Disclaimer: I do not own Samurai Jack or Kim Possible. This fic was co-written with shadowwriter329.
-Episode II-
All four of them screamed as they were sent through the tunnel. Their voices seemed to echo and everything they saw, which was just each other, was in flashing black and white lights. They were only there for a few minutes before they were dropped out of the sky. They barely had a few second to see some crazy skyscrapers being finding themselves in the middle of traffic with flying cars.
Bonnie screamed even more as a car nearly hit her. Kim grabbed her before they landed feet first on the roof of a car before jumping to the next one. Ron and Yori started to do the same thing. When one car behind them pulled guns out of its side and started to fire on the one Ron landed on. He had barely jumped off that one with a scream. He turned the Lotus Blade into a very large throwing star and chucked it at the car shooting at them.
The car was cut in half before it speeded downward and crashed. Finally after few more close calls before they reach the ground. They were in a wide pit like track fill with garage. Bonnie finally let go of Kim and cried, "Finally solid ground." Then she notices the trash around her, "AHH! You losers could not even put me down somewhere that isn't filled with trash!"
"That does not matter now, look!" cried Yori pointing towards a large steamroller like truck with teeth like crusher in the front. It was close to crushing them.
Kim grabbed Bonnie, who cried, "Not again!" and started to jump to the wall the off it to the side of the wheel. Yori and Ron started to follow till they reach the top. All panting, and after Ron got the Lotus Blade to get back to him they notice three street kids, at least they though they were street kids, wearing the strangest outfits looking at them and then they started cheering. They seem to have watched their little stunt from the very beginning.
"That was so awesome. The dude was whoa and the-"
"Yeah yeah, and that car got the guns out he turned that sucker into a star and sent the thing to he-"
"A-and they were in the pit and got that was off the chain yo!" The street kids said talking animatedly about the events. Bonnie was pretty annoyed when they talked about how freaked out she was and laughing.
"Uh, excuse me?" Ron said and the teens stopped talking for a few minutes to listen.
"Uh, thanks. Do you know where we are?" The kids laughed somewhat at Ron's question.
"Where you at is the center of sector d spaceport. The lowest worst lived area of the whole city." One of the teens, who seemed to have purple skin, answered.
"I do not mean to interrupt, but is there any way we can get in contact with whomever is your leader?" Yori asked, but instead of answering they laughed for a bit.
"Man, you don't see Aku. Aku sees you." He said and motioned to a billboard that showed Aku eating something.
"Aku!" Yori said with venom as Bonnie got a little scared as she remembered the life being crushed out of her not long ago, and Kim also narrowed her eyes since he related her to a fox.
"Yeah that's right. The Deliverer of Darkness and Shogun of Sorrow."
"You losers know how he came to rule the place?" Bonnie asked the three street kids were somewhat annoyed at her, but were still friendly enough to answer.
"Don't know. It's just always been." The four heroes started to ponder and wonder where they were started to get sweat trying to figure out where they are.
"You don't look so good." One of the kids said looking at Ron.
"Yeah, I'm just a little tweaked. You know if there's a Bueno Nacho or something nearby?"
"Right over there will set you up nice. Never heard of Bueno Nacho before." They were motioned to a door with three slots.
"Thanks." Kim said as they walked to the door and knocked.
"What do you want?" The doorman asked as three sets of eyes opened to see the ones who knocked.
"We were told that we could refresh ourselves here." Yori said without missing a beat as the doorman was confused.
"Wha-"
"They just want a drink man!" One of the kids that showed them the door answered.
"Why didn't you say so before." The door then opened to loud music and dancers as the four teens went in. Ron then noticed something was missing.
"Where's Rufus?"
"Don't you keep your rat in your pocket?" Bonnie asked as they got into the bar.
"Yeah but he's not here. Oh no, what if he is lost out their or worst back where Aku is." Ron said with worry over his best buddy.
"Ron, relax I'm sure he is just back home, where ever it is." Kim said, but muttered the last part. The bar was filled with loud beating music. Several dancers were inside pods dancing around as strange aliens beings watch. They saw a strange octopus like alien serve several drinks at once. Bonnie notice two aliens arguing in a language she didn't understand. One was a big guy that had a pig like face while wearing and red jumpsuit, and had what she saw were several guns. The other one was wearing a large fedora hat and a brown waistcoat. His face and skin was blue and his eyes were a solid red. The pig man stood up but the blue guy shot him twice. The pig man feel over dead. What amazed a now paling Bonnie was that no one even looked up when the shot were fired, and that the gun the fedora wearing alien was shooting laser bolts.
