Okay, readers here is the seventh chapter to this story!
Now after this chapter and the next chapter, we will stop focusing on Jail Island. The story will then focus on the heroes (Star, Marco, and Daron) figuring out how to get to Ludo, Andrew will return to the story after several chapters of being absent, and the treasure hunter will even join the heroes on the trek to find the location Ludo is located. This is just a heads up for those looking forward to the future chapters.
For now, this chapter will have Janna get ambushed by a fighting machine that's being piloted, she gets trapped with the Miracle Gemstones and contacts Nebula about this, and Nebula has to cut through the jungle to get to her within 10 minutes while Star breaks through the harbor part of the island and gets away from the military base; switching between Star and Nebula throughout that part. What will be in store for them now? Find out for yourselves readers!
IN ONE OF THE MILITARY BASES:
Back in one of the military bases, Janna was still shown running for the way out of the military base so she could get herself off the island. Eventually, she skidded to a stop in a rather isolated holding room in the base; with the sirens going off and everything. While the room was glowing red from the siren lights, Janna turned to look at what was in front of her and noticed that she was ambushed. The ambusher in question was a fighting mech that was being piloted similar to Cold Blast and Large Leg. What was really peculiar about this one was that unlike the other two fighting robots, this one didn't have any legs. It was flying in midair, and it couldn't land due to the lack of legs. Upon realizing that her mission was potentially compromised and that her life was in jeopardy, Janna gained a rather shocked look on her face.
"I can't believe I've come this far, just to fail…" Janna muttered.
The pilot then spoke to the home base upon gazing at the trespasser.
"This is Floating Beast to headquarters! The intruder has been found entering the security hold. I'm preparing to attack."
"Copy that!"
Janna blinked. She couldn't believe this. They thought she was the intruder? If anyone was the intruder, it was Ludo, and to an extent; Nebula. Speaking of the latter, why was Nebula's job so easy?
I can't believe that this robot thinks I'm the intruder. I thought my task would be a piece of cake, but I was way off with my assumption. So much for listening to Ludo when he said this would be too easy. I hope that this guard backs down and allows me to leave.
Unfortunately for the Filipino, that wasn't the case. The Floating Beast soared all across the room, shooting bullets and such at her. She was able to duck and cover behind the crates.
"Well if this dude wants a fight, then he's got one," Janna muttered.
It was clear that she had a slight disadvantage. Not only could this robot never land, but unlike Star and Nebula, she didn't have a magic wand that she could use to cast spells at the machine and do some impeccable damage to it. So she had to rely on her combat skills and her tools to fend off this fighting robot.
While she was hiding behind some crates to avoid the open-fire, she had to think about how she was going to do this. She then came up with a clever idea.
"I got it," jumping onto the crates, she took out her hook rope, spun it and tossed it towards the back of the Floating Beast, wrapping around the back of the mech.
However, since the robot was heavier than she was, the machine ends up dragging the nightmare loving girl through the air since she had a tight grip on the rope. She slowly climbed the rope until she made it to the machine. After putting the hook away, she found herself on top of the Floating Beast who was still flying around to find the intruder. Upon noticing that the robot could fire a missile and the fact that she was on top of it, a mischievous smirk crossed her face.
I think it's time for a little fun.
Cracking her fingers, she then leaned upside down to show herself to the pilot in the cockpit.
"Hey you knucklehead, I'm over here," she teased the pilot. "I bet you can't hit me with one of your missiles, nyeh nyeh nyeh nyeh nyeh!"
She then blew a raspberry for the finishing touch.
The pilot stopped the Floating Beast for a second and prepared to fire some missiles at her, as she requested. As the missiles were homing in on her, she stood up.
"This is where I take my leave."
Right before the missiles made contact, she jumped off the machine just in time for the missiles to collide with the Floating Beast, which did some impressive damage to the fighting robot.
"That's what you get for messing with me," Janna snickered at how she easily tricked that pilot.
It didn't take long for Janna to notice that a red target marker was right over her head.
"What the…?"
She noticed that the Floating Beast was charging the Particle Beam Cannon; one that was identical to the one Cold Blast had. Right before she was used as some target practice, she jumped just as the beam hit the spot she was standing in. She was right behind some double-stacked crates as she peaked over from the side.
"Okay, so that cannon is really powerful," Janna rubbed her chin. "I just got to stop it from working somehow."
She snapped her fingers and figured out the solution to that problem. She jumped onto one of the double stacked crates and took out her hairdryer. When the machine got in close, she swung the hairdryer and made direct contact with the Particle Beam Cannon. The collision not only did more damage to the Floating Beast, but it also disabled the Particle Beam Cannon's function; rendering it useless.
