Quote (English Ninja)
"Get over here, idiots!"
Leroy, Jenkins, David and Roxy all picked up their pace even further as their Overlord stopped in front of a number of Hideki's soldiers.
"We're sorry!" Roxy yelped, her short legs making her drop behind the others. "We're coming, Your Wor--"
"Just get over here!"
The two prinnies, the ghost and the hellcat all skidded to a halt just behind Ixos. His sturdy-bladed, figure eight-guarded katzbalger sword was already in his hand.
"What do you require, Your Worship?" David looked toward the group of foes that they had stumbled upon. These ones seemed a good deal stronger than the previous encounters had proved to be. "We will fight tooth and nail to our deaths, of course, Your Worship."
"Yeah, that's nice, you'd better." Instead of ordering them to attack in his usual gruff way, though, Ixos reached down and clamped one hand around Leroy's beak. The prinny flailed silently, his mouth held shut, as Ixos lifted him into the air. The Overlord's tangerine eyes snapped back and forth from the prinny to the group of defenders, as if planning.
"Mister Overlord, dood--!" Jenkins hopped up and down, reaching for Leroy's dangling peg-leg, but was just too short to reach. Ixos raised the prinny he held higher to make sure that Jenkins wouldn't be able to pull Leroy free.
"Stand back!" he snapped at his ragtag army. Roxy and David both grabbed hold of Jenkins and dragged him back, well out of the way of their Overlord. The prinny strained against their grasp, but could only watch as his duplicate fought against Ixos's grip, which was rapidly becoming painful. The first grin since the beginning of the campaign slipped across Ixos's face, and the cigarette wiggled around as if it had picked up on his delight.
"FIRE IN THE HOOOOOOOOOOLE!"
Ixos hurled Leroy straight up into the air and brought his sword around behind him. The prinny turned over and over as he reached the top of the arc, and then he began to fall. Jenkins, David and Roxy watched in horror as Ixos swung the blade forward. His timing was absolutely impeccable; the flat of the sword slapped against Leroy's side, sending him flying toward the group of enemies.
"LEEEEEEROOOOOOOOOY!" the other prinny howled in agony as he watched his best friend go soaring toward his doom.
"JENNNNNKIIIINS!" Leroy screeched back, his voice rapidly fading as he fell toward the enemy group.
The explosion sent Ixos stumbling a step back. The shockwave tore at his hair, his jacket, his pants and his sleeves, and threw black dust into his eyes. He raised one arm to shield his face, but the nicotene-blackened smile only grew wider.
Suddenly, the fires died, and all went quiet. The only sound was Ixos's boots slamming on the stone as he charged forward, the katzbalger in both hands, chopping forcefully through the air to reach for the floating green skull.
"Well?! What the hell are you waiting for?!" he shouted back at Jenkins, Roxy and David, who were staring blankly at him. "Get them! Forget Salerio or Leroy or whatever, he's gone! Live in the now! Get them!"
Reluctantly, Roxy waved for the other two to stay behind while she hurried into the battle. David and Jenkins remained behind, the pain of their loss still fresh on their faces.
