Barb and Trollex quickly made their way through the air vents with Branch and Poppy as they searched for Willow and Floyd. Barb reluctantly agreed this was better than her idea of storming the Rage Dome with an army of Rock and Techno Trolls. This was mainly because they weren't there yet, and nobody was willing to wait long enough for them to get there. "They have to be around here somewhere," Branch muttered as they kept walking.
"There they are," Poppy said, looking down into one of the dressing rooms. The Trolls looked into the room; sure enough, the siblings they sought were there.
When Trollex's eyes fell upon the perfume bottle, a wave of relief and joy washed over him. It was the bottle that held his and Barb's girlfriend. A glimmer of hope sparked in his eyes. "Let's go," he said, his voice filled with anticipation. Barb nodded in agreement, her determination matching his.
The four rappelled to the vanity table and landed before the diamond bottle. Floyd held Willow while she tried to get some sleep. "Floyd, Willow," Branch called, reaching the bottle.
Floyd looked up and grinned. "Branch." He nudged Willow. "Hey, sis. Get up and see who's here."
Willow's eyes brightened at the sight of her brother, Branch. "Branch!" She exclaimed, standing quickly and leaning against the diamond wall for a better view. Floyd followed behind her to make sure she didn't fall. "I missed you!" she said, her voice filled with love and longing.
Floyd nodded behind her with a smile. "She's been telling me about the stuff you've gotten into. I can't believe how much I've missed." He looked at his little brother. "You've grown into a pretty great guy."
Branch smiled gratefully at his brother before turning to his little sister. "And that's not all." He gestured to the two royals behind him. "Come on over, guys."
Willow's smile softened when Barb and Trollex came into view, her eyes full of love at the sight of her partners. "Barracuda, Angel Fish. It's so good to see you two."
"Hey, Sweet Beat," Trollex rested his head against the diamond separating them. "We missed you so much."
"Don't worry," Barb assured. "We're here to get you two out of here."
"No!" Willow and Floyd shouted, their eyes wide with fear. "You have to get out of here!" Willow continued, her voice filled with desperation as she looked at her partners, the fear of their safety palpable in her voice.
"This is a trap," Floyd continued urgently. "Velvet and Veneer, they-they lured you all here. You have to leave before they come back. Hurry!" He pleaded, his voice filled with fear, his eyes wide with desperation.
"We're not leaving without you," Barb insisted, her voice filled with determination as she glared at her girlfriend, her eyes reflecting her unwavering commitment.
"You have to," Willow pleaded. "I can't bear the thought of you getting captured, too. Please get out of here."
"We're so close," Velvet said outside of the door. "I told you BroZone would show up. My letter worked. I'm a genius."
Barb growled, frustrated, before she used her hair to return to the vents with the other. Trollex wrapped an arm around her. "Don't worry, we're not giving up on getting her back."
Willow looked up at where they left and sighed. "At least they're safe now," she muttered, sitting back down with Floyd. Floyd nodded silently and held his little sister close.
"Are you sure you're sure about this?" Veneer asked as the siblings walked in with an armadillo bus in their arms. The armadillo bus started growling and fighting with the two of them. "Ow! It's biting me. Put it in the closet!"
Velvet rolled her eyes as the duo tossed the armadillo bus into the closet and shut it. She then picked up the diamond with Floyd and Willow and added it to her outfit. "Floyd!" The BroZone brothers called, relieved. "You're okay."
"Brothers," Floyd smiled at his brothers. Despite the situation they were all in, it was good to see his brothers again after being away from them for so long.
"It's so good to see you," John Dory smiled, relieved. "We would have been here sooner, but these guys wouldn't stop yelling at each other."
"Guys, please," Floyd begged as his brothers started fighting with John Dory about getting caught.
Willow sat up when she heard the brothers arguing. "What's going on? Why do I hear fighting?" She narrowed her eyes in confusion. "Bruce? What are you doing here?" She looked at Floyd. "This is the guy I was telling you about a month ago. The guy that makes those fantastic nachos?"
