Friend Or Foe

[Yellow Lantern Chuckles]

(February 22nd. Morning. Open to everyone in Facilier's army. Phantom Virus, Seven Of Nine, and Yellow Lantern Chuckles join the army.)

Phantom Virus walked to the house with YLC and Seven standing next to him.

"Alright remember the plan. We realized Facilier was the better leader and has the better army. That's why we left." said Phantom Virus.

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"Right. And don't worry. Only thing coming out of my mouth are jokes." said YLC, chuckling.

He knocked on the door waiting for someone to answer.

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Ruber sighed as he heard a knock on the door. He was on guard duty as he walked to the door and opened it. He was surprised to see the three of them. The jester hadn't been with the army and didn't look very threatening but the other two had fought with Ask That Guy. Phantom Virus had even stopped their abduction of the brat Pinocchio. He pressed a button sounding an alarm not sure if they were allies or not as an alarm began ringing.

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Rita was chatting with Malachite and Facilier when she heard the noise. She dashed out followed by Malachite as they saw the arrivals and Ruber.

"Trying to rescue your friends? Well you goofed. Now you can join them." said Rita.

"Yeah. They were getting kind of lonely in there." said Malachite.

[Dr. Facilier]

Facilier immediately took charge and went right beside Rita and Malachite to see three trespassers. Annoyed with them, he instantly showed his cane and aimed it at the three. He growled "I don't take kindly to strangers. Especially ones from the opposite side of my own. You have ten seconds to speak or run before I blast ya"
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"Wait! You misunderstand! We have come to join you!" Seven of Nine said, showing fear, acting upon instinct since she was supposed to not want a fight but rather to get inside. She responded with some fear "We have seen the errors of our labor and decided that your team has more skill and power than Ask Thatguy does" She turned to the others for support before talking "Please. Let us discuss peace with one another and crush your enemy"
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Facilier hummed in displeasure, not entirely sure quite yet to believe them. He turned to Virus and sneered slightly "I can understand why she would come here and why the jester would wanna come here since I never saw him before. But you? Why are YOU here?! You saved that brat Ask Thatguy considers a son and on top of that were the first to fight us! Give me a good reason why you're here and MAYBE I'll let the three of ya'll in!"
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Facilier's shouting woke Patch up from slumber. Due to being stressed out, Patch grew more and more tired. Seeing this, DarkHeart insisted he rested with Mechakara's approval. Despite being tired, the curiousity Patch had got the better of him and he left the room he was in and went downstairs. He noticed that Seven of Nine was there and wagged his tail excitedly. Quickly he went to find Mechakara, to tell him of the new person arriving.

[Yellow Lantern Chuckles]

Shaggy stumbled into the room he'd barely slept last night. He'd been turned into a werewolf the day before by Facilier and heard the commotion. He walked in shocked at seeing Phantom Virus among the group. He was grateful for being a werewolf and hoped the virus wouldn't recognize him. He sort of took a seat remaining quiet for the moment seeing he was seen now and would look odd to sneak out of the room.

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Phantom Virus nodded.

"Yes. We're on your side. You should have asked us to join your group. We thought you were going to lose that's why we sided with Ask That Guy. And well you did. But after thinking it over I realized we've had very few victories with Ask That Guy and after talking it over with Seven and one of our new recruits Chuckles here we decided to join you. We wanted to be on the winning team." said Phantom Virus.

He paused looking at the werewolf that just came in. There was something that seemed familiar about him but he couldn't figure out what.

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Chuckles gulped at Facilier's demand and heard Seven and Phantom Virus speak.

"Yeah. That's how it happened. They talked me into coming with them. I didn't know much about Ask That Guy's army but he sounds like a real loser." said Chuckles.

Chuckles laughed trying to ease the tension for the moment.

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Mechakara heard the commotion as he walked out seeing Patch as he stopped to look at him.

"What's wrong Patch? Are we under attack?" asked Mechakara.

He didn't detect an attack but perhaps Facilier and the others had stopped the attack.

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Rita paused lowering her arms to hear them.

"So you wish to join us huh? I can't blame you for that. As you said we hardly got much victories under Ask That Guy's leadership. What do you think? should we trust them?" asked Rita.

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Malachite paused before nodding.

"I think we should give them a chance for now." said Malachite.

He paused adding telepathically to Rita and Facilier.

"We can always enslave them like we did to Insano, Leonardo, and the robots if necessary. Or lock them up with our other prisoners if they betray us." thought Malachite.

