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After experiencing a horrible nightmare of Berry being tortured, I opened my eyes and found myself safe and sound. I got up and noticed I was in some sort of cell, at first I thought I was in jail until I caught a whiff of a foul odor in the air. It smelled foul, this isn't a police holding cell. The place seemed medieval, cobblestone floors and walls. I looked around for my flashlight, my backpack, my gun, and the DVDs, they were no where to be found.

Suddenly I heard someone coming down the hall, I looked and saw a familiar rival. The sea urchin, Bigweed.

"You're awake," he said, "Good."

I saw Lil' Seaweed appear as she stepped next to Bigweed, "What are we going to do to him Bigweed?"

"I don't know at the moment," said Bigweed, "The most important thing at the moment is that we have him!"

"Let me guess," I theorized, "You decided to save me so I would praise you for saving my life, so I could build a machine for you to take over Snorkland. You think that the possibility of me joining you is high since the Governor is after my blood and now I have nothing to loose, you assume this will be like a ball in the park. Do I stand correct?"

"Wow," said Bigweed, "You prove smarter than you worth."

"Where's your accomplice?" I asked, "The snork who portrayed as the false kidnapper?"

"Dead." said Bigweed, "Whatever that thing is chasing you killed him, but at least I got you first since I thought the Dark Presence had the same intention as mine."

"How do you know about the Dark Presence?"

"I did my homework, I knew the Dark Presence long before it started tormenting you. Of course, a rival told me about the entity, since he's a master of darkness."

The Great Snork Nork showed himself, dropping out of a hole in the ceiling for a dramatic entry as his two henchmen follows behind. "Greetings Seaworthy." sissed the vampire acting snork.

"I'm sure that your friends won't mind you being gone," said Bigweed, "For now, I'll let you sit there until your ready. Lil' Seaweed, watch him. Snork Nork, I need you for a sec."

"Right away Bigweed." said the Great Snork Nork.

Bigweed turned and walked away as the Great Snork Nork and his small henchmen follows him. Me and Lil' Seaweed were now alone, after a moment Lil' Seaweed broke the silence. "Are you hungry?" she asked.

"Yes," I told her, "I have to admit that I hadn't ate in two days."

"Poor thing," she said as she hold onto the bars, "Maybe I'll get you something."

Months ago, I had dated Lil' Seaweed and slept with her, I charmed her as a result. It seems that she's still under my spell, which is perfect for an escape plan. So I rushed up to her, grabbed her around the waist, and pressed her forehead against mine, "You have no idea what I've been through," I said, "Strangesnork is dead, Dimmy is dead, my grandfather injured, my Great Uncle Gallio is probably in jail, and Billy Bob, well I don't know where he is at the moment. I am boned as far as I could tell."

"Billy Bob is in the castle," said Lil' Seaweed, "He's somewhere upstairs."

"Billy Bob?" I asked.

"He heard what happened and so came here to come pick you up," said Lil' Seaweed, "But Bigweed locked him in a room at the main level. I would get him out, but he proves to much of a hassle to do so."

"He's a Wetworth," I explained, "You know how hard it is to deal with one."

"He was cursing at me when I came near, he was talking in weird rhymes and stuff."

"Definitely Billy Bob."

"We also have some Feral Snorks in the castle, also in the main floor. Bigweed is trying to control them, but they are extremely unpredictable."

"You can thank me for that."

Suddenly I heard crashing noises coming from upstairs, "Git der done!" I heard someone scream, "Come here and face Seaworthy's might!"

"Lil' Seaweed!" I heard Bigweed scream from down the hall, "We need your help here!"

"Coming Bigweed!" she called out.

"Do what you have to do," I said, "Make it quick."

Lil' Seaweed nods as I let go of her and we both stepped back, she stared at me for a moment before running off to aid Bigweed. Now alone, I held out my hand and unwrapped it, revealing the keys to my cell. "Still got my charm." I snickered as I unlocked the cell door.

"Where in Neptune's name did they get a sledgehammer!" cried Bigweed.

"Scratching hag!" I heard a voice say.

"Me?" asked Lil' Seaweed.

"You can rake your claw and gnash your crooked teeth. You've taken slaves like ocean waves now feel the ocean seethe!

That's when I heard a squishy thump and then a solid thud, "Seaweed!" cried Bigweed, "Uh-oh!"

I heard a door slam and then laughter followed, "Come out and face Seaworthy's might!" screamed the lunatic, "You coward, you rotten motherf#cking piece of c###!"

