The third part is here, and fitting since the story involves Todd Ingram too ^^
Anyways, here we are at the finale of this part of the story. So how will it go down?
Let's find out. Feel free to commend and enjoy if you feel like it as usual
BATTLE OF JEALOUSY (Part 3)
At Stephen's place... (Hours later)
Scott and Stephen met up with Kim and the trio had their usual band practice. Since Envy couldn't find any other challenge for her ex and Todd to fight in, she called off the fight for now. Sex Bob-Omb was currently doing one of their songs (I Feel Fine (From the Anime)) in front of Ramona and Young Neil, though they were currently one member short. "Hang on, stop!" Stephen then said, and just like that, Scott and Kim stopped playing too. "Hey uh guys, be honest. Do we suck?" He asked Ramona, who was a little surprised, and Young Neil, who was busy (And Oblivious) playing his game console to notice. "Do you...?" He asked, oblivious to the question at hand.
"DO WE ACTUALLY SUCK?! WE DO!" Stephen screamed in horror, believing that Sex Bob-Omb had no chance of being good at Lee's Palace. "Woah, woah, easy dude. I thought you guys were pretty good." Ramona (Status: Reassuring the guys) then said reassuringly, even showing her support towards the band despite her own thoughts on them. "See? We don't suck. So shut the XXXX up and let's start over." Kim bluntly said to Stephen. The two prepared to play again, but then noticed Scott (Emotion: Distracted and agitated) staring off into space with a serious expression.
"Uh, Earth to Scott Pilgrim, we're playing now!" Kim called to her fellow bandmate in annoyance. But still, Scott stared off into space. In truth, he was more concerned about how Knives was treated by Envy and her drummer girl, and the fact that she didn't show up tonight made him more worried. "Scott...you ok?" Ramona then asked, tapping him and suddenly snapping him out of his trance. "Yeah, it's just...Knives isn't here. After the other night and all..." He then said, awkwardly yet with concern in his tone. "Yeah. Hey Neil, did you hear anything from Knives afterwards?" Stephen said, also showing his concern for Knives as he then asked Young Neil.
"Uh...not really." He replied awkwardly. As far as the group was concerned, Knives was possibly crying her eyes out at home and was to ashamed to show her face (Not-So Fun Fact: They're probably right...) to her friends, let alone anyone else. "Envy had no right to just let her drummer hit Knives like that, let alone blow her off completely! God, once I kill Todd, I might-!" Scott began, ranting about his ex and wanting to deal with both her and his girlfriend's third evil ex. Ramona couldn't blame him either, given how vicious Envy was towards her. After a moment though, Kim interrupted Scot's rant.
"Ok, out with it (And no more beating around the bush). What's the deal between you and Envy Adams, Scott?" She bluntly spoke, catching Scott off guard. "What? I already told you, we used to date then she-" He tried to say, not wanting to tell the whole story to his friends. But apparently fate (Or in this case the story) had other plans. "Scott. The whole story. Just tell them already..." Stephen spoke, cutting off Scott and insisting he tell the story. Scott tried to avoid the idea again, but given how everyone was now starring at him, he gave in and decided to tell the whole story.
"Ok, ok...just wanted to put it off. But if you guys wanna know..." He admitted while thinking back to the days when he dated Envy Adams (Before the dark times. Before the emp-I mean, The Clash at Demonhead).
Flashback: (Scott's College Days with Envy)
When I first met Envy in College, she wasn't always a XXXXX who cared about being famous and stuff. No, back then, she was warm and friendly, and pretty much a nerd too.
A younger Envy, or rather, Natalie Adams, turned away from her computer and greeted a younger Scott and Stephen Stills as they both entered her dorm...
She was Julie's Roommate, and even back then she didn't want me dating friends of hers.
...Until they were both met with Julie, who was always giving him XXXX, even back in college.
Seriously though, Envy, or better yet, Natalie, was a good person back then.
"Julie's full of crap. You're too clumsy to be a lady-killer." Envy said as she put her arm around Scott, even leaning into him too. "T-Thanks..." Scott responded gratefully, despite the awkwardness in his tone.
Heck, we even formed a band, Kid Chameleon, when she discovered her amazing voice.
Scott, Stephen and Natalie performed a big song for a younger Wallace and Stacey. And afterwards, Nat was so amazed by their performance, she began dating Scott.
But...that's when she began to change, and not for the better...
It wasn't that bad at first, but little by little...she began to get blinded by fame, leaving her old life behind
Selling her collectables for money...
Scott noticed Nat's collectables and stuff were gone and asked what happened, only to discover she'd sold them to make money to purchase boots and other stuff.
Changing her name...
While making out, Natalie briefly stopped to ask Scott something, all after he called her by her name. "Scott...can you...start calling me Envy?" She asked with a smirk.
Becoming more colder towards me...
Natalie began to act so XXXXXX towards Scott and his friends, like one night when she left while playing bomber man with them...
Caring only about success...
Bringing new members into Kid Chameleon, complicating things to the shock of Scott...
It was like she was a completely different person.
And taking up a bad habit of smoking, or at least, that's what Scott would claim, in fact, Scott wrote her a song and due to being blinded by her desires, she couldn't see the beauty of it. There was even one night while in bed with Scott that he thought she was cheating on him.
Man, it was so bad, that one time I called her out for this, and then told me to get a haircut, which I did.
When Scott pieced it all together at a party, as well as discovering Envy wanting to sign Kid Chameleon to a label, he called her out for all that, saying she was 'so obsessed' with fame that she didn't see what she was missing. Envy, however, just blew him off and ignored the fact.
Then the next thing I knew, she didn't want anything to do with me.
Scott had then gotten a haircut and showed it off to Envy at the New Year's Eve Party. But what was her reaction to that...? "Get out of my life, Scott!" She said, her words cutting deep into Scott's heart and leaving him a total wreck.
Scott looked away (Emotion: Shame...) after finishing, having gotten that off his chest but unable to feel any better because of it. "Yep. Sounds like a right XXXXX to me." Kim said, speaking up first while surprisingly concerning her anger towards Envy. "Yeah, I'll say. I mean, I'd wanna get known, but I would never do it like Envy does!" Stephen responded in agreement. Heck, it was one of the reasons he was nervous all the time, so he wouldn't let too much fame get to his head. "Nobody would if they knew the real her. And the fact that she's dating Todd makes it like so much worse than before!" Ramona complained, able to contain her anger, but desperately wanted to kick Envy's XXX.
"Well anyway, we'd better continue practice." Stephen then said, but before Kim could count them in, Scott stopped her at the last possible second. "Oh by the way, Kim, we've got another thing tonight at Lee's palace. We're supposed to meet The Clash after their next show." He explained to Kim, who merely smirked and turned away from the group. "Can't come. I'm busy. Got a hot date tonight." She said, almost pride-filled. Her words, however, surprised the rest of her bandmates, let alone Ramona and Young Neil. "Wait, you've got a hot date?" Scott then asked, the idea of which sounded...off. given Kim's personality.
"That kinda sounds too good to be true." Stephen added, arching his eyebrow to say he wasn't convinced about Kim's date at all. "Ok, did it ever occur to you two idiots that I might actually have a date?" She barked in self defence, taking both back a little. "Well, I'm not one to complain." Scott then responded after a momentary glance at Stephen. "I concur. You're one hell of a catch." Stephen then complemented...only for his fellow bandmate to not take it and become embarrassed instead. "Look, let's just play the setlist again. God, I'm surrounded by XXXXXXXs..." She growled, tightening her grip on both drumsticks.
"Ok, ok. Sorry..." Scott said, raising his hands up to say he didn't want to get into an argument. "Apology accepted. But seriously, let's do the setlist again." Kim responded, accepting Scott's apology before the trio began playing once again. In fact, Scott decided not to go meet the Clash afterwards, not wanting to do whatever game his ex wanted him to play, and Ramona supported him on that decision, given how she wanted to kill her. All the while, outside of Stephen Stills' place on the porch...Knives Chau (Age: 17 (Still). Emotion: So sad...) sat outside the house, letting her tears flow freely given all that had happened over the course of 48 hours and such.
She couldn't face her friends after being humiliated like that, in fact she was too ashamed to be in Sex Bob-Omb, even Tamara tried calling her, but she didn't pick up her phone. In just under 96 hours, she had felt like her entire world was burning down around her.
The Day After... (Sunday Noonish)
Wallace and Mobile were both tailing (Or spying. Call it what you want.) Envy Adams and her bandmates, who apparently stopped at a restaurant. Ever since yesterday, Wallace made it his mission to kill two birds with one stone. And by that, he meant finding a way to beat Todd to help Scott and taking down his XXXXX of an ex-girlfriend. "You sure about this, Wallace? From what I know of being a psychic, this'll be a very bad idea." Mobile (Wallace's Friend he mentioned to Scott in the last chapter) said, worried about Wallace's plan failing horribly.
