Saving Neopia II: Light and Darkness
In this chapter, we're going to see Officer Peanuts and Willis again...unsurprisingly, they're rather persistent on trying to bring their enemies to their version of justice...but what crazy thing will they send after our heroes and anti-heroes next?
And of course, our heroes and anti-heroes are going to keep trying to stop their archenemies from their plans...that's what they do after all...
Chapter 10: Out To Sea
Officer Peanuts stood in his chair, waiting for the Quiggle Brothers to give him his cup of coffee and delicious, creamy donuts like they usually did.
"Hurry up already or you're fired! I don't have all day!" demanded the officer.
Immediately, two Quiggles hopped into his office and did as the police chief demanded.
"Good, Wart and Gorf...now I can finally drink some more coffee and eat some delicious doughnuts..." spoke Officer Peanuts.
As it turns out, Wart was a red Quiggle who had his police badge on the right side of his uniform, while his brother Gorf was a green Quiggle who had his police badge on the left side of his uniform.
"You sure you should be eating those, boss? You're getting kind of chubby. Maybe you should go on a d-" asked Wart.
"Don't talk to me like that or I'll dock your pay for twenty thousand years!" bellowed Officer Peanuts.
"OK, boss! We're sorry! We won't call you fat again!" apologized Gorf.
"You had better not!" screamed the Elephante. "Now then, hand me my copy of the Neopian Times. I want to read the funnies, like The Cashews and Kennedy the Kadoatie. They always make me laugh, unlike you and your lousy jokes."
Wart and Gorf sweatdropped as they handed their boss his copy of the latest issue of the Neopian Times.
Curious, Officer Peanuts began to read the newspaper...
Suddenly, he spat out his coffee on Wart's face, and hurled his donuts in anger. Unfortunately for Gorf, one of them was lodged in his throat, and since they were creamed donuts, he began to cough and gag.
"Yeowch!" screamed Wart. Being scalded by coffee was never fun, as it left burns that did not feel good when they were on your skin.
"Those freaking delinquents have been spotted in Meridell! They're probably heading to Brightvale as we speak! This won't do at all!" bellowed Officer Peanuts.
"But I'm not sure if there's anything that we can actually do about this...I think we're outside our legal jurisdiction now..."said Gorf.
"Of course there's something that we can do! And who cares about our legal jurisdiction, anyway? Go to Meridell and bring those cretins to me!" screamed the Elephante, handing Wart and Gorf an Ultra Bubble Gun and a Portable Kiln respectively.
"You sure this is a good idea, boss? Those weapons look like they're incredibly dangerous! I don't think we should play with them!" questioned Gorf.
"Just do it already or you're fired! In fact, I'll make sure you that you remain forever unemployed!" demanded the police chief.
Reluctantly, the two Quiggles did as they were told, and they hopped out of Officer Peanut's office.
Afterwards, he went back to drinking coffee and eating donuts as usual.
Meanwhile in Meridell...
"You think they went down there? It looks like someone dug the Slorg Hole up..." questioned Redtooth.
"How are we going to get down there?" asked Snotty.
"Simple. Geromino!" exclaimed Rocky, jumping down the hole.
Unsurprisingly, due to the fact that it was a fairly long drop, Rocky ended up hurting himself.
"Ow!" he exclaimed.
"Er, you alright down there?" inquired Redtooth.
"Rocky thinks so...but it's really dark!" said the caveman Mynci.
"I still think we shouldn't go down there like Rocky did..." suggested Snotty.
"That's OK...maybe we can buy some rope from the store...something tells me that the farmers won't try to attack us again...at least not for a while." said Redtooth.
"If you say so. While we're at it maybe we should get some miner helmets as well...that way we'll be able to actually see where we're going." answered the green Blumaroo.
Unfortunately, as Snotty and Redtooth discovered, the store known as Merry Supplies For Everyone was closed due to the chaos they had caused.
"Darn it! Why does the store have to be closed when we need it the most!" screamed Redtooth.
"I guess we're just going to have to break in." answered Snotty.
"I thought we weren't going to be villains anymore." pointed out the blue Lupe.
"This is for the greater good." stated the green Blumaroo.
"If you say so." said Redtooth.
