Back to where Taylor and Luna were fighting, they were relentlessly throwing punches at each other, grabbing at each other and not giving up so easily. But Luna was a bit of her league, as Taylor was a far better fighter, having the rocker in a headlock and kneeing her in the stomach. Pretty soon, Luna feel easy. But she still mustard as much strength as she could to stand up...
"You're out of debt, sweetie.", Taylor said, towering over Luna.
Luna looked above Taylor and saw a hole on the ceiling. Her eyes went wide as she saw something coming and made a break for it. Taylor for a moment until she heard the walls break behind her, and it was enough to get her running as well...
"Son of a-GAAAAHH!"
Luna didn't look back to see Taylor's fate, but she assumed it wasn't pretty. Not able to stop, she had no idea where to go but straight as the falling debris was getting closer to her head. But as she continued, she saw a door at the end of the hall, and decided that was her best bet. Lunging forward, Luna burst through the doors as the rocks were soon closing in. She found herself outside as she saw a section of the warehouse she was just in complete collapse. As the smoke cleared, she saw that across from her position, some goons had fired a catapult at the warehouse. They soon ran away after the damage was done...
"Dummies...guess I should thank them though.", Luna said to herself, as she looks at what remains of the warehouse. "I'm hoping everyone's alright."
She then begins looking for a new way back inside.
To where Lori and Whitney were at, they were continuing to move through the dark halls. Dodging a few spotlights and trying to find a way out of here. And as they did so, Whitney could see that Lori was looking a little bit down, and wondered what was on her mind.
"You okay, Lori?", said Whitney. "You're looking a little upset."
"Oh, I'm just worried about everybody.", Lori answered. "I'm hoping their okay. I wouldn't want to miss my chance to make amends with them."
Confused, Whitney asked, "Amends? For what?"
"With Carol, for her hair.", Lori answered. "It got stuck and ripped on a tree branch while we were running from Cherry's thugs."
"I'm pretty sure that was not your fault.", Whitney tells her. "You shouldn't have to worry, Lori. You got nothing to apologize for."
Lori began to think about that...
"Besides, I have problems with my hair than others.", Whitney said, putting her hand through her hair. "It's massive and it gets in the way of a lot of stuff."
Both of them began to feel the ground begin to shake. It grew to be a little excessive, hearing what sounded like building was falling down. When it had soon stopped, both girls looked at each other for a second before heading over to see what that was. They saw that it came from a door, and they opened to see that it led to what remained of one part of the warehouse...
"What the heck happened here?", asked Lori.
"I don't know.", said Whitney. "But seeing as how this technically now leads outside, shouldn't we use it to escape?"
"Maybe.", said Lori. "But, what are we gonna do about that?"
She points to a bloody hand hanging outside a pile of rubber, which made the girls begin to feel terrified...
"So...my sister is dead."
The two of them froze as they head an unfamiliar voice behind. They turned around to see Kylie, who was not looking the least bit happy, gripping onto a katana blade...
"Well...she may be reunited with her boyfriend...But, I...will never be whole again...NEVER."
Lori spoke out, saying, "It's not like we killed her."
"Oh, I know.", Kylie said. "But, I gotta blow off steam somehow."
Then, coming from out of the shadows was a whole bunch of goons, which made the girls back up outside...
"Kill them both.", Kylie ordered.
As the thugs begin to close around Lori and Whitney, Lori felt something poking her foot and looks to feel a spiked back next to it. A smirk grows on her face as she quickly grabs onto the bat and swings it towards the thugs, breaking into a fight. Whitney had felt someone grab her by the hair and pulls her back. She sees someone trying to attack, but she quickly kicks them away.
"Watch the hair, you punk!", she screamed.
Kylie merely walked around and watched the fight, mourning over her sister. She rather did enjoy her thugs getting worked over by two girls who never really had to fight before. It gave her some satisfaction, but she knew that she eventually had to pitch in. As both girls, kept on fighting, Whitney's hair kept getting in the way as she repeatedly had comb it out of her face. And if it wasn't that, it was another thug getting the chance to pull it. Lori saw where this was going, and decided to help out.
"Hair tie?", she asks, holding one up.
"Yeah.", Whitney says, taking the tie and her hair and begins to tie it around her head while kicking away another thug. But as she was finishing up, one thug comes at her and punches her in the face. That was enough to push her off her edge...