[Lame R. Prick]

Facilier stood down for now. He lowered his arm and Moarte did also. Moarte smiled and responded kindly "Well then. If you are one of us then welcome! I am Moarte" He offered a slight bow and saw that a werewolf came in and was curious about it but stood firmly by Facilier's side, waiting for his response
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Sure. We can always do that malachite. Good idea. We'll give them the benefit of the doubt for now Facilier thought back as malachite added something telepathetically to both him and Rita. He turned to see Shaggy but he too ignored him, not caring about what he thought about the three who arrived. He also see Prick come down and sit beside Shaggy but could care less about him also.

"Fine. I'll let you in" Facilier responded after all three spoke "Don't press your luck though. I still am keepin' a eye on y'all got it?"
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"Understood Dr. We wish to prove our loyalty to you. Thank you for being merciful. And to you also Ms. Rita and Mr. Malachite. It means a lot" Seven of Nine responded calmly. She turned to Virus and smiled to him glad to see he was calm but then turned to Chuckles and gave him a assuring look. Letting the jester know that if they were discovered that she would be beside him
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"No! We're not under attack! We have new members! Seven of Nine is with them! It looks like she wanted to join us!" Patch said, his tail wagging happily, his stress gone and his fears depleted for the day. Patch liked Seven of Nine and was happy to see that Mechakara and her would not be seperated anymore since they were together. "Come on Mechakara! She's down there! Let's go see her!" He began to go downstairs, too excited to wait for his master.
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Prick rolled his eyes, not caring about the three and only here to see what was all the loud arguing about. He sat next to Shaggy, shocked that he was a werewolf but more frankly just wanting to talk. Not wanting to get scolded for interupting, he whispered to shaggy "Hey. You have any idea what the hell caused us to wake up?!"

[Penny]

Chuckles glanced at PV and Seven nervously and nodded.

"We would have come earlier but we didn't want them to think we were deserting. We'd have been killed for that." said Chuckles.

He shuddered at the thought genuinely. He really didn't want to end up dead. He took a seat on the couch next to Prick.

"So you wanna hear a joke?" asked Chuckles, giggling.

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PV nodded.

"Yeah. We're all friends here." said PV.

The group walked in and to his surprise a rubber chair appeared before him. He looked seeing it was Malachite. He smiled in gratitude taking a seat. Since it was rubber it didn't conduct electricity and he wouldn't fry anything else by accident.

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Malachite smirked glad Facilier and Rita were in agreement with him. He saw Phantom Virus needed a place to sit as he conjured a rubber chair. He made it comfortable of course but this way their new ally wouldn't cause trouble just sitting down.

"Well I think most of our members are asleep or busy. You know most of them. We do have a few new recruits those. Like these two." said Malachite.

He pointed to the werewolf and Lame R. Prick.

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Rita smirked agreeing with her two co-leaders. If they betrayed us they could be enslaved or join the turtle and the others in the dungeon.

"Welcome to the army. Sorry for trying to kill you. But well can't be too careful." said Rita.

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Shaggy glanced at Prick and grinned. It was nice people were talking to him at least and not running away in fear.

"Those three guys. Facilier thought they were trying to attack us. But they wanted to join." said Shaggy.

He turned seeing Chuckles join them and remembered the few ghost clowns he'd run into in his lifetime. He paused deciding he didn't want to talk to Chuckles even if his jokes were funny. He saw the kitchen was free.

"I think I'm going to grab a midnight snack. Excuse me." said Shaggy.

He paused walking into the kitchen. If Prick or anyone decided to join him they were welcome to. He got a glass of water and then began building a tower sandwich that anyone else would have been shocked at him for eating. He grinned and began eating taking the occasional sip of water.

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Penny wandered in seeing the light on and people there. Seeing Chuckles, Phantom Virus, and the others she got a little scared. She was tempted to go back out when she saw a familiar sight coming down the stairs.

"PATCH!" said Penny.

She ran towards the stairs knocking Patch over by accident in her haste as she smiled.

"You're here. Mom, Dad, and everyone was getting worried abuot you guys. Cadpig, Rolly, Darla, Freckles, and you just vanished. Pepper left to go searching for you and I followed but we got seperated and I ended up here. I'm just glad I found you. Are the others here?" asked Penny.

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Mechakara paused as he heard Patch.

"Seven of Nine wants to join us?" asked Mechakara.

He had missed Black Lantern Spoony and Seven of Nine. He smiled following Patch downstairs. He spotted Chuckles and PV dismissing them until he saw Seven of Nine. He smiled as he approached her.

"You're really here." said Mechakara.

