Hey, everybody. It's time… to face Gnaa at last.
Chapter 54: Gnaa's Puppet
Bowser's Castle
The Koopa King angrily forced open the doors to his prison chamber, the tons of tiny prisoners switching their attention to him as he stomped in with his son and Kammy Koopa. "GRARR! Those STUPID Junior Prospectors have got on my last nerve! Destroying the last of my Koopalings. I thought Ludwig had 'em."
"Somebody must've helped them escape somehow. Quite a conundrum." Kammy said.
"Ah, cheer up, Dad. At least those poisonbenders were able to catch most of the other guys." Junior reassured him.
"Hmm. I guess it wasn't a total loss, then. But I still wish we were able to squash Mario."
That's when the Toxic Four carried in their captured teams, setting them all in a row along a desk as the groups glared angrily at their respective captors. "Heh, didn't get anyone, Leo?" Elijah remarked wittingly at Leo, seeing he wasn't carrying a cage.
"Hold on a second." Leo replied, reaching into his jacket pocket and pulling out a jar. "And voila!" He set the jar beside the other cages as an angry and tiny Katie glared at him from it.
"I can't. Believe. You jarred me." she squeaked.
"Haha! You look like a bug!" Leo laughed and pointed.
"MATTHEW! !" Yin screamed in her high-pitched voice. "When I get out of here, I'm finding the heaviest book I can, and slamming it on your CROTCH! !"
"And the way you are now, there are plenty of books like that." Yang joked.
"Look, Yin, I'm sorry we had to do that, but it was for a good cause." Matt told her.
"And what kind of cause involves making us pets?" Kami asked.
"Hey, what're you kids doin' over there?!" Bowser shouted at them.
"Uh, nothing, Bowser. Some of these girls are acting a little tough is all." Matt replied. "We'll just carry 'em out in the hall and see if we can teach them some manners." With that, Matt, Leo, Jeremiah, and Elijah grabbed Yin, Katie, Kami, and Marine (respectively), and carried them outside.
"Grrrmm…" Bowser's eyes furrowed. "Those damn kids are always suspicious. Mrrr… doesn't matter." The Koopa King stomped into an intersecting, dark room, and his evil smile returned. "As soon as the invasion's done… gwah hah! THIS baby'll get me EVERYthing! GWAH HAH HA HA ha ha!" he laughed before a terrifying machine.
Final Brain
The big brown gorilla forcibly shoved Wesley Dodds onto the floor in a cell. "DAH!" Mr. Oldman screamed when Mallah grabbed him afterwards and threw him against the wall in the cell, sealing it shut with bars.
"It's a shame, Mr. Dodds." Brain said as he, Mallah, and Nolan watched him. "A shame to see such heroes fall so pathetically. But it was fated to happen. For trying to make poor little Nolan here… lose his way."
"Shall ve throw zem into ze cold storage with ze others, Master?" Mallah asked.
"Not yet. We have something bigger planned. Nolan, say any final words you wish to Mr. Dodds." The Sith told him as he rolled out of the room with Mallah. "But be ready in about half an hour for the invasion."
Nolan rolled closer toward the cell, his heart full of guilt as Mr. Dodds sat with his back turned. "M…Mr. Dodds? Are you okay?..."
"…" He said nothing.
"Wesley, don't take this the wrong way. These villains just want to find their place in the world. And I'm included. And Brain wants to help me do that. You can understand that… right?"
"…Your place?" Wesley Dodds faced him. "Your place is with the Kids Next Door. That's always been your calling. That brain in a jar only cares about feeding you lies and making you forget your calling."
"You don't understand. I've never been a true operative. No respect, for me or my team. And no matter how loyal I tried to be, they only betrayed me in the end. The Brotherhood's where my place has been all along. The Brain cares about his villains. He cares about me."
"I care about you! And if Brain's only desire is to help you… I'll inhale my own gas. I can't exactly say why… but he is a Sith Lord. He's not as caring as he seems."
"Well, I think you're JUST as you seem." Nolan became furious. "A lazy, washed-up old man who only cared about attacking metahumans just like any other 'superhero'." And with those last words, Nolan turned and rolled out of the prison room, passing by Danika and April. They looked upset as they spared a glance toward the old man before following their friend.