"Big. Mistake!", she said, taking something from under her dress which just so happened to be a tennis racket. "Now, I'm gonna teach all of you a lesson!"
"Whitney, where the heck did you get that racket?", Lori asked.
To which Whitney replied, "It appears when I'm angry!"
And with that, she charges the rest of the thugs, knocking them down with one blow of her racket. She was smacking them, on pairs of cheeks as she worked everyone of them over. By the time there was one guy left standing, she took her racket and hit him over the head with the net, making it go through and getting him stuck. Seeing how she couldn't get it loose, she decides to take the racket and pull it over her shoulder, throwing the thug along with it. And with that, both girls turned their attention towards Kylie, who was still sitting, looking a little surprised at what she just saw. A few of her still barely conscious thugs came up behind, looking like they still wanted to fight, but could barely stand on their own feet...
"Well...", she began to say. "Like my daddy used to say before divorcing my mom...you want something done right you gotta do it yourself."
Lori and Whitney looked at each other with confusion before looking back at Kylie, who had a sword in one hand, and something else in the other, but she was hiding it...
"He also said-"
Throwing the other thing to the ground, both girls' vision was blocked by a huge cloud of smoke. As soon as it began to dissipate, Lori and Whitney saw that Kylie and her thugs were gone and there was something written on the ground. It said "Later". This left both of the girls unamused...
"How is that they all of this ninja stuff, but we can't afford anything?", Lori asked angrily.
"I know. So unfair.", Whitney agreed. "But at least we can catch a break. Let's go meet up with the others."
Letting out a sigh, Lori said, "Right."
To where Lyberti and Rex were, like everyone else, they continue to walk blindly through the halls. These two were not meant for fighting, constantly running away from any sort of scary noise coming from any corner. As they were catching their breath, they heard footsteps coming from around the corner and Rex was about to book it again, but Lyberti stopped him.
"Rex, we can't keep running forever!", she told him.
"What would you want to do? Fight back?", Rex argued. "Let's just keep moving and pray that others get out as well.",
"No Rex! We can't leave them. And we'll have to fight back. One way are another!"
She then looks around and sees an old fire extinguisher. Picking it up, she waits for the footsteps to come closer. And as she was about to attack, letting out a road, she soon stopped as she was looking at one of her friends, Parvana. She stopped herself from hurting her, but couldn't stop Parvana from falling out of shock...
"Oh my gosh! Parvana, I am so sorry!", she then says.
"It's okay!", Parvana said. "I almost did the same."
"What happened to you?", asked Rex. "You just seemed to have disappeared."
"Yeah, everybody did.", Parvana answered. "I didn't know where I was going."
"Well, the least we can do now is find everyone else and get out of here.", Lyberti said.
"I don't think that's gonna happen anytime soon."
All three of them turned their heads over to someone coming out from around another corner. It was Frank, still alive but looking terrible. Blood was dripping from his mouth as he as being carried by a fat goon.
"It's you.", Lyberti said. "You're not looking too well."
"Yeah, I just took a bullet to the spine.", he tells them. "But other than that, I'm feeling just dandy."
"You're in no condition to fight us.", said Rex.
"Maybe not me...", Frank said, while patting the big guy on the back. "But he is."
The Fat guy had a shaved head, a stretched grey tank top, green cargo shorts, red shoes and black wrist bands.
"Ted, take care of these guys.", Frank order. "Don't let them escape. I'll sit this one out."
Laying Frank on the ground, Ted turned his attention towards the three pacifists.
"Sorry, kiddos.", he said in a thick voice. "Nothing personal."
"At least this guy has some manners." Lyberti said before throwing the fire extinguisher at him. But the thing just seemed to bounce straight off him, making Lyberti a little scare as she and the others run the other way. Ted gave chase, showing that he was surprisingly fast, while Frank stayed behind and chuckled weakly. But he soon stops when he sees someone towering over him. Cherry.
"Look at you.", she said. "Look at what you've done to yourself."
"I'd say I look pretty good from a perspective.", Frank said back.
"Quite the waste of space that you are.", Cherry told him. "What am I gonna do with you?"
Frank replied, "Well, a hand would be nice."
Then, Cherry motions over a few goons, all female...
"Take care of this fool.", she orders of them. "And find those fools and bring them to me."
