Chapter 35 – The Last Stand
To say that G's anger was only matched by his cruelty would have been an understatement at this point in time, after seeing one of his dear friends assaulted by a sadistic, three-foot tall lump of wood, the fury he felt was beyond measure. While the Living Genre unleashed a series of powerful blows to Slappy's wooden form, he relished in the fact that the Dummy was able to scream in pain as each time him now aflame skeletal arm impacted against his face and body. Watching the assault from the side-lines, neither Hazel nor Nyx were able to move a muscle out of sheer terror of what they were looking at, grant G was supposed to be her friend but even the young Alicorn found it hard to believe that this was the same being. After giving Slappy what can only be described as a series of damaging strikes that left a few chips taken of along with a long crack literally splitting the middle of his face, G finally dropped the dummy to the floor, where he became so terrified that he ended up backing into the wall.
"N… now, now G let's not be too hasty here," he whimpered, desperately holding his face together as if terrified that it would fall of the second he let go.
However Slappy's pleas did not deserve the privilege of G's mercy.
"Oh, and you think hurting an innocent child isn't being too hasty!?" G snarled in response, his red eye now burning even more so than ever. "I'm gonna enjoy beating you into splinters, Slappy!"
It was then that the Dummy started to frantically turn his head to look towards his partner in crime, who was still shivering with fear in the corner of the room.
"HAZEL!" he screamed. "A little help here!"
But Hazel is too scared to even move as she continued to look at G, what was once her precious kitty cat was now nothing more than a mismatched monster that looked as though he was ready to tear everything he saw apart, in fact even just the darkened flames surround his arm was simply too terrifying even for her. Finally she couldn't take it anymore.
"Sorry boss," Hazel said with a nervous gulp. "But you're on your own!"
She then ran towards the nearby window and jumped through the glass with the speed of a bullet, transforming herself into a bat as she flew off into the night, however for some reason the glass didn't repair itself like it did with the patio on the ground floor, only then did G realise that the spell Hazel had casted on the hotel only applied when SHE was in the hotel, thus it broke as soon as she left. However that detail meant little to G now, all he wanted to do at this point was tear Slappy limb from limb.
"W… what are you going to do to me?" The Dummy whimpered, feeling both betrayed and terrified for his life.
At first G was going to use one final punch to put a hole through Slappy's head, his fury blinding him from everything else. However that was when his ears picked up the faint sound of crying, turning his head for just a moment G then looked upon the clearly terrified face of Nyx, it was only then that he realised just what it was that was making her cry. As G's red eyes finally faded back to their original colour and shapes and his entire form regained its lightened colour, he then feel to his knees in horror at the realisation of what he had almost did, granted Slappy deserved everything that was coming to him but that didn't excuse G losing control of his emotions like that. As the shame flooded his entire body, G's newest concern was that for his friend, at this moment all he wanted to do was go over towards her and comfort her.
"For the moment… nothing," he finally said, suddenly picking Sappy up by the scruff of his jacket and bringing him to eye-level. "I have more important matters to attend to."
He then tied up Slappy's limps into a knot and hung him off the nearest doorknob as if he were a "DO NOT DISTRUB" sign, after which he slowly made his way towards the whimpering form of Nyx.
"Nyx?" he said nervously "Are you okay?"
But as soon as G's hand reached out to comfort her, Nyx instantly cringed and took a step back, seeing this the Living Genre took a heavy sigh filled with shame. Of course she was now scared of him, after the display he pulled even crazy Witch Hazel ran for the hills, but for a small filly of Nyx's age, she must have been absolutely terrified. Suddenly something else caught G's eye, namely the Gizmonk still twitching on the floor merely a few yards away from him.
"Holy Crap!" he exclaimed, completely astounded and ashamed that he had almost forgotten about Goggles' condition. "What happened here!?"
While she may have been scared at the time, Nyx also knew that Goggles needed help, so for the moment she took a small gulp and did her best to answer G's question while he looked over the Gizmonk.
"W… we were in the vent," she stuttered, desperately trying to force herself to be as clear as she could despite her fears. "Then this p… puppet jumped out with a syringe and… LOOK OUT!"
