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Chapter 436 Elsewhere Hotland 2

By: Major144

Disclaimer: I don't own anything. This is just a story for fun.

Gideon clung desperately to the Eliminator as it ran down a dark tunnel using some night vision sensors built into it's eyes to see where it was going. Chasing the robot and the boy were dozens of angry Mants. Gideon wondered if this was some kind of punishment he was getting from some higher power for working with Laser Wizard and the other villains. The Mants were closing the distance between them and their prey. The Eliminator realized it couldn't outrun the horde, so it turned around and fired some powerful laser blast at the onrushing monsters killing several of them and creating a large cloud of dust that spread through the tunnel. The robot took this opportunity to continue running forward, until he found a good sized alcove to the side to hide himself and Gideon in. The two as the horde of Mants raced by. More and more Mants went by, until there was nothing but silence.

"We need to leave, right now!" Hissed Gideon.

"It is best that we wait a little longer, before looking for an escape route." Said the Eliminator before he set Gideon on the ground.

Gideon was both nervous and angry about his predicament. He considered ditching the robot and using his gravity magic to escape and find the others, but there was no guarantee he would escape and even if he did succeed and find the others they might suspect he had magic powers and his connection to Laser Wizard would be expose! Gideon couldn't risk that, so for now it was best to just wait. The seconds ticked by turning into minutes and Gideon felt himself grow uneasy as he thought he heard fighting off in the distance. It was then Gideon noticed a tiny red glow emitting from a crack in a wall further down from him and told the Eliminator about it. The Eliminator went over to the wall and used it's strength to rip parts out of way to reveal a garnet colored Crystal Star! Gideon couldn't believe his luck. He found a magic item others were searching for. The rest of Gideon's group would praise him as a hero.

"Looks like it's my lucky day." Said Gideon grabbing the Crystal Star and putting it in his backpack.

Gideon and the Eliminator left the hiding spot and were fixing to try and find a way out, when suddenly some roots burst in from above, grabbed the two of them and wrapped them up. Gideon and the Eliminator struggled to break free, but couldn't. Some Mants carrying some torches arrived on the scene followed by Furi, who smiled up at her two captives.

"Well it looks like we have ourselves some intruders. A robot and a human! The Doctor will be pleased." Said Furi as she used her powers to make the roots lower the captives to the ground and then she had vines sprout out and wrap around them, so the roots could let them go.

The Mants surrounded Gideon and the Eliminator and had them march behind Furi as she lead the way down the tunnel.

In another part of the tunnels that was lite with torches, Hunter Wizard, Rock Wizard, and Ser Manuel were looking for their lost companions and fighting hordes of Mants. There seemed to be no end to the bug monsters and Ser Manuel figured out why that was.

"The Queen Womant is near." Said Ser Manuel.

"Queen Womant?" Asked Hunter Wizard.

"She is the one who produces the Mants. The Queen Womant lays eggs and they hatch into full grown Mants. We take her out, there will be no more Mants being produced and the Mants will lose their leader." Explained Ser Manuel.

"We would be killing an enemy as well as doing a great service to the Underground." Said Rock Wizard.

"Let's go kill this queen." Said Hunter Wizard.

The three of them fought through more hordes of Mants, until they reached a large chamber and laid eyes on the Queen Womant sitting on a makeshift throne. The Queen Womant was much bigger and fatter then her subjects. She had a pink exoskeleton, four tiny wings, two antenna, a small yellow crown, and a long fat yellow tail wrapped in around her body. The Queen Womant saw the heroes and let out a hiss and all the Mants in the chamber including some red flower enhanced Mants saw the trio and surged towards them.

"Takeout out the queen!" Shouted Ser Manuel.

The heroes fired projectile attacks at the Queen Womant, but several of the Mants got in front of her to form a wall that took the attacks instead, as other Mants charged forward. The trio was forced to focus more on the charges and little time on the Queen Womant and the Mant wall. One Mant after another went down fairly easily, though the red flower enhanced Mants took a bit more work to bring down. The battle went on for several minutes, before the heroes could finally put some more focus on the Queen Womant and the Mant wall that protected her.

Just when the heroes were starting to make progress, there was a rumbling from above and then a drill burst through the celling and landed in the chamber. It was a weird blue drilling machine with a platform on top with handlebars on top with yellow spikes. The machine was called Phoenix gamma and it was owned and piloted by Merco, who stood atop it with Serpentine.

"We heard that there was some kind of commotion down here and look what we found." Said Merco pulling out his lance and shield.

"We're going to have so much fun." Said Serpentine pulling out his gun.

The two of them jumped off Phoenix gamma and began to attack the heroes. The Queen Womant began to lay some eggs with her tail, which hatched into fully grown Mants that joined the battle.

Elsewhere Furi had lead Gideon, the Eliminator, and the Mant guards to the surface near the Doctor's oasis lair. Gideon felt his heart sink in dismay as he saw more Mants, along with Bandits guarding the area. Big Bandit was also on guard duty with Bolban and Tarus who was sitting on a large yellow tank called Sasquatch Beta. Furi waved to the guards as she lead the prisoners into the base. They headed to the Doctor's lab and found the Doctor standing next to a cage that contained Mom, with Li'l Miss Marshmallow by his side. Mom was unconscious and the Doctor had a syringe full of red liquid, which he injected into Mom's right arm. The Doctor observed Mom expecting to see some kind of change, but nothing happened, which made the Doctor scowl. He waved his hand at Mom trying to use the power of the Demon Crown to cause a transformation, but still nothing happened.

