Brian, Vinny and New Brian:

Guess Who's Back

by LDEJRuff

Chapter 5 - Never Forget, Always Forgive

At the dump, New Brian took in what he had hoped to be one last look at the sunset and sighed before he stepped onto the conveyor belt to the incinerator.

"Well," he said, "I guess this is it." With that, he lowered his head and closed his eyes, ready to accept his fate.

"New Brian, wait!"

Stewie's voice got his attention, as he saw him running to the shutoff switch to the belt.

"Stewie?"

The baby in question succeeded in shutting off the belt so New Brian wouldn't get burned.

"Stewie, what the hell are you doing here?" New Brian called. "Shouldn't you be home?"

"I just came over here to save you!" Stewie answered.

"Why bother?" New Brian turned back. "I should be dead."

"No, you shouldn't," Stewie disagreed, climbing up to the belt. "We need you back home. Lois and the fat man need you. Chris and the ugly one need you. Brian and Vinny need you. And I need you."

"How did you even find me?" New Brian asked.

"A microchip on your neck fur," Stewie answered. "It comes off." With that, he took the chip off New Brian's neck and put it in his pocket. "Now, you should come back home with me."

"Why should I?" New Brian gloated. "I read that suicide note in the kitchen."

"New Brian, you didn't write that note," Stewie disagreed, shaking his head. "I did."

"You?"

"Yes, me," Stewie replied. "And you shouldn't be dead anyway, New Brian. Well, maybe you should, but you shouldn't. Once, I thought your constant cheerfulness was aggravating me to get Brian back. And that was the reason I..."

"Stewie, what are you saying?" New Brian interrupted.

"I'm saying that..." Stewie sighed. "I'm the one who killed you, chopped you up, and put you in the garbage."

"Stewie," New Brian began, rather scared. "You?"

"Yes."

"Well, how come I'm alive?" New Brian asked.

"I had Brian find you in this dump and resurrect you with my revival ray," Stewie answered. "I was wrong to think of you as a family reject. That's why I made all that stuff up about the family not liking you. And when you said that you humped Rupert for two hours the day before, it was when I took your own life." His eyes began to shed tears. "I can tell if you won't like me anymore."

Instead of feeling angry at Stewie, New Brian felt sad for him. "Stewie," he responded, "you shouldn't have done that...but thanks." With that, he suddenly smiled.

"What?" Stewie replied, slightly brightening.

"Destroying me when I was alive the first time broke me out of my habit," New Brian replied. "And now thanks to you, I don't have to hump teddy bears anymore."

"So, you forgive me?" Stewie asked.

"As long as you promise not to tell anyone else about this event," New Brian replied.

Starting to smile, Stewie agreed with New Brian. "Deal," he said, offering a handshake.

With that, New Brian shook Stewie's hand.

"So, Stewie," New Brian began, "has anyone else been humping Rupert while I was dead?"

"Well," Stewie chuckled, "there's Brian, but that's another story." He was referring to an event in "Quagmire's Quagmire" (Season 12, Episode 3).

Later that night, after Stewie destroyed the forged suicide note, he felt a little tired. Lois noticed that her baby boy was starting to feel a little sleepy.

"Stewie," she began, "you feel really sleepy."

"Well," Vinny replied, "I think he had a really long day, Lois."

Brian agreed with a nod.

"Well, I'll be putting Stewie to bed, boys," Lois said to them before turning to New Brian. "And New Brian, thanks for coming home."

"You're welcome, Lois," New Brian replied. "Sleep well, Stewie," he continued to Stewie. "Pleasant dreams."

As Stewie was sleeping, he started to smile. And as his mother was carrying him up to his room, New Brian began to beam. Both Brian and Vinny took notice at New Brian's face.

"Wow, New Brian," Brian said. "You've been making really weird eye contact with Stewie since he brought you back, and it's starting to creep us out."

"Yeah," Vinny agreed, getting New Brian's attention. "Did something happen between you two some time ago?"

"You know what, guys?" New Brian replied. "I'd rather keep that on a classified basis. For now, let's focus on my three-week stay."

"Oh, right," Brian chuckled. "So, anything you wanna watch?"

"You guys have The Man in the High Castle?" New Brian asked. "I'd like to catch up on this fictional historical series."

"A show about a Nazi-dominant America?" Vinny replied. "What will they think up next?"

To Be Continued...