After a while, they arrived at Newtopia. The guards welcomed them with smiles as Marcy flew down to land in the Fwagon, waving to them. She turned back to human.
"You guys ready?"
"We're ready, Marcy." Anne said, holding the box in her hands.
"Let's POP this sucker open!" Polly cheered, sitting on Frobo's shoulder.
"Then let's get to the castle!" Marcy said.
They group left the Fwagon and Joe Sparrow as they walked through the city to the castle.
'It's almost time.' Anne, Marcy, and Sasha thought but for all different reasons.
For Anne, it was time to go home. For Marcy, Andrias said before she left with Anne and the Plantars that the box could be used for her and her friends to go on more adventures. For Sasha... it was time for a revolution. Whichever one comes true, is up to when King Andrias gets the box.
"You've returned safely!" Andrias said, smiling as the group walked up to him.
"And with the box fully charged." Anne said, holding the box in her hands. "Now, you just need to show us how it works."
"Gladly." Andrias said, popping his hands. "Let's see if this old king can work some "magic." See what I did there?"
The group had a small laugh as Anne held the calamity box out to him.
'Now's my chance.' Sasha thought, already seeing Grime in position.
She reached behind her back and grabbed a knife. She threw it and it hit Anne's hand, the blade going clean through. Anne dropped the box in shock and bit back a scream. While the box was falling, Grime came out of his hiding place and grabbed it with his tongue.
"ANNE!" The Plantars said in worry!
"What is the meaning of this?!" Andrias asked in shock to Grime.
"Sasha! What are you doing?!" Marcy asked her.
"Oh, don't worry about that Marcy." Sasha said, as Grime handed her the box, "Just... leading a revolution."
"Revolution?!" Anne shouted, gripping the knife and slowly pulling it out of her hand.
"Yeah, the whole, Newts in control thing just doesn't work with me." Sasha said.
Andrais clenched his fist. 1000 years and his goal was so close, he can't let them take the box from him!
"This will not stand! Guards!" Andrias shouted as he pointed to Sasha and Grime. "Seize them!"
Instead of being worried, Sasha and began chuckling at the giant newt "crying wolf" for his guards.
"Oh, I think you'll find your guards to be quite occupied at the moment." Grime said.
"Isn't that right, Grime?" Sasha asked.
"Indeed, after all... I wasn't here at the start for a reason."
A BOOM was heard outside of the castle, making everyone turn to the balcony of the throne room to see smoke rising from the city!
'No!' Andrias, Yunan, and Olivia thought as the latter two rushed and saw the city had practically turned into a war zone!
Newt guards and toad soldiers clashing all over the city as the citizens were running away to find safety! With the King distracted, Grime slammed the hammer into Andrias' knee, taking him down.
"Ugh!" Andrias grunted before Grime forced his head to the ground!
"Stay down, your highness, or this will be more painful." Grime said.
"Attention Guards of Newtopia, stop your fighting, or else the next thing to get damaged, will be your king's skull!" Sasha said from the balcony.
"You're bluffing!" One soldier said, holding off a toad.
"Oh really?" Sasha asked before nodding to Grime.
Understanding her, Grime used the hammer and smashed the king's hand into the ground!
"AAAAAAAAAAAH!" Andrias screamed.
That made all of them stop.
"Now that you know we mean business, surrender your weapons to the toads!" Sasha shouted.
All the newts listened. Anne growled and shifted into her wolf form.
'I'm going to end her!' Anne thought.
She ran, but was then held down by toads coming in.
"Put a muzzle on her." Sasha said.
"Anne!" The Plantars screamed before toads held them at weapon point.
"Sasha, no!" Marcy said before a toad grabbed her arm to keep her in place!
Anne struggled as the muzzle was put on her snout, growling and glaring at Sasha!
'I should've ripped our throat out when I had the chance!' She thought, her trust betrayed AGAIN by the bear girl!The toads put a blindfold on Marcy, a little trick Sasha told them about birds.
"Take them to the dungeon." Sasha said.
Frobo tried to fight and stop them but a toad jabbed him in the back and fried his inner workings. It didn't destroy him but it made sure he was going to stay down for a while. The toads put a collar on Anne and dragged her and the others to the dungeon. The wolf girl continued to glare and growl at Sasha as the blond walked towards the king with the music box in her hand.
"Now, you're going to tell me how to work this box." Sasha said with a small smirk, taking a knee in front of his face, "Because if not, well." Sasha held her metal arm out and her claws got sharper, "I'll show you how different this is from my normal arm."
Andrias growled at her before Grime held the hammer at his neck.
