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Heidi started at the screen shocked at what she had just seen.

So it was all Butters' doing. He was the one who pitted Cartman against her.

"I...I don't believe this." she whispered.

Looking back at when she spoke to Cartman when he was trying to destroy the station.

"You don't really talk to me the same way you used to. Oh, God, I'm sounding needy, huh?"

"Eric, I just-I hope that you're always honest with me, even if you think it might hurt my feelings."

"Uh-huh." said Cartman nonchalantly Yeah, cool. Heidi, I'll always do what's best both of us.

Even though she was there for him at the time her words were too late to reach him.

She also recalled the events when their trip to Mars failed in the end.

"Wow, babe. Looks like all our dreams are kind of on hold for a while, huh?" she told Cartman

"Yeah, but some people's dreams are other people's nightmares." he said.

She finally got what he meant. She recalled how Butters said that females were going to stick males underground and milk them for semen and jokes. Is that what he thought she was going to do to him.

She sunk to her knees.

Why wasn't she there to reassure him when he was being manipulated? Why couldn't she have prevented Butters' venom from sinking in? Why did their relationship have to devolve to what it was now?

"Are you going to be OK?" Sumire asked Heidi.

"Yes," Heidi whispered. "I..I messed up. I wasn't able to prevent him from becoming a sociopath then but I can change that now once we take his treasure and change his heart."

"Speaking of," Akechi piped up, He turned to Zenkichi and Sophia. "How are you two doing finding another path."

"Successful." Smiled Sophia as she closed the digital map. "We have found another path to the treasure through the vents...it will take us directly into the center statue where the treasure is."

"Perfect." sighed Heidi. "I'll get you back to the way you were Eric, who you're supposed to be...just a little while longer."


Back in South Park, people were still fending off against Mexican Joker. There was fire everywhere, a lot of blood and screaming that provided a symphony of crisis.

The Whites and the girls were still huddled behind the car.

Nichole peered out from behind it at Classi's unconscious body next to the flaming wreckage of the Classimobile.

"Well that rescue mission didn't go as planned," she lamented.

"That kid's not even human!" Tammy cried "No man could ever stand up to him!"

"NO MAN!" came a deep gravely voice behind her at which Tammy facepalmed at what she had just said. "BUT HOW 'BOUT A WOMAN...A STRONG WOMAN AT THAT!"

It was Heather Swanson.

"She" was standing in front of Alejandro, just a few yards away from him.

"I'M GONNA TAKE YOUR LITTLE, PEQUEÑO ASS DOWN, AND PROVE TO THAT BITCH STRONG WOMAN THAT I AM THE STRONGEST WOMEN IN ALL THE WORLD!"

"Blade, go home!" Tammy shouted, "This isn't a competition, it's fucking manslaughter!"

"WHAT DID YOU JUST CALL ME, TRANS-PHOBE!" Heather snarled. "IT'S NOT FUCKING BLADE, IT'S FUCKING HEATHER. AND I'M GOING TO BEAT ALL THAT INFORMATION INTO YOUR TRANS-PHOBE SKULL IF I HAVE TO!" "She" lunged at Tammy only for her to dodge causing Heather to crash headfirst into a dumpster.

Emily, Nichole and Esther looked at Tammy with funny looks on their faces.

"What?" Tammy defended herself. "She's a total bitch, remember? She called us trans-phobes and made our principals look bad."

"Well, she wasn't any help." Emily whimpered. "Who else can we call?"

Esther sighed and said. "I never thought I would ever have to do this." She pulled out her phone and dialed a number.

"Hello," she said in it. "Yes it's me...Look I need your help OK...yes the gender war is over...yes I'm sorry...YES I'm taking you back...yeah yeah, but now I need your help...there's a criminal attack us and we need your help, now, HURRY!" she hung up and leaned her head against the car in exhaustion."

"Why was that, Esther?" asked Emily.

"My boyfriend," she replied.

"How is your boyfriend going to help us!?" Angel cried.

Esther sighed and said, "Let's just say, when he gets here...he's gonna bring the crunch."


Back in Gerald's palace The Phantom thieves were still locked in battle with Gerald's monster form while still in awe with Kyle's new outfit.

