Hey, everybody! At last, here is the FINAL prequel to Legend of the Eight Firstborn! Let's get started!
Chapter 1: Preparations Begin
Shooting stars soared across the peaceful night sky as Lizzie and Herbie sat at an outdoor café. "Nice night, huh, Lizzie?"
"Sure is! Thanks for taking me on this date, Herbie. Er, friendly date, anyway."
"Well, it's better than a romantic date. Wanna make a wish?"
"Herbie, you don't actually believe in that stuff, do you?"
"You mean you don't?"
"Not really. I've always thought wishing on stars was for babies."
"I think Numbuh 1 would like to disagree with you."
Lizzie sighed. "Okay, you have a point there. Still, I think I'm a little too old for wishing on stars. Besides… I don't really need anything at the moment."
Just then, a French waiter approached them. "Ah, and vhat'll it be tonight, monsieur and mademoiselle?"
"Have any of those hot fudge cakes?" Lizzie asked.
"Ooh…sorry, mademoiselle. But I'm afraid your order-" The waiter smirked and transformed into Madame Rouge, "-cannot be done." Lizzie and Herbie gasped, but before they could act, the stretchy woman smacked them, sending them flying down several blocks.
"Oh…" the two groaned as they sat up, then gasped at the sight of Nolan and Danika, who drew out her daggers. The two tried running in separate directions, but Dani tossed some daggers and pinned Herbie to the wall. Lizzie continued to run and barely dodged Nolan's missiles. Herbie broke free from the daggers, drew a S.C.A.M.P.P., and shot at Nolan's wheels. Herbie was startled when his weapon was lifted into the air, looking to see Cheshire grinning evilly and breaking it in half. When Lizzie tried to escape, Nolan caught her in his net and electrocuted her, making her faint. Herbie tried to run and help her, but Cheshire flew up and smothered the boy in her form. She released after he fainted.
Once the two were out cold, Danika walked beside Nolan and gave him a high-five. They nodded to Madame Rouge as she approached, and she smirked and nodded in return as Stormtroopers came to take the victims away.
Somewhere in the sea
The sun was high in the afternoon sky above the open seas as a gargantuan base, designed with a crocodile head with a crown on top came sailing along. Approaching the base was a pirate ship with a crocodile's head on the flag, the label Gangplank Galleon on the side. Also approaching the base was a large crocodile helicopter. When all three vessels intercepted each other, they all stopped and made walkways into the base.
Entering the base and walking down the halls were none other than the three K. Rool Brothers: King K. Rool, Kaptain K. Rool, and Baron K. Roolenstein. King K. Rool began to sing.
King: This be a wonderful day for the Kremling Krew
WAKE UP, YOU FOOLS, NO TIME TO DROOL! *yells to a group of sleeping Kremlings on the floor*
Not on a day this cool!
Now, for the readers and their mothers
Let's introduce, my brothers:
King Kroctus
Kaptain: Kaptain Kruckers
Baron: Baron Kolamitous Roolenstein!
Sorry if it sounds mean,
But that's what we do
Because-
All: WE ARE THE KREMLING KREW!
King: This is a day we've awaited for so very long
We'll SOON be rid of that foul Donkey Kong
Kaptain: And prove those goodies they're WRONG!
King: An important message rings
With big important things
From the most important being of ALL
Kaptain: If the Dark Master needs us,
Who are we to make a fuss
We'd be wise to answer his CALL!
Baron: But a name like 'Gnaa'
Just makes you go 'blah'
And makes him sound like a fool
King: But that's no matter
Just put it on a platter
ALL: 'Cause WE'RE the three K. Rools!
King: And so, every last small, little, wee
Kaptain: Feeble insignificant
Baron: Teeny-tiny microscopic
All: Thing must GO… according to plan!
King: All these fails we have endured
This time it will be absurd
All: 'Cause WE'RE the Kremling Krew!
Kaptain: With our mighty new Masters' might
Those apes will think before they fight
All: 'Cause WE'RE the Kremling Krew!
Baron: With a moment like this
It'd be much sad to miss
Like a pitfall in any hard game
King: Pitfalls bore me
Cruelty adores me
All: And makes us shine in fame!
Kaptain: Aye, and that wretched Kong
And his friends won't last long
And disappoint every last fan!
King: And that's why every last small, little, wee
Kaptain: Feeble insignificant
Baron: Teeny-tiny microscopic
All: Thing must GO… according to plan!
Their singing session ended when they reached the end of the hall, a door rising up for them to enter King K. Rool's throne room. There, sitting in the chair, was King Bowser Koopa, still wrapped in bandages. Bowser stood up from the chair and approached the three brothers. "Hey, hey! Kroctus!"
"Ah, Bowser, my good reptilian friend." Kroctus said. "You don't look so good. What has that fool, Mario done to you this time?"
"It wasn't Mario. It was a brat named Fanny!"
At this, the three brothers exchanged glances and burst into laughter. "Mweh heh heh heh! A GIRL did this to you?!" Kroctus asked.
"HEY! She wasn't an ordinary girl! She was a hundred feet tall! And she could breathe green fire! She wasn't human!"
"Aye, just drop the subject and spill the beans: are ye here about the message?" Kruckers asked.
