Hey guys! I'm back! Thanks for all the reviews! And even if I PMed you, I'm going to answer you here too. And if I didn't PM you, then you should know I don't like PMing that much. It's just... I guess I'm not super-duper over the top comfortable communicating with total strangers online though messaging? Is that weird? I don't think so. I only PMed one person, and hat was to ask a direct question about a specific problem.
nyway, if things seemed a bit... off about Bill last chapter, I'm going to explain a little bit more this chapter. And to start off, I'm going to say that Bill is really paranoid about Gaea. If he breaks his end of the deal... things won't be good for him. So he was a bit cranky. Time for reviews!
Violet-the-Hero: Glad you liked the last chapter! I didn't, but meh. The customer is always right! And thanks for you opinion on Undertale. Really helpful.
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So that's all the reviews! I'm going to start this chapter a little bit behind where we left off. And at Leo's point of view. But it changes throughout the chapter. So with that in mind, here's your chapter!
Useless. Murderer. Seventh wheel. Unimportant. No one likes you. You fired on the Romans. Stupid. Pathetic. No one wanted you. No one ever liked you. No one helped you. No one wants you. No one adopted you. Stupid. Pathetic. Weak. Murderer. Useless. Least important of the Seven. Seventh wheel. Odd man out. You just get in everyone's way. They only like you because they pity you. Useless. Pathetic. Murderer. Pitiful. No one will care if you left. No one will notice. They are all just trying to get you back just because Bill is trying to kill them. Otherwise they wouldn't care.
Mental Leo covered his ears, "St-stop." He whispered.
They don't care when you're gone. The never cared. No one ever cares. They don't notice when you're gone. They don't notice when you're there. No one wants you. No one cares about you. You killed the only love you'll ever get.
Images flashed through his mind. Terrible, terrible, images. He saw his friends die gruesome deaths. He saw the end of the world. He saw his mother in her last moments. He saw war and blood and death. He saw so many things. Too many things.
Leo shook his head and cried. He was exhausted, weak, tired, and in pain. Now Bill was attacking him emotionally. And he knew exactly the right buttons to push.
Weak. Useless. Pathetic.
"N-n-no."
Murderer.
Leo squeezed his eyes shut. Everything hurt. He was broken. Bill was destroying him, inside and out.
Maybe it would be easier to die. His friends wouldn't miss him. He was the least important of the seven. He will leave, they will kill Bill, and then be on their merry way. They wouldn't notice. They wouldn't care. They will cry, yes. They will curse Bill's name. But they wouldn't mean it. They will do it for sentimental reasons. But then they will move on to quickly. Much too quickly.
Yes, it will be easier just to die.
Then Leo felt a growl, "OH, NO YOU DON'T KID. YOU CAN'T DIE YET. SAVE THAT FOR LATER."
"W-why d-d-do you c-c-care so mu-much?" Leo asked angrily.
"I DON'T CARE, BUT YOU CAN'T DIE YET. OH LOOK! OUR GUEST HAVE ARRIVED!"
Leo watched in horror as he saw his friends and the Pines family be carried in. Bill taunted them a bit and ordered them to be tied to the posts. Then Bill went ranting on about his evil plans, but Leo had a hard time listening. Don't get him wrong, it was all pretty horrifying and stuff, but the only thing that was interesting to Leo was the heavy hinting of Bill not wanting Leo dead. Why does he care about Leo being dead? What's the matter with that? Why does he care so much?
Leo felt Bill frown at his thoughts, then he slapped Percy, "Hey!" Leo shouted indigently.
His friends started to shout things to, but Bill rolled his eyes and screamed, "SILENCE! YOU PITIFUL FLESH BAGS ARE TOO SENTIMENTAL! GEEZ! COMPARED TO WHAT SPARKS IS GOING THROUGH, THAT WAS A LOVE TAP! GET OVER IT!"
Leo started to nod in agreement, but faltered. He wheezed in pain and his entire form disappeared. For a few terrifying moments, Leo Valdez didn't exist. Then his form flickered back to life. Leo clutched his head, groaning. Not existing gave you terrible headaches.
For some strange reason, Bill was doubling over. Then he came right back up. Leo shrugged it off. Bill was just being weird, as usual.
But then Leo felt Bill's nervousness, "THAT'S NOT IMPORTANT. HE'S ALMOST DEAD ANYWAY. SPEAKING OF WHICH, WE WASTED ANOUGH TIME ALREADY! WE NEED TO MAKE THE SACRIFICES BEFORE SPARKS RUNS OUT OF FIRE!"
