Chapter 54:

(Gotta get back with Claus and see how hens doing with the Thunder Tower and other things. I can't wait to show him off when he becomes more important later on. Also, can I mention the number of dichotomies I've created between him and Lucas? Anyways, enjoy!)

Claus had made it through the many rooms and levels that they had fought throughout this tower with his allies.

All that's left is to destroy the control room and then these clowns and monsters can't harm the villagers anymore. The Nowhere Gang continued through a few areas past that "playroom" and Claus had seen the electricity being run up through the very tower itself.

Claus and his friends walked towards another ladder and began to sense something behind him.

Claus immediately looked back and saw lightning coming at Fuel and the others. "Guys, behind you!" Claus ran and jumped to take the lightning like the last two times this had happened.

He could feel the lightning strike him again, and he shot the lightning against the wall that. The strike was so powerful, it shot a hole through the wall.

"Claus! Are you all right?!" Fuel asked, panicking.

"I-I'm okay…I guess I should just be used to lightning just striking me." Claus tried to make light in the situation.

He then looked at his hand and saw a flash of green light emanating. It felt…powerful. "I think it gave me a bit of new power." Claus said.

"So, that's ANOTHER power? These are getting hard to keep track of, you know." Fuel said to his best friend. "I know, but think about it. If I'm anything like those "Quirk-users" on the main land, the possibilities must be endless. Can you list a few more you've heard about?" Claus explained.

"Let's see…there's Best Jeanist. I heard his involves some sorta thread manipulation. Endeavor had something called "Hellfire". I think there's one with giant wings who can fly like a hawk." Fuel said.

"My powers seem to mostly tie to electricity. Or more accurately, lightning." Claus explained. "Okay, but the healing thing you can do?" Kumatora asked.

"Ruff ruff!(Maybe Mom and Dad used to have Quirks, or…your grandparents?)" Boney wondered if Hinawa and Flint ever had these "Quirk" things.

"Doubt it, it'd make things easier for Dad and Mom to fight back." Claus said, but a thought DID cross his mind when he thought of that possibility. "Do you think…my brother has these powers?" Claus asked. "I mean, that'd be some twin type stuff, I guess." Kumatora said.

"Maybe…Maybe that's why they took him." Claus looked a little sad, before clenching his fist. "If they turned my brother into one of their toys, I'll eradicate them." Claus declared,

"Whoa, Claus. Calm down!" Fuel said.

"S-Sorry…I just got angry." Claus didn't want to consider the possibility of them trying to use Lucas as a weapon, but with how he got these powers, he has become noticeably more violent. "I need to calm down with these powers…I think my ego needs to be in check or something." Claus said, rubbing his eyes. He hoped that he was just tired from all this.

"Still, this power…it's not impossible that they probably saw potential in Lucas if he has these powers." Claus thought to himself. "All the more reason to save him. Now let's get this tower up in flames."

(Later)

The Nowhere Gang continued to climb until they reach the top of the tower. He saw a huge machine station in the center of the room. More than likely, it's where they store and generate the lightning before shooting it out with a cannon. "Machinery would be interesting to me if it didn't hurt people or animals this much." Claus thought to himself, "Okay, if we can find some sorta emergency shutdown, then mess up the machine, we should be good to get out of here." Claus whispered to them, "Boney, is there anyone else up here?" Kumatora asked.

Boney began sniffing around and see if they had any reinforcements. "Ruff ruff!(Nothing! No one's here. Weird, right?)" Boney asked.

"No one's here? That can't be right." Claus was confused, he figured there would be Pigmasks here. This WAS the control room, right?

Claus decided to sneak past just in case there WAS still anyone here and Boney couldn't find them.

Fuel made sure to keep that flail yo-yo thing as an equipped weapon. Kumatora had used her gloves to get ready.

Then they all heard it. The loud and blaring noise of an alarm.

Kumatora covered her ears and told the boys to run, "We need to move, d*t!" She shouted, Claus, Fuel and Boney coming up from behind them.

"SUSPICIOUS INDIVIDUALS DETECTED INSIDE GENERATOR ROOM! ACTIVATING DEFENSE SYSTEM!" An automated voice said over the alarm.

"Defense system? Guys! Behind us!" Fuel shouted and his friends turned behind them.

