Author's Note: Howdy partners. I have officially started my Ace Lightning third season. There is already one done, but my friends have given me permission to do one, as long as it is not identical. All character, items and places are copyright to Ace Lightning, BBC and ABC.
"Hey Mark, looks like you've had a lot of madness going on. Kilobyte is in the game, Lord Fear is on the run and Lady Illusion is "dead". This game of yours is crazy!" said Pete to Mark.
"You've got that right, Pete. Ace has been a bit dull since Lady Illusion sacrificed herself to save him from Fear, I hope he's going to be alright." said Mark.
At the Thunder Tower, things were double dull. Sparx sat in her chair, her arm placed on a desk. She watched Ace stand miserably by the tower's giant telescope, looking up into space. He had been that way for two whole weeks. Sparx angrily stood up.
"Come on, Ace. We shouldn't just be in here sulking around," she snorted. "We should be searching for that bonehead and his dumb walking stick!"
"What's the point Sparx? Kilobyte is defeated, and Lord Fear ran away. And Lady Illusion…" Ace replied, but his voice faded away.
Sparx rolled her eyes and slumped back down in her chair, looking around for something to cheer her friend up.
"Hey, Ace. For all you know, she could be alive and in the Sixth Dimension." suggested Sparx.
"Maybe." said Ace.
The two were suddenly interrupted by a loud bang from the room's door. The pounds were getting louder and louder. Sparx reached for the Sword of Jacob.
"Look's like we've got company," she said and Ace abandoned his miserable expression and joined Sparx. He clenched his fists.
The thudding came louder and louder as if something was trying to break its way in. The door was then suddenly hit with such force that it was broke off its hinges and sent flying across the observatory. Ace and Sparx looked on and heard an ear-piercing screech.
A bizarre green dinosaur crept into the room. It was green and scaly all over. It had a large head with an enormous mouth. Sharp fangs poked out of the top and bottom jaws. It had yellow eyes and several short brown spikes jutting out of the cheeks. It had long raptor legs and sharp toes at the end. A long lizard tail sprouted out of the back, with a spiked circular saw at the tip. There was an even larger circular saw built into the dinosaur's head. Several mechanical gears were built on the sides of the body and purple plates with spikes were placed on the dinosaur's legs. It had no arms.
The dinosaur turned to face Ace and Sparx and roared at them. Ace backed off in shock.
"It can't be?" he said.
(Title Sequence)
Episode 40: A Series of Surprises
The dinosaur screeched at the two. Ace frowned angrily at the mechanical reptile before him.
"Buzzbeast, how did you get here?" asked Ace.
"Hehehehe! You left to quickly, Lightning!" laughed a voice.
Dirty Rat flew in a cackled at the two Lightning Knights, while Buzzbeast lashed his claws at Ace.
"Rat, where is Fear?" asked Ace.
"Stop asking so many questions. LF is in hiding, but I'm not telling you where he is. Soon after Kilobyte was defeated and you left, I found two pieces of the Amulet and summoned this dangerous dino from the Sixth Dimension." explained Dirty Rat.
"And what makes you think that he will obey a coward like you?" asked Sparx which caused Dirty Rat to flinch.
"Well…I…er… Buzzbeast, it is feeding time!" said Dirty Rat.
Buzzbeast roared and sprung across the room like a kangaroo and tackled Ace to the ground. As Ace wrestled with the dinosaur, Sparx jumped upon Buzzbeast and crushed Ace even more. Sparx slashed at the giant circular saw on Buzzbeast's back with her sword. Buzzbeast roared and shook Sparx off him. Dirty Rat applauded. Ace then fired lightning bolts in Buzzbeast's face and the dinosaur screeched with pain and kicked Ace away into a wall.
Sparx came in for another attack and launched a ray of lightning over Buzzbeast. Buzzbeast was damaged and retaliated by curling up into a ball and the giant metal circular saw began to spin rapidly. Buzzbeast dashed at Sparx and tore right through the desk which stood between him and Sparx. Sparx ran for it. Ace chased after Buzzbeast with the Lightning Lance and fired lightning blasts at him. Sparx whistled for the Lightning Flash.
"Lightning Flash, to me!" cried Sparx and jumped onto her flying vehicle just as Buzzbeast caught up to her.
Buzzbeast uncurled and looked up as Sparx got out of his reach. He was suddenly hit in the back by a lightning bolt and saw that Ace had sneaked up behind him. He swung round and roared at Ace.
Just then, Mark and Chuck walked in, oblivious to the broken door and the hero and villain fighting.
"Hi Ace, what's-" said Mark, but he cut off when he saw Buzzbeast towering over Ace.
"Uh-oh!" said Chuck.
Buzzbeast reared back his head an examined the new arrivals. He then smirked and leapt at them. Mark pulled out his Super Glove of Doom and fired lightning bolts at Buzzbeast. Buzzbeast collapsed to the ground, after he had taken the full force of the attack. Dirty Rat shrieked and flew out of the Thunder Tower.
