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"WHAT?!" Everyone except V's mother responded.
"Mother! Why, What, Huh, WHA, WHAA?" Violet said, trying to speak words.
Her mother just looked down and continued, "He was summoned to the room. At first, I didn't understand why, but then I realized that he did indeed have the power to revive Vito. Although he was as much surprised as I was, he seemed to already know of my predicament before I fully explained it to him... He, agreed, to bring Vito back if I... opened the portals, and spread chaos across the world."
V's mother slowly turned around in dismay, as the others just watched in shock, but they had to speak up.
"Wait, you made a deal with him?" Paul asked, now more concerned.
"Why would you? I mean, I get that you wanted to save Vito, but from all people to make a deal with..." Charlie said, while shaking his head slowly.
"Miss Barrage, let us help you. We can go and confront the Angel the Chaos, and maybe we can-" Kelly said but was interrupted by Miss Barrage as she quickly turned around and said,
"No! The deal is almost complete, and he won't reconsider. He told me that he wouldn't, and if anything prevents me from opening the portals then Vito will..."
She looked away at the thought of losing Vito again. Violet was too shocked by all of this to have any reaction, but her mind was active,
'That Angel of Chaos... that's why my mom was missing... so, then... Vito was really dead, and that dudebrought him back... but my mother has to pay him... she would've never have done any of this... I know she wouldn't have... but that beast, that monster...'
Then Paul said, "You can't go along with it, Miss Barrage. He takes more than he gives, he did the same thing to me."
Violet looked at Paul in total shock and said, "You? He did that to you?"
Paul looked at Violet, and then he signed and nodded.
"I was a fool to listen to him," Paul said.
"No your not," Charlie said and continued, "We understand why you did it Paul, just like how we understand why Miss Barrage is doing this."
Charlie looked towards V's mother and took a few steps towards her, as she took a few slow steps back.
"But we can't let you destroy the world like this. There has to be another way," Charlie said.
V's mother thought about it, and then she said, "There is no other way... I'm sorry!"
V's mother summoned four large minions with wings, as she floated away.
"No! Mother!" Violet called out as she hurried ahead towards her mother.
"Violet wait!" Kelly said but stopped when she noticed something peculiar.
'Those creatures aren't even trying to stop her...' Kelly thought, as she watched Violet hurry past the minions, without them even making an attempt to stop her.
"What's this?" Lester said in confusion when he noticed that too.
Rex took a few steps forward, but the minions snarled at him and readied their claws to strike.
"OH COME ON! You let her pass right by you guys!" Rex said in annoyance, but the minions continued to snarl and growl.
"That doesn't make sense. Why didn't they attack her?" Tommy asked.
"They did the same thing before, they kept ignoring Violet and coming after us," Kelly said.
"WWAAAHHH! PUT. ME. DOWN!"
Everyone looked up, and they saw that a flying minion with a bird beak and talons was holding Violet in the air, as she struggled and screamed.
"GET YOUR FILTHY CLAWS OFF OF ME, YOU DIRTY BIRD THING!" Violet squirmed and kicked, as the bird beast just stood in the air.
"Violet!" Kelly said.
"Let's get her down," Charlie said.
"Yeah, that might be troublesome," Lester said.
They all looked, and noticed that even more minions and monsters were coming towards them.
"Then let's make this quick," Paul said, as he nudged his fist into his hand, with his eyes briefly looking up toward where Violet was.
"That's right," Charlie said, as he stood next to Paul with smirk and said, "We've faced worse than this. Time to end them all."
"With style!" Tommy said, as all six of them stood together as the monsters came.
"You better put me down right now! I am NOT in the mood for this!" Violet said menacingly, as the bird minion just ignored her threat and stood afloat.
"Your going to regret messing with me! YOUR GOING TO!" Violet yelled at the bird minion, who didn't flinch, and didn't take her threat seriously.
"You despicable cretin... you don't know who your dealing with," Violet said in a low tone, and the bird beast still ignored her warning, until a buzzing sound was heard, followed by a SLICE!
Violet looked up and gasped when she saw that the bird beast no longer had a head.
"How the..." Violet said, and when she looked ahead she noticed that Tommy was on the back of a minion that didn't seem like it was so monstrous like the others.
"You okay Violet?!" Tommy asked as Violet nodded.
"Yeah I am- WHAAAAH!" Violet yelled out as the decapitated bird beast released her and fell one way while she started falling down as well.
