Dimension Tension
Any characters, unless otherwise mentioned, I do not claim them. They are from X-men, X-men Evolution, Jackie Chan Adventures, and Star Wars. You should be familiar with them, or you will be totally lost. And I don't care! I claim Erica and Erick to be mine. You better not take them! This takes place in between my first and second story. You gotta read at least the first!
It was as unexciting day as it could be at the X-mansion. At least, with the blue twins around, anything is possible, as they experience a change of a lifetime. Jaime was being reluctantly taken to some lessons specifically for him, and the rest of the X-men were at school or in the Danger Room with Wolverine.
"Checkmate!" Erica shouted triumphantly. She put her queen in front of Erick's king, trapping it. "Aw, not again!" he protested. He crossed his arms and pouted. She imitated him perfectly. "Hey! Knock it off, will you!" She stuck her tongue out at him. He ignored her and started up his computer. For some reason, it rebooted slower than usual. {Darn! The power's beginning to shut down. I'm going to need another power source.} He snuck a glance at her. Nope, no can do. Last time I took you somewhere, we were nearly fried. I am not going to add another near-death experience to my list.} He tried doing one of her classic puppy eyes on her. {Are you OK? You look sick.} She asked him sweetly. No one could ever imitate her perfectly, and she knew it. {Fine...I'll give you half of my French Fries if you take me there.} She shook her head. {I'm going into Forge's lab. The price is double. One for getting you there, and one for the stuff.} Erick groaned. His sister really knew how to push the limits. {I will give you half of my French Fries and two bagels. Take it or leave it.} Erica was twisting and turning her tail, deciding. {It's a deal!} Two three fingered hands shook to seal the deal. *SHH* "So when did you get to Forge's lab in the mansion?" {Long story. To make it short, I did a blind teleport. Knew you'd want to take a look around. Great for bribes.} Erick sighed. He still hadn't gotten used to her skills as a professional thief. {Hey, look at this...} he held up a strange domed looking sort of ray gun. (Note: the one from Middleverse) {Look, it must have a great power source. He examined it carefully. {Darn. Not what I needed.} He dropped it on it's side, unaware that it was pointed directly towards him and his sister. A strange whirring noise sounded. {What did you do?} She asked. {Uh..} A ball of light enveloped them. {Hold on!} She grabbed him by the arm. The ball of light grew bigger and even more intense as it enveloped the twins in mid-teleport. *SHH* (Somewhere in San Francisco, California, in Uncle's shop) – Jackie Chan Adventures Jade groaned as Uncle prepared another chi spell. "Un-cle! It totally reeks in here!" she whined. To her surprise, Jackie agreed with her. "Uncle, Jade's right. Maybe you sho—" "Jack-ie! Uncle is busy. Do you want to find dark forces? Then I work." Uncle replied. "Shesh, yeah right." She mumbled. "Sinsee, I believe he is not present. Might we bake some cookies instead?" Jade grinned. Sometimes Taru had good ideas. Suddenly, a puff of smoke appeared near the ceiling. Two blue thing come crashing down, landing on the floor. "Ugh..." one of them said. "Vhere are ve?" Blinking they stood up. "Aigh-ya! Demons!" Uncle shouted. One of the blue creatures looked around. "Vhere? I don't see any..." the other one punched him in the arm. "Reality check. He's talkin' about uz!" Meanwhile, Uncle began doing a cheese spell. He waved a puffer fish in front of them. Nothing happened. "Tell me zhis isn't happening...." He noticed the occupants in the room for the first time. "Oh...uh, guten tag! So sorry for um...inturrupting." He nudged his sister, and they both turned on their holowatches. "Wow! Are you aliens?" Jade asked, excited. The boy started blushing. "Niene...we're um, I dunno, er..." "Demons! They are demons from the outer portal!" Uncle yelled. The girl shook her head. "Niene, ve are not....demons. By zhe vay, my name's Erica. Zhis is mien bruder, Erick. Ve ran into some sort of....I dunno..." "Portal. Ve are in anuder dimension!" Erick finished. "Huh? What are you talking about?" Jackie asked. "I know! I know!" Jade interrupted. "You have like super-high technology, and you use it to warp to other dimensions. Right?" There was an awkward silence as the twins proceeded to explain themselves. "Sort of...but it vas an accident. I vas trien' to find a power source for mein computer, zhen--" "Wait. You are telling us that you are not from