The Great Candied Adventure, Part 14: Three Rounds of Smarts

Chapter 14: Three Rounds of Smarts

Outside Big Mom's Throne

Jessie whipped up another bubble barrier, but Pekoms managed to break through using his rapid spinning turtle shell, mixed with his own claws. "You aren't bouncing me back, Laddie! I ate the Turtle-Turtle Fruit, and I'll spin you straight, grrrr."

"You look like one of my sister's dumb stuffed animals. One she threw in the trash a long time ago." He smirked.

"Oh yeah? YOU CALL THIS TRAAASH?!" He whipped off his sunglasses, unveiling his tiny adorable eyes. He curled in his shell and rolled at Jessie like a wheel, and the boy dodged as he spiraled his bubble wand and rolled a Bubble Bowl, which Pekoms sliced with his claws. Jessie hurriedly unleashed Bubble Torpedoes, in which Pekoms blocked all explosions in his shell. The mini bubbles that emitted as a result fogged around him, and when he emerged, Jessie blew a Bubble Dynamite that sent Pekoms bouncing down the stairs. "EYAAAAHH!" Halfway down, he regained his footing. "Grrrr, those bubbles won't last forever, growlllll!" He ran at Jessie on all fours.

Meanwhile, Sandy was swinging a series of candle branches on the side of the mountain, lashing her ropes at each one with the greatest skill. Just as well, Tamago leaped across each branch with his long legs like a frog. "Tenez! Your skill with ze rope is impressive, Fille, but I am a Longleg who ate ze Frog-Frog Fruit! None can jump like I do, and no prey eludes my tongue!" He lashed his frog tongue at the red-haired, but Sandy nimbly dodged by swinging branches via her ropes.

She swung around one branch before landing nicely on her feet, smirking at Tamago. "I have more of a fondness in squirrels. To put it simply, they kick way more butt!" Sandy lashed her rope to pull another candle out and throw it at Tamago, but the man leaped to a higher branch on his frog legs and pulled candles out with his tongue, throwing down at Sandy. She swung branches to run away, but they came to an end, forcing her to whip out a jump-rope and spin it furiously to make her hover for a few seconds, then swung back along the candles when Tamago's throwing subsided.

She swung her way up to him and lashed a rope, wrapping his cane which he held in defense. Tamago tugged and pulled Sandy up to him, then leaped down with his long leg aimed. But thinking quick, Sandy threw her other rope down, and caught a branch to pull herself down. Her first rope was still around his cane, which he held above him, so Sandy tugged that rope to pull him downward, then she thrusted her foot up to kick his face, then let him fall (while she unraveled her first rope). Tamago grabbed a branch with his cane and pulled himself to stand on it. "Oh cher! But I am afraid I am just getting started!" He started to leap his way across the candles as Sandy gave chase.

Bakery

Lala, Kirie, and Rick Strowd quickly rushed down the hall, following the heavenly scent. "The cake should be done baking by now." Lala said. "Once they decorate it, it'll be ready to eat."

"I say, Dear Girl, why go through all this trouble for a measly cake??" questioned Rick. "Surely purchasing from the bakery would have no drastic effects. But considering the conservative nature of you women, I can understand."

The two girls shot glares. Why did we have to SAVE him? signed Kirie.

The three made it to the bakery just in time to see Sir Knightly kicked against the wall beside them. "You have to do better than THAAAAAT!"

"I'm way ahead of you." Chris panted. "Today's lesson, kids: what happens when you pour hotsauce," he pulled a bottle of sauce out, "on Groudon-flavored burritos cooked using magnifying glasses aimed at Galaxia's Sun?" He pulled out said spicy burritos, poured the hotsauce on, and ate. His face froze, skin turning red, as steam erupted from his ears.

His body erupting with the hottest flames, he pelted a storm of fireballs at Knightly before lunging and drilling against his chest with the greatest velocity.

"He'll distract him, come on!" Lala yelled as she and Kirie ran for the cake, where the icing was still being added. Before they could get halfway, a swarm of dark-gray Shy Guys landed and blocked their path, getting in poses.

You gloomy gusses aren't gonna keep ME back! NYAAARRR! Kirie ran forward with vigor.

"Kirie, no! Those are-" In seconds, the mute girl was beaten to a pulp, rolling beside Lala as a ball. "Anti Guys… the elite guards of the Shy Guy clan. It usually takes a lot of strength or partners to defeat one, but we'll never handle this many in time."

Not by ourselves! RAINBOW MONKEYS! She summoned a swarm of Rainbow Monkeys that all charged for the Shy Guys. She expected them to go unseen, but the Shy Guys swiftly dodged the monkeys' punches and threw quick kicks and punches back. MY MONKEEEYS!!

"The Anti Guys are skilled Observation Haki users. We can't hope to beat 'em as were are. In the Mushroom Kingdom, the only creatures stronger than them are the Amazy Dayzee. But these things don't even run away."

"I can take 'em!" Chris ran at the Anti Guys, body still aflame, but-

"WAAAAIT!" Sir Knightly tackled and pinned Chris down, holding tight to his legs. "I still wanna PLAAAAAY!"

"Hnnnnggg! Get off me!" Chris blasted fire down at Knightly, escaping and shooting flames at the Anti Guys, but Knightly tackled him to his back, hugging him tightly.

"I missed ye! Mw-mw-mw-mw!" He smooched the boy through his helmet.

A group of five Antis surrounded Lala, and the girl shot eyes at them and avoided their Anti Dives, eventually facing all five and trapping them in her Eye Sea. She blackened her illusion to let the giant eyes bounce at them, but the Anti Guys still managed to dodge and fought their way around, able to kick Lala away.

"Nnnnn…" Rick Strowd quietly tip-toed toward the cake, but- "EYAAAAH!" The Anti Guys ambushed, tied his legs above him (literally tied his legs), forced his fingers in a butterfly-like position, stuck a hose in his mouth, connected to a pump, and started to pump that pump as he fluttered his fingers and floated in the air.

Chris desperately tried to crawl to his friends, but Knightly held onto him good. "Pleeeeaaase don't leeeeaave! I never even told you my lifelong story, I was bullied, BULLIED and ridiculed, that's why I became a bad guy, because I saw no other option in life, I mean isn't it natural to turn to the side of evil when people aren't nice to you, ay-ay-ay-ayyyy!"

"Ugh! Look, dude, I don't care about your backstory, I'd much prefer it if you GET THE HELL OFF MEEEE!" He switched on his rocket feet and started zipping just over the room's floor, Knightly holding on and taking the full force of the rockets to his face. At this time, the Anti Guys were playing a fun game of "Bonk the Balls", where they chuck the still-ballified Kirie at the floating Rick's face.

