//------------------------------// // Chapter 25: Evacuation // Story: The Original Mad Scientist in Equestria // by Br0nyb0y123 //------------------------------// Nikola Tesla, Luna, Celestia and the Royal Guard stared at the Great Dragons as they flew away from the volcano on the Palace grounds. Sombra was unconscious at Tesla and Luna's hooves and Luna just whispered to Tesla that they need to evacuate. Because from what it looked like, a large red dragon was heading towards Canterlot. They don't have long, "Luna, you're right. We need to get the hell out of Canterlot" Tesla told her, "Can you send ponies out to tell everyone about this or send an alarm?" "Tia usually sends the alarm" Luna replied. "Tia?" Tesla asked. "Celestia" Luna told him. "Okay. Em.. send a few guards to several houses around Canterlot and GET the ponies out of Canterlot as soon as possible" Tesla ordered her. "Sure" Tesla quickly paced over to Celestia. Celestia typical commanding look was gone, her expression was that of a frightened one, she has dealt with many threats before, but this was different, dragons were different. She looked at the approaching red beast and it gave her shivers down her spine. Tesla made it up to her and tried to gain her attention, but her eyes were fixated on the red reptile heading towards her home, "Your Highness. You need to send an alarm, right now! Alert everyone and make sure they all leave Canterlot!" Tesla said. Celestia didn't pay attention, she was looking at the red dragon, Umberoth, who was heading towards the Palace with powerful speed, "PRINCESS!" Tesla yelled, finally gaining her attention. "What?" She panicked. "You need to send an alarm" Tesla firmly explained to her. Celestia breathed rapidly, "Okay" She replied to Tesla with a nod. Tesla walked back over to Luna, who was kneeling over the unconscious Sombra, "Luna, I'm going to help ponies get out of Canterlot. Find me outside Canterlot" Tesla said, "I'll be out there" "Nikola. What about Sombra?" Luna asked. "Get him on a stretcher, we'll get him to a hospital somewhere other than here. Send some guards to get ponies out of the hospitals" Tesla said. "Be careful this time, Nikola" Luna replied. "Hey, it's not like my face is going to get any more bruised, bloodied and swollen" Tesla joked. "Try to be careful this time then" Luna said with slight chuckle in her last three words, "Clean your face quickly at a fountain, you could scare the ponies away" "Okay, Luna. You be careful as well" Tesla replied. Tesla quickly made it out of the Palace, his face was still bloodied from his scuffle with Masai in the volcano, he saw a drinking fountain just a few feet away from him, he went over to it and sprinkled his hoof with some water, he wiped his face with his wet hoof and managed to get most of the blood off of his forehead and most of it across his face. He then had a quick sip from the fountain and then approached the streets of Canterlot, where he saw terrified crowds of ponies struggling to head towards the gates that led outside of Canterlot whilst being led by the Canterlot Royal Guard. Tesla decided to stop a guard and ask him something, "Excuse me" Tesla said. "Yes, Mr. Tesla?" The guard questioned. "Is there anyone at anyplace that needs help getting out of Canterlot" Tesla asked. "I'd recommend for you not to do that, sir" The guard said, "It's very dangerous right now, and to be honest, I'm terrified of that thing heading towards us" "I'm scared as well. But I want to help" Tesla said. "Well, some of my regiment are still clearing out neighborhoods in Peach Street" The guard told Tesla whilst pointing in the streets direction, "You can help them there" "Thank you, mister" Tesla thanked. "Not a problem" The guard replied before parting back into the crowd. Tesla looked over to the direction of Peach Street, which just so happened to be the opposite direction as to where the screaming crowds of ponies where heading. Tesla knew already it would be a struggle to get past all of the ponies to get to South Street, but he felt like he had to, to help others. Tesla pushed through other ponies to make it to Peach Street, where he saw multiple guards escort ponies out of there homes and led them to the streets leading out of Canterlot. Tesla passed by multiple houses with open doors, he already knew that the ponies in the houses were evacuated, "Damn it" Tesla said out of breath from running. About five ponies ran past Tesla as he stood still, catching his breath, one of those