Saving Neopia II: Light And Darkness
In this chapter, our heroes will receive a letter from Snotty's horrible mother...suffice to say this will distract them from fighting a certain slime monster that's eating everything in sight...will they come back in time to stop him?
Chapter 14: The Mother Of Evil
Inside Deluge's stomach, curiously enough, were many Neopets. Apparently for some strange reason he did not have a digestion process, as he did not really need one considering he always grew larger and more powerful whenever he ate a Neopet.
"Where are we?" inquired a Bruce who was trapped inside Deluge.
"I don't know...it looks like we're inside some kind of slime monster..." questiioned the Mynci.
"Then how are we going to get out?" inquired the Bruce.
"I have no idea." answered the Mynci.
Unsurprisingly, many Neopets had been trapped inside Deluge's stomach...and were now floating inside of it.
"Let us out of here! I want my mommy!" demanded a Scorchio.
"I sure hope someone rescues us soon." said a Pteri.
"Me too." agreed a Korbat.
Meanwhile on Mystery Island...
"You got Neomail." said a mechanical voice.
"Hmm?" wondered Bloony. He never really received any Neomail...in fact, the last time he remembered getting Neomail was when the Villains Of Darkness challenged them to a duel.
"Villains of Darkness...they really need to be more original...of course, then again we did decide to call ourselves the Heroes of Light...and since they're our evil counterparts go figure." thought Bloony.
Dear Bloony,
I'm going to destroy Roo Island with a giant laser, and there's nothing that you can do about it! I dare you to try to stop me if I can! Right now we're located at a shack right outside of Neopia Central in the forest...You should know where it is, considering that you've probably been there before...
I look forward to seeing you there!
Sincerely,
Someone Whose Hated You For A Long Time
"It must be the Villains of Darkness again. And just when I thought I had finally defeated them for good...and I thought that was going to be the final battle between us too!" exclaimed Bloony.
"What's the matter?" inquired Cherry.
"It's the Villains of Darkness...they want to vaporize Roo Island with a giant laser...never mind how in Neopia they actually managed to get their hands on a giant laser beam of doom...anyways, it looks like we're going to have to leave Mystery Island for a bit." said the Blumaroo.
"But what about the horrible slime monster that wants to eat Shuriken?" questioned the Mynci.
"I don't think it should take long considering who we're dealing with...besides, we already knew where their hideout is, don't we?" inquired Bloony.
"Good point...I don't think we should leave Shuriken behind for long though." noted Ursula.
"Right. Which is why we need to hurry." agreed Bloony.
"I can make an invention to teleport us directly there if you want." said Marvin.
"Sounds good...wait, why didn't you do that so that we could teleport to Mystery Island in the first place! We could have saved a lot of time doing that...and maybe we wouldn't have been attacked by those pirates! " exclaimed the yellow Blumaroo.
"Well, you wanted to use a boat...and it didn't really occur to me at the time...I'm sorry if I've inconvenienced you guys..." said Marvin.
Bloony sighed. "Just hurry up and make the teleporter so that we can get there already..."
Marvin nodded and he went to work.
A few minutes later, he had successfully built the teleporter, which was already fired up and was ready to use.
"Good, we should have more than enough time before the slime monster arrives now." said Bloony.
"I sure hope so." nodded Cherry.
After successfully teleporting to their destination, Bloony decides to enter the shack so that he could scout it. However, he quickly noticed that for some strange reason, it now looked much more like a laboratory than a shack. Did the Villains of Darkness redesign their lair recently?
"How very odd..." thought the Blumaroo.
After surveying the newly-designed evil lair, he ultimately shrugged and decided to walk right in. If it was just the Villains of Darkness, then how hard could stopping them be?
"You sure you want to go in there alone?" inquired the Chia.
"It's just the Villains of Darkness. I don't think they should cause me too much trouble." answered Bloony.
His question would be answered shortly after he entered the laboratory of evil.
"Alright, where are you guys? You're really going a little far this time...since when do you destroy islands anyway?" questioned the Blumaroo.
Suddenly, he noticed what appeared to be Snotty on a chair with his back facing him.
"Not showing your face, huh? I guess you must be afraid of me..." said Bloony as he went to turn the chair around.
