DUN, DUN, DUUUUUN! Looks like the final showdown is at hand. Are you all ready for this? I know I am! I give you chapter 21, ladies and germs, I mean, gents. All rights go to Warner Bros for the Tunes and The Monstars. Nada Sampson belongs to MonstarzGirl, while my OCs belong rightfully to me. Enjoy! WARNING: May have intense violence and strong mature references. Nothing 'R' rated though.
Third Person POV:
Swackhammer chuckled with such evil satisfaction as he gripped Nada tightly in his left arm. He couldn't believe his luck at swiping away the young brunette under their noses. He knew that they were all on their way, so he triggered off the power and took his chance to sneak in and grab the girl then slip away before they could even react. He made sure to lock the door that led straight to the high bridge, just in case they thought about going after him.
He chortled darkly at his hostage, "Looks like your friends better make quick work about finding and bringing both of those damn brats if they want to have you back safely."
Nada glared at him with great dislike. "Just wait! You'll be sorry!"
Swackhammer let out a sick, rumbling laugh. "Sorry?! Don't be so naïve! It's your friends that should be sorry! It's all their fault that I lost everything! My cohorts, my amusement park, my would-be-entertainment... My life!" His grip on her tightened, threatening to choke the breath out of her fragile body. She coughed and strained, but to no avail.
Grinning snidely, he bent down and hissed in her ear, "Frankly, I couldn't give two cents about any of you pathetic weaklings. I could have blasted you all into smithereens any time I wanted!" She let out a terrified gasp, but was cut off from being able to say anything as he squeezed her. "I only messed around with you bunch just to get a kick out of it. It was tiresome, I'll admit, jumping back and forth here and there, but hey, I got what I wanted...", he spoke the last words maliciously and with a hint of dark lust behind them.
Nada trembled in fear. Her eyes began to water, not liking where this was going. She managed to choke out a few words, "W-what... do you mean...? Y-you're not... you're not going to.." Swackhammer snorted in amusement and shook his head slightly. "Oh no, girlie. You got that idea all wrong. It's like I said, you're not the one I'm after. And that brat Hale is just another obstacle, though I am really hoping to tear him apart, piece by piece..."
The raven-haired teen struggled against his iron grip and cried out, "Then what? What do you mean?!"
He cracked a nasty grin and leered down, whispering darkly so only she could hear, "Kari, of course. She's grown into quite a delicious young piece of ass, if you know what I mean." Nada felt sick. She trembled in horror as he continued, "Once I have all of your friends rid of, as well as my other hostages, Hale, and you too of course... I plan to enjoy every single second of screwing that little bitch and make her scream, knowing that all of you will be dead, and she'll have no choice but to give me all the pleasure that I demand without so much as a fight. Sure, I did originally plan to kill her with her brother and leave it as it is, but after that lovely performance with her singing.. Well, heh, let's just say that minds, just like plans, can change. Just imagine, her sweet voice crying out over and over again, as I tear her down till she's no more but a doll that will obey my every whim..."
Nada couldn't take anymore. She threw her head back as hard as she could and bashed Swackhammer right on the side of his face. He roared in anger, dropping her in the process. She landed on her bottom and began to scramble up to her feet. She decided to make a quick get away towards the bridge up ahead, screaming, "You disgusting piece of trash! You're a fiend! You're vile! I hope you burn in hell for thinking about doing such a low thing!"
Swackhammer growled with fury and dashed after her. Nada heard his large footsteps not far behind and panicked, only to trip over a large stone, hurting her ankle in addition. "Ow!", she cried out, falling onto her knees, scraping them. Without so much as a second, a large olive green hand clamped around her neck and hoisted her up, choking her.
Her eyes widen in horror as the evil green alien snarled at her. "You think you're clever enough to get away, you dumb broad?! Well, just watch! You'll be the first one to die!"
Nada felt the tight pressure of his hand squeezing the breath out of her body. Her mind started to get fuzzy and her whole being started to become numb. Suddenly, she heard Swackhammer roar in pain as he let go of her, her body hitting the hard ground of the bridge hard. Struggling to get her senses together and pushing herself up, she saw purple blood squirting out from a large gash that was now on his arm. Her eyes then took notice of another figure standing right in between her and the giant slime. Her spirits felt lifted as she smiled in relief, "Kari! You're okay!"