He smiled and hugged her glad to see her.

[Patch]

Patch nodded and kept going downstairs. He was too excited about Seven to think it would get any better. All of a sudden he got pounced accidently by his slightly older sister, Penny. Patch's happiness increased seven times fold, too joyful to even listen to what she said at first. Patch hugged his sister tightly and licked her all over her face, so joyful that she was here. Patch wagged his tail and responded "Penny! You're here! I never have been so happy to see you!"

Suddenly the realism of the others being here, and without him, settled in. He dropped his tail and stood up with his sister and nodded "Darla, Freckles, Cadpig and Rolly are on a different side of this army. I don't know how to explain it entirely but they and I went different paths" His face shattered and responded "They're on the enemy side to mine and I betrayed them in some way. I was taken in kindly by Mechakara and his family and they're good kind people and it's all a big dramatic misunderstanding. I'm glad you're here sis, it's a good side, a very good side but I doublecrossed the others so don't be mad at me ok?" Patch hugged his sister, guilt seeping through his soul, hoping Penny wouldn't ask more questions or at least accept him for what he was.

Patch then widened his eyes shocked "Pepper! She's seperated from you! Oh no... She must of went to the other side!"
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Seven of Nine was shocked at first to see Mechakara, not to mention him hugging her. However his enterance was more than welcome as Seven missed him enough to forget her shock and hug him hard. She too was glad to see him, for her heart was finally contented with his precence. Maybe her feelings would be settled once and for all. Seven smiled, a bit shy with his hug "It is a pleasure to see that you are here and well Mechakara. I was a bit worried about you"
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DarkHeart heard the commotion and was annoyed at first but saw Mechakara hugging Seven and Virus here. DarkHeart smiled and responded "New visitors! Seven! You're here! How marvelous!" Like Patch, DarkHeart had a deep liking to the woman robot. Maybe it was her father's positivity but she felt Seven of Nine was a good addition. She turned to see Patch and Penny talking and not hearing their conversation, smiled pleased to see that Patch finally had a sibling alongside him. She saw they were in a conversation though and decided to stay out of it for the time being.
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Prick nodded to Shaggy, deciding to catch up with him after amusing Chuckles. For some reason his grumpy mood made him a bit nicer, he didn't know why but it did. He rolled his eyes and responded to Chuckles "Sure. Surprise me. Make it quick though, I'm planning to go back to bed"
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"Welcome regardless. Sorry about the attack. Never can be too careful" Facilier responded calmly. Not nicely and certainly not welcomingly but calmly. Moarte smiled though, aware of their precence wasn't a threat
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Olive came in with his head down, a bit tired from walking so far and therefore was in a sour mood. The young boy just came to the circus area to sign up, hearing from a member that this was the place to go. Olive could care less who was the leader or why, he just wanted in. Quickly he interupted the talk between Rita and Malachite and responded with a hasty tone "Yo, is this the place to sign up for a army or something? I've been walking for three hours. Please tell me yes"

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Bender's metallic form appeared in a doorway as he shot a skeptical look from his yellowed eyes. Can't a robot get drunk in his room in peace? The eavesdropping metal man only stuck his head in for a moment before pimp swaggering into the main room. Hey, it was his house too wasn't it: he swaggered where he pleased. Besides, the vulgar bot was pretty sure he heard something about a few new guys. There was nothing wrong with a nice, friendly Bender-style welcome, now where there? 'course not.

"Wassup, newbie boobies?" He projected nosily.

Bender was pretty sure he saw...four? Four noobs? Two appeared to be meat-bags, which was unfortunate because he was looking foreword to fresh humans to pick on. And, he was fairly sure he recognized one of them from before. Hey, don't get mad at him, he just got up. Bender wasn't even really paying attention to the young boy at that point. He pointed a stubby finger to Phantom Virus.

"Yo, sparky. Didn't you used t' be on th' other side?" He asked, but it didn't sound like he really cared if he was on the other side or not.

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Rumble, the other obnoxious robot, wasn't far behind Bender in snooping. Him and the bending unit were mutual friends - when they could tolerate the other at was. The blue cassettecon was pretty annoyed at the commotion and fallowed Bender who led him in on the action. However, Rumble's welcome wasn't near as friendly.

"Ay. Who's these bozos?" Huffed the little Decepticon.

His red visor fell found the kid that just came in, asking about the army.

"What if it ain't, brat?" An impudent Rumble barked.

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"OOoohh-ho-ho-huu? My, my, doesn't this look like a cute little party in here? Ah-hahahaaa!"