"I promised to help Scotty defeat that meathead and his ex, and that's what I'm doing, Mobile." Wallace said as he watched through his binoculars. He saw the three members of The Clash at Demonhead (Status: They just had their lunch) having finished their afternoon meal. "Well, that was certainly delicious. You did order desert for us, right babe?" Envy said after wiping her mouth. "Yeah, just a little gelato. Nothing else, babe." Todd responded while leaning back on his own chair. "Fruit ice, right? Well, sounds good...but I'll pass. I'll be right back." Envy said, rolling her eyes playfully before kissing Todd and walking to the bathroom.
When she had gone, Lynette (Emotion: Love for Todd. And even wanting him again.) turned towards Todd with an arched eyebrow. "Does Envy know what gelato is?" She asked Todd, who looked away slightly. "Uh, no...not really." He responded, showing that he didn't even care right now, and not to mention trying to avoid making out with Lynette again. "I take it it's got milk in it, right?" She then asked, already assuming the truth of what the desert had in it. "And eggs too." Todd added. All the while, Wallace was stunned to discover that fact about Envy's boyfriend, as was Mobile.
"You're seriously a credit to the Vegans, Todd." Lynette said sarcastically, her tone not going unnoticed by Todd, who immediately sat up in annoyance. "I'm a rockstar. I do what I want. I mean, come on...it's just once in a while just to live a little, and who's gonna know anyway?" He ranted a little. Wallace snickered at this discovery, finally seeing the flaw (Fun Fact: A fatal flaw at that) in Ramona's third evil boyfriend himself. "Well well well, guess Envy's cocky pretty boyfriend isn't as good as she thinks after all." He said, even deciding to record a few things from him as well. "I'll say." Mobile responded as he rolled his eyes.
"Todd, you're so incorrigible." Lynette then said as she leaned in closer to Todd seductively. "I don't even know the meaning of that word (He really doesn't)." Todd, mesmerized by Lynette like an idiot, responded. And before he knew it, the meathead was already cheating on his ex again. The way Lynette just charmed Todd into kissing her sparked a brilliant idea in Wallace's head. "What are you thinking, Wallace?" Mobile asked after noticing his friend's grin and at least attempting to psychically see what he was thinking. "If I can seduce that guy like that drummer chick, maybe Scott would have more of a chance against him. And I might even destroy Envy on the inside when she finds out." Wallace explained to Mobile before he could even finish reading his mind.
Mobile tried to talk Wallace out of his scheme, but it seemed that Wallace's mind was set on going through with the plan.
Around 2pm (At Scott's and Wallace's place)
Ramona had met up with Scott since Wallace was out doing...something, from what Scott could tell. So the two had some time to kill with each other. During that time, Scott could help but stare at Ramona's hair colour (Still dark purple and bright pink like mentioned before), even thinking about the fact that she always dyed it every three weeks. "So...your hair. Do you have a natural hair colour or was it always colourful?" Scott asked, a little curious about his girlfriend's hair. "Well, it could be now. I can't even remember my first hair colour." Ramona admitted.
She's continuously dyed it for so many years she'd forgotten what hair colour she originally had due to...well, everything in her past she'd gone through. "Maybe it's only a phase and you'll grow out of it." Scott then spoke. It wasn't really something he'd say to Ramona, but he only suggested the scenario. "We'll see...wait, are you upset about my hair?" Ramona then said before becoming concerned after noticing Scott's agitated expression, and not to mention the way he rubbed his own hair. "No. I've just been needing one for weeks, sure I could go to like half a dozen hairdressers on St. Clair, but I'm worried they'd mess it up." He admitted, showing his concerns and even his (Slightly) panicked expression.
"Well, do you want me to cut your hair? I mean, I've got scissors in my bag, if you're interested?" Ramona then offered. At first Scott thought she was kidding, but after a moment, he realised that she wasn't, even thinking the fact that she could do a good job on it. "You'd do that? Oh my god! Well, ok then. I'll give it a shot." Scott said, accepting the offer while stars twinkled in his eyes with excitement. A lot of time passed, and Ramona had just about to finish up on Scott's hair. "So did Envy ev-I mean, Natalie...wait, why'd she go with that name again?" Ramona then asked, annoyed with the way Envy chose that nickname over her original one.
"She stopped liking her real name, just like she stopped liking me. All she cares for now is Todd and fame." Scott pointed out sadly. "Remind me to kick her XXX for what she did to Knives when we see her again... " Ramona said, gritting her teeth slightly and wanting to destroy Envy now more than ever. "Noted." Scott responded, and really, he wasn't going to let Envy get away with that stuff either; breaking his heart, hurting Knives, and in league with Ramona's third boyfriend. Wallace had just walked in moments after Scott had gotten his haircut. "Guess who's back!" He exclaimed with amazement, only to notice Scott's and Ramona's annoyed expressions.
"What'd I miss?" Unfortunately, Wallace never got an answer from the two.
At Stephen Stills' place (5:30pm)
Scott had arrived at Stephen Still's place where Stephen, Kim and Young Neil were waiting for both him and Ramona. "Guess who's got himself a haircut and is totally ready for the show!" Scott said, a confident tone in his voice as he made a dramatic entrance, though one that didn't even spark the interest (Let alone the excitement) of his fellow bandmates in the slightest. "Lemme guess, you?" Kim asked with a deadpanned expression, and Stephen didn't even bother to respond. In the kitchen, Scott spoke to his fellow bandmates about his plan to take on his ex's band at full force by playing.
"So we're actually gonna do this despite everything?" Stephen asked, feeling like dying on the inside. "Yeah! C'mon, Stephen. I'll be fun. This is our moment to shine, dude. And our moment to kick Envy's and that meathead's XXXXX!" Scott said with a firm not, showing how blindly confident he was, though Ramona nodded to show she supported his plan. "A moment that'll live in horrible infamy." Kim bluntly responded, though she was fairly alright with going along with the plan. "Then it's settled." Scott responded, showing he was a born leader, except he wasn't even close.
"Yeah, what the hell. I mean, it's not like I even have a reputation (Fun Fact: She doesn't care what people think about her) to uphold or anything." Kim sighed, seconds before Stephen banged his head on the table. "Ugh! We totally suck..." He said to himself before continuing to bang his head on the table, wishing this was all a dream. "Stop worrying, dude. Remember what I said at the Rockit?" Scott then said reassuringly whilst patting Stephen on the head gently. "Yeah...you said there's only one way to know if we suck and that's by playing." He then brought up, remembering the same words Scott had said to the whole band before they fought that one guy at the Rockit.
"Exactly. We just have to have a little faith. Besides, we're better, our songs rock, and we're going to survive this infinite sadness and take down The Clash. It won't be like before with Kid Chameleon." Scott said, giving a buttload of confidence to the group. Sure, Kim wasn't phased by said confidence, but still...it seemed to work. "Your ex's old band?" Ramona then asked, figuring that the band was pretty much gone when Envy lost her niceness. "Pretty much..." Stephen responded. "Speaking of our band, has anyone seen Knives by chance?" Kim then asked the group. And then the mood suddenly turned slightly sour.
"Still nothing...I tried calling her, but she didn't pick up." Stephen responded as he shook his head. He had been worried about Knives' wellbeing (Along with Scott) for so many hours he could hardly focus and think about if they rocked or sucked. "It's a very good reason why I wanna take down the clash." Scott then pointed out on a more serious note. "Yeah. She's our friend and a member of the band, soon-to-be really, but still, I can't just let her be upset like that." Kim added firmly, even cracking her knuckles to show she meant business. "Well whatever the case, we're with you buddy." Stephen then said, straightening his face out firmly to show he was with Scott.
"Yeah. The sooner we rub our victory in that XXXXX's face, the better for all of us." Kim said with a smirk, and even nodded towards Ramona too. "And the better for Knives especially." The latter added, heck, after all that high schooler had done for her, she was willing to return the favour. "How many ex-boyfriends are their left after that meathead?" Young Neil then asked, interrupting the moment with a pretty annoying question. "Exes." Ramona grumbled before rolling her eyes. Heck, seconds later, he got a slap on the back of the bead by Kim. "Neil, this really isn't the time to be thinking about that." She said, doing her best to keep her tone in check.
At the same time...
In Gideon's Lair
Nobody was present, except for the latter's butler (Status: Dusting a little bit), who was cleaning up a little bit of the room. Gideon was away to attend 'business', so nobody was left to watch Scott, Ramona or their friends. The butler was just finishing up with cleaning the last bit of dust in the lair until he heard a sudden whoosh going by him, startling him slightly. "Hello? Is anybody there?" He asked out for anybody if they were here...but nobody was. Looking around, the butler saw that nobody was present. "Hmm...it must've been the wind." He concluded before exiting the lair.
The second he left however, a shadowy figure DID in fact appear and zip towards a secret room to the left of Gideon's chair. Once inside, the figure looked around a little until he found what he was looking for; a secret plan made by Gideon, a set of blueprints of a technological marvel dating back 10 years and an wall of obsession, involving mostly Ramona from the looks of it, even showing all the places she'd been. "Hmph...this certainly makes a big change in things. My my, you have been busy, haven't you, G-man?" He muttered to himself before leaving the lair entirely.
