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// Eliminating Humdinger's Forces 
// Story: Equus' Unexpected Future 
// by Robert Emerald Fountain 
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The patrols quickly spotted the four fleets, which included the Paw Patrol in disguise, and began fighting back to defend themselves and make sure Humdinger would be well-protected, but the fleets had many tricks up their sleeves. For example, Taylor’s quiet bow made it easy for him to sneak up on enemies in the water and shoot them from a distance. The Squidbeak Army used its share of ink to blind and distract the patrollers and sink their boats so the others could shoot them with their energy blasters and knock them unconscious in order to force them out of Adventure Bay. 

“Taylor, you’re a spectacular shooter.”, said Smolder over radio when she saw how well he was clobbering the enemies he hit.

“Thank you Smolder.”, he replied.

Lizzie, Marie, Andrew, Callie, and Mike all had their share of straight shots as well. Marie was a natural at shooting with a sniper-style rifle, known as a splat-charger, Andrew was extremely accurate when using his splattershot, and Lizzie herself put strong feelings into her splat dualies so she could shoot in two directions simultaneously. Callie was an expert at flinging ink with her splat roller, and Mike used his splatling gun, which shot ink at an amazingly high rate, as if he was born with it in his hands. The Agents and their soldiers were also shooting very well and bringing many of Humdinger’s security personnel into the water as they shot the boats and sank them, or by knocking them out of the boats to fight them in the deep waters of Adventure Bay’s harbor.

Some of the Disney soldiers with special abilities, such as Elsa, were able to restrain or frighten Humdinger’s patrols and force them to run for their lives. Elsa herself possessed the ability to produce ice from her fingertips and freeze enemies in place before they realized they were in the wrong place and messing with the wrong people at the wrong time. In only hours, all of Humdinger’s patrols were gone from Adventure Bay. 

Flurry had even given a handwritten note to one of the soldiers herself, and told the soldier to deliver the note to Humdinger personally. This note told him that he had messed with the wrong individuals and that Ryder was still alive. However, when Humdinger received the note, he only laughed and sent a reply that he and Harold had both checked for Ryder’s life signs and found nothing. Therefore, he did not believe the note. Little did he know that he and Harold were both in for a shocking surprise.