I quickly unlocked my cell door and opened it, I gotta see whoever is causing such a ruckus upstairs. I ran out into the hall and walked up some stairs, I soon reached the top floor and discovered a horrid scene. Two feral snorks were out and about, being idiots. One of them was holding a sledgehammer, and I saw who he had hit. He had slammed Lil' Seaweed's skull in, he hit her hard enough to draw blood.

"AllStar, bless this war, between the dark and light!" one of them sang.

"In their songs let their wrongs bring dissolution's night!" sang the other feral snork.

Bigweed had locked himself inside a storage closet, and now he couldn't get out. He saw me through a small window, for some reason he wasn't mad. "Is Lil' Seaweed alright?" he asked.

"Umm," I said as I checked her pulse, I discovered that she was dead, "I don't know, I can't seem to find a good place to check for a pulse."

I'll just leave it at be, I don't want Bigweed to get mad at me later. "Can you help me out of this situation?" he asked.

"Since you saved my life," I said, "I'll might help you, but tell me where you stored my things since I have something that will take care of these idiots."

"Over there across the room, past that door there," he said, "Now let me out! I'm stuck!"

That's when one of the feral snorks slammed an ax against the wooden door, lodging it deep into the face of the door. "Children of the Atom Bomb!" cried the feral snorks, "Scourge of light upon the dark!"

"On second thought I'll stay here," said Bigweed, "Until the coast is clear."

I left Bigweed there in the storage closet as the feral snorks resume their psychological warfare upon him, I walked across the massive room to the door Bigweed pointed out. I noticed it was locked, but I heard someone screaming inside. "Let me out of here!" I heard Billy Bob's voice say, "I swear to Neptune, let me out!"

I unlocked the door and opened it, there was Billy Bob standing there like the dumbass I know and love, "Billy Bob?" I asked.

"Thank snork its you," he said, "After I recover from Celia's drug, I went all over Snorkland to look for you. Then I got a tip from a couple of feral snorks, well those feral snorks out there, that you're here. They saw you get taken away by Bigweed, by the way where is he?"

"Go away!" we heard him scream.

"Trapped in a storage closet," I answered, then I noticed the door next to Billy Bob, "Does that door leads to his office?"

"Yes," said Billy Bob, "Why?"

"He has the DVDs." I replied.

I walked up to the door and unlocked it, when I opened it I realized this was Bigweed's bedroom. There sat my backpack on his desk, I rushed up to it and opened it, all the DVDs were here but my flashlight was gone. "I knew you would find it." I heard the Great Snork Nork's voice say.

Me and Billy Bob turned and saw the Great Snork Nork hanging upside down at the corner of the room, he drops to the floor and turned upright as his fellow henchmen nears him. The Great Snork Nork didn't take away my pistol, so I pulled it out of my backpack and aimed it straight at him. "You stay where you are Count Snorkcula!" I warned, "Billy Bob, get out of here, I'll meet up with you outside."

"Its a bit dark outside!" he muttered.

"Go! I'll catch up with you later!" I told him again.

"Okay, fine." said Billy Bob.

As Billy Bob leaves the room, the Snork Nork spoke. "The Dark Presence needs you," he said as his feet touches the ground, "It needs your mind."

"Duh," I said, "It's been after me for 3 nights now."

"Correct," said the Snork Nork, "Do you think that you'll find Berry alive?"

I shudder, but thankfully I didn't have to answer that question, I caught sight of a dark cloud growing in the corner. So I grabbed my backpack and rushed out the door, then slammed it on the Great Snork Nork's smug face. "There you are," said the Great Snork Nork, "Now we must... wait, what are you doing? AHHHHHH!"

"The Dark Presence is a bitch!" I taunted him.

That was entertaining, but that was all the time I had for. The Dark Presence was inside the castle with me.

The ground shook, but I maintained my balance. The castle was a death trap, I gotta get out of here. I walked up to the door to the main room and saw poltergeist flying around in circles as dark shadows climb over the windows, small puddles of liquid darkness were also scattered all over the place. The main exit wasn't hard to find, its just at the far side of the wall.

I tried to swam towards it, but a couple of possessed bookshelves barred my way. Even though I don't have a flashlight, I do have a couple of flares left. So I pulled one out and lit it, I watched as the bookshelves try to resist the brightness of the flare. It went out, so I tried again. I got out another flare and lit it, this time the light destroyed the bookshelves and cleared the way out.

However it was locked, and the prison keys I have cannot unlocked it. As I ponder on what to do next, I caught sight of a poltergeist table in time and dodged out of the way as it hurls towards me. It slammed into the front doors and popped them open, ironic. I rushed over the the doors and ran out of them, just as the table blocks the doors.

I saw Billy Bob just over at the outside the gates of the castle, I rushed over to him as he calls out to me, "Radio!" he cried, "Look at the castle, oh my snork."

