South Down: All will be revealed.
GBond007: We'll see.
When Stan and Kyle opened their eyes, they were inside the spacecraft. As their vision returned to them, they immediately became aware of over a dozen alien Visitors surrounding them, their laser guns aimed at them.
"Seriously?" Kyle whispered in disbelief. "You guys are here, too?"
"Moo moo moo!" One of the Visitors replied, waving the gun at him.
"Ah, dammit," Stan whispered, raising his arms in surrender. "Kyle, I told you we should've left when we had the chance!"
"We couldn't leave without Ike," Kyle retorted as they got to their feet. Turning to the nearest Visitor, he said, "Where's my brother?"
"Kyle!" The boys heard Ike shout at their left. Turning to their left, they saw Ike being held by a pair of Visitors.
"Ike!" Kyle shouted in horror. Whipping out his phone, he shouted, "Let my brother go! Don't make me go Human Kite on your asses!"
Before he could make good on his threat, however, a silver blade was flung through the air. It struck Kyle's hand, knocking his phone out of his grasp. It clattered onto the ground a distance away and was picked up by a Visitor.
Clutching his wounded hand, Kyle, along with Stan, whipped their heads around to who had thrown the blade. There, they saw Space Warrior Token, and behind him, Craig, Tweek and Clyde.
"Token?!" Kyle shouted in shock. "Seriously, dude?!"
"Sorry, Kyle," Token replied. "Just making sure you don't do something you'll regret."
"Kyle's phone, please," Marine Craig said, extending his hand. The Visitor dutifully handed the phone to him, to which Craig placed it in his pocket.
"You're all working for him?" Stan asked as two Visitors restrained him and Kyle, confiscating his phone as well. "Why?"
"Craig wants to wish that people can marry who they want without being judged," Token explained. "It's a noble wish. I'm sure you can understand."
"Seriously, Craig?" Kyle asked. "That's what you're gonna waste your wish on? Nobody even judges you for dating Tweek!"
"Oh, and I'm sure your wish would be so much better," Craig replied. "What would you wish for? Something childishly optimistic, like world peace?"
Kyle opened his mouth to retort, but quickly shut it.
"Moo moo moo," One of the Visitors said, walking over to Kyle. Reaching into his pocket, he pulled out the map.
"It all makes sense," Stan spat. "You sent Clyde to the island. He told you we got it, and that's why you attacked us! You wanted the map!"
Craig scoffed. "Even better," He said. He gestured to Alien Clyde, who raised his phone, revealing the picture of the map. Stan and Kyle's eyes widened, then narrowed.
"He took the picture right before you arrived," Craig explained. "Then he escaped while you and the girls wasted time fighting over the real thing. All that was left was taking care of the winners and ensuring that the other people who know the map's location are dealt with."
"We don't need that stupid map anymore," Token chimed in.
"What are you gonna do?" Stan asked. "Kill us?"
"We were going to," Craig said, shrugging. "But if we killed you now, you'd probably just return to the real world and then re-enter the game. Best to keep an eye on you to make sure you don't try anything funny."
Turning to the Visitors, he ordered, "Lock 'em up!"
Quickly, the Visitors herded Stan, Kyle and Ike out of the room, Kyle shouting, "You won't get away with this, Craig! You're gonna regret messing with us!"
As Craig's gang watched them go, Tweek worriedly asked, "Um, are you sure you wanna do this? Kyle's scary when he's angry."
"Don't worry, Tweek," Craig reassured him. "We're gonna make sure they're safe and secured. With them out of the way, who's to stop us from getting the key now?"
"Did you get them all?" One of the Turbo Space Grunts asked a lesser Grunt as the sci-fi kids scoured the remains of Many Moon's Stronghold. Many of the tents were aflame and the surviving Indian kids were being herded away at laser-point.
"We got a few, but many of them escaped," The Grunt replied. "It doesn't matter anyhow. We got their leaders and they're traveling on foot. No way they'll reach the key's location before we do."
"Better get back to the UFOs, then," The Turbo Space Grunt said. "Have the prisoners escorted to the Alien Junkyard."
The Grunt nodded, but before he could relay the orders to the others, several alien eggs were hurled out of the woods and into the village. They struck several sci-fi kids, poisoning them.
"What the Hell?" The Turbo Space Grunt shouted in shock as his allies collapsed, dying.
"Attack!" A female voice shouted, and the sci-fi kids whipped around to see the girls rushing through the gates of the village. Robo Bebe fired at several grunts, hitting them in their legs, knees and arms, quickly disabling them. The Turbo Space Grunt was about to attack, only to be shot in the leg, covering it in ice. Collapsing onto the ground, he turned to see Ice Sniper Wendy, who blew smoke from the barrel of her gun.
"Get them!" He shouted to the remaining sci-fi kids. Quickly, they scrambled to counterattack, inadvertently releasing their prisoners, who took the opportunity to flee.
"Go forth and attack, my beauties!" Alien Queen Red shouted, hurling her alien eggs at the Grunts, striking and poisoning them. Robo Bebe continued firing her gun at the Space Gunners while Wendy froze others in ice.
"Retreat!" One of the gunners shouted. The remaining sci-fi kids fled in a hurry, climbing up the village walls and scrambling into the woods.