"Nnnnn! I TOLD you we shoulda stayed home, Dodds!" Mr. Oldman yelled. "Here we are, gettin' beatin' by magical brains in jars, 'n' gettin' yelled at by ungrateful kids, 'n'… sittin' in this cell with droopy ceilings and awful floor-sitting, eh…"
Mallah and Brain walked several feet ahead of the three as Brain glanced back to Nolan, then spoke to his ape. "So you see, Mallah, a good apprentice will always do what he must to earn his place. Even turn against what he hoped never to lose."
Playground Ruins
Gray clouds loomed over the sky as an eerie wind blew the wilted, long grass and worn-out swings, the C.O.O.L.-B.U.S. coming down for a landing in the vast wasteland of fallen playgrounds. "Well… here we are." Hoagie pointed out as Rachel and Sector W stepped off the ship. "The once most populated kid paradise now in ruins. Now we'll head back to our treehouse and see if we can figure out where they took everyone else."
"Be careful, Rachel." Nigel cautioned worriedly. The Supreme Leader gave a nod, the C.O.O.L.-B.U.S. lifting off the ground and flying off.
The group of children turned around and studied the barren wasteland, fear filling their hearts as they searched for the one who summoned them. "This place is scary…" Sonya said frightfully.
"Uh, you think Gnaa might've been too creeped out by this and decided not to show?" Lee asked.
"A kind of place like this, Gnaa would have to show up." Rachel figured. "Can you sense anything, Fi?"
Her spirit assistant jumped out and answered, "Master, I am sensing an incredible force of darkness within this area. There is an 80% chance the Dark Master is not far from here."
"Just what I was hoping for." Rachel said with a fierce look as Fi retreated to the sword. The blonde leader stepped a little forward as she called to the distance, "NEGATAR GNAA. WE CHALLENGE YOU TO A BATTLE TO FIGHT FOR MY BROTHER'S FREEDOM! Show your face right now if you're man enough to fight me."
"Um, Rachel?" Sonya spoke, still worried. "Do you really need to call for him like that? I mean… what if this is some sort of-"
"I'm delighted you could make it." Everyone gasped at the sound of the dark voice, looking back and seeing none other than Harvey McKenzie, wielding the Keyblade.
"Harvey…" Rachel spoke.
"Hm hm, don't bother. Your voice can no longer reach him. His heart belongs to Darkness. Belongs to ME! All things begin in Darkness. And the heart is no different. Darkness grows within every heart and consumes it. Such is its nature. And in the end, every heart shall return to the Darkness from whence it came. You see… Darkness is the heart's… true essence."
"That's not true!" Rachel exclaimed. "People may give in to Darkness… but deep down, there's always a light that never goes out. There's always a speck of good. And if tiny specks of darkness can grow and consume, so can the light! And my brother is no different."
"Hm…" Gnaa's smiled grew into a grin. "Hahahahahahahahaha! Poor, simple humans. You have a cousin and an opposite that hate you, you know two operatives who have turned to the Dark Side. And still you know nothing. Every light must fade, every heart returns to darkness. And your brother has long since met his due."
"Oh yeah?!" Rachel shouted, drawing her sword and charging to strike the Dark Master. Right when she was about to swing, Gnaa took his Keyblade and struck back, slicing the left side of her hip. "YEOW!"
"Hm hm ha HA! Don't you understand?! Your brother has always lived in Darkness. So he has GIVEN to Darkness. Harvey's heart is mine to control. He has no love and care for anyone."
"He does, too!" Angie refuted. "Harvey may've been mean, but he was always pretty caring deep down! Harvey LOVES us. And we love him! And we're willing to keep beating you senseless until you let him go!"
"That's right, Gnaa." Rachel looked fierce, letting go of her cut hip and facing the Dark Master. "You can believe what you want and spread all the darkness you want. But there is no way… you're keeping my brother's heart."
Gnaa turned back at Sector W, the 7-year-olds all facing the Negatar with serious glares. His mouth widened into a grin once more, bursting into maniacal laughter. "Muhu haha. GAH hahahahahahaha!" (Play "Vs. Ansem" from Kingdom Hearts!)
Boss fight: Gnaa's Puppet, Harvey
"Come." Gnaa smirked, gesturing with his fingers for Rachel to strike. She did so and struck, but Gnaa countered and quickly struck back. She swung downward, but Gnaa dodged to the side and did an upward slash. Sonya and Lee ran to tackle him, but Gnaa used psychic to push them off and stand back up. He felt his arms suddenly binded by Lee's yo-yo, but he smirked and became a shadow, flying behind the boy and batting him away with his Keyblade. Just then, Rachel ran and laid a few strikes on Gnaa from the side, the Dark Master rolling backward when Rachel knocked him away, but he landed on his feet and teleported.
