(In the hangar, I explained the situation to Star Fox, Marinette, Adrien, Judy, Sofia, Amber, James, The Chipmunks and Link)
Me: So that's what I heard from Ness and Lucas. The Chipettes were kidnapped.
Chipmunks: What?!
Me: I don't know who did it or why, but we need to get to Paris right away.
Marinette: I hope we can get to them in time.
Me: I hope so too, Marinette. I hope so too.
Adrien: But how will we get there? At the rate planes are coming and going at this time of day, it's virtually impossible to schedule a flight.
Fox: Nothing's impossible when you put your mind to it, Adrien. And to answer your question, we'll take the Great Fox. It's a bit slow, but it'll get us there.
Me: Good thinking, Fox. Now let's go. But first, I do not own any of the fandoms you see before you. Also, Liu Kang and his allies have survived the invasion, Shang Tsung is alive, and Mileena is cured of her Tarkatan genetics and has joined the side of good.
Heroes Unite!
Chapter 1: Unexpected Rifts, Part 1
The multiverse, full of countless worlds and unlimited possibilities, however, unknown to anyone, there is a world that only exists deep in the center of it all and a cubic drone is searching for something, until it finds what it is seeking. "Hey, I think I found it." The drone spoke until it rephrased itself. "Uh, I mean, 'anomaly located, master.'"
Soon, a being made of energy wearing armor and a helmet approached the drone's location. "Yes… after five thousand years of searching, I have finally found it: Foundation Prime." He waved his staff and twenty-four pedestals, each with a different image are shown, ranging from a cell phone, some type of cube and seven gemstones surrounding a larger stone to a gold medal that reads "Hero", a pointed staff and a journal. "It depicts the history of the Foundation Elements - artifacts created from the start of time, scattered across the many dimensions. And only I can gather them all in one place."
"Just so you know… Lord Vortech, the Foundation Elements are the cornerstones of time and space. So they're… kinda important… to the… Entire Multiverse." The drone told him.
"Don't you think I already know that, X-PO?!" Lord Vortech barked.
"Err… right." X-PO said nervously.
"And besides, I already found what I am seeking. I don't need you or your services here any longer." Lord Vortech said.
"Uh… what are you talking about, master?" X-PO asked, worried about what his master will do to the robot.
"To summarize in a way you'll understand…" Lord Vortech began as he opened a portal behind X-PO. "…you're fired!"
"But, Vortech, listen! Some of the Foundation Elements are linked to their respected timelines! Think about the consequences of what will happen if even one of them is taken out of their fixed points!" X-PO tried to explain as the portal begins to suck him in. Vortech simply grinned maliciously behind his helmet. "Plus, the elements can't be safely harnessed - it's too dangerous! And what about the pay raise you promised meeeeeeee?!" The force of the portal sucked the robot in, piece by piece with the portal closing afterwards.
Vortech laughed maniacally after closing the portal. "Now to create my perfect empire!" He then created his own fortress to rule everything from. "Though, he's right about one thing: the Foundation Elements are too much for even me to control. After all, my dedication to this work has began to take its toll. Not for much longer can I pass between dimensions... But... I have an idea.
Meanwhile, in the peaceful planet of Corneria, an aerial chase is in progress. A galactic criminal working under Andross had stolen blueprints for the planet's orbital defense system and is planning to deliver them to the mad scientist. He looks behind him and sees the Star Fox Team pursuing him in their Arwings. The current members of the aforementioned team are comprised of Slippy Toad, a young and gifted mechanic, Falco Lombardi, a hotshot pilot who used to be part of a gang, Krystal, a Cerinian vixen with telepathic powers and the team's most recent member, and the leader, Fox McCloud, the son of the elite squadron's former leader and founder, James McCloud, who was believed to have perished in an ambush on the wasteland planet Venom after James' former wingman, Pigma Dengar turned against him. The outlaw shot his lasers to shake them off. Krystal and Falco managed to dodge them.
"Whoa! Watch where you're firing, you swine!" Falco yelled with a scowl.
"This makes no sense. Why does this guy want our defense system blueprints, Fox?" Krystal asked.
"The same reason Andross wants them: to find a weakness and use it to invade Corneria." Fox answered. "But not today. Slippy, Krystal, cut him off at the city outskirts. Falco, you're with me. We'll have him surrounded."