The female goons silently nod their heads as one of them stands beside Frank while the other goes to meet up with Ted. And with that, Cherry makes her leave, allowing Frank to enjoy the company she left behind for him. Back to the three, they chased inside another room with Ted right outside. They soon realize that they have gotten themselves trapped, as there was no place out and Ted spots them. One of the female goons soon catches up with him...
"There's just three of them.", he tells her. "I'll handle this."
He then squeezes through the door side first and enters the room.
"What are we gonna do?", asked Rex.
"Not much we can do.", said Parvana, clutching her fist. "But I'm going for it."
"What?", Lyberti asked, shocked. "Parvana, no!"
Running towards the fatman, Parvana jumps and stretches out her foots, ready to kick Ted back. But her attack merely bounced off his fat tummy. As she fell to the ground, Ted looked at her, unamused.
Parvana laughs awkwardly, "Well, it was worth a shot."
"Too bad.", said Ted, suddenly grabbing her.
Lyberti and Rex scarcely watch as Parvana was thrown across the room and lands on the wall with a splat. They cringe at her pain...
"Ouch.", Lyberti said.
"That had to hurt.", said Rex.
Ted faces the female thug, saying "We got them cornered. Report back to Cherry, tell her that they're hers for the taken."
The female silently rides as she looks for a way to get to Cherry quickly. Seeing a hole in the ceiling, big enough for her to fit through, she takes a rope and attaches it to the top...
"You know the door's an option, right?", said Ted, having the goon glare at him as she climbs to the top.
Another female comes by and motions for Ted to go up the rope, which confuses him. He looks up, and can tell that he'll not be able to fit...
"Uh, I'll stay down here.", he says. "Someone has to keep an eye on them."
The female shakes her head and once again motions him upward...
"You can't be serious."
Then, without warning, the female takes the rope and ties it around Ted's waste then tugs on the rope. Suddenly, Ted is hoisted up in the air, but like he suspected, he can't fit through the hole. He was twice its size and couldn't fit, as the females are barely able to get him through. He tries to squeeze through, but is stuck rather tightly...
"Nice going, geniuses!", he complains. "I told you, I wouldn't fit! It's too small."
"Well, maybe if you didn't eat all those ribs, this could've been easier!", said the female thug pulling him.
Lyberti, Rex and Parvana saw this as their chance to escape, as they rush for the doorway, pushing the female guard unconscious as they run past her. Unfortunately, Frank and the goon with him saw them running, and Frank orders her to chase after them...
"Idiots.", he says to himself.
Meanwhile, in one of the largest areas in the warehouse, Lincoln, Carol, Renee and Mollie find themselves under a bright lamp, allowing themselves to rest after fighting their way here. They were mostly beaten up, having messed up hair and bits and pieces of their clothing ripped off. Lincoln and Carol having scratches on their faces, Renee had a bruise on her right cheek and Mollie had a black eye. They took the moment they had to catch their breath...
"Well, this has been fun.", said Renee.
To which Mollie added, "Yeah. Why not do this every year?"
"To much fun.", said Lincoln. "More than I can handle."
"I'm hoping everyone's okay.", said Carol. "But at least, we don't have to deal with anymore surprises right now."
"Hey!"
Just then, someone was coming from the shadows, and the four people acted fast, ready for combat. Fortunately, it was Luna coming into light, which made them calm down...
"Nice to see you guys are alright.", she said to them. "We will not believe what I've just been through."
She got a better look at them, she saw how beaten up they were...
"Oh, you too, huh?"
"Yep.", they all said together.
"Well, it could be worse.", Luna told them, right before someone else was coming into the light. It happened to have been Lori and Whitney, who were not looking very happy. And like before, everyone was startled by them suddenly showing up.
"Relax. It's just us.", Lori said, sounding a bit peeved.
"Good to see you guys again.", Whitney said.
"Likewise.", Lincoln spoke up. "I see you tied your hair."
"Had to.", Whitney said. "It kept getting in the way."
"You two sound mad.", Carol pointed out. "What happened?"
Lori answered, "We were this close to dealing with one of Cherry's top nutjobs, when she decides to act like a ninja and vanish."
"Well, that's just great.", Mollie said sarcastically. "We've just been busy fighting for our lives."
"I'm hoping everyone else can show up.", said Renee.
"Be specific.", said Lori. "We don't need any unexpected guest around."
And, for the third time, some others were coming into light and startled everybody. This time, it was Mazzy, Kat, Dana and Greg. They were looking just as beaten up as everyone else here...
"Hey.", Mazzy said. "Glad to see you're all okay."
