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Star adjusted her battle armor. She had on a fancy chain mail thing, a helmet with her family's crest on it, and a cool gauntlet that helped her channel her magic. They had spotted him, he was nearby. They could all almost feel the tension in the air as he was making his way for the castle.

Now, well now it was time to prepare for the worst possible outcome. She cracked her back and brought the gauntlet to her lips to chew on it thoughtfully for a few seconds. It helped her think to chew on something, it made her focus her thoughts. She just hoped that it would go as smoothly as they thought it would.

He was coming in alone, he didn't have an army, and he wasn't going to be fighting any children this time. That was the good thing. Jackie and Janna were with the kids in the backup bunker room (Yes they had one. It was a large castle of course they had a bunker! They also had a sauna, a few hundred dining rooms and a couple of emergency murder rooms no one exactly knew how many or where they were located)

Star adjusted the final strap and exited the room. Mostly the armor was for emergency protection, she didn't need an actual weapon, she had magic. She was easily one of the more powerful magical users in the world. So really what did she have to be concerned about? She could just blast him when he came within range.

They had discussed it all earlier. There would be no reasoning, no talking, nothing to give him an opening or some way to mess with them. It was going to be very straightforward. He attacked their kids. He was going to die. It was that simple. They were going to destroy him, scatter his bones from one end of the multiverse to the other and then never have to worry about him again.

Star walked into the emergency bunker, which was really more just a super fancy basement with a few extra feet of magically reinforced concrete added for good measure. Janna was sitting in a plushy wing back chair with her favorite cane across her lap (It was the one with a pygmy vampiric demon head on the top. It was wicked fancy.) Jackie was fussing over Heckapoo's twins who were nervously crawling from one end of the room to the other. The others could almost feel the tension in the air. After all their moms were wearing kevlar vests and Jackie had even agreed to wear a dagger even though she had never been in a fight before in her life and had no real idea what to do with it.

Sure Jackie was 'kick ass' but she didn't exactly know how to 'kick ass'. Jackie finally managed to get both of the twins in the same place at the same time before she got up to walk to Star.

"Everything set?" She asked while Star tickled one of the twins under their chin. The weird little baby was chortling a deep adults laugh. They had started doing that lately and it made everyone uncomfortable.

"He was sighted maybe fifty minutes away. He'll be here soon. Then we will finish it." Star said seriously. Jackie nodded before giving Star a kiss to the cheek for luck and a awkward hug filled with Heckapoo's obnoxious squirming brats.
"Be safe."
"Aren't I always?" Star teased before she went to where the kids were all hanging out. The teenagers were lounging on a set of sofa's that were facing a tv that was blasting some sort of meaningless drivel that had nothing to do with anything and actually looked really really unentertaining.
"Hey gang." Star said with a smile as Sol jumped up and hugged her tightly.

"Why can't we go out there again?" Jane said in irritation as she turned off the Tv remotely and looked at Star with a scowl.
"Again. All of you are kids, kids don't fight evil alternate versions of their parents. That's like...that's like rule six."
"But we fought him before!" Jane complained with a scowl and even stamped her foot a little bit.

"Yeah! And Thomas got a busted set of ribs! Genius!" Jaquelynn shot at her sister while turning the pages of her book, she wasn't really reading it but she enjoyed pretending to do something with her hands. Jane made a handgun towards her nerdy sister and shot out a small beam of heated light that made the glasses wearing teen yelp and rub her slightly achy head. Jaquelynn responded by throwing her book at Jane and standing up to brain her again.

"Enough." Star said simply and glared at the children until they were cowed enough to sit down and shut up. "You are all staying here where it is safe like any responsible adult would have you do. You are too young to be involved in fights, battles, politics or the fate of the future. You are like fourteen, children. Which means no meaningless fights for any of you. The adults will handle this and you are all going to be safe down here. Got it?"

"Got it." The kids all responded dissapointed before looking away. Star began to walk out with Sol following after her before catching her moms hand.
"I think something's wrong with Stabby. She's quiet. Quieter then usual. Sad Quiet. Can you check on her when you're done?" Star smiled and nodded before biting her lip and looking over at the green headed warrior.

Of course Stabby would be nervous, this was pretty nerve wracking! Stabby shifted and gripped her hurt arm, it was still aching even after all of this time letting it heal. She was gasping and sweating slightly and tapping her heel against the floor. She looked upwards and towards Star Butterfly who took a deep breath and walked towards the nervous teenager. Stabby shifted in discomfort before sitting still and gazing at the young mother.

