An Empty House

[Nostalgia Critic]

Critic nodded and hugged Ma-Ti, trying to comfort the boy. Critic replied calmly and assuringly "I swear on my life they won't hurt her ever again once we get her back. We'll get more security, more things and other weapons. We're all to blame ok? You're right. They keep hurting IHeart and that's the least I want for her or us" Critic then turned to the others and replied "Weapons and draining our enemies will have to wait. Security as of this moment is our main priority. That and getting the captives back and alive"
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Snob immediately fell back as Harvey glared at him. Snob wanted to help and his reasoning was not helpful. Snob breathed and replied "I never said that. I meant we can't go out all angry. That doesn't mean I want them to get away with it. I'm sorry Harvey. I'm really trying to help" Snob was getting more upset but his face didn't show it. He then turned and replied "I agree with Marzgurl and roses. Weapons can wait, the captives need us. We worry about them first"
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Tony smirked to Starscream "Why no! I wouldn't dream of accusing you of anything. I'm just acting helpful" He then froze as Starscream mentioned his own headquarters but was thwarted by people worrying more about the important things; Getting the captives back. Tony nodded and pointed his finger up "Energy questioning can wait. So we have eight kidnapped? Alright. What's the status?"
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Splinter frowned deeply as Starscream asked if he was assuming different things and he shook his head "No. I was curious to your idea is all. We must be sure of the plan before we create it" He then turned to Marzgurl and nodded "I agree. My questions over what we do with the energy can wait. Our captives, two of them children, must be rescued immediately" Splinter then responded to Chick "With permission I suggest that while we have one team of fighting and one team of rescuers, we plan them out right now"
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"Stone, as much as I agree with the creation of the weapon, I'm admittedly more worried about the captives too. Many of us are. So why not start planning about them?" Sherlock commented calmly. He was also a bit more concerned over prisoners than attacks
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Morpheus went over to Belle and grimanced as the book was a shakespere tradegy. He shook his head and replied "I highly suggest a fairy tale as well.... I don't think this book will cheer them up"

Kiara went over to Kovu and mumured to him quietly "I'm honestly glad you're here Kovu. I don't feel so alone" Kiara then smirked to Rainbow Dash and replied "Well I mean... I feel happy with my friends but you being here helps Kovu"

Lilo turned to Rainbow Dash and hugged the pony tightly as rainbow rubbed her cheek. She was really glad rainbow was being more sympathetic and lilo never meant to be mad at her. Many of the children members were her friends now and having arguements with friends was not helpful. She turned to Edith and hugged her too

Darla ate with cadpig and rolly and replied to them cheerfully "At least I have you guys with me. We're all family"

[harv]

"Snob! I'm sorry. THis is not what you need right now. I'm p*ssed that's all." Harvey sighed, then rubbed his head "It hurts when two people you care about most get captured."

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Linkara put his hands around Harvey's shoulder "It's okay Harv"

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Just as her fingers brushed against the staff, Maleficent paused at the sound of Jasmine’s voice, listening as her own concerns were reflected back at her. A small sigh passed through her dark lips.

“I suppose we’ll have to find that out now.”

Maleficent grasped her staff and forced herself back into a sitting position. Diablo’s words echoed through her mind, and the fairy glanced up at her pet. He’d been worried about her ever since she’d woken up in the sick bay, something that she couldn’t blame him for – she had never before lost so thoroughly.

“I’ll be all right, Diablo.” Attempting to put his mind at ease, she managed a tiny smile. "Besides, I can't have them thinking I've become a helpless heroine, now can I?"

She raised the staff slightly and concentrated. Though it took a little longer than was usual, soon an emerald will-o’-the-wisp was floating out of the room and down the stairs. It hovered over the couch for a moment before once more becoming Maleficent. She winced and again put a hand over her chest.

“May I see the security footage?” she inquired, prepared to counter protests that she needed to remain in her bed.

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Kovu smiles. "Yeah, I'm happy too that you're here too. That Rainbow colored thing seems like a really good friend from what I have seen at least." Kovu said terrible with names of the others in his group.

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Rolly smiles sweetly at Darla, "You're right" ANd then he moves closer to Darla. "I'm really worried about Cadpig" He said glancing over at Cadpig who was just sitting there not eating anything. She was trying to hide it but it was fairly obvious that this was tearing her apart.

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Rainbow Dash hugs Lilo back as tightly as she could.

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Edith smiles happily and hugs both Rainbow and Lilo

[Nostalgia Chick]

Ma-Ti hugged Critic in return and pulled back forcing a smile.

