Standoff

As the three of them submerged into the water, Tony felt the chair pin him down as he struggled to move out of it. Cautious of breath, Shelly was able to slip one of his many arms out and manage to let himself free, quickly swimming over to Tony and Felicia, dragging them both through the water, with strain on his arms but he was wary of what could happen if Hyliad and company spotted him resurfacing. A few seconds later, his lungs close to giving up, he yanked them out of the water as best he could, ripping off the remainders of the wooden chairs that were intact from the fall from the mountain. Once Tony and Felicia were set free, a tiring swim to get to land begun, as the still waters from before quickly became rampant, they had to pull themselves through to land, and as they got there the weather drastically changed again, this time to something that would usually look beautiful.

Seeing the blissful sun was a giant contrast to the other three who were in sheer anger, and also tiredness. Struggling to walk further, Felicia slumped to the ground, with Shelly following suit. "S-so cold..." Tony was barely able to whisper, as the three of them laid on the grass for a couple of hours. The refreshing breeze was able to rejuvenate their energy quick enough, and well...also because there was a bear charging towards them. Shelly got up and ran towards the bear as quickly as he could before Felicia and Tony even realized that it was there. After noticing that the bear was significantly larger than him, Shelly got into a more defensive position, attempting to invite the bear into his space. The brown beast roared in fury as it took it's left paw, attempting to strike Shelly's right shoulder, which caused Shelly to leap backwards, although so far backward he fell to the ground and now was in a dangerous position. He didn't expect the bears reach to be that long, an error in anticipation he seemed. Luckily for him though, Felicia and Tony leaped in at the right time as they both attempted to charge at the bear when it started to charge at Shelly to finish him off. Pushing the bear over quick enough so that Shelly could get up again, he pounced at the animal, digging two of his fists into it's back, whilst the two others aimed for the back of its head. The bear was able to turn around swiftly though, swiping at Shelly, but being interrupted by Felicia's kick to its side and Tony picking up a rock and smashing it on the back of its head. Blood spurting out of the bear, Tony let out a small yelp of victory, which didn't really match with Felicia and Shelly's annoyance. "At least that's one problem solved...right guys?" Tony asked reluctantly, knowing the reply may not be as pleasant as he hoped. "No, because we followed this dumbass all the way here!" Felicia exclaimed, shooting a look of spite towards Shelly, who tried to smile back. "Now, now guys...we may have got ourselves into a bit of a mess here, but we can still carry out the mission! You guys want Ringo, I need him, slant and that pony freak." Shelly took a few steps back just in case this situation got even uglier than it already was.

Felicia: It's two versus one here you know, this is a lot worse for you than it is for us, you can't talk yourself out of this one. Also, if you were considering trying to talk this out, not going to work this time you spider prick.

Tony: Felicia did you even hear what I said at the start?

Shelly: Yeah, listen to Ton-

Felicia: SHUT IT, four eyes. Tony, what now? I trusted your judgement before and look how we ended up. We can take on the client and whatever the fuck he has coming for us.

Tony: How do we leave the island without him? At the moment he's our only ticket out of here, and although I know this guy has done enough shit to us to warrant jus leaving him for dead, why did you jump in to save him?

Felicia: So I could kill hi-

Tony: Okay, okay fair enough. You do hear what I first said though? Remember, I've got Lucifer's luck...

Felicia: Hm..Fine. Anything gets worse I kill you, got that?

Shelly: Sure! Now, I'll get some wood for a fire, you guys look for animals for food, I've been looking around and this place just seems like a forest pretty much, so we can write off this is the area that Hyliad is getting his ponies from or whatever.

Shelly's jolly response annoyed Tony in a way, instead of being apologetic, Shelly had realised already he wasn't going to die. In fact, thinking about it in that way, he almost admired it, although the question of what would get him into that state. After using some wood and bigger rocks to create weapons of sorts, both Felicia and Tony weren't used to stuff like this, but as a duo they were good at adapting. Finding some sheep to drag to where they were before, as Shelly arrived with some firewood. "How do you actually think you're going to start a fire though?" Felicia inquired, raising an eyebrow at Shelly who dumped most of the firewood on the floor. "I'll just use my arms." He replied, Felicia wanted to laugh but as all eight hands rub both twigs together, flames soon arise from them both, thus Shelly dumped them onto the rest of the wood, making a cooking fire. Putting sheep on the fire to cook, the three of them got to work on making a raft back to Hyliad's base. Although, it being on a mountain was a bit of a pain. Felicia used rocks and with wood to create sword/bats and pickaxes for them to scale the mountain. Staying up all night, evading or taking down any angry animals coming in their way, the next day the raft was complete. It wasn't exactly the most sturdy, but it would probably last them the journey. "We really became cavemen huh?" Shelly chuckled, as they rowed away towards the mountain.