"I just want you to know. We are going to protect you, everyone in this room is going to make sure that you are safe. Nothing bad is going to happen to you. We are going to take care of everything out there. Okay? Do you trust us?"

"Y-yeah. Yeah I trust you." Stabby said with a nod. Star smiled before tentatively giving the young bespectactled girl a peck to the forehead and moving away. It was about time for Star to go off and kill the mutated monster of a husband that had hurt her kids! And she was going to make him pay for what he did.

And he would pay. Big time.


The army was marching ahead, it might have seemed extreme but the man had been able to take out quite a few number of armed soliders. So the simple solution was to just send more. OF course this time around they had a few additions. Higgs was leading the charge this time, she had a few hundred soliders along side her along with the only survivor leading a secondary force beside her.

Alongside them were the most powerful parents of the royal family that had been attacked, Hekapoo, Star Butterfly, Marco and Kelly. Alongside them was one of the only people in the entire dimension who had actually known this version of Marco, had actually fought and trained beside him. Alternate Tom. The plan was simple and straight forward, attack take him out, and make sure that he would not be able to hurt anyone again.

"Still say that we should have waited for any sort of reinforcements. Like your mom would be useful here. Or Rhombulus, or literally anyone else with magical powers." Marco deadpanned as he marched beside his wives.

Heckapoo snorted as she absentmindedly twirled her twin scissor blades around her fingers and shook her head.

"Nah. We can't wait any longer. We know where he is, we have enough soliders. And best of all we have me. Which means that he is going to get cut into tiny little pieces and fed to himself."

"Well that got pretty morbid fast." Kelly said. She had seven swords on her along with over twnety knives and a pair of nunchucks that she had found lying around, sure she didnt know how to use nunchucks but it couldn't be that hard. After all it was sort of like a sword except it spun and could hit people faster.

"We have a visual." A voice called from the front and the words slowly worked back down the line until it reached the foursome. The entire army halted, swords were drawn, arrows knocked and all stood waiting. They were still within sight of the castle, maybe a twenty minute dead run.

"Ready for this?" Star asked Kelly who was glowering at the back of the soliders head in front of her.
"Born ready."

Captain of the Guard Higgs was holding some binoculars up and watching. The figure did look surprisingly like Marco. He was walking calmly forwards. His arms down by his sides, he was holding an improvised sword, and he had a gauntlet that was sharpened to a needle point on one arm. She frowned before snapping her fingers. She didn't even need to use words.

Bows were pulled tight and within a moment the air was filled with arrows. The alternate Marco never even slowed down, or sped up. He just walked forward casually as the arrows fell around him like rain. When they crashed over him he raised his hand and spun it, the arrows clanged around him, not even knicking him.

"Again." Higgs ordered and it was done. And again. And again. And four more times. Each time with the exact same outcome, arrows were drawn and fired and he just seemed to effortlessly pass around them as if they were not there.

Higgs was practically foaming at the mouth with anger. Nothing should have been able to survive it! The arrows were coming too fast! But here he was just conserveing his energy as if he was on a nice leisurely stroll.

"Well? Thoughts? How do we take him out?" Star asked Tom who was starting to shiver as he stared straight ahead as if the entire world was coming undone around him. He blinked and shook his head in amazement.

"I haven't seen him fight firsthand in a while. This is...I forgot how brutual he could be." Tom said in shock. The evil Marco had just gotten to the line. They locked shields and lowered spears, teeth gritted and preparing for the worst. All he did was jump. Just a small casual jump and he was over their heads. Flying through the air before landing in the middle of them all. A solider turned around only to have his head dissolved. A monster raised a sword and suddenly didn't have an arm. The evil Marco moved with a bored speed, as if everyone was standing still and he just had to make a small movement here or there and he would get the exact desired result.

He hoped and kicked and glanced around casaully, never once going too fast or even breathing all that heavily. He grinned and blocked a blow before gripping the warrior who had thrown it and flinging her across the clearing screaming over her broken arm the entire time.

"Fall back!" No one knew who shouted it but the soliders attempted to hold back, to keep strong and united. Someone was yelling, and suddenly an orange portal appeared beside the evil Marco and a group of people came flying out. Hekapoo kicked and sliced, she hoped over him and brought her scissors downwards creating another portal. Evil Marco took a step forward only for his own foot to kick him in the head.

He didn't even grunt but instead turned with a small scowl on his face. A sword danced towards him, he grabbed it and snapped it, only for Kelly to draw another and move forwards, her swords snapping and getting pulled out again and again. The evil Marco continued to retreat before he prepared to jump upwards. He got maybe ten feet up before a large rainbow punched him out of the sky and down into a raging inferno.

