“Boo hoo hoo! Just in time for the show. These kiddies are coming with me. And they’ll be screaming reeeaal good when I bring down the kingdom’s entire power supply.”

The monster fires a laser creating a huge hole in the wall. With one flick of the rattle, all the babies were now afloat in a big bubble as Crass Cradle flees.

“Hey, get back here!”

Alistor and the party begin chasing off the monster. Through the forest and into the open fields, Crass Cradle picks up the pace floating atop the great bubble. The babies inside remaining calm.

“We can’t let that monster get to the power plant.”

Maigashi quickly fires a shot from his bow, bringing Crass Cradle to a stop. They were now just yards away from the power plant’s entrance.

“Hoo! You want to fight eh? We’ll I’ll give you a good whupping.”

The bubble engulfs the entire party inside as they are transported into another realm of space. A parallel realm with oversized toys and baby apparels floating around.

“Where in the hell are we?” Maigashi wondered.

The monster materializes above them. Laughing as the team ready their weapons. Bamboo and Axe kept a few steps back.

“You’re now in mah territory. THE SQUARE ROOM! Boo hoo!”

The monster fires a round of lasers breaking the group apart. Alistor makes the first move charging right in. He pierced through Crass Cradle with his blade on impact.

“Now I got ya!”

He takes a second look as Crass Cradle instantly vanished.

“Huh? What!”

“Hoo miss me.”

Alistor gets whacked by the monster’s rattle. He then takes a beating struggling to find a way around Crass Cradles swings. The monster quickly disarms him, sending him rolling back to the others. A disappointed look was on Maigashi’s face.

“Have you ever considered blocking Alistor?” He asked.

“Huh, blocking?”

The others stumbled for a brief moment.

“You mean you don’t know how to block? Seriously!” Maigashi slapped as the monster continues to laugh away. “At this rate you’ll never survive.”

“Allow us to handle things from here.” Auroa stepped in.

Crass Cradle begins making multiple copies of itself, but the two quickly dispel the other targets. Whipping and blasting away as they got it close to a corner.

“Let’s end this charade.”

“Hoo! Before you do that.”

Just before they got ready for the finishing strike, the babies begin shielding Crass Cradle. The two immediately lower their weapons.

“Hoo! Just as I thought, you wouldn’t dare hurt a sweet ol baby would ya.”

The monster unleashed two oversized beach balls sending Auroa and Maigashi flying back as Bamboo catches them. Lasers rain down on the group as they took further cover.

“Gutless coward…” Maigashi pestered.

“Boo hoo! You can’t stop me. They’ll follow whatever I want.”

The babies are seen dancing around to Crass Cradles command.

“Now what do we do?” Alistor hopelessly asked.

Auroa’s eye was focused on the monster’s rattle waving back and forth.

“The babies are under a hypnotic spell. If we can somehow disarm his rattle, we may be able to leave this place.”

The group takes a stand against the monster once more.

“Hoo! Better yet! Why don’t ya all rough em up. Attack!”

The babies were now seen charging towards the party. Axe and Bamboo immediately step into the fray.

“We’ll distract these little dudes as much we can. Get that rattle.”

Within moments, the three make their way around avoiding the approaching toddlers as Axe and Bamboo got trampled. Alistor makes the front charge once more.

“Hoo! Back for more? I’ll whup ya…Huh what?”

Before the monster had the chance, Auroa disarms Crass Cradle with his wind whip. Pulling the rattle away as six electrical shots are fired by Maigashi.

“Whoah Noooooo!”

Sparks fly as the monster takes amounts of damage. Within seconds, Crass Cradles realm pops returning everyone to the power plant. Alistor is seen destroying the monsters rattle from the slash of his blade.

“Ah! Sweet Justice! I had enough with babies for the day.”

“Boo! No! No! NO! Now you ruined everything.” The monster cried. “Whoopers attack! Boo hoo!”

Crass Cradle begins making a run to the plant as Vilevelious soldiers came charging right in. Alistor unleashed his Star Breaker piercing though the pack of enemy soldiers. The Whoopers all collapse over exploding upon destruction.

“Hoo! I must wreck that power plant. Mess it reeeaal good!”

Before Crass Cradle had the chance to go any further Auroa trips him over from the flick of his whip. The monster stumbled over, struggling to regain balance as Alistor and Maigashi finish off the remaining Whoopers. His whip pierced through the monster, he takes a dive unleashing a slashing vortex.

“Raizen Hurricane!”

“Boo Hoo!”

Crass Cradle gets engulfed within the vortex. Spun at high speed as it tears off the paint on the walls nearby. Completely dazed, intense sparks of energy burst out as the monster collapsed to the ground in an explosion.

Power is soon returned to the town from viewing distance. They find Axe and Bamboo playing with the toddlers. A baby is seen yawning as Axe checks the time.

“It’s way past these dudes bedtime. We better get them back.”

The next following morning…

“Thank you all for caring for these little angels. It really means a lot.” Rin sniffed. “Best of luck on your adventure.”

After the team collected payment, they make their leave. Turning around for one last look back at the nursery, they wave goodbye to the caretakers. The babies are seen cheerfully smiling in the background. Bamboo then makes a sudden announcement.

“Hm. You say you don’t know how to block. Well, I can teach you.”

“Really!” Alistor jumped.

Bamboo happily nodded.

“We can begin when we get back. Work on building that stamina and learn defensive maneuvers.” He assured.

And so the party head back to Bamboo’s restaurant. The sound of a baby last laugh echoes through the horizon.