Had Nyx screamed that last part even a second later then g probably wouldn't have had enough time to enact his reflexes and grab Frostbite in mid-air as he tried to jump from the vent where he had drugged Goggles in order to do the same to G. Thankfully thanks to Nyx's good eyes, G was able to swing around and snatch Frostbite up in his cybernetic hand before he could stab him in the neck with his syringe.
"Oh it's YOU again," G growled, taking the time to bend Frostbite's syringe and crush his other hand so that he was incapable of doing any harm. "This is the one?"
Nyx nervously nodded at that as she watch Frostbite squirm in G's grip, it was then that G began to inspect whatever liquid was now leaking out of the puppet's now damaged weapon.
"What's this?" He thought aloud, taking a whiff of the liquid.
His sense of smell may have been effected from his nosebleeds but eve G's nose was still strong enough to identify what the liquid was when it was THIS close. Suddenly G's eyes widened with horror as he realised just what he was smelling, add that to the fact that Goggles was now gasping for an and having what can only be described as a small seizure and it was quite clear that something had to be done quickly..
"Goggles was injected with this stuff?" He asked, once again earning himself a nervous nod. "Oh no, open up his vest quickly, he's been poisoned with Cyanide!"
Nyx may not have been as advance at science as Goggles, or even her mom but upon hearing the word Cyanide even she began to panic as she obeyed G's instructions.
"But there's no cure for that!" she cried, though still opening up Goggles' vest so that his furry chest was in full view.
"Maybe not where you come from, but I should have something here…" G retorted as he pinned Frostbite to the floor with his foot and began to rummage through his pockets before pulling out a pair of small syringes. "AHA!""
G then took one of the syringes and laid the other out of the floor, carefully pinpointing the area where he heart should be, he then readied the tool and raised it over Goggles' chest. He may not have been a medical expert but G was NOT just going to sit around and do nothing, after all he had these syringes for a reason."
"Please, let this work," he muttered under his breath, praying desperately that it was not too late.
And with that G then drove the syringe with full force into Goggles' heart, pressing down on the syringe as the flow of luminous blue liquid entered the Gizmonk's bloodstream. At that point, Goggles' body went limp and he stopped twitching, a few moments after G had pulled the syringe out he prayed that he didn't give the Gizmonk what he needed too late, but judging from how slow Goggles was breathing it appeared that he may have been. Suddenly much to both G's and Nyx's surprise and relief, Goggles' eyes shot wide open and he took a deep gasp for breath, looking up toward his two friends with a smile on his face, the Gizmonk couldn't help but wonder why his vision was so blurry and why all of a sudden he didn't feel anything.
"What in the name of Celestia was that!?" he exclaimed, the first thing he could actually think about saying for the moment.
Thankful that the Gizmonk was okay, G felt no resistance whatsoever in answering his question.
"A small cocktail of every poison cure in the Multiverse," he explained, picking up the other syringe and waving it in the Gizmonk's face. "You're gonna be out of it for a while because of all the adrenaline it contains, but I think you'll be okay."
Nyx couldn't help but sigh in relief upon hearing that, she may have been still scared of G for the moment but it was good to know that she didn't lose the first friend she made since being taken from her home. Suddenly G's glare returned and he picked Frostbite up again, only this time to throw him out the destroyed window before turning his gave back to Slappy, who still hung from the doorknob
"As for you!" he snarled, pointing an accusing finger as he edge closer toward the Dummy. "You threaten innocent people, you attack a small filly, and now your lackey almost killed my friend. Oh you are REALLY going to pay now!"
At first both Slappy and Nyx thought he was going to lose control and go into his fit of rage again, however for some reason it never came, instead all G did was lift Slappy off the doorknob and pin him against the door itself, after which he simply stared at the Dummy with a fierce glare. Though of course he would never say it directly to Slappy's face, but after that little display he showed earlier he couldn't bring himself to let Nyx see him that way again. But of course Slappy was able to catch onto that little titbit as he looked between Nyx's frightened face and G's forced glare, and it was then that his look of fear changed back into his usual smirk.
"Oh come now G, you aren't really gonna do anything that bad to me, are you?" he mocked, causing G to growl even more furiously. "You don't really have the guts to actually KILL me. It just ain't in your nature, is it?"
G didn't know whether Slappy was just taunting him, but given the kind of manipulator the Living Dummy was then it was more than likely that he was indeed trying to make G lose control again and make Nyx even more terrified. However G wasn't going to give Slappy the satisfaction.