Bill walked back to his throne and took out a bunch of seemingly random stuff. But Leo knew exactly how each utensil was going to be used. He shuddered when he saw the knife and rock.
Bill looked up and saw an empty pole, "HEY! WHERE DID ICE BAG GO?"
There was a yell from above, and he saw Wendy sitting on top of Dipper's pole like a hawk. Bill told her to come down, and Wendy made a smart remark and untied Dipper. He ran to Percy.
"OH NO YOU DON'T! YOU ARE NOT ESCAPING ME AGAIN!" Bill screamed. He shot a fireball at Dipper, and he hid behind Percy's pole. Bill shot another fireball, and when the smoke cleared, Percy stood in all of his heroic glory with his sword in his hand, while Dipper held a journal. Leo felt anger course through Bill.
"YOU DIDN'T SEARCH THEM!?" Bill looked directly in the Grembolin's eyes, not flinching once. Leo quickly shut his own eye, having learned the hard way what happened when you looked into them. The Grembolin shrugged his shoulders weakly.
Bill started to scream some unimpressive insults at the poor Grembolin when Wendy jumped on top of them. Bill gave a shout of surprise, "UGH! YOU IDIOTS! GET THEM!"
The monsters immediately sprang into action. Though there weren't as many as before, they were still out numbered.
Wendy was busy attacking Bill. She had somehow got a hold of a large stick, and was beating the crap out of poor Leo. But it was holding him off. Bill tried to shoot fireballs at her, but Wendy ducked and rolled and dodged. The years of living with men were finally paying off.
Percy and Dipper covered for each other. If Percy was cutting monsters into itty-bitty pieces, Dipper would be untying someone. If Dipper was conducting spells, Percy would be cutting of someone's ropes.
They got Annabeth and Ford free, and they instantly started to untie the others, while Dipper and Percy fought everyone off.
Soon, everyone was free. Ford and Dipper instantly teamed up. They formed a circle around a monster and started chanting. "Nekot rou sa restnom siht ekat, nekorbnu elcric a ni stis erutaerc siht edisni!" Leo couldn't make head or tales out of what they just said, but whatever they did worked. The monster screamed in agony and disappeared in a puff of smoke, leaving nothing but a horn behind.
The Demigods were using their weapons to fight the monsters. Unfortunately, many of them threw down their weapons when they surrendered. But people like Percy and Jason had weapons that magically reappeared in their pockets. And Annabeth, being the smart person she is, pocketed her weapon instead of throwing it away. But the others, like Piper, Hazel, and Frank, had no weapons. So instead they used their powers. Piper charmspoke the monsters asleep while Hazel squished them like bugs with her boulders. Frank turned into a rhino and charged.
But Wendy, Soos, and Stan used much more sophisticated ways to defeat the monsters: beat the crap out of everything. Wendy latched herself on Bill's back and used her stick (much to Leo's dismay) to hit Bill repeatedly on the back while he shot fireballs aimlessly. Stan used his boxing skills and punched everything in the face, taking several monsters on at once. Soos seemed to be using some sort of wrestlers' method. Not a normal wrestler method though. The type of wrestling you see on TV. The one with chairs, costumes, masks, and impossible moves. Now, Leo wasn't sure where Soos got the chair, but it seemed to be working for him.
Mabel was on her own level all together. She used some sort of combination of karate, boxing, and hugs. Her only weapons were a grappling hook and a pocket full of glitter. She would latch onto some poor monsters leg, throw glitter in his eyes, and grapple hook away while Percy stabbed it in the gut.
But Leo had his own problems. While he appreciated Ice Bag's effort for trying to save his friends and stuff, her stick still hurt. Like, a lot. Leo was quickly losing whatever energy he had left. For some reason, Leo felt an emotion he never felt from Bill: Panic. But as quickly as it come, it left. Leo dismissed it as his imagination.
Bill finally decided he had enough of Wendy. He heated up his hand, grabbed Wendy's arm, and threw her off. She rolled in the dirt a few times before finally stopping. She clutched her burnt arm to her chest and hissed in pain. Panting, Bill took his eyes off Wendy for a moment and saw that he was surrounded. All of his minions has either been killed or knocked out. Dipper held his journal out threateningly, "You've lost Bill. Surrender."
Bill, still panting, glanced around. Everyone had their weapons trained on him. He was backed up to his throne. There was no way out.
