Here it is readers; the fourteenth chapter to this story!
Now I don't have much to say right now, aside from the fact that this chapter will show just how terrifying Ludo can get when he's motivated, determined, and outraged rolled into one. This chapter will show just how dangerous he can become when provoked and this can show that even though he was annoying and pathetic in the first season, he can become a genuine threat like he was in season 2, and this time he's not even being controlled by Toffee. This is all out of his own free will and the influence of his grandfather Gudo and the ultimate life form Nebula Dragonfly has given him that extra boost. Just don't be surprised when you read this chapter.
With that taken care of, for this chapter, Andrew gathers up the rest of the Ruler Gemstone pieces that scattered outside the space colony, he and Janna get into a fight over the gemstone pieces, Ludo plans a cunning trap for Star, and something else will happen with the princess of Mewni. How will the fight go between Andrew and Janna? Will the Ruler Gemstone be restored? Just what is the trap that Ludo has laid out for Star? And what else is going to happen to the Mewni princess? Read the chapter for yourselves, everyone!
OUTSIDE THE SPACE COLONY GOD – CANNON COUNTDOWN; 1 HOUR 26 MINUTES:
In another part outside of the Space Colony GOD, Andrew was shown gliding through the place to find the scattered pieces that fell out of the cargo bay in the space shuttle. Prior to the hunt, he made sure his hat was kept onto his head so he wouldn't lose it in space. He had searched throughout the area and had retrieved most of the pieces that were in the area. He was also quite peeved by what he had to go through and how it happened.
"This is all Star's fault," Andrew grumbled as he was locating the last gemstone piece that was in the area. He had taken notice that he was able to breathe out in space despite the fact that it lacks air. He didn't care about that. He had a top priority to accomplish; his Ruler Gemstone. He was around an area with the arena where Janna was hiding out in the shadows at, as Andrew kept recounting what had occurred in the space shuttle.
"I mean the space shuttle hit an asteroid, the hatch busted opened, my Ruler Gemstone pieces scattered, and this is all Star has to say about it," He then cleared his throat and spoke in a high pitch voice to sound just like Star. "Aw don't sweat it! They're only the pieces to the Ruler Gemstone that can't possibly mean anything to Andrew at all!"
In a fit, Andrew punched a nearby floating rock, which turned to dust moments later. He saw that the last piece in the area emerged from it.
"Well then again, that space shuttle was quite rusty with the piloting," Andrew grabbed the piece and simmered down. "And I did try to take control of the shuttle, which only made things worse."
He had to admit, he couldn't be that peeved with Star.
"But it doesn't matter now. I have gotten all of the pieces that were scattered all across the outer part of the GOD," he sighed. "That wasn't too bad, I guess."
Now there was only one thing left for him to do; find that thief Janna. She had taken three of the pieces that had scattered outside of the GOD for herself, in addition to the three other pieces she swiped back in the lagoon part of his island. He wasn't going to let her get away with his Ruler Gemstone pieces. He climbed atop the upper beam that made up the square-shaped arena pit as he skimmed through the area around her.
Now, where is that thief Janna? I know she's somewhere around here! I can sense the pieces she stole in this location! He kept searching for her from the height he was at for a few more moments.
Just then, Janna had used her jetpack and got up to the same beam that Andrew was standing on, landing on the opposite end of the beam. Andrew was taken aback by her mysterious appearance, but what he noticed was that she was smiling in a flirty manner. Why was she happy to see him? Was she willing to throw in the towel and give him the Ruler Gemstone pieces? That seemed highly unlikely. Andrew shook his head and furrowed his eyebrows and glowered at the thief in front of him.
"Well hello there, it's been quite a while; treasure hunter," she started in a rather flirtatiously manner. "Did you find my gemstone?"
"Ha, that's a good one; your gemstone," Andrew barked sarcastically before pointing at her. "Talking to you is nothing but a waste of time!"
Seeming offended by that reaction, Janna huffed and jumped down to the bottom of the arena, with Andrew following after her.
"Very well, if that's how you want to play, I will take them from you!" She scoffed as Andrew was right in front of her.
"Hand over those Ruler Gemstone pieces," Andrew warned her with gritted teeth. "Give them to me."
Andrew made the first move and dove at Janna with a punch. Janna did a back-flip out of the way and countered by kicking Andrew down.
"Over my dead body," Janna protested while crossing her arms.
"Well that can be arranged," Andrew got up and sneered.
