A Long Journey: Things Get Ugly

* Cover 1
* Cover 2

### Preceded by

A Long Journey: Through The Galaxy (chronologically)A Long Journey: Rebellion (release order)

### Succeeded by

Charles (comic) (release order)A Long Journey: Rise of the Overlord(chronologically)

**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

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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 Doodle Emperor and asks what to do with The 4 Friends. Doodle Emperor 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 get 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.

## Cast

In order of appearance:

* Cosimo
* Santi L
* Santi A
* Simon
* Doodle Boss
* Curt Burtis (debut)
* Doodle Cart Doodles (debut)
* Doodle Emperor (voice only)
* 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.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

A promotional for the book.Another promotional. It shows the 4 Friends running away from a Kyaos.Doodle Boss firing a laser from his left eye in a promotional Gif.A promotional featuring the sealife of Dod.Santi L is severed by a Doodle a plate of Cookies with Whipped Cream in a ice cream store on a beach on Dod.The 4 Friends in a Doodle experimentation room.The 4 Friends in a containment center holding Mechagodzilla.Godzilla flies towards a distress signal being sent from Dod.The 4 Friends climbing up several flights of stairs.