Operation: MASKED, Part 11

Chapter 11: Getting Slagged

Five-year-old Cheren Uno kept a steady aim on the target before him as he pulled the plunger-arrow back on the bow. His finger slipped, and he ended up getting the plunger stuck to his own hand. His mother giggled as she went over to pull the plunger off. "You need to keep a tight grip, Cheren. You'll end up cutting your own hand if you can't hold it right. Here, let me help."

Rachel put the arrow in the bow again and put it in Cheren's hands, kneeling down beside her son as she helped him pull the arrow back. "Just hold on tight… eye on the bull's-eye…" When Rachel let go, Cheren was about to fire the arrow, but he fell back and shot it upward, sticking the plunger on the bottom of Rachel's nose. Rachel squinted her eyes together to look at the plunger before yanking it off. "Not only am I not a bull, but that was my NOSE."

Cheren and Rachel started to laugh playfully.

"Mmm… Mom…" That morning, Cheren was fast asleep on the couch in the treehouse's living room, smiling from his peaceful dream. The Uno boy rolled over and fell over the couch, landing on top of Panini, who slept on the floor. "YOUCH!"

The two shook the dizziness off and stared into each other's eyes. "Uhhh… good morning." Cheren greeted with a blush.

"A bit young for this, aren't we?" Panini joked.

Cheren got back to his feet and helped the girl to stand as well. The boy still kept his blush as he rubbed the back of his head. "Still, it's… great to wake up on top of you instead of when… you're not around."

Panini giggled.

"Hehe… today feels a lot brighter, just 'cause. Hm?" Cheren instantly remembered something as the morning sun shone through the window. He turned and slowly approached the balcony door, walking outside as he stared at the bright sun.

"Gonna get yer eyes burned out, y'know." Panini said. "It's no wonder ya need glasses."

Cheren's eyes focused intently, squinted as the sun slowly rose higher. With a whiff through his nose, the boy held up his bow, pulled back an arrow, and launched it straight at the light. The arrow didn't get far when it suddenly froze above the street. It brimmed with the light when the tip of the arrow suddenly burst into flame. It fell to the street below, still flickering with its flame.

Cheren and Panini climbed to the ground below and stared at the flaming arrow. Cheren picked it up and held it toward the sun.

You got the Fire Arrow! This mystical arrow will set flame to whatever it hits! …So, you've pretty much made Deku Sticks and spring water obsolete! ;D

By the time everyone else had awakened, they were all doing their usual morning routines, with Cheren, Panini, and Harry having breakfast at the table. "Um, listen, Panini… I think you should stay here."

"WHAT??"

"Yay, random breakfast conversations!" Harry exclaimed.

"Cheren!! After all I went through just ta get here, ya want me ta stay behind??"

"Hey, I didn't want you to come in the first place, all right? Not only was it a risk never getting back, but we don't know what we're up against in the future. We don't know how dangerous it'll be, so it's best if you stay here. Besides, it's… best if we have less people to keep track of on a mission."

"Feh. If it wasn't for me, ya would have frozen ta death on Holoska."

"I was there too, you know." Thomas reminded.

"Well, I've got the Fire Arrow now." Cheren reminded. "This way, I won't have to worry about needing you and you… getting in the way." He shrugged.

"'Getting in the way.' Shyah, right." She scoffed, rolling her eyes. "Well, we'll see what yer Fire Arrow does for ya after you get frozen and there's no firebender to defend ya."

"Hopefully, we won't go anywhere else icy. But come on, Panini, just stay here. Please?"

Panini sighed. "Fiine, fine. But only because, after yer captured and send for my help, I get to gloat my butt off at you."

"Hehe! Well said!" Cheren grinned sheepishly. "Besides, it might be dangerous knowing Nerehc is on the loose."

"Who's Nerehc?" Kellie asked.

"My Negative. You guys have a Negaverse, right?" They nodded. "Good, less explaining. Long story short, he's sort of a half-demon, too, but he has firebending powers. He also likes to cause destruction and havoc just for the fun of it. And now that we're in a new universe with a clean slate, he might want to repeat his actions from before. I feel like we should stop him first. He might be allied with Majora."

"Actually, when you two were having that battle, I was able to stick a tracking device onto his shirt collar." Thomas told them. "In case we ever needed to follow him."

"Really? Good thinking, Thomas."

"Yeah, and I was able to follow his whereabouts with this." Melissa said as she held up a small device with a monitor with a blinking red dot. "It looks like he's hiding somewhere out in the Pacific Ocean."

"Good." Cheren stood up. "It's imperative that we catch him."

"Changing your priorities that fast?" Thomas asked.

"Well, I'm sorta worried about him, too. I don't know about you guys', but people in my world have the same lifespan as our Negatives. No them, no us. So if something happens to him, well…"

"Yikes… I'm suddenly worried for my Negative." Harry said.

"That doesn't explain how he was able ta get here, though." Panini replied.

"So many questions…" Cheren said quietly. "But that's the adventure, right? So, who'm I going with this time?"

"Me, duh." Melissa told him. "I don't trust anyone else with my 2x4. 'cept maybe… well, you know. Come on, let's get to the S.C.A.M.P.E.R.!" was all she said as she ran off.

Cheren raised a confused brow. "Um… I'm coming." He proceeded to run in her direction.

"Cheren!" The boy halted immediately, turning at Panini. The Irish-Polish gave a smirk and a wink and said, "Remember our deal: you get captured, I shake my butt atcha!"

Cheren gave a smirk and a wink back. "Don't place too many wagers on that." With that, he ran off.

Sector V S.C.A.M.P.E.R.; over the seas… Termina

And just like before, Cheren and Melissa were speeding over the sunny seas, en route to the area where Nerehc supposedly waited out in the Pacific. "So, what's the deal with these Giants you guys've been talking about?" Melissa asked.

"Oh, I dunno." Cheren sighed. "It felt like they were going to break Majora's curse, then all of a sudden, they wanna protect Majora, or somethin'. Sigh, I feel like we're just wasting our time in rescuing them. Now that I have the Master Sword back, I'd like to just track him down and deal away with him myself, but I'm not sure where he is. …Oh yeah. Another thing: any idea what a 'matesprite' is?"

"'Matesprite'? Isn't that something from-" Melissa silenced herself when the monitors started beeping. "Hang on. There's something coming toward us."

Cheren looked at his monitor. "I don't see anything."

"It says it's coming behind us."

