Updated 5/13/19 * Thank you! Didn't notice the loose lol *

"Marco!" Janna shouts, reaching out to him as he walks through the door.

Marco stops and turns towards her. "I have to get Jackie!"

"I know you do, but you can't go al-"

"Why, so you can keep having your toy?"

"... What?"

"You said it yourself, I'm just a plaything for you to use."

"What are you talking about Marco?"

"You don't really care about me, about how I feel!"

"Yes I do!"

"You just want to keep me all to yourself! Admit it!"

"... No I-"

" You are scared that I will be taken away. You are scared that Jackie and Star are going to keep me away from you!"

"N-No! I just want to keep you safe!"

"Why? So you can keep having a 'toy'?"

"No, stop saying that! I didn't really mean it... I just want you alive."

"Why?"

"What do you mean 'why?', why wouldn't I want you alive?"

"Do you..."

"Do I what?"

"Do you L-v- me?"

She cannot quite hear him correctly. "What?"

"Janna, do you..."

Janna...

Janna...

I think she is coming to...

Janna...

Janna!

Janna opens her eyes. Three blurry figures loom over her.

"Janna are you Okay!? Can you hear me!?" Star asks.

Janna gets up slowly, rubbing her head. "Yeah... What's going on? What happened?

"Marco flipped you like a pancake and then bolted out the door!"

"He left!? We have to stop him then!" Janna rushes to get up, but stops as pain surges through her body and head. "Gah!"

"Janna!" Star bends down to help her. "You okay?"

Janna slowly rises and gathers herself. "Yeah... I guess Marco really did slam me like he meant it..." Looking down at the living room floor, Janna places a hand on the cold, hard tile under her. A small frown forms on her lips.

Angie bends down and places a hand on Janna. "Oh Janna, sweetie, I'm so sorry... I can't believe Marco would do something like this..."

"We are going to have a good talking to him about this!" Rafael says. "I did not raise my son to put his hands on a woman!"

"Don't worry Janna!" Star says. "I'll get Marco and Jackie back safe and sound. So just wai-"

A frustrated growl erupts from Janna as she jumps to her feet. "Grrr, that jerk! Here I am trying to keep him from getting hurt and he slams me on the ground!" Janna opens up the door. "Let's go Star! I'm gonna give him a price of my mind!"

"O-oh, uhhh r-right!" Star turns towards Marco's parents. "Don't worry Mr. and Mrs. Diaz we will get Marco!" she says, rushing out the door behind Janna.

"W-Wait Girls!" Rafael calls out. But It's too late, hurrying out the door he sees the two girls are already running full speed down the street.

Marco stands in the middle of the Britta's Tacos parking lot, trying to catch his breath as he darts his eyes around looking for Jackie. "Ludo where are you!?" he shouts.

Ludo rises from the roof. "Well, well, well, look who finally decided to show up! I hope you brought the boo- " Ludo stops and squints. "Marco? It's just You? Where is Star Butterfly, and the book!?"

Hearing his words, Jackie shoots her head up. "It's just Marco?"

"They couldn't make it. Now give me back Jackie!" Marco demands.

"No book, no girl!" Ludo charges up his wand. "Now get me the book, or else!" He threatens, pointing the wand at Jackie.

Before Ludo can say another word, Marco sprints towards him in a fit of rage. "Don't you even think of hurting her!" Jumping and fliping from tables and parasols around the restaurant, Marco makes his way to the roof.

Ludo stands in awe as he watches Marco In the air. "Whoa Marco, that was kind of cool..."

Marco kicks Ludo in the face as he lands, sending him flying back.

The Eagle swoops in to strike Marco, but he dodges and round house kicks the bird, who lands on top of Ludo. The Spider then jumps at Marco from the rear.

"Marco watch out!" Jackie shouts.

Marco eyes behind him and quickly ducks as the spider jumps over him. He strikes the spider from behind and sends it flying on top of the eagle. Marco turns to get Jackie, but stops as a loud scratching sound roars around him. Rats are running up the building and surrounding Marco.

