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My breath catches as my chin digs into the wood. Tears leak onto my cheeks as I squeeze my eyes shut, preparing for the sharp pain of death, but I feel nothing. I take a deep breath and slowly open my eye, popping open the other when I see my sisters staring at me open mouthed. For a second i'm worried that I'm already dead, but I pick up my arm and rub my neck, feeling it still attached to my body.
I look back at my sisters and notice that they aren't looking at me, but above me. I lift my chin up from the wood and look up, surprised to see that the silver blade from a second ago was...gone.
I turn around and fall onto my butt, gasping in surprise. Brick was floating in the air, red static glowing in his eyes and a dark aura surrounding him. His arms were crossed sternly and a scowl crossed his face. Behind him two robot's lay in scrap piles.
"I warned you Mojo. If you touch her you'll have to answer to me," Brick states calmly, his voice low and menacing. I gulp back my previous fear and smile, jumping to my feet and standing next to him, on the ground.
"You stupid boy!" Mojo screeches, standing up. "You want to fight? Let's finish this." he shakes his shoulders and his robe slides off to the floor, exposing his toned arms and cruel scars. I growl and take a step forward but someone grabs my shoulder. I look back and see Brick. His eyes have returned to their normal color but the black still surrounds him.
"This is my battle, Bloss," he says quietly, his eyes sad. I stare at him and he releases my shoulder, flying to meet Mojo on the battlefield. There were only two ways to end this and both required a life.
I shake my head and jump off the podium, stumbling a few steps forward, and run towards my sisters. Bubbles engulfs me in a hug as soon as I'm near enough and Buttercup wipes her tears.
"We were so afraid...I thought you would be dead! But he...he saved you!" bubbles sobs, clutching to me. I smile and hug her back, looking at Buttercup. She sighs and steps forward, giving us a quick squeeze.
"We have to help Brick," I say as soon as we split apart. Bubbles rubs her hand along her cheeks and Buttercup nods.
"We need weapons, though," she points out, looking around. It is a plain field with nothing but robots. Wait...
"I think I can help with that," I say with a slight smile. Bubbles and Buttercup glance nervously at each other before nodding and following me back to the podium.
As we're running a stray robot comes over and grabs me, throwing me over it's shoulder head first towards the ground. I put my hands out as they impact the ground, bending them as I flip to my feet. I turn, ready to attack the robot, but Buttercup is already in an arm wrestle.
"Keep...going!" Buttercup grunts, pressing down on the robots arms. Buttercup is strong, but so is a metal toy if destruction.
Bubbles grabs my hand and drags me towards the podium. I clear my mind of Buttercup and sprint forward, reaching the scrap metal just before Bubbles. I bend down and start digging through, throwing things over my shoulder while in search.
"What are we looking for?" Bubbles asks, searching the second robot. I release a tight breath as I wriggle out a silver piece from the back of the robot. I hold it out to show Bhbbles as she frowns at it.
"What us it?" She asks in confusion, holding up her own piece to the sun. The sun bounces off the silver into my eyes and I squint, grabbing it from Bubbles' hands.
"It's a hard drive. If I can get a hold of Mojo's crown than I think I can control the robot's..." I say, snapping one in half and flipping through the wires.
