WH: Hmmmm. *stares at bank blueprints in suspicion as I look for a date on it.* And you are sure these are up to date? *turns to Omnitraxus who nods eagerly.*
OP: Of course, I am the master of space time so I shoulc know that these are right.
WH: *Sigh* Well ok people, let's get this heist underway. *turns towards the audience* Please not people, what everyone is committing here is a crime and should not be encouraged under any circumstances... unless the person you are commuting the crime against is an asshole in which case go for it. ;)
A soft drizzle fell from a seemingly eternal grey sky over a rundown mansion of sorts that looked fantastic in design but was poorly maintained. There was however a small section that seemed to be a least passable in condition with a limo parked on a roundabout in front of the mansion close to that section. Inside of it the inside space was cluttered with random odds and ends in what looked a bit like a low end apartment room. Sitting at a small table Miss Heinous sat impatiently tapping her foot while her servant Gemini worked on something mechanical in nature tirelessly. As Heinous was about to speak a clanging and sparking sound occurred making her perk up with Gemini stepping back with a satisfied smirk on his face. As they watch the heap of mechanics seems to step up and shake itself about as if putting itself together taking the form of a female automaton. As she put herself together she gazed around with mechanical eyes, one being red eye and one blue that also looked to be outfitted with sniper gear. Heinous got up gesturing to a Nazi style uniform that was deep black with purple and silver trim speaking eagerly.
"Ah Captain Chantel DuBois, nice to see you are back in service. I do hope your time turned off has not dulled you in the slightest." DuBois got her clothes and other equipment on superhumanly quick as she replied in a French accent.
"Nonsense, nothing can dull this hunter in the slightest. Especially when your assistant is the one putting me back together after the rebellion." She nodded to Gemini who smiled genuinely and responded.
"Well I am just doing what is necessary for the school now that there are so few of us left loyal to the school and Ms. Heinous."
"Speaking of which, we have an assignment for you." DuBois perked up at Heinous's words as she received a file folder. "There are two princesses who spearheaded the rebellion that brought us down; a princess Star Butterfly of Mewni and her friend Princess Turdina of Terra, otherwise known as Earth. Your goal is to hunt them down and bring them in dead or alive to serve as examples for what happens to those who resist St. Olga's proper protocol. I know this will likely touch off conflict with that brat Queen Moon but I am willing to take that kind of hit now considering the situation." Heinous pulled out a bobby pin from her pocket and handed it to DuBois. "Use this to track them but be warned, they are fearsome so do not underestimate them." DuBois nodded pulling out something she inserted the bobby pin into before speaking.
"Has my services as a hunter ever failed you master?" She got a quick reading from the item that appeared to be a tracking device and pulled out an oversized kitchen knife. "I will bring them to you or die trying." She waved the dagger cutting and X shape portal in the air which she stepped through leaving Gemini and Heinous alone with Gemini speaking up.
"Sorry it took so long to repair her but my tools and materials were sub…" Heinous rubbed his head softly with him visibly relaxing under her hand as she spoke softly.
"Gemini, you have done adequately at the very least; but I have one small task for you still." She walked over to a busted cookie jar and pulled out a wad of cash prompting Gemini's stomach to growl.
"Oh dear, my apologies; it has been awhile since we have had a decent meal." Heinous rolled her eyes and handed him the cash speaking annoyed.
"Well this is to buy food AFTER you get me some hair dye, you know which variety, and bring the receipt as well." Gemini nodded and walked out of the room with Heinous watching him walk off with a sigh.
A lazy Saturday morning in the Diaz household was very much that with everyone participating in it in some way. Raphael was sketching a sculpture concept lazily while he listened to the radio, Angie was sitting on a comfy chair reading something with her feet propped up, and Star and Marco were watching cartoons still in their pajamas. Marco smiled looking down at Star who was leaned up next to him and still eating breakfast as he combed her hair with the special comb making her purr in delight. Her hair was a difficult thing to manage so, even though it took a bit of convincing as she didn't want to 'burden him with the task, Star had agreed to let Marco comb her hair all the time which he really liked doing. It just felt so soft and silky while looking so beautiful with the silver color and blue tints of it sparkling and considering there was so much of it he could do it for hours at times if it was in really bad shape. As he finished up the essential work and got started on just 'combing for the sake of combing' the door burst open with Ponyhead flying in with rainbow tears streaming down her face yelling out.
