Marco pushed back a branch only to have it slap him in the face as he pushed his way through the bog that had seemingly come out of nowhere. Unlike the last three challenges this one had been a hard 2 hour slog through mud and thick underbrush soaking him and exhausting him. And the fact that the clouds had blocked out the sun and he kept on hearing hounds real or imagined had only made things worse. Shaking his head in annoyance and exasperation he stopped beneath a tree on a 'dry' patch of ground and tried reorganizing himself with a type of meditation

"Inner peace, I must ha…" A drop of water hit him on the head. "…ve inner peace. Collect *drip* … your mind and thoughts into*drip*… the center so you can*drip*…" Marco growled in frustration and hit the tree right next to him dumping water onto him. "*FRUSTRATED SCREAMING* Inner peace, Inner peace, Inner peace!" He smacked his head against the tree getting him even more water.

He was snapped out of his frustration however when he heard the real sounds of hounds coming in his direction. He realized he had just given away his position to anyone within earshot and took off running in a random direction. He pushed through the random undergrowth as best he could until he noticed a strange development in the land that looked like a road of all things. 'Seriously how did I miss that all this time?' Marco thought to himself in frustration as he stepped out onto it. He was exposed but at the moment he just needed speed not stealth.

After a short distance he got to what looked to be a particularly watery area of the swamp, enough to warrant a bridge to be put up across it, but there were two issues with it. One, the bridge seemed to be in such bad shape that it looked like it could collapse if a moth landed on it. Two, there were several people already on the other side who had noticed him with Buff Frog, Higgs, and Lavabo included. 'Oh come on, they mouse trapped me. You know I should have seen that coming all things considered, I did take forever in getting this far.' The voices behind him prompted Marco to consider jumping into the water but stopped when he heard Buff Frog yell from across the bridge.

"Care to give it up hoodie boy, because I am fairly certain you do not want to deal with the one in the water." At that the water seemed to divot in an area like a massive creature was swimming underneath it with voices coming from behind him.

"He went this way. Over here."

Marco looked around desperate for a way out of this fix; either it was towards Buff Frog (not a good idea), wait to face the guys upcoming (and get the whole gang involved), jump in the water (shudder), or go back into the swamp to run circles once more until he collapsed. As the hunters closed in behind him Marco noticed something about the way the trees were placed and just how big they were, enough to give him a risky but fifth viable option. Steadying himself as best as possible he charged forward across the bridge with Buff Frog giving him a nod of respect as he readied for combat. Marco felt the bridge shift in parts as he aimed himself and leapt onto the side poles sticking up along the bridge. Everyone stopped and stared in confusion as Marco leapt from pole to pole for a second before leaping as far as he could go and grabbed a branch on a nearby tree nearly falling in the water. Skittering up it like a squirrel Marco got to a more secure position on the branch and took a quick breather as a random knight spoke up.

"Remind me to add that move to our roster." At this Higgs immediately ran across the bridge towards the branch yelling out.

"If he can do, I can do it better!" Lavabo immediately called out to her.

"No, get back you fool!" Higgs went to pull the same maneuver Marco did but slipped and fell off the rotted bridge ungracefully.

Jaws theme! ( watch?v=ZvCI-gNK_y4)

"Shit, get me some rope now!" Buff Frog called out to his group with everyone rooting around in their packs with one person replying.

"Got some." Buff Frog's face went deadpan as he took in the hunter's 2 feet of rope before replying sarcastically.

"Great, we can fish while Higgs gets eaten. Get a longer piece you moron!" People on both sides of the bridge began desperately looking for pieces of rope as Higgs came up spitting water.

The water shifted as the same thing Marco had seen earlier came swimming in her direction. Lavabo immediately leapt out onto the bridge looking like he was going to leap into the water to try and help Higgs since he probably could not reach her from the bridge's surface. He was stopped not 15 feet out however as his weight was enough that one of his feet poked a hole in the wood catching and tripping him. As Higgs finally got a sense of her bearings she realized what situation she was in and immediately started swimming for shore. Unfortunately her all weather cloak and shoes were making her go at a snail's pace so she had to stop and shed them off. She didn't try going for the bridge as it was too mossy and moldy for her to get a good grip on the sides to climb up.

