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[the nxt day, as the sun rose in the Land of Bones...]

Brad: [was curled up close to Wander, asleep after long hours of keeping watch] |-) Zzzzz...

Wander: Zzz... |-) (heard something distant) Hm... (yawn) ?

Brad: [mumbled in his sleep, too tired to hear anything]

Wander: (listened closely) ... (went to shake Brad awake) Brad... Bradley?

Brad: [snorted awake] Hmm...? Wha-What? Who ate the cookies n cream...??

Wander: |-( Brad, unless we get moving their guard serpent is gonna find us.

Brad: :O [was wide awake] Right, let's jet [gets up, grabbed his sword n quickly made their way together out of the cave]

Wander: (grabbed his hat, following after Brad)

[the duo weaved their way ard the pile of bones, trying to outrun the serpent]

Wander: (flew alongside Brad)

Brad: Geez, furball, don't fly! U'll prompt it to jump out n snap at u!

Wander: ^^;; Alright, alright. (withdrew his wings and ran beside Brad instead)

Brad: |-( Too slow [picks Wander up n puts him on his shoulders as they both ran]

[the skeleton serpent started gaining on them]

Wander: (held onto Brad)

Brad: Shit, shit, shit! How did this bastard find my hideout? It hadn't found me for the entire two weeks I was holed up there! I blame u, furball -__-**

Wander: :| Me?? Seriously??

Brad: Yeah. U showed up n tht stupid serpent suddenly showed up n crash my hiding plc! Who else bt u? |-(

Wander: I was trying to find Hater!

Brad: Ugh! Whatever! Ack! [skidded to a stop wen the serpent suddenly showed up in front of them, rearing its ugly head, leering at them]

Wander: :O Uh oh.

Brad: Crap [brandished his sword] Guess it's a fight to the death

Wander: Suppose so... (formed out his wings)

Brad: Right, let's do this! [let out a battle cry as he charged towards the skeleton serpent]

Wander: (flew upward to fight from above)

[the duo fought tooth n nail against the serpent, trading blow after blow, the land echoed with their weapons n the serpent's roar]

Wander: (breathing hard) Are we defeating him yet?

Brad: [pants as well] Doesn't seem like it. It seems to be pretty resilient. Heh. Brings bk memories, doesn't it? Us fighting side by side at one point?

Wander: (nod) Indeed.

Brad: We need to find a weak spot. Something tht'll break it

Wander: (eyes glow white, searching for any weak spot) ... (points) See that mark?

Brad: [turned to see] Wat mark?

Wander: (pointing) Just under his left eye.

Brad: [squinted his eyes to see while trying to evade the serpent's attacks] Yeah, I see it, sorta

Wander: See what happens when you attack there.

Brad: (nod) [tries to get as close as possible] I'm gonna need a lift up, furball

Wander: (formed out his wings and lifted Brad as high as he could go)

Brad: [once they got close to the serpent, signaled Wander to let him go] Bombs away!

Wander: (dropped him)

Brad: [let out another battle cry as he raised his sword high while he fell towards the serpent, then brought dwn his sword hard onto the serpent's mark]

Serpent: (let out a hissing roar, slowly crumbling towards the ground)

Brad: Alright!! [somersaulted towards the ground as the serpent came dwn in pieces, joining the pile of bones beneath]

Wander: (landed beside him)

Brad: (whew) We make a pretty good team, eh?

Wander: (whew) Yes, and good thing you've lost some weight. (smirk)

Brad: |-( Excuse me, I'm always in good shape. Ur just out of practice

Wander: (chuckle) Maybe a little.

Brad: |-( Whatevr. Lets go look for another better hideout n plan our moves

Wander: (nod)

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[meanwhile, in the deep dungeons of the Skeletor Palace...]

