Two Peas In A Pod (Chapter 6)

"Boss. Bosses wake up! They found sum'in". The duo both jolted up from their nap session. Fawful rushed to his computer room to find out exactly what was found, while Grin looked for some food for the chimeras still aboard, as well as to make some food for F.U.R.Y since the sun was making it very apparent that it was a new day. While Grin was excited about beginning the next phase of their plan, there was also a more, almost mundane excitement in him. Almost a month ago, he would have been waking up in a cramped, cluttered dirty room to make some cheap microwavable food to go to work. Now, he was feeding his creations and roommate in a top of the line ship on a mission to make the world a snake treat to dine on like a trillionaire. "Boss, you're spillin the milk, get ya head outta the clouds." Grin focused back to reality and groaned. "Can one of you clean that up please?" Without any delay, a mechawful began to wipe up the table, much to Midbus's snickering. "Oh shut it Porky, unless I daydream again and burn your pancakes" Grin snickered right back, with Midbus not wasting a second with his comeback. "I'd bite right through your head if you did, turnip-head" This went on for a bit before both had to put out the stove fire that they'd been neglecting.

"What I was trynna say was we found it. It's only barely more junk than i'was before'' On the radar showed the run down machine, it had a mechanical face that was uncanny in how human and "attractive" it was supposed to be, and encased in a military grade cocoon that held fan blades, missiles, boxing gloves and other doo-hickeys. Grin was disappointed, "THAT? It's so amaetur! Give me enough time and even I can make that!" "You are needing patience, people of primitiveness are only so smart! Fururu! It is scrap, yes, but one's pile of trash is another's foolish belief in gold!" Grin couldn't tell if Fawful was also disappointed, but that wasn't his main priority. That belonged instead to a familiarly shifty "mechawful" he had recognized from before their last expedition. Grin could barely focus on what Fawful was saying after he noticed it, and for half a second he swore he could see its head come off and reveal someone inside. Grin scooched over to Midbus while Fawful explained the game plan. "Hey Porky, mind handling that? I swear its defective or something" Midbus noticed too and seemed to better recognize the "mechawful" than Grin, nodding and leaving to take care of it.

The idea is simple. Get in, steal KAOS, possibly steal the Castle too, and leave! The castle was abandoned and it's not like anyone would be in there to stop them, right? It was a flawless plan! Grin and Fawful flew down to KAOS castle feeling confident, with a troop of mechawfuls right behind them as backup. Midbus had stayed on the cruiser since Fawful didn't want him to damage anything accidentally with his strength, which was more than fine for him anyway. The castle was empty and cold, there was no life or slight hint of a cadence here, completely abandoned. The halls seemed more like a giant shed than it did a castle anyway, what with the random pipes and conveyor belts. Rust was the paintjob, and despite most nooks and crannies being checked, no one was found. "You really want this place? I can't stop you, it's just so run down!" Fawful looked around again and made his disappointment known and groaned. "Assumptions of a fixer-up-er are off the table! However, Fawful is always having a back up plan! And tha–" Fawful was cut off by a loud droning siren sound that came from the speakers and machines. This seemed familiar now didn't it.

The castle suddenly came to life, bees clad in metal and guns with an itching to shoot all targeted the duo and their possy of machines. Grin without hesitation pushed Fawful out of the crossfire and chucked 3 bombs in random directions to stall off the ambush. Fawful followed suit very quickly, activating his headgear and throwing out a new device he hadn't tested yet, a sapper that sapped anything it could in its small range. This worked to get rid of the Bees, but the guns, while not jam packed with ammo, had managed to make scrap metal out of the mechawfuls. Fawful held out his hand, "May I have this fighting? Fururu~" Grin felt giddy and took his hand, as they began to dance around the cannons blazing by them. It was a dance of destruction, as shots were fired right back from the duo in the air, their moves loose and uncoordinated, but still as fun as the dogfight they were in. Explosion after explosion after shot after shot, you could mistake them for being on a movie set with how easily they maneuvered this, all while seeming to not stop staring at each other or letting each other go. Eventually they got so caught up in their little dance that they didn't even realize they had completely wrecked the security system... apart from one thing.

