Battle of Bones (Anomaly Saga #5)

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A tall, muscular lady brandished a spear, and the '90s man wielded his Magic School Bus axe menacingly.

Chapalina summoned a bag of bombs out of absolutely nowhere. She set one on the ground and kicked it towards the '90s man, who quickly dodged it.

"Ahah, that's all you got, you very tubular-looking skeleton?" he asked.

Chapalina started dancing. "This dance gets my bones flowing-it is the essence of the craft of skelly-jutsu," she said.

Locket and Sandy were too focused on the deadly, menacing woman to bother listening to her. The armored woman charged at the pair.

Sandy leapt up into the air and threw a dagger straight into the woman's eye, causing her to scream in pain and stumble backwards.

Nearly falling off of the butterfly, Locket pulled a disc out of his shirt pocket and threw it towards the woman covered in skeletal armor.

While Sandy and Locket were battling the woman, a blue portal appeared, and out of it emerged the Neil Patrick Harris look-alike, holding yet another Burger King burger.

"Nick Phil Henry, what the heck are you doing here?" Locket asked, jabbing the woman in skeleton armor two times in the face. Sandy moved behind Locket to support him.

"Well, I was in a Burger King, ordering my usual meal, and after I got it, this hooded figure approached me and tried mugging me," said Nick. "But I used my last resort teleportation device and ended up here. Are you guys in trouble?"

Chapalina jumped into the air and summoned a pink sack. She sprinkled its contents down onto the battlefield, causing the woman in skeletal gear and the '90s man to pass out.

"Alright, that's that," Chapalina said. Sandy and Locket let out sighs of relief. Nick casually ate his bacon Whopper, not even knowing what was even happening-but he felt like it was pretty epic.

Chapalina began to control the butterfly, making it fly in the direction of Chaps. She sensed his wacky, comedic energy nearby. Chapalina landed the butterfly on top of a tree, and three of them slid down to the ground-but Sandy had to help Nick down. They all gathered themselves quickly.

"Alright!" said Chaps, coming around the corner, we have successfully completed our mission! This is a job well done! Once we defeat Chaos, we can all go out for victory sundaes!" He began to march forward until Locket stopped him, Sandy, Chapalina, and Nick close behind.

"Look, Chaps," said Locket. "The world, Earth, is in danger. We need you to help us keep it safe. If you don't help, we might all die."

Chapalina stepped out from behind Locket, staring at Chaps. "It's the truth, Chaps. I know you probably had a rocky ride with Chaos, but Mega-Gorblus used him as a red herring. He knew it would distract you. You see, the final battle . . . the final fight, will take place in Ohio. I don't know where, exactly. But . . . Ohio."

"Ohio?" said Chaps. "What a coincidence! I was just telling River that we were going to take her to Ohio since that mysterious door asked for her. So you're saying it may be the work of Mega-Gorblus?"

"That name feels familiar," Preston interjected before anyone could reply. "I think the anomaly hunters have researched that guy before. Like, I think I heard his name in those boring history classes."

"Hey!" Alf crossed his arms. "I taught a lot of those classes!"

"Sorry, man. They were boring."

For once, Camellia sort of agreed with Preston.

"Anyway," said Chapalina, "before I was so rudely interrupted, I was going to answer Chaps' question. Yes, this is Mega-Gorblus. It has to be."