this world?" Taru asked. "You might zay zhat." Erick looked at the floor, trying to sort out the mess that they were in. "Then how do we know that you are not demons?" Erica answered that rather smoothly. "Cuz majick don't work on us. Ve just vant to find our vay home." Jade cocked her head, thinking. "I got it!" She snapped her fingers, then explained. "You came in through a portal, then all we have to do is find other one. This looks like a job for the J-Team!" She stood proudly in front of the twins, who were her size. "Jay-team? I've heard of zhe Ex-man, but zhis? I must've hit my head harder zhen I thought." Erick rubbed his head ruefully. Erica sighed. "Can you help us?" Uncle eyed her warily. "Good magic does not work. Must be good spirits...or maybe strong bad spirits... We need research!" He headed into his library with Taru following. Jackie looked at the new trio and shook his head. "Cummon, you guys! I'll show you my room!" Jade ecstatically pushed the twins in another direction. Once in her room, she closed the door. "So can you do that awesome trick that you did?" "Vhat? You mean zhis?" Erick pushed a button on his holowatch, turning himself back into his blue fuzzy self. Erica moaned and turned hers off. "Awesome! Are you aliens or something?" "Er....nien, frauline. Ve just, uh ...dropped in. Do you think zhat he can find our lost portal?" he replied, twitching nervously. Erica was projecting rather annoying thoughts towards him. He grinned to himself, he finally hit one of her soft spots. Not everyday she got jealous of someone. Jade nodded, smiling. "If anybody can find it, it's Uncle. I'm going to get the rest of the J-team. We're going to need their help." She grinned cheekily at Erick, and walked over to her phone. He blushed until he caught Erica staring at him. She crawled up onto the ceiling and hung on the fan by her tail. He shrugged and pretended to ignore her. Instead, he busied himself at looking around Jade's room.
When she finally stopped talking on the phone, she turned around on her chair. "They're coming in five minutes. Hey, where's the other one?" "Right here!" Erica responded above her. "Whoa!" Jade looked up took an apprehensive step backwards. He rolled his eyes. "She likes doing zhat to people." She smiled at him. "Uh..it's OK." Without warning, she touched his three-fingered hand. "You're furry!" she blurted out. "So?"
"Sorry, it's kinda weird if ya know what I mean." Erick turned his face down. "Don't worry, I don't mind." A doorbell rang downstairs. The twins hurriedly turned on their watches. "They're here! Wait 'til they meet you!" Jade practically dragged Erick downstairs. Erica, on the other hand, decided to make a more interesting appearance. *SHH*
Jackie opened the door. "What are you doing here?" "We are here to help find the missing portal, like Yade asked." El Toro replied. Jade and Erick appeared on the scene. "Uh, hi guys! This is Erick. He and his sister are from another dimension. Isn't that cool?" Pablo popped up. "Awesome! But, um..where's your sister?" *SHH* Erica arrived next to Erick. "Hola! Me nombre es Erica." She said. Pablo looked at her in astonishment, as with the rest of the J-team. Erick groaned. Showoff... "Quite an act. I take it they are..spirits?" Viper asked. The twins nodded, hoping to end this never-ending questioning. "I found it!" Uncle yelled. Everybody rushed over to Uncle's library. "Secret writings tell of a special portal. It took it's owners to uncharted areas." He whispered. "So vhere is it?" Erick asked. Uncle glared at him before continuing. "In a place of mystery. Ancient priests guard it against evil for thousands of years. If dark forces reach it, they could destroy many things. We are going to India. We must reach it before Dal-Long-Wong does."
"All right! India!" Jade shouted cheerfully. Jackie did not look as impressed. "I will call Captain Black for a plane." (Somewhere in India) "It should be somewhere over here...." Uncle mumbled, using one of his locator spells. "That's what you said an hour ago!" Jackie protested. "Ah...here it is!" Uncle shouted happily. He pushed away a large green stone. It slid open, leaving a dark passageway of stairs. "Follow these stairs to portal. If you wish to enter, you must say secret password." "But we don't know any passwords!" Jackie complained. "Not us-them!" Uncle pointed at the twins. "So, who's ready for a little exploring?" Viper asked, expertly twirling a flashlight. "You four stay with us, we don't want to get lost." The kids were pushed towards the center of the group as the adults walked down the stairs in single file.