Janna didn't even get to say anything as Andrew immediately delivered a nasty uppercut, which sent her flying several feet into the air. She yelped and landed hard on the beam above her. While she tried to regain herself, Andrew climbed up the pole and got onto the beam where Janna was. He charged right towards her, preparing to deliver a kick to the side. Before that could happen, Janna grabbed his foot and pushed him backward. This made him lose balance as he slid off the beam.
"How do you like that?!" Janna hissed while narrowing her eyebrows.
"No problem, I can just get back up there anyway!" The treasure hunter snorted.
"What the…?" Janna didn't get to finish as she saw Andrew gliding back into the pole and climbed right back up to the beam she was standing on. Not wasting any time, Andrew ran and kicked Janna and sent her flying once again, having her land right onto the beam next over. Andrew then jumped onto that beam and gradually approached the nightmare loving girl.
"You had enough yet, thief," he snarled. "This could've all been avoided if you had just given me back my Ruler Gemstone as I had wanted."
"Never," Janna coughed hoarsely.
"Have it your way," he cracked his knuckles. "You have yet to see how angry I get when people take things that belong to me!"
His mind suddenly flashed back to the time that Ludo came to his dimension, tricked him into thinking that Star and Marco were the enemies, and how he stole his gemstone. He felt nothing but regret for how he treated Star and Marco that day.
Seeing that he let his guard down, Janna decided to retaliate by performing a sweep kick on him, sending him rolling back a few feet away. He was sprawled up across the beam and only opened his eyes long enough to see Janna about to deliver another kick towards him.
"N-No! Not the face," the treasure hunter panicked.
Of course, the Filipino decided to oblige, but instead kicked him in the stomach, causing him to have the wind knocked out of him. He sat up briefly; only for Janna to deliver a punch to the same side he delivered an uppercut to Janna.
"You had enough yet, treasure hunter," Janna snickered while imitating his manly voice. "This could've all been avoided if you had just given me back my Ruler Gemstone as I had wanted."
"HEY! I do not sound like that," Andrew bellowed while getting back up. "SHUT UP!"
Janna continued to snicker as Andrew started to growl ferociously.
"I have no choice but to fight now!" He seethed.
"So what were you doing before," she teased. "That wasn't fighting you were doing just then?"
As she cackled, Andrew let out a vicious roar and ran to punch Janna several times, which was hopeless since she dodged all of the punches that he was trying to dish out at her. As soon as he stopped his pathetic attempts at attacking her, she took out her hairdryer, swung it around and hit Andrew with it like it was a baseball bat. The impact caused Andrew to skyrocket into another beam right across from it. As he sat up, he grabbed his head and moan.
"Dang, that girl is a really strong kicker, and her hairdryer hurts like heck," Andrew groaned. "I'm just fortunate that she hasn't tried kicking me in the package."
Janna looked at him and gave him a smirk. Like she was going to kick him in the groin where his package was; that's something she wouldn't do. Of course, she was also surprised that Andrew didn't bother to punch her in the breasts. Perhaps the treasure hunter follows a certain morality and wouldn't fight like that. Waving to the treasure hunter, Janna gave him a wink before using her jetpack to fly upwards. Andrew stuck her tongue out at her as a result.
"Alright, now where did that thief disappear to…?" He looked around to see where the heck she disappeared to. He jumped to the beam below him, preparing for the worst.
His question was answered as Janna soared back down and tackled him to the ground on his back. By then the hatch door that was at the bottom of the arena had opened up and showed lava deep into the abyss.
Janna was now on top of him as she was delivering a glare that could evenly match that of Andrew's. Pinning him to the ground, she then sneered in his face.
"Now you've made me mad!"
Andrew was completely dumbfounded by this.
"What the heck did I do?!"
"Well, besides delivering a painful uppercut to my face and sending me skyward to a beam, you didn't wave back to me, and to top it off, you stuck your tongue out at me!" She barked.
Andrew became appalled by this and her irrational behavior.
"Get off of me," he pushed her off and got back up and approached the Filipino. "Just how old are you?"
"Do you not have any manner on how you treat a lady?" She huffed.
"I do have manners," Andrew rebuked. "I just don't have any to show towards you. Besides, you should be happy that I won't hit you in the breasts."
"Oh sure, that's the same reason why I won't hit you in the package!"
"This isn't getting us anywhere!"
Janna stood back up and hit Andrew square in the face with her fist. The treasure hunter grunted and gripped the edge of the beam once again, only for Janna to stomp her feet onto his hands and put extra pressure onto his hands with her combat boots.
"OW, HEY!" Andrew howled.
