"Oh, no," Super Saturn uttered. "No, no, no."
It was worse than he thought it would be. Not only was the sole survivor, but the village had become the zombie's temporary stronghold. The houses were damaged, with visible holes, claw marks, and cracks. When Super Saturn was taken away, the Mr. Saturns put up a stand and attacked the undead, but were defeated. The marks on the buildings were signs from the battle.
The Mr. Saturns all wandered around aimlessly, making guttural moans and bumping into each other. Their skin had become the familiar blueish-green as well, and their bows were now orange. Why their bows changed color was beyond anyone's guess.
Super Saturn hid behind the wall and summoned the Anti-Zombiefier. It made a clunking noise when it landed on the ground, catching the attention of a couple of undead Mr. Saturns.
"Bwurrrr?" one of them grumbled.
"Murr," replied another. They had agreed to go inspect the noise and sauntered over to the source. Before they could turn the corner, Super Saturn jumped out, armed with the Anti-Zombiefier. The two Mr. Saturns were shocked at the display and were curious about the weapon, but instead of just looking at it, decided to hastily try and take it away from the hero. Before they could take it, Super Saturn pushed the red button with his foot, and a green beam emerged from the gun's barrel and hit the left zombie Mr. Saturn on the chest. The force of the beam pushed him back, but then, it enveloped him. There stood this glowing Mr. Saturn, who was utterly confused at what was going on. His sickly complexion slowly faded awayto its peach color and his bow became pink again, and his zombification was undone. His glow vanished.
"What happen?" asked the un-zombified Mr. Saturn.
"You're safe! Dakota!" replied Super Saturn. He then swiftly turned the weapon to the other Mr. Saturn and blasted him as well, and the same thing happened. His blueish-green skin was replaced with a fresh peach color, and he was no longer a zombie.
"Wow! Zoom!" said the Mr. Saturn. "How?"
Super Saturn explained how the Anti-Zombiefier worked, but he did it quickly. The Mr. Saturns were fascinated by the weapon, and agreed to help the hero save his village. It would be no easy task, but the Mr. Saturns knew that the village needed their help.
They discussed how they should proceed. Super Saturn wanted to save his friends as quickly as possible, because he also wanted to try and stop the Zombie King before it was too late. Until they could come up with a suitable solution, the trio decided to venture through the community on foot and try to save everyone. None of them were concerned about being converted, since Mr. Saturns did not have mouths and thus, could not bite into them.
As they headed through the valley, Super Saturn felt a great sense of unease. It wasn't just that his friends had become zombies, it was the fact that they failed to protect their village. He was not disappointed in them – he failed them too. But he could help thinking that, had he defeated the Zombie King, then his village, and the world, might be safe. On the other hand, he was back and ready to try again, so there was some hope.
"HEY! Super Saturn's back!" a voice declared. Super Saturn turned around and saw a regular, human zombie. "I gotta go tell the King!"
The zombie turned around, but Super Saturn said, "Nope!" He switched the Anti-Zombiefier's setting from 'de-zombify' to 'de-zombify and knock out.' When he pushed the button, a yellow beam erupted from the barrel instead. It enveloped the zombie, and his regular skin tone returned, and his hair returned to its brown color. His red boxer shorts, however, remained. Once the zombie was de-zombified, he fell to the ground, knocked out. Super Saturn was surprised to find that it did exactly what Dr. Andonuts said. Usually, one of his given inventions does something completely different, like blow up something when it was supposed to make it warm it up. Or set it on fire when it was supposed to make something soft.
Super Saturn and the other two Mr. Saturns continued on making their way through their village, de-zombiefying their neighbors and friends. Super Saturn almost made the mistake of not changing the settings back to simply 'de-zombify,' but he caught this mistake before he took on a group of his friends. Every time he shot a de-zombiefying ray, the gun made a high ringing sound. It was not particularly annoying, but it lacked subtlety and risked alerting the other Mr. Saturns to the hero's location. Not that it mattered, since he was going to encounter them anyway. But if he was going go to Threed, then he might have a problem.
Every time Super Saturn de-zombified someone, they joined his entourage for the good of their homeland. At the rate they were moving, their village would be saved within the hour.
Suddenly, a horde of zombies stormed the valley! There were at least two dozen of them, maybe a little more. Super Saturn and the rescued Mr. Saturns turned to face the small army, who were making their way towards them. It didn't take long to realize that they were intent on turning the saved ones back into zombies, since they completely ignored the Mr. Saturns that were already undead.
"Let's get 'em!" said one of the Mr. Saturns. They lowered their heads and jumped at the zombies, headbutting their chests and knocking them down. Super Saturn switched the Anti-Zombiefier to knock them out and shot them with the yellow beam. They were de-zombified and back to normal in the blink of an eye. Like the other zombie, their red boxer shorts remained, but they were back to normal, at least.