"TARGET SPOTTED! BZZZZRT! MUST.... ELIMINATE!" KAOS had finally shown themselves, or what the duo assumed was KAOS. Inside was the troublesome trio once again trying their best to capture Fawful: BFF! "Beef! Can you take up ANY more space? I can barely reach the mic!" Dieter complained as he squirmed down to start pressing random buttons and attack Fawful and Grin. Kaley sat comfortably on Beef's head due to her smaller size, watching the fight go on from KAOS's shades. Beef could barely reach the controls to move KAOS around other than side to side, as this contraption wasn't made for 3 people to be in, let alone conscious in it. "Soon LOSER Fawful will be ours! Imagine all the moneyyyyy! We'll be able to EASILY take over the world at this rate! And then? I can get aaaalllll the supplements I want!" Kaley fluttered around and bumped into the walls, not being able to sit still. "KALEY! We can't blow our cover! Just stay still for a damn moment will you? We'll be home free soon, Geh heh heh heh heh" "..." Beef as usual had nothing to say, but was getting tired of moving slowly, so he had started to punch the inside of KAOS to launch it around violently.

On the outside of the metallic cocoon, Fawful and Grin flew and darted just barely out of KAOS's grasp. It thrashed about and smashed into walls and beams, like a wounded animal stuck in a rock and a hard place. It seemed impossible to take down, or at least there weren't any visible scratches or dents being made. Grin had tried to tone down his explosives so as not to completely destroy KAOS, but it was starting to irritate him. Fawful was trying his own methods to get KAOS subdued, such as his brain washing gas or trying to find water to put out KAOS's engine, but to no avail. On the inside of KAOS, BFF was barely keeping it together being knocked around, having to wear gas masks to not be brainwashed, as well as getting splashed occasionally. "I HAVE FURY! Such toughness for a tin can filled with rotten food! Failure is not happening to us again! Fawful's head is having the overheat...ing... I HAVE IDEA! Grinny! We must create the overheating!" Grin's eyes lit up, as he started chucking all of his bombs towards the engine of KAOS, the jet propelling it with such intense fire. "All this heat and sweat better be worth it!" "Dieter?" "Yes Kaley?" "Y-you see that!?" All three BFF members looked down and saw the small fortune of explosives and felt a chill go down their spines. "Crap" muttered Beef.

BBBBBBBBBBOOOOOMMMMMM! Kaos was sent flying through the roof of the castle and out into the river, where it started to sink and possibly be lost to F.U.R.Y. BFF was launched too, being sent flying in a cloud of smoke so big and so fast that they weren't visible to the duo. They had landed in a nearby jetski and had been activated and sent off to who knows where, where they definitely won't show up ever again ever. Fawful wasted not a second, holding his congratulations for Grin for later; they had a machine to save from drowning! "MIDBUS! DID YOU HAVE WITNESSING OF WHERE KAOS HAD FLYINGS TO?" Fawful said in a panic over his communicator, flying out of the destroyed castle to waste as little time as possible. Grin did some mental math to figure out where KAOS might of landed, narrowing it down to a body of water. "Yea, river, 3 o clock, I'll get some goons to 'elp" Midbus replied, moving the cruiser closer to KAOS's river to save it. A few crawfuls swam from their new dams to try and fish KAOS out, and Grin began to use his spare headgear to try and bite and pull it out. Fawful then had a brilliant realization, "Midbus! The Hand! Use the grabber!" It took Midbus a moment, but he remembered the cruiser had a massive arm to grab and swat things away, which made this rescue mission a piece of cake.