"Gwah ha ha! Yeah, yeah, Gnaa sent me to confirm your answer. So, whaddya say? Wanna join the club?"
The brothers exchanged nods. Kroctus turned to Bowser and nodded.
"Gwah ha! Excellent! Let's call the big boss right now!" With that, Bowser pressed a button on the control panel on the throne's left arm. A rectangle shaped door in front of the throne opened to reveal a barrel room with Lord Gnaa's holographic image.
"So… will they join?"
"You bet they will!"
"Good. Then all we need is for The Brain to finish his ends. Once these final preparations are complete, our Quest for the Eight Firstborn will finally begin! And of course, King K. Rool, you will have your gift: a child of Kameron Drilovsky. Mmm hmm mwah ha ha ha ha ha ha!"
Brotherhood H.Q.
Peace and quiet was present throughout the Brotherhood Base. Stormtroopers were standing at their posts, guarding without trouble, and some of the villains were going about their business. Monsieur Mallah and The Brain were quietly sitting at a small table, drinking tea and playing chess. As Mallah took a sip, The Brain used his psychic to lift his cup, open a slot on the side of his canister, and poured his tea in. His dome became filled with tea, which he absorbed.
Near to them was a projector, showing a large holographic image of Earth. Behind Brain was a small stand, which had frozen ice statues of Marine, Luvbi, and Dib. Gary and Dan the Stormtroopers were now hauling the frozen forms of Lizzie and Herbie. "Man, how much does this girl eat?" Gary asked as they placed them next to the other statues, turning them to face Brain, the Stormtrooper panting afterwards.
Brain turned to the frozen statues and spoke in his eerie mechanical voice, "Ah…the frozen expressions of fallen heroes. Have you not seen artwork so lovely?"
"Uh, yeah, they're pretty good, I guess." Gary said simply.
"You're due for raise, soon, Gary. Keep bringing the masterpieces."
"Oh! Well, okay!" he said excitedly. "Come on, Dan, let's go!" With that, the two Troopers scurried out.
"Two more pawns… taken the fall." Mallah said, moving a chess piece.
"Only hundreds more to go. The young children's days are numbered."
"Oui." Mallah replied, drinking his tea. "Pity zat ve could not capture ze Harnitan girl. She is the Guardian of one of ze Eight Firstborn."
"Not to worry, Monsieur Mallah. In the end… evil always prevails. Soon, the Eight Firstborn will be in our possession."
"And zen we begin the hunt for ze universe's heroes."
"From the jungle to the arctic…" a screen on their side showed the images of a vast, lush jungle, and a shivering cold wasteland, "from the grasslands to the mountains…" the images of wide, windy grasslands were shown, followed by towering, windy mountains, "from the oceans to the desert…" waves brushed across the seas, and a scorching hot desert was shown, "and from the moon… to the starry sky." The KND Moonbase rested on its spot, followed by the image of empty, starry space. "Wherever the Firstborn may run and hide, we will find them. And we will control the ultimate power in the universe."
"And everything will be swallowed in evil."
"Already, General Immortus and Dr. Eggman are gathering the Kids Next Door's villains. Once we recruit them, things will be even easier."
"And they should also bring ze little Dickson girl. As a Firstborn Guardian, she is a must."
"And already, Ganon's daughter is in West Virginia, to send Harvey the message to come to Lord Gnaa. She and Scarlet will be a most destructive force in our arsenal."
Mallah took a sip and moved another chess piece. "I vould not vant to catch ZEM in a dark alley."
Ashland Park
Rachel McKenzie was happily strolling through the park at this time under the midday sun. Some kids noticed her, and a boy shouted, "Hey! That's Numbuh 362 from the Kids Next Door!"
"Numbuh 362!" a girl exclaimed, running over excitedly with a Rainbow Monkey. "Do you like Rainbow Monkeys?"
Rachel just studied her for a moment, then pushed her to the ground. Afterwards, she took the stuffed animal and ripped it in half. The little girl burst into tears, and Rachel smirked deviously. "HEY! What's your problem?" that boy shouted.
Rachel ran over and punched him in the nose, then ran over and kicked a sandbox into the street, making a bunch of cars crash. "YOUNG LADY!" a woman yelled, angrily approaching her. "What would your parents say if they knew you were doing this? ?"
"THEY WOULD BE GLAD!" With that, Rachel charged some lightning and fired it at the woman, sending her away. She ran out into the street and used her powerful arms to smash more cars, running and throwing purple flames in all directions.
KND Moonbase
The Moonbase operatives were going about their usual business, the officers doing work at their stations while many other kids were playing Whisbee or other games. Rachel McKenzie (the REAL Rachel) sat at her desk, doing paperwork with a sad look on her face. Fanny was there, too, doing research on a computer. She heard her office door open and looked to see Sector V, Violet, and Eva.
"Hey, guys!" Rachel greeted. "Did you find anything on this 'Negatar' person?"
"Can't say that we have, Sir." Nigel answered.
"Oh, why am I not surprised?" Fanny asked, sarcastically.
"Hey, tracking some mystery villain isn't as easy as it sounds." Eva said. "I even interrogated Eggman at the Arctic Prison. All he kept saying was 'Gnaa is Darkness.'"