While the creature underwater appeared like a fast swimmer it seemed to be taking its time and simply cut her off from the shore so she had no escape. Marco knew he should get going but the thought of someone getting snapped up by… whatever it was down there made him pause. As he watched Marco also could see the creature was circling Higgs and submerged after coming close to her. Higgs immediately pulled out a knife and growled a desperate challenge before being pulled underwater… only to bob back up. 'It's… toying with her?' Marco thought in shock as the creature did it again with Higgs looking a bit frantic and those on shore trying to tie their rope scraps together to get her out. Marco then decided he did have to do something, anything to help her out; and got an idea. Higgs lashed out blindly with her knife not finding any purchase as the creature bellow in a manner that implied chuckling. It moved in to strike her again… only to be cut short when a vine snared itself around Higgs pulling her out of the water.

(end music)

Higgs accelerated 10 feet into the air bouncing around like a puppet as Marco secured the vine so she wouldn't fall. He then looked over at the crowd on both sides and yelled out.

"You're Welcome." He took off into the trees to get moving with Buff Frog yelling out.

"Thank you. Ok people, looks like we will have to cut him off at the whispering grove. You lot get over here so…" He was cut off however when the bridge was broken from beneath by… whatever it was that was in the water so it wasn't safe to cross, probably out of frustration. "… never mind. Get back to base, you lot with me." He got his group going with Lavabo finally pulling himself out of the bridge and Higgs climbing up the vine to the tree so she could join them.

"Well… did not see that coming." Heckapoo nodded in respect as the crowd of nobles collectively nodded in respect towards Marco.

The various groups had been talking with each other over the chase through the swamp with the groups slowly dissolving into a single mass of people. It had slowly turned into a rather pleasant atmosphere broken only by Marco finally reaching the bridge. It had only lasted about two minutes but everyone immediately came to truly respect Marco not just by his quick inventiveness but also going out of his way to save squire Higgs. However everyone could see that these actions were taking a toll on Marco as he was clearly tiring out from this which meant that, while they respected him and some liked him, they were losing faith that he could make it through till the end. Toffee shrugged at this knowing it would likely come to a confrontation, and it wouldn't just be a physical fight if he knew Marco.

Marco stepped out of the woods into what looked to be a grove of silvery willow trees that had branches that appeared to be made out of steel. As he looked around he heard a soft whispering emerge from seemingly within his own head that stirred up a memory of when he was last in Mewni. He then shuddered as he remembered the 'whispering willows' Star had shown him with the whispering taking on distinct voices. Marco shook his head trying to push forward and ignored the whispering inside of his head as best he could. As he pushed forward the whispering seemed to come and go like waves of an ocean lapping at his mind trying to persuade him to do strange things.

'Play with the dolls, they will guide you to Avalorn.'

'Dance with the stars of the green slime.'

'You taste good, try yourself out.'

He was so caught up with the whispering he didn't even notice the lasso coming at him until it was going over his head. Reacting fast Marco did the limbo under the lasso so it landed on him but didn't grab anything as it was pulled tight. He straightened back up knocking the lasso off of him as a horn blew in the direction the lasso had been thrown. Marco turned and got into a fighting stance as a two headed red Monster charged at him wielding an axe and targe. Marco swiveled around the Monster grabbing onto its shield and pulled it back so the Monster was caught into an arm lock of sorts. Marco then spun him around slamming him into one of the trees with the tree giving a muffled 'ow'. A Mewman charged out of the woods dropping the horn he just blew with a spear lowered to skewer Marco who nimbly dodged it and hit the guy in the nose sending him to knees crying.

"Oh come on, a broken nose makes you cry?!" Marco looked over to see Buff Frog step out of the woods followed by several other people. "Get back up and fight or I will give you something to cry about!" Marco finished off the guy on his knees with a kick and turned towards Buff Frog speaking up.

"Alright *huff*I'm done running from you guys*huff* let's just get this over with." Buff Frog nodded to Marco and spoke up.

"Nice to see you are done running. Let's do this then." The group charged led by Buff Frog as Marco lifted up the spear and charged back.

"Hmmm, how exactly is Marco going to take on… oh my." River took a step back from the screen in shock as the fight played out with Trogdor commenting.

"He just took out three guys in as many seconds with a spear bigger then he was!" A few solid thwacks on screen later and Lekmet spoke up.

"*I must say that boy will have a future in bull fighting given how he made a knight run into a tree hard enough to dent their helmet.*" After a squishy sound with a scream of pain Rhombulus spoke up impressed.

"I have never seen someone defeat a giraffe Monster with its own tongue." At this Helsinki was outright mock fighting while speaking to the screen.

