All In!

Baddan expelled another clump of dark blue clouds, and the trio was not surprised to once again find a number of Baddans surrounding them. They numbered exactly thirty-six, and the group immediately stood back to back, even though the plan didn't involve them sticking together.

"We might as well have delivered ourselves to death, like he said," Tallo scoffed.

"Yeah, well..." Maxim said, her reluctance on full display.

"As long as you do your part, we'll be fine. Like I said. 100%. Remember?" Skullius said, more to himself than the others.

Tallo sighed, and suddenly turned into a mash of colour that streaked in one direction, and Maxim did the same, in another direction. The clones of Baddan split themselves, and followed after them, catching up in no time, of course.