After a while, they arrived at the mountain, although this time the back of where they were kicked off from is where they stopped. Using pickaxes to scale the mountain quietly, the trio got near to the top, with guards around which seems to be the entrance of some sort of docking pad for ships. Shelly winked at Felicia and Tony, as Felicia mumbled "What the fuck are you about to do?" Shelly didn't respond, using his all the pickaxes he had stuck into the mountain, leaping up so the guards could see him. He chucked all eight of his pickaxes at the 6 guards at the entrance before they could aim at him. Telling Felicia and Tony to pick up the guns whilst climbing up themselves, Shelly walked to the gate, looking into the security camera nearest to him. "Gonna get you back from that punch, Hyliad was it?" Shelly remarked gleefully, firing down the front of the gate, with Felicia and Tony behind him. Workers for Hyliad were carrying cargo around the actual building, some of them dropping to try and attack the three, but despite about 20 opponents faced against them, they were still no match for the trio. "Put it on non-lethal, or I'll have to arrest you, you don't want that problem do you?" Shelly pretty much demanded the two, Felicia just following on because she didn't have time to yell at Shelly again, and Tony doing the same. Blasting at the workers as they came solo, or in pairs or even groups, leaving a trail of unconscious bodies once they kicked down the door. However, what they saw got them taken aback.

Lines of ponies being tied down to a conveyor belt, as their horns seemed to be ripped off, wasn't exactly a pleasant sight. Felicia instantly started to fire again at the workers surrounding the conveyor belt, angrily yelling "I don't like ponies but fuck you for this one!" Tony did it too as they marched on through the factory of sorts, saying to her, "You do know we just killed and ate sheep as well, right?" Shelly, however, was searching for the switch to turn off the belt. After carving his way through more guards and workers, Shelly finally slammed his hand down onto the button, stopping the belt. "Looks like they were putting them into an incinerator, what the fuck is this freak up to?" Shelly exclaimed in almost amusement but followed the other two. "Holy shit! The weapon vault is here! It's gotta have our stuff right?" Tony pointed out, firing and rushing towards the vault as guards were on their tail, as they got into the vault, they found their old weapons and even their old MEE6 and Rhythm bots to install into their bodies again. Soon enough though, guards broke into the vault, although they were able to easily clear the path up the stairs, breaking down the door to enter Hyliad's office to meet him, Ringo and Slant again. Back at the same place they were kicked off from.

Shelly: You ready to receive the punch of your life?

Hyliad: Oooh! Still feisty aren't ya!

Tony: Could you at least tell us what the hell is going on?

Hyliad: Hmm, Ringo? Slant? You guys gonna let up?

Ringo: No sir, money talks enough for me.

Slant: Mr. Roadagain is right hehe! You, weaklings, are nothing to us!

Felicia: Yeah we've already figured you Slant from all the crazy guys I've met.

Ringo: I figured you out when you got so mad after a tiny little pun-

Felicia: Oh you son of a bi-

Tony: Felicia. Make sure to make him cry tears of blood.

Both trios pounced at each other, Tony at Slant, Felicia at Ringo, and Shelly at Hyliad. The fight had begun.

Meanwhile, in Kappa Land, on the non-believer island, Henki's group was sleeping in a little cottage near Steven's camp, finally getting some rest from the long journey in the ship and all the stuff they've had to do once getting on land. The next day, the group guided Steven and the guards to Lobbas' ship, who was sleeping on the chair he was on when he decided to hang back at the ship. Waking up startled, Lobbas was immediately struck with a look of panic."DON'T TOUCH THE INTERFACE!" He yelled. "Why?" Rum asked, narrowing his eyes Lobbas, who's face was now filling up with red. "U-uhm no reason I was you know...watching some good old tv! The new episodes of that new reality show..." "What's its name?" Jonas inquired further, knowing whatever was on it must be immature or just porn. "Well u-uhm you know the one-" "I don't have time for this. Steven, the weapons are in that room, give your little army some of those." Henki cut that whole conversation off before it got embarrassing for Lobbas and also because time was of the essence. "I need to call up the other group you...heard a bit of yesterday" he sighed as he used his MEE6 to call Adiffs.

