*Hey guys! Sorry for the slow on updates. It's almost finished! LOL! This is published on March 31, 2020. Have a blessed day! Oh...there's a song during a fight scene called Back in Black by AC DC. Enjoy!*

The bell from the elevator rang as the assassins glanced at who's inside of the elevator. They saw that it's just the group they had apprehended. McWinkle, Goat, Michael, Louis, Gluntz, Michellee, Sam, Jean, Cosette, and Fawn had their hands up with the two mysterious figures pointing their 'guns' at them. They stepped out of the elevator while being guided to the hallway on their left, raising some questions for the assassins.

"What are you doing? Their execution hasn't started yet," One of the assassins pointed out.

"Uh, well, they need a midnight stroll," One of the mysterious hooded figure, sounding a lot like Robert. "Toodles."

The two mysterious figures guided the group. McWinkle had a smile on his face while they entered the hallway. He glanced down at Goat, who nodded his head to know what to do. He kicked the button on the doorway with his back hoof to close the heavy door behind them. The assassins in front of them turned their heads in utter confusion while the music turned on.

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Before anyone could question what's going on, the group pulled out their weapons and began spraying the splats of jam, yogurt, and canteloupe. The assassins were stunned by the sudden shooting until they realized that it's not bullets that were being shot at them. Distracted from the suddenness of this whole situation, everyone began to tackle them and fought them without hesitation. Goat kicked one of the assassins in the knee and then smacked him with his hoof while Michael let out his battlecry to claw at the other assassin and scratched him in the chest.

McWinkle dealt with the muscular assassin trying to strangle him. Louis helped his dad with the stronger assassin by jumping on the assassin's shoulder and choking him. Meanwhile, Karen and Robert unveiled themselves while Robert smacked the other assassin with a baguette. Karen fired her canteloupe shooter with an aggressive growl at another assassin. The assassin took out his pistol to fire at her until Michellee whacked him with a baton. Before the assassin could get up, Gluntz tackled him so that he wouldn't hurt both Michellee and Karen. However, there's another assassin who had a pistol pointed at Gluntz's head, but he lost his aim when Cosette and Fawn were crawling into his clothes. It's easy enough for Gluntz to kick the assassin.

Michael noticed the women helping each other in the fight with his fist pumped up. "Yeah! Feminism!"

Goat rolled his eyes when he heard what Michael said while taking out a machine gun with purple jam in it and aimed it at the assassins ahead of him. "Eat this!"

He fired his gun at them with a mischievous laugh, however, the weapon doesn't kill them. While the assassins were confused, Sam immediately took them down one by one with Jean helping him.

~.~

E.B heard the commotion from outside while pressing the button that pulled the needles out from Guy's body. Guy groaned a bit, trying to open his eyes. E.B. turned her head to notice her father figure barely awake but still strapped onto the machine. She shifted her attention to the button with the picture of bonds engraved on it. Before she could press it, she heard the gun cocking behind her.

"Don't move, kid!" A voice ordered, causing E.B to turn around immediately. She noticed an assassin holding the gun up at the kid group that she left behind in the monitor room, standing at the other doorway that she wasn't aware of existing. The kids were trembling while their hands were raised high. E.B continued to hear the commotion from outside while putting her hands up.

"Alright--"

Before the assassin could bargain with her, someone from behind let out a battlecry. A muscular figure with a hood on tackled the assassin from behind while the kids moved out of the way. The assassin lost his grip on his pistol. E.B quickly grabbed before the assassin could get it. She held it up without knowing what to do. She turned her head to glance over at the button and immediately pushed it, causing the machine to unstrap Guy. The muscular figure revealed to be Dave, who took off of his hood so if E.B was planning on shooting one of them, she would know which one to not shoot.

Another assassin entered the room while the kids hid in the shadows to stay out of the way. Suddenly, Jeffrey came up from behind and tackled the assassin into the room. He tumbled towards Dave while the other assassin fighting Dave charged at him before E.B pulled the trigger. The bullet crashed on the side of the assassin's head, causing the assassin to collapse in front of Dave.

