Spells and Louds
Chapter 63: Courageously Cowardly part 2
(Spellman Estate)
A few hours later and now the Spellman's are enjoying some nice outdoor lunch. Lincoln looks at Courage eating a sandwich and pets his head.
Courage is caught off guard by this, but he settles down. "I told you they can be trusted" said Linka.
Whatever doubts Courage had for his new family were all gone.
"By the way, where are the Louds?" asked Neil. "Well, Rita won a lottery ticket and they got five hundred grand as a reward" said Luna.
"So right now they rented a boat to go sailing in Lake Eddy" said Leni. "I heard a rumor that a sea monster lives there" said Lincoln.
"Careful with what you might think bro. sometimes they can just be common rumors, or it's just a way to make the lake more popular" replied Linka.
Lincoln then finishes his sandwich. "Heh, I guess your right".
As they continue eating they suddenly hear a Dropship inbound to they're location. "Looks like Leon and Sergei arrived with McKenzie" said Neil.
The Dropship lands on the roof. Leon, Sergei, Martin and Victor come out of the drop ship and come down the roof. But they were not alone.
A raven flies out of the drop ship and transforms in front of them into Gyro.
Courage gets startled by this and hides behind Linka. "Easy boy, he's friendly" said Linka trying to comfort Courage.
"So this is the dog named Courage? Not so brave now is he?" said Gyro.
"How the heck is he pink?" asked Victor. "Could be born with it. I've seen dogs with pink fur" said Martin. "You mean Poodle's?" asked Victor. "Yeah pretty much" replied Martin.
Gyro approaches the cowering dog. "You really aren't from this world" said Gyro. "But how the heck did you get to ours?"
Courage then sees how suspicious the man was. So Courage gets out from hiding and walks to the front yard.
"I think he wants us to follow him" said Timmy. They all follow him and he points towards the Great Gate.
"I guess what Martin's theory says is true, he is from another world" said Gyro. "But the real question is. How the heck did this pink beagle get here?" said Victor.
While some of them start talking about the situation of the dog's arrival. Courage just stares ominously towards the great gate.
All of a sudden he gets swarmed by all of his memories. Muriel, Eustace, The Farm House, his friends and worse of all. All of the villains who are out to get him and anyone he's allied with.
Linka and Lincoln see the way Courage is slowly shaking. "Guys! Look!" said Lincoln.
They all revert they're attention to the scared still dog. "Is he okay?" asked Leon. "He looks like he's seen a ghost" said Sunset.
And as the last piece of memory sinks in. the one thing that Courage does triggers. He screams loudly!
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGH!" Everyone covers their ears.
"What the heck?!" yelled Neil. "How is he doing this?!" said Martin. Even the Pokémon are trying to block out his loud yelling.
Then all of the Spellman's are caught off guard when Courage picks them all up and runs back into the house and closes the door. And he's still screaming.
Only Gyro, Martin and Victor are left outside. "That just happened" said Gyro. "I have no clue what just happened" said Martin. "That was unexpected" said Victor.
Inside Courage places all of them onto the couches and chairs in the living room. He then proceeds to hide under the couch cushions and cowers in fear. Thank goodness he stopped screaming.
All of the Spellman's are shocked and stunned as well as confused.
"What. Just. Happened?" said Neil. "How did he carry all of us?" asked Leni. "Something major strange is happening with him dudes" said Luna.
"I feel like my manly strength has been out beat" said Sergei. "I don't know how to respond to what just happened" said Leon. "I'm at a lost for any words right now" said Gwen.
Linka then gets off the couch and removes the cushions to see Courage whimpering and crying. Linka then picks him up slowly and hugs him. "There, there Courage. It's okay, nothing is gonna harm you or any of us" said Linka.
"I think he did all of that to keep us safe" said Lincoln. "And I'm pretty sure looking at the great gate had something to do with it" said Sunset. "This is all just too confusing right now" said Timmy.
"Sir, I don't know what happened. But thank god Lily didn't hear that. She's still fast asleep right now" said Harv.
Just then Gyro and the others enter. "I think what made Courage run off and freak out like that might not be over" said Gyro.
"What do you mean guardian?" asked Lincoln. "What I mean is, on the other side of the portal where Courage came from. Must've been nightmarish or something" replied Gyro.
