For the next week, all of Wartwood II was getting ready. The town was fortifying its defenses, Frobo was familiarizing himself with his role as Rebel Robot Commander, and Anne was training with Sasha, Mrs. Croaker, and Felicia Sundew to save/defeat Marcy/Darcy. All leading up to this. The final showdown. Mrs. Croaker had lent them her ladybug, the single fastest ride in all of Wartwood to get them to Newtopia in a matter of days. Anne felt a knot in her stomach the entire way there.

'No turning back.' Anne thought as she clenched her hands, gazing to the sky. 'This will end and Marcy, you WILL be saved.'

In the castle, Darcy sat on the throne with an evil smirk.

"So, they're coming for me, eh?" She said, "This will be very entertaining."

All that time, Darcy had been training her body for combat with both a blade and with the calamity power. If she had to judge herself, she would say her strength is far beyond Anne's in terms of long term usage but maybe Anne will surprise. She's going to enjoy this. Marcy, however, wasn't going to enjoy this as her inner prison had changed. Just like I'm the linked dream, Marcy had felt all of the training and the draining effect of overusing the Calamity energy. She was laying on the ground, crying silently.

'Anne…..Sasha….' Marcy thought as she gazed to the "screen," slowly clenching her fist.

Even though all the pain, Marcy had to stay strong and have faith in her friends that they'll win.

'T-t-they'll save me.'

All she had to do was wait and hope for the best, even if that means waiting for herself to die if they went that far. Sasha nudged Anne, waking her up.

"We're here."

Moving up from her slumber, Anne blinked her eyes awake as she gazed at Newtopia but it wasn't like she remembered. The entire landscape around the walled city was bare and lifeless, the natural resources for miles around were harvest clean! Even the water surrounding the city was dried up!

"What happened?" Anne asked in shock!

"A tyrant happened."

Sasha moved Mrs. Croaker's ladybug to hide in near the walls of the city, in a large enough crack to hide it, before Anne and Sasha moved to sneak into the city.

They saw frobots walking in distinct patterns.

"So, this is what Germany was like in the 40's." Sasha said.

"Yeah, seems like a real life history lesson." Anne commented as she and Sasha looked at the patterns, "Wasn't your great grandfather a Nazi?"

"This isn't about me." Sasha said, "We just have to find an opening and get into the city, the castle is grounded so we can get in much easier without it flying. Let's go."

Anne nodded as they began heading into the city, managing to get inside the city walls without any robot battalions spotting them. Now they just needed to get to the castle.

"Now... let's find a way in." Anne said, "Because I don't think she'll let us in through the front door."

"I mean." They froze at that voice, "You could've just asked."

They turned around and saw her.

Darcy.


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