"Yeah boi, beat that motherfucker wit another moth… *soild thwack* ohhhh." Her face fell as Omnitraxus Prime spoke up.

"Well looks like he's done… then again those stop drop and roll classes can pay… oh." Everyone gave out a small cheer at what had just happened with it turning into a groan resulting in a hard splat on screen with Lily speaking up.

"Oh come on, you just avoided him and went for a groin kick? Buff Frog can't just be toppled like a domi… *series of punches on screen* oh that was a nice trick." A few ripping and gagging noises and what sounded like a thump on screen got Heckapoo to speak up.

"Using the willow branches to make Buff Frog hallucinate, I wasn't even aware you could do that. Perhaps I should give this boy a visit and see if he is capable of owning his own pair of scissors." Toffee glanced down seeing a face of begrudging respect on Heckapoo as he spoke up.

"Leave him be for now Heckapoo, there's more about this boy we will need to tell you in private. As of now I think I should prepare for his eventual departure from the forest; if you will excuse me." Toffee nodded and stepped out as Moon called after him.

"Be sure to give him a victory if you think he deserves it even if you aren't down hard; I can testify to how difficult it is to faze you." Toffee nodded and spoke up as the other nobles got excited.

"Don't worry, I know when someone has proven their worth."

Marco looked around the battlefield exhausted but victorious as he took in his carnage. A giraffe Monster had its tongue tied around its throat, one stocky and unconscious female Mewman's helmet was dented to the point of not coming off, the other knights were sprawled around after his beat down, and Buff Frog was staring up at the sky as he chewed on some of the willow leaves. He had gotten particularly lucky with Buff Frog because if he had to continue fighting hand to hand he knew he would have lost. His triumph was cut short when he realized two knights were missing.

"You have come far Marco Shadow Slayer, but no further." He turned at Lavabo's voice to see him and Higgs ready to beat him down. "No we see what you are truly capable of." Marco got into a fighting stance with grim determination as he stared them down.

He knew he wasn't going to last long against these two as Buff Frog had said they were the best of the bunch. Even if he was not exhausted from the several hour long hunt his odds were not that good at going head to head with them. He also had a feeling he wasn't going to get lucky like with Buff…

"*hounds barking*" All three of them looked in shock as the hounds Marco had gotten in good with leapt out of the brush and onto Lavabo bringing him down in a furry pile.

After staring at him for a second Marco and Higgs shrugged at each other and squared off. As they circled each other for a second Marco threw aside his spear, now badly damaged and not too useful, and took a fighting stance. Higgs stared at him a second before nodding in respect and threw her weapon aside taking an unarmed stance as well before moving into striking range. As she threw a few quick punches and kicks Marco blocked or dodged them all with a smile growing on his face. When it came to most weaponry Higgs could probably wipe the floor with him in his best condition; but he could tell that even in his current condition his unarmed skills were far beyond hers. As she struck again this time throwing some substantial force behind it Marco dodged under it and moved in close to Higgs. As she attempted to move back he placed one of his legs around hers and got into her center of gravity slamming an open palm punch into her face. As Higgs flailed he twisted her leg out from underneath her, grabbed her arm, and flipped her onto her front pinning her to the ground with one arm behind her back. Unsurprisingly Higgs struggled and cursed for a while until Lavabo whistled to get their attention.

"Alright, I can see you actually have some bite to back up the bark, quite literately." He appeared to be limping after having been severely mauled by the hounds, who now laid in a pile nearby badly beaten as well. "If you could take down Higgs that quickly in your current condition, and with me being in my own, I would have to give this victory to you. I surrender with honor." He bows to Marco with Higgs spluttering as she answered.

"WHAT! You're just going to surrender to this boy who only got his chance because he's the princess's boyfriend!?" Marco responded quickly.

"I already told you, she's not my girlfriend and even if she was Toffee wouldn't make an exception like that for me." Lavabo sat down and watched the argument between the two as Higgs replied.

"Oh come on, I am just as skilled as you if not more so and the King and Queen never even gave me more than a sideways glance until I passed the trial of the wash. In fact the only reason you beat me was because you were better at unarmed combat then I was." Marco replied his frustration all too evident now.

"You were the one who threw your weapon aside when I threw mine down!" Lavabo spoke up at that one.

"He does have a point; you were just trying to show him up after he saved you weren't you?" Higgs gritted her teeth in frustration before replying.

