Chapter 8 part 2: the workings of fate
"I won't die this way!" said Sheen.
Sheen just barely dodges Ultralord's molecular blast by baseball sliding under Ultralord's feet, punching him in the family jewels as well. Ultralord collapses in pain. Sheen wisely uses the moment to disarm Ultralord of all his weapons. He then uses his healing spell. At the same time Sheen uses his healing spell, Ultralord recovers. After Sheen uses his healing spell, he takes a huge rock and smashes Ultralord's weapons, leaving them completely useless.
"So, you're not as dumb as I thought. Looks like I'll have a real challenge on my hands. Why don't we have a good old-fashioned fist fight?" asked the currupt Ultralord.
"That sounds good to me." said a confident Sheen.
Sheen and Ultralord then battle. Elsewhere, the others were having their own problems.
"I don't want to be burned to death." screamed Libby, as she is falling into the 100-foot volcano.
Then, quicker than an eye's blink, one of Libby's leopards jump across the volcano, catches the net Libby was in with it's teeth, and then lands on the opposite wall than it jumped from, 15-feet away. While the one leapard was rescuing Libby, the other was attacking Libby's kidnappers, the face-painted men. The leopard lifs the kidnapper into its mouth, then flings him over the volcano neck, sending them spirling down into the boiling lava. The face-painted men fight back with spears, but they are quickly decimated, as the leopard that saved Libby joins in the fight. When the battle is over, Libby climbs on one leopards and commands her leopards to search for an exit. Elsewhere, someone else was having trouble with mysterious men.
"I don't like you people! Go away!" said Carl, shielding himself.
Unfortunatly for him, the attackers attacked his back, his only vurnable spot, besides his head. The mysterious men desimate Carl, forcing him to lose, not just one, but all three of his lives. The mysterious men rejoice, as their job is done.
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Ha-Ha, one down, three to go.
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"Man, that battle was easy." said the victor of the Ultralord battle, Sheen.
Sheen walks to the end of the tunnel. He sees Libby, and rejoices.
"Freedom!"
Libby simply shakes her head. Sheen and Libby start to wait patiently for Carl and Cindy. Unknown to them, neither would be joining them, at least not anytime soon.
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"I can't believe it." said Cindy, in shock.
Cindy is in shock because, standing right before her, was Butch.
"Yes, I can't believe it either. Just because I am here doesn't mean we are friends. In fact, I'm taking you to your prison cell."
"No, I'm not going anywhere."
"You have no choise." said Butch, as he snapps his fingers.
As he does, thousands of robots appear out of nowhere. Cindy valiantly fights off some of the robots, but is quickly overwhelmed by the sheer number of robots. She is quickly subdued. She is taken to a small, musty-odored, and ugly prison cell. Cindy continues to stuggle to take contol, but to no avail. Almost instantaneously, she is thrown into the hard cell, with the robots locking the cell. The robots then leave as quickly as they appeared. Cindy looks around the cell.
It looks like I'm trapped here. There is no way to escape. I should just clear my head; maybe a good night's sleep will help.
Cindy, suddenly feeling sleepy, quickly falls into a deep, coma-like sleep. She sleeps for 3 hours until a noice suddenly wakes her up.
"Who's there?" asked a brave Cindy.
Suddenly a figure appears in the shadows. The figure steps into the light. It's…
"April the Gorlock!" screamed Cindy in shock.
"SHH! Yes, it is I, April the Gorlock. I'm here to help you escape. When I release you, follow me." instructed April the Gorlock.
April then kicks the door of the cell. The entire front side of the cell falls to the floor. Cindy exits the cell.
She and April then hear Butch cry out, "Who's there?"
April quietly wispars to Cindy, "Follow me, unless you want them to capture you again."
Cindy quickly follows April, trying to escape. They here an alarm sound.
"Intuder alert! Intruder alert!"
By the time the guards discover that Cindy is missing, she and April have already escaped. They reach the exit, which happens to be where Sheen and Libby are staying.
"Okay, we don't have much time. An evil man and his robots and guards are chasing us. We need to find a way to escape." said Cindy, as she climbes of the unoccupied leopard.
"The exit is 50 miles southeast from here. You guys need to go." said April.
"We arent leaving without you and out friend Carl." said Sheen.
"Hate to tell you this, manic one, but your friend Carl is dead. You will be too if you don't get out of here. You guys go, I'll hold of the guards," said April.
"But"
"Just go!" shouted April, in her loud, commanding voice.
The others leave, hesitantly, with tears in their eyes. Just after they left, the robots and guards come out.
"Finally, time to have some fun." said the arrogant April.
As she is fighting the things, Cindy, Libby and Sheen make their way to the exit for the level.
"I can't believe that Carl is dead. I won't believe." said Sheen, who has entered a state of denial.
"We all miss him. He might have been a dork at times, but he was a good friend to all of us." said Cindy, who is sad, but is trying to hide it, for the sake of the group.
"I suppose you right. We all miss him. One thing's for sure. Somebody's gonna pay!" cried out Sheen, who is on the verge of crying.
Finally, Sheen burst out crying. Libby, doing her part to comfort him, allows him to rest his head on her shoulder. Other than Sheen crying, they are silent for the entire "trip". After 5 minutes, they arrive at the level's exit. Again, a mysterious voice from above speeks.
"You would normally not receive any bonuses for your preformence on this level, however, I am sympathetic. Therefore, except for your fallen friend Carl, you will all be fully healed, and all of you will now have the ability to heal everybody at once. Do you wish to save?"
"Yes."
"Game progress saved. You may proceed through the door and into Level 4. Good Luck and be careful."
They all decide to heal and go though the door. They step through the door, close the door, and make camp. Little did they know, that was the last thing they should have done.