"Thanks Critic. At least they didn't get you too. I just hope they're alright." said Ma-Ti.

He froze as he heard someone suggest them getting heart as he began to pale. No. They couldn't hurt them. Iheart had been through enough. They all had. They had to rescue them.

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Marzgurl paused turning to the others.

"I think it's time we have another meeting to discuss plans. While Linksano and the others work on updating security." said Marzgurl.

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Roses turned to Ma-Ti seeing him get upset.

"Don't worry. They're going to be alright. We'll get them all back." said Roses.

She hadn't meant to make Ma-Ti feel worse after Spoony, Critic, and Linkara had just helped cheer him up.

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Jasmine and Diablo both followed Maleficent up as she requested the tape.

"Just let her see it. She's worried about them." said Jasmine.

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Linksano turned seeing Maleficent and nodded. He replayed the footage showing them all get caught one by one with Iheart nearly escaping, Chester getting knockede out, and the group being teleported away.

"There. You've seen it. You need to lie down Maleficent. You need your rest to recover. We'll rescue Grimhilde and the others. They will not get away with this." said Linksano.

He knew she'd be stubborn but in her condition Maleficent couldnt' be much help to them. He hoped she recovered soon.

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Chick nodded.

"Sounds like a good idea. We just need to be careful. We've attacked them more at their house so they might be trying to update their own security as well. Linksano, Donatello. You guys and the rest of your group need to work on an emp pulse or something we could use to shut down their security if necessary. We have to rescue Iheart and the others." said Chick.

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Stone nodded agreeing to focus on the captives first. Seeing Maleficent's arrival was a bit shocking. She didn't look that well. He would have offered to help but she'd probably glare at him at least for even suggesting it. He knew she wasn't used to anyone helping her. She had minions but they kind of goofed up a lot. At least she had Diablo, Jasmine, and Grimhilde. Well once they got the queen and the others back.

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Dr. Tease heard Chick's suggestion and nodded.

"Yes. Linksano, Donatello, and the rest of us can come up with something like that. But if you want in a hurry it might only be a temporary emp pulse. They're faster to make and you'd have maybe a couple hours before the power kicked on again." said Dr. Tease.

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Nella smiled.

"That should be good enough. A couple hours should be more than enough time to get them out. Especially if a lot of the army is distracted in battle." said Nella.

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"Then you guys make the planning and let us know when to go. I think I'll join the rescue group. I can help carry someone if they did get hurt." said Rogue.

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"We should start planning immediately. Our friends can't wait forever." said Tender Heart.

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Elisa and Mrs. Potts both smiled watching the animals eat and cheering up a bit. Hopefully with Belle reading to them they would be happy for awhile.

Elisa glanced at Morpheus.

"Looks like things will turn out okay for now. And i meant what I said. We'll have Nani and the others back soon. You just focus on getting better and being there for Lilo." said Elisa.

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Belle made a face and scooted the book to her side. The brown-haired princess looked at the man as she placed a palm over the book's cover.

"Of course. Sorry, I just took one without looking," The girl took a breath and focused down in the youths again.

Belle had roughly memorized a few of her own favorite stories herself, but they were rather long and she didn't think they would hold the kid's attention spans the entire time, honestly. It was probably better to just go what she thought she heard soemone suggest ealier; her own little fairy tale. Of course, the girl didn't think of her own life's events as only a story, but she supposed it would be fanciful enough to make the children feel better. There was a happy ending too. Her eyelids drooped for a moment. She wondered how Adam was doing. Belle leaned up once more, silently telling herself she and the others would all make it home just fine.

"Yes. Why don't I tell you how I met the Beast and his enchanted castle?" The brunette asked with a meloncoly smile, "Would you like to hear it?"

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Starscream muted in the middle of his moment of glory upon the mention of the prisoners. The camera-bot avoided looking at the others. He knew that human girl, Ace, was amoung the taken.

But why did it bother him so much?

"Are you implicating that the captured flesh-creatures could very well be being tortured at the moment?" His shill voice had become humbled.

He was a Decepticon and that question was a bit retorical; he knew that was exactly what he would be doing with any prisoners. Knowing this unnerved him.

"If there's to be a party to go after them, I think I shall come with you," The Decepticon said.