"Well, that's better than what we got from Rumpel Stiltskin." Abby replied. "He didn't know anything about this guy."
"Or so he claims." Hoagie replied. "He COULD just be hiding the truth."
"Rumpel DID seem kinda scared." Kuki said.
"Oh well. We'll just have to keep looking, I guess." Rachel said in a sad tone.
"Rachel… is there something wrong?" Nigel asked.
She sighed. "It's Harvey. I haven't heard from him, Angie, OR Sector W for days! I'm getting worried."
"You don't think Gnaa had somethin' ta do with this, do ya?" Abby asked.
"I don't know. Before their communicator trackers went dead, I think they were down in Peach Creek."
"Peach Creek? Where those scammers live?" Wally asked. "Why the crud would they be down there?"
"Maybe they wanted to make a deal with them." Violet joked.
"I don't know what they'd be doing down there, but I just hope they come home soon."
"Maybe they're home right now!" Kuki said, positively.
"SIR! Our spies just reported; found something important!" Fanny yelled from her post.
"About the Negatar?"
"Ah dunno, but maybe. They reported a base in Death Valley, California, and determined it was home to an organization called the BOE."
"The BOE?"
"The Brotherhood of Evil. It's an organization of supervillains, led by someone named Darth Genious. He calls himself The Brain."
"Is he genius like me?" Wally smirked.
"I wouldn't not doubt it." Rachel replied.
"Sounds like a good place to start." Violet said.
"Well, maybe, but first, I wanna go back home and check if Harvey or the others are there."
"I'll come with ya. Ah'm gettin' worried about Paddy." Fanny said. "After all, Ah DID recently learn how important they were to me!"
"Nothing scarier than a giant Fanny!" Hoagie joked, with Wally joining him in laughter.
"Oh, stoopid boys."
"Tell me about it." Eva rolled her eyes.
Virginian Forest
"Ugh. Where is she?" Danika asked as she, Nolan, and Cad Bane were once again waiting in the forest.
"I called her yesterday. She should be here any moment now." As Bane said this, a spaceship, identical to his, was coming down for a landing. "Ah! There she is."
The ship landed and erupted smoke as the doors opened. Out stepped a female bounty hunter with white skin, wearing an orange sleeveless shirt and black ponytail dreads. "Bane."
"Ah, my old friend, Aurra. How long has it been?"
"What is it, Bane? Flying a kajillion miles across the cosmos isn't easy, y'know."
"I have found your old friend. Ava is here on this planet. It seems they have befriended a girl that I was hired by these two to hunt."
"We're working for a Sith Lord." Danika said.
"A Sith Lord with tons of gold." Nolan followed, persuadingly. "Wanna join?"
"Gold and revenge? Sounds fun! Where are they?"
"I heard they were going to the nearby town. Us and a few others will be ambushing them." Bane answered.
"Sounds good to me. Now, let's see what food this planet has to offer, I'm hungry." With that, she walked ahead of the three of them.
Outside Rachel's house
Rachel, Fanny, and the others were soon back on Earth, landing their ships in front of Rachel's house and going inside. "HARVEY! Are you home?" she called.
"THERE you are." They flinched, turning to see Rachel's parents, whom were clearly angry.
"Young lady, what have you got to say for yourself?" her mom asked scoldingly.
"Uh…what did I do?"
"We just had a bunch of parents come over, tell us you destroyed the park, and ASSAULTED their kids." her dad answered.
"WHAT?!"
"They're all demanding an apology. That's the EASY way off, if you ask me." Mom said.
"Oh, come on! Why would I of all people destroy a park?!"
"Mr. McKenzie, Rachel was with us all day." Nigel said. "She couldn't have done that."
"Yeah. It could've been some girl dressed like Rachel." Eva followed.
"Well, from their description, it sure sounded like our daughter." Mom said.
"We'll straighten this out eventually. Until then, you're grounded."
"YOU'RE GROUNDING ME FOR SOMETHING I DIDN'T DO?!"
"Well, if it was an imposter, we'd be able to prove it if she strikes out there while you're in here. And if it was you, this is the perfect punishment." Dad replied.
"That is SO not fair!"
"No one said life was fair."
"Especially Jones." Eva mumbled.
"As for the rest of you…you should probably head home."
"Whatevah." Abby shrugged as they headed out the exit.
"Don't worry, Rachel. We can handle it." Nigel whispered.
"I can't wait in here while some impersonator hurts people in my name!"
"We'll bust you out. Just hang on." With that, he left after the others and closed the door.
"Well, things suddenly got more complicated." Violet said, leaving the house's front yard. "What now?"
"Well, first, we should…Oh…" Before Nigel could finish, he fainted.
"Numbuh 1!" Abby exclaimed, bending down to him.
Kuki pressed her right ear to his chest. "He's still alive. He's just sleeping. Let's give him my Fainting Randomly On The Ground Rainbow Monkey!"
"Sleepin'?!" Fanny shouted. "Our leader is being framed by some impersonator, we're supposed to be looking for this 'Gnaa' guy, and he's SLEEPIN'?!"
"Hmm…I dunno." Eva said, walking over to him. "My cousin isn't that lazy. There must be something…Oh…" With that, she fainted as well.
