A Hollow Victory

[Dr. Linksano/Wayne Schlumper]

"Don't worry. We'll find a way to reverse what he did to you. Would you mind if Critic and I used it for now?" asked Chick.

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Ma-Ti nodded.

"At least someone can still use it." said Ma-Ti in a sad tone.

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Marzgurl nodded as she patched up Bambi's wound glad it wasn't too serious.

"I'm glad you got to him Linksano. He could have been hurt a lot worse." said Marzgurl.

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Linksano smiled as Iheart hugged him.

"I'm glad everyone's safe aside from a few injuries. I take it the rescue was successful." said Linksano.

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Rachel came in , she sighed that she had fought with that woman Gi ,Rachel was afraid as she thought about the woman and said to herself :"Where is Roses ?" Rachel said to herself and thought in her head :"I hope 90 's Kid is okay." Rachel thought to herself , the spoiled woman was lost . Her green eyes had sorrow in her eyes.

[Spoony]

"Right here babe! All good... except for cuts" 90's kid replied, excited rachel was there. He enjoyed her company and replied again smiling to impress her "Dark Nella made fun of me but I reacted with GUNS!" He then made gun noises.
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Critic patted Ma-Ti's shoulder "It'll be OK ma-ti. We'll find out what happened" He then smirked and replied "Don't be hard on yourself. You did good ma-ti, really good. You fought to the end and that's all that matters"
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IHeart was upset for Bambi and replied to Linksano "Thank you. You're a great friend" But then looked to Spoony and excused herself to talk to him. Spoony knew what she was going to ask and replied sadly "I couldn't. She was too powerful and influenced. I lost my chance"

IHeart widened her eyes, sat down and hugged spoony. Spoony hissed slightly because of his burns but didn't care and hugged right back. He lost Goggles but at least he survived to try again and he had his friends alongside him.
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Bambi looked to Marzgurl relieved "Yeah. Ronno was going to kill me. I know he's my age but I really think he was trying to kill me" He then winced as the wound started to bleed again. He asked Marzgurl "Do you have something for this wound? It's starting to hurt"
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Patch went to Ma-Ti's leg and patted it sympathetically. He wanted to cheer the boy up almost as much as IHeart, Chick and Critic did.

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"Oh well I see you and oh god you poor baby!." Rachel said in high pitched voice and sorrow were in her green eyes and she saw 90 's Kid and held his hand and she said in a whisper to him :"I hope your wounds will better ." Rach said to him , she gave him a sweet loving smile and tears came from her green beautiful eyes and she said :"What Nella made fun of you why ?! How dare she is doin' it to you and now she was reacting with a gun?!." Rachel was surprised but the spoiled woman was next to him and she blused

[Ma-Ti]

Ma-Ti nodded.

"But I made the deal in the first place. I've worn that ring for years and almost never took it off. And now I can't even hold it. Maybe I should have never become a Planeteer." said Ma-Ti.

He smiled weakly seeing Patch and petted him. He sighed and walked upstairs not in the mood to talk to anyone right now.

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Chick watched him go as she glanced at the ring in her hand.

"Poor Ma-Ti." said Chick.

She paused glancing at Critic curious.

"What deal is he talking about?" asked Chick.

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Linksano smiled at Iheart.

"I never leave a friend behind. Besides he could have been a lot worse if Ronno's next attack ahd gone through. Thankfully I stopped him and got Bambi back here." said Linksano.

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Marzgurl nodded getting some soap and water as she cleaned the wound. She then got some ointment to put over it to make it hurt less and bandaged it up.

"It'll heal on its own but you should start feeling better soon." said Marzgurl.

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The girl looked down at her claw wounds. She didn't realize they were bleeding - the pain from them was numbed from the rush of battle that still lingered. Her breif look of shock was replaced as her eyes rested on the rodent.

"Okay. Thank you," Belle reasponed in a hushed voice and followed beside Splinter.

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Starscream guessed that he hadn't been seen so he started to drop lower so that he could land. He began to realize that he might have a hard time fitting in the backyard. Not only that, but a random jet landing in someone's backyard might seem strange to the natives - less strange than if he had not transformed before arriving though. The Decepitcon was feeling a little embraced, not only because he needed help from fleshlings, but because he wasn't sure how he should get it.