He let go quickly, but not only did it cause him to drop. It also caused Janna to flip over, careening her into a wall. Fortunately, that kept her from falling off. But her legs felt wobbly at the moment as she went to take a peak down towards the lava bed below. Andrew had vanished out of sight.
"Oh no, he fell, and he has the gemstone pieces with him," she just stared downwards and expected Andrew to pop out of nowhere. "Still, that had to be a lousy way to go."
She didn't notice that Andrew was now floating behind her since he was gliding in midair until he got her attention.
"Now witness my power," he sneered as Janna turned around and saw him. His palms started to emit a glowing light blue light. "TAKE THIS!"
"What in the…?"
She didn't even get to react as Andrew fired out an Ice Burst attack on her, which sent her skidding back a few feet on the beam. She suddenly started to shiver upon the cold attack as she felt the ice pierce through some of her skin; causing her to get the chills.
"Ow, w-what was t-that f-for…?" She chattered her teeth.
"You have underestimated me, Janna," he glowered as he approached her.
Janna shook off the cold, got up and took out what looked like a supernatural curse book of some kind.
"There's nothing to underestimate with me," she countered while she opened the book to a page. "Now get ready for this."
"Get ready for what...?"
"Ominous Dreadful Black Magic Wave Blast!" Janna cried out as a cloud of dreary looking smog covered the treasure hunter, covering his mind in some rather dark and grim looking stuff which caused him to yelp and scream before growing wide-eyed in fear. He saw nothing but death, skeletons, ghosts, and occult-related subjects.
"H-How did you d-do what you just did…?" Andrew shook himself upon the horrid stuff he just saw.
"Oh I've been tapping into some black magic and the occult for some time," she smirked with her teeth showing. She pocketed the book away and then sent another kick to his chest since he was too frightened by what he saw to fight back. "Now you know that I mean business! I'll be taking the pieces of the Ruler Gemstone from you!"
"I must…protect…the Ruler Gemstone…" He groaned weakly as he struggled to get back up.
"Now allow me to take those pieces off your hands, treasure hunter."
This gave Andrew the motivation he needed as he stood and charged for Janna. He gave another punch towards her as this caused Janna to be sent backward. Unbeknownst to Andrew was that while he was dishing out the attack, he accidentally tore right through Janna's skirt and ripped parts of it off. When he did notice the tear, Andrew got a good panty shot from the side as he saw her panties for himself; ones that were actually pink.
"WHOA! Janna, I can see your panties!" He yelled.
Surprisingly, Janna wasn't bothered by the view he got from the side. Looking down to where the tear was, she just shrugged her shoulder and glanced.
"Yeah, so you can see my panties, big deal."
"But they're pink!"
"Nice observation there captain obvious," Janna retorted. "And it just so happens that pink is my favorite color."
This was when Andrew was left in a daze. He couldn't believe it; this girl who stole his gemstone and has taken a huge interest in the occult and other dark topics likes pink as a favorite color. To say his face was nothing short of dumb-found would have been an understatement.
"Wait, so you're telling me that you; the girl who stole my gemstone and has taken interest in the occult and supernatural love the color pink as a favorite color?" He exaggerated.
"Uh, yeah. My bra is pink too," she huffed before she teased him. "Of course, I can show you my bra if you like…"
"NO! THAT WON'T BE NECESSARY," Andrew shouted in a plea. "My point is I had thought that your favorite color would have been black or dark purple or something creepy."
Janna sighed as she expected this reaction.
"Yeah, I know. I expect this from people who try to learn about me," she explained. "But the bottom line is pink is my favorite color. I just hate contributing to gender stereotypes."
"Well, that's understandable," Andrew had to admire and respect Janna's honesty, as well as how she fights the patriarch. "But still, get away from my gemstone!"
Both of them went and made one last attack onto each other, causing the impact to damage both of them and sent them skidding backward on the beam they were standing on as they were covered in bruises, marks, and other injuries. Janna had noticed that her jetpack had lost its energy and wasn't going to help her now. So she had to put it to the side as she stared at the treasure hunter, who stared right back at her.
Both of them were panting heavily as were glaring at each other.
"Stop fooling around, and give me back my gemstone," both Andrew and Janna shouted in unison towards each other. They had just jinxed each other, but that wasn't important to each other.
"Now what are you babbling about? You call yourself a treasure hunter, by attacking a lady?! Shame on you," Janna scolded.
Andrew couldn't care less as he just crossed his arms and rebuked.
"What kind of a lady goes around stealing things anyway?"
"Now you listen to me Andrew, that Ruler Gemstone belongs to me," she barked before marching over to Andrew.