Buzzbeast quickly got up and lunged at Ace again. Sparx flew in and fired a lightning bolt at Buzzbeast. It struck the dinosaur in midair. Ace fired some lightning bolts, likewise did Mark. As all three attacks hit home, Buzzbeast faded out in a flash of light.
…
The wire-frame body of Buzzbeast morphed into the Kent Brothers' Carnival's new dodgems ride.
…
"What was that thing?" asked Mark to Ace.
"That "thing" was Buzzbeast. He is one of my deadliest enemies." explained Ace.
"Dude, we better get to school, or whoever are new teacher is will give us trouble," said Chuck and was out the door in a second.
"Right," said Mark and looking at Ace for a moment, he left.
…
Outside, Mark confronted Chuck.
"I have never seen Buzzbeast in the game. Do you think Rick made him?" asked Mark.
"Probably, dude. He created Ace and the others, so he must've created Buzzbeast," replied Chuck. "I've still got to rescue Rick out the game anyway, and possibly see if Lady Illusion has been permanently deleted."
"You do that, Chuck. But wait until after lessons." said Mark.
As the two walked off and headed for school, they failed to notice a dark figure with icy blue eyes spying on them in a nearby tree.
"These foolish mortals are Lightning Knights? And my brother failed to defeat them? He is weaker than I thought. But I wonder how he is doing in the Sixth Dimension," said the figure and a long slimy tentacle crept out of its back.
…
The Sixth Dimension, a dark and evil place to be. Its creator, The Master Programmer sat uncomfortably in an iron cage in the middle of a circus ring, surrounded by taunting chimpanzees.
"I don't believe it. I, Rick Hubble, The Master Programmer, am stuck in my own video game, trapped in a cage and tormented by my own creations. If Kilobyte hadn't betrayed me, than I could have ruled the world. The only one that can now save is Chuck." thought Rick.
One of the monkeys secretly brought out a banana and started to peel it. The other monkeys caught on to its scheme and they made a grab for the banana, but in the process, they knocked the cage over. The cage fell to the floor and the door opened. Rick smiled with relief and clambered out of the cage and made a dash for it, leaving the quarrelling monkeys behind. He took refuge behind a large brightly coloured crate. He gasped as he saw Kilobyte appear in the ring…and notice the empty cage.
"You fools! Where is the mortal?" Kilobyte roared at the monkeys.
The apes looked about and shrugged. Kilobyte shook his head and his four tentacles wriggled out of his back.
"You will now be punished!" said Kilobyte and his tentacles lashed down upon the monkeys.
Rick gasped and hid behind the crate. He saw flashes of light which flash on the circus tent walls and he heard the helpless cries of the monkeys. Everything went silent. Rick nervously looked around and saw a monkey limb, coated in blood, a few inches away. His stomach churned.
"Yuk!" he said is disgust, and then remember Kilobyte.
He up and spotted Kilobyte looking in his direction.
"I will now do to you what I did to them!" said Kilobyte and began to step forward, over the bloody remains of the monkeys.
Rick screamed and ran away down a dark passage of the circus. Kilobyte sighed and noticed a lion with a green mane and a clown nose prancing across the ring.
"You! Get the mortal!" commanded Kilobyte to the lion.
The cat looked at Kilobyte and then to the fleeing Rick. With a fierce roar, the lion tore across the circus ring and pursued Rick. Kilobyte smirked and then bellowed with laughter.
…
At school, Mark and Chuck discovered that Chesebrough was back, having been saved by his teachers union. Chesebrough had also changed seating arrangements. It was good news for Mark, as Chesebrough had sat him next to Kat, but Chuck was now sitting beside Wayne, who kept punching him when Chesebrough was not looking.
"Fisgus, stop punching Mugel!" said Chesebrough, catching sight of Wayne laying it in to Chuck.
Wayne growled and then attempted to kick Chuck.
"No kicking either!" said Chesebrough.
Wayne gasped in sheer amazement. The bell suddenly rang.
"Dismissed!" said Chesebrough and everybody made for the door.
Chuck was held back by Chesebrough as Mark had already left with Kat.
"I thank you, Mr. Mugel, for rescuing me from those awful aliens," said Chesebrough. "Now, get out!"
"Your welcome, sir" said Chuck and scurried out of the room.
Chuck caught up to Mark and Kat at their lockers.
"Sorry about that," he said.
"Never mind, Chuck." replied Mark.
Just then, stroppy Heather arrived, looking smugger than ever.
"I need that story done on the carnival," said Heather. "As editor of the school newspaper…"
"Co-editor," Kat corrected her.
"Fine. As co-editor of the school newspaper, I want revenge on that stupid pig that slimed me!"
"You looked good with slime on you," joked Mark and he, Chuck and Kat broke down in laughter.
Heather stomped off in a rage, pushing past a random boy and causing him to drop all of his books.
…
In a farmyard barn somewhere, hid Lord Fear and Staff Head with the Doom Wagon. They had Dirty Rat go back and forth to give them news, and so far he was late.