"Show me your power." Gnaa appeared behind Rachel as she quickly tried to strike, but Gnaa hit the strike away and shot past her, slicing her hip again. When he turned to face her again, he felt his cheeks suddenly pelted by jagged rocks popping out of the ground, Angie stomping closer and jabbing a rock at him with each stomp. She pushed him back further until punching her fists toward him, forcing a bigger rock at his chest that flung him away. When he recovered, Sonya jumped, and he saw her coming down with a slam-punch, so he quickly jumped back up and dodged. Sonya dodged a downward strike from his blade and quickly dodged left before he zoomed past her.
Sonya dodged a few more strikes from his Keyblade before actually grabbing the weapon and doing her best to hold it back as Gnaa tried to strike down on her. "Come on, Harvey… don't do this. Remember who gave you a band-aid after you scraped your knee during a bike race?"
Harvey cried as he fell off his bike during a race at the Central Bike Hub. His crying stopped, and he smiled when Sonya came and taped a band-aid over his cut.
Gnaa shook his head from the memory and pulled back, slicing past Sonya and damaging her. He jumped back around and defended before Rachel could strike down, holding her sword back as he kicked at her knee, then swung at her head and knocked her away. Sonya got back up and gasped when Gnaa attempted a jumping strike, the girl quickly holding his weapon back again. "I'll bury you in the darkest pit of Mt. Gnaa."
Sonya's eyes widened in an instant. "Dark-NEEEEEEEESS! !" Sonya pushed him down and tackled the Negative. Her eyes turned blood-red, and ears and teeth became pointed, as she dealt him unmerciful punches across the face. Gnaa gritted his teeth and erupted a Fear Scream, blowing the girl away and standing back up. From behind, Rachel rose her sword skyward and charged a Skyward Strike, sending an airwave and knocking the Dark Master over.
"Welcome, Oblivion!" Gnaa exclaimed, raising his Keyblade skyward and charging his own Skyward Strike. Rachel tried to charge another one, but Gnaa swung and sent the airwave, knocking her back before zipping past and slicing her again. "Here it comes!" He flipped and struck the ground, sending a shockwave that knocked her over. "Here it comes!" When Sonya and Lee ran at him, he sent another shockwave. He then quickly dodged when Rachel recovered and swung at him, but was jabbed with a rock from behind by Angie. Rachel tried to strike him, but Gnaa defended and swung at her legs, making her trip.
"You're FINISHED!" The Negatar leapt up and pierced his blade straight in the ground, sending a bunch of mini explosions around that blew them all upwards. "Is that it?" he taunted as they barely recovered, going to attack Rachel again, but she countered and flipped back to her feet, quickly defending against tons of fast slashes. She turned left when Gnaa jumped to her left, still countering his quick strikes before being able to knock his weapon back and push him away on his back.
When he tried to stand up, Sonya stunned him with a psionic blast, allowing Angie to bind his hands and feet with rocks from the ground. "Come on, Harvey. Don't you remember who took care of you when you shrunk to the size of a dolly?" Angie asked. "Or when that cannon thingy hurt you and knocked you out, and I helped you wake up?"
Harvey lay unconscious on the ground in Moonbase, and Angie bent over to kiss him.
"Yeah. And who's our friend that always tried to beat me and Paddy in videogames?" Lee asked.
Harvey received a simple vision of him and his friends on the couch playing videogames while Sonya watched.
The angry Dark Master gritted his teeth as he struggled to break free of the rocks. "Foolish children! Do you know who I am?!" He smashed the stones to pieces with an expanded psychic barrier, afterwards launching two Psycho Spheres at Lee and Angie. Sonya tried to shoot him with a S.C.A.M.P.P. from behind, but Gnaa saw this, flipped, and dodged. He started running toward her, swinging his Keyblade and batting laser shots away as she kept firing, then finally flinging the weapon straight up into the air, jumping and spin-slicing it.
He came back down, and Sonya closed her eyes and raised her hands in defense as he was about to strike. Thankfully, Lee tossed and wrapped his yo-yo around Gnaa's Keyblade, easily pulling it away and smirking as he grabbed it. Gnaa only smirked back and reached toward the item, and Lee's mouth dropped when the weapon vanished from his hand and appeared back in Gnaa's. The Dark Master afterwards aimed it skyward and charged another Skyward Strike, swinging and sending an airwave at Lee.