"STAAAAR *sniff sob* IT'S HORRIBLE!" Ponyhead collapsed on the floor sobbing as Star sat up looking on in shock before speaking.
"Awwww, what is it Ponyhead, we can get through it together whatever it is." She leaned in close to Marco whispering. "She probably ran out of her special toothpaste again and needs help, such a drama queen." Marco chuckled at that as Star led Ponyhead up to her room as Marco watched cartoons again sighing at the fact that he couldn't continue combing Star's hair. After a few minutes however Star's crying scream cut through the household making Marco sit up in shock as he heard glass cracking. Looking over he saw Angie was looking up in shock with her reading glasses cracked prompting Marco to speak up.
"I'll go see what's up." He leapt off the couch and ran upstairs to Star's room and saw both of them sobbing on Star's bed. "Star what's wrong?!" Marco ran over and patted Star on the back softly with her looking up at him with a tear streaked face.
"Th… th… *gulp* THE BOUNCE LOUNGE IS CLOSING!" Star grabbed onto him sobbing with Ponyhead actually flying up to Marco and leaning on him looking for comfort as well while speaking up.
"It's not fair earth turd, IT'S NOT FAIR!" Marco sat in shock as the two sobbed on him as he thought, 'If Ponyhead is coming to me for support this must mean a lot to them.' Marco went into protective mode and held the two close letting them get out their sobbing before speaking.
"Look guys, perhaps Ponyhead misinterpreted something. I mean someone could be spreading a rumor or a false sign was hung up or… something. I mean Ponyhead is quick to blow things out of the water and spout information emotionally." Ponyhead glared at Marco before responding.
"You are on thin ice earth turd." Star sat up drying her tears as best she could while rubbing her tail as she spoke.
"That *sniff* is a good point. Let's go to the Bounce Lounge before making conclusions. I mean it can't actually be closing… right?"
"Yep, it's closing alright." Marco said in a sad tone as the now dressed group stared at the closing sign in the Bounce Lounge.
"I can't believe it, after all these years it's just closing." Star stared off around the Bounce Lounge speaking her thoughts. "Where did the time go?" Marco spoke up at that as Star stared off into space in a depressed state.
"Sometimes things don't go, they just end naturally." At this Ponyhead spoke up in annoyance.
"Pfff, stop spewing that philosophy crap on us earth turd, it stinks enough as is." When Star turned towards Ponyhead with a glare however she quickly apologized. "Sorry man, I'm just upset is all."
"Everything here seems to be doing just fine, so why's the place closing?" Marco gestured around the Bounce Lounge seeing how despite the fact that it was closing soon it seemed pretty active with people. Several were dancing to a song a robot DJ was playing at the moment with others around the floor laying in random beanbags and couches just talking. On the surface everyone seemed happy, everything seemed to be in good repair, and business was usual from the few times he had been there.
"A lot more under the surface than you might think." Marco turned to the voice and blinked seeing a 7 foot tall humanoid hyena of sorts with dreadlocks, what could be described as 'hippie' wear, and oddly enough a blindfold over his eyes. "A lot goes into the buildin of a business in all shapes and forms and it can be difficult to get out of a hole; especially when the previous owner was given half her effort to make it so." Star spoke up slightly happier at seeing the figure.
"Yeah I guess so. Oh Marco this is Fulntrut, a friend of my mom's and one of the main DJ's here at the Bounce Lounge." Marco blinked in confusion with Fulntrut responding.
"I'm also the manager now, for as long as this place is still running. So this is the Marco I've heard so much about eh?" He took off his blindfold revealing dull amber eyes as he scanned Marco up and down. "I must say I like the hoodie getup man, the color red really suits you." Marco chuckled feeling oddly relaxed around the creature he guessed was a Monster from Mewni and asked a question.