"Where have you been?", asked Whitney.
"Fighting.", answered Dana.
"What took you so long?", asked Lori, angrily.
Mazzy pulled out the pistol she shot Frank with, saying, "Things got a little hairy."
Everyone was more frightened the second Mazzy pulled out the pistol. Seeing this, Kat quickly tries to pull Mazzy's arm down.
"Put it down.", she said. "Put it...down."
Quickly putting her hand down, Mazzy said, "Sorry."
It was then that everyone began to hear some running coming their way. Lyberti, Rex and Parvana were still running away from the female goon chasing them. But that goon ended up tripping over her feet, allowing them to escape. As soon as they saw their friends, they were getting overjoyed, but had forgotten to stop and ended up bumping into Mazzy's group. Lyberti bumps into Mazzy, Rex with Greg and Parvana with Dana. This caused all of them to fall down and for Mazzy to accidentally fire the gun at the headlight, taking it out. Now they were all left in darkness, again...
"Great.", said Lori. "Just great."
"Now we have no way to see.", said Carol.
"There goes the working light.", said Whitney.
"Oh, on the contrary."
Suddenly, with the flick of a switch and some buzzing, all the lights had suddenly turned back on again. The group had then came to a realization that they were suddenly surrounded, by all the goons they previously beaten up before, and Cherry.
"Hello, little doggies.", Cherry said to them. "Time for your walk."
The group formed a circle as Cherry's little army surrounded them.
"Get ready, everyone.", said Lincoln. "This'll be the fight of our lives."
"You don't have to tell us twice.", Lori said.
Everyone waited for someone to make the first move. The clock was ticking, and soon...the fight broke out. One of the goons made the first attack, only to be kicked away by Lori's foot. Everyone was fighting through the horde of thugs, and the group was powering on through. They managed to grab a few of the thugs' own weapons, the three younger girls grabbing onto some the thugs and beating them. And meanwhile, a few others got themselves with stuck with the greater threats. Lori was dealing with Ted, Luna was dealing Kylie and Lincoln...was dealing with Cherry.
Right now, Lori had her hands full with the big guy. She gulped, seeing as how he towers over him and despite being fat, he was still pretty strong. Just as his right hook...
"Okay...", Lori said, struggling to recover that punch. "That one hurt."
"Come on, Lamb Chop!", Ted yelled out at Lori. He was bouncing around like a boxer, motioning for Lori to come at him...
"You want it?", Lori said, looking angry. She soon tries to punch his gut, only for her fist to go bouncing off his belly...
"Oh, that one felt good.", Ted said, making Lori as she kept on trying to hurt him. "Hey, guess what?"
Lori looked up and saw Ted's fist coming at her chin. That upper cut made her fall back down to the ground. Her anger was starting to boil as she felt Ted grab her, lift her up and was about headbutt her. Seeing how that was coming, Lori moves her elbow in front of her, which hits Ted's pudgy face. It was enough to make him dazed, and allows Lori to get a little payback...
"Let's see how you like it!", Lori said, grabbing Ted from his shirt. Suddenly, she ends up lifting him over her head and then throws him into a couple of thugs scurrying around. With that, Lori cleans the dust of her hands and continues on fighting some more thugs. Meanwhile, Luna had her hands full with Kylie, wasn't anything like her sister. She was quicker, smarter and more flexible. This left Luna unmatched as she took a kick to the stomach...
"I'm gonna treat you the way you treated my sister, and crush you like a nut!", she yelled out.
Breathing heavily, Luna let out, "Let's not make this a habit."
Just as she about to land another attack on Luna, Kylie ends up getting kicked in the face by Sam, making her tumble, but quickly recover. But then, it shows a bloody gnash where Sam had kicked her...
"I got you, Luna.", said Sam.
"Too against one.", Luna said. "Now you're outnumbered."
"You're still outmatched.", said Kylie.
Kylie was...right. Even together, was she able to counter almost everyone of their attack. She may have taken a few hits hear and there, but it was nothing she couldn't handle, she was still standing. As another kick from Sam was coming at her, Kylie grabs the punk girl's foot and launches her at Luna, making them both fall down...
"Give me regards to my sister.", said Kylie, pulling out a knife. But before she could finish them both off, someone smashed her from behind with a chair. Luna and Carol were shocked to see it was Whitney, who was breathing heavily...
"Dang, girl!", Luna said. "A bit over the top, don't you think?"