"REPEAT! ACTIVATING DEFENSE SYSTEM! ALL PERSONNEL, IT WOULD BE NICE IF YOU'D EVACUATE IMMEDIATELY!" The robotic voice spoke again to the non-present personnel.

The coils from the machine had opened up and out came some sort of robot. "MR. GENETOR DEFENSE ACTIVATED." It spoke to them.

"Get ready, guys!" Fuel ran in, throwing Wall Staples at the machine to hold it down, but the machine.

Boney sniffed the machine to see if he could determine a weakness. "Ruff ruff! (It's mechanical! Maybe we can use something like ice!)" Boney shouted, "Ice? Boney, we don't have anything like that!" Claus said.

"I've got something else!" Fuel said, using Rope Snake to stretch and launch towards the machine. Fuel pulled out a saltwater gun and shot at the machine's wires. Mr. Genetor swiped the boy off and tried to fire lightning at him. "FIRING DISCHARGE ZAP." Mr. Genetor said to Fuel.

"Hey, ugly!" Kumatora had thrown a thunder bomb at it.

"Fuel, get out of there now!" Claus had jumped in while it tried to recuperate. He swung his stick like a sword and knocked its head to the side. He charge up some of his strength and shot electricity towards the robot's arm.

Mr. Genetor had swiped its arm to give Claus a one million volt chop!

Boney grabbed a saltwater gun himself and shot it at the robot.

"We either short circuit this b*d or we overload it with too much power!" Fuel said to his friends.

"Good thinking! I'll get his attention! Use any of the water we have on us!" Claus said, which made grab a water bottle and tried to throw it at Mr. Genetor.

The machine shot at the bottle with its electricity and burned it to vapor and ashes. "RESISTANCE IS FUTILE!" It said while it tried to shock Kumatora since she was setting up her things. "A-Argh!" She said. Fuel and Boney immediately went to check on her. "Claus, she's been hit!" Fuel said. "Hold on! I gotta do something!" Claus had created a blast of electricity to throw and he began to feel he could do something else. Claus could feel his power turn to something else. The lightning became a light of green unstable energy and the phrase came to him. "PK FLASH!" He shouted, throwing the blast at the machine.

The light was blinding, but Claus immediately ran to see Kumatora's injuries.

"Hold on…" Claus used his healing to try and heal Kumatora's paralysis. "Can you move again?" He asked.

"I'm okay, just give me a sec!" Kumatora said, angry that the piece of junk they were fighting had taken her down.

"It's almost down! Fuel, you take Kumatora. Boney and I will handle the fire until you get back!" Claus said.

"Right!" Fuel said, grabbing Kumatora and sticking with her while Boney and Claus went to finish off the machine.

"Ruff ruff ruff!(Claus! I think another one of those blasts will work to finish it off! Get another one ready while I shoot this thing!)" Boney said to him.

"On it!" Claus tried to focus his memory on what he did before and he could feel that green energy ball coming back in his arms.

Boney ran in, avoiding the blast of electricity and lit a match he held in his teeth, Fuel threw a few pencil rockets his way and Boney had lit up their fuses.

Mr. Genetor had charged a blast straight at Boney, "TARGET ACQUIRED." It said, shooting Boney with a charged blast.

"Boney!" Claus, Kumatora and Fuel shouted.

Claus watched as Boney hit the wall, it felt like it was happening in slow time. Time felt like it was stopping and Claus was left in shock.

"Boney…No…" Claus said in his head, feeling sadness and rage begin to swell up within him.

"I'll kill you…I'LL KILL YOU!!!" Claus shouted grievously, charging up his power and launching another PK Flash at the robot!

The blast was very powerful, destroying a lot of the robot's body. Claus ran in and felt his anger reach another boiling point. He pulled his stick and started hitting the head of the robot. "YOU HURT MY DOG, YOU TOOK MY BROTHER!! YOU HURT MY FAMILY AND TOOK OVER MY HOME!! I'LL DESTROY ALL OF YOU!!" Claus shouted, Kumatora and Fuel getting chills from how angry Claus had become.

"Claus! Stop! Boney needs you!" Fuel shouted at his friend, Claus had taken so many deep breaths and turned back to see his dog…his friend…his family hurt. "Boney!" Claus ran up to him and tried to heal him with Lifeup.

