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The heros were face to face with a hideous and vengeful creature. It was one they had seen before, made of metal and magic and fueled by the need for freedom.
Spamton had gone NEO once again.
“H-How did he get his NEO form back…?”, Ralsei shakily asked, trying his best to keep his composure.
“I don’t know man, but we’ve kicked his ass before, we’ll do it again!”
Spamton NEO was having trouble standing without the strings that had previously held his form up and was currently on his knees, trying his best to get up. The green string…holding him up like a puppet…they had been cut. This, was what true freedom was like. Once he got past these pesky, meddling kids, he would escape from the castle basement and finally make everyone pay for wronging him.
Those Addisons, the birds, that laptop, Easel, that damned boobtube…EVERYONE!! Everyone would pay for his misery and misfortune! …As soon as he could walk.
Unfortunately, ( or maybe fortunately ) for him though, another Darkner intervened.
“Ooh King! Lancer! Your jester is hereeOH MY ANGEL!!”
Tenna had certainly came in at the wrong time.
“M-Mr. Tenna!? P-please go back upstairs, I have this covered!”
“Ralsei, dear, WHAT THE HECK IS THAT THING?!”
Spamton NEO, who had been breathing heavily and hanging his head behind them, suddenly spoke up.
“[CRT]…”
“Wha- is that that RAT?! IT LOOKS MORE LIKE A HUGE BUG NOW!!”
Spamton NEO let out a manic laugh before deciding standing was overrated anyway. He scuttled on all fours at record speed and tackled and pinned Tenna to the ground.
Tenna’s breath hitched and he kicked his legs furiously as Spamton NEO dug his knees into his metal chest. Tenna pushed against Spamton NEO’s shoulders to fight the attempts to strangle him.
“Who- who are you…?”
“HEAHAHAhah_[unintelligible laughter]- YOU STILL DON’T [NO!!!!]?!?!?!”
“Wh- should I…?”
“WHAT?!?! DON’T [recognize me?]?!?! THE [BIG SHOT] !!? THE 1 WHO GAVE YOU [Oh god I’m gonna be sick…that was everything!!] ?!?!”
“I-“, Tenna suddenly realized, “Spamton…?”
Spamton NEO’s eyes temporarily flickered to static before returning to normal, his smile somehow growing, confirming Tenna’s theory.
Spamton NEO suddenly wrapped his claws around Tenna’s neck, catching him off guard. His feet kicked harder and his face twisted, trying to fight for air.
“RALSEI!! SNAP OUT OF IT!! DO SOMETHING!!”
“I- Oh!”
One short spell later and…Spamton NEO had collapsed onto Tenna, releasing his neck and letting him breathe in the process.
Tenna gasped for air as his arms fell back to his sides, exhausted.
“I-Is- *huff* he…*puff* dead…?”
“Oh heavens no! I just put him to sleep, that’s all!”
As Tenna took a closer look, he noticed that, indeed, he was sound asleep. If he hadn’t just been trying to murder him, this would’ve actually been quite nice… it sorta reminded Tenna of the old days…
“Wow. What a show.”
King, whi had been watching from his cell, had spoken up at last, which drew everyone’s attention and eyes to his cell.
“Of course, it didn’t last very long, sadly. I don’t get much entertainment around here.”
“Ah shut up, no one asked.”
While Ralsei and Susie helped Tenna lift Spamton NEO’s body off of him, Kris walked over to talk to King.
* What did you see?
“Two idiots fighting over who’s stupider, that’s what!”
* Imeant did you see how Spamton got his NEO form back?
“Ehh, not exactly.”
* What does that mean?
“Well, this little rat-thing came down and just kinda uh…danced in the corner?? It was actually quite funny.”
* And then what?
“Then I blinked and suddenly, he was tall!”
* Thanks for the info.
“‘Ey- what do I get for cooperating?!”
Kris walked away to join the others, who had managed to lift Spamton NEO off of Tenna.
“W-What should we do with him…?”, Ralsei asked, fidgeting with his cloak hem.
“I could carry him back upstairs”, Tenna, who was now kneeling over Spamton NEO, suggested.
“That’s not half bad! Couldn’t we just lock him up with like King or something down here though?”
“No, I-,” Tenna paused, “I need to talk to him.”
Before anyone could argue, Tenna scooped up Spamton in his arms and walked up and out of the basement.