The boisterous monster let himself be known with a coy introduction. Oogie wasn't far behind the other new additions. Unlike perhaps others before him, he showed no reluctance and was the picture of confidence. He knew why he was there and he wanted to have a good time. There was no reason why anyone could deny the scariest monster in all of Halloween Town entrance into an exclusive shindig. The burlap-covered creature had one of his arms rested on the front door of the house, leaning his weight on to it. A smirk was on his stitched mouth, before he took a wide step inside, still chuckling.

"I'm sure y'all know me, hmhm, the Boogie Man," His hallow eyes scanned over the residents quickly.

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While the monster from Halloween Town couldn't have been any more giddy, the same could not be said for the woman that had the unfortunate task of keeping track of said monster. The cold, bitter Nurse Ratched was firmly convinced that the "Boogie Man" was just a raving loon in a costume. She'd crossed paths with him on the way, and was not amused by his explanation of himself or where he was going. However, she took slight satisfaction that he was not able to get her to act scared of him. The clearly insane man got on her nerves quickly, and she was more than prepared to break his disillusions. She allowed him to lead her to the "army" he spoke of. Not only would she get to lecture him about how it doesn't exist when he find it's not there, but perhaps be lead to civilization - and normal people.

But it turned out, there appeared to actually be a physical place. Nurse Ratched was rather interested by that turn. Once she got a good glance inside, the woman was suddenly more than just interested. Quirking one brow, the lady dressed in the nurse's office gazed inside.

"Is this the institution you have told me about, Mister Boogie Man?" She droned, a stone cold stare falling over the strange, sad people she saw.

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From within the Dark Woods, there came the sound of branches breaking, followed by a loud zap. Lord Zedd lowered his Z-shaped staff and leveled an unseen glare at the now-smoking tree branch. He’d been on this forsaken planet for less than an hour and he already knew two things.

One, he hated it. Two, this wasn’t Angel Grove.

Unfortunately, that seemed to be all he knew. He wasn’t even sure how he had gotten down to Earth in the first place. The last thing he remembered was preparing for a centennial recharge of his evil energies. When he awoke, it was in this forest. None of his minions responded to his attempts at summoning them and when he tried to beam himself back up to the moon, nothing happened. Zedd would have suspected a coup d’état if he had a minion smart enough (or, arguably, stupid enough) to try pulling it off.

A visual scan had revealed a human dwelling in the distance, something Zedd would have dismissed were it not for the… unusual residents. Some wouldn’t have been out of place on his own home planet. It was because of this that he was now forced to trudge through the forest.

The charred branch broke and fell away, revealing the human dwelling and three more residents, one of whom looked to be made out of pure energy. Fascinating – he’d have to “persuade” some of them to aid him in his quest for world domination.

As he considered how to accomplish this, a voice floated outside from the dwelling, a voice that made Zedd’s unseen eyes widen. He would know that screech anywhere. How could he not? A second visual scan confirmed it. His grip on his staff tightened.

I should have known.

“Rita!”

Zedd burst from the forest and advanced on the dwellings, the beginnings of a red glow forming over his body.

[Rita Repulsa]

Penny was surprised as Patch knocked her over but she got up and hugged him back. She grinned.

"I missed you and the others." said Patch.

She paused realizing they're not here and he said he betrayed them.

"You betrayed them? But you're a hero. You saved us from the old mad lady and..."

She paused trailing off jumping behind Patch as she saw Jasper walk in.

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Jasper walked in and yawned. So they had new recruits. Phantom Virus, a robot, a clown, a werewolf, and some others. He paused seeing the new puppy next to Patch seeing her scared and chuckled.

"Well so we got another Dalmatian here. Cruella's not going to like this. And that's fine by me." said Jasper.

He paused bending down and petting the two dogs to their complete surprise.

"Nothing personal alright. It was just a job. And well I'm not working for Cruella anymore. And you're my allies anyway so I won't coming after either of you. Just thought you'd want to know." said Jasper.

He smiled and walked away heading into the kitchen and grabbing a beer as he glanced at the werewolf munching at the sandwich. Well as long as the guy wasn't attacking him he was okay with the werewolf.

"Hey. I'm Jasper." said Jasper.

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Shaggy paused between eating to see the other man approach him. He smiled at him. Maybe things wouldn't be so bad here.

"I'm Shaggy. Nice to meet you." said Shaggy.

He resumed eating again.

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Mechakara smiled at Seven.

"I'm so glad you're well. I'd have brought you with me but I didn't want to force you." said Mechakara.

