Tresillo grabbed Meadow's rifle and opened fire. The bullets pierced the right side of the Party Crasher's head, causing him to fall down and land back-first on the statue of a spiked bracelet.

"ATTACK!" A freed Bash angrily commanded and the Party Crashers leaped down from their hiding places. Landing on the stage, the Party Crashers surrounded the group and charged at them, some succeeding and other failing. Creek, Meadow, Tresillo, and Growly Pete opened fire, the latter tossing Delta Dawn's hunting rifle to her. Upon catching it, she immediately joined in and took down three Party Crashers in quick succession. This prompted Poppy's group, Biggie's group, Cooper, and the other Tribe Leaders to follow suit, using their guns, their blades, and their bare hands/feet to contribute to the fight. With more focused fury and domineering determination, the heroes were hell-bent on finishing the mission and saving the world.

From high above, Lucas, Dulce, Camila, Adriana, and Gabriel soared down and tackled a single group of arriving Party Crashers, proceeding to fight them all with an air of grace and elegance dissociated with violence. Often dual-wielding their firearms and melee weapons while retaining their composure (although their fury was tranquil when one of their own was shot down), the Latin Trolls often assisted anyone who was overwhelmed or becoming overwhelmed. It was a position shared by the Trolls still in Sheila's basket, firing their sniper rifles and machine guns down below, careful not to hit any of their allies. The Party Crashers, on the other hand, were blown to pieces and torn in half by the ensuing gunfire.

All the while, the audience watched the sharp, savage spectacle in absolute shock, not knowing exactly how to react. The amount of carnage and bloodshed was unavailable, and the heroes were the ones inflicting it on the villains, no less. To be fair, it was a matter of self-defense and urgency, and violence was the last resort used to prevent a life-threatening fate. Sometimes, it was the only real solution.

Bash tossed a machete to Barb, who caught and used it to engage Poppy. Suddenly, as he aimed his rifle at Branch, the Party Crashers' leader was kicked down by Harper and Archer, who both took respective battle stances. The latter was armed with one of Hickory's swords, the former was armed with makeshift two-handed shields.

"Well, isn't this puke?" Bash sneered in mockery as he drew his machete and combat knife, "The traitor and his little girlfriend are going to fight me. All alone, no less."

"They're not alone."

Bash turned to find Biggie, Guy Diamond, Sky Toronto, and Gia Grooves, all of whom were wielding melee weapons and taking respective battle stances of their own. His smug smile soon reverted into a scornful scowl. Deciding to charge at Biggie's group first, Biggie himself shockingly charged back and tackled Bash to the ground, punching him repeatedly while slightly flinching at the light slashes of his knife. Bash kicked him away before Guy Diamond and Sky Toronto kicked him back, causing him to grip his machete and drop his knife, which Gia picked up for eventual use.

Meanwhile, Hickory and Delta Dawn were joined by Queen Essence and King Quincy; the former couple used their primary firearms, the latter couple used their bare hands and feet.

"I must say, Sir Hickory..." King Quincy kicked a Party Crasher away, "Queen Essence and I appreciate that little plan of yours."

"Oh, it's no problem, Your Majesty," Hickory fired his shotgun into another Party Crasher's face, "It's all part of the plan's remnants."

"Which are?" Delta Dawn cocked her eyebrow the same time she cocked her rifle.

"We just need to hold out long enough for Poppy to keep the guitar away from Barb."

"And what then?" Queen Essence punched a Party Crasher and threw her off.

"I'm working on that part."

Meanwhile, DJ and Trollex fired her newly-acquired pistols at the Party Crashers while taking turns to watch CJ and each other's backs. Much like Moxie and Dulce, it turned into a friendly competition whenever they had to reload or scored a headshot.

All of a sudden, CJ was snatched away by a heavy-set Party Crasher, causing her to cry out for her Aunt.

"Aunt DJ! Aunt DJ!"

Her eyes widening in horror, DJ completely tore away through a group of Party Crashers accompanied by Trollex, who similarily expressed paternal rage towards the assailants. When they both reached CJ, they immediately pumped the Party Crasher who kidnapped her full of holes, all over his body ranging from his chest to his neck to his head. It disoriented him for several minutes, but it proved futile as he remained standing.

WHOOSH! WHOOSH! WHOOSH!

What really took the heavy-set Party Crasher down was a trio of metal bolts fired in quick succession to the head, causing him to fall face-first into the stage. The trio glanced behind the source of the arrows: a blue-skinned Rock Troll with purple, white-striped hair, red eyes, and purple lipstick, while her hair is styled into two pigtails with red skull-shaped hairbands. She wore a purple skirt, a black tank top with a red heart-and-crossbones-motif, a black studded belt, black studded bracelets, blue gloves, and a purple-and-red leg warmer on her left leg. Her additional accessories included a purple hoop earring on her left ear, two of red and blue colors on her right, and a purple stud. All the signs of a promising young Rock Troll...and yet she was aiding the heroes. Why?

"Hi. The name's Val. Val Thundershock," The Rock Troll introduced herself, "I cannot stress this enough: I still stand for Barb and everything she stands for. But everyone has their limits."

With that said, the Rock Troll unleashed a fury of crossbow bolts upon the unfortunate Party Crashers who attempted to do battle with Poppy's alliance. Speaking of which, her own alliance arrived to provide reinforcements.