Rachel ran to downward-slice him, but Gnaa spun to the side and sent another airwave at her. He spun-kicked when Sonya tried to grab him, then attempted a ground shockwave when Rachel ran back, but she was able to counter and prevent his attack just in time before laying a few blows upon him. Gnaa warped several feet away and declared, "Behold the Power of Darkness." The area became darker as he glowed purple and hovered to the air, his Keyblade raised above him. Lightning struck down at the blade as he began zipping all around the field in the blink of an eye, Rachel barely dodging his fast strikes, but then started to get knocked around by him. "It's over!" Gnaa shot to the air and struck down, sending out even more mini explosions that knocked everybody over.
Rachel recovered and dodged another shockwave just in time, then flipped and dodged a horizontal strike. He jumped away and sent an airwave which she ducked, then finally sliced down at him, pushing against his weapon as he defended and tried to push back up. "Harvey. Snap out of it. You're my brother. You were one of the best operatives in the Kids Next Door. You aren't anything like Lord Gnaa. Don't let him control you."
"I AM HIM! !" Gnaa pushed her away and jumped back, hovering in the air again as lightning zapped the tip of his Keyblade. "Open your heart to Darkness!" He started zipping around the field again and striking everyone as he shot by, batting them around. He stopped and struck the ground, knocking everyone over with mini explosions. He sent an airwave and knocked Rachel over, then sent a shockwave at Sonya.
He tried to jump-attack Rachel again, but she looked up and quickly held her sword up in defense, once again pushing back against his weapon as she got herself up, then jumped back before he could slice. Gnaa shot over and struck, but Rachel countered, and he afterwards flipped and swung from overhead, to which she countered again, the Dark Master landing behind her and swinging. The two ended up in another stance where the two weapons pushed against the other.
"Harvey…" Rachel began weakly, struggling to keep his weapon back. "Where's the little boy… that always wanted to sleep in my bed because you had a nightmare?"
"YAH!" He spun and swung from the other end, to which Rachel still countered and pushed against his Keyblade.
"The boy… who always ran straight for me when a pack of bullies was chasing him."
"HNNN!" He spun right behind her and swung, but Rachel still held him back.
"My brother… who wrote a paper about me… saying I was the person you admired the most." He spun to her side again, but Rachel continued to keep his weapon back. She spoke with sadness and love in her voice. "The one who always looked up to me… and wanted to be just like me." Gnaa kept trying to strike her, but Rachel kept holding him back. "I won't deny you weren't the friendliest person in the world… but if you just knew… how much people cared about you… and if you remembered how much you cared about them-"
"NO!" Gnaa jumped away. "I have no friends in this world! My only ally is the Darkness! It's always been the Darkness! The most powerful element!"
"You don't belong with the Darkness, Harvey." Sonya tried to reason with him. "You never did. You belong with us. Your best friends. We care about you."
"Yeah! So stop letting Gnaa control you and come hang out with us!" Angie yelled. "I have some new toys for my dollhouse!"
"Harvey… remember who your real friends are. Fight it. Come back to us." Rachel tried to tell him.
"NYAH!" Gnaa just sent another airwave at Rachel, leaping high in the air and striking down. Rachel flipped away and avoided his shockwave, then started clashing against his weapon.
"Please, Harvey. I love you. You're the best brother in the world. One of the most carefree spirits I've ever known. One of the bravest… and most reckless, too, as a matter of fact. I might not've approved… but you still did your best when it came to big missions like that. So, please… fight it. Destroy him."
"Nyargh!" Gnaa spun away from her, starting to pant heavily as Angie then approached him.
"Sorry, Harvey, but you forced my hand." And with that, she spun him around, wrapped her arms around his head, and pulled him into a kiss.
"NOO! !" Gnaa pushed the girl off, feeling even weaker as he tried to lift his Keyblade.
"HII-YAH!" Rachel leapt up and struck down, Gnaa barely holding his weapon in defense as she threw tons of quick slices. Finally, he was too weak to keep going, so Rachel spun and gave one final strike, knocking the Dark Master onto the ground. (End song.)
"Harvey, remember who you really are. Where you really belong. Drop that weapon and come back to us." Rachel tried to tell him as he began sweating and panting even stronger.
"NO! !" Gnaa ragefully stood up, facing her with a maddening look. "I AM NEGATAR GNAA! I am the emperor of all that is evil! I RULE the Negaverse with my power! The Darkness is mine to control! And MINE ALONE! !"
"Fine!" Rachel shouted, throwing her sword several feet away. "If you are Lord Gnaa…" she got on her knees and held her arms out to him, "destroy me."