That night...
At Lee's Palace
Scott and the group had arrived at Lee's Palace somewhat earlier than they intended too, which gave them time to prep for their band. However, Stephen had become so overwhelmed by the events he began puking endlessly in one of the toilets (Not-So Fun Fact: He's not letting up anytime soon). Of course, Scott helped him out as best as he could before leaving to find Ramona. "Hey Scott!" Stacey (Scott's little sister) called out to her little brother, causing him to turn and see her, Michael Comeau and, unfortunately, an annoyed Julie Powers. "Oh, hey guys..." Scott said, greeting his sister and Comeau.
"Sup, Scott." He said, greeting Scott while showing off his ring that seemed to creep him out. "This is the worst possible day of my life." Julie (Stephen's Girlfriend. Status: Bored out of her mind) muttered to herself in annoyance, even turning away from Scott within seconds. "You guys got here so early." Scott then pointed out, even looking at a watch on his wrist that he pretended was there. "Thought we'd get ahead on drinking with Wallace." Stacey then explained, showing a slight scowl on her face. "Hey...where is he?" Scott then asked, looking around to find Wallace.
"Long story. Anyways, did you know that I really hate Envy Adams? I mean, I'm so serious." Stacey then pointed out, and inside, Scott was so glad about that. "Huh, I didn't know about that." He said, keeping his inner feelings a secret. "Excuse me?! Envy Adams happens to be a personal close friend of mine, Stacey. You'd do well to-" Julie (Scott's Note: Of course she' do anything to be on Envy's good side...) began with annoyance, only to be cut off by Stacey. "Nobody cares what you think, Julie." She yelled, even unintentionally throwing a drink in Julie's face to her and Scott's shock.
"So anyway, are you gonna make her look bad and rock ultimate?" Stacey then asked her brother, wanting to see how well he'd fight to get back at Envy. "You better believe Sex Bob-Omb is gonna rock ultimate, little sister!" Scott said confidently with pride. "Please, I'll bet you guys sucked at the Rockit that night." Julie said with a snicker while drying herself off. "Whatever..." Scott then muttered before walking away. After a moment, he came across Ramona, who was currently talking to Sandra and Monique, but seemed to uncomfortable by the way they mentioned one of her evil exes who Envy seemed to mention to both of them.
"Hey, Ramona. We gotta go uh...do the thingy?" He said awkwardly, yet it was enough for Ramona (Emotion: Relieved that Scott is here for her) to leave the conversation. "Yeah, I was just coming to find you anyway, Scott." Ramona then answered back, sounding relieved. "See you later, Rammy." Sandra said as both Ramona and Scott walked away from both girls. "Thanks so much for the save, Scott. Man, half the town is XXXXXXX apparently." Ramona then said, sighing in relief as they walked over to the bar. "Yeah...that sounds about right." Scott replied as he rolled his eyes, just as they both reached the counter.
"What'll it be then?" The bartender asked in a sort of annoyed tone. "Uh, two gin & tonics. Doubles." Scott requested, his words surprising even Ramona before said expression turned to a smirk of amazement. "Woah, daddy! You said you didn't drink." She said playfully, even nudging her boyfriend's arm a little in the process. "Well, I figured I might as well for the occasion (Scott's Note: Provided I survive the night...). Uh, you can keep the chance." Scott admitted sheepishly as he gave the cash to the bartender. "Gee...thanks so much." She responded to Scott sarcastically. while handing him the drinks.
"Well, apparently there's a lot of you I've yet to know about (And couldn't be more right either)." Ramona admitted as Scott politely handed her drink to her. Though it wasn't long before finished his gin in one go, and no less before Kim appeared with Hollie and Joseph (Kim's Co-worker and her friend) too. "Yo, Scott." She said with a smirk. "Hollie? Joseph? You guys came to see those XXXXXXXs twice?!" Scott exclaimed in disbelief. "Actually, we came to see you guys, and your newest bandmate Knives." Hollie explained to Scott much to his own surprise and gratitude. "I came for Todd Ingram and Todd Ingram alone." Joseph then said in a slightly blunt manner.
"I used to date him, so just a heads up, he's not that good." Ramona then said to Joseph, encouraging him to avoid dating Todd. "I put them on our guestlist, you dork." Kim then explained to Scott while rolling her eyes. "Right, well...I'm gonna go check on Stephen Stills. I think I saw him go out the backdoor to the alleyway. He was throwing up earlier. Crazy isn't it?" Scott then said before leaving to find Stephen. "Not really." Kim responded, more annoyed at Stephen than Scott in this case. "So...did you really have a date last night?" Ramona then asked Kim, noticing she was alone in contrast to what she'd claimed yesterday.
"Not really. I was just at home in my room all night...scrapbooking. That and having a nice bath too." Kim explained, though part of her explanation sounded like it was a cry for help. "Oh, right..." Ramona responded. Of course, she couldn't blame Kim, but moments after there was a long moment of silence (Pretty much an awkward silence at best too). "So...Sex Bob-Omb. You joined it after high school?" She then asked Kim, who sighed a little but smirked.
"Yeah...I moved down here last year. And Scott, I mean after so many years since high school, was pretty much the same, but different somehow. I mean, I knew something happened to him, but I never thought it would have something to do with Envy Adams." Kim explained, admitting her surprise on Envy being the reason for Scott being himself nowadays, all to the anger of Ramona (Emotion: Near-explosive anger), who felt like she was about to explode. "God...that unbelievable XXXXX. I know I keep saying I'm gonna kick her XXX, but I'm really meaning it right now." She growled, though trying to keep it muffled slightly.
"Hey you guys...?" Stacey then said, butting into the conversation (Having found important information) to point something out to the group. "Stacey, nice to see you...again...?" Ramona began, only to stop short when she noticed everyone being silent, that and they were looking at something in shock. "Wait, what are you guys...looking at?" She asked, but there was no need for an answer after seeing the reason; Todd and Lynette making out (And apparently loving every moment of it), though Lynn immediately noticed the panties on Todd's head and took them off before anyone else could notice. "Man, that was so gross." Kim said, actually smirking at the sight.
"Classic Todd...always stupid enough to get seduced by another girl." Ramona groaned with embarrassment, really regretting dating her third ex even more than ever. After Lynette had left to get ready for the show, Wallace snuck from behind someone and put on his usual boy-crazy expression. "Hey, what's Wallace...up to...?" Ramona then asked in suspicion after noticing this. After a second, Stacey realise what was going down. "Oh god...he's not..." She said, even shocked that Wallace (Like usual around hot boys) would even go that far. "What?" Kim asked in confusion. "I think he's gonna seduce Todd." Upon hearing this from Stacey, Ramona and Kim gasped in shock.
It turned out that behind Lynette's and Envy's backs, Wallace had successfully seduced Todd without anyone else knowing. Mobile supported his friend's plan, but was worried the meathead would see right through his plan, though so far he didn't. Heck, Wallace figured he could try and get Todd to turn on Envy (Wallace's Note: I call it Operation Backstabber), but that easier said than done, especially in the span of 3 hours. Ramona would've gone over to talk to Wallace, but she was cut off within seconds by a loud voice. "WAKE UP, you pitiful mortals! Prepare to have your minds obliterated by...THE BOYS! And Crash!" A familiar yet loud voice boomed.
Turning towards the voice's direction, Ramona and Kim saw a trio of familiar faces; Crash and the Boys (Status: Back from the dead and with a new name apparently), now with a new name and new kinds of equipment, them being goggles and large gloves that produced the music they somehow played. "Oh god, seriously? Those guys again?" Ramona groaned, unable to believe those guys were back after the apparent demise of their dignity. "Looks like they're having a hostile takeover mixed with a failed attempted triumphant comeback." Kim smugly said, believing the band to be a complete joke. Everyone was so engrossed in the idiocy of their music, nobody noticed Wallace making out with Todd slightly.
Out in the alleyway
Scott was looking for Stephen out in the alleyway, though he also wanted to clear his head (From all the stuff going on over the past five days or so) more than anything at the moment. However, he failed to notice Envy leaning against the wall whilst smoking. "Hey, Scott." She said upon seeing her ex at the door, the latter of which immediately felt chills go up his spine. "E-Envy..." He said, jerking around in shock as she stared at him like she usually would. "You know...I had a pretty good idea." She then said, though sounding a lot more calmer than usual. "And what would that be?" Scott asked, suspicious at his ex's current motive.
"Maybe we could talk like normal people, just like old times." Envy then suggested, as she finished up with smoking. "Well how can I talk to you like a normal person? I mean, look at you!" Scott then said, even pointing out everything Envy had become to be famous, even her current outfit (Outfit consisting of: Solid gold arm thing, Expensively XXXXXX dress, Shiny stockings (not cheap) and $900 boots. Total Cost of outfit: $50,000,000) which she then noticed. "Oh yeah...my stylist went overboard today. He's actually waiting for me back in my room too." She said, even rolling her eyes at what her stylist put her through.