"You're right, it isn't," he said calmly, much to Slappy's sudden confusion. "That pleasure belongs to someone else!"
At those words Slappy's smirk left his face and was replaced with a look of confusion, before anyone else could blink G then dropped Slappy to the floor and took a deep inhale of air through the nose. All of a sudden his eyes began to glow again, only this time a brilliant white and a long stream of white flames blasted its way out of his mouth… directly at Luffy. At first Nyx was horrified and let out a small scream as the white flames engulfed Luffy's wooden body, even Slappy was shocked at how simply began to incinerate the very person he tried to save. However little did either realise at the time, but had they bothered to look a little closer, then they would have seen Luffy's solid hand suddenly curl up into a fist.
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Meanwhile, back on the first floor Ruby's battle with Blade continued, though she may have been severely skilled in long range attacks using a sniper rifle, even she had to admit that her hand-to-hand capabilities were rather poor. Granted she had Crescent Rose in its scythe form but compared to Blade's skill with his knife and hook, it seemed that she was unable to hand a decent hit, especially since whatever spell Hazel used to make him grow also seemed to enhance his strength and stamina, thus allowing him to parry any number of slashes Ruby attempted to make against him.
"Come on you wooden piece of crap!" Ruby yelled, now beginning to get severally frustrated with being unable to land a single hit.
After many failed attempt to down the puppet, of course Ruby was getting agitated, then again she was dealing with the leader of the puppets so of course he would be the strongest. Still it was surprising that neither one of them had brought the entire ceiling toppling down on them by now, after all both of them had put a series of massive slashes in every single wall every time they missed. Finally, after fighting for several minutes, Ruby had enough.
"Alright, that's it!" she screamed.
It was then that she had decided to use one of her trump cards, now that her confidence had been restored by G's promise, she felt it was time to ounce again use her semblance, in all honesty she felt stupid for not tapping into it as soon as the fight started. She then ran away from Blade, much to the puppet's sudden confusion, only to then increase her speed so much that he was literally going so fast that she left a cloud of rose petals in her wake, something she hadn't been able to do for days. After which she then reached the end of the hallway, only to use her speed and agility to jump up and bounce up against the wall, thus sending her back at Blade, being unable to dodge this time, Blade was then thrown back as Ruby not only sliced off one of his arms but also used the force to smash him through the railings sending him crashing down the stairs and into the lobby below. Seeing that Blade was now unable to move, Ruby couldn't help but let out a sigh, her face plastered with a deep smile.
"Not so tough now, are you?" she said smugly, feeling more alive than she had in ages.
Suddenly another voice echoed in Ruby's ears.
"RUBY!" she heard, once again looking down into the lobby.
Seeing the source of the voice, Ruby was surprised to see Laura, Edward and the three fairies skid across the floor and look up at her with frantic looks upon their faces.
"Laura? Edward?" she exclaimed. "I thought you guys were hiding in the pantry!"
However even as Ruby ran down the stairs to greet them, she didn't really need an answer tell something was wrong judging from the looks upon their faces.
"Nyx has gone missing," Laura replied hysterically. "We can't find her!"
"What!?" Ruby gasped in response. "What happened!?"
"The lass snuck out through the ventilation system and we haven't seen her since," Lug explained. "I swear that child is gonna put me in an early grave with all the worry she puts me through."
At those words, Ruby clenched her fist her determination, there was no way she was going to let Nyx get caught up in all this madness if she could help it.
"Well I we'll have to…" she tried to say, only to be cut off by the sound of crashing from above her.
Suddenly before anyone else knew it, everyone else in Luffy's search party aside form G, Goggles and Nyx came smashing their way down the stairs right towards the others, jumping over random pieces of furniture and in some cases each other as they ran with what appeared to be looks of terror on their faces and many bruises and scratches from their own fights with the enlarged puppets.
"Wait up for Uncle!" Uncle screamed, being the one who was behind everyone else as they finally reached the lobby.
It was then that Franky grabbed Ruby by the shoulders and started shaking her like a ragdoll.
"We all gotta get out of here man!" he yelled with a frantic look spread across his face. "Someone set the damn place on fire!"
