A/N:

Teller14-djb: Time on this end didn't speed up. Only for them it did.

Clockwork: This means another double chapter for the rest of you.

Teller14-djb: So let's continue. It's about to get good. Silver tongue…ACTIVATE!

Chapter 12: Deception

Star's POV

Cake busted through the door to the Invention Room where Prince Gumball got freaked the plum out.

"What the stuff," Gumball flipped.

"Told ya it was the wrong room," Fionna said to her sister.

"Well they should label the doors," Cake batted.

"Um hello," Gumball called their attention. "Prince. Still here. Kinda freaking out."

"Calm down Bazooka Joe," Shawn smirked. "We were just looking for the weapon room."

"Do I even wanna know?"

"Well your highness, long story short here 'cause we have a deadline to catch: Ice Royals, sapphire, spell, Lich, Enchiridion."

"This way."

Gumball lead us towards the room. There were gadgets of all size and weird shape inside. All we needed was one. And it had to be big. I looked around running at top speed, but when I reached the others again, I shook my head while trying to catch my breath.

"So Gumball," Shawn asked. "How good are you at engineering?"

"Are you seeing this," he replied.

"Fine. How good are you at building large blasters in a limited amount of time?"

"How limited?"

"A day? An hour? Fifteen minutes?"

"Are you mental?! I can't build a huge blaster in fifteen minutes! It takes schematics. Parts. It could take a month."

I looked at him with wide eyes. Whenever I needed something from a human, this trick worked. I wondered if the Prince's humanity will have an effect.

"Oh…alright."

Bulls-eye.

"The kids and I'm staying with you two build it," Shawn volunteered. "The rest of you need to buy us some time. I'll let the guys know the deal when they get back. Now let's move out!"

The others ran out of the room. I had to stay because of my job. Not only that, Shawn was my brother. Even if he may think he's an only child, with me around, especially in Luna form, he's not.

"You too Star," he told me.

"No way," I defended. "I have to protect you. And I'm not gonna let you go evil. Not again."

"Star, I'll make you a promise right now: If you go with them and make sure the plan goes smoothly, I won't turn evil."

Shawn was never much to make promises. Back before he realized I could talk, he once told me he doesn't make apologizes because those are just words, and that he never makes a promise, especially if he can't keep it. I looked at him with the intent to find any signs of a lie. Maybe I wanted to trust him so bad, but I couldn't find any. I shook his hand with my paw and we nodded our heads.

"You may want to take this with you Star," Gumball said switching my collars out.

"What is it," I questioned.

"It's a communicator I assembled. This one enhances your canine abilities by five on command."

"Cool. But don't you think it'll choke me when I go Luna?"

"I figured that might be an issue. Which is why I added a Deoxyribonucleic Acid Mock-Up chip inside."

"In English brainiac," Shawn told him.

"It's a DNA Sampler. Now every time she transforms, it'll turn into a watch."

I morphed and looked at the time piece. Then I reverted back and smirked.

"Wait a second," Shawn thought aloud. "You never got to see Star go Luna before. The only ones who did are me, Fionna, Cake and…Ah crap."

I witnessed Gumball pull a zipper from his head and to his chest. And from "his" chest, immerged the Ice Queen. She cackled evilly with blue beams coming out of her hands.

"Lady you are sick," Shawn exclaimed. "Twice? Come on!"

"He's a piece of gum," I told her. "How desperate are you?"

The Ice Queen cringed in rage before she smiled at me. Shawn's eyes widened before he looked down to me worriedly.

"STAR TAKE OF THE-"

I felt a sharp pain in my neck and saw the world go dark.

Shawn's POV

"What the flip did you do to Star," I asked angrily.

"Relax," Ice Queen said. "I just left her in suspended animation. She'll be fine as long as you cooperate."

"How so?"

"I'll cut you a deal kid, obviously you still have doubts. Is this even real? Can your dog even talk? Yada yada yada. So here's my idea: You bring Finn to us and we can bring you back home; and it'll be like none of this ever happened to you."

I looked at her in shock. Home. If this was all real, then betrayal may be only way back. But if it was just some messed up dream, then what would it matter? Now I knew what it felt like to be caught between a rock and a hard place. I needed to act fast before my sister's life was over. Yes, I said sister. Star is more like family to me than my parents sometimes. And Star wouldn't want me to give up so easily. I saw the Enchiridion in the Ice Queen's hand and the watch that controlled Star's collar in the same hand.

Brainstorm.

"So what's it gonna be Shawn? Home or death?"

I looked at the kids then winked. I had to give them a sign that I was still with them. So my mind went with tradition.

"I choose…neither," I smirked.

I whip-lashed my grass sword at her which made her get spooked enough to make her drop the Enchiridion and the watch. Jolly dived for it, and grasped it tight once it fell. The Ice Queen set her sights on him so I nodded over to Holly who blasted hot chocolate at her. The royal shot back as her crown hit the floor.

"You're gonna pay for that," she hissed.

I nodded at Molly who shot candy balls at her feet, causing her to fall back. I picked up Jolly the kids and Star before I began running out of the building.

"That was close," Molly told me.

"Too close," Holly added.

"We thought you went evil on us," Jolly admitted. "Again."

"That is not gonna happen," I said messing with the Ice Queen's control watch.

"Now what," Molly asked.

"I'm reanimating my sister."

"Wow," Star exclaimed, jumping out of my arms. "What happened?"

"No time! Just keep running!"

Star took Jolly on her back and the girls remained on mine. We swerved through the halls looking for the stairs. A bolt of ice was shot at us causing us to stop next to a window.

"End of the line losers," Ice Queen grinned.

A/N:

Clockwork: And so ends another chapter.

Teller14-djb: We're a little less than half way to our review limit for the preview. Nice work readers.

Clockwork: See? I told you, you need to be patient with these things.

Teller14-djb: When have I ever been patient with life?

Clockwork: Why do you ask so many questions?

Teller14-djb: Why is the sky blue? Why is water clear? Sometimes the answer is just because.

Clockwork: And?

Teller14-djb: And I just undermined my whole argument, didn't I?

Clockwork: Just because, Teller. The next chapter will be posted at 8:00. So until then...

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