As the pilot was getting peeved off, the machine shot more bullets towards the Filipino. While she did get out in time, the bullets destroyed the crates she was standing on. While the robot continued to shoot down the intruder, Janna noticed a couple of bars that she could climb on and leaped onto some nearby steel crates. She then proceeded to jump for the fighting machine and delivered a swift kick to the cockpit with the force of a combat boot. The pilot noticed that for an average human girl, this Filipino was managing to outfight his machine. Seeing that it wouldn't last any longer, the pilot decided to make some drastic measures.
"This is Floating Beast to headquarters! I've taken heavy damage. We got to close up the security hold!"
"NO!" Janna howled at what was just announced. "Don't close it up!"
Without thinking, she jumped up again and delivered a forceful spin kick to the cockpit before bouncing off of it. She landed on some more crates as the Floating Beast fired some more missiles heading right for her.
Alright, I've had enough of this nonsense! It's time to put this jerk into his place! Janna roared mentally.
Without thinking, she then went and roundhouse kicked the two missiles back to the Floating Beast. Both of them made contact with the cockpit and blew up. The machine started to fall and mini-explosions occurred around it.
"It's just not possible…This Floating Beast can't be destroyed…" The pilot hoarsely groaned before the machine fell apart. The pilot then fell into unconsciousness moments later.
"Not bad huh," Janna dusted her hands. "I'm pretty strong alright."
She then realized that she was trapped in the room she was in, and there were no doors that she could pick-lock out of.
"…and I guess I'm pretty much screwed." Janna moaned at her predicament.
Taking out her communicator, she then proceeded to call the one person that she hoped was still on the island…
IN THE JUNGLE AREA OF THE ISLAND:
In the jungle part of the island, Nebula was shown strolling around the area. She had already achieved the task she was given. Most of all, unlike Ludo and Janna, she had no obstacles that stood in her way…at the moment that is. With the communicator device in her hands, she was planning on making her escape from the island. Before she could though, her device started going off as she wondered who that was. She listened to the ongoing message which came from Janna.
"This is Janna, uh…I got a small problem," she confessed. "I can't believe that I am trapped inside this locked safe with the Miracle Gemstones, with no way to pick-lock my way out."
Janna was shown with the three Miracle Gemstones she retrieved right in front of her.
"I guess this might be the end for me after all…" The Filipino sighed.
Nebula stopped immediately after that message was delivered. With the timer ticking down, she started to have visions come into her head. Since Janna was going to die once the timer hits zero, Nebula noticed that Janna's predicament was strikingly similar to Victoria's who died aboard the Space Colony GOD 40 years ago. In her thoughts, she saw that Janna kept being replaced with Victoria in her spot, only for Janna to pop back up, and so on, and so on. Nebula was gritting her teeth. Victoria had such a sweet, innocent, and loving smile that was killed off when she didn't do anything wrong. Oh, how Nebula wanted to avenge her death from so long ago.
Not able to comprehend these complicated feelings, Nebula stomped her foot and sneered.
"Aw shoot, troublemaker!"
And she started flying off through the jungle to rescue Janna and retrieve the three Miracle Gemstones.
"I only got 10 minutes to get there," she mused. "This'll be cutting it close…"
With her wand out, she prepared to blast her way through the jungle within a 10-minute time limit…
MEANWHILE, IN THE HARBOR PART OF THE ISLAND:
"Yahoo, I'm glad that I'm out of that cramped up base!"
Star was shown rushing through the harbor, jumping off one ramp after another. She did have some mixed emotions about her newly found freedom.
There was the fact that she felt bad for leaving Daron behind in the base like that. She was also wondering if she could fly off the island by her wings. Unfortunately, that wouldn't work for two reasons: 1.) even she couldn't fly for that long, and 2.) she'd be leaving behind both Daron and Marco on the island, and there was no way she could ever abandon and leave the both of them on this island. Plus she had the feeling that Marco came to this island by his vehicle, which he most likely set to airplane mode to get across the ocean, so maybe that would be the solution to get all three of them off the island.
On the other hand, she was just glad to be out of that prison cell and back into the outside world. She felt like it's been days since she could smell the breath of fresh air around her, so this was satisfying. She would track down both Daron and Marco in due time, but for now, she wanted to take this time to enjoy her newly founded freedom.
"It's not a problem. I can find Daron and Marco in a bit and we can leave this island," Star insisted. "For now, I want to enjoy the wide open space that's around me."
After taking a deep breath, she started to soar through the sky, laughing merrily as she blasted down some drones that tried to shoot at her with her wand.
"Yeah, I'm happy to be able to do this again," she cheered as she continued to trek through the harbor…
Nebula was zipping through the jungle with her wings like it was nothing. As she got over some knocked down trees, her mind wandered off onto something; first of all, she knew that there would be no way to get Janna off the island with the gemstones in time for the explosion to occur. Yes, she could fly through the island and she could teleport, but she had no idea where the Filipino was located. It was in one of the military bases, but which one, in particular, was the problem. Second of all, why was she even going to rescue Janna anyway?