"My TV isn't showing anything!"

"Well, flip the channel back to ours and see what's…" The two looked around as the ship began shaking.

"AAAH!" Everything suddenly went to dark.

Dreams

"Chereeen…Chereeen… WAKE UP, boy!"

"Whuh-uh!" Cheren shot his eyes open, finding himself drifting in a realm of darkness.

"That's more like it…" In the darkness, Cheren saw the dark silhouette of a huge figure.

"Majora." Cheren said coldly, gritting his teeth.

"Poor little boy… struggling so desperately to save his girl. Your journey is a wasteful one. But I can assure you, Miyuki is safe and sound in my grasp."

"LIAR!" Cheren threw an arm out at him. "You're using her as your puppet! But no matter what it takes, I'm going to stop you. I won't leave this world until I save Miyuki!"

"Really? Then tell me something, child: why exactly are you trying to save her?"

"Because as Supreme Leader, it's my sole responsibility to protect kids everywhere, including my fellow operatives, from any force that tries to harm them."

"Is that so? I wonder… are you trying to rescue Miyuki because she's your friend… or is it all in your pitiful quest to be a great leader?"

"What??"

"Everyone wears masks, Cheren. Be they over their faces... or their souls. Everyone has something they wish to conceal. And what lies beneath your mask, couldn't be more clear to me. You don't really care about Miyuki. You only wish to save her because you want to be as good a leader as your mom. Risking life and limb to save any random child would boost that rank. And because of that, your judgment is clouded. You fail to see that Miyuki is in safe arms."

"What're you talking about?? You're a demon! You wish only to use her as your pawn!"

"It's true… in the beginning, I wanted her only to do my bidding. But… she is so much more. After days of sitting upon her face… I've grown fond of her. I want to protect her… from selfish beings. Such as yourself."

"I am not selfish. Miyuki isn't just a fellow operative, she's my friend. I only wanted to help her."

"Really? And what are you going to do once you find us, anyhow? Are you going to kill me?"

"Hmmmm…" Cheren growled. "I don't kill, Majora. But you're a demon. You'll just go right back to your homeland and rest up. It doesn't count."

"Haaaaaheheha! 'It doesn't count.' You're a hypocrite, boy. As big a hypocrite as your mother. Setting up phony morals for yourself, living by a false policy just to be a better leader in your own eyes. Really, you'll kill anyone who gets in your way. It's selfish humans like you Miyuki was disgusted with. You know why you couldn't save her before? It was because of that selfishness. That selfish desire to seem like a better person. It's why you couldn't save her before, and you can't save her now. That's why she wants to stay with me."

"And how are YOU any different??" Cheren asked, feeling more angry than ever. "It's your selfish desire to destroy the world, just like any other demon."

"Yes… but Miyuki and I share a special connection. We both have something in common. She has never felt more close with anyone than she does me. That's why I want to protect her from you… at all costs."

"Protect her from me?? You have that backwards! When I find you, I'll make you ever regret saying that! You're nothing but a heartless demon and I WILL stop you!"

"Ahh… but Miyuki's opinion is not taken into that equation… is it?" On that note, the dark vision faded away.

"Hey! Where're you going?! Don't you dare be like those Giants! HEYYY!!!"

Pirate Fleet; prison hold

Cheren woke up on a cold, hard metal floor as he sat up and gripped his head, still feeling his blood slightly boil with anger. "Grr, stupid Majora… I care about Miyuki. A lot more than he does. Oh?" Cheren then realized they were sitting in some metallic cell, with Melissa sitting boredly by the bars, her head rested on her right hand while she scraped a cup across the bars with her left hand, making a rather annoying sound. Cheren stood up on his tiptoes to see out of a barred window. He saw they were on a ship of some kind, the waves brushing along the side as the morning sun shone through the cloudy sky.

"A ship? But… that can only mean-" Cheren turned at the sound of footsteps, the two looking to see the huge, oven-like pirate, Sprocket, walking alongside the chubby Captain Slag, and Slag's henchman, Rusty Pete. The pirates stopped and glared at them in their cell.

"Well, look who it be: those bratty kids that were in that jungle." Sprocket observed.

"Check yer vision sensors, Sprocket: one of these lads be a lass now, ay?" Slag corrected.

Sprocket turned a dial on the side of his head, refocusing his vision as he noticed Melissa. "Ahh. Okay. Sorry, Cap'n."

"Slag." Cheren stated with a glare. "What've you been up to? Still pilfering and pillaging, not giving a hoot?"

"HHO HO ho! Aye, along the lines. But I cut me a deal with that wee twin o' yours."

"Nerehc?!"

"Aye, the young prince. Rather small fry fer someone so royal. Regardless, 'e's placed a bounty on yer head, and a mighty reward is ta come our way if we are successful. Why, a young prince of demons is sure to make us fabulously wealthy. 'e's resting right now, gettin' 'imself drunk on soda on Tortuga Island. But once 'e returns, bundles of doubloons awaits us."

"Psh, you don't really think Nerehc is that rich, do you?" Cheren chuckled with a smirk. "He's just some kid that likes running around, getting into trouble. I'm sure whatever he told you was just some sham."

"A sham, ye say?" Sprocket raised a brow. "Do these words be true?"

"Arr, don't listen ta the likes of him, Sprocket." Slag told him. "If Nerehc really be lying ta us, we'll 'ave him keelhauled 'fore Davy Jones even 'as a chance to come and suck his succulent soul."

"Uhhh." Cheren didn't quite get this pirate talk.

"Enjoy the ride, lad and lassie. For we shall arrive on Tortuga very soon." And on that note, Slag led his henchmen out of the room.

"Don't worry, kids! If yer lucky, you'll get to taste-test their new shipment of grog!" Rusty Pete told them positively with a hiccup before leaving.

"WELL-P, that sure didn't take long before we got captured." Melissa threw up her arms, exasperated. "So, shall we call Panini and prove you right?"

Cheren felt around his pants and shirt, feeling nothing underneath. "We can't, anyway. They took all my stuff, and probably yours, too. ...Except for my Empty Bottle, apparently." Cheren said as he pulled out his bottle for catching Stray Fairies. "But I'm not waiting until this ship gets to Tortuga, we're breaking out of here FIRST."

"Well, how're we supposed to do that?"