"It's damp and dark in here..." Erica noted. "Don't be afraid. I'm here for you!" Pablo put his arm around her. When they get down to last step, a huge sapphire showed. "WOW! We could get rich here!" Jade exclaimed. Nobody noticed a small piece of it stuck into one of the stones. Unknowingly, Erica trod upon it. Strange whirring noises were heard. The adults looked around anxiously. Suddenly, the room burst into light. Unaccustomed to the brightness, everybody was temporarily blinded. Blinking tears from their eyes, the group saw one of the biggest treasure troves in history. "Awesome!" "Dude, we could retire for life here!" "Look at the size of these rubies!" The group turned around slowly. Three rather ugly-looking brownish guys with extra-long hair stood (except one), admiring the treasure. (I don't remember their names, please bear with me...) Realizing that they were being watched, they glared at the others. "Go get your own treasure, this is ours." "Treasure is not important! Portal is!" argued Uncle. "No!" "Yes!" "No! "Yes!" One of the men stared hard at the twins. Erick and Erica gulped nervously. "Hey! It's the pip-squeaks that big D ordered us to get. He said we'd get a promotion if we gottem." said the bald one. "Uh-oh..." The twins said simultaneously. Jackie, Viper, and El Toro stepped in front of them. "You want the kids, then you have to get through us. "Spider eats monkey!" (I remember one, i think. Sorry if it's wrong name.) A really big fist came out of nowhere and pulverized a rock. Tiger was back. Uncle shooed the kids behind a solid gold table while the adults went to fight. "Too dangerous. I must find portal." Uncle informed the bewildered children, before going off. "Ve better help!" Erica told her brother. "You can't! The grown-ups said...besides, El Toro is the best." Pablo replied. "No, Jackie is." Jade argued. Pablo shook his head. "They sai--" "Comon! Zhe grown-ups are losing! Ve gotta help." Erica said crisply. Somebody towering over them caused all discussion to end abruptly. "Found ya!" "AHH!" the kids yelled in surprise. Erica grabbed Pedro, and Erick grabbed Jade and teleported. *SHH* *PSHOO* They landed on the blue sapphire in the center of the room. "That rocks!" Jade exclaimed. Pedro nodded eagerly. "Yeah." Suddenly, the twins' holowatches start fritzing again. "Aw, man..." "Vhy does it alvays happen?' they complained. Soon, they are back to their fuzzy blue selves. "Wh-what are you?" Pedro asked nervously. To the twin's relief, Jade produced an adequate answer. "Oh, they're just spirits from another world. That's why the dark chi wizard is after them. They need to get back home before they get into real trouble." Pablo's eyes widened in amazement. "That is so cool!" Erica grinned. "So, vho vants to see us in action?" "Me!" Jade and Pablo called out. Erick rolled his eyes (again). {You take the one with glasses, and I take the one with really long hair. Got it?} ::sigh:: "Ja." *SHH* *PSHOO* "Any clue what they just said?" "Nope. I bet's spirit talk!"
. *SHH* "Hey, ugly! Betcha can't catch me!" Momentarily distracted, Viper and the one with the really long hair stared at Erica in surprise. She stuck out her tongue. "Nyha, nyha!" "Why you--" He tried to grab her, but she disappeared. A sharp rap to his head made him look up. "Knock, knock! Vho's dere?" *SHH* "Come back here!" he yelled. A whack in the face by a tail stunned him for a few seconds. Viper gave him a face punch in the meantime. "Hey! Dat's not fair!" A sharp-edged boomerang came out of thin air. "Now I'll make two of ya!" He threw it in Erica's direction. She dodged it easily. "Missed." It came back towards her. *SHH* "Missed again!" "Argh! You liddle squirt! I'm gonna get you!" *SHH* "Make me!" Pht! She stuck out her tongue again. He threw his boomerang-sword thing at her again. It headed directly towards her. A few inches from slicing her face to pieces, it froze in mid-air. "Huh? What's happening?" he asked, obviously confused. Erica smirked at his reaction. Shoving her hand forward, it ran right into him. He disappeared in a puff of blue and purple smoke. "All right!" She and Viper exchanged high-fives.