five shouted to him as he went past, "YOU NEED TO GET THE FUCK OUT OF HERE, MAN!" Tesla watched the five ponies merge with the exiting crowds, he then he heard the sound of what seemed like crying. Curious of what was making the crying sound, Tesla turned around to see it was a young, blue Unicorn filly. She was kneeling on the pavement, crying to herself, Tesla came over to her, he wanted to help, and seemed like this little was the only one he felt like he could help at this moment, "Excuse me. Are you okay?" Tesla asked the filly. The filly sniffed, "My mom..." She stuttered, "Me and my mom got separated in the crowd. I don't know what to do. I tried asking for help, but everyone kept on running past me" Tesla felt sympathy for the poor filly, "What's your name, little one?" Tesla asked. "My mom calls me Junior" She said. "What's your mom's name?" Tesla asked. "T..." She began before being interrupted by a loud dragon roar. Tesla looked over to the direction of where the dragon's roar was coming from, then looked at Junior, then the crowd, "Okay, kid. Listen, we'll both get out of Canterlot then we'll try and find your mother out there okay?" Tesla made sure. Junior nodded, "Okay, mister" "Okay kid. Hop on my back, we'll get out quicker that way. Can you also what your mother looks like" Tesla said. "She's blue, has a pale mane and a cutie mark of a crescent moon and a star" Junior told him. Tesla crouched down and then Junior climbed onto his back, "Okay, let's get out of here before that dragon comes" Tesla said. Tesla and Junior were now in the crowds that were heading out of Canterlot. Ponies were crying and screaming and rushing to get out of Canterlot. The Great Red, Umberoth, was at the bottom of the mountain on which the city lies upon, digging the razor-like claws into the rocky mountain and dragging himself to the top of the mountain, and let out a thunderous roar as soon as he made it to the top, everypony was scared, "Junior, keep your eyes closed!" Tesla shouted. Junior did so, she kept her eyes shut tight as she clutched onto Tesla, she was let out a yelp whilst Umberoth was roaring, but the yelp she made was inaudible because of the loudness. Several guards stood on the Canterlot walls, trying their best to protect their home from the reptile of legend. They tried launching spears at his face, but to Umberoth, the spears felt as light as the wind. With the guards angering the Red One, they galloped away in fear on the walls, before being incinerated by a breath of auburn flames left by Umberoth, the guards turned to dust. Tesla looked at the dragon, his scales as red as rubies, Umberoth crumbled the rest of the wall with ease and made his way towards the palace, crushing every home and building that lied on his path. Tesla watched as Umberoth entered the palace gardens, Tesla hoped that everyone got out of there okay. On the dirt paths that led out of Canterlot, Junior was off of Tesla's back, but she was walking alongside him, they were trying to find Junior's mother. The crowds were more spaced out now on the dirt paths, some ponies that Tesla past by where sitting down at the side of the moving crowds, sobbing to themselves about their homes, for some it wasn't just their homes, it was also their family members, whether some where missing or dead, they didn't know, and that just made it worse for them. Tesla didn't know where he was heading with the crowd, he looked behind him and saw Canterlot in flames, but Umberoth wasn't anywhere to be seen, either he was hidden or gone, but that didn't matter to Tesla, he felt defeated. Masai did what he set out to do, and even though Oz partially messed it up, Equestria was still taking damage from the effects left The Brotherhood, "Mom!" Junior called out, "MOM!" Tesla looked at ponies in the crowd and the ones sitting outside of the crowds. He needs to find a blue Unicorn with a crescent moon and star as her cutie mark. Tesla then realized it would be to his and Junior's advantage if Tesla learned her mother's name, "Excuse me, Junior" Tesla said, "I think it would be easier to find your mother if you tell me what her name is" "Oh, okay then" She quietly replied, "Her name is..." "TRIXIE JUNIOR!" A voice called out. Junior turned around to the sound of the voice, and then both Tesla and Junior saw where the voice was coming from, and a blue Unicorn with a pale mane and a cutie mark of a crescent moon and a star came towards them, "Mom?" Junior said. "Oh gosh, sweetie" Junior's