In Amphibia, Marcy was floating in a healing pod. Why you ask? Because after she was stabbed in the back by her former friend, King Andria, he wanted her to be treated immediately and healed back to full heath. She was being monitored for the last several months and she was nearly back to full health but that would be more of a bad thing than a good thing if someone didn't cut in. Andrias watched her.
"Let me know when she's ready." Andrias said to a robot, "The Core is getting impatient."
"Yes, King Andrias." The robot said with a nod.
Andrias left after this, glancing back to Marcy for a moment before continuing on his way.
'I am sorry, Marcy but it has to be this way.' He thought.
In another part of the castle, Lady Olivia was pacing.
"Come on, Olivia. You can't just sit back and do nothing anymore." She said before glancing to the side, seeing the landscape of Amphibia around the castle barren and dying. "Your family has protected this land for generation and you are just letting it happen because the king has secretly been a mad tyrant all along. You need to do SOMETHING."
She didn't know what to do though, that's the problem. Despite his mad tyrant turn, she was still loyal to the throne. To disobey that…it would go against everything her family stood for. It only got worse with each passing moment.
"Lady Olivia." Someone said, bring Olivia out of her thoughts.
The lady in waiting turned around to see the youngest general in Newtonia standing, General Yunan.
"General." Olivia said, "What can I do for you?"
"I saw that you seemed troubled. I thought I'd come and ask how you are doing." Yunan said.
"I'm fine." Olivia said but it was a lie.
"Things surely have changed." Yunan said.
"Not for the better but you didn't hear that from me." Olivia said.
"Sure." Yunan said, not believing her. "But in a new subject, have you heard of Marcy's condition?"
"Not much, just that she's being held deep in the castle."
"Have you looked for her?" Yunan asked.
"Only small amounts. She's most likely in the forbidden area."
"The place on the king enters?" Yunan asked.
"Yes. Why do you ask?" Olivia replied.
Yunan went and looked out the balcony.
"The King is paranoid, I've heard him talking to someone, but no one is in the room with him."
"I have noticed that as well." Olivia said.
'Who HASN'T noticed that?' She thought.
The two were nervous around him right now. They thought they could trust the man, that he had Amphibia's best interests at heart, but it was all a lie. And Marcy paid for it the most.
"…We need to get Marcy and leave." Yunan said out of the blue.
"Agreed."
Looking at each other and quickly getting on the same page, both newts nodded before turning to exit the balcony.
"So, how do we do this?" Yunan asked.
"We will wait for nightfall and sneak down to the forbidden area. From there, we will search for Marcy and get out of the city before the King gets wise." Olivia said softly.
It was the only option they had.
"What if we run into trouble?" Yunan asked but she knew the answer.
"…Then we deal with them. Robot or amphibian." Olivia said, accepting that they were about to commit treason.
If anything, Andrais did first, this was evening it out. A few hours later when nightfall came, Olivia and Yunan assembled in her bed chambers with the general holding a fencing saber in hand.
"I didn't know if you were battle capable but I brought you this." Yunan said, handing the saber to Olivia.
"Thank you." Olivia said, taking the sword out of the sheath and examining the blade.
It would do, even if she hoped she didn't need it.
"Let's go." Olivia said, climbing up the walls.
"I'll get the door." Yunan said, pushing the door open.
There was no turning back from this. The duo climbed on the ceiling, passing by guard patrols as they stealthily headed towards the lower sections of the castle.
"Are you sure this will work?"
"I can only hope."
They reached the staircase down to the forbidden area, with a single torch being the only source of light in front of the doorway with a pot full of grass across from it.
"Here's the doorway, how do we get in?" Yunan asked.
"I think I have an idea." Olivia said, drawing her saber and sticking it in the fire.
She heated up the blade. One the metal was nice and hot, Olivia removed it from the fire and moved to stab it into the hanging pot of grass.
"Wait for it." Olivia said as the grass slowly started smoking.
The grass started to burn. And she pulled her saber away, watching as the grass slowly began to set on fire.
"How does this open the-"
"Shhh."