"Huff… hrrnnn!" Lord Gnaa angrily rose his Keyblade, and Rachel shut her eyes tight, awaiting a strike. "AUUGH!" She cracked an eye open and saw the Dark Master struggling to control his own body. He forcibly pulled his own Keyblade away, everything fading into light around him. (Play the "Dreams" Theme from Spyro: The Eternal Night.)
Dream Realm
Harvey slowly awoke and found himself in the endless space, standing up with a look of guilt and sadness. Ahead of Harvey was some kind of enormous mass blocking his view of the rest of space, the mass much too black for him to see what it was. "So… you have come to your senses." The Chronicler echoed in the distance.
"Ohh…what have I done? I let that monster take control of me… I turned on my own friends."
"Harvey… the Darkness exists inside all of us. You've seen this yourself as all the victims to Gnaa's Dark Cannons turned them against those that were closest to them."
"Not as bad as me, though. What am I gonna do? I can still feel his power inside of me. How can I go back to them with this kind of curse?"
"Harvey…" A light shone upon the gargantuan mass. Harvey stood directly in front of the face of a massive lion, but it appeared to have the body of a turtle, with tons of shrubs and trees on its shell, like an island. Its feet were those of a lion's paws, and Harvey appeared to be standing on one of them as the entity held him by his face. "While it may seem like an accursed power, Darkness is just like any other element. It exists in our universe and makes it whole… and some people are able to bend it. But if other elements, like Air or Poison, can be used for Light or Darkness… so, too, can Light and Darkness themselves…" And with that, the spirit touched his fingers to Harvey's chest and forehead, and they were swallowed by the light. (End song.)
Playground Ruins
The boy continued to gasp for air, raising the Keyblade in front of him as he stared at it. "Err! What…What are you… doing?..."
"Auuck! Get… out of… my head!" Harvey demanded, aiming the Keyblade at his chest.
"N-No! Stop! What are you… GAAAH!" And against Gnaa's will, Harvey STABBED the Keyblade into his chest, pulling it out as a light shone on that spot. The others watched as a heart drifted out of his chest, surrounded by pitch-black darkness. The heart hovered in the air above them as Harvey dropped to his knees.
"MASTER!" Phantom Gnaa yelled worriedly, coming out of Harvey's shadow and encasing the heart inside of him. The phantom's eyes, mouth, and arrow went from bright-blue to bright-purple, the Dark Master now in control of him.
"You…" Lord Gnaa shot an enraged glare at Rachel and Sector W. "You've costed me my puppet. I'll send you all to the black oblivion."
The McKenzie boy stood back up and smirked, still feeling the power of Darkness inside him as he unleashed a powerful dark laser, knocking the disinterred soul to the ground. "And while I'm at it:" Harvey made a whistle, summoning the Shadow Heartless to his side. Harvey aimed the Keyblade, releasing the captive heart as it flew back into Paddy's body.
"Wh…Huh? I'm alive!"
"Paddy!" his friends cheered.
"Feel free to thank me." Harvey said proudly.
Rachel suddenly felt a bright glow behind her. To her surprise, her arrows were suddenly glowing with golden light. "Wh-What…"
Fi immediately came out and explained, "A report, Master: it appears your love and care for your brother has awakened your own light inside of you. The weapons you bare on your back are the sacred Light Arrows: weapons of which the Hero of Time once used to vanquish the Darkness."
"In other words… Negatar is screwed." The current Hero smirked. Gnaa's eyes widened in horror as Rachel pulled out an arrow, taking careful aim straight at him. And just when she fired, with Gnaa shielding his eyes from the impact, the Ape King Gaul came down from the sky and batted the arrow away with his swords.
The kids ran to attack the ape, but Gaul leapt up and came down, releasing a shockwave and making everyone trip. Afterwards, the loyal ape grabbed his Master and started to leap away at high speeds.
"Whoa… for a big, burly ape, he's pretty fast." Lee commented.
"Well, at least we've rescued Harvey." Sonya smiled. "I knew you would come to your senses."
"Hehe." Harvey smiled and chuckled. "Guys, I'm sorry I went crazy and hurt you like that."
"Save your breath, Harvey. It's ancient history now." Sonya replied.
"Yeah! When we get home, we'll go to Goofy Goober's and eat this whole bad nightmare away with ice cream!" Angie smiled.
"Wait, wouldn't a 'bad nightmare' technically be a good dream?" Paddy joked. This earned laughs from everyone.