"Going to need a more concentrated dose of red flowers or maybe a better test subject." Muttered the Doctor.

"Hello sir, I brought you a robot and a human child." Said Furi.

The Doctor turned to face his guests and his face lite up at the sight of Gideon and he walked over to the child to study him. Gideon felt extremely uncomfortable as the Doctor grabbed him by the chin and twisted his head from right to left to study him.

"Oh yes. You will do very nicely. I got a few experiments I want to try on a young test subject." Said the Doctor.

"We got people looking for us! Once they find out where we are, they'll bust in and free! So you better let us go if you know what's good for you!" Said Gideon trying to sound braver then he actually was.

"I highly doubt your friends will find you and even if they did, they won't get by my defenses." Said the Doctor.

"What about a trade? I got something in my bag that's way more valuable then any old human test subject." Said Gideon.

The Doctor motioned for Furi to release Gideon from his binds and she did so. Gideon reached into his bag and pulled out the Crystal Star. The Doctor took the Crystal Star and studied it with interest.

"Oh very nice! A Crystal Star! I have heard of these and I know that Spirit and her forces are looking for them. This will really stick it to them." Said the Doctor putting the Crystal Star on a table.

"So will let us go?" Asked Gideon.

"Let me think. No. I still need a human test subject and I can use your robot friend for spare parts. Though I do promise to put you down quickly if you mutate into something horrible." Said the Doctor.

"Wait! What if I promise to bring you more humans to use as your test subjects. We were with several other humans before we got separated. If you let us go I promise to bring them back here to you to test on. We got a deal?" Said Gideon.

The Doctor thought for a moment then spoke.

"Deal. The two of you can go free to bring me the other humans, but I'm keeping the Crystal Star."

Gideon let out a sigh of relief as Furi freed the Eliminator and then she began to lead them out of the lab.

"You really don't plan to hand over the other humans to these people do you? It completely goes against my programming to protect the innocent!" Whispered the Eliminator to Gideon.

"Keep your voice down tin head! Look I had to give them a reason to get them to let us go and that was the best I could come up with. Now let's focus on getting out of this madhouse alive and will talk about this later. Ok." Whispered Gideon.

The former prisoners were lead towards the lair's exit. As they walked Gideon thought about what to do next and his moral options. He needed to find his way back to Snowdin and get back with the rest of the group. Gideon's deal with the Doctor gave him an opportunity to to get rid of some of the people that kept getting in his way of having a relationship with Mabel, mainly Dipper, Stan, and Ford. Also if he did this, Laser Wizard would be pleased that there were less people searching for Horror's Hand and less enemies to deal with. It was a winning plan, all Gideon had to do was find the other humans and lure them back to the lair. Gideon let out a little chuckle at his brilliance.

Back in the lab, Misery entered followed by Traitor Lord and Sol Crusher. The Doctor faced his new guests.

"To what do I owe this little visit from the Legion of Light?" Asked the Doctor.

Sol Crusher spoke.

"Our two organizations have been allies for some time and we share a common enemy. We believe it is time that we combine our forces and take the fight to Spirit and her forces and destroy them once and for all."

"Quit a bold move. Why do you want to do this now?" Asked the Doctor.

Traitor Lord spoke.

"Spirit and her sisters are becoming stronger and bolder lately. One of them tried to conquer Snowdin and nearly succeeded. It's only a matter of time before they come after us and the rest of the Underground."

The Doctor scratched his chin in thought, but before he could respond there was a loud whistling sound from outside followed by several loud explosions that shook the building. The Doctor raced out of the building followed by the others and saw that parts of the fort wall were utterly destroyed and a good percent of the plants were on fire. Off in the distance was Miss Mecca and her assault team.

"Your organizations have been a thorn in my sister long enough! Its time for you all to die!" Declared Miss Mecca as she fired more missiles from her bot's cannons.

Patchy also joined in by firing missiles from the silos on his back. The missiles flew through the air at the lair and it's occupants. Misery stepped forward and fired a few magical blasts at some missiles heading towards her the Doctor and the members of the Legion of Light and destroyed them. The other missiles slammed into other parts of the lair causing more chaos.

"I told you they would come after us!" Exclaimed Sol Crusher looking at the Doctor.

The Doctor just scowled at the attackers.

"Misery regroup our forces and launch a counterattack." Ordered the Doctor.

Misery bowed her head and telepoerted away to reorganize the forces.

"If the sisters want a war, then I'll give them a war." Said the Doctor.

"Will be happy to help you." Said Traitor Lord before he and Sol Crusher went to go gather their own troops to launch a counterattack.

Patchy, Mirage, Spinner, and the X-Nauts charged toward the lair, while Lunar on his Cerberus Alpha charged out of the lair with Bolban, Big Bandit, a troupe of Bandits, Mants, and bug warriors from the Legion of Light charged out to meet them. Tarus would have joined the charge, but he was busy flipping his tank off it's side. The tank had been flipped onto it's side by the first attack.

Inside the lair grounds Furi was putting out the fires, while the other minions focused on defense. In all of the chaos and confusion no one noticed Gideon and the Eliminator hiding behind a pillar. The two had been fixing to leave the lair, when the attack had happened forcing them to hide and seek shelter. Luckily for the two, Furi and the rest of the villains were focused on the attackers to pay any attention to them and this gave Gideon an idea.

"We go back into the lab, snatch the Crystal Star, and leave before anyone notices." Said Gideon.

With that said the two of them snuck to be lab, while everyone else around the area fought.

To be continued.