"Where is that ridiculous rat, he is late!" groaned Lord Fear.
"He's probably eating cheese, milord. Hehehehe!" giggled Staff Head.
"Shut up!" said Lord Fear.
Dirty Rat flew in through a window and Lord Fear seized him by the neck.
"You are slow, rodent. Did Buzzbeast destroy the Lightning Knights?" snapped Lord Fear.
"Sorry LF. Buzzbeast failed," replied Dirty Rat who was thrown to the floor by Fear.
"I knew that reptilian numbskull was useless!" shouted Lord Fear and in his fury, he grabbed Staff Head and blasted a hole in the barn's roof.
"No need to lose it, boss!" said Dirty Rat.
"Just go and find some more pieces of the Amulet!" said Lord Fear, revealing the two fragments he already had.
Dirty Rat flew off muttering angrily. Lord Fear watched him and leave and then placed the pieces of the Amulet back in his cloak.
"Mammals," he cursed.
…
Back in the Sixth Dimension, Rick was rushing through the circus. He was being pursued by Kilobyte, a lion, a bear and a group of monkeys.
Rick managed to lose them all and took refuge in the large room full of animal cages. He noticed a cage with a dustsheet covering it. He ran to it and took cover in it. He remained as quiet as possible and heard the growl of the lion. He looked through a small hole in the dustsheet and saw the lion look around and then leave.
"That was a close one…" said Rick out loud.
"You're telling me," replied a female voice.
Rick looked over to the other side of the cage and saw Lady Illusion standing there, a orange orb in her palm.
"Lady Illusion?" said Rick in amazement.
"You know my name? How?" asked Lady Illusion.
"I…I created you!" murmured Rick.
"You know, I always did wonder who my mother was…" said Lady Illusion, the orb in her palm vanishing.
"I never designed you a mother," said Rick. "I created you to have no mother. You're an orphan."
Lady Illusion closed her eyes and thought for a moment, and then opened them.
"You then are my programmer. You must have created this world then. Where is the portal to the other world?" said Lady Illusion.
"In the Haunted House, but how are we supposed to get to there?" replied Rick.
"We can take a shortcut through Nevershine Mine. One of the tracks leads to the Haunted House!" said Lady Illusion and she grabbed Rick by the arm and dragged out of the cage, but they only ran into Kilobyte.
"I've found you. You will now both perish!" said Kilobyte.
Rick and Lady Illusion looked on as a grizzly bear, balancing on a ball appeared beside Kilobyte and thrashed its sharp claws at them.
"We're doomed!" said Rick.
…
Back in the barnyard, Fear was blasting rats that were scurrying around. Dirty Rat then flew in, looking excited.
"Boss! Boss!" he cried.
"Perfect, an airbourne target!" said Fear and aimed Staff Head at Dirty Rat.
"But boss, I found another piece of the Amulet!" whimpered Dirty Rat, revealing a third fragment.
Lord Fear lowered Staff Head and snatched the fragment from Rat.
"Well done my faithful rodent!" cheered Lord Fear and brought out another piece of the Amulet. "Let us see which evil villain emerges from the Sixth Dimension!"
Lord Fear connected the pieces together and a bright light engulfed the barn. When the light faded, Lord Fear saw that a new minion had appeared, and it was a woman.
She had a gothic appearance. Wearing a black tank-top and black shorts. Striped socks in white and pink that were ripped in several places were worn by the young girl. She had purple high-heeled boots with black spikes on the top. A purple jacket with no sleeves covered her tank-top and spiked wrist bands were on placed just under her hands. She had short pink hair and wore a purple helmet with spikes jutting out of the top. Strapped to her back was a large white and pink box that looked like something that you would mix candy floss in. In her right hand (which had a black glove on it), was a large yellow and pink bow.
The girl noticed Lord Fear, Staff Head and Dirty Rat and smiled at them with her emerald green eyes.
"Hello." she greeted them.
"Hello. Who am I addressing?" said Lord Fear.
"Oh, how rude of me. I am Candy Floss," said the girl, bowing before Lord Fear.
"And I thought Lady Illusion was freaky-looking…" whispered Dirty Rat to Staff Head, who chuckled.
Candy Floss, however, had overheard them and quickly flipped up the lid of the box on her back and brought out what looked like a cross between an arrow and a giant lolly pop. She placed it in her arrow and fired it at Dirty Rat, who ducked out of the way.
"Don't call me a freak. Last time someone called me a freak…I broke them in half!" threatened Candy.
"I like your style, Miss Floss. We will now return to the Carnival of Doom and destroy the Lightning Knights, once and for all. Muhahahahahaha!" said Lord Fear and began cackling.
Lord Fear stepped into his Doom Wagon and pressed a button beside the seat. An extra seat appeared on the back of the Doom Wagon and Candy Floss happily stepped up and sat down into it. Metal bars rose up to protect the sitter from flying away. The Doom Wagon pumped up some rocket power and it was away, Dirty Rat flying after it.
To be continued…