He paused glancing over to see Jasper approach the puppies and to his surprise he petted them and walked away. Perhaps the man was sincere in that he didn't want to work for Cruella or her crazy schemes anymore. Which mean he only had to worry about Cruella. And well the other Dalmatian puppies he'd have to protect from Cruella somehow. He knew Patch would be upset if anyone were killed by Cruella.

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Chuckles paused as he actually replied yes.

"Really? No one's wanted to listen to my jokes lately. Alright a man walk into a bar and says ow." said Chuckles.

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"Thanks Facilier. We're glad to be on the winning team. We'll show those other guys it soon enough." said Phantom Virus.

He chuckled as his hands pulsated energy a little.

He paused glancing at Bender.

"Yeah. So did most of this army. Seven, Chuckles, and I decided to join the winnning team." said Phantom Virus.

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Malachite paused seeing Olive and sort of felt protective of the boy. He reminded him of himself when he was a kid. He smiled and nodded excusing himself from Rita as he addressed Oliver.

"Yes it is. I'm Malachite. One of the co-leaders. You're welcome to join here. Are you hungry? Thirsty? I can get you anything." said Malachite.

He paused glancing at Rumble in annoyance before back at Olive.

"Ignore him. Are you hungry? Thirsty? We have a lot of food in the kitchen. A couple of our members are already eating there." said Malachite.

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Rita paused smiling at the newer arrivals seeing a few were already now busy talking with other members. She smiled as Oogie Boogie, and Nurse Ratched arrived. she walked over to greet them.

"Hello. I don't know who either of you are. I'm Rita Repulsa, a witch and one of the three leaders of this army. Welcome to the army.

She paused hearing a familiar yell as she paused thinking it was Lord Zedd. But not hearing anything else made her think she was just hearing things.

[Patch]

Patch was about to explain himself but Jasper cut him short completely. His guard went up and he went in front of Penny, allowing her to hide behind him, but Jasper surprised him completely by petting him, Patch even allowed him to do so. This was a huge shock. So Jasper was serious of coming completely clean? Were they really considered allies now? Patch was too shocked to not believe it. He even sighed in relief. Glad Jasper was on their side and not the devil woman's.

He turned to Penny again, after he left and responded "Yes sis. I betrayed them but this side is just as good as this one. It's all a big misunderstanding between the sides" Well, he wasn't entirely sure to put it that way but he rather would lie than make Penny hate him completely. Patch's eyes were threatening to cry, worried his older sister would hate him just like Freckles did. He let a whine out and stared at his sister deeply, Patch put his paw on hers and responded "Please understand Penny. I didn't want to betray the family. In a way, I just wanted to belong. Selfish I know but you know what's it like being in a sea of spots. The people here are really nice. DarkHeart, my master Mechakara, Rita Repulsa, even Jasper apparently. I won't betray you though. You're my sister. If you stay I'll do anything. Please believe me" A tear or two streamed down his black patched eye as his watery eyes stared at his older sister for anything. Forgiveness, love, patience maybe even some tolerance.
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DarkHeart heard the dalmatian conversation but knew Patch had to do this himself. It would make it worse if people got involved. She then saw Jasper come forward and pet them, not hurt them. Despite loving patch, DarkHeart felt a deep sense of worry for the older yet more frightened Penny. Her worry was destroyed though thanks to Jasper's sworn kindness. Despite that, she turned to Virus and smiled, excited about him being here. Quickly the robot went to him and responded "Ah, Virus. Old friend, it is good to see you join us"
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Olive turned to Rumble about to snap back but cut short, shocked that a robot spoke to him. His shock turned to smugness as the robot sarcastically demanded what would he do if this wasn't the area he was looking for. Olive smiled smugly trying to hide his bad mood, used to being called a "brat" before by random strangers. He responded just as smug as his face "I'd disappear. Like those magic tricks you see on TV. Don't worry fella. I won't get in your way if you won't get in mine. Savvy?"