Ford, growing impatient, growled, "Give up Bill. You have lost."
A psychotic light filled Bill's eye, "LOST? HAHAHAHAHA! LOST, YOU SAY! HAHAHA! I'VE MISSED YOUR HUMOR, SIXER!" Beo doubled over in laughter, "HAHAHAHAHA!"
Hazel grew uneasy with the demon's behavior, "What is so funny?"
Bill calmed himself down and wiped a tear from his eye, "YOU GUYS ARE HILARIOUS! DON'T YOU GET IT, GEM? YOU CAN'T DO ANYTHING TO ME! YOU KNOW WHY? 'CAUSE I HAVE SPARKS UPSTAIRS IN MY MIND. IF YOU SO MUCH AS LAY A FINGER ON ME, I'LL KILL HIM. THE ONLY PERSON WHO SEEMS TO NOT RESPECT THAT RULE IS ICE BAG." Bill eyed Wendy cautiously, as if afraid she'll attack him at any second.
The others had no idea if this was even possible, but Leo did. He knew that Bill couldn't kill him. Torture him, yes. Starve him, yes. Beat him, yes. But kill him? Bill had no way of doing that directly. Yes, Leo was on the brink of death, but Bill couldn't just snap his fingers and make Leo die. He would need more time, something Bill did not have. But again, the others did not know that.
Percy took a step backwards, "Y-you wouldn't."
Bill raised an eyebrow, "WOULDN'T I?" Bill started to walk around aimlessly and carelessly. He walked right up to Percy and slung his arm around him like they were old friends. Everyone tensed up and readied their weapons, and Percy pointed his sword threateningly at Bill. "AFTER ALL WE'VE BEEN THROUGH, YOU ARE STILL DOUBTING MY POWERS, FISH?" Percy swung his sword at him, and Beo casually stepped back and walked around the circle. "OH, SURE. NO ONE DOUBTS FISH'S POWERS. NO ONE DOUBTS SHOOTING STAR'S PERSEVERANCE. NO ONE DOUBTS ICE BAG'S CAPABILITIES. BUT STILL, AFTER ALL I'VE DONE, YOU THINK I'M NOT WILLING TO KILL OF A FEW MEAT SACKS?" He raised his arms and spun around in a circle, "REALLY, FISH. I WAS SURE YOU WOULD HAVE FIGURED OUT I'M MUCH MORE POWERFUL THAN I'M LETTING ON."
Something about Bill was off. Bill was nervous, Leo could feel it. Even though Bill did a good job of hiding it, but he was defiantly nervous. He was surrounded with no way to escape (except letting Leo go). But with each sentence, Bill was getting less nervous and more confident. Bill was buying time. He was forming a plan.
Ford and Annabeth shot him a suspicious glance, "What do you mean?"
Bill walked around in large, swaggering, aimless steps using as much random movement as possible without looking suspicious. "WHAT I MEAN IS THAT YOU'VE BEEN TRICKED. YOU WALKED INTO MY MOST DIABOLICAL TRAP YET! AND YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW IT!" Bill was lying. Leo could sense it. He tried everything he could to get their attention. But when all you can do is blink, people tend to ignore you. Bill sent another wave of terrifying images in Leo's mind. Leo grit his teeth but stopped.
While Leo did know that Bill was lying, the others did not. They glanced around nervously, taking the majority of their attention off Bill. No one noticed he was slowly moving toward his sacrifice tools.
Annabeth was also falling for Bill's trick. She glanced toward the shadows of the trees, "What do you mean? We beat you!"
"HAHAHA! IT THOUGHT YOU WERE THE SMART ONE, GREY. DON'T TELL ME EVEN YOU HAVEN'T FIGURED IT OUT YET!"
The Demigods grew more nervous. If Annabeth hasn't even figured it out, then it must be very dangerous. Paranoia started to settle in humans' minds, and they started to imagine things that weren't there. They saw movements in the shadows. Heard whispers in the bushes. Saw flickers of color out of the corners of their eyes. But when they looked closer they saw nothing. They began to get restless.
Bill smiled. Humans were so predictable. "JEEZ. SERIOUSLY, I KNEW HUMANS WERE DUMB, BUT I NEVER IMAGINED THEM TO BE THIS DUMB."
Bill's nervousness was completely gone now. He was filled with confidence. Leo knew something big was going to happen soon.