Taking in his surroundings, Marco sees he is out numbered. Marco takes a deep breath and closes his eyes. Janna's voice begins to ring in his head..

"There is only one of you and a hundred of them!"

"You are not strong enough"

"Don't be Stupid!"

"Don't get yourself killed!"

"I told you Janna... I don't care if there is a hundred or even a thousand..."

"Marco run!" Jackie shouts.

Opening his eyes and entering his fighting stance, Marco resolves himself. "I have to save Jackie!"

A rat directly behind Marco attacks first, followed by the rest. Marco anticipates and strikes accordingly, sending them flying with a single blow as they jump at him. Blow after blow he sends them flying. Jackie chuckles in astonishment. "Whoa Marco, I didn't know you could fight! Go dude!" she cheers.

Marco cracks a smile. Boosted by her cheers, Marco gets cocky and starts to get flashy with his moves.

"Wata! Heeya! Watcha!" He says after every blow imitating Mackie Hand.

"Hahaha, slow down there bad boy." Jackie chuckles.

Seeing their attempts are failing, the rats group together and all jump on Marco at once. Marco taken aback by there sudden force, fights with all of his might, but falls as the rats swarm and overpower him. The rats beat, bite down, and tear into Marco. He falls face down on the floor. Looking up, he sees Jackie looking at him with a horrible expression on her face. She kicks at the air and thrashes her body around, trying to break free from her bondage. He reaches his hand out to her, but stops when he notices something strange. His sleeve was no longer Prussian blue, but a dark red... Looking down he notices a puddle of the same color forming under him. His eyes go back to Jackie, her mouth is moving but he cant hear her. Now that he thinks about it, he cant hear a thing... Darkness soon takes over the corners of his vision as everything begins to fade away...

The stomp of feet and labored breathing resonate in the street light lit night, as Star and Janna run towards Britta's Tacos.

"Stupid Marco... We are just trying to keep you safe. You better be okay..." Janna worries.

"This is all my fault! If only I was able to get that spell down we wouldn't be in this mess!" Star yells at herself in her head.

"Ah!" Janna stops and clutches her curse mark, which is emitting a strong purple light.

"Janna!" Star turns around and runs towards her.

"AAAAHHH!" Janna falls to the ground in pain as bright, glowing, purple marks form all over her body resembling wounds.

"Janna! What's going on!?" Star panics, not sure what to do.

Glossaryck and the book suddenly appear in front of Star. "Glossaryck! What's going!?"

Glossaryck sits on the book and slowly flys over Janna, examining her. " Hmmm, interesting."

"Marco is in trouble!" Janna shouts. "You need to go now Star!"

Star gets down and holds her hand. "What are you talking about Janna!?"

Glossaryck looks at the hand Star is holding. The curse mark burns brightly in his eyes. "Ah, so it's a contract curse."

"A contract curse?" Star asks.

"It seems Marco and Janna have signed a contract and until that contract is complete then the curse will stay on them getting worse and worse."

"So this is that dumb games fault!?"

"It's from a game you say? Well, whats going on right now isn't necessarily the curse doing it's 'cursing', but rather this is a condition of group contracts. If one of the members of the same contract is potentially loosing their life, then those under the same contract will give up some of their life to compensate and keep that individual alive. Allowing them the ability to complete the task that they were assigned. Judging from the amount of damage Janna is taking though, it looks like it just incudes her and Marco. Didn't you play this 'game' too?"

"Wait you mean Marco is dying right now!?"

"Potentially." Glossaryck shrugs.

Janna rises from the ground. The purple wounds have finished appearing and a strong purple energy surrounds her.

"J-Janna don't get up so fast you could be seriously hurt!"

"Don't worry about me, we have to get to Marco!" Janna says as she takes off in a full sprint to Britta's Tacos.

"Janna!" Star shouts, chasing after her.

Glossaryck trails behind on the book. "It's been a while since I've seen that curse..."

"MARCO!" Jackie screams as she watches the rats swarm Marco. "Stop! Leave him alone! Please!" She cries out.

