Chapter 27


Somewhere in the planet Jives hangar, the disco trolls were all boarding the SpaceCentopides to get to the wedding venue. Branch reached the docks by going through many levels in the air ducts but he made it, he spotted his group of friends walking out from inside the palace to the boarding queue along with many other trolls. Branch hopped off from the venting system and camouflaged himself by blending in with the crowd and since he was stylized like a disco troll, the chances of getting approached by security were low but it was always necessary to keep his guard on.

It was finally time for The Snack Pack to enter their private limousine with pumping music coming from inside. The chauffeur opened the door and allowed them to get in.

Biggie tipped Mr. Dinkles'hat as they skipped inside, "Thank you, sir!"

"Let us through!" Satin & Chenille declared as they were the last ones to enter the ship. The driver shut the door and went back to the driver's seat, he started the limousine and began to maneuver it to the space route.

Branch snatched the opportunity and ran after the vehicle, the limousine was about to take off and the troll attached himself to the bumper. All he could hear was that same song playing repeatedly in the passenger compartment, they were having the times of their lives.

"This couldn't get any better!" DJ Suki commemorated while sipping from a punch cup.

The speakers doubled up and the music got extra louder.

DJ closed her eyes and grooved to the song, "Oh yeah!"

"For Gary's sake." Branch rolled his eyes as he somehow breathed through open space while hanging onto a moving spaceship, "This is ridiculous."

The Limousine opened up its ceiling and raised the trolls with circular platforms. Branch then noticed the SpaceBeetle soaring through the shuttle buses and scanning for something or someone, he knew it was presumably him.

"Wait!" Cooper shouted and the music stopped, "I feel like something's missing?"

Everyone stared at him and blinked confusedly. Smidge cleared her throat and said, "It's probably the punch kicking in."

"You're probably right." Cooper shrugged it off and kicked the speakers so they'd play the music again.

Branch covered his ears as the music was played loud and the SpaceBeetle approaching was getting too overwhelming. So he had to resort to another option, he analyzed the possible scenarios and noticed a waste shuttle coursing underneath the space road. Just as the SpaceBeetle had reached him he managed to escape by dropping himself onto the very last wagon in the waste shuttle.

He got up from the immersive dejected material and wiped his hair, "Phew."

"Branch?!" A familiar voice rose from the pile of junk, Branch looked back and was surprised to see the love of his life, he responded, "P-Poppy?!"

Poppy lunged at him and gave him the most romantic kiss ever, "I missed you so much... I was so worried about you." She embraced him with purity and love.

"You..." Branch hugged her back with some relief that someone could finally listen to him after all this time, "You're here..."

"Yes, I'm here!" Poppy let go of the hug but she kept holding his hands in place, "And I'm sorry that the last thing you heard from me was a no..."

"Poppy... That's conversation for another time." A stranger troll reminded on Poppy's behalf.

"Oh, right." Poppy stammered nervously bringing the troll closer to him, "Branch meet my mother, Queen Primrose..."

Branch's jaw dropped out of shock, "Your... your mom?"

"I've heard a lot about ya." Primrose extended her hand to him and teased, "It's a pleasure to finally meet you, Branch."

"H-How?" Branch stuttered with little reaction in his space.

Poppy giggled while caressing her boyfriend's hands she decided to properly explain the story to him, "Well, she's sort of a space hero. She has a crew of Geckos and I'm here because I came to rescue you myself and then mom found and rescued me because honestly, I wouldn't stand a chance out here on my own."

"I-I. Uh. Uhm." Branch gathered himself and returned, "Definitely a lot to take in but I am very happy for you two."

"You truly are a sweetheart." Primrose remarked on everything Poppy told her during their time together, "Like I said, we have bigger problems right now, remember?"

"Mhm, right." Poppy dissociated from the romance and focused back on the mission.

The waste shuttle now entered the maintenance construction zone of the ceremony temple, heading toward the upper levels of the structure. Many tribeless trolls could be seen reinforcing the beams with pieces of chewed gum. Poppy, Branch, and Primrose hopped off the wagon at an unoccupied zone and used it as a hiding spot.

Primrose pulled out a holographic device from her hair and projected it onto the wall, "We're in the crime scene now. It's time to come up with a schematical and elaborate plan." She turned to Branch and asked, "Son-in-law, tell us what you know."

"We have to be extremely careful." Branch reported as Poppy made a simple scrapbook out of his explanation, "Our friends were submitted to a hypnotic song that played on loop to become Disco Zombies. I was the only one who managed to resist the music and that's how I escaped then I overheard the queen and the general talking to each other and they got Guy Diamond almost entirely."

"She's marrying Guy Diamond?!" Poppy brought up the fact and pondered about it.

"So we have to avoid the music, got it." Primrose took some notes on the projection table, "Is there a way to turn it off."

Branch scratched his forehead until he remembered that he saw Supergleam carrying the original record copy along with her, "Yes. I can take care of that."

"Great, until then we should wear these soundproof earmuffs." Primrose pulled three matching earmuffs from her hair and handed it to them, "They also come with a comms system."

"Woah." Branch admired the technology and geeked out of it, "So cool."

"As soon as you shut the music down." Primrose inserted new data into the hologram and showed it to them, "I'll drop Poppy off at the venue to fetch your friends and then she'll use this Bergen-sized knife to slice it in half."

"Do I have to...?" Poppy asked while showing a bit of remorse.

"Yes." Primrose cut her off and gave a blunt answer,  "The fate of the world is in your hands. So yes you have to."

"Primrose is right, Poppy." Branch touched Poppy's shoulder and smoothened the statement like the good boyfriend he is, "Queen Stellar wants to unite our worlds to conquer them for herself... It's like Brab but worse and on a bigger scale."

"Ready, set, go." Primrose said as they all broke apart and went in separate directions. 

Poppy wasn't exactly sure that was the case but she had to listen to them because they were two people she cared about a lot. Primrose had offered them each a small holographic map of the ceremony temple so they could keep track of where they were going. The plan was finally in action, and Poppy and Branch separated again.

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