A Door that Opens Part 14

The Queen was thoroughly unamused. She had underestimated these newcomers far too much. One of them was taking down the better part of her royal guards, while the other one was taking down her strongest monstrosity. She would probably have to step in herself to take down these treasonous fools. That was when she saw the marching director step forward, toward her and the ranks of royal guards. All of her royal guards stood firm and aimed their weapons toward the baton man with the blank, black face and the red uniform.

To her surprise, the marching director waved his hand and all of the card knights in front of her flew away as a wing came out of the baton man's back and sliced across a great deal of them.

Queen: What is this impertinence?!?! Kill him immediately! [She pointed to the band director, who merely opened a hole in the ground that released a whole gush of water blasted upward, stopping all of them in their tracks. The band director merely held up her hand and the geyser froze over. With a thrust of his hand, gigantic spikes shot forward, impaling a great deal of them all in a row, taking them out of the game.]

Director: This turned out better than I expected. [Spoke in a female voice as she removed her mask.]

Queen: Alys...

Alys: Hello, your highness. Such a wonderful evening, don't you agree? Not only do I have a clear shot straight to you, but I also have a nice big distraction to keep your troops busy.

Queen: You are a fool if you believe you can match me, insolent child. [The queen stood from her throne, and began descending the steps in front of her] I will give you one last chance to join me, with you at my side, I can truly rule this place.

Alys: I didn't escape Alice's nightmares and go through the pressured and torturous task of coming to this realm to bend over for the likes of a walking corpse like you. You're finished! [Alys turned her baton into a black vorpal blade, or the Mortal Blade, and whirled it in her fingers, casting off the Marching Band uniform for her red and white checkered dress]

The Queen's face became absolutely twisted in rage, with her armies fighting off a pirate crew, she would have to count on her own strength to take this one down. With a flick of her wrist, the Queen summoned her scythe into her hand, whirling it around, drawing shock and awe from her remaining royal guards.]

Cardknight: My queen! Please! Do not-- [Cut short as the Queen sliced him down]

Queen: Anyone else want to disobey my will? [Looked toward her remaining guards, who stood down immediately.]

That was when both of them turned toward the marching band as they heard cheerleader-like chanting from the two court jester girls, who came around the band, doing their splits, flips, and hand-stands. They twirled and cheered in sync, and both of them stopped in front of the Queen, behind Alys.

Jester Girls: Happy Red Parade! [They said at the same time, and then one of them pulled the vorpal blade from the back of her outfit, while the other one made a fighting pose.]

Nikk: Osore! [In her jester outfit, Nikk summoned a noxious tar pit directly underneath Alys, and she began to sink]

Alice: Your highness, this has gone on for far too long! [Wearing her matching jester suit, charged toward the queen, who stood ready as they met, Alice swiped the vorpal blade at her, and her strike was met by the Queen's scythe swing, causing Alice to whirl and jump far back. She landed on her feet and went into another fighting pose, then she charged once again.]

Alys: I didn't hear any gratitude for leaving you alive. [She looked toward Nikk as she sank into the black muk]

Nikk: I didn't hear the part where I cared.

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