Kari kept herself firm on the ground as Swackhammer continued screaming in agonizing hurt coming from his new open wound. "Nada! You have to get up and go back! The others must be in the observation room! You have to help them!"
Nada shook her head with terrifying concern, "No way! You're the one who needs help! You can't take him on by yourself! He'll hurt you!" Kari shot a glance at her good friend, "I'm not asking, Nada. Hurry! Blanko is worried sick about you! Go to him!" Giving one last look at her friend, Nada nodded her head and darted her way past a screaming Swackhammer, making her way safely towards the platform.
After seeing that her friend made it back safe and sound, Kari gave her attention once more to the menace before her. "Looks like it's just you and me now."
Swackhammer got the bleeding under control and glared up at her with a growl. "How did you escape from my chambers, you little brat?!" Kari gripped her sword and kept her gaze level with him, "You had a secret trap door hidden in your room. Took a while, but I managed to get outside with some help. Your pesky robots weren't of much trouble to deal with either."
His eyes widen in realization. "YOU were the one who took my entire army out?! I thought it was one of your snotty friends who managed to get an inside man into my fortress!"
Kari shook her head, "Sorry, bozo. Didn't see any of my friends up until now, who you just tried to kill!" She readied herself as the giant got back up on his feet. He scoffed and grinned an evil toothy grin, "It's a shame. You could have become my queen and ruled by my side. It's not too late, you know. All you have to do is surrender yourself to me and if you ask nicely, I might just spare your allies and only torture them a little."
The auburn haired teen glared daggers at him and spat, "Screw you." A rumbling laugh escaped from his large form, smiling wickedly at the young woman, "Should have stayed in my room if that was the case. I would have no problems with that! Hell, we could do that right NOW!" Without warning, he dove at her and pinned her down to the ground, his massive form trapping her small slender one. Her sword went sliding a foot or two away from her, almost hitting the center edge of the narrow bridge. His large gruesome hands gripped her wrists tightly and his legs were in between hers, keeping her from getting any ideas about hitting him below the belt.
"Get off of me!", she shrieked, struggling to pry herself free from him, but with zero success. Swackhammer licked his lips and grinned widely at his captive. "Trust me, I'm already getting off at this..." Kari felt her heart kick up in speed as panic filled her. 'NO! Dammit! Hale! SAVE ME!'
Just as quickly as her mind cried for her brother, a loud crack echoed through the air, followed by a bellowing sound of pain. The giant alien tumbled backwards gripping onto his head, allowing Kari release and use of her limbs. She quickly looked up at the offender who attacked the huge menace, and breathed out gratefully, "Hale!"
Hale was gripping tightly onto a giant gray and black sledgehammer with a dragon engraved near the top where the anvil of the hammer was at. He gave a deadly glare at Swackhammer's howling form, his teeth clamped together as his countenance was contorted in fiery rage, "Don't you DARE ever touch my little sister, you cocky bastard!" He glanced down at his sister, taking her sword from the loop of his belt strap and held it out towards her. "Are you okay, Kari?!"
Kari nodded her head and took her weapon from her brother. "Yeah. Thank you, Hale. Now let's teach this guy a lesson once and for all, huh?" Hale grimaced as his gazed averted back towards the oversized creep. "Sounds like a plan."
Both siblings got ready as the alien struggled back up on his feet. His red gaze fell angrily on both siblings. "I'M GOING TO KILL YOU BOTH!" He charged immediately towards the two teens like a mad bull running towards a red banner being waved at him. Hale and Kari quickly lept out of his way. Hale swung his sledgehammer and smacked him hard against his broad back. Kari took another swing as he was charging at them and left another gash right across his chest. The force of both attacks sent the giant tumbling forward and crashed down hard into the center of the bridge.
No sooner did all three felt the bridge begin to sway and crumble below their feet. Hale and Kari looked towards each other in a state of panic and realization at their new predicament. "Hale, what's happening?!"