After busting down the doors, the two Neopets then began to search for supplies. Due to the fact that the storeowner had turned off the lights, it was a bit hard to find what they were looking for. But soon enough, Redtooth found something.
"Hey! There's rope on sale right over here!" exclaimed the blue Lupe.
"Perfect! Now all we need is a light source. But where can we find one?" asked Snotty.
Suddenly, the green Blumaroo noticed there were several miner helmets right behind him.
"Well, speak of Dr. Sloth!" exclaimed the green Blumaroo.
Immediately, Snotty and Redtooth put the miner helmets on their heads. Shortly afterwards, the store began to illuminate.
"I guess these actually work." spoke Snotty.
Bringing an extra miner helmet for Rocky, the two of them then tied a rope to the Symol Hole and then lowered themselves into the hole.
"That worked surprisingly well." noted Redtooth.
"Hey, where's Rocky, anyway? I don't see him even with these helmets." questioned Snotty.
"Over here!" exclaimed the caveman.
As it turns out, he was trying to fight Slorgs and Spyders by blindly crushing them with his club...apparently there were many Petpets down there that had gone insane from being trapped in the Symol Hole for so long.
"Sheesh...I don't think I ever want to drop a Petpet down here after seeing this...especially after I just got a Petpet Protection League badge..." said Redtooth.
Thankfully, the Slorgs and Spyders were rather weak individually, so our anti-heroes had few problems taking them down.
Unfortunately, there were even tougher Petpets ahead. Namely, aggressive Symols that didn't appreciate the Villains of Darkness from invading their territory.
"Get them off me!" bellowed Redtooth, trying to prevent the Symols from clawing into his flesh.
"What do you think I'm trying to do?" answered Snotty.
"Rocky wonders why these Symols are so vicious..." said Rocky.
"Maybe they're agitated or something?" questioned the blue Lupe.
Shortly after this scuffle, Snotty, Redtooth, and Rocky came across an empty pedestal. They then realized that Cyrus and Luna had beat them to the punch.
"Dang it!" bellowed Snotty.
Also, there was an enormous Juppie Plant Beast was waiting for them...apparently it had sprouted after the duo had taken away the Leaf Stone.
"That plant sure doesn't look friendly..." thought Snotty.
Suddenly, vines grew out of the ground and blocked the way out of the cave.
"We're trapped!" screamed Rocky.
"How are we going to get out now?" questioned Redtooth.
Shortly afterwards, more vines started to sprout of the ground to stab the Villains of Darkness.
"Whoa!" exclaimed the blue Lupe, who started trying to get out of the way.
"Rocky smash puny Juppie plant!" exclaimed the caveman Mynci.
Unfortunately, for Rocky, the Juppie Plant Beast could spit acid...which it demonstrated by spewing it on his face.
"It burns!" exclaimed the caveman.
And to make matters worse, the acid got into his eyes, so he was blinded. He started swinging his club like crazy, nearly hitting Snotty and Redtooth in the process.
"Hey, watch it buddy!" demanded Snotty.
"You nearly hit us!" bellowed Redtooth.
The Giant Juppie Plant then tried to bite Rocky, who unfortunately was now close to the plant.
"Ouch!" he exclaimed.
However, due to the fact that he kept swinging his club like crazy, the Juppie Plant Beast ended up being hit on the head. It hissed at our heroes and started spewing more acid at our heroes.
"Funny...didn't Tormund face a monster just like this one when he was training to become a knight?" questioned Snotty.
"Yes...although I don't ever recall it spitting acid...perhaps it's an older plant beast? I don't know." answered Redtooth.
Finally, Rocky regained his sight, and he continued trying to crush the beast with his club. Unfortunately, it had moved its head out of reach.
"Dang nabbit!" bellowed Rocky.
Thankfully, Redtooth was able to leap on top of the Juppie Plant Beast's head, and he then started clawing into it. Due to the fact that his claws were poisonous, this did not bode well for the overgrown veggie, who started trying to shake the Lupe off.
This gave Snotty enough time to punch the Juppie Beast in the head using his elastic arms, causing it to collapse on the ground.
"Whoa!" exclaimed the blue Lupe as he fell on the cave floor.
"Did we get it?" questioned the green Blumaroo.