Unfortunately, before she could make it, she lost her footing on the beam and end up falling off the beam. Because her pack had no fuel left to save her, she started to plummet to her death. She was heard screaming while Andrew stood there in shock at seeing her fall.
It seemed death had a strange way of creeping onto Janna as several things crossed her mind. All the paranormal and supernatural interests she had, the cool pranks she's pulled on other, the teasing she makes, the Ruler Gemstone, and then there was Andrew.
Well, I guess this might be it. I just never thought it would end like this. She thought as she closed her eyes.
She was expecting to fall to her death but then noticed that it didn't happen. She had stopped falling. Wondering what was going on, Janna opened her eyes to see what had happened. She then glanced to see that it was Andrew that had stopped her fall by going on ahead and catching her hand with one hand and hanging onto the beam with the other. This caused nothing but confusion for the Filipino.
"What in the world…?"
"Hold on, I won't drop you."
Andrew worked on getting back onto the beam with Janna in his other hand. When he got back up, he helped Janna back up onto the beam by grabbing her hands and hoisting her back onto the beam. Both of them were gazing into each other's eyes in shock for a minute or so before Janna had to spoil the moment and pushed Andrew away from her.
"Keep your hands to yourself," she growled. "Don't touch me!"
Andrew was appalled by this as he defended himself from more jabs.
"Is that how you say thanks to someone who just saved your life!?" Andrew called her out on how she acted ungrateful for what he did for her.
Janna coughed in a fake manner and chuckled.
"Saving my life? Ha, don't think that I owe you one, treasure hunter," she brushed off. "I bet you only saved me so you could hold my hand…or you wanted to be fresh with me by taking my jugs."
"I wasn't trying to be fresh with you, or take your jugs," Andrew defended. "Talk about ungrateful!"
Janna disregarded what he said and snickered devilishly. "You're such a creep!"
Andrew was completely shocked. Janna wasn't taking him seriously, even after he saved her from falling to her death. Shaking his head, he proceeded to glare at her again.
"This isn't a joke you know," he scolded. "You can think whatever the heck you want Janna, but I was saving the Ruler Gemstone!"
Janna started to soften up a bit and sighed. It was impossible to take the Ruler Gemstone. Andrew was determined on having it back and he wouldn't back down until he had it back and put together again. She admired his determination to an extent. Not to mention, he did save her life.
"Okay, no matter what you say, it sounds crazy."
It's crazy that you wanted to save my life like that!
As Andrew was trying to find something to say, Janna tossed several objects in his direction; the pieces to the Ruler Gemstone. They landed right in front of his feet as he looked dumbfounded by what she did.
"What…?" He was entirely lost by what she did.
"Well fine then, just take your pieces back," she huffed and crossed her arms. "They stink, just like you do!"
Andrew didn't care about her attitude towards him. He was just relieved that she finally complied.
"If that's what you thought, you should have given them to me in the first place," Andrew told her. "Then none of this would've happened to us."
As Janna just sighed, she saw Andrew put the gemstone back together, and in a matter of seconds, a bright shining green light occurred as the gemstone was magically going back together. As soon as it was finished, the Ruler Gemstone was back to its former glory; just the way Andrew wanted it as he rubbed it.
"Finally…" He let out a sigh of relief before looking up to see Janna gazing down towards him.
"What?" She scoffed as she turned her head away.
Andrew really did feel shame and regret for hurting Janna like this. Truth be told, he didn't want to engage in a brutal fight with her. He just wanted the Ruler Gemstone back. Closing his eyes, he sighed and shook his head.
"Okay, I'm sorry…that I hurt you," Andrew apologized. "And that I didn't wave back to you, and that I was being too rough with you throughout this whole thing, Janna Banana…"
That got Janna's attention, as not only did Andrew apologized to her, but he also referred to her by the nickname that Star gave to her. She struggled to say something to him, but before she could say anything, Andrew grabbed the Ruler Gemstone, put it in his backpack and he proceeded to leave the location and head back into the GOD. Once he was gone, Janna felt like leaving too.
"Well, I guess I should be going too," she turned to leave too. She looked behind her in the direction Andrew left and smirked. "Really, that treasure hunter is a really handsome young man after all. I'm just surprised he called me by that nickname that Star gave to me. No matter, I'll just call him Andy so we can be even."
I really do like that guy. I love messing with him, but it's to show my affection for him. After all, he did save my life, and I should be grateful for that. Therefore, the next time we meet, I hope that there's no malice between us.