He guessed that he would be able to utilize the communicators that some of the humans were wareing to contact them, since yelling down at them would look silly. He didn't particularly care who's he was talking into, but Starscream managed to hone in on a fequency and spoke through someone's communicator:

"I've returned," The shrill, frustriated voice hissed, "And I need repairs immediately."

[Nostalgia Critic]

Splinter nodded to Belle assuringly, offering the girl a empty seat to sit on. He then got his bandages from his hand with some medicine to clean the wounds. He replied calmly "I am afraid you will feel some pinching but it will pass quickly" He then cleaned the wounds quickly to not hurt belle so much then put the bandages on
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Patch whined for Ma-Ti to come back. Patch even got off the bed and sat staring at the door Ma-ti left to. Patch whined more and more hoping ma-ti would come back. Critic sighed feeling just as bad for Ma-Ti. He then turned to Spoony and patted the man's back, who of course was still hugged by IHeart. Then he turned to Chick who spoke to him and he responded "I... I don't know. I get a bad feeling someone gave him the memories and things and it wasn't a ally"
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"If it wasn't a ally... Who was it?" Spoony asked, eyes dull with depression but voice full of curiousity. IHeart replied to Linksano first "You're awesome. Friends like you make me stay here" IHeart then gasped to Critic "You mean... a villain helped him?"

[Ma-Ti]

Ma-Ti walked up to his room slamming the door behind him not caring at the moment if anyone else heard. He just wanted to be left alone for awhile. Dr. Facilier had made the deal with him, given him that ring and he'd given them Goggles. He'd do it all over if he could. He'd rather be an amnesiac that have Goggles brainwashed and Spoony hurting. Now he couldn't even use his own ring.

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Linksano heard the noise turning to the others.

"Come on guys. I'm going to need some help to repair Starscream. I'll get my tools and meet you outside." said Linksano.

He walked upstairs getting his tools and headed towards the backyard to make repairs to Starscream.

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Stone followed. He didn't know much about machines but he couldn't do much here. He hoped Linksano could help talk him through it.

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Nostalgia Chick petted Patch and smiled at him.

"It's alright. He's just upset. I don't think he wants to talk to anyone right now." said Chick.

She paused turning back to Critic curious about the deal.

"What was this deal about anyway? And how did he get alive again? I thought Malachite killed him." said Chick.

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Marzgurl turned to Chick and sighed.

"We all did. Not even he knows he got back. He just woke up in the field one day and joined us. But during a battle he got hurt and lost his memories. We tried showing him our anniversaries and Captain Planet episodes and he had a couple memory flashes but nothing major. Then a few days later he met a man on the street who said he'd give him a ring to give to someone else to protect her from danger and his memories would be restored. Ma-Ti gave the ring to Goggles at the request of the man. That turned Goggles into a Star Sapphire and restored Ma-Ti's memories at the same time. Goggles then let us and joined the enemy." said Marzgurl.

[Nostalgia Critic]

Holmes knew some parts of technology, after all he had a powercar, so he quickly followed Linksano. Snob seeing nothing else to do followed Stone and Holmes. Donny replied loudly "Linksano! Wait up! I can help!" The technogeek turtle ran alongside the human scientist
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"Ma-Ti didn't do anything wrong. Why is he so upset?" Patch replied, not entirely aware of the ring's power on Ma-Ti. He then whined again "Noone? Not even Critic or something?"
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"Sorry Patch. When a person's pissed off, it's best to leave them alone. The ring he's had all his life with a telepathic power so it's easy to get mad" Critic responded to Patch.
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IHeart immediately stood up and responded to all the clues "A disguised man? A deal? Memory loss? Goggles turning to the enemy's side" She gasped as she realized who was responsible. She then had tears swell into her eyes "Guys.. I think I know who's responsible for all the shit happening to Ma-Ti. And who caused Goggles to join the villains side?"
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"Who? Who did it IHeart? Who do you think did it?" Spoony asked, hissing as the sudden move from her caused her hands to touch his burns.
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"Yeah. Do you know who?" Critic asked IHeart

[Nostalgia Chick]

Linksano walked out to Starscream and saw Donny, Holmes, Snob, and Stone had joined him. He set his tools down turning to Star Scream looking at hit. He saw his wing was damaged and decided to start there.