As Cheren stared at the Empty Bottle in his hand, the only item he still had, he suddenly thought of something. Sparing a glance at Melissa, the boy opened his bottle and swiped it at Melissa, catching her perfectly inside. "WHOA!!" He wanted to question how he was able to do that, but before wasting time, he simply stuck his bottle outside of the cell and opened it, setting the girl free as she plopped to the floor, her hair messy.

"Okay… that's one way to escape from prison." She said, still not believing it either.

"Makes sense how all these Stray Fairies were able to fit in here." Cheren chuckled. Melissa saw the keys hanging on a wall in the room and went to grab them, opening the cell to let Cheren out. "Thanks, but we're not free yet. Let's get my stuff back and find a way off this ship." (Play the Pirates' Fortress theme (Orchestrated) from Majora's Mask. Or just… play the normal one if you can't find it. :/)

Stage 15: Slag's Fleet

Mission: Sneak past the pirates and retrieve Cheren's items.

The two operatives creaked open the door to the prison hold, peeking outside for any guards. A small staircase was outside the door, which the two quietly snuck up and peeked down the hallway. A pirate was coming down the hall, so the operatives backed away, down the stairs and behind the door as they watched the pirate sneak by. When he was gone, they went back into the hall and quietly hurried to the direction the pirate came from. They made another turn right, where a door led outside. Cheren tried to turn the nob, but it wouldn't open. They peeked out of a window to see the door was blocked by a crate on the other side.

They decided to head in the other direction of the hall where the pirate went. They saw the pirate coming back, so they quickly ducked behind some crates and barrels. When the pirate walked by, he looked in their direction, but saw nobody there. He only shrugged and continued walking as Cheren and Melissa snuck further down, wearing a barrel as a disguise. They turned a left corner down the hall, finding a dead end with more crates and barrels. Hanging on the wall, however, was Cheren's Kateenian Mask. The boy proceeded to take it off the wall.

You got the Kateenian Mask back! It'll be easier to sneak past pirates when you're a shorty!

The kids hid back in the barrel and snuck by the pirate again. He was a little confused with that barrel seeming to switch places again and again, but decided to wave it off. The kids made it back to the door, and on the opposite side of the corridor from it was the entrance to an air duct on the ceiling. Cheren became a Kateenian as Melissa lifted him up and into the duct. Cheren easily walked through in his Kateenian body as the duct took him outside the sealed door. He dropped out behind some crates, safely unnoticed by the pirates patrolling the deck. Cheren became a human again as he proceeded to move the crate blocking the door out of the way, allowing Melissa to get outside.

They hid behind one of the many rows of crates, peeking over to look at the patrolling pirates. They saw a plank that connected to a neighboring ship on the other side of the deck, but several pirates were guarding. Cheren noticed a net loaded with fishes at the front of the deck and put on his Kateenian Mask before beginning to sneak through. He snuck between two rows of crates when a pirate's back was turned at him, then had to crouch behind rows of sacks of flour to avoid the other pirates. One of the pirates stood in place as he simply looked in each direction every few seconds. When his back was turned, Cheren was able to run by him before another patrolling pirate could come back and notice. Cheren made it behind some crates, where a lever sat, connected to the crane that was holding the fishnet. Cheren flipped the lever and caused the net to drop, dumping fish all over the deck.

All of the pirates directed their attention at the fish and ran over to investigate, while Cheren quietly snuck away during their distraction. He and Melissa met up at the wooden plank and were able to cross it with no patrolling guards. After making it to the other ship, they crouched behind some more crates, staring as the pirates seemed to be guarding a chest. To their left was a staircase that led to an upper section of the ship, but a pirate was standing guard up top. The pirate ship was also rocking lightly back and forth, side-to-side, and a small crate at the front of the deck was sliding back and forth. Cheren, still in his Kateenian form, tiptoed over behind the crate when it was on their side, and moved quickly to stay behind it as it slid back. Cheren was able to sneak behind the two pirates, who Cheren noticed seemed to be wobbling slightly when their side was shifted toward the sea.

He waited for the ship to tilt back, so when the pirates wobbled, he made the first one trip and fall into the sea. The second one didn't seem to notice as the ship wobbled back again, leaving Cheren to trip him. Melissa took this time to sneak over as Cheren opened the chest and retrieved the next of his stolen items.

You got the Hookshot back! Use it to grapple things! …Yaaaaay!

The two noticed the wooden Hookshot target hanging on the wall above the upper walkway. Cheren held onto Melissa as he shot the Hookshot and pulled them to it, unnoticed behind the pirate above the stairs. The pirate felt like he heard something behind him as he thought aloud. "Hurrr… I should turn around… but I was only programmed to face in this general direction. Murff… I hate code."

The two walked across the pathway around the side of the ship, getting to the back where a bunch of pirates were singing and dancing on the deck below. "We're devils and black sheep, really bad eggs, drink up me hearties, yo ho. Yo hooo, yo hooo, a pirate's life for me."

The operatives snuck down the stairs and hid behind more crates. They saw a lifeboat across the deck that could probably take them to another ship, but there were too many pirates and there was nothing to hide behind. They saw a metal pipe that led into the ship across the row of crates, so they hurried over and carefully climbed inside without being spotted. They slipped into the ship's kitchen, inside of an open stove, where a pirate was chopping up carrots and celery on a counter. When the pirate walked over to the sink, the kids crawled around the table in the center. They stayed behind the table as they looked to a locked door, which read, Ship control room. They also saw that the pirate had the key on a necklace around his neck.

As the pirate kept walking around the center table, doing chores in each area of the kitchen, Cheren saw labels on the different cabinets above the kitchen. One read Plates and Silverware, another read Canned Goods and Other Canned Items, while another read Grand Pianos for when you get those fortune cookies that predict one will fall on you. Cheren immediately thought up a plan, so when the pirate was about to walk under said cabinet, Cheren Youth Rolled into the counter behind the pirate, causing the grand piano to slip out and crush him. The pirate shot out from the middle of the piano, his body squished like an accordion as he wobbled up and down. Cheren was able to take the key around his neck and hurry over to the locked door.

Inside the ship's control room, they found several pipes and cranks, as well as a lever that read, Trapdoor deck switch. The two friends exchanged curious glances as Cheren pulled the lever. On the back deck of the ship, a huge trapdoor opened that caused all of the dancing pirates to drop in. By the sound of that quaking, Cheren and Melissa had a feeling what just happened. They went back in the kitchen and entered another door that led into a dark hallway. They took a staircase that led onto the deck, where they found the whole of the singing pirates gone beneath the large trapdoor.

