Floyd burst through the door, an angered look on his face, while his brothers and Poppy were behind him. Every last one looked angry as they blocked the doorway in case Ethan tried to make a run for it.
"Let. Her. Go," Floyd said, every word as furious as the last as he glared down at Ethan, daring him to make a move as he began making his way further into the room, only to be stopped when Ethan whips his hair towards Floyd, forcing him to stop to avoid getting hit.
"Sorry Roid, no can do! She's mine now, and nothing you do or say will change that." Ethan tells him with a dark chuckle as he turns his back on them, returning to Harmony, who was doing her best to backpedal away from him, only to be stopped when Ethan grabs her chain and forces her forward.
"Ethan, let me go!" She hisses as she twists her head to avoid the kiss he was trying to land on her mouth, her face twisting in disgust as she feels his lips touching her cheek every time she twists her head away from him.
Fed up with her resisting him, he'd roughly grab her by the chin and keep her in place, but before he could kiss, her white-streaked magenta hair would wrap around Ethan's wrists and roughly pull him back away from Harmony. He was forced to let go as he stumbled, catching himself just before he fell.
"What part of she's mine do you not get, you wannabe loser?! Bud out, or I'll make you!" He sneers at Floyd, his fists clenched at his side at the audacity of someone viewed as lesser than him.
Floyd retracts his hair back to him, a fierce look on his face as he steps forward towards Ethan. "She's not yours, Ethan, nor will she ever be yours." He growls at him as the two stand off against each other. One to save someone they love and the other to keep control over someone whose fame would ensure they stayed in the spotlight where they belonged.
Ethan snickers as he rolls his eyes at him. "Ok, dude, she was mine the minute I saw her. You're upset because you tossed away your only chance to stay relevant. Doesn't matter now, of course, if you go based on the alphabet, E is before F, so I come before you. That means Sugar Pie is mine, and you can do nothing about it." He says smugly at the other troll.
Floyd keeps an eye on Harmony, ensuring she is ok and Ethan doesn't try anything funny. "And F stands for final. I may have made the mistake of leaving her all those years ago, but I will NOT sit back and watch you do this to her." He tells Ethan with conviction as he places himself between Ethan and Harmony.
Harmony has tears in her eyes from Floyd's heartfelt confession. She knew he still loved her, and while she still wasn't sure if she was willing to take that step to accept him back into her heart, a small part of her was screaming for Floyd.
She tugs on her chains again, trying to get free, which would catch Ethan's attention as he wraps his hair around Floyd and flings him over to his brothers and Poppy, knocking the group into a pile.
Now that he had that obstacle out of the way, he approached Harmony, making her back up with wide eyes as she tried to stay away from him.
"Oh, sugar pie," Ethan would coo as he placed a hand under her chin to keep her from escaping from him. He let out a deranged-sounding chuckle. "When will you learn that no matter what, the only one who will have you is me?" He tells her as he releases her chin while he uses his gel-covered hair to drop a lever that causes a cage to come up from the floor, blocking the group from getting to him and Harmony.
"It's gonna be me,"
He'd croon to her as Harmony went on the other side of the altar, doing her best to stay away from him as he followed her like a cat stalking a mouse.
"You might been hurt, babe
That ain't no lie
You've seen them all come and go, oh
I remember you told me
That it made you believe in
No man, no cry
Maybe that's why"
He grabs the chain, yanking it harshly to force her back over to him; as she cries out from the way the cuffs dig into her wrists as she stumbles and nearly falls, only to be caught by Ethan, who seems to be angry as he roughly grabs her face with his hand and forces her to look at him.
"Every little thing I do
Never seems enough for you
You don't want to lose it again
But I'm not like them
Baby, when you finally
Get to love somebody
Guess what
It's gonna be me!"
He lets go of her face, his hand grabbing the back of her head as he goes to forcefully kiss her, only for her to narrowly avoid it by jerking her head so he kisses her jawline instead. Her eyes watered for a different reason as she felt his fingers nearly pulling out some of her hair, but she'd rather feel some pain then become his wife.
This sets him off.
"You've got no choice, babe
But to move on, and you know
There ain't no time to waste
You're just too blind to see
But in the end, ya know it's gonna be me
You can't deny
So just tell me why!"
Harmony shoves him away from her, retreating from him on the other side as her chain trails behind her, a stark reminder of how she was trapped with him as she desperately looks for a way to escape.
"It's gonna be me
Ooh, yeah yeah
There comes a day
When I'll be the one, you'll see
It's gonna gonna gonna gonna
It's gonna be me"
Ethan steps on the chain, enjoying watching her try to avoid what is unavoidable as he makes his way closer and closer to her. He ensured she understood that no matter how much she struggled or resisted, her only option would be him and no one else.
"All that I do is not enough for you
I don't want to lose it
But I'm not like that
When finally (finally)
You get to love
Guess what? (guess what?)
It's gonna be me!"
Ethan seems to lose his cool as his patience runs out due to her resisting him. He liked it when girls played hard to get, but they usually fell for his charms quickly enough that the game never got old.
"Every little thing I do
Never seems enough for you (for you, babe)
You don't want to lose it again (don't want to lose it)
But I'm not like them
Baby, when you finally
Get to love somebody (love)
Guess what (guess what)
It's gonna be me"
His finger trailed down her cheek as he made it clear that this was her last chance; either choose him who didn't abandon her or pick the loser who dropped her without a thought. Harmony recoils from his touch, her eyes drifting to look at Floyd, which sets Ethan off even worse than before.
