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An anti-climactic Conclusion.
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"You're going to KILL the Arachdok?" Shelly replied, shocked.
"They're going to have to." F-Jacky said, before disappearing.
"We're going to need some help for this." Seymour said. "Let's go round up the others."
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"We've got one day left! Hurry up and get the others!"
"Ahm tryin', filthy 'ooman." growled Bedge.
Jacky ran up and tried shoving Alex and his woman apart by force, but was unable to.
"Jeez, these guys are stuck. They can't even see us!" Justin remarked.
Jacky noticed Jay far off, with his GELF, and ran up to him.
"Hey pal! You're cheating on your wife! Doesn't that suck? Ooh, yeah, it sure does! You should help us kill a spider and go see her again! I promise I won't tell!" Jacky yelled at Jay, who didn't notice.
"It appears we haven't another choice." said Seymour, grimly. "We're going to have to kill it ourselves."
Jacky let out a long sigh, and began pacing, preparing to say something.
"...Why not? We're pretty much screwed anyway. Besides, we've got Bedge on our side! There's a chance we can do this!" Jacky said.
"You're optimistic." Seymour said.
"But we're probably smegged." Justin cut in.
"We don't even know where the bloody spida is now." Bedge said.
"You're forgetting who we have on our side." Jacky said, motioning to Shelly.
"Spider is in deep cave that way." She said.
"We will, of course, need out bait to get them to trust us. Bedge, Justin and I will hang out the cave and prepare to attack, while Shelly and Seymour will pretend to be offering to the Arachnok." Jacky explained.
"Offering... what?..." Seymour asked. "Oh. NO NO NO. I refuse." He insisted.
"I'm afraid that's too bad." Bedge said.
The group moved forward as Shelly pushed Seymour's chair, much to her dismay and Seymour's yelling.
"Hush, Seymour. If you scream, the Arachnok will kill you before it eats you." Shelly warned him.
"What's the alternative?" Seymour asked.
"Being eaten alive." She stated, bluntly.
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The group came along to the cave. Bedge, Justin, and Jacky hung outside, Bedge and Jacky holding rocks and sticks to attack with. Inside the cave, Shelly offered Seymour.
"I have fattened up the man." Shelly told the leader GELF.
"You fool! The great feeding is in 4 Parsecs! Still, the Arachdok hungers... you are permitted." The Leader told her.
The Arachdok stepped out of the shadow and began to drool and stare at Seymour with its 7 remaining eyes. It smelled him, and prepared its jaws.
"NOW" yelled Bedge. He and Jacky ran in and managed to take out another eye with a rock, which made the vile creature step backwards. During its daze, Jacky jabbed it in the face with a stick, and Bedge propped its mouth open with a stick, making it unable to close. Then they took their largest stick, a heavy branch, and the pair grabbed one end each, running towards the creature and smacking it in the head with the large branch, effectively killing it.
"That's the bravest thing I've ever done!" Jacky remarked. "Please never make me do that again."
The leader stared at the dead spider for a long time, and then back at the group.
"You! You... KILLED the great Arachdok! You are a group of fools and traitors!" She screeched.
"Why do you worship a giant spider, anyway?" asked Justin.
"Great rumblings of the planet. We feared the worst, and it seemed as though offerings to the Arachdok was the only safe way in fixing the problem." she responded.
"Great rumblins'?" Bedge started "The planet! We must not destroy it after all!" Bedge said in discovery.
"He must have lied in order to get us to do the work in one week!" Justin realized.
"...that sounds like something I'd do." Jacky said simply. "Take the things head, Bedge. I have an idea."
The group, even the leader, walked back to the field with everyone hypnotized by the GELFs. Using the severed head of the spider, they shocked each GELF into revealing their true forms, snapping the men to their senses. After that, everything was explained to the crew, and they all readied to go back to the ship.
"Some weird things happen around us..." Jay said simply.
"You've only realized that now?" Alex remarked.
"Lets hurry back." Justin said.
"I gotta admit, I'd never thought I'd be using a spider brain to power a ship" Seymour said, with a smile. "We need to do something about the GELFs. We can't just leave them here to die." he added.
"We'll drop them off at the nearest S-3 planet. Its the least we could do." Jay responded.