With the pirates gone, the two kids unhooked the lifeboat and used it to float over to another ship. Since they were actually space-pirates, the lifeboat floated in the air. It brought them to the deck of another ship, where they hid behind more crates to avoid patrolling pirates. There was a door near them that led inside the ship, but a pirate stood next to it as he faced their direction. They had no choice but to go around the other way. They saw another box on their right, so they peeked out to make sure no pirates were watching before running behind that crate. The next crate was on the other side of the deck, but one of the pirates faced steadily at the spot between them, only turning away for a brief moment.

Cheren grabbed Melissa's wrist as they waited for the pirate to turn away, then quickly launching his Hookshot to grab and pull them toward the box, quickly hiding behind to avoid the pirate's vision. There was one more pirate they had to sneak behind before they successfully made it to the door into the ship, avoiding the attention of the other pirate beside it.

They entered a narrow hallway where several pirates were hard at work mopping the floors. On the other side of the hall were four crates, stacked in stacks of two as they blocked the door. Cheren saw a ladder by their left that went up to a shelf by the ceiling. He peeked out to make sure all of the pirates were focusing on the floor before climbing the ladder, then carefully sidling his way across the shelf to the other side. He kept his eyes looking down at his feet nervously to make sure he stayed on the shelf. Not noticing the hole in the wall ahead, he was startled when a Snapdragon popped out and nearly chomped his head. He was inches away, but far enough to avoid it and stand his ground. Thankfully, the pirates didn't seem to hear him. Without his sword, Cheren didn't see any way to attack the Snapdragon, so the boy was forced to drop off the shelf and grip the edge to climb across.

He tried to make little sound as possible so the pirates wouldn't hear, and hoped the shelf wouldn't collapse due to his weight. He was able to get fairly far before he noticed another Snapdragon hole below. Cheren quietly climbed above the shelf again and sidled along to avoid it. When he made it to the end, he wasn't sure where to go to next. However, he noticed the many crates, ropes, and barrels that were aligned on the parallel shelf. Among those, he noticed Sackboy's Mask leaning against one of the crates. He looked at the crate stacks blocking the doorway and jumped to them, flailing his arms to keep his balance upon landing. He stood his ground as he then jumped to the other shelf, retrieving his mask.

You got Sackboy's Mask back! Now you can somewhat alter environments in certain areas! 'Cause not everyone appreciates creativity. :P

Cheren put on his mask and climbed onto the crate it was leaning on, which coincidentally had an Arrangement Pad. Cheren went into Rearrangement Mode and proceeded to move the crates blocking the door out of the way. Since there were four crates and also four pirates, he was able to drop each crate on a pirate, knocking them out, allowing Melissa to get across the hall as well. They entered the new room, which appeared to be some kind of storage chamber. Barrels, ropes, and other luggage piled the room. However, there was a certain item that caught Cheren's eye: a large, white sail with a greenish-blue skull and crossbones. Cheren picked the sail up as he flapped it to get the wrinkles out.

You got the Pirates' Sail! This large piece of fabric catches the wind and allows the pirates to sail overseas!...which makes you question why space pirates would have it, but it's in this room for a reason. Now make use of it yourself as you allow the gentle winds to blow you away!

The two then approached a large, open window, peeking out to find the next ship was far in front of this one on their right. They also felt the wind blowing in that direction as well. "You know, we could probably use that sail as a glider." Melissa suggested.

"Yeah, I know, I read the in-game text."

"The what?"

"Never mind. Grab on." Melissa wrapped her arms around Cheren as they jumped out the window, and Cheren immediately whipped the sail up, holding it in both hands as the wind was caught under it. The two were able to glide along the side of the ship, peacefully drifting toward the next one ahead. They saw an open window in that ship and glided into it, Cheren quickly pulling his sail in.

They made it into a room that was loaded with tables of flowers and other exotic plants. They crouched behind a few of the shrubs when they noticed no one other than Sprocket. The buff, stove-like pirate's left hand was in the shape of a water can, lightly sprinkling each little plant he walked by. "Ahhh, the pity." The pirate sighed to himself. "The lads would never understand. That my true purpose in life... is to water plants and study botany."

The two operatives saw the S.Q.W.I.R.T. placed on one of the tables, close to Sprocket. They only had to do like before and crawl around on the ground, safely out of Sprocket's eyesight. When they crawled close to the S.Q.W.I.R.T., they had to wait for Sprocket to walk away. After he did so, Cheren was able to walk up and take the 2x4 water-gun back.

You got your S.Q.W.I.R.T. back! With this, you'll be the best gardener ever! ...Or be a plague to plants everywhere. Whichever.

The two looked up to see an open, circular window near the ceiling. Cheren looked at one of the plants that bared close resemblance to a vine and watered it with the S.Q.W.I.R.T., the room shaking as the plant grew into a vine with large leaf platforms. "WHOA!" Sprocket's eyes widened at the sight of this. The operatives quickly crawled and hid under a table as Sprocket came to observe it. "Such beauty! I knew all the love and care I give to these plants would pay eventually! Oh, I could just stare at this marvel for hours..."

Cheren and Melissa exchanged grumpy looks. Now they couldn't climb that beanstalk without being spotted. However, another idea sparked in Cheren's mind when he noticed a fully grown orange flower near the opposite end of the room. He glanced over to make sure Sprocket was still transfixed as he snuck over and sprayed the reverse-growth water on the flower, causing it to close up and shrink. Cheren quickly crawled back under as Sprocket spared a glance over, his eyes catching sight of the shriveled plant. He grumbled as he trudged over to try and water it. This served as a great distraction for Cheren and Melissa to quietly climb the beanstalk. Cheren easily made it to the top and hopped out the window. Melissa tried to jump, but barely made it as she gripped the windowsill. Cheren hurriedly grabbed and pulled her in before Sprocket could turn to notice.

The two landed on an outer walkway of the room, walking around it as they found a zipline. Cheren flipped his sail over it and Melissa held onto him as they slid down to the deck below. There were lots of boxes lying around, and pirates patrolling the area. There was a very high, steep staircase that led to the highest room on this ship, which they believed to be the captain's cabin, and two pirates were guarding it at the top. The two had to sneak around some crates and avoid attention from the pirates. They made it behind a very large pile of crates, in which a pirate seemed to be patrolling around on one of the floors. Cheren and Melissa climbed onto the first floor of the stack, watching as the pirate paced back and forth. In the middle of his row was a stack low enough to climb higher, but it was too high to reach. So in that sense, it's not low enough, huh?