Frank the Rhino started to turn slightly green. He was probably on the verge of becoming an iguana. "What do you have planned, Bill?" Dipper asked bravely.
Beo shrugged his shoulders. He was almost to the sacrifice tools, "OH, YOU KNOW. IT CAN BE ANYTHING, REALLY. IT CAN BE COMING FROM ANYWHERE," he started to point toward random directions, and everybody followed where he was pointing. Their attention was nearly completely off Bill at this point. "IT CAN BE HERE, OR THERE, OR THAT… OR THIS!" in one swift movement, he grabbed the sacrifice knife and threw it toward Percy's chest. If it weren't for his quick reflexes, he would have been impaled. Luckily, he deflected the knife with his sword, but just barely. The already distracted Demigods became startled, but their shock wouldn't last long. Wasting no time, Bill lit himself on fire and jumped at Mabel, who was on the opposite side of Percy. Careful not to burn her too critically, he wrestled her to the ground and together they tumbled down a small ditch behind her. This took everyone's attention off Percy and on Mabel. "MABEL!" Dipper screamed.
Everyone ran after Mabel, even Wendy, who still had a burn on her arm.
Bill was on top of Mabel now, hitting her. He diminished his fire a little bit, but it still burnt holes through her sweater. She tried to block the blows the best she could, but her hands became burnt in the process. Bill was careful not to kill her, though. He needed her for the sacrifice.
Dipper launched himself at Bill, knocking him off his sister. They tumbled to the ground.
Mabel was nearly unconscious at this point. Wendy checked on her while everybody else raced to Dipper's aid.
Leo watched in horror as his own hands repeatedly hit the twelve year old, leaving burn marks and bruises. Leo wanted to stop himself, but if he did, he knew he would die.
In one hard blow, Dipper was knocked backwards into Jason, and they clunked heads. They held their heads, to dizzy to continue.
Beo turned to face everyone else, and was immediately met by Percy. They engaged in combat. Percy sliced with his sword, and Bill swiped with his flaming fists. Usually, when it goes Fists vs. Pointy Objects, Pointy Objects win. And this was one of those times. Percy knocked Beo off his feet and raised the butt of his sword to knock him out. But he hesitated. For a moment he didn't see a deranged, evil, demon, he saw a weak, defenseless, Leo. His best friend. The hesitation lasted only for a few small seconds, so small you could hardly notice it. But a few small seconds was all that Bill needed. Bill grabbed a branch, kicked Percy's legs out from under him, and knocked him out in one swift movement.
Bill stood up and smiled, "FOUR DOWN, EIGHT MORE IDIOTS TO GO."
Ford and Stan circled Bill while the others went quickly to check on Percy and Dipper. They were standing on opposite sides, fists raised. They swung at the same time and Bill, with a mischievous grin, ducked. Their punches went right over Bill's head. Ford was able to stop himself before he hit Stanley, but Stan kept on going. He did a full-on punch right in Stanford's face. "Son of a b… b… Beach ball! Stanford! I'm so sorry! For once I didn't mean to hit you! Are you alri—" He was cut off by Bill, who swung his branch at the back of Stanley's head. He was immediately knocked out cold.
The only people left were Piper, Frank, Hazel, Soos, Annabeth, and Wendy. Frank, at this point, was unable to hold his form as a rhino and had to change back. Hazel was exhausted from using her powers, and Soos and Annabeth were worn out too. Wendy still had the burn on her arm, but she stood up in defensive mode nonetheless, leaving Mabel on the ground behind her. Everyone else was either knocked out or too dazed to fight.
Bill walked over to Percy and picked up his sword with one hand, while wielding the branch with the other. His entire body was on fire, and he had a huge grin on his face. "YOU MEAT BAGS ARE NO MATCH FOR ME. IF FISH AND PINE TREE COULDN'T DEFEAT ME, WHAT MAKES YOU THINK YOU MEAT STICKS CAN?"
Hazel and Soos faltered at that comment, but the others kept advancing. "We are not afraid of you, Bill," Annabeth's eyes gleamed dangerously.
"AHAHAHAHA! I LOVE YOU MEAT STICKS! MAYBE I'LL KEEP A FEW AFTER MY WORLD DOMINATION FOR ENTERTAINMENT. FEAR IS HYSTERICAL!"