El Toro was having a bit of trouble with the guy in glasses. Normally, in a wrestling ring, it would be a piece of cake. But this isn't the wrestling ring. The little guy kept on dodging, with the exception of a few face hits. And one of his other buddies was ganging up on him. This is not an honorable way to fight. *PSHOO* Erick landed on the wall above the guy in glasses. His tail reached down and snatched the glasses off his face. "I can't see! I can't see!" His hands grasped the empty air. "Good job, amigo!" El Toro nodded approvingly. "Now we need to--" A hit in the back of the head sent him reeling. "Give those glasses back to my friend!" Erick shook his head. "You gotta git it from me! Neener, neener, neener!" He stuck his tongue out at the bald man. "You asked for it!" He approached Erick menacingly. As if having no clue what is going on, Erick jumped onto the other guy's head. "Get it off! Get it offa me!" he shrieked. The bald guy was coming closer to Erick. Hammer raised, he prepared to squash him with a swift blow. He nearly dropped it on him. Waiting for the last possible second, he teleported. Instead, the hammer hit the bald guy's friend on the head. He disappeared in a puff of smoke also. "Hey! Where'd he go?" A really hard punch sent him to go wherever his friend went. A few minutes later, the fight was over. Everybody breathed a sigh of relief as they met up with Uncle. Pablo and Jade greeted the twins happily. "That was SO COOL!" "Yeah, you kicked those bad guys' butts!" "Here is portal!" Uncle exclaimed. Everybody stared in awe of it's majestic beauty. It looked like a door, but it was round. Made of solid gold, it was covered in rubies, sapphires, emeralds, and other precious gems. An exceptionally large sapphire stood in its center. On it were strange inscriptions. "Strange inscriptions..." Uncle commented. "Need more research!" Erick and Erica studied the figures. "Mein Gott...." he breathed. "ve can read it..." she added in astonishment. "So what does it say?" Jackie asked. "Um...says, 'Only Those Here Escape Reality, say zhe passvord, and enter..." "So what's the password?" "Uh, still figuring it out..." "Great. We'll probably be here for a few hours." "I got it!" Erica yelled. "It's an anagram thing!" Silence was heard throughout the room. "What's an anagram?" Jade piped up. "Zhe first letter stand for zhe password. Take zhe O from others, T from those, H from here and so on. Zhe password iz OTHER!" she blurted out. Creaking noises are heard, and the door opens. Bright light streams from it. "THANKS FOR EVERYTHING!" They yelled before being encased in the light.
Any characters, unless otherwise mentioned, I do not claim them. They are from X-men, X-men Evolution, Jackie Chan Adventures, and Star Wars. You should be familiar with them, or you will be totally lost. And I don't care! I claim Erica and Erick to be mine. You better not take them! This takes place in between my first and second story. You gotta read at least the first!
It was as unexciting day as it could be at the X-mansion. At least, with the blue twins around, anything is possible, as they experience a change of a lifetime. Jaime was being reluctantly taken to some lessons specifically for him, and the rest of the X-men were at school or in the Danger Room with Wolverine.
"Checkmate!" Erica shouted triumphantly. She put her queen in front of Erick's king, trapping it. "Aw, not again!" he protested. He crossed his arms and pouted. She imitated him perfectly. "Hey! Knock it off, will you!" She stuck her tongue out at him. He ignored her and started up his computer. For some reason, it rebooted slower than usual. {Darn! The power's beginning to shut down. I'm going to need another power source.} He snuck a glance at her. Nope, no can do. Last time I took you somewhere, we were nearly fried. I am not going to add another near-death experience to my list.} He tried doing one of her classic puppy eyes on her. {Are you OK? You look sick.} She asked him sweetly. No one could ever imitate her perfectly, and she knew it. {Fine...I'll give you half of my French Fries if you take me there.} She shook her head. {I'm going into Forge's lab. The price is double. One for getting you there, and one for the stuff.} Erick groaned. His sister really knew how to push the limits. {I will give you half of my French Fries and two bagels. Take it or leave it.} Erica was twisting and turning her tail, deciding. {It's a deal!} Two three fingered hands shook to seal the deal. *SHH* "So when did you get to Forge's lab in the mansion?" {Long story. To make it short, I did a blind teleport. Knew you'd want to take a look around. Great for bribes.} Erick sighed. He still hadn't gotten used to her skills as a professional thief. {Hey, look at this...