"That takes care of that," Wendy said. She turned her head towards the Turbo Space Grunt, who was clutching his frozen leg in pain.
Striding over to the grunt, she grabbed him by the collar, hoisting him up. "This is my boyfriend's stronghold, when he dresses up as a Native American, which I should note is rather insensitive," She said. "But that's besides the point. Stan had to have been here. What happened to him?"
"You think I'm gonna tell you?" The Grunt sneered.
Wendy turned to Alien Queen Red and nodded. Striding over to the Grunt, the redhead cupped his face in her hands and whispered, "You seem fertile for impregnation."
The grunt's eyes widened. "Okay, I'll talk!" He shouted immediately. "He and Kyle got beamed into the head UFO! Craig and his friends took a picture of the map at the island and wanted to deal with Stan and Kyle because they had the actual map!"
"So that's what Clyde was doing there," Bebe said. "And that's why he didn't try and take the map for myself."
Dropping the Grunt, Red said, "We gotta get to that UFO."
"But how?" Wendy asked.
"Um, ladies?" The girls heard Butters call a distance away. Turning around, their eyes widened when they saw Butters, now in his Astronaut form, who had just finished constructing a small spaceship.
"How did you-" Bebe started, stunned.
"They don't call me Astronaut Butters for nothing," He said proudly.
The girls exchanged glances. Eventually, Wendy said, "Come on!" And they quickly rushed towards the spaceship.
Hopping aboard, Butters manned the controls. "Get ready!" He said. Within seconds, the spacecraft had activated and taken off, soaring out of the village and towards the UFOs in the sky.
"This is amazing!" Bebe whispered as she stared through the window and towards the land below them. "I only wish Annie was here to experience this!"
Annie screamed as she and Kenny soared through the air on the Alien Drone. Behind them, several drones flew after them, their claws stretched towards them.
By now, they had exited the forest entirely; now, they flew over the frozen mountains. The icy wind bit into their skin as they traversed over the frosted hills and plateaus.
Fighting through her fear, Annie craned her neck to look behind them at the drones. "They're gaining on us!" She shouted to Kenny.
"(Not for long!)" He shouted. Yanking on the wires, he directed the drone towards one of the mountains, the drones following suite. Annie squeaked and buried her face in Kenny's back as they flew closer towards it. At the last second, Kenny pulled on the wires, yanking the drone upwards. Behind them, one of the drones wasn't quick enough to react and crashed into the mountain, bursting into pieces.
Pulling on the wires, Kenny and Annie soared past a plateau. "(Grab the claws!)" He ordered Annie. Obeying, she reached downwards, gripping one of the drone's claws.
As they flew through one of the icy caverns, Kenny shouted, "(Hit the stalactites!)"
Grunting, Annie flung the claw to the side, smashing it into the dozens of icy stalactites adorning the caverns, dislodging them. Behind them, the drones continued their pursuit, only for several of them to be struck and pierced by the falling ice.
As they exited the caverns, the pair were hit by a gust of icy wind. "(Can't. . . see. . .)" Kenny said, squinting his eyes through the blizzard.
As the blizzard ceased, Annie shouted, "Look out!"
Kenny's eyes widened as he saw they were heading straight for the top of a mountain. Quickly, he jerked the drone upwards, but he wasn't fast enough. The drone scraped against the tip of the mountain, ripping a large hole in the metal. Quickly, it began spiraling downwards.
"(We're going down!)" Kenny shouted as he and Annie were sent flying off the drone. Landing on the icy mountain, they tumbled down the hill before coming to a stop.
Groaning, Kenny got onto his knees. Crawling over to Annie, he whispered, "(You okay?)"
Annie breathed heavily, trying to catch her breath. "Y-Yeah," She whispered after a few moments.
Kenny sighed in relief, but snapped to attention as he saw the two remaining drones hovering over them. Their claws snapped shut as they advanced towards the pair. Getting to his feet, Kenny shielded Annie as the drones flew towards them, ready to strike.
BAM! BAM!
Kenny jumped as the two drones suddenly exploded in midair. He raised his arms to shield his face as he and Annie were showered in chunks of metal.
Lowering his arms, he whipped his head around, looking for who had shot the drones. Finally, his eyes landed on a kid standing a long distance down the mountain. The kid was dressed in purple motorcycle gear, complete with a helmet, concealing their face. They were holding a pistol, aimed at where the drones used to be.
For a few moments, Kenny and Annie stared at their savior, stunned. They didn't know who it was, but they suspected it must've been a kid at their school.
Finally, the masked kid spoke. "That was a close one," They said in a feminine voice, letting Kenny and Annie know it was a girl.
"(Who are you?)" Kenny asked.
"All will be revealed in time, sweetie," The girl said. "Don't get comfortable, though. Just because I saved you this time doesn't mean I'll be having your back from now on. You're gonna have to earn that key."
"(Huh?)" Kenny said, confused.
"I'll be seeing you at the end of the game," The girl said, hopping onto her motorcycle. "Assuming you have what it takes to make it to the end, that is." With that, she revved up her motorcycle and zoomed down the hill, vanishing from sight.
Kenny turned and exchanged glances with Annie, who looked equally baffled.
"(Seriously, who was that?)" He asked.
All Annie could do was shrug in response.
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