"With all due respect, throwing aside my weapon when he had none was the 'honorable' thing to do given what you taught me." Lavabo rolled his eyes as Marco's frustration got to the point where he just blurted out his next line.

"I don't even know the real reason why Toffee is doing this to me!" Higgs immediately stopped struggling with Lavabo looking up in interest at this. "I never asked to be Star's squire, I never asked to be hunted like a wild animal, why is Toffee doing this to me after all I've done for Star!?" Marco was almost in tears as Lavabo got up and walked over to them patting Marco's head before speaking.

"Have faith in the king just as he had faith in you to take care of his daughter. He always has his reasons." Marco sighed calming down slightly as he nodded. "Now, can you let Higgs back up so you can get going?" Marco blinked realized he was still pining Higgs to the ground in a somewhat suggestive manner at this point.

"Oh right, sorry." Marco got up backing away as Higgs got up working her arm for a second before speaking.

"Sir Lavabo is right, his majesty does have his reasons you know." The trio stared at each other for a second before Lavabo and Higgs nodded at Marco and went to collect the fallen hunters.

'Welp, let's finish this then.' Marco thought to himself as walked off to what he could tell was the edge of the forest.

"Now that's a worthy boy, raise your horns to this one!" One of the nobles called out in the gathering area with everyone raising a drink of some sort to Marco. "To the new squire of the princess and to her future knight!" Everyone drank deeply with Moon doing the same.

'He has impressed them all to a rather impressive degree; I must say I'm impressed as well.' Moon thought to herself as she looked back at the screen. Marco hadn't talked that much about his combat abilities, in fact downplaying them, but it was clear he was a vicious fighter from what she saw. And what's more he could still keep going after all he had to do for the last few hours. She saw him approach the edge of the woods with relief in his eyes over what he assumed was the end of the line as Moon thought to herself. 'My girl, you have far better taste in men then you could ever have imagined.' She glanced over at the officials who were now eagerly socializing over random topics at this point like the tension from earlier had never existed. 'Perhaps more than I could have ever imagined.'

"Hello Marco." Marco stopped in his tracks at Toffee's voice freezing in a comical pose.

He would have been relieved to hear Toffee but the tone of his voice and what had happened the last few hours made Marco pause and worry. He turned his head slowly to look at Toffee and saw that Toffee was casually leaning against a tree and smiling calmly at Marco. What confirmed Marco's worry was the fact that he was wearing black chain mail armor with what looked like skulls as shoulder plate guards despite the fact he didn't have a helmet on. He also had a sickle shaped sword sitting on a shoulder casually with strange waving silvery metal that had strange runes chiseled into it as well as a blackened handle seemingly made from bone with an amethyst pommel surrounded by a silver mesh designed to look like antlers. Marco unfroze and waved to Toffee speaking nervously.

"Oh hi Toffee, *he he* how's it going?" Toffee stood up from his leaning pose and began walking towards Marco.

"If I understand your phrase correctly then my answer is perfectly fine Marco." His movement changed to moving in between Marco and the edge of the wood. "I must say you have exceeded so many expectations that me and others have had of you." Marco chuckled nervously before replying.

"Well that's great, if you don't mind I would like to get out of these woods so I can…" Marco went to take a step but stopped as Toffee imposed himself between Marco and the edge of the wood.

"Well well well, a might bit eager to get going are we?" Marco nodded dumbly as Toffee's smile broadened. "Well that's a shame because I have something planned to finish things up. That is, if what it is you need to get to is not urgent." Marco spoke up in a squeak.

"Actually it is." Toffee chuckled at that and mixed Marco with a predatory stare.

"Well then, perhaps we should finish this off quickly." Toffee then leapt forward with a burst of speed that made it look more like he was stretching than running and body-slammed Marco.

Marco flew through the air and hit a tree collapsing to the ground with Toffee circling him shaking his head slightly as if disappointed. Marco felt afraid and tired but he was also frustrated after having to go through this whole hunt with him not even fully knowing why. Growling he did a sitting leap with a roundhouse kick that would have sent most people below body builder size reeling. Toffee however just caught Marco's foot with one hand and flipped Marco slamming him into the ground. As Marco groaned in pain Toffee readjusted his grip to Marco's ankle and flipped him into the air slamming him to the ground again. And again. And again. And again. And again doing so for several times before letting Marco go and circling him some more clucking his tongue in a mixture of amusement and disappointment. Marco stood up shakily getting his bearings and getting into a fighting stance backing away from Toffee slightly. Toffee chuckled and spoke up.