"Kyle, that is impressive!" Morgana exclaimed. "How can you have powers without a persona?"

"I don't know either!" cried Kyle. "I thought up this Superhero Persona and it just came to me."

"Persona or not," Monster Gerald growled. "I will eat you for lunch and cast cast you aside when you break!"

"I am not going to fall this time, Dad!" shouted Kyle. "And neither will my friends!"

"Oh you will fall Kyle," Gerald boomed. "You've only made things worse for yourself for so long, how will this be any different?"

Kyle sunk to his knees feeling depressed. What would he end up risking by joining the phantom thieves? and if they lost...

No.

This time it was different. This time he wasn't repeating his mistakes. This time he was doing the REAL right thing.

"You're wrong." Kyle growled. "I won't let you do this anymore, Dad. Laser Burn!" He fired two. burning hot lazers out of his eyes stunning his father causing him to scream.

"Oh you insolent, brat!" he howled. "I will cut you to shreds!"


Heidi continued to crawl through the vents following behind the others. The thoughts of what she saw still processing in her head.

So Butters was the reason Eric turned against women all of a sudden. she thought. I should have known something big happened on that fateful day. I just hope we can still change him.

"We're here." was Zenkichi's voice ahead of her. He pounded the vent with his elbow causing it to fall to the ground.

The five of them descended into the room and saw to their amazement the interior of the statue.

It resembled a giant ballroom with encrusted windows a sparkling floor.

Very beautiful indeed.

Before anyone could do anything a voice rang out.

"Halt!"

They were once again surrounded by guards.

Akechi, Sumire, Zenkichi and Sophie readied their personas when a voice rang out.

"So Phantom Thieves, you think you can come in here and make me your slave. Only I'm aloud to do that!"

The guards cleared to reveal the source of the voice.

Eric Cartman...or rather his shadow.

He was dressed in a Whitish-red version of his Adolf Hitler costume but with dark gray pinstripes, a long red king cape, teal skin and a paper crown.


The stripes on the suit and teal skin are a reference to Pokey Minch from Earthbound. The only fat sociopathic kid who seems to rival Cartman...if not worse.


"E-Eric?" Cried Heidi.

"Heidi?" exclaimed Shadow Cartman. "What are you doing here?"

"I'm here to save you from what you've become Eric!" Heidi cried out. "I'm here to take you back."

"Save me?" Cartman said shocked. "But this is who I've always been."

"No!" Heidi exclaimed. "This isn't you, what happened to the feministic Eric Cartman who believed that all women were smart and funny?"

Cartman looked down at the floor.

"That's who you are...you must remember!" Heidi pleaded. "Look I know about Butters...I know about the SpaceX issues, but that's all in the past. We can start over...you and me."

Cartman sighed and looked forlorn.

"Why did you let what Butters made you think change you?" she asked. "Wasn't what he had before...special...did it even matter?"

Cartman turned away from her said said slowly,

"Heidi...all of that did mean something to me." He said slowly. "But the me that you saw was a role I was trying to play...a new person I was trying to be...I tired so hard to have that role be accepted by everyone else...but to no avail, the girls still discriminated me. The Boys destroyed all my stuff, and worst of all I blew my relationship with you because of my stupid internet history."

Heidi looked crestfallen, this was an actual side of Eric she had never seen, had he been hiding all of this from everyone?

"But Eric you don't have to do this." Heidi pleaded. "You don't have to be the bad guy, we can end it all right here, just give us your treasure and you can be whoever you want...who is not a villain."

"It's too late Heidi!" Cartman shouted, his guilt replaced with anger. "You betrayed me and There's nothing more to be said! Guards Seize them!"

"Eric...if this is really who you are. If this is Really how you feel, then you truly are gone to me, I really was was only loving a shadow, a mask that you were trying to become. Y-You really are a monster! Always have been. I know what I must do. It wasn't enough to break up with you...I actually have to BREAK you!

"Finally, you realize the truth!" came a voice.

Heidi screamed as she was thrown onto the ground.

"Seeing this monster for what it really is, loving only a lie. Now you're going to finish the job and destroy any final connections you have...right?"

