Back in Mayor Mellow's office, Carrie escorted the Crafters into a giant room. On the walls were millions of unknown people singing Everything is Awesome, talking about how great Geeks and Girls is, and anything else that normal people did. "Hello Crafters," Mayor Mellow said. "Welcome to the Brain Drainer Room."
"All the Crafters you captured over the years..." the cross-eyed pony said as she was being strapped into a cell. "You kept them all here?!"
"Exactly," Mayor Mellow explained. "This room drains all of their creativity, reducing them to mindless drones, just like everyone else in the universe."
"But why?!" the cross-eyed pony asked. "Why do so much to cancel our universe?!"
"I have no other choice," Mayor Mellow answered. "I must cancel the universe. Before...they do."
"What?" the cross-eyed pony exclaimed. "Who's 'they'? "Why would you cancel the universe before someone el-"
ZAP!
"Everything is awesome!" the no longer cross-eyed pony sang. "Everything is cool when you're part of a team!"
Even with all the remaining Crafters captured, Mayor Mellow noticed someone was missing. "Carrie, where is the Gifted One?" he asked. "You said that tracking device your sister sewed to his hat while he was knocked out would work!"
Both the Gifted One and the Pick of Destiny are at the bottom of the ocean," Carrie explained. "The scuba cops are currently looking for his remains."
"But you don't have him?" Mayor Mellow asked. "He could still be alive with the Pick!"
"The tentaclebots did a thorough scan," Carrie said. "All that was left was numerous submarine wreckage."
Out in the ocean, a guitar-shaped coffin finally came to the surface. Then the lid opened, revealing Corey, Laney, Larry, Kin, Kon, Trina, and Uni-Kitty, who quickly shook her head to get out of her seasick state. "At least we're still alive," Trina said.
"Yeah!" Uni-Kitty cheered.
"The guitar-shaped coffin," Laney said. "It wasn't a useless thing after all."
"It appears its dimensional properties allowed all of us to fit," Kin pointed out.
"I always believed in you Corey," Trina said with a smile.
"I don't mean to spoil the celebration, but does anyone notice we're stuck in the middle of the ocean?" Larry asked. "I mean it's not like a giant ship is going to come out of nowhere and rescue us."
Suddenly, a squeaking sound slowly faded in, getting louder and louder with every second. It was soon revealed what the source of the squeaking was: millions of mice that flew by running! They were pulling what appeared to be a gigantic carriage-shaped cloud that was piloted by Ashlynn. "Hey you guys!" she called out. "I'm back!" She then leaned on the side of the carriage and picked up the coffin with one hand, placing it on the sturdy cloud surface inside. That allowed the Crafters to exit the coffin.
"Ashlynn Ella?" Kon asked. "I thought you called Corey a traitor."
"I changed my mind," Ashlynn said with a shrug.
"So, why did you come back?" Uni-Kitty asked, her whole body covered in yarn.
"This guitar-shaped coffin," Ashlynn explained. "I saw Carrie and her team ignore it. That means we need more ideas like it."
"More ideas like mine?" Corey asked hopefully.
"Ideas so bland and simple that Mayor Mellow wouldn't ever suspect it was from the Crafters," Ashlynn continued.
"So Corey, what should we do next?" Trina asked.
Corey thought carefully about what he should say. "It's obvious," he said. "What's the last thing Mayor Mellow expects Crafters to do?"
"Build a spaceship," Kin and Kon said in unison.
"Blow dry a chicken," Trina guessed.
"Marry a marshmallow!" Uni-Kitty piped in. Everyone just looked at her. "What?" she asked. "I legalized marshmallow marriage last week!"
"You're all wrong," Corey said. "It's work together."
"But us Crafters do work together," Kin pointed out. "Kon and I can build amazing spaceships."
"Not like that!" Corey began. He looked at the group of Crafters that surrounded him and spoke up again. "Let me tell you, each of you are extremely talented and imaginative. You've all got what it takes to be groundbreakers! But the thing is, while you're all great alone, you can't really work together as a team! And right now we need that more than anything. Now, I'm just a musician. I play backup. And you're probably thinking 'What does a backup guitarist know about working as a team?' and I'll be honest. Not a great deal. I never paid attention to my bandmates, I never had any friends. But you guys are different. You're not like me. You're not losers or sheep. You're Crafters. And I've seen what you can do. If we can find some way to combine all of your talents in harmony with my plan, and I do have a plan, we can be unstoppable! We can save this world and all the others!"
Corey took a deep breath after his speech, finally letting the nerves go. He looked at everyone again. Larry and Trina were smiling. Laney looked hopeful. Kin and Kon were grinning with delight. Uni-Kitty had to blink away tears. "That was wonderful, Corey," Ashlynn spoke.
"Yeah!" Kin and Kon agreed.