Dungeon area

"Whoooaa!" Haruka slid down the shaft and landed on her bottom.

"Sorry to drop you in like that." Augustus said coolly.

Haruka glared at the boy and stood up, readying her guard. "Why did you bring me down here?!"

"Well, I can't have you getting in the way of Big Mom's battle. I'm an expert at collecting info, and my resources say you're a healer."

"Not just a healer. I can make you very sick, too."

"Yeah yeah, you poisonbenders make anyone wanna leave." He pulled his lollipop out. "The truth is though, I was hoping to talk with Sheila, too. There's something about your captain that moves me."

"Her sense of adventure?"

"Yeah. That overwhelming desire to wanna see new things. Knowing the world's just too small with your home alone. At this point, even the Eight Sugary Wonders aren't that amazing, anymore. They're way too common, so easily sought out. That's why I just know there are so many rare candies out there. And the greatest candy of all, fabled Candy Planet!"

"Yeah, but once you get there, it'll just become another bore."

"It's a lot bigger than an island. All around, new candies and lands I could never imagine! I know I may not be able to find them all, but the beauty of adventure is the journey! That's what I always believed. That's why I joined Big Mom, so I could find it! And once I was there, the rest of my life was set."

"It all sounds too strange for me. Considering the increased involvement of GKND, a place like Candied Planet would've been discovered by now. Just what does Big Mom intend to do once she's there?"

"Even with space travel technology, no one said it was that easy. If Big Mom said her power can take us there, I believe her. And she'll relish in its luscious candies just like all of us."

"I can't imagine many people there have active teeth." She shut her eyes in disbelief.

"I can't picture your friend defeating Big Mom. But if she's lucky, Big Mom will offer her the chance to come with us to Candied Planet. You oughta come, too."

"As a future doctor, I'd advise against an entire realm of candy. And I'd ALSO advise Big Mom not to bite more than she can chew." She smirked. "'Cause that'll make it all the more painful when Sheila knocks her teeth out."

"Hmph. You doctors were always lame. That's why I like to ask a second opinion." He smirked back.

"Opinion refuted!" She sent a cloud of gas at Augustus, but he swiftly dodged around, lit his fist with Armament Haki, and tried to punch her, but she jumped away as well.

"I wasn't asking you, anyway. I prefer one from my friends." Augustus snapped his fingers, summoning a swarm of Demon Sweets from the ground. Hamhurters, Kill-Kats, Licorice Snakes, all hungry for some Haru. "Big Mom gave me authority over the Demon Sweets. You can say we both have that kind of bond with our candy. Sweets: sick 'er!" Haruka quickly shot gas and stepped away from the monstrous candies, but a sneaky snake was able to slither and gnash at her arm. "Ha ha! Something's wrong with your cholesterol, Doctor. The Candy Virus has entered your bloodstream. Maybe now you'll see what I'm talking about."

'Course, Augustus clearly wasn't aware of her training.

Haruka accompanied Dillon to his house, and requested his father to take her to Nightmare Land. Mr. York did so, and after her quick explanation, Darkrai got a syringe of Nightmare Toxin ready. He injected it into Haruka's arm. In a flash, she was in a realm of darkness, and Lee Andrew emerged before her. "Heh. You wanna become a doctor. Can't believe you bought my pity comfort."

Mason then emerged next to her. "Yeah, I know. She couldn't bend worth a crap stick, NOW she can't even SWIM."

"Shurororo!" Caesar Clown appeared out of a formation of gas. "Don't listen to them, Haruka! You'll make an EXCELLENT doctor!" He bore his evil, wicked smirk. "After all, you really take after your old uncle, I can't IMAGINE the crazy genetic experiments you could conceive, shurororo!"

Nolan looked worriedly as Haruka shuddered on the floor, her eyes frantic. "Um, are you sure that's safe? We should help her-"

"No." Darkrai stopped him. "She chose this as her training. She must endure."

Haruka shook as she tried to move, getting to her knees and stretching her arms forward. She was so afraid, but she tried to fight it. It took all her strength to ignore the fear and focus her energy. Soon, the toxin was consumed by her powerful antibodies. "Huff, huff…" She looked at Darkrai with a cool smile, "You call yourself the Nightmare King? Make with the Fear Toxin and give me a scare."

It was no trouble making her antibodies eat the Candy Virus again. "That's not gonna work on me." She Poison Whipped the snake with a witty look.

"So, you're immune to the Candy Virus. Impressive. But just how long will that immunity last." More Demon Sweets tried to snack her, but Haruka blasted gas directly down to hover up and make the candies melt. She looked up surprised when Augustus jumped and tried to Armament punch her, but Haruka flipped and kicked off and over him before burping a Gas Bomb. It exploded on him, but Augustus withstood with his Armament and kicked off the wall to Haruka, throwing a number of punches which she dodged.

"You aren't the only one with trust for your captain." he said while trying to punch her. "Big Mom taught me Armament Haki herself, even though she doesn't use it. It was meant for achieving our dreams, and that's exactly what we'll do!"

He backed Haruka against the wall, where Licorice Snakes came out from the wall and binded her arms to it. He easily punched her in the gut with Armament, making her cough a little blood. She recovered and released an odorous fart against the wall, the gas making the snakes faint before she sent it at Augustus, forcing him to hold his breath. He jumped back as Haruka chased and lashed a Poison Whip, and dodge-rolled behind to kick her away. A circle of Hamhurters emerged around her and attempted to eat, but Haruka encased much of the room in a toxic cloud.

Inventing Room

Tediz charged at the Gilligan Trio as they hurried down the hall, and Haylee leapt forward and sliced many with her extended wrench. They struggled to swat the Artie fly away, too distracted to see Harry tossing earbuds in their little ears, then turn his CD player up full volume as their heads exploded. "You really gonna FIGHT like that, Fly Guy?" Harry asked Artie as they continued.

"Hey, I may float like a fly, but I sting like a bee, WAY more than Vweeb does. And whoever we're dealing with will be the first to know."

"I have a good idea." Haylee said as they were coming to the laboratory's entrance. They tried to open the door, but the knob seemed stuck. "It's locked."

"Yeah yeah, heard it before." Artie crept into the keyhole with his small size and fiddled with the insides. "Bingo!"

Harry didn't hesitate to kick the door open with great force, causing Artie to land and bounce across the floor. "Oof, owww… Huh?" Standing a few feet away were the three members of the Deadly Baby Trio: Stewie Griffin, Maggie Simpson, and Rallo Tubbs. Harry and Haylee hurried by Artie's side and got in fighting poses.