Keeping those thoughts to herself, Janna grabbed the jetpack and went to leave the area too as she planned on heading back to the inside of the GOD…
IN THE GOD RESEARCH LAB – CANNON COUNTDOWN; 45 MINUTES:
In the research lab, which contained a keyboard with a monitor in the corner, and in the center was a spot for capsules to drop, we see that Daron was all alone in the room, still upset that Star and Marco left her behind like this.
"Darn, why must they always have to leave such a sweet little innocent lady like me alone," she whined to herself.
Unbeknownst to her, someone else walked into the room, and it was the last person she wanted to see, as a voice got her attention.
"Well, well young lady, is there something I can help you with?"
Daron quickly turned around and saw a giant spider right in front of her and on the spider was Ludo, who was pointing the staff in his hands towards her as if it was some kind of gun. The eagle was right behind the spider too as Ludo had an angered look in his eyes.
"L-L-Ludo Avarius," she shrieked in panic as the Avarian brought the staff close to her neck, growling in a dark manner.
"Now, if you value your life, you will tell me exactly where Star and Marco are," he glowered in a low menacing tone. It sounded like he was truly evil at the moment. He had searched through the entire outside portion of the GOD, only to see that Star and Marco weren't anywhere in sight. Of course, since he did find Daron, he was going to use her as bait for the trap she felt was suitable for Star.
Before Daron could make any kind of response, Marco came into the room in his walker, choosing the worst possible time to storm in. He was met with a fear-stricken Daron and one outraged Ludo. Marco realized he came in at a bad time and gulped.
"Uh, I think I chose a bad time to show up, huh…"
"MARCO!" Ludo suddenly roared and pointed the staff in his direction, preparing to fire it at him if he didn't follow his order. "Get over here now, and get out of your vehicle this instant, or else I will shoot you and Daron!"
Upon hearing that command, Marco wondered if he should fight back. But he saw that Ludo was holding Daron at gunpoint (or at staff point), and he couldn't risk the life of Daron being affected. So he obliged and got out his vehicle and went over to the spot Ludo pointed at.
"Good, now we wait for Star to show up," Ludo sneered before turning the staff back onto Daron to show he was serious this time around. Suddenly, Marco's communicator started to go off.
"Hey Marco, I'm entering the control room now," it was Star and she was entering the control room and approaching the machine. "I'm ready for the next step."
Star was shown in the control room with the fake gemstone in her hands. Marco decided to give Star the next set of instructions.
"Okay Star, now put that gemstone…"
Before he could finish, Ludo cleared his throat and made a demand to Marco.
"Ahem, Marco, tell Star to meet you back here in the research facility, now!"
"Uh Star," Marco was now sounding nervous. "Uh…D-Daron is…"
Star was now confused by what Marco was saying.
"I didn't get that Marco, what happened to Daron," she tried to ask. "MARCO!?"
Suddenly, the call got cut off as she got disconnected. Putting the fake Gemstone into her pocket, Star was now wondering what was going on, and what kind of danger was Daron in.
Her question was immediately answered when she heard Ludo laughing on the intercom.
"Ha ha ha ha ha, Star," he was heard speaking. "Now, come to the research facility if you want to save her life!"
Upon hearing that did Star become angered and determined.
"Ludo, I should have known that he was behind this," she shouted. "I bet that creep is holding Daron hostage!"
With that in mind, Star bolted out of the control room and was planning on making her course to the research facility…
IN THE HALLWAY INSIDE THE SPACE COLONY GOD:
"Whatever Ludo is doing to her, he better not throw her into a glass container like Toffee did with Marco that one time," she hoped. "Because if he does, I'll make sure he regrets it big time!"
She also couldn't help but put some of the blame on herself since she allowed Daron to come with them, but she completely forgot about her and left her behind, and then Ludo finds her and holds her hostage.
I suppose that it is my fault that Daron was taken hostage by Ludo. I had wanted her to come with us, but I forgot about her and left her behind! Star regretted her actions. I wish I could have kept her by my side. Then this wouldn't have happened.
Keeping those thoughts in mind, she went through one hall and into another. While rushing through the space colony, she had noticed some switches that needed to be pressed for her to get by the next area.
"Huh, I wonder what this switch is supposed to do," she questioned as she pulled it down.
When she did, she felt the gravitation take effect and she was then turned upside down where she was on the ceiling.
"Oh my goodness, this switch causes everything to go upside down," Star gasped. "Well, this is pretty cool!"
She was shown running on the ceiling in the same direction that she was heading previously. She reached another switch at the dead-end of the ceiling and she pulled it down.
