by I'm Not Mister Mxypltk
"WHAT THE FUCK?!" Mick Harrison yelled, seeing that reality was literally crumbling around him. "What the hell is going on here? First we are here, then we are there, then we are here again... and now we're gonna see a movie? Or rule the planet?"
"I think those voodoo roots are coming back to haunt us, man!" Lance Lorenzo said.
Mick and Lance had left the room where the rest of the team was to buy some popcorn in the lobby. They didn't know exactly why they were doing that, but since nothing else made sense anymore, they didn't bother asking.
"Man, we could really use Velo right now," Mick said. "He always seemed to figure out these things quickly."
"Yeah... I mean, don't get me wrong, I'm glad my Donna's alive and stuff," Lance said, "but something here just feels wrong."
"I know exactly what you mean! I'm glad M-X-Y is out of my head, but--"
"Wait," Lance said, "why did spell his name? You can say it now that he's not inside you."
"No, he just told me something about the universe exploding or something like that if I ever said his name," Mick explained. "He also called me a 'damn fool' a couple of times."
Somewhere else:
"Smith's taking forever," K'tl said. "And keeping those fools like this isn't easy."
"I agree," said Ma Kalunga. "We should take them down ourselves. Now that they are confused, they should be an easy target."
"But we can't move from here," Aurochs said.
"They can," said K'tl, looking at the Scorpion brothers.
"Don't forget me," said Dr. Zachary Knell, now slowly turning into his reptilian form. "I dessserve a rematch!"
"We'll do it," said Red Scorpion, confident.
"It should be an easy task," Ma Kalunga said, "since they are confused, and they can't even see you. Still, this is important. You can't screw up."
"Have no mercy," K'tl added.
"Our leader's victory may rely on you," Kalunga said.
"I don't need motivation, witccch," Knell said. "Now let'sss go, boysss..."
"Our leader's victory may rely on you." Ma Kalunga's words echoed inside Blue Scorpion's mind as he walked behind his brother and Knell while they approached their confused victims. If the Revolutionaries were killed, nothing would stand between Smith and the culmination of his plans.
"What is it, brother?" Red Scorpion asked, looking over his shoulder. "Are you scared?" Red looked ahead and laughed.
"There they are..." Knell said, pointing at the members of MBL Consulting under the spell Aurochs created. Even Turkish Stringfellow was there. It took the collaboration of K'tl and Ma Kalunga to fool him, too.
The MBL Consulting members were standing in confusion, seeing things that weren't actually there. They didn't even notice Knell when he started walking around them.
"Thisss isss going to be sssweet..." Knell said to himself.
"I must agree," Red Scorpion said, getting ready to slaughter his victims.
"I thought you Ssscorpionsss believed in honor. What honor isss there in killing people that can't defend themssselvesss?" Knell asked mockingly.
"Honor has no -- AGGGHHH!" Dr. Knell looked at Red Scorpion and noticed a sword covered in blood coming out of his stomach.
"Yes, I'm scared, my brother," Blue Scorpion said as he pulled his sword from his brother's body, letting him fall to the ground. "Scared of what will happen if Smith wins this fight."
"What the--?!"
"B-bro... ther...?" Red said.
"I'm sorry," Blue replied. He made a fast movement with his sword, and Red Scorpion's head fell from his body.
"You IDIOT! What the hell are you doing?"
"What must be done. Now stay away from the Revolutionaries... unless you want to be next."