The grass slowly lit ablaze, becoming a second torch and activating the door's secret mechanism to open it.
"There. Now let's hurry." Olivia said, crawling into the door.
Yunan followed. The door shut behind them as the duo continued to crawl in the ceiling.
"Why are we still crawling up here?" Yunan asked.
"Possible security measures on the floor." Olivia said, focusing ahead. "We can drop down once we get to Marcy. Now shush."
'Is she talking back to me? Sassy.' Yunan thought with a grin. 'I like it.'
The two continued to go to the forbidden section of the castle. Looking down, they saw things they never thought could be in Newtopia. Such as a highly advanced lab set up and strangely tiled walls and most importantly... Marcy.
"This is... creepy."
"I have to agree. But at least we know Marcy is alright." Olivia comments even though she frowns. "But why is she dressed in that armor?"
"That's something we can figure out later."
Both of them slowly moved to the ground, looking around for any robots around before Olivia looked over the nearby dashboard.
"Okay, let's see if I can find a way to get her out." Olivia said.
"Or I could just cut it open." Yunan said before popping out her blade and slicing off the top of the tube Marcy was in!
She pulled her out and put her on the ground. Olivia moved to Marcy's side and removed the air mask, letting Marcy breathe normal air for the first time in possible weeks.
"H-Huh?" She let out, slowly opening her eyes as she looked around.
Everything was blurry.
"Huh? What?" Marcy let out.
"Marcy? Marcy can you hear us?" Olivia asked.
"Come on, Eagle Guard. Show us your gumption." Yunan said, lightly slapping Marcy's cheek.
"Yunan, careful, she has hollow bones." Olivia said.
"I know. That's why I'm slapping her very lightly." Yunan said, still lightly slapping Marcy.
"Y-Yunan? Olivia?" Marcy mumbled, hearing their voices.
"Yes, it's us."
"We're going to get you out of here." Yunan said.
"Out of where?" Marcy asked as his vision cleared up, revealing the makeshift lab in the forbidden area, "W-w-where am I?"
"You're in a lab. Andrais brought you here after he stabbed you through the chest." Yunan said, slowly picking up Marcy.
"What? B-But how am I not dead?" Marcy asked, feeling her chest quickly.
She didn't feel anything, except the armor.
"The King saved you, for what reason we don't know but we're not staying to find out. We're leaving the city now." Olivia said.
Olivia helped Marcy up and they began to try and leave. That is until they tripped some sort of laser sensor and the door shut in front of them! They should've stayed the roof as they escaped.
"We're locked in here." Yunan said, "There has to be another way out."
"Then let's find it befor-"
"Um, guys?" Marcy asked, looking around them. "Is it just me or is fog rolling in?"
"Fog?" Olivia and Yunan asked before noticing the lab LITERALLY becoming foggy, "What is this!?"
"Get behind me!" Yunan said, getting in front of Marcy and Olivia to protect them.
The fog blinded the three of them. Before any one of them knew it, the room had changed around them and turned into the outer terrain of the city?
"Wha-How did we get out here?" Marcy asked.
"I'm unsure." Olivia said, "Marcy can you change into that bird form of yours and fly away? That may be the best chance of getting you out of here."
Marcy tried, but she was so weak and tired that the furthest she got was a couple feathers coming from her skin, before they retracted.
"I-I can't. I'm too weak from being…you know." Marcy said, remembering how she was "killed" by Andrias.
Suddenly, the fog came back. It swirled in front of them, making Yuyan prepare for anything until it vanished to reveal….
"Is that a grubhog?" Olivia asked.
Yunan jumping into Olivia's arms with a scream.
"GRUBHOG!" Yunan screamed in terror.
"…What is going on?" Marcy asked in surprise, looking at Yunan.
"You, one of the bravest, reckless and fearless generals in ALL of Amphibia; are scared of an innocent Grubhog?" Olivia asked, trying not to laugh.
"Yes! I know but I had a bad experience as a child! One of those little maggots nearly bit my arms off in school!" Yunan said as she pointed a shaky finger at the Grubhog.
