A Long Journey: Things Get Ugly

A Long Journey: Things Get Ugly is the second comic in The 4 Friends Saga, and the third Long Journey comic released. It’s the sequel to A Long Journey: Through the Galaxy. It focuses on The 4 Friend’s adventure in Dod, the homeworld of the Doodles.
== Synopsis ==
The 4 Friends continue their journey on a planet inhabited by familiar enemies, a force which threatens to wipe out both friend and foe and a new mechanical terror.
== Plot ==
The comic starts with The 4 Friends flying through space holding on to the rope they tied on Doodle Boss’ foot. As they approach a Doodle Carrier Station orbiting the planet Dod, Doodle Boos realizes what they’ve been up to. However, the rope snaps, sending Santi L crashing towards the cockpit, where several Doodles await, and Cosi, Santi A and Simon crash head first into one of the Station’s solar panels.
Doodle Boss soon attempts to blast Cosi, Santi A and Simon with his laser, but he destroys the solar panel in the process. Cosi, Santi A and Simon soon crash into the front of the Station by the force of the blast. Cosi soon notices a piece of the solar panel approaching him.
Doodle Boss blasts another laser at them but Cosi reflects it with the solar panel piece. The reflected laser slices the Doodle Carrier Station in half. Curt Burtis, the head of communications for the Doodles, informs Doodle Boss of the situation. Doodle Boss rudely answers him back. Simon tells Cosi to reflect the laser to Doodle Boss which Cosi gladly does. Doodle Boss is then blasted by the laser knocking him out.
Curt Burtis then orders the reactor of the Doodle Battle Station to be launched. After the reactor launches, the Doodle Carrier Station begins to fall into Dod’s atmosphere. As Santi A and Simon begin to freak out, Cosi notices Doodle Boss’ rocket boot. He tells Santi and Simon to hold on to the boot and the three fly away from the Station.
Meanwhile, Santi L crashes into the window of the cockpit and begins to fall to the surface. Luckily, Santi releases the parachute he got in the first book and floats gently to the surface of Dod. The Doodle Carrier Station soon crashes into the earth, destroying it and killing all the Doodles inside.
Cosi, Simon and Santi A soon come crashing towards Santi L, all surviving the crash. The 4 Friends soon discuss about what they should do and they decide to further explore the planet.
While they’re exploring Santi L hears a faint growling noise. As they approach the source of the noise the encounter a Reap, one of the native species of Dod. Soon the Reap becomes restless. As The 4 Friends wonder what happened, several Doodle Carts arrive at the scene. Two doodles step up of the cart and begin to chase The 4 Friends. Before they can run away though, they are trapped in a net and shoved into the cart.
Inside the cart, the Doodle Pilot calls an unknown Doodle and asks what to do with The 4 Friends. The unknown Doodle says to put them in the Doodle Zoo but cuts out moments later. Cosi retaliates after hearing the news but then Santi L, Santi A and Simon begin to oink like pigs. 
An hour later, The Doodle Cart exits the forest and they approach the edge of a Doodle City. Handcuffed, The 4 Friends are brought to Octavius Meeno who questions their alliance with the Rebellion but The Doodle Cart Pilot says it’s unlikely that The 4 Friends are members of the organization. 
Later on, the Doodles arrive with The 4 Friends at the zoo. After passing through several cages, The 4 Friends are locked up in their cage. 
Two weeks later, The 4 Friends are still standing on the same spot but they have grown beards. Just kidding, the breads are just fake. Cosi wonders how to escape but meanwhile, Santi L is laying down on the floor muttering the word ‘cookie’ as he hasn’t eaten one in ages. Cosi, Santi A and Simon soon go off and explore the cage. They soon find a vent and Cosi then proceeds to open it. A security guard Doodle soon pops out of the vent but Cosi grabs a very thick and bonks the guard in the head possibly killing him. They pick up Santi L and enter the vent. 
The 4 Friends soon exit the other side of the vent. As Cosi exits the vent he begins to celebrate their escape but doing that, he triggers an alarm revealing they’re in a jewelry shop. As the alarm rings, it catches the attention of two Police Doodles. They quickly hide in a drawer before they run away, the police right behind them. 
During the chase the try hide under a table in a bar where several Doodles are watching the destruction of the Doodle Battle Station on tv. While their hiding, a Doodle drinking a Vodka Martini notices them. The 4 Friends run out of the bar again and the chase continues. Just when it seemed that there was no escape the friends enter a building revealed to be a D.E.L (Doodle Experimentation Lab). They decide to relax as they now know that the Police Doodles won’t find them. 
