A little warning, while it doesn't mention too much, this chapter is a little violent. Also, I think I forgot to mention, the Nebularauders equipped the Trolls with some “necessary" items before leaving. Sorry about that.

Back in the park, Willow and Trollex noticed Genesentries flying towards them on jetpacks and more guards on the ground holding various weapons.

“Stand down!" Gromlik shouted at the Trolls as he lowered towards them.

Trollex turned to Willow and asked, “So, uh, you take the ones on the left, I take the ones on the right?"

“I can handle them," Willow insisted. “You go make a run for it."

“You can't fight all these guys by yourself!" Trollex argued.

“Maybe not, but that doesn't mean I won't try," she said.

“Take 'em!" Gromlik ordered his men. With that, Willow opened up her wings, flew up, and let out a powerful blast of energy, temporarily disorienting almost all of the guards. Ice blast in one direction, fireball in another, Willow attacked everyone who got too close to her.

As she flew around, Willow pushed her hand against one sentry's head, her pupils turned to slits, and she said, “You're a kitty cat!"

“Meow!" the guard mewed, and Willow flew towards a shorter guard, pressing her fingers into his neck.

“You feel like dancing!"

As the guard danced, Willow subdued a heavily armed Genesentry and touched her forehead.

“Uh, violent rage!" she said, and the sentry attacked her comrades while under Willow's spell. Suddenly, the sentry got struck in the head with some weird glowing ball of light and she fell to the ground while Willow just flew up and noticed Trollex holding a glowing orange rifle-like weapon.

“You had a gun this whole frickin' time?!" she shouted.

“Well, now who doesn't think?!" he yelled back at her.

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“Walk!" Plasma growled, pointing her gun to Antigone's back as she held her hands up. Viva and Floyd followed them away from the record wall when suddenly, armed guards entered the room and aimed their weapons at the small group.

“What do we do?!" Floyd asked, beginning to panic as they were surrounded.

After some thought, Plasma said, “I got a plan."

“What is it?" Viva asked as a short guard approached them.

“All of you, come with me!" he ordered just before Plasma fired her gun, hitting him in the shoulder with a high energy pellet, and his body fell to the ground with a loud THUD!

“Everybody!" Plasma shouted, jumping to the top of Antigone's head, and pointed her gun down at it. “Lower your weapons, or I blow this woman's brains out!"

“That's the plan?!" Viva shouted as Floyd clutched his chest and hyperventilated.

“Lower you're weapons!" Antigone screeched in terror, and the guards hesitantly obeyed her.

“Let's kill that one that looks like a turnip to show we mean business!" Plasma growled, the turnip guy's eyes widened in shock.

“Floyd's under a lot of stress!" Viva argued, holding Floyd close to her, as they backed up towards the elevator. “We're not killing anyone!"

“Back off!" Plasma shouted as one guard attempted to approach them.

Once he was calm enough, Floyd grabbed a communication device and said, “John Dory, are you awake? John!"

At first, he heard a few snorts, as if John was just waking up, then heard, “Hey, Floyd. What's up?"

“Bring the ship to us!" Floyd replied. “Now!"

“Sure thing, bro!"

As the elevator doors closed with Viva, Floyd, Plasma, and Antigone inside of it, the turnip guy clutched his chest and sighed, relieved to be spared from Plasma's wrath.

On the elevator, Viva noticed how Plasma kept her aim at Antigone, who was stiff as a frightened board.

“I'm so sorry about this, Antigone," she whispered. “Just so you know, we Trolls aren't nearly as violent as this girl. And definitely not murderous. Although, just give me a couple of sticky hands, and I can take down a couple of pop superstars hooked on Troll energy. With help from friends and family."

“It's true," Floyd muttered, his voice sounding quieter than he intended. Viva noticed and approached him.

“You okay?" she asked him.

“I will be," he tried to reassure her. “Hopefully."

“Wanna talk about it?"

“Maybe later," he said. “We still gotta get out of here."

As the elevator doors opened, Viva used her hair to catapult herself towards a guard and kicked him in the face while Plasma forced Antigone through the crossfire. Floyd noticed Trollex and Willow struggling to fight against more guards.

“Oh, no!" he gasped, and ran towards them.

“Floyd, come back!" Viva shouted.

“Follow Plasma!" Floyd told them as he kept running.

“You heard him, come on!" Plasma agreed, and took Antigone at gunpoint as Viva kept fighting off the guards, narrowly avoiding their gun blasts, on their way to the security room.

“Everybody, down on the floor, or we blow your brains out!" Plasma warned as she shoved Antigone inside with Viva right behind her. As the other technicians cowered, one raised her hands and approached them.

“Hey, hey, hey, hey! We don't want any—" she tried to explain, but Plasma just shot her in the leg! She screamed in pain her coworker dragged her away.

“Would you please stop trying to kill people?!" Viva yelled in frustration.

In the park, Willow electrocuted a guard and used her telekinesis to fling him into a statue!

“Come on!" she growled, her eyes glowing white. “Is that all you got?!"

“Hey!" Gromlik shouted, holding a bazooka up. Willow turned to him and prepared to strike, but Gromlik fired his weapon and the blast hit Willow's entire body, forcing her into the ground, and she was slammed against the edge of a fountain! Trollex noticed and headed towards her.

“Willow!" he shouted. Floyd heard him and ran towards his friends without anyone noticing. He found Trollex carrying the unconscious teenager, her lavender face scorched and her colorful hair singed. Just before he could get closer, a sentry let out an electrical surge to stun Floyd, causing him to writhe in pain. Trollex carried Willow's body towards him and attempted to calm him down.

“P-Pocket..." Floyd stuttered as he kept shaking. “H-Help... W-W-W-Will-low."

Trollex nodded, but just before he could reach into Floyd's pocket...

“Get on the ground and show me your hands now!" Gromlik ordered. Trollex meekly obeyed as Floyd struggled to get back on his feet.

Willow remained still.

Things aren't looking good for Willow, are they?

Stay tuned to see if she'll survive...