"Can you get this gate open?" I asked.

"No," I said, "You have to make it through the maze over there."

"I need a light Billy Bob." I said.

"Here," said Billy Bob, "Take my flashlight."

It was the same flashlight I gave to Billy Bob at Snorkland, as well as the same one I picked up at the rest area on my way over to the city. He handed it to me through the gate bars and I head off into the maze, "Careful!" he warned, "I saw movement in there!"

Just as I started the maze, the Taken spawned, they appear to be feral snorks from the Outback. "There y'all is!" one of them blurted out.

I aimed my flashlight at them and began to attack, I dodged a couple of knives as I stripped off their darkness armor one by one. I then fired my gun at them, and killed them successfully.

I kept going through the maze, encountering one or two Taken at a time. "They're trying to outflank you Radio!" I heard Billy Bob call out, "They're coming from all directions!"

That's when I began to hear a boss Taken, "Lil' Seaweed!" I heard him say, "DO YOUR CHORES!"

I stumble into a large area that is big enough for a battle, then the boss Taken revealed himself to be Bigweed. He came out of the corner, the shadows cover him and his eyes were also dark, he was also welding a battle ax. "Just another few more DROPS of the formula," Bigweed blabber in partial demonic tones, "And SNORKLAND will be MINE!"

Thankfully Bigweed doesn't run around at sonic speeds as the other bosses, he just march straight at me with his battle ax hi. I aimed my flashlight at him as he marches towards me, using his arm to shield the flashlight's beam from his eyes, "I never helped anybody" he blabbers, "I never had. So don't ASK me for HELP at ALL!"

Suddenly, schools of fish started to swarm at me, I tried killing the fish as they dive down from the heavens. Each time they try to ram their noses at me, if they have any, I point my flashlight at them and the swarm breaks up like confetti. I soon discovered that everytime I take the light off of Bigweed, his dark shroud regenerates.

So I kept the light on him and only turn the flashlight towards the fishes when they come near, "Don't talk back at me slave!" Bigweed continued to blabber, "Always RESPECT your MASTER!"

Bigweed's dark shroud soon flashes off, and then I shot many rounds into him. After a few more rounds, he roared and try to charge at me like a rhino. A final bullet however, made Bigweed burst into static and disappeared into nothing. "Call me weedkiller." I joke.

The schools of possessed fish stopped coming after me once Bigweed was defeated, which was relieving. Just as I was about to leave the area, I caught sight of a star cache tucked away in corridor. I rushed up to the star cache and discovered a light- sensitive message on the wall, "Don't trust Bigweed."

A great warning that came too late, wow. I searched the cache and found some flares, a flash-bang grenade, and handgun ammo. I stocked up and continued my way through the castle's maze garden.

More Taken showed up here and there, not as abundant as I thought they were. Despite this, I pushed through the maze and stumble upon another massive area where I saw Billy Bob behind a small gate. "Radio!" he cried.

"Can you get this smaller gate open?" I asked.

"I slammed it shut when the possessed snorks came after me," he said, "And I drop the key, somewhere."

"I have all the time in the world for you to go look for it." I reassured.

"Just hold them off as I find the key," said Billy Bob, "It gotta be around here somewhere."

"When snorks get tired, they get careless." I heard a Taken muttered behind me.

I turned around and saw numerous Taken coming after me, here comes another epic battle. I pulled out a flare and lit it, this held back all the Taken and pushed them as far back as possible. "Where is it?" Billy Bob asked himself, "Wait, no that's not it."

When the flare fizzled out, I pulled out another one. This time I stripped off the dark shrouds of the Taken and I proceed to gun them down. I shot one of them until he's dead, then fired at another as he through a wrench at me. I managed to dodge it as I the only flash-bang grenade at them, it went off and killed many of the Taken in the area. Just as I finished them off, another wave of Taken appeared.

"I found the key!" called out Billy Bob.

"Okay!" I replied.

I pulled out a flare and lit it, I dropped it at the gate just as Billy Bob managed to get it open. We ran to the car and hopped in as more Taken surrounded us, "Dinner boys!" one of the Taken yelled.

"Start it Billy Bob!" I cried as I shined my flashlight at one of the Taken.

Billy Bob turned on the headlights before he started up the car, this repelled some of the Taken as he started up the engine before flooring it. The dark shrouds of the Taken in front of the car were removed by the time Billy Bob ran them over, I looked back at Bigweed's castle and saw it submerged in darkness. "Yeehaw!" cheered Billy Bob as we drove away, "I never had this much fun in ages, after this sh#t is over you are going to build me a fireworks factory and I'm going to live in it!"

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