Smurfocalypse Chapter 107: The Search for the Savant Cure Part 11: Sweepy's Ultimate Finisher: Ash Plume Chimney/ Smurfstorm's Detestable Gambit!

"So what's you next move warrior of Blood Mountain?" Sweepy asked as he raised his mace completing his defensive stance.

Amphisaurus catches his breath and scowls at Sweepy. This battle was far from over. The warrior had way more tricks up his sleeve that made his techniques displayed to this point mere parlor tricks in comparison. There was so much more that an Earth type Smurf essence was capable of. He couldn't believe even though he had heard the stories himself that Hefty and his knights were such capable fighters. It was a reality that was quite tough for Amphisaurus to swallow. Even still Amphisaurus had his greatest technique to display that would change the state of this battle indefinitely. His aura flared high above his head as he generated a massive amount of his Smurf essence. He sent a shockwave of pure Smurf essence which ripped through the arena and completely destroyed all the life that could serve as obstacles. Plants withered, trees shriveled and died, the very grass beneath their feet turned brown and dry, and the earth beneath their feet began to dry and crack. Then the very earth began to reshape itself. The ground shook violently as sections of the arena broke apart and began to both ascend and descend creating an uneven terrain as a withered canyon materialized within the Smokescreen Deathmatch before Sweepy's very eyes.

"Earth State 42! Wasteland!" Amphisaurus screams as he finalizes his technique.

Sweepy could do little but watch as the earth morphed all around him producing a baron wasteland canyon formed around them. The earth continued to shake beneath his feet. The ground began to crack and pull apart as more fissures formed. The terrain was not ideal for Sweepy due to his armor type. The ground surrounding him was uneven and still quaking. His opponent was continuing to prove himself stronger and more resourceful than the average Smurf warrior the more the battle persisted.

"This ought to slow you down!" Amphisaurus shouts as he leaps towards Sweepy with his axe raised above his head.

Sweepy raises his shield to meet the attack at the risk of losing balance and the battleax clangs against his tower shield providing very little recoil, but just enough that Sweepy lost his footing and ended up falling to one knee without the support of his shield propping him up.

"You're wide open!" Amphisaurus shouts as he swings his axe again.

Amphisaurus strikes Sweepy in the side with his battleax causing Sweepy to lose balance even further and fall to the ground. His heavy armor absorbed most of the damage, but Sweepy did not get away unscathed. As he writhes on the ground in pain Amphisaurus raises his axe to proceed to chop Sweepy again while he's down, but Sweepy generates his Smurf essence and released a puff of ashy smoke which was immediately inhaled by Amphisaurus filling his lungs, throat, and mouth with hot ash and foul tasting smoke which caused the Smurf to gag and almost instantly vomit as he entered a violent coughing spasm. Amphisaurus' eyes were watering and burning with irritation causing him to lose his composure and gave Sweepy the opportunity to stand and regain his defensive stance.

"Have some more! Smoke Stack!" Sweepy yelled as he swung his mace towards Amphisaurus releasing yet another plume of smoke.

Amphisaurus drops his axe and covers his face with both hands as he retreats, a decision that Sweepy would be sure to take advantage of. Sweepy readies his stance and dashes towards the fleeing Amphisaurus with the speed of a bull before smacking him in the back with his mace sending Amphisaurus tumbling forward and rolling across the ground.

"Not so tough now are we!?" Sweepy yells as he runs towards Amphisaurus.

Amphisaurus turns his aura flaring as he generates his Smurf essence.

"Fissure!" Amphisaurus shouts.

The earth quickly rips apart under Sweepy's feet and forms a deep crack in the ground which Sweepy nearly falls into. The Smurf grabs onto the edge of the fissure. His heavy armor was making the task of pulling himself back up difficult, but to complicate matters Ampisaurus' earthquake was making the situation even worse. Sweepy clings to the cliff for dear life and tries to pull himself up when Amphisaurus stomps on his hands causing Sweepy to scream out in pain.

"This is it! My moment of glory!" Amphisaurus shouts as he mashes his boot against Sweepy's hands.

Things weren't looking good for Sweepy as he struggled to stay clung to the cliff.

"Now sink into the earth and die!" Amphisaurus yelled.

Sweepy wasn't going to take this perilous situation on by himself. He grabs Amphisaurus by one foot and then bravely let's go of the edge of the cliff causing him to fall like a rock in his heavy armor. As they fell Sweepy clung to Amphisaurus and generated a massive amount of Smurf essence as Amphisaurus struggled to free himself.