Back on the cruiser, Fawful was polishing up KAOS from all the rust it had gathered from time stored away and from the river just now. Grin stopped by, wanting to help out and also because he had something on his mind. "Another happy landing, ey Fawfs? I swear, nothing ever goes to plan no matter how simple! Might as well have no plan" Grin groaned and laid his head on Fawful's shoulder, watching him work to try and relax. Fawful lays his head on Grin's and nods, equally annoyed. "There is always a boot to be squashing our fun! Like a wind gust blowing and knocking our snack food away! I am not having fury though, no fury for Fawful yet. The next mission will have smooth sailings assuredly!" Fawful gives Grin a hug before getting back to repairing KAOS, with Grin still a bit annoyed. "Maybe, but it's just pissing me off! Why can't things just go our way for a moment?! It's always gotta be someone else, and I'm sick of it! I just wanna–" Grin cuts himself off and kicks a wall with extreme force, not even flinching to recoil from the pain, seething. Fawful turns to Grin again, then back at KAOS, then back to Grin again, before he calls some mechawfuls to polish KAOS for him. Grin was the bigger priority. "How about this, once we are having an army of brutes, you will be showering wherever you choose in your fury!" Fawful gives a devious smirk while simultaneously looking kinda silly, which Grin can't help but smile back at. "I'd love that Fawfs"

"WE ARE HAVING SUCCESS! KAOS is in our possession and now we will have disguising amongst the Kremling Cretins! Furururu!" F.U.R.Y was having another scheming session, now onto the next step of their plan. "Won't it take a lot of brainwashing gas to get them all on our side? It'll take forever to get it all produced!" Grin's confusion was responded to with a smirk on Fawful's part, as he pulls out a small cyanide shaped pill, one which Fawful dipped into a drink. "You are having correctness, and I had plannings of this! Those pirate plebeians are valuing many things, including drinks! All we are needing is to persuade their minds filled with peanuts to take a sip from our hands filled with control! And with a leader they are trusting ordering them too, Furururu! Many many minions will be ours to command!" Grin's earlier uncertainty was swiftly changed, now concocting his own ideas to assist. This was cut off by Midbus however. "Ain't they still mad at that last piece of work? Might not wanna see one of his toys" "Hold on, don't chawfuls kind of look like crocodiles? All we need is some smoke and mirrors and we're good to go!" Grin added on, being the final screw to complete the biggest step F.U.R.Y will soon take.

Before the F.U.R.Y cruiser could set sail to Krem Isle, they needed to get their decoy kremling king up in order. What better way to get people behind you than setting up a strawman to tear down? Especially a very hated strawman. While this was a good motivator for Grin, there was something else that was giving Grin a load of excitement. It was the prospect of working on these creatures again, to test his skills once more. He had to create, he had to work, he was good at it, he loved doing it. Fawful was Mechanical, Midbus was Brawn, and He was Biological. Grin got on some goggles, quickly skimmed tapes of what he did the last time to refresh himself, and laughed. Something new would once again be brought to life by his hands, more that would see him and Fawful for what they were: Gods. No star nor beast nor man would dare try them, at least that's what was rushing through Grin's head. "Grinny? I am having patience, but your preparation taking is having such longness! I guess Fawful will be starting without youuuuu" "NOPE NO Im done, heh heh, im done" Grin barged into the lab clumsily, before regaining composure and trying to make himself look cool, stretching a glove and letting it slap back, as well as adjusting his goggles and smiling so his eyes weren't visible. Fawful followed suit, as the swirls in his glasses vanished, leaving only the reflection of the animal strapped on the table to be dissected.

Anesthesia was a foreign concept to these two, but so was being alive at the moment for the crawful. The resemblance of the lab to a dentist office from your worst nightmares was uncanny, buzzsaws and power tools and tweezers and needles and bone saws galore, all handled by two men who didn't and should never have a doctorate or medical license. The saws were used to sharpen the crawful's teeth to be more sharp, as well as to drill a hole or two to make it look dirtier. The bone saws were used on not just the crawful, but other extra critters lying around. There were enough fawfloppers and chainchawfuls running around, why not recycle their bones for something more meaningful? "We can sell the extra bone marrow for funding!" "We might need to make the head smaller, or the body bigger" "We need some mechawfuls to take notes on this! Just in case we do this again" "I actually learned that some of the belly plates on kremlings are organic! Might want to add that" These were the comments Grin would remark while working, and Fawful's focus was broken, he could only listen to Grin's joy. It reminded him of his own awakening to tinkering and engineering, when all he could make was a simple headgear that could vacuum your house. "Fawfs? Faaaawfs? FAWFS HEY–" Fawful hadn't noticed he had accidentally sawed and messed up the crawful's face badly, with the duo exchanging glances at each other and smiling awkwardly. "We'll just be deceitful and explain KAOS had the big punch to K rool"