Hater: [shivered as he curled closer to the corner, pulling the sad excuse of a blanket ovr himself to keep warm]

(He felt the presence of someone outside his prison door, the sound of keys locking it)

Hater: [shivered, too cold to look up, so he just opened his eyes to peek to see]

(Showed to be a green lizard creature with yellow eyes with slit pupils and wore a white robe, carrying a tray of what appeared to be snacks)

Hater: [cuddled in tighter in the blankets, not reli recognizing this creature]

???: It's okay, I'm not gonna hurt you... (knelt down beside him)

Hater: Yeah well... U work for my brother n father. I can't trust u...

???: Honestly, I've never been fond of the idea of poor innocent people being thrown in jail for nothing...especially if it was a family member of Grimmy's. :(

Hater: Grimmy...? U speak as if ur close to him. No one calls him that bt Mom :^)

???: Well...I am his boyfriend, actually. (holds out hand) Terrance, but you can call me Terry if you'd like. :)

Hater: [blinked] Terry? Uhh, u n Grimm? I didn't know that he swings that way. I'm surprised Dad allowed u guys to be together

Terry: I'm...sorta intersex you might say, so it works out fine either way.

Hater: Oh, I see... [eyed the snacks] Is it safe to eat?

Terry: (nod) Of course they are.

Hater: [takes the snack n nibbled on it] I know my dad is the one who calls the shots. I can tell. Grimm may be the new Lord of this planet, but my dad is has a hold on it

Terry: :( And he didn't really want to do this to you...

Hater: Figures... [finished the snack; he was pretty hungry] Then why does Grimm let him push him ard?

Terry: Wouldn't you feel afraid to go against your own parent? I mean, you've kind of had, but...

Hater: Ugh, Grimm is practically wrapped ard my dad's thumb since he could talk |-( Wat abt Loathe, my sister? Doesn't she have any say in this?

Terry: I don't think she really wanted to, having been so wrapped up in moving out with her fiance.

Hater: Wait, she's engaged? They sure move fast since I left a few years ago...

Terry: (nod) Mhm.

Hater: I'm OK now. U better leave before they find out ur here

Terry: I should... (makes his way out, locking the door)

Hater: [sighed n curled bk up in the blankets, trying to keep warm]

Fury: [showed up at the entrance of the dungeon as soon as Terry came up] Wat do u think ur doing?

Terry: :O Oh, uh, s-sir...I was...just checking on our...

Fury: Chking? Just chking? Didn't I specifically tell u to go implant ur seed into him? Ur not supposed to just chk on him!

Terry: But...I'm with Grimmy...

Fury: The only reason ur with my son Grimm is bcoz I allow it, n bcoz ur parents gave u to us as tribute after we conquered ur puny planet. Don't think I don't know that u hv got nothing in there to contribute to my son's bloodline. What's the use of u being my son's wife if u don't even hv any eggs in the basket?

Terry: Well what's the point of being a father if you won't even accept your other son's condition!? You don't deserve being anyone's father!

Fury: [frowned n gave Terry a hard smack across the cheek] Don't u talk bk to me. I may not be a lord anymore, bt I still control ur fate. Right now, I'm accepting tht freak's condition in my own way. He will serve as my rightful son's breeder. U may not hv eggs in the basket, bt u still got wat it takes to carry our bloodline. As much as I hate to admit it, Hater is blood, n u will help my son Grimm to give him an heir, thru his brother

Terry: (lay there, shaken)

Fury: U will do as ur told. Tomorrow ur going to fuck Hater's brains out n give me an heir, or else u n ur family will be executed for treason. U knw I've got the strings to pull to make it happen. Hv I made myself clear?!

Terry: ;( ...Yes...s-sire...

Fury: [huffed n stomped off, leaving Terry on the floor]

Terry: (sobbed in his hands)

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[they soon managed to lose the chase n was slowly flying towards a place where there seemed to be a lot of abandoned bodies of bones in a barren land]

Wander: (whew) Thank grob, finally.