"Ash Plume Chimney!" Sweepy shouts as he releases a huge stack of hot volcanic ash which engulfs both him and Amphisaurus.

Amphisaurus screams in agony as he is literally cooked to death by Sweepy's attack. Volcanic ash and smoke erupts from the fissure as Sweepy's greatest technique executes. Shortly after Amphisaurus's death Sweepy lands at the bottom of the fissure with a thud and then just lays there in indescribable pain. His Smokescreen Deathmatch fades away as he hits the ground giving the perfect view of the moon.

"Guys... I tried… I fought really hard for everyone. Until the very end." Sweepy says shakily.

His life flashes before his eyes, remembering all the good times and the bad. They fun and the tears they shared. He knew deep down in his soul that things could return to normal and that everything would be ok even if he'd never get to see it.

"Don't look back. Don't waste precious time looking for me. Just go Hefty… Go and be the leader Port Saint Smurf needs." Sweepy thinks as he looks up at the moon.

Then he was silent as his body succumbed to the pain at the bottom of the fissure.

Unaware of Sweepy's perilous state the others follow Smurfstorm down the dark Smurf made trail not knowing where it leads. Smurfstorm sprints down the trail far ahead of the others scouting her surroundings cautiously. It seemed to be an uneventful journey as the others followed her. Then they finally came across it, Bloodstone cavern just as Mars had said. It was a small cave that likely held all the bloodstones Port Saint Smurf would ever need. The group approaches the cave located in a clearing in the forest. It seemed unguarded.

"There it is." Jupiter said pointing.

"We can finally heal Hefty…" Smurfblossom said.

Zarus lands and bends down so they can remove Hefty from his back. By this point Hefty was beginning to regain consciousness, his body twitching and his face cringing as the pain of his wounds returned to the attention of his conscious mind.

"Hefty! Don't worry! We'll fix you up soon!" Falconer said.

Hefty just groans in response as his body is taken off Zarus. Jupiter and Smurfstorm each put one of Hefty's arms around their shoulder so they can carry him to the cave, but things were not about to be so easy for them. Out of the trees came Terry as she flew down towards the group at lightning speed. Before anyone could react she had already grabbed Smurfblossom and took off into the treetops.

"Stormy!" Smurfblossom shouts as she's grabbed.

Smurfstorm turns to see Terry holding Smurfblossom with her arms bind behind her back while standing on a tree branch.

"Nobody move a muscle!" Terry shouts as she fastens a noose around Smurfblossom's neck.

"Smurfblossom!" Smurfstorm shouts.

"Anybody moves and I'll hang her!" Terry threatens.

Smurfblossom struggles to move. She tries to generate her Smurf essence, but her aura shorts out just as it begins to flare.

"I can't use my Smurf essence!" Smurfblossom shouts.

"You'll never be able to use it while bound to these magic ropes!" Terry said.

Just then out of the darkness Raptor himself accompanied by the last of his forces step out into the clearing.

"This is checkmate Hefty Smurf… The bloodshed can end right here and now. Just give yourself up quietly and we'll let her go." Raptor says just before noticing the state Hefty is in.

"Damn it all…" Smurfstorm mutters.

"Forfeit Hefty Smurf into my custody immediately, or suffer the consequences." Raptor said.

"Bastard…" Falconer said.

Smurfstorm looks up at Smurfblossom, and then to Hefty who was just beginning to open his eyes. He looks back at her weakly. She absolutely hated seeing him this way.

"Just do it…" Hefty finally mutters.

"Not a chance in hell!" Smurfstorm shouts.

Smurfstorm begins to activate her own Smurf essence causing the leaves in the trees to rustle and sway.

"Smurfstorm! Don't do it!" Falconer shouts.

She had already made up her mind. She releases her signature technique: The Leaf Storm, Right towards Raptor to which the elderly Smurf responds by simply jumping over the razor sharp leaves sending them flying into the distance. Falconer drops Hefty in shock, but dared not move out of fear for Smurfblossom's life. Smurfstorm grabs hefty by his arms and drags him as she sprints into the cave. The two of them disappear within the darkness.

"Do it Terry!" Raptor commands.

Terry violently kicks Smurfblossom off the tree branch and she gags as the rope tightens around her neck while she struggles.

"It's ok Stormy… Thanks for showing me true strength and bravery… I'm no longer afraid to die." Smurfblossom thinks.