Previously, CJ and Edison read a legend about the elemental tokens. What will happen next? Just read and see it!

Chapter 2: Rise and Resurrection of the Rats

3 days later...

Saturday morning is the time where the gang can have some fun but they can also be busy over a few things to manage. Right now, it cuts to Hopsalot's house as he can be seen organizing his scientific materials in his lab. "Okay, science books goes over there, gadgets and inventions are to be shifted over there and chemistry a bit over there!" Hopsalot began moving his stuff as he carefully moved his inventions to one corner on the right and his science books his left. After organizing them for half an hour, he went to organize is chemistry set. He put the empty test tubes and flasks in a group and aside. For the ones that are full of chemicals, he first wore protective gloves and sorted them out carefully when he felt something. "I think I need a bathroom break." Putting 2 test tubes full of chemicals which are pink and purple in a test tube rack. Hopsalot removed his protective gloves, lab coat and safety goggles and put them on the table and left.

As he left his lab, a strong wind blew through and one of the science books fell off the shelf and landed on the floor with a loud thud. So loud that the test tube rack which appears to be extremely close to the end of the table was shaken and it fell off the table and crashed onto the ground shattering the test-tubes which spilt their chemical contents onto the floor. Due to their contact, they melted a hole through and seeped down. But where?

It cuts to some dark and eerie place. Nothing can be seen due to the darkness and then, the sound of spillage can be heard and after a while, it stopped. What was going on? Well, the question has been answered by 5 glowing eyes that glowed in the darkness. Then, the sound of something growing can be heard and another sound which sounds like something's breaking out can be heard. Soon enough, "MWA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA! I LIVE!" a voice was heard and then, 2 dark orbs were formed in the darkness and it revealed the figures to be, "YES! I am Ratso the Ruthless! Ruler of the Rats and Master of Domination!"(Seems like he came up with his own intro quote)The rat appeared to be in his big size and along with him are his henchrats named Chunko, Melmo, Buzzo and Zombo. All 5 of them are still wearing the same clothes they wore before in their game before. "What game?" asked Zombo(He speaks like Solomon Grundy from DC)"Oh it's good to be back! I wonder where are we and how do we see the light?" Ratso wondered as he and his henchrats tried to watch each other's steps since their resurrection was a bit of a tight space for them. "Well, well, well. I spy with my cunning eyes that starts with the letter 'H' and it's up there!" Buzzo deduced. "Ooh! It's a hole! And our way out!" Chunko cheered as he jumped and, "SLAM!", "Whoa! Did you just shake the ground round rat?" Melmo asked him. "Uhhh...yeah? Wait a second, do we have..."

"That's right! You all felt it!" Ratso's hand charged up some dark energy as Melmo looked up and suddenly stretched his arms all the way up! Laughing, Ratso began climbing up while Buzzo's hands unleashed dark energy and his arms formed some sort of energy blade. "Neat." Using them, he started scaling up as he struck the rock and climbed up at the same time. Zombo just climbed his way up and he has a strong grip. The rats then laughed menacingly as they climbed their way up and out.

On the surface...

Back at the house, when Hopsalot returned to his lab, "Oh no! What happened here?" Seeing the shattered test tubes, Hopsalot went to get a broom and dustpan and after putting the test-tube rack back on the table, he started sweeping the shards off and once he swept them all in, he went to dump them in the trash when a rumbling sound shook his house. "Huh?" He thought. From behind, the hole formed from the chemicals was broken out and Chunko bounced out and slammed the ground shaking the lab which caused Hopsalot to stumble and some of his stuff were shaken down from the impact. After that, Ratso emerged followed by Buzzo as his energy blades were reverted back to his hands and then, Zombo emerged and finally, Melmo stretched out. All 5 rats then started at Hopsalot. "Who...who...who are you rats?" Hopsalot started shaking in fear as the rats laughed. "Hello little bunny rabbit. I am Ratso the Ruthless! Ruler of the Rats and Master of Domination! Now, to begin with, where are we?"

"Wh-wh-why are you asking me?" Hopsalot trembled in fear as the rats surrounded him. "Aw...what's wrong? Too scared to talk to strangers?" Chunko asked in a taunting voice. The rats laughed as Hopsalot tried to leave but, "Not so fast!" Melmo stretched his arms and grabbed the rabbit! "AAAAAHHHHHHHH! Let me go! Help! HELP!" The rabbit shouted but Melmo pulled him towards them as Ratso continued to talk. "Just tell me where are we? It's a simple question to answer is it?" Hopsalot stared at him for a moment. Then, "Okay...you and your dirty rats are in our hometown. JumpStartville."