Ron stopped in front of a table looking at one scary looking alien. He looked like a cross between a frog and a slug. Green with brown spots, his yellow eyes glared at Ron.
"What are you looking at punk?" he asked before he backhanded Ron to the floor.
The alien stood up and start to make toward Ron, Yori got in front of him and bowed.
"Please forgive my friend, he did not mean to be rude."
"Still got to teach him a lesson," the alien muttered as he stood several head tall then Yori.
"I am trying to apologize for my friend." Muttered Yori, who was starting to get annoyed.
"Means nothing," muttered the alien as he reach behind him and pulled something off his back.
Kim saw him, "Guys he has a weapon!"
He alien pulled a strange device that held a blade at the end that sparked over his head ready to get them both. Ron reacted fast and cut the hand of the alien still holding it weapon.
Ron at first bleached at doing this but then saw the hand sparked with flesh and wiring jutting out of the wound.
"A cyborg?" He muttered.
"You'll pay for that!" growled the alien who tried to swipe at them with his other clawed hand. Ron reacted again and cut that one before his whole body was cut in half.
Everybody looked up staring at what they just saw. Several more alien like the first stood up and pulled out their weapons. Ron stood ready, Kim got into her stance while Yori drew her blade. Bonnie looked around for a place to hide.
The alien charged and Kim jumped up and kicked the surprised alien in the face, which knocked him over. Ron and Yori use their blades to block and attack the aliens. They too lost their robot arms and weapons. Kim bobbed and weaved from the aliens attack before she attacked their heads; knocking a few to the ground and made some loose their weapons.
Bonnie was stopped as one alien blocked her path. She screamed as she ducked under a swing of his blade. Bonnie rolled to the side and found herself near the dead pig like alien. She eyes the dead man's weapons for a minute before she gulped. He alien before chuckled a bit before a shot was heard and his weapon was shot out of his hands. Before he could react both his shoulder were shot twice. Bonnie held a gun in each of her hands still smoking and a smirk on her face,
"I think I can work with this."
While Ron and the others were fighting outside, inside one of the pods a group of three dogs were talking with a well-armed alien while having drinks.
"I say old chap, will you do it?" One of the dogs asked, but the alien took a swig of his drink and said something in an alien language and left.
"What did he say? Will he do it?" The fist dog asked as a smaller, shaggier answered
"No, he won't, and he says you're out of your mind you blasted idiot. Who would want to go against Aku?" The small shaggy black dog said with a hint of a Scottish accent.
"What do we do know? We've asked just about everyone here." Said a large dog with a sad look on his face. The blue dog then noticed Ron and the others fighting the aliens outside their pod.
"I say, what about them?" the blue one asked gesturing to Ron's group.
"The group about to get their bums disintegrated?"
"Ooh, I can't watch." The large dog said before covering his eyes.
"Yes, I like them." The small dog said looking at the fight that was taking place in front of them.
"By jove they're good." The small blue dog said noticing how well they were doing.
"It's not over yet." The small black dog said.
Bonnie got a wide grin on her face before she shot the alien in the head. She felt a little sick, but her fear of getting killed, as those blades looked sharp to her, was the main point that forced her to push her sickness down. She then turned and shot another one in the back before it could attack Yori.
Yori took no notice and she threw several throwing star into the neck of one of her opponents. She had faced death before and knew when to push it down. Kim bent backwards to avoid another attack, then she kick his weapon sending it right at his head. The alien went wide eyed when his weapon cut into his neck. Kim felt horrible as he fell.
Ron turned the Lotus Blade into a shield to block an attack from the front and pushed him back. He then jumped over another alien trying to attack him from behind. He turned his weapon back into a blade and beheaded both aliens.
After the fight was over and then as one Kim, Ron and Bonnie bent over and threw up. Yori knelt down beside Ron and rubbed his back to help him.
The dogs watched their fight amazed, "They're perfect!" exclaim the small black one.
"Oh, I agree, I'll go and invite them to join us," said the small blue dog, whom seemed to be the leader.
"Wait!" yelled the black one but he was too late as the blue dog went toward them.
"Oh, excuse me." The small blue dog said causing the four to look around wondering where the voice came from.
"I say, down here old fellow." The group looked down to see a small blue dog talking.
"T-that dog is talking." Bonnie said getting scared.