"Learning I see, you catch on quick." Marco spoke up at this frustration evident all about him.

"Why are you doing this?! What point does it serve to chase me around the woods and beat me senseless?!" Toffee chuckled again and replied.

"Looking for the logic behind everything instead of just cursing me in anger and striking blindly, you have a clear head on your shoulders." Toffee moved in fast attempting a body slam with Marco dodging his attack and shooting a fist at his solar plexus. Toffee caught it however and gave Marco a wry smile before spinning him away like a top. "I like that; it's very refreshing to meet another fighter who is not a dumb piece of meat." Marco kept up his stance backing away from Toffee. "Keeping your distance too figure out how I fight and not charging in after the beating you received; you get a good grade from me." Toffee moved in making as if to swing his sickle at Marco but instead delivering Marco an uppercut with his free hand.

Marco however dodged both of the blows and delivered a flurry of blows at Toffee with his fists and feet. Toffee deflected many of them with his sickle blade, the flat of it of course, and let his armor deflect the rest. He took a step back from Marco and swung his sickle low knowing Marco would leap over it. Marco did and threw a kick at Toffee's head which he caught like he did the first kick. Marco took him off guard however by bringing his other foot down on Toffee's head making Toffee let go of Marco. Marco then acted quickly and went to stamp on Toffee's other hand to disarm him but Toffee moved like air and leapt back 10 feet in less than a second. As Marco recovered Toffee moved forward just as quickly again and delivered and elbow to Marco solar plexus throwing Marco back and making him gasp for air. Toffee circled Marco some more smiling as if delighted with him while speaking.

"Well most impressive, you are still standing after having dealt with me this far. Most can't boast of such a feat." Marco growled and retorted at Toffee.

"Why, cause everyone is too afraid of hitting their king?" Toffee genuinely laughed at that before replying, taking Marco off guard.

"Not all of them, yes a few but not many, regardless it is actually because after Moon I am deemed one of the most dangerous entities in all of Mewni. That was confirmed when Moon and I killed a good 1,000 men in one day." Marco blinked in shock as tried to figure out whether Toffee was boasting or not as he didn't appear to be the boasting type.

"Wait… when did this occur? Was that a battle during The War of Moonlight Shadow?" Toffee chuckled again at Marco's words before replying.

"Oh that conflict was well over when that occurred. In fact I do believe it was our honeymoon that the event occurred on." Marco shuddered at that and spoke up.

"Are… you going to kill me? I thought you liked me?" Toffee smiled in a predatory fashion at Marco. "And wouldn't Star put up a complaint at that." Toffee's smile did not falter as he replied.

"Oh Star is currently… distracted at the moment."

"Yeah gurl get your party ooooon!" Ponyhead and Star danced in the Bounce Lounge with the strobe lights going strong. "Cool of your parents getting us these all day VIP passes. Say where is the earthturd at?" Star spoke up at this shrugging.

"I don't know, just that he's bonding with my dad. He and Marco are getting along so well…"

Marco slammed against another tree falling to the ground on his knees groaning in pain. Toffee stepped up to being just out of Marco's reach twirling his blade around casually as he stared at Marco. Marco looked up at Toffee feeling a sense of betrayal; this was the man he respected above even his own dad and Sensei who was tossing him around like a rag doll without any reason behind it. He had lied to Marco and his daughter about what was happening here and was putting Marco's life on the line for reasons he was not explaining. At this point Marco's faith in Toffee gave out and he spoke up.

"Fine, you win." Toffee double took in shock as his smile fell away. "If you're not going to tell me why you're doing this then why should I fight back. Why should I keep on fighting when it's clear I'm just a toy to you?" Toffee stared at Marco second in shock before replying.

"You are… refusing to defend yourself?" Marco fixed Toffee's gaze with a glare and spoke.

"If you didn't like me dating Star you could have just said something." Toffee gaze remained shocked for a second before it turned angry with him speaking up.

"You refuse to continue when you are so close to the end." Toffee set his blade aside and walked up to Marco. "You are just lying down and giving up? What kind of a warrior are you? Do you know how much Star sacrificed for you when she destroyed her wand? Do you know what risk we are taking by letting your two be together?" He picked Marco up by the collar yanking him off the ground so his eyes were level with Toffee. "I thought the man who was protecting my precious little MonStar was a TigerWolf with vicious claws and teeth and a will to back it up, not a Grumpkin who looks scary but runs at the drop of a feather. What kind of boy are you to degenerate after showing so much promise?! Is my daughter really just a passing fancy for you; just to crow about dating a princess to the other boys…"

"SHUTUP!" Marco lashed a fist out at Toffee's chest feeling it sink through the chainmail somehow.

