Chapter Thirty-Five
The four archfiends of the elements continued to take shelter as Devil was fighting. "Master Scarmiglione…" A short girl with dark hair spoke gently. "What is going on? Why are you hiding and not helping Devil?"
"Because that weirdo Lord Devil is fighting is a complete nutcase that has one of the most terrifying abilities ever! Creating twisted illusions that make one see death!" Cagnazzo barked. While the unusual girl seemed young upon appearance, she was actually over two-hundred years old.
Scarmiglione was silent, before giving his own answer, different from Cagnazzo's. "Becaussssse I'm afraid ssssssomething bad will happen… And I want to be there jussssst in cassssse." His predictions were correct as well, now that the tractor beam was drawing near Devil, but passing him.
Raising his hands, Devil unleashed a powerful blow of light and energy. "Jugem!" He shouted. Fudoushi cringed, seeing it come closer before his rotting face was nearly blasted off.
"Uungh! Heheh… So you really have gotten better, haven't you, brat? I have as well!" With one small wave and an evil grin, Devil froze up. He then cried out in horror from the false visions casted upon him. "Aw, yet you're still a child who cries out for help! But then again, who wouldn't cry upon my illusions?"
Devil shrieked more. "Get them away from me! Those faces… No! They're grabbing my head! They're gonna snap my neck! I'm gonna diiiiiiie!" Stopping for a moment, he tried to take aim. "I… I can't be afraid! It's all just a fake! That necromancer does this all the time… But those clammy hands feel alive!" Recoiling, it was impossible to take aim at all.
All it took was a lift of a finger, as Fudoushi was charging up his power. Three of the archfiends weren't able to take the sight of their master about to be finished. Barbariccia took action first, whirling her way into the decayed wizard. In turn, Rubicante used his 'Inferno' attack.
Cagnazzo only grabbed onto Devil, trying to escape, but snagged by the tractor beam. "What the hell?! Dammit! This was a trap!" He snarled. "I can't even use my water attacks!" Rubicante and Barbarrica stood there in shock by what they were seeing.
Neither of them wished to give up on their master, trying to reach Devil with their own abilities, but no luck. "You all try so hard, shame I already won before this started~" Fudoushi then shoved the two archfiends into the beam with his tentacles. "Now, wasn't there one more in there?"
Fudoushi slid inside the cavern, seeing Scarmiglione. "Ah yes, the one of earth that I addressed earlier. Hm… Who is that girl? Another zombie?" He didn't answer the necromancer. "No need to be rude about it, I'm only doing this for safety! It's best if you come with your friends!" Lifting up the tentacles again, the girl stepped backwards.
"You won't lay a hand on-"
"Didn't plan to~ It's mainly you I want. Besides, she doesn't seem very powerful other than curtain-fire. Konngara and her odd friend told me about these things, so I'm able to tell that this one didn't come from neither your world or Devil's. It's best to come along, unless you want to have the same visions your master saw." Milon paused from hearing Fudoushi say that.
Letting out a sigh… Scarmiglione surrendered himself. "Jussssst promisssse to leave Juro here…"
Nefarious didn't show signs of waking up anytime soon. "This is your own fault, rogue. If I happened to go with him, the doctor would not be in this state... What's wrong now? Did you rust?" Tengu Man sneered at Scervo, who didn't move for quite a few hours.
There wasn't any answer of the sort from him, so Tengu Man continued. "Hopefully I'm the second-in-commanding officer over you, especially considering-"
"Shut up! You and your damn Robot Master brothers! Ye treat 'em like nothing, it sickens me!" Scervo hissed at him. "If ye don't mind, I'm waiting for doc to wake up so I can tell 'im… About Dreadfuse. But I'd rather focus on killing off that weirdo with the computer screen for a head!" Tengu Man cringed at his words, before leaving him.
Upon exiting, Ruukoto ran to him. "A report, Tengu Man! There's a UFO heading in our direction! I would've told Lawrence to take off but it was best to have your or Scervo's permission first!" He only stared at the robotic maid, annoyed with her.
"Why didn't you just go?! You especially don't need that pirate's permission, or mine if it's a threat! Tell that butler to get us away from it and fast. Or I'll do it instead!" Ruukoto scattered instantly to the control panel where Lawrence was after hearing Tengu Man's orders.