With a mischievous grin, Artie zipped forward and pelted Stewie's face with tiny lasers. "Ahh!"

"Hey Football Head, I might be smaller, but my BRAIN'S twice the size yours'll ever be!" Artie flew up through an air vent on the ceiling.

Angered, Stewie put on his jetpack and flew up to the vent. He crawled through quickly in attempt to catch the tiny fly, but Artie dropped small gum-like droppings on the floor that stuck Stewie's hands. "Blast!"

"You got it!" Artie pressed a button that made the gum detonate, burning Stewie's hands. "Nanobombs built in the gum! Being tiny has its advantages, don't it?"

"We'll see how smart you feel after I dissect your brain from its cranium!" Stewie continued chasing.

Maggie looked up as Stewie left, not seeing Haylee run up and swipe the baby's binky. "Hey Spike Head, I got your binky, come get it!" She dashed down a corridor. Maggie pulled out a grappling gun and shot it down the hall, just grazing Haylee as it latched a wall ahead, allowing Maggie to zip down. "Ahhh! Don't get ME!" She ducked as Maggie flew past, swiping her binky back and aiming her gun at Hayl. Maggie shot at her feet, making Haylee dance frantically before rushing down an alternate hall, and Maggie gave chase.

"Yo yo, 'guess it's just you an' me, Big Trip'." Rallo sang.

"'Guess it's that way indeed, Bush Head."

"If you've got the goods, I challenge indeed, if you can bear to leave your siblings in need. Mah homies are tough, they'll have a hard time, so's you if you can't match my rhyme."

Harry threw on his sunglasses. "Y'all, I think I got the stuff, I'll give it 'til I think you've had enough, I think my sibs will be just fine, it's yo' HOMES that I think will hit the slime."

"Then a rap battle it is. This room's all loaded with the booms and the tunes, and mixed with my musicbending and the Boom-Boom Fruit, youse kid's gonna meets your doom!" Rallo pressed a remote, making a stage lift him, and many huge stereos rise from either side. "You may have the voice, but does it pack the boom, to fill this room."

"I guess there's one way to see, 'tween you and me."

"So it's so. So LET'S GO!"

Boss fight: Deadly Baby Trio

Round 1: Harry Gilligan vs. Rallo Tubbs

Rallo: So what's UP all of y'alls who made it this far

All of us swabbie homies who say it like 'D'arr'

'bout you, do you got it, that pirate swag

I'll hurtchu worse than yo' mama when nags!

He blasted music notes that struck Harry directly. Harry regained composure, and remembered his training.

"MUSIC is the Element of Heart and SOUL." D'andre LeRhyme, better known as The Rhymer, told him. "Much like psychic, it packs many tricks, tricks of which are carried in your VOICE! Have you ever seen those movies, where the characters sing, and so much CRAZY stuff happens, that kinda ding?"

"Like in Disney?"

"Yes, for you see, it comes from Musical Chi. Anyone can create it, not just benders, even us rappers, not go on and hate it. Let our notes flow along with the tune, fill the spirit of the room, and get rid of all that GLOOM. For that reason, it is the only element, where the chi can be used against the bender. Take the bender's chi and use it to advantage, keep your ears open and wait for a 'vantage. You can create anything, you dig, school desk, random person, or maybe a pig. Ah know one thing, it can assure you victory. Now dukes up, Harry, let's try out this trickery." He switched on his stereos and sent musical notes around the room.

Harry fixed his sunglasses and began to sing.

Harry: Talk talk goes you, it's all you are

Too weak, too flabby to open a jar

Yo there's candy in this, you want some now? He raised a candy jar.

This lid here's gonna give you a pow.

Rallo excitedly took the jar and pulled it open, making a bunch of spring-snakes pop out. The candy was actually the outer wrapping to fool him.

Rallo: Yo, you trick me with wrapping, and 'rupted my rapping!

I'd rather just lay down and get to my napping

But instead, here I am, gotta put up with you

When I send you back home, folks'll think you are poo!

Harry: Naw naw, that's low, don't mouth at me

You might as well say Maggie Simpson's pee

I think you need to be learned, go back to school

All your knowledge got washed from spending summer in pool.

Rallo: Go 'head and try, think you gonna school me?

You'd better with Fry, not makin' tool outta me.

Harry: I'm well aware, that's why I've the best

No teacher better to put you to the test

Yo' little rebel, time to obey the rules

AND HERE SHE IS NOW, TIME TO MAKE YOU A FOOL.

The doors flew open, and Dolores Jane Umbridge rushed in and did a breakdance. "WHAT the-?!" Rallo screamed.

"It's UMBRIDGE, mothuh ***."

Umbridge: I'm not just any sorter, I will have ORDER

Like all countries remaining on their side of the border.

Sort your books alphabetically, looks unpathetically

Mr. Herriman, would you come and solve this anomaly?

That's when Mr. Herriman hopped in.

Herriman: Let's get jolly with your favorite hip-hoppity

And organize what this hooligan does sloppily

He's far too young to get a jobbity

But let's make him look presentable, isn't that fancity?

And using her magic, Dolores made fancy dork clothes appear over Rallo's form. "Hahahahahahahahaha!" A bunch of high school students in the background were laughing.

Tears formed in Rallo's eyes. "WwwwWAAAA-HAAAAA!"

Harry: Yo boo boo boo, lookatchu now

Y'all already sank so low, and how?

That thang be ridiculous, no decent kid

Would think of wearin' that, it's safe to bid.

"Oh, on the contrary:"

Rallo: Ah never looked so CUUUTE, so freaky 'dorbs

I'm a good enough treat for those freakin' Bulborbs! A pack of Bulborbs rubbed against him.

Just think, all the ladies will rub me against their bosom

Hey freakos, they's some grub, it tastes like possum.

The Bulborbs charged and tried to snack on Harry, so he hurriedly kicked them away.

Ya can never really 'ny

Why we cute'uns don't die!

We like sugary sweets to be sugary 'n' sweet!

Ah'll take triple fudge sundae over that yucky meat!

Harry: Ice cream's you want, ice cream's you get. Harry raised two cones.

Ice cream's all that's the biggest hit

For us kids anyhow, who else but who?

How many you want, one lump or two?

"THREE! I WANT THREE!" Rallo jumped excitedly. However, the cones vanished as Harry pulled out a hammer, and BANG BANG BANG left three lumps on Rallo's face.

NO ice cream for you, not 'til you earn it

A ton of spankings for you 'til you wanna burn it

You've got chores you have to do

So MOP them floors, for better view.

And Rallo was suddenly dressed like a janitor, holding a mop and bucket. He looked spitefully.