"Yes..." Heidi heaved. "It's what I have to do."

"Then I'll be happy to entrust you with my power. I am thou...thou art I."

"Zero..." Heidi sighed as she stood up. "LEND ME YOUR POWERS!" She stood up the threw off her hat as a blue light enveloped her.


Kyle was busy fighting with his father. So far they were getting no luck.

"Man," Ryuji groaned. "So far we are getting no luck!"

"I wish there was a way to weaken him." cried Yusuke.

Kyle's eyes darted around feverishly for something to fight his father with when his eyes fell onto the computer.

He could see his dad's back legs typing away on the keyboard sending out more trolling.

Furthermore...he could see dark purple energy surging off the keyboard as he typed and up the legs which made the aura his corrupted father gave off more and more menacing.

At once an Idea formed in his head.

He turned around and looked at the bruised and beaten up Phantom Thieves.

"Guys, I have an Idea. but you have to do exactly as I say!" he declared.


As the bombing grew louder and louder, blood soaked the streets buildings turned to dust yet and the car the Whites and the girls were hiding behind was getting more and more damaged.

"Esther?" cried Emily as she pressed herself against the car. "How long until your boyfriend comes?"

"It won't be long now." she assured. "He should drop in in about riiiiight...now!

A bright pink flash of energy slammed into the ground knocking Alejandro down.

Esther had a smile on her face ear to ear. "You came!"

The boy looked up and grinned. "It is I. Mintberry Crunch. Your days of evil-doing are over Mexican Joker!"

He fired a Berry Blast at Alejandro causing him to fly back screaming.

"Me odio berries!"

"You don't like the berries you say?" Bradley taunted. "Then have a taste of mint!" He fired a gale of mint at the boy and he sprawled back into the corner of a building!"

"GO MINTBERRY CRUNCH!" The people cheered as Bradley continued to attack.

Alejandro glared at Mintberry Crunch in hatred when he noticed something in the distance and smiled wickedly. He cooked a grenade and lobbed it behind Bradley and it hit something behind him.

"What did he shoot?" Tammy asked.

As those words left her mouth a giant billboard sigh for Skim Milk fell off the top of a tall building hitting Bradley knocking him out of the sky.

"BRADLEY!" Esther screamed as she ran to her boyfriend. She tried to pull him out but the billboard was too strong. Tammy and Nichole both ran to her to help her pull him out.

Emily stayed where she was with the Whites. What was she going to do? Her family...her friends they were all going to die, there was nobody to help her.

This wasn't what she wanted, she just wanted to be happy. She just wanted to see Jason again. Instead she was facing this raging tortured soul who-

wait...

That was it!

Emily stood up and walked towards Mexican Joker.

"Emily, wait!" cried Angel.

"Kid, are you nuts?" Bob exclaimed.

Emily ignored them as she continued to walk towards Alejandro.

"Alejandro, please!" she begged. "You have to stop!"

Alejandro turned around and pulled out a gun aiming it at her chest.

"Mantente alejado de mí, Niña!" he growled.

"Look," she started "I understand how it feels...to be angry...to be hurt because of the Whites. But you can't do this!"

"No sabes, que he pasado!" he seethed.

"Maybe I don't know what you've gone through." she continued. "But I can tell you that I've felt similar...I've lost something too. Something I'll never get back no mater how much I grieve...no matter how angry I am at others. But we're alike you and I...it doesn't matter how upset we feel but we can get through this together." She walked forward and hugged him.

Alejandro began to seethe and growl, but he began to calm down and hug Emily back dropping the gun and calming town. Finally relieved there was someone who was showing him affection.

Bob stormed towards them shouting. "Are you kidding me!?"

Emily and Alejandro turned around and looked at him.

"Mr. White..." Emily began.

"I thought you cared about the Whites!" he ranted. "But all you care about is my dead son. You know what? If you really care about him soooo much. THEN HOW ABOUT YOU JOIN HIM!" He grabbed the gun Alejandro dropped and aimed it at Emily's forehead.

"EMILY!" screamed Tammy.

"Cuidado!" Alejandro shoved her out of the way as the bullet struck him in the stomach.

Emily screamed as she flew across the street and the back of her head slammed into a fence pole.