Suddenly his smugness turned into relief and contentment with Malachite. Something about his compassion reminded Olive of his own mother, a feeling that lead him to some sort of quietness and politeness. He liked Malachite being nice to him. It was better than shrugging him off or considering him worthless and saying so. Olive nodded quickly, his hasty tone still there but more patient sounding "Yes sir. I haven't eaten in a while" It was true. Olive had not eaten in two days. The last two days have been filled with stealing apples and nothing else. He wouldn't say this though. He would either be pitied or scolded
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"Ah the boogie man! How wonderful indeed! I admire your work sir" Moarte responded to Oogie Boogie calmly. The undead ghoul had heard and enjoyed what the boogie man was said to do. Which was to frighten people. Moarte could get used to something like that
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Facilier meanwhile was confused with Ratched. Completely. "Institution? This is our home base for a war chere. I'm Dr. Facilier. You and the boogie man are welcome here to join our cause" Dr. Facilier smiled, a bit more welcoming to her than the others who came. He was in a better mood now that things were settled and things were safe
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"Oh.... OH! I get it!" Prick responded, patience clearly running thin by this point but Chuckles sounded so pathetic Prick felt he needed to amuse him. Prick chuckled "Very cute. Good pun. There's a joke for you. And believe me I've heard not that many that made me chuckle so nice work kid" He was lying of course but the idiot jester didn't need to know that unless Prick was in a bad mood. He was earlier but somehow not anymore. Maybe it was his pity for chuckles or maybe it was because Prick wanted to make Chuckles look as stupid as he did.
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"Oh Mechakara. You have no need to be worried of me anymore now that we are on the same side" Seven assured, blush increasing as they continued talking. She was getting nervous. Was she malfunctioning? Was this a human response to kindness from a different gender? It was odd. She smiled, absently holding his gloved hand "Well, I am glad you did not force me. I feel that you would not do so anyway but I am glad your kindness overwhelmed orders"

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Lord Zedd was close enough now to make out Rita’s words more clearly, and oh what an interesting thing he heard.

“I’m Rita Repulsa, a witch and one of the three leaders of this army.”

For a few seconds, the warlord stopped dead in his tracks, stunned. Leader? His former servant had scraped together an army of her own – a substantial army at that, judging from what little he had seen of it – and made herself one if its leaders in the time that he had banished her? Had she still been in his service, this knowledge would have impressed Zedd (at least enough that he would have said it out loud). Now it only seemed to confirm the theory that had begun to take shape in his exposed mind.

Rita was a fairly powerful witch – not as powerful as himself, of course, but enough to be a threat in her own right (not that he would ever admit it, of course). This, when coupled with the fact that she had been swearing vengeance when he’d punted her into space, led Zedd to believe that she was the force that was keeping him stuck on Earth, unable to contact his minions. Perhaps she planned to use her new army to overthrow him. There was of course the question of how she had managed to get her powers and size back, considering he had stripped her of both, but they could be answered later. Preferably from the mouth of the witch herself.

He had reached the door now and pushed it forward with far more force than was needed, more to ensure that his arrival was noticed than anything else, and once more called for Rita.

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"Bite me, human!" Rumble snapped.

It was unfortunate that Soundwave wasn't around to muzzle his dog. All this human goody-goody crap was starting to make the snippy Decepticon annoyed. The blue robot folded his arms and huffed haughtily.

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"Damn right, sparky. The winning team - ME! I mean, us," Bender boasted.

The bending until slowly turned his head toward a sound at the door, while pulling a comically large cigar from his chest cavity. After lighting it, he gave a long, rather disinterested stare at Zedd.

"Hey, buddy. You gonna be okay over there?" He commented before taking a long drag on his cigar.

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Oogie also gave the newest arrival a quick look before removing himself and swaggering in deeper to the house. His stitched maw bared a wide grin. The monster was satisfied that he was known in those parts. That was excellent, all the more fame for him. He decided to take his time looking around.

"Well, I do my best. Hmmhmhmhm," His bass voice rumbled.

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Ratched's evil stare faltered for a moment. What were even half of the creatures in there? It would be too much of a coincidence that everyone happened to be on costume. Some were far to convincing the be fake. But it was impossible for robots and monsters to exist, right? The cold nurse began to wonder if she, in fact, had gone insane. That would NEVER happen! What she needed to do was keep her composure. She needed to be in control of herself before taking control of others. Ratched needed information about this "war". First of all, what was the goal of the conflict.

"What would that be exactly?" She questioned at length, finally bringing her gaze back to Facilier.

[Shaggy Rogers]

Penny paused looking at Jasper in shock as he walked away look from Jasper to Patch in confusion.

"He wants to be our friend? After he's tried to kill us twice and take us away from our home in the country? I don't know if I want to trust him." said Penny.

She paused turning to Patch as he explained what happened. It didn't really sound like betrayal. It sounded like he had found a friend and didn't want to leave him.

"But Roger, Anita, and Nanny are our pets. Why are you taking Mechakara and his family as your new pets? Don't you want to go back home and be with mom, Dad, Lucky, and everyone else?" asked Penny.

