Getting closer to the end here, ladies and gents!

I know that last chapter seemed to have left a lot out, so I'll be covering what happened in this one. I give you all Chapter 20! I own only my OCs. Nada Sampson belongs to MonstarzGirl. The only profit I make from this are comments, followers, and favorites. Nothing more.

Kari's POV:

'Damn.. These things just keep on coming and coming! Is there no end to them?!', I thought to myself as I sliced through another robot. I must have went through at least three or four hundred of them. Still, no matter how many I cut through, the number that remains doesn't seem to dwindle in the slightest. I could feel myself beginning to tire as the robots start closing in on me.

Gathering my nerves and steadying myself, I gripped my sword tighter and took another quick swing. Wham! Another one bites the dust. "Just what will it take for you guys to quit?!", I shrieked, preparing another fatal blow to an oncoming robot. "If this keeps up, I'll never beat these guys! There's got to be a way to take them all down faster!"

Out of nowhere, my sword started to glow a bright pink, and suddenly, I felt a surge of energy flowing through me like never before! It was as if I've been given the extra strength I needed to go on.

With a hunch, I burst out running and jumped up into the air. Almost as if I had wings, I swooped down and up again, taking down ten robots at a time in one strike.

I landed down, with the slaughtered pieces of metal bursting into a small explosion altogether. I gaped at what I just did and took a glimpse down at my rose colored weapon. 'Whoa.. Did I just do THAT? Hmm.. This gives me an idea, aside from the upper hand.'

I got back up with a smirk. The robots started to charge towards me, but not as quick as I was. Charging toward them again, I repeated the same action to another handful and got another group down just as quickly. I then quickly grabbed one of the more busted looking ones and threw them into a larger group, the explosion from that one robot causing a larger number to blow up as well.

Within several minutes of repeating the process, I was down to only twenty to thirty robots remaining. Though it successfully depleted their original armada, the effort wore me down pretty rapidly. Taking in lungfuls of air, I kept myself at guard, knowing the fight isn't over by a long shot.

I gave one last bout and bounded into the air, diving in for one last go. In a matter of seconds, the robots were completely wiped out into nothing. Inhaling a deep whiff of air, I gave a sigh of relief, thankful that this fight is over.

However, the war itself is still raging on. "How long have I been at this? Damn. At this rate, Swackhammer might already be getting that cannon charged up to fry Earth!"

Biting my lip bitterly, I glanced up at the castle behind me. Even though I am within the perimeter walls, I would still have a ways to go in order to make my way up to where the particle beam is nested at. To make things even more challenging, I didn't have a tour map for the area either.

'This is gonna be a lot tougher than I thought it would be. Guess I'll just have to wander around and see where's an entrance'

Lo and behold did I no sooner hear a loud booming sound not far from where my location was. "What was that?", I muttered to myself.

Curiosity getting the best of me, as always, I began making my way over to the source of the loud noise that broke through the starry space surrounding me. Running as fast as I could for a couple minutes, I eventually ran into a large hole that was made in one of the tower walls. Inside, I could make view of a stairwell leading all the way up to the top.

Catching my breath, I smiled to myself in assurance, "Well well, looks like I found my entry. Watch out, Swackhammer! This time, there's no time out for you!"

Nawt's POV:

'This is ridiculous! I can't believe Hale suggested we split up! Then again, he may have his reasons. It'll probably give us more chances of running into either Swackhammer or the girls. Either way, one of our groups is going to have a ball in beating the living crap out of him.', I thought with bitterness as my group made our way up through the tower that Bang and Maddie oh so kindly blew a hole into after we split into two separate groups.

Hale decided to take Pound, Mika, Bupkus, Lexi and some of the Tunes with him towards the west sector of Moron Mountain to look for the hostages, while I led the other half of the group to the east sector to find Swackhammer. Getting in was made more easy than we thought.

But it also made me wonder where the rest of Swackhammer's reinforcements went. I figured he would have his robot guards charging to our location the soonest that we crash landed, but to our surprise, not even a space worm came crawling to any of us.

"Hey Bang! Didn't Swackhammer have an army in his disposal aside from that armada we defeated?", I called to the green giant behind me. The green monolith growled in scrutiny, "I thought so, but I guess he didn't have the time to set them out to sic on us! This must be our lucky break!"

