Chapter 8
I do not own Happy Tree Friends. All credit goes to Mondo Media(Side note: This chapter was written in co-authorship with Better A Freak Than A Fake)
Once he separated from Russell, Flippy found that unlike the former pirate, he had to cut down multiple organization members on his way to the room Sniffles directed him to. However, he had little issue with them when he knew the biggest obstacle was to come. He knew for a fact that Lovelace was in the room ahead patiently waiting for him to arrive, although he could care less for he only focused on making sure Ruby was safe and sound. Having learned he'd be better off with that than the gun, he had his knife at the ready as he pushed open the door, ready for whatever attack was coming for him. Flippy noticed that the room was too quiet for his liking, and slowly stepped forward to see the two he was looking for on the other side. Trying not to lose sight of Lovelace but not acknowledging him yet, Flippy made sure that Ruby was alive and wasn't visibly injured. He ignored the smirk Lovelace wore and gazed at the frightened face of the toddler, wanting to give her a comforting smile but didn't want to look soft in front of the enemy.
He turned back to Lovelace, eyes shaded over. "Ready to die, Lovelace?" He chuckled mockingly a bit. "What an unfortunate name, isn't it?" Lovelace's smirk grew as he stepped forward, slowly drawing a knife from his back and holding it loosely in his hand. "We finally meet again," He said in a cheerful tone. "Although, I wonder how you can defeat me without your doppelganger here to help you." Flippy chuckled again in response and lifted his head with a murderous gaze, clutching his knife tightly. "There's one thing you need to know. I may not be Fliqpy, but I can sure as hell be terrifying if I'm angry enough."
"Oh, is that true because last time I checked, you couldn't tell the difference between a knife and a pizza slice." Lovelace lunged forward with the knife, going for his heart but Flippy dodge a fatal hit but the knife went into his arm, which was the one with the knife. Lovelace grinned sadistically and pulled the knife downwards. Flippy briefly called out in pain but countered, "And last time I checked, you couldn't tell the difference between an enemy soldier and a pizza delivery guy." With that, he sent a chop with his free hand to Lovelace's knifed hand being met with a loud snap.
Lovelace screeched in pain and stumbled back as Flippy darted forward to plunge the knife into his chest, but the other dodged and sent him tumbling to the floor with a rough kick to the leg. "Face it, Flippy, you always were a terrible soldier without him." Flippy got up right away and noticed that Lovelace's forearm was broke in half with the other half apparently still attached, hanging like a second elbow. Taking advantage of that, Flippy ran to that side and, in a surprising burst of strength, ripped Lovelace's arm completely off. When he did so, Ruby screamed as loud as her mother, loud enough that no one could even hear Lovelace. The scream reminded him that she was still there and being traumatized even more. Lovelace noticed this and took the opportunity to ram his elbow into Flippy's mouth, knocking out multiple teeth. Flippy groaned in pain, but it didn't stop him from stabbing Lovelace in the side to shove him off, taking a quick glance at the slightly sobbing red-head not far from the fight. The other took advantage of this to punch the former veteran hard enough to give him a black eye. Flippy swung his knife just so it sliced the skin of the side of Lovelace's face, exposing the muscle. Lovelace cried out in pain but soon mocked, through gritted teeth. "Not the best father are you, exposing your daughter to such violence."
Flippy barely had time to dodge another swing before harshly throwing the other face first into a wall. Lovelace pulled away with a wide grin and gazed at the other. "Face it, Flip. You're entire family is made of cowards: you, your doppelganger, your fuck buddy, even the fucking brat who you call a daughter. And just like the other guy, you'll never be able to-" He was cut off as Flippy grabbed him by the back of his head and slammed his face against the wall a second time. As if he was possessed, Flippy continued to bash the enemy's face into the wall, leaving a splatter of blood on the surface. He wanted to make sure Lovelace was completely dead so this would never happen again. He almost didn't notice something grab his leg in an attempt to pull him away, hardly hearing Ruby calling out to him until she practically screamed at him. "Daddy!"