Bruce chuckled sheepishly. "Hey, sis. Good to see you again." He said, acknowledging his newfound relationship with Willow.
Willow glared at him. "You mean to tell me you've been my brother this whole time?! When were you planning on telling me?" She said, feeling a mix of shock and betrayal.
"I only learned we were siblings yesterday," Bruce defended. "How was I supposed to know?"
Veneer smiled. "Oh, they're even cute when they fight." He tapped the diamonds playfully.
"Come on, man," Floyd said, exasperated as Willow glared at Veneer. "You're better than this."
Veneer looked directly into the diamond Floyd and Willow were being held in and smirked. "Well, thank you," he said before turning away.
"I really don't see why you're so upset," Velvet said, looking at the Trolls. "At least we're putting your talent to good use." She scoffed, incredulous. "I mean, you're welcome."
"What?" John Dory gasped, banging against his diamond prison. "You're sick."
"You mispronounced, 'Thanks for not letting our talents go to waste anymore, Velvet and Veneer.'" Veneer snarked at the Troll in his suit.
Velvet grinned and wrapped an arm around her brother. "Come on. They're waiting for us on the red carpet." She turned away from him and headed out the door. "Let's go autograph some butts."
"Oh, that's fun. I'll grab my butt marker," Veneer grinned and followed his sister out the door.
"And these were supposed to be our big heroes?" Willow looked at Floyd, unimpressed. "Brothers who fight and park in obvious traps?" She snorted. "Some rescue squad."
Floyd chuckled and settled into a sitting position, his smile sheepish. "In my defense, I was counting on them growing up and maturing in the last twenty-six years." The two siblings laughed at the defensive shouts from their brothers. "At least they showed up." He ran a hand through her mostly white hair. "I'm sorry it took us being captured to bring us all together again. I hate that you're having to go through this."
"How is she, Floyd?" Bruce asked, concerned.
"She's not looking too good," John Dory added, his brows furrowed.
"She's not," Floyd muttered, glaring at the hallway they were walking down. "She's dying, guys, and these two don't seem to care."
"It's okay, Floyd," Willow smiled at her brother. "At least we're not alone." Floyd nodded and held her tightly. At least they weren't alone.
"What are we gonna do, John?" Bruce asked, looking over to the oldest after a moment of silence.
John Dory sighed and sat down in his diamond prison. "I don't know, bro. There's not much we can do."
The group of Trolls sat in silence as their captors made their way to the red carpet. "Okay," Velvet looked at her brother. "How's my aura?"
"Confident, yet grateful to your teachers and everyone who got you here tonight," Veneer said with a grin.
"That's what I'm going for," Velvet grinned before the two turned to the crowd surrounding the red carpet. Velvet and Veneer took pictures with their fans as they walked up the red carpet.
The duo were stopped from signing autographs and walking by the roaring of an armadillo bus. "Velvet and Veneer!" Branch shouted through the speaker. The bus opened her mouth, and Branch slid down her tongue. "Give me back my family."
Willow picked her head up from where she was lying down. "Branch?" She stood up and moved to the front of the diamond to get a better look. "Branch is back!" She smiled at Floyd, who grinned in response.
"You don't know what you're talking about, Troll," Velvet dismissed Branch's accusations.
"You're stealing BroZone's talent because you have none of your own, you big-Oh, you big phonies!"
"Enough talk!" Barb growled. "As Queen of the Rock Trolls, I demand you give me back my girlfriend."
"You've had her for two months," Trollex added, glaring at the two. "Her and BroZone are the only reason you two are as famous as you are."
Velvet and Veneer chuckled nervously and used their hands to cover the diamonds on their outfits to hide the Trolls from the cameras. "Okay, we need to leave right now."
The two siblings raced to their car and drove off, the armadillo bus following them. Velvet grabbed the wheel when she saw the Trolls were following them and turned them off the road. "What's up, Mount Rageous?" Velvet shouted, a smile on her face. "You didn't think we were just gonna give you a boring old stage show, did you?"
