"SASHA!!!" Grime screamed, jumping out the window to save his queen and apprentice.

Sasha fell through the air, but was caught by Grime. She didn't even have much time to process what she had seen. "Grime?!"

"Are you okay?!" Grime exclaimed.

Sasha was about to answer, before she realized their current situation and she screamed. "WE ARE FALLING THROUGH THE SKY TO OUR DEATHS!!!"

Grime blinked. "Ah...I...did not think about that."

Sasha looked around. "Okay, there's gotta be a way. I can just fly- DAMMIT! I CAN'T FLY ANYMORE!"

But that's when they landed on the back of a giant sparrow. Joe Sparrow to be precise. Grime laughed. "Yes! Fate rewards us! Thank you, George Sparrow!"

Joe narrowed his eyes and chirped before flying off.

Sasha looked at Grime. "Where are we gonna go? Andrias is gonna send his army to ANY of our Toad Towers! He'll expect us to go there!"

Grime hummed. "Then, we'll have to go somewhere he WON'T expect."

Where would the one place be? For The Toad Queen and Captain Grime to hide...Wartwood. The more I think about it, probably not the best move. But, it would at least give them time.

Wartwood's villagers quickly noticed Sasha and Grime coming back...without Anne and The Plantars.

"What's going on?!"

"Why is the castle flying?!"

"Where's Anne? And The Plantars?"

Sasha turned to Grime. "...what do we tell them?"

"What exactly can we LIE about?" Grime asked before clearing his throat. "Villagers of Wartwood! We come bearing terrible news! King Andrias is apparently a ruthless tyrant!"

Wartwood gasped.

Sasha then spoke. "And even worse news? He's serving The Night. Newtopia's been keeping him alive this entire time!"

THAT'S when the villagers started to panic, hugging each other, hiding, or even trembling. Ivy then stepped forward. "W-What about Sprig and The Plantars? And Anne? And everyone?!"

Grime sighed. "The Calamity Box was charged, and The Night and Andrias used it on them. Anne and The Plantars are now trapped in another world with no way to get back."

"W-What?!" The Mayor exclaimed. "EVERYONE, TIME TO PANIC-"

Sasha lifted her hand. "Wait, wait, wait! Before you panic, me and Grime are here to protect this town!"

Grime blinked. "...what-"

Sasha quickly gave her teacher a look, saying now was not the time to question her choices.

"Oh! I mean, uhh, yes!" Grime said. "And once we've gathered a plan, we will take back the Calamity Box and Amphibia will be saved!"

Some of the villagers cheered. While Sasha knew that was easier said than done, she at least had to find SOME hope in this situation.

"For now? Everyone stay in your homes." Sasha said.

Some of the villagers were skeptical, but they did follow her. The Mayor doing the best he could to direct everyone to their homes. Some frogs even barricaded.

Sasha sighed before turning to Grime. "Guess we ARE protecting this town now."

Grime nodded. "I'll try and send a message out to our armies. Perhaps we can start a rebellion."

Sasha nodded again before they tried to find a home for THEM. But that's when they came across The Plantar's house.

"Dibs on Hop Pop's bed!" Grime exclaimed, running inside.

Sasha wanted to step inside, but she DID feel wrong for doing it...she recalled how she tried to protect her friends, but failed. They didn't believe her until it was too late. Sasha shook it off and then walked inside, closing the door behind her.

Sasha then sat down on the couch and looked at her hammer. It was now as light as EVER...maybe because she was doing the right thing now. She could even lift it with one hand...or balance it on her finger.

She smiled a bit...before her mind FINALLY processed what had happened back at the castle. Specifically...Marcy's death.

Sasha dropped her hammer and felt tears sting at her eyes. She hugged herself. "N-No, no, no...I...she can't be dead. She CAN'T...she..."

She recalled the mechanical arm of The Core, stabbing into Marcy's chest...without a doubt, hitting her heart. Marcy lost her own life just to save Anne. And Sasha didn't even get to say goodbye, or even sorry for what she had done.

She didn't even get to say goodbye to Anne.

Sasha finally let herself cry, curling her knees up on the couch. All the memories of Marcy flooded into her brain. All the good times with her...and all the times Sasha had treated Marcy just like she did Anne. She only cried harder at that.

She wouldn't be able to make up for that. Marcy might've died hating her name.

The next morning, Grime came out to see Sasha having cried herself to sleep on the couch, using her cape as a blanket. Although, he didn't know about the crying part.

He went into the kitchen, making a quick batch of worm waffles for her. This was going to be one journey involving many battles. And he had a feeling he himself would come face to face with The Night himself. 

The scourge of Amphibia, and for all he knew? Its creator.

