"What… You died!" Princess Bubbles managed to gasp.

Flippy laughed as he bent down to grab the dead Toon's gun. Princess Bubbles would usually attempt to do something but she was still stuck in the bag, and she knew there was nothing she could do to stop Flippy from ending everything. Interestingly, he put the gun on the floor again, and got her free of the bag. At this point, her confusion did not begin to clear up but started to evolve in to something new. She almost managed to form a thought, but then she'd get lost. Her eyes darted down towards the gun on the floor, and quickly grabbed it off the floor.

Flippy made no move to stop her, which just added to her confusion. In fact, as if he was trying to cloud everything, he started laughing gently. "I was dead. Well, sort of. I wouldn't expect you to understand but I'll give it a try." He said calmly, closing the door and barricading it with a couple of sofas, glad of the light that flooded in. Princess Bubbles could see a small desk, with a computer on it. Otherwise, the room was pretty empty, except for the things Flippy was barricading the room with.

"You see, I only had that for battle against the group that kidnapped you. They're called the—" He began, but she cut him off. "I know who the Itoonimati are." She told him. "I know a lot about them. Possibly more than you." She added.

"Alright. Well, I knew they were using me, but like everybody else I went along with it. I had that hydrogen warhead ready to launch from my bunker. I was planning to evacuate whoever I could to the bunker and then close it, wiping out the Itoonimati. I was ready to put it into action, too, before Fowl Play showed up and turned everything topsy turvy. So when I fell there, I landed in a tunnel that got me transported me to the bunker with Bessie. She saw what the Itoonimati was doing and she agreed to get out with me. Out in to the real world once more, even though I was hated and she would be killed for allowing me to survive," he explained quietly.

"So what now? Why don't you shoot me?" Princess Bubbles snarled.

"Because you are the only way I'm getting to Fowl Play. He is the key. He was used so much by them, but I need to talk to him. He has to know how he can use this against them. He is the only thing standing between them and Toontown." Flippy told her gravely. "I trust he's still in one piece?" He added.

"He's in one piece, yes…" Princess Bubbles muttered as she squirmed uncomfortably. "A, uh, burned piece."

Flippy turned pale. "How did it happen?" He asked, and he seemed calm. When Princess Bubbles didn't reply he started yelling.

"DAMN IT, HOW DID IT HAPPEN?" He yelled.

"I killed him," she stated bluntly. "The Itoonimati did something to his brain… they gave him negative order nine." She added as Flippy went in to shock.

"What's that?" He whispered angrily.

"The brain… turns in to a transmission source. It sends out information about everything, sends signals that control things, controls power… it could even brainwash hundreds of people with one thought." She explained. "He wouldn't want that, so I killed him." She said.

"Then you're my most powerful asset now. I'd ask how you know do much about the Itoonimati but… it looks like we've run right out of time." He told her.

"I have a friend who has a friend who has a cousin who has a daughter who has a chopper, she's giving us a ride out of here. Let's go." He said, grabbing a USB stick out of his pocket. "Go out and look for a chopper, tell the gal inside you're a friend, the code is Oscar Five Zero Tango. Tell her I'm copying some files, and I'll be there soon." He told her firmly, and she couldn't tell whether it was a trap. But she knew that the Itoonimati would be moving in to get them sooner or later, so she had to hope it was true.

She left the house and found an attack helicopter waiting for them. A black cat sat inside, and upon seeing Princess Bubbles she stepped out, holding a UMP45.

"Hold it right there! What do you think you're doing?" Meowed the cat.

"I'm Flippy's friend!" Princess Bubbles replied. "The code is Oscar Five Zero Tango! He's getting some computer files, he'll be here shortly."

"Alright, get in the chopper." The cat said roughly. She climbed in quickly and the black cat motioned to a mini-gun.

"Ever used one of these things before, kid?" She asked.

"No." Princess Bubbles replied.

"Well we've got some scum coming in all over, you're going to have to man it. Keep an eye on the targets, the rest is self-explanatory." She said. Flippy then emerged from the building at a run.

He climbed aboard the chopper hurriedly, and started shaking his head.

"It's all wrong, get me to Toontown Central! Their attack is beginning and it's there they're going to strike!" He gasped.

"I'm on it!" the cat yelled over the roar of the engine.

"Thanks, Salem."

Princess Bubbles was confused. Everything was happening so fast! Toontown Central, invaded? She hoped Flippy and Salem had a plan once they got there, because she didn't.

"Alright, we'll go in there and take out the power generator; I know where the central power room is. That'll cut their communications. Then, we'll get back in the chopper and blow the supply line running through Daisy Gardens so they can't receive extra supplies or assistance. Then, finally, we'll head back and gun them down. I'll contact some guys I know… they are excellent snipers." Flippy told them.

"Flippy, I agreed to give you a ride out of there; I didn't agree to throw myself in to this mess!" Salem growled.

Flippy sighed as the minigun spun up, bringing a small photo out of his pocket.

"Salem, it's long past the time you had a choice. The Itoonimati are out of control, and they're hunting down everybody who dares to have a different opinion than them. Entire villages have been destroyed by them so they could kill one person. By associating yourself with me, you've effectively asked them to kill you. Look at this photo!" He snarled suddenly. Salem looked, and so did Princess Bubbles.

"Oh, no…" Bubbles muttered as she realized what it was.

It was a picture of five planes dropping napalm on a small village. Toons were screaming and fleeing from the scene, but soldiers were also there, cutting off any means of escape.

"That was a small village to the east of Daisy Gardens. Three guys there tried to expose them and this is what happened. There was no uprising because there was no mention of this, and this is the only photo taken. Everybody thinks a volcano erupted and caused an earthquake," Flippy explained quietly. "It was taken by my cousin. He was the sole survivor. He gave it to me just before I was elected and explained it. Two days later, he vanished."

Salem gulped, fear showing in her blue eyes. She blinked and it was gone, replaced with rock solid determination.

"Fine, then, we'll fight."

"I always knew it would end up like this… we have allowed them to manipulate us for too long. We have allowed, throughout every generation, to murder and torture and lie. We figured it would never happen…. And now look. This, this is the real end of our world. Already their flames spread across Toontown Central. Innocent Toons are dying in agony and houses are being destroyed. We have allowed them to make our opinions irrelevant. They are without hearts. Without souls. They are in power now, and they will punish those who have disobeyed them. The very Toons that they have used as slaves throughout the countless generations of their control will now meet their demise because our fathers, and their fathers, and their fathers, and their fathers, allowed them to do this." Flippy told the two dramatically.

He put his head in his hands and breathed heavily. Princess Bubbles was shocked.

"But… we can still fight! It's not over yet, is it, Salem?" She reassured him.

"No, it's not over quite yet. They haven't manipulated us. We can still kill 'em like they killed our families!" Salem joined.

"Flippy looked up. "You're right. This new attitude of mine will not bring back those that were fooled by their games. They have made us their toys. I do not like being made in to a toy. I will kill those that attempt to make me in to a toy!" He growled. "How much longer must we wait until I can wrap my hands around the neck of an Itoonimati soldier?" He added, his hand resting on a knife he held in his belt.

"Five minutes 'till we get there. I'm gonna enjoy this!" Salem cried. Princess Bubbles stared out at the ground, spinning up the minigun again. She realised that, with or without the help of these two, she would soon find herself in the battle against the Itoonimati, waging the final war against them. They had controlled the population for a long time, and she started to find her own doubts, nibbling away at her mind. Would they control her generation, as well?