"That's not really comforting dude" said Luna. "And it barely makes up for good proof" said Leon.
Linka then looks at Courage who was now calm. She places him on the couch and sits next to him. "Courage, I know you're scared of who were on the other side who hurt you. But we want to know who they are and why they did this. So if you think you're ready to tell us, then we won't push you to do so" said Linka,
Courage felt calm and safe to know that these people wanted to help them. But then it reminded him of his friends. His friends who are still on the other side, getting hurt.
Courage then got off the couch and looked at everyone. "I think he wants to tell us something" said Sergei.
What happens next is all too weird. Courage starts speaking gibberish nonsense and changes his form into different things. None of them have any clue to what the heck was he doing.
"I think its charades" said Sergei. "Seems like it" said Leon.
They all try their best to figure out what he was doing. "Umm. Foot" said Martin. "Eggplant, no wait Ducks!" said Neil. "You're an evil queen!" said Sergei. "Why is he a robot doing a break dance?" asked Leni. "Chicken's on a camera!" said Leon. "You're an old lady?" said Gwen. "This is getting confusing dudes!" said Luna.
Then Sunset feels like saying a wild guess. "You're old owners died if age. Then your enemies came to destroy you but you were saved by your friends who are probably still in your world fighting back?" said Sunset.
Courage stops what he's doing and nods at her response. Everyone looks at Sunset with shocked looks. "What? I was just guessing, I didn't even know why I said that" replied Sunset.
Linka then picks up Courage and hugs him. "I'm so sorry you went through that Courage" said Linka.
"So, one of his friends helped him come here" said Leni. "Either that friend is very powerful with magic or has some kind of artifact" said Gyro.
"Whatever is happening on the other side. Their probably not done yet. And I think they might be trying to find a way through" said Timmy.
"He's not wrong guys. I sense that something will be coming and we have to prepare for it" said Gyro.
They all nod in agreement, then they avert their gaze to the nervous dog in the arms of Linka. They were not gonna let him get hurt even more.
(Nowhere)
All of the villains are ravaging the caravan of Shirley for anything useful. Shirley is currently being chained to a wooden post. She is now beaten and bruised by Kat's torture.
Along with Shirley is Kitty and Bunny, The head of Randy, The Duck Brothers, Charlie the mouse, Strom Empress and her dog Duncan who is trapped in a cage.
Cajun Fox and the ghoul directors are busy tossing the remains of the others into a hole. "A waste of good parts" said Benton Tarentella. "And good meat" said Eroll Van Volkheim.
"I must agree with the both of you. I could make a lovely stew with them Raccoon's" said Cajun Fox. "Maybe we can keep whats left when we're done here" said Eroll Van Volkheim.
The others, not including Katz, are busy rummaging through everything Shirley has.
"All of this stuff is nothing more than false useless junk!" said Le Quack. "Seems like something I would do" said Dr. Gerbil.
Then the Queen of the black Puddle sees a book and opens it. She starts reciting the words. And then they all hear screaming outside.
They all head out of the caravan and spot Cajun Fox and Katz looking at the now burnt remains of the undead directors.
All of the villains and Shirley look at the Queen of the black Puddle. "You fool!" said Di lung.
Katz grabs the book from her. "Well, well. It seems we may have found our way to that stupid dog after all" said Katz deviously.
"Eh, but what happened to those two?" asked The Clutching foot. Katz looks at the page the queen read.
"They were casted by an undead scorch spell. It turns any undead creature into smoldering ashes" said Katz. He then looks at the Queen of the Black Puddle sternly. She scratches the back of her head and looks away with shame, guilt and embarrassment.
"Still, no matter. We found what we were looking for" said Katz. "Maybe there's a spell to get us to the dog" said Jeeves.
"Patience my friends. Let me and Le Quack find it in the caravan. While all of you (Looks to the surviving prisoners) have fun with our guests" said Katz. He then enters the caravan with Le Quack.
The other villains look at their prisoners with evil intentions. 'This is not going to go well' Shirley says to her thoughts.