"Hmph, obviously for being able to get the Miracle Gemstones, she couldn't handle getting herself out," she grimaced as she swung from one jungle vine to another. She then ended up in the next part of the forest.
"That troublemaker, I should have known that she was suspicious right from the start," she grunted.
Despite this assumption, she also knew that it would also risk the fate of the Miracle Gemstones. They were the main source for the plan. At the same time, she wondered why Victoria kept popping up into her thoughts, along with a picture of Janna sitting in an equivalent to a metal grave. She hung her head low. Regardless of the intention of these thoughts, Nebula was going to rescue Janna with the Gemstones.
Her only hope is that no one stands in her way…
Star was shown bouncing off from one spring to another in all different directions. She was heard whooping, cheering and hollering about how much fun she was having with this. She was also surprised that for a 'tight security prison', this place wasn't being swarmed with guard robots and fighters of all different kinds.
These thoughts were cut off when she reached a gap between two higher areas of the harbor, seeing that there was nothing but the ocean right below.
"Aw shoot, it's a dead end," she snapped her fingers. "Guess this will require some flight to get across."
Stretching out her butterfly wings once again, she flew right over the ocean and made it to the other side of the area. While she was hovering over the area, she saw several jet fighter planes right over her that were dropping missiles right below her.
"It appears that the farewell party has just arrived," she smiled in spite of the danger she was in. "No matter, they can just get a taste of my narwhal blast."
She fired her narwhal blasts towards the jet fighter planes. In a matter of seconds, they were taken out by the narwhals and fell right into the ocean…with the narwhals falling along with them.
"That takes care of them," she grinned as she just heard an explosion right behind her as more guard robots arrived at the scene. Wasting no time, she blasted them away with her wand's spells as she pressed onwards…
Nebula meanwhile, had been bouncing off several springs as well, which got her over a bed of spikes and a small pond that was below her. She didn't care about this thrilling experience in the slightest. All that matter was that it got her over the area and it was the quickest route to get her to her destination and to find the base that Janna was trapped in.
Soon she found herself ambushed by some guard robots.
"What the…where did these robots come from?" Nebula snarled.
Taking out her wand, she spun it and shot some dark lighting bolt towards the robots, blasting them down to bits as she continued to fly through the jungle. Unlike Star Butterfly, she didn't consider her special abilities or the spells that she can cast to be fun and exciting. She just used them to her advantage and remained focused on her goals. In this case, she had to retrieve the Miracle Gemstones with Janna and get them off the island immediately.
"Whatever, these fools aren't worth the time," she huffed. "I still got 8 and a half minutes left before this island gets blown sky high and gets destroyed; the perfect karmic retribution for these inferior fools."
She then continued onwards. The sooner she made it, the sooner she could get off the island with the Miracle Gemstones and Janna in tow. As the same thoughts continued to run through her mind, Nebula couldn't help but observe the jungle life around her. It was quite a sight to see, and if she wasn't on a time schedule, she would have admitted that the place looked fascinating; far better than certain parts of city life, and what she had to put up with.
"What have these foolish humans done…?"
Star had continued to trek through the harbor, taking out any robots that stood in her way. She was certainly having so much fun with this, and she was going to retrieve Daron and Marco before she can leave the island, but there was something else that was bothering her. Well, three things to be exact:
Ludo, Nebula, and an evil plan in motion.
She had this sensation that something was up and that a plan was in the making. In addition to that, there was this suspicious feeling that something else was looming over her shoulder, a sign that something was going to happen to this island.
But the worst part was that she had no clue what was going on precisely. The most progress she has made is she had been framed by an imposter, sent to jail, and now she had broken out of prison. No one knew what Ludo and Nebula were planning, except maybe Daron and Marco, but even they didn't know the full story behind this plot.
"I really have to question how the government in this country works," Star muttered. "According to what Marco told me, the military, in general, are the ones that are supposed to ensure peace and justice amongst everyone, but from what I've witnessed, they allow the crimes to continue right under their noses and be as useless as possible. And yet, when the Federal Reserve Bank gets robbed, they send in the FBI to take action and toss in one of the most innocent citizens into the slammer; one that is trying to prevent more evil from occurring on this planet and the universe than the government ever has."
She was annoyed by what she witnessed, but she did have to get this off of her chest…even if she said it to herself. With this in mind, Star had continued to zip right through the harbor, flying from platform to platform and blasting more robots in her path with her wand. She eventually found herself in a giant missile holding area that was yellow-plated. She then heard a robotic voice out of nowhere.
MISSILE LAUNCH IN 15 SECONDS!
"Wait a minute, there's a missile launch that's going to happen in 15 seconds!?" Star grew wide-eyed as she saw the missile right in front of her; a giant white missile with the letters 'F.B.I' written on the side.