"Say, why is this place going out of business?" At that Fulntrut heaved a sigh and began speaking in a wistful tone.
"Well as much as she is admired, Milly Sparkles was not as good a manger as she should have been towards the end thinking she would just demolish the place when she retired. A long string of debts popped up and the Bounce Lounge fell into disrepair leaving it in a failed state. After The War of Moonlight Shadow, nice ring huh, I set up shop here playing my music to spread the love and show Monsters were not savage beasts. When she began getting ready to leave I stepped up to take care of the place which she accepted with a nod and a goodbye. After a lot of work I managed to solve all of the problems, even finally installing a hand rail to keep people from falling in the spike pits around the place." He pointed to railing around the area that kept people from falling into the spike pits just below them.
"I was wondering why no one addressed that." Marco spoke up with Fulntrut nodding before continuing.
"The final problem that was supposed to be addressed was the debt but when I sent the payment they claimed it never got to them. Of course there's no money left to make it again so the debt hounds are coming to repossess the place upon closing tonight. Well that's what I get for trusting Roy to deliver the money but sometimes the times don't go they just end naturally and there's nothing to be done about it. Have fun while you can kids, I still got some work to do before the day is up." He left the group with Ponyhead speaking up.
"Dang that man is deep, especially that final line of his." Marco and Star both glared at Ponyhead who looked at them in confusion. "What, can't I appreciate some philosophy?" Marco groaned shaking his head while Star spoke up rolling her eyes.
"You know what I'm not even going to say it. Oh hey there's Alexis." Star pointed to Alexis who was sitting in a chair with her head in her hands staring at a board full of photos morosely. "Hey Alexis, you heard about…"
"Yeah." Alexis cut Star off with a depressed tone of voice. "It just seems so surreal for it to just be closing down. I mean our parents used to come here for crying out loud but… its happening." Alexis sighed staring at the board with a small smile coming across her face as she picked out photos. "There's one of the time Johnny Blowhole came through and tore the whole place up." She pointed to an image of Rico being thrown into the crowd by a dolphin to bodysurf but only smashed on the floor. "Never really got why Rico tried doing that given how he was literately on fire at the time. Oh here's the time your mom came on the same night we were there and rocked out." Alexis pointed to an image of her Moon on the dance floor wearing a clubber's outfit with her tattoos visible and breakdancing with a crowd cheering her on and an embarrassed looking Star in the background. Star chuckled nervously before speaking.
"Yeah I'm still trying to forget that night actually. Mom's cool but she's not that type of cool." Marco approached an image of Alexis, Rico, Ponyhead, Dennis, Tempest, Kelly, Tad, and Star all taking a party pose.
"Say Star, is this your group. I think I remember them from fighting the cookie monsters." Marco spoke with Alexis speaking up.
"Yep that' us, the 'odd squad' as many people refer to us. Not conventionally cool but cool nonetheless. We practically were royalty here because of our own gains." Alexis looked at Marco smiling as Marco took it in. "We would include you at this point but you know… no Bounce Lounge to party in. Say I like your casual get up, you pull off red incredibly well." Marco blushed slightly smiling at Alexis as Star spoke up.
"*Sigh* If only there was something we could do to help them out. I'd ask my parents for a loan to help this place out but dad is really tight with money and wouldn't give anything up." At this Ponyhead suddenly seemed to remember something and spoke up.
"Hey wait a minute, didn't Fulntrut say that 'Roy' was the one delivering the money? That shyster who set up 'Goblin Dogs'." Marco looked around in confusion as Star and Alexis nodded in recognition before their faces got mean with Alexis speaking up.
"I waited in line for two days just to find out he was making them go on indefinitely to attract more customers to his 'special' line so he could sell products! I have no doubt he would rip off this place!" Star's eyes went cat-pupil yellow as she pulled her wand out before growling.
"We should find Roy and get that money back before the loan hounds come to take the place." Marco stepped up trying to calm everyone down.
"Woah woah easy there people. Maybe there was something else that contributed to this. I mean if you think he did it we should find him but we shouldn't just go in guns blazing expecting the worst right?" Everyone looked at Marco deadpan and Ponyhead spoke up.