'How dare they hold THAT hammer at my neck!' Andrias thought, remembering the hammer belong to a dear friend.
"Maybe he just needs some time to cool down." Sasha said, "Guards, bring him to the largest cell you can find."
"Yes, Lieutenant!" The toads said, rushing to get Andrias.
"Those two as well." Grime said, pointing to Olivia and Yunan as they tried to sneak away.
As this happened, in the hall, Anne was growling as her leash was pulled.
"Come on you mangy beast brat!" One toad said, dragging Anne.
Anne growled more.
"Grrrr! If the Lieutenant didn't want you alive, I'd kill you myself and throw you to the mantises!" He said as the other guard punched Anne in the side, making her whimper in pain.
"Keep her moving! Or else you won't be able to see your little frogs ever again." The second toad said.
Marcy heard the whole thing, she may have been blindfolded, but her hearing was still incredible and since she was in front of Anne, with her hands tied behind her back, while the toads were distracted with Anne, she took her chance and began to undo Anne's muzzle. The sound of the muzzle hitting the ground made the toads blink for a second, before Anne lunged at them and bit down on one of them.
"RAAAAH!" Anne screamed, beating a toad mercilessly!
She bit down onto his neck and shook him like he was a chew toy.
"Aaaah!" The toad screamed in pain before Anne threw him into the wall!
"You freak!" The other toad shouted, rushing at Anne.
The wolf girl glared at him before shifting back and reaching into her shirt, pulling out her bone dagger and slashing at the toad! She then looked at the one that punched her and muzzled her. She ran and began stabbing him.
"UGH!" He grunts in pain as Anne held him down, continuing to stab into his stomach.
She shifted back into a wolf and bit down on his neck, giving it a quick snap.
"NOOO!" The other toad screamed!
"Grrrr!" Anne growled, looking at him with blood on her mouth!
The toad jolted in fear and turned to run away, making Anne chase after him before jumping! She shifted back again and drove her dagger into his head, killing him and slamming him to the ground! The group, minus Marcy, looked a bit concerned. Anne licked the blood around her lips and looked at the gang.
"I made a mistake in trusting her." Anne said, violently pulling the dagger from the toad's head, "I'm going to end this... permanently."
"P-P-Permanently?" Hop Pop asked with a stutter.
"Yes. PERMANENTLY." Anne said, walking towards the exit, "I've given Sasha enough chances."
She turned to walk away as Sprig helped until Marcy's hands and take off her blindfold. Marcy blinked a bit to get used to the light and paled when she saw the bodies and Anne with blood dripping from her hands.
"A-Anne?" Marcy stuttered in shock.
Anne kicked the door open and stormed out. Marcy snapped out of it and ran after her.
"Anne, wait, we can't fight Sasha!" Marcy said.
Anne grabbed Marcy by her shirt and held her close.
"Why not!?" Anne demanded, "I am going to rip her throat out and devour her insides! She has manipulated me too many times!"
"Because, there will end up being too many toads here." Marcy said, pointing out the window, where an army of toads could be seen coming, "We have, at most, thirty minutes before Sasha's full army gets here, and then we'll be overrun."
Anne turned and growled at the sight of them but she couldn't argue that Marcy was wrong about this. If she wanted her revenge in Sasha, she'd have to deal with those toads first.
"Fine." Anne said, letting Marcy go. "So what's the plan?"
"Simple, we shut the gate to the city. That way, the toads can't regroup for a larger attack." Marcy said, pointing to the top of the gates.
"And we need to get the King out of the cell they put him in." Hop Pop said, "He can help get order restored."
"Okay, we split up then." Anne said.
"Split up? Are you sure?" Marcy asked, worried
"It's the only way we can do both without the toads catching in before we can stop them. Me and Sprig will head towards the gates while you guys find King Andrias." Anne said, pointing to Marcy, Hop Pop, and Polly.
Marcy figured she'd let Anne try this. She was born to be a leader.
'And hopefully heading to the gate wills stop Anne from killing Sasha. Even if she did this, she's still our friend.' Marcy thought.
Marcy was always a lover, even if she became a fighter.
"What about Frobo?" Polly asked, worried about her robotic friend.
"He should be in a cell too and maybe I can repair him if the damage isn't too bad." Marcy said.
"You guys go get him, Sprig and I will get to the gate.
Not waiting for their answers, Anne shifted into her wolf form and growled for Sprig to her on her back. He wasn't going to argue with her. The moment he did, Anne rushed out of the balcony and began running across the rooftops to reach the city walls. He struggled to hold on.
"Anne, can you slow down! I'm slipping!" Sprig said, struggling like he was riding a grasshopper!