Once Ruby's eyes had finally stopped spinning from Franky's display of fear, she along with everyone else gasped in fear at what the blue-haired man was talking about. Had the hotel been in in prime condition then it wouldn't have been noticeable at first, however thanks to all the holes everyone made in the floors/ceilings during each of their fights, it was clear to see the tremendous amount of flames but had begun to quickly spread on the floors above them, some of them even causing some small explosions in their wake, Ruby figured it was only because of adrenaline during her fight with Blade that she didn't notice them before now. Obviously the best course of action would be to leaving the building before the flames spread throughout the entire building, but of course as usual it was up to Adagio to point of the bad side to the situation.
"I'm all for getting out of here and all, but in case you didn't notice, we're all still trapped in here!" she snapped angrily, reminding everyone of a certain spell that was keeping everyone inside.
No matter how much nobody wanted to believe it, Adagio did have a point, even with the puppets defeated, it was clear that if they were unable to leave the building then the flames would eventually reach them, was this another one of Slappy's twisted ideas? Suddenly irony seemed to literally come smashing its way through the front doors, or rather rip them off its hinges.
"Then again, maybe not," Adagio squealed, looking back at the certain wolf mutant now standing in the open doorway.
"HERE'S WOLFY!" Rahzar roared, finally ecstatic with blood-lust as he finally managed to get inside the building.
Needless to say the look Rahzar gave was frightening to everyone and his appearance wasn't helping in the slighted, with his fur matted, his face covered with dried blood, and the fierce glare he gave towards Franky and Chef, it was clear that he didn't just want G's head any more, no doubt thanks to a certain enlarged puppet landing on him while he was trying to skulk his way into the building earlier. Even Ruby and Jenny couldn't help but feel intimidated, granted both of them had experience with monsters and technically speaking Jenny had already seen this creature before, but the pure fury Rahzar gave with his gaze alone was enough to make them quiver. However given the circumstances Franky wasn't in the mood for intimidation games, neither he nor anyone else knew why all of a sudden the spell on the hotel was no longer working, but with the doors open then they needed to escape NOW!
"Out of the way, mutt!" He yelled, raising a fist and pulling it back. "STRONG RIGHT!"
And just like that the fear everyone felt about Rahzar was gone, at least for the moment, even though he may have been several feet away, with one swing Franky managed to shoot out his right fist from his arm with but a single metal chain still connecting it to him, bombarded it directly into Rahzar's muzzle, sending him flying out of the doorway and across several feet of gravel outside. With their pathway now clear, there was no argument amongst the rest of the group when Franky gave his next command.
"Go! Go! Go!" he yelled, retracting his fist back into his arm and running outside.
Within a matter of seconds, everyone else followed the Cyborg's example and they all found themselves standing outside the front of the hotel, the only light amongst the darkness of the night sky being the flames erupting from the top floors of the building. As they all stared in horror at the sight before them, each of them couldn't help but wonder what could have caused such a thing to happen, one minute many of them were taking a moment to catch their breath after finishing their fights with the puppets, the next they heard a loud roar from above them then before they knew it, flames were beginning to spread all over the place. No one knew for sure but it might have been possible that someone set the fire back accident when they used their weapons, Jenny's lasers may have been the culprit but she was sure she didn't use them and Ruby's rifle certainly didn't start it since she was on the lower floors, so what could have happened? Suddenly that question quickly left their minds as they realised a certain number of group members that weren't with them.
"Wait a second," Aria gasped. "G, Goggles and Nyx! They're still in there!"
"And so is Luffy!" Ruby added, her eyes beginning to water. "We gotta go back in there!"
"Are you crazy!?" Adagio snapped. "You wanna go back INTO a burning building!?"
"We can't just leave them in there!" Jenny retorted.
Suddenly before Adagio could utter another retort, everyone heard the faint growl coming from behind them, they had almost forgotten that Rahzar was still here with them. Before anyone else knew it, the wolf mutant pounced and landed on top of Franky just as he began to turn around, pinning him to the ground with his enhanced strength.
"You're gonna pay for that, Speedo!" he snarled, brandishing his claws in Franky's face. "Now tell me, which body part do you want me to slice up first?"