} he held up a strange domed looking sort of ray gun. (Note: the one from Middleverse) {Look, it must have a great power source. He examined it carefully. {Darn. Not what I needed.} He dropped it on it's side, unaware that it was pointed directly towards him and his sister. A strange whirring noise sounded. {What did you do?} She asked. {Uh..} A ball of light enveloped them. {Hold on!} She grabbed him by the arm. The ball of light grew bigger and even more intense as it enveloped the twins in mid-teleport. *SHH* (Somewhere in San Francisco, California, in Uncle's shop) – Jackie Chan Adventures Jade groaned as Uncle prepared another chi spell. "Un-cle! It totally reeks in here!" she whined. To her surprise, Jackie agreed with her. "Uncle, Jade's right. Maybe you sho—" "Jack-ie! Uncle is busy. Do you want to find dark forces? Then I work." Uncle replied. "Shesh, yeah right." She mumbled. "Sinsee, I believe he is not present. Might we bake some cookies instead?" Jade grinned. Sometimes Taru had good ideas. Suddenly, a puff of smoke appeared near the ceiling. Two blue thing come crashing down, landing on the floor. "Ugh..." one of them said. "Vhere are ve?" Blinking they stood up. "Aigh-ya! Demons!" Uncle shouted. One of the blue creatures looked around. "Vhere? I don't see any..." the other one punched him in the arm. "Reality check. He's talkin' about uz!" Meanwhile, Uncle began doing a cheese spell. He waved a puffer fish in front of them. Nothing happened. "Tell me zhis isn't happening...." He noticed the occupants in the room for the first time. "Oh...uh, guten tag! So sorry for um...inturrupting." He nudged his sister, and they both turned on their holowatches. "Wow! Are you aliens?" Jade asked, excited. The boy started blushing. "Niene...we're um, I dunno, er..." "Demons! They are demons from the outer portal!" Uncle yelled. The girl shook her head. "Niene, ve are not....demons. By zhe vay, my name's Erica. Zhis is mien bruder, Erick. Ve ran into some sort of....I dunno..." "Portal. Ve are in anuder dimension!" Erick finished. "Huh? What are you talking about?" Jackie asked. "I know! I know!" Jade interrupted. "You have like super-high technology, and you use it to warp to other dimensions. Right?" There was an awkward silence as the twins proceeded to explain themselves. "Sort of...but it vas an accident. I vas trien' to find a power source for mein computer, zhen--" "Wait. You are telling us that you are not from this world?" Taru asked. "You might zay zhat." Erick looked at the floor, trying to sort out the mess that they were in. "Then how do we know that you are not demons?" Erica answered that rather smoothly. "Cuz majick don't work on us. Ve just vant to find our vay home." Jade cocked her head, thinking. "I got it!" She snapped her fingers, then explained. "You came in through a portal, then all we have to do is find other one. This looks like a job for the J-Team!" She stood proudly in front of the twins, who were her size. "Jay-team? I've heard of zhe Ex-man, but zhis? I must've hit my head harder zhen I thought." Erick rubbed his head ruefully. Erica sighed. "Can you help us?" Uncle eyed her warily. "Good magic does not work. Must be good spirits...or maybe strong bad spirits... We need research!" He headed into his library with Taru following. Jackie looked at the new trio and shook his head. "Cummon, you guys! I'll show you my room!" Jade ecstatically pushed the twins in another direction. Once in her room, she closed the door. "So can you do that awesome trick that you did?" "Vhat? You mean zhis?" Erick pushed a button on his holowatch, turning himself back into his blue fuzzy self. Erica moaned and turned hers off. "Awesome! Are you aliens or something?" "Er....nien, frauline. Ve just, uh ...dropped in. Do you think zhat he can find our lost portal?" he replied, twitching nervously. Erica was projecting rather annoying thoughts towards him. He grinned to himself, he finally hit one of her soft spots. Not everyday she got jealous of someone. Jade nodded, smiling. "If anybody can find it, it's Uncle. I'm going to get the rest of the J-team. We're going to need their help." She grinned cheekily at Erick, and walked over to her phone. He blushed until he caught Erica staring at him. She crawled up onto the ceiling and hung on the fan by her tail. He shrugged and pretended to ignore her. Instead, he busied himself at looking around Jade's room.
When she finally stopped talking on the phone, she turned around on her chair. "They're coming in five minutes. Hey, where's the other one?" "Right here!" Erica responded above her. "Whoa!" Jade looked up took an apprehensive step backwards. He rolled his eyes. "She likes doing zhat to people." She smiled at him. "Uh..it's OK." Without warning, she touched his three-fingered hand. "You're furry!" she blurted out. "So?"