After a very elegantly placed boxing glove was slapped on top of the mutilated crawful, they brushed it off and tied it up and viola! A decoy K Rool! Or a Krappy K Rool! While Fawful personally was satisfied, he noticed Grin fiddling and fidgeting with the dissection scissors. Fawful may not have been the best at reading people, but he had been practicing reading Grin specifically once he fully joined him, and he could tell he wanted more. "You knowww... We are needing something to run KAOS, Fawful had tried to get it on autopilot, yes, but It had such failures again! Cogs I cannot wrap my brain around, like pineapple on a burger that is made of sweat! We will be needing a pilot... or making a pilot!" Grin's eyes lit up, as he clipped the scissors and got the extra body parts that were lying around on top of the table. "OH GOOD! I've been brainstorming right? If my brews can affect people then surely there's more uses than just for explosives! Of course explosives are still great, it's just the ideas have been bugs in my brain that I just need to get out! So here's the plan–" Grin rambled, going in depth and detail and excitedly dumping all the gallons of theories and ideas he had. Fawful loved watching him be so open, joining in with his own specialties and ideas to keep up. It was clear they had lost the plot, but they were having too much fun to notice.

KAOS was now piloted by a chimera like fawfulized animal inside it, of which was spliced in such a way where it could pilot KAOS like it was more machine than man, as if KAOS were its exoskeleton. What was inside? That didn't seem to matter to the two, as all they needed it for was to pilot KAOS and serve as a fall guy if things don't go well! When shown off to Midbus both were given the simple reply of "...ok". And with that, the course was set to steal an army in as little effort needed. The skies would slowly go murky green, into territories that no sane sailor had dared go, lest they be stuffed in a barrel, picked by sharks, and have their skull be used as the hilt of a sword. Or perhaps you'd just be shot with cannons and bludgeoned with said cannon, before being dangled as a hostage to get money. If you were lucky you'd just be bitten and chased off, but when's anyone but a pirate lucky with pirates? It took the whole day, but eventually Krem Isle was in sight, bearing resemblance not to the ancient home catered to the whims of every Kremling there, but instead a ruin that was more the size of a ship than an island. Still, one man's trash is another man's treasure, and F.U.R.Y were banking on an El Dorado

The floats from the last water landing proved useful, letting them not only dock at a good enough distance to not rouse suspicion, but to sneakily attack and steal the gear of some Kremlings, so that they could blend in as pirates. Grin put on two peg legs since it was "Double hardcore, I lost both legs and am still pirating!" Fawful put on a one sided visible eyepatch since he could barely see to begin with with both eyes, one would be catastrophic. Midbus was the only one who seemed to be intimidating, like it was second nature to him to be a ruthless brute, which it kind of was. F.U.R.Y walked into a bar, a heavily packed crowd. It was clear from all the boats and ships outside and sailing in, that all, if not most of the Kremling Krew were here. Perfect, a full force with just a bit of mind control and pills. While Midbus sat down with KAOS in a coat and pirate hat, Fawful and Grin were sneaking around the liquor and liquid supply, sneaking in the pills in each drink. One that dilutes and one that is fully taken, to ensure a total brain rewriting. Anyone who did try and stop them would have a nice sip of Fawful Punch™ and be subject to the Fawful Brainwashed Experience™ on that Fawful Pirate Crew Army™. Once the time was right, Midbus would kick things off with–

