Family
Chapter 446 Deadly Shooter
By: Major144
Disclaimer: I don't own anything. This is just a story for fun.
In Snowdin, Finn, Phoebe, Jake, Locke, Hornet, Six, Brain Wiz, the six Wizard Cops, the Eliminator, Huntress Wizard, Stan, Ford, Giffany, Dipper, Mabel, Pacifica, Rain, Loke, Viper, Ruxxtin's Staff, Endol, Merak, Sans, and Papyrus were making their way to a tunnel that would lead to Waterfall and hopefully to the others.
Unbeknownst to them, the Gunslinger Lich and his forces were watching and planning a little ambush for them. The Gunslinger Lich was only interested in two people among the party of travelers and that was Finn and Phoebe. He had heard about the two young heroes, from Laser Wizard and had concluded that they were a threat to the Lich's plans and decided to get rid of them, then deal with the rest of the travelers. Thanks to the Beast feeding Six one of his special turtles, they knew exactly where the heroes were, where they were going, and how many people were among their group. The Beast was getting some interference from something inside Six, but it wasn't causing any serious problems, so he decided to just ignore it.
The travelers were nearing the tunnel to Waterfall, when suddenly a Deerclops appeared blocking their way. The Deerclops let out a savage roar as it stomped it's hoofs and advanced towards the heroes.
"What perfect timing." Said Gunslinger Lich as he loaded a large revolver and pointed at the travelers and the Deerclops.
The Gunslinger Lich and his crew were a few hundred yards away hidden by some trees and rocks. The undead being pulled the trigger on his gun and a bullet flew out. The bullet flew through the air and struck the Deerclops right through the eye and killed it instantly! The Deerclops collapsed to the ground on it's back stunning Finn and the other travelers. Before anyone could say anything Gunslinger fired four more shots striking four of the Wizard Cops in the chest and killed them.
"We're under attack!" Yelled Brain Wiz.
The others pulled out their weapons and took up battle stances ready to fight any oncoming threats.
"Y.V. would you kindly teleport me, Beast, two Stalkers, and three of my Red Minions over by that Deerclops." Said Gunslinger Lich.
"No problem." Said Y.V. as he snapped his fingers.
There was a flash of light as the Gunslinger Lich, Beast, and the underlines vanished and reappeared next to the dead Deerclops before the travelers. Before Finn and the others could do anything, Beast slammed his hands on the ground and massive black roots burst out of the ground and at the travelers. The roots forced Finn and Phoebe forward and the other travelers back. In a matter of seconds the roots formed a wall around the area near the tunnel cutting off Finn and Phoebe from their allies.
"Most impressive." Said Toffee observing the scene.
"Time for a real show." Said Y.V. as he made a large floating tv screen appeared.
The tv showed live footage of what was going on behind the wall. Toffee and the others gathered around to watch.
On the other side of the wall, Finn and Phoebe faced the Gunslinger Lich, Beast, and the few underlings they brought with them. Finn's eyes met the cold bullet eyes of the Gunslinger Lich and though this was their first time meeting, Finn knew exactly who stood before him. He felt that same cold evil aura before and it was exactly like the Lich.
"You're the Gunslinger Lich." Said Finn.
"Smart boy. I am indeed the Gunslinger Lich and I have come to end you Finn." Said Gunslinger Lich.
"Are you from another universe?" Demanded Phoebe.
"No. I was born in this one. I was part of the Lich, until I was cut off from him, by the one called Billy the Hero. I eventually ended up down here and took control of another body and here I stand before you to end your pathetic lives." Said Gunslinger Lich.
"We're not going to go down so easy." Said Finn.
"Plus our friends will bust on through that wall any second and help us pound you." Said Phoebe.
"Oh I think your friends will be very preoccupied for awhile." Said Gunslinger Lich with a chuckle as the Deerclops suddenly stood up.
Finn and Phoebe stared at the Deerclops in shock. The monster was clearly undead and it had neon green liquid dripped from the bullet hole in it's eye. The Gunslinger Lich just chuckled at the heroes' discomfort.
"I see you like my handy work. I can kill people and bring them back as my undead servants. A very useful skill."
"That's messed up!" Growled Finn.