"Couldn't he just go easy on dressing you? I mean, does he think you're a doll he can dress up? No offense." Scott then boldly asked (And not actually wrong in saying that either), earning a somewhat glare from Envy, right around the time when Kim and Stephen then came out. "Scott, there you are. Kim and was looking all over for you and-oh my god!" Stephen began, only to freak out when he saw Envy's style and how hot she was. "Stephen..." She greeted with a simple smirk. "Oh no, she's hot..." Stephen muttered under his breath. "Why doesn't this surprise me?" Kim asked bluntly, her eyes attempting to pierce Envy's very soul.
"Yeah...I think Envy was on her way back to her room Stephen. So nothing to worry about." Scott then said reassuringly to his fellow bandmates much to Envy's sudden surprise (Scott's and Stephen's Note: Haven't seen that look on her since forever). "Wait, so you don't wanna talk like normal people?" She asked, even walking over to Scott and giving him a hurt stare. "After all this time...? Were we ever normal people? No...was I ever good enough for you...Natalie?" Scott then asked, judgementally with a glare yet calmly at the same time.
The mention of her old name took Envy completely by surprise after, even the way he did it surprised Kim and Stephen too. "Nobody's called me that since...forever." She admitted, having gone on for so long with fame on her mind that she'd forgotten what it meant to be a normal person. "Because the Natalie I knew is gone, and this façade of her is all that's left. Face it, Nat...we're done. Besides, you wanted me out of your life, and well...I'm out of it now." Scott finished up, finally over his ex (On a kind of bittersweet note), though not completely. For a good long moment, both he and Natalie stared into each other's souls, trying to best one another...and then Envy smirked.
"Heh...last time you'll get away with calling me that, Scott Pilgrim. Just expect me to kick your XXX with Todd when all this is over." She said, flicking her cigarette towards Scott, who didn't even flinch, before walking off, even to greet her fans too. "Remind me to piss you off, Scott." Stephen then awkwardly said. Scott felt brave in saying he and Envy were officially over, though he wasn't completely over her yet. The trio were about to head back inside to get ready for the band, but then noticed a shadow at the end of the alleyway. A familiar shape that they suddenly recognised with seconds.
"Knives." Scott said, relieved to see her before walking towards her, followed by Stephen and then Kim too. "Scott. Guys." She immediately said when her friends came close to her. "Where've you been? We were looking everywhere for you." Stephen asked, so relieved (Stephen Still's Note: And that's probably an understatement) that the gang had found her. "I've uh...had a weird couple of days..." Knives admitted, trying to hold in her own tears. "Yeah, you and me both..." Scott responded, well able to relate to his high school ex. "It's just...I-I'm not really happy, but I can't go back to be naïve and oblivious.
I'm fine with all the heartbreak and confusion." Knives said, not happy at all but not absolutely sad at the same time. Scott didn't know what to say, in case he hurt Knives even more than he would've done in the past. "Man, it was so bad...one minute you're looking up to someone popular, then the next, you get your hopes crushed." She continued, and the way she said it made Scott more mad at Envy. "Well it wasn't right, how Envy just treated you like crap the other day. You really looked up to her, even though I warned you about her, which I'll spare the I told you so part, and she-god, she had no right to do that!" Scott said, clenching his fists tightly at the thought of what happened.
"I mean, I was probably too fan-girly for her anyway and-" Knives began, even beginning to cry a little, and that's when Kim stepped in. "Knives! Don't you dare take any crap from that girl." She said before hugging Knives tightly (Being the friend that Knives needed at this moment) to her surprise. "Yeah, all she cares about is fame. She can't tell you what kind of person you should be or if you're not worth their time or not." Scott added firmly as he too hugged Knives.
"That's right. No matter if you suck or not, it doesn't matter what people like Envy think. You know what, you're better than she ever was. Ever since you saw us perform that first time before Ramona came along, you loved us so much, and when that one guy showed up, you helped Scott and Ramona defeat him. Come on, you think Envy's your idol? Well like I just said, you're better than she ever was times ten." Stephen said, his words getting through to Knives so hard that the latter broke down into tears and hugged her three bandmates so hard.
"I'm sorry...I just thought you guys saw me as a disappointment after what happened, even when you tried to stand up for me." She cried aloud. "You're no disappointment, Knives. We were all worried about you, especially Ramona too. Even when you were absent we were all worried about you." Scott explained to Knives as he released her from the hug, proving to her that Ramona really was concerned for her. "You were...?" She said as a glimpse her optimistic self came back. "Yep. You know Scott, Wallace had a point when he said she's too good for you." Kim said to Scott with a smirk, which somewhat made Knives slightly offended at that, but not too much.
"Oh crap. We gotta go get ready for our show." Stephen began as he and Scott got up to leave...but not before Scott looked back at Knives again. "If you want, you can still come watch us perform, Knives." He offered, and the way he said it was genuine enough for Knives to accept, especially the way he held out his hand to her. And just like that in 10 seconds flat, Knives gladly accepted Scott's offer, took his hand and was helped to her feet, all before the quartet began making their way back into Lee's Palace. "By the way, big guy. Feeling better?" Kim then asked Stephen, wondering how he was feeling after puking a lot (Scott's Note: At least he didn't do it forever).
"I've been better...anyways, we going in or what?" He asked, all with the band, plus their newest member, back together.
Back inside...
Sex Bob-Omb had walked back inside, went over to Ramona (Status: So relieved upon seeing Knives ok), who immediately hugged Knives in relief, and then, unfortunately, noticed The Boys and Crash. "Man...I can't believe those guys are back. They've changed, and they're using...nothing like instruments, but where the hell are they making that amazing noise?" Stephen asked, annoyed that their rival band had returned after so long. "Maybe magic?" Kim suggested, a little into the rhythm, yet not entirely. "Their music still sucks anyway." Knives then added with a sneer.
"Well who knows? Think they'll play an important role later?" Ramona asked, a little suspicious about the trio. "Implying it would involve a future beyond the next twenty minutes, highly likely." Scott then said, though shrugging a little. "Guys, it's almost time. We gotta go." Stephen then said, showing the time on his wristwatch to Kim and Scott. "Yeah, yeah...I hear you, big guy." Kim sighed in annoyance (But not much thankfully.) before she got up and began walking to the backstage with Scott and Stephen. "Wait, where are you guys going?" Ramona asked in surprise.
"We gotta get ready for the show. See you soon, Rammy." Scott then explained to his girlfriend while winking at her. Ramona and Knives looked at each other in confusion. After a moment, Ramona went back to the bar to get a drink, even offering to get Knives a soda there too. "Did you want something, miss?" The bartender asked. "Yeah, um. Another gin & tonic, I guess? Also, a soda for my friend please?" Ramona requested politely as she began taking out the right amount of cash for the drinks. "Coming right up." With that said, the bartender began making the drinks. Ramona was minding her own business until a voice spoke from beside her.
"Hey there, Miss Flowers." Envy (Already arrived in her new outfit) said, already in the outfit she'd perform with, almost ready to perform in fact. "Ugh...what do you want, Envy?" Ramona asked, rolling her eyes in annoyance. God, Envy was the last person she wanted to speak to right now. All she wanted was just to get herself and Knives a drink. "Just wanted to say...sorry for being a XXXXX all weekend." Envy then said apologetically, though her tone didn't convince Ramona in the slightest. "Oh really?" She asked in suspicion. "Yeah, really. I mean...you and me, Ramona, we're not that different." Envy then responded, her tone now sounding pretty more suspicious.
"In what way exactly?" Ramona asked, still weary of Envy's choice of words, let alone her tone. "We have the same taste in men for one, and for another we both love to live dangerously...and then there's Scott." Envy brought up while finishing her cocktail. "At least he's the opposite of that, right?" Ramona said while paying for her drink, before sipping on it slightly, and Knives' drink. "Not as much as you'd expect." Envy bluntly responded. "Speaking of which, I was gonna bring it up. When we were in New York last week, Todd was called and well...we played a show at the Chaos Theatre. I take it you're familiar with it?" The instant the word Chaos Theatre was brought up, Ramona's heart stopped in shock.
How could anyone, let alone Envy, know about the Chaos Theatre?! In that moment, Ramona (Emotion: Scared and shocked) could also swear that she felt a darkly familiar presence watching her from afar, smirking at her evilly. "Yeah, that's right. I heard what they were all saying about you, Ramona. A lady building up her own legend a bit." Envy continued, more bluntly than usual, almost to claim she was better than Ramona. "Of course here in Toronto they'd believe you, the big shot New Yorker with an unknown past. Figures she'd be Gideon's girl. She wouldn't be some XXXXX who figures-" The way Natalie continued just crossed so many lines for Ramona.
Then with a huge gulp (Like Scott not too long ago) to finish her drink, she immediately cut off Natalie before she could say anymore. "I have NO idea what you're talking about or who the hell you think you're talking to...but I am so close to kicking your XXX back to Montreal, Natalie!" She growled, fists clenched and even calling Envy by her real name. Envy was shocked and angered by this, and boy was she looking for a fight. "Why you unbelievable-" Envy began, only to be met with Ramona's fist, smacking into her and sending her flying into the wall to the shock of everyone.