Alternate Tom stood with his hands raised focusing his blue and black flames and not letting up for an instant. Evil Marco wriggled in discomfort before his strange suction cup covered arms seemed to expand and yank him from the fires.

"Tom. Been a long time." Alternate Dimension Marco said turning to look at the three eyed demon. Tom blinked in surprise before shaking his head.

"You can talk. None of her other gollums could talk. How can you talk?" The battle seemed to pause with everyone stopping weapons raised and preparring to rush at any given sign of movement. The evil Marco looked downwards at his charred skin as if he was just noticing that it was there. He flexed and some flaked off revealing more suckers decorating his body. He chuckled lightly, his scar had grown and now danced down half of his torso and made his face all the more monstorous.

"Who ever said that she forced me to become a gollum? I went to her willingly." His sharp little teeth were pulled into a grin. He didn't even look human anymore. He didn't even look like Marco Diaz originally from planet earth anymore.

"No...No that can't be right. We fought against her...we trained together...you wouldn't have..."

"What can I say?" Evil Marco said with a shrug. "Love makes you stupid. And I've always loved strong women."

He was forward in a second his hand up to pierce through Tom's chest, the demon prince of a dead dimension was stock still his eyes wide and white as the fingers touched his chest. Only to gasp as he was flown through the air. Star had him under the armpits and her wings were flapping dragging him upwards.

"Okay. So problem huh? Didn't expect that." Star said with a frown as she flew upwards. Tom just stared downwards in shocked amazement.
"Willingly. He betrayed us willingly. That's how she knew we were coming. It was all a trap. All a set up. He set us all up. He knew our plans, that was how they could react." He was practically babbling. Star rolled her eyes and gave him a small shake.

"Focus Tom! Evil Marco! Evil former friend! needs to be beaten! Use that mind and think!" Tom blinked and chuckled in joy.

"You even sound like her. It's crazy. I mean who would have thought that...wait...planned...If they planned all of this...Empress Butterfly! Or Queen Star! Or Just Star! Or whatever! If he planned the attack to destroy all of the rebels...what if he planned this? I know this sounds crazy but we need to check up on your castle now! This could be a distraction! We don't know what he has in store for-"He was cut off as all of the wind left his lungs as Star took off at mach twelve.

She closed her eyes and flew. She visualized a passage for them to go through and just like that one appeared.

"Where is she going? Where are they going?" Heckapoo cried out in dismay as the ambassador and the traveller dissapeared through a portal that Star had summoned seemingly from nowhere.

"Priorities! Bad guy! Hurt our kids! Let's kill him!" Kelly cried out her next sword pulled and put in between her teeth as she dual weilded two others. She sprinted forwards and swung wildly, she was not using any known fighting style, she was using Kelly Foo, just her, going nuts, being spontaneous, and moving with the flow. It was practically like a dance. Evil Marco blocked, then evaded, then was retreating. He stumbled and the swords sliced across his chest.

They bit into his flesh and he winced before kicking outwards. His other hand extending to rip at her neck. Marco grabbed his own arm...or his own counterparts arm...and pulled backwards. It was too much like a tentacle, no bones to break but he could move it. He ground his teeth and pulled while snapping his own leg down towards the evil twins kneecaps.

Hekapoo created three portals and within a second the evil Marco found himself falling and getting caught into an obnoxious little trap that messed up his orientation. His torso was in one place, his feet in another and his arms somewhere else. He blinked in surprise before looking around for his tentacles. A knife was at his temple, a pair of scissors towards his chest and Marco had his hands held tightly so that they could not trip anyone up.

"Actually impressive." Evil Marco said with a slightly impressed nod before chuckling. "But too little too late. They are almost in range, it is all almost finished." He was chuckling darkly, and his eyes seemed to be swirling with knowledge. Heckapoo calmly began to drive the point of her scissors into his temple with a frown.

"Yeah I think I liked it better when you didn't talk loser." He spat upwards and she just leaned backwards a little to have it land with a splatter behind her.

"Still don't get it do you? I'm not the attack. I'm the distraction. She will be able to sponge off enough energy in just a few more seconds." A massive explosion rocked the ground beneath them. Everyone stumbled for a moment and stood stock still surprised and scared as the evil Marco's smile twisted and grew until it threatened to break his face.

"And just like that. She is through."


Stabby was sweating heavily and holding her hurt arm. Something wasn't right, in fact something was very wrong. She gasped and twisted up her face in pain and squirmed in discomfort. Her entire body was on fire. Something was wrong, something was growing.