As she grew dizzy she saw something descend from the sky towards her. She couldn't tell who it was but she could make out a distinctive purple shirt.

It was the last thing she saw before she lost consciousness.


In Eric's palace Heidi was standing before him. Wearing a white dress, with a pair of matching fingerless gloves and gray high heeled boots. In her hands she held a gray sword.

"All, right Eric." She said. "Time to wipe your pestilence off this earth...for good!"

"Surround her!" Shadow Cartman shouted. A troop of giant armored soldiers appeared, restraining the other four out of the way until they surrounded Heidi.

Heidi only flashed a small grin before leaping up on the air using her sword in a spin attack, killing the enemies surrounding her.

She then stabbed a charging foe in his chest swinging her sword out, and doing the same to the two behind him.

She turned to Akechi, Sumire, Sophia, and Zenkichi who were being restrained by the soldiers.

She smiled to herself and pulled out a flamethrower that resembled a dragon's head and fired the flames at the guards melting them.

The four phantom thieves pulled out their weapons and joined Heidi.

"All right you bastards," Akechi cackled. "Are you ready to fucking die!?"

"We won't let you win! Sumire demanded.

"There is a 100% chance of our victory is we work together." Sophia piped up.

"How's about you kids cut the wisecrack and fight!" Zenkichi playfully demanded.

At that moment they were standing before a giant looking monster that looked like an Iron Knuckle from The Legend of Zelda.

"Ok..." Heidi sighed. "This is going to take a lot of effort."


Kyle walked out in front of his dad and said "Okay, Dad that's enough, I won't let you do as you please."

"Oh son, you amuse me." Gerald chucked. Unaware of Joker sneaking behind him. "That's all you've ever been doing to me, what made you change?"

"I guess it was how you treated Ike...how you really saw him, as your little scapegoat. And how do you see me, hm?"

"Oh you'd be more lucky to be a scapegoat that how I see you." Gerald taunted maliciously. As nothing more than a whiny, annoying, little, complaining, prick!"

Kyle shook with rage but then composed himself and snorted. "At least I'm not a fucking idiot."

"Hm" Gerald said in surprise. Kyle pointed behind him and Joker had his gun pulled out aimed at the computer, his hand on the trigger.

"No! NO!" Gerald screamed as he reached his left hand out but it was too late.

BANG

A bullet flew out of the barrel and smashed into the screen of the laptop destroying it and alongside...all access to Gerald's Power.

Gerald screamed as energy surged through him and then faded.

"He's weakened!" cried Futaba. "His power level just dropped to 10%!"

"Let's finish this!" cried Ann

(Recommended Music: I believe Persona 5)

Haru rushed forward and swung her axe cutting down one of his right legs.

Ann swing her whip coiling around one of his left legs

Makoto leapt off her motor bike and let it crash into his second right leg.

Yusuke drew his katana and slashed down his second left leg

Ryuji and Morganna sprang up from opposite ends, hi-fiving in the middle before slamming their bodies into the third set of legs.

Joker pulled out his gun and shot down the top front legs.

"Now, Kyle!" Joker shouted.

Kyle jumped up onto Futaba's ship and shouted. "Wrath of the Human Kite!"

He lept off and out the roof of the cave until he was hovering several yards above it.

Concentrating his energy he focused a tricolor set of energy beams onto his Father's shadow.

He floated down and did a flashy pose like the ones the Thieves did after an all out attack.

It was done.

Gerald was defeated.


Heidi and Team B were still locked in ferocious combat with the Iron knuckle...well mainly Heidi.

Anytime the others would ask to help her she would always seethe "Stay out of this!"

The Iron knuckle then with a huge swing of his axe knocked her back, sending her sprawling against the wall.

"HEIDI!" everyone screamed.

"Heidi, just let us help you!" Sumire pleaded.

"No!" she cried. "I can't!"

"Why not?" Sophia asked.

"Because...because...BECAUSE NOBODY CAN HELP ME!"

"What?" they all said.

Heidi sighed. "When it comes to any problems with Eric...Nobody has ever been of any help to me."

"What do you mean 'nobody has ever of any help'?" asked Zenkichi.