"Believe it, XXXXX!" Ramona then said firmly, opening up her subspace bag and pulling out her Large Hammer (+2 Against Girls) to fight. "Pretty unfair of a fight, isn't it Ramona? Planning on making pasta salad out of my little head?" Envy then taunted with her usual personality. "Well then, I guess we'll just have to see!" Ramona growled as she got into a fighting stance, as did Envy too.
ENVY ADAMS
VS.
RAMONA FLOWERS!
FIGHT!
Ramona swung her hammer at Envy send her flying, only for the latter to block it with her incredibly durable boot, surprisingly durable enough to block the hammer's momentum too no less. "Dude, Envy's fighting some chick with a hammer!" One of the bystanders pointed out with amazement. "Woah! Sweet!" Another said, also in amazement too. Within seconds, a crowd had gathered around the two girls, most of which supported Envy and booed Ramona, or saying the two should make out. "You gotta be kidding me, they're rooting for you despite the fact that you're a XXXXX who only cares about fame?" Ramona exclaimed in annoyance.
"You're right about one thing, Rammy, sweetie, I'm famous." Envy pointed out smugly. "And hot too!" Some random guy from the crowd added with amazement. "Also, is that thing supposed to be a hammer?" Envy then asked after noticing Ramona's hammer. "So what? I like hammers. What's your excuse?" Ramona exclaimed, still holding her ground against her foe. "You suck! Hammers suck!" Yet another random guy yelled from the crowd, only to get knocked out when a soda can hit his head at high speeds. "You can do it, Rammy! Kick that XXXXX's XXX!" Stacey (Status: Supporting Ramona from the crowd) yelled, encouraging Ramona to keep fighting.
"Excuse me?!" Envy asked, getting distracted long enough for Ramona to slam her hammer into Envy and sent her flying to the wall, though the latter landed on the wall and landed on the ground with the intent to kill her. "You make me so sick, pretending to be sweet and kind and pure-heated, when in truth, I know what you're really after from everyone!" She yelled, charging forwards and fighting Ramona with everything she had, rage getting the better of her and all. "Envy's all looks! She's a pretty-boy!" Stacey then said with a snicker, causing Envy to turn towards Stacey in anger. "I'm not a XXXXXXX boy, you little XXXXX!" She yelled.
Ramona once again swung her hammer at Envy, knocking the latter off balance to her annoyance. "Heh. Wallace was right. She's easily distracted and has a little brain." Stacey said, glad to help out Ramona in her fight against Envy. "Oh that's right...keep hiding behind your precious little friends!" Envy spat at Ramona. "She's not hiding behind anyone, you XXXXX!" Knives yelled from behind Envy, all before she kicked her from behind in the back of her head and did a three-point landing (Knives' Note: Maximum Effort). "Knives..." Ramona said, amazed that Knives, in her ninja outfit once again, came to her aid, let alone had the courage to stand up to Envy after everything.
"You again...?! What, back for more pain like last time, and why the hell would I even care?" Envy asked, annoyed that the same Chinese girl she'd sent away came crawling back for more, or so she figured. "I don't care what you do, a-and your music isn't even good anyway (Also Knives' Note: Yes is is.). You're just a XXXXX who only cares about fame!" Knives exclaimed, calling out Envy for being so horrible to her friends and especially herself too, this in turn made a lot of people shocked. "Fine, guess I'll have to destroy you both!" Envy growled before leaping towards Knives, trying to kick her away, but only for Knives' scarf to grab Envy and chuck her towards the wall.
The two girls would've finished her off, but all of a sudden they were punched from under the floor by a bionic arm, blasted towards the ceiling before landing roughly on the ground again. "Haven't you learnt your lesson from last time, girl?" Lynette (Status: Prepared to fight both girls for her boss) asked rhetorically after retracting her bionic arm from the floor and cracking her knuckles. "I'm a...pretty slow...learner, you XXXXX..." Knives groaned, showing her defiance towards Lynette just as Envy came to pick up Ramona's hammer, which was so heavy.
"Wow, Ramona. I'm pretty impressed you can actually lift this damn hammer. Too bad your boyfriend isn't around to save you now." She said, holding the hammer and preparing to bring it down on the two girls. However, before Envy could even finish off Knives and Ramona, who were both bracing for impact, she, along with Lynette, caught a glimpse of Wallace and Todd (Still in the fake relationship. Todd's brain status: Low) together. Or rather, Wallace charming her own boyfriend in front of Envy's very eyes, almost close enough to- "HEY!" Lynette yelled angrily, shooting her bionic arm towards the two boys who barely managed to dodge but at the cost of Todd snapping out of his love trance for Wallace.
"E-Envy, Lynette, it's not what it looks like!" He yelped in panic, even stepping away from Wallace farther as well. Wallace, on the other hand, was pretty annoyed that his plan got interrupted by his buddy's ex, but he figured it was a long shot. "Wallace Wells, you arrogant gay XXXXXXX! You would dare try to steal my boyfriend from me!?" She growled, pointing Ramona's large hammer at Wallace. "Consider it revenge for what you put my buddy through back then, you horsey ol' pretty-boy!" Wallace said smugly, his words not only making Envy more angrier than before, but also bringing Todd back to his senses too.
"W-Wait...you were using me? To turn on my own girlfriend? B-But you said what we had was special, Wallace!" Todd exclaimed, unable to believe what he was hearing, especially hoping it wasn't true at all. A moment of silence passed for everyone to hear the answer. "It was just a fling, buddy. Besides, it was a good plan to trick you and, well...you were dumb enough to fall for all that." Wallace finally admitted smugly. Not even seconds later, Todd growled in anger, grabbing Wallace with his vegan powers and lifting him into the air. "Nobody puts me up to anything except me! And nobody makes an idiot out of me and gets away with it!" He yelled, losing his mind after hearing the betrayal.
All the while, Scott (Guy in a suit purchased at value village), Kim (Gothic Lolita) and Stephen (Man in black) finally appeared on stage, all dressed in black and ready to perform. "WE ARE SEX BOB-OMB, AND WE ARE HERE TO MAKE YOU THINK ABOUT DEATH AND GET SAD AND STUFF! ONE! TWO!-" Kim yelled, beginning to count the band in. Before she could even finish counting in Sex Bob-Omb however, Wallace was thrown to the end of the stage and slammed into it. "Wallace?!" Scott exclaimed in shock, jumping off the stage to his buddy's side. It was lucky that Wallace wasn't too hurt otherwise he'd have been down for the count.
"Heh...worth it..." He said with a chuckle, or at least until Todd dragged him back towards him. It was there that Scott gasped as he saw Todd trying to beat the life out of Wallace like a ragdoll and Envy trying to smash both Ramona and Knives with the hammer. He growled, tightening his grip on his bass before rushing towards his ex and her boyfriend. "S-Scott?! Where are you-?!" Stephen began, wondering where the hell Scott was going until Kim cut him off in an instant. "Save it, Stephen. He's gotta fight that meathead and his ex." She said, even gesturing towards their rival band.
Rushing towards Envy and Todd, with just believing in himself, Scott then leapt into the air, smacked Todd in the face with his own bass (Unintentional rhyme there), causing him to release Wallace from his vegan grip, before landing behind Envy and poking the back of her legs. The resulting stunt caused Envy's legs to tremble and even caused her to fall on the floor while blushing, surprising everyone, especially Ramona and Knives. "Thanks for the save, Scott. Um, nice suit also." Ramona said gratefully as Scott helped both her and Knives to their feet. "No problem. You girls alright?" Scott then asked while even helping Wallace to his feet too.
"Yeah, we are now...but how'd you do that?" Knives then asked Scott in surprise. "Well knowing Envy for this long, I found out she has a weak point on the back of her knees." Scott then explained sheepishly while looking at Envy, still feeling bliss while on the floor, all to the surprise of almost everyone in the building. "But how does that work...?" Ramona then asked, pretty confused about this herself. "Uh, you probably wouldn't wanna know even if I did try to tell you." Scott admitted, and knowing Ramona, she'd have probably stopped him before he finished. "In that case I won't ask." Ramona chuckled.
"Envy, oh my god! What has he done to you?!" Todd exclaimed as he rushed to help his girlfriend up. "I-I'm fine, Todd. Really...it's THEM you should go after!" Envy said gently before yelling bluntly and pointing towards Scott, Wallace, Ramona and Knives. "Well, guess the fight had to come sooner or later, and besides, it's safe to say we're officially done, Natalie!" Scott said firmly as he got into a fighting pose along with Ramona and Knives. "Rgh! You'll pay for this for the rest of your brief life, Pilgrim! And I'll send your little XXXX back to Gideon in a thousand pieces!" Envy growled, getting to her feet and preparing to fight her ex along with Todd and Lynette by her side.