"Talk about impressive gravitational pull," she remarked as she stormed into the next room.
She went through the next several rooms grinding on rails and messing with more gravitational switches to get by areas, as well as flying over what looked like green toxic stuff that could kill her. It didn't take long for her to hear Ludo speak on the intercom again.
"What are you doing, Star!? There's no time for games!"
"I'm going as fast as I can Ludo," Star yelled. "Be patient!"
As she moved forward, she was wondering what Ludo wanted in exchange for Daron. She hoped that it wasn't a trap or something. Whether it was the wand or the fake gemstone he wanted, she would have to wait to see for herself.
She then started thinking back to the time where Toffee kidnapped Marco. The lizard monster had no qualms with crushing Marco in the container unless she did what he wanted. And no, he didn't want her wand either. He wanted her to destroy her wand, by using the whispering spell on it. That day was terrifying since the wand was destroyed and Ludo lost his castle. Fortunately, over time, she got her new wand and it was stronger than the old one. She couldn't help but wonder if Ludo had a similar plan as Toffee, but actually wanting her wand without her destroying it, with the fake Miracle Gemstone to go with it.
Honestly, I hope I can make it there in time before it's too late. Star thought. I don't want anything bad to happen to Daron.
Taking a deep breath of determination, she marched onwards to the research facility room. She had to fly over a large gap of space to get to another room, break a glass into a tube to travel, and use more gravity control switches to get onto the ceiling to travel. She activated a missile and pressed a button to launch it towards a device that surrounded a room with some toxic liquid. Once the liquid was gone, Star used another gravity switch and went back down to the ground as she headed to the door on the left.
EMERGENCY, EMERGENCY! A robot voice blared in the hallway as Star ran right through it and went through another door.
"What in the…?" Her eyes were caught by looked like the most confusing puzzle room that she couldn't figure out. It was then Ludo was heard on the intercom again, this time with mock glee in his voice.
"Well done Star, but you'll never LEAVE THIS ROOM ALIVE, HA HA!"
"Want to bet on that Ludo," Star smirked with confidence. "Let's get this over with!"
Upon pulled a gravity switch, Star started the trek through this confusing room. She found herself walking on a purple cube-shaped platform on its left side. After pressing another, she ended up on a green platform while walking right sideways.
"Okay, so this is easier to figure out than I thought." Star mused.
She activated another gravity switch and ended up on the yellow platform, walking upside down until she pulled another one which got her on the blue one, where she was back to walking left sideways. It wasn't long before Ludo was heard on the intercom again with a rather threatening tone in his voice.
"You're too slow Star, if you don't come here right now, she will die!"
You wouldn't dare Ludo! Star yelled in her thoughts.
"This calls for drastic measures!"
She then spread out her wings and with one jump; she started to fly over the colored platforms in front of her. Sometime beforehand, she pressed a separate switch to activate a missile. When she reached the end of the hallway, she pressed the green button and the missile was fired and brought down the device, causing the toxic substance to vanish. She then ran right through it and made her way to her destination. She had made it.
Though one question did cloud her mind; what happened to Nebula, she had more pressing matters to attend to. Standing outside the door that leads to the research facility room that Ludo and Daron were in; Star took a deep breath and got a hold of herself. Figuring that it wouldn't be a great idea to blast Ludo with her wand after what happened the time Toffee kidnapped Marco, she put her wand in her pocket. Yes, she actually learned her lesson from the last time she stormed Ludo's former castle, and it almost cost Marco his life at that time. So for Daron's sake, she was going to go in and see what Ludo wanted from her. So she got the door to open and she entered.
INSIDE THE GOD'S RESEARCH FACILITY ROOM – CANNON COUNTDOWN; 33 MINUTES:
It didn't take long for Star to see what was in the research lab. Much to her relief, Ludo wasn't holding Daron in a glass container, so that was a relief. But there was something else that she had to worry about. In addition to that, she saw Marco out of his vehicle courteous of Ludo's demand. Ludo was also off of his giant spider who was on the sidelines along with the eagle. Upon entering, Ludo, Daron, and Marco saw her enter the room with a confident smile on her face. Ludo didn't let that affect him, as he would be having the last laugh in this situation.
Gazing towards the Mewni princess, Ludo started to speak while pointing the staff at Daron.
"Well now that you've arrived, let's take care of business first, shall we Star?" He asked menacingly.
Star sighed as she had a feeling as to what Ludo wanted from her.
"Alright Ludo," she spoke. "Do you want to have my wand in exchange for Daron's safety?"