Hat: [jiggled, as if reminding him tht this might be the place tht Brad had mentioned in the video msg]

Wander: (nod) (looked around for signs of the man)

[the place had a deathly feel to it, like a graveyard of sorts, but more like a massacre might've taken place with all the abandoned skeletons everywhere]

Wander: (felt a little unnerved) ...Brad?...Brad, you here?

[no reply, just the echoes of Wander's voice]

Wander: ... Bratley??

[still no reply, bt there seems to be a slithering sound silently echoing ard]

Wander: ... Ugh, where is he?? (kept looking around)

[the slithering sound got louder as it seemed to go closer]

Wander: ? (glanced behind him for the source of the noise)

[the source couldn't be seen, but the wave movement of the skeleton bodies showing that something was coming towards him]

Wander: ... (flew upward just in case, still looking around for Brad)

[a hand suddenly reached out to grab his ankle n pull him dwn before he got off the ground, making him fall flat on his bk before the thing tht was coming towards him suddenly jumped out, revealing to be a skeleton serpent that was 50 feet long n was as huge as Wander's own mothership, if not bigger, snapping at air just barely missing Wander's head before diving bk dwn into the pile of bones n slithered away]

Wander: O_O...What...the flarp...??

??: [whispered] Shh! Shut up, unless u want that thing to double bk n bite u in the ass again, furball

Wander: ?? (looked around)

[a few moments later, just enough time for the skeleton serpent to leave, Brad revealed himself from underneath a pile of bones from hiding]

Wander: :O Brad!

Brad: Shhh! It's not safe here. Come with me [gestured him to follow him]

Wander: (looked back for the skeleton serpent and hurried towards Brad)

Brad: [led him thru more n more piles of bones before they reached some sort high ground n finally a small cave]

Wander: (settled down) Okay...what's happened to Hatey?

Brad: Geez, ur blunt, aren't u? First things first, I'm starving. I just ate my last ration 3 days ago

Wander: :^) Mhm. (digs into his hat to pull out something for the man)

Brad: Beef jerky n a bottle of gossleberry juice? Oh well, it'll do [shrugged n devoured them]

Wander: (waits as Brad ate up)

Hat: [continued to spit out small snacks for the man while he started his tale]

Brad: Well, as u can see, Boney is not with me. He's held captive, locked up in the palace dungeon as we speak

Wander: Of his own father...?

Brad: Technically yes. His younger brother Grimm has finally taken the throne as Lord Grimm the Great, n his dad stepped dwn to become his advisor, bt it's pretty obvious tht his dad still calls most of the shots evn tho Grimm is in the seat of power

Wander: (growled)

Brad: Boney took ur advice n tried the pacifist approach, to come to the palace in peace to speak to his dad n maybe at least settle things in a civilized manner, get some closure. Him n Lord Grimm pretended to call it a truce, to talk things thru ovr dinner, bt then... [hesitated]

Wander: ...He took him as prisoner...his OWN brother...

Brad: Like I said, his dad is the one calling most of the shots, I could tell tht he didn't reli want to do it

Wander: ...So what do we do now?

Brad: Tbh, I'm not reli sure. The only thing I can think of is infiltrate n rescue, bt they've doubled the security n patrol aftr Boney sacrificed himself to let me get away, n I couldnt get within 5 feet without them detecting me, and now with u ard being all suspicious, I bet they've tripled the effort

Wander: True... (think) But there has to be some way...

Brad: Better not think of it right now. Adrenaline is running high, n u just got here. Take a break, rest ur mind. We can work fresh in the morning

Wander: (seems reluctant but sighed) I suppose that'd be best...

Brad: I bet ur wondering wat exactly is this plc

Wander: ...Where?

Brad: Like I said in my vid msg, this is the Land of Bones. Boney told me abt it wen we sorta secretly land here instead of at the main landing docks, so tht we don't cause too much of a scene wen we show up at the palace. This used to be a place where Boney's great-grandfather fought a civil war n ended in a victorious massacre. Now it's a place where they dump bodies after they execute convicts, criminals n prisoners

Wander: I see...