"You're all going down, Vegan style!" Todd added as he began to glow and his hair flaring up with the power of Veganism flowing through him.
THE CLASH AT DEMONHEAD
VS.
SCOTT PILGRIM, RAMONA FLOWERS AND KNIVES CHAU
ROUND 3
"Hey!" Wallace (Status: Miraculously healed) then said, appearing in front of Todd much to the shock of Envy and Lynette, let alone, Scott, Ramona and Knives. "Fancy a little power boost, fair-trade blend with soy milk, for your vegan powers?" He continued, offering Todd a coffee innocently. All the whole, Scott and Ramona were confused (Baffled even), thinking whose side he was actually on. Seconds ago he'd nearly died to Todd and now he was offering the latter a coffee?! "Oh please, that is so pathetic, even for you, Wallace." Envy scoffed in annoyance.
"Dude, I could clearly see in your mind's eye. You just put half-and-half into one of those coffees in order to make me break Vegan-edge. I'm taking the one with soy." Todd said, unfazed by Wallace's lie before levitating the soy coffee over to his hand from Wallace's other hand. "Thanks queer-boy." He then said before sipping his coffee and throwing it away, oblivious to Wallace's smirk (The kind that shows he's got a plan). "Now then, let's get funky!" Todd said as he turned his attention towards Scott, Ramona and Knives.
FIGHT!
Seconds later, both groups rushed towards each other and fought, Knives against Lynette, Ramona against Envy and Scott against Todd. Knives went round two with Lynette, charging towards her, sais at hand. Lynette attempted to punch Knives in the face like before, but this time, Knives was ready and dodged the attack with ease. She even leapt onto the arm, ran across it and kicked Lynette in the face. It took a second or two, but Lynette quickly recovered from that hit and teleported behind Knives and tried to hit her with thousands of punches, which Knives managed to dodge until she ended up getting grabbed by the telescopic arm, which wrapped around her instantly.
"Good try, but you'll never-" Before Lynette could even finish, Envy was thrown, by Ramona, into her, causing the two girls to crash into one of the pillars, dropping Knives after that. "Good throw, Rammy." Knives then said, complementing Ramona for saving her like that. "I'll say. You were even better than me with dodging Lynette." The latter said until Envy pounced onto her, though Ramona managed to kick her off and into the wall just as quickly. As for Todd and Scott, the two decided to rock it out with their skills as bass players of their own bands.
BASS BATTLE ROUND
FIGHT!
Scott gave it his all in terms of his own skills as a bass player, but Todd proved he was much better at playing the bass (An incredible bass solo) than he was, the soundwaves of which, combined with the electricity and his vegan powers, were blowing Scott back slightly. Even when Scott tried to change the tune, Todd immediately proved he was better at playing the tune than his foe. "Heh...that's right, Pilgrim. Unlike you, I actually know how to play bass better." He said with a smirk of pride, all before blasting him backwards.
"Well if you're so good at playing bass, why zap Scott with your own psychic powers you meathead?!" Knives yelled much to the annoyance of Todd. "Pilgrim! Need a hand?" A voice asked Scott, causing him to look up and see his former rival band, The Boys and Crash (Status: Giving aid to Scott), standing in front of him and even helping him up too. "Crash? Wait, what are you guys doing?" He asked the band, even after they blamed them for the loss of their dignity. "Helping you even the odds a little." Joel added with pride. "How?" Scott asked, feeling somewhat confused by this whole thing.
"By turning his own music back on him with our manipulation of pure soundwaves." Crash then explained with a smug look on his face. "Please, you morons are nothing to me!" Todd yelled as he tried to use his powers on The Boys and Crash. However, the instant his blast got near the rival band, they instantly pulled up their version of a music shield, heck, they even absorbed the sound with the help of their gloves. "Steady boys. When I say now, we turn it back on him, and then the rest is up to you Pilgrim!" Crash yelled to Scott, who nodded firmly. A moment later, the band saw an opening and made an opening for Scott.
"NOW!" He yelled before Scott leapt towards Todd. And it really would've worked...but Todd merely smirked and used his powers to stop Scott in mid air. "No good! His bass power is too strong for us!" Joel exclaimed in panic, and after a moment, both Scott and his rival band were sent flying. Scott one again landed on the bottom of the stage, but The Boys and Crash landed on the wall behind Stephen and Kim, in fact, the reverb off Todd's bass caused people emotional pain. "H-Hey Stephen...been a while..." Crash yelled before he blacked out. "Uh...hey, Crash?" Stephen awkwardly greeted.
And while Kim slightly snickered at the way Trasha got owned by Todd, Ramona and Knives immediately rushed to Scott's side and helped him up. "Heh, I told you, your will is broken. Give it up, you XXXXXXXXX." Todd smugly said, though Scott's tenacity showed him he wasn't going down too easily (Given that he's a Vegan). "Todd, why the hell are you even fighting for me? We both called it quits after high school, remember?" Ramona asked as she clenched her fists as if to fight Todd too. "And besides, you're dating my ex right now." Scott even pointed out while glaring at his meat-headed foe.
"True. But I'd probably be doing Ramona a favour in case you decide to cheat on her. And I wanna see Envy perform at your funeral too." Todd said smugly, heck, even Lynette nodded in agreement too. "Yeah! You know what, you're one to talk meathead!" Kim yelled to Todd from the stage, causing him to turn towards her. "Wait, Envy performed at a funeral or something?" He asked in confusion. "No! I meant about the cheating part, you idiot!" Kim bluntly yelled, the word of which made Todd's eyes widen in shock. "It's true, we saw it earlier, you're so busted!" Stacey added from the side-lines to support her brother and his girlfriend.
"Huh? What are you talking about?" Envy asked, her anger dissipating into confusion within mere seconds. "Todd's cheating on you with your drummer girl (Lynette's Note: Oh XXXX!), you fame-hogging XXXXX!" Wallace pointed out, finally able to call out Envy in person with every nerve in his system. "He's right! He's a creep, you're a XXXXX, and you both deserve each other!" Ramona added with Scott and Knives nodding firmly. "W-What?! You're lying, Ramona! Envy, I-I would never do anything like that!" Todd exclaimed, his smugness becoming panic while trying to deny everything, even murmurs among the crowd began to form.
Envy, however, didn't seem to buy any word from her foes. "That's absolute bullXXXX! Todd loves me! He's loved me since the beginning of time! He's kind, sensitive, caring, thoughtful, talented, kind and pure hearted!" Envy yelled, not wanting to hear any more lies about her boyfriend.
Flashback: (Envy's and Todd's life)
We lived as next door neighbours in Montreal, our love was as pure as pure could be.
On a nice sunny day, Natalie and Todd met up like usual and, being kids, always played together, on the playground, down by the lake and even at each other's houses if it came to that.
Then one day…he moved away to a land of mountains and dairy cows, and I thought I'd never love again…
However, it wouldn't last, as Todd eventually moved away. Natalie fell into a deep depression spell, no longer her once innocent self, even taking up to smoking and making out with any boy she'd come across.
But after graduation, when I was at my lowest, Todd returned and punched a hole in the moon to show his love and affection for me.
But once her high school graduation day arrived, and Natalie felt even more depressed than before...but then Todd returned after so long, and lifted the curse from his friend's life for good, sharing a passionate kiss.
In fact, Todd even went as far as to punch a hole in the moon to show his love to Envy, who immediately loved this gesture.
And even when he left to learn the secrets of being a Vegan, we made a vow to be true and never waver.
Even after Todd prepared to leave for Vegan Academy, both he and Natalie always kept in touch with a simple promise. "Remember Todd, always be true..." "And never waver. I got it, babe." The two said to each other.
"And that's how I know Todd truly loves me, and that we'll always be together forever and ever! Unlike you and your XXXX, Pilgrim!" Envy finished, spitting her those last words venomously at Scott and his friends. Said words, however, immediately made everyone fall silent (A very serious silence too), especially since they knew how much Envy had knew. "Wow...you really don't know anything, do you, Nat?" Scott asked, unsurprised after recalling the story of how Ramona used to date Todd. "Don't know what...?" Envy asked, cocking an eyebrow in suspicion whilst oblivious to the fact that Todd was now shaking in panic.
"The whole thing with the moon. Envy, I honestly didn't want to say this, but I will. When we were in high school, Todd did the exact same for me, only he did it for me first." Ramona finally revealed, shocking everybody in Lee's Palace, and many of them even felt sorry for their idol too, all while the rest were shaming Todd. The shock building up inside her, though she didn't immediately show it, Envy thought really hard about the words she was told. "W-Wait...if that's...then is that the whole reason for-" She began, but couldn't bring herself to finish. "The two holes in the moon? Yeah, pretty much..." Ramona responded immediately.
A moment later, Envy's shock came to light, telling everybody that she had been betrayed. "And let's face the facts, Envy. Meathead could even do it again for your own drummer girl, Lynette." Wallace (Still planning...somthing.) then added with a snicker, outing Lynette's treachery to her shock. Angered by all this betrayal from her own band, Envy turned towards Todd and Lynette, furiously glaring at them like she wanted to murder both right here and now. "You! Under my nose this whole time?! Ohohoho, you are so going to die for that!" Hearing this from her boss, Lynette slowly backed away, all while Envy grabbed Ramona's hammer and threatened to use it.