Rallo: NO! You know what, BUFF all this shit!

Yo' precious floors can just hit the pit!

I'll wipe it clean, maybe, WITH MAH SPIT

Check THIS BODY OUT, YOU SMARTY TWIT!

He ripped his shirt off, revealing his boombox chest, and stereo hair.

Watch me boom you like those babies do

As I send you swirlin' to the loo

You know those musical INSTrumunts

Are REALLY painful when USED AS SUCH!

All of his stereos blasted a storm of musical notes, all locked on Harry. The boy remained cool.

Harry: Y'all y'all y'all contradict yourself

I just lucky I ain't an elf

Notes like those ain't supposed to be unbearable

Heck, this time, they hardly starable

I jus' dodge these notes-

One. Two. Three. Just like that. He dodged three notes.

An' I replace them with better ones, totes

The same when fly is buzzin', we make splat. He smacked Rallo with a fly-swatter.

You need better form, need better sound

That way, no angry barking from those hounds

So D.U.?

Umbridge: Hut-tut-

Harry: M.H.?

Herriman: I say.

Harry: Let's teach this fool his lesson and get back to play.

The three danced synchronized as Harry continued,

This baby's gimmick is overdue

His style is weak now, gone and slew

His homies would be more satisfactory

I'm jealous of mah sibs now, that is factory

Rallo: Yo YO that rhyme there, that is cheap

YOU the one that's gonna make ME weep?

'Twas already used, and not the right word

Like here, I would rather go it with bird, not word!

Harry: See see? That there's the problem with you

Mah way does improvise, go on and sue

Mah voice, there goes, it contains spirit

Mah soul makes warmth for whoever hears it

And these notes ruin the mood, they spoil the tune

So TAKE THEM back, and FACE YO' DOOM.

The storm of notes spiraled around and shot directly at Rallo. He took the full force of his music, breaking his stereos and leaving himself bruised and bloody. He plopped on the ground after they all stopped. Harry snapped his fingers, and Dolores and Herriman blinked away.

"Ohh. All this time, I thought I had the goods. But in the end, it is I, who walks embarrassed under his hood."

"Yo, don't feel that way." Rallo looked up as Harry reached a hand down. His cool, dark-brown eyes peered at him over his sunglasses. "You put good game 'fore you hit the hay. I enjoyed our squabble, that's what I have to say. I acknowledge as my rival, a real rap master. Let's battle again, and see you long laster."

"Ahhh… Well put… mah homie." Rallo smiled and weakly reached to shake his hand.

With that, Harry walked down the hall to check the progress of his siblings. "Yo yo. Got jo'. Actually, Carol got Joe. Or Dillon. Me, 'lo. Baka ho-yo, baka ke-yo."

Staircase to Big Mom's Throne

Pekoms rapidly poked a barrage of Bubble Bullets that Jessie flew at him, swinging his wand crazily. When he had enough to distract Pekoms, he placed giant Bubble Feet over his own and shot over to kick the lion, bouncing him further down the stairs. "Grrrr, we'll see if you can block this! Armament Spin!" He curled in his shell and lit with Armament Haki as he spun at Jessie and broke down his Bubble Barrier, knocking the kid away. Jessie blew a series of bubble platforms and jumped his way up to get away from the lion, but Pekoms jumped after.

They kept going up until they were a little under the purple clouds created by the giant candles. Jessie kicked bubbles at Pekoms, but he still blocked with his shell. "So, you lured me in your turf, grrrr. But watch me defeat you here and now." He spiraled rapidly and shot at Jessie, knocking him off his platform and to a lower one. Jessie fired a torpedo directly up where Pekoms stood, but the lion jumped to another, grabbed and threw at Jessie, then landed on another. Jessie blocked the platform and created a Bubble Kickball, kicking it to bounce around the many platforms to Pekoms, but the lion thrusted his claws and popped it, and when a Bubble Torpedo flew at him next, Pekoms swiftly kicked it back, blowing up Jessie's platform again.

Meanwhile, Tamago hopped his way to a java river behind the mountain, leaping across a series of small, vertical log platforms as Sandy swung after him, landing firmly on a log. "Très bien, Missy. But you are now in my land, and I will see you FALLEN!" He fully transformed into a frog and bent backwards, hanging on the platform with his webby feet and slurping the java into his mouth. He hauled himself right-side-up and blasted javaballs at Sandy, chocolatifying those platforms as she jumped around and tried to keep balance.

"Hey, why isn't your mouth turning to chocolate??"

"En aucune façon! Eet eez safe to drink, so long as it does not touch vos body, oui-oui. But I zink you vill make an excellent treat, no?" He lashed his tongue to wrap and rip the platforms off their perch, forcing Sandy to keep jumping. She lashed her rope at his legs, but missed as he jumped, so her rope wrapped around his platform instead. Using the momentum, she flew around the platform and threw her other rope to a further one near Tamago, hauling herself over to kick the man, but he ducked as she landed on another platform. He rose as he turned to her, but Sandy smirked as her first rope was still around the other log, pulling off its perch to bash the back of his head. He fell and grabbed hold of Sandy's platform while his feet still gripped his previous.

"What's wrong? Not very good grip on your land?" Sandy remarked.

"Pas encore, Missy, for you've yet to see all my surprises!" He shot his tongue into the java to suck it in, forcefully blasting downward and propelling himself to another platform. He revealed the sword within his cane and wrapped his tongue around the hook, extending and swinging all around to slice the platforms. Sandy jumped and landed on her now-horizontal log, carefully keeping balance as they flowed down the river. Tamago leaped over and sliced her log, giving her less room as she struggled to stay on.

Outside maze

Haylee made it outside and navigated a maze dug within a short trench. "Phew. Think I lost her." she panted. "Where am I? Why would they have this outside the—AAAAH!" Haylee ducked when a barrage of bullets blasted from behind. She turned to see Maggie, who- "Mw-mw." pointed ahead. Haylee saw a message shot in the wall by the bullets, reading This is my Hunter's Maze, which Big Mom built in the ground for me in case my prey made it to here. This is where I'm going to kill you.

"For a baby who doesn't talk, you kinda make up. Gotta hand it to that crazy eyesight, too."

Maggie blasted another message which Haylee dodged. I ate the Zoom-Zoom Fruit, which lets me enhance my own sights. I can shoot a fly's wings off from 100 meters away. In fact, might pay a visit to your brother later, if Stewie fails.