"Don't start with me.", Whitney said. "It's been a long day. Got my dress ruined, my hair pulled..."
"Still...a chair? Really?", Sam asked.
To which Whitney replied, "At least I'm not the one with a gun!"
"I heard that!", Mazzy said while hitting someone with the back end of her pistol.
But it wasn't enough. Kylie got back on her feet like it was nothing, other than there was blood running down her face. Spitting out some of the blood, she confronted the three girls again...
"I'll fall a thousand times before I let you win!", she screamed out.
"Man. This girl just doesn't give up. Does she?", Sam said, holding up her fist.
"Shut up and fight!"
Things seemed to have gotten surprisingly easier for Luna and Sam, as the hit from the chair was enough to leave Kylie dazed. They were soon starting to overpower her, making her angry...
"You piece of s**t!"
"Language, you giant prick!", Luna said, as she and Luna were about to land the finishing blow. Together, they landed a double uppercut on Kylie, seeing her off the ground and plummeting back down. That finished, as she was knocked out cold by the attack. Now that they were finished here, they moved on to the rest of the thugs.
Meanwhile, Mazzy was fighting back several thugs on her own with only an empty gun that she's forced to use as Melee weapon. But soon, one of the thugs grabs her by the throat and pushes her against the wall. Struggling to break out of the grasp, Mazzy spots Rex hiding in a corner, quivering...
"A little help?", she calls out. This forces Rex to look around the floor, in search of anything useful. He finds a lighter and tosses it over to Mazzy. Skillfully catching the light, Mazzy lights it and points it at the thug holding her, who unfortunately for him, had a beard. After she was free from the goons grasp, she picked a new weapon, a sledgehammer, but then looks over at Rex, who was still shaking in fear...
"Rex, buddy, We gotta help us out!", she says to him.
"I don't know if I can.", Rex says. "I'm just too scared."
"Ah, come on!", she tells him. "Just think of it as a scene from a movie. Just...real."
"Okay...", Rex agreed, still feeling unsure.
"Alright then!", Mazzy said right before heading back into battle.
As Rex found himself alone again, a thug spots him and was coming for him. Rex saw that this was where he was supposed to start fighting, so he raised up his fist and was gonna do his best. The thug starts throwing punches, to which Rex quickly dodges and punches back, hitting the thug. That was enough to get his confidence going as he kept dodging and punching, no damage and all direct hits...
"Ha, ha!", Rex laughs triumphantly as he rapidly punches the thug and knocking him out. He then spots a crowbar on the ground and more thugs coming his way. With a smirk on his face, he grabs the crowbar, steps forwards and starts to whack some heads. As he and Mazzy were fighting back goons one at a time, they saw that Lyberti and Parvana were having some trouble. Parvana only had a wooden plank to defend herself, which was breaking easily as she hits goons upside the head with it. And Lyberti had a bludgeon, a mace like weapon which she was having trouble wielding, Considering how heavy it was. As they were getting overrun by more thugs, Mazzy and Rez intervened, taking on half of goons...
"We got your back.", said Mazzy, hitting a thug in the stomach, making him fall to the floor and throw up.
"Appreciate it, guys!", Lyberti as she was trying to swing her weapon. "Man, this thing is heavy."
Seeing how Lyberti had the better weapon and that she was down to a splinter of the plank she was using, Parvana grew irritated, grabbing the Bludgeon from Lyberti, saying "Oh, give me that!" She seemed to be wielding it better than her friend hitting thugs left and right and swinging the weapon as if it were just a tree branch. It may have been the adrenaline pumping, since she then dropped the Bludgeon and then starts taking off her hijab. Seeing another thug coming in, she takes her hijab and wraps around the thug's head and begins using all her strength to swing the poor guys body and throw him over to some other goons...
"Dang, girl!", Mazzy said, surprised by Parvana's performance.
"Nice hair.", Rex said.
Combing some hair out of her face, Parvana said, "Thank you."
And at last, on the second floor, Lincoln and Cherry were dashing it out in a duel. Lincoln had managed to find himself a Chinese Han Sword to defend himself as he was going up against Cherry with her naginata spear. Never before did he think that he would be in a fight such as this, as he continuously backed up from Cherry's upcoming attacks. Some attacks he couldn't dodge, forcing him to retreat, only for Cherry to repeatedly catch up with him...