Brad: N tht big ass snake there is like a guard dog, guarding this place from intruders. It's thanks to Boney knowing how to navigate ard this area that we were able to bypass it n get to the palace

Wander: Hmm... (tired)

Brad: Woah, u OK, furball? U look tired

Wander: (shook his head) Huh? No, I was...listening, just... (tired)

Brad: Ur tired, I can tell. It's been a long day. U better rest. We can continue this in the morning. I'll stay up n keep watch for now

Wander: Mhm... (yawn)

Brad: [hands him his hat so he could tuck into it before making his way to the entrance of the cave to keep watch]

Wander: (climbs inside his hat like it was a sleeping bag) |-) Zz...

Brad: [chuckled n shook his head, then leaned against the wall of the cave n stared out the night sky] I hope ur OK, Boney...

Wander: (in his sleep) Zz...Hatey...

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[a day later, they finally arrived at Planet Skeletor, just right outside the stratosphere]

Wander: (looks out the window)

[the ship suddenly shook a bit, being held in suspension by a force field]

Wander: Whoa! (almost fell out of his chair at the force) What the...?

Computer: We hv company, Master Wander. Might I suggest tht u be careful with ur words n not reveal ur true intentions

Wander: Uh, okay...?

[his ship was soon surrounded by a few black crafts that looked like sentry barracks]

Craft #1: Halt. U r entering the area of Lord Grimm the Great. Wat is the purpose of ur arrival?

Wander: (tried to think up a fast one) ... Visiting friends? :D

Craft #2: State ur name, intruder

Wander: .... Wade, it's Wade.

[a short pause later...]

Craft #3: Follow behind us. We will escort u to the landing docks

Wander: (thinks; (whew) ) (allows them to escort them)

[they soon made their way to the landing docks n escorted Wander's ship to an empty slot]

Wander: (took a look at the surroundings before them)

Craft #1: Report to the immigration station to state ur purpose of visit. Hv a nice day

[the aircrafts flew away, leaving Wander to his devices]

Wander: ...Here we go, Hatty. (heads off)

Hat: [straightened up as if to brace itself]

Wander: (holds onto it, trying to comfort the hat)

Hat: [relaxed a little, bt still a bit stiff as they made their way to the immigration station]

Wander: (looked around)

[the immigration station was quite full with a few lines, n security was pretty tight]

Wander: (thinks; Oh boy...where would Brad be?)

Officer: Next!

Wander: :O (steps forward)

Officer: Travel documents pls

Wander: (feels on himself)...(digs into his hat)

Hat: [produced a bunch of travel documents for him, all with his fake name "Wade" on it]

Wander: Here you are, good sir.

Officer: [looked thru the paperwork] Wade, huh? So wat is ur business being on Planet Skeletor?

Wander: To visit some friends of mine. A little get-together.

Officer: Name n location of ur friends?

Wander: Um... (makes up name on the spot)

Officer: :^) [gives Wander a suspicious look n keyed in the names] Pls hold n wait in line over that corner, sir

Wander: (thinks; Uh oh) (heads to corner)

Officer: [was seen on the phone talking, occasionally glancing at him]

Wander: (whispers) Run for it, Hatty?

Hat: [jiggled as if agreeing]

Wander: (slowly began tip-toeing away)

Security: Where do u think ur going?

Hat: [jiggled as if to say "Run!"]