However before Rahzar could make good on his threat or even before anyone else had the chance to react, a loud scream echoed above their heads a small wooden figure fell out of the sky and landed directly onto Rahzar's head, enabling Franky to get enough movement to kick Rahzar off him and get back to his feet. Upon taking a moment to take absorb the situation, everyone, particularly, Franky, Ruby and Uncle all gasped in shock as they saw just what landed on Rahzar's head… or rather WHO.
"S… Slappy?" Ruby uttered, completely astonished at just what she was seeing.
But none the less it WAS Slappy, or at the very left what was left of him, granted he was still alive and moving but comparing to how he looked the last time Ruby saw him, well let's just say he looked better. Not only was his tuxedo torn to shreds but there were several noticeable dents and scratches all over his body, particularly a long crack reaching down the centre of his wooden face. As the dummy struggled to get up, it was soon Rahzar's turn to notice his presence, and though he was shocked to see a ventriloquists dummy moving about on its own, he was more concerned as to how it landed on his head.
"Alright," he growled. "Who's the…?"
But yet again, before he could even finish his sentence, Rahzar found himself being someone else's target as yet another something fell out of the sky, only this time landing so hard and fast that it left a small crater in the ground as the shockwave blew Rahzar away… clear over a nearby cliff.
"Seriously!?" G yelled. "Just how many cliffs are there!? Good grief, this really is turning into a running joke, and one of the stupidest I might add!"
Okay, granted being thrown over a cliff is one of the biggest clichés in the book, but then again it was G's own fault for not noticing just WHERE the hotel was built when he and the group first arrived, even when he was having his little hissy fit earlier, he should have taken note. But since he can't break the fourth wall and thus can't hear my argument for including such a thing in this story, I shall leave it at that. Anyhoo, despite making a dramatic entrance on the scene, G's sudden appearance certainly caused a few jaws to drop, especially since he was carrying booth Nyx and Goggles in his arms, both of whom seemed to be looking terrible.
"Guys!" Ruby squealed, running up towards them. "Are you okay?"
"Good lord, what happened?" Lug added, noticing Goggles' condition.
"These two had a run in with that Frostbite Puppet," G explained, handing Nyx and Goggles to Laura and Sonata respectively. "They should be fine but we need to get them both somewhere safe now!"
However while she was glad everyone else seemed to be safe for now, there was still one face that Ruby knew was unaccounted for.
"But what about…?" she tried to say, only to have yet another voice cut her off… a voice she hasn't heard in days.
"Hey, what's everyone getting so worked up about?" the voice asked, causing everyone to turn their heads towards its source.
Upon seeing who it was who spoke, Ruby felt like she was going to cry, in fact Uncle, Jenny and especially Franky felt the exact same way for they thought that there was a chance that neither of them would ever see this person again. Yet here he was, with his red vest, straw hat, scar under his left eye, and a cocky grin spread across his face, was none other than Monkey D. Luffy… in the flesh.
"L… Luffy?" Ruby stuttered, dropping her scythe with shock.
In response, Luffy's grin merely widened as he chuckled like the goofball he was.
"Hey, Ruby!" he said, giving her a small wave.
It was then that neither Ruby, Franky, Uncle nor Jenny could control their emotions anymore, before he knew it Luffy was suddenly tackled into a loving embrace by all four of them, Ruby being the first as she ran up to him with her speed.
"LUFFY!" she cried, tears of joy streaming down her face as she squeezed him tight.
"You're okay!" Jenny added, her smile growing too big for her face.
Uncle however didn't need to say anything but rather give the boy a happy smile, after all while he may have been happy for Luffy's rescue he wasn't the most emotional of people. Franky on the other hand was the worst out of all four of them, specifically given the fact that he was blubbering like a baby.
"STRAWHAT!" he cried, waterfall of tears streaming from his eyes AND his nose. "MY LITTLE BRO'S BACK TO NORMAL!"
Had they been hugging a regular person then the strength of their embrace probably would have snapped them in half, thankfully since Luffy has now regained his rubber body, a trait he had gained thanks to his Devil Fruit Power, he was able to wriggle free from the hug with a loud chuckle.
"Yeah, it kinda sucked being a doll so I'm more than ready to stretch out my limbs again," he admitted, stretching his face for emphasis.