"Consider yourself lucky that you had found that sword.", Cherry said. "One of those idiots down there left it where it was. Right for the taking."
"I don't care.", Lincoln talked back to her. "I'm taking you down."
Laughing hysterically, Cherry said, "I like to see it!"
The blades continued to clash, but Cherry was far stronger than Lincoln, forcing him to back against a wall as their weapons gritted together...
"Now we're getting somewhere.", Cherry said.
Pushing her away, Lincoln swung his sword, saying, "The heck's wrong with you?!"
As they continued to fight, Lincoln's arm was growing tired and his grip was wearing out on the sword. Seeing this, Cherry took it as an opportunity to knock the sword out of Lincoln's hands and make it fall to the first floor. As that happened, Lincoln felt Cherry's foot on his chest push him to the ground...
"Now...pretty soon...you'll be all mine.", Cherry said with a smile.
As Lincoln slowly crawled away from the psychotic girl, Cherry had failed to notice that someone was climbing up the latter behind her. It was Carol, and she retrieved Lincoln's sword, holding it with teeth as she climbed the latter. Lincoln saw as Carol gave him a wink as she was about to slash Cherry. But Cherry noticed that Lincoln's eyes had moved and now new that someone was behind her. She quickly anticipated Carol's move, nearly taking her head off with the swing of her naginata...
"But you didn't see this coming, huh?", Carol asked Cherry.
"I tend to keep my eyes peeled.", said Cherry.
Their fight didn't last too long. Carol had just as much luck as Lincoln had, but she could keep up with how Cherry was spinning her naginata around. Eventually, Carol couldn't keep the blade up anymore and saw Cherry leap on top of her, taking the edge of her naginata and begins choke Carol with it...
"You won't be missed.", Cherry said menacingly.
"Get offa her!", screamed Lincoln, lunging at Cherry.
The white-haired boy grabs onto the crazy girl, locking her in a sleeper hold and starts to punch her in the face as she tries to pull him off. This gives Carol enough time to recover as she gets back up on her feet and charges at Cherry, beginning to land some punches in her stomach...
"Had enough yet?", asked Carol.
Cherry answered, "Not quite." She starts leaning back wards and falls right on top of Lincoln in the means of weakening him. Getting back up with Lincoln still wrapped around her, Cherry kicks back Carol and then manages to pry off Lincoln, suddenly throwing him at Carol and making the two fall backwards onto the floor. Cherry cracks her neck while staring down at the two...
"Well, this has been fun, but I'm really getting tired of all this.", she said to them both. "So, let's make this quick, huh?"
Then, feeling someone behind her tap on her shoulder, Cherry turns around, only to see a fist coming at her face. It was Lori, and she was looking just as tired of this mess as Cherry was. Quickly recovering, Cherry charges at Lori and they both start throwing punches at each other. They soon lock fist and push at each other, trying to overpower the other...
"I'll agree with what you just said.", Lori told Cherry. "Let's make this quick."
Growling angrily, Cherry headbutts Lori which makes her begin to lose her balance.
"Felt that through your stupid thick hair and skull?", Cherry mocked.
"Excuse me?!", Lori said, feeling irritated. "What? Running out of insults?"
Cherry growled saying, "Shut up!"
It was then that Cherry suddenly kicks Lori in the shins, knees her in the stomach, making the poor girl drop to her knees so that Cherry could sucker punch her in the face, making her fall down. Cherry manages to get on top of her and begins slamming her fist against the left side of Lori's face. Enduring through the brutal punishment, Lori then grabs hold of Cherry's fist with sudden regained strength and does something unexpected. She breaks Cherry's finger with ease. Cherry howled in pain, getting off of Lori as she tends to her finger. Lori opportunity to kick Cherry down as she did. Lori takes a stance while Cherry resets the bone of her finger and growls angrily.
"Why do you guys always get the upper hand?", she asks angrily. "It just isn't fair!"
"Deal with it.", Lori says. "At this point, I'm considered the good guy."
Frustrated, Cherry charges at Lori, who then does that same. Inches away from each other, Lori lunges at Cherry and grabs hold of her, making the too fall from the second and land back on the first. Lori heard what sounded like a crack coming from Cherry's chest. Considering she used her to break her fall, she could only suspect that she may have cracked Cherry's ribs.
"Ow! Get off!", Cherry yelled out!
Lori quickly got back up on her feet, as did Cherry, but was holding onto her side now. They both could see that Cherry's army was now defeated, seeing them all in a stacked pile, which ticked Cherry off...