"There's a pretty good shot at that. But don't assume you're going to kill me, 'cause I've come prepared this time." Haylee smirked. "You aren't aware that I happen to be the favored apprentice of Bob the Builder! And thanks to him, I've sharpened my skills as the crew's carpenter, and brought all the necessary tools!" Haylee whipped out a thick brown scroll, loaded with tools, materials, all the necessities for a carpenter. "With this stuff, Ah'm gonna build you a new one! CAN, I, BEAT YOU? YES, I, CAAAN!"

Furrowing her eyes, Maggie loaded her gun. "Ahh!" Haylee rushed around the maze as Maggie fired. The baby looked fierce as she begun to hunt her prey. (Play Blue Monkey's Theme from Ape Escape 3!)

Round 2: Haylee Gilligan vs. Maggie Simpson

There were many turns and pathways throughout the maze, so evading a little baby seemed easy. However, a lot of the corners had mirrors, and before she knew it, Haylee was grazed in the right shoulder by bullets. She peeked back, but Maggie still wasn't in sight. She couldn't underestimate this girl. Haylee kept going and crouched, hoping she wouldn't be in the line of sight. However, she noticed small glass spots on the ground, with holes next to them. She peeped in one of the glasses, confused, and when she crawled forward, a bullet flew up from the hole and struck her stomach.

"Ow! Ugh, she even uses mini mirrors that direct underground? ! This baby's unreal! Sigh… okay, no more hiding. I have to catch this twerp. Hmmm…"

Maggie lost track of the girl, but finally spotted her in one of the mirrors, which was relatively far down the maze. She faced Haylee's back, so she aimed clear at the back of her head and shot, the bullet bouncing down the many mirrors and striking her precisely. When Haylee fell forward, Maggie hurried through the maze to find her fallen prey, but realized it was just a wooden replica. The real Haylee snuck up from behind and tackled Maggie, furiously punching the child until Maggie shoved her off. Haylee ran when Maggie fired again, stopping to catch breath after turning a few paths.

Haylee laid her scroll across the ground to study her equipment. "Hokay, just need to carefully lay the right set of traps and this baby'll be down in no time. Easier said than done, right? I dun' think the same traps'll work more than once, so I'll have to improvise. Whoa!" She grabbed her stuff and ran when bullets fired.

Maggie quietly searched the maze with her gun ready. She stopped just upon feeling a rope in front of her, seeing a rope trap stretched over the ground, leading up to a classic bucket dangling overhead. "Mw-mw." Maggie shot the rope, letting the bucket of water fall and miss. "Mw-mw!" She cockily walked forward, knowing the trap failed. But- "Mw…" a weird smell fell in her nose. This wasn't water, it was… gas! And just like that, a small catapult that was connected to the trap, but across the maze, flung a small lit match and blew the gas up.

Maggie furiously launched her grappling gun to a random path of the maze and flew over. She searched intently upon landing, but fell in a pothole trap dug in the ground. She gripped the edge with her fingers as Haylee approached with a cocky smile. "To any Pokémon fan, this trap is a classic."

"Mw-mw!" Maggie cockily told her this trap wouldn't hold her. She looked down and- "Mw-mw!!" realized this hole was bottomless.

"No words necessary! Eee-UH!" Haylee forcefully stomped Maggie's fingers, but the baby quickly fired her grapple gun atop one of the maze walls, hauling herself to safety as she landed behind Haylee. However, she stepped on another rope that made a gas bucket come down, followed by the match launching over and blowing her up. She still stood in the explosion, glaring and covered with soot. "Hehe!" Haylee grinned sheepishly. "YAAAH!" She ran when Maggie fired.

Haylee made it to another far part of the maze, but heard the gun fire and looked up as mirrors hovered overhead via mini propellers. They revealed her location, so Maggie used a drill gun to blast mini drills underground, going for Haylee. Haylee felt the ground rumble beneath her feet, jumping aside when the drills came up. However, the drills actually wrapped ropes around her arms, then hovered above to hold Haylee in place. Seeing that she was caught, Maggie grabbed a missile launcher, in which the missile had the smiling funny face of Krusty the Clown. When she fired, the missile flew around the maze, giving Krusty's laugh. "Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha!"

The laugh made a chill run down Haylee's spine, and she knew whatever projectile Maggie launched would find her any minute. She desperately tried to shake free of the ropes, but gasped when she saw the Krusty Cruiser coming behind her. Unable to shake free, she jumped, kicked the front of the missile downward, and let it explode on the ground, flinging Haylee away and disposing the drills. Haylee got a few bruises, but still got back up and ran when she noticed Maggie coming. The baby ricocheted more bullets off the corner mirrors, with Haylee narrowly dodging. "I bet if she didn't have her Zoom-Zoom power, she would be in trouble. …Hmmm…"

Maggie sent more hovering mirrors to the air and saw Haylee was pulling all the corner mirrors off and putting them over the tiny mirror holes. Maggie quickly hurried to where she was and began kicking all the mirrors off. She peeked in one of the holes to try and spot Haylee. She spotted the girl's face giving a smile and wink, holding a telescope end to the glass hole and aiming at the sun, letting the blinding light scorch Maggie's right eye.

She rubbed her eye and faced forward with the other, seeing Haylee standing miles down this maze path. She didn't recall a route this long in the maze, so she zoomed in to see if it was real. Indeed, she detected the realistic fabric, but right away, Haylee ripped the curtain down and switched on a huge lightbulb she had built. With Maggie's retina zoomed directly on the bulb, her eye burned with unbearable pain. She struggled to see forward, seeing a blurry shadow run forward before SMACKING her upside the face with her wrench. Maggie flew backward, blood shooting from her nose, and bounced hard on her head and back to her feet.

Her eyes were still burning and watered, seeing the blurry image of Haylee's silhouette waving her wrench on one of the maze walls. Maggie blasted her harpoon gun and successfully pierced the girl, hauling herself up to her. However, it turned out to be an animated wooden dummy, and Maggie slammed face-first into a boulder behind the dummy. She crashed back in the maze, rubbing her head. "Heeeeey Spike-o!" Maggie whipped around, finding the real Haylee a few feet away. "I wouldn't stand there."

Maggie was confused, looking up and squinting her weakened eyes to see a force slip over the maze wall, blocking the sun. It drew closer, and Maggie realized it was the boulder she flew in to. "Mw?"

The boulder smashed her face and knocked the one-year-old dizzy. "Waaah…" Her binky fell out as she fell defeated. Haylee marched forward and pinned her foot on Maggie in victory. "We need a diaper. Baby did a baaad baaad thing." She winked perkily at the camera. (End song.)

Augustus's dungeon

Haruka was getting swarmed by Spideypops – spiders that were lollipops connected to 8 sticks – that bit her all around and induced her with Candy Virus. She emitted more gas to intoxicate the Demon Sweets so she could dispose of the virus with her Parasite power, but was thwarted when Augustus shot in the smoke and kicked her away. "You may have control over your cells, but I doubt they'll work well when your body's occupied."

