Chapter 8
The gang rushed to avoid attacks from the robots, Rev handling injured Brenda.
"There's only one thing to do in a situation like this," said Kelly.
"Shglahhlgh what?" Slam asked.
"…call in the family." She pulled out her COMM and hit the mass text to allies.
Less than five minutes later, in rushed Macy Mastermind.
"That was fast even for an inventor," Tech smirked.
"The seer's portals really come in handy."
"Well, I think these come more in handy considering the current situation." He handed over the 3D glasses.
Macy looked up. "…well, this won't be easy." She smirked. "But I'm in the mood to kick some metal." She instantly got to work taking down the first.
"Great…what about all the other ones?" Michael asked.
Sure enough, at least eleven other robots were prepped to do some damage.
Until a wave rushed in. There stood Chris. "Loving that right now. Really speeds up the reaction time."
The Anasala gang then appeared.
"Alright, that's the second month in a row you've pulled in the total distress call," Juniper groaned, "What's your damage?"
The gang handed out the glasses as fast as they could move.
"Oh, there's the damage."
"Well, move, people, move!" Amanda cried before starting to fling off the spells.
Everyone started fighting away.
Suddenly, three unoccupied robots grabbed Sarah, Ryan, and Kelly.
Kelly groaned, trying to get loose. "AUSTIN!"
"I'M COMING, KELLY!" Austin cried, rushing up a lamppost to get to the top of the robot…which quickly flung him into a building. "I might be a little while…" He then collapsed on a ledge.
Kelly was now kicking and flailing to get loose. Not going too well. Finally, she got her arms loose. She quickly hit the button on her COMM. "Aunt Nellie! Uncle Patrick! Aunt Rita! Where are you guys?!"
The three Coyotes then flew in.
"WE'RE RIGHT HERE!" Rita cried as she flew by. She finally got control enough to hover, keeping her brother and sister close, too. "OK, tell your dad: loving the rocket boots, but the control gloves are a little spotty." She then noticed the three Coyote kids were floating in midair. "Where's yours?"
"About that." Kelly tossed them the three remaining glasses.
Rita instantly noticed the giant fighter robots. "WHOA!" She nodded to her brother and sister and they immediately set to fighting them off. Rita took Sarah's by freezing the circuits until the robot collapsed and thus letting Sarah drop into her arms.
Patrick rushed over to Ryan, throwing the winds every which way at the robot as hard as he could until its head caved in and it dropped Ryan into his hold.
Nellie took the robot grasping Kelly. She threw a burst of dark energy into its main logic board, frying the whole thing and thus making it…collapse in the streets.
"Ow!" Kelly cried.
"SORRY!"
Everyone finally finished off the robots and collected in front of the tower.
"That's better," Wendy smirked.
"…there's still one more," Ace said.
There at the end of the street stood the biggest, baddest robot yet. The one the Toymaker was inside.
"It's impossible," Tech said as he examined his readings of it, "Someone will have to go in and shut it down manually."
Penelope scoffed. "Who'd be insane enough to do that?"
"I might be." There stood Zadavia, ready for the fight. "Give me five minutes." She rushed over to the robot and flew inside.
Toymaker was at the control panel she flew into. "Thank you for freeing me, Zadavia, but it's too late. Nothing can stop me, not even you or your little kids."
Zadavia took off the 3D glasses she'd snatched. "I did not manipulate the stream of the game so that Ryan would loose you simply for me to get revenge."
"You got your revenge before I even started my plot! You imprisoned me in cyberspace!"
"You were planning to manipulate the technological streams of the whole city! I had to do something! You doublecrossed your entire planet. Your mistake caused a backfire at the academy that resulted in Mallory Mastermind's accident sending signals to my brother. He sent the meteor that halfway-to-destroyed this world! A mistake such as that and the repercussions from it only push people further into the dark. And so this has proven. Just look at you now!"
"I've been nice! In the game, I gave that little Slayer her leg back, I was helping them the whole time—"
"You've been driven insane by your imprisonment, I understand. But that does not warrant all the damage you cause now. And does not make up for what horrors you did even before. Your little mishap cost hundreds of people their lives or, in the Loonatics' cases, the lives they were used to. It threw the planet and created horrible supervillains. It opened gateways to dimensions we should never hope to enter! Shall I continue?"
Toymaker just looked out the windows.
"Now…let me tell you all the good things that came of it."
Toymaker looked at her in shock.
"The Loonatics met and were friends…and became friends with me. They fell in love and had their children. They kept the planet safe and have been infinitely more happy now than they ever were with their lives before. That meteor changed everything for them and so many others…and so it has proven its benefits just as much as—if not more than—its downfalls. People have suffered, yes…but more good has come from that suffering than any of us can know. You've been living in fear of facing your past all these years but I did not cause your release to kill you or hurt you further or imprison you again, I let you out so that I can tell you—I believe on behalf of most of the people on the planet—that I…forgive you."
He continued to stare at her in shock even as he removed his hat. "I only ever dreamed of this moment…I never thought of this…why?"
"Actually, I believe the correct question would be if you forgive yourself…or rather if you're willing to make the apology in the first place. It's never too late to change, so take your time." She then realized the robot was crumbling. "…we have about ten seconds."
He looked at her and reached for a button. "…game over." He hit it.
And the robot collapsed.
The rest of the gang rushed from the line of fire and hid from the falling robot parts. Finally, it all stopped…and nothing else happened.
They exchanged looks of concern and worry…
…until a certain alien from the planet Freleng emerged from the rubble.
"Zadavia!" Lexi cried, rushing to her, the others following.
Toymaker then came out and shocked them all by taking Zadavia's side.
"Wait a minute…" Patrick looked around. "Who won?" Nellie then hit him.
"Allow me to coin a phrase?" Zadavia smirked, "It's not whether you win or lose…"
Toymaker smirked. "…it's how you play the game."
Nadine smirked. "Couldn't have said it better myself."
Group hug. Game over.
THE END…?
YAY! I finished this fast, didn't I? This one was really easy compared to the last one. Well, thanks for reading, please review, I shall have the next story up really soon as well. See you then! Bye!