mother, who was revealed to Tesla to be called Trixie said. The mother and daughter went over to each other and gave each other a hug, "I'm sorry, mommy" Junior teared up, "I should've stayed with the whole time..." She squeaked. "Sweetie, it's alright. It's not your fault" Trixie comforted her daughter, "It's okay now" The two stopped hugging each other and then Junior said to her mother, "Mom. This is the man who helped me out of the city" "Oh my word. Thank you very much, sir. How can I repay you?" Trixie asked. "No need, miss. I was just trying to help anyone I could" Tesla said. "Well, anyways, thank you, mister..." Trixie paused. "Oh, Tesla. Nikola Tesla" He introduced. "Oh, I've heard of you, you're that inventor from Ponyville" Trixie said. "Yes. How do you know...?" Tesla asked curiously. "My brother-in-law works for the Royal Guard he told us that you and Twilight Sparkle and her friends were showing the Princesses a machine" Trixie said. "You know Twilight?" Tesla asked. "You could say that" Trixie replied, "Well. Thank you again for getting my daughter out of there, I'm really grateful" "You're welcome, miss" Tesla said. "Come on, sweetie, let's go" Trixie told her daughter. "Okay, mommy" Junior said, "Thank you, mister" she thanked Tesla as both she and her mother began to walk away. "You're welcome, kid" Tesla replied. Tesla looked as they both walked away, before heading out of the moving crowd to sit down at the side of the crowd, he took a breather and thought of how Twilight and Rarity and the rest of the girls were doing in Masai's captivity, he knew he was keeping them for something but he didn't know what. Tesla then got annoyed at himself, he should have asked Ozymandias what Masai was up to whilst interrogating him at the bottom of the mountain, but it was too late, Tesla then heard the sound of a faint wing flapping near him, he looked beside him to see it was Luna landing to the ground, "Hello Nikola" Luna greeted, "I'm glad to see you made it out okay" "You too" Tesla replied, "What about everyone else? Celestia? Sombra?" "Not everyone else made it out there alive, some guards gave their lives in order for us to get out of there" Luna said as she approached Tesla and sat down beside him. "My heart goes out to them" Tesla said. "Mine too" Luna replied, "Nikola, listen. Tia is leading the crowd to Ponyville, she sent me to find out what happened at the volcano. If Chrysalis didn't want anything to do with this, who did?" She asked. "Well, it was this Changeling, Masai. From the get-go he is pretty insane individual, he has this Brotherhood that he leads, he says that Chrysalis banished them after some tragic event. He's angry at everyone, I think, at his race, but he also seemed to be angry at the ponies, he wants to destroy Equestria using those dragons, I believe. He managed to get Discord and Sombra on his side. He blackmailed Discord and killed him, he was going to do the same to Sombra until one of his friends betrayed him and killed two of Masai's friends. And long story short, me, Sombra and Masai's friend, Ozymandias got separated from the rest of Masai's brotherhood and he still holds the girls and Spike captive. So I got into a small fight with Ozymandias and Sombra, and ended on the palace grounds by the time the dragons were about to be released. And here we are" Tesla explained. Luna stayed silent, she didn't really know what to say to that, "I'll find him. I'll find Masai, his Brotherhood, everyone. I'll save my friends. And there isn't going to be a damn thing in Equestria that will stop me. I promised Twilight, I promised all of them that I'll save them" Tesla explained. "You need to be more careful out there though, Nikola" Luna told him, "The way you appeared back at the palace, you were barely recognizable. You need to rest, the state you're in now will only get worse if you keep going in the pace you're going at. Nikola, I know you want to find Masai, but we have two extremely large problems right now in the form of the Great Dragons" "If I rest now, that will give Masai more time to plan" Tesla said. "Masai will probably need to rethink his plans, two of his friends were dead you said and another left him. He'll be struggling. And you need to rest at Ponyville, that cut on your eye is disgusting and you've lost a lot of blood from the look of it" Luna told him. Tesla said, "Okay, I'll rest. But I'm still staying true to my promises, I'll find Masai and I'll save the girls" "I know you will" Luna smiled.