The Smurfocalypse chapter 70: The Battle of Port Saint Smurf
The sun rose over the horizon and woke the Smurfs with the morning light. Today was the day of the fight for the forest. The village gathered to the well and Hefty and the knights were there in full arms and armor. It was on this fateful day that the Smurfs would have to fight for their survival. It was still early in the morning around seven, but the Smurfs were up and ready for the fight. The village was gathered and Hefty addressed the crowd
"Alright Smurfs, today is the day we fight for what is ours! The forest and all of its resources is crucial to Port Saint Smurf's survival. Port Saint Smurf is our home that we built together from nothing, and there is nothing that can take what we have worked for away if we work together as always! Some of you may die… I may die myself, but though we may die Port Saint Smurf will live on!"
The Smurfs were all prepared for this day, the day Vanity claimed he would return and challenge Hefty to a death match. Hefty drew his sword and boldly raised it into the air.
"Today we fight for Port Saint Smurf!" Hefty said.
Hefty then turned to his knights who were assembled in a line and awaiting his orders.
"Let's move out!" Hefty said.
"Before you set out. I want each of you to take a smurfy talkie. Hefty you need to be able to manage the battlefield at a distance. This device will allow you to communicate with your knights and myself during the battle." Handy said.
The Knights began their march towards the loose brick in the wall leading to the forest as the other Smurfs and Archer assembled on the walls and began to look out for demons. Hefty effortlessly pushed out the loose brick and stepped through the wall into the forest where the knights were immediately surrounded by trees and the sounds of local wildlife going about their morning. All was peaceful for now which was concerning Hefty in a way.
"Keep your wits about you… They could attack at any moment." Hefty said.
As the knights made their way through the forest there was still no signs of demons. The others traveled closely behind Hefty. Hefty was going straight towards the cave that he knew the creatures would be coming out of in waves. What they were met with was legion of lesser demons being commanded by Vanity himself. Vanity was waiting outside the cave as his forces marched out in droves and began to head straight for Port Saint Smurf.
"I knew there was no way he was coming alone… Vanity plans to kill us all in one single attack." Hefty said.
"We won't go down without a fight!" Timber said.
As they got closer to Vanity the knights charged into battle to defeat the demons coming out of the cave. Vanity looked to Hefty and grinned.
"Today is the final day of your lives." Vanity said.
"You could never defeat me in a million years Vanity." Hefty says drawing his sword.
Vanity clenches his right fist and his entre forearm immediately morphs into a blade.
"Let's settle the score once and for all!" Vanity said.
Hefty charged Vanity immediately, just barely giving him the chance to retaliate. With a swing of his sword Heft struck Vanity's bladed appendage which he only had a second to raise. Hefty then swung his sword horizontally and struck Vanity a second time this time slashing his chest and causing him to stagger backward.
"I will show you no mercy!" Hefty said as he readied his next attack.
Vanity leaped forward and attempted to drive his bladed arm into Hefty's chest plate, but Hefty blocked the attack with his shield and followed up the attack using the ability he had learned while training on plateau. Hefty swung his sword with such speed and strength that it cut the actual air and sent an arc of wind soaring towards Vanity close-range. The wind sent the Smurf-like demon back and the wind left several scratches on his body. All this time Hefty is doing damage to his body it is slowly healing during the battle. Clearly Vanity too had gotten stronger which is unsettling to think about considering how exactly it is he gains power.
All around them an epic battle was taking place as the knights claimed victory after victory leaving corpses surrounding them as they cut down more and more of Vanity's forces. It was clear there were too many to stave off, and there were several demons breaching their lines and heading straight for the port. Falconer pulled out his smurfie talkie and immediately contacted Archer.
"Archer! They're breaching our defenses! Prepare for battle!" Falconer said.
The Smurfs on the walls back home were loading their guns and the ballistae when Archer got the warning from Falconer.
"They're coming! Don't panic remember your training! We can get through this together!" Archer said.
"They're climbing the trees!" Brainy said in horror as he pointed.
There were many demons with bows and arrows scaling the trees, and there were demons on the forest floor making their way to the walls.
"Fire the ballista!" Archer ordered.
Architect and Fisher were manning a ballista. They took aim together at the approaching demons and fired the siege weapon causing the large explosive projectile to soar through the air. It collided with the ground and immediately exploded leaving a hole in the earth and destroying all the approaching demons. However there was a huge problem to deal with. There were archers in the trees and the treetops were level to the walls. They had just lost the advantage. As Architect and Fisher reloaded their ballista together The Smurfs with guns aimed their weapons to the trees. Archer drew his own bow and loaded it as he spoke.