She paused as he said he wouldn't betray her and she paused and smiled.

"You didn't betray anyone Patch. You just wanted to stay with your friends. I don't blame you and neither could they. You're not trying to hurt them right? I'm sure the others will come around." said Penny.

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Phantom Virus smiled at Dark Heart as she joined him.

"Glad to see you again Dark Heart. You know we should hang out more." said Phantom Virus.

He paused glancing over at the werewolf in the kitchen talking with Jasper.

"I have the oddest feeling I've met that guy before. But I've never met a werewolf before. He must remind me of someone." said Phantom Virus.

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Malachite frowned hearing him say he hadn't eaten in awhile.

"Then we're going to fix that right now. You're a growing boy. You need some food." said Malachite.

He waves his hand conjuring an apple handing it to him.

"Come. I'm sure there's more food you can eat." said Malachite.

He smiled wrapping his arm around Olive as he leading him to the kitchen seeing Shaggy and Jasper now had all their food. He let go of Olive and opened the fridge seeing there was still plenty of food. He stepped aside turning to Olive.

"So what would you like? We have sandwiches if you want to make something quick. And more fruit like that apple." said Malachite.

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Shaggy and Jasper both stepped aside seeing Malachite arrive with Olive seeming really concerned about the boy. Olive did look really skinny like he hadn't eaten in awhile. While both being skinny themselves Shaggy had a fast metabolism and Jasper ate well enough. So both fet pity for the boy but let Malachite do his thing staying out of the way.

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Chuckles grinned and chuckled.

"I knew you'd get it. Youve got a great sense of humor. That's rare these days. Especially in this war. Everyone's far too serious." said Chuckles.

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Mechakara smiled as he listend to her.

"I'm so relieved you're alright. And there has been something I've been wanting to tell you before. But then the takeover happened and we split in two. Now that you're here I have to tell you. Before something else happens. Seven Of Nine I..."

He trailed off now feeling nervous unsure how to say this. He had never been in love before so perhaps this was new to him. He decided he had to act before he completely lost his nerve as he reached forward and kissed her no doubt surprising everyone in the room.

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Rita paused as Zedd walked in as everyone else even the surprise of Mechakara and Seven kissing left her mind. She smiled seeing him.

"Zeddy! It's you!" said Rita.

She smiled and rushed forward. Before he could even react she was kissing him and wrapping her arms around him. She of course had no idea her husband didn't even remember their wedding and anything after it. She was just so happy to see him. She pulled back and grinned.

"I can't believe you're here. I missed you. A shame you didn't bring Goldar and the others but we have a new army now." said Rita.

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He had attracted the attention of the wrong being. Lord Zedd turned his head and leveled an unseen scowl at the smoking robot who had addressed him. Already he could feel a deep resentment rising in his chest, something caused by more than the metal man’s impertinence, though he was not sure exactly what.

“It’s Zedd,” was the cold reply. “Lord Zedd to you. I’m looking for a witch by the name of Rita Repulsa –”

As it turned out, there was no need to ask the robot where Rita was. The silver-haired witch was only too happy to reveal herself.

When last they had seen each other, Rita had been on her knees, crying and begging him for just one more chance to destroy the Power Rangers. Bearing this in mind, Zedd expected this encounter to go much the same way, had even been looking forward to it.

He had not been expecting his former servant to run up to face him, smiling as she hadn’t since they’d conquered Tarmac 3. When she spoke, there wasn’t a trace of fear or even resentment in her voice, only unadulterated delight. She’d certainly grown bold in his absence.

“Zeddy! It’s you!”

Before he could voice his disbelief on the above matters, Rita leaned in and pressed her lips against the grille plate that covered his mouth. Had he not heard her speaking with perfect rationality before, Zedd would have thought for sure that she had finally lost her mind. More likely, it was some kind of elaborate ploy. Either way, his muscles were rigid with surprise and confusion, and so he allowed the kiss to end naturally. Only when Rita pulled away and began talking once more did movement return, as well as his anger.

“Get your hands off of me!” Zedd shoved her away with more strength than was needed, wanting her arms off his neck.

Enough games. He had come for information and by the galaxy, he would get it! Zedd brandished his Z-shaped staff, holding it so the very tip was pressed against Rita’s fabric-covered throat.

“What have you done? Why did you bring me here? I want answers, Repulsa, and I want them now!”