(Spellman Estate)
The Heroes start fortifying the great gate. Martin and Victor prepare an aircraft carrier at sea to launch an attack for emergencies. Leon and Sergei said that they were going to get something big from their airship. Leni and Sunset have been trying to reach Lori. Dana and Becky arrive to aid them. Jordan also arrives to pilot the Arct Mech.
Linka looks towards the gate. Courage then stands next to her. Linka picks him up and hugs him. "Don't worry courage, we're not gonna let them harm you" said Linka.
But Courage was more worried about what will happen to them.
The guardian returns with some powerful artifacts. "Gwen catch" yells the Guardian. Gwen grabs a black bow and looks at it. "This bow is used by the dark rangers. It can manifest shadow arrows when the time is right and it helps increase the speed of your projectiles" said Gyro. "Cool" replied Gwen.
Gyro throws a pair of Gauntlet's to Sunset. When she puts them on they fit perfectly and glow bright red. "Those gauntlet's will help enhance your powers ten folds" said Gyro.
Gyro gives Lincoln an ice bracelet that will allow him to summon one Ice Revenant. Dana and Becky are given elemental stones which will help them control more than just common ice and fire. Timmy is given a mithril shirt that will protect him from blasts and it can create a force field. Leni is given a small seed, if she plants it, it will summon an Ancient Protector. Luna already has her demonic crown ready.
Gwen orders Harv to keep Lily safe in the house's basement. Along with the Pokémon who will also protect her.
Neil knows that he doesn't need anything from the Guardian. He already embodies the soul of Deathwing.
Then Gyro approaches Linka and hands her some keys. They look like that of a car. "All you have to do is push the button and your ide will come down from the sky" said Gyro.
Linka had no idea what he meant, but she accepted it.
"Listen up all of you!" said Gyro. They all gather to him. "Whatever is coming on the other world, will not stop till they get their hands on this dog" Gyro said as he points to Courage.
"We will hold the line and defeat them. Use your artifacts wisely and only when the time is right. We don't know what these guys can do, but Courage definitely does and talking to him is not easy either" said Gyro.
"Can't you use your magic so we can speak to him?" asked Leni. "An animal transversal incantation is not going to be good for me. It comes at the cost of me turning into an uncontrollable animal. The only ones who know how to use this spell are Night Elves and they are currently in a battle with the Horde" replied Gyro.
"Alright. Now that we're at an understanding. Let's get to our posts and stand by for the enemy. Also don't forget to return the stuff when this battle is over" said Gyro.
"If we win" said Dana. "Let's hope we do" said Becky.
They all stand by near and around the Spellman Estate and wait. "Where are Leon and Sergei?" asked Neil.
(Nowhere)
Katz and Le Quack exit he caravan with the right items and a cauldron. They place it over the fire and place the following items.
Oil from a one-hundred year old whale, Eye of Newt, Hair of a hobo, Spit of a fish, shredded skin of a snake, grated horn from a water buffalo, an old pocket watch from a dead noble, leather boots from a mad man, a tooth from a dead witch, bear dandruff from a wizard, remains of two undead guys (you know who), a rock from the moon, the pink fur of Courage and finally.
Katz walks towards Clutching foot and rips off one of his warts. "Ow! Hey what the heck is the big idea?!" the foot yelled.
Katz places the last ingredient and it explodes into violet smoke. Shirley watches in horror at what they have just succeeded. "N-No!" said Shirley.
Katz and the villains gather around the cauldron. "My friends, I believe we are ready to pay a certain stupid dog a visit" said Katz.
The villains then gather some rubble, debris and rocks to create an archway.
Katz stands in front of it and spills the liquid onto the archway's feet.
The liquid glows and starts to travel around the archway. After a bright light emits. All fo the villains and the prisoners watch as a portal is made.
"No! Stop!" yelled Shirley. But they ignore her. "Are you all ready my devious cohorts?" asked Katz.
They all ready their armaments and powers. "Yeah!" they all cheer in response.
They all walk towards the portal and laugh evilly.
(Spellman Estate)
The portal opens and Katz along with Le Quack, Dr. Gerbil and Clutching Foot come out and look around. They spot the large house and the barricade walls in front of them.
"Seems like they were prepared for us" said Le Quack. "This won't be a problem" said Dr. Gerbil. But he then gets hit through the head by a shadow arrow and falls to the ground and dies.