Flippy snapped out of his trance and gazed at the bloodied mass of hair clutched in his grip. He slowly pulled his hand away and allowed the corpse to slide towards the floor. He looked down at the toddler's tear-filled eyes and pulled her close. "Come on. Let's go home." He said softly before leading her out of the room.
Flippy had Ruby and was making his way out of the headquarters after the fight had ended, and the green-haired veteran took various paths to make sure his plan would end like he wanted. He found that difficult with the toddler holding onto his leg like a koala, but he couldn't blame her for doing so. Despite her being completely traumatized, she would rather be with her father than stay in a building with hundreds of corpses lying around. The duo thought they were going to leave without any more bloodshed, but were proven wrong when their path was blocked by four organization members who surprisingly avoided death.
Ruby slid off of her father's leg only to see the ones blocking their path, and she hid behind him in response. She looked up and saw that her father was in no condition to fight any longer, seeing the exhausted look on his face. Daddy looks tired. I don't think he wants to fight anymore. But if we stop then the scary men will hurt us," She glanced over to see the knife tucked away under his jacket, and gazed at it curiously. Will this help? With another glance towards the veteran, she quietly slipped the knife out of its sheath and held it close. I wanna help Daddy.
"Oh look, the little brat actually thinks she can fight." Flippy jerked behind him to see the red-head slowly step forward, knife in hand, and began to walk towards the organization members. At that moment, Flippy thought that she was out of her mind and had proceeded to stop her, but he hesitated with the thought that they might try to do something to her if he interfered. "Ruby no." Flippy called out and was going to take out his gun but then he realized that it was lost in the fight with Lovelace. He cursed to himself as he watched the toddler stand a few inches away and gazing up at the four. This is for Daddy.
"And what are you planning to do?" One of the members met her eye level with a smile as he petted her head gently before his head toppled to the floor, followed by a spew of blood that went in all directions. Everyone's eyes widened in shock as Ruby watched the corpse collapse before she turned to another organization member. He took a step back before the toddler hacked off a leg and causing him to fall on his side with a pained scream. The scream was cut short as she stabbed him between the eyes.
Flippy could only stare in complete shock as he watched the three-year old slaughter them one by one. Ruby began to step towards a third member before throwing the knife at him, which only bounced against the wall. Not being discouraged, Ruby charged forward and punched him in the crotch. The blow caused him to bend forward to where she was able to grab him by the hair and pull him down fast and far enough to break his neck. She watched him slump to the floor before turning to the last man, who began to step back with a gun pointed to her. "S-Stay back." He stammered with fear, but Ruby ignored him and plunged the knife into his torso. He fell forward in pain, and the red-head finished him off with another stab to the head.
Ruby blinked and looked around with wide eyes, staring at the bloodied corpses around her, and the blood on her clothes had her greatly confused and scared. She turned towards her father with tears as the knife slipped out of her hands. "Daddy?" Flippy was snapped out of his shock at the sound of her voice and slowly stepped over to her, pulling her into a tight hug and lifting her off of the ground. "It's okay. Nothing is gonna hurt you anymore."
Flippy opened the trunk door, causing everyone's heads to shoot up in surprise. "Dude, you look pretty fucked up," Handy commented as the veteran wrapped the toddler in his jacket and placed her near the seat, giving her a comforting look before closing the trunk door. The orange-haired male saw the red-head covered in blood and he grimaced at the sight. "Sheesh, couldn't you have kept the fight away from her?"
"I did." Flippy muttered in response as Sniffles quickly bandaged up his arm.
"You clearly didn't."
"Look I'll explain later," Flippy snapped at him with a growl. "For now, let's finish this and go home." Sniffles nodded in response, holding a small device in his hand and looking back at the facility. Without a moment of hesitation, he pressed a small red button, causing the building to be set in flames. The commotion had woken up the children, and they turned around to see what had happened. "Papa, what's going on?" Lilac began to tear up again as he hid in his father's arms. Handy soon began to shush him and tell him that everything was going to be fine while the other kids were huddled away from the door. "Let's get out of here." Flippy turned on the engine and began to make his way back to town, watching the burning building disappear through the trees as rain slowly began to pelt the windows.