I furrowed my brows. Something was wrong here. Very wrong. 'I doubt it's that we're lucky. Something must have gone out of our ex-boss's plans and must have shifted the rest of his army to a different location. He had all the time in the world to send them out on all of us, so what's keeping them..?'

Blanko must have noticed the same thing I have, voicing out his concerns, "No way, Bang. He would have crushed us if he had the chance. Something's not right."

Daffy sputtered in questioning concern, "So you're saying that thisth sad excusth of a loser had a change of plansth and moved the rest of histh army to another area? Is that it?" Nada raised her brows in surprise. "I wonder what made him change his mind about attacking us head on like he originally intended?"

"Good question, Nada. Looks like we'll find out when we get there, huh?", replied Maddie with a growl. I had to agree with her there. We won't get any answers until we reach the top of the observation tower. Above us by a few meters was a platform. In it was a small chamber that had two separate doors; one that leads to the observation room where all of Swackhammer's devices and gizmos lay about, while the other leads to the high bridge, which is completely off-limits to anyone who values their life. It was far too unstable and narrow to support weight that's above Pound's capacity, hell, even my weight along with Blanko's could be enough to cause the bridge to collapse in no time at all!

As we were getting on the platform that was one level below the observation room, the lights suddenly began to flicker until they went completely out. Cries and gasps of panic echoed through the tiny chamber, when Bang's voice boomed, "Alright people, keep your shorts on! Maddie, care to lend me a hand?" Within a few moments, Maddie and Bang managed to light up the unused torches that resided within the chamber.

I looked around to see that everyone has calmed down. "Is everyone okay?"

I got murmurs and content replies, until Blanko piped up with fright, "Wait! Nada's gone!" The Tunes looked around with worried glances. Bang and Maddie looked around, as well as myself. "Dang! Where'd she go?", Maddie wondered aloud. Bang growled lowly. "Looks like Swackhammer decided to take a hostage." Maddie fumed, "What a coward! He should face us and fight like a real man!" She balled up her fists and punched the air a few times for emphasis.

Blanko shuffled uncomfortably. I couldn't blame him; I'm still anxious about Kari's well being and safety too. Let's just hope we're not too late.

I shuffled over to Blanko and placed a hand on his shoulder. "Don't worry. We'll find her too. Let's go and take care of business first though." He smiled faintly and nodded his head, and we continued our way through the giant door.

Upon entering the room, I let out a gasp at the sight that lay before us. Aside from his many television screens displaying security cameras visuals on all locations throughout his fortress, next to the enormous glass windows was a huge cannon; big enough to wipe out an entire planet!

Blanko and Bang widen their eyes with their mouths gaping at the grand size weapon. "Shit! He had THIS thing the entire time?!", Bang sputtered out in disbelief. Blanko shook his head, "No way, man. This took a long time to build single-handed. It must have took months for him to make this, let alone plan it all out."

I couldn't believe it. All of it. Swackhammer was toying with us the entire time! He could have blown us sky high without our knowledge at any given time he desired; the harassing and kidnapping was all for his entertainment. I shook my head and got out of my stupor and looked over at Bang and Blanko, "You two try and shut this thing down and dismantle it! If we let this opportunity escape, it could mean the end for all of us!"

Both tall aliens nodded their heads and got to work. Blanko began accessing the computer mainframe, while Bang carefully, yet firmly, started putting apart the enormous contraption piece by piece, making sure not to make any sudden mistakes that could be potentially fatal. The Tunes and Maddie walked around and stared in awe at the sight of all the equipment that was surrounding us in the room, unable to believe what they saw either.

No sooner did we hear on the large intercom Swackhammer's disgusting voice chuckling in sinister glee, "Good luck trying to disable that cannon there, wimps! You may have found my cannon and ruined my plans to destroy Earth, but I have one more trick up my sleeve. You see, I have a lovely friend of yours here that's dying to be put out of her misery. Serves her right for betraying our little agreement though. Now, if you want her to live, you'll have to do me one simple favor: give me both Kari and Hale. But you might want to hurry. Clock's ticking! Tick, tock! Tick! TOCK!" His chortling laughter was all that we heard until the line went out, ending his small talk.