[90's Kid]

(OCC: L-A-Z-Y, I have no alliby)

The heroes within the planning team all listened to the ideas and mostly had nothing to say but agreement over the fact the captives are more important. However, three people had more to add, Critic, Snob and Spoony. Spoony watched Maleficent come by, despite her sickness, to see the footage. He really feared her but Linksano was right, she needed rest and pushing herself wouldn't help. Spoony nodded to the mistress "Linksano's right. You need rest" He had a harsh feeling in the back of his head that HIS word would not change her mind. He turned to Jasmine for help
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Snob meanwhile was dealing with Harvey. Snob frowned unoffended but sympathetically for Harvey. Snob put his hand on Harvey's free shoulder and smiled to Linkara, glad for the younger man's help, and replied "It's fine Harvey. I'm not mad. I understand. It does hurt. I can't imagine what you're going through but I know how it feels in a way"
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Critic nodded to Dr. Tease "Yes. We'll work on some energy weapons but the first plan is the captives. I suggest something more mitilant. It's obvious we agreed on teams so I lead the fighting team with some other people while Chick, Marz, Linkara and Spoony lead the captives team" He then turned to Broadcast, as starscream, and replied "We don't know but we intend to prevent such occurances and you're welcome to be on the captives team"
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"Ooooh! Sounds interesting! Tell us!" Lilo said, deliberately trying to mask her pain, as well as move on. Lilo went over to Belle and looked up to her, just like a normal kid would. She was trying to move on but in the back of her head, she was still upset
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Kiara turned to rainbow dash "Oh that's rainbow dash. She's a pegasus apparently, and yeah once you really get to know her she's great. She's a smart one" Kiara then heard Belle speak and walked over, dragging Kovu with her "Yeah. Sounds fun"
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Darla meanwhile was more focused on Cadpig, who indeed did not look well. Darla looked to Rolly and replied "I'll talk to her" Darla then walked over, gently, to Cadpig. Cadpig looked just as depressed and in a way, Darla felt the same and wished to stop her adopted sis from feeling what she did. Darla was about to speak but was interupted
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"What happened dudes?"

90's kid entered the party late but he knew for a FACT something was wrong. Very wrong. The feel of the house was empty and heavy, dramatic and gloomy, like a funeral. 90's kid turned around the living room and saw a black hole on the ceiling. He then realized the people that were guarding the house weren't here. Which meant, Chester, IHeart, Nani, and Rachel... They were all missing.

"Elisa! Where's Rachel? Where's Homeless?!" He begged interupting Belle in some way

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Cadpig tries to put on a very fake smile when she sees Darla. "Hi, Darla" She said sadly. Without warning Cadpig couldn't hold back her feelings anymore and flings her paws around Darla in a hug and begins to sob hysterically.

Rolly frowns, he was beyond worried for Cadpig. She was supposed to be the one who looks on the bright side of things to see her so upset made him even more upset.

Kovu allowed himself to be pulled by Kiara. He snuggles up close to Kovu.

"Come on Edith it's time to hear a story. "Rainbow Dash said gently scooping up Edith on to her back and trots over to Kiara and Kovu.

[Marzgurl]

Elisa smiled stepping aside as Belle began reading her story. She sat on the sofa as they began to listen to the story. She'd watched the movie several times but it would be different from Belle's point of view.

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Mrs. Potts smiled as Belle began telling the story. She sat down next to Elisa on the sofa letting Belle tell the story. She'd told the story several times to Chip and other servants of the castle who joined after Belle broke the curse. She also thought it would be interesting to hear Belle's version of the story.

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Chick nodded glad everyone was focusing on the rescue. Roses and Marzgurl had been right to focus on the captives first. Iheart and the others may not have as much time as Morpheus and she did. And Mechakara seemed to bond with Patch so the puppy seemed to be safe after all he'd left by his own choice. She saw Maleficent had watched the video and hoped she'd go back to bed.

"Maleficent we'll rescue Grimhilde and the others. But you need your rest. You saw what happened and the only one who got hurt was Chester. Grimhilde and the others are alright for now. If we hurry we can free them." said Chick.

She turned glancing at Jasmine and Diablo hoping they could try to convince her to go get some rest.

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Jasmine turned to Maleficent agreeing with Linksano, Spoony, and Chick.

"They're right. You're still hurt Maleficent. I know we'll get them all back. But you need to rest. You can't help anyone right now until you recover." said Jasmine.

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Diablo nodded.

"They're right. Get some rest. Then when you're back to normal you can make them pay for hurting you and taking Grimhilde and the others from us." thought Diablo.

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Roses nodded turning to the others.

"We need to form a rescue group and a fighting group. But we need strength in our fighting group too. And we've done this before. This divide and conquer strategy may not work this time. Maybe we should all just have a rescue party and a few stay behind to guard the house ane the kids. They're not stupid. They're going to prepare for us to do that again." said Roses.

