The Final Six of Violet Tree Town

Pick on someone your own size

(Ah crap I forgot to draw her tail, lol)

"Leave them alone!"

Everyone including the snake turned to the source of the sound, where they saw Shadow standing on a nearby log. Her ears were back, her tail was puffed and swishing back and forth. She was showing her sharp teeth while continuing to growl. Razor like claws emerged from her paws as she glared at the snake, never breaking eye contact.

"You... you really need to pick on someone your own size."

The snake was baffled for a second at what was said to it, but hissed aggressively before straightening it's posture, preparing to strike.

"She's got a point, ya know."

The snake was taken off guard by the sudden voice, looking around to find the source of the sound. Just when it turned it's head back, a orange and yellow blur came flying down from one of the trees, ramming the snake in the back of the head.

"Woohoo! Head-shot!"

Everyone looked up where they found Bella in the same tree the blur came from. The snake had been knocked to the ground, the blur was actually Handy, who was now dazed from the impact, as he was struggling to stand without falling over.

"Ughh... t-they stole my car... o-officer..."

The snake lifted it's head up, only for Shadow to pounce on the reptile, stabbing it's right eye with her claws. The snake screeched in agony and violently thrashed it's head around, practically hurting itself in attempt to get the tiger off, but she didn't let go.

Bella managed to get down from the tree and was relieved that the others were mostly alright, before heading over to Handy and carrying him back to the others.

"S-Sure... I'll... babysit y-your... son tomorrow..."

Handy was still dazed, and kept muttering random things. When asked about Sunny, Mime, and Russell, Bella smiled in confidence.

"They're waiting for the right moment."

Just when the snake was about to give up about Shadow, the tiger let go and hopped off, leaving the snake blind in one eye. Before it suddenly felt a sharp pain of through their chest.

"Right on the spot, Mime!" Sunny praised the deer, who managed to impale the snake by throwing the spear. The deer and Sunny yanked the rope at once, causing the snake to fall back.

Shadow and Bella rushed over to help, and with their efforts, the four managed to lift the snake off the ground, and fling them overhead.

"C'mon guys! Get over here!!" Shadow shouted to the others, who all rushed over, along with Handy, who had recovered from his daze.

"Grab on!" Sunny called out, where everyone obeyed and grabbed the rope with both hands. Handy grabbed it with his teeth, and by instructions from Shadow, Bella, and Sunny, the snake was spun around a couple times to build up power, before being flung through the clearing, where it landed face first onto the sandy beach. The spear was pulled out of the snake, but someone else was waiting for the snake to glance up at them.

"How's it feel to only see through one eye?"

Russell was standing in front of the water, about three feet away from the snake. Before the snake could even lift it's head up, the otter raised his hook, where several spouts of water burst out of the ocean behind him.

"I don't think so." Russell smirked, before pointing his hook at the snake. About seven orcas lunged out of the water, landing on top of the snake

"Bring 'em in, guys!"

The pod followed Russell's command, and flung themselves back into the water with the snake in tow.

"Woah!! That was so sick!" Cuddles exclaimed in awe.

"I thought you were afraid of orcas." Handy added, puzzled by how calm Russell was being near an entire pod.

"Oh I still am, just not this crew." Russell admitted as one of the two calves of the pod came up and nuzzled him.

"Alright, we got this thing down! Let's finish this!" Erika shouted eagerly.

"With what exactly?" Petunia asked.

"C'mon, you guys probably thought of something, right?" Erika asked as she turned around to the others.

"Nuh uh."

"Nope."

"Well..."

"Umm..."

"I got nothin'."

"Yar..."

The animals all denied, and began to look gloomy.

"I-Isn't that funny? We're all useless!" Flippy laughed sarcastically.
"Wha?! You're all far from useless! Don't say that about yourselves!!" Bella said rather loudly, momentarily startling everyone.

"She's right, there's probably some way we can kill this thing, and save your friends." Erika added.

"You guys are immortal, no? Have you ever thought that you might have, y'know, something else?" Sunny asked. The animals exchanged confused looks and shrugged. "Well, no." One of them answered.

"You guys are clearly more than just animals that never truly die. There's gotta be something else, you just gotta look for it, inside." Luna added.

"Woah, woah, woah! You're not telling me to, y'know, look inside my own stomach?!" Cuddles asked nervously. "What, no! Not physically look in yourself, emotionally." Erika quickly replied.

"Emotionally?"

"Yeah, just try to find yourself."