Gary was still hiding. He was too scared to come out. He had his hands over his head, afraid something would hit him, or worse, Vendetta's fiend eating him. He breathed heavily from all his running. He was trying to catch his breath. He heard crashes, which were clearly from the fiend. Suddenly, a wire connected in Gary's brain. Maggie! She was still out there, defenseless. He quickly looked to see if Maggie was okay. But she wasn't where he left her.

"I thought I told her to stay there! Where did she go?"

He ran away from the tree and towards the playground. Gary looked around the playground. There was no sight of Maggie. That's when he looked up and saw Maggie in the tentacles of the fiend, along with Charlotte and Malachi. Gary gasped.

"Hi Gary!" Charlotte yelled. Although a fiend was thrashing her about in the air, she seemed to be enjoying it.

Gary was still staring up at the fiend. He didn't move. He just stood there, staring. Suddenly, Gary blinked and his pupils turned into a bright red color, as if something had snapped inside of him. His fingers turned into claws and he appeared to turn into a darker shade of grey.

He growled deeply, "PUT HER DOWN!"

The fiend looked down at him, but then looked away, uninterested.

"HEY!" Gary yelled, "I SAID TO PUT HER DOWN!"

Suddenly, Gary heard a laugh coming from behind him. He quickly spun around to see Vendetta .

"You are truly pathetic, Gary. My fiend won't put down your girlfriend just because you demand him to."

The work "girlfriend" widened Gary's eyes. He didn't know what that word meant, but he knew Vendetta was using it as an insult.

"Look at you. You are so stupid. You are totally helpless and you still think you can save your friends from my fiend!"

Unexpectedly, Gary launched at Vendetta. He pinned her to the ground using his claws. This surprised Vendetta.

"Tell that beast of yours to put Maggie down!" Gary demanded.

"I must admit, this is impressive. But pinning me down was a very foolish mistake. Hamster!" Vendetta called out.

Suddenly, Gary felt a pair of claws grab his sides. It was Grudge. He pulled Gary off Vendetta and threw him across the room, causing Gary to slam against the wall.

Vendetta chuckled and walked towards Gary, who had landed on the ground, face first. He moved his face from the ground and looked forward. He saw a pair of green legs.

"It is very stupid of you to go against your creator, Gary. But then again, my fiends always end up turning against me. This will not happen with my new fiend, for he is better than all of my previous fiends combined, meaning you are outmatched. Since you turned against me, I will have to destroy you…"

Angered, Gary stood up.

"That's what you think. But you messed with the wrong fiend. Today I was going to earn back your respect. But you know what; I don't need your respect. I'm fine with living in a house made of cardboard boxes, because at least I'll have friends. Friends who will respect me as I respect them. As for you, I've always respected you, but until now, I've realized you don't appreciate me and you never did."

"It took you that long to realize that?" Vendetta smirked, "you are stupider than stupid Charlotte…"

Gary clenched his claws into fists.

"Say that again. I dare you."

"Very well…" Vendetta pulled her face closer to Gary's, "you are stupider than stupid Charlotte."

Gary growled and prepared to punch Vendetta in the face. His arm launched towards her. But something stopped him and caused him to fly through the walls of the school. Gary lifted his head up to see what hit him. He saw Vendetta standing in the exact spot where she was before he was hit. Behind her was the fiend she created.

"That is what happens when you mess with Vendetta… Fiend!" Vendetta pointed at Gary, "destroy him! NOW!"

The fiend obeyed Vendetta and launched his tentacle towards Gary. Gary jumped to the left, causing the tentacle to miss.

"What? You missed? Gah! Stupid fiend! I said destroy him!"

The fiend launched two tentacles at Gary this time. Gary ducked from the first tentacle and grabbed the second one. He clawed at the fiend's tentacle, but it caused no pain. The fiend simply flicked Gary away from him, causing Gary to crash into the slide in the playground.

"Thou are foolish for going against an unholy fiend…" Malachi said.

"Of course he is…" Maggie agreed.

"Shut up!" Vendetta screamed at the two, "You should be screaming with fear, not commenting!"

"Ahhhh…" Maggie sarcastically screamed.

Vendetta growled.

"Forget you! I have a fiend to destroy!"

"Pretty ironic how you'd go against one of your own fiends, Vendetta…" Maggie said blankly.

"I do not care what you think! You are stupid!"

Gary flew towards the fiend and slashed at it. It caused a gash in the fiend's stomach. The fiend hit Gary with its tentacle once again, causing him to slide across the ground. Gary got up. He launched towards the fiend once again and cut one of the fiend's tentacles in half. Black goop gushed out of the half of the tentacle that was still attached to the fiend.

"Wow… That's gross…" Maggie commented. For once, she wasn't being sarcastic.

Gary's eyes widened at he found the fiend's weak spot. He gave a wicked smile and taunted the fiend. The fiend dug the seesaw out of the ground and threw it at Gary. Not expecting this, Gary flinched, causing him to get hit. He landed on the grey dirt with the seesaw on top of him. He didn't move. Marvin and Marion, who were watching the fight, gasped.

"Is he… Dead?" Marvin wondered.

"No! Look!" Marion pointed back at the seesaw. Gary's scarf wrapped around the seesaw and threw it off of him. Unfortunately, it flew towards the two children. It only hit Marvin.

"My… Spine…" Marvin said with pain.