"A nice speech, dearest brother. Well done," Trina complimented.
Corey smiled. "So who's with me?" He held out his arms, warranting a small cheer from the Crafters. "Let's get off this cloud and take the fight to Mellow! Let's bring him down once and for all!" As he continued to speak, the cheers grew louder.
"Crafters unite!" the Gifted One cried. His fellow Crafters roared loudly.
And so, Corey assembled a plan, using terrible stick figure sketches for illustration. "Okay guys, Operation Save the Universe is now in play!" Corey said. "I spent my entire childhood living in Mayor Mellow's office. I know all where all the air ducts and wiring are located just by looking around."
"But how will we get inside?" Trina asked.
"In a spaceship," Corey answered.
Kin and Kon gasped in unison. "Spaceship time!" they exclaimed before they went to work.
"You mean a safe spaceship," Larry corrected.
"You're wrong," Corey said. "He's expecting us to show up in a safe spaceship, or a pumpkin spaceship, or even a rainbow-sparkle spaceship." Uni-Kitty gasped and went all sparkly-eyed upon hearing 'rainbow-sparkle spaceship'. "The plan is all about an infiltration, so we're going to need an exact replica of Mayor Mellow's delivery spaceships."
Kin and Kon, however, were already working on a retro spaceship. "So not this special spaceship we're already working on?" Kin asked.
"Nope," Corey answered.
"Awww..." Kon muttered.
Larry looked at Corey's blueprints. "Does any of you know how to create a hyperdrive from scratch?"
"Wait, you need a hyperdrive?" Ashlynn asked. "I happen to have one."
"Great!" Corey said. "Where is it?"
"All the way up there," Ashlynn explained, pointing to a very high shelf. "Though why I created a shelf so high that I can't reach it is beyond me."
While everyone was discussing what to do, Uni-Kitty noticed something in the corner of her eye. It was a large trash can attached to some wood. "Guys?" she called out. "What's this thing?" Unfortunately, no one heard her. Curious, she climbed up to the hole in the trash can and peaked in. "Hello?" she asked, sticking her head further in. Soon after that her forearms fell in along with her head, then her upper body. "Uh-Oh!" Uni-Kitty spoke to herself as she fell into the trash can completely. Looking back up at the hole, she cried out "Help! Help!"
Thanks to her cries being amplified by the trash can, the group finally noticed her. "Uni-Kitty?" Laney called. "Uni-Kitty?"
"It came from there!" Ashlynn exclaimed, pointing to the trach can. "From my trash can cannon!"
"Why is she in there?" Laney asked.
"Hmm... It appears she wishes to use herself as a cannonball so she can knock down the hyperdrive," Kin theorized.
"Really?" Corey asked.
"Can someone help me please?!" Uni-Kitty asked, her paws wiggling in an attempt to escape her new prison.
Not listening to her, Kon spoke "That's gotta be it! Come on, Kin! Let's help her out!"
With that, the twins rushed over to the cannon to launch their friend. "Who knew Uni-Kitty was so brave?" Laney thought.
Soon enough, the brothers reached the cannon. "Don't worry, Uni-Kitty!" Kin said. "You'll be out of there soon!"
The pink, fluffy hybrid smiled. "Yes! Thank you!"
"Just gotta aim it right!" Kon said, moving the cannon so it would fire at the right angle. "That should do it!"
"That should do what?" asked a confused Uni-Kitty.
Kin lit up the cannon. "Fire the Uni-Kitty!" he and Kon announced.
"Fire the Uni-Kitty?!" Uni-Kitty's eyes widened in fear. "Wait, no! Don't fire me!"
BOOM!
"AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH!" Uni-Kitty screamed as she soared all the way to the shelf, leaving a rainbow arch behind her. Uni-Kitty's face met the cloud wall with a 'CRASH!' sound even though the wall was very soft, being made of clouds. The shock was enough to force the hyperdrive to fall from the shelf, landing on the floor of the carriage. The Crafters quickly moved it before Uni-Kitty herself landed.
"Erm... Uni-Kitty?" Corey asked softly. The princess slowly rose to her paws, stumbling in place as small clouds floated around her head. "Please don't make me do it again..." she whimpered as the clouds turned into rainbows. Uni-Kitty then fell on her back from exaustion. Just then, the rainbows turned into butterflies. "Ooh! Butterflies!" Uni-Kitty said as she tried to bat the imaginary insects.
"I think she's going to be fine." Laney smiled.
With the hyperdrive obtained, Corey instructed the Crafters with what to do. "We need that red piece over at the- Uni-Kitty!"
Uni-Kitty looked up from her work. She had taken a break from her section and stacked some colorful discs, topping it off with three white flowers. "Yeah?" she asked.
"We're supposed to be working on an exact replica," Corey said. "The slightest change can send off the alarms."