When the pirate wasn't looking, the two climbed onto another higher floor in the corner, hiding from his vision. It was there they discovered an Arrangement Pad, so Cheren turned into Sackboy to have an overview of the area. One of the higher crates was open, and conveniently had some large plums stashed inside. Cheren picked one of the plums up and dropped it over the pirate's head. His head was completely covered, and he kept pacing back and forth with a plum over his head, unable to really see. The two were able to jump and stand on the plum-headed pirate, allowing him to walk them to the middle area, where they used him to jump up and onto the higher stack.

The two easily made it to the top of the pile, where a treasure chest sat. Cheren opened it and pulled out his trusty bow.

You got the Hero's Bow back! Now you can shoot things from a distance! Just don't poke anyone's eye out, okay?

Cheren wanted to begin shooting down pirates from above, but they didn't think they could shoot them all in time before they ran for backup. However, Melissa noticed a large beehive hanging from the deck's smokestack. Without beginning to question how they could set up that hive here, Cheren shot an arrow at the nest, causing it to drop to the deck, where it broke. A bunch of large, angry hornets came out, glaring hatefully at the pirates. The pirates were about to run away, but one of them spoke, "Come on, lads. We're robots. What can bees do to us?"

But that's when the hornets pulled out a bunch of machineguns, loaded and aimed at the pirates. The bunch of robots screamed and cowered away as bullets fired around aimlessly. The two pirates at the top of the stairs ran down and ran away from the area, flailing their arms as the bees fired and pursued. The only pirate left was the one on the crates, who still had a plum over his head. The deck was basically cleared as Cheren and Melissa high-fived and dropped down. The two proceeded to head up the steep staircase to the captain's cabin. Once they reached the top, however, they noticed the Master Sword laying discarded on the floor. Cheren was confused by this. "Why'd they hide everything else but leave this lying around?"

Cheren picked the sword up in his left hand and held it up as Fi jumped out. "Forgive me, Master Cheren. For the second time, I was unable to provide you assistance."

"Hehe, don't worry, Fi." Cheren smiled. "You know I would never lose you."

"Hey, what happened to that other sword you had?" Melissa asked.

"...Hm... I dunno."

Cheren sheathed the sword as the two entered the captain's cabin. Sitting in the middle of the room was a large treasure chest. And as anyone would know, large treasure chests contain something good. So Cheren went to open it, having to endure another display of golden lights. When the lights went away, Cheren pulled out a familiar sack. (End song.)

You got the rest of your items! Rather than leave them lying around, Slag kept the rest of the stash to himself. Probably to either keep you from cheating in stealth, or because they couldn't think of any puzzles for them. I dunno.

"Stalkin' sweet beauties, slackin' on duties, all.. drunk ALL the WAAAY!" Two singing voices could be heard outside the cabin. Cheren and Melissa exchanged quick glances and hid behind the open chest. The door was kicked open as Captain Slag and Rusty Pete came wobbling in, holding jugs of grog as they sang loudly. "But we SHOOT 'EM AND LOOOT! And DON'T give a hooot! DRINKS up EVERY daaay!"

"Ayy, we need ta think up better lyrics for these pirate shanties, Rusty Pete."

"Agreed, Cap'n."

"Waait!" The chubby captain began sniffing around. "I be smellin' somethin' I 'aven't smelled…" he sniffed around some more, "since but a few days ago."

"It's only been a few days?" Pete asked, surprised. "It feels like months… hiccup."

Slag then drew his attention to the middle, noticing the open chest. "And what miserable scallywag be snoopin' around my secret stash?"

"It's a secret if he leaves it out in the open like that?" Melissa whispered. Cheren shrugged.

They listened as the pirate captain's footsteps drew slowly closer, the pirate taking a peek into his box. Cheren sensed he was about to look behind the chest, so feeling nervous, Cheren took his sword and jumped out from behind, slashing Slag on his hard metal belly before jumping back. "Well, look who it be!" the pirate exclaimed as Melissa ran out as well. "Check me vision sensors, Rusty Pete: I coulda sworn these li'l landlubbers were locked away in the brig. How'd ye escape, lad and lass?"

"You know, I'm still wondering that myself." Melissa said, still pondering over the fact Cheren caught her inside a bottle.

"Look, Slag, just let us off this ship and we won't harm you." Cheren said with a serious glare. "We're heading to Tortuga either way, to capture Nerehc. You don't need to get involved in this, just step aside."

"OH, but Oi do. Ya see, it's not just gold and doubloons we're aftarr. Them Underlandlubbers be wreakin' havoc on Tortuga since we arrived here. Tortuga is a very special place, for all—even us space—pirates. We can't have the lot o' THEM runnin' around. So as Demon Prince, we're expecting Nerehc to lure those vermin away, when we turn ye over to him."

"You can't expect Nerehc to do that." Cheren told him. "He may've been born with royal blood, but he has no power over those demons. They were brought here by Majora, and he'll never call them away. We saw so ourselves. Just let us take care of the demons."

"If Nerehc be puttin' up a jig, we'll steer him straight. But we've got no other option, and we ain't puttin' our pints in a bunch of little kids. It's time I swabbed the deck with both of ye, and if Nerehc really be lyin', I'll chart a course for all three of ye, to Davy Jarg's Locker." (Play Captain Slag's Battle Theme from Ratchet: Tools of Destruction.)

Boss fight: Captain Romulus Slag

The robotic captain turned his hook hand into a cannon as he started blasting cannonballs around the room, the operatives running around and avoiding. Slag then switched his weapon to some electrical device as he started firing blue energy boomerangs at the duo, which homed in. Cheren backed away and kept his shield up, but he still took the shock when the boomerangs came in contact. Melissa backed away as the boomerangs homed in on her, quickly running and jumping off the wall and towards Slag. The girl leapt over the chubby pirate as he turned around. The boomerangs collided with his back as Melissa ran to kick him in the crotch. Slight pain surged through her foot when she dealt no damage against the hard metal.