Haruka jumped around to avoid his Armament punches, creating more gas clouds to hold him and the Sweets back. She got far enough away to make the antibodies devour her virus, but got surprised when Licorice Snakes emerged from the ground to bite her legs. Nutter Flutters flapped down and carried her up by the arms, then Augustus jumped to kick her in the face with Armament, forcing her against the wall. She weakly fell down, but helped herself up and flipped upside-down, her dress slumping as she aimed her rear and blasted Gas Bombs at the German-Hispanic. He protected with Armament Body and ran at Haruka to throw more punches, but she dodged and swung double Poison Whips at him. He kept his cool look while defending with Armor Body, kicking Haruka away again. She tried to get up, but the snakes' infection from earlier was starting to get to her.

Bakery

Kirie hurriedly dodged every Anti Guy that flew at her, and summoned a Rainbow Monkey to attack each one afterward, but they came too fast for Kirie to summon enough monkeys, and those monkeys could barely land a blow their selves. Meanwhile, Chris was still engaged in his fight with Sir Knightly, flying at the knight's head with his foot aimed and smashed the head against the wall with great pressure, then he afterwards grabbed the knight's legs, swung him around, and BASHED his neck on the side of the doorway, making his head shift at an angle for a brief second. He threw the lifeless knight on the ground, but once again, Sir Knightly jumped to his feet. "Still ALIIIIIVE!"

Man! No matter how hard I hit 'im, he doesn't budge at all. Well, he's clearly budging, but he's not showing any signs of pain! You'd think all the flames would make him lift his helmet slightly, at LEAST. I need to get this guy outta the picture so I can help Kirie.

Lala trapped a group of Antis in the illusion of Chris's battle with the Teen Ninjas, but the fake ninjas proved no hindrance to the well-trained Shy Guys. Lala glanced at the cake, seeing it was almost fully decorated. "The minute it's done, Big Mom'll be down here any second. She has a strong sense of smell, especially for sweets like this."

"Hurrrr!" Chris ran forward and punched a Flame Fist, but an Anti Guy leapt and kicked it away. "Ugh. It's no use. I'll never get to it alone. Luckily I have friends by my side!" He smirked.

"Aaaaaahh but aren't-sa they-sa beatin' up mah crew-sa?" Knightly asked.

"I wasn't TALKING about THEM!" Chris snapped his fingers, and everyone drew their attention when the room trembled with light tramples. An army of little chickies stormed in, jumping and chirping with the greatest excitement.

CHICKIIIIEEES! beamed Kirie, while Lala showed confusion in her 3 eyes.

"OOOOOOOOHHH!" Sir Knightly was just as frantic. "LITTLE CHICKIE-CHAAAANS! I'm gonna be having some POLLOOOOS ye chucky choo!"

"Not TODAY, Sir Knightly! For you can call me:" All of the chickens piled around Chris, and he now towered over them with a giant, gallant knight made of chickies, "Sir CHICKIE!"

"Ehhhh… Nigero-sama?-" The giant knight swung its foot and sent the knight flying across the room. The chickies formed into a giant sword as he charged to strike the smaller knight, but a group of Anti Guys leaped up and punched Sir Chickie simultaneously, scattering and sending them back. They reformed back into their knight as Chris attempted to thrust the huge sword at the Antis, but four of them grabbed and held it in place, while the fifth ran up the sword and aimed to kick Chris. The chickies shielded his cockpit as they formed a hand to grab the Anti and throw him across the room, and they tried to punch the other Antis off as they tried to climb him.

"HYAAAAAH," Sir Knightly charged at Chickie, "AIR PUNCH ATTACK!" He punched the air a few inches from Chickie's leg. "Ehhhh… I got nothin'." Chickie kicked him away.

"After I get done with these imps…" Chris began, "I'm seeing what's under that HELMET!!"

Inventing Room

Artie buzzed out of the air vent and into a laboratory of many potions and devices. He landed on a table and walked past the many giant colorful potions, the ones filled emitting smoke that hid him, and the empty ones baring his huge, disproportionate reflection. "That's as far as you'll go. I'm afraid you're in a no-fly zone." Artie hid and peeked around, seeing Stewie search intently. "After I find you, I'll shrink you once more so you're nothing more than a filthy flea trying to scavenge for food. Then I'll do the same to your brethren, assuming Rallo and Maggie aren't stupid enough to fail this."

"I wouldn't sell my sibs so short. The ultimate weakness of you babies is having undeveloped brains."

"Mmm, yes, but what is construction of a mind or building, without the inevitability of demolishing it where it stands? So sad that that's the kind of world we live in, but such things must come to happen, so why stray from them now? In your case, it'd be inhuman of me to not squish an annoying fly when he deserves it. Thy end is nigh, Artie Gilligan! Thine destroyer is Stuart Gilligan Griffin!"

Round 3: Artie Gilligan vs. Stewie Gilligan Griffin

Artie flew out and blasted mini lasers at the football head, so Stewie grabbed a vacuum from his pack and tried to suck him in. "Eeeek! That's what I get for rushing in aimlessly!" Artie quickly released some mini gum to get sucked in the vacuum, and let it all blow up the pipe. Stewie pulled out a toy dart gun and locked on, trying to shoot the little fly as Artie flew around the many inventions. "Sure got a lot of stuff. Makes me realize how much I've slumped."

"Oh, it's nothing really, you haven't seen our emergency bug gas system." With that, Stewie put on a gas mask and stomped a switch. All the inventions retracted in the floors and walls as the room filled with toxic gas. Artie buzzed around to find an exit, but they were all sealed, and he ended up coughing and falling to the floor. Stewie marched forward and readied to squish the fly, but- "Nnn-nnn! What the bloody hell, there's something crawling around in my head!"

Heh… Artie smirked. He doesn't realized that when I blasted him earlier, one of my shots was actually a nano-droid meant to crawl through his ear and hack into his brain. Now to just get in touch with it… He tapped a button on his goggles. "Stewie… turrrn off the gas…" The robot beamed the message to his brain, so Stewie hypnotically did so and switched off the switch. He afterwards shot and destroyed the switch. "Huff, huff! My tiny lungs couldn't take another pint of that!"

Stewie shook his head free and sent his own nanobot in to destroy Artie's. "Very impressive, but I always come prepared. Perhaps my micro-hunters can bring you down a few centimeters." Stewie released more nanobots that chased Artie around the room, but the boy flew upward and released a bunch of goo from his pack that fell on the droids. "An impressive means of defense, but sadly, my drones are waterproof."