Recalling that there was a timer for the missile launch, Star quickly flew up the area to grab a hold of the handle of the missile.
10… 9… 8… 7… 6… 5…
It didn't take long for Star to make it to the handle since she flew so fast. The countdown didn't even reach 0 when she made it.
MISSILE BLAST OFF!
The missile then started to lift off with the Mewni princess hanging onto the handle. She was getting a good look of the view.
"ALRIGHT, THIS IS AWESOME!" Star couldn't help but yell in joy and excitement as the missile continued to soar upwards…
As Nebula made it to the outskirts of the jungle, she caught a glimpse of a nearby missile launching upward in the distance, causing her to look confusion.
"Wait a minute, since when did the military decide to fire a missile all of a sudden," she snorted. "It's all a waste of time. In fact, it's so pointless that I don't even care where that missile ends up."
Before she could head to Janna's location, she felt a little tired from zipping through the jungle. She went and rested on a tree branch for a couple of moments, unaware that an unexpected visitor would be showing up in the area that she was located in…
Right before the missile exploded in midair, Star had jumped off of it. It was a relief that she avoided the explosion, but it was so thrilling too. It gave her that adrenaline rush that was flowing throughout her body. She started to soar downwards with her wings flapping. The only problem was that she had to find a good landing area. Examining what was down below her, she caught a glimpse of an entrance to a shaft tunnel. Not being the one to stop, she went and crashed through the metal shaft entrance, where she took one of the metal pieces as a board to drift right through the tunnel.
"Alright, here I go. I'm boarding down again, just like Jackie Lynn Thomas," Star cheered.
In a matter of minutes, she saw the exit to the tunnel back outside. Once she made it out of the tunnel, she ditched the board and flew over to a central area of the harbor. Once she landed, she couldn't help but jump in excitement about how exhilarating the experience through the harbor was to her.
"Alright, that was a piece of cake," Star smiled. "Now to see what else I can find before I round up Daron and Marco so we can get off this island…"
Without a second thought, she took to the air again and headed straight for the outskirts of the jungle area, oblivious to the fact that that was the same area where her look-a-like was residing at the moment…
END OF CHAPTER 7!
YEAH, THAT'S IT FOR THIS CHAPTER! JANNA IS TRAPPED IN A SAFE IN THE BASE, NEBULA HAS TO RETRIEVE HER AND THE GEMSTONES, AND STAR HAD GOTTEN THROUGH THE HARBOR AS A RESULT OF ENJOYING HER FREEDOM! I DO HOPE YOU ENJOYED THIS CHAPTER!
SOMETHING THAT I SHOULD INFORM YOU ON THOUGH, IS THAT I HAVE HEAVILY DOWNPLAYED MOST OF STAR'S 'DITZY' MOMENTS WHERE SHE DOES HAVE SOME KIND OF IDEA ABOUT WHAT IS GOING ON AROUND HER. THIS IS JUST SO SHE DOESN'T MAKE THE WRONG MISTAKE FOR THIS STORY. BUT MOST OF HER EXCITING CHARACTERISTIC, SUCH AS HER RECKLESSNESS REMAINS FOR THIS STORY. THOSE ARE WHAT MAKE HER SO LIVELY AND EXCITING, SINCE IT DEPICTS HER AS A PRINCESS WHO ISN'T AFRAID OF TAKING RISKS AND IS WILLING TO HAVE FUN WHILE DOING SO. JUST SO YOU KNOW READERS!
ANOTHER THING FOR THOSE WHO ARE CONFUSED, THE JET FIGHTER PLANES AREN'T BEING PILOTED. THEY WERE SENT OUT AND ARE IN AUTO-PILOT MODE!
ANYWAY, THE NEXT CHAPTER WILL SHOW STAR AND NEBULA FIGHTING AGAINST EACH OTHER FOR THE FIRST TIME, USING THEIR RESPECTIVE SPELLS FROM THEIR WANDS TO DO SO, AND THEN EVERYONE HAS TO ESCAPE FROM THE ISLAND BEFORE IT BLOWS UP. HOW WILL THIS FIGHT GO? WILL NEBULA RESCUE JANNA AND THE MIRACLE GEMSTONES IN TIME? AND WILL STAR, MARCO, AND DARON BE ABLE TO EVACUATE FROM THE ISLAND BEFORE IT BLOWS UP? FIND OUT, NEXT TIME READERS!
FOR NOW, ONLY IF YOU LIKE, YOU CAN LEAVE YOURSELF A REVIEW ON HOW YOU FELT ABOUT THIS CHAPTER.
SO WITH THAT SAID, THAT'S ALL THERE IS TO THIS CHAPTER! TUNE IN FOR THE NEXT CHAPTER EVERYONE!