"Ho ho!" Slag laughed as he held Melissa upside-down by the foot. "Ya trying ta get the slip on me ya wee wench? Oi ain't loike your wee kiddy Candy Pirates. I am a man o' the stars! I—OOARGH!" He wobbled forward a bit when a bomb blew up on him from behind. Still holding Melissa, he turned to find Cheren aiming his M.U.M.B.L.E.R.. "Hrrr! YOU want your lass back, take her!" Slag yelled as he tossed the Gilligan girl at Cheren and knocked him over. Slag's right hand then turned into a cup of grog, which he chugged down before unleashing a breath of fire.

"Oi, bit of a waste of good grog (hiccup)." Pete commented.

Cheren blocked the flames with his shield before uncovering to see Slag charge over. Cheren gasped and jumped out of the way before Slag slammed into the wall. The ship seemed to wobble as a result as the pirate started to wobble around dizzily. Cheren attempted to Youth Roll into him and knock him down, but the pirate was a little too heavy, and Cheren ended up bumping his head. When Slag recovered, he attempted to scratch Cheren with his left hand, but Melissa jumped and grabbed the hand to hold it back. Slag merely threw her against the wall, and as she looked up, she saw Slag charging at her. She dodged just in time to make him ram the wall again, making him dizzy.

It was then that Cheren threw one end of the Pirates' Sail at Melissa, holding onto his own end as they exchanged nods. They held the sail out behind his legs and caused the pirate captain to trip and fall on his back. Cheren noticed his mouth hanging open, having an idea as he pulled out his M.U.M.B.L.E.R. and fired a M.A.R.B.L.E. inside his mouth. Slag's eyes widened as he swallowed and the inside of his belly was blown up. "'ey! That's a cheap shot on the captain!" Rusty Pete yelled.

Slag got to his feet, smoke coming from his mouth, as he started firing rapid cannonballs around the room again. The cannonballs landed on the ground as Slag jumped and quaked the floor with great force, causing the ship to wobble. This also caused the cannonballs to roll around the room, forcing the operatives to move carefully to avoid being bowled over. When Cheren saw one of the balls roll at him, he Youth Rolled into it and sent it rolling back, hitting Slag's crotch. "Ooaah! Me wee CANNONballs!" Slag then drank another cup of grog, and Cheren watched as flames charged in his mouth. Cheren thought fast and readied a Fire Arrow, shooting directly into the open mouth and forcing Slag to swallow.

An explosion occurred inside Slag as the pirate was knocked senseless, still standing up. As he tried to catch his breath, Cheren noticed the large crack that was cut across Slag's belly, an orange, fiery glow seeping through it. Cheren ran forward and attempted to jab his sword into the crack, successfully doing damage. Slag recovered and smacked the operative away. He extracted his cannon again and started shooting cannonballs at the operative. When the cannonballs hit the wall and started rolling on the floor, Slag switched his right hand to a Hookshot-like grabber and started grabbing and tossing the balls at Cheren. Cheren looked over at Melissa, who seemed to be gesturing him to throw her the Pirates' Sail.

Cheren saw her plan and tossed her one end of the sail, while he held the other as they spread it out. They were able to trick Slag into tossing a cannonball at the middle of the sail, causing it to bounce back and bash him in the head. Slag was knocked dizzy once again, giving Cheren the perfect opportunity to run and strike him in the crack on his belly. "AYYRR!" Slag yelled, recovering and slapping Cheren away. "Enough! So, ye have the proper sea-legs after all, laddie. What do ya we settle this like two immortal pirates locked forever in a never-ending duel, ay?"

"You mean I put my blood on a medallion, put that medallion in a chest, and stab you as you're coming back to life so you die?"

"Ehhh… I was thinking just the sword-fightin' part."

"Oh. Okay then." Immediately, Slag changed his right arm to that of a sword as he and Cheren were engaged in an epic clash. Sword-clings were heard all around as both opponents swung their arms quickly. Cheren flipped over Slag and got behind, but the two kept their eyes on each other as their swords still clashed. Cheren kept a very steady, focused look as he battled with Slag. The faster he swung his arm, the more desperate Cheren got at trying to defeat him. Cheren then ran at a wall as Slag chased and kicked up into the air, where the Uno son performed a Homing Strike and shot at Slag, spinning and scraping the front of his belly. Cheren flipped back to the floor and ran quickly around Slag, striking at his rear, which didn't seem to do much. Slag leapt in the air and smashed the floor with his bottom, causing the ship to shake some more. He turned to face Cheren as he attempted to strike down, but the boy back-flipped, the rocking of the ship causing Slag to wobble slightly.

During his weakened moment, Cheren cut Slag across his only standing leg, making Slag fall on his back. Slag gasped as Cheren flipped above him and dealt a fatal blow into his gaping crack. (End song.)

"OOAAAAAARRRRRGHH!" Slag cried as Cheren leapt off his belly.

"Get slagged." Cheren remarked with a glare.

"Well, ye've finally gone and done it, lad! Ye KILLED mee!"

Cheren's eyes widened. As he stared at Slag's dying form, then at the Master Sword in his hands, the dream came back into mind. Majora's words echoed quietly in his head.

"You're a hypocrite, boy. As big a hypocrite as your mother. Really, you'll kill anyone who gets in your way."

But Cheren wasn't going to let it end this way. Not yet. He pulled out the Spirit Flute and played the Song of Healing.

Doo-doo-dooo, doo-doo-dooo, doo-doo, do-do-doooo.

The pain immediately left Slag's body, and his mind was put into a state of piece. "Oi suddenly feel… like a blessed angel just turned down me temperature meter, aye?..." (Play "Song of Healing" from Majora's Mask.)

Slag found himself standing on a wooden podium, surrounded by hundreds of roaring, cheering pirates. On his right, his sword was impaled through the chest of his previous captain. He looked at the pirates once more as each one raised a can of grog. Slag raised his own can of grog and cheered as well before all pirates had a drink. The chubby captain stopped drinking as he and his crew were out sailing over the stars in space. Together, they attacked several planets and establishments, taking all of the treasure and grog they wanted. Slag couldn't feel more at peace, sailing under the bright, lovely stars. (End song.)

Slag came out of his vision, his eyes watery with tears. His body started to glow as he got to one knee, staring at the floor. "Arrr. This be the end, Rusty Pete. This be the end of the line for oool' Slag."

"But… Captain…" Rusty Pete held a look of sadness in his circular eyes.

"Ay… I see many things, Pete. Oceans of grog… never to let ya go thirsty. Mountains of gold, waitin' to be climbed. And wenches… ohh, the wenches… wenches as far as the eye can see."

"Don't go… Captain…" Pete's eyes started to water.