Her first member was an orange-skinned Country Troll with large light blue hair styled into a ponytail with with two purple stripped ties her tail bearing the same light blue color. While her eyes and nose were both blue, her hooves were of a darker tone. Her main outfit was a white top with a pink-rimmed ruffle and blue denim jeans.

Her second member was a golden velvet-skinned Classical Troll with light pink hair (the lower part tied into a small ponytail), matching cheeks, a golden gem in the place of his belly button, and pink wings far different from the rest of his Tribe both in pattern and color. His main outfit was a black coat with white borders.

Her third member was a orange-stripped Funk Troll with purple-and-red hair tied in a bun, a blue nose, and a purple goatee. He wore a sparkling yellow, feathery boa; golden-framed shades with rose-colored lenses; small studs on both ears; a golden anklet on his front right leg; and a ring on one of his front left toes.

Her fourth and fifth members were both Techno Trolls: one male, the other female. The male had dark purple skin with pink hair of multiple shades held in a neon blue topknot, complemented by a matching pair of eyes, freckles and overall body outline. In addition, he had a pale blue unibrow, a green pixelated heart on the chest, green-and-pink arm patterns, and fins longer than most Techno Trolls seen in the series that had a pale blue square outline pattern with a pink line at the end. One could easily mistake him for his King. The female had light purple skin with dark blue hair, a pair of neon blue eyes and a matching heart, and two short green-and-blue arm patterns. She wore a pair of black round glasses, a green tie in her hair's lower part, a necklace, and a bracelet on her left wrist, both made of purple-pink beads.

The token good Rock Troll's team preferred to not kill any of their target regardless of their enemy selection, but that didn't mean their hesitation to bring death translated to their unwillingness to resort to violence. As such, they made sure their punches, kicks, throws, and ocassional gunshot hurt like hell, leaving the dirty work to the heroes.

"Are you three alright?" The Country Troll offered a hand up to DJ, CJ, and Trollex, which they took and used to pull themselves up.

"Uh, thank you, I guess?" DJ scratched the back of her head.

"The name's Holly, darling," The Country Troll introduced herself, "And I believe a fair few of you know the identity of this little cutie."

Holly's blue hair ruffled and parted to reveal a smiling, light green-skinned Pop Troll with dark blue hair and purple shorts.

"Keith?!" DJ and CJ exclaimed in surprise.

"Uh...who?" Trollex tilted his head.

"Hi, guys!" Keith happily leaped down out of Holly's hair, "You're probably wondering how I got here. Well, I stowed away with Poppy's group and got left behind in Lonesome Flats, where I met Holly. She managed to evade capture alongside Dante the Classical Troll, Lownote Jones the Funk Troll, and Synth and Laguna the Techno Trolls. Val's the leader and the good guy now, like Archer to-"

Keith never got to finish his explanation as CJ abruptly planted a kiss on his cheek before hugging him, rendering him a blushing and stammering mess.

"Thanks, Keith. I knew I could count on you."

"R-Really?" Keith's smile widened as the adults awed before a loud roar made them remember where they were at the moment. Turning just in time to find a charging Party Crasher being lifted and body slammed to the ground by Lownote Jones, Holly turned back to DJ, CJ, Keith, and Trollex as she smiled.

"We should probably move, yeah?"

The four of them simltaneously nodded in agreement with before charging back into battle.

Meanwhile, the K-Pop Gang were battling a zombified Mandy and Aspen in addition to another group of Party Crashers when Poppy and Barb, who were doing battle as well, came around, wrestling for control of the guitar. In the line of fire were the K-Pop Gang and the Reggaeton Girls as the guitar began to glow a dark red. Noticing this, Tresillo and Wani gasped in alarm, took a deep breath, and rushed forward.

"GIRLS!" The respective leaders cried out as they pushed them away the moment the guitar fired. Consumed by the lightning blast, the Reggaeton and K-Pop Leaders both screamed in pain as their bodies burned and their minds unraveled, nothing but Rock becoming their primary concern. This caught the horrified attention of Poppy's alliance, but none were more so than the remnants of the K-Pop Gang, the Reggaeton Girls, and the Latin Trolls.

"TRESILLO!"

"WANI!"

The cocoons split in half, reveal a grey, red-eyed Tresillo and Wani with spiked up and wild black hair. The former wore a black leather jacket with no shirt underneath, black leather pants with matching fingerless gloves, a pair of spiked bracelets, and a spiked headband replacing his orange topknot. The latter wore a black leather vest with a matching skirt, fishnet stockings, and a spiked collar with matching anklets. The both of them suddenly lunged at their former friends and began to violently attack them, forcing the K-Pop Gang, the Reggaeton Girls, and the Latin to defend themselves.

Much like Val's group, Chaz and Trollzart showed hesitation towards killing the Party Crashers but showed no qualms towards beating them senseless. Nearby, Guy Diamond and Sky Toronto both took turns aiding Harper and Archer fight Bash, Biggie and Gia Grooves waiting for their turns to strike. As they did, they both witnessed Poppy at the mercy of Barb, who raised her hand up to prepare to the Ultimate Power Chord.

Thinking quickly, Biggie abandoned his post and ran forward.

"POPPY!"

The Pop Queen looked up in surprise as Biggie pulled her close and hurled her into the arms of Gia, who caught her and watched in horror as Biggie was stuck instead.

"BIGGIE!"

The now zombified Biggie then growled menacingly and charged at the two before being tackled by Cooper.

"Biggie..." Poppy sorrowfully murmured.