Escape from Drake's Group and their Army/Looking Through Your Eyes

*(Later, Team Excalibur continued their trek until they come upon an area that is familiar to Hawkmon’s group. Upon recognizing it, Knuckle Joe exclaimed away)*

Knuckle Joe: Hey! It’s the Living Trees area!

Hawkmon: (Agreeing) This is where Excalibur is at.

*(Team Excalibur followed Hawkmon’s group into the area and looked around cautiously. Luna was about to touch a root when….)*

Hawkmon: Don’t touch it.

Sirica: Hawkmon’s right. The Living Trees are asleep now.

Knuckle Joe: And touching their roots will wake them up.

Meta Knight: In other words, if you do, then we’ll face the wrath of angry Living Trees.

*(Noticing the Living Trees sleeping, Luna nods in agreement and backed off. Suddenly, the kids, Froggy, and Cheese noticed something near a rock and after taking a closer look, they realized what it is and called the others over to them)*

Huey: Hey, guys!

*(Team Excalibur met up with them)*

Wheezy: Anything, guys?

Huey, Dewey, and Louie: Yep!

Webby: We found our evidence.

Gene: Right here.

Gosalyn, Honker, and Tank: Right in front of our eyes.

Cheese: (Happily) Chao, chao!

*(Froggy croaks happily in agreement. Then Gosalyn pulled out a familiar object, much to Team Excalibur’s happiness)*

Team Excalibur: Excalibur!

Big: Good boy, Froggy!

Cream: You too, Cheese! Good boy!

Kirby: (Happily) Poyo!

*(Suddenly, Tiff’s happiness melted away)*

Tiff: Bad news….

Team Excalibur: (Unaware at first) What?

*(Tiff showed the scabbard and belt, revealing that the sword itself is missing)*

Stupid: Where’s the sword itself?

Leatherhead: It’s gotta be here, by gumbo! It just gotta be! Search everywhere!

*(They scour the area for any sign of Excalibur, but to no luck so far. Even Silver, Gizmoduck, and Omega scanned the area)*

Omega: Sensors says that Excalibur is nowhere in this area.

Gizmoduck: Nothing here.

Silver: But Gizmoduck, Omega, and I sense where it’s taken.

Team Excalibur: Taken?

Neptunia: Where’s it taken?

Stegmutt: Who took it?

*(A short pause as Silver, Gizmoduck, and Omega finished scanning and turned to them grimly)*

Silver, Gizmoduck, and Omega: A Shellmon.

*(Team Excalibur got calmly surprised in realization)*

Team Excalibur: A Shellmon?!

Megavolt: You mean to tell us that a dangerous monster like that took Excalibur?

Omega: To his lair.

Silver: Apparently, he must’ve mistook Excalibur for a toothpick.

Charmy: You can’t mean…?

*(Silver nods and Charmy got disgusted)*

Charmy: Ew!

Vector: He’s seriously gonna use the sword as a toothpick to clean off food residue?

Silver: Yeah.

Shadow: Can you track Shellmon’s current trail?

Silver, Gizmoduck, and Omega: (Nods) Yes.

*(They scan the ground and after a short pause while concentrating, they realized once they finished)*

Omega: Sensors say that Shellmon is heading for his lair with Excalibur.

Gizmoduck: He is currently going through Tamatoa's lair right now.

Silver: And if we hurry, we’ll be able to go in without getting his attention and get Excalibur back safely. With Tamatoa's help, that is.

Team Excalibur: Tamatoa's help?

Quackerjack: All he cares about is treasure!

Gizmoduck: Not unless we negotiate with him.

*(Team Excalibur, after thinking about it, nods in agreement and they turned to Tails and Jeff)*

Honker: Any plans?

*(Before Jeff and Tails could answer, Christopher suddenly heard something and hushes them)*

Jeff: What is it?

*(They listen silently and then Christopher realized)*

Christopher: Run.

Team Excalibur: Run?

Christopher: I sense the enemy heading near us.

*(Calmly realizing silently, Team Excalibur nods and prepared to run when suddenly, a laser bullet struck the ground near them, getting their attention. They turned and looked to the direction from where the laser bullet was fired, and standing in front of it were the Fearsome Four. Upon being seen, even though Team Excalibur isn’t paying attention to them, Quackerjack and Liquidator points at Megavolt and Bushroot innocently, making Megavolt and Bushroot glare at them and, in Megavolt's case, zap Quackerjack's rear, while Bushroot punched Liquidator. Then Shadow spoke up)*

Shadow: Quick. Let’s try to lose them before…!