"Fair thee well, Rusty Pete. Fair thee well… cruel universe. Ay'll always be… one with the sea… and stars." With those last words, Slag was gone in a flash of light, his mask dropping to the floor. Rusty Pete picked the mask up as he shouted to the heavens.

"WHYYYYY?" He breathed in, "WHYYYYY-HY-HYYYYYY?" He then tossed the mask to Cheren and said in a more casual tone, "Well, I suppose if you're our new captain, you'll need one of those gimmicky pirate names. How about… 'Cheren the Dreadful'. Perhaps?"

Cheren looked at the mask before shaking his head and looking up at Pete. "Wait, I'M the new captain?"

"Of course! It's in the code, good sir!"

"Isn't that code more like guidelines?" Melissa asked.

"Ugh, whatever." Cheren shook his head again. "Look, I don't have time to be your captain, I have my own organization to lead." He looked down at the mask again. "Though on the other hand…"

You got Slag's Mask! With this, you can pose as the captain of a bunch of drunks and robotic swabbies! Your bulky exterior can give you the strength of 10 Moblins! And you can dance, too!

"So… will you…?" Melissa gestured curiously at the mask.

Cheren wondered this as well as he placed the mask on his face. Immediately, he felt the same sensation as before. His skin became hard and metal, his right hand became a hook, and his belly shot out into a much more bulky look. In seconds, he grew into Captain Slag, the only key differences being his brown hair, glasses, and red jacket.

"HOLY crudapples??" Melissa jumped back in surprise.

"Holy smokes!" Rusty Pete exclaimed. "Is that you, Cap'n?"

"Owaah." Cheren studied his new robotic form. "Oi feel a wee bit woozy, loike Oi just drank 100 barrels of ultrafizz, moind you." He said in Slag's voice.

"Dude, cut it with the Australian accent." Melissa told him.

"Hehe. Sorry."

"We'll be reaching Tortuga soon, Captain!" Rusty Pete reported with a hiccup. "The crew probably won't recognize ya with that getup, but if they catch you and your lass, they'll skewer you like rusty salad!"

"Blaarr. I can take 'em." Slag Cheren said, doing a hook-palm.

"I wouldn't be too risky, mate." Pete said. "There'll be loads of guns out front. And no doubt the lads'll be happy to see ya. You probably won't hold your disguise around them, so I propose we go around 'em (hiccup). There's a pathway in the back of the island we can take and sneak into the bar where Nerehc is hiding. But may I ask, what's your quarrel with him anyhow?"

"Arr, just imagine annoying twin brothers, ay?" Cheren told him. "Let us shove off, Rusty Pete."

The pirate henchman led them to a small sailboat which floated away from the fleet of ships, slowly moving toward the island ahead. "So, what's Tortuga like, anyway?" Melissa asked.

"Oh, it's wonderful, lassie! It's a party everyday, and there's more grog than what can be stirred!"

"Pirate heaven, basically." Cheren chuckled. But that's when a warping sound caught his attention, a sound that he recognized.

"Zoni." The alien creatures appeared before his vision.

"Awww, not you again-" The chubby pirate-boy was short-circuited by the Zoni, and he fell unconscious.

Land of Maps and Treasure

Cheren, still in Captain Slag's form, awoke and found himself on an island, surrounded by brown, jagged rocks and stalagmites. The sky above was covered in dark red and black clouds, and a yellow light shone in the distance on the horizon. The chubby robot-pirate stood up and searched around as he walked up a hill, looking off in the distance between some stalagmites. "Oh, ay…" Cheren gaped at the sight of the vast, blue ocean, where a wooden pirate ship sat by the shore of the island. "Talk about pirate heaven, ay?" (Play "Nights of the Cursed" from Kingdom Hearts II.)

Stage 16: Land of Maps and Treasure

Mission: Figure out why you were brought here. I mean, what else do you do?

Cheren started his venture up the rugged pathway of the rocky isle, slumping in his fat robotic body. He made it to the top of the hill and looked out at a small, open area. He watched with slight terror when a bunch of gray-skinned, zombie-like creatures with orange horns, dressed as pirates, and white, soulless eyes, emerged from the ground. The creatures moaned as they limped toward the chubby captain, beginning to grab and climb on Cheren's body. Cheren used his new muscular strength to grab and throw the zombies off of him, then drew out his large pirate sword as he forcefully swung it around, cutting the zombies down to size. He either sliced their heads off or chopped them in half as their bodies fell down, dead.

After finishing them, Cheren took off Slag's Mask, becoming a regular, skinny human again as he gasped for breath. He continued along the path, making a left turn as he soon came to a massive crate, which would seem to serve as a platform for getting up a small ledge. However, when Cheren tried to push the crate, he was too small to make it budge. The boy had to put on Slag's Mask again and use his robotic strength to push the crate over to the ledge. When he pushed it close enough, he became a human again so he could climb on the crate and jump to the ledge. He was able to peacefully follow the winding trail that led downward, taking him to the isle's beach. He saw the wooden pirate ship, which had a skull and crossbones on its black flag. The left eye of the skull, for some reason, had seven pupils in its eye.

A wooden board led onto the ship, but one of the zombies was guarding it. It didn't attack Cheren, but rather held up a sign that read, Pirates only. Cheren rolled his eyes and put on Slag's Mask, revealing his piratey form. The zombie then held up another sign, which read, Pirates who know how to dance only. Cheren only raised a brow at this as a pole with a disco ball extracted from the ground. Subsequently, three other zombie pirates poofed out of thin air and started dancing to disco music.

Cheren looked confused, but started to dance along with the zombies (and since he was in Slag's body, it was even weirder to watch). The zombie on his right waved his arms right, so Cheren mimicked his movements. The pirate on his left slumped over and wiggled his upper half left, so Cheren followed, with difficulty in his bulky body. The pirate in the middle then dropped down and started doing "The Worm", so Cheren fell on his belly and started bouncing aimlessly, quickly standing up when the pirate did so. They finished the dance off when the zombies got on their heads and spun around before stopping dead on the ground. Cheren struggled to turn over his large body and get on his head, only finishing with a weak spin before falling on his back.