Wander: :O (runs at full speed, pushing his way through the crowd)

[a bunch of security started chasing after him]

Hat: [spits out a couple of smoke bombs for him]

Wander: (throws them at the Security)

[the smoke bombs exploded, creating huge clouds of smoke, n the security were blinded, coughing n spluttering]

Wander: (hurried out of there)

[a loud alarm started blaring from the immigration station, alerting more security from the outside to join in the chase]

Wander: Aw, damn it! (formed out his wings and flew upward)

Hat: [fluttered wildly, almost falling off Wander's head]

Security: [flared their hands n started shooting bolts at him in the sky]

Wander: (dodges while hanging onto his hat and sending out attacks of his own)

Security: [radioed in for backup]

Hat: [its star blinked, as if trying to signal Wander to follow its direction]

Wander: (nod) Gotcha. (followed where the hat blinked him to go)

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[the journey was a little bit longer than expected, n it took almost 1 mth and a half to actually finally reach the 8th galaxy, especially wen taking stops in btwn to stretch his legs]

Computer: Approaching the 8th galaxy, Master Wander

Wander: (nod) Good to know.

Computer: [the screen started beeping] U received an incoming msg, Master Wander

Wander: Display message.

[it looked like a video recording of Brad, who looked pretty disheveled]

Brad: Hey, furball. I hope ur getting this msg. Things been pretty rough right now. I can't talk much, I'm in hiding at the moment by ppl in pursuit, bt the short version is that the quest didn't go so well. If ur getting this, get to the Land of Bones. I'll be hiding out there. Find me there [he looks behind at a commotion] I gtg. Cya, I hope [vid goes to static]

Computer: Video transmission ends here. Timestamp is 2 weeks ago

Wander: :o Is there anyway to speed up the trip?

Computer: Unfortunately not. My sensors indicate tht any suspicious speed of the vessel will trigger a defense mechanism, most likely installed by the ruler of this galaxy

Wander: (think)...Then two weeks it'll have to take us, huh?

Computer: No, this video took place 2 weeks ago, meaning it had already happened

Wander: Then what's the fastest way we can get there?

Computer: Unfortunately bcoz of the defense mechanism, my logistics calculate tht this is the optimum speed we can go without alerting it. We might reach Planet Skeletor at most a day

Wander: (sighs) Then let's make with what we can to get there.

Computer: Acknowledged. Maintaining speed n trajectory

Wander: (stays in his seat)

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(later)

Wander: (entered where Sylvia and Peepers were, the litter clinging to his back and the twins in his arms)

Sylvia: [had just finished briefing the minions n now has Westley n a dozen minions with her] Oh hey, ur here. All set?

Wander: Got everything I need all ready.

Sylvia: Already stock up on ur milk as well?

Wander: (nod) Yup.

Sylvia: Alright, guys. U know wat to do

Westley: (nod) [led the team of minions n they each took one pup off Wander's arms]

Dipper: [sees Westley reaching to take him n shook his head hard, gripping tightly onto Wander] Nyu~~ >m<

Wander: ^^;; Sweetie, he's a nice person. (signs 'nice') Very nice.

Dipper: Nyu~~~!! >m< [shakes his head hard, not wanting to let go, gripping even tighter]

Westley: ^^;;

Wander: O_< Ow, ow, ow, ow, ow!~

Dipper: [started crying] Weeeeehhhh~~ ;(

Wander: Honey, let go now, you're hurting Daddy. >_o

Peepers: (walks over, signing) Dipper, let go of Daddy. Westley will take care of you, Daddy needs to do something important.

Dipper: [cried even harder, shaking his head] ;( Weeeehhhh~~~

[A yapping sound was heard at a distance, coming towards them]

Sylvia: Ehh? Tht sounds like Captain Tim. Bonehead didn't bring him along?

Wander: ? (noticed Captain Tim)

Captain Tim: [came in view n ran circles ard Wander]

Dipper: [sees Captain Tim n stopped crying]

Wander: :) (tried to carefully remove Dipper again, while signing) Wanna play with the puppy?

Dipper: [was a little reluctant]

Captain Tim: [seem to sort of guessed the situation n ran circles ard Westley, yapping at Dipper, as if encouraging him]

Wander: :) Go on, honey.