"I think I've eaten things bigger than this." Marcy said.
Right as she said that, the grubhog grew and became more monster like.
"ROOOOOOOOAH!" It roared at them!
"AAAAAAAH!" They screamed in terror!
Before they could react, Yunan hopped to the floor before picked up Marcy and Olivia then running!
"We're getting out of here!" She yelled.
"How!?"
"I don't know! But it's better than being eaten!" Yunan shouted as she continued to run.
More fog rolled in. It made the trio stop as it swirled again, forming some random regal newt in a dress.
"Mother!" Olivia said in shock.
"Mother?" Yunan and Marcy said in surprise.
'Oh I think I know what's going on.' Marcy thought.
"Olivia, how could you let his happen? Look at what has become of our home!" She shouted, gesturing to the wasteland around the castle.
"I-It's not my fault! I tried to stop it but the king wouldn't listen!" Olivia said.
'So this fog makes us experience our fear?' Marcy thought.
"You failed, Olivia! You failed our family and our home!" Olivia's mother shouted before she grew larger, transforming into a giant monster!
"No!" Olivia said, trying her best to look away.
Yunan took off running again, still carrying Marcy and Olivia as the monster grubhog and monster mother chased them!
"Guys! I think I know what's going on" Marcy said to them.
The fog rolled in again, this time for Marcy. The hallways of her high school appeared around them, making Marcy curse under her breath as she could assume what her fear was. She turned and saw her friends. The scars they had were gone... in a way... instead of scars, they were fresh wounds, dripping with blood.
"Marcy... you did this to us." Anne said.
"We trusted you and you did this to us!" Sasha shouted, screaming as she gripped the place her arm used to be and made more blood come out.
'It's not real! It's not real! It's not real!' Marcy thought, looking awe from her "friends."
Marcy walked backwards and tripped over Sasha's severed arm.
'It's not real! It's not real!' Marcy thought, kicking the arm away.
"Marcy!" Olivia shouted, rushing to help her up.
"OLIVIA!" The monster mother shouted.
Marcy closed her eyes.
"MARCY!" Fake Anne and Sasha screamed, rushing at her.
"It's not real, it's not real, it's not real!"
Marcy shut her eyes and prepared for their "attack" but it never came as they just turned to mist upon contact. She felt her heart race. Her theory was right but that didn't mean it didn't scare her as much as it should've! It was terrifying, and it felt like her heart was going to break out of her chest!
"Ugh! Aaah!" Marcy screamed in pain feeling her heart beat getting faster!
'I-Is this a heart attack or a panic attack?!' Marcy thought, her fear only adding to this.
Her biggest fear right now was that it was both, she doesn't think she could handle that.
"MARCY!" Olivia and Yunan shouted in horror.
They both rushed to help her as their worst fears for in their way, but it they didn't compare to see the human they care about having a heart attack/panic attack.
"MOVE NOW!" Olivia and Yunan shouted, drawing their blades and slashing through their fears.
They rushed to her. Yunan got to her knees and pulled Marcy close as Olivia knelled next to them.
"Marcy! Marcy! It's alright, we're here!" Olivia said.
Marcy's breath was sporadic. So much so that she couldn't head properly, so all she could do was gaze up at them with her beady eyes.
"Marcy! Everything is going to be okay!" Yunan's muffled voice shouted.
Everything was spinning, blurry... but she could make out some giant black shadow like figure. Yunan and Olivia were grabbed by it and thrown to the side, and that's when everything went black. Marcy was quickly in a dream, where everything was fine.
"Huh? W-Where am I?" Marcy asked.
'Marcy.' A voice whispered.
"Huh? W-w-who's there?"
A bright door opened and she felt drawn to it.
'I am your friend, Marcy.' The voice said, drawing Marcy in as she walked towards the bright door.
She entered the door and found herself in a room full of puzzles.
"Woah, this place must be challenging my intellect!" Marcy said.
In real life, Yunan and Olivia were watching as the helmet that was placed on Marcy's head opened. Her body gave a sinister smile.
"Hello there."
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