Just as it started taking off, the aircraft flew closer to them. They only managed to use warp-speed in the nick of time, making their escape a close call.
"Damn it!" L.O.G mumbled. "Should have sent the yaksha and angel after them I suppose, too late now... But then again, things might be more amusing this way."
Once Mario and the rest arrived back in Lastation, they pulled everyone out of their hiding places. "Ah, I thank you for this, miss dragonborn. Forgive me, I have forgotten your name it seems." Solaire said, dusting off his armor. "Hm… A vast majority were taken away by that strange flying object."
"Quite alright Solaire. Vast majority? Does that include… My friends? Including Byrnjolf?" Frinnia asked. "The Lord of Games took them away?"
"I'm afraid so." Glacius answered, much to the woman's anger. "Worst part is, we have no idea where that ship could have gone. It could even be… Outside of Gamindustri. I thought I do not wish to have at all."
Sam Fisher took out a device. "No worries Glacius, before Raiden was taken away, I threw a tracking device on that thing. That weird aircraft went to a place called… Future Fun-Land? Well, it's near there anyway." Diddy Kong bounced up, him surprisingly still there.
"That's Wizpig's home planet! What the heck is going on here?!" Banjo began explaining L.O.G's betrayal to Diddy, and those who were not aware of it already. "What?! The CPUs were kidnapped?!" Donkey Kong jumped up next, pounding his chest in fury.
Fox then pressed a button on his communicator. "Either way, this place is in outer space, isn't it? Thankfully, I always find a way to bring the Arwing to me in such occasions! Let's face it, if we go there on just the Halberd, there's bound to be a trap waiting for us."
"We got ships too!" Both Jak and Ratchet said. Colonel Radec then activated his StA-X6 jetpack.
Flandre was about to spread out her wings, but was stopped by Sweet Tooth. "Whoa kiddo! You're not like that little pink creampuff who can just fly into space, now are you? Vampires can surely choke, and who wants that?" He then looked at his ice-cream truck. "Isaac may have fixed it, but I wonder… You! Lombax!"
Ratchet flinched from hearing Sweet Tooth call him. "Don't tell me… You want me to make your ice-cream truck into something really crazy?" The clown nodded, making him grown. "Alright, I'll see what I can do maybe… Jak, do we have more extra parts?"
As that was being done, Meta-Knight came to the conclusion that it was best for some to go separate ways on each large ship. Nathan Drake agreed to join Arle and Carbuncle on the Halberd. Rock originally wanted to use Rush to get there, but now he just wanted to be near his friend.
Pupuru did the same, wanting to learn more about Ike...
Colonel Radec nearly pressed the button on his jetpack, wanting to shoot him. Samus couldn't help but find it not only hypocritical, but amusing of Mael. She summoned her own ship along with Master Chief.
"Hey… Greninja, isn't that the Pokemon we saw in…?" Mewtwo shuddered, feeling a presence. He turned around, seeing the two trainers, he recognized. "Ah! We met in the Pokemon Village, didn't we? But-"
"Serena! Hold up! That Pokemon is dangerous!" The boy shouted. "Both me and Red fought him, we were only lucky to defeat him in the Cerulean Cave!"
"Dangerous? Gold, Yveltal is dangerous. Giratina is dangerous. Kyurem is dangerous. Dakrai is dangerous… This Pokemon? He was in a place that was for Pokemon who were treated badly by people. That's what Wulfric told me." Mewtwo was shocked to hear a human saying this for once.
Mewtwo didn't use his telepathic power to talk just yet, as Glacius did tell him that not all humans were bad, and he wanted to give Serena a chance this time. "Listen, when I first saw you in the Pokemon Village, I knew you weren't a savage monster like they said. You only fought me out of fear… Like Red and Gold, didn't you?
"Well… I'm a bit different from them. I want to befriend every Pokemon. Even if they're really scary to most... Greninja here was my partner from the start, and he was nervous, but we grew together so quickly!… The only thing I wish for, is you doing the same, and be treated with love, it doesn't even have to be me... What do you say?" Both Gold and Mewtwo were silent.
Offering her hand to Mewtwo, he didn't take it, but spoke. "Yes. I understand." She gasped, as did Gold, never realizing this Pokemon could actually talk in a manner. "I was told that not every human are terrible... You, Gold, and Red did not even seem like bad children. But strong, and I was afraid of being held as a tool of destruction again."