"Talking demon dog!" Yori said as she readied her weapon.
"Good heavens where!"
"Cool it. I don't think it's a demon." Kim said noticing that he was scared when Yori said the word 'demon'.
"Ooh, that hits the spot." The blue dog said as Ron rubbed him.
"He's a cool little guy." Ron said as the dog eventually got up and regained his composure.
"Oh, you meant me. I can assure you miss that I am by no means a demon."
"You can talk." Kim said as she looked at him.
"I take it you're not from around here. Come with me and my friends and I will explain everything over some refreshments." the blue dog said leading the group to the pod that had his group. They moved around to make room for Ron and the others and ordered some drinks from an alien waitress with three eyes. They waited for the drinks for a while in an uncomfortable silence till the silence was broken.
"Your refreshments are here." The waitress that took the orders returned with their drinks. Ron, Kim Yori, and Bonnie looked at the strange drinks not sure how to drink them, or what they were, while the three dogs, wearing hats and ties, were lapping the drinks up vigorously. It was a little strange.
"My friends, I do apologize. How rude of us. We haven't introduced ourselves." The blue dog said before going to the large dog.
"This is sir Rifus Alexander, chief of excavation. Er, Rify old boy, you're drooling again." The leader said noticing the drool.
"Sorry." Alexander said as he shook his drool all over hte place.
"You blasted idiot! You're getting everyone wet!" the small black dog scolded Rifus.
"And this fine gentleman is Angus McDuffy, artifact aficionado."
"And I am sir Colin Bartholomew Montgomery Roughchild the Third, or Roughy for short." Roughy said with a small giggle fit after his name.
"You see," started Roughy, "We are archeologist trying to discover the secret to our past. Only a short time ago did we discovered that our ancestors walk on both our arm and our legs." he said in a tone that shows how proud they were of this discovery.
"Yeah, we could have told you that," muttered Bonnie annoyed.
"This seems so confusing" muttered Yori, though everyone could hear her, "Cars that fly, strange beings and now dogs that speak human tongue."
"What do you mean? Asked Alexander.
"I mean no disrespect," started Yori, who is trying to no offend their new friends like before, "They were great companions back home but they dogs we all knew just, umm, barked."
They dogs looked at them before they started to talk excitedly. "Did you hear that! The ancient myths are true!" Stated Roughy.
"But how would they know? They'd have to be thousands of years old!" asked Angus.
Roughy thought about it before he pulled out some kind of scanner that was attached to his noise and pointed it at Bonnie, who was closest, and started to sniff her. She tried to back away degusted. Roughy looked at the scanner and exclaimed,
"My word, I do believe you were all born roughly fifteen B.A., fifteen years before Aku enslaved the earth," the human all went wide eyed at this. "You my friends are living fossils."
They all sat stunned, they were not sent to another world, which they first thought but who know how many years into the future.
"It's not where we are, but when we are." Kim stated what they all knew.
"I do believe so, but let us get to why we call you here." Stated Roughy.
"We dogs live a nomadic life digging up the remains of ancient civilizations to uncover the mysteries of our past, but recently something we found something that derailed our expedition." Roughy said before Rifus started up in his place.
"We had discovered a vein of rare jewels one day, but we weren't interested in them." Alexander stated.
"But Aku is. It seems that they are a source of energy or power for him. So he enslaved us and bound us to his mines to forever dig up these gems." Angus said looking at them.
"This is why we need you four." Roughy said as he looked at the four with hope in his eyes.
"What can we do? We're just teens." Bonnie said paling a bit and started to retch, but held the contents of her stomach in place. It was difficult for anyone to make a kill, and the rest, outside of Yori, also started looking pale.
"I believe with your skills, you can free us from Aku's enslavement so that we can escape in secret and continue out nomadic lifestyle of searching for answers." Roughy answered as they thought about it for a bit.
They all were quiet before they looked at one another. This was different then Kim's mission back home, the villain ruled the world and they had nowhere to go or no one to turn to. Ron nodded glad to be able to do something about their home.
The dogs cheered before they left the pod to their vehicle. On their way out Bonnie grabbed the rest of the dead pig's guns and gear, but unknown to them the waitress with the three eyes heard every single word. She turned to the bar man and said, "I'm taking my break."
The waitress put on a black robe with a hood and went into a teleport pod. In a flash of lighting she was gone.