Dave gazed at E.B. in shock, who's just as horrifically surprised as anyone else in the room. E.B lowered the gun, still wrapping her mind what just happened at that moment. She's only trying to protect Dave...now she's afraid that Dave was scared of her now. But he didn't seem afraid of her.

"I'm sorry," E.B blurted out meekly.

Dave quickly stood by her side and comforted her by hugging her. "It's okay...you did what you had to do."

Jeffrey kicked the assassin in the knee and then swung his fist across the assassin's face to knock him out before more came out. One of them pulled the trigger, having the bullet diving towards E.B. Dave used himself as a shield while ready to take the bullet but...he doesn't feel it. He glanced at the bullet in mid-air and then shifted his attention to Guy, who's now awake and his hands were glowing. Both Dave and E.B widened their smiles while Jeffrey witnessed it with a small grin. Guy shoved the bullet back at the assassin who shot it. Before any assassins could aim their guns at him, Guy used his mind force to push them away from his lost brothers. He put his hands down once the coast was clear.

"Uncle Guy!" Tina shouted with joy from the darkness as Guy's nieces and nephews came out with bright smiles on their faces. Jeffrey stood beside Dave and E.B to gaze at Guy.

Guy glanced at both of his brothers, who he thought was dead. "Jeffrey? Dave?"

Dave stood up with a smile on his face. "Hey, little bro--."

Guy zoomed over to hug Dave and Jeffrey. Both of the brothers noticed Guy sniffling, finally letting out his tears.

"I can't believe it! You guys are alive," Guy sobbed with his voice croaked.

Dave and Jeffrey hugged their brother tighter, not wanting to let go.

"How?" Guy asked, his tone almost excited.

"According to E.B, you have the magical healing touch," Jeffrey answered with a small smile.

"Healing touch?" Guy responded while dispersing from his brothers and shifted his focus on E.B, who's smiling at him warmly.

"Yeah! Since you can self heal yourself, you can also heal others around you," E.B explained with a bright smile. "I mean, that's what I theorized and I was right!"

"So, if I touch people...they heal?" Guy responded, trying to catch up with the situation.

"Yeah!" E.B. answered excitedly.

Suddenly, they heard someone trying to barge in from the other door. Guy immediately had everyone get behind him while readying his hands to use his powers if there's any threat.

The door was knocked down but it was revealed to be Goat with a big machine gun that had purple jam as its ammo.

Goat sighed in relief when he found Guy awake with the kids and Guy's brothers. "Oh thank goodness, you're all okay! We got to go, compadre!"

"Come on!" Dave urged while leading everyone out of the room.

~.~

Meanwhile, the grandfather was close to another victory on a game of chess with a smug smirk at Jeckles, who didn't like to lose to a simple game of chess. How could an old man beat a game of chess without Jeckles reading his mind? It's easy, really. The old man decided to crank up classical music from the loud stereo in the room to distract Jeckles from hearing his thoughts. It's supposed to prevent Jeckles from cheating and it worked for the old man. Apparently, it only enraged Jeckles more. Finally, the grandfather cornered Jeckles's king piece with his queen piece and his king piece.

The grandfather glanced up at Jeckles with a smirk. "Checkmate."

Jeckles snarled while extending his hand out to turn off the stupid loud stereo and choke the old man. "Listen here, old man, I don't believe you are what you say you are--"

"Jeckles!" A voice shouted while an assassin busted into the room.

Jeckles growled while darting his deadly sickly green glare at the assassin. "Can't you see I'm busy--?!"

"Sir, there's been a prison break-out!" The assassin responded with a loud voice.

"What?!" Jeckles barked while he threw the old man against the wall.

"They sealed the hallway off!" The assassin informed urgently as Jeckles zoomed passed by him. The assassin shut the door behind him. The old man coughed from being choked by Jeckles's force.