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"She's right. Splitting up our group will only weaken us. We should just send as many of us as we can in the rescue group. Although we can't use Grimhilde's mirror to spy on them without her. Linksano, do any of you have a way to spy on them?" said Marzgurl.

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Linksano nodded pulling out a remote and a camera shaped like a robin.

"No one will suspect this bird. If someone gets too close to it it'll just fly away. And it should give us knowledge of their activities like who's in the house or not. It's connected to my computer system here." said Linksano.

He opened the window and let the robin loose as it flew away as he glanced back at the screen typing on the console showing what the robin saw and soon it was at Ask That Guy's perching on a tree in the backyard.

"I'll keep this monitor on their house so we'll know what's going on." said Linksano.

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Marzgurl nodded.

"So then we'll know the perfect time for the rescue with the fewest people in there." said Marzgurl.

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Dr. Tease nodded.

"We'll start working on the weapons while you guys plan out the details of the rescue. Perhaps we should do one team like Marzgurl suggested. We got back Chick, Morpheus, Patch, and Nella successfully. But we fooled them twice. Do you really expect us to fool them a third time?" said Dr. Tease.

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Elisa turned to 90's Kid standing up pulling him into the kitchen to not interrupted the story. And she knew he wouldn't be happy and didn't want the kids to overhear.

"Rachel and Chester were taken. Along with with Iheart, Nani, Ace, Freckles, Lottie, and Queen Grimhilde. The others are upstairs looking at the footage and trying to form a plan. We're trying to keep the kids as happy as we can. But we'll get them back. We won't let them keep them." said Elisa.

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The more of the recovered security footage Maleficent watched, the hotter her blood boiled. When it had played itself out, her painted nails had sunk so deep into the couch cushion that tiny pieces of stuffing poked their way out when she removed them. It took a few seconds for Linksano’s advice to register in her mind. Before she could protest, Spoony’s voice joined his, then Chick’s, Jasmine’s, and Diablo’s. Their concern stirred something within Maleficent, prompting a frown from the dark fairy.

“I’ll be all right for now. I’m quite comfortable here – moving me will only hurt me.” Narrowed gold eyes swept over Linksano, Spoony, and Chick, softening only when they landed on Jasmine and Diablo. “Whatever you’re planning, I want to be a part of it, somehow. I have to be.”

Her gaze lowered slightly and when she spoke again, her voice was barely more than a whisper.

“I was right upstairs.” Her mind was determined that she not forget that. “I was right upstairs. How could I have not done something? I should have fought with them or contacted the rest of you or…”

Maleficent bit down on the tip of her tongue and forced herself to stop speaking until she could regain her composure. She was trying to make herself valuable, not look like a frightened child.

“Even if it’s just assisting in the basic planning stage, I demand to have a role in this rescue mission.”

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Belle took a quick breath as she folded a leg over the other, a musing expression painted over her face for a moment.

"Where should I begin? Well, one morning, my father had finally finished one of his inventions and quickly left for the fair. Later Phillipe, he's our horse, appeared back at our house, but my father was not there. Knowing something must have happened, I had Phillipe take me to where my father had gotten lost. I was taken to an enormous old castle, a castle that I would soon discover was under some sort of magical spell; everyone who lived and worked on castle grounds had been transformed into household objects. When I first met them, I was a little startled myself.
"Anyway, I discovered that my father was being held up in the cold dungeon. He tried to warn me about something, and before I had any time to find out how to get him free, I discovered something was in the room with us. It what the Master of the castle who had locked up my father. He absolutely refused to let him out, that was until I offered myself to take his place - I couldn't just leave him in the dungeon; he could have easily gotten sick. The Master accepted my offer and I was scared. And what was even more frightening what that I very soon found out that the Master was not a man at all, but a huge beast with horns and long fangs."

Belle decided to break for a moment in her story, for dramatic effect. Actually, it felt rather good to be telling stories again; a welcome to return to normality.

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Starscream felt his brief time in the spotlight fade. The little Decepicon jumped down from his pedistal and sat upright, lens head facing the floor. What was this? Starscream didn't understand why it mattered to him so much that he went after that one human; he wouldn't even care so much for his fellow Decepticons. But no Decepticon had ever showed him a lick of kindness so it was to be expected. The robot quickly made up some reasoning for going; it was purely for revenge on that pitiful army for humilating him before. It had nothing to do with the humans, he told himself.

He was a Decepticon; he was going to act like it!

"I promice you, I will make those pathetic fleshlings pay for what they did to me! If they had trouble with me before, facing me at full power will be too much for them to handle," An effeninate voice announced, "They will cower in fear before me, Starscream! Hahahahahahaa!"