*(Then without warning, nine bullets shot out and grazed not only Shadow on the side, but also Christopher, Darkwing, Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, Max, Link, and Ness’ sides, much to Team Excalibur’s shock and concern)*

Team Excalibur: Guys!

*(Then Drake’s group and their army appeared and charged at them. The only villains not with them this time are Gygas, Krang, Pigma, Shredder, and Wolf)*

Nuka: (Laughing evilly and madly) Hello again!

*(Elise then fired her smoke pellet arrow at the ground, stopping the villains in their tracks. Thanks to that distraction, she, Morgana, Amy, Cosmo, Tikal, Rouge, Kayla, Zelda, and Paula helped the injured Christopher, Darkwing, Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, Shadow, Max, Link, and Ness up respectively)*

Paula: Hang in there!

*(As soon as the smoke cleared, the villains noticed Team Excalibur retreating and charged again. Then Luna, out of determination to help protect Elise and their friends and anger over her nine friends getting hurt, charged at them and knocked them aside)*

Tikal: Come on!

Chip: Show them what you’re made of!

*(But before Rocksteady was about to shoot Luna, Espio noticed and threw his ninja star, knocking his laser gun out of his hands. As Rocksteady quickly grabbed it, Luna quickly grabbed some roots nearby, waking the Living Trees up, and as warned before, they got livid for being awakened. Just when the villains attacked, Team Excalibur quickly sang the song that will deter the villains, much to the cursed villains’ pain and agony)*

Team Excalibur: **All that’s strong inside us**

**That tells us wrong from right**

**Becomes a song inside us**

**To chase away the night**

*(Then as soon as Team Excalibur finished their song, the Living Trees grabbed the villains and dragged them underground, trapping them)*

Bebop: (While being dragged underground) Mama!

*(Then Team Excalibur quickly retreated, carrying the injured Christopher, Darkwing, Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, Shadow, Max, Link, and Ness in the process on either Luna or Khan’s backs. Back at the wagon train, Richard’s group and the servants were sitting around silently in concern, but hopeful that Elise's group will save them and the kingdom. Then they heard Gygas, Shredder, Krang, Wolf, and Pigma chattering and they watched. Noticing them watching them, the five smirked evilly and Krang spoke up)*

Krang: I know a great story to make sure they’re not bored.

Gygas: Tell away.

*(Krang began with an evil smirk)*

Krang: Once upon a time, there lived a beautiful farm princess of the kingdom named Elise. One day, she, her family, and friends were captured by Drake’s group and their army, but some of Elise's group escaped and foolishly gathered help from their friends to defeat them. But tragically, they fought their best to defeat them and save Camelot and the kingdom, but Drake’s group and their army defeated them and executed them by decapitation. All because a foolish farm princess and her foolish friends got away and tried to intervene. The end.

*(The villains smirked evilly as they made a very slow fake applause, much to Richard’s group and the servants’ concern and anger. After that ended, Pigma spoke up)*

Pigma: That was a cool story.

Shredder: You paint a pretty good torturous death picture for Elise and her friends.

Gygas: Way better than me.

Krang: Thank you.

Ebrum: Why are you doing this?!

Like: I believe your story needs a few rewrites!

*(The villains glared with an evil smirk)*

Krang: I told that story for fun, and also to illustrate my point that they will fail.

Wolf: And don’t you forget it.

Pigma: Yeah! Don’t forget it!

*(Richard’s group and the servants got angry even more)*

Richard’s group and servants: You don’t know Elise and her friends!

*(The five villains chuckled evilly and sneeringly)*

Five villains: Whatever.

*(They leave their prisoners alone. Richard’s group and the servants’ anger melted away and looked at the cloudy skies in concern as it started to rain. Back in the Forbidden Forest, Team Excalibur quickly took shelter in an empty cavern from the rain, laying the injured Christopher, Darkwing, Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, Shadow, Max, Link, and Ness down, as the nine groaned calmly in pain)*

Kayla: Please don’t die on us.

Rouge: Just relax.

*(Then Silver went up to them and using his powers combined with some healing herbs Blaze gathered with Blaze's help, healed Christopher, Darkwing, Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, Shadow, Max, Link, and Ness’ wounds and repaired the rips on Christopher, Darkwing, Max, Link, and Ness’ clothing from where they were injured. As soon as they were healed, Christopher, Darkwing, Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, Shadow, Max, Link, and Ness slowly got up with Elise, Morgana, Amy, Cosmo, Tikal, Rouge, Kayla, Zelda, and Paula’s help)*

Elise, Morgana, Amy, Cosmo, Tikal, Rouge, Kayla, Zelda, and Paula: You nine okay now?