Needless to say, this display caught a number of member of the group off-guard, in fact many of them dropped their jaws with shock upon seeing someone stretch their face far beyond natural parameters. But then again they probably shouldn't get too worked up about it, after all he was from a different world than they were, plus there were more important things to worry about as they heard Slappy groan again from his fast-drop from the top floor window. Seeing the Living Dummy try to crawl away, Luffy's chuckles turned into a fierce glare.
"Hold that thought," he said, suddenly turning his head towards G. "Hey Beak-face? You mind if I take care of this guy?"
Despite not liking the nickname the rubber man just gave him, G felt no guilt whatsoever in letting Luffy have his retribution on Slappy, after all out of everyone he seemed to have earned it the most.
"He's all yours," he replied bluntly, causing Luffy to nod with understanding.
It was then that Luffy cracked his knuckles with a fierce growl as he slowly walked towards Slappy, who continued to attempt to crawl away.
"I may have been a Dummy for several days," he said, grabbing the Dummy's attention. "But I could hear every single thing that went on around me, and even see a thing or two if I focused hard enough. I can handle something that horrible happening to me, but my friends? Attacking an innocent kid!? That's unforgivable!"
Hearing this everyone else couldn't help but feel the greatest amount of awe as Luffy's dominating glare fixated on Slappy, even those who never met him until this moment began to understand why Ruby, Franky, Jenny and Uncle were seemed so close, there was just something about him that earned a great amount of respect whenever he was serious about something. Slappy on the other hand, merely glared back at the rubber man, soon letting out let another small cackle.
"Oh blah, blah, blah, kid," he mocked, mustering up what courage he had left. "What do you care anyway? You don't even know…"
"SHUT UP!" Luffy screamed, cutting Slappy off and delivering a powerful kick directly into his face, cracking it even more as the dummy was flung into a nearby tree. "I don't wanna hear any more of your garbage! Your voice is poison to everyone who hears it! You really think you can do what you like to other people and not pay for it!? Like Beak-face said before, I'm gonna enjoy beating you to splinters."
Upon hearing those words, there was a series of mixed emotions from everyone, for Franky, Ruby, even Chef, it was a smirk of contentment, Laura and Edward, they both felt somewhat nervous about Luffy's character, but most of them merely stared at Luffy in awe, especially Sonata, who couldn't help but feel flustered upon seeing just how cool Luffy was.
"Hey, are you okay?" Aria asked, noticing her sister's blush.
"Uh yeah, sure!" Sonata quickly brushing it off as if it was nothing. "Just got a little warm from the fire is all!"
But obviously the elder Dazzling wasn't convinced and raised an eyebrow in suspicion, obviously there was more to what her sister was letting on. However that question would have to be answered later since Slappy once again began to cackle.
"Well in order to reduce me to such a state, you're gonna have to actually reach me," he stated, causing everyone including Luffy to tilt their heads in confusion, granted Slappy was both cocky and crazy but given his position in the matter it seemed more like he was just being stupid. "And I doubt my children are gonna let you anywhere near me!"
Suddenly just when everyone thought Slappy was just making a desperate attempt to psyche them out, the group soon once again became horrified when something else came smashing its way through the upper floor windows. Narrowly jumping out of the way in time, everyone then looked back to see that it was none other than Pinhead and Jester, both of whom were still alive and moving. Not only that but just as soon as they arrived another figure emerged from the bushes around the side of the hotel, that figure being Tunneler, who had now obviously recovered from his fall after Franky blasted him out the window. Finally, and obviously the most frightening of all, Blade emerged from the front doors of the hotel, his hook-handed arm still dismembered from his fight with Ruby and skewered on the tip of his still remaining, knife-handed one. What made things all the worse was when Blade all of a sudden lifted his hook-handed arm back into its socket and with a sudden puff of green smoke emerging from the cracks, sealed it back into place, allowing him to regain the function of both his limbs. Seeing this everyone's draw dropped, especially G, who quickly recognised the green smoke being something of Slappy's doing, with his demonic breath giving them life and Hazel's spell making them large, the mixing entities must have mixed into something else entirely, which would explain why the puppets were still in their massive size even though Hazel's containment spell was broken.
"Are you kidding me!?" Adagio exclaimed, pulling at what remained of her hair.