"Hey! We're not dirty!" Buzzo complained. "Actually, rats are always dirty. Truth to be told." Melmo explained to him. "Ooh." Buzzo never thought of that as Ratso looked out of the window. "Nice place. So long we missed much of how civilisation prospers and grows." he then started to laugh menacingly. After that, "Thank you for answering my question." Hopsalot looked surprised. "Uh...okay...so can I go now?"

"Oh did I say I'll let you go? Too bad for you. Now...wait, where's Zombo?" Ratso asked his henchrats. Then, "Zombo find big mirror." He appeared holding a large mirror. "Perfect Zombo. Time to work on it!" Ratso went to the mirror that Zombo found and placed it down. Ratso then unleashed dark energy on the mirror and it started glowing for a few seconds and stopped. "What's going on?" Hopsalot asked. "I'm glad you asked because in the past, I once took over a kingdom and ruled it under my reign. Now that I have resurfaced into his world, I shall do what has been done before! And I'll start with your hometown of yours!" Hopsalot was horrified knowing what Ratso is talking about because the next thing it happened, "Now...TO THE MIRROR!" Ratso lunged towards Hopsalot as he tried to scream for help but everything went blank and black and nothing was heard.

Meanwhile...

Outside the Frog Manor, CJ and Edison were outside preparing for the BBQ and adventure. "So CJ, you got everything?" asked Edison. "Yep. I have all our gear right inside these cubes." CJ took out one. "That's it? What does it do?"

"I'm glad you asked." CJ put it on the ground and pressed it. The cube instantly unfolded and a tent appeared from it! "Wow! I guess keeping all these stuff in the cubes is light. That way, you won't have to carry heavy gear during our future adventures." said Edison. "Exactly! Now you're talking! Let's move out but first." He went back to the manor and came out with a map. "Don't tell me you tore the page off the book?"

"No, I made a copy of it from the page. That way, I won't have to carry the book." said CJ. "Well...fine then. Let's go." Without hesitation, CJ pressed a button one of the sides of the cube and it folded back into it's original shape and keeping it, he and Edison left.

At Frankie's House which is at the frontyard...

The smell of pizza being made from his pizza making machine was strong and aromatic as Frankie worked on it and at the same time grilled some burgers and hotdogs. His little cousin Squirt and his friend Pierre is helping him while Kisha and Eleanor played croquet which rhymes with croquette. "Wait, what?" Eleanor looked surprised but never mind as they continued playing. Other residents are there as they played Frisbee, badminton and other outdooe activities. Now back there, "Hey Pierre, is Casey coming soon?"

"Well Frankie, he's gonna be late because he needs to inflate a few deflated soccer balls. He'll show up."

"Okay then." As the trio continued the cooking, CJ and Edison showed up. "Hey guys. Mmmm...smells good!" Edison flew around smelling the aroma as CJ went to take a slice of pizza. "Mmmm...grilled chicken pizza. One of your new flavours Frankie?"

"You said it CJ! I think there's not enough meat since most of the toppings I had are like more vegetables than meat."

"Well, you can create more varieties of it and somehow, you have done it!" CJ complimented. "Thanks! Have another slice and enjoy yourself!" said Frankie as he served CJ another slice. After that, he and Squirt can be seen eating burgers together. "This is awesome Frankie! I sure enjoyed the BBQ you're hosting!"

"I'm glad you do Squirt!" The Dog and puppy laughed together as Squirt added on. "Not only that, the weather is perfect and how bad can it be?"

All of a sudden, dark clouds were formed blocking the sun. "What is going on? Is it going to rain?" asked Kisha. All stopped what they are doing and looked up. "Strange. It's not raining. I wonder why?" Pierre noticed. Suddenly, laughter can be heard from a distance. All turned to the front and saw Ratso and his henchrats laughing as they appear to be approaching them. CJ appeared to be shocked upon seeing them "Mind if we join the party?" Ratso asked evilly. "Don't know. The way you talked is unpleasant." Frankie deduced. "Indeed. So, who are you?" asked Eleanor. "Who am I? I am Ratso the Ruthless! Ruler of the Rats and Master of Domination!" The henchrats cheered and clapped for their leader as the others stare at him in disbelief. Then, Ratso saw CJ. "Ah. An old enemy of mine. How I remember now."

"Yes indeed. The last time I saw you was when you and your gang shrank into small size and I locked you up in a cage."

"Indeed. I once mentioned that I will get my revenge until you did the locking part."

"Of course and it's surprising that you entered here. How did you get here anyway?"