Utterly speechless, Serena handed Mewtwo a round stone. Much like the one he saw Lucario holding before the Console Wars started. "T-this was in the cave where I met you… It goes with the Mega Ring on my wrist. With it… You can change into a more powerful form." She showed it off gently, not wanting to frighten him.
By this time Ratchet and Jak were finally done with their work, Kirby even absorbed a wrench to help out. "Kane, I hope you don't plan on using this in All-Star battles when this is all over with... I'm going with you in that thing." Kratos growled.
"Got no objections there cupcake!… But we're bringing Flan~" Sweet Tooth then heard a familiar sound, the motor of a bike that belonged to someone he knew. "Well, looks like we have more company too. If it isn't angel!"
Stepping out, Mr. Grimm was clenching his fist, annoyed by the nickname. "Let me guess, you're going after the spacecraft?"
"How did you know?" Jak questioned, surprised to see him know about it.
Mr. Grimm was clearly upset. "Scorpion told Neptune. Now she was taken away when trying to help Sly's friends from some skunk." Sly's ears perked up.
"Wait, Le Paradox got out of prison? And Nepnep sacrificed herself to help the gang?"
"Enough talk! Take me there dammit! You don't know what's going on!" Mr. Grimm shoved himself into the ice-cream truck, that was now modified into a jet. Captain Blasto began summoning his ship as well, asking Nariko and Rosalina if they want to join...
Naturally they refused. "Are we all set here? Is our destination pin-pointed? And is everyone here?" Fox asked, managing to hook everyone up to communicate with each other.
"Checked the scanners, I believe we're good to go!" Samus started up her engine, as did everyone else, preparing to go into deep space...
"It seems they're heading here now. I set many traps but..." L.O.G thought about it more. "Konngara? Sariel? Can you two breathe in space?" Both of them nodded. "Good, if you need any help, Marx or Wizpig can assist you."
Konngara grunted. "Wha?! I don't need help from anyone! Though, Sariel makes a wonderful shiel- I mean, partner!" She then swiftly exited the base, the six-winged angel following behind.
L.O.G rolled his eyes. "Such a stubborn yaksha... Marx, go after them anyway." The jester obeyed, chasing after the angel and demon duo. "And while I'm at it, Calypso, can you take out Planeptune's CPU from the sphere-cell and put her in the draining device with the other goddesses?" Calypso smiled at his demand.
"Your wish, is granted my lord! I've been meaning to see Neppy again!" He laughed, heading for the prison chambers.
Many characters of the sort were stuffed into a sphere that managed to shrink them all down to the size of a palm. All Calypso had to do was push a few buttons, and pull out Neptune from inside. "You?! You're Partially behind all of this?! I guess that's good, because I had a few things to say really..."
Calypso was a tad confused, but shoved her into a cell that cuffed her arms and legs by using a device that lifted one into the air, yet kept them powerless. "Quite the impressive technology the Lord of Games brought upon us! Soon he'll take your powers too, like how he already drained White Heart!" Neptune looked around, gasping at the sight of a motionless Blanc.
"Any last words before the process begins?"
"Yes… Are you happy with yourself?" Neptune asked.
((Okay, next chapter we have real fight scenes against Sariel and Konngara!… And you'll learn something if you didn't read the PSASBR Valentines Day story I wrote two months back.
Sweet Tooth's truck became a rocket/jet for outer space travel, I demand that in the next Twisted Metal game.
… Radec, why are you seriously worried about Ike? Gigadis is back and stuff, though he doesn't know it. D:
Speaking of, preview/sneak-peak for the chapters 36-37… Something happens to Pupuru. And Gigadis won't be happy about it…
Oh right! And that girl in the first few paragraphs? She's just a fan-character, you'll never see her again most likely after this. Juro is just a tie-in with the other stories I've written.
Guest Comment/Review: Poor Log he lost his love no wonder he is so evil.
Answer: He was sorta evil before that along with the Lady of Games, as he said he was with ASIC the whole time… Perhaps it was a "Macbeth & Lady Macbeth" relation? Whether or not he was more or less sadistic prior to the death of his wife is up to you. :P))