Trouble on Toy Island

Author's note: Uh, Mat, what do you mean by "in terms of missions"? I don't quite get that. Oh well.

Chapter 7: Climax
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07:48 AM - BELOW TOY ISLAND
Dan Ti locked us inside a cell which appeared to be made out of toy blocks. Four toy soldiers stood behind him.

"Okay, spill the beans," I growled at Dan Ti. "What's your motive for all this?"
"Well, I guess I have time to tell you," Dan To told us. "When I was young, I was hooked on toys. LEGO blocks, train sets, dominoes, you name it, I played with it.
"I never grew tired of toys. Even at nineteen, I would spend all my free time with my toys, which is a little unusual for a teenager."

I stopped Dan Ti for a moment. "I'm almost sixteen, I'll have you know, and I still play video games. What was your problem?"

"I'm getting to that. All my classmates laughed at me and made fun of me for playing with childish toys at the age I was. I was even kicked out of college!"

Clover spoke up. "And I suppose you want revenge on society for laughing at you?"
"H-How did you know that?"
"It's a generic thing. All sorts of villains want revenge."

"Well, as I was saying, I opened Toy Island. Toy Tunnel brainwashes the tourists that come here, and I never let them leave! And next week, I'll invite the world leaders! I can hardly wait!"
"Wow, maybe the 'you'll never come back' shtick on your commercial wasn't as much an exaggeration as we thought."

Dan Ti laughed a little. "Well, I've got to get going. I'll leave soldiers #349 through #352 to watch you. So long."
As Dan Ti left, the four toy soldiers approached us. As you probably recall, #351 was Arnold, and #352 was Sam. That always happens for some reason.

While marching, the four of them were singing the Toy Island jingle that I'm sure you know by now: "This is Toy Island, full of toys / For all the girls and all the boys / The carnival is lots of fun / So come together, everyone."

Clover called through the bars. "Sam? Arnold? Remember us, Clover and Leo? You can't tell me you've forgotten!"
I shoved Clover aside. "That's never worked in the past, Clover. What makes you think it'll work now?"

After making this remark, I examined the blocks that made up the cell wall. I had a plan, which I whispered in Clover's ear.
When I was done explaining my plan, Clover nodded. "Great idea, Leo. You may even be a better idea person than Sam is."

First order of business: I held up my 3D holo-camera and projected an image of Sam leaning against the wall. All four soldiers turned their attention.
"Hey! Another intruder!" "Get her!" "No mercy!"

I stuck my pencil in between a couple of blocks, and Clover drove it in with a head-on kick. The wall was broken, and we fled. I hesitated only to fetch my pencil.

The sound of the wall collapsing drew the soldiers' attention, as they had just realized that they had just rushed a hologram. Their attention now turned back to us.
"Stop!" #351 said, and all four toy soldiers pointed their toy guns at us.
"Ooh, toy guns. Help. Mercy, please," Clover mocked. "You have to be kidding me."

Clover's confidence was damaged, I'm sure, when the soldiers fired their guns. Their shots were laser blasts. They narrowly missed us, but one of them happened to get Clover's hair.
If you know anything about Clover, you know how she reacted. She karate-kicked the soldier who fired the shot in question, knocking him into a stack of boxes nearby.

I inflated my helium balloon in a hurry, and used it as a shield. The next shot bounced off it and made a hole in the hat of one soldier. We then fled for our lives.

A time when you're being chased is the last time you want your compowder to ring, but Clover's rang. She got it out and answered on the run. "Hello?"
"Hi, Clover, Leo. Alex here. What position are you in?"
"A sprinting position. We're being chased by toy soldiers!"
"Well, I figured out how to reverse the effects of the hypnosis. It took a little help from GLADIS, but a conclusion has been reached."
"What?"
"You can reverse the effect by applying a weak electric shock to the victim. Does that help?"
"Yes, it does. Thanks!"

Clover hung up just in time to slam face-first into a pillar. I pulled her out of the way, and the chase continued. We entered a door.

The door in question happened to be the door to the arrival bay. We grabbed a toy gun from the supply, and Clover removed the battery from it.
As the soldiers confronted us, I pointed the toy gun at them. "Stay where you are or I'll blast you!" The soldiers didn't back down, so I pulled the trigger.

CLICK! Nothing happened.
I quickly realized my mistake. "Note to self: electronic equipment does not work when the power supply is removed."

Meanwhile, Clover snuck behind the soldiers and applied the terminals of the battery to the ankle of #350. The shock caused her to drop to the ground.
When she got up, we recognized her voice. "What is going on? Why am I in this stupid uniform? I bet Leo is to blame for all this. He's always pestering me. I'll get him!"
"Three hundred fifty-two toy soldiers," Clover muttered, "and this one just had to be Mandy." She then applied the same kind of (ahem) shock therapy to the other three soldiers.
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Well, that's all for now. I bet you're itching to find out what happens when we go after Dan Ti!