CHAPTER 15: THE FINAL BATTLE

The Serpents were still looking for Tarantula's hideout, not knowing that the Lizards were surrounding them as they were looking. All of the sudden, they spotted Tarantula and Gertie standing in the middle of the dimly-lit street. No other person was with them. The Serpents approached slowly, knowing what the psycho was capable of. They stopped a few yards from their foes.

"Welcome, Serpents," Tarantula said, unusually subdued, for her.

'Tarantula," said Cobra. "What do you have planned in that psychotic brain of yours?"

"Chaos and mayhem, the usual," said Tarantula, calmly. "Oh by the way, you didn't get a chance to meet my partner last time we had that confrontation at Sam's last time. This is Sam's little girl, Gertrude. You can call her Gertie."

"So you're the one who helped this nut set us up," growled Rattler.

"Yeh, that was me, goilie," said Gertie, with a sick smile.

"We're here to stop you, Tarantula," said Sidewinder.

"And to put you back in the hole you crawled out of," added Lucy.

"I see not only did you reunite with Anaconda," noted Tarantula, "but you also hooked up with the original Serpents, as well! Color me impressed. Maybe you forgotten that was the girl who shot your friend."

"We've forgiven her about that," said Cobra. "We also know that you were going to screw her over after we were taken out. Making her think she was in charge when all of the time YOU were calling the shots! You're not only sick in the head, you're a cheat, as well!"

"REALLY?!" laughed Tarantula. "Well, okay! You caught me! But I still hold the cards here! And now let us continue where we left off in the salvage yard, shall we?" And with a snap of her fingers, the Lizards came out of hiding with guns trained on the Serpents. At that moment, Widow and Weaver, still in disguise, joined Tarantula and Gertie.

"You were supposed to be watching Shermy!" growled Tarantula.

"You have Shermy?!" gasped Lucy.

"Komodo took over for me," said Widow in her Gecko voice.

"I can vouch for her," added Weaver in her Chameleon voice.

"I guess that's okay then," said Tarantula. "Now as I was saying, any last words? And because I am a nice girl, instead of ten minutes this time, I'll give you a half hour since there's more of you. It's not like the cops are coming here!"

At that moment, Widow and Weaver pulled out guns of their own and aimed them at Tarantula and Gertie.

"This ends now, Tarantula!" said Widow in her normal voice.

"NOW, SPIDERS!" commanded Weaver. And the Spiders turned their guns from the Serpents to the actual Lizards who surrendered immediately.

"Don't worry, Mamba," said Widow to Lucy. "I helped Shermy get away. He's safe."

"What about Komodo?" asked Gertie.

"You can say she's taking a nap in the same cage," said Weaver.

"I should have known it was you, Widow!" sneered Tarantula. "I should have killed you back in Gertie's salvage yard!"

"Yeah, but I'm not going to give you that chance, like I didn't give you that chance then," said Widow. "Your reign of terror ends tonight! Spiders, tie up the Lizards!" And the Spiders tied up all of the Lizards. The Serpents walked up to Widow and Weaver.

"So this is what you were up to, Widow," said Cobra.

"Yeah, that's why I haven't been in touch with you, Cobra," said Widow. "I see you hooked up with the original Serpents."

"How have you been, Widow?" said Sidewinder.

"Man it's actually good to see you, Sidewinder," Widow said with a smile.

"Hold the blockhead, Widow!" said Lucy. "I owe her something."

"You got it, Mamba." And Lucy looked at Tarantula, who, despite getting caught, was still wearing that psychotic grin on her face. Lucy, without warning, punched Tarantula square in her face, knocking her to the ground.

"THAT WAS FOR PYTHON!" she screamed. She delivered a kick to the gut. "AND THAT WAS FOR ANACONDA!" Then Lucy spat on Tarantula, who just groaned in pain. "She's all yours, Widow!" And Lucy and the other Serpent Sisters started to leave when they saw the gang heading their way.

"Lucy!" shouted Schroeder.

"Schroeder!" Lucy shouted back. And the two lovebirds embraced. "I'm so glad to see you, baby!"

"I'm glad you're safe, Lucy," said Schroeder.

"Sylvia?" called Dominick.

"Dom!" cried Cobra. And they also hugged and kissed. "What are you doing here?"

"Coming to help," said Dominick, "but I see things are under control now."

"Tee Wee? Andy?" said Rattler, seeing Thibault and Andy coming her way. And her boyfriend and dog hugged her.

"I'm glad nothing happened to you, Holly," said Thibault.

"Sis?" said Linus seeing Lucy.

"What are you doing here, you blockhead?!" said Lucy seeing her brother.

"Coming to save you," said Linus. "But things seemed to be fine now."

"They are, Linus," said Lucy. "They are. Is that Charlie Brown? I thought he, Sally, and Michael were at Frieda's cottage."

"We were, but we heard what happened here," said Charlie Brown.

"But my parents saw we weren't having fun after all the bad news back here," said Frieda. "So we came home. Just today."

"Sorry you guys missed the party," said Lucy. "But we can talk about it at Joe's."

"Wait!" said Charlie Brown. "I thought Joe's was closed due to the fire damage."

"The main building is, Charlie Brown," said Lucy, "but the owner has a food truck in the parking lot so he can still serve food there."

"You know what that means, Snoopy?" said Frieda. "You can eat those Joe Burgers you so love still!" And the beagle cheered. And finally the chaos was over. The Spiders escorted the Lizards presumably to the police station. Widow and Weaver took care of Tarantula and Gertie. The next day would be a day of healing for all of Sparkyville.

NEXT CHAPTER: AFTERMATH