"Okay..." Sitting cross-legged in the middle of the haily deathzone, Sam flipped open his laptop and read, then re-read, every post over the last two pages. "...Where are the Villains? I mean, I think they're underground or something, but they might be back in Maddawg's base; and regardless of where they are, how the hell did Sho suddenly get to be in that location as well? And what the bloody hell happened to the tournament arc!?"
Sam glanced over to where Sho had been standing a moment ago and noticed the enormous hole in the ground. Peering into the hole, Sam spotted a smashed-up laboratory which showed signs of recent use. "Well, that's one plot-hole filled... where the hell is he now, though? Where are the rest of the Villains, for that matter?"
Jumping down into the hole in search of more clues, Sam spotted a large device shaped like the one from The Fly. Thankfully Sam hadn't seen The Fly so he had no idea of the possible negative effects of machine-assisted teleportation and wasn't deterred from hopping inside and slamming down on the controls with his palm.
As you may have expected, the controls were pre-programmed to send the user directly into the command-room of the Nexus (look at the lad go! Filling in plot-holes like a man with a bag of plaster fills in chips in a wall! Truly, Sam G is the metaphorical plaster master!!!), so there Sam arrived, prompting the assembled Villains to direct evil glares and weapons in Sam's direction.
Not allowing the negative vibes to cramp his style, Sam turned to face the room and spotted a number of familiar faces. "Huh... alright; looks like the Tournament Arc's off..." Eyeing the man he was looking for, Sam spun on his heel and strode toward Maddawg. "Madam! Good to have you back! Here, catch:" Sam fished into his pocket, then tossed something to his old foe. Maddawg caught the half-Sky ring, followed by a solid punch to the jaw. "Okay, it's official! You're the bearer of that ring, or something! That makes us opponents in this official ring-tournament-thing! Now, consider our fight begun!"
Springing back to a few paces away, Sam pulled his master's charm away from his neck, snapping the chain unfastened as he did so. "And here was me worrying I wouldn't get a chance to introduce this..." Wrapping one end of the chain around the index finger of his left hand, Sam twirled the charm around, the spiky little amulet at the end slicing through the air as he did so. Maddawg charged at Sam, his chainsaw-staff in hand, and Sam skipped away to the side and waved the charm at the locust general. An invisible fist biffed Maddawg in the chest, knocking him backwards, and Sam twirled the chain some more before allowing it to wrap around his hand, the amulet coming to rest in the center of his tightly-clenched fist.
Sam summoned up his "insufferable prick" persona and went into a lengthy explanation about his new powers, which none of the assembled payed much attention to. "As I understand it, basically what this thing does is control the winds. It's like having an extra arm, except it's a lot longer than my old pair and it can flip boats over and stuff. I get the feeling there's a bit more to it than that, but... I dunno; for now, I'll just leave that spooky and ambiguous. Probably reveal it later, when it's dramatically convenient. For now, though, let's you and me fight!" Sam pointed his clenched fist at Maddawg and smirked like the cocky bastard he was.
And then a fire extinguisher hit Sam in the back of the head, knocking him off his feet and making everything go dark.
"Arrgh! Did ye forget about us, laddie!?" Cap'n Sky asked, tossing the fire extinguisher away to one side and joining the rest of the Villains in kicking Sam as he lay on the ground.
"Ow... I was thinking maybe Madam and I could have a sort of one-on-one duelly-thing... you know, appealing to his sense of honour an' all that..." Sam mumbled, curling into a ball as villainous shoes made a mess of his nice new clothes.
"Hah! Honour. I missed you; you're funny," Maddawg said, strolling towards his old foe with a folding chair in his hands and joining in with the Persona-esque all-out attack.