"AAAAHHH-HUH?" Violet said when she felt strong arms catch her.
Violet looked up and saw that Paul was the one who caught her.
"Are you alright?" Paul asked, but Violet didn't answer as she looked around and saw that they were riding on some sort of four-legged creature.
Violet also noticed that Kelly sat near the front of the creature and was steering.
"I'm... I'm okay... thank you Paul," Violet said, although she wasn't looking at him, she was looking downward.
Paul nodded, not bothered that she wasn't looking at him, and said to Kelly,
"She's alright."
Kelly turned her head towards them and said,
"That's a relief -Gasp-."
Behind them were three flying minions with reaper scythes in close proximity. Paul turned his head around to see the three minions, but then he saw someone jump in front of them.
"AAAAAAHHHHHEEEEE!" Charlie screamed out towards the three minions, while on the back of the same looking minion that Tommy rode on.
"Thanks Charlie," Paul said.
"Yeah, let's keep going!" Charlie said while flying next to them on the minion.
"We're catching up!" Tommy said, as he also flew besides them on the minion.
Ahead of them, Rex was driving a roofless vehicle, catching up to V's mother. Violet saw this and her eyes widened as she said,
"Mother."
Rex was driving as fast as the car could go. He was catching up to Miss Barrage, while the others rescued Violet. Miss Barrage noticed that Rex was following her, and she summoned more creatures to her aid.
"Please! I don't want to fight!" Miss Barrage pleaded with Rex, and added,
"I don't want to hurt anyone! I never intended for any of this!"
Rex threw a soda can at one of the enemies and replied,
"Whether you want to or not, your still hurting people by summoning these monsters, by summoning him!"
"They're all I have left!" Miss Barrage replied.
Rex threw a few more cans of soda, and the stereo of the car, and asked,
"Who?! Violet?! and Vito?!"
Miss Barrage turned to look at Rex with two single streams of tears down her cheeks, as Rex gasp.
"Violet. Vito. They're the only family I have. My sister and her husband are gone. My husband has already been gone for ten years. I have no one left but them," Miss Barrage said, as she turned back forward.
Rex was stunned, even though he continuously threw more stuff at the creatures trying to attack him.
"But Miss Barrage-" Rex was interrupted.
"No one," Miss Barrage said, and then she turned her head to Rex with a stern expression and yelled out, "NO ONE IS GOING TO HURT THEM AGAIN! They're MY little ones! And NO ONE is going to hurt them! I'll do ANYTHING to be sure of that!"
After a moment, Rex replied, "YOUR NOT THE ONLY ONE WITH OTHERS TO PROTECT! What about my friends back there?! What about my kits back home?!"
Miss Barrage arched a brow and asked, "Kits?"
Rex replied, "YEAH! My beautiful kittens at home! I care for them as much as a parent would for their children! I've been protecting them and raising them since they were born! And even others that I rescued! Come on Miss Barrage! We ALL have something to fight for, but it doesn't have to BE this way!"
After a moment longer of silence, Miss Barrage signed and said, "I'm sorry..."
Rex looked towards her, and then his eyes widened when he saw that her right hand was glowing white and black in a clenched fist, as she turned to him with a stoic expression and sad eyes, and said,
"I have no choice."
Miss Barrage turned around all the way and readied her fist. Rex couldn't stop the vehicle in time, and he shielded himself with one hand. With one punch, Miss Barrage hit the grill of the vehicle and sent it flying, while flipping backwards.
"AAAAAAAHHHHH!" Rex yelled out as he fell out of the flipping vehicle.
The vehicle went into a nearby building and exploded, while Rex stood on his knees in the middle of the road panting. He gasped when he looked up and saw Miss Barrage floating in front of him with her two fist glowing in white and black fire. She looked at him sadly, but then when she looked up, she saw that the others were catching up with their mouths open in shock. Miss Barrage locked eyes with Violet for a moment, and then she immediately turned and flew away at a quick speed. The others came together next to Rex. The two minions that Charlie and Tommy were flying on vanished, and the beast that Kelly, Rex, and Violet were riding on transformed back into Lester.
"Rex! Are you alright?" Charlie asked.
"I'm alright, I just didn't know that she could do that," Rex said as Lester, Charlie, and Tommy helped to lift him up.
Kelly turned to look at Violet since Paul was still holding her, but when she looked, Violet was gone.
"What-Paul! Where's Violet?" Kelly asked.
Paul looked towards Kelly, and then he looked down only to see his hands holding no one.