"All my friend had ever done to me is make fun of me for dating him, even when he was mean to me I could bring myself to break up with him...one reason being having to face the wrath of my friends, them ripping on me saying 'We told you so' 'what the fuck were you thinking Heidi?' 'what you've gone through is a momentary loss of all sanity in dating him'!"

"Eh, you kinda did," snarked Akechi, cuing a huge punch in the stomach by Sumire.

"So when Kyle came and encouraged me to do the right thing, all was fine at first, until one day. The girls invited me to lunch to celebrate me breaking up with Cartman and proceed to rip on me against Kyle's earlier warnings not to do so. I felt so hurt, so betrayed, so lonely I didn't even think I could trust Kyle at all because of how his actions led to this. Of course I didn't even tell my parents about my relationship problems at all because I knew they would take very drastic and unnecessary actions something I didn't want them going in over their heads for. So that's why I felt like I could only save Eric myself."

"But Heidi," Sumire assured her. "Just because there are a few bad people doesn't mean you have to feel so lonely. Just remember the ones you KNOW are good to you and stick by them."

Heidi looked up.

"My daughter Akane had similar issued as well." Zenkichi explained. "She believed all she could rely on was herself and her own beliefs to get what she wanted. But it fell upon us to help her see the light."

"I've had similar issues with Kuon Ichinose." smiled Sophia "But the Phantom Thieves help me straight."

"I admit," Akechi grumbled. "Joker did help me learn to appreciate my life and who I was...a little."

Heidi still looked nervous. "But if not my friends...if not Kyle...then who do I have to help me?"

"Easy." Sumire giggled. "You have us, right now."

Heidi smiled softly at that.

"The road ahead may be difficult for us all but, as long as we stand together we'll have nothing to fear." Sophia grinned.

Heidi's resolve came back.

"Yes, you're right! Now let's finish this! All out Attack!"

The four phantom thieves charged forward tearing the iron knuckle to shreds.

Heidi then leapt in with her sword and plunged it into the chest of the foe. Finishing it off.

All that was left was the weak Cartman.


Kyle and Team A of the Phantom Thieves stared down at Gerald as he reverted back to his normal form

"Okay, Okay!" he shouted. "I surrender!"

"You gonna stop trolling?" Kyle asked angrily.

"Yes! Yes! Just stop hurting me!" he whined.

Kyle said to himself "Wow if only this happened earlier rather than now."

"Anyways," Morganna spoke up, "Where's the treasure?"

"It's over there by the computer that YOU BUSTED!" He seethed with that last one.

Ryuji picked up the object that was next to the computer which was a glass of dark purple wine.

"Huh..is this it?" he asked.

"Yes it is." Gerald pathetically whined. "Okay, maybe I DID go too far with my trolling, I don't know why I started going that far. It just came to me."

"Well it's over now." Yusuke replied. "You won't be doing it anymore."

"And you're gonna apologize to everyone for what you've done." growled Ann.

"Fine...(you bitch)." Gerald muttered.

"What did you just say?!" Ann seethed.

At that moment the whole palace began to rumble.

"We gotta go!" cried Futaba.

At that moment everyone raced off except Kyle who just stared at his Father's shadow.

"Kyle...son." Gerald pleaded. "I'm sorry."

"Are you sorry for what you've done?" Kyle snorted.

Gerald looked down. "...no."

Kyle rolled his eyes and turned around, when his father said.

"But...I want to be."

"Then do the right thing like I did and atone for your crimes." and with that Kyle turned and ran out to join the Phantom thieves amidst the collapsing palace.


Heidi and Team B started down at the cowering Cartman.

"Plea-please!" he sputtered. "Have mercy. Don't kill me! Mom!"

"It's over Eric," said Heidi. "Tell us where the treasure us and we won't hurt you."

"I-It's in the back of the throne." Cartman pointed towards the throne.

Heidi walked over as the others followed behind her.

She pressed a secret button on the throne and a compartment slid open.

Inside were $16.20.

"Seriously?" Akechi growled. "We went through all this trouble for just some fucking money!?"

"No." Heidi exclaimed. "I remember, his half-brother Scott Tenorman cheated him out of it and he got revenge by killing his parents and feeding them to him."