"Yep, he needs a lot more therapy than I thought," The old man commented while coughing a bit. He skulked out of the private room and through the big grand room without being seen. He exited out into the sewers where Stanley, the purple-furred man with a mohawk, waited on the motorboat.

Stanley noticed his grandfather coughing. "Are you okay, Grandpa?"

"Ugh, just Jeckles choking me with his powers. He needs a lot more therapy than I thought," His grandfather answered with a chuckle.

"Yeah, you think? Come on, let's get you out of here before Jeckles finds out I'm here," Stanley responded urgently while his grandfather hopped on the motorboat. He quickly drove it out of the sewers.

~.~

"There's another way out! Follow me!" Jeffrey shouted to the group.

Guy noticed his parents with a tearful smile. "Mom! Dad!"

"Guy!" Karen and Robert shouted simultaneously and hugged him for a moment.

"We'll talk later! We gotta go!" Robert urged.

"Right!" Guy responded with a smile.

Jeffrey led the group throughout the huge hallway, which was cleared. Guy fell behind the group in case Jeckles decided to follow them. At the end of the hallway, someone opened the door to the outside on the left, which revealed to be Todd, the blue-furred man with a top-hat.

Jeffrey grabbed Todd by the wrist. "Come on! Let's go!" He pulled Todd away from the door while everyone else ran through it.

Guy switched his gaze behind him to notice Jeckles breaking down the big door on the other side of the hallway. Before the weeds could sprout out of nowhere, McWinkle quickly grabbed Guy by the arms and bolted through the door, which was held opened by Sam. After McWinkle and Guy jumped through the door, Guy held his hand out for the door to shut and lock itself automatically.

"It's not going to hold him for long! Go!" Guy shouted to both Sam and McWinkle as they sprinted to catch up with the group.

Meanwhile, Jeckles gritted his teeth, couldn't even believe that he's tricked.

"Start the fire," Jeckles ordered with a growl.

"But, sir--"

"Do it!"

~.~

The truck sank into a sinkhole, letting it disappeared without a trace. When the group approached back to their hiding spot, they noticed the truck sunk into the ground. Stanley and the grandfather approached the group with widened eyes.

"Oh, Dilkins! We lost the truck!" Robert shouted with panic in his tone.

"Welp, that means we oughta keep running!" Jeffrey responded urgently.

"Where to?!" Michellee questioned immediately.

Guy looked around the place while gazing out into the beach, his eyes widened. He realized something while rubbing his head.

"What's going on, compadre?" Goat asked quickly, noticing Guy staring off out into the ocean.

"It has to happen," Guy muttered underneath his breath. He glanced at the group. "Guys! You have to evacuate everyone here in this city!"

"I think everyone already got out of the city," Karen responded while noticing the empty houses and deserted streets.

"You all have to run to the highest hill. Fast!" Guy shouted to the group.

"Wait, why?!" Michael shouted as Jean, Cosette, and Fawn climbed up on his shoulder and held onto the fox's neck.

"Just do it!" Guy responded loudly.

"What about you?!" Sam cried out desperately.

Guy took a deep breath. "I'm going to fight Jeckles!"

"WHAT?!?" Everyone yelled simultaneously.

"Son--"

"I have to...if anyone has to face Jeckles...it has to be me," Guy uttered while looking up at his friends and family. "And you guys have to go before Jeckles goes crazy with his powers."

"But, Guy--"

"He won't be able to kill me," Guy interrupted Michellee's sentence while caressing her face. "I'm going to be okay. I promise."

"But you can't kill him either," Michael pointed out.

"I know...and that's okay. There has to be a way to convince him that what he's doing is wrong," Guy replied to his group.

"I don't think you could convince him, Guy," His grandfather stepped into the conversation. "I just pretended to be his therapist...there's no way to get through to him that what he is doing is evil."

"He's beyond redeemable, Guy," McWinkle added.

Goat looked up at the sky with a raised brow. "Is that supposed to be there?"

