"Run! Run! Go, go, go!" Branch and Poppy both yelled, staying behind to usher everyone away, making sure they escaped safely.

Everyone ran past them, until the last group of trolls were safely out of the area.

     "Is that everyone?" Poppy asked, looking around to make sure everyone had gotten away.

     Branch looked back, his eyes widening in horror.

     "Move!" he shouted, quickly grabbing Poppy's wrist, and dragging her away, as a growl beast pounced, barley missing them.

"Get to the Bunker!" Branch yelled up to everyone. They all obeyed, heading for the bunker, as they screamed in terror, panicking.

     Branch pulled Gary out of his hair, pushing a button so that the hatch on his bunker popped open.

     Everyone quickly jumped through the hatch, heading down to safety.

     Soon, everyone was safely inside, except Poppy and Branch.

     Branch looked into his bunker, seeing it over crowded with all different types of trolls.

     'Great...' he thought to himself. 'We just had to expand Trollstopia...'

     "Make room!" one of the trolls yelled, pushing others aside. "Poppy and Branch are still out there!"

     Quickly, Branch looked back at the growl beasts getting closer, and then at Poppy who was searching for room in the bunker. He knew only one of them would fit...

     "I think I see..." Poppy started, pointing at an open space, but before she could finish, Branch shoved her into the bunker, slamming the hatch shut.

     She fell to the floor, landing on her hands and knees, several trolls quickly bending down to help her up.

     "Branch!" Poppy yelled, quickly jumping to her feet, and pushing on the hatch to get it open.

     "Stay down there, Poppy!" she heard Branch yell down to her through the closed hatch. "Don't come out until..." His sentence was cut short, the growls of the beasts getting louder, as a shriek of fear and pain came to everyone's ears, causing them to gasp loudly in shock.

     "No! Branch! No!" Poppy screeched, banging on the hatch as hard as she could, but it wouldn't open. "BAAAANCH!!!!"

     Slowly, she fell to her knees, covering her face with her hands, as she began to cry.

     "Poppy..." Holly said softly, placing a comforting hand on the pop Queen's shoulder. "He... he sacrificed himself... for me..." Poppy said softly in disbelief.

     Slowly, she turned to her friends, tears in her bright pink eyes.

     "We have to save him..."

     The group of trolls looked at each other for a moment, before finally looking back at Poppy.

     Synth sighed, slowly stepping forewords.

"I'm sorry, Poppy... but there's nothing we can do," he said softly.
"Yeah, y'all. Those are growl beasts. We can't fight them off," Holly said.
"We have to try!" Poppy cried. "It's Branch! We can't abandon him!"

     The group all shook their heads sadly, looking away from the grieving Queen.

     Slowly, Poppy rose to her feet, looking around at the group of trolls.

     "Branch would never leave us..." she said firmly. "And I'm not leaving him..."

The group of trolls looked at each other once more, and then back at Poppy, smiling slightly at her words of determination.

"Ok, Poppy," Val said softly. "Let's go save our friend."