His thoughts were interrupted by a sudden rumble. He quickly looked outside and his eyes widened when he saw a GIANT robot at the entrance of Wartwood. It was big, bulky, and yellow. It looked to be more of a transportation robot than anything. A robot built for the sake of transporting more robots.

And like all the other robots, it had glowing orange eyes. It got onto its knees before launching smaller green and tadpole like robots from its shoulders.

Grime's eyes widened and he quickly grabbed his sword, rushing outside. The tadpole bots noticed him, their orange eyes glowing before they charged. Grime roared before slicing one in half. He then kicked another one before headbutting one onto another.

The tadpole bots kept launching from the Tanker Bot, as if the moment one was destroyed, hundreds would take its place.

But Grime kept fighting, slicing through them with his sword before finally, one tadpole bot grabbed his sword and snapped it in half. Grime punched it across the face before stomping it into pieces. "I AM NOT AFRAID OF DEATH..."

The tadpole bots then turned all of their arms into canons, aiming them at Grime.

Grime blinked. "But perhaps whatever those are? Maybe."

Then? A hammer came flying in, spinning around in pink energy and smashing all the tadpole bots into bits before it came flying into The Toad Queen's hands.

Sasha then leapt beside Grime, clutching her hammer. "Starting the fight without me?"

Grime smirked. "Not at all, my queen. I have a feeling it is just getting started."

The giant Tanker Bot then finally stood on its legs and its arms suddenly turned into canons. That's when missiles fired from them and towards Grime and Sasha.

Grime took out a second sword before charging. Sasha followed soon after. They tried to dodge the missiles, but it followed them. Grime used his tongue to swing into the air and towards the Tanker Bot, with the missile following him.

Grime hopped off the Tanker Bot at the last second, causing the missile to hit it instead. The Tanker Bot stumbled backwards before the other missile hit it after being hit by Sasha's hammer.

Sasha smirked before she hopped into the hammer, smashing the head of the Tanker Bot into bits...or so, she hoped. The Tanker Bot's head wasn't even dented. Sasha gulped before she was punched onto the ground by it. Sasha quickly got back up with Grime standing beside her.

The Tanker Bot then launched a final army of tadpole bots towards them...but that's when they were all fought of, but not by Grime or Sasha.

But by Wartwood's townsfolk. Ivy and her mother kicked robots into pieces, Mayor Toadstool smashed them, and even Wally hit tadpole bots with his accordion. Even Mrs. Croaker was ramming them with her ladybug. There was also some creepy girl, the baker's daughter, launching disintegrating potions at the robots.

Sasha blinked. "...wow, they can fight."

Grime laughed. "Looks like we do have an army!"

Sasha and Grime then looked at the giant Tanker Bot, who was about to launch more missiles at them until looking down. More of Wartwood's villagers started hitting its leg, actually and somehow able to damage it.

Grime threw his sword into the Tanker Bot's eyes, and Sasha, with all her might, SLAMMED her hammer down onto the Tanker Bot's head. This time, it was actually smashed into bits.

The Tanker Bot fell back, later exploding.

Wartwood cheered, with Sasha taking a deep breath. It was taking more strength to stay strong after all that had happened...but if it meant smashing The Night into bits and saving her friends? She could deal with her emotional baggage later.

Meanwhile...

Darcy watched her personal robots work on the project she'd been needing all of Amphibia's resources for. Turns out, she didn't even need all of them. Just one finishing touch, and her superweapon would be complete.

Andrias stepped in and bowed. "How is the new body treating you, my lord?"

Darcy turned. "Excellent. As I predicted." She said before smirking. "How is Lady Olivia's transformation?"

"She has been turned like General Yunan." Andrias said.

Darcy cackled. "Good." Her smirk then faltered. "However, you failed something."

Andrias' eyes widened a bit. "What did I fail, my lord?"

Darcy then showed an orange holographic screen from the palm of her hand, showing footage of Sasha, Grime, and Wartwood destroying the Tanker Bot. "Your supposed robot proved formidable, but not enough. You know I do not take failure lightly. One risk could mean the end of all my plans. The plans I've been conjuring up for centuries."

Andrias gulped as he watched mechanical arms slither out from Darcy's suit, roaming around him in circles. "I-I promise it will not happen again, my lord."

Darcy hummed. "That's what I thought." She said before her arms retracted. "How is my armor's little upgrade coming along?"

"The tests are going well. Soon, you will be able to harness the power of all three Calamity Gems."

Darcy nodded. "Good." She then looked back at her superweapon and cackled. "My own little weapon is almost finished. But even if it IS destroyed, this is more to make things easier for me."

"It resembles a..."

"A mythical creature from Earth called a dragon. And also my previous body." Darcy said before chuckling. "Marcy's mind is proving itself. I do not think I'll be letting go of her anytime soon."