"Sorry, it's kinda weird if ya know what I mean." Erick turned his face down. "Don't worry, I don't mind." A doorbell rang downstairs. The twins hurriedly turned on their watches. "They're here! Wait 'til they meet you!" Jade practically dragged Erick downstairs. Erica, on the other hand, decided to make a more interesting appearance. *SHH*
Jackie opened the door. "What are you doing here?" "We are here to help find the missing portal, like Yade asked." El Toro replied. Jade and Erick appeared on the scene. "Uh, hi guys! This is Erick. He and his sister are from another dimension. Isn't that cool?" Pablo popped up. "Awesome! But, um..where's your sister?" *SHH* Erica arrived next to Erick. "Hola! Me nombre es Erica." She said. Pablo looked at her in astonishment, as with the rest of the J-team. Erick groaned. Showoff... "Quite an act. I take it they are..spirits?" Viper asked. The twins nodded, hoping to end this never-ending questioning. "I found it!" Uncle yelled. Everybody rushed over to Uncle's library. "Secret writings tell of a special portal. It took it's owners to uncharted areas." He whispered. "So vhere is it?" Erick asked. Uncle glared at him before continuing. "In a place of mystery. Ancient priests guard it against evil for thousands of years. If dark forces reach it, they could destroy many things. We are going to India. We must reach it before Dal-Long-Wong does."
"All right! India!" Jade shouted cheerfully. Jackie did not look as impressed. "I will call Captain Black for a plane." (Somewhere in India) "It should be somewhere over here...." Uncle mumbled, using one of his locator spells. "That's what you said an hour ago!" Jackie protested. "Ah...here it is!" Uncle shouted happily. He pushed away a large green stone. It slid open, leaving a dark passageway of stairs. "Follow these stairs to portal. If you wish to enter, you must say secret password." "But we don't know any passwords!" Jackie complained. "Not us-them!" Uncle pointed at the twins. "So, who's ready for a little exploring?" Viper asked, expertly twirling a flashlight. "You four stay with us, we don't want to get lost." The kids were pushed towards the center of the group as the adults walked down the stairs in single file.
"It's damp and dark in here..." Erica noted. "Don't be afraid. I'm here for you!" Pablo put his arm around her. When they get down to last step, a huge sapphire showed. "WOW! We could get rich here!" Jade exclaimed. Nobody noticed a small piece of it stuck into one of the stones. Unknowingly, Erica trod upon it. Strange whirring noises were heard. The adults looked around anxiously. Suddenly, the room burst into light. Unaccustomed to the brightness, everybody was temporarily blinded. Blinking tears from their eyes, the group saw one of the biggest treasure troves in history. "Awesome!" "Dude, we could retire for life here!" "Look at the size of these rubies!" The group turned around slowly. Three rather ugly-looking brownish guys with extra-long hair stood (except one), admiring the treasure. (I don't remember their names, please bear with me...) Realizing that they were being watched, they glared at the others. "Go get your own treasure, this is ours." "Treasure is not important! Portal is!" argued Uncle. "No!" "Yes!" "No! "Yes!" One of the men stared hard at the twins. Erick and Erica gulped nervously. "Hey! It's the pip-squeaks that big D ordered us to get. He said we'd get a promotion if we gottem." said the bald one. "Uh-oh..." The twins said simultaneously. Jackie, Viper, and El Toro stepped in front of them. "You want the kids, then you have to get through us. "Spider eats monkey!" (I remember one, i think. Sorry if it's wrong name.) A really big fist came out of nowhere and pulverized a rock. Tiger was back. Uncle shooed the kids behind a solid gold table while the adults went to fight. "Too dangerous. I must find portal." Uncle informed the bewildered children, before going off. "Ve better help!" Erica told her brother. "You can't! The grown-ups said...besides, El Toro is the best." Pablo replied. "No, Jackie is." Jade argued. Pablo shook his head. "They sai--" "Comon! Zhe grown-ups are losing! Ve gotta help." Erica said crisply. Somebody towering over them caused all discussion to end abruptly. "Found ya!" "AHH!" the kids yelled in surprise. Erica grabbed Pedro, and Erick grabbed Jade and teleported. *SHH* *PSHOO* They landed on the blue sapphire in the center of the room. "That rocks!" Jade exclaimed. Pedro nodded eagerly. "Yeah." Suddenly, the twins' holowatches start fritzing again. "Aw, man..." "Vhy does it alvays happen?' they complained. Soon, they are back to their fuzzy blue selves. "Wh-what are you?" Pedro asked nervously. To the twin's relief, Jade produced an adequate answer. "Oh, they're just spirits from another world. That's why the dark chi wizard is after them. They need to get back home before they get into real trouble." Pablo's eyes widened in amazement. "That is so cool!" Erica grinned. "So, vho vants to see us in action?" "Me!" Jade and Pablo called out. Erick rolled his eyes (again). {You take the one with glasses, and I take the one with really long hair. Got it?} ::sigh:: "Ja." *SHH* *PSHOO* "Any clue what they just said?" "Nope. I bet's spirit talk!"