They all look towards the house and spot a woman with a bow and arrows. Then a vulture bike emerges from the bushes along with an ice road.
The ground shakes and Leni emerges with Neil and Sunset.
A Water puddle freezes and Dana comes out. Becky jumps off the roof and lands next to her. A purple robot comes out of the garage with a buck toothed kid piloting.
Lincoln comes out of the house and shoots the ground creating a small area of ice and Luna Frost manifests from the area.
Gyro swoops down as a raven and transforms with a lightning effect.
Katz looks at them with an unimpressed look. "This should be fun" said Katz. He then snaps his fingers and on cue his villain team comes out and laughs evilly.
"Listen up red Garfield! You're not coming to our world and hurt anyone!" said Neil.
"The only thing we want is a certain pink dog" said Le Quack.
"Well too bad Howard the Duck. You're not going anywhere near him" said Lincoln.
"Yeah, so why don't you take you're reject suicide squad and get the heck out of here" said Luna. "Or there will be a beat down for all of you!" said Sunset.
Katz and the villains just laugh and enter combat stance. "So be it!" said Neil. He takes to the skies and slams back down in Humanoid Deathwing form. "Let's see how you burn!" said Neil.
And with that they all engage at each other. Turning the front road area of the Spellman Estate into a battlefield.
Courage looks through the curtains and sees his new family fighting his enemies and they were actually doing well.
Luna, Dana and Becky fight off The Queen of the Black Puddle and Elisa and Eliza Stitch.
Gwen stays on the roof and tries to counter the King of Flan and his Flan bazooka and Cajun Fox with his Stew cannon.
Lincoln, Jordan in the Arct Mech and Timmy fight off Di Lung with his Mecha Courage and Clutching Foot.
Sunset and Leni who is using her plant minions to fight Jeeves, Bushwick, Fusilli and Freaky Fred who is wielding barber sheers numb chucks.
Neil and Gyro are clashing against Katz and Le Quack both wielding swords which they got from Shirley's caravan.
.Courage wants to get involved and help. But he knows that he doesn't stand a chance against his enemies. But he is wondering where the two undead directors were.
The Courage sees Linka still holding the keys that Gyro gave her. She then goes to Courage. "I'll be back, they could use my help" said Linka.
Courage nods. Linka gives him a hug and heads to the backyard.
Back in the fight. Luna and Becky try to freeze any form of water near them to trap the Queen of the Black Puddle. But then Luna gets scratched by her nails on her leg.
Luna sees a small spot of water underneath her. She realizes that the sun was melting some of the ice underneath them.
Becky sends fireball after fireball towards the twin headed old lady. But she uses her quilt to catch the fire balls and sends them back, Becky si able to dodge them.
Jordan and Timmy use their mech suits to battle against Mecha Courage. "You're bots are weak against me you fool!" said Di Lung. He then fires mace balls towards the two mech's. They activate force fields for protection and charge.
Lincoln dodges all of the clutching foot's attempts to crush him. When the foot leaps into the air, Lincoln just shoots him. The clutching foot lands back down frozen solid. "You suck dude and smell" said Lincoln.
Gwen is able to dodge and maneuver from all of the projectiles thrown at her. She then shoots out an explosive arrow imbued by shadow magic.
The arrow goes into the Cajun Fox's cannon and explodes, leaving the fox a little scorched and laughing in pain, then passing out.
The King of Flan then unleashes a flan machine gun which starts strafing the roof. Gwen takes cover behind the drop ship. Then she realizes. "This is flan. I can't be hurt by it". She then sees a pigeon who was hit by the flan, then it starts to lick all of the flan from the roof. "Never mind" said Gwen.
It seems that the King of Flan made a new kind of Flan that will make the consumer want more once they take one lick.
Susnet grabs Bushwick and Fusilli with her energy coils and pulls them towards her, where she immediately punches them with her gauntlets.
The Evil Weevil Jeeves starts eating away at Leni's plant monsters.
Seeing no other option. Leni drops the seed onto the ground and uses her powers to force the dew water on the seed.
The ground starts to shake and an Ancient Protector Ent emerges and starts attacking the Weevil with Leni commanding the tree creature.