Adiffs: The hell do you want?

Henki: What do you mean what do I want? It's a fucking mission what else would I be talking about?

Adiffs: Hey what do I know? You could want to live in that shithole. Anyways, we've basically mapped out the building and all the entrances. Seems like the best way to enter will be through sewage, although like every infiltration plan, we'll need a distraction. Got any ideas for that?

Henki: Well if you'd let me talk you probably could've known. First, call in Ershy to this island so he can give Lobbas fuel and help us break through the wall. There are quite a few people here that can fight at the entrance whilst we sneak in, we take on this guy called Subaru. Sacrificing people and calling it the ritual of praise or something? This faction is under all sorts of hypnotic shit, but all their King did was talk.

Adiffs: Can't we say the same for ours in a wa-

Henki: Don't go finishing that. For you and me both. Anyway, call them in and be prepared to head for the nearest way into sewer wherever you guys are.

Henki cut the call, turning to his group. "You guys gotta do this swiftly and efficiently, got it?" Everyone outside the ship from the island was cheering in happiness as freedom from the faction was soon. "Yes sir!" They all said in unison, giving Henki and instant reflection back to the old group, causing him to look scared in a way. "Uhh, Henki, are you alright there?" Roshi asked, with Henki replying "...Yeah. Yeah I'm fine. Think Ershy should be here soon huh?" The lingering fear of becoming incompetent again swelled in Henki's mind, he guessed even with a new group and start in a way, he still was tied to those shackles.

Eventually, though, Ershy arrived, jolly as he glided over in his wheelchair into Lobbas ship, although even with his clothes compacting his fat, barely getting through the door (How long is it till this joke gets old lol) "Got the fuel pumping into the ship, what do you want from me though? Break down a wall of something Adiffs told me, lad?" Henki nodded and replied with, "That's exactly it. e need you two to blow the wall to smithereens, deploy the army of around 100 or so people we got here, you guys just have to play defensively whilst the rest of us will head into Emote City. Make sure to cause havoc but make the army come to you in a way, they probably won't have time to even assemble it if we get in the palace quick enough." "Roger that then, "Ershy said back, as he got into his own ship and everyone else got ready to take off. And so they did. "Lobbas, make sure to drop us off as soon as we breach the wall. You ready to fight for your family Steven?" Steven laughed at Henki's question. "I couldn't be more ready, bastard."

Lobbas: Camouflage in sync, Ershy we fire in 3, 2, 1, FIRE!

Ershy: FOR FATHER!

Missiles spat out from both ships, as they weaved out of the way of the missiles, lasers and cannons heading their way, in Lobbas' ship everyone was clutching onto their seatbelts on the chairs as the whisked around to avoid fire, and in Ershy's there was enough of him in the ship to keep him balanced, but overall it seemed that they had the upper hand. After a few more rounds of shooting and weaving around, the wall was eventually breached, as both ships flew in and quickly deployed the people within. Using the camouflage software on their clothes through MEE6, Henki's group plus Steven headed into the nearest sewer grid, although it still reeked.

Katsu: The amount of things that I could describe to say what died in here is ridiculous.

Rum: Understandable-Hooly shit this looks cooler in the movies.

Henki: At least this is your first time, all the guards around the wall and police in this area will be disturbed and on alert. They could be getting Subaru as we speak, so we gotta be quick. Unfortunately delaying that, we have to meet up with Adiffs...

Jonas: They've been living the high life from what I saw of that city.

Roshi: Yeah, but you know his group, they don't exactly flow together well.

As MEE6 was directing them towards the other group, you could already use the noise of arguing to pinpoint where they were.

Pro: You're such a fucking boomer you can't even figure out directions now?

Adiffs: It's not like I half strung this thing together!

Omega: Bullshit! Henki did most of the talking and you were just acting like you always do to everyone!

Adiffs: And what's that huh? How do I act?

Gabby: Did you guys forget we're about to kill a King of a fucking faction?!

Mago: Hey guys.

