It was midnight. Finn, and PB where wearing jet black stealth suits. They snuck their way over to one of the walls of the Candy Kingdom. PB pulled out her grappling hook and threw it. It latched on to the top of the wall. PB gave the rope a tug to make sure the hook was good and stable. PB was the first to climb up. She stood atop the wall and waited for Finn to climb up. Once Finn made it up they Jumped down into the Kingdom. They where on a mission to destroy the glowing rods.
"Where you do think they'd be stored?" Asked Finn.
"Maybe in the old armory. That's where I would store such weapon parts at-least." PB explained.
They began making their way to the armory. They passed by several businesses, and homes that had been destroyed in the chaos of the war . PB was appalled. They made it to the towns square. PB peered out from behind a tree to see if they could cross the town's square without being seen. What she saw shocked her. There where dozens of homeless candy people laying around.
"I..I" PB started to stutter.
"Peebles, what do you see." Finn asked. He was crouched down and couldn't see out.
Just then a group of five guards came by and started scattering the candy people. They pulled out batons and started beating the ones that refused to move.
"Where am I supposed to go, you destroyed my home!" One of the candy people yelled as the guards beat him.
PB was enraged. Without a second thought she leaped out from behind the bush, ran over, and decked the guard square in the mouth. He fell flat on his back. Finn ran over to help PB as the other four guards surrounded her. She grabbed two guards by the forehead and slammed them into each other. Finn took out one of the remaining guards. PB and Finn turned their attention to the last guard. Fearing for his well being the last guard ran off. PB walked over to the beaten candy person and helped him stand up.
"Thank you." The guy said.
He couldn't recognize Finn or PB as the stealth suits they where wearing covered their faces. The citizen went on his way. PB and Finn moved on towards the old armory. The road that led to the armory was littered with debris from building and trash. PB couldn't believe what had happened to the kingdom in the short time since she had been overthrown. They made it within viewing distance of the armory. PB and Finn each pulled out a pair of binoculars and scoped out the large building. They saw dozen's of guards patrolling the perimeter of the building.
"What could they be doing in there that they need so many guards?" PB asked.
"Maybe their building the super weapons." Finn suggested.
"You might be right." PB said. "If so, we can't waste any time, peoples lives are at risk."
PB and Finn stealthily made their way to the armory. They studied the movement pattern of the guards. They noticed a small window of time they could use to sneak into the armory. They waited for said window and took advantage of it. They made there way into the main hall and hid behind a crate. They looked around and saw that the building was crawling with personnel. Guards, scientists, soldiers and what appeared to be government workers where among the personnel they seen. They started looking through each room that they came across to see if the rods where there. Most rooms they checked had nothing of interest in them. That all changed when they opened the door to what used to be the medical bay. It had been modified to be a station for mass producing of candy people. PB felt ill upon seeing this.
"This... This is so wrong." She stuttered.
They noticed that once they where made they where picked by a giant robotic arm and placed them in a chute.
"So this is how they where able to get so many reinforcements." Finn realized.
"I can't believe they would do something so heinous." PB said.
"Didn't you used to do experiments on your citizens and create them artificially?" Asked Finn.
"Sadly yes, but that was a long time ago. It was before I fully realized how intelligent the average Candy person is. They may seem dumb at first glance, but they all have dreams and aspirations. They have feelings, they love like we do, they cry like we do. They can feel pain both psychical and emotional just like we do. It was wrong what I did and I can't excuse that, but the least I can do is make sure it doesn't happen any more." PB poured her heart out.
"I understand. Sorry if I struck a sore spot, I didn't mean to make uncomfortable." Finn said.
"Its alright Finn. Part of moving forward in life is excepting your past." PB said.
"We need to stop the machine." Said Finn.
"First things first we need to find out where that chute is sending them." PB said and Finn agreed.
