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Marco woke up on the cold hard stone of Toffee's dungeon. He groaned as he became aware of the pain in his shoulder. (He wasn't thrown in with much care.) He could hear voices coming from just outside the cell.
"Master Toffee, we have taken the girl to a different chamber, where we will continue the plan."
"Very good, man-arm. We will interrogate the girl shortly. Prepare the pit."
Saaay whaaa? A pit? Oh no! They have Star!
He heard the sound of footsteps growing fainter.
I've got to get out of this cell, past man-arm and save Star!
Fortunately for him, Toffee's minions weren't the brightest and had left the keys on the rack next to his cell.
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"Arrrghhhhh"
"Guys! She's waking up!"
Star awoke not knowing what the heck was going on. She had just had an amazing dream where she was on a date with Marco, until Toffee showed up... Toffee!
Her eyes snapped open and she took in her surroundings. She was suspended 10 metres (about 33 feet) above a pit of fire (Hehe, was going to do a shark tank but that seemed a little too cliche). The monsters had gathered below her and were standing a far distance from the flames licking the sides. She could see Toffee with that creepy evil always-one-step-ahead smirk on his face. She glared at him with all the strength she could muster.
"Where's. Marco." She asked, in the most intimidating manner she had in her.
His expression didn't waver. Man he was good.
"Oh, don't worry, he will be disposed of soon."
"Let him go you creep!" She pleaded, now struggling to escape.
All the monsters did was snigger and the writhing girl.
"You didn't let me finish. (Actually he purposefully paused just to see her panic) He will be disposed of soon, along with you, unless you give me the current location of the broken wand fragment."
"Wha? How do you know about that?!" She asked fearfully. How much more does he know? What will he do with the missing piece?
More sniggers.
"Oh, I have my ways." He said, followed by his most evil smirk.
Man do I hate that guy.
"Now," he said, returning to a more businesslike manner. "Tell me. Where is the-"
*Slam!*
Marco smashed down the door! "Star!"
"Marco!"
"Get him!"
There was chaos and havoc, monsters were shot down left and right as Marco kicked and punched, blocked and dodged, determined to save the one he loved.
"Aaah!"
Everyone stopped where they were. Toffee had gotten back to the control panel and had lowered Star one metre closer to the ever-roaring flames.
Spike balls, with the distraction, grabbed Marco from behind. He struggled to no avail.
"Stop." It was amazing how one word could effectively put an end to his wriggling. "Now. Take him to the water chamber."
"NO! MARCO!"
"STAR!"
Spike balls carried him to a 2x2x10 glass chamber, just to the side of the fire pit. It gave Star the perfect view of her beloved, and whatever Toffee and his minions were going to do to him.
They looked helplessly at each other as he was unceremoniously thrown inside. The top had air holes, so they weren't going to kill him by suffocation.
Water started to creep up the side of the case.
"Star?" He asked, the water now up to his ankles.
She turned to face Toffee. She would do whatever she could to save him, they both knew that.
"Good. Now, tell me where the missing piece of the wand is."
"And what if I don't know?"
The side of his mouth twitched. It was brief, but it was still there.
"Of course you know. I will ask again, where-"
"Surely you aren't this dumb. If I knew, I would have blasted your face off already."
Toffee scowled and flicked a switch. The water in Marco's cage was filling up twice as fast now. It was creeping up his thighs.
Star started to panic. "Stop! Please! I don't know where it is!"
Three times as fast now. It had started to lift him up off the floor of the chamber.
It seemed that Star had completely lost her mind. Seemed.
"NO!" She was positively screaming now. She was trying to draw their attention away from her hands deftly untying the knots holding her up.
Toffee dropped her two metres. Star and Marco were on the same level now. She turned to face him, and winked.
She let herself drop.