"Perhaps I'll turn the two of you into undead and set you loose on your friends, then on Ooo. Though I'm going to make you both suffer before I do that." Said Gunslinger Lich.
"Not going to happen!" Yelled Phoebe.
"Yeah the only one dying here is you!" Yelled Finn.
"Will see how this plays out." Said Gunslinger Lich as he casually waved his hand forward.
The underlines and the undead Deerclops charged forward. The Deerclops used it's powers to raise some ice spikes out of the ground forcing Finn and Phoebe to separate and leap away. The three Red Minions and the Deerclops went after Phoebe and the two Stalkers went after Finn. The Gunslinger Lich and Beast stood on the sidelines and watched the fights play out.
On the other side of the wall the others were trying to through to help their friends. Jake enlarged his hands and raced to the wall of roots to try and rip it apart, but as soon as his arms made contact with the wall, he cried out in pain and leaped back to reveal that the roots had grown thorns. Wendy pulled out her axe and was about to go to town on the wall, when Huntress Wizard called out in alarm.
"Look out!"
Wendy looked up to see the dead bodies of the four Wizard Cops tangled up high in the roots. The bodies had the same neon green liquid dripping from their bullets wounds like the Deerclops and they were undead. The undead Wizard Cops pulled out their wand batons and began firing magic spells at Wendy and the others forcing them to retreat back. Huntress Wizard fired some arrows into the undead Wizard Cops impaling two of them in the head and two of them in the arms, but the arrows didn't faze the undead at all and continued attacking forcing the travelers to retreat even further.
"What madness is this?!" Yelled Rain.
"It's necromancy." Said Brain Wiz.
"It is and I can tell it's strong. I like it!" Said Ruxxtin's Staff.
"I don't think normal attacks or weapons are going to help us here." Grumbled Ford.
"Looks like we're going to have to fight fire with fire. Lucky for us, we have a couple of powerful necromancy tools at our disposal." Said Brain Wiz as he grabbed Ruxxtin's Staff and gestured to Jake to use the Golden Lute.
The two of them stepped towards the wall. Ruxxtin pointed Ruxxtin's Staff at two of the undead and fired a green beam at them, that enveloped them and froze them in their place. Jake strummed the Golden Lute and a stream of magical musical notes wrapped around the other two undead and froze them in place.
"I love this lute." Said Jake.
"I hate you all." Grumbled Ruxxtin's Staff.
It seemed like the undead obstacle was conquered. Unfortunately thanks to Six, Beast was fully aware of what was going on and decided to interfere. Beast used his powers and connection on Six to transform her a little bit. Six gasped in pain as her hands changed into long armored claws and her teeth changed into fangs. She gave a wild yell as she charged forward and knocked both Brain Wiz and Jake to the ground, knocking their items from their hands, and freeing the undead from the staff and the lute. The undead began to attack again as Six felt a deep pain in her gut that caused her to double over.
"What's going on with Six?" Asked Hornet in concern.
The travelers watched in stunned shock as a pair of insect wings burst from Six's back and a scorpion tail emerged from the area above her rear. The Beast sensed this transformation and was fully aware of it.
"It appears my power has caused the other power to trigger a transformation within in the child. Unexpected, but I can work with this." Thought Beast.
Six out a roar as she picked up Ruxxtin's Staff and fired a beam of energy hitting the Eliminator sending him flying and crashing into Endol and Merak knocking them both to the ground.
"Oh yeah! I like this girl!" Laughed Ruxxtin's Staff.
Hornet charged at Six and tried to use her needle spear and thread to restrain her, but Six just flew away and hissed at her.
"Man this is going to take longer then I thought. Hope Finn and Phoebe are doing ok." Thought Jake as he picked up the Golden Lute and tried to figure out how to deal with the current threat.
On the other side of the wall, the Deerclops was throwing icicles at Phoebe, who destroyed them with some fireballs. Phoebe hurled some fireballs at the Deerclops, but the Red Minions leaped into the way and used their fire powers to absorb the fire attacks. The Red Minions laughed at a stunned Phoebe, before they rushed her and grabbed her and began to absorb her fire and weakening her. Phoebe fell to her knees as the Red Minions continued to drain her of her power and the Deerclops began to freeze her legs and body weakening her even more.