Through her tears she sees a faint purple glow appear under the rats. All of a sudden, the rats go flying in all directions. Jackie looks on, amazed as she sees Marco standing tall. "Marco!" She rejoices. Upon further inspection, she notices he is still badly injured. He has wounds all over his body and his outfit is covered in blood! But what is strange are his wounds... they glow purple and don't seem to be bleeding. Also, there is a purple energy around him that seems to be what is powering him.

Marco hurries towards Jackie and unties her.

"M-Marco are you Okay? What's with all this purple stuff of You? Does it hurt?"

Marco wraps his arms around Jackie.

"... Marco?" Jackie says, a small blush on her face from his sudden embrace.

"I'm sorry Jackie..."

"A-About what?"

Marco only holds her tighter.

She is not too sure what is going on, but it feels so good to feel Marco's warmth and breathing. He is safe and sound now. After what she just saw... that's all she could ask for. Closing her eyes she returns his embrace.

"...I was so scared I was going to lose you." Marco says softly.

"You were scared 'you' were going to lose 'me'?" Jackie chuckles softly. She feels a lump form in her throat. "You almost gave me a heart attack, you know?." She manages to utter from her trembling voice. Tears roll down her cheeks as she buries herself in his shoulder.

"Sorry..."

"You better be... jerk." Jackie lifts one of her arms from her hug and softly hits him with a clinched first.

"Ah!" Marco winces.

Jackie lifts up her hands and quickly parts from him. "Oh sorry!"

They pause for a moment as they sit across, looking at each other.

"Pfft, hahahaha"

"Pfft, hahahaha... oww" Marco grabs his side, still smiling.

Jackie smiles back and wipes her eyes.

"Well..." Jackie helps Marco up and keeps hold of his hands. "You saved me..." she says softly, Looking up at Marco.

Marco looks back at those beautiful green eyes that he gets lost in every time. If it were any other day this would have sent him running, but the feelings he has right now... this is something he has never felt before, something he could have lost if things had turned out differently...

"Jackie..."

He can't afford to lose her, to let her get hurt, to be taken away. He must protect her, be there for her.

"Yeah?"

It's now or never.

"I have been wanting to tell you this for a while..."

"We made it!" Star pants as she and Janna try to catch their breath, finally arriving on the lot. "Where is Marco!?"

"Up there!" Janna shouts, pointing to the roof.

"MARC-" Star shouts, but she stops when she sees Marco and Jackie. "Oh... looks like he is fine..." Star quietly says, a faint smile on her lips. She should be happy that Marco is fine... but it feels... bittersweet.

Janna looks to Star. "Star..." she sighs. Looking back up to the roof, her face turns even more somber.. "Looks like you saved her after all, lover boy..." She mutters. Looking down at her wounds she took for Marco, Janna scoffs. "Your welcome... jerk." The images from her dream then come to mind and she quickly shakes her head out of it.

"Jackie, I..." Marco mumbles.

"You what?"

"I always wanted to tell you that..."

"Its not over yet!" Ludo shouts as he rises from the ruble, sending a blast towards Marco and Jackie.

"Marco!" Jackie shouts.

"Watch out!" Marco covers Jackie. A huge green blast strikes Marco in the back, knocking both him and Jackie off of the roof.

"MARCO!" Star and Janna shout.

Ludo watches as Janna sprints towards them, he then notices Star.

"So you finally came! Where is my book?!" Ludo shouts from the roof.

Star looks over at her friends. Marco lies limp on the floor, his purple energy has dispersed. Jackie and Janna try desperately to wake him up.

"Well!?" Ludo demands.

Star's wand begins to take on a green glow.

"Hey! Don't ignore me!" Ludo blast the ground in front of Star. Her hair blows back from the force and dirt sprinkles her face, but she is unfazed. Only Marco holds her attention.

"THAT was a warning! Now bring me the book, or you will end up like karate boy over there!"

Something in Star snaps.

"SHUT UP!"

A huge green blast explodes on the building.

"SHUT UP!

SHUT UP!

SHUT UP!

SHUT UP!"

Star screams, blasting the building over and over again.

Janna and Jackie shield themselves from the dust blown by Star's explosions.