But as it turns out, it wasn't actually Snotty, but it was a dummy.
"What the-"
Suddenly, a cage fell from the sky and landed on top of Bloony, trapping him.
"OK, Snotty appears to be a bit smarter than usual...he set a trap for me and I actually fell for it..." noted the Blumaroo.
"You don't say?" answered Snotty's Mother, as she suddenly stepped out of the shadows.
"Wait...why are you wearing a woman's dress, Snotty? I don't ever recall you being a crossdresser..." questioned Bloony.
"I'm not Snotty...I'm his mother!" answered the evil matriach Blumaroo.
Bloony looked rather surprised.
"Wait, you're his mother?!" exclaimed the yellow Blumaroo. "Well then, I'm really surprised how similar you look to your son...it's a really uncanny resemblance, I say,...anyways, if you're his mother, I don't think I want to meet your husband..." said Bloony.
"I actually dipped my husband in acid not too long ago." answered Snotty's Mother.
Bloony promptly shivered in revulsion. He then noticed that the Villains of Darkness were in fact watching nearby...but they appeared to be rather frightened, and he then realized that something was wrong.
Fortunately for Bloony, he was able to break the lock on his cage, allowing him to break free...however, he became a bit suspicious when he noticed that Snotty's Mother didn't seem terribly surprised. Nonetheless, he decided to fight back against the worst parent in history.
"Sorry, but you're going to have to do better than that to restrain me." said Bloony. "Now then, let's get ready to rumble so that I can thwart your plans, shall we?"
The Villains of Darkness immediately ran up to Bloony, but surprisingly, Snotty's Mother held them back.
"Why did you do that?" inquired Bloony.
Snotty's Mother then went over to what appeared to be a monitor of some kind. Bloony scratched his head, not recalling that being there the last time he decided to pay the Villains of Darkness a visit.
"Trying to solve your problems with violence, are we? Real smart. But if you insist...two can play at that game." said Snotty's Mother.
The monitor went on...and much to his shock, Bloony discovered that not only had the laser gun she had mentioned in the letter had already been pointed towards the island, and it looked like it was fully operational too.
"I suggest that you cooperate with me, Bloony...otherwise you might find yourself homeless." said Snotty's Mother.
It was at that point Bloony realized that he had been duped. She in fact wanted the Heroes of Light to come to her shack, as it had been a trap the entire time.
Bloony sighed and reluctantly agreed to her demands. What else was he going to do? Fight against Snotty's Mother and watch his island become vaporized along with its inhabitants? He'd be lucky if it simply scoured the surface.
"Fine...but what exactly do you want me to do?" inquired Bloony.
"I want you to be my slave...you do me favors, and your island is safe. But if you fight against me, your island is gone. Agreed?" explained Snotty's Mother.
Bloony sighed and noddded in agreement. Again, he had no idea what to do. He only wished that he had brought his friends with him so that they could help him out of this. Then again, if he insisted on bringing them with him, maybe they would have been captured as well.
"Good. Now then, Villains of Darkness, lock the slave in his cage, shall we?" inquired Snotty's Mother.
The Villains of Darkness reluctantly did as Bloony asked. Apparently, they were Snotty's Mother's slaves as much as he was now.
As Bloony sat in his cage, he began to think of himself what exactly what he was he going to do. There had to be a way to get out of this, but he just couldn't think of any options.
"How am I going to stop Snotty's Mother without destroying my own home?" inquired the Blumaroo.
Meanwhile outside the house...
"Bloony's been in there for a long time...I'm starting to get worried about him." said Cherry.
"I sure hope he's going to be OK, then. Maybe the Villains of Darkness managed to dogpile him?" asked Marvin.
"I don't think they'd be competent enough to even think about doing something like that to be honest...they always seem to stink at villainy despite their team name..." said Ursula.
Suddenly, Officer Lenny came by.
"Excuse me, you three, have you seen these three Neopets?" inquired Officer Lenny, who handed them a few wanted posters.
As it turns out, the Villains of Darkness had bounties on their heads...and they were worth a lot of Neopoints. The Heroes of Light shrugged and decided to tell Lenny where their hideout was.