Snotty's question was answered when suddenly the vines blocking the way out withered away.
"I'll take that as a yes." he said.
"But where are Cyrus and Luna anyway? I don't see any sign of them!" exclaimed Snotty.
"Hmm...it seems that they're long gone...it's just as well though because I'm sick of getting mud on my paws!" replied Redtooth.
"Where could they have gone?" questioned Rocky.
Meanwhile in Brightvale...
As it turns out, after the destruction they had caused in Meridell, Cyrus and Luna had gone towards Brightvale to search for the Earth Crystal. According to the compass, it was somewhere in the city.
Cyrus was happy that they managed to get the Leaf Stone to unlock the temple with without a hitch. At the rate they were going, they would be able to use the six crystals to make a wish to save their homeland in no time. Of course, getting the other five stones and the other crystals would probably not be so easy, but he believed that he and Luna would be able to pull it off.
Luna on the other hand was starting to become worried. She got the strange feeling that the Neopets they had gotten in trouble would want revenge on them due to the fact they had framed them for crimes they did not commit. She had in fact noticed that there were wanted posters of them scattered throughout Meridell.
"Well, we've got the Earth Stone...now let's use it to look for the Earth Temple...according to the compass it should be somewhere in Brightvale." said Cyrus.
"Funny, I can't help but shake the feeling that we're being followed...but who exactly could be tracking us down?" replied Luna.
"Oh? Whatever makes you say that?" questioned the Scorchio.
"Just a hunch. Maybe I'm just losing my marbles." stated the Acara.
"I sure hope not." answered Cyrus.
Suddenly, they noticed that many members of the Royal Guard of Brightvale were leaving Brightvale Castle...the duo began to wonder what was going on.
"Perhaps they're looking for somebody?" questioned Luna. She in fact got the strange feeling that they were looking for the Neopets that were wanted throughout Meridell, but she decided not tell Cyrus that.
As it turns out, they had been ordered by King Hagan to capture the Villains of Darkness due to the fact that he had heard that they had been spotted in Meridell and had caused a lot of destruction.
"It looks like that way...and it appears that they're armed with medieval weapons...something tells me that whoever they're looking for is dangerous..." answered Cyrus.
"Let's hope it's not us." said Luna.
The duo eventually decided that it was not worth their time investigating the Brightvale Royal Guard's recent activities, and they resumed searching for the Earth Crystal Temple using their compass.
Meanwhile at the Neopia Central Docks...
Much to their horror, Bloony, Cherry, and Marvin discovered that Deluge had invaded the docks and had eaten many of the workers there. Unsurprisingly, the port was now covered with slime.
"Darn it! How do we keep missing him? It feels like he's always a step ahead of us..." questioned Bloony.
"He's really sneaky!" exclaimed Cherry.
"Well, Deluge just ate everyone here...that's for certain...it sure seems like he never runs out of Neopets to eat..." answered Marvin.
"I sure hope he didn't eat any of the Black Pawkeet..." said the Red Chia.
Suddenly, our heroes noticed that the ship was sailing into port, and they immediately smiled.
"Thank goodness!" exclaimed Bloony.
Sure enough, they saw that Garin was leading them...and curiously enough Jacques had come back from the dead as a Ghost Pirate Neopet.
"You're a ghost now? I didn't know that Neopets could return back from the dead..." questioned Cherry.
"Well, yeah...sometimes that happens whenever a Neopet meets an untimely end...personally I'm just glad that I can continue being a pirate." said the spectral pirate.
"I wonder if that's going to happen to me before this adventure is over..." murmured Bloony.
"Let's hope not. Try to be optimistic!" answered Marvin.
"So, you want to sail to Mystery Island, do you? Funny, I don't see any other sailors here..." noted Garin.
"That's because they were eaten by a horrible slime monster." said Bloony.
"What?! They were eaten?!" exclaimed Jacques.
"I know, that literal slimeball simply won't stop eating, and the more he eats, the bigger he becomes!" warned Cherry.
"That doesn't sound good at all. He's probably eating even more Neopets as we speak!" agreed Garin.
"Exactly! But that's not the worst part! He plans on eating Cult of Apocalypse members to gain massive power boosts! He already ate Professor Nyctus, his own creator! And we think that Shuriken is next!" exclaimed Cherry.