"Oh, come on!" Uni-Kitty said. "I just let myself get shot out a cannon! You won't let me put a few flowers on the ship as compensation?"
"Sorry! We need to make this ship look exactly like any other so we can have the element of surprise!" Corey explained.
"Oh... Okay." Uni-Kitty said sadly. "I just wanted to do something special. I just really miss my life..."
Laney overheard the conversation, so she walked over to the young princess. "Come on Uni-Kitty," she said. "Please focus."
"I can't!" Uni-Kitty suddenly blurted out. "First the bullying, then the fire, and now the destruction of my kingdom! Can't anything good happen in my life?!"
"Is this about what happened between us?" Laney asked,
"YOU ABANDONED ME!" Uni-Kitty shouted. "You left me on that cloud and you never came back! I waited... I waited for you for hours! Because I had faith... I believed in you! You promised you'd come back. You lied to me. You lied... Why would you do that? Friends don't lie, Laney! And why do you let others call you that? Have you forgotten everything?"
Laney was surprised by that sudden outburst. "No Uni-Kitty," she said. "I didn't forget and I didn't abandon you. I saved you."
"From what?" Uni-Kitty asked.
"From being the Last One," Laney answered. "I didn't want you to carry that burden."
"I didn't get a choice," Uni-Kitty stated.
Laney sighed. "I know, Uni-Kitty," the red-haired girl said. "But...you're my best friend. I had to carry the burden of being the Last One. After all, you built your own kingdom and you seemed happy about it. Not as happy as you once were, but happy regardless."
"I missed you..." Uni-Kitty whimpered.
Laney smiled. "And I missed you too."
"Why couldn't we have shared the burden?" Uni-Kitty asked.
"Because you're only one year old," Laney answered. "I know that's fifteen human years, but you're still young."
"I think I could have coped," Uni-Kitty stated. "Besides, I don't want you to suffer alone. From now on, we suffer together. We're the Last Ones. Laney and Uni-Kitty. As it was back then, as it is right now."
Laney didn't respond. "I'm here," Uni-Kitty said, nuzzling Laney. "I'll always be here. Don't ever leave me again, Laney! Please?"
With that, Laney's green eyes started to tear up. "Alright." She kneeled and hugged Uni-Kitty. "Besties forever?"
"Forever and ever and ever!" Uni-Kitty squealed as she hugged Laney, her big blue eyes tearing up as well.
When the delivery spaceship replica was finished, Corey went over the rest of the plan. "Okay guys," Corey said. "Once we get past the security guard, we'll head for Mayor Mellow's relic room for disguises. At this point we'll split into groups. Kin, Kon, and Ashlynn, head for the master control room to disable the laser shields. Trina, stay on lookout and alert us if someone gets suspicious."
"There's just one problem," Ashlynn said. "Mayor Mellow wears the Paralysis Belt all the time."
"I already know how to fix that," Corey continued. "Larry and Uni-Kitty, you two go to the boardroom and convince Mayor Mellow to take off the Belt. Once that's taken care of, Laney and I will track it down so I can make it come in contact with the Pick of Destiny-" He noticed a picture he didn't draw. "Who drew this picture of me freezing?"
"I did," Trina answered. "When the Belt and the Pick touch, the two metals will overreact and literally freeze up, along with anyone nearby."
Corey's eyes widened. "You mean that my job as the Gifted One is to turn into a human popsicle so the universe can live on?!"
Trina nodded. "Sorry Corey," she said.
And so, Corey's plan went into action. "PLEASE SHOW ME YOUR SPACE I-D," the robot security guard said.
"I have a drive on," Larry said, sitting at the controls.
"WHO ARE YOU HEAR TO SEE?" the guard asked.
"I'm here to see Peter Parker," Larry answered.
"WE DO NOT HAVE A MIS-TER PETE-R PARK-ER," the guard said. "PLEASE LEAVE I-MME-DI-ATE-"
ZAP!
Kin retracted his space taser. "You're welcome," he said.
With the guard knocked out, Larry pulled out his lucky token and flipped it. To his surprise, the token hit the buttons successfully. "Wow," he said, catching the token and putting it back in his jeans pocket. "First try."
Inside the building, the group split up. Ashlynn and the spaceman twins were heading for the heading for the master control room. Sure enough, the motion censors went off and two robots showed up. "STAY WHERE YOU ARE," one of the robots said.
But Ashlynn took action. She rapidly swung her solid gold purse and whacked it at the robots, dismantling them. "Ashlynn, that was amazing!" Kon exclaimed.
"First law of princess training," Ashlynn explained. "Always carry something you can turn into a weapon."
Inside the control room, Kin went to work on disabling the shields. "Alright computer," he said. "Disable all shield systems."
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Kin groaned. This could take a while...