Chapter Two: Oboro Forest

At the Oboro Forest, near Pupuru's hometown, Angela Cross met HER Gargoyles as well. But it was difficult for her to aim her pistol at them fully due to her colorblindness.

(Note from the author: You probably forgot what the Dark Knight, Marcus Kane, did to Angela in the first story. He used that Omnitaser on her head, which effected her sight heavily, making her colorblind.)

Once she cleared the forest of the Gargoyles, she suddenly caught sight of two female figures. "Is there something I can help you with?" she spoke to them. "Do you two know my friend Pupuru?"

"We're her friends," one of them replied. "We're Puni and Etanya. You know where Pupuru is?"

"She's with me and the League of Heroes now. It's a long story, but I'm willing to share it with you."

"You know why Pupuru had to leave our town?" Etanya asked.

"I don't believe he would ever go crazy," Angela replied. "But for the first time, she DID. That gigantic dream she had caused her mind to go completely insane. It seemed like she was to be trapped inside her impossible fantasy world. But for the first time, it finally came true…"

Meanwhile, a few miles away, a lone figure knelt at a round stone placed upon a small table. "Speak to me, Polygon Man!" the figure spoke up to the stone. "Speak to me, and show me my enemy!"

"My dear Gigadis!" the Polygon Man spoke through the stone. "I know the true warrior who stole your heart's desire away! I know the one creature that you may despise!" He showed Gigadis the image of Ratchet standing right in front of him.

Seeing Ratchet right there seemed to have lifted a veil inside Gigadis. He suddenly began to remember something from long ago. "Now I remember!" he exclaimed. "That face! That name! It's all too familiar! He is the dreaded creature that was in Pupuru's dream; that nightmare of hers caused her to go mad and attack this town! That creature must be found and destroyed at once!"

"NO!" the Polygon Man snapped at him. "He must be kept alive as a meal to Grimm!"

"He can forget about the Lombax; Ratchet is now MY target! I will hunt him down and make sure Pupuru does not see him again!"

"If you dare kill Ratchet, Grimm will certainly kill YOU for punishment!"

"That won't be a big deal; I can always kill HIM as well. May Pupuru never lay eyes upon Ratchet ever again!"

Back at the forest, Angela finished telling her tale of how Pupuru was taken to Earth. Puni and Etanya were very shocked to hear how it happened; but they were relieved and excited to hear how she defeated the identity of the Dark Knight and brought him back to his true form as Marcus Kane. Things became happier for them as they listened to how she saved Ratchet from the bullet of Billy Ray's gun.

"That is very fascinating!" Puni exclaimed. "But what will happen next? Is Pupuru still with Ratchet?"

"She still is…" Angela replied. "…and they're both on a mission. But it's something very important, and so we shouldn't be involved in it. But, if we can get Ratchet's permission, you can join the League of Heroes and become a part of us."

"That sounds amazing!" Etanya said excitedly. "Our wizardry is at your service!"

Before anything else was said, Gigadis came in from behind and made his attack. "Another Lombax!" he thought as he fully approached the girls. "This will be easier than I thought! Perhaps I can end the accursed race!"

With that, he pulled out a new weapon of his own design; it was a special bomb that released visions when struck. "That puny Puni will be the first victim to know that Pupuru truly is mad!" Gigadis thought as he tossed the bomb ahead of him.

Angela quickly drew out her blaster pistol, but it was too late. Once the bomb landed hard on the ground, it split open and released a thick cloud of smoke. Angela and Etanya accidentally breathed in the smoke and passed out cold. Only Puni remained, holding her breath and surviving the thick cloud. But that's when the visions of her dear friend came to haunt her; she began to see Pupuru stalking about like a mad person.

"It's her!" Puni thought as she stared hurtfully at the vision. "But…she's mocking…hurt…she's angry…as if…I've failed her!"

Puni quickly closed her eyes and looked away for a moment. Right then, the vision disappeared from plain sight; Puni now knew what to do. "None of it was real," she thought. "That was merely a wizard's trick; it was really a psychedelic. It simply emitted a hallucinatory gas! But my own will enabled me to overcome it! And now is my chance to beat HIM!"

"You surprise me, girl!" Gigadis called to Puni. "I expected you to be an abject, whimpering shell of a fool by now! But it really doesn't matter… for I've toyed with you long enough! I'll deal with you, then I'll go and destroy Ratchet like I promised!"

But before Gigadis could do anything, he was suddenly tripped to the ground. Angela had regained her consciousness; now was her turn to attack Gigadis. But Gigadis was smart enough to reach into the pouch he brought with him and pull out another mystic bomb.

"He's getting desperate…" Angela thought silently. "He's reaching for another weapon."

"You won't escape me again!" Gigadis exclaimed as he got back up to his feet. "You can't! I won't let you!"

"He's frantic!" Angela thought. "He's REALLY over-anxious. His fumbling will make this battle short and easy."

Quickly, Angela dove after Gigadis and snatched his bag away from him. "You've had it, mister!" she said to him. "This bag won't help you THIS time!"

"NO!" Gigadis yelled. "You were beaten! I had won! You can't out-fight me now!"

"Gigadis, you're a phony!" Angela replied. "I could have flattened you any time I felt like it! I was toying with you till now… but you're too dumb to realize it!" She began to notice Gigadis' rage overcoming his judgment. "It's working!" she thought. "I'm getting to him! He's starting to tremble with rage!"

"You dare speak that way…TO ME?!" Gigadis roared violently. "You think I NEED my weapons to defeat you?! You think I'm not your master, anyway?!"

"You just KNOW it, you moron!"

Gigadis charged straight at Angela and began to punch her head very hard, but only with the strength he truly possessed. "Wow!" Angela thought. "There's no denying his strength OR his skill! But I didn't train to be a Megacorp agent for nothing; my skill will still save me."

"You can dodge SOME of my blows, you weasel!" Gigadis screamed. "But you can't dodge them ALL! Soon, it will be your FINISH!"

Angela finally had to idea to start blocking Gigadis' blows with her quick arms. The first blow was a success, but Gigadis had another idea; if he were to keep up what he was doing, he would go NOWHERE with this. So he jumped up and grabbed his eager hands around Angela's neck. He tried to choke her, but she immediately pushed him off and threw him to the ground.

"That's enough whip out of you, jerk-face!" Angela taunted as she picked him up and hung him over her shoulder. He was out unconscious and helpless; now Angela could take him into custody.

But before anything happened, a new visitor approached the scene. "You have betrayed me!" said an angry female voice. "You vowed to remove the Lombax forever!"

Angela was a bit scared when she suddenly heard that voice, she dropped Gigadis back down to the ground. "Screw him!" she thought as she gathered Puni and Etanya with her. "Now that my business with the Gargoyles is done, we can get out of here peacefully and leave these two sore losers in the dust."

The girl named Cliora came at Gigadis and gave him a piece of her mind. She was very upset that his mission was a failure, but his only excuse was that Angela got in the way and that he had no other choice. In a fit of rage, Cliora began to claim that Gigadis was lying and that he was being simply lazy. It seemed like this argument was never going to end.

SEE YOU NEXT TIME AT A DIFFERENT REALM WITH A DIFFERENT HERO AND A DIFFERENT VILLAIN!