Brandon's eyes opened, what he saw was far from home. Judging from the stone pillars and murals on the wall, he was in some sort of temple or church. Something was wrong, though, he was having trouble breathing, and he felt as if his heart was going to jump out of his chest. He heard a young voice yelling from his right side, "Twilight! I think he's waking up!" Spike yelled as he rushed to Brandon's side. The clopping sound of hooves on the stone floor almost drowned out Brandon's frightened grunts. "Damn it, Spike, he's not ready yet! Just look at him! Get the sedatives now! He still needs more time!" "But..." "He can't do anything when he's in this state, Spike! Hurry!" Spike rushed to find the sedatives. What the hell was going on?
As she turned her head to look at Spike, Brandon reached his arm out to her, but screamed at the sight of his arm. Almost all of his skin was gone, and what skin was left had been red. This made Brandon panic more, but all he could do was yell. Twilight put his arm down with her hoof, and kept her hoof on his hand, trying to comfort him, "Brandon, I need you to stay calm, ok? Everything is going to be fine. The next time you wake up, I'll answer all of your questions, ok? Fluttershy's fine, she's with-" "Twilight! I can't find it! I think we used it all the last time he woke up!" Spike yelled, out of view. "I know we have more! My list says that we should have plenty!" "Uh...list?" "I told you to use it! He won't survive if we don't do something! His heart rate is out of control!" The two looked at each other, then back to Brandon. Twilight had a look of regret on her face. "I'm sorry, Brandon. But I have to do this..." she told him as her horn charged up.
He managed to say a couple of words, "Twilight, what are you-...WAIT!" he screamed before Twilight zapped him with her magic. He immediately felt sleepy and the world started getting blurry. He faintly felt claws pressing against his pulse, "Well, he seems normal, now." He barely saw Twilight looking down at him, tears in her eyes, her hoof on his face. "That was close," she said, "we almost lost him...again. Spike, run the numbers again, I'm gonna continue the Reconstruction process."
Spike chuckled, "When he sees what kind of world Equestria's become, he'll probably be mad we didn't let him die." Twilight chuckled at the joke and put her hooves off him, "No, Spike...I think with him, we have a chance," she smiled.