Draal and Jim entered the ring with a new found purpose. The Hero's Forge activated once again as did my nerves. I do have faith in my brother, he has survived a lot worse than this. This is just my older sibling instinct. But, I know that Jim can protect himself just fine. He has proved that time and time again. I know that him and Draal can do this.

The game started once more and Draal threw Jim toward the Gorb. Jim landed, but before he could grab it one of the Krubera took it and threw it towards his teammate. Draal came up behind the teammate and fought him, causing the Krubera's teammate to drop the Gorb. The Krubera grabbed the Gorb and Jim charged in front of him yelling, "Aaarrrgghh!" A shield formed in front of Jim and it slammed into the Krubera. A blue light surrounded the two as they collided and Draal grabbed the Gorb and threw it into the Soothscryer.

"Aaarrrgghh!" The two shouted in victory.

"Go, Jim! Go, Draal!" I shouted.

"Since when does Jim have a shield?" Claire questioned.

"He's unlocked the power of his second stone!" The two continued to do extremely well, scoring point after point until it was all tied up. Draal and Jim met up together for a team meeting. Draal had the Gorb and was rolling on the side of the wall with the two Krubera after him. He yelled for Aaarrrgghh and threw it towards Jim and he caught it. Jim used his shield to what I'm assuming was to see where his opponents were behind him.

"Jim! Here!" Draal exclaimed.

"Aaarrrgghh!" Jim yelled while throwing it to Draal. Draal would've had the Gorb, but one of their opponents slammed into Draal's stomach and the other one slammed him into the ground. My eyes widened in fear and I yelled, "Draal!" I ran towards him as Jim was asking Draal if he was okay. Draal shook his head trying to come back and Draal said, "Am I... in the Void? Father? Father!"

"It'll take time for that hit to wear off." Blinky said checking on Draal.

"Will he be alright though?" I questioned.

"Of course, he will, Monica. It'll take a hit ten times harder than that to any real damage to Draal." Blinky said.

"Problem is, he doesn't have time." Claire said pointing towards the Krubera. The Gorb flew into the air and the Krubera grabbed it and the games were about to begin again.

"We'll never find a suitable replacement. You'll have to take them both on." Blinky said.

"By myself, for Pete's sake." Jim complained.

"Not for Pete, for Aaarrrgghh!" Blinky exclaimed.

I hugged my brother and said, "You've got this, bro."

"I hope you're, Mo." Jim said. He went back into the game, which was kind of a battlefield at this point. Jim drew his sword out and charged after his opponents. He grabbed the Gorb, then the two Krubera came rolling towards him. They would've crashed into him, but Aaarrrgghh came crashing down and pinned the two Krubera. He finally arrived! I looked back and noticed that Draal was starting to come around. He stood up, but nearly fell back. I quickly caught him with the assistance of Blinky.

"Easy there, Draal. You just took a nasty hit." I said.

"Monica..." Draal mumbled as he was trying to snap out of his daze. He said, "What's going on?"

"Well, Aaarrrgghh finally arrived." I informed. He turned his gaze towards the game.

I saw Toby coming forward and Blinky exclaimed, "What fortunate timing, Tobias. The Bligst is nearly over."

"I have no idea what's happening. Is that a good thing?" Toby questioned.

"If they score, yes. If the other team scores, no." Claire simply put it. We drew our attention back towards the game. Jim had the Gorb and was dodging the Krubera that kept coming towards him. The Krubera managed to knock him to the ground and before Jim fell, he threw the Gorb towards Aaarrrgghh, who managed to catch it.

"It's all you, Aaarrrgghh!" Jim exclaimed. Aaarrrgghh charged towards the Soothscryer and fought off the Krubera that had jumped onto his back. He kept them at bay long enough to throw the Gorb into the Soothscryer. We won! I was about to go towards them, but remembered that I was holding onto Draal. I told Blinky to go on ahead with the others who had met up with Aaarrrgghh and Jim.

"You didn't have to stay behind. I'll be fine." Draal said.

"I'm just making sure that someone is at your side in case anything unexpected did happen. I wouldn't be a good friend if I just left you." I said placing my hand on his shoulder. Draal placed his hand on my shoulder as well while smiling and said, "Thank-you, Monica." I could feel my cheeks turn a bright red and I didn't understand why.

"Troll market is victorious! A Bligst for the ages." The queen announced. Draal and I cheered.

"The time has arrived that we bid our friends farewell. But, first, one last order of business." Vendel said.

"Aarghaumont... Brother, we know that you are not well, but battled honorably. Will you return with us, your family? Or fight your last days here amongst your friends?" The queen questioned. What does that mean? Draal was well enough to stand on his own two feet and we made our way over towards the too see what was going on.

"What does she mean "his last days?" Toby questioned suspiciously.

"The choice is yours." The queen said.

"Your wound. Creeper's sun poison. Oh, Aaarrrgghh. Why did you not tell us?" Blinky questioned looking at Aaarrrgghh's hand which indeed looked like it was turning to stone.

"Angor Rot must've cut him." Claire said.

"This is my fault. It should've been me that got hurt." Jim said. My eyes filled with tears and I couldn't believe it. Aaarrrgghh was dying.

"Not Jim's fault. Don't wanna leave." Aaarrrgghh said. He looked behind us and I noticed that he was looking at Toby. Those two had a special bond. Oh, Toby. This is going to be so hard for him.

"The only way you'll survive is with your own kind. You must return with them." Blinky insisted.

"We could always visit." I said.

"I'm afraid, Miss Monica, that only the Krubera can thrive in the Deep Caves." Blinky informed. Tears began falling down my cheeks.

"Oh... well.... if that means, he..." I couldn't finish the sentence, but Jim finished for me saying, "If it means he lives."

"Aaarrrgghh, what sort of a friend would I be that if I demanded that you stay?" Blinky said.

"I... will go." Aaarrrgghh said placing his hands on Jim's shoulder.

"The times... the laughs..." Blinky said.

"For once, he's speechless. And here, we just got to know each other. I'll miss you, big guy." Claire said hugging him.

"Thank you, Aaarrrgghh for protecting all of us and for being such a good friend." I said embracing him as well.

"Good bye, old friend. I shall protect them in your stead." Draal said placing his hand on Aaarrrgghh's shoulder as Claire and I let go. Aaarrrgghh went over to Toby who was doing his best not to cry in front of us. He held out his fist and asked, "Wing man?" Toby was about to, but ended up not being able to. He ran away and exited the Hero's Forge.

"Get Gunmar for me." Aaarrrgghh said placing his hand on Jim's shoulder. Jim told the big guy to be well. Draal placed his hand on my shoulder and I gave him a soft smile. Before Aaarrrgghh left, he turned towards and said, "Tell, wing man, he family. I, family." We all stood there comforting the other as Aaarrrgghh left with the Krubera.

A/N: I know that this isn't the actual end of the episode, but I wanted to do a filler chapter before the actual end of this episode, since the end of this one begins the finale of the season. I hope you all have a great day! I'll try to have that filler in either today or tomorrow.