Boney whimpered as Claus hugged him tightly. "(Claus…I'm okay. Don't lose your temper. Bad boys lose their tempers.)" Boney said, as he began to rub his head against Claus's chest. "I-I'm so sorry. I…I felt like…why did I lose it like that?" Claus didn't understand that rage. He was angry and upset, but he never was violent when he became angry.

"It's like I started seeing red. The violent blurry type." Claus said.

The sirens had gone off again, and the room started flashing red. "A SERIOUS ERROR HAS OCCURRED IN THE GENERATOR!" The automated voice said. "A SERIOUS ERROR HAS OCCURRED IN THE GENERATOR! ALL PERSONNEL, EVACUATE IMMEDIATELY! REPEAT! IT WOULD BE NICE IF YOU'D EVACUATE IMMEDIATELY!" The voice said, "That isn't good, come on, let's get out of here!" Kumatora said, getting up.

"Going somewhere? Why? It's not like the place is coming down, is it?" A familiar voice said.

Claus's eyes widened in shock.

"I didn't think I'd find you so far from home, Mr. Polestar." Fassad said to him.

"I should be angry that you destroyed our system, but I think my boss has greater plans for your powers." Fassad said.

"What do you—" Claus tried to ask, but Fuel had gotten up and threw a smoke bomb at them.

"Come on, we need to go another way!" Fuel said, leading the others out a different path.

Fassad and his escorts coughed and walked through the smoke. "Hmm, I guess this is a case of: "Fools—like smoke—enjoy heights." Nwhehehehe!" Fassad said and laughed, pulling out a Luxury Banana to eat.

(Hello, Clancy)

"Fuel, this is just to the top of the tower!" Claus said, climbing up the ladder.

The wind was much more heavy in the air, and they felt their hair and fur being pushed like they could fall off at any moment.

"I know, but maybe we can lead them up here. We just need to think of a way to get past them to get down the tower." Fuel suggested.

"Either way, prepare to face off." Kumatora told them as a caution.

They then stood at the center of the tower. They could see many areas of the Nowhere Islands from where they stood. Claus had hoped they could still find a way to get out in time.

Kumatora then looked back at where the ladder and they all saw Fassad Locria coming up.

"Nwehehehe. You pathetic fools. There's nowhere to run now! Fuel Ignite, Claus and Boney Polestar, Princess Kumatora. You all have been thorns in our side, you know that?" Fassad said, a smile still on his face.

"We welcome you to change, offer our generosity, and that happiness could very well have been yours had you simply stayed in Tazmily Village and lived quiet, without a care in this world." Fassad pulled out another banana and took a few bites. He threw his banana peel on the side.

He heard his radio going off, "Alright. It's all set, hm?" Fassad asked, "I'll be done soon, so leave the Mother Porkship on standby up above. I'll have two prisoners apprehended and ready for transport." Fassad explained.

"Two prisoners?" Claus asked, weirded out by the peddler's words.

"You don't look happy. We took out your tower, after all." Fuel said.

Fassad merely chuckled, "Mr. Ignite, you ARE correct. Thunder Tower is no longer usable." He said with a smile, "Which is why we're disposing of it now." He said, a more serious tone in his voice. "Men, apprehend the princess and Mr. Polestar! Kill Mr. Ignite and that mutt!" Fassad said, as two Pigmasks had approached. "U-Uh sir, would now be a good time to say I'm afraid of heights—" Fassad's smile began to turn to annoyed, un-suppressed rage.

"DO I LOOK LIKE I CARE ABOUT WHAT YOU AFRAID OF?! I WILL GIVE YOU SOMETHING GREATER TO BE SCARED OF IF YOU DO NOT DO AS I SAY!" Fassad shouted at the man, "Y-Y-Y-Yes sir!" The Pigmask said. Two Pigmasks apprehended Boney and Fuel, and a few had grabbed Claus and Kumatora. "L-Let go! Let go of me!" Claus shouted,

Fassad took a deep breath, and smiled. "Now then, this is a bit much for you lousy rats, but our king just loves being flashy. You two will soon see." Fassad said, "Before we venture off, I want see how your success goes off in a blaze of flashy glory. You'll get to watch as Thunder Tower disappears in an explosive way."

Claus realized what was going on, "Y-You LET me come all the way up here…didn't you?" Claus asked.