"We'll kill them all in one attack! Fire!" Archer said.
The Smurfs aimed their guns and fired several rounds collectively into the trees striking several demons and sending them plummeting to certain death provided the bullet didn't kill them. However this did not kill them all and now they were going to retaliate.
"Crouch down and reload!" Archer commands as he fires another arrow into the trees to kill a demon.
The Smurfs did as they were commanded and propped themselves safely against the wall and began to quickly reload their weapons. It was then they were barraged by a volley of arrows. The demons fired the arrows into the air with hopes they would then fall down behind the stone blocks the Smurfs were hiding behind. Most of the arrows hit, but it was not a pretty sight when the ones that hit their mark struck. Liar was the first to be hit. As he was reloading his Smurfgun an arrow fell from the sky and struck him in the back on the head. He immediately fell dead. Archeologist fell shortly after, his life cut short by an arrow to the head. As Smurfs fell around them the inexperienced Smurfs were beginning to panic and their emotions were getting the better of them as morale crumbled. Secretary and Psychiatrist were back to back reloading their guns as the chaos unfolded around them. Once the Smurfs had finished reloading they stood back up to fire another round.
"You ready?" Psychiatrist asked.
"I'm scared… But I'm ready." Secretary said.
The two of them stood up and fired their weapons into the trees striking down two more demons when one took aim at Secretary and fired. Psychiatrist shoved Secretary to the ground and the arrow struck him in the stomach. He cried out and fell backward onto the floor clutching his wound with shaking hands.
"Psychiatrist! Honey no!" Secretary screamed in horror as tears fell down her face. She got on her hands and knees and crawled to Psychiatrist.
"Doctor! Doctor Help!" Secretary said.
"We got a Smurf down!" Archer yells as he fires another arrow.
Doctor quickly ran towards Psychiatrist with his emergency medical bag already in hand and knelt down to immediately treat the wound.
"Am I… gonna die?" Psychiatrist asked.
"Not on my watch!" Doctor said.
"Secretary… dry those tears. You have to be strong, or we're all going to die." Psychiatrist said.
Secretary nodded and crawled back to her position to reload.
On the other side of the wall Brainy was doing all he could to contribute. After some actual combat experience he had quickly learned how to be as accurate and efficient as possible.
"I'm not hearing anymore arrows… Is that the last of them?" Brainy asked.
"No Idea, but I hope so because my heart is pounding." Reporter said.
"They're jumping onto the walls!" Alchemist screamed.
The Smurfs watched in horror as a demon leaped from a tree onto the wall. It was carrying a saber and before any Smurf could react it had already closed the distance between itself and Equilibrist and in one slash of its saber Equilibrist was cut down. The Smurf fell dead onto the floor dropping his gun and landing face first.
"We're all going to die!" Brainy screams backing away.
"Don't you dare run!" Alchemist says sliding a down his sleeve into the palm of his right hand.
"Eat this!" Alchemist screams hurling the potion at the demon.
The demon turns and the vial collides with its head immediately drenching it in a flaming liquid which immediately lighted the creature on fire. The demon then ran at the Smurfs sword swinging aimlessly before it was shot in the head and killed by Reporter.
All this time Hefty was still fighting his own battle against Vanity, but it hadn't really gotten very far since the incident on the walls. Hefty and Vanity resumed their battle and Hefty leaped into the air to close the distance between them and swung his sword vertically from above at Vanity. Vanity leaped back and rushed towards Hefty jabbing at him with his bladed arm which Hefty raised his shield to block. Hefty then began to apply pressure by increasing the speed of his attacks, and then Vanity's speed rose to match his. The two of them were exchanging blows, but neither of them were doing any damage to each other. In a blur Hefty swung his sword only for it to be blocked or dodged and then he would have to block or dodge Vanity's attack. It seemed they were evenly matched until Hefty swung his sword releasing an arc of wind which sent Vanity airborne. Hefty expected him to eventually land, but he didn't instead vanity jumped in mid-air and ascended high above Hefty. His arm turned into a giant hammer and before Hefty could figure out what happened he was crushed as Vanity slammed his large appendage into Hefty with such force that it sent dirt and grass into the air and created a crater under Hefty.
"What the hell was that loud noise?!" Timber asks through the Smurfie Talkie.
"It's Hefty!" Farmer said.
"Hefty?! Hefty are you alright?!" Timber asked.