The zombie only held up a sign that read, Good enough, before allowing Cheren onto the ship. The Uno son walked onboard and took a hold of the wheel. The ship sailed away from the shore as the calm ocean breeze took it out to sea. The wind felt eerie under this dark sky, and it sent chills down Cheren's spine (he couldn't feel it though, since he was a robot at the moment, but you know what I mean). He also wasn't sure where to go, since this ocean seemed to stretch for miles, so he only followed where the wind blew. There was an island out in the distance, which the wind seemed to be blowing to, so Cheren decided to sail in that direction. The cruise was peaceful until more of those zombie pirates started to climb up onto the deck. Cheren let go of the wheel and walked down to start slicing up the strange creatures.

As he cut them up, the wind was moving the ship forward on its own, leaving Cheren to cut up the zombies with no worries. But as he was finishing them off, the ship suddenly rocked as it was hit from the side. On the left of the ship (or port), there was a Big Octo out in the ocean, launching cannonballs from its mouth. Cheren countered by changing back to a human and throwing M.A.R.B.L.E.s into the cannons, blasting them and launching cannonballs to take out the giant squid. The ship was able to go further without problems, but a Big Octo appeared on each side.

Cheren quickly fired at the one on the left, but a bunch of zombie pirates were climbing on board as well. Cheren threw a M.A.R.B.L.E. at the group of pirates and knocked them away, allowing him to quickly fire at the other Big Octo. The zombie pirates were getting back on their feet, so Cheren turned into Captain Slag and started cutting them all to pieces. He saw that he was nearing the island ahead, but several jagged rocks sat in his way. He ran to the wheel and steadily began navigating the sharp rocks. The ship took a few scratches to the side, but he was able to reach the isle, which had a large skull rock on it. However, small jagged rocks blocked his way to the isle's ledge. He stopped the ship and became a human as he used the Pirates' Sail to drift across the rocks and reach the ledge.

Once on the island, Cheren followed a path between tall, skinny stalagmites that led to an open area where many geysers of wind erupted from the ground. The center geyser appeared to be pushing up a strange, blue sphere with an arrow point on one end. Cheren noticed the gap in the upper wall, and that the arrow sphere was aimed out in the ocean. The geyser stopped blowing after a while and the sphere came down, so Cheren was able to turn it to face the gap. When the geyser blew it upward again, Cheren shot an arrow at it, and the sphere redirected the arrow into the gap to hit an eye switch. This caused a stalagmite door above a ledge to open. Cheren used the nearby geyser to blow himself up there.

Cheren walked up a narrow pathway along the side of the isle, watching his footing so he doesn't fall over the edge. He made it to a small, enclosed area where more wind geysers came up from the ground. He noticed an entrance into the island on a ledge above, but it was blocked by boulders. There were also no geysers blowing up near there. However, Cheren noticed the large block under the ledge and turned into Captain Slag to push it out of the way. As expected, a geyser was free to blow up from under it. Cheren reverted to a human as he shot a M.A.R.B.L.E. in and let the geyser blow it up and destroy the boulders. Cheren let the geyser take him up to the entrance to the skull rock.

The inside of the cave was dark, but Cheren saw a flock of bats' eyes as they came down from the ceiling, trying to nip the boy. Cheren sliced the bats away before carefully making his way down the path. He made it to a deeper part in the cave, and was startled when he nearly fell off a cliff. Unable to see in the dark, he turned into a wolf to sense his way across. There were several dark holes in the ground, so Cheren had to navigate around them, and jump when parts of the path crumbled. He eventually came to a large hole where no path led across. Cheren had to become a human and lose his senses to float across with the Pirates' Sail.

The wall ahead was alit by two torches, but it was a dead end. There was a skull-shaped stone embedded in the wall, its eyes alit with flames. Cheren turned into Captain Slag again and went to speak with it. "Only one who dances will have the treasure." At this, three more of those zombie pirates appeared. Cheren sighed and began to dance with them as more disco music played.

The pirates started off by lightly shaking their waists, which felt awkward for Cheren in his more heavyweight form. The pirate on his right then pounded his belly before doing a muscle pose, still shaking his waist, and Cheren followed with much embarrassment. The pirate on his left dropped and did a breakdance. Cheren was able to mimic him, but was forced to release a burp. When they got up, the pirates finished the dance by flipping in midair and performing a rapid rolling gesture. Cheren curled himself up and tried to roll in midair, and was able to last long enough before falling onto his behind. The pirates landed on their feet and smiled before disappearing. "Ayrr, I haven't seen a dance like that in many a moon!" the stone skull said before revealing a door.

Cheren helped himself up and became a human as he entered the new chamber. The only thing that lit the room were piles of solid gold treasure. The many pounds of gold brimmed in Cheren's glasses, and his eyes were mesmerized. "Wow… imagine how much a kid could buy with all this gold. Heck, Link was pretty rich… I could-" Cheren shook this all off. "What am I thinking, this is just some dream, right? Just stay focused…" The boy proceeded to the end of this small cave, where another strange computer sat on a rock. (End song.)

Before taking a look at the computer, Cheren watched as another zombie emerged from the ground, but he quickly cut in half with his sword. As he watched the pirate fall over, Cheren called Fi from his sword. "Now that we're here, Fi, I feel this is the best time to ask… what are these places? These places in my dreams…"

"I have analyzed such places from your memories, Master. I am sadly unable to provide any info from the records in my memory. However, these beings which have guided you here, the Zoni, I have analyzed as beings from an age from before the recording of this universe's time. And yet, I have analyzed them as not being very ancient at all. There is an 80% chance this may have something to do with a disruption in Time and Space, Master."

"So, they're old, and… they're not old. Great." This kind of stuff gave Cheren a headache. "Well, what about these zombie-pirate things, what's their story?"

"I have analyzed and defined them as: Zombified Trolls. I contain no data on the existence of their origin, but there is a 90% chance that whatever they once were, they have become zombified through unknown means."

"Oh, zombies, I never expected that." Cheren sighed. "Thanks anyway, Fi. Let's look at this computer, see what's up." Fi returned to the sword as Cheren turned to look at the computer.

MajorMonstros began pestering arachnidsGrip.

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MM: MMmm.

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MM: I MMean that I will be leaving soon.

MM: To pursue MMy own projects.

MM: And I know the others will try to stop MMe.

MM: When the time comes… I want you to watch after MMy dream self.

MM: And when I need it MMost, I want you to put MMe to sleep.

AG: You know I can't help you when you go there.

AG: Can't you 8e a little more precise? :::: )

MM: MMmm, I thought as MMuch.

MM: There is a way.

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MM: But how great are you at your psychic powers? ovMvo?

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