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"So, the Empress threatened to take your lives?" I looked at the leader of the Mooninites, then at his sidekick as they walked beside me, while we followed the Aqua Teens. I knew Allyson was behind me, but I didn't turn to look at her. Carl had decided to not come with us, afraid that we would get caught.

"That is correct," Ignignokt replied to me.

"I tried to tell her that she couldn't come here and take over our planet, because she had her own." Err came to a halt and pointed to his leader. "But he told me to shut it and to think before I speak! If he hadn't done that, we would still have our home!"

Ignignokt stopped and turned to Err. "What could you have done?" he demanded.

I paused to see what the little Mooninite would say, and Allyson halted beside me.

"I could have...I mean, I would have...you know...um..." Err kept trailing off as if he couldn't think of anything, and Ignignokt started walking away, saying as he went," That's what I thought."

I looked after the leader, before glancing at Err, who was staring at Ignignokt as he walked off. Then I turned to Allyson, shrugged, and continued to follow the other cartoons with my best friend right behind me. I looked over my shoulder to see that Err was running to catch up to us, slowing down when he got to his leader's side.

I walked a little faster, leaving Allyson to stay with the Mooninites while I went to go talk to Frylock, who was in the lead. The fries glanced at me, but he didn't say anything as he turned to look in front of him.

"How much farther?" I asked him.

"We just have to walk down this road, and then we will be able to see her–" He cut himself off as he went around a house, and I heard him let out a gasp.

I ran to catch up to him, aware that Allyson appeared by my side, but my eyes were glued on the graphic screen in front of me.

The other cartoons stopped as well. Shake's and Meatwad's eyes were huge, while the Mooninites just stared straight ahead of them.

The street in front of us was almost completely destroyed, every house in ruins, just like the Aqua Teen's home, and there were bodies of humans laying everywhere which made the air smell nasty. I lifted my hand and put it over my nose, unable to take the smell.

"What the hell happened here?" Allyson exclaimed as she, too, covered her nose, but nobody answered her.

Slowly, Frylock started floating down the road; he was lucky he didn't have legs, but the rest of us had to walk around the bodies. When I would inch my way around a corpse, another one would cross my path, so I had to hop over it, which made me step on another body that was right beside it.

I glanced around, noticing that Allyson was moving from one body to another, her eyes scanning each one carefully as if she thought she would recognize them. Shake and Meatwad tried to hurry after their roommate, but suddenly Shake tripped over a body and landed face first in a bloody pile of limbs.

Meatwad stopped beside him, pointing and laughing at him, but as soon as Shake got back up, the meatball ran away as if he knew his friend would hit for laughing at him. However Shake didn't seem to care about Meatwad as he started to walk around the bodies again.

Looking farther back, I saw that the Mooninites slowly moved around the human bodies sideways so they could easily slip through the space between each corpse. For a second I wish I was two-dimensional so I could get through this ocean of bodies with no problem.

Suddenly one of my recent dreams flashed at the back of my mind. I saw myself stepping around human bodies, like I was now, while at the end of this road was a castle with a very tall wall. I remembered feeling confused when I got to the castle in my dream, not knowing how to get over it but knowing I just had to. Then, in my dream, Meatwad appeared beside me. An idea popped in my head of how to get over the wall.

But as fast as it came, the dream-vision vanished, leaving me in the street with all the dead bodies. I started walking again, trying to not touch any corpse, until finally I stepped over one more and found myself in front of Frylock. We were on the other side of the street now.

We waited for the others, and once everyone was there, I smiled at Allyson who was by my side.

"That wasn't so bad," I remarked, trying to lighten the mood, but it wasn't Allyson who replied to me.

"At least you didn't fall on the bodies," Shake said, rolling his eyes and using his hands to get the blood off his face. Then he knocked the still wet liquid to the ground.

Trying to ignore the milkshake, I turned around, but I widened my eyes when I saw a castle in front of me with a tall wall surrounding it, just like in my dream. For a second I wondered how we were going to climb it when I remembered something.

"I know how to get over it," I told everyone as I ran over to the castle, coming to a halt in front of it.

A heartbeat later, Meatwad came up and stopped beside me. I glanced down at him. "Can you turn into a grappling hook?" I asked him.

