight was talking about he finds a place to sit and wait for what ever this visit meant as well as to think about what the whole princess thing was about. Skull once read a fantasy book, as Stich put it, about princess and princes that sorts but he didn't really think it was real... even right now in front of him he couldn't believe it was real.

Celestia waves a hand at Twilight, "No need for that now Twilight. I'm a guest in your home."

"Oh! Ummm ah yess Princess Celestia." Twilight says jerking up to a standing position fidgeting a bit.

"Sorry to interrupt pleasantries." Skull says still sitting down his right leg now over his left and his head leaning into his right hand, "Actually... No I'm not but I'd LOVE to have my guns back..."

Twilight looks scared a bit and glaces at Celestia. Celestia seems a first taken back and than begins to look Skull up and down.

"What? I know I'm good looking and all but no need to stare." Skull says swirling his other hand in the air, "So I've met Celestia howdy, hi, hello, what's up, sup, yo, and now I want my guns. Any objections? No? Than where are they?"

Twilight couldn't believe how rude this person could be. She's about to say something when Celestia raises a hand stopping her. Twilight really wanted to tell of the boy more than anything but if Celestia stopped her for some unknown reason which left her even more shocked than the boy's attitude.

"I'm guessing you're one of the two boys that Twilight mentioned to me?"

"Yep and the other is lying at your feet as a welcome mat." He says pointing to his unconscious friend lying on the ground.

Celestia looks down shocked and asks, "What's happened to him?"

"Book sickness." Skull says motioning around the room, "When he comes to he'll probably pass out again. It can be caught by a lot of people too though it might have the reverse effect on others. Symptoms may include drowsiness, the need to run, the need for fire, the need read, the craving for a library, never wanting to leave a library, to read, and wanting to own every book that there is. So I can only guess that Twilight has the sickness."

Twilight's face is beat red at this point, "Now you listen here!"

She calms down hearing chuckling coming from Celestia. She looks up at her in astonishment on how she could put up with this monster. She could calm him that from the way he acts, the way he's dressed, his weapons, and his attitude. She had every right in mind to get her friends and chase him out of town. Probably even Stich too though he has done nothing wrong, yet.

"You are truly quite the joker. I have to say you are truly something else umm you're name?"

"Skull." He says sitting up right tapping his half mask with his right pointer finger, "Just Skull. Taken on by me and me only."

"Hm. And you're friend?"

"That's Stich. Though if he was awake you'd probably be bored to death if I was passed out." Skull says getting up and stretching, "I would love to talk really would but Twilight has two things that don't belong to her that I want back."

Twilight sighs and says, "Can't they wait a moment?"

"Sorry but me and Stich have urgent business." Skull walks over and kicks Stich in the side to both Twilight's and Celestia's shock, "Come on and get up. You can sleep when you're dead."

Stich makes some type of grunting noise and sits up. He pulls out his pad and writes.

What?

"Wake your ass up already. I'm getting my guns and you always have your weapons. We can set out and soon."

Sigh... can't I read just a few?

"Do any of these books deal with the Doctor."

Celestia is about to ask who is the Doctor when Twilight answer, "They do not..."

"Alrighty than see? No need to read pointless books. That's is not part of the reason we're alive right now. Once we're done we'll come back here and you can read all you want."

"And what is you're mission exactly?" Celestia asks her wings fluffing out a bit.

"To kill the Doctor and make him pay for everything." Skull says tapping the mask on his face.

Stich nods his head as he stands up. He holds out his hand as broken sword appears. It blade is cut in half at the middle and the right handle is broken while the other is full. It was truly an extraordinary weapon compared to Skull's. Stich hasn't taken notice to Celestia but he can feel her presence.

Why is it so hot in here?

"It might be the person behind you."

Stich turns around and covers his eyes. Celestia's glow was to bright for him to handle.

"Hm. You two find opposite effect of my light..."

Skull shrugs, "And?"