"He killed a kids own parents and fed them to him?" Zenkichi asked. "Gross."

"Yeah I know." replied Heidi. "But I'm guessing that was when he went from being a fat spoiled brat to the sadistic sociopath he is today. Anyways, once we take this treasure he'll be normal again." she reached out to try and grab the treasure...

...except she couldn't.

Not because there was an invisible barrier, not because she was being distracted.

It was because she didn't want to.

She turned away swiftly and said "No. I-I can't do this!"

"Why not?" Sophia asked.

"Because. Because...Because this is exactly what he did to me!"

"What?" they all said.

"Controlling him, manipulating him, turning him into something he's not!" Heidi continued. "This was just the same as what he did to me!" She turned away from the treausre and walked over to the fallen Eric.

She stared down at him with pitiful eyes.

"I'm sorry Eric," she started. "I can't take you back but I also can't force you to change, only you can do that and when you do...maybe...I'll be waiting."

And with that she turned around and walked out of the statue, the other four following behind her leaving behind the dumbfounded Cartman."

Heidi then stopped in the foyer where they started their quest.

"I'm sorry I forced you guys through all of that." she sighed. "I guess the only thing we got was a lot of wasted time."

"No," Sumire replied. "We're just glad you feel fine. That's all we wanted from you...to feel fine."
Heidi blushed nervously. "I guess now it's time for me to go but I just wanted to say thank you."

"No problem girlfriend." Sumire smiled. They both fist-bumped. "Girl Power!"

Heidi turned to Akechi but before she could open her mouth he said. "Spare me all the wholesome, 'I love you' bullshit...but you're welcome."

Heidi turned away from him to Zenkichi.

He bent down and put his hands on both of her shoulders.

"Just remember to always rely on those you are close to." he smiled. "They'll always have your back."

Heidi finally turned to Sophie.

"There's just one more thing I need to do." She said.

She pulled out her phone and types something onto it before Heidi's phone buzzed.

"Just a little something you need to show Kyle." she smiled.

The world around Heidi began to go blurry and she knew she was being transported back to her world.

"Goodbye!" she shouted as she waved at Team B

"Bye Heidi!" They all replied back as her whole vision went white.


Heidi gasped as she woke up on the Park Bench.

She was wearing her normal clothes again and her hat was back on her head.

She then remembered everything that happened...she may not have changed Eric's heart but at least she learned to respect herself...and her close ones a lot more now.

Her inner thoughts were interrupted when she heard sirens wailing in the distance.

She hopped off the park bench and hurried towards the source of it.

She could see crowds of people all wounded about. She could see the police manhandling a raging Mr. White (she remembered it was him when she stole his gun during her final breakup with Eric). She could see Nichole, Bradley, Esther, and Tammy all wrapped in blankets.

"Guys!" she exclaimed as she ran towards them. "Are you OK? What did I miss?"

"Oh nothing," Tammy responded. "Just some MEXICAN JOKER TRYING TO KILL US! What about you?"

"It's...complicated." Heidi slowly responded. Her eyes then fell upon Emily Marx being wheeled away on a hospital bed.

"Emily!" she cried. "God what happened to her."

"She got hurt trying to stop Mr. White." Nichole explained. "We're waiting for our parents to get here so we can follow her to the hospital."

At that moment they heard a faint voice in the distance. "Stan?" All heads turned to the rights to see Wendy desperately running through the ruined streets. "Stan where are you?"

"Wendy?" Heidi exclaimed.

"Heidi," Wendy gasped. "Have you seen Stan anywhere?"

"No," Heidi responded. "I just got here."

"Esther?" cried another voice. It was Kevin.

He ran up to his younger twin sister and embraced her.

"Are you all right?" he asked.

"I'm fine." Esther responded. "But weren't you on a date with Red?"

"I was," Kevin replied "But I saw the news and came as fast as I could, Red should be catching up."

As if on cue, Red appeared in the distance, someone with her.

Upon further inspection it was Stan. She had his arm slung over her shoulder and she was dragging him as hard as she could.

"Stan!" Wendy ran and grabbed him out of Red's grasp.

He did not look good.