"So you's saying you's took down got that K Rool guy? Thought he was controllin you". Midbus conversation with KAOS didn't go unnoticed, as just muttering the name Rool got at least half the bar looking at them funny. "What'd mate just say? Rool?" "HAH! And I thought I was mad, heheh!" "Oi pigass, what're you going on about?" Were just some of the colorful responses that could be heard. "I CAN NOT HAVE AN INTERLOPER IN MY NEW KINGDOM, AND I HAVE THE BODY FOR PROOF" KAOS barked, as it's disguise fell of and revealed KAOS to the bar, making their presence known with Fawful having the cruiser shoot some lighting for dramatic effect. This riled up everyone, flint locks and blunderbusses being aimed directly at KAOS and Midbus, some growls could be heard and at least two brutes the size of Midbus held knives to his throat. Suddenly, from the back of the bar, a slimy and raspy voice was heard, as pale red eyes finally looked up from their drink. "Alright, talk, now. What's the phony Kaptain doing back 'ere on MY turf?". This voice belonged to the latest Kaptain of the Kremling Krew, Kaptain Karnage. This severely threw a wrench into F.U.R.Y's plan, as now they had to figure out what to do with Karnage.

Grin and Fawful were thinking and thinking fast on how to dispose of Karnage. If they had a de facto ruler then it'd be really hard for their rock solid jaw line machine to take their place with a drink. Once again though, Grin then came to the rescue, getting the radio he used to speak as KAOS out again. Grin made KAOS hold the fake K Rool body high, "I AM TOUGHER THAN YOU CAN IMAGINE, AND I CAN PROVE IT. DRINKS ARE ON ME, I'll GO GET MY GOONS! ANYONE WHO WANTS TO SEE THE MACHINE THAT BEAT THAT FAKE KING CAN RIGHT HERE, RIGHT NOW!" A perfect distraction and excuse for Fawful and Grin to hand out the brainwashed drinks out in the open. Although most of the patrons were bought with this and were just excited to see a fight, Karnage wasn't so easily bought, slapping away the drink offered to him. From his long torn coat, he pulled out his two dual flintlock pistols, snarling and throwing his coat to the side. He was a lanky one, as if a snake was given arms and legs. Most Kremlings were either muscular or sumo big, making Karnage's more malnourished figure quite noticeable. Grin cockily thought this fight would be very short, but was sorely mistaken when Karnage leaped and crawled on the ceiling, landing on KAOS's head and blasting at its metal face. KAOS could throw him off, but it set the tone for the battle.

Karnage crawled and slithered about, biting and scratching and chucking seats at KAOS to claim his place as the leader of the greatest pirates the world had ever seen. KAOS in return seemed to almost toy with Karnage, even if it was costing it the battle severely. Fawful and Grin sat and watched the dogfight, sipping the drinks there and waiting for everything to fall into place. "HEAR ME MACHINE! BUCKETS AND BOLTS RUST AND BLOW, BUT MY KREMLING MIGHT SHALL NEVER FALL!" Karnage screeched, using a tooth knocked out of his mouth to deal what he assumed to be the final blow to KAOS, piercing its head and tearing it off. What Karnage found instead was a sight for sore eyes. "What–!? What be this... this THING!?" Before Karnage could figure that out, he was silenced by a loud wave of "ALL HAIL LORD FAWFUL!" from the bar, from the ships docked outside, and from Grin, who was now standing on a table with a wicked smile. "WHAT HAVE YOU DONE!? They're spouting nonsense! I–" Midbus would grab Karnage's tongue to get him to stop talking, before pouring 3 drinks of the brainwashing drink down his throat. "Let go of me! I'll have your head for–" "Furururu! Speaking of heads! Fawful will now be the head chef of this merry band! We are not needing you, and what are we to do when a nasty radish rots our kitchen?"

