The five zombies stared down the staircase. It was steep.
Well. It was now or never.
Astrophelle took the first step, only to be hit by that wave of malicious Cora again.
Keep.. going..!
For.. them..!
For us!
The sense of will power that'd gone to lying dormant resurfaced. He latched onto it and refused to let go, using it as a tool to push through the Cora.
Still, he was moving at an excruciatingly slow pace. It didn't take long for Astrophelle to feel someone against his back, helping him move along.
"We're in this together, Churro..!" Lloyd was straining, but held a smile despite it. Astrophelle admired that about him.
"Let's finish this, Altalune!" Zephyr was behind Lloyd. They formed a line, with Elliot in the back, and pushed and pushed until they broke through the suffocating surface of the dark signature. They were all sent tumbling down the stairs.
"Too much..?" Elliot chuckled, rubbing his head. He helped everyone get to their feet.
It was then that Astrophelle could take in his surroundings. The room they were in was dark, lit by nothing except for the bright portal at the farthest wall. As a matter of fact, there were two portals, one of them being off. The other had Zomboss fiddling with something on the terminal.
Astrophelle aimed and fired at the terminal, just missing Zomboss' finger. It was fried in an instant.
"There's no escape, Zomboss." Astrophelle growled. "You will answer for your crimes."
Zomboss turned to face them. It was then that he bubbled up with maniacal laughter. "Crimes.. Crimes?! You're nothing more than mistakes! My goal is to build a perfect society. One that no plants, or imperfect zombies are allowed in."
"So that's it, then?" Zephyr stepped forward. "We're just your—your failed experiments."
"Zephyr Astaku. I've longed to get rid of you." Zomboss was holding something in his hand. Was it.. a remote control? "You were all prototypes. I thank you in particular, Astrophelle. I know now of the formula of creating the perfect soldier—to never make them too smart for their own good."
"Zomboss.. your twisted view of perfection is just someone who can follow orders without questions." Astrophelle tightened his grip on the umbrella. "All you want is for everyone to bend your whims, to fulfill your every command. You realized you failed the moment you discovered a zombie Gembearer had arisen, and tried to abandon it all in hopes of starting again. There's no need to fret about that anymore. You will be stopped, here and now."
Zomboss grimaced. He pressed a button on his remote, and the room began to shake.
"What the..?!" Valerie gasped when the floor opened to reveal a large mechanism beneath it. Slowly, a platform rose it from beneath. It was towering, and all things menacing. It was none other than Doctor Zomboss' Zombot.
So this is why he was held up. Astrophelle bore witness to Zomboss climbing inside the Zombot, assuming direct control of it. The Zombot is far too big to fit in the portal, but he wished to find a way to bring it anyway. He was messing with the terminal in search of that option, I presume.
The platform stopped, but the Zombot didn't. The ground fumbled again, this time due to the thrusters on the Zombot. "Hurry!" Zephyr alerted them. The team scrambled to grab onto the Zombot. Zephyr jumped on his wand, and extended a hand for Astrophelle to join him.
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Golden: The Collection
Fanfic"Do you accept this humble burden?" Luz demanded. "The burden to protect those who cannot protect themselves?" The princess stood for a moment. Her senses were screaming at her to decline and go back to her normal life, but there was this voice. Thi...