Hale remembered what Bupkus' words were before he took off and looked over at his sister in wide eyed horror. "The bridge! It's going to break down! Kari, we gotta go now!" The young girl nodded at her brother and both of them made a break for it, running towards the platform. On the end of the bridge where the platform was, Nawt and the rest of both groups opened the door and met their eyes with relief, only soon to be replaced with new-found horror. "KARI! HALE! BEHIND YOU!", Nawt screeched at the two kids while pointing his finger at the object of their other problem. Swackhammer was back on his feet, no more than a few feet away from both children. The bridge was already crumbling from the center and breaking down towards both directions, sending heavy debris dropping down hundreds of feet towards sharp jagged rocks that lay below them.
The bridge was falling apart far too quickly and caught up to both Swackhammer and the two siblings. Their weapons dissipating once more into energy, brother and sister grabbed one anothers hand and made a jump for it as the once solid ground under their feet crumbled away into nothing.
The Tunes, Monstars, and human girls screamed in terror. "NO!", the red Monstar cried out. Nawt, along with some of the Monstars and Tunes looked over the edge, praying for a miracle. Thankfully, Hale and Kari were but a couple feet away, dangling off of some of the edges of rock that broke from the broken bridge. Nawt let out a shaky sigh of relief, with Elise catching a glimpse and smiled joyfully, "Oh thank heavens!"
But happiness didn't come as soon as everyone had hoped. Kari slipped with a cry, as lo and behold, Swackhammer had a grip around her ankle. Hale made a quick grab for it, and took a hold of his sister's hand. "Kari! Let her go, you creep!", the boy shouted frantically. Swackhammer chortled cynically, "If I go, she's coming with me!" Pound, Bang, and Nawt grabbed onto Hale for further assistance. "This guy doesn't know when to give up!", Bang muttered angrily.
"He's not dead yet?! Oh, what are we gonna do?!", Nada exclaimed while clinging onto Blanko for support from her weakened state. Bugs looked like he had a light bulb light up above his head. "I got an idea, docs!" He pulled Daffy over and whispered his plan into his ear. The black mallard smiled mischievously, "Oh, yes! I like where this is going!" Bugs let Lola in the plan, and she nodded in confirmation to her boyfriend. "Let's do it and quickly!" Bugs winked at her, "You got it, toots!" In no time at all, both he and the female hare dug a hole into the ground, while Daffy went over to Wile. "Sthay there, Wile? You got any dynamite on you?" Wile took a moment then gave a mischievous grin of his own as he pulled out his last stick of dynamite that he had on him.
"Thanks!", he saluted then went his way over to where the Monstars were helping the two teens from their untimely demise. Hale was loosing his grip on his sister, as the additional weight of Swackhammer was too much for him to handle. Out of nowhere, Daffy appeared next to him and looked down at the dangling bunch. "Sthay there, Wacko! Looks like you could use a nice cigar!" Before Swackhammer could retort, Daffy stuffed the dynamite stick into his mouth, which was already lit up. The villain's eyes widen and before anyone knew it, the stick exploded right in his face! His grip on Kari went loose and fell down to the spiky pit that lay below, his fate now sealed for good.
Kari was relieved at the sudden lightness after his deadweight body released her, but once again, another surge of panic filled everyone as Hale's grip on her was failing. Suddenly, his hand gave out and she slipped through his fingers.
Hale's, Nawt's, Daffy's, and everyone's eyes widened in horror as Kari started making her fall down as well. "KARIIIIIII!", Hale screamed, as he watched his sister falling. Kari squeezed her eyes shut as she began plummeting towards her impending doom, screaming her lungs out.
Just then, two pairs of arms popped out of the rocky structure of the totaled bridge's underside and took firm hold of each of Kari's arms. She gasped as she snapped both eyes open to see Bugs and Lola holding her tightly. "Easy there, doc. We gotcha!", Bugs said as he smiled his bucktooth smile.
Everyone above sighed in absolute relief at the sight. The three Monstars pulled Hale up, while Bugs and Lola came back out of the hole in the ground with Kari in tow.
Cleaning of the dirt from her clothes, Kari gave Bugs and Lola hugs of thanks and smiled warmly. "Thank you both. You saved me from quite the fall!" Bugs chuckled and began munching on a carrot he pulled out of nowhere. "Don't mention it! You would do the same for any of us!" Lola nodded. "Yeah. It was all Bugs' idea!" She leaned over and kissed her rabbit boyfriend on the cheek, causing him to blush at the notion.