Neil uses Deathwing's mace to fight in a fencing style combat against Katz.
Gyro uses his staff to do the same against Le Quack.
The battle soon gets out of hand and seems a bit overwhelming. But then just as the Queen of the Black Puddle is about to ambush Dana and Luna she gets hit by an explosion.
All of them stop and look to see A German Tiger Tank. The cover opens and Leon comes out. "This is the big we were talking about!" said Leon.
"No freaking way!" said Lincoln.
"Sergei! Drive her forward!" said Leon. "Ya'voll Comarade!" said Sergei in the driver's seat.
The tiger tank starts driving and automatically firing at any villain in her path. "She strikes fear like she's a ghost!" yelled Leon.
The Tiger tank then slams onto Di Lung and his Mecha Courage. But he is able to move to the side.
"Turn this thing around!" said Leon. But before the tank turns around, it gets stuck to the concrete by sticky flam.
"Transmission is lost. We can't move her!" yelled Sergei. "Shaisa!" yelled Leon. But the tank can still fire and rotate its head. "Quickly! Get on the hull MG and start strafing!" yelled Leon.
As they all continue to fight. They all suddenly hear a loud banging from the sky. They all look up to see a giant mech falling towards them.
But the mech lands in the backyard and creates a large dust storm.
As the dust clears they all look up to see a giant mecha. "Is that … The Odin?!" said Neil.
And indeed it was the Odin. The same one used by Linka during the battle against Evil Lincoln. They then see who was piloting it and it was Linka.
"Now that's fire power!" yelled Neil. "That's my girl!" said Gwen.
"I feel so small in this tank" said Leon. "Agreed" said Sergei.
The Odin then starts blasting missiles onto the villains making some of them get knocked away.
This gives them an advantage and they all make one last charge against them.
The Flan king arms his Flan machine gun again. But it gets frozen by Dana and Lincoln's blaster.
Then Sunset shatters the weapon with her energy coils. Next Gwen shoots an arrow that ricochets off the great gate and hits the Flan king where his heart lies.
Timmy and Jordan surge forward and grab Mecha Courage. "Let me go you fools!" yelled Di Lung.
They then toss the Robo Mecha Dog suit into the air. Linka gets a lock onto the mecha and sends out one high explosive amour piercing missile. Di Lung definitely does not survive that.
The Queen of the Black pool regains consciousness. But she gets frozen in black burning ice. She turns around to see Demonic Luna looking angrily at her, she grabs the Queen by the neck and freezes her head in black ice.
Luna then shatters the Queens frozen head and drops the rest of the body.
The Ancient Protector tries to attack Jeeves, but because he can fly he pretty much is hard to catch.
Leni then gets an idea and summons an irresistible flower onto the treant. Jeeves with his insect instinct flies onto the flower. Then the flower reveals to have teeth and closes, sealing the Weevil's fate.
Becky summons a fire chain and wraps it around Elisa and Eliza. She pulls them towards her and stabs their right eyes with fire knives. She then kicks them away and pulls them back to fire kick them in the gut making them burn instantly.
Leon and Sergei's Tiger tank breaks free from the sticky flan. But because of how long they've been revving up they drive too fast and run over Freaky Fred, Bushwick and Fusilli, turning them into Road kill.
Katz and Le Quack realize they were all alone. "You think this is the end?!" yelled Katz.
"No matter what you all do. We will get our revenge on that stupid dog!" said Le Quack. But then he feels a tremendous amount of pain and coughs blood.
Katz looks to Le Quack and sees a sharp wooden pole has skewered his duck friend. And the one who did it was Shirley who is still exhausted and hurt badly."
"H-His name, is Courage!" said Shirley. But then she gets stabbed by Katz in the chest. "You miserable little dog!" yelled Katz.
The doors of the Spellman House open. "Hey Katz!" yelled Courage. Katz and everyone turn around to see Courage carrying a bazooka. "How did he get that from my office?" said Neil.
"I'm done being cowardly!" said Courage. He pulls the trigger and a missile impales Katz and sends him flying into the portal. On the other side Katz is rocketed into the sky with the rocket and it explodes.
The battle is over and the whole place is covered with some villain remains. Gyro uses his magic to try and clean it all up.