. *SHH* "Hey, ugly! Betcha can't catch me!" Momentarily distracted, Viper and the one with the really long hair stared at Erica in surprise. She stuck out her tongue. "Nyha, nyha!" "Why you--" He tried to grab her, but she disappeared. A sharp rap to his head made him look up. "Knock, knock! Vho's dere?" *SHH* "Come back here!" he yelled. A whack in the face by a tail stunned him for a few seconds. Viper gave him a face punch in the meantime. "Hey! Dat's not fair!" A sharp-edged boomerang came out of thin air. "Now I'll make two of ya!" He threw it in Erica's direction. She dodged it easily. "Missed." It came back towards her. *SHH* "Missed again!" "Argh! You liddle squirt! I'm gonna get you!" *SHH* "Make me!" Pht! She stuck out her tongue again. He threw his boomerang-sword thing at her again. It headed directly towards her. A few inches from slicing her face to pieces, it froze in mid-air. "Huh? What's happening?" he asked, obviously confused. Erica smirked at his reaction. Shoving her hand forward, it ran right into him. He disappeared in a puff of blue and purple smoke. "All right!" She and Viper exchanged high-fives.
El Toro was having a bit of trouble with the guy in glasses. Normally, in a wrestling ring, it would be a piece of cake. But this isn't the wrestling ring. The little guy kept on dodging, with the exception of a few face hits. And one of his other buddies was ganging up on him. This is not an honorable way to fight. *PSHOO* Erick landed on the wall above the guy in glasses. His tail reached down and snatched the glasses off his face. "I can't see! I can't see!" His hands grasped the empty air. "Good job, amigo!" El Toro nodded approvingly. "Now we need to--" A hit in the back of the head sent him reeling. "Give those glasses back to my friend!" Erick shook his head. "You gotta git it from me! Neener, neener, neener!" He stuck his tongue out at the bald man. "You asked for it!" He approached Erick menacingly. As if having no clue what is going on, Erick jumped onto the other guy's head. "Get it off! Get it offa me!" he shrieked. The bald guy was coming closer to Erick. Hammer raised, he prepared to squash him with a swift blow. He nearly dropped it on him. Waiting for the last possible second, he teleported. Instead, the hammer hit the bald guy's friend on the head. He disappeared in a puff of smoke also. "Hey! Where'd he go?" A really hard punch sent him to go wherever his friend went. A few minutes later, the fight was over. Everybody breathed a sigh of relief as they met up with Uncle. Pablo and Jade greeted the twins happily. "That was SO COOL!" "Yeah, you kicked those bad guys' butts!" "Here is portal!" Uncle exclaimed. Everybody stared in awe of it's majestic beauty. It looked like a door, but it was round. Made of solid gold, it was covered in rubies, sapphires, emeralds, and other precious gems. An exceptionally large sapphire stood in its center. On it were strange inscriptions. "Strange inscriptions..." Uncle commented. "Need more research!" Erick and Erica studied the figures. "Mein Gott...." he breathed. "ve can read it..." she added in astonishment. "So what does it say?" Jackie asked. "Um...says, 'Only Those Here Escape Reality, say zhe passvord, and enter..." "So what's the password?" "Uh, still figuring it out..." "Great. We'll probably be here for a few hours." "I got it!" Erica yelled. "It's an anagram thing!" Silence was heard throughout the room. "What's an anagram?" Jade piped up. "Zhe first letter stand for zhe password. Take zhe O from others, T from those, H from here and so on. Zhe password iz OTHER!" she blurted out. Creaking noises are heard, and the door opens. Bright light streams from it. "THANKS FOR EVERYTHING!" They yelled before being encased in the light.