"You got it, Fox." Slippy nodded as he and Krystal took a separate path. The criminal was about to escape until he was cut off by Slippy and Krystal.
Later, the team met with the Cornerian army, led by General Pepper. He was the man responsible for exiling Andross to the toxic planet Venom for conducting dangerous experiments that were close to reducing Corneria into a wasteland. He smiles when he notices Star Fox come in with the criminal, now handcuffed and the blueprints in their hands.
"Star Fox, once again you have brought peace to this prosperous planet." General Pepper greeted with a smile.
"Thank you, General." Fox thanked.
"Now, this may seem out of the blue, but I'd like you to head to Sauria." Pepper requested.
"Expecting more trouble there, aren't we, General?" Krystal asked.
"You remember Prince Tricky, don't you?" The General asked Fox and Krystal, who had the most experience with the young EarthWalker.
"How can I not remember him?" Fox replied with a grin, mentioning the time he had to restore Sauria when it was about to explode and when he rescued Tricky from the SharpClaw tribe.
"He has sent us a distress signal not too long ago and he could use your help as soon as possible." General Pepper explained.
"Okay, General. We'll tell Tricky we're on our way." Fox nodded as he and his team began to walk out, but not before the General spoke up once more.
"Oh, before you set off, there is something I'd like to give to Krystal." General Pepper said as a Cornerian soldier came holding a type of staff.
"My staff..." Krystal gasped, remembering the staff she wielded while on Sauria.
"That's correct, Krystal. Peppy managed to recover it from when he "crashed" the Great Fox." Pepper nodded. However, just before he was able to give the staff to her, a portal opened beside the General and sucked him in along with the staff.
"General!" Fox gasped as he leaped in after him. The rest of his team followed him with the portal closing afterwards.
Meanwhile, in the crystalline planet of Christophsis, a pair of Jedi Knights, Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi are in the middle of a firefight joined by a small battalion of Clone Troopers. Their opposing forces are the Separatist Droid Army, led by the relentless General Grievous. The Separatists were ordered to intercept a delivery to the Jedi Temple on Coruscant and steal the Holocron containing the secrets within.
"I never imagined they'd be after the Holocron!" Obi-Wan said, deflecting enemy blaster shots with his lightsaber.
"Well, what'd you expect from the Separatists?" Anakin replied. The Jedi Republic was about to retreat into the buildings when a portal opened behind them and the Star Fox Team appear from it, joining the Jedi and Clones.
"Where's General Pepper?" Fox asked.
"Who? Behind you!" Obi-Wan warned. Fox turns around and uses his Reflector to deflect the shots from a B-2 droid.
"I'll ask again, where's General Pepper?!" Fox asked again.
"Hey, I have no idea who or what you are talking about." Anakin replied.
"He's talking about the General of the Cornerian Army, buddy. Didn't you hear him?!" Falco countered as he shot two B-1 droids with his blaster.
"Right… Care to explain what happened to this General of yours?" Obi-Wan asked.
"Yeah. He got sucked into a weird gateway in Corneria. We flew in after him and it led us to you." Fox explained.
"And you are…?" Anakin asked.
It was with confidence and determination he told the two Jedi who they are. "We're Star Fox!" He then pulled out a Gatling gun and fired at the droids obliterating any remaining droids.
"Thank you for your help." Obi-Wan thanked them.
"Don't mention it, but can you tell us who those walking tin cans are?" Falco asked.
"Those "walking tin cans" are the Separatists' Droid Army. They were after the Holocron we were planning to deliver to Coruscant for safekeeping." Anakin explained as he showed them a blue and gold crystalline cube.
"Maybe this "Holocron" must hold something important for those robots to want it so badly." Slippy theorized.
"Holocrons hold very valuable information and ancient lessons and they have to be stored in the Jedi Archives before they fall into enemy hands." Obi-Wan told them.
"Master Kenobi! Master Skywalker!" A feminine voice was heard from behind the Star Fox Team. The team turns around and they see Ahsoka Tano, Skywalker's Padawan learner.
"Ahsoka! Good." Obi-Wan grinned. "You're just in time. We need to…" Before he had the chance to finish, a portal opened beside them and started to suck in the Holocron.
"Oh no!" Ahsoka gasped as she tried to grab the Holocron.