"Oh yes! I'm glad you noticed! We needed to see if you had the abilities we were looking for, Mr. Polestar. You possess quite the prodigious skills of a PSI user." Fassad explained, "I certainly bet your brother would have been an exceptional one to us as well." Claus immediately responded with rage. ""Would have"?! WHAT DO YOU MEAN "WOULD HAVE"?! WHAT DID YOU DO TO HIM?!" Claus shouted, furiously.

"Your brother was lost in our efforts to stay hidden. Those idiots…" Fassad said, a hint of cold fury in his voice.

"But not to worry, wherever he may be. I'm sure YOU could get him back. For US." Fassad said, before they all heard music. Familiar music.

"Ah, our ride is here." Fassad had said, "Later days, Mr. Ignite. You mangy creature." Fuel and Boney struggled to break free from the man's grip. Boney growled at this man.

"We're all set! Destroy Thunder Tower!" Fassad said over his radio. The tower started to rumble rampantly. Like a roaring stampede of buffalo! "I hope your parents are strong enough to grieve you, Claus. Coping with losses of BOTH of their children would require a LOT of strength. They WON'T see you even again. But I won't forget about you or your ragtag group of miscreants." Fassad said, laughing maniacally now. "Nwehehehehe! NWEHEHEHEHEE!!" Fassad laughed, before he felt himself losing balance. "Mr. Locria, watch out!" A Pigmask shouted, but it was too late.

"Wha—?!" Fassad had slipped on the peel of the Luxury Banana he ate.

The Nowhere Gang and the Pigmasks were in total shock. There was no way he would survive that. Claus took advantage of the shock and and kicked a Pigmask down and grabbed his stick. He swung it at the other Pigmask to free Kumatora.

Claus used his powers to shoot electricity at the Pigmasks holding Boney & Fuel.

"R-Retreat! Team! Retreat!" A Pigmask said, with the team using jet packs to escape. "Come on! We need to get on the ship!" Claus said.

They saw that the ladder was now leaving.

"Hold on! I got this!" Fuel grabbed his friend Rope-Snake and launched him to bite the ladder. "Everyone hold on!" Fuel said, Kumatora, Claus & Boney holding onto each other while Kumatora holds on to Fuel.

The ship began to fly off and they watched as the top of the tower had been blown up.

Napalm was beginning to fly into the sky.

Fuel tried to keep his grip tight on Rope Snake as he kept on tight. Fuel tried to climb up to the ladder, but when he lifted himself up, he felt the others were starting to lose their grip. "W-What?!" Fuel had felt the ship move off. "O-Oh no, they're trying to shake us off!" Fuel shouted to his friends.

"Keep a good grip, Fuel!" Kumatora said.

"Boney, do NOT let go!" Claus shouted, seeing that Boney was holding himself up by his teeth.

"Fuel…" They heard a voice calling Fuel. "It's me. The Rope Snake." The Rope Snake said, trying to hold on while talking. "I know this isn't the best time for me to chat, but I have some good news for me, and some bad news for you." Rope Snake explained.

"The good news for me…is that although I haven't appeared in this fanfic as prominently as I'd hoped. I'm now getting my role and being a major character in the story, thanks to you guys."Rope Snake said, "W-What's a…fanfic?!" Fuel asked. "What's he talking even about?!" Kumatora asked. "A-And the bad news?" Claus asked.

"Now, the bad news for you…is that my jaw isn't sturdy enough to support the weight of three people and one dog. In other words, my jaw…" Rope Snake could feel himself losing his grip on the ladder. "Is…at its…limit…This is…literally…jaw-dropping!" Rope Snake said, as they felt the ship trying to shake them off again.

Rope Snake shut his eyes and could feel his grip completely lost to him.

Claus, Kumatora, Fuel, Boney and Rope Snake were falling right out of the sky.

"No…NOOOO!!!" Claus shouted. He refused to let his story end like this. Fassad confirmed that Lucas was possibly still alive! Lucas wasn't working for them! He didn't want it to end like this now.

But…is there any way he'll have a soft landing?

(Okay, I'm finished! I hope u guys enjoyed the chapter! This was a fun one to write. Dude, if Fassad DIDN'T come back after this moment in the game, that woulda been a VERY bad and embarrassing way to go out. But anyways, I hope u guys are in God's love. Stay strong and awesome!)

Hebrews 13:16 KJV:

But to do good and to communicate forget not: for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.