"Eva!" Abby exclaimed.
"What the heck?" was all Violet could say.
Dream Realm (Play "Dreams" from Spyro: The Eternal Night.)
Nigel and Eva were sound asleep on the ground next to each other. It didn't take long for them to wake up. "Uh…." They both groaned, holding their heads. When they sat up, Eva searched around the area. "Nigel?"
"Huh?"
"Where are we?" Nigel looked around as well, seeing they were on some floating rock in the middle of space.
"What is this place?" Nigel said, standing up.
"Are we in Galaxia?"
"It doesn't look like any place I've seen in Galaxia. But wherever we are, I'm getting us out. Hang on." The two grabbed a hold of each other as Nigel kicked his rocket shoes together. They looked down in confusion when nothing happened. "Er!" Nigel continued kicking his shoes. He bent down to try turning them on with his finger, but nothing happened. "My rockets aren't working!" He then let go and shot a flame blast from his hand at some other rock. "My bending still works okay."
Eva then bended some water out of her bottle and water whipped Nigel's cheek. "So does mine." She smirked.
"Hey!" He flicked a small flame spark at her cheek.
"Ow!" She Water Whipped, then he flamed, and so on, etc.. They stopped their bending and began to tug on each other on the ground.
"Children. Cease bickering."
The two immediately stopped, wide-eyed with shock, frozen in place and still holding the others' neck. They both rolled their eyes upward. "Uh…"
"Elements should not be used for such dark deeds."
"That voice…" Nigel spoke as they both stood up.
"Isn't that the same one we heard in the Temple of the Sea?"
"Indeed. My apologizes for startling you before. My name… is The Chronicler. I am a being that watches over the lives of every individual."
"Isn't that kinda stalkerish?" Eva asked.
"I'm a spirit, not some sex pervert. Just listen. You are probably wondering what this is."
"Oh, no, not really, it's pretty common that we fall asleep on the ground and wake up in a bizarro world." Nigel said, sarcastically.
"Or at least it's common for something crazy and unnatural to happen to us. Lately." Eva followed.
"You are in the Dream Realm. A part of the realm that lies deep in the person's soul. Where the elements are revealed and tested."
"Our elements?" Nigel asked. "But we know our elements: she's Water, and I'm Fire."
"Yeah. And I'm well-relaxed, and he's a workaholic!"
"Yes. But dark times are ahead."
"Big surprise." Nigel rolled his eyes.
"Yes, well… in order to survive them… you will be reminded of your elements… and yourselves."
"Dude, we already know what our elements are." Eva replied. "We use 'em all the time, and we definitely know ourselves."
"Look, I got, like, seven other people to do after you two, so just go along with it."
Eva sighed. "Fine."
"Now… step forward." With that, a long pathway of floating rocks appeared before them. The two exchanged curious glances and walked forward.
Eventually, the two came to a fork in the road. The left was blocked by a firewall, the right was blocked by a water wall. They stopped for a moment, and Nigel reached out and touched the flame, only feeling a little warmth. He shrugged and they both were about to go through, until- "OWW!" Eva was burned by the fire.
The two of them were then about to pass through the water wall, until Nigel shivered from the feel of it, clattering his teeth.
"Only the respective benders of these elements."
The two cousins just shrugged and went separate ways, past their elements. From both of their ends, a large temple-like structure appeared before their eyes. They both stared for a moment, then walked forward.
On Nigel's end, he was approaching a small stand with a red flame inside. "Nigel Uno…" he stopped to listen to The Chronicler. "Remember your identity as the Demon Prince of the Underworld."
"I know, but I'm not the king; I don't want to be. Grim's the king, now."
"Yes… but the blood of your ancestors still runs strong. The blood of Malladus Uno, the Demon King. But his firebending was learned from the God of Sun, Solaris. Fire is the Element of Passion. When firebenders have a strong passion for something, a strong flame burns forth within them. A flame that burns whenever they want to protect or retrieve that passion."
Nigel slowly approached the stand. When he was on, flames spiraled all around him, and he was suddenly standing midair above the sun.
"But for years, firebenders used their passion for destruction, for greed. They believed that's what fire was made for. But it is so much more… fire is warmth… and life. If a true master of fire has passion for things that truly matter: family… friends… then they will produce an even stronger flame, that gives you as much warmth as the sun would give you. The flame of love."
The images of Rachel, Eva, and all his friends and family appeared in Nigel's head. Nigel opened his eyes and gathered the many flames around him into a little ball in his hands. "EEE-YAH!" He smashed the ball to the ground, and erupted a huge fireball that expanded around him. The illusion of the sun vanished and he continued past a fire gate.
"Eva Roberts…" The Chronicler spoke as Eva approached a stand with a small puddle of water. "You are the daughter of Kyogre. The power of the ocean runs within your veins."
"Look, I'm not the Ocean Princess. My name is-"
"Your name is Evangeline Allison Roberts, daughter of Eric and Angelica Roberts, I GET IT! Just go with this!"
"Okay!"
"Now… Water is the Element of Change. The river is always flowing, always changing… like in that Disney Movie; letting no one tell it to do so. The waterbenders are able to adapt to change. Whether it is a change in one's body… or the change in times."