"You never met Roy have you earth turd?" Marco shook his head as Alexis spoke up.
"Ok, I will get the rest of the gang to provide back up while you three find Roy and give me his location. That little bugger could be hiding anywhere at this point." Alexis pulled out a mobile mirror and began making calls with Marco speaking up.
"Perhaps I should let my parents know where we'll be for today so they don't worry and so your parents won't try to track us down with that scrying spell." Marco nodded to Star who suddenly went meek with her eyes going back to normal green before speaking.
"Yeah that's true. Let's inform the parents and get going."
Marco cut a portal into his kitchen and looked around seeing his mom and dad looking intently at a rather large book with reddened faces and wide eyes. Marco looked at the book's cover seeing some Mewman writing and ignored it coughing to get his parents attention making them jump slightly looking around. When Marco had gotten their attention he spoke up.
"Um Star and I are gonna be out for the day and won't be back until late. Is that ok with you guys?" Angie and Raphael nodded a little bit too quickly with Angie speaking up.
"Sure Marco, just be sure to keep us updated throughout the day and let us know later if you won't be home for dinner." Marco looked back at the book with his curiosity getting the batter of him.
"What is that?" Angie and Raphael looked at each other blushing slightly with Raphael speaking.
"Oh it's something Estrella's parents gave us as a gift." His smile was a little big making Marco look at them suspiciously as Star poked her head through the portal.
"Hey Marco, is everything go-" Star took one look at the book and immediately went a brilliant crimson despite her grey skin and pulled Marco back through the portal. "NOPE NOPE NOPEITYDOO, I am not going to stick around with parents looking at THAT thing again!"
"Hey Star what giv-" The portal was shut leaving Raphael and Angie chuckling with Angie speaking up.
"Well we've made it clear in the past, I think it's time they acc… hello there?" Angie flipped the book on its side making a folded up page extend downward making them both blush. "Well that looks fun; I hope I'm flexible enough for that. But I do know you are more than 'big' enough for that move." Angie giggled flirtatiously moving in close to Raphael who put his hands around Angie feeling up her waist.
"Want to go 'experiment' my dear?" The two began giggling and kissing while pulling the book with them as they went upstairs.
"Are you sure this is the right place?" Marco looked up from a photo he held which showed vehicular hotdog stand of sorts with hundreds of customers around it. "This doesn't look much like how this picture of yours shows it." In front of him was a ruined and rundown version of the mobile food stand flipped upside down with a crying goblin in front of it.
"Pfff, it's the right place alright but it looks like karma has caught up to this triple turd." Ponyhead spoke with a fiery anger as she flew up to the crying goblin and spoke to him. "Yo, tell us where you took the Bounce Lounge's money bitch!" Ponyhead's horn glowed a rainbow color with Star coming up and pointing her wand at the goblin with it glowing as well while speaking furiously.
"And we know you got money for the Bounce Lounge's debt, Fulntrut told us himself." The goblin looked up in fear backing away.
"I don't know where it is ok! I was trying to turn over a new leaf by delivering the funds for Fulntrut but some goons came out and took the money from me claiming I still had a debt to repay and that should cover it! Then to send the message home on what happens to people who don't pay up on time they destroyed everything I had!" The duo stared at him angrily while Marco waited to the side nervously until a voice spoke up.
"Roy is actually speaking the truth for once, that bastard." Everyone turned to see Troblin come from around the other side of the cart with a sad look on his face. "The one time he does genuine business his past comes to haunt him and make things worse." At this Roy began sobbing again and spoke softly.
"Why did I listen to the Goblin Dogs in the first place, they're freaking hotdogs for crying out loud." Troblin went over and begrudgingly comforted Roy as Star and Ponyhead backed off.
"Ok we have no leads on Roy, now what do we do?" Before anyone could even think of answering Star's question Rico's voice was heard not far away.
"You just need to forget about him girl; he's not even worth mourning time after the crap he's put you through!" The trio looked at each other in concern leaving Roy and Troblin at the ruined cart to investigate.