Mago was greeting the group, who kinda just observed the last exchange, as they didn't really know when to interject into it.

Henki: Look, we've got no time for this, but once this over your entire group needs a therapist.

Mago: Therapist number 25? Sure.

Ignoring that, everyone would use the directions of MEE6 per usual to get them to the palace. After arriving at a tiny drain of sorts, Henki quickly blasted open above, revealing that they had entered the shower room for the guards, he assumed. "This is the last time for a while we won't have to talk whilst kicking ass, so I guess you should kick some ass." Was his last statement before bursting through the changing rooms from the guards and into the center of the palace, two mechas sprang at them, both firing nitro energy blasts, and being both being canceled out first Omega taking out his staff to fire at the blast, whilst Gabby used her signature shotgun which fired tiny table tennis balls of energy, but weirdly contained so much of it it was able to counteract the mecha's blast. Jonas would zoom towards the mecha Omega was against, but the mecha had anticipated it and was able to grab hold of him and try and throw him onto the ground, but Jonas landed right back on his feet. Mago took out his ball, chain, and sickle which instead of being metal, was nitro energy. Tossing and landing the weapon on the mecha that was against Gabby, Mago would yank himself towards it, kicking it down to the ground, although it swatting him to the side quickly. However, this gave Gabby the chance to bury some blasts in, destroying the mecha. Jonas started running in circles which worked for a brief moment before the mech knew it was a clear distraction, looking up to fire at Omega again who dodged the laser, before the pilot saw Jonas leap in front of him, use his knives to smash the front and get his hands behind the back of the pilots head, and before they could eject and flee, he turned the knives around to the butts of them so he could knock the pilot out swiftly. "Easier done than said, in this cause huh?" He chuckled lightly. The other 7 had their own problems as well, of course as they had to face the royal guards. Henki came across SteveKopplin, who used these vibrators to drill into the ground and cause rubble to be launched at him. Despite that though, Henki was able to plant a bullet into his shoulder and his leg, quickly ending that scuffle. Rum and Roshi found it more difficult, however, as they went against the guard called Alex, who had to dildo guns that fired acid sperm. Having to stay back and take fire from an afar made it easier for him to dodge, Roshi started to direct him into the rubble included fight going on with Steve and Henki, so dodging that as well slowed his reaction time a bit. Alex had to leap away from a large rock flying at him, and Rum was free from the rubble, so he was able to fire at him and knock him out. "You have to thank this non-lethal feature even most criminals put on guns now, does the whole world some help," Roshi said smiling, as Rum nodded triumphantly as he stood upon his first defeated opponent. Pro had Izuru to take on next, but Pro didn't have a weapon, as "Mudae King" he had something else up his sleeve. Pulling out a card like this was Yu-Gi-Oh, Pro yelled, "I CLAIM TANYA!" As seemingly magical particles flowed through his card, turning his appearance from muscular light-skinned man to a blonde short girl. Shooting up into the sky, Pro said "Tanya possesses abilities beyond you, move aside." To Izuru, who answered back with, "Ah, so you own one of the mudae cards as well. Where did you get them from? Did you forge one yourself? You don't look strong enough to do that.." Mudae cards? Pro thought this was his special thing, that his mother gave him..."Where did you get that from?" Pro's question felt like a threat as Izuru used his card, yelling "I CLAIM PIKACHU!" And transforming into well, Pikachu. Izuru was severely outmatched as even when he used his electric attacks to fire at Pro, he just avoided them, as Pro fired a non-lethal blast at Izuru knocking him out with ease, muttering "I've got some questions you gotta answer." Fourthly, Katsu had to go against a guard named Connor, who chucked buttplugs out like darts, although the causes mini-explosions once they landed. Using one hand that had a sword-like weapon in it to slice through them at times, as they got close enough to fire with the gun in the other hand, knocking them out cold. Steven was able to take out Louk's father easily took, catching the spear he had and flipping him onto the ground, spear close to his neck. "Stay down!" He ordered.

Whilst this was all happening, Adiffs headed right for King Subaru himself. Barging through all the guards, firing away with guns, and even having to knock women who seemed to be mistresses of Subaru as he neared his room. Opening the door to the place, Subaru's grin could be caught from across the room as his long black hair was a nice home for his crown. Dressed in kingly robes, he didn't look more comfortable.

Subaru: Been a few years, buddy.