Team Excalibur: Yeah, are you?

Christopher, Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, Shadow, Max, Link, and Ness: (Nods) Yes.

Darkwing: (Nods) Yep, yep, yep. Nothing a scratch could deter me.

*(Team Excalibur got relieved. Then the female lovers sighed softly while watching the rain pour outside. Noticing that, the male lovers asked away)*

Male lovers: Are you and the others okay?

*(Hearing them, they answered)*

Female lovers: Yes.

*(Then all the couples smiled softly and Shadow smiled softly at Rouge in gratitude)*

Shadow: Thank you…. For helping us out.

*(Rouge blushed a bit)*

Rouge: Don’t mention it.

*(Then, to the female lovers’ calm surprise, the male lovers gently kissed them on their respective lovers’ cheeks. Then Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, Shadow, Silver, and Max got surprised and was apologetic)*

Sonic: Oops.

Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, Shadow, Silver, and Max: Sorry.

Tails: Forgot that….

*(Amy, Cosmo, Tikal, Rouge, Blaze, and Kayla smiled softly, and silently shushed them, confusing them)*

Amy, Cosmo, Tikal, Rouge, Blaze, and Kayla: It’s okay.

*(Then the lovers smiled softly at each other. Then they began singing)*

Male lovers: **Look at the sky**

**Tell me what do you see?**

**Just close your eyes**

**And describe it to me**

**The heavens are sparkling**

**With starlight tonight**

**That’s what I see**

**Through your eyes**

Female lovers: **I see the heavens**

**Each time that you smile**

**I hear your heartbeat**

**Just go on for miles**

**And suddenly I know**

**Why life is worthwhile**

**That’s what I see**

**Through your eyes**

*(As the rain ended outside, Team Excalibur slowly walked out of the cavern as they watched the couples walk together, holding their hands)*

Team Excalibur lovers: **That’s what I see**

**Through your eyes**

**Here in the night**

**I see the sun**

**Here in the dark**

**Our two hearts are one**

*(Elise, Zelda, Amy, and Kayla stepped on a moving moss by accident and almost fell when Christopher, Link, Sonic, and Max caught them respectively)*

Team Excalibur lovers: **It’s out of our hands**

**We can’t stop what we have begun**

**And love just took me by surprise**

**Looking through your eyes**

*(Moved to tears, Charmy, the Fearsome Four, and even Vector started bawling, much to the non-couples of Team Excalibur’s annoyance and then they used a nearby huge leaf as an umbrella against their tears while Megavolt and Quackerjack blew their noses on their handkerchiefs. After Charmy, Vector, and the Fearsome Four’s crying calmed and then stopped, the lovers then practiced their fighting skills together)*

Team Excalibur lovers: **I see a night**

**I wish could last forever**

**I see a world**

**We’re meant to see together**

**And it is so much**

**More than I remember**

*(Silver then levitated some water droplets into a shape of a heart around the lovers and it floated for a few seconds and then dripped to the ground)*

Male lovers: **More than I remember**

Female lovers: **More than I have known**

*(As the rest of Team Excalibur watched with soft smiles, Charmy and Bushroot accidentally leaned on a Punching Flower when the Punching Flower in agitation punched them away. Then the others watched with giggles at the Punching Flowers punched the bumbling members of Team Excalibur until they stopped and the bumbling members recovered thanks to their friends)*

Team Excalibur lovers: **Here in the night**

**I see the sun**

**Here in the dark**

**Our two hearts are one**

**It’s out of our hands**

**We can’t stop what we have begun**

**And love just took me by surprise**

**Looking through your eyes**

*(Team Excalibur then resumed their trek as the cloud slowly drifted away to reveal the sun again and revealing a rainbow by a nearby Rainbow Waterfall. The lovers felt the cool colorful waters stream down their fingers as they and the rest of Team Excalibur walked by)*

Team Excalibur lovers: **Looking through your eyes**

*(Then as soon as the song ended, Team Excalibur continued their trek some more, letting Silver, Gizmoduck, and Omega guide them to Tamatoa’s lair first before the Golemon's lair)*

***Coming up: Team Excalibur, after arriving at Tamatoa's lair, convince Tamatoa, after his musical number and a brief ambush by Drake's group and their army, who escaped the Living Trees' grasp and caught up with them, to help them get Excalibur back from Shellmon in exchange for real gold. Then they, with Tamatoa's help, finally make it to Shellmon’s lair and must find a way to get Excalibur back before Drake’s group and their army, who caught up with them again, get it first.***