His eyes looked very dull. His mouth was open yet frozen. His entire body looked limp.

"Stan, are you all right?" Wendy asked. "Answer me!"

"Uhhhhh..." Stan moaned. But that sound was emotionless.

Wendy looked very worried.

She turned to the Ambulance and cried "Hey! Room for one more?" she gestured to Stan.

As two medics rushed out and escorted the limp Stan to the ambulance another voice cried out. "Excuse me, may I have your attention?"

All heads turned to reveal Gerald Broflovski standing in the middle of the wreckage. People were glaring at him, hisses and whispers were heard from all directions.

"Before you all kill me, I have something to say." He said, a rather sorrowful look in his eyes.

"What does he want?" snorted Red.

"Wait," exclaimed Heidi. "Let's hear what he has to say first." (Of course she knew the reason for this.)

"People of South Park...and everywhere else..." Gerald started. "It is true that I was the notorious troll Skankhunt 42. I was the one who trolled innocent people online, harassed women to the point where they quit twitter and even...even drove Freja Ollengard to commit suicide. I did this all for no reason at all other than foolishly believing I was being funny."

"How was any of what you did funny?" asked a Pedestrian.

"Because it's so not funny!" Gerald cried. "Anyways, I have wronged a lot of you and hurt so many people and I just want to say...I'm sorry...For everything. I messed up big time and because of that I lost my family...my wife...and my boys...I lost sight of what was really important and I paid the price for it."


"I will never ever troll again. And I apologize for everyone out there for thinking that everyone would be fine with it."

From Tegridy Farms Randy was listening deeply.

"Because even doing small misdemeanors can still hurt people by a long shot, and that is not okay. So again...I'm sorry I will devote every ounce of my strength to becoming a better person and make amends with those I love."

For the first time...in a long time Randy's eyes opened.

What was he doing?

He looked around.

Everywhere he looked there was nothing but Marijuana themed stuff. Nothing about his family.

And where were his family? That's right...they left because of his shitty antics.

He had been so caught up with himself and how many others paid the price for it?

This wasn't right...this wasn't the answer.

He had been so full of himself that he neglected everyone around him and now...they were all gone.

His shenanigans were not the answer, hiding from his mistakes was wrong.

Tegridy Farms had to go.


"How is he doctor?" Wendy asked nervously to the doctor who was looking at Stan.

"Well from the looks of it it seems he's suffering a Catatonic Shutdown." the doctor responded.

"A catatonic shutdown?" asked Sharon nervously.

"Yes, it's where the mind and body has been filled with too much depression and trauma that they just seem to...shut down." The doctor looked at Sharon has anything rather traumatic and/or depressing happened to your son recently?"

"Well..." Sharon slowly started. "I think this first began when he broke up with his girlfriend Wendy a long while back...then he got hurt in the middle of a school shooting...then his father moved us all to a farm against our will and didn't even tend to our emotional needs...then the pandemic started and well that broke him up a little...and when Randy was revealed as the pandemic creator he just snapped."

"Oh my god!" The doctor exclaimed. "That explains why he's like this...usually most people aren't lucky to break out of it! He'll be very fortunate if he does!"

"But will he?" Wendy asked.

"Unless he is able to make peace with everything that has happened around him, he could likely..." the doctor stopped before he could say anymore. "Le't's just hope for the best."

"Oh god." Sharon gasped.

"B-but that's not fair!" Wendy exclaimed. "It's true that I broke up with him because of Mr. Broflovski but I didn't want this. Oh, doctor you have to do something PLEASE!"

"I'm sorry.." The doctor responded. "I've done all I can...the rest is up to god."

Wendy buried her face in her hands.

Sharon patted her on the back. "It's going to be OK, how's about I drive you home?"

Wendy nodded as Sharon carried her catatonic son out of the room.

As she looked to her right she saw the unconscious Emily in her hospital bed with a small white dove staring at her through the open window.


Heidi slumped along the street, having decided to walk home. The sun was setting next to her but she paid no attention to that.

She looked up and saw Kyle running towards her. "Heidi!"

"Kyle!" she ran up towards him and embraced him. "You did it!"

"I did..." Kyle smiled, "Did you?"