"That's what we explicitly bought tickets for," a Mount Rageous teenager cheered from his car.
"We're taking this show on the road!" Willow and her brothers groaned in pain as the Pop Stars pressed the buttons to drain them of their essence and started singing.
(Velvet, Veneer)
Sweet dreams are made of this
Who am I to disagree?
I travel the world and the seven seas
Everybody's lookin' for somethin'
Velvet pressed a button on their car, and it took off, leaving the armadillo bus behind.
(Velvet, Veneer, Both)
Some of them want to use you (Use you)
Some of them want to get used by you
Some of them want to abuse you
Some of them want to be abused
Willow looked up, startled when she heard something thump against the diamond prison. "Branch!" She shouted, relieved to see her brother.
"Hang on, sis," Branch gave an encouraging smile. "We're gonna get you out of there."
Floyd grinned, happy to see his little brother, before frowning when he saw Velvet move to flick him away. "Look out!"
Velvet grinned and flicked Branch away before she continued singing.
(Velvet, Both)
Movin' on
(Hold your head up) Movin' on
(Keep your head up)(Yeah, oh) Movin' on
(Hold your head up) Movin' on
(Keep your head up) Movin' on
(Hold your head up) Movin' on
The Popstar siblings crashed their car into a golden piggy bank before landing on their yacht and moving to the next song.
(Both)
Fame!
I'm gonna live forever
I'm gonna learn how to fly
(Fame)
I feel it comin' together (Oh, yeah)
Willow cried in pain when she felt Velvet press the button again, and her essence was drained more. She fell to the bottom of the diamond, no longer able to stand up, her hair now entirely white and her body ultimately see through.
(Both)
All my greatness
It doesn't come for free
All my talent
It doesn't grow on trees
Take a breather
They'll take it all the way
If the top is where you wanna stay
"Just hang on, Willow!" Floyd held onto his little sister desperately. "It'll be okay." He frowned and watched his brother outside as they tried to free the others. "Please be okay."
(Both)
You gotta work, you gotta work, you gotta work
You gotta work hard
You gotta live fast
If you want to be as famous as me
You gotta work, you gotta work, you gotta work
You gotta work hard
Floyd smiled, relieved as he watched the other brothers get released from Velvet and Veneer's costume. They were still in their diamond prisons but wouldn't get drained of their essence.
The popstar siblings went to the top of their ship as they finished the song.
"Alright!" Velvet cheered atop a crown that appeared on their ship. "You guys want an encore?"
Velvet frowned as he heard the cheers from the crowd. "Encore? Sis, come on. One of those won't even last half a song. You'll be a murderer then. Is that what you want?"
"Just sing you beautiful idiot," Velvet snarled, grabbing her brother's shoulders before pressing the button on her top and almost entirely draining Willow in the process. Floyd groaned in pain while clutching Willow's body. She was no longer able to hold herself up.
Pain was all Willow could feel. It wasn't necessarily that her body was hurting anymore, though. No, her body had gone numb already. Her soul hurt. Her spirit hurt. Everything about her hurt so much, and she couldn't entirely point out what part of her hurt. She just wanted it to end. She wanted the hurt to stop. She closed her eyes and curled into a ball in Floyd's lap, praying for the pain to stop.
(Branch)
It's some kind of love
It's some kind of fire
I'm already up
(Branch)
But you lift me higher
You know I'm not wrong
You know I'm not lying
We do it better
(BroZone)
We do it better, yeah
Floyd smiled at his brother singing. He nudged his little sister lightly. "They're going to try the harmony, sis."
(BroZone)
And I don't mind if the world spins faster
The music's louder
The waves get stronger
I don't mind if the world spins faster
Faster, faster
Barb started to play her guitar while Trollex handled the DJ equipment. Willow opened her eyes and smiled when her partners played in the background. Floyd gently ran his fingers through his sister's hair as he started to sing along.
(BroZone)
Just let me take you to a better place
I'm gonna make you
Kiss the sky tonight
Yeah if you let me show the way
I'm so excited to see you excited
Poppy grinned when she and Viva started singing along.