Ludo blinked in a dumbfound manner for a second before bursting out into laughter.
"What, you really think that's what I want," he snorted. "I have no need for the wand this time around! You have something else that I am in need of!"
Now Star was confused by this.
"Okay, then what do you want?" She asked.
"I'll tell you if you listen well," he demanded. "Hand over the Miracle Gemstone…slowly, and then we'll talk about your girlfriend, that is if you really care for her!"
Star took out the fake gemstone that she had in her pockets and looked at it. Of course, she cared about Daron's safety. That was a top priority in this instance. It was then another thought crossed her; if she gave him the fake gemstone, he'd fall for the trap and everything will go wrong for him, combined with Daron being safe.
Hand over the fake gemstone…? I could kill two birds with one stone… Star thought before giving a quick glance towards Marco, who gave her an equally quick nod. It was like they had read each other's minds and they were willing to go with it. She then looked up to Ludo, willing to give in to his demands. She then wondered what she should do now before Ludo gave her the only suggestion.
"Now, put the gemstone down right there, and back off…" Ludo sneered as he pointed to the center of the room where capsules fall and get sent out of the space colony. Giving him a rather smug smirk, she complied and approached the spot he pointed at.
"You know, you've turned into a big-time villain, Ludo," she remarked snidely as she walked to the spot.
Once she was on the spot, she proceeded to put the gemstone back down on the ground. But before she could back off, Ludo was heard laughing as he took out a remote and pressed a button. Falling down on top of Star was a capsule that encased her. It was a trap. She was trapped in a capsule which got her shocked.
"Wuh…?" She gasped in shock at what was happening.
Things were just getting worse for the princess of Mewni as Ludo suddenly barked.
"You thought you could trick me with that fake gemstone, didn't you!?" He bellowed angrily as he glared Star and Marco.
Marco was confused. How did Ludo know about the fake gemstone?
"So uh…how did you know it wasn't the real one…?" The Latino blurted out.
"MARCO!" Star shouted at how Marco blurted out that information out loud.
Ludo's scowl quickly turned into an evil smirk as he decided to use the fact that Marco blurted out something he shouldn't have heard to his advantage.
"Ha, because you just told me, Karate Boy!" He declared in a really smug manner.
This got Marco completely shocked. He had just given out information to Ludo without even knowing it. And because of that, Star was trapped in a capsule. What has he done?
Star had tried breaking through the glass with every spell she had, but to no avail, since there was no way any Rainbow Fist Punches or Cupcake Blasts were capable of breaking through it. No magic attacks could break this glass. Ludo scoffed and laughed at Star pitiful attempts to break out.
"It's no use, you're a trapped butterfly," he snorted. "That glass is capable of withstanding all the magic spells you can unleash on it. It's too powerful for you to overcome!"
Realizing he was right, Star gave up and put her wand down. Ludo then moved forward with the next part of his plan.
"Now that that's taken care of, it's time for a little space ride princess," he gloated. "With the press of this red button, this capsule that Star is in will be ejected out of the space colony and be launched into space. Then when the capsule clears the colony, BAM! It'll explode with your precious butterfly trapped in it!"
Star was upset by what she was hearing. Ludo was planning on ejecting her into space and getting killed in an explosion. Despite this, she put on a brave face and looked towards her two friends; Marco and Daron. Marco would have done something but was too shocked by what he just did and now his best friend was going to die because of him. As for Daron, she was completely saddened by this twist of events. Star had to let them know that she has faith in them.
"I'm counting on you Marco," she told the Latino before telling her biggest fan. "…and Daron, take care of yourself…"
She gave both of them one last bright smile and winked at them. Daron was on the verge of crying while Marco felt his heart begin to break in two. Ludo was enjoying every moment of this and now he was going to put it into action.
"Farewell, Star Butterfly!" He announced with an evil smirk on his face.
He immediately pressed the red button and caused the capsule to be ejected out of the space colony as it went careening through space. Daron didn't hesitate to rush to the window to see the capsule hurling through space.
"STAR!" She cried out, even though it didn't do her any good.
In a matter of seconds, the capsule exploded with Star supposedly in it as all three of them witnessed the explosion occurred. Daron and Marco couldn't believe it. Star was killed.
"Farewell Star, my admirable adversary," Ludo shook his head at the sight of the explosion.
I must admit, I almost feel guilty for killing you like this Star, but alas, everyone has to go sometimes, and frankly, you had to go sooner since you were nothing more but an obstacle in my path…
Daron was now crying as tears filled up both of her eyes.