"Okay. Yeah. This isn't good." Jackie said where she squatted beside the young girl with her hand on her forehead. The others were milling around, the vaguely bouncy vibe that had been going on earlier was dead and now instead replaced by a very worried one. They didn't know what to do or what to expect. Stabby had been alright at first, but after a little while she had stopped talking and soon was clutching at her arm and looked like she was about to pass out at any moment.

"Stabby. Honey look at me." Jackie said picking up the girls chin and looking at her intensely. "It is all going to be okay, but I need you to tell me where you are hurting and how I can help."

"My...arm..."She breathed out and pulled at her sleeve, Jackie rolled it back and tried to repress the hiss in her voice. This was not good. The bandage looked...purple...and blue...with black veins across it. Jackie slowly unwrapped the covering and gasped at the gash on Stabby's arm. It looked almost like it was...

"Is that glowing?" Janna said from where she sat. Her cane was across her lap and she was leaning forwards intrigued and terrified by what was going on.

"Kids...I need you to go and find your grandparents. Or Glossaryck's book. I think it's hidden in the library. I need you to do this fast and without any arguing. Do I make myself clear?" Jackie said not taking her eyes off of the horrific looking gash that seemed to be immitting a low buzz. Jackie was in over her head and she had to help this kid out before anything else bad happened.

"I think I know a spell that might-"Sol started to pipe up before Jackie glared at her.
"Book. Doctors. Grandparents. Now." She stated with the clear meaning that there was no arguing. The kids all started to back up still in their tight group. Then before they got to the door Stabby fell forwards onto Jackie. Her eyes rolling up in her head and her body going limp as she sighed dejectedly.

"HEY! HEY!" Jackie screeched as she laid the girl on the floor. Stabby rolled her back and bit at the air before her mouth fell open and spit bubbles rained out. Her arm seemed to bulge, she was unconscious from the pain and was seemingly having a fit.

"Oh man. Oh no." Jackie said as she held the girl down with wide panicked eyes. She had no idea what to do. Heckapoo's twins were crying and the baby Keats was pulling at Jane's pant leg with anxiety across their little chubby cheeks.

Something was obviously wrong and no one knew just what to do.

Jackie gasped as a long thin tendril of smoke issued from the wound and began to float upwards. More smoke came out until there was an outpouring of white steam. It almost seemed to be making a shape. A giant shape of a butterfly but instead of wings all it had was spiderwebs. It was shimmering and shifting and almost seemed to be intangiable.

All of a sudden the shape shifted and grew firm. Wings outstretched, mismatched long arms curved and curled and looked ready to strange. Strange fingers that ended in claws and eyes. And long hair that fell past her shriveled feet. The Empress of all she surveyed, consumer of the wand, book of spells and Glossaryck, destroyer of the magical high commission and the grandchild of evil shivered and opened her eyes. A dark glow issued forth and she grinned downwards at them all.

"Finally." She spoke simply before looking over them all. SHe tutted and touched her chin. "This won't do. There are too many of you. And so weak. Nothing remarkable about a single one. Well...except for that one...but it is from my world so that is to be expected." She said gazing down at Stabby who was no longer sweating but still appeared unconscious.

The Empress of destruction snapped her fingers and Stabby rose through the air until her neck was within the evil warped twisted version of Star butterflies grasp.
"Well. I think she still has a bit of emotional magic left. MMMMM. I can already taste all of yours. So much fear. And hatred. And anger. It is astounding. All of you can just wait there for me. I will finish her off, then I will get to killing all of you." Her hand reached and touched Stabby's mint green hair and began to draw the unconscious warrior forwards.

The group was frozen, fear and shock and outrage across their faces. No one moved. No one could think. She was so similiar to Star and yet so different so cold and alien. As if they were insects and she was a hawk.

"No! Leave her alone!" Jaquelynn shouted out, her voice cracking with the pressure. The sudden words reached their ears and suddenly Sol's feet were stamping on the marble floor. Her hands glowing and her eyes focused. Her hair seemed to be floating as she ran and launched herself towards the floating bored looking empress.

"Don't you hurt our Stabby!" Sol howled as she grabbed the newest addition to the family and brought a hand shooting upwards towards her alterntate mothers face. The empress raised a hand and with a bored flick of her wrist sent out a small blue sphere shaped vaguely like a skull. It hit Sol's glowing fist and with a poof the two girls dissapeared.

All were silent, no one moved. A portal opened up and in flew Star with a nervous looking Tom in her arms.
"Wait...what just happened?" Janna said in amazement.

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