"That means you two are creatures of darkness our have been exposed to much darkness."

Skull rolls his eyes, "We're all created by the Doctor so its no big surprise. I kind of question what the Doctor did to yall to make you guys to forget all about him. It seems so unlike him. And also I noticed that you refereed as Celestia as god a while back when you said oh my. That makes me worry even more cause the closet thing we have to a god is the Doctor himself. And beside everyone should know better than to refer anyone as god. Plus it's way to bright here impossibly bright and way to hot for the normal temperature. I question whether there is something here shielding you and has liberated you guys from the Doctor's wrath but than again the question why would come in mind and how we ended up here. None of it is adding up and..."

Skull goes completely quiet thinking over what he just said. He was trying to add it all up but the sum wasn't the right. None of it was right. The world was too.. too happy! That was never suppose to be. Why would such a place exist! In all their travels they had heard of no such place only in fairy tells and stories of old by their elders but that's it!

"The more I think about it... the more it sounds that you should get reading Stich." Skull says looking at his friend.

Stich perks up a bit grinning as best as he can with his stitches.

"Can you find books about your civilization please?" Skull says with a sigh.

His brain was now too wrapped around this. He had to figure out what all this place meant.

"Well ummm." Twilight looked at Celestia nervous who has been studying the two boy.

Stich was already up looking through the shelves of the books rubbing his fingers across titles of each book sometimes stopping to flip through pages of well practiced paced time to soak in few necessary lines to see if the content is what they needed. Skull was looking around the tree house for something, but they seemed to be working as if a machine. It was something she watched with great interest.

"Princess Celestia?"

Celestia nods her head and says, "Attend to these two for a while. I need to speak with the others about this..."

Celestia takes the time to walks out of the building and fly away to Canterlot leaving Twilight with the two. She looks at them to see Skull sitting on the floor with Stich leaning against his back reading through a book she recognized as ancient history through the years. He seemed to be taking it all in two while Skull seemed to be a sleep but mumbling showed he was deep in thought. Every so often the pad would be passed between the two but their actions never ceased. They had a main objective to complete which made it all the more amazing of the two.

She shudders realizing her thoughts about the two. Even though this is what they seemed now they were more or less unknown monsters of this world or maybe even another world! She leaves the two and starts up stairs where her assistant is most likely sleeping. She could feel her body getting heavier. She realizes how long of a day its been and is ready to call it a day when a knocking comes on the door spinning her around immediately. She didn't know what time it was but looking out the window to the left of her assured her it was night now.

She only hoped it was not the infamous Doctor figure they've been talking about. She's been through enough for today. She slowly makes her way to the door.

"You what!" A man in a white lab coat yells not looking up from the table in front of him that drips blood to the already red floor.

"Well you said get rid of them so I."

"Yes that meant kill them! Not send them away!" The Doctor, as everyone calls him, turns around light emitting out from his hands wrapping around the figure in the shadow.

The light wraps around the person's throat, arms, and legs.

"Well!" He says struggling from the tight grip, "I'm sure they are Agh!"

The light squeezes a bit on his throat.

"But you are not positive! I don't like opinions in here. I want facts! And I want for a fact that those two are dead! You understand me!" The Doctor yells throwing the figure into a wall far behind him.

"Ye...Yes Doctor... Forgive me."

"You are not forgiven till they are dead!" The Doctor says turning around to his table.

"For now as your warning I'll let Nurse, Play with you."

The figure shudders as he already feels the eyes of that one reched woman staring at him. He could almost make out the cold smile on her lips right now and that voice that had the light chime in it. The sick sadistic bastard made her so he would seem less insane. Her happy go lucky attitude mocked everyone below her. Whether she knew it or not didn't mater all that mattered at this point was that he doesn't fail and that the Nurse go easy on him.

As if on cue a hand falls upon his shoulder helping him up.

"Come on! We're going to have Fun!"

He prayed to the gods in the darkened clouded skies that he would live to carry out the mission and succeed.