'Sorry but we can't stop until that army is shut out!' Anne thought, continuing at her fast pace!
She ran and jumped on top of the wall, biting down on the neck of the toad that was guarding it.
"AAAA-" SNAP!
The sound of his neck breaking cut off his screams as Anne tossed his body aside while Sprig jumped off her back. Anne turned back and the two went to close the gate, but it wouldn't move.
"Ugh, what is with this thing?!" Anne shouted, trying to push the giant wheel to shut the gate.
"I think it's because of that!" Sprig said, pointing to another wheel across the opening. "We must need to turn both of them to shut the gates!"
"Okay, Sprig you-"
Anne was cut off when she looked behind Sprig.
"Sasha." Anne growled, looking at the backstabber and Grime.
"Anne, you need to listen to me." Sasha said, "The King isn't who he said he is."
"I don't believe a damn word that comes out of your mouth!" Anne said, pulling out the sword she got from Bernardo, "Sprig, get the other wheel, I'll deal with Sasha."
"Got it!" Sprig said, jumping off the walls.
"Grime, stop him!" Sasha said, grabbing her sword.
"Right!" Grime said, jumping after Sprig.
The two amphibians moved to get their respective job done, while Anne glared at Sasha.
"Anne, you need to-"
Sasha barely had time to block, as Anne thrusted her sword at her.
'Oh Frog... she's going for kill shots!' Sasha thought.
And the kill shots didn't stop as Anne kept attacking, forcing Sasha to block and dodge as she was pushed back!
"Anne, will you just listen to me?!" Sasha asked, blocking with her metal arm!
"I've listened to you enough!" Anne shouted, pulling out her bine dagger and slashing at Sasha!
She blocked with her sword again as she stumbled back, seeing Anne wielding both sword and dagger. Anne threw the dagger at Sasha, who barely dodged, then shifted into her wolf form and held the sword with her mouth.
"GRRRR!" Anne growled as she rushed at Sasha again!
She swung her head, slicing Sasha's side.
"Ugh!" Sasha groaned, falling to a knee as she held her side.
'That hit but where's the blood?' Anne thought, sniffing the air and finding only a LITTLE iron in the air.
'My mesh armor held but I still got hit.' Sasha though, feeling a shallow gash even with the mesh under her shirt.
Sasha knew this was bad, Anne was actually trying to kill her. Sasha had only one option outside of returning her deadly attack. RUN! She attempted to get as much distance from Anne as possible. Anne turned and saw Sasha running away, making her FURIOUS as she gripped her sword tighter in her teeth!
'Running away? You DARE run away after everything you've done?!' Anne thought in fury.
Anne threw the sword, hitting Sasha right in the leg.
"Ahh!" Sasha said as she fell to the ground with the blade going through.
Anne ran and jumped onto Sasha, trying to bit on her neck. Sasha held her robotic arm up so that got bitten instead, while using her other arm to remove the blade from her leg.
'I've never been more glad to not have nerves.' Sasha thought.
"Anne, please! I don't know want fight you, just listen to me!" Sasha said to her.
Anne just kept biting Sasha's arm.
"Fine!" Sasha said, kicking Anne off her.
Sasha transformed into a bear, roaring at Anne as she got up!
'I'll make you listen to me!' Sasha thought!
'This time, I'm going for the throat!' Anne thought.
The beasts lunged. Anne, no longer having her sword, jumped at Sasha, forcing to bear to block with her other arm instead the metal one, as that fell off. The familiar taste of Sasha's blood filled Anne's mouth. It almost made Anne excited and happy that she was getting her revenge for Sasha's betrayal! Sasha stood on her hind legs and threw Anne off her. The wolf flipped in the air and landed as she skid back, the distance increasing between them. Both predators growled at each other. One was out to kill and the other wanted to at least make the other submit, but both were too stubborn to listen to reason! They ran at each other. As the two animals clashed on the wall, Sprig was clashing against Grime as he tried to reach the second wheel!
"Stop running, boy! You don't know what you're doing!" Grime shouted at him.
"I'm running away from the guy that has tried to kill my family." Sprig said.
"I'm not trying to kill you this time! I'm just trying to hurt you and hospitalize you!" Grime shouted, powering up the hammer rockets. "I'll just break a leg, promise!"
"NO!" Sprig shouted as he jumped away faster!
"Huh, that usually works." Grime mumbled.
Grime jumped after Sprig once more and managed to beat him to the second turn wheel!
"Listen boy, what we're doing is protecting Newtopia! The king is not what he seems!" Grime shouted at him.