Upon seeing their looks of terror, Slappy once again began to cackle like a maniac, causing Luffy to growl furiously as Pinhead suddenly blocked his path between him and the Living Dummy. Of course what nobody realised at the time was the fact that while Rahzar may have went over the edge of the cliff, he didn't exactly fall to the bottom, in fact he still clung onto the edge thanks to an overhanging roof that stuck out of the rock face just below the top of the drop. After partially pulling his way back up, the mutant suddenly noticed the sudden appearance of the enlarged puppets.
"What the hell?" he uttered, his mind unable to absorb what he was seeing before suddenly turning into deep thought. "Perhaps this time it would be best to sit this one out."
Obviously Rahzar still wanted G's head on a stick but judging from what he was seeing, he thought it better to observe the situation instead, after all he still was a ninja at heart and one of their many talents is to obverse a situation before an attack. Meanwhile even though the group was quickly beginning to become surrounded by the enlarged puppets, Luffy's gave still focused on Slappy who continued to cackle.
"I'm gonna wipe that smirk off your face if it's the last thing I do!" he snapped.
Suddenly he felt a hand on his shoulder and looked down to see G standing next to him with a glare of his own.
"And I'll be more than happy to help you out kid," he said, his gaze suddenly turning to the others. "But we have other priorities first."
It was then that G rummaged in one of his vest pockets and pulled out an electric car-key, pressing down on the red button upon it, G then smirked as all of a sudden the limo that he had brought over from the scrapyard sudden smashed its way through the wall of the hotel, causing a couple of the puppets to scatter as it suddenly came to a stop in front of the group.
"Can you still drive?" G asked aloud as he casually tossed Aria the keys.
Sensing immediately what G was implying that she must do, Aria quickly gave an understanding nod, she may be sore in many places but she needed to do this.
"Well I'm gonna have to," she declare. "Come on!"
Needless to say, that declaration caused Slappy to stop laughing as he realised just what was going on.
"What!?" he yelled, frantically. "Stop them you dummies!"
However before the puppets could stop the others from getting into the limo, Luffy quickly shifted his gaze and stretched out his leg.
"GUM-GUM WHIP!" he yelled, swiping his outstretched leg towards the puppets, catching all four of them in their sides and sending them flying.
Thankfully that was enough to allow everyone to get into the limo, within a matter of minutes most of the group had managed to barricade themselves inside the vehicle, leaving only Ruby, Luffy, Franky, Jenny, and G standing their ground.
"So which one do you want?" Jenny asked smugly, simply itching for another fight.
However Ruby only looked back at her with a concerning gaze.
"Jenny, you go with the others," she said, catching the teenage robot by surprise. "You look like you took a massive beating."
Needless to say, jenny wasn't happy with being told this by her friend.
"No Ruby!"" she retorted. "I'm staying with you guys!"
But Franky seemed to be on Ruby's side in this argument and added his piece.
"Ruby's right kid," he said bluntly. "You're too badly damaged, just do as she says."
This was indeed true, though Jenny would never admit it her damages were indeed severely, not only did Tunneler managed to damage her hands AND put a few holes in her metal shell with his drill, but a great deal of her weapons now seemed to be unable to operate thanks to all the knocking around that had been done to her. Seeing that she wasn't going to win this argument, Jenny sighed in defeat and complied with Ruby's instruction.
"Just don't get hurt, okay?" she said, reluctantly getting into the limo.
Once she was inside G then nodded towards Aria through the window of the limo, nodding in return, Aria then started up the ignition and drove at full speed away from the hotel, leaving a cloud of dust in her wake. With the others now out of harm's away, those who stayed behind eyed the puppets again, who at this point were getting up and lining up in front of them, readying themselves to attack. At this point, Luffy suddenly gave G an excited smirk.
"So… you as crazy a fighter as you look?" he asked, his smile widening with joy.
G couldn't help but chuckle at that.
"We shall see…" he said, cracking his own knuckles.
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Author's Notes:
The Character Nyx belongs to Pen Stroke / :iconPenstrokepony:
The Character Laura belongs to :icontwokinds:
The Characters Chi and Mimi belong to :iconbleedman:
The Character Ruby Rose belongs to Rooster Teeth
For the Image of G: art/The-Living-Genre-563434744
For the Image of Witch Hazel: art/Character-Reboot-Witch-Hazel-585406440
