Cuphead and the Gals
Chapter 4
An Ending
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With Cala Maria's contract in his possession, Cuphead hurried back to Mugman, making up a story of how he fought off the giant Mermaid. Mugman listened in awe and applauded at the end of the tale, then proceeded to get ready. The due then headed off to defeat the last few bosses. First they stopped by Dr. Wileyegg with his iron bucket, and opened him a can whooping oil in exchange for his contract. Next, they went on stage, with Mugman being the co-star and Cuphead being backstage crew. Clumsy as he purposely was, he 'accidentally' dropped a spotlight right on Sally's head. Being knocked out cold, she wasn't able to pay them so the brothers took their pay of 1 Sally Stageplay themselves and also excused said selves as well. Being in the hurry they were, the two boys rushed right over to the tracks. The positioned themselves about a mile away from the oncoming train, and began shooting the tracks. Their shots were so hot (no, not cum) that is melted the rails. They stepped back and watched as the excited-to-fight train was hurled off the tracks, becoming dent. Conveniently, the contract floated down for Cuphead and Mugman to collect. Having all of the contracts, the brother headed into the familiar cave to the casino of hell. They walked the red carpet, right up the stairs, pushing on a familiar door. The devil was expected to be seen, but that sleaze-bag King Dice did the greeting instead.
"Well, lookee here! You actually pulled it off… but you made me lose a bet." He greeted, acting delighted to see them before his tone turned more on the serious side. "And for that, you ain't seein' the boss just yet. We're gonna play a little game first!"
Suddenly, the boy found themselves in a giant craps table. Had they been summoned into a giant world? No, as they looked around they saw the familiar decor of the casino along with a giant King Dice looming over the table. They chalked it up to being shrunk. Anyways, Cuphead saw the writing on the wall, literally. King Dice reached down and clapped a floating pink die into existence with numbers from 1-3. The duo agreed they were probably playing a Candy-land sort of game and timed their parries on the die just right. The whole fight was a joke, the mini-bosses were easy, they rolled 3 every time, and even King Dice was a cakewalk, no wonder he lost the bet. Now that they finally defeated him, they walked over to the building on the other side of the casino, a tower of sorts with fancy doors. He must be in there, so the boys barged right in, seeing their assumptions were right.
"Well, well, well… look how far you've come! Not only did you bust up my good-for-nothing lackey, King Dice..." He said, greeting them in the same manner as King Dice and also changing to a darker tone also like King Dice. "...but I see you've got my soul contracts, as agreed! Hand 'em over, and join my team!" He demanded only to be told an obvious no from the boys. "Welching on me just like all the others, eh… I'll teach you for backing out of a deal – have at you!" he roared, fire behind his throne rising and roaring just like him.
He sat back in his throne as the boys began to shoot at him, while dodging the mini purple devils that hurled themselves across the room. He clapped before stretching his up high and then down to the floor and across the room like a dragon at a festival. His head quickly snapped back into place, much like a measuring tape being reeled in. His horns grew until his head resembled that of a curly horned goat as his arms stretched from him and met each other in the middle. The boys jumped of his clap and shot at him in mid-air. His arms recoiled just as the boys landed and began shooting at him in a more comfortable angle. He tried once more with physical attack and decapitated himself, his head taking the form of a spider and jumping about at them. Not surprisingly, they survived. Knowing his stretchy attacks would never hit them, he began chanting words as painful bubbles appeared, before targeting the duo. He still couldn't hit them and eventually just jumped out of his skin, making a hole in the floor.
The boys were confused but saw the quickly growing fire and jumped in after him. They landed on floating platforms, the only ground available to them as a giant red devil sat before them, before he even had a chance to charge up an attack, they continued their barrage of bullets. His eyes joined together temporarily as he summoned an axe that looped in circles toward them. He also summoned multiple bat bombs to give them trouble along with flaming rocks that fell from the ceiling of the cave. When this didn't work, he became very angry, calling for giant purple demon guards that came down and spit skulls at the boys. He started crying like a baby summoning even more stuff, There was so much stuff on the screen that this author gave up trying to describe this fight. Sounding like a broken record, the boys defeat the devil.
The brothers had triumphed over the demon, forcing him to finally give up.
"We shall accept your surrender, Devil," Cuphead laughed. "But we're not done just yet!"
And with that, Cuphead and Mugman destroyed all of the soul contracts, releasing Inkwell Isle's residents from eternal servitude to the Devil.
"Gosh, I can't wait to tell everybody!" Cuphead said.
They boys set off for home, and at top speed.
"C'mon, the last one there's a leaky cup!" Mugman teased as they ran.
Once home, the brother gathered everyone together.
"You're all freed of the Devil's debt!" Cuphead announced.
"And that fiend won't bother us again!" Mugman added.
The Elder Kettle was literally brimming with pride as everyone began to cheer (especially the ladies):
"Let's hear it for Cuphead and Mugman!"
"Hip-hip-hurrah!"
"Hip-hip-hurrah!"
As an all-day celebration began, the brothers promised to never wand into trouble again. And they didn't – until the next time, of course! But that is another story…
The End
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