There was no response from Hefty. This attack would have killed a normal Smurf, but somehow Hefty was still clinging to life. It felt as though every bone in his body was broken. He laid there staring at the blue sky as Vanity stood over him.
"You put up a good fight Hefty, but now you have to die." Vanity said.
"Am I… Really going to die? After all I've been through, and all the hard work… I still failed." Hefty thought as he helplessly looked to the sky.
"He's not moving! Is he dead?!" Falconer said.
Hefty did not move. Some of the knights had come to the battlefield to provide backup for Hefty provided they weren't too late. All they saw was Hefty laying on the ground and Vanity aiming a blade to his chest. As Hefty laid there waiting to die in the sky he saw an apparition of Papa Smurf with that warm smile that made everything seem like it was going to be ok.
"P-Papa Smurf?" Hefty thought.
Papa Smurf outstretched his arm welcomingly to Hefty without saying a word. Hefty began to tear up and without realizing outstretched his sword arm he assumed to be broken to the sky so as to grasp the hand of the apparition. This action saved his life.
"He's still alive!" Timber exclaimed.
"We're coming Hefty!" Farmer yelled.
Vanity was about to finish Hefty off when he was overwhelmed by the full strength of the knights. Clockwork jumped down from the trees landing on his feet between Vanity and Hefty causing Vanity to leap backward so as to avoid any potential attack. With the screech of a falcon Falconer arrived next as Zarus transported him to Hefty, dropping the Smurf off before once again taking flight and circling the battlefield.
"If you want to kill Hefty you'll have to get through us first!" Falconer said.
He was shortly joined by Farmer and Timber who rushed onto the scene weapons drawn. Sweepy was next.
"You may have disposed of my army, but you've never even seen strength like mine before." Vanity said.
"Try us!" Sweepy demanded swinging his towards Vanity's torso.
Vanity lifted his left forearm over his chest and it morphed into a shield to block the attack. Farmer was next to attack swinging his scythe for Vanity's head causing the demon to crouch to avoid the attack.
"You can't dodge all of us forever! Zarus! You know what to do!" Falconer said.
The flacon uttered a screech before descending upon Vanity, talons out and ready for the kill. Vanity was now under the tremendous pressure Hefty was put under on the plateau during training. The knights weren't giving Vanity a single opening, and one attack was immediately chained by another. It provided the perfect distraction, and all the while Vanity had to avoid Zarus. He was being attacked at every angle. Clockwork stayed by Hefty and knelt down, removing one of the addicting potions from a sack around his shoulder. Without saying anything Clockwork popped the cork off the vial, sat Hefty up, and forced him to drink it. Hefty was restored to full strength once again.
"On your feet Hefty! Let's end this once and for all!" Timber said.
"Right!" Hefty said jumping to his feet and drawing his sword.
Hefty aimed his sword a Vanity signaling for Clockwork to join the fight.
"It's over Vanity." Hefty said.
With a swing of Farmer's scythe he had put a pretty good gash in Vanity's stomach. The Demon cursed, just after that Sweepy rendered his leg useless with a mighty swing of his mace. It was getting more difficult for Vanity to fight so many skilled opponents. He had no choice but to retreat, but how? There was no way out for him and once Clockwork and Hefty both start fighting him at the same time in his current state he couldn't fight back to the best of his ability. Vanity quickly reached into his pocket and grabbed a shiny red orb no bigger than a Smurfberry, and tossed it onto the ground causing it to burst into a thick smoke which encased the battlefield. Using this as cover he made his way for the cave.
"He's obviously trying to escape, or one of us would already be dead." Timber said.
"I'll chase him to the ends of the earth! He will not escape me!" Hefty said.
"Zarus spotted him heading for the cave!" Falconer said.
"Quickly! After him!" Hefty commanded.
As they ran for the cave Hefty got on the smurfie talkie and contacted Archer.
"Archer! Zarus is coming to pick you up! We're going into the cave after Vanity!" Hefty said.
"Understood!" Archer replied.
It didn't take long for Zarus to reach the walls. The bird quickly swooped down and caught Archer before flying back towards the cave. The knights continued to pursue Vanity, tracking him down from the blood he was leaving behind. They reached a point in the cave where there was a crimson portal. They spotted Vanity going inside, and then it began to shrink.
"We have no idea where that even leads…" Falconer said.
"We have no choice!" Hefty said as he ran towards the portal.
Hefty ran straight into the crimson portal and vanished. He was followed by his forces. What uncertain land has Hefty boldly lead his forces into, and what dangers does it hold?