It took a while, given guards were constantly strolling the halls, waiting for Orchid's orders, but Second finally got Dark and Purple free and under Second's disguise, were able to get to the outside, where the remaining guards were.

Orchid had apparently sent two other guards to handle the two, but Second, under the guise of a guard, was able to get them under control.

Second tossed the two into a cage while Orchid waited for the guards with Navy's submersion tank and Night Shade.

"You two," She snapped at two nearby lackeys. "Go order Night Shade to return to base immediately for extraction."

"Yes, ma'am!"

Second stared at them as they ran inside. "Hurry up and kill him, King." He whispered to himself.

They just had to keep their cover for a little bit longer.

"Ma'am, he says the other stick figures have launched a surprise attack."

Well, there's the signal.

Second spawned a fireball in his hand and slammed it against the bars of the cage Purple and Dark were in, giving them the signal to start attacking.

Dark spawned his own fireball and combined it with Purple's energy blast and attacked Orchid while Second handled the guards.

"Nice try, Orchid! But this plan isn't going to work!" Dark said, hitting her with another fireball.

"Oh, yes it will!" Orchid yelled. "Even without Night Shade, I'll bring back my husband, no matter what it takes!"

"I'd love to see you try!" Purple snapped at her, throwing an energy ball at her.

Orchid tossed him into a wall. "Your powers can only do so much, kid." She said. "Remember, I gave you that power, and I can and will take it!"

"Well then, go right ahead! See, I'm open to an attack! Go ahead and take my power."

Dark recovered from the initial attack he'd been given and tried to stop her. "Purple, look out!"

Yet, it seemed that whatever Orchid threw at him, it seemed Purple always had a plan that got him out of that situation.

And this was nothing different. Purple quickly dodged Orchid's energy blast, deflecting it with his own, and ducked out of the way.

"After all I went through to get my powers, I'm not giving them up!"

"Like you can actually control them! All you have on your side is a bundle of kids and sheer luck! The hell can you do?!"

Dark thought back to when Chosen was helping Purple control his powers. When Purple had that vision, something happened with the objects. Chosen had been freaking out about what was happening.

But what was it?

"Purple seems to be under an intense amount of pressure from fear and stress. That's what's causing the object to…start….flying…"

Chosen stared as the small objects started lifting off of the ground. "Holy shit!"

King wasn't focused on that. "Purple, please! Wake up!"

"So that's why Chosen was freaking out…" Dark said to himself.

Purple had levitation abilities, and as they had already learned by now, Purple's powers were the strongest when he was pressured by intensely strong emotions.

Orchid was bringing out the emotions with her taunting.

Dark wasn't sure whether or not to be happy that Orchid was pissing her kid off or downright scared of what Purple could do.

But from the conversation that got them here, he was capable of murder if he really felt like it.

"You can't do anything! You just have to rely on everyone else to do all your dirty work!"

Dark could see Purple's hands clenching into tight fists, and could feel the anger radiating off of him.

"Shouldn't we do something?" Second whispered.

"No. Let him take care of her." Dark whispered back.

Second suddenly spotted something shimmering a few feet away, and jumped forward to grab it.

"What is it?" Dark asked.

"It's a shard of something…like a crown.." Second said.

"A crown? Why would they need a crown?"

"Well, they're planning world domination, so who's surprised?"

"True. But still, a crown?"

"And where's the rest of it?" Dark asked, clearly questioning what this meant.

"It doesn't matter. We've gotta stop Orchid for now."

"Right." Second spawned a small fireball in his hands and aimed for Orchid.

"Get her." Dark whispered, and they both launched fireballs at her, hitting her directly and breaking Purple's angered focus.

"Let's get outta here while we still can!" Second exclaimed. Orchid flew right in front of the door as they tried to get past her.

"I should've figured Night Shade would be useless in this extraction. Now I know there's more than two of you with powers."

Second shared a fearful look with the others. "Shit."

"You're not going anywhere." She sneered.

"Like we're gonna let you go through with your plan. All you know how to do is have other people do your dirty work so all you have to focus on is your stupid world domination plan!" Purple shot at her.

"Shut up, stupid brat! I am your mother and you do as I say!"

"No, I don't. You're not my mother, and you and Navy are farther than hell away from my family. So no, I do not listen to you. I'm not your toy, and I'm not your puppet. But, who cares? Not you guys. All you guys know how to do is ruin people's lives and not give a shit about the casualties it brings."

"You little shit. You dare talk back to me?!"

"What are you, my mother? Hah! In your dreams!" Purple shot another fireball at her, sending her down the stairs.

"Get to the boat!" Dark shouted. "She can't do any more damage now that her machine is broken! Get out of here!"

The trio quickly started making their way down the way made by the machine Purple had dropped down into the ocean hours earlier, and Second led the way to the boat.

"Quick! Before Orchid does any more damage with what power she has!"

Orchid got to them first. "Where do you think you're going?"

Shit.

Dark felt wood underneath him.

It wasn't comfortable, but an upgrade from the concrete floor in his cell.

"Dark! Dark, wake up!"

Chosen?

No, it couldn't be.

"C…Cho…?"

"Sadly, no. It's Sec and Purple. Wake up!"

Dark squinted his eyes open a little bit, and even though his vision was mostly blurry, he could see the gray spots coating Second's body.

"What the hell happened?"

"Don't worry, Orchid's powers have been downgraded so she's just taking color out. I think it's the colors that give her the abilities, and Night Shade has the ability to kill."

"But…how?"

"You and Purple have similar markings like I do, but basically, Orchid got to us first and attacked. She knocked you out and when me and Purple tried waking you up and escaping, she sent us flying with another energy blast."

"Is Purple okay?"

"Purple's fine."

"Good.."

"Yeah, we're alive, and currently a few miles west of the base. Orchid sent us flying, so we're a safe distance out of her reach."

"Thank Alan…are we going back?"

"I mean…we've got the shard…I told Purple about it, and the rest of the crown might be in a rock formation not too far from here."

"A what?"

"Orchid had one of these photos of a weird looking rock formation, so that might be where the rest of the crown is."

"Why the fuck would she need a crown?" Dark asked.

"Her world domination thing. She probably wants it to feel special and hot stuff because 'Oh I have a crown and you losers don't!'" Purple snapped.

"Yep. Sounds like Orchid." Second muttered.

"So now what? Are we gonna return back to the city empty-handed?"

"Well, we can't let her win!" Second proclaimed.

"So we head to the rock formation?" Dark asked, staring at Purple.

"Well…if that's where the crown is, then we've gotta get moving now, to at least have an attempt at beating Orchid to the crown."

"Right!"