"It's not water, genius. It's a highly odorous nectar whose stench is strongly smelt by the acidic bees of Venusia." And just like that, a swarm of bees flew into the room and attacked the drones, melting the metal off their bodies. "Look out, 'cause there's some on your ear." Stewie felt the nectar on his right ear, and gasped when the bees came at him. He raised an electric rod that attracted the bees instead and obliterated them.

Artie began buzzing around Stewie and zapping with mini lasers as the baby tried to swat him with his ray gun. He stopped in front of him and proclaimed, "Ha ha! I may be small, but I got way better perception on things than-" But Stewie smacked him away with his ray gun, knocking Artie against the wall as his equipment broke. "Eek!" he yelped when Stewie's foot stomped before him. "H-H-H-Hold on, Stewie, I never got to say what big a fan I am of your show, hahahahahaha!"

"Please, everyone knows I've slumped in these later seasons. Happy living with the atoms, Artemis." He aimed his shrink ray. Artie shielded his eyes, but when the ray fired, he felt himself grow back to normal size. "What-?!" Artie snatched the gun away and broke it on his knee.

"HAHA! Once again, my 4th-grader mind deceived your preschool as I flipped the shrink ray to reverse. Now how 'bout a normal-sized punch to the-" Stewie grabbed his fist when he punched, flipped up, and spun-kicked Artie in the face.

"You forget that you stand in the kitchen. And I am the grand chef."

"Um, isn't this a laboratory?"

"It's a metaphor, you imbecile." With that, Stewie ran up to a satellite machine and punched in a code, making a storm cloud appear on the satellite's point.

"Eeeek!" Artie frantically dodged as the cloud blasted lightning, running to a table with a mechanical helmet and putting said helmet on. He gained an overview of the room as a few small rockets started moving recklessly.

"That is my telegraphic missile controller. It's still a prototype, so don't even try to control it."

"Heh heh. Afraid of my superb mind power?" Artie snickered. He saw Stewie's weather machine aim to blast blizzards at him, so Artie ran around the room, trying to move the mini missiles with telekinesis. "Ahh!" He bumped into a table. He would have to watch his own self, too. Artie crouched behind the table and tried to focus the missiles to attack Stewie, but the baby made lightning shoot from the satellite and destroy most of them. Artie got control of the last rocket and evaded the lightning strikes, flying the missile straight at the weather machine and exploding it.

Stewie flipped away and took control of a Cherubot, a large humanoid mech that hovered a few inches off the ground, and had spear-hands. Artie threw off his helmet and took control of an Exo Tank, a racecar-like vehicle with two points in the front. Artie hit the boost and shot at Stewie, but the Cherubot jumped and smashed his car forcefully. He attempted another jump, but Artie backed away and drove around the lab, smashing many tables as Stewie chased, swinging the robot's spears. He succeeded in stabbing the Exo Tank and causing it to explode.

Artie flew out and landed behind a table with a microwave, labeled Super Microwave. Hearing the Cherubot drift over, Artie grabbed the microwave, punched the glass open ("Ow ow!"), turned it on, and aimed at Stewie. The Cherubot buzzed and sparkled out of control, putting a worried look on Stewie. "GYAAAAAH!" The baby flew out and landed on the table of potions, taking the full force of the broken glass. He got up and weakly began to pull the shards out, but-

"Aaaaah!-" Artie ran at him and threw a mighty punch to his nose. As "mighty" as Artie could make it, for Stewie barely budged at all, and Artie felt pain. "Nnn-nn-nnnnn!" He shook his fist.

"You've made me pretty angry, Artemis." Stewie said, a hint of anger in his calm voice. "And you wouldn't like me when I'm angry." (Play the Family Guy rendition of the Incredible Hulk Opening.) He began to shake and twitch furiously as parts of his body swelled. Artie's eyes widened when his shirt ripped off, and muscles appeared. His rage-filled eyes turned yellow, and his skin began to fade green. "Since my birth, I've had to put up with my abusive, half-witted father. And now, my anger and aggression, mixed with his brute strength, will be directed at you."

"Neeeeee!" Knowing exactly where this was going, Artie high-tailed it down the hall.

"Raaaaahh!" Artie ran faster when he felt the monster was fully transformed. He whipped around a corner and stopped to catch his breath. "AAAAHH!" The monster merely smashed through the walls to catch up, and Artie looked in horror as the smoke cleared. His suspicions were confirmed, as Stewie became an Incredible Hulk. But this Hulk bared more resemblance to Stewie's father, Peter Griffin.

"Stewie eat Human-Human Fruit, Model: Hulk. Now Stewie STRONG! Now Stewie SMASH!"

Artie kept running as the monster chased, aimlessly punching the walls and floor. Debris fell from the ceiling and holes broke in the floor in Artie's path, forcing him to either duck or jump. The hall became slightly wider as Artie had to jump or sidestep crates, but also duck when Stewie flung the crates toward him. He hurriedly climbed up a ladder, and his arms moved unnaturally fast when Stewie tried to pull the ladder down. He escaped through a hatch and onto a roof, the skies raging with storms as rain poured and lightning struck. "ROOOAAR!" The Infuriated Hulk erupted from the hatch and continued to chase Artie.

The scrawny boy swiftly evaded Stewie's punches, then noticed a vent in the wall where Bounce Gum was puffing out. When Stewie tried to grab him, Artie slid between his legs, ran to the gum, and puffed it to begin bouncing. He bounced against Stewie's face to pop the gum and cover his face whole. As Stewie desperately tried to rip it off, Artie searched the rooftop for other means of attack. This area had four circular roofs at different heights, the shortest one where they currently stood, two parallel side roofs at medial height, and the tallest one which required Bounce Gum to bounce up the small platforms.

The two medial roofs had satellites facing the top, and the top seemed to have a huge antenna. Artie watched as lightning struck the antenna, which channeled it to the satellites, which sent the lightning back. "Lightning redirectors? Now those I could probably use."

"Raaaah!" Stewie ripped the gum off.

"Eeek! But better get more of that gum!" Artie dodged his punch to grab another Bounce Gum, bouncing it over Stewie's face again before rushing to the right satellite. A small crank was on the side, so Artie spun it clockwise to make the satellite face the lower roof. Stewie ripped the gum off by the time lightning struck again, but the satellite only shot the center and missed. Stewie ran up to grab him, but Artie dodged, causing Stewie to trip, and dashed to the other satellite to begin cranking. He managed to aim the satellite at the center before Stewie jumped over to punch him. While he watched Artie run down the stairs, he stood in the way of the satellite, and took a lightning jolt to the back of the head. Artie whipped around to see this, grinning in victory, but panicked again when the monster was still standing.