"You're just lying like Sasha!" Sprig shouted, pulling out his slingshot.
"I don't want to hurt you, but if you don't listen, I will." Grime said, lifting his hammer.
Sprig jumped back as he slammed into the wall, firing mud balls as Grime blocked them.
'I gotta find something harder!' Sprig thought.
He found one of the sewer grates.
'Perfect!' Sprig thought, jumping towards it as Grime followed after him.
"Stop running and listen, boy! The King is dangerous, he seeks to destroy us all!" Grime shouted.
"I won't be fooled by you!"
He swung at Sprig again but missed and destroyed the ground under it. Sprig wrapped his tongue around the sewer grate and threw it at him. Grime raised the hammer to deflect it but it left him open for Sprig to aim at his good eye.
"Got ya!" Sprig shouted, firing at his eye.
Grime held her eye.
"Ah! You insufferable frog!"
"And don't you forget it!" Sprig shouted, jumping and drop kicking Grime to the ground, which caused the hammer to slam on his head!
He then hopped as fast as he could to get back to the gate dial to close it. He began to try and move the wheel but the wheel wouldn't budge, that just meant that Anne wasn't turning the wheel on her side!
'Anne, please hurry!' Sprig thought, still pushing.
On the wall, Anne was on the back of the bear trying to bit down on the back of Sasha's neck.
'Get off of me!' Sasha thought as she roared, trying to shake Anne off her back!
Anne held firm, making sure her claws were sunk deep in the bears back. Once she managed to her a firm enough grip, Anne bit down into Sasha's neck as she roared in pain! Sasha rolled over, breaking a few of Anne's bones in the process.
'Get off me, Anne! I don't want to kill you!' Sasha thought.
Unfortunately, the wolf didn't share that sentiment. Anne dug her teeth deeper and planned to rip out as big a chunk as she could from Sasha fucking neck! Sasha swung her paw, hitting Anne in the side.
"YIP!" Anne let out as she rolled against the wall ground.
Sasha bit down on the back of her neck and slammed her on the ground.
'I'm sorry but I need you to fall asleep for a bit!' Sasha thought.
Anne growled and fought back, biting Sasha on the side of her head.
'I'll kill you before you can kill me!' Anne thought.
Sasha felt Anne's teeth connect with her face. Because of this, Sasha began to roll them around as she tried to her Anne's teeth out of her face! She used the advantage that Anne doesn't, a bears ability to stand on their hind legs.
"ROOOAH!" Sasha roared as she stood up, shaking around and launching Anne away to the edge of the wall … and right next to her sword.
Anne turned back and picked up her sword, not letting her injuries stop her from continuing the fight. Sasha also turned back and hugged for air, bleeding from near her eye socket where Anne bit her.
"Andrias has been lying to us! He doesn't want to help us, he's just been using us!" Sasha shouted at Anne. "Us and Marcy from day one!"
"Lie all you want." Anne said, "It will be the last time you do!"
Anne rushed at Sasha with the sword.
"I'm not lying about this, Anne!" Sasha shouted, putting up her metal arm to block the sword. "There's a literal drawing on the wall of the castle to prove it!"
Sasha used her metal claws and knocked the sword away. She then grabbed Anne by the arms, pinning them at her sides.
"Just stop and listen!"
Anne delivered a strong kick to Sasha's knee, making Sasha scream in pain as a bone was very clearly cracked at the least. She let go and held her leg, giving Anne the chance to kick the remaining leg out from under Sasha, sending her to the ground. She tried to pick herself up, but Anne grabbed her by the hair and slammed her face first into the stone ground. Then she threw Sasha to the ledge, and made sure she was stuck between her and the wall. Anne began delivering painful knees to Sasha. Her head, neck, chest, anywhere that would cause Sasha pain. Blood began to pour from Sasha, and she tried to push Anne away. Only for Anne to grab her by the neck and throw her to the ground, before grabbing her sword and slamming it onto Sasha's chest, just above the heart, pinning her to the ground.
"Give me a fucking reason! Give me a mother fucking reason not to kill you now!" Anne screamed at her.
Sasha glared at Anne, unable to say anything through the pain. Anne stood up and went to the wheel.
"That's what I thought." Anne said, pushing the wheel and feeling it moving this time.
The gates closed.
"We did it!" Sprig shouted loudly in glee.
"Hehehe, yeah. We did." Anne said, able to hear him.
Sasha looked horrified.
'No! Without the army, everything falls apart! We can't stop Andrias!' Sasha thought, trying to get up but was in too much pain.
The last thing she saw was Anne's foot slamming down on her face, knocking her out.
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