Following the zombie's footsteps, a cluster of zombie Mr. Saturns started making their way towards the entourage. They were alarmingly focused; before, they just sauntered around aimlessly and barely acknowledged one another. It was situational, most likely. However, the zombie Mr. Saturns were faster than the human zombies this time around, and trampled Super Saturn and his group in a stampede. Dozens of little feet could be felt pushing them down and bruising them, but that was of little concern when it was over. Super Saturn was terrified to learn that the zombie Mr. Saturns had taken the Anti-Zombiefier!
Super Saturn's biggest concern was that they would either kill themselves with it, or damage it. He would much rather the second scenario, because Dr. Andonuts could probably build another one. Our hero got up and followed the legion, and they all headed into the cave leading up to the hot spring. When they were in the cave, the zombies turned the weapon on him and shot a red beam; this was the beam that would de-zombify and kill whatever it touched. So, it seemed that, even as zombies, the Mr. Saturns still possessed a great intellect.
Nothing happened when the beam hit the wall. You cannot kill something that is not alive. However, the Mr. Saturns were still perplexed. Super Saturn used this opportunity to kick some stones at them and distract them. As the stones scattered away, the Mr. Saturns dropped the Anti-Zombiefier and chased the rocks, unaware that they were not living things. Super Saturn retrieved the weapon and aimed it at his brothers and sisters, but switched the settings so it would just de-zombify them.
"Yoohoo!" Super Saturn cooed. The zombie Mr. Saturns all faced him, and he pushed the button to fire the green beam. This time, however, he held it down with his nose and turned the gun to the right so it would envelop the rest of the group. Some of the zombies at the back of the group escaped, but now there were only a hundred or so left. Once the Mr. Saturns were de-zombified, they left the cave to track down the remaining hundred. The number of regular Mr. Saturns outnumbered the zombies by a substantial amount, meaning it would be easy to rescue the others.
Humorously, the undead Mr. Saturns were running around and panicking, as if they were at their wits end. When the entourage jumped down to save them, the undead ones backed away towards the wall. Before either side could do anything, the sound of chattering could be heard. Then, they heard the low growls of a zombie coming in from behind. Super Saturn noticed that a few human zombies had attacked the village and reconverted dozens of the rescued Mr. Saturns into zombies. How Super Saturn never noticed them was beyond him; they must have been particularly sneaky, because there was no way he wouldn't have noticed them otherwise.
"No!" Super Saturn exclaimed when he saw what happened. He prepared to use the Anti-Zombiefier, but one of the human zombies wrestled it away from him.
"Hey, this is a neat toy!" said one of the human zombies.
"Ain't it?" asked another. "I'm sure the King would love to see it!"
"Yeah!"
"Give that back!" Super Saturn replied, and headbutted the zombie holding the Anti-Zombiefier. The zombie toppled over and onto the ground and dropped the weapon, but the other zombie kicked the Mr. Saturn away and picked it up. He switched the beam to the 'de-zombify and kill' option and aimed it at the Mr. Saturns.
"If y'all know what's good for ya, you'll stay where you are!" said the zombie. "Da King's already mad enough knowin' that Super Saturn's still alive and kickin'." The Mr. Saturns started moving in. "I said back off!" The Mr. Saturns took the warning to heart and backed away.
"Are you coming?" asked the other zombie.
"Yeah, yeah!" replied the armed zombie. They left the valley and headed to Threed to meet their King.
Super Saturn got up and rejoined his friends, while the zombified Mr. Saturns wandered around the village like before.
"We need to get that back. Bing!" said one of the Mr. Saturns.
"Indeed. How, though?" asked another.
"We go to Threed. Zoom!" explained Super Saturn. The other Mr. Saturns looked at him like he was crazy. Granted, the decision was crazy, but it was their only hope at saving the world.
"We go to Threed? But zombies are there! Dakota!" said a Mr. Saturn.
"I know," started Super Saturn, "But we need save world and home! We need to stop the King! Zoom!"
The Mr. Saturns exchanged uncomfortable looks. Although they wanted to save the world, they were unsure about going into a direct confrontation with the zombies.
"If we don't… We may not eat peanut cheese bars anymore!" said Super Saturn. This was the motivation the Mr. Saturns needed. "Who's with me?"
"US ARE!" declared the Mr. Saturns.
"Kay-o! To Threed!"
The Mr. Saturns left Saturn Valley and headed to the town of Threed, with Super Saturn standing at the front and taking the lead. He was exactly the hero the world deserved. Since it was now night time, the blazingly hot desert air was now a frigid breeze, but it was nicer than sweating to death in a land of Smilin' Spheres and Skelpions. Or, if you were particularly unlucky, you might encounter a Crested Booka or six.
Soon, the Mr. Saturns reached their destination and headed into Threed, where they would make their final stand to save their village, and the world.