Time seemed to stand still as the two realized just what had happened with Toffee falling backwards landing on the ground in a ragdoll manner. Marco sat down and stared at the unmoving Toffee in shock before moving up close enough to see he had punched Toffee directly through the heart. Marco looked around in worry as he had just killed the king to the kingdom he was sitting in right now. As the panic really set in he hugged himself close and shuddered at what he would have to tell Moon and Star… only to be interrupted by laughing from Toffee. Marco looked over in shock as Toffee sat up gasping a little after the laugh rubbing his now healed chest before speaking.

"My word, I have not been dealt a fatal blow like that in years; well down Marco." Marco just stared in shock as he tried to reply.

"You… but it… why it... how could…" Toffee laughed again before replying.

"Marco, where do you think Star got her healing capabilities from?" Marco blinked before snapping his finger in an 'of course' fashion. "By the way, you just won in a fight against me; now Moonpie will be rubbing this victory of yours in my face for months." He rolled his eyes as Marco just stared in shock. "Now then, before we leave for refreshments explanations are in order on my part." Toffee sat cross-legged and focused Marco in a serious gaze. "Marco, by dating my daughter you are stepping into a very dangerous game with my approval being the least of your concerns if word of your relationship gets out. There are many nobles who will be scrutinizing any man who courts my daughter and you will need to earn their approval and respect if you wish to continue your relationship. And what's more, many nobles wish to marry their sons to my daughter for political gain; likely using her as a puppet." He spat to the side at that. "And what's more if they catch wind of you two before you have enough support to defend yourself they will fall on you in an attempt to remove this 'peasant boy' from another dimension." Marco blinked in confusion as he replied.

"Wait, people will want me dead just for with Star as a boyfriend?" Toffee nodded at him.

"This is a time of great upheaval in Mewni Marco and conflict among people is only escalating unfortunately. This is why I put you through this test, to see what you were already capable of so I could help train you better for the future. Of course there will be multiple other tests to find out your other capabilities but they will be less… dramatic then this one." Marco nodded in dull shock as the information settled in his head.

"So wait, you do like me and don't want to kill me?" Toffee smiled at that and replied.

"Of course I like you, you're the one of the best boys I have ever met to be completely honest. Also I would never take someone like you out of my daughter's life; you make her shine like her namesake star. I just… needed you to think I was going to kill you to get you to give everything you got; sorry about that by the way but it was necessary." Marco smiled in content as Toffee smiled in return. "Now let's get going, there are several people I would like you to meet." Marco got up with Toffee standing as well. "Oh, and one more thing. You know how sensitive and tender Star can be at times right?" Marco nodded. "Well if you strain or Gods forbid break her heart… let's just say these last few hours will be a pleasant dream compared to what I'm going to do to you." Marco sweated slightly and chuckled nervously as Toffee waved him off. "Now get out of the forest, Butler is waiting for you." Marco stumbled for a second before running off with Toffee chuckling.

"Told you he would win." Toffee turned and looked behind him to see Moon standing there looking as beautiful as she always did smiling coyly. "And what was with you needling Marco about breaking Star's heart, hasn't the boy been through enough?" Toffee shrugged and replied.

"He has matured quite a bit but his past actions still leave a bitter taste in my mouth. Best to put the fear of the Gods into that boy just in case I need a plan Z." Moon chuckled and strode up to him.

"Well I think Marco needs some time to cool off, so I say we should 'heat things up'. What do you say?" Toffee smiled as she encircled her arms around his waist and replied.

"As my queen demands. Besides, I like heat." The two immediately began French-kissing passionately with Marco seeing this as he glanced over his shoulder speaking to himself.

"That is sweet, gross, and disturbing at the exact same time. Definitely did not want to see that."

WH: Well, did you get Janna? *everyone shakes their heads no* Didn't think so. Well let's go back and see how long she'll stay out here until she realizes we aren't after her anymore. *Turns to the audience as people leave* And now that the hunt is done it's time for Marco to fully grasp the implications of what is about to happen in his life and push his limits even further by... getting his 'Blackbelt'? A bold strategy let's see how it plays out.