Kari then glanced up and smiled at her brother and rushed over to him for an embrace. "Thank you, Hale. You're the best brother I could ever ask for!" Hale returned the embrace with equal happiness. "I'm supposed to. It's the job of a big brother; to take care of their little sister, right?" She giggled and pulled back, nodding with a bright smile.
Looking over to the side, she bent down and ruffled Daffy's feathers on his head. "Thank you too, Daffy. You got that guy off us for good!" The black mallard shrugged bashfully. "Aw, shucks. It wasth nothin', really. You guys are the real heroes here. You put up quite the fight against him!" Everyone all cried and whooped in agreement at the mallard's statement. Elise ran up to Kari and hugged her. "I'm so glad you're safe!" Kari grinned happily. "I'm glad both you and Marie are safe too." Pulling back, Elise turned her attention to Hale and jumped on him, giving him a big hug. Hale flushed bright red, and after a moment of registering the info, embraced her back. Then when he least expect it, she kissed him gently on the cheek, causing Hale to flush an extra shade of red. Everyone around them gave out whoops and whistles, to which Kari flashed a grin toward her big brother at. Hale smiled back then pulled slightly away from Elise, bestowing a gentle kiss to her lips. This time, everyone gave louder cheers and Daffy blew a couple of poppers and streamers to further congratulate the new couple.
As everyone was busy cheering Hale and Elise with their PDA, Kari looked over to where Nada was, who was gently holding on to Blanko as they shared a kiss of their own. Kari couldn't help but laugh softly at the sight. "It's about time they had their moment. Each of them."
A sudden gentle tug at her arm caught her by surprise and off guard as Nawt pulled her over to the side into an embrace of his own. No one was paying attention to them as they shared a loving stare with one another, joined again in anothers arms. Nawt then brought up his left hand and cupped the side of her face lovingly. "Thank God you're safe. I thought he was.. I thought you might have.. that he would have..", his voice began breaking. The young woman brought up her hand and placed it gently on his. "He didn't. Now, he never will. Not ever. I'm always yours, just as you're always mine." He smiled warmly at her and pulled away slightly for a brief moment. He dug into his pocket and pulled out her bracelet; the very one he made just for her six years ago. She gasped softly as he gently took her left hand and snapped the bangle on her wrist, the crystal engraved rose shining brightly in front of both of them. Her gaze went back up to his as he gazed back at her with a toothy smile. Leaning down towards her, pulling her into their tight embrace once more, he sealed his lips completely over hers in a passionate kiss. After a long moment, they pulled apart for some air, as well as other matters at hand.
They both looked over at their friends, who were all looking over at them with smirks and smiles. Pound was the one who spoke up to break the silence. "Let's go home, people. We got to celebrate this!" Everyone cheered in agreement and started making their way down the tower and towards the ship.
It only took a few minutes for Bupkus and Pound to get the ship up and running again for their journey back home. All the Tunes, human teens and Monstars boarded the ship as it was getting ready for take off. As soon as they began shooting out into the starry space before them, Daffy pulled out a remote control, as well as Wile. Mika was the first one to notice as she cradled Marie to sleep in her purple blanket. "What in the world are those for?" Everyone turned over to the two Tunes, who were both smiling mischievously. "Let's just sthay what's past is past and Hakuna Matata! Ready, Wile?" Wile snickered and nodded, as both of them pressed the buttons on their remotes. "BOMBS AWAY!", the black duck hollered proudly. A loud booming explosion caught everyone off guard as they looked into the mirrors and saw Moron Mountain being blown into pieces of rock.
After a moment of utter silence, everyone, even in the pilot room, gave a loud cheer and screams of joy. Hale and Elise laughed merrily, Nada and Blanko smiled at one another with great relief. Nawt squeezed Kari's hand lightly while grinning and laughing. She couldn't help but laugh herself. The nightmare was all over at long last. Now there's definitely going to be something to celebrate once they get home, aside from getting the chance to throw Wile and Daffy into the air for their secret of planting the remaining explosives around the once gloomy solace called Moron Mountain. Kari looked over at Hale, who shot her a wide grin from ear to ear. She grinned right back with gusto. 'Looks like we're gonna have the party off the century when we get back home, alright!'