Everyone glanced up to notice what Goat saw. It's a big cold air balloon that slowly floated through the cloudy skies of Floriana.

Sam quickly noticed something glowing around the group except Guy. "Uh...guys."

Everyone saw that there's something glowing around them. When they shifted their glance at Guy, they noticed that his hands were glowing. Guy noticed this too while realizing why his hands were glowing. Guy's lips trembled while holding his hands out to the group.

"Guy, what are you doing, man?" Michael asked, his tone desperate.

Goat suddenly realized what's going on. "Everyone, hold hands!"

"What?!" Michellee shouted.

"Trust me!" Goat begged for Michellee to trust him.

The group began to grab each other's hands quickly, some not knowing what's going on while some understood what's happening. Guy switched his gaze back at the cold air balloon, noticing that it dropped a missile.

Guy glanced back at the group while closing his eyes. "Take them somewhere safe."

"Guy, wait!" Jeffrey shouted as everyone disappeared instantly into thin air.

~.~

The group, the adults and kids, found themselves behind a large crowd who lived in Floriana, standing on the highest hill that overlooked the city. McWinkle, Louis, Gluntz, Michellee, Sam, Goat, Michael--with Jean and his family on his shoulder, Dave, and Jeffrey squeezed through the crowd anxiously while politely excusing themselves from bumping into them. When they reached towards the edge, they saw the missile touching the ground. As soon as the missile touched the ground, an explosion began, forming a mushroom cloud from the soil. As the fire began to spread everywhere, Sam formed his hands into a binocular and used it to search for Guy.

"Guy's down there!" Michellee yelled with worry taking over her tone while Michael noticed the fire reaching them.

"It's going to get us!" Michael screeched while pointing at the flames.

Out of nowhere, The Lorax appeared in front of them with determination.

"Don't worry, I got this," The Lorax replied while extending his hands out to protect everyone from the fire coming at them. The fire stopped spreading towards them, while the rough wind couldn't penetrate through the invisible wall The Lorax was holding up.

"How did you even get here, amigo?!" Goat asked at loud.

"Teleportation. What do you think?" The Lorax answered Goat's question simply.

"We have to help Guy!" Dave shouted.

"Wait, till this subsides!" The Lorax ordered quickly.

Meanwhile, Guy slowly opened his eyes and looked around the destroyed city. Everything around him was on fire and houses were shattered into tons of bricks. He turned his head to where he saw his group of friends and family and saw that they were gone. But when he moved his sights up at the highest hill, he realized that everyone from Floriana, including his family and friends, was standing on the hill---safe from destruction and under the protection of the Lorax.

Guy smiled softly in relief that everyone was okay.

"Shouldn't you know that your actions have consequences, Guy?" A familiar voice spoke up.

Guy immediately knew who it was as he whipped his head just in time to witness a sharp tip of the vine coming at him. With quick reaction and great power, Guy raised his arm which he unknowingly raising a huge thick boulder from the ground. His eyes widened while staring at his hands.

"What the--?" Guy didn't have time to ask himself what's going on with his new developing powers while he dodged an incoming vine. He zoomed out into the open to see Jeckles glaring at him.

"Look around you, Guy! Don't you feel warm?!" Jeckles barked while thrusting another vine at Guy, which he dodged again with a huff.

"Jeckles! This has to stop!" Guy shouted while using his force to tear off those weeds coming at him from the ground.

Jeckles chuckled maniacally at Guy. "What are you?! A superhero?! Destined to stop someone like me?! What a dangerous game you're playing, Guy! What a cliche game!"

Jeckles used his hands to control the vines and had them spiraled towards Guy but Guy ripped those weeds out of their roots before anything could reach him.

"Stop this! You're going to get yourself and everyone around you hurt!" Guy ordered while stepping towards Jeckles.

"And you think I care?!" Jeckles growled while smiling demonically. "Since you are being so rude in demanding, your little Stovepipe Junction will be next!"

"What?! No!" Guy screamed while extending his hands out to choke Jeckles but Jeckles was able to resist it.