Rachel bent down and embraced her brother in a hug. "It's great to have you back, Bro."
Fi then spoke again, "As further news, Master, the Light Arrows contain the same abilities lightbenders use, and are able to help troubled spirits see the light. By my calculations, such weapons should be effective in your quest to have Mandy and Lehcar on your side."
"Hey, you're right, Fi! This quest really is turning to our advantage, isn't it?"
"Too bad we couldn't catch Gnaa, though." Harvey replied.
"Just forget him." Sonya said, waving him off. "With you and Paddy okay, I say we just meet back with the others and get some ice cream."
Their mini celebration was cut short however, when a gang of Demon Apes surrounded and slowly approached them, fangs drooling with venom, and snarling in hunger. "Oh no… Not these things again." Rachel moaned.
But right at that moment, a green portal opened several feet away, and the Demon Train came shooting out, running over the apes and circling around the children. "Hey-hey-hey!" Grandfather exclaimed, the doors popping open as he and Cole stuck their heads out, their expressions drunk. "That's what happens when you drive into a portal drunk as an Irish sheep."
"Now hop aboard, kiddies, and we'll roust through 'em like a truck full o' silver nails, NAH HAHAHAHAHAHA!" Cole cackled maniacally.
"…Eh. Better than Numbuh 13." Paddy said as the kids hurried onboard the train. The apes recovered and charged at them, but the doors to the train closed right away as the train sped off, going through another portal.
Bowser's Castle
"So, the children have recovered their friend after all." Brain said as he and the villains stood in the prison chamber of the castle.
"I should've known you weren't strong enough to hold him." Ganondorf sighed.
"It doesn't matter." The disinterred form of Gnaa's soul replied. "My true powers are already returning to me. In just mere moments, my freedom will be assured. Are all of your troops ready?"
"Ready as they'll ever be." King K. Rool replied. "My Kremlings have been longing for this day."
"Oh ho ho ho ho ho! My robots cannot wait to start destroying again!" Eggman exclaimed.
"Gwah ha ha! Same goes for my Koopa troops! Let's start wreckin'!" Bowser fist-pumped.
"I think Nolan will get a marvelous experience from this." Brain figured.
"Heh heh. I know Lehcar and Scarlet will." Ganondorf grinned evilly.
"It pains me to bring harm to such poor dears." Lucinda spoke. "But it is for a good cause."
"A cause could not be so good, Mother." Rumpel smiled, pulling out his cellphone. "Are things okay on your end, Grunty?"
Cauldron Keep
"Things are fine, all up here." Grunty spoke into her phone as her machine was charging, looking at the dial on the tanker to see it was nearly full. "Just took a zap at King Croacus, my dear. One last shot will make our day! Awaiting last charge, I am today."
Back at the castle
"Excellent, Grunty! Whenever you're ready, Your Gnaabiness." The elf smirked and bowed.
"EXCELLENT! Ready all troops, Gaul. It's time for the first city to fall at the hands of Darkness."
"I will, Master." Gaul bowed. "But what of that 'secret weapon'?"
"Our allies are already on their way to retrieve it." The Brain replied.
While all this happened, the tiny prisoners could only watch with worry from their cages as Yang approached Yin. "Um, Sister? What did Matt say was the reason for capturing us?"
"…It's not good."
Outside Virginia's House
The night sky hung over the state of Kansas as Bartie landed the S.C.A.M.P.E.R. in front of the house, dropping Virginia off. "Here ya go, Ginny. Your sector's up on Moonbase sweeping floors. We just got the memo that GUN stopped, so you're safe. Good night."
"Good night, Bartie." Virginia smiled and waved to her friend as he took off.
The shadowbender faced her house and let out a sigh, proceeding to walk in. "Hello? Mom? I'm home." She called, shutting the door as she entered the pitch-black home.
"HAH!" A chubby figure immediately dropped from the ceiling and landed on her.
"OOMF!" she muffled screams, trying to shake away as King Dedede kept an arm over her mouth, holding her up and pressing her to his stomach. "Argh! What do you think you're doing?!"
Out of the darkness of her house came Mandy and Escargoon. Dedede spoke, "A snot-nosed li'l brat that's going to be playin' a big role for us. Eh ha ha ha ha ha ha!"
Yes, everybody, Harvey is finally free. And he's got Gnaa's power! …Eh, but I'm just going to tell you, he won't be having it for long. ;D Next time… the finale of the Freedom Saga. The Great Catastrophe. Later.