"So, to make a long story short, you're trying to stop him from eating more Neopets so that he doesn't destroy all of Neopia?" questioned Jacques.
Bloony nodded.
"I see...I guess we better start sailing as soon as possible. It's bad enough that all of Neopia was already attacked once by another monster...we certainly wouldn't want history to repeat himself." agreed Garin.
And so our heroes hopped aboard the Black Pawkeet...hopefully they would be able to get to the island before Deluge did.
But unbeknowst to our heroes, one of the pirates aboard the ship was actually a member of Willis's goons, who was in fact spying on them.
"I don't think the boss is going to be happy that the Heroes of Light are alive and well..." he thought. Immediately, he prepared to give Willis a call.
Meanwhile at the Terror Mountain Ski Lodge...
As it turns out, Willis was throwing a party along with his two Cybunny bodyguards, Hunny and Bunni. Curiously enough, one was a Yellow Cybunny with a blue dress while the other was a Blue Cybunny with a yellow dress.
"How I love parties...it's too bad it's not all smoothies and caviar though...the Heroes of Light seem rather determined to stop me...but seeing though I sent an army of Robo-Myncis after htem I think I should be safe from them." thought Willis.
As it turns out, his goons were making Myncis of themselves...apparently, the taste of fruit punch drove them crazy.
Suddenly, he received a message from his spy on his cell phone.
"Yes, what is it?" questioned Willis.
"The Heroes of Light have gone off to sea! And they've got the Black Pawkeet on their side!" exclaimed the spy.
"What!? Alright, everyone stop boogieing now!" demanded the Bruce.
The evil Neopets did as Willis asked, although not before looking at him with curiousity.
"This is no time to be partying! Those stupid Neopets must have destroyed my Robo-Myncis! Now I've going to have to spend a million Neopoints just so I can build new ones! And to make matters worse they've managed to persuade a bunch of pirates to help them defeat me!" exclaimed Willis.
"What should we do, boss?" questioned Hunny.
"Yeah! There's got to be a way to get rid of them!" exclaimed Bunni.
"I know what I'm going to do! I'm going to call an associate of mine to sink their ship into Davy Jones' locker! Captain Sharptooth!" bellowed the Bruce.
All of Willis's goons (including Hunny and Bunni) gasped in shock. Captain Sharptooth was one of the worst pirates in all of Neopia! Rumor has it that he was even worse than Captain Scarblade!
"You sure about this?" questioned Hunny.
"Yeah, boss! That Jetsam is absolutely vicious!" agreed Bunni.
"Of course I'm sure! Who do you think I am?" answered Willis.
Immediately, he started dialing his accomplice's cell phone number. Sure enough, a blue Jetsam wearing a pirate's hat and an eyepatch on his left eye answered.
"Ye rang?" questioned the evil pirate captain.
"Yes...I've got a job for you...I want you to sink a ship by the name of The Black Pawkeet into the bottom of the ocean...you got that? And while you're at it, feel free to maroon the passengers...that would be a sight I would love to see." answered Willis.
"Ye got it boss...wait, the Black Pawkeet? I've heard of those landlubbers! They are a disgrace to pirates everywhere! Me crew and I should have no trouble with them!" exclaimed Captain Sharptooth.
"Right...just try not to underestimate them, will you? Because I'm not going to be happy with you if you fail..." said Willis.
"Of course I won't fail! Those Goldys will never see it coming! Yarr!" answered the Jetsam.
"Very good. Just make sure that the Heroes of Light don't make it to Terror Mountain...or to wherever else they're going." stated the Bruce, who promptly hanged up.
The Villains of Darkness are catching up to Cyrus and Luna...but unfortunately King Hagan has decided to send the royal guard to stop them from causing damage to his kingdom like they apparently did to Meridell...and of course, Officer Peanuts has armed two of his best officers with deadly weapons to bring them to justice...
And meanwhile...the Heroes of Light are setting out to sea...but Willis plans to stop them using a pal of his...will they be able to get to Mystery Island? Or will Captain Sharptooth and his pirates put a stop to that?
You'll of course, have to find out in the next chapter, because I like cliffhangers.