He looked up at me and shrugged. "I'm not sure," the meatball replied. "I've only turned into one of these." He made himself turn into an igloo. "And this." He turned into a hot dog. "And this." He made himself into a hammer. "And this." He was about to turn into something else, but I stopped him before he could.

"No, I get it," I murmured. "I've seen you take the shape of a lot of stuff, although I've never seen you turn into a grappling hook."

Just then the others joined us. They all looked up at the very tall wall, and Shake asked," How are we going to get over that?"

Frylock started floating upwards, until he was at the top of the wall. He looked over the edge and called to the rest of us," There's nobody over here." He came back down, and I noticed Shake glaring at him.

"Yes, but we can't float like you can," the milkshake retorted, rolling his eyes; his voice was full of anger.

Frylock sighed and murmured," Of course. But how about I go on ahead to make sure nobody comes this way?" he added after a while. I stared at him, but before any of us could reply, the fries started floating upwards again, disappearing on the other side.

"But how are we supposed to get over the damn thing?" Err asked, sounding mad.

"Stay silent, Err," Ignignokt ordered as he walked closer to the wall.

I glanced at the little alien, but he had his back to me, staring at the street we just came from. I turned back to Ignignokt, who was feeling the wall with his arms. I was about to ask him what he was doing, when, all of a sudden, he touched one of the bricks and it went in. A heartbeat later, a secret door opened. I widened my eyes. How did he know that was there?

But instead of explaining how he knew about the secret door, Ignignokt just walked through it, calling to Err to follow him. The little Mooninite instantly ran after his leader.

I shared a confused glance with Allyson, before we followed the aliens with the other two Aqua Teens right behind us. Once all of us were on the other side of the wall, the door closed.

I suddenly noticed that the Mooninites were walking off, and I ran after them, leaving the others to follow me.

We were walking down a hallway, but I didn't see any robots or anyone. I wondered where everyone was. Surely the Empress would want her castle guarded? But it seemed so empty which made me uncomfortable.

And there was no sign of Frylock.

It wasn't long until we came to a door. I tried to open it, but it was locked.

Allyson walked over to me, reaching into her pocket. I saw that she held two bobby pins that she used to unlock doors around her house. But when she tried to get the door unlocked, the pins broke.

"What happened?" she gasped as she watched them far to the floor. "That almost never happens!"

"But it does happen sometimes?" There seemed to be a mocking tone in Ignignokt's voice.

Instead of saying anything to the alien, Allyson just glared at him.

"Okay then, do you know how to get through this door?" I asked Ignignokt.

The green alien remained silent for a few moments, before he answered. "No."

Allyson was still mad at the Mooninite leader for she retorted," Then you should shut your damn mouth."

I thought maybe he was gonna say something back, but suddenly Meatwad announced," I think I got a key."

We all turned to him, but nobody asked him why he would have a key, knowing that the meatball can be useful every once in a while.

Meatwad formed a hand and started going through his body. He pulled out a gun. "That's not it."

I bent over and picked up the gun, knowing it will come in handy at some point. He kept going through the stuff in his body and pulling out things, until there was a pile of junk. I picked up stuff I thought I might use later.

Then I saw the cartoon pull out a rope with a hook on it. I widened my eyes and took it from him. "You had a grappling hook the whole time?" I asked in a louder voice than I meant to. But I calmed myself when I saw the meatball starting to cry. "I'm sorry," I said a lot gentler. "I didn't mean to raise my voice."

Meatwad stopped crying and smiled up at me. "It's okay."

Shake rolled his eyes and bent down, putting his hand in Meatwad. He went through all the stuff inside him until he pulled out a key and handed it to me. I nodded my thanks to the milkshake and walked over to the door. I put it in the key-shaped hole and turned it. I was surprised when the door opened.

Confused, I noticed that there was a silver ball thing in the room. I slowly walked over to it, but Ignignokt ran to me, making me come to a halt.

"Don't touch that," the leader ordered.

I didn't feel like I had to obey him though, but I was curious to know why I couldn't touch it. I opened my mouth to speak when suddenly the ball broke in half, and some sort of pink gas filled the room.

At that moment the others came into the room. I tried to warn them, but I suddenly felt tired, and darkness was covering my vision.

Before I could do anything, I fell to the floor, my eyelids feeling heavy. Right when I was about to give into the sleepiness, I saw a human shape walk out of the pink smoke with some kind of mask on. Then I fell asleep.

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