Another Friend in Amphibia

Chapter 82: A Calamitous Death

Drake skulked through the dark alleys in the dead of night. The streets were largely abandoned, even the guards were absent. Most likely they were celebrating their recent victory. This just made things easier for him. He looked up at the castle in front of him. It was time to climb. Drake jumped over the moat and was barely able to grab onto the wall.

He breathed a sigh of relief, if he had fallen into the moat, he almost certainly would have drowned. He began climbing up the wall, using small cracks and holes as leverage. It was a long and dangerous climb to the throne room, but it was probably safer than going in through the door.

He pulled himself onto the balcony and ran for cover. King Andrias was sitting on the throne by himself with the music box next to him. "Ah finally I have it. Tomorrow we will be ready."

There were no guards nor any defenses in sight. This may be the easiest kill of his life.

Drake silently ran behind a nearby support column. The coral provided excellent cover and the snake sculpture that wrapped around it allowed him to climb above the throne. He looked down from the top of the pillar one last time to calculate his jump.

Once he was ready, Drake jumped down and landed on top of the king. They both fell over as Drake plunged his sword into the king's back. He quickly pulled it back out.

"You're done King Andrias!" Drake walked to the king's head to confirm the kill. He grabbed the head and accidentally pulled it off. Confused, he looked at the severed head which was Marcy's phone stitched onto a pillow. "Frog!"

Suddenly, quiet footsteps could be heard running behind him. Drake quickly ducked underneath a claw swipe and barely avoided it while simultaneously grabbing the arm and shoving the attacker away.

It was General Yunan standing in front of him. "Aha! Excellent! Not many people would have noticed that."

Heavily armored royal guards appeared from behind the pillars with readied weapons. It was a trap. Anne and the Plantars also appeared from behind the door with weapons drawn.

"I can't believe he actually fell for the bait," Sprig said.

"Just give up Drake! We don't want to hurt you!" Hop Pop yelled from across the room.

Drake remained silent. He had nothing to say to them. He reached behind him, grabbed the music box, and placed it in a small pouch. Then held his sword in front of his face, a clear message of his intentions. He was going to fight. Little did anyone know; he was slowly reaching for a spell.

General Yunan held her claw up in front of her face, a signal that she was going to accept the challenge.

Both combatants charged at each other. Sword clashing against claw, their weapons locked against each other. That was when Drake crushed his spell, creating a purple dust cloud. The guards and General Yunan all collapsed from the cloud's paralyzing effect.

"Stand aside, the box is coming with me," Drake stepped over the bodies.

Anne chose to charge at Drake, swinging with an overhead strike which he easily blocked. "How could you continue to side with Sasha? Your side has lost! Why can't you give up?"

"You never took the time to understand!" Drake snapped.

Anne pulled back the sword and swung from the side. "You're just a pawn in her game! You were never even a player!"

Drake scoffed. "Please! Save the one-liners for when you're winning!"

Drake lunged forward as Anne was about to swing again. He grabbed her by the armpit and wrapped his leg around hers to trip her, sending her to the floor. Then he sent a kick towards her side which caused her to slide across the slippery floor behind him.