(BroZone, Poppy, and Viva)
I'll take you to a better place
I'll take you to a better place
And baby, you can love me all the way
We're flying up to outer space
I'm so excited
I'm so excited
To see you excited
To see you excited, yeah
The group got excited when they started glowing from the harmony. "Come on, sis," Floyd encouraged. "Just join in a little bit. You can do it."
(Brozone family)
I don't mind if the world spins faster
The music's louder
The waves get stronger
Floyd grinned with Willow when their diamond started floating away from Velvet.
(Brozone, Willow, All)
I don't mind if the world spins faster
Faster, faster, faster (Yeah)
Just let me take you to a better place!
The diamond shattered, and a blast of music shot through the air as the BroZone members floated down to the ship's floor. Barb and Trollex rushed forward to catch a crystalized Willow before she could hit the floor. "Come on, Sweet Beat," Trollex muttered, pressing his hand to her cheek. "Stay with us."
"You gotta wake up," Bruce said, shaking her foot, worried. "I was just starting to get to know you."
"You are not allowed to leave us like this," Barb growled, frustrated tears in her eyes. She grabbed her girlfriend's hand. "We came all this way; you can't die on us now."
Branch sat down beside his sister's head. "I got our brothers together, Willow." He grinned and ran his hand over her head. "They can't wait to meet you." He closed his eyes and nuzzled his face into her crystal-like hair, not noticing the color returning to Willow's face. "You just need to wake up now."
Willow smiled and nuzzled into Branch's hold. "Give me, like, five more minutes, bro."
Branch and his brothers smiled in relief and hugged Willow as the color returned to her body. "You are never leaving the bunker without at least two of us, ever again," Branch warned her, face buried in her hair. You're way too accident-prone."
Willow smiled and held onto her brother. "No worries, Branch. I think I can handle that."
"For how long, though?" Branch rolled his eyes at her shrug before squeezing her tightly. "I thought I was going to lose you."
"Not that this isn't sweet," Trollex moved forward from where he and Barb had stepped back to let the brothers hold on to their sister. "But we need to see her now." Barb clung to Trollex's arm and nodded.
Branch smiled sheepishly. "Sorry, guys." He motioned for the brothers to step back and let the two royals rush over and hold their girlfriend tightly in their arms.
"I'm so glad you're okay," Barb choked back a sob as she clung to Willow's neck. "Don't ever scare us like that again," Trollex said nothing as the two held on tightly to Willow.
Willow smiled into the hug. "It's okay, guys. I'm here. And I'm not going anywhere. Not anymore." Her eyes widened in surprise when Trollex grabbed her face and kissed her on the lips before she closed her eyes and kissed him back. When he pulled away, Barb took her turn kissing her girlfriend after she took a deep breath. "I missed you both so much," Willow said when the two were done kissing her." She distantly heard Veneer confessing to his and Velvet's crimes while comforting her partners, but she couldn't bring herself to care.
"What do we do now?" Bruce asked, looking at his brothers as they watched Willow interact with her partners.
"I'm not sure," John Dory said, shrugging. "I didn't think much farther than 'get our siblings out of danger.'"
"Willow and Floyd need a doctor," Branch said, looking at the white still in Willow's hair. "And so do you guys. Getting your essence drained had to be hard on all of you."
Willow looked up from her partners when she heard Branch talking. "Hey, Branch?" Branch looked at his little sister and walked over to her. "Can we go home? I miss my bed."
Branch smiled and held onto Willow's foot. "Yeah, sis. We can go home." He looked at the older siblings. "Looks like we're going to Pop Village, everybody. Willow wants to go home."
Poppy smiled from where she stood with her older sister. She was relieved she was going to be able to show her Dad her big sister was alive while also being able to introduce her to her first best friend, Willow. "Alright, everybody. Let's pack up and go home. Pop Village awaits."
They're safe again! Isn't it wonderful? Of course, there's a lot of healing left for Willow and Floyd, so the story isn't over yet.