Eva stepped into the puddle of water, and was in an illusion of a nighttime beach, standing and letting the ocean waves touch her feet. "The Moon Spirit, Cresselia taught your blood-father waterbending. The moon changes each night, and the waves take many forms." Eva took a deep breath as a miniature cyclone of water surrounded her.
"Now… let the water… flow…" When the cyclone encased Eva, she waved her arms around and clapped them together, sending a massive wave down the horizon. The vision disappeared as she progressed through another water gate.
As Nigel went forward on his end, he came to a massive ice wall. "As you know, ice is weak against fire. Ice is created in areas where the warmth of the sun rarely reaches. These same rules apply also in the hearts of people. You must use your fire to melt this ice." Nigel did as told and simply threw his flames at the massive wall, melting it in an instant.
As Eva progressed, she stopped when she reached a small river. "As waterbenders face change, at some points, they must stop and grasp the situation. These rules apply with the sea as well. Just as you help the water flow, you must help it learn when to freeze." Eva smirked and blew a breath of ice onto the river, freezing it solid. With that, she walked across.
Nigel came to an open field area, where several stone soldiers were holding puppets of his friends. "Now, Nigel, you must use your fire and save your passion from the evil ones who wish to destroy it." With an angry expression, Nigel started throwing his flames and burning all the soldiers that charged him. "Don't just draw fire from yourself. Draw from other sources as well."
Nigel looked to see two torches behind two soldiers and pulled his arms back, making the fire shoot though the soldiers and into his hands. He then threw the fire at some more and waved his arms around, making fire fly around and hit other enemies. When all the demons were defeated, even more of them surrounded him.
Just then, an illusion of the sun appeared above him, and he could strongly feel the heat. "When the sun is at its hottest… you are at your strongest." And so, a ball of fire began to spin and surround Nigel.
"YAAAAAHHH!" After charging his power, the fireball erupted into a huge explosion, destroying all the demons. He inhaled and exhaled when he was done.
"Excellent work. But you must remember how to control your fire. If your passion becomes too strong, you may lose control of your emotions, and your fire. Such a thing could endanger those around you." He gave a sad expression as he turned to a burned Rachel doll. "A true master must learn to control their emotions to control their fire."
Meanwhile, Eva was walking into a snow-covered battlefield of statue demons, surrounded by water. The demons charged forward and grabbed her by the arms. "When evil beings try and hold you back, and prevent you from flowing with change, you must show them the strength of your flow." With that, she spun her free hands around and bended some water over to her, pulling it in and freezing the demons.
She used her bending to melt her hands free, then bended the water into large fists, which she used to beat and crush the demons. "Remember, when beings are desperate, freeze them in their tracks the way you would freeze water." She splashed some water on some demons and froze them solid. Afterwards, she froze the water on her arms and used Ice Fists to beat all the surrounding soldiers. She merely defeated the last ones by water slicing. When they were gone, even more of them appeared as an illusion of the moon shone high in the sky.
"When the moon shines at its brightest, the waves can fully see their way, and the true nature of their flowing can come forth." And with that, Eva closed her eyes and waved her arms back. The statues stopped when they felt trembling, and turned in horror to a massive tidal wave washing in. They ducked for cover, but were washed away, leaving only Eva, who opened her eyes and smiled.
"Excellent. The ocean flows strong within you. But if it flows too recklessly, it may lead to destruction. Tidal waves are a strong example of this. You must be wary." Eva nodded and continued forward.
After walking along a stairway of floating rocks, the cousins reached a large circular temple, many gateways surrounding it. Nigel entered the fire gate, and Eva, of course, entered the water. There was also a green gate with leaves, a wind gate, a gas gate, a gate with psychic energy, a shadowy gate, and a gate with the same aura that the Nightmare King would give, the aura of fear. The two approached another glowing stand in the middle, with a glowing light pool, as The Chronicler spoke.
"Now… have you fully mastered your elements?"
"We already knew most of this stuff." Eva said.
"Yeah." Nigel agreed. "I mean, I learned a few new moves, but still."
"I assure you, it was necessary for these dark times that lie ahead. If you are to survive, you must be ready. The True Mind can weather all the lies and illusions without being lost. The True Heart can toughen the poison of hatred without being hard. Since beginningless time, Darkness thrives in the void, but always yields to purifying Light." With that, the pool engulfed the whole area in light as the two shielded their eyes. (End song.)
Outside Rachel's house
"HEY, NUMBUH 1! EVA!" The two immediately shot up at Abby's call.
"Are you okay?" Wally asked.
"Uh, yeah… we're fine." Nigel said.
"What happened?" Violet asked.
"We…We don't know." Eva answered.
"Well, it's about time ya woke up!" Fanny shouted. "You just wasted precious moments of our time! We need to think up a plan for everything that's happening."
Downtown Cleveland
"Have you found them?"
"Yeah. They're here." Nolan answered into his communicator. He and Danika watched from a dark alley as Kami and Ava walked down the street, with Kweeb sitting on Ava's shoulder. "Now I can destroy her!"
"Patience, my apprentice. Madame Rouge must first give the signal."