"Where you hit in both modes? We can help repair your robot form as well if necessary." said Linksano.

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"Don't worry Patch. We'll help him through it when he wants it to. But if we push him too hard we'll only make him angrier. Maybe in a hour or two we can check on him." said Chick.

She looked up hearing Iheart. She frowned as she remembered her lost voice.

"Please tell me Ursula's not hear. I've already lost my voice once. I don't want to go through that again." said Chick.

[Nostalgia Critic]

Donny, Snob and Holmes all turned to Starscream, awaiting the robot's answer to Linksano's question. They were happy to help but they needed to know precisely where themselves
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"It's not ursula. It's someone worse" IHeart said panicking a bit. She wiped her tears. She breathed and replied "It's Dr. Facilier. Think about it. He makes deals, he can brainwash people if he can, he causes illusions and he's connected to the dead" She replied "Ma-Ti being back is the greatist thing ever but he doesn't deserve to be in this position!" She then covered her face beginning to cry again.
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Spoony limped over to IHeart and hugged her assuringly. He was upset about this as much, probably shocked but still, Ma-Ti being back was now a bittersweet thing. For he was forced under someone's thumb all over again
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Critic walked back and sat on the bed, horrified. Patch widened his eyes and replied "When I was captured, Mechakara told me about Dr. Facilier saying things about raising someone from the dead. I think IHeart's right"

[Nostalgia Chick]

Chick gasped nearly dropping the ring at the mention of Dr. Facilier.

"He did this? But his deals always have consequences. I guess I'm glad he didn't turn Ma-Ti into a frog. If he's revived Ma-Ti and stopped him from using his ring. What else has he done to him? Facilier and his friends aren't likely to revive Ma-Ti for nothing." said Chick.

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Elisa nodded.

"At least he's not a vampire or a zombie. And we've got magical help here. Surely between Maleficent, Queen Grimhilde, and Linkara we can undo whatever Facilier has done to him." said Elisa.

[IHeart]

IHeart looked up from spoony's chest to reply "We have to break that spell! I don't know how but we have to! Ma-Ti. Oh god poor ma-ti" She began to cry all over again for him. This was so worse, now that they were dating, she was forced to witness her boyfriend in positions he should never be in. Spoony hugged the girl, trying to comfort her but to no avail
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"Hey we'll find a way guys" Critic replied, trying to be the positive one even though his heart shattered into a million pieces. He turned upstairs, knowing the boy was there and he rubbed his eyes "Great. Apparently some god hates that kid and wants to fuck with him constantly. I'm gonna pulverize that doctor once I get the chance"

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The brunette cringed slightly, but she was pretty good at taking the pain. To be honest, she was glad nothing worse happened to her.

"It's funny," Belle paused for a moment, "How I remember now cleaning up the Beast's wounds after he fought the wolves."

She sighed. She was starting to miss the Beast, but at the same time, she wanted him to be safe back at the castle - not caught up in this mess.

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The jet touched down as safely as he could manage with the bummed wing. The appearance of several humans made him feel a bit crowded, but it was difficult to make this apparent since he could not effectively emote in jet-mode. Starscream only became more discontented. He hoped there really was no other transformers around to see him like this. Next time, he would take care of his damage himself.

"It's only the wing," Starscream grumbled, not nessiarily telling the truth, as he had been struck on the nose as well, but viewed the hit as negligable.

[Pushing Up Roses]

Roses nodded sadly feeling bad for Ma-Ti. When she heard Critic she smiled.

"Get in line. He's hurt Ma-Ti and Spoony with one deal and took Goggles from us. We're all angry at him. I'd like a crack at him myself." said Roses.

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Linksano nodded hearing Starscream speak as he mentioned his wing. He got some tools knowing Donatello would help him and they could guide the others if they needed their help.

"This might hurt so apologies for that." said Linksano.

He began working on Starscream's wing trying to patch it up and see if anything needed to be replaced.

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Stone remained silent watching them from afar ready to help when Linksano or Starscream asked him too. To see the Decepticon hurt like this worried him. It must have been someone very powerful to hurt him.