Courage drops the bazooka and runs to Shirley who is on the ground. "I told you we would fight for you" said Shirley.
Courage hugs her tightly. She also returns the hug, she then whispers one last thing to him. "I told you we wouldn't meet again, you stupid dog".
Courage then lets her go and looks at her lifeless form. The others gather around Courage and looks at the dead gypsy Chihuahua.
"She used up all of her energy to come here and try to end this" said Gyro.
Courage then gets worried and looks at the portal. He picks up Shirley's lifeless body and enters the portal with the others following behind.
When Courage makes it through he is horrified to see. All of his friends, tied to wooden poles now dead. They have been brutally tortured by the villains, but Shirley kept on fighting back, just to make sure Courage was still safe.
The Spellman's look around the decimated town and see a lot of dead people. Which only means that Courage is the last surviving citizen of Nowhere.
Sergei picks up the newspaper and sees the town's name. "What kind of name is Nowhere?" asked Sergei.
"Did you try asking the Guardians of the Galaxy?" said Gyro. Sergei realized what he meant. "Oh yeah".
Neil looks to the others. They all know what he means.
A few minutes later they are now staring at multiple graves of the friends of Courage. Charlie the Mouse, The Three-Headed Space Chicken, Robot Randy, The Evil Eggplants, Kitty and Bunny, Donnie, Clyde and Payne The Duck Brothers, The Hunchback of Nowhere, The Twin Raccoon's, The Storm Goddess and her Dog Duncan.
Then Courage places a saxophone and a rose onto the grave of Shirley. Each tomb stone is made from the wood of Shirley's caravan.
"Thank you guys. I wish I didn't have to drag you all into this and maybe you all could've lived your lives" said Courage to himself. But he knew that they wanted to repay him, for all the good things he's done. And that was their sacrifice.
Linka sits next to Courage and pets his back. "You really were lucky to have such good friends Courage and I think they would've wanted you to keep living and remembering who they are and what they did for you" said Linka.
Courage looks at Linka and hugs her. Linka hugs her back in return. "Courage" said Linka as she breaks the hug and looks at the crying dog. "Where do you live?
The guardian teleports them to their destination.
They all gasp at the burned down Farm House. "I-Is this where he was raised?" asked Gwen.
The others shed some tears seeing the place. Well some of them are confused. "Why is it in the middle of nowhere?" asked Leon. But he gets elbowed by Neil. "Don't be rude!"
Courage approaches the destroyed home and looks around. He could see the living room, Eustace scaring him with his mask and Muriel hitting him in the head with a rolling pin.
The day he met the Space ducks, the three-headed chicken and when Robot Randy and him had a dance battle.
When the Storm Empress almost destroyed the place, when he had to cure his computer friend, the day he helped Kitty and Bunny, when he would thank Mr. Mouse for helping him, The happy times with the Hunchback, Nurturing the Evil Eggplants with water, saving the Raccoon twins.
But mostly all the times when Courage, Eustace and Muriel always got into trouble and out of trouble thanks to Shirley the Gypsy Chihuahua.
Courage smiles and then sees the two halfly destroyed grave stones of his deceased owners.
Linka approaches the tomb stones and wipes off some of the black smudges. And she reads the names.
Linka looks down to Courage and smiles. Then she looks to the grave stones. "Muriel, Eustace. I promise that me and my family will watch over Courage. We will try and give him the same amount of love that you two once gave him" said Linka. Though this made Courage blush and look nervously, Eustace didn't really do much. "And we will always look out and protect him. No matter what" said Linka.
Courage then hugs the white-haired girl. Linka also hugs him back. They break the hug and look at each other. Linka wipes away a lone tear from Courage.
"You ready to go home now?" asked Linka. Courage nods. They both head back to the others while holding hands.
Soon after they leave the wreckage of nowhere, leaving behind all the memories of this once nice (sort of) town.
At the Farm House, two flowers grow in front of the house and is soon followed by grass and a red flower. The flower then whispers. "I will wait for you my friend Courage" said the flower in a narrative voice.
To be continued …..
And that ends this chapter. I would still like to thank Joanne Frances Cajilig for the concept of the story, mostly the beginning. The rest was all me. I hope you all liked this chapter, review and tell me what you all think.