Chapter 25: Trashing a toilet
A/N: Yea, yea, last chapter wasn't really any progression but it seemed like a perfect time to reveal my plans for the Badge Seller and reveal him as Moon Jumper. I mean, The Badge Seller's theme is literally an updated version of Moon Jumper's theme AND the two look VERY similar, so I thought, well, if people like Moon Jumper and Badge Seller so much and if they're so similar, why not fuse 'em? But enough about that, enjoy!
When the two opened their eyes, they were in the Subcon Village, but something was wrong. Pipes emitting purple and yellow magic were emerging from the ground and everyone was panicking, even the Dwellers. Snatcher grinned and pointed ahead.
"The outhouse is that way! Now go trash it before I trash you!" Snatcher barked impatiently, and the girls took off, crossing a gap by swinging across it along the way. When they arrived on the other side of the chasm, there were magical pipes along the path and cages hanging from the ceiling housing dwellers, and a large arena. Inside the arena was a pool of acid, and inside the acid was a living outhouse.
When they stepped inside the arena, it noticed them immediately and opened it's door, revealing a jumbled mess of pipes, and roared at them. Music began playing (they guessed Snatcher's minions liked making music sometimes), then it disappeared into the ground and reappeared on the other side of the arena, and began spouting acid bubbles at them, until it spouted out a bubble with an activated cherry bomb in it.
When the bubbles popped, Hat Kid knew what to do and picked up the cherry, and chucked it at the outhouse. Minions cheered, as they had gathered to watch the battle. The toilet howled in pain and disappeared again, reappearing farther away from the two, and sprung up into the air, and slammed down into the ground, sending everyone into the air and causing a shockwave.
Both girls got their bearings and jumped when it slammed down next, and jumped over the shockwaves, until it jumped into center and opened its door, and a horn blared out. Both girls heard clanging, and saw cages swinging toward them. However, Bow Kid noticed that it was making itself vulnerable, hooked onto the lantern hanging above it, and swung into the outhouse, kicking it in the jumble of pipes.
It howled again, and disappeared into the ground again, and spouted bubbles at them again. Both girls knew what to do and Hat Kid picked up the cherry it spouted, and chucked it at the boss again, knocking it back with another howl.
It then appeared near the entrance of the arena and opened its door, then snarled, and they saw in the background projectiles flying up into the air. The outhouse then jumped into the middle and sent out four bubbles to spin below and around the lantern, three acid and one water containing a cherry.
Hat Kid hooked onto the lantern and swung out into the cherry, and picked it up. She then threw it at the boss, who was creating shockwaves to try to screw them up, and it howled again in pain. It then jumped into the middle again and created more bubbles, five acid and one clean with a cherry. Bow Kid swung up into the circle of bubbles but misjudged her timing and collided with one of the acid bubbles, which popped, and she fell down with a shout. Hat Kid then swung into the correct bubble and threw the cherry at the boss again, which howled again, then snarled.
While it was occupied, Hat Kid ran over to Bow Kid and made sure she was alright. No major burns, the acid concentration wasn't high enough to be extremely hazardous. Just then, three cages with dwellers inside them lowered around the central acid pool, almost like platforms, and the boss reappeared in the center with a cherry above it, which absorbed all three dwellers, and turned giant.
The boss then jumped into the air and came back down on a giant literal cherry bomb, with dynamite strapped to it and everything, and Bow Kid jumped on a cage and up on top of the cherry and whacked the boss with her umbrella. The cherry disappeared into thin air as she was knocked back, and the boss appeared near the side of the arena.
It then jumped forward, landing near Hat Kid, and jumped more, trying to land on the girl. However, she realized this and dodged effortlessly, and the boss tripped and landed on its side, and Hat Kid whacked it with her umbrella. It then jumped to the other side of the arena and opened its door, then a horn blared out through the arena again, signalling more cages to swing down. Hat Kid dodged out of the way of the cages and whacked the outhouse again, then it jumped into the middle and summoned more cages and a cherry bomb.
Bow Kid jumped up again onto the giant explosive and attacked it again, causing her to be knocked back and the cherry to disappear again. Hat Kid groaned. How long was this fight going to last? It's a pecking toilet! It then jumped back up into the air and tried landing on Bow Kid, who jumped out of the way, and let out a shout as she whacked the abomination again in the jumble of pipes, causing it to shriek in pain, and it exploded into a pile of splinters and shrapnel.
Out of the pile flew a Time Piece, which Hat Kid grabbed joyfully. The minions cheered for the two girls, and they grinned from ear to ear. Another Time Piece in stow and now they can leave. However, they'll have to find Snatcher and get him to give them their souls back, but that should be easy...
Right?
The two girls prepared to go back to the giant tree where Snatcher usually resides, and Hat Kid walked over to the entrance of the arena when a familiar voice rung out throughout the arena, and it did not sound pleased.
"Wait up, KID," Snatcher said angrily, causing both girls to turn around.