It took BFF a while, but they had managed to get that jet ski they were stuck on under control. They had only one lead and it had just died, a mechawful they had stolen telling them to head to Krem Isle. "Why would they go there? Their outfits would be totally soaked with slop! It's just filled with–" Dieter interrupted Kaley bluntly, sassing that "Maybe they just are too busy doing whatever 'lords' do! Besides, don't you see how great of a chance this is? They'll be picked to the bone! They're more top heavy than strong, and their brains will be the perfect gluten free meal for those blubbery bozos!" Beef was delegated to laying on his back so Dieter and Kaley could sit on him, which he was as enthusiastic about as everything else: not at all. "I don't think they even have the money anymore! They might have given it to some other cutie with perfect eyes and a perfect smile! We won't be able to get more malatone! Those–" "Girl you're in your own head, if they aren't offering up a reward we'll just blackmail them somehow! Besides, they'll surely be cornered now!" "...guys, look up." Beef interrupted Kaley and Dieter's back and forth by pointing out the kremling flying at them at the rate of a cannon ball. Karnage was chucked out by Midbus, who unintentionally broke BFF's jet ski and sent them hurling into the bar, landing in the liquor supply and having chains and locks falling on them. Grin noticed them fly, asking "Hey Fawfs, who're those guys?"

BFF took a moment to get their bearings, they looked like prisoners of these pirates, which would play out in their favor due to the turning tide of their manhunt. When they were finally fully conscious, BFF had realized that Fawful had brainwashed the entire Kremling Krew, meaning he had a small army on his side. Dieter was the most shocked of the 3, but also partially delighted when a thought clicked in his head. "If he has an army, and we rise through the ranks, we could easily be the strongest people in the world!" This thought made Dieter switch sides in a heartbeat, playing fully into a victim role. "Oh! Lord Fawful! It's awful! These imbeciles had captured us! You see, after your defeat, we tried to find a way to get revenge! One thing led to another and now we're here! We're so very happy to have found you! Please, we would like to be your most loyal money driven minions!" Dieter's butt kissing worked wonders on Fawful, who happily blasted the chains with his raygun and had his new kremling forces help BFF up. Grin however was suspicious, for not only did these 3 random "colorful" comrades pop out of nowhere, but he swore he could recognize them somehow. This was put on the backburner now, as Fawful wanted to go on a test run with his newfound power.

Unknown to any of them, Karnage didn't just get flung and left stranded, it seems a bigger kremling got to him...

It took the rest of the day due to the sheer quantity of ships, but before long almost every boat that had been docked were all now capable of flying. BFF had also gotten their own flagship, stolen from the ruins of K Rool's keep: the flying krock. It wasn't as flashy or cozy as the F.U.R.Y cruiser, but it served the purpose Fawful needed it for, being the right hand flagship to his own. Grin watched as the cruiser set sail, now accompanied by dozens of ships all with a flag that belonged to him in a way. "Wellll, Fawful was having a promise to you now wasn't heee? Now is the time to shower your fury like a drizzling condiment of power!" Grin saw Fawful walk up to him with two men behind him, both wearing similar glasses to him and bowing when he stopped to speak with Grin, like a sort of salute. Grin giggled, "Did they just do that on your own or did you make that a rule or something?" The two guards then left, with Fawful replying "I had to add only the most important of functions! Including discipline and style! How else can this be the ship of Fawful and Grin?" Grin couldn't wipe the smile off his face and continued to look down at the ocean of ships and actual ocean, as well as the horizon. "The clouds. That's what we're attacking! I've heard Nimbus Land is rich! That'll let us make way more mechawfuls! After that? No clue! Hee hee! But it's not like we'll be stopping anytime soon!" Grin's command was met with an astounding "SIR YES SIR!", and the course was set

It was late at night, and Grin couldn't sleep. He had no clue why, but for the past couple hours he had just been laying there without the sort of dream-like escape he usually had at night. Grin eventually just gave up on sleep, he'd gone without a good sleep schedule for years, what's one more night? Looking for inspiration, Grin tried to look into those dreams, trying to find some inspiration to pass the night and maybe pass out from working. What came to mind was a mix of two memories, the stealth mission on peach's castle, and his latest dream where he looked out on a kingdom belonging to Fawful and him. It was then clear to him what he'd do, with the amateur experience he had, he was going to build a throne. Via scrap metal, some seats lying around that none of F.U.R.Y had used, and some inspiration, Grin began to tinker. Its design at first started off actually elegant, resembling something you'd actually find inside a palace, with swirls and highlights and shimmers that looked beautiful. Then it started to get more insane, less and less did it look beautiful, and more and more did it look as if Grin kept asking "How far can I go?". The deteriorating of this homemade throne would culminate in it becoming beautiful again, at least that's what Grin would call it. It looked like an enchanted dark throne, distorted with bolts and scraps screwed and hammered on, a mix of science and magic in artistic form.