"Ahsoka!" Anakin gasped as his Padawan tries to pull the Holocron out of the vortex's pull, but the force of the pull is too strong. She screamed as she is sucked in with the Holocron. "No! The Holocron! It holds one of the many secrets of the Jedi Order - It cannot fall into enemy hands! Quick, we need to go after it and save Ahsoka!" The Jedi Knight jumped in to save Ahsoka and recover the Holocron. Obi-Wan and Star Fox follow him through the portal before it closes.
Meanwhile, in the City of Paris, France, a teenager named Marinette Dupain-Cheng is in the park enjoying the afternoon with her classmate and best friend, Alya Césaire.
"Wow! This is a nice day to get out, isn't it, Alya?" Marinette asked.
"It sure is, Marinette, especially when it's the perfect day to have fun." Alya replied. She turns to the entrance and spots someone coming. She grins slyly. "Speaking of having fun, I know someone you can have fun with." She points to the entrance, revealing that Adrien Agreste, Marinette's classmate and long-time crush, is coming to the park to enjoy the day.
"Wait, Adrien's coming?! Oh, what do I do? What do I do?" Marinette asked, panicking about how she'll act around him.
"Just relax, Marinette. Take a few deep breaths." Alya assured. Marinette did some deep breathing exercises. "That's it, deep breaths. Feeling better now?"
"More than better, Alya - I'm ready!" Marinette said with confidence.
"Atta girl! Now go out there and talk to him!" Alya cheered for her best friend. With her tension now gone, Marinette stands up and walks over to Adrien.
"Oh, hey Marinette." Adrien greeted. Just as he spoke to her, Marinette's tension flooded back, but that didn't stop her, despite her awkwardness deep within.
"Oh, uh, hi Adrien." Marinette nervously greeted. Seeing her nervous, Alya face-palmed. Soon after, she hears crackling from the entrance. Everyone nearby looks and sees a portal open. Seconds later, Team Star Fox and the Jedi Knights came out.
"Where are we now?" Anakin asked.
"Beats me." Falco shrugged his shoulders. He looks around and sees Marinette, Alya and Adrien staring at them in bewilderment. "Why are they staring at us like that?"
"Probably because we just flew out of a portal." Obi-Wan theorized.
"Maybe I can talk to them." Fox suggested. But before he has the chance to say something to them, they all hear screaming.
"What now?" Falco growled in frustration. They turn around and notice a woman with black hair tied in a ponytail wearing some type of tribal garb with a net that resembled a dreamcatcher.
"Who is that?!" Slippy gasped. The mystery woman laughed manically as she used her dreamcatcher net to zap people and put them in a deep sleep.
"I don't know, but it looks like she's using that net to put people in a kind of sleep." Anakin theorized. He then turned to Marinette and Adrien, worried the intruder may be going after them. "You two, get to safety!"
"But who the heck are you, anyway?" Marinette asked.
"I'll explain later. Right now, you two need to get somewhere safe! Hurry!" Anakin yelled. They hesitated, but complied. Marinette hid behind the foliage and Adrien took cover behind a bench, leaving the Star Fox team and the Jedi to face the tribal attacker. Once Marinette took cover, she looked in her handmade purse, where a tiny little creature that resembles a ladybug popped out.
"Sounds like another akuma is loose, huh?" The tiny ladybug asked.
"Yeah, Tikki, but we were lucky those other guys are on our side. Time to transform!" Tikki nodded as she flew up. "Tikki, spots on!" Once she said those words, Tikki was sucked into Marinette's earrings, which turned red and gained five black spots in a quincunx pattern. Her entire outfit suddenly changes into a red skintight bodysuit with a black collar and black spots. She gains a red mask with black spots in a symmetrical design and a red yo-yo with black spots materializes at her waist with the string wrapping around it.
Meanwhile, at Adrien's hiding spot, he looks at the battle before looking in his jacket pocket, where a tiny black cat yawns.
"Snack time already?" The black cat asked groggily.
"Not quite, Plagg. We better transform." Adrien said.
"Alright, but you owe me a piece of camembert after this." Plagg sighed. Adrien grinned remembering Plagg's love for cheese, especially camembert.