However, Cosi notices several chambers containing 7 experimental life-forms. As Santi L wakes up, Cosi also notices something bigger in the distance. They soon find a ladder leading up to a platform. As they look on, they see a huge mechanical beast. Cosi calls it Robo-Godzilla but Simon disagrees and says it’s Mechagodzilla. Meanwhile a Doodle announces that the ‘general’ is coming. A door opens and and a damaged Doodle Boss walks in holding a cane while being accompanied by Curt Burtis. He then calmly says he needs repairs. 
Soon after, Curt and another Doodle spot The 4 Friends outside and sound the alarm. The 4 Friends decide to hide on the border of the platform, hanging on to their dear lives. The police Doodles return but they aren’t able to find the friends as they let go of the platform and are now falling all the way the bottom. Santi L strangely lands on his feet however the rest of the friends crash on the solid floor heavily bruising themselves. They decide to leave the D.E.L, the police Doodles right on their trail. After an hour of running they arrive at a massive cage where a Doodle advises the police Doodles that 4 Friends are heading towards it. The 4 friends begin going up huge staircase leading all the way to the top. As the keep going up the stairs they being tired and annoyed to the point of when Cosi downright rips the greenscreen. Why is there a greenscreen in a comic? Don’t ask. 
As the background disappears the 4 friends begin plunging down into a white void. They soon use different Minecraft MLGs and safely land back at the bottom of the stairs where they realize they have to go through all the trouble again. After 5 hours of climbing they finally manage to get to the top again. Upon reaching the top of the stairs, they discover a massive Gyaos containment cell. However, a police Doodle sees them and tells them to freeze. However, Cosi tells the Doodle to freeze and it actually works, encasing the police Doodle in ice. 
Shortly after, the 4 friends see a train heading towards them and deicde to get on the front window. The driver angrily tells them to get out of the way and promptly presses the ion speed button, accelerating the train to very high speeds, in an attempt to get the 4 friends off. The train soon stop on a bridge where doodles with guns come out of the train's window and begin to fire at the 4 friends. 
In order to escape, they jump off of the bridge and into the water, resulting in the doodles believing they have died. The 4 friends then proceed to sink through the water, encountering different kinds of life forms along the way. All the while, Santi L is eating a cookie. After a long while, the friends find an air pocket in a cave 43km below Dod's surface. They decide to investigate, however the Droopvine Queen's vines emerge from the water and grabs the 4 friends, who beg her not to kill them. Instead, the she decides to swim back up to the surface. In doing so, she destroys the bridge on which the train was on, killing everyone inside. The 4 friends then thank the Droopvine Queen, and she swims back into the ocean. However, a group of doodles witnesses the event and calls the center. When Doodle Boss hears the news about the Droopvine Queen, he orders Mechagodzilla to be activated. 
Meanwhile, the 4 friends go to eat at an ice cream store by the beach. A doodle asks them what they want to eat and Cosi asks for a triple-chocolate ice cream, Santi A asks for a strawberry ice cream and Santi L asks for anything with cookies in it. Simon however, simply says he need to use the bathroom. Later on, the doodle arrives with a massive bowl of cookies and cookie flavoured ice cream, and Santi L eagerly jumps onto the table and starts the devouring the meal, much to the doodle's dismay. Within seconds, the food is gone and the 3 friends look in surprise, dropping their ice creams in the process. 
Back at the Gyaos Containment, the Gyaos' become restless and merge together into one massive Gyaos. Nearby at the Gyaos Control, a doodle notices this and points out to his coworker that full power is required to avoid collapse of the containment cell. Unfortunately, the Gyoas breaches containment before this can be achieved, resulting in the cannons nearby to fire at the Gyaos, However, the Gyaos is too fast and manages to fly away, avoiding the projectiles. The doodles rush to tell Doodle Boss of the situation, who becomes alarmed at the news. 
Meanwhile, the 4 friends see some tanks in the distance, and wonder what they could be for. The ice cream doodle tells them the Gyaos have escaped, and they need to run. After a discussion, the 4 friends decide to follow the doodle. In another location, the Gyaos is wrecking havoc around a forest, blowing away tanks with wind created by its wings. 2 doodles exit the tank, with various injuries, complaining how unstoppable the Gyaos is. They then drink a mysterious liquid which somehow heals all of their injuries. 
Meanwhile, the Droopvine Queen is sleeping when the noises from the Gyaos wake her up, angering her. In the D.E.L, Doodles Boss activates Mechagodzilla. Somewhere else, the 4 friends see the Gyaos in the distance, who decides to attack them. Luckily, The Droopvine Queen appears and collides with the the Gyaos, disorienting him for a moment. They then face each other, ready to battle. Santi A then says that this will be an epic battle. 