Gary got up, but he was covered in bruises. He also had a gash in his forehead. Gary pulled one of his claws towards his forehead and wiped some of the blood away. Strangely, the blood wasn't red. It was black, just like the fiend's.

The fiend growled at Gary and Gary growled back. He knew what he was going to do to the fiend, but then he looked at Maggie, Charlotte and Malachi, but mostly Maggie. He didn't want his friends to get hurt. He ran towards the fiend. The fiend attempted to hit Gary again, but he dodged it. He jumped and clang to the tentacle that was holding Maggie. He sliced it in half, causing Maggie to fall to the ground. She didn't scream. She didn't even seem scared that she was about to crash into the ground.

"Maggie!" Gary quickly let go and freed Maggie from the detached tentacle. He held Maggie in his arms and landed with two feet on the ground. Strangely, Maggie stared up at him with a surprised look. Gary carefully placed Maggie back on her feet. "Go and hide. I have to save Malachi and Charlotte."

Maggie listened to Gary and ran back into the classroom. Gary did the same thing to rescue Malachi. Now all he had to do was rescue Charlotte. He attempted to do the same thing he did with Malachi and Maggie's rescues. But each time he tried the fiend would slam him to the ground.

Charlotte giggled, "This sure is a fun game! Yippee!"

Gary looked around the playground, thinking of how to save Charlotte. He turned his attention to the seesaw that crushed him earlier. "Perfect!" Gary's scarf reached for the seesaw. The fiend noticed what Gary was doing. He grabbed Gary and started thrashing him about in the air. Gary struggled to be free, but he failed in his attempt. The fiend tightened its grip on Gary. Gary continued to struggle.

"There is no use in struggling, stupid fiend!" Vendetta laughed.

Gary growled at Vendetta. That's when he knew what to do. He took a bite out of the tentacle. The fiend shrieked with pain. It let go of Gary. He plummeted to the ground. Gary received more scratches and bruises from his fall, but he ignored all of the pain he was feeling within his body. He once again tried to reach for the seesaw with his scarf. This time he managed to grab it while the fiend stared at his bitten tentacle. Gary tossed the seesaw at the fiend. Bam! A direct hit in the head. The fiend released its grip on Charlotte and fell over.

"Weeeee!" Charlotte called out and she began to fall to the ground.

Gary ran as fast as he could towards the falling Charlotte. He stopped in his tracks and jumped in the air, catching Charlotte in both his arms and his scarf. He landed safely on his feet. Charlotte giggled.

"Boy! This sure is a fun game!"

Gary rolled his crimson eyes at her and placed her back on the dull, grey dirt. He glanced at the fiend and balled his claws into fists. He abandoned Charlotte and ran towards the fiend, prepared to destroy it. He launched himself at the fiend and released his claws. Jumping over the beast, he scraped at its stomach right where the previous gash was. The fiend cried out in pain. Gary couldn't stop himself from crashing into the ground. He landed head-first into the hard, stone ground.

"As if I wasn't already in enough pain…" Gary muttered to himself.

He peeled himself off the ground and quickly turned around, only to see a tentacle coming straight towards him. He attempted to evade it, but he wasn't fast enough. The fiend once again had Gary within its grasp. It tightened its grip, causing Gary's wounds to ache once more. Gary screamed, not only because his cuts and bruises were causing him pain, but because he couldn't breathe.

Vendetta enjoyed hearing Gary's screams, in fact, she was laughing. "I knew he wasn't strong enough. And now look at him…" She said to Grudge, who was loyally standing beside her, "In a few seconds, he'll be dead. Serves him right for thinking he could take on my fiend…"

Gary bit at the fiend's tentacle, but it had no effect. Had the fiend grown immune to Gary's bite after only one time? Still unable to breathe, he gasped for air. He managed to retrieve some air into his lungs, but it wasn't enough to keep him going for the next 10 seconds. Gary thought quickly and used his trapped claws to stab the inside of the monster's tentacle. The fiend released him and Gary fell to the ground. This time, he didn't land on his feet; instead he landed on his back.

Oh the pain Gary was in right now! He couldn't stand it any longer! Should he give up? No! He couldn't! He wanted revenge on Vendetta for kicking him out of her home and leaving him to live in a house made entirely out of cardboard! And what better way to get revenge then by destroying one of her fiends?

Gary got back onto his feet, but his legs were shaking. He felt as if he was about to faint from all the pain he had received. Gary shook the thought of fainting out of his head. He knew this had to end sooner or later. He began to taunt the fiend as he did earlier, causing the fiend to reach for him with his tentacle. Gary swiftly dodged the tentacle's grasp and used his scarf to hold onto it. He lifted the tentacle in the air and started to spin rapidly in a circle. This caused the fiend to fly around the air in numerous circles. Gary let go, sending the fiend flying through the air.

"No!" Vendetta screamed, "My fiend! My superior fiend! Come back!"

Gary grinned with his victory, but his grin soon disappeared from his face. His vision began to go blurry. His pupils returned to their regular black color and the color of his body went back to a lighter grey. His claws returned into a strange, oval shaped hand, but his hair remained sloppy. Gary began to feel weak. He skimmed around the playground. Vendetta and Grudge were angry, Charlotte was smiling as usual, Marion and Marvin were hurt, and Maggie, Malachi, Mort and Mr. Milk were coming out from hiding. Suddenly, Gary's eyes shut and he fell to the ground, unconscious.