"What the... Vi... Violet!" Paul yelled out when he looked and saw Violet running towards where her mother had flown to.
Paul started running after Violet, and the others followed.
"Man he's really bookin' it," Tommy said between breaths as they tried to catch up with Paul.
"Yeah. Even in baseball he never ran this fast," Charlie said between breaths.
"Look! The portal!" Lester said.
The group looked forward and saw, a long distance ahead, a green and blue portal that opened up, but it was opaque.
"Why is nothing coming out?" Rex asked.
"I don't know, but we can't let anymore of those monsters escape," Kelly said.
"Violet! Violet! Hold On!" Paul yelled out to Violet as he continued his pursuit.
"I have to stop my mom!" Violet yelled back.
She could see her mother ahead with the opaque portal before her.
"But you shouldn't go by yourself! It's too dangerous!" Paul yelled back.
"She's my mother, she wouldn't hurt me, and it's not like those monsters attempted to harm me anyway!" Violet yelled back.
Paul thought about that, and he realized that she was right.
"Well, yeah, now that I think about it, they haven't attacked you at all... but that bird tried to take you! I won't take the chance!" Paul yelled out.
They were getting closer to Miss Barrage.
"Why?! What do I matter to you?!" Violet yelled back, but she was a little more focused on her mother than the answer to her question.
"Because... because I feel like it!" Paul yelled back.
Violet turned around to look at Paul, questionably, but then she gasped when she saw a flying minion with a sword, ready to strike Paul. Violet turned and readied her firework gun, which was a gun that instead of a barrel holds a firecracker on it, and shoots forward when the trigger is pulled. Violet aimed at the minion and told Paul to duck. He did as instructed, and Violet shot the firecracker gun, as the firecracker went flying towards the minion and sent it upward, and it exploded in the air. Paul looked up and saw the minion explode. He turned to Violet and was shocked as he said,
"You... you actually saved me..."
Violet looked towards Paul, and then she looked at the gun, and then towards the floor.
'I did save him, huh...' Violet thought, since she was actually stunned by her actions.
Paul walked closer to Violet and stood a foot away as he tried to speak,
"Uh, um... th-thank you, Violet."
Violet looked up at him, and then she signed as she patted him on the shoulder and turned around towards where her mother was.
"I can't let her do this," Violet said.
"Then let me help you," Paul said.
"Hey! What about the rest of us?"
Paul and Violet turned to see that the others had finally caught up, and that Charlie was the one who had spoken. Paul looked towards Violet, asking for approval without asking, and Violet looked at all of them thinking, and then she nodded with a smile.
"Of course you guys can help. The more the merrier," Violet said calmly.
The others nodded, and then they all looked towards where Violet's mother was.
"Come on!" Violet said, and they all ran together towards Miss Barrage.
'I... I don't want to do this. I don't know if I can. If I unlock this last portal... hewill be able to come here, but then... I...I have to... for their sake... Violet, Vito...' Miss Barrage thought, as she stood in front of the locked portal.
She looked at her hand, and then she clenched it as she closed her eyes and looked away and said,
"I-I-I can't... I just can't-"
"Do you not care for your family?" A voice that was smooth and deep spoke to Miss Barrage through the portal, although you couldn't see who was speaking.
Miss Barrage looked up and took a step back, surprised by hearing his voice again.
"A-Angel of C-Chaos..." Miss Barrage said in low, slightly shaken voice.
"Yes my dear. It's time to open the final portal. Why do you hesitate? We made a deal," AoC said.
"I-I know we did... but-but..." Miss Barrage said.
"You wanted the boy to live, and I helped to bring him back. You must complete your part of that agreement by opening ALL of the portals," AoC said.
Miss Barrage looked away in sadness and said, "I know."
"Then open the portal, now," AoC said in a calm voice.
Miss Barrage nodded and looked up at the portal as she raised one hand up.
"MOM STOP!" Miss Barrage turned around and saw Violet standing about ten feet away, with the others behind her.
"Mother please, there has to be another way! Don't do this ma!" Violet pleaded.
Miss Barrage's eyes watered as she looked down and closed her eyes. She signed and said,
"Violet, please forgive me if you can..."
"Mother!" Violet said.
"I have no choice Violet. We'll lose Vito again if I don't..." Miss Barrage said as her fist started to glow black and white.
"Ma..." Violet said in almost a whisper as she looked at her mother in sorrow.
Lester summoned three minions and sent them towards Miss Barrage.