Heidi hesitated "I'll talk later, first...what was the treasure?"

Kyle pulled out the goblet of wine.

Heidi eyed it. "Hm, what kind of beer is it?"

"I don't know?" he replied. "But we can't taste it ourselves, we're too young."

"I have a better Idea." Heidi responded. "Let's go to my house."

They both ran in the direction Kyle came from, opened the doors to Heidi's home and raced to her bedroom.

Heidi then took a sample of the wine, put it inside a petri-dish and slid it a scale that was plugged to her computer and examined it.

"Holy crap!" she exclaimed causing Kyle to run towards her.

"What's wrong?" he asked.

"Look at the sound waves." she pointed to the monitor.

The soundwaves were frequently acting up every two seconds.

"It's quite similar to something else I analyzed a while back." she ran out of her room and into the kitchen. She opened the refrigerator and pulled a jar of purple berries.

She ran back to her room, opened the jar and pulled put a single berry and showed it to Kyle.

"Does this look familiar?" she asked.

Kyle examined the berry with the face on it as it asked him. " 'member Trolling? 'member The Millennium Falcon?"

"I know what those are." he exclaimed. "Those are member berries. I've heard of them from others."

"Yeah, well my parents are obsessed with these things." Heidi continued. "They kept these things in the fridge and have one every so often. When they weren't looking I studied one and analyzed it in any way possible. I even saved a soundfile of the soundwaves it produced." She clicked a button and pulled up a file on her computer...another sound wave file.

It repeated the pattern of the wine's sound waves almost perfectly.

"So the wine is made of Memberberries?" Kyle gasped.

"Yes," responded Heidi. "It seems that when your dad drank the wine they were made of they controlled him into doing...trolling."

"But how would they be doing that?" Kyle asked. "I thought their job was to remind people of nostalgia and...Star Wars."

"But that's just it." Heidi replied. "I've heard them say very strange things on occasion like 'marriage between only a man and a woman' 'Jim Crow Laws' and 'being okay to say politically incorrect comments'. I bet it was their darker influence that corrupted Gerald into being a troll, twisted what was already wrong with him into something worse. And the frequent intakes of this stuff.." she gestured to the wine. "Has coalesced into his Palace's treasure, and by taking that treasure, you not only changed his heart, but you freed him from its negative influence as a result."

"Wow." Kyle said in awe. "So what's Cartman's treasure like? Was it something cool, or something very lame?"

"Well," sighed Heidi. "It was only a measly $16.20."

"$16.20?" Kyle exlcaimed. "Like the same money Scott Tenorman cheated him out of?"

"Yes," said Heidi. "It was the loss of that money that drove him into the monster he is today."

"Well at least you have it and we won't have to worry about him ever again right?" Kyle asked.

He saw Heidi's face fall.

"Heidi..." Kyle started. "You took his treasure did you..."

"No..." Heidi buried her face in her hands. "I didn't. I couldn't bring myself to!"

"WHAT?" Kyle exclaimed. "Why not?"

"Because I'd turn out no better than he!" Heidi cried. "I'd be just as controlling, and manipulating as him and I couldn't live it down...I was stooping to his low and I didn't even realize it."

"Heidi..." Kyle reached for her shoulder.

"No!" Heidi cried as she jerked the shoulder away and turned away from him. "I...I just need to be alone for now."

"But-" Kyle complained.

"I-I mean it." she didn't turn to face him. "At least you saved your dad, so be happy about that...I'll see you in School, Kyle. Goodbye."

Kyle sighed and whispered. "Goodbye, Heidi." and with that he walked out of her room and towards his house.


Randy was standing outside.

He had moved what was left inside the farm into the pickup truck.

He had also informed Towelie that he no longer needed to head up here anymore.

He couldn't believe how foolish he had been acting for the past few months.

Marijuana wasn't the answer...it was never the answer it was only the catalyst for more problems.

He had to do the right thing now...and do what he should have done from the beginning, Well...after the Pandemic Special was over and leave Tegridy Farms and join his family.

He climbed into the truck, started the engine and as he drove off he looked at Tegridy Farms one last time in the rearview mirror until it vanished from his sight...for good.