Hello again! Been gone for about a little over 4 months. I didn't mean to torture anyone out there. o.o

Anyways, here's is Chapter 19. After this story, I will go on about and start on my idea for a Batman fanfic. Yes, I am seriously into that Batman flow. I don't own what belongs to Warner Bros., and Nada Sampson belongs rightfully to MonstarzGirl. Other than that, I do own my own OCs, my iPod, and my own personal legal copies of Space Jam, as well as Batman Arkham City and Arkham Asylum.

Elise's POV:

I kept running down the many corridors that abide within this giant place. Marie was still snug and safe in my arms as I searched frantically for any sign of an exit, or at least, a good place to hide from Swackhammer.

God, I really hope that the gang will find us. That Hale finds us. I was also praying for the safety of Kari, and that Swackhammer hasn't done anything to her whatsoever. Than again, one can only hope and pray in this hellhole.

Marie cooed and gave a light sneeze. I stopped for a brief moment to make sure her blanket was wrapped securely around her tiny body. The last thing I needed was for her to get even more sick.

She sighed, displaying exhaustion overcoming her tiny being. I couldn't blame her; this place is so huge and sinister, it's like it can drain the very life out of anyone. Anyone except the monster that dwells inside it as its home.

A loud crashing noise rang through the enormous hall, causing me to jump in a scare. Marie was just as alarmed and clutched tightly to my shirt whimpering. I gently petted her head and tried to squint my eyes in the vast darkness, looking for the source of the noise.

"Elise! Kari! Where are you guys?!" The voice that called out was all too familiar. I sighed in desperate happiness and called out in reply, "Hale! We're over here!" I kept a firm hold on Marie and ran in the direction I heard the voice.

Making a turn onto the next corner, I saw Hale, along with what looked like Pound, Mika, Bugs, Lola, Pepe, Bupkus, Lexi, Elmer, Witch Hazel, Roadrunner and Wile. Hale caught sight of Marie and I and cried out in relief, "Elise! Marie! You're okay!" The group ran towards us with alighted joy of our safety. Hale pulled me into a tight embrace, but not tight enough so that it will crush the toddler in my arms.

As we pulled away, Bupkus rushed over and took the tiny tot from my arms with gusto, tears rolling down his face as he hugged and kissed the light bundle. "Marie! Thank God you're safe! You're not hurt anywhere, are you?" He checked the small girl for any signs of bruises or other injuries. To his relief, there wasn't any. Lexi couldn't help but make an awed face at the cute scene, as well as the rest of the Tunes.

Hale suddenly looked alarmed and turned to me. "Elise, where's my sister?"

I opened my mouth to speak, but I closed it again and shook my head. Hale and the rest of the group became tense. He grabbed my arms firmly, his voice laced with desperation, "Please, Elise! Tell me where she is!"

I broke down with a sob, unable to keep my calm facade. "Swackhammer had her locked up in a cell! But I escaped when he went to go retrieve her. He said something about using her to exact his revenge on both of you! Hale... I- I think... He wants... no... He plans to..."

If Hale couldn't have been more scared in his life, then right now he was surely about to collapse from the unavoidable horror that's about to be said to him. Even the Tunes and the two Monstars with their human female counterparts shook at part of the revelation of Swackhammer's sick scheme as it fell from my quaking lips in an agonizing scream.

"He... HE PLANS TO RAPE HER, HALE! PLEASE! YOU GUYS HAVE TO SAVE HER!" I couldn't keep myself together. I fell apart, shaking from head to toe. Witch Hazel came over to my side to try and console me, casting a worried glance at Hale.

Hale, on the other hand, was beyond the point of calm. Balling his hands into fists to the point that his nails were digging cuts into his palms, his entire being shook, but just from possible fear for his sister. He gritted his teeth and hissed, "I'm going to find that bastard and rip him a new one! If he so touches even a hair on my sister... no.. I'm gonna kill him! We're gonna go find Swackhammer and make him hear that fat lady sing, for it's gonna be the last thing he'll ever hear!"