"W-Wait, it's not what you think, Envy! I-I didn't want to do it, but Todd forced me!" She tried to plead with a ridiculous lie (But not one of her best lies), but it didn't stop Envy from swinging the hammer at her, though she luckily teleported out of it's path and behind Todd before she got hit or even lost her bionic arm. "He was MY boyfriend! And you dare had the nerve to take him from me!" Envy continued, ranting before slamming the hammer into Lynette, sending her flying into the wall on the opposite side, right before she glared at Todd.
"And you...we both made a vow! And you screwed up everything! God, you XXXXXXX!" She then ranted before trying to strike Todd. But given his vegan powers, Todd merely threw the hammer away from Envy's hands, unintentionally hitting a random guy in the crowd and turning him into $4.52 worth of change. "I won't fight you, Envy. Lynn seduced me on purpose, but she doesn't mean anything to me. Besides, you're my girl." He then said to his girlfriend, even holding her in his arms to try and comfort her. "Oh Todd…" Envy began, the tone of her voice making Todd think his words were working...yeah, he thought wrong.
"Let's BOTH be girls!" She finished, right before kicking her own boyfriend in the nuts with her knee (Todd: My only weakness! How did you know?!), causing him so much pain. "Oooh, man that's gotta hurt." Wallace said with a smirk, though he did wince a little bit. A moment later, Todd flew into a rage and grabbed Envy with his powers and threw her towards the stage, giving her a lot of pain, the action of which shocked almost everyone in the building. "That's right, I'm not afraid to hit a XXXXX! I'm a rockstar, you losers! Now who's next?!" Todd yelled at everyone, his anger becoming one with his vegan powers.
Scott and Knives wanted to take him on, but were both stopped by Wallace. "Not yet, wait for it." He said, much to the confusion of his friends, especially since they saw him watching his watch. "3, 2, 1..." He said before Ramona could even ask anything. And after he spoke, distant sirens were heard before one of the walls of Lee's Palace was knocked down by what looked to be a green two-seater police car, all of which made Todd scared and everyone else in Lee's Palace shocked. "Freeze, Vegan Police!" One of the guys, who leapt out of the car and looked like a hippie, yelled while holding his hand-like blaster at Todd, who immediately brushed his hair down in panic.
The two Vegan Police Officers (Names: The Vegan Police. Occupation: Elite Task Force of Veganism) then rushed towards Todd, cornering him and even holding him at handgun point. "Todd Ingram, you're under arrest for veganity violation!." The other officer said to Todd firmly, his eyes glaring at him deeply. "T-That's bullXXXX!" Todd exclaimed in denial, trying to worm his way out of this mess he'd made (Convincing Status: Nearly at 0). "You know the rules, Todd. No vegan diet, no vegan powers!" The first officer yelled, his anger scaring Todd more and more by the second.
"Bu-But you can't do this! I didn't even do anything! Heck, I'm a rockstar, you can't prove anything! And even if you could, would I get like three strikes or something?!" Todd frantically exclaimed, embarrassing himself more and more. "Wrong. We have it on record that at 12:27 this afternoon, you did knowingly consume a restricted food item." The officer's partner said after getting out a notebook that said exactly what Todd did. "Gelato, XXXXX." The first officer then said threateningly. "What...? T-That was Lynette! Not me!" Todd once again spoke in denial. "Wait...you mean to say Gelato isn't Vegan?" Envy then asked the officer in surprise.
"It contains milk and eggs, miss." The officer explained with a straight face. "We also have on record that you also partook a plate of chicken parmesan three days prior." His partner also added with a nod. "Wait, that isn't vegan?" Envy asked after a moment of thinking on the officer's words. The two vegan police officers then looked at each other, slightly confused. "Hang on, is it vegan?" The officer's partner then asked his buddy, feeling slightly confused in the case of not knowing the answer. "Given how the word chicken is in the name, I'd say not (Not-So Fun Fact: He's right)." The latter then admitted. The reveal of this made Envy pretty much more mad than before.
"You XXXXXXX liar!" She yelled at Todd, even hitting his arm really hard. "And last but not least, you recently drank a coffee with half and half in it." The officer then claimed to Todd. This question, however, made Todd confused, and annoyed if anything. "What? That coffee had soy milk in it. That's vegan!" He pointed out, and surely he'd be right. However...he wasn't prepared for what came next. "Actually meathead, I poured all the soy into this cup and thought really hard about pouring it into the cup you drank from." Wallace then admitted with a smirk, the reveal of which made Scott's eyes widen with realisation.
"Wait, you mean...?" He began, only for Wallace to turn back towards him with a smirk. "Yep, he just drank half-and-half, Scotty." The latter said proudly. Todd immediately went pale, realising that not only had Wallace attempted to use him to turn on Envy, but the fact that he had completely screwed him over big time (Lesson to be learned: Never mess with Wallace Wells). "Alright, hit him with the de-veganizing ray!" The officer said to his partner, who, like his buddy, got out his hand gun again. "Got it!" He said, aiming at Todd instantly.
"De-Veganizing ray?! I can easily dodge it." Todd exclaimed as he tried to jump out of the ray's path... (But he couldn't) the second he tried to though, the beam immediately hit him and caused him to fall to the floor. Todd gasped as he felt his hair flop down and his power...diminished, feeling so powerless and weak like everyone else as he'd think it. "NNNOOOOOOOOOO!" He screamed in defeat, unable to believe his luck from the past three days, and it was about to get a whole lot worse when Scott appeared in front of him.
"Hey Todd. You once were a vegone, but now...you're about to be gone." Scott said firmly as he cracked his knuckles. "Vegone?" Todd then asked in confusion. But never got one when Scott tried to headbutt him...only for Ramona to stop him. "Scott, wait. Let me handle this." She said before glaring at Todd. "Ramona...babe, why did you and Pilgrim, let alone your band of losers, have to ruin everything for me? My powers, my band and even my reputation?" Todd asked in defeat, even having tears form in his eyes. "You deserve it after everything, Todd. You're lucky nobody's killing you tonight, you brainless meathead." Ramona harshly said to Todd, who was taken back by this.
"Hey, now that's uncall-" He tried to spit back, but was shut down by Ramona once again. "Let me finish! I never should have dated you in the first place. You know what, I wish I was still dating Lucas instead of you! So do everyone the favour and get the hell outta here!" She yelled loudly. Heck, Ramona even pointing towards the exit showed she meant business. Todd (Status: Absolutely humiliated and dejected) was about to leave, only for Scott to briefly stop him. "Oh, and one more thing..." He said...right before kicking Todd in the nuts, giving him more pain than he was already in.
"That's also what you get for splitting up Lucas and Ramona!" The way Scott yelled told Todd that he wasn't kidding around, along with the fact that Lucas had probably put him up to that scheme. "Get the XXXX outta my way!" Todd finally screamed before running past the crowd of people, sobbing as he exited the building. After that moment, Scott finally let out a sigh of relief, though he couldn't help but feel a bit bad. "Think that was a bit too much?" Scott then asked Ramona sheepishly. "Not really." Ramona reassured, and being honest, she felt Todd deserved every ounce of that kick in the gut and balls.
"Anyways, is everyone alright?" Scott then asked his friends (As well as showing his concern), and many they were alright despite being on the side-lines, though there was the exception of The Boys and Crash. "Well, nobody got hurt aside from you guys, so...we're pretty much ok." Kim pointed out with a shrug. "What about you, Envy?" Scott then asked his ex. He felt she didn't deserve to be concerned about, but Scott didn't want to seem too heartless. "A-Am I? Dude, you guys just got my best friend's powers stripped from him and then kicked him in the nuts." Envy then said, hurt that her ex had taken almost everything away from her.
"Well he cheated on you and nearly killed you. Right?" Knives then pointed out in annoyed. "I guess..." Envy replied, though her tone told everyone she didn't want to admit her defeat. But just as the Vegan Police had just left and everything to go back to normal, Scott and Ramona heard a growl from behind, causing them to turn and see a very enraged Lynette Guycott, wanting to destroy the pair for ruining everything. "You XXXXXXXs! I'm gonna destroy you all!" She screamed, charging towards her enemies, causing Scott to throw himself in front of Ramona to protect her.
But thankfully, before Lynette could hit them, she was suddenly sliced in three before exploding into a lot of coins. Everyone then looked to see Knives (Epic Takedown bonus!), standing in front of her friends, both sais at hand as she defeated the girl who hurt her.
KO!
"Now we're even." Knives said firmly as the coins spilt onto the floor, as well as Lynette's bionic arm falling to the floor as well.