"It doesn't matter! Now that I lived again! I now have new goals to achieve and my biggest, worst and major goal is world domination!" Ratso declared and he and his henchrats laughed evilly and it shocked everyone. "I don't understand! What has gotten into you!?" CJ asked Ratso. "Revenge ain't enough so I decided to do the domination and I shall start it right here in your hometown!" All gasped. "And there's more to it. Zombo!" The brawny rat nodded and put the mirror down he was carrying the whole and what they saw in the mirror made their blood turn cold.

"HOPSALOT!" The poor light brown furred rabbit appears to be trapped in the mirror immobilized. Fortunately, he can talk. "Run for your lives or else you'll end up like me!" He shouted. "Oh he's right. Plus, we're not the same as before. Boys, show them why." Melmo went first and stretched out his arms long enough to grab CJ! "AAAHHHHHH! Let me go!" His sling bag dropped onto the ground and seeing this, "Okay, Hopsalot's right. We should, RUN FOR OUR LIVES!" Pierre yelled as panic has increased all over JumpStartville as all ran but many are caught like for instance, Chunko stomped the ground shaking things up allowing Zombo to capture Kisha and Eleanor since they stumbled from Chunko's stomp. "Got you little girlies!" said Zombo as Ratso lunged towards them and teleported them into the mirror and came out of it. "Boys. You know what to do." They laughed and started chasing them animals and with the help of Ratso' teleportation ability. CJ was still grabbed by Melmo and managed to tie his stretched arms and broke free but, "Nice try. I'll really have a score to settle with you from before in the game so, TO THE MIRROR!" Soon enough, CJ is in the mirror below Hopsalot, Kisha and Eleanor. "CJ!" Edison flew to the mirror. "Edison. Our adventure has been cut off. Take the bag and the stuff and go! Fly and hide for your life ol' friend!"

"I'll find a way to get you out despite my size!"

"No! It's futile. I don't know how Ratso and his boys were able to somehow have powers even though you mentioned before it was impossible! Now quickly, fly and hide!" Feeling sad about leaving CJ behind and trapped in the mirror, Edison took the sling bag and flew off with it having no choice. Meanwhile, Frankie and Squirt ran into the house to hide but an energy axe cut through. "Nothing can save you now." said Buzzo as his energy axe blades reverted back to his hands. "Careful. My hands can change into any weapon I wish it can be." Buzzo warned them. Frankie then found a baseball and threw it at his face knocking him down. "Nice shot!" Squirt cheered when a pair of stretchable hands grabbed him! "AAAAHHHHH!" Squirt yelled as he was pulled away from Frankie. "Oh no Squirt!" Frankie tried to rescue him but something appeared and lunged towards him and everything went blank.

A few seconds later, Frankie found him inside the mirror! He's above Hopsalot, Eleanor and Kisha. "Oh no! We're trapped! We can't get out!" he panicked. "At least we can see the view." said CJ. All watched as Pierre can be seen fleeing from Zombo but Chunko appeared in front of him and rammed his huge body onto him sending Pierre to Zombo who caught him. Ratso appeared and lunged to him and they disappeared. Soon enough, "Hi guys." Frankie looked to his right and saw Pierre. Then, Ratso emerged from the mirror. "We've almost trapped everyone in the mirrors." Buzzo reported. The gang looked around and saw many of them in mirrors. They can see Jimmy Brumple and his sidekick Skids in one mirror, Squirt in another mirror, Brady Bear in another and so on. It's like as if the entire town has been trapped into the mirrors!

Speaking of which, while all this was happening, Edison due to his small size was able to hide and now, the 5 wicked rats are cheering over their successful takeover. "Now's my chance!" He thought. So he flew and zipped past the rats. However, "Something zipped past us!" Melmo exclaimed. "Then get it you fools!" Ratso ordered. The 4 henchrats pursued the firefly while Ratso went to the pizza making machine. "Mmmm...never tasted those before. So delicious!" Ratso began stuffing his face as the others watched helplessly.

Meanwhile...

While the 5 rats wrecked havoc, inside a house, Casey is seen inflating the last soccer ball. Soon enough, "Finally! Time to get changed for the BBQ!" He went to his wardrobe and took out his trademark green shirt and blue baseball since he's wearing a purple shirt and red backwards baseball cap. After changing his clothes, he added some additions. He wore blue jeans, white socks and brown shoes. "Okay! Time to go!" But when he came out, "What the-" He saw the dark sky and it seems deserted. "What's going on? Why is it so-"

"OUT OF MY WAY!"

"CRASH!" Something crashed onto Casey and soon enough, Edison saw him. "Oh Casey. It's so good to see you!"

"Whoa Edison. What's going on? Why are you flying away?"

"There's not much time! We have to get out of here! 5 rats out of nowhere entered our town and world and crashed the party!"

"What?"