She appeared again in front of a evil and scary looking castle that would give Goths nightmares. As she entered she found herself in the back of a crowd gather on a lead of a narrow cliff overlooking a pit. The walls seem to look like they were on fire and you could see nothing but darkness below. The crowd were some kind of a sea creatures as their suit they were wearing had helmets and held water.
"Oh, great Aku, please allow us refuge in your waters. Our oceans are all dried up and we have no wear to go." Said the leader when was kneeling in front. Nothing happen then something shot up from the darkness below. The leaders eyes shot up in fear as Aku formed, towering above them with his scowl.
"I know the fate of your world as I was the one who took you oceans away." He said, before a young alien moved forward.
"You monster!" he shouted pointing at Aku in anger.
"Silence!" commanded the leader before he turned to Aku,
"Forgive the boy milord, he is young and foolish."
Aku scowled before he shot his death beam at the boy making him vanished, causing the leader to fall to his knees in sorrow.
"The boy will learn respect, and no greater teacher then the pit of hate," he started before he addressed the crowd,
"I will allow you a home in my oceans, but you must pay tribute. Once a month a new monument will rise to show the glory that is Aku. NOW BEGONE!"
The crowd left leaving only the waitress. One of his flaming eyebrows went higher (AN shadowwriter329: can he even do that?) at this. The waitress kneet down and lower your hood. "Milord, I have important news; a group of skilled warriors has appear and they wish to challenge your rule."
Aku did not take this well, "WHAT!" before he turn to the wall of still flames behind him and he spread his arms, "Show me the fools!"
Some of the flames moved showing an image of Ron, Kim Bonnie and Yori with the dogs.
Aku was shocked at first before he gave an evil smile and said to himself,
"So like Samurai Jack before you. You all have arrived, but things will be different. Unlike the skilled warrior you are but children who will be overwhelmed in this world." As he said this a clicking of thousands of metal feet, moving and a swarm started to leave the dark pit below.
The group of three dogs and four teens travelled far in the rocket jet to the mines that the dogs were enslaved at.
"I don't get how we could have travelled in time." Ron said getting everyone's attention.
"Hmm, perhaps it was Aku's spell that sent us here."
What do you mean?" Kim asked Yori after she had suggested that.
"Aku might have feared Stoppable-sama and sent him to a time that was controlled by him. The three of us simply were caught in the vortex between our 'present' and this 'future'. If we are in a future were Aku rules the world then our quest to destroy him will be made more difficult." Yori explained to the others.
"That does sound plausible since Aku is an immortal being." Roughy said before he finally realized something.
"Goodness gracias me! I do believe you haven't told us your names." Roughy said as they introduced themselves.
"I'm Kimberly Anne Possible. Just call me Kim."
"Bonnie Jillian Rockwaller" Bonnie said getting some stares.
"What?"
"You're middle name is Jillian?" Kim asked her rival.
"We can discuss this later. I am Amagi Yori." Yori said with a bow.
"I'm Ron Stoppable." They finished introducing themselves. The rocket jet made it to the mines with little problems. Kim and Ron got out just fine, but Bonnie and Yori were a little shaken.
"I say young ladies, are quite alright?" Roughy asked looking at the two girls.
"I haven't really done stuff like this before." Bonnie said as she stood up and tried to steady herself. Yori looked worse off, but was overall fine.
"I am fine. It was honorable of you to offer a ride, but it would also be my honor to walk." Yori managed to stand after a small rest.
"Oh yes rocket rides and all that, but anyways, welcome to our camp." Roughy said as he started showing them the excavation camp.
"Over the years we have discovered many amazing discoveries involving the history of canine kind." Ron and the others saw a dog statue and some billboards depicting dogs that would have been commonplace in their time.
"Sadly, Aku has redirected our attentions to the excavations of his precious gems, and if Aku's unreasonable quotas are not fully met. I'm afraid terrible punishments are exacted." Roughy held his head as he pointed to a single area. The site made them sad and sick and the same time.
"No." Bonnie said almost crying.
"How horrible." Kim said holding a hand to her mouth as tears began to form.
"This is just wrongsick." Ron said looking down as he just couldn't take the site.
"Truly such a demon as Aku would commit such atrocities." Yori commented also unable to hide any form of sadness and her righteous rage. The site itself was of several dogs both male and female were slain and nailed in a crucified position. There bodies in various states of decay as maggots and flies buzzed around them.