Scott Pilgrim, Ramona Flowers and Knives Chau gained 3000 points each
Wallace Wells, Stacey Pilgrim and Kim Pine also gained 3000 points each for assisting Scott, Ramona and Knives
Kim then briefly walked over to the pile of coins and picked up the bionic arm. "Hey Rammy, fancy a bionic arm?" She asked with a bit of a smirk. "Well, I'll mount it on my bedroom wall if you paste that drummer girl's underwear in your scrapbook." Ramona said awkwardly. "Come on, I made that up. I don't even have one of those. The truth is I was working on this dress all weekend." Kim admitted, even chuckling to Ramona's relief. "Well that's good to know." She said. "Hey guys? What the heck is this thing? It looks weird." Scott called over to his friends, who turned to see him looking at himself, or rather, the head of himself.
"It's an extra life, buddy. You know, in case you...well." Wallace pointed out, even Stacey nodded to confirm. "Oh right." Scott responded before grabbing the extra life, which vanished in a cloud of smoke, though not before it left behind a 1-UP! seconds before that too disappeared. "Hey uh, guys? I think you guys better play, the band I mean." Knives then said, to both Kim and Scott. "She's kinda right, Scott. We did kinda destroy Envy's band and well, we're here, aren't we?" Kim then said before gesturing towards the huge crowd of people at Lee's Palace.
Scott was about to follow Kim, but he stopped when he remembered that Knives was also part of the band now as well. "Hey uh...do you wanna play in the band with us, Knives?" He asked his high school ex, who looked surprised at first. However, after a moment, she responded. "I-I would love to. But...where am I gonna find an instrument right now?" She asked, though a second later, her question was answered for her. Another present box appeared beside Knives, causing her to reach for it and opened it to see the contents, a dark blood-red keyboard (+5 Heart. +4 Talent. +6 Willpower) with bat wings on either side.
Knives looked at Scott, Stephen and Kim, who were smiling, even happy for their new bandmate too. "It's yours if you want it, Knives." Scott said sincerely, and before they knew it, Knives squealed with excitement and reached out for the keyboard.
KNIVES CHAU GAINED A NEW ITEM!
"WE ARE SEX BOB-OMB! ONE! TWO! THREE! FOUR!" Kim yelled at the top of her lungs while counting the whole band in to play.
[0:02] Sex Bob-Omb - I Feel Fine (Parts 1 and 2(More like extended version in this case))
~ Hey! Hey!
~ Hey! Hey!
~ Can't find my way around.
~ When the sun comes up, I'm down.
The way the quartet played to the whole crowd of people gave them (Especially Stephen himself) a new set of confidence, given how they were cheered on, not by their friends, but by everyone else as well.
~ Hey! Hey!
~ I feel fine
~ Hey! Hey!
~ I feel fine! (I don't feel good!)
~ Hey! Hey!
~ I feel fine
~ Hey! Hey!
~ Can't find my way around.
~ When the sun comes up, I'm down
Heck, Knives was having the best night of her entire precious life on the keyboards, and Scott was so happy for her, no denying anything, she was definitely the friend the whole band needed.
~ Hey! Hey!
~ I feel fine
~ Hey! Hey!
~ I feel fine! (I don't feel good!)
As they continued performing for everyone, the film documentary crew for Envy's band (Given that they couldn't film the Clash any longer) took the opportunity to talk to many people in the crowd, wanting to know their thoughts on Sex Bob-Omb and such. "Oh my god, those guys totally rock! I hope they have a CD soon! And that singer was so hot!" "Ew, seriously?" One girl and her friend responded, absolutely adoring Sex Bob-Omb to her heart's content despite her friend. "They might not be The Clash at Demonhead, but seriously, their music is brilliant." Monique admitted with a smirk, and Sandra even rapidly nodded in agreement.
"Did you like it?" "I'm starting to. Though I might need more time to think about it." A young couple admitted with approval. "Seriously, those guys are so amazing. And that bass player rocks big time." "You'd better believe it. I'm honestly dating one of the band members." "And he happens to be my little brother too." Wallace, Ramona and Stacey said, proud (And happy) of how far Sex Bob-Omb had come. "They definitely don't suck, and I admit the levels aren't that bad. Also, Todd Ingram is a XXXX and isn't that hot." Joseph admitted firmly, already over Todd.
"You know what? Just keep filming XXXXXXX, I don't give a XXXX! I hate this bar and I'm quitting on Monday!" The bartender yelled at the crew, even throwing up her hands in defeat. "Any thoughts on what might be the most humiliating night of your career, Miss Adams?" One of the film crew members asked Envy (Emotion: Envious...), who merely glanced at them before walking off. "Not really..." She said, her jealousy causing her to leave Lee's Palace.
"And what about you sir? Thoughts on everything tonight?" The member asked a man, or rather, Gideon (Leader of the Exes. Status: Disappointed at tonight's events.), who was sipping of a beer just before turning towards them in disappointment. "Also no comment." He said, his voice seeming to drown out the music for Scott (Note: Who's that guy...? Status: Surprised and concerned) and Knives, who both turned towards the guy, feeling something off about him as he left. heck, Ramona heard the voice and felt a chill run down her spine, recognising the voice anywhere.
The day after...
Scott and the gang were standing out in the rain, seeing Envy, who pretty much seemed like her normal self again (Well, not all there, but near enough) despite everything, off. "I'm heading home. I'm just gonna go, I mean, this weekend has been too much for me." She admitted to her ex, and the others too, who seemed somewhat sad. Sure, normally they'd be celebrating that they'd gotten their own back on Envy Adams, but really...none of them felt at all happy about this much. "Ok...and Nat...I'm sorry, about destroying your band, hurting you and stuff." Scott then said apologetically to his ex.
"I know. Me too, about Knives, hurting you guys...pretty much all of it." Envy said, also apologising for her actions over the weekend. "And you guys definitely didn't suck after all, Stephen." She also admitted, something which made Stephen overjoyed on the inside. "Hey, isn't that the sweater Scott used to wear?" Wallace then pointed out in surprise, even surprising Envy too. "Huh? Oh yeah...I guess I must've stolen it accidentally. You want it back, Scott?" Envy asked, even beginning to take of the sweater, only to be stopped by Scott.
"No, it's fine. You can hang onto it for a while." He said, somewhat making the moment awkward, though Envy couldn't help but crack a slight smile before heading into the taxi she ordered and asked to be taken to the airport. "See you guys soon..." She then said with one look back at the group. And with that, the taxi drove off, leaving Scott somewhat sad. "Well, that's that I guess..." He admitted aloud. "Lemme guess, you were expecting some kind of closure or a hug or something?" Stephen asked, slightly annoyed, but who could blame him.
"I would've settled for something like that, kind of." Scott responded, slightly depressed. "I would too...but I'm honestly fine now." Knives then said, a lot of her optimism coming back. "Well, good riddance to bad rubbish, I always say!" Wallace then bluntly said with a smirk as the sun began to come out. "Dude, can't Scott have this moment?" Ramona (Note: Dude, don't be disrespectful) asked Wallace with a slight chuckle. "Yeah, that was kind of uncalled for." Young Neil added. "It's ok, guys. I'm all good now." Scott said as the group joined both him and Knives, heck, even Ramona put her arm around her boyfriend and smiled.
"Lunch anyone?" Knives then asked, offering to get lunch for the gang, especially now that she was officially the newest member of Sex Bob-Omb. "I think we'd all love that Knives." Stephen said as he joined the seventeen-year old. "Look at that, Scotty. The world's starting to love you! Heck, the sun's coming out to play." Wallace said, adoring the sunny weather. "And to think, three ex-boyfriends down and four left and Ramona will officially be your girlfriend." Kim added with a smirk. "Four exes, yeah." Ramona responded, her warm smile giving Scott so much confidence.
"Well then, turning 24 this year and finishing this league off with my friends, piece of cake." Scott said as he felt so much accomplishment over the past several weeks. "Wait a minute, how did you know my age?" Ramona suddenly asked in surprise. "Huh? Oh, I was mentioning my age. Wait, your 24?" Scott admitted before realising that his girlfriend's age was 24 (Fun Fact: This was true in Volume 4, but earlier here in this case). "Here's to the future, you guys!" Wallace said as he watched Scott and Ramona chat about the subject.
All the while though...
Gideon watched from his lair at the group walking into town for lunch, and boy was he so displeased by what happened. "Three gone (First Matthew, then Lucas and now Todd...), yet four still remain. Smile with Ramona while you still can, Pilgrim..." He muttered to himself while contacting his interns to track down Envy Adams, and all after giving Todd the boot from the league. As he spoke, he pressed a button on his chair to bring up a huge polygon-like stasis pod to reveal a figure with a familiar shape, though his appearance was hidden from view.
"Your luck won't last forever." Gideon then said, smirking as not only did he have his remaining league members, but he also had a secret weapon against Scott, something he could destroy Scott's sanity with, something negatively awesome, something...that opened it's eyes to reveal red glitchy eyes as Gideon laughed.
There you have it, folks ^^
Three evil exes down (Two defeated and one redeemed), four to go.
So more chapters will come later on, but for now, stay tuned until then
Negaboss2000 out ^^