"Star…I can't believe you're gone…I can't believe your dead…" She whimpered through tears.
Marco was still in absolute shock. Star was gone, and he screwed up big time. He had no idea what to do at the moment.
Meanwhile, in another room, Nebula had witnessed the capsule being ejected and exploding in space through another window. She knew that Star was in it and was possibly killed from the capsule blowing up. Remaining completely apathetic from the sight, she simply muttered.
"I guess she was just a regular Mewni resident after all," she said with a strong indifferent tone as she closed her eyes, waiting for the plan to proceed further…
END OF CHAPTER 14!
THAT'S RIGHT! LUDO HAD ACTUALLY KILLED STAR BUTTERFLY BY EJECTING HER IN A CAPSULE INTO SPACE WHICH EXPLODED WITH HER IN IT! SO NOW STAR IS DEAD…OR IS SHE…? DON'T WORRY READERS, STAR ISN'T ENTIRELY DEAD! STILL, I HOPE THIS CHAPTER WAS GOOD ENOUGH FOR YOU!
NOW YOU KNOW WHAT I MEANT WHEN I SAID LUDO WOULD BE MORE OF A THREAT IN THIS CHAPTER. HE SUCCESSFULLY MANAGED TO KILL OFF STAR BY HAVING HER TRAPPED IN AN EJECTED CAPSULE WHICH EXPLODED! BUT AS I SAID, STAR ISN'T DEAD AND THAT SHE SURVIVES THE EXPLOSION! HOW SHE SURVIVED THE CAPSULE WILL BE REVEALED THE NEXT CHAPTER!
NOW IN ADDITION TO THAT, I LIKE THE FIGHT BETWEEN ANDREW AND JANNA! JANNA HAVING TAPPED INTO DARK MAGIC I FELT WOULD HAVE GIVEN HER A SPECIAL ABILITY SINCE THAT SOUNDS LIKE SOMETHING SHE'D DO! IN ADDITION TO THAT, SHE CONSTANTLY TRIED TO TEASE ANDREW EVEN WHEN FIGHTING HIM! OF COURSE, ANDREW SAVES JANNA FROM FALLING TO HER DEATH, JANNA GIVES ANDREW THE RULER GEMSTONE PIECES, AND ANDREW APOLOGIZES FOR HURTING JANNA LIKE THIS! IT WAS A GOOD MOMENT TO SHOW THAT ANDREW ISN'T ALL THAT BAD!
ONE OTHER THING, I DECIDED THAT FOR THIS CHAPTER, STAR WAS SHOWN TO NOT HAVE A REPEAT OF WHAT HAPPENED WHEN MARCO WAS KIDNAPPED BY TOFFEE, BY SHOWING THAT SHE LEARNED HER LESSON FROM THAT TIME! ONE OF THE MAIN PROBLEMS THAT EXIST WITH THE SHOW IS THAT STAR IS UNABLE TO LEARN ANYTHING FROM HER PAST MISTAKES AND ANY LESSON THAT SHE DOES LEARN ENDS UP BEING FORGOTTEN OR BRUSHED TO THE SIDE! THAT'S THE REASON WHY I HAD THIS INCLUDED!
ANYWAY, FOR THE NEXT CHAPTER, WHAT THIS CHAPTER DID FOR LUDO, THE NEXT CHAPTER WILL DO FOR MARCO IN TERMS OF BECOMING A TOTAL BADASS, AS A FIGHT BETWEEN LUDO AND MARCO GOES UNDERWAY, STAR IS REVEALED TO HAVE ESCAPED FROM THE CAPSULE ALIVE WITH ANDREW FINDING HER, AND NEBULA IS TOLD THAT SOMEONE IS GOING TO THE CANNON AFTER A SCUFFLE SHE HAD WITH JANNA. HOW ANGRY IS MARCO TOWARDS LUDO? HOW EXACTLY DID STAR SURVIVE? WHAT WAS THE SCUFFLE THAT OCCURRED BETWEEN NEBULA AND JANNA? AND IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE THAT'S WORTH NOTING? FIND OUT, NEXT TIME READERS!
FOR NOW, ONLY IF YOU LIKE, YOU CAN LEAVE A REVIEW AND LET ME KNOW EXACTLY WHAT YOU THINK OF THIS CHAPTER!
ASIDE FROM THAT, THAT'S ALL I GOT FOR THIS CHAPTER! I HOPE YOU LOOK FORWARD TO THE NEXT CHAPTER, AND UNTIL IT COMES OUT, TAKE CARE AND TUNE IN AGAIN READERS!