I gave an angry growl at our ex-boss's bold statement, while Blanko glared daggers at the intercom's speakers, muttering curses under his breath. Bang chided at our blue comrade, "Hey! Keep it together, Blanko! We got a job to do first! We'll find your girlfriend, after we take apart this son of a bitch's toy!" Blanko reluctantly nodded and got back to the computer monitor in front of him.

I grabbed the walkie talkie that was strapped onto my waistband that Pound handed over to me before we split into groups and tried to broadcast him in, hoping to give him the scary news. At last, I heard a beep and got his deep voice, "Talk to me."

I replied with haste, "Pound! We got a problem!" A beep, followed by a click and his reply, "What's wrong? Is it Swackhammer?"

I nodded despite he couldn't see me, "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!" I felt overwhelmed. This was all so messed up. Swackhammer needed to be stopped!

Pound's voice came back on through the small speaker, "Is he there? I got a feeling there's something else you're not telling me."

I gulped inaudibly. He was right about that. On the same speaking, even I felt like there's more to this sinister plan than what we already in front of our naked eyes. Something foreboding. "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 sounded tense as his voice reeled me back into our current conversation, "What? Nawt, what is going on?"

I took in a deep breath and replied, "Swackhammer... he... he's got Nada. He's threatening to kill her, unless..."

"Unless what?", the orange alien asked, his voice giving away his uneasiness.

I tried to compose myself and replied, though my voice came out shakily, "... Unless we give him both Hale and Kari. Pound, you got any ideas? I don't want-" I couldn't finish my sentence as Pound jump in with hasty concern, "Wait, wait! Back up! Kari? You didn't find her?"

My heart skipped a few beats as I gaped at the radio in utter shock. 'What the hell?! She's NOT with them?!'

"You mean she isn't with you guys? I thought you guys went to look for her, Elise, and Marie?!" Pound answered back, ""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."

I was dumbfounded. 'Use her for revenge? Well, revenge was an obvious, but what does he mean "use her"?'

To mine and everyone else's horror, Pound gave the answer. An answer that instantly chilled me, and yet set me afire with a great fury.

"Nawt... He planned to rape her...".

Gasps came from the Tunes, Maddie looked like she saw a baby get hit by a car, and Blanko and Bang stopped what they were doing with wide eyes filled with horror and disgust.

I shook violently at the thought of it. The very nerve of that waste of life! Daring to touch.. no... to violate what I held so dear to my heart! I gripped the walkie tightly in my hand, my teeth clamped together as I seethed with venom filled words, "That filthy motherf-.. When I get my hands on him, I'm gonna-" I was quickly cut off by Pound, "Not now, Nawt! Listen, did you, Blanko, or any of the Tunes that are with you see her?"

I took at least several breaths and gave a shaky sigh, "No. Nothing so far though... I have a feeling Swackhammer lost her too. So there's still time to find her... and Nada, too."

At least, I hope there's still time. The news of Swackhammer's real intentions towards my beloved changes things. As a matter of speaking, time is certainly not waiting for us to catch up. Pound brought me back to reality in confirmation, "Good. Let's hope so. Where are you guys at now?"

I straightened myself up. "In the observation tower, where our ex-boss has all his tv monitors and surveillance. Guess he was keeping tabs on us.. Wait, what?!", I shrieked out as something on one of the monitors caught my eye. Maddie and the Tunes snapped their heads in my directions and joined me near the many television screens. Maddie cried out, "Oh my God!" Bang and Blanko finally finished disabling the cannon completely and rushed over the soonest they heard the brunette's cry. Bang ogled at what he saw what we were looking at, "What the hell?! Is she NUTS?!" Blanko let out a gasp, "Oh no!" The Tunes were just in equal amount of shock as the rest of us, with Sylvester voicing out what deems to be the voice of everyone's current thought, "Thufferin' Thuccotash!

I stood in front of the monitor frozen in fear. My mind was racing at over a hundred miles per hour, as well as my heart beat. All comprehensive and logical thoughts flew out the window at that moment as I stared wide eyed at the sight before me with sheer terror.

Pound's voice shattered my train wreck of a mind with a holler, "What the hell is going on there now?!"

I raised the small device to my mouth and replied as coherently as possible, "Nada just got away and is heading back to base... and... Kari is fighting Swackhammer on the high bridge!"

I couldn't keep my composure any longer. I dropped the radio to the ground with a loud echoing clank and bolted towards the door.