Finn had his sword drawn and was dodging and deflecting claw swings from the two Stalkers, when he saw what was happening to Phoebe.
"Phoebe!" Cried Finn as he knocked a Stalker back and tried to rush to Phoebe's aid.
The other Stalker grabbed Finn and held him back.
"Time to end this." Said Gunslinger Lich as the Stalker holding Finn turned to face him.
The Gunslinger Lich readied his gun pointing it at Finn and the Stalker and fired. Finn quickly used his Olympian Power to escape the Stalker's hold and dodge to the side. The bullet that was meant for Finn slammed into the Stalker's head making it explode. The Stalker's body melted into shadows and it's bones crumbled to dust. The other Stalker charged at Finn and Finn sliced off it's head and claws killing it. Finn turned to face the Gunslinger Lich. He wanted to help Phoebe, but knew it would be dangerous to turn his back on the evil being.
"Most impressive. You really are something. I would even say you might be even stronger then Billy was in his prime." Said Gunslinger Lich.
"I'm putting an end to you." Said Finn before he rushed forward with his sword.
Gunslinger Lich fired his gun and Finn dodged the shot and a couple of more before he reached the villain and swung his sword at him. The Gunslinger Lich blocked the blade with his gun and grabbed Finn by the throat with his free hand and began to choke him.
"I admire your spirit boy. Perhaps I will make you my next host body, before I reconnect with the Lich." Said Gunslinger.
Finn gasped and struggled a little before he gritted his teeth and punched the Gunslinger Lich in the chest with one hand. The Gunslinger Lich felt a few of his ribs crack and break as he was sent flying back away from Finn and crashed into a rocky wall creating a crater in it.
"That's never going to happen." Declared Finn pointing his sword at Gunslinger Lich.
The Gunslinger Lich pulled himself from the rock with a growl and began to fire more bullets at Finn.
Meanwhile Phoebe was still getting drained and weakened, until she decided to kick her flames into a higher gear. Phoebe's flames turned blue and melted the ice freezing her legs. The Red Minions just laughed as they continued to absorb the fire, but their laughs turned into cries of surprises and shouts of dismay. The blue fire was much stronger then anything the Red Minions had ever absorbed and it was coming in fast. The Red Minions' bodies began to swell up and then they exploded into ash.
The Deerclops roared and fired icicles at Phoebe, who fired a great burst of fire at the monster and reduced it to a blacken skeleton. The undead took a few steps towards Phoebe before collapsing to the ground in a heap.
Phoebe turned her attention to the root wall and set it on fire.
On the other side of the wall the travelers were still dodging attacks from Six and the undead Wizard Cops, when Pacifica, who was with Loke and an armored Viper, had an idea. Pacifica pulled out one of her keys and summoned Virgo with it. This got a shocked look from Loke.
"What can I do for you mater?" Asked Virgo.
"I need you to dig us a tunnel to the other side of that wall." Said Pacifica.
Virgo bowed her head and began to dig a tunnel for the trio. A minute later Virgo burst up from the ground on the other side of the wall and ended up upper cutting a surprised Beast knocking him to the ground. Viper jumped out of hole next and fired some fireballs at the root wall making it and the undead Wizard Cops burn even more. Loke jumped out next, his righthand glowing with a bright energy as he charged at the Gunslinger Lich from the side and delivered a punch to the side of the head sending him reeling back.
The root wall collapsed and the undead Wizard Police, who had been reduced to skeletons were no longer moving or a threat. Six let out a a hiss before flying down the tunnel with Ruxxtin's Staff. The travelers faced Gunslinger Lich and Beast.
"It appears we have some uninvited guests interfering. Will settle this little duel later, Finn." Said Gunslinger Lich before he and Beast vanished in a flash of light.
Finn let out a little curse of annoyance as he powered down. He then went to help tend to the dead and wounded. The group had things to deal with before they could continue on to Waterfall.
In Waterfall, Six was flying and carrying Ruxxtin's Staff as she heard a voice call out to her, in her mind.
"Free me child and I shall clench you with my great light."
Six had no idea who the voice was, but she wanted to help it. She continued flying forward.
To be continued.