Silence fills the air as the dust settles. The building is now in pieces and at the very bottom is Ludo, pinned to the ground by the debris.

Star walks up to Ludo.

"P-P-Please have mercy. I-I'd have mercy on you." He begs.

"You hurt Marco..." Star aims her wand directly at Ludo, a strong green light illuminates from it. "You get no mercy."

Before she can deal the final blow, the eagle swoops in and tackles Star.

The beam fires astray from Star's wand, taking Ludo's right hand.

"GAAAAAAAH!" Ludo writhes in pain as he clutches onto his arm.

Star rolls on the ground from the tackle and quickly recovers, shooting at the bird.

The spider crawls up to Ludo and binds up his hand. It then puts him on its back and calls for the eagle to retreat. The eagle hearing the call, turns and flys towards them. Star continues to fire a barrage of green beams at them. A few rats jump on Star to stop her.

"Ugh! Ahh! Let me go!" A green blast erupts from Star knocking the rats off of her. "I've had enough of all of you!" Star shouts. "Mystic room suck transform!", a huge vortex opens up on the ground. Ludo's minions try to escape it, but one by one they all start to get sucked in. Star looks up to see the spider holding on strongly to a light post, keeping Ludo and the eagle tied down. Angered by this, Star puts more power into the vortex. The vortex takes on a green tone and starts to become overwhelmingly powerful, Ludo and his goons get sucked in, but so does everything else.

Star takes notice, seeing the surrounding buildings and vehicles are even starting to fall apart and get sucked in.

"O-Oh no! Stop, stop, stop!"

Realizing she can't control it anymore, Star turns to her friends. "Get Marco and get out of here!" she shouts. But before they can give her a response, a brick pulled from the force of the vortex flies into Star, hitting her in the back of the head and knocking her out.

"Star!" Jackie and Janna shout as they see Star hit the ground.

Jackie runs over to grab Star. She checks her, no serious injury can be seen. Putting Star on her back, she shouts to Janna. "We have to get out of here! Do you think you can carry Marco?"

"I'll try!" Janna gets up and pulls Marco onto her back. She struggles to move and stay steady.

"Can you carry him Janna?" Jackie calls out.

"Y-Yeah, he is just a bit heavy." Lifting him up more, Janna moves forward.

"Okay, let's go!" Carrying Star, Jackie makes her way away from the Vortex.

They move slowly and carefully, avoiding flying debris and making sure not to loose their footing.

Janna suddenly stops moving.

"What's wrong Janna?" Jackie shouts over the roaring winds.

Janna breaths heavily and starts to wobble. She falls to her knees and drops Marco.

"Janna!"

"Marco..." Janna weakly says as she reaches out to him. The purple energy fades from Janna as she passes out on top of Marco. With no strength left to fight the pull of the Vortex, Marco and Janna start to get pulled in.

"NO!" Jackie screams as she tries desperately to somehow get to them before they get sucked in. So focused on her friends, Jackie doesn't notice the car door coming right at her.

Glossaryck watches from a distance as the teens fall into the Vortex.

"Interesting..."

Finally finished this chapter! The original script was only like 980ish words! Boy have a derailed from my original story quite a bit. Not saying that is bad or anything, but when I read this story in its full form I'm kinda like, "This would never happen." But in the end it is a fanfic, which has the liberty to be extra and kind of out there I guess lol. So, what do you guys think? Are you still liking the story? I know its probably not what you pictured it would be. Please let me know what you like and don't like. It helps with future writings. Also, I kind of threw that whole two week deadline idea out the window XD. I just cant be trusted with dates right now. I will try though to at least post one chapter a month, hopefully two. Also, also, if you guys want, make your own fanfic continuing from here. (Not saying my story is enough for people to make fanfics about it. Far from it actually.) I just thought that it would be fun to see other peoples adventures that they can make up with the story so far. If you do, please PM me the link so I can read it! Till next time peeps!

SN: This was the last scene I had scripted out completely, so everything from here on out might take longer to write... or it might be even faster since I don't have previous ideas I got to work around.