Pound growled with just as much hatred, "Then what are we waiting for?! Let's go get that son of a bitch!" Mika and Lexi nodded their heads and took their stance. "Let's go beat the hell outta this mofo! It's 'bout time he meets his maker!" The Tunes put on the meanest faces they could muster, while Witch Hazel sprinkled some sort of strange powder on me.

I glanced over at her in curiosity, wiping away my tears from my puffy face. "W- What's this?" She cackled gleefully, "This powder awakes your inner abilities! The girls stowed away into our ship and apparently got some on them as well, so they have their powers. Can't leave our healer behind now, can't we?"

My eyes widen as my hands glowed a light lime color with bright yellow sparkles, almost like fairy dust. Before I knew it, the bruise I had where Swackhammer hit me earlier was gone, like it was never there!

Hale took a hold of my hand and looked at me seriously. "Elise, take us to where you saw Swackhammer last."

Before I could even protest, something went off beeping. Pound looked down at a walkie talkie that was strapped onto his waistband and answered. "Talk to me."

A voice on the other side that sounded like Nawt replied. "Pound! We got a problem!"

Pound pressed the button for reply "What's wrong? Is it Swackhammer?" We all exchanged worried glances among one another.

"Yeah, and you won't believe this: he's got a particle beam cannon with everything set to destroy Earth! This guy's a loose cannon himself!" It seemed like all of us couldn't shake the feeling that there's more than just what Nawt said. Pound silenced that thought by voicing it to his comrade, "Is he there? I got a feeling there's something else you're not telling me."

Nawt's response came only a few moments later. "He's not here. Blanko and Bang are halfway to shutting down the cannon and disabling it for good... and well... there's another thing..."

Pound grounded his teeth and asked, "What? Nawt, what is going on?"

Another few moments later did Nawt reply. "Swackhammer... he... he's got Nada. He's threatening to kill her, unless..."

Pound growled, not liking where this is going. I held my breath, while Hale brushed his thumb over my hand soothingly, trying to keep his calm. "Unless what?"

"... Unless we give him both Hale and Kari. Pound, you got any ideas? I don't want-" Before Nawt could finish, Pound asked in concern. "Wait, wait! Back up! Kari? You didn't find her?" Hale and I exchanged surprised glances.

Nawt replied back just as shocked, "You mean she isn't with you guys? I thought you guys went to look for her, Elise and Marie?!" Pound shook his head before answering, "We did. We only found Elise and Marie, but no sign of Kari. Elise said that Swackhammer planned to use her to exact revenge on her and her brother. Nawt... He planned to rape her..."

A long silence passed for what seemed like a long while before Nawt responded with anger and hate evident in his voice, "That filthy motherf-.. When I get my hands on him, I'm gonna-" Pound quickly cut him off, "Not now, Nawt! Listen, did you, Blanko, or any of the Tunes that are with you see her?"

Nawt gave a shaky sigh over the talkie, "No. Nothing so far, though... I have a feeling Swackhammer lost her too. So there's still time to find her... and Nada, too."

Pound nodded before continuing, "Good. Let's hope so. Where are you guys at now?"

"In the observation tower, where our ex-boss has all his tv monitors and surveillance. Guess he was keeping tabs on us.. Wait, what?!" Nawt shrieked on the other end, making us all jump. We heard Blanko and the other Tunes, along with Bang and Maddie cry out in surprise.

Pound gripped on the radio even tighter. "What the hell is going on over there now?!", he hollered. Hale stiffened for a moment, squeezing my hand a little too tight for comfort.

What we were all about to hear next chilled us all. Nawt shouted over the speaker, making Pound almost drop the small radio out of his hand, "Nada just got away and is heading back to base... and... Kari is fighting Swackhammer on the high bridge!"

Bupkus cried out, "The high bridge?! Are you kidding?! She'll DIE! They both will! It's too narrow and it's too unstable!"

The Tunes gasped and muttered in worry. Mika and Lexi gave each other alarmed looks. I turned to Hale to calm him, but before I knew it, he was long gone. Pound noticed and so did Bugs. The large orange Monstar growled, "Great. Now we got a heated up pyro on the loose! C'mon everyone! We're heading to the observation tower!" I looked over at Pound in dismay. "But what about Hale?!" He glanced over at me with a grim look, "He's already on his way there. That's right next to where the high bridge is at."