Artie grabbed another Bounce Gum when Stewie charged down again, and once again covered the dim monster's face. He grabbed another Bounce Gum and bounced his way up the small platforms that led to the top roof. While the antenna was still catching lightning, it just wasn't high enough, so Artie quickly spun the crank to extend it. Stewie searched confusedly for where the boy had gone, but noticed the antenna up top growing taller. Artie gasped for breath after the antenna was all the way up, but jumped when Stewie climbed up again.

"I don't have any gum this time, go away!" Artie jumped to the left medium roof (hurting his legs in the process), and rushed down the stairs to the lower roof. "Huff, huff, there's gotta be a way to give him the full shock. …What's that crank do?" He noticed another wheel on the ledge and went over to turn it. But hearing Stewie's roar, and the monster glaring at him from the high roof, made him turn faster than ever. Stewie had already made the leap, but the rapid beating in his heart gave Artie the strength to turn it all the way. And fast as lightning, Artie dodged out of the way, taking a huge breath of relief. The crank made four antennas rise around this roof, their points alit with electricity.

Artie ran to grab another Bounce Gum to bounce it on Stewie's face, but this time the monster punched the gum to stick Artie to his fist by his rear. Stewie slammed Artie against the ground to knock him off, and the boy looked up worriedly as Stewie stood over, ready to bring both fists down (with his right fist still covered in gum). He rolled aside and dodged the fists, and Stewie's gum fist ended up stuck to the roof. "You're in our hearts, Stew." Artie ran to the right-middle roof as lightning struck the huge, top antenna. The powerful surge channeled to the two satellites, then struck the antennas around the bottom roof. They connected in an electric circle, and the rooftops lit like day when a massive column of lightning encased the roof and gave the Hulk the shock of his life. "RAAAAAAAH!"

Artie uncovered his eyes when the lightning subsided, and the Hulk stood motionless and sparking, covered with soot. He fell backward with a thud, his body shrinking to his normal, football-headed self. Blood leaked from his nose and his cuts, his clothes were torn, and he had no strength left to stand. "Heh… you know what they say. 'Twas boody… which killed the brain. Heh heh. Get it? Body? As in, large body? Heh heh… siiigh, wish the others were here to hear that."

Once upon a time, an outburst of energy from the Great Clock struck three different families on Planet Earth. This chronokinetic energy froze their very ages in time, but their lives went on as normal regardless. The youngest of these families acquired remarkable knowledge and skills, despite their frozen ages. But they knew they would get nowhere in their chaotic, uncaring, and ridiculed families, so they joined forces to find something better. In time, these immortal children acquired fame as the Deadly Baby Trio.

Big Mom's Throne

Sheila punched rapid Light Fists at Mom's stomach, and the woman withstood the fists as she tried to munch her again. Big Mom chased Sheila around the room and kept munching, but Sheila avoided each chomp by an inch as she spun her fist. With her Mobian speed, Sheila dashed up the wall, kicked off, and threw a powerful Light Fist down at Big Mom. She was forcibly ducked slightly, then Sheila landed behind and ran to punch Big Mom's skinny right leg. "Meeeeh!" Big Mom fell to her front, but crawled to face Sheila as she unleashed green fiery breath all over the ground. Sheila hovered up with her tail and tried desperately to stay airborne, but when Big Mom charged at her, she forced herself to the left, avoided her teeth, and landed on the safe land just outside the fire. "Think you're safe there? My drool is so accustomed to the virus… IT'S ACIDIC! MAAAAAA!"

She coughed acid balls in the fire near Sheila, causing a strong explosion that forced her against the wall. She was weakened and covered with soot, but gasped back to consciousness when Big Mom charged, dodging just under her dress. She rapidly spun to blow the flames out with her tail, then started jumping around when Big Mom gnashed her teeth. "YOW!" A drip of acid flew and scorched Sheila's shoulder, and Big Mom seized the distracted moment to lung at her. Thinking quick, Sheila punched her right fist, which ended up stuck in Big Mom's teeth. "Nnnnnn!" She used all strength to try and pull it out, but Big Mom swung and flew her against the wall.

"MAAAAA!" She leaped forward and squished the raccoon flat under her rear. "Maaaaa ma ma maaaa." Sheila was barely able to move as Charlotte picked her up by the tail. "Is this the daughter of Golden-Fist Marine? A parent's child is the very representation of their self. Henrietta was a terrible disappointment in my family… but her son has made up for that. You, however… have represented your mother PERFECTLY. The loud and enthusiastic voice that results from a lack of common sense… the dimwittedness that results from your lack of brain cells, making you resort to brute force… Golden-Fist Marine would be proud of you. For following her sense of adventure to her DEATH! I hope you will at least make a decent meal for me. Meeeeehhh…" Her slobbery mouth grew wide as she set Sheila on her massive tongue. The unconscious raccoon slowly slid into the dark depths that were Big Mom's throat.

She closed as a huge lump traveled down her would-be neck. Sheila fit in her stomach perfectly. "Ahhhh… I wonder how AUGUSTUS is doing." She stomped downstairs.

Cleveland, Virginia

Cheren frantically dodged Bobbin's bouncing sword beams, unable to target the being well due to his missing glasses. "Boyoyoyon. This makes it too easy on yo-o-o-o-ou. No-o-ow you won't even see your own de-e-e-e-eath."

Unable to use his eyes, Cheren closed them. "There's more than one way to sense somebody. Just trust in your ears, nose, feeling, even mouth." Bobbin sent more bouncing beams, and hearing their bouncing increase in volume, Cheren dodged aside and followed where they were coming from. Bobbin bounced backward from Cheren and sent more bouncing beams, but he was still able to follow them as he swung his blade to hit them away, then ran faster as he sensed Bobbin get close. He furiously swung his sword and clashed with Bobbin, and when he saw the blurry image of Bobbin's sword coming, he thrusted his shield forward to bounce it back, then spun-attacked Bobbin across the stomach.

"Oww-w-w-w-w! No fair, you can't see boyoyoyon! I'll have to do something about that!" Bobbin jumped and froze in midair as he rapidly pelted his sword to many directions, flinging sword beams everywhere that bounced off the ground or whatever they hit. Cheren tried to dodge what he heard, but couldn't avoid taking a few scratches. "Boyoyoyon! Keep trying, but they'll just come back!" Indeed, the bouncing beams just bounced their way back after they passed, and all the beams scattered in multiple directions bounced aimlessly all over the neighborhood. The sea of repetitive bouncing sounds made Cheren dizzy, and he stood like a dummy and let the hits cut him from all around.