"Master, we don't have time to sit around! We must go!"

"I don't know Fi, doesn't it feel like, I don't know, we should be going to the Sky and back first?"

"Well maybe if the Goddesses didn't make these different areas so segmented, we would be able to do so, but there's no time!"

"Fine, just let me grab the tablet first."

Groose quickly took the tablet, and followed Fi into the beam of light.

When Groose woke up, he was surrounded by little… robots, were they? He recognized them because the creepy gear guy in the bazaar had one sitting behind his counter. Suddenly, one of them stepped forward from the rest.

"Yarrgh! Who might you be, trespasser?"

"I am Groose, hero of-"

"Are ye' a pirate?"

"Um, no. But I have good hair. Does that count for anything?"

"Tie 'im up and hoist 'im by his britches!"

"What? No!"

Groose took his sword in hand, and with Fi close behind, began to run. He hadn't really noticed until now, but he was in some sort of mineshaft. He heard the sound of tiny robot clinks behind him, and began to run faster.

"Master, they have swords!"

A tiny laser whizzed past Groose's head.

"And laser flintlock pistols, too."

"Oh come on!"

Groose turned a corner, then another. This entire place was a maze! As he ran, he began to see more and more signs of danger. The fact that the tunnels, illuminated with only torches, were getting darker and darker, wasn't helping. He saw pirate flags and sails strung up on walls. There were dead robot carcasses laying in the corners every so often. Groose just kept running. He looked back, and saw an army of robots chasing him, with lasers and swords, it was ridiculous. Suddenly, he was thrust into darkness. He tripped on something, and rolled over.

The robots were right behind him! Was this the end for our hero? He put his arm over his face, and hoped for a painless death. A death that never came. After a long silence, he looked up, only to find that he was unscathed. He looked down at his sword, and informed Fi to illuminate the room with the sword's glow. The room was filled with light. It was a circular room, with nothing but two entrances, a mine cart, mine track, and a globe in the middle. Groose looked to the robots. They lay motionless on the ground, as if they had suddenly ceased to work.

"Hey Fi, I'm going to hit that light bulb in the middle of the room and get some light in here."

"Master, I predict a 88% cha-"

Groose smacked the globe. The room fluttered to life. So did the robots.

"You're kidding me!"

Groose hopped on the mine cart before Fi could even make a sarcastic comment. He slammed it forward, and it lurched out of the room, and into the deeper mines.

Groose made a sharp left on the tracks, as the robots followed him down. He picked up a chunk of mineral from the bottom of the cart. The robots were gaining on him. He threw a chunk back at the robots. It struck one in the face, and it blew up! Groose was happy, until he realized that the mine was lined with explosives. He quickened the cart's place, while explosions rocked the mine. He got into an opening with a parallel track.

"A cannon! Come on, this is just insane!"

The robot captain, riding a cart next to him, fired the cannon he had mounted on the side. Everything went black for Groose.

Groose woke up, tied upside down to a wooden stake. He was still hazy. He note the fact that Fi was tied to the wooden stake, back to back with him.

"Fi? What the hell's going on?"

"Master, there's a 100% chance they captured us, and a 95% chance they plan on eating us."

"How are they going to eat you if you're only semi-tangible?"

"I didn't know you knew such a 'big person' word like that, Master Groose."

"I heard someone else say it. What does it mean?"

"It means I hope you get eaten first, Master."

Groose's vision started clearing, and he saw that he was in a dark room, lit by only a blue light emanating from above him, and the fire blazing beneath him. The robots were making whimsical noises, and dancing around their treasure. The flames were licking at his legs, beckoning him to become the robot pirates' bounty. Groose didn't know why the pirates would want to eat him. He didn't know if pirates could eat. He watched helplessly.

Groose was disappointed in himself. He was more disappointed in Fi for not helping, but he was disappointed in himself. He had come this far, only to be tied up for dinner. His quest was pretty much over. He looked up to the sky, and although he couldn't see it, he knew somewhere in that vast sky, he had let lots of people down. He really wished he could see it, but that stupid blue bulb was in the way. That bulb though… It looked like the same one from earlier that had turned on the robots when he had touched it! Maybe, just maybe, if he hit it again, it would de-activate the robots!

Groose slowly inched up the pole, making his way closer and closer to the bulb. Fi sighed, and though she knew that this might be the end, she squirmed with Groose, going along with whatever idiotic plan her Master had. What else did she have?

Groose got nearer and nearer to the bulb, glowing ominously above his head, casting a faint blue glow over the robots. He was almost there. With one last push, he threw his head forward, and his pompadour brushed against the blue orb. The light faded away, and the room was cast into the shadows of the fire. The robots fell to the floor, swords still in hand! The lights fluttered from their eyes, as the captain uttered one last, strained 'yo…ho…ho…'. Those last words echoed throughout the room. Groose had done it!

"Master, due to the increased weight at the top of this pole, and the faulty and burnt structure of the bottom, gravity would dictate that this pole should snap any mi-"

Groose and Fi fell to the floor with a thud.