"Plagg, claws out!" Once Adrien said his words, Plagg is sucked into Adrien's silver ring which turned black and gained a green paw print. His outfit changes into a textured black skintight cat suit with a golden bell on his chest and metallic details, with the bell being connected to the zipper on the front. His long belt wraps around his waist and hangs out the back like a cat tail. He also gained matching gloves with claws at the fingertips and boots with a hidden wedge and silver toes. He soon wears black cat ears and a black mask which covered around his green cat-like eyes.
The group's attacker knocked Falco into a tree with her dreamcatcher net. Falco pulls out his blaster and shoots her, but the shots were deflected.
"I think it's about time you took a nap, permanently!" The intruder glared as she fired a blue beam from her net. However, a yo-yo wrapped around Falco's waist and pulled him out of the beam's way. She gasps and turns to find the masked girl in the ladybug outfit pulling Falco out of harm's way. She was joined by the black-suited boy and the others. "Ladybug and Cat Noir!"
"Ladybug? Cat Noir?" Falco asked, turning to Ladybug. The woman scowled as a pink butterfly outline appeared around her eyes.
"Dream Snatcher, the time has come." A deep, menacing voice said from far away. "Ladybug and Cat Noir are in your sights. Strike them down and take their Miraculous!"
"I figured you two would show up eventually." Dream Snatcher grinned, holding her net over her shoulders.
"Well, I figured you could use a wake-up call!" Cat Noir glared as he used his staff to try and take the net out of Dream Snatcher's hands, but she used the net to parry the attack. Her opponents soon joined the fight.
"Was she expecting you two to come?" Obi-Wan questioned.
"More or less, yeah." Ladybug answered.
"So what about that voice we heard earlier? The one that ordered her to take your "Miraculous" or whatever he called it?" Falco asked.
"It's a long story." Ladybug answered as the fight continued. Unknown to them, Alya was recording the battle from her cell phone.
"You are not going to believe what I am witnessing here, folks!" Alya said as she recorded the battle. "Not only are Ladybug and Cat Noir here to save us, but six others who came from who knows where have joined the fray!" She squealed like she would if she had got a new car as a graduation present. Suddenly, as the fight continued, another portal behind Alya opened up.
"Here too?!" Krystal gasped as everyone watched Alya get sucked into the portal, along with her cell phone.
"Ms. Alya!" Ladybug gasped.
"We need to save her!" Cat Noir suggested. "We'll finish this dream battle later!" He told Dream Snatcher as the group of eight jumped through the portal right before it closed.
In a dark room where the only source of light was from the single window, the villain who created Dream Snatcher, known only as Hawk Moth, sensed Ladybug and Cat Noir's disappearance.
"You may have escaped my grip, Ladybug and Cat Noir, but you'll return soon enough." Hawk Moth spoke as a swarm of pure white butterflies flutter him. "And when you do, your dreams of defeating me will be just that: dreams. Hopeless, empty dreams." He then laughs manically, echoing across the room.
(I'm in the bridge of the Great Fox with ROB when Judy and Alvin come in)
Alvin: Archer?
Me: Yeah? What is it?
Judy: Before we left, Alvin and I heard about your new story idea. How did you come up with it?
Me: Oh, that. I got the idea after hearing about this game called Lego Dimensions. I took a good look at it and, well, it inspired me to come up with this.
Alvin: Moving on, how much closer to Paris, ROB?
ROB: Estimated time of arrival: 28.1 minutes.
Me: Hmm… I suppose I'll call Smoke and tell him what happened.
(I dial Smoke's number on my cell phone, but it went to voicemail)
Voicemail: Hello, you've reached Smoke. I can't answer right now. I'm either busy with a story or a mission. Please leave a message and stay frosty!
(Beep!)
Me: Hey, Smoke. It's Archer. Listen, I'm not sure if you know this, but I got word from Ness and Lucas that the Chipettes were kidnapped. I'm on my way to Paris to meet with them. If you wish to send some backup, I'd appreciate it. So call me back when you get this. (I hang up)
Judy: Don't tell me: voicemail?
Me: Yep. Don't worry. He'll get the message soon. Besides, we need all the help we can get if we're to save the Chipettes.
Judy: I don't get it, though. Why did the guy nab the Chipettes? The way I see it, all he did was catch us off our guard. Why not just attack us right away while he still has the advantage?
Me: Good point. Guess we better get ready for our rescue mission while we're on the topic here. You readers may rate/review/fav. Archer out!