Then the fight begins, and the Droopvine Queen sends a laser from her head, grazing the Gyaos. The 4 friends gasp and the Droopvine Queen slaps the Gyaos with her vines, making it fall over. The 4 friends cheer, only to stop when he sits up. Then it falls over and they cheer again, but it stands up again. The Gyaos fires a laser from its mouth, cutting off one of the Droopvine Queen's vines and grazing her. The Gyaos then fires a second laser, narrowly missing her. The schockwave from the blast knocks the 4 friends over. The Gyaos then picks up the Droopvine Queen with its feet, and starts to fly up. The Droopvine Queen manages to get a vine loose and strangles the Gyaos, causing the 4 friends to gasp. The Droopvine Queen then impales her pincers into the Gyaos' lower body. The 4 friends are disgusted by the sight of this and Santi L starts to devour cookies to soothe the nerves. The Gyaos lets go of the Droopvine Queen, who falls into the water. The Gyaos then turns its attention to the 4 friends, who proceed to run away. 
After several hours running later, the Gyaos is still on their tail. Luckily, a tank is in the vicinity and tries to fire at the Gyaos. Unfortunately, the Gyaos destroys the tank before it can fire. While distracted, the 4 friends run away and find the remnants of the Doodle Carrier Station. While looking around, Santi L finds a cookie packet. However, it is expired and has lots of mushrooms and fungus growing on it. Regardless, Santi L goes to eat the cookie, much to everyone's disgust. Cosi then breaks the 4th wall and says how gross this page is. 
The Gyaos soon flies by, and the 4 friends take cover behind a solar panel. When the Gyaos goes to fire at it, the laser is reflected off of the solar panel and into space, breaking through the atmosphere. On a nearby chunk of rock, Godzilla and Eggzilla notice the beam and head towards Dod. Right before the Gyaos fires its laser, Godzilla and Eggzilla collide with the Gyaos. The three monsters begin fighting each other, with the four friends watching in awe. Godzilla initially has the upper hand, knocking the Gyaos down with a punch to the face and keeping it down with a blast of his atomic breath. Enraged, the Gyaos fires clouds of toxic gas at Godzilla, disorienting him until Godzilla knocks the Gyaos back down with an uppercut to the jaw. Godzilla then proceeded to bite through the Gyaos’ neck, causing both monsters to collapse on the ground. However, the Gyaos is able to fire its laser at Godzilla, cutting through his neck and causing him to fall over. The Gyaos takes flight and begins to physically attack the injured Godzilla. The four friends look on at the carnage, saying they need to help Godzilla. Determined to help his father, Eggzilla grows in size to challenge to Gyaos. The two roar at each other, before firing their heat beams. Their beams get stuck in a beam-lock with both monsters struggling to overpower the other. Ultimately, Godzilla fires his atomic breath towards the Gyaos, causing it the combine with Eggzilla’s atomic breath. The power of the combined beam overpowers the Gyaos, and their combined atomic breath completely annihilates it. The four friends cheer as the remains of the Gyaos burn away. 
Back at the D.E.L, Doodle Boss and Curt Burtis discuss the fight between Godzilla and the Gyaos. Burtis mentions how Godzilla was able to kill the Gyaos easily, but Doodle Boss is now more concerned about Godzilla’s threat to Dod. Doodle Boss orders a squadron of helicopters to inspect the battle site, as well as the preparation of Mechagodzilla for battle. Back at the battle site, the four friends question what to do now, only for a Doodle Tank to pass by. Sensing a way out, the four friends head to the tank. Simon throws both of its divers out the window, as the rest climb into the vehicle. Cosi is confused by the controls of the tank, but Simon is able to understand it and drive it. As the tank rapidly accelerates, Santi L falls back into a room labeled ‘Gun Control’. In the meantime, the squadron of helicopters find Godzilla and Eggzilla. They report the sighting to Doodle Boss, who’s walking into Mechagodzilla with Curt Burtis. Doodle Boss orders the squadrons to lure Godzilla to his location. Godzilla begins to chase the helicopters like a puppy, with the four friends following suite. As Doodle Boss connects himself into Mechagodzilla’s hardrive, the robot activates, altering Godzilla. Godzilla looms over a mountain overlooking the city where the D.E.L is located. In the city many civilians begin taking shelter and evacuating. Godzilla sprints towards the city, leaving Eggzilla behind with the four friends. As Godzilla approaches the D.E.L, the massive metal doors of the building of torn down by Mechagodzilla, being piloted by Doodle Boss. Simon and Cosi gasp as Godzilla and Mechagodzilla approach each other. 