"You need to lose some weight, fatty!", Cherry yelled at Lori.
"Excuse me?!", Lori said.
"You heard me!", said Cherry. "Whatever you been eating, do yourself a favor and lay it off!"
Looking at her sides, Lori couldn't help but think that Cherry might have been right. She has been stress eating for a while, before she had reunited with her brother. For the three days, it's been mostly meat. So far, she's eating a gourmet stake, a triple bacon cheeseburger with fries and soda, and some goulash her father made. It did hit the spot though, as she was practically shoving it in her mouth at that time. Having been reminded of how much she's eating, Lori could feel a tiny bit of flab in her shirt, which made her blush. But she pushed the embarrassment down, facing Cherry again...
"I'll work out the extra pounds later.", Lori said. "But, at least I can make myself look decent."
"You act like I care about that.", growled Cherry.
It was then that everyone of the group started to surround Cherry, none of them looking too happy as she is...
"Now would be the best time for you to surrender.", Lori told Cherry.
To which, Cherry asked, "After everything, you think I'm just gonna give up so easily?"
Then, Carol and Lincoln dropped back down to the lower level, with Lincoln saying, "That'd be the wise thing to do."
"You know, Lincoln...I'm really not gonna enjoy breaking you in.", said Cherry, picking up a dirty sword from the ground. "Not while your worthless friends are still breathing."
"Tough luck, Cherry.", said Lincoln. "I think it's about time we wrap things up."
Suddenly, Luna kicks the weapons out of Cherry's hand and Sam attacks her from behind. They both punch her rapidly before they ended getting their fist grabbed, with Cherry pulling them together and kicking them away. Mazzy and Parvana came up next, swinging their weapons, to which Cherry skillfully dodges and kicks their weapons away, and them as well. Last ones were Renee, Mollie and Kat, who only leaped and grabbed onto Cherry, who was trying to pry them off of her. But this gave everyone a chance to dogpile her. They ganged up on her and began to give her a brutal beatdown. Despite that, Lori and the others who weren't fighting could tell that Cherry was still resisting, struggling under all the fists...
"You know, for a girl who just had her rib cracked, she sure is relentless.". Lori said.
"No kidding.", said Carol, before turning to Lincoln. "That was really brave what you did back there."
Lincoln smiles at Carol, saying "Thanks. You as well."
"Hmm... shouldn't the police have shown up by now?"
"Yeah.", agreed Lincoln. "What is taking so long?"
And it was then, by impeccable timing, the a squadron of police were now coming into the warehouse. The saw what was going and it took a few cops to pull them away from Cherry, who was on all four after that beat down, looking like she could barely keep herself up.
"It's over, Willis.", Officer Jones said, holding a gun at her head.
She was now covered in bruises, and the sound of her voice was breaking as what looked like tears were beginning to come down from her eyes...
"Is she... crying?", said Lori.
"She's in pain.", Greg said. "If I were to take a guess... I'd say she never wanted this."
It was then that Greg walked towards Cherry. A few of the others tried to stop him, but he pushed them aside as he knelt down beside Cherry and slowly wrapped her arms around her. She flinched as she did so, looking around at all that she has done, like she was waking up from a nightmare. Then she turned her head towards her old friend...
"...Greg?", she said.
"It's okay, Cherry.", he tells her. "Everything... everything's gonna be okay."
A little while later, police were rounding up all the thugs that were under Cherry's rule, loading some of them into police trucks, the rest into ambulances...some with body bags. Cherry was the last to go, having her own personal car with Jones, and the group watched as they drove away. They were offered a ride back home, but they said that they could handle it from here. Despite everything they've gone through, they felt like everything was gonna be just fine.
"Man, that was a nightmare.", said Dana.
"No kidding.", said Lori. "I think I'll literally go to sleep for a week."
"Sam here.", said Carol, before she turned her head towards Greg, who was still looking at the police car rolling away. "You okay, Greg?"
He replied, "I'll be fine. This is...what's best everyone."
"So now what?", asked Kat. "Now that the big adventure's over?"
It was then that Lincoln started to walk down the path that lead back to Royal Woods..
"Lincoln?", said Parvana.
"Where you going?", asked Renee.
He then turns back towards them, saying, "I got somewhere to be."
Everyone looked with concern, especially Lori and Luna, who decide to follow their little brother.