"It was right over there? Well I feel a little Babaaish...but thanks for the help anyway." said the Lenny as he handed the Neopets a lot of Neopoints.
"Sweet, we're rich!" exclaimed Marvin.
"But what are we going to spend it on?" inquired Ursula.
"I don't know." answered Marvin.
Ursula sweatdropped.
"Now if you excuse me I'm going to get some backup so that we can storm this place." said the Lenny as he went to report back to the police station.
"Sounds good!" exclaimed Cherry.
"I wonder when they'll show up..." said Marvin.
"Let's hope they show up soon..." agreed Ursula.
Meanwhile inside the shack...
Much to Bloony's disgust, he was currently being forced to clean out a Kadoatie's litter box. He already had to rub Snotty's Mother's rancid feet, had to clean the entire shack, and had to do an enormous amount of laundry.
"When will this end?!" exclaimed Bloony.
"Stop complaining and keep working!" demanded Snotty's Mother as she went to her inner sanctum.
All the while, the Villains of Darkness wondered if they should do something.
"I really don't think he deserves this..." said Snotty.
"Well, he did keep interfering with our plans that involve robbing people and whatnot." pointed out Redtooth.
"Well, I still don't think he deserves this...sure, I would have liked to finally defeat the Heroes of Light...but not like this!" exclaimed the Blumaroo. "I would have rather taken him down in a duel...rather than force him to surrender by threatening his hometown..."
"Rocky agrees! Rocky would rather crush green Mynci than threaten his friends and family." agreed Rocky.
"Maybe we should do something about all this..." suggested Jennifer.
"But if I did that, I would have to stand up to my mother..." worried Snotty.
"Aren't you tired of being abused by her all the time?" questioned Redtooth.
"Well, yes...but-"
"Then let's do this!" exclaimed Rocky.
Snotty shrugged and decided to listen to his teammates' advice...even though he personally felt that this would result in him being in a lot of trouble.
As it turns out, Snotty's Mother had decided to have Dennis keep an eye on Bloony while she plotted world domination.
"Funny, by making you a slave my mistress actually put me out of a job...but at least she had the decency to give me another one." said the Kacheek.
"What does it matter? If I try to escape Snotty's Mother will probably just set off the giant laser gun and Roo Island will go kaboom." murmured Bloony.
"She figured that she couldn't be too careful." answered Dennis.
"Got that right." answered Snotty.
"Huh?" inquired Dennis.
Suddenly, Rocky hit Dennis on the head with his club and knocked him out cold. Redtooth then tied him up, gagged him, and shoved him in a conveniently-located closet.
"Why are you helping me?" inquired Bloony as Jennifer picked the lock in his cage.
"We figured that Snotty's Mother was going too far so we decided to give you a hand." answered Snotty.
"OK...I'm not really forward to working with you after everything you've done to be honest..." nodded Bloony.
"Funny, that's what I was about to say. Now let's stop my mother, shall we?" inquired Snotty.
"But if I try to do that, she'll use the laser beam of doom on my home!" exclaimed Bloony.
"Oh, that...let's take care of that first, shall we?" answered Redtooth.
Immediately, he went over to the monitor and pressed what appeared to be a self-destruct button. Shortly afterwards, the laser gun aimed at the island suddenly exploded.
"Why didn't I notice that?" wondered the Blumaroo.
"I don't know...but my mother told us a million times not to press it so I figured why not." answered Snotty.
"I should probably get my teammates." said Bloony.
Suddenly, the Heroes of Light entered the shack. Apparently they decided to check how he was doing.
"Well, speak of Dr. Sloth." he thought.
"You OK, Bloony? You were in there a long time..." said Cherry.
She then noticed the Villains of Darkness, and got ready to fight them along with Marvin and Ursula.
"Wait, guys...I don't think we have to fight them this time. Believe it or not, they're not actually the real threat there." said Bloony.
"What?" inquired Marvin as he slowly lowered his weapon.
"It's my mother! She's plotting something horrible as we speak!" exclaimed Snotty.
"What is it?" inquired Ursula.
The Villains Of Darkness explained the plan to the Heroes Of Light.
"Oh dear...it looks like we're going to have to do something about it indeed." agreed Bloony.
"Then we've got no time to lose." nodded Snotty.