"Yeah Casey! They're no ordinary rats! They have superpowers and have trapped everybody except us into magic mirrors!"

"How is this possible? Even our friends are in there?"

"Well, it's a yes and-" All of a sudden, "I got you little bug!" Melmo used his elasticity ability to stretch out and grab Edison! "Oh no Edison!" Casey grabbed Melmo's hands hoping to pull him back and at the same time try to free Edison. "Casey, listen to me! The rats are too strong for us to stop them! This will help you. Take and run!"

"I will not leave you to their hands!"

"I'll be fine! Just go! I have hope in you!" Since the rats are helping Melmo pull him further, Casey lost grip and Edison is captured but not before he threw CJ's sling bag to him. "NOOOOO!" Casey shouted as the rats saw him. "Another one? Perfect. Get him!" Buzzo ordered as Chunko and Zombo charged. "Zombo play with kitty cat!" Zombo declared while charging. However, it proved to be difficult because when Zombo tired to grab him, Casey moved to the left and jumped over him and avoided Chunko's grasp. "He's one tough guy...fast and agile..." Buzzo described as Casey jumped and dashed around avoiding the 2 big rats. "Okay, Melmo. Take care of him!" Buzzo ordered. Melmo nodded and stretched his arms long and after Casey dodged and dashed avoiding Zombo and it already tried him and Chunko out. "Well, I had some fun. Gotta go." He turned to run but his tail was grabbed by Melmo. "You can't escape now!" Buzzo helped Melmo to pull Casey to him as the cat struggled. Then, he saw a rock and taking it, he threw it at Melmo's face.

"KSH!"

"OWIE!" Due to that, Melmo let go and Casey escaped and took the sling bag with him. Chunko and Zombo have rested enough and chased the cat to his backyard at his house but when they got there, "The cat is gone." said Zombo. "Great. We ost him. Never mind, let's head back to the group." Chunko suggested as they left but never knew that Casey was able to climb a tree and hide there. "Of course, cats can climb up high." He stated as he looked around for a moment. After that, he jumped down and escaped leaving JumpStartville.

Now back to Ratso...

The rat had prepared a feast for himself and his servants and when they returned. "Here's the little bug!" Melmo had Edison on grasped on his hands. "Excellent. TO THE MIRROR!" Soon enough, Edison is beside CJ. "What a misadventure." said CJ. "Well, it wasn't easy to avoid them but I entrusted our adventure to one who managed to escape." Edison told the gang. "Wait...Casey is safe?" asked Hopsalot. "Yep. I gave him your bag CJ. I hope he reads it and understands it." hoped Edison. "Yeah...I hope so..." CJ just sighed a bit as back to the rats. "So, did anyone escape?" Ratso asked them. "Well, one escaped. He's fast and agile enough to...what's the word I want to use?(Buzzo took a dictionary and browsed through)AH! Evade. he evaded our moves and escaped."

"WHAT!?" The henchrats cringed. "You let a puny cat escape easily even though you have powers and abilities?" An enraged Ratso asked them as he unleased dark energy. The henchrats were scared for a moment. Then, "Never mind, he is not a threat but if he returns, we'll be waiting and ready." They were relieved from what Ratso had said so they continued partying and celebrating their takeover of JumpStartville while the residents including the JumpStart gang remained trapped in the mirrors.

Sometime later...

After an hour of endless running, Casey stopped to rest by a tree as he catch his breath. After that, he climbed up the tree and got a full view of JumpStartville which was darkened by the dark clouds. "Oh no..." Casey sat on the branch and felt his heart feel terrible at such events. "Why is this happening? Why are they doing this and what purpose?" Casey started to cry when he remembered the sling bag Edison passed to him. Without hesitation, he oepend the bag to find cubes which are strange to him and the map CJ made as an extra copy. Taking it out, "Huh? A map leading to 6 locations with an...elemental token? What's that?" He studied the map again and noticed that the back has writings. "Hmmm..." The light orange furred cat read the writings. "Whoa...a hidden power when all 6 are collected." he did some deep thinking and suddenly, "So that's why Edison gave me the bag! If what the writings say is true, then I guess I can't go back. Who knows? Maybe colleting all 6 tokens can be the key to save JumpStartville and stop those evil rats once and for all!" Seems like motivation, willpower and determination has filled Casey with the energy and desire to go on to this kind of quest because he jumped down and read the map. "Okay, the first location to go is the Temple of Eternal Flame!" It is said and done as Casey began his quest that will change his life and it awaits...

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A great destiny(Is it or will it? Never mind)

Rats! Who would have guessed that rats with superpowers have taken over JumpStartville. Will Casey be successful throughout the quest? Find out in chapter 3 as the cat begins his quest and journey to find the treasures...