"W-Wait!" Violet said as she went to run forward, but was stopped by Paul and Charlie, who put their arms in front of her to block her.
"Calm down Violet. We only want to stop your mother, not hurt her," Charlie said.
"Don't show mercy," AoC said.
The CM gang's eyes widened upon hearing the Angel of Chaos' voice, and then Miss Barrage's hands began to glow brighter as she turned towards the others and summoned a large beast.
This beast was covered in black fur with large black, bat wings, big bear paws, a red horse tail, bright red eyes, and the head like a dog without fur but was all black with two white, boney spikes on it's head instead of ears. There was glowing green smoke coming from it's mouth, long fangs that went over it's mouth, and it was huge.
"What... is... that... thing?" Tommy asked, even though he knew the others probably didn't know.
"It looks like a... a Dark Fracture," Violet said, squinting at the beast.
The others looked towards Violet.
"What's a Dark Fracture?" Paul asked.
"Well, Dark Fractures are monsters that are divided pieces of one large beast," Violet said.
"So, it's one large monster that was once little ones?" Kelly asked, and Violet nodded and said,
"That's right."
The Dark Fracture roared out into the skies, and then it charged forward with incredible speed.
"Look Out!" Charlie yelled out as everyone ran out of range of the Dark Fracture.
Half the group went one way, while the other half went the other way. The Dark Fracture saw this and skidded to a halt. Then the beast split itself in half, going in each direction to get the two groups.
"It's coming for us!" Tommy said, as he stood with Violet and Kelly.
"The more it splits, the more it's power splits too," Violet said.
"Ah, so it gets weaker," Kelly said.
"Then we should split it up even more," Tommy said as the two girls nodded.
They each ran in three different directions. The half of the creature that came for them looked at the three people, and then it split itself into three forms, as each form charged at it's target.
"Bring it," Kelly said with a smirk as she took out her mic.
Tommy took out his base and readied himself to attack, while Violet took out a firecracker gun with a barrel that could shoot multiple ones. On the other side, Lester, Charlie, Paul, and Rex stood before the large half of the beast, when Charlie noticed what the others were up to.
"Guys, let's split up. We can each take on one fracture," Charlie said, and the other guys nodded.
The four guys split up, and the beast also split up into four to go after each person. Charlie took out his mic, Rex took out his drums, Lester took out his guitar, and Paul held a shotgun.
"Let's GO!" Charlie yelled out as everyone attacked at the same time.
The Dark Fractures roared out in pain when the musical- and gun- based attacks came with full force. The beasts went flying back on the ground and stood there, motionless. The CM gang called off their assault, and cautiously approached the Dark Fractures. Then, the beasts began to melt into the ground, and they were gone.
"Huh? That's it?" Rex asked.
Then a cry was heard as the others turned to see that one of the Dark Fracture halves had grabbed Violet from behind, and was holding her by her arms.
"Release Me You Brutal BEAST Or FACE MY WRATH!" Violet hollered, but the beast wouldn't let go, and it looked down at the struggling female since it was still pretty tall.
"Let her go, now!" Paul said with his shotgun aimed at the beast's head.
Suddenly, Dark Fractures emerged from behind everyone and grabbed them, as they each held them by their arms.
"LET US GO!"
"Get OFF Me!"
"ERRR!"
"Don't Touch Me You Freak!"
"AAAHHH!"
"Let GO!"
They yelled out and struggled, but the Dark Fractures held them in a vice grip. Under their feet, the Dark Fractures created shadows to hold each of the prisoners' feet down so that they wouldn't kick and try to run.
As the CM gang struggled, the Dark Fractures were able to stand side by side before the portal, about ten feet away. After a while of struggling, the CM gang stopped when they noticed that Miss Barrage stood in front of Violet while they looked directly at one another. Violet looked at her mother in anger and sadness, while Miss Barrage looked at Violet in sadness but she stood serious. Miss Barrage's eyes began to water, and Violet looked at her mother in sympathy. Then, Miss Barrage turned around and flew closer to the portal as she charged up her right hand with black and white energy.
"Ma, you don't want to do this. I know you don't," Violet said, but her mother said,
"I don't, but I'll do what I must to save you and Vito."
Miss Barrage then shot a beam of black and white energy towards the portal.
"Nooooooo!" The others yelled out, as the beam of energy made contact with the portal, and a brilliant dark light flashed, which made everyone look away with their eyes closed.
"Finally..."