They decided they would never find where the chute ended if they went and searched for it as the building was big and sprawled out, so they decided it would be for the best if they just took the plunge and rode it down. They landed on a cushioned pad. They looked around and couldn't believe what they saw. The room that they landed in was massive. It was a giant factory. The newly made candy people where taken and put to work. They where being worked to death. When a worked would pass out from exhaustion the guards would come by and haul them off. They would be replaced by a freshly made person and the cycle would repeat.
"Candy people aren't just a tool that you make and throw away." PB said. She was visibly angry.
They needed to find a way to destroy the the whole operation. They snuck around and investigated the adjacent rooms. Most of them where just storage rooms, but one was the control room. Their was a worker sitting at the control panel. They quickly knocked him out before he could phone for help. Finn dragged the unconscious man and locked him in a broom closet. PB sat down and took a look at the control panel. She discovered that this controlled everything in the building. She pulled out a c4 charge from her backpack and placed it in the center of the control panel.
"We just need to find the rods." PB said. "Then BOOM!"
They exited the room and headed off in search of the rods. During their search they realized that under the new king the building had been transformed from a plain old weapon's storage facility into military central command. They ran across a group of people installing a giant bronze statue of King Candy Corn. They where quick to hide before they where spotted. After the coast was clear they made their way through the labyrinthian building. They found a makeshift jail where they stored enemies of the kingdom, They found a giant conference center and they found the mess hall, but no sign of weapon's storage. They searched for hours. They where about to give up, but Finn decided to check one last room. He opened the door and found what they where looking for. There where swords lining the walls. There where several suits of armor on armor stands. Finally there where dozens, maybe even hundreds of crates. PB and Finn started cracking open crates. They opened 50 odd crates before they finally found the glowing rods. There where 6 crates filled to the brim with them.
"Holy cow." Finn said.
"It's much worse than we thought." PB said. "Good thing we got here in time."
PB was about to pull out the c4 charges from her backpack when she head footsteps. Someone was coming. PB and Finn made a break for it and hid behind the stairwell. PB and Finn peaked theirs heads around the corner just a little so they could see who was there. It was King Candy Corn, what appeared to be a general, and two guards.
"Whats the status of the super weapons?" Asked King Candy Corn.
"We have all the materials here on base your highness. We should be able to start building the weapons first thing in the morning." The general said.
"Excellent. The Flame Kingdom wont know what hit 'em." King Candy Corn laughed. The general and the two guards laughed alongside their king.
The group pressed forward as they where checking on the progress of the whole base. They exited the room using the stairwell that Finn and PB where hiding behind.
"That was a close one." Finn said as he wiped the sweat off his forehead.
They made their way back over to the rods and placed the charges on them. Now all they had to do was escape. They weaved and winded their way throughout the building dodging guards and personnel alike. They made it outside using an emergency exit, however they where greeted by a guard who was on patrol on the other side.
"Huh... What?" The guard mumbled before he realized what was going on.
"INTRUDIERS!" He yelled.
PB and Finn took off running while a group of guards chased them down. Once they where a safe distance away from the building PB pulled out the explosive detonator and pushed the button. BOOM! Several loud explosion ripped through the building. Upon hearing the boom the guards stopped in their tracks. After they realized what happened they turned around and rushed back to the base. PB and Finn made their way out of the Candy Kingdom the way they'd came. They climbed back over the wall and started making their way back to the tree-house. Their mission was complete. They saved the surrounding kingdoms from total destruction. PB didn't say a thing on the way home. It made Finn worried. They made it back home, but before PB could head inside Finn stopped her.
"Hey, you where really quiet on the way home. Is something wrong?" Asked Finn.
"Seeing all those homeless candy people and the way they where being treated just got to me. I just feel so helpless in the situation." PB said.
"You're not helpless." Finn said. "Even though you're not their leader you can still do great things to help them, kinda like we did tonight." Finn said
"Thanks Finn, It feels nice knowing I still have people that believe in me." PB said.
PB vowed that she would return to the Candy Kingdom as much she could to help its citizens.