"Every little thing I do
Never seems enough for you
You don't want to lose it again (don't want to lose it)
But I'm not like them
Baby, when you finally (baby, when you finally)
Get to love somebody
Guess what (guess what)
It's gonna be me!"
He latches onto her face with his hand, trying to force her to kiss him as Harmony fights back. She struggles to keep their lips from touching.
Floyd looks for a way to undo the cage around the altar, frantically trying to figure out how to save Harmony before noticing the lever on the opposite side of the room. "Guys, I'm going to save Harmony. I need someone to pull that lever so I can get in there." He tells them as out of the corner of his eye he could see Branch already making his way to the lever.
John puts his hand on Floyd's shoulder. "Be careful, bro. We don't know what he's capable of." He warns him before he and the rest of their brothers go to help with the lever.
While his brothers struggle to get the lever to move, as it was unfortunately hard to hold onto due to the grease left behind thanks to the gel on Ethan's hair, Floyd and Poppy ran up to the cage to try and see if there was another way in. "Harmony!" Floyd would call out as he rattled the cage walls, desperately trying to get in.
"Floyd!" Harmony cried out to him, now trapped against the altar, with Ethan leaning in for a kiss. His lips puckered in what he thought was an attractive way as Harmony closed her eyes tightly, wishing she was anywhere but here, when a section of the cage partially dropped down, causing Ethan to look up. "Oh, come on!" He groans as he finds himself confronted with Floyd and Poppy, who had managed to slip over the partially raised cage, which would close not long after they made their way in as Branch and the rest try to get the lever to move all the way.
"Ethan, get away from her!" Floyd tells him as he yanks the other troll away from Harmony to put himself between them once more, this time determined not to let Ethan get past him. "It's over, Ethan. You have nowhere else to go, and I won't let you touch her." He tells him as he keeps Ethan pressed against the bars with his hair while a hand goes back to gently keep Harmony behind him as Poppy approaches Harmony.
"Poppy, I think I can get out of these chains, but I need you to take my hair out of this bun." She tells the younger troll, who was quick to do just that, apologizing whenever Harmony would winch as her hair is finally released from its tight prison. Harmony sighs in relief before changing part of her hair to that of a lock pick and starting to pick the lock to the duo chains holding her wrists captive.
While Floyd keeps Ethan occupied Harmony works to get the locks off of her, cheering as the chains fall from her wrists as she rubs at the irritated skin. "No! She's mine, and I won't give her up to a loser like you!" Ethan snarled as his hair came down and grabbed Floyd by the ankles, jerking hard and causing Floyd to tumble down with a shout.
Harmony pulls Poppy behind her, wanting to keep her safe as she herds the younger troll to the other side of the altar while she keeps her eyes on Ethan. "It's done, Ethan. I will never marry you, no matter what you do or say! Let us go now!" She orders him, glaring at him as she watches him get up from where he'd fallen and approach the two girls.
"Enough games, babe, just hold still, and let's finish this wedding. Wouldn't want me to take my frustrations out on the cutie behind you, would you?" He sneers as Harmony wraps a strand of her hair around Poppy to keep her calm.
"You don't scare me, Ethan. We both know you couldn't handle getting your hands dirty. It's over. I'm not yours, nor will I EVER marry someone as pathetic as you!" She spat at him as Ethan let out an angered yell, his hair shooting toward her and wrapping around her waist as he yanked her over to him and pinned her against the bars.
"Like you have a choice." He growls at her but is again interrupted, but this time by Poppy, who wraps her hair around one of Ethan's ankles and gives him a taste of his own medicine by making him topple over.
Floyd gets to his feet, shaking his head to clear his vision after having had his head knocked against the ground, before he hurries over to Harmony and pulls her away from Ethan as the troll lies on the ground groaning in pain.
"Are you ok, Harmony?" Floyd would ask her, his hand gently cupping her cheek as he checked to see if she was ok. Harmony smiles at Floyd before her smile leaves her face, and her eyes widen. "Floyd, look out!" She'd cry out as she pushed him out of the way of Ethan's attack, getting the full brunt of his hair slamming her into the bars; she'd cry out in pain only to go silent as she slumped to the ground. Her long hair covered her face.
"Harmony!" Floyd and Poppy cried out, rushing over to her as Ethan got his bearings straight. "Great, just great, not only did you losers mess up EVERYTHING, but now the bride-to-be is knocked out! That's it. I'm done playing games with all of you! Time to end this!" He'd cackle as it appeared he was losing his mind. He pulled out a switch from his breast pocket and hit it, activating something he had set up in case something or someone got in his way. The Chapel's roof began to crack, breaking and crumbling as it opened up to reveal the sky above them as a hot air balloon was beginning to descend.
Noticing them distracted, he'd send his hair out and scoop up an unconscious Harmony, grabbing her into his arms bridal style just as the gang managed to get the lever down, letting Ethan escape to the hot air balloon with Harmony. "See you later, losers!" He'd cheer as he makes a quick getaway. "My bride and I are going on a world tour for our honeymoon, and none of you are invited!" He smugly tells them as the balloon begins to ascend.
Floyd rushes to grab the balloon as it begins to get higher up into the air, struggling to hold on as Ethan sets Harmony down so he can steer the balloon away from the chapel. Unaware that he had an unwanted passenger going along for the ride.
(Hello, lovelies! I hope you enjoyed this chapter, and if you spot any mistakes or think something might be missing, please let me know! The Song I used for this was It's Gonna Be Me by NSYNC, as I felt it best fit Ethan's attitude during this chapter. I love you all, and remember, guys, you are strong and beautiful, and don't let anything knock you down!)