"The heck with Madame Rouge!" Nolan shouted. "I waited ages to take my revenge on Ava, and I'm gonna-" Danika turned to Nolan in horror when he began choking.
"You've waited this long to face her, you can surely wait a few mere moments for a signal. You won't have your revenge until you learn patience. Do. You. Follow?"
Danika took the communicator and said, "He gets it just fine! Sorry for the trouble, we'll see you later!" With that, she switched it off and Nolan stopped choking and took breaths. "Let's hide." She pushed him away and the two hid in a dark alley.
"You know, this planet isn't half bad once you've been here a while." Ava said as she and Kami walked forward.
"Thanks... I think. I oughta come up to your planet someday." Kami replied.
"You should come up to mine, too! It's pretty neat!" Kweeb beamed.
"Uh, no thanks. I wouldn't wanna accidentally crush any of your people and be dubbed a monster."
"Trust me, Kami, we already have a monster, and he's a lot more scary than you could ever be." Kweeb smirked.
"Oops!" Ava said, stopping. "I think I left my swords back at that restaurant. I'll be right back." The two headed back, leaving Kami in front of a dark alley.
Kami tapped her foot patiently as she waited for them. "You." At this, the Drilovsky turned to see a thin woman in a black jacket, smoking a cigarette.
"Uh… can I help you?"
"You are vone of those Kids Next Door, no?" she asked in a French accent.
"Um… yeah. You've heard of us?"
"Only a moron vouldn't notice those colossal treehouses growing out of houses."
"I guess they are pretty obvious, aren't they? But what's it to you?"
"I'm curious. You fight adult villains, no?"
"Yeah?"
"Vhat kind do you fight?"
"Oh, I dunno. Crazy dentist, Candy Pirates, old guy obsessed with dodgeball… a toilet-themed villain, if that actually counts."
"You think I vould qualify as a villain? You think you could beat me?"
"No offense, but you just seem like an old lady with a drug problem. Not really our concern. I wouldn't have any reason to fight you."
Rouge smirked. "Don't count me out just yet." With that, she stretched her right arm and punched Kami into a building.
"Oh…" she groaned, gripping her head.
As Madame Rouge threw her jacket off, Danika, Nolan, Cad Bane, and Aurra Sing came out from the shadows, all readying their weapons. Kami was surprised by their appearance. "I'll take my hat back now." Bane said.
"Oh. This hat?" Kami said, pulling said hat out. "Sorry about that! Here you go!" She tossed it to him.
Bane caught the hat and brushed it off as he put it back on. "Ah, much better. …What the-?" Immediately, Kami was gone running down the street.
"Ah!" Danika screamed when a sword came flying by, knocking away one of her daggers. The sword in question then bounced back to Ava's hand.
"Try and catch us!" Ava yelled as she and Kweeb retreated down an alley.
"Get them!" Rouge ordered, and the villains split up.
When the aliens went down another alley, they were ambushed by the Terrible Toxic Four, who fired gas clouds from their fists. Ava back-flipped while Kweeb jumped off her shoulder and ran beside the poisonbenders. "Hey, gas heads!" Kweeb taunted, drawing out his Tri-gun and shooting Leopold in the butt.
"Yeow!" Leo yelped, leaping a few inches.
"Heh heh!" Kweeb laughed, running forward. "AH!" he screamed when a large boot stomped in front of him. He looked up in horror to see Scarlet Vargas smirking down at him, showing her sharp cat teeth.
"Going somewhere, little snack?"
"LATER!" Kweeb yelled, dodging before Scarlet stabbed a claw at him, leaving a small (but large to Kweeb) crater in the ground. The tiny alien hurried up a rain pipe, which Scarlet began slicing apart with her claws.
"The itsy-bitsy alien went up the water spout." she sang as Kweeb kept climbing. "Up came my claws and knocked the alien out." With that, she swung her claws upwards and destroyed the rest of the pipe.
"WHOA!" Kweeb cried, flying up and falling down.
"I got 'im, I got 'im!" Jeremiah cheered, holding his hands up. Kweeb landed on his forehead, then fell to his nose when Jeremiah tilted his head down.
"There he is!" Elijah exclaimed, pulling his fist back.
"No, wait, wait—OOF!" Elijah punched Jeremiah in the nose, but Kweeb jumped and grabbed onto Elijah's eyebrow, hanging in front of his right eye.
"I'll get him!" Leo exclaimed, punching Elijah in the eye, but Kweeb jumped once again and slipped down Leo's shirt. "AH! AH! GET 'IM OUT!" he pled, running around and trying to grab the alien.
"Hold still!" Scarlet yelled, punching Leo all over the place and trying to hit the alien (although she might've been punching him on purpose). Leo fell to the ground in pain as Kweeb climbed out.
"He's mine!" Matt yelled, trying to squish the alien. Kweeb swiftly dodged his foot, then climbed up his pants leg. "AHH! AHH!" he yelled, shaking his leg to try and get him out.
"I'll get him, where is he?" Danika asked as she watched a small lump move under Matt's pants. Danika charged a kick when the lump got to his crotch.
"NO, DON'T—OOH!" Matt gripped his crotch in pain after Dani's kick.
"Ooh…" Danika flinched at her mistake. "Did I get him?"