Peepers: :)

Dipper: [whined a bit, then finally let go n crawled towards Captain Tim]

Captain Tim: [happily nuzzled Dipper]

Westley: (whew) [picks Dipper up n put him on his bk like Wander does]

Wander: (nod) That's better.

[the minions all copied Westley to put the pups on their backs, except the twins which each of them carried in their arms]

Sylvia: Alright, guess it's all settled then. Good luck on ur journey there, buddy

Wander: :) Yeah, wish me luck. (thinks; I hope.) (heads off)

Sylvia: (wave)

Litter: (wave)

Peepers: (wave)

Sylvia: I hope everything will work out well for him n Bonehead

Peepers: (signs) Maybe not at first, but who knows.

Sylvia: Fingers crossed for them then (yn)

Peepers: (fingers crossed)

Computer: [was synced into Wander's ship] Ready for ur journey, Master Wander?

Wander: (takes his seat) Ready to go.

Computer: Syncing n detecting GPS, initiated [a series of beeps was made]

Wander: (leaned back in his chair)

Computer: GPS detected. Setting course to follow Ship No. #2651 [engaged to the GPS n started off]

Wander: (thinks; Here we go...)

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Sylvia: [was at the food court with Peepers, feeding the twins while Peepers fed her]

Peepers: :)

Sylvia: [sees Wander enter] Yo, buddy, finally here

Wander: Yeah, was also filming a cute little moment with them. (walked over to get himself some food)

Sylvia: Oh? Wat is it? :)

Wander: (picking out food) The litter was grooming the twins. :) Seems they've got the knack for being good older siblings.

Sylvia: Grooming? Is tht a nomad thing?

Wander: (nod) Mhm.

Sylvia: Wow, didn't expect ur litter to know how to do tht, them being so young

Wander: Must be an instinct thing since the twins came along. (sits down with Sylvia and Peepers)

Sylvia: Sweet, then I don't hv to worry abt having my hands full. Maybe they might even be ready to eat normal food

Wander: :) Possibly.

Peepers: (nod)

Sylvia: In the meantime, maybe u should stock up on ur milk first before u leave, maybe just enough until we can stock up on formula milk [turns to the computer] Computer, make an order of six months' worth of formula milk

Computer: Might I suggest tht we order alternative breast milk? My intraweb research indicates tht certain type of breast milk r suitable for nomad n skeletor baby consumption n r available in the web market for sale. N I would also suggest tht maybe u, Miss Sylvia, can be the litter's temporary wetnurse. Ur milk is also suitable for the litter's consumption. Whichever option would be best?

Sylvia: Huh? Me as wetnurse. I dunno... [looks at Wander, a little unsure]

Wander: I don't think I can get that much out of me anyways, so... ^^;;

Computer: Wat will it be? Order or Miss Sylvia as wetnurse?

Sylvia: I'm thinking all 3 options, just in case I don't hv enough or if I'm busy feeding my twins

Wander: (nod) Sure, that'll work.

Peepers: (signs) And you're okay with this, Sylvia?

Sylvia: I'm cool if ur cool with it as well, Pipsqueak

Peepers: (think) ... (nod) (signs) Then yes.

Computer: Very well, I shall make the necessary orders [beeped away to make the purchase order]

Sylvia: Ur gonna hv to borrow me ur thing-a-majig after u done pumping ur milk before u leave, buddy

Wander: I know.

Sylvia: [hears the loud growl from Wander's stomach] Woah :|

Wander: ^^;; Hehe...yeah... (gets to eating)

[the trio engaged in small talk as they enjoyed their breakfast for the next couple of hours]

Sylvia: [finished her food n looked at the time] Uh-oh, look at the time. I better brief the minions abt ur absence n gather my team of babysitters

Wander: And I'd better start getting ready to go after Hater and Brad.

Sylvia: Alright. Bring the kids to me wen ur ready

Wander: (nod) Will do.

Sylvia: [left with Peepers to do her thing]