"Fawfs? You up?" Grin asked, with Fawful rubbing his eyes and giving a tired smile. "I am having awakeness, yes. You are wanting to show me something, now?" He got up, put on his glasses and cloak, and followed Grin, "Soooo I couldn't sleep, and I thought why not do something productive? And that led to this!" Grin opened the main deck's roof, the night sky and wind flowing as the throne was lit up by lights from below it. Mechawfuls rolled out a carpet and stood by, completing the scene of a throne room belonging to an up and coming emperor. Before Fawful could take it all in, Grin walked Fawful down to the throne, looking at Fawful before clearing his throat. "I am Grinlee, and I am the right hand man of Emperor Fawful! Come! Have a seat on your throne!" This was one of the few times Grin could see Fawful's eyes under his glasses, and it seemed Fawful had been really touched, as his eyes looked watery and his breathing became off to try and not cry. "I am having most gratefulness, Fawful has never had such kindness done for Fawful in a long time. I... I have such happiness!" Fawful would then sit on the throne, looking out at the starry night sky, before a screen would rise from the deck and show a birds eye view of all the ships flying behind the F.U.R.Y cruiser. Fawful's Kingdom. "Hmmmmm, the throne still looks empty, guess I'll just have to sit with you". Grin then jumped onto the throne and sat on Fawful's lap, looking at him with a big fat blush on his face, returned by Fawful's own blush and tears as he cried tears of joy. The mechawfuls left, leaving the two alone together, sitting with each other in a tight embrace as one by one the stars seem to dim and dim. There was no light for them, and that's just how they liked it. Who needed stars when the night of your life was right here?

It felt like eternity for them, an eternity well spent just enjoying the night sky and power they had amassed. Grin yawned and laid his head on Fawful, curling up on him and closing his eyes. "I honestly don't know what I'd be doing now if it wasn't for you. You've set me free and I can't thank you enough Fawfs" Grin's sweet words hit Fawful hard, he seemed to choke a bit. "Fawfs, you ok?" Grin asked, lifting Fawful's glasses up to see his eyes clearly, eyes that were still wet from his tears of joy, but also vulnerable, something Fawful never seemed to be. "Fawful is not used to the crying, I am seeing it on the other end. I am used to loneliness, working and sweating for a goal that is all for Fawful. Even with Midbus, it is not truly a cake to share, and more similarities to a cake and a cupcake. You were the one to change that. Now I am having the empire of Fawful, but more importantly, you. Fawful is filled with a hot sauce of determination! The special day for when together, WE will be on top of the world as KINGS! I am owing you so much, and I am having such love for you, Grin" That did it, Grin was now the one crying from joy, hugging Fawful tight and almost forgetting how to speak. Eventually, the two did fall asleep together, waking up the next morning wrapped up in a blanket that seemed to be from Midbus's room. Grin smirked, Midbus really couldn't let em sleep outside could he? Well Grin took full advantage of this, and spent a good chunk of the morning just laying with Fawful