[Patch]

Patch turned to Jasper and shrugged "We'll see. I don't trust him that much either but we'll see" He then sighed sadly, remembering very well about Roger, Anita, Nanny and their parents. Patch responded quickly and simply "You're right I want Mom and Dad, Roger, Anita, Nanny and all of our sibling together but right now, we're all in big troubles and such. I want everybody here and maybe they'll accept Mechakara, DarkHeart and Seven into our family! That way nobody is left behind. Once I see the others again, I'll offer them to come join you and me"

Patch nodded again to everything Penny said about him. He wanted desperately to believe him and it looked like she was going to. All he had to do was confirm everything and she would stay. So close. So very very close. Patch responded, tears disappearing and his joy slowly coming back "Yes. I'm sure they'll understand. Maybe not now but someday. I'm glad you understand Penny. You mean so much to me. I hope you know that" Ever since losing Freckles' affection, Patch slowly became more insecure. Not hateful to freckles but he felt completely betrayed by her as well, he just never admitted it to anyone nor would he ever. Especially after what HE did.

"So does that mean you'll stay? You won't go off? You believe me?" Patch wanted to be sure. To be completely sure.
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DarkHeart smiled, out of her will, at Virus at the mentioning of hanging out more. DarkHeart regretted not being around Virus and now she was going to make up for it. Virus was very clever and quick-witted that it gave DarkHeart a desire, a brand new desire, to talk and get to know him much more. Sure they were friends but something in her heart wanted something else. Maybe this was what Seven was talking about when it came to Rodney Copperbottom

"Of course" DarkHeart nervously took a seat, wondering why she was nervous now and shrugged it off as disbelief at Virus's return. She peeked about the werewolf and shrugged "Perhaps it is a coincidence? I'm sure it's nothing. Now anyway I was...."

DarkHeart said nothing more due to her father, her cold-hearted master, kissing Seven of Nine. Her shocked agape mouth was more than enough to express what emotion she felt about it. Sure she wanted her father to have a companion but she never realized that quickly he would get into it. She tapped Virus on the shoulder, her shocked frown turning into a dazed smile "Virus. Do you see what I see?"
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Olive was shocked at Malachite's kindness. It was never given to him willingly before. Sure some did it willingly but it was because out of goodwill and nothing related to actual compassion. Olive was stuttering, trying to convey what his thoughts were telling him, but Malachite gave him a apple, which by the way was magic. Olive smiled, stopping his stuttering, but was calmly whisked away to the fridge by Malachite's gentle arms and Olive was faced with thousands of items. From meats, cheeses, fruits, vegetables, even some desserts, Olive's mouth was agape. Shocked from head to toe he stared. Staring at the food, he thought he was dreaming or was dead. Olive saw the apple was still in his hand and kept it there and then took a loaf of bread with some meat and cheese, looking to Malachite in shock before setting it on the table.

"I... I don't know what to say really. I guess I'll make myself a sandwich. With this apple. This... This means a lot to me sir" Olive was glazing over his past and details, but Malachite had no idea how much this meant to him. At all. He turned to see a werewolf and another man looking at him in pity and that caused Olive's tough exterior to return and a snarky smile came over. He responded, polite and assuring "Well hey. It's all good guys. My situation isn't as bad as it sounds. It's alright trust me" He just wanted to stop being pitied on. Pity never worked before. He took a bite out of the apple then saw two people kissing on the doorway and just stared What the?! Get a room! He thought as he began to eat.
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"What is it---Mmh!" Seven of Nine's sentence was completely taken away by her overwhelming emotions of being kissed by Mechakara. His kiss overpowered her enough to not protest and just accept it, kissing him just as tenderly as he was with her. She ignored all the stares, the shocked gasps, the slight comments and more importantly the people themselves. All she felt was the bliss of her emotions being contented and the one giving her emotions kissing her. She felt her arms wrap around his neck and kept kissing. Allowing the moment to last longer than it should've
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Facilier rolled his eyes at the robot affair before turning to Nurse Ratched. He grinned and responded "Well the war's more of a power fight if ya want modern terms. I see ya brought the boogie man with ya but I can almost see that ya'll weren't thinking of joining. We're fighting for the domination of Chicago and eventually the world. Cheesy I know but it gives so much. Money, power, slaves all that good jazz. You're free to join and if you join ME you'll get plenty of rewards for your hard labor" Facilier wanted to sound "real" to the woman. He saw she wasn't entirely buying it and he wanted her to trust him or better yet, like him.
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"Of course. You're the greatest and most terrifying thing I know. Tell me, how do you deal with your victims?!" Moarte said, ever so curious with his idol. Moarte enjoyed Boogie. Quite a lot.