Meanwhile in Snotty's Mother's Inner Sanctum...
"Finally, my invention is complete...and with the leader of the Heroes of Light out of the way, I can finally conquer all of Neopia once and for all!" exclaimed Snotty's Mother.
As it turns out, for some strange reason, there was a giant mutant Grarrl in the room sleeping inside an equally giant tube full of green liquid.
Snotty's Mother pressed a button, and suddenly the green liquid holding the Grarrl in suspended animation was drained. The ferocious predator then opened its eyes and let out an enormous roar, shattering the glass in the process.
Fortunately for the twisted female Blumaroo, she had designed the Grarrl to obey the first thing it sees so that it wouldn't swallow her whole. It sat down and waited for her to give it a command.
"Alright then...let me think of a name for you...I know...I shall call you...Doomzilla! Now let me climb aboard!" exclaimed the scientist mad enough to give Professor Nyctus a run for his Neopoints.
The Grarrl nodded, and let Snotty's Mother ride aboard its back. It roared once again and marched right out of the shack, leaving a gaping hole in the wall in the process.
Unsurprisingly, the Heroes of Light and the Villains of Darkness both heard the commotion, and wondered what was going on. They looked outside and noticed Doomzilla stomping its way through the forest and towards Neopia Central.
"Funny, I feel like I've seen a creature just like that in a movie..." questioned Marvin.
"We can watch a movie later. For now, we have to stop that thing before it destroys all of Neopia Central...sheesh, first Roo Island and now this!" exclaimed Bloony.
"But how are we going to fight it? It's too big!" inquired Redtooth.
"Well, my mother has some spare mechanical parts that Marvin could probably use to make robots..." said Snotty.
Marvin nodded and immediately went into the laboratory. He came back a few minutes later...with two robots that resembled yellow Blumaroos just like Bloony himself.
"I see that you're awfully fond of me..." noted Bloony.
"How are we supposed to tell them apart? Just curious." said Snotty.
Marvin shrugged and started repainting one of the Blumaroo robots...and eventually, it looked just like Snotty instead of Bloony.
"Much better." said the green Blumaroo.
The Heroes of Light and the Villains of Darkness then climbed inside the Blumaroo robots, ready to head to Neopia Central and foil Snotty's Mother once and for all.
Meanwhile...
"So, did you sink their ship like I asked you too? I don't have all day, you know." inquired Willis as Captain Sharptooth walked into his office.
"Aye! Their ship should be in Davy Jones' Locker by now. Me and me crew made short work of them" nodded the evil pirate captain.
"Very good then. Here is your reward. Hope you enjoy." said the Bruce as he handed Captain Sharptooth a treasure chest.
The pirate Jetsam opened the treasure chest, and discovered that there were many Neopoints inside. Suffice to say he was rather pleased. Apparently he had hit the motherload for the time being.
"Pleasure doing business with ye, me hearty. Me and me crew look forward to plundering with ye in the near future, yarr." said Captain Sharptooth.
"Oh believe me, I'll be working with you again soon...you wouldn't believe how many ships have valuable goods in them...personally I wonder if I should become a pirate myself. Of course, being the head of a criminal syndicate has its perks too..." nodded the Bruce.
"Walk the plank ye landlubbers!" bellowed the talking Uni head, who for some reason was now wearing an eyepatch and a pirate's hat.
"I got a better idea. Why don't you keep your stupid mouth shut!" bellowed the Bruce.
"Aww...he wants to become a pirate just like me...yarr..." said Captain Sharptooth.
"Believe me, I don't think that you would want him on your ship. He's as annoying as Neopianly possible." answered Willis.
"Eh, suit yerself then." answered the Jetsam.
What's this? It appears that the Heroes Of Light and the Villains of Darkness have decided to work together for a change...and of course, Captain Sharptooth has reported his apparent victory to Willis...it's not going to be long before he finds out the Heroes Of Light aren't out of his flippers yet though, trust me.
But until then, can the Heroes Of Light and the Villains of Darkness stop Snotty's Mother from rampaging throughout Neopia Central? And can they make it back in time to stop Deluge from eating Shuriken...
Well, as usual, you'll receive answers for these questions in the next chapter...if you're looking forward to it, of course...