Nimbus Land. The neighboring kingdom of the Mushroom Kingdom, notable for the family drama it had experienced almost 2 years ago with the return of their lost prince! Its sights are impeccable due to being a kingdom of the clouds, but a little known other tidbit is just how prosperous they are. Long halls and statues lined with golden statues, treasures and trinkets worth a fortune, and all held by a people who are non violent and thus have no military. Only through word of mouth had their wealth been revealed, and F.U.R.Y was about to capitalize on it! The rest of the morning was spent preparing their forces from head to toe, being as air tight as possible to ensure victory. Even if the Nimbus people's guards under the double digits, with F.U.R.Y's luck, this couldn't be taken lightly. BFF and Midbus were put in charge to organize things like cannon formations and squad loadouts, which revitalized some bad blood. "Slow as ever little piggy! I would be surprised, but you'd take forever to notice the fake shocked wrinkles!" Dieter bragged, sitting on Beef again as Beef sparred with some of his squad. "... I could use your chin as a toothpick, weak." Dieter rubbed his chin and looked away, smirking and saying coldly, "Whatever, Beef is a better replacement for you anyway! He's no deserter" much to the silence of Beef. Midbus bared his teeth and snarled, before chucking some scrap metal that was laying around at Dieter, which Beef caught and crushed. The two pink powerhouses locked eyes in a heated death glare, before they both just gave up and continued training

"Uhhhh, Fawfs? Is Nimbus Land supposed to be snowing so heavily?" Grin asked, worried as he looked on and saw a massive snowstorm rage on above Nimbus Land. Fawful looked at the oncoming hurricane and laughed, "Our unfortunate has migrated to our enemies! Like expired pickles on a patty for a health inspector of foolishness! If they are already under siege, then our chances are rising up! We must have swiftness!" F.U.R.Y's fleet flew right into the heart of the storm, flying around and swarming the capital. As it turns out, the snowstorm wasn't just unfortunate weather as one may assume due to living on a giant cloud. No, instead this belonged to The Snowmads, a group of ice themed vikings who sail the world and ice and conquer anyone in their path. Not only that, but it seems a second group of invaders were here, and it was a full on mini war. The Black Sugar Gang, a pirate gang run by one Captain Syrup, her knack for finding magical artifacts and treasures must have brought her to conflict with The Snowmads. None of that mattered to Fawful though, both sides would be too busy to focus on F.U.R.Y intercepting. F.U.R.Y's ships all lined up around Nimbus Land and its castle, as well as a safe enough distance to shoot both gangs and flee from returned fire. Once everyone was in position, there was no way for anyone to escape. "OPEN FIRE!" Yelled Grin, as Fawful flew down to the Castle's entrance and skipped merrily along, watching the destruction rain down. Grin would glide down with his boots and join him, when he noticed someone coughing and breathing oddly from all the smoke. They seemed to be looking for someone or something, when they noticed Grin and seemed scared and infuriated. "W-why... why would... you do this...?" Grin looked down at this person, and paused for a moment. The two shared a silence as F.U.R.Y's forces marched by, with two mechawfuls standing next to him.

"Why not?"

Left and right people were either knocked out, brainwashed, or thrown into rooms that were locked so no one could stop F.U.R.Y. The F.U.R.Y cruiser would tear off the ceiling of Nimbus palace, as all the treasure and gold inside was grabbed and stuffed into a vault inside via its giant arm. Sides from both the Black Sugar Gang and The Snowmads were no match, their frost and spears couldn't penetrate gas, and although The Kremlings weren't used to cold temperatures, the more mechanical side of F.U.R.Y had no issue with temperatures. Grin cackled and ran around wildly, chucking all his new types of bombs and potions wildly, sometimes he knew what they'd do precisely, and other times he just shoved stuff in a bottle to see what would happen. Midbus followed Fawful as his bodyguard, and BFF did what they did best and acted as brutes bashing and smashing through with their signature charm and swagger. Before long, the entire palace was either left in rubble or stripped bare of its valuables, with nothing but the cowering royal family left inside. "AAAAHAHAH! Maybe we can brainwash them two? They'll be our cute little puppets rulers! Still in the shadows, but more power for us!" Grin suggested, juggling his bombs as they cornered the very back of the castle. Fawful gave a devilish smirk as he wrapped his arm around Grin, "You are having much smartness! They will be a cardboard cut out of food while we are having the banquet of a lifetime! Would you care for the honors?" Fawful asked, moving Grin in front of him and smiling like the proud mastermind he was. Grin burst out into a malicious laugh as he shouted "WHY OF COURSE!"