"Er!" Matt fell to the ground on his knees, tears in his eyes.
"Nope!" Kweeb taunted, leaping out and running under Danika. Ava dashed by and grabbed him, running off.
"You alright, Kweeb?" Ava asked.
"Let's just say some places are better left unexplored." Kweeb said, disgusted.
"After them!" Nolan ordered as they chased.
Kami shot her S.C.A.M.P.P. at Bane and Aurra as they chased her down another alley. Madame Rouge appeared above her, gripping the side of a building, and said, "You can stop a bunch of scary adults… but vhat about a REAL villain?" She began to throw stretched punches, which Kami flipped and dodged. She shot at her face and disfigured it, but the rubber face refigured itself in seconds. Kami looked in shock and ran.
As Scarlet looked in the direction of Ava and Kweeb, she said, "Ugh! Where the heck is Lehcar?" With that, she Wall Jumped up two buildings and leaped her way across.
Rachel's House
As Rachel's parents were sitting on the couch, watching TV and reading the newspaper, they were hit by darts in the neck, making them fall asleep. Rachel came down the stairs, holding Zim's old dart gun. "Good thing Zim left this behind when he kidnapped me." She hurried out the door to meet with Violet.
"Good, you're out. Everyone else is doing research, they asked me to wait here. I received a report about a disturbance in Cleveland."
"Let's check it out!"
Downtown Cleveland
Ava hurriedly ran with Kweeb in hand as Danika and Nolan chased. "Let's split up!" Kweeb suggested, jumping off her shoulder and running down another alley.
Dani and Nolan stopped and looked both ways. "Okay, I'll take Ava, you get Shrimpy." Danika said.
"What? No! I want revenge on Ava now!"
"Nolan, she has swords, I have daggers, you're handicapped, he's the size of a coin. Which do you think is better?"
"I wanna go after Ava!" Nolan whined.
"Ugh, fine. Cheshire, sick shrimp!"
"Aaah!" Cheshire screamed, sliding in Kweeb's direction, followed by Danika. Nolan then went after Ava.
Kami dodged as Aurra swung nun-chucks at her. Kami did a slide-kick and knocked the female bounty hunter off her feet. She then had to run as Cad Bane fired missiles at her, dodging and causing the missiles to hit the building Scarlet was on. As the building was tumbling down, Scarlet jumped back to the ground and ran into an open area.
From the distance, Scarlet watched and smiled as Lehcar wrought havoc in her Rachel disguise, holding an innocent man by the shirt collar. "Name's Rachel T. McKenzie, and if you humans don't submit to us, you'll feel the full might of-" She was silenced when a shuriken scratched across her arm. She released the man to look at the projectile's source.
"THERE YOU ARE!" Rachel proclaimed, aiming her staff, with Violet by her side, both glaring. "Okay, imposter, WHO ARE YOU?!"
Lehcar smirked. "Ha ha ha ha! Oh, you Positives are SO hilarious with your little toy weapons!"
"Positives?" Rachel asked. "Wait… then YOU'RE-"
Lehcar smirked wider as she held two purple flames in her hands and spun a fire circle around her. "AIIIEEEE!" she screamed when the fire flared upward into a fire cylinder. When the flames cleared, Lehcar's orange sweater turned black, with orange tiger stripes. "My name is Lehcar A. EiznekCm, daughter of Ganondorf Dragmire and possessor of the Triforce of Power! EAT THIS!" She held her right fist up, showing a glowing golden triangle tattooed to the back of her hand. The triangle emitted a bright light, blinding the two.
"AHH!"
At this time, Scarlet dashed over to her partner, grabbed on, and Lehcar flew them up onto a building. Rachel and Violet regained their vision to barely see them run off. "Come on!" Rachel shouted. Violet ran and climbed up the building while Rachel jumped her way up.
With the others
Ava was panting down another alleyway, dodging more missiles. "YOU!" she turned at the sound of Nolan's voice. "You ruined my LIFE!" he said in anger as she dodged another missile.
"What is your problem?!"
Nolan angrily fired bullets at her, which she deflected with her swords. "It was YOU who tricked me into disabling Moonbase's defenses! YOU brought the aliens here!"
"Oh… wait a minute! That was YOU I was talking to? ?" Ava remembered.
"YES! !" He fired a net, which she dodged, then cut the rope.
"Dude, I'm sorry! I didn't mean to get you in trouble or whatever. I was just trying to save my planet."
"By destroying another. Either way, you're an enemy! I'LL KILL YOU!" Ava dodged more missiles and kept running. Nolan switched on his boosters and shot after Ava, but she leapt and made him pass and hit a building.
Kweeb kept scampering down an alley as Cheshire hissed and chased him. When the shadow ambushed him and loudly screeched, Kweeb shot her with his gun. "AAAHH!" she screamed, slithering away.
"Phew. That was—AHH!" He dodged just before a shoe came down and crushed him.
"I could squish my bullies like bugs, you shouldn't be much trouble." Danika said, drawing out daggers. Kweeb hurriedly ran and dodged as she threw huge (to him) daggers, trying to stab him.