Wendy yelled and leaped on the possessed child for the second time that day. Ignoring the burns her body was receiving, she hit her trusty stick in Bill's face. Frank turned into a small cat and clawed at Beo's leg. Bill snarled and kicked Frank into a tree. The cat fell and hit the ground, his form shimmered and took place of an unconscious human. Bill swung Percy's sword at Wendy. Startled, she let go and rolled to the ground. Hazel leapt and kicked Bill in the chest, sending him flying backwards. Bill groaned and got up, his eyes were blazing with fury, "JEEZ! JUST STOP IT ALREADY! YOUR ATTEMPTS ARE NOTHING MORE THAN ANNOYING SET BACKS! SURRENDER NOW AND SAVE US BOTH THE HASSLE!"
Piper crossed her arms and used her charm speak, "You cannot win, Bill. You are outnumbered and weakened. This is pointless and a waste of your time. Please—" Bill threw a rock at her forehead. Her eyes rolled upward and she collapsed on the ground. Bill smirked.
"NICE TRY, PIPES."
Soos narrowed his eyes, "Dude, Romance Academy 7 says 'Never knock out a girl with a rock'."
"HMMM… REALLY? I GUESS IN THAT CASE I BETTER CALL THE MEDICS, GET AN ICE PACK, AND KILL YOU ALL!" Bill sent a flaming ball at Soos. Soos ducked and the tree behind him exploded in flames.
Wendy gave a shout of anger at seeing her friend almost being burned to a crisp. She dove at his legs, but Bill just smiled and hit his own stick on the back of her head. She crumpled.
Hazel used the last of her energy to summon a rock. It shot out of the ground and at Bill. Bill gave a shout of surprise before he was knocked backward into a tree. He glowered at Hazel, but laughed when Hazel collapsed, too tired to continue.
It was just Annabeth and Soos left. Bill crossed his arms, "DO YOU JUST WANT TO KNOCK YOURSELF OUT TO SAVE EVERYONE THE TROUBLE? ONE WAY OR ANOTHER, YOU'RE GOING TO END UP LIKE THEM."
Annabeth stopped Soos from using his chair to knock himself out, "Over my dead body."
Bill raised his sword, "THAT CAN EASILY BE ARRANGED." Beo raised his sword, but suddenly froze. He doubled over in pain again, wheezing.
Then Soos belly-flopped on him. Yep, that's right, Soos belly-flopped on a psychopathic triangle demon. Just got up and landed on him.
Bill shouted in fury, his arms trapped under the wall of mass, "GET OFF OF ME YOU CRAZY, OVERGROWN, FAT GERBIL!" He was obviously now pass whatever illness took him before.
Annabeth stared in astonishment, "You belly-flopped on a demon." It wasn't a question, it was a statement.
Soos shrugged, still laying on top of him, "Had to be done, dude."
She shook herself out of her shock, "This sure beats throwing a hairbrush at a Titan lord," she muttered, "Hold him down. We need to knock him out." She started to look around for a rock.
Bill scowled and squirmed more. Soos started to get uneasy, "Uh, dude, it's starting to get hot in here."
"Yeah, yeah. Just a second," she answered absentmindedly, "I almost dug out this rock."
"Um, dude?" his clothes started to smoke, "Dude—?" Soos yelled in pain and rolled over, his clothes smoldering.
Annabeth grinned as she finally dug up her rock. It was about as big as her hand, and had a flat surface perfect for knocking people out. But her victory was short lived when she heard Soos's yell. She turned around to see Soos's clothes smoking and Beo above him, his sword raised. "No—!"
She was too late. Bill brought his sword down and stabbed Soos Ramirez.
Best cliffy I've had in a while. Don't you agree? If you do not thoroughly hate me for leaving you on such a horrible cliffy, I have failed you. Seriously, I would be hating myself if I read this cliffy. If you want to know what happens next, then review and vote!
Speaking of votes, I've decided to give very loose descriptions on my leading story ideas.
1. GF/DP: After having a very serious fight with a certain somebody, Dipper is transported to DP's dimension, where he is stuck for several years before finally meeting Danny. But Dipper's like, really untrusting and stuff. A LOT of hurt/comfort and angst. depressed!Dipper. (1)
2. GF/AvatarTLA: Ford is teleported to the Avatar's dimension, but because of his amazing abilities, he becomes very important to the Fire Nation. They force him to do stuff, and Aang finds him and tries to help him escape. I need to know which episodes of ATLA to base this in. Preferably when the Fire Nation is building many machines and Aang is somewhere near/in the fire nation. (2)
3. TMNT/GF: TMNT are captured by the GiW, and they meet a very depressed Danny. (1)
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