"Yes! After Stovepipe Junction, the rest of the world will be on fire!" Jeckles responded while pushing Guy away with his stronger force. "Ta-ta for now!" Jeckles turned towards the cold air balloon and boosted himself from the ground to fly towards the vehicle, taking control of it. Guy gazed up while calculating a way to reach the cold air balloon and stop Jeckles.

It's sudden that Guy had an idea in his head. If Jeckles was injected with the same chemical Guy had...would he be able to do those skills too?

~.~

"We got to help Guy!" Jeffrey shouted urgently. Although, the rest of Guy's family and friends watched Guy hop around like a frog up and down. It became instant when Guy began to bounce up high, struggling with the reins of it. While Guy was bouncing up high, everyone kept nodding their heads to follow Guy's movements.

"Okay, what is it doing? Hopping like a frog?" Michael inquired, his brow raised.

"He's trying to reach the cold air balloon!" The Lorax pointed his finger up at the sky. But everyone realized that it's too far and high for Guy to power jump towards it.

"It's too high! He needed a boost or something!" Dave yelled at his group.

Stanley, Todd, Robert, Karen, the grandfather, E.B, and the rest of the kids stepped through the crowd, overhearing the conversation.

"Well, the thing we're building is in that truck--"

"I could get it out," The Lorax stated plainly, interrupting Stanley.

Goat furrowed his brows. "How could you get a truck out of a sinkhole--?"

Suddenly, the truck teleported behind the group, startling the citizens of Floriana as well.

"Uh--"

"You're welcome," The Lorax announced with a nod.

McWinkle rubbed his forehead. "I'm not even going to ask how you were able to teleport that truck out of the sinkhole."

"What could help us?" Michellee asked Stanley and Todd.

Todd immediately got out the new self-flyer, gleaming in the light.

Sam, Michellee, E.B, and Goat instantly recognized the self-flyer while Guy's family smiled with pride.

"Are you kidding me?" Goat groaned a bit.

"Guy's self-flyer!" E.B. responded with excitement.

"We found it in a junkyard in Meepville...we thought that it might be useful," Stanley explained while looking at the distance.

"It should've stayed in the junkyard," Goat growled a bit to himself while flicking his ears.

"We need someone to fly this thing without it exploding. Is Guy going to be able to reach that cold air balloon," Todd responded trying to calculate whether if the self-flyer was necessary now. The Lorax noticed Guy ran through the destroyed boat port and about to make a jump but the balloon was too high and too far to reach.

"He's not going to be able to reach it. It's too far!" The Lorax shouted with urgency.

Goat sighed deeply to himself. He looked around everyone and then at the self-flyer. He remembered what Guy did back when he tried to steal the chickeraffe for Mr. Snerz. When he's on the balloon, Guy did not hesitate to use his self-flyer and flew up towards him. Goat had been cocky and underestimated Guy's tactics. However, when Guy tackled Goat on the balloon, Guy almost fell out of the balloon. Of course, Goat antagonized Guy about his contraption but didn't realize that Guy put it on him.

The little flashback sparked an idea for him while widening his eyes. "I'll do it."

"What?" Everyone questioned simultaneously.

"Do what?" Michael asked with a raised brow.

Goat immediately strapped on the self-flyer while working with the buttons. "I can reach him. Hopefully, I will be able to give him a boost."

"Wait! Goat, don't be insane!" Sam shouted with his eyes widened with shock.

Michellee gasped a bit. "What if it explodes?!"

Goat smirked at them. "Bring it on, then."

"Wait! Goat, before you go," Jeffrey called Goat quickly while handing him a small device with a single red button. "Give this to Guy. He'll know what it is. Whenever he's ready."

Goat didn't hesitate to take the device while nodding his head in understanding. He turned the machine and it powered on. He looked straight ahead while sighing deeply.

"This thing better not explode on me," Goat muttered to himself as he took off flying off the cliff. 

To Be Continued...