The sound of weapons clashing made the group speed up to look around a random rock outcropping in the desert like landscape to see Rico and Kelly sword fighting. Kelly was pushing forward with a fearsome anger like she was hammering away at brick wall with her sword. Rico on the other hand was just fighting to keep himself from being hurt as he blocked Kelly's strikes. Marco looked to Star and Ponyhead with them looking equally confused as Kelly yelled out.
"I keep on making it up with that hairball and he still keeps doing this to me! Why?!" Rico blocked a few more strikes with Pnyhead speaking up with a sigh.
"Oh boy, Kelly and Tad broke up again. And Rico has to take the hits because she won't direct any of her aggression towards Tad for some reason." Ponyhead flew out yelling at the duo. "Hey yo, hammer time is over, we got bigger problems!" Rico let his guard down looking towards Ponyhead allowing Kelly to get in a solid hit sending him flying.
"Oh gods, Rico!" Kelly immediately dropped her sword and ran over to where Rico landed helping him up with him shaking it off.
"I'm fine girl I'm fine, take harder hits than that when momma's mad at me." He turned towards the trio coming out and smiled. "Hey hopper and party pony, what's with the long… are you the monk dude who fought those cookie raiders with your bare hands?" Marco nodded with Rico flashing him a smile. "Well hoodie boy, I say you pull off that style well." Marco smiled again with Star speaking up.
"Have you guys heard of the Bounce Lounge being closed?" At this Rico and Kelly stared at her for a second before Kelly began screaming in frustration.
"First Tad acting like a manipulative overprotective clingy parent, then the Bounce Lounge is closing, WHAT'S NEXT!?" Ponyhead spoke up at that.
"Oh just that Goblin Dogs is out of business for good if you want a silver lining." Ponyhead smiled with Rico actually chuckling at that.
"He was playing a dangerous game for far too long, it was only a matter of time. So here to invite us to do one last party of sorts?" Star spoke up at this with a hopeful expression.
"Actually we were wondering if we could get the money taken by the gangsters who beat down Roy, who was supposed to deliver debt money for the Bounce Lounge, and use it to save The Bounce Lounge." Everyone looked at Star as she took a few deep breaths. "Man that's a convoluted explanation for our current position." Rico shrugged and leaned up against a rock speaking nonchalantly.
"I think I got a way to get back the funds actually?" Everyone looked at him eagerly with Ponyhead speaking up.
"Of course you do, you got your momma's ability to cut portals right?" Rico chuckled before his face and voice got serious.
"Ehhhh, not really. They keep Tremorfidian crystal to protect anything important from scissor thieves these days so no in and out. If we want to get in this gal we gotta be smooth as silk." Everyone fixed him a strange gaze as he spoke up quickly. "Yes I do realize how weird and wrong that sounds now that I am saying it, anyways. If we wish to do it we need the whole gang here." Marco spoke up at that.
"Alexis is out collecting… what are the other's names again?" Star chuckled and filled in for him.
"Dennis and Tempest were the others. I should contact Kelly and tell her to get here as fast as possible and not to call Tad and we should act fast; we have until the end of today to get the money back." Star pulled out her mobile mirror while Rico looked at Kelly.
"You good for this girl, cause if not there's no shame in…" Kelly cut him off aggressively.
"No, I am not going to lose The Bounce Lounge so come at me bro!" Kelly hit her chest with the others cheering her on and Marco speaking up.
"That's the spirit; so what's the plan?" Rico smiled slicking back his hair and lifting his sunglasses so he was staring at Marco with yellow eyes.
"Oh you're gonna like it… as soon as everyone else is here to get started.
A portal opened with Chantal DuBois stepping through looking at the tracker in her hand intently as it led right to this spot. Groaning slightly she changed one of the dials so that it took a different means of tracking to reveal her prey was at a different location. Shaking her head she got her oversized kitchen knife out and cut another portal stepping through leaving Angie and Raphael's bedroom with the two of them watching her go from under the covers. Looking at each other in shock and confusion they shrugged and Raphael went back under the covers with Angie's giggling turning into a moan of pleasure.