"My people spirits are broken. We simply cannot live like this any longer." Roughy finished as the four teens looked around and saw all the dogs working to mine the crystals, but they were weak and saddened. Pups forced to carry loads far bigger then their size and strength, and not even the elderly were spared as one of the elder dogs had collapsed with his spirit leaving the mortal vessel. Those nearby the deceased elder dog howled in sadness as others attempted to pick up the slack. They were unable to stop the tears that were now falling with no sign of stopping. Ron clenched his fist, Aku caused this and he was the only one to stop him. Kim cried; she has seen some bad things before but nothing ever like this. Everything else seemed tame to her now. Bonnie hated seeing this, yes she did not like dogs very much but she never wanted something like this to happen to them.
Yori shook in anger and sadness, "Aku, he truly is the Shogun of Sorrow. He has no honor to be able to do this. Even dogs should not be worked like dogs."
Though she said this with much passion, a cough made her look sheepish at the look the dogs were giving her.
Suddenly one dog came running scared, "Aku's forces approach from the east, they will be upon us by sunrise. Everyone was shocked at this, as already Aku was onto them.
Kim, Ron, Yori, and Bonnie followed Roughy to a lookout post were they looked through binoculars. Slowly a wave of black was moving across the land covering everything. A clicking noise was echoing getting slowly louder.
The gang seemed worried, they never faced an army before and they seem scared. They had no back up, nor clear way to defend themselves.
Kim looked around, all the dogs seemed as scared as they were, but she knew they had to fight, they had to try. She eyed one of the crystals piled near her. Their points looked sharp. She placed her finger at the end and pokes it. Her skin broke easily and a small drop of blood appeared.
Kim's face broke into a grin as she got an idea. She turned to her friends, who were watching her, "I have an idea," she said before turning towards the crowd of dogs, "But we are going to need your help."
So it started they begin their plan to defend from the enemy and start to make traps to help stop them. The dogs use their machines to dig a deep trench and they start to place crystals as spike as angle to stab those that would fall in. Yori got an idea to make weapon from the crystals. Bonnie was making spears while Yori was making a bow.
One dog crack a whip forcing a big green horse like animal with six legs pulled a carte of crystals. Ron saw this and got an idea. Kim had the dogs place rocket cars in rock edges pointed downward so their engine blast would affect the army below them. Yori finish her bow and made several arrows with crystals for arrowheads. She shot one as a test. The arrow sparked as it went and chipped several crystals through a hardhat a dog was wearing and deep into a rock wall.
Ron approached the pen were more giant horses stayed. He knew what he needed to do and they seemed edgy around him. He walked to the largest one, which reared into its hind legs to scare Ron away. Ron just pulled out an apple and showed it to the horse. The horse calmed down and sniffed the treat before he ate it. Ron petted the side of the animal's head now having some new friends to help them.
Kim, learning about Yori's arrows, had barrels filled with oil place round the canyon all-open and a shard of crystal on top near the side. Bonnie suggested they use rock to help stop them, so the dogs us some machine, that seemed to use fake dog like tongues to scrap away almost all the bottom rock of tall pillars.
The dogs then started to help their champions get ready. They took scarp metal and made armor for each of them, while making the armor appear as samurai armor. They used some more scarp metal to armor up their new riding horses, making them look like horses a knight would ride. The horses' heads were cover in the scoop of digger while the gangs' helmets were made from pots, some of which were being used when they were taken.
Roughy seemed to think something was missing on them then it clicked. He snapped a bulldog hood ornament and snapped it on Ron's helmet. He gave them the thumbs up at this. Ron wound up thinking of an idea for a flag. He drew it when he can with a brush and some ink that was given to him. It was considered a masterful brush strokes as he made a Japanese style flag holding smaller versions of both Toshimiru's symbol, a square in diamond form inscribed in a circle with four lines pointing to the center, and the Star of David next to it. It was made smaller to ensure they would both be on it, but some of the dogs had walked on it after Ron was finished and added paw prints to it.
"Boo-yeah." Ron said, as he liked the look of it. Ron, Kim, Bonnie, and Yori were now ready. Frightened, but ready for the army of Beetle drones that was to come at dawn.
-To be continued-
Author Notes: To those of you who are somewhat concerned about the description of the terrible punishments, this was planned. I made this fic M-rated to truly show the horror of Aku. Samurai Jack was designed for kids, but was mature enough to appeal to adults. I simply made it as mature as it would be if the creators were aiming for older audiences rather then children 9 and up. Please do not flame this decision.