The two monsters roar at each other until suddenly Mechagodzilla luges at Godzilla, grabbing his neck and knocking him into the ground. Mechagodzilla then uses the pincer on its tail to throw Godzilla away like a ragdoll, destroying various city blocks in the process. Cosimo decides that Godzilla needs to be helped again. Simon agrees and drives the tank into the city. Godzilla and Mechagodzilla get caught in another beam lock, however Mechagodzilla is able to overpower Godzilla’s atomic breath and fires his proton scream at Godzilla’s face. The four friends dramatically arrive to confront Mechagodzilla, only to realize that they’re heading in the opposite direction of it. As they turn, Mechagodzilla kicks the tank into a nearby building, causing the tank to get stuck in the crumbling building. Mechagodzilla approaches the four friends, only for half its face to be melted off by Eggzilla’s chocolate beam. The four friends step out of the tank to look, only to see Eggzilla be thrown onto the top of the same building they’re in. The building crumbles apart, causing the tank to slowly begin falling. As it falls, the four friends begin the loose hope, only for Santi L to fire a shell form the tank just before it hits the ground causing it the bounce upwards, falling back down nearby. The four friends step out, battered and bruised, and see Mechagodzilla approaching them. Luckily, Godzilla returns to tackle Mechagodzilla. 
Mechagodzilla fires its proton scream at Godzilla, slashing Godzilla’s cheek. Mechagodzilla then proceeds to thrust Godzilla into a building with a charged punch. However, Godzilla gets the upper hand, and grabs Mechagodzilla’s neck with all his strength. He tears the machine’s head right of its body, throwing it far away. The four friends cheer, until Mechagodzilla’s reactivates, only for it to permanently deactivate. Simon walks away from the rest of the four friends and calls an unknown number. Ceris picks up the call, and asks Simon on his current status. Simon responds by saying he’s collected enough information and that they should be picked up in a month’s time. Simon returns to be with the rest of the friends, and they ask him where he was. 
Few hours later, an angered Doodle Boss emerges from Mechagodzilla’s head and screams in frustration. Soon after, Curt Burtis arrives in a truck and announces that Mechagodzilla only reached 12% power. In the meantime, Simon buys a brochure from a Doodle, and asks the rest of the four friends to what hotel they want to go to. Elsewhere, Doodle Emperor, who apparently survived the implosion of the Doodle Battle Station, walks into the temple of Doodle Overlord and gets his armblades from a pedestal. As Doodle.Exe emerges in the background, Doodle Emperor proclaims that ‘the battle will soon begin`. 
== Cast ==
In order of appearance:
* Cosimo
* Santi L
* Santi A
* Simon
* Doodle Boss
*Curt Burtis (debut)
*Doodle Cart Doodles (debut)
*Octavius Meeno (debut)
*Security Guard Doodle (debut)
*Police Doodles (debut)
*Mechagodzilla (debut)
*Train Doodle (debut)
*DroopVine Queen (debut)
*Doodle Ice Cream Seller (debut)
*G.C Monitor (debut)
*G.C Commander (debut)
*Gyaos Queen (debut)
*Unamed Tank Pilot N.1 (debut)
*Unamed Tank Pilot N.2 (debut)
*Eggzilla
*Godzilla
*Tank Pilot N.1 (debut)
*Tank Pilot N.2 (debut)
*Ceris (voice)
*Doodle Emperor 
*Doodle.Exe (debut)
== Trivia ==
* A Long Journey: Things Get Ugly is the second comic in The 4 Friends Saga, and the third comic overall.
* A Long Journey: Things Get Ugly marks the debut of Dod, the homeworld of the Doodles.
*Despite appearing in the cover, the Mind Flayer does not appear in the comic.
== Gallery ==
Promotional .jpeg|A promotional for the book.
Promotional2.jpeg|Another promotional. It shows the 4 Friends running away from a Kyaos.
Doodle Boss firing laser.gif|Doodle Boss firing a laser from his left eye in a promotional Gif.
Dod Sealife.jpeg|A promotional featuring the sealife of Dod.
4 friends having a vacation on Dod .jpeg|Santi L is severed by a Doodle a plate of Cookies with Whipped Cream in a ice cream store on a beach on Dod.
538B75F5-957E-4768-BF56-34806845CDF9.jpeg|The 4 Friends in a Doodle experimentation room.
Is that Mecahgodzilla.jpeg| The 4 Friends in a containment center holding Mechagodzilla.
Dod on FIRE.jpeg| Godzilla flies towards a distress signal being sent from Dod.
So many stairs.jpeg| The 4 Friends climbing up several flights of stairs.
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