He kept going until he reached an area with a lot of cans. He quickly hid in one of the cans to the wall as Danika approached. The goth held her daggers ready as she searched for the alien. She saw one of the cans moving a little and kicked it to the wall with great force, and Kweeb came flying out. "OW!"
"You bugs are so predictable." she said, stabbing down at him. She missed Kweeb by an inch, and the alien jumped and crawled up her sleeve. "UGH! HEY! Get out of there, you stupid—Hey, don't you dare—OW!" she yelped when Kweeb climbed to her chest and bit her nipple. He fell out of her shirt and ran into the street, slipping through a hole in a sewer lid.
Danika growled and angrily chased after him, becoming a shadow and slipping through the sewer lid. She stood on the small walkway beside the sewer river, keeping her dagger raised as she skimmed for the alien. Kweeb was quietly hiding above the small sewer pipe up beside her. He then stood atop the pipe and yelled, "Hey, Freakshow! Ever heard of sunlight?"
"Ugh!" She tossed a dagger at him, but he dodged to the side as the dagger hit the sewage pipe, making all the liquid filth spray all over Danika, then falling in the river.
Rachel and Violet continued chasing Lehcar and Scarlet as they dashed across the rooftops. "Hey, Violet, if that's your opposite there, shouldn't she be a regular human?"
As they got closer, Violet squinted at the catgirl. "Hey… that isn't a Negative. That looks like-"
The two villains stopped and turned to face them. Violet gasped when she got a good look at Scarlet's face. "Sc…Scar?"
"Salutations." With that, Scarlet dashed as fast as a cheetah and tackled Violet over the edge. Rachel watched as they fell, and was suddenly tackled by Lehcar. When they both recovered, Rachel chased Lehcar down the street and clashed with sword versus staff.
"You aren't escaping me, Faker." Rachel yelled.
"Faker? I think YOU'RE the faker around here! You're comparing yourself to ME? HA! You're not even GOOD enough to be my fake!"
"Oh, I'll make you pay for ripping off Sonic Adventure 2!" Rachel declared, charging to try and stab her evil opposite. Lehcar ducked and tried stabbing, but the two kept fighting.
"Ergh! What are you doing?" Violet asked as she and Scarlet clashed with their claws.
"Revenge!" Scarlet exclaimed, nearly stabbing Violet before she jumped. Violet kicked Scar into a wall and gave her a headache. The black werecat grunted and ran from her cousin.
"WAIT!" Violet yelled, running after her. Lehcar threw her flames at both of them as she ran after Scarlet.
As Kami ran down the street from Bane and Aurra, she saw a random adult getting in his car. "Mind if I use this?" she asked, slipping into the car and starting it up. She sped forward in it and immediately ran the bounty hunters over, jumping out. "AH!" she screamed, dodging a stretch punch just in time, Madame Rouge appearing by her side.
When Bane was about to fire an ice ray, Kweeb leapt out of the sewer lid beside him and got in his eye. "AHH!" Bane screamed, firing the ice ray at Rouge, then punching Aurra. Kami then kicked Bane's butt, making him grunt and fling Kweeb away. "OOH! You found them!"
Kami looked more grossed now. "And there's a planet I'll NEVER wanna go to."
"AHHHH—OH! OW! OOF!" Kweeb screamed after bouncing along the ground several times. "HEY! You owe me for that!" Kweeb shouted.
"Don't get so worked up, Shorty!" she yelled playfully before hurrying down another alley.
"Whew! Okay. Now to find-" He was silenced when a giant hand suddenly came down and snatched him. The Toxic Four gathered 'round as Matthew picked the alien up by the shirt.
"Well, lookie here, boys. Our very first prisoner." Matt smirked.
"Let me go!" Kweeb demanded, trying to shake free. He then noticed Ava running out of an alley, dodging a missile. "HEY, AVA!"
Ava saw him and gasped, and was about to attack the poisonbenders until a shadow grabbed her feet from below, pulling her down and beating her. Danika emerged and dropped the unconscious alien to the ground. Nolan fired a net at Ava and shocked her, anyway. "That's better."
"Ava!" Kweeb cried.
"You aren't going anywhere, Shrimp." Elijah said.
"What should we do with him?" Jeremy asked.
"I know! Let's each drink five gallons of soda, then pee on him!" Leo suggested. Danika sighed in disbelief.
"I say we cut out his organs, cook them, and see how they taste." Matt said.
"NO!" Just then, they looked to see Eeballaw Seltaeb run over, taking the alien. "I wanna give him to Lehcar as an apology present! She loves to torture, and this little guy is the perfect way for her to make up for lost time!"
"Oh, oh, I know!" Leo exclaimed. "Let's BOTH give him to Lehcar and Scarlet to play with!"
"Whatever, as long as there's no peeing involved." Danika said. "Let's just get these guys to Brain." With that, she dragged Ava as Kweeb tried shaking away from Yllaw.
And so that begins the short start. With a brand new song! The song's rhythm is supposed to go like "According to Plan" from Corpse Bride, as well as Whisker's Theme from Rush Adventure. The Chronicler is from Spyro: The Eternal Night, and the K. Rool brothers are from Donkey Kong. Okay, pop quiz: try and guess who these 'other 7 people' are that Chronicler's gonna meet! See you later.