Chapter 2.- Somebody stop him!


Just a few hours after Kitty Puppy, Murray and Jing Hippo, Bentley and Penelope Wiseturtle, and Sly and Carmelita Cooper were violently murdered by the Mask, Jack Skellington gathered all the Defenders he could in the Beholder station, hoping they could create a plan to stop Stanley Ipkiss before his killing spree became bigger.
However, as soon as he made a roll call on the Defenders that had attended his distress call, he sighed in despair, as no one knew where Dudley Donald Puppy was.
- We gotta find them before either of them dies. - Jack said to the others.
- I dunno, Dudley has shown he can take on anything pretty much whatever the universe throws at him and win. - Iron Man let out. - I say we let him handle this, but let's keep an eye on him just in case he needs backup.
- Yeah, but Dudley tends to act without thinking, and much more when he's angry. - Pepper pointed out. - And taking into account that Ipkiss just killed seven of the universe's greatest heroes, one of which was Dudley's wife, that's enough to say that Dudley will need help.
- My thoughts exactly, Pep, now, where could they be? - Jack wondered aloud. - Cortana, anything on the satellites?
- Nothing yet, they both know how to evade them. - Cortana sighed.
- Luke, Goku, you guys have anything?
- I'm afraid not. - Luke said with his eyes closed. - Dudley knows how to hide his presence in the Force, and Ipkiss found a way to do it too.
- And they disappeared their ki, I can't track them. - Goku sighed with two fingers touching his forehead.
- Stark?
- So far, they've evaded the DNA tracing, so either they're much better to go undercover than Cooper, or... - Tony said as his mask revealed his face.
- ... Or they're off the planet. - John said. - Call everyone else and ask them to find them, Cortana, you control the galanet, use it to get to every satellite, long range scanner and ODP to find our evasive friends before Dudley finds Ipkiss.
- That won't be necessary. - Luke let out. - I think I found something...
The Jedi opened his eyes and gestured Cortana to display the holomap of the Republic, which she did, then Luke selected one planet and the hologram increased its size and showed a summary of its basic information.
As the planet was displayed, everyone gasped.
The planet was Coruscant. The center of the Republic, and the most populated planet of the galaxy.
- The Force tells me that a great battle is going to take place there, the problem is that I don't know where nor when. - Luke said.
- We have to get there as soon as possible. - Rescue said as she put her helmet on.
- I agree, but we have to be very careful. - Jack said. - No one can know what has happened.
- We can't keep this as a secret, Jack, someone will know there's something afoot when they see that Sly, Carm and Kitty are missing. - Goku let out.
- I realize that, but we have to make sure that panic doesn't spread. There has never been anything that has been close to kill a Defender. If anyone finds out that one guy killed three of the First Order, no one will ever feel secure again.
- Well, he's got a point. - Naruto said.
- Thanks, but since this needs to stay a secret, just Luke, Danny, Max and Gadget will come with me.
- Jack, this is insane! - Rescue snapped as she slammed her fist on the holotable. - You've already seen what Ipkiss is capable of! Just the five of you won't be able to defeat him.
- You're right, but we still can take the Mask off his face.
- Still, we shouldn't take any chances, Ipkiss is way too powerful with that thing, we should at least take Goku with us. - Luke said.
- Or better yet, send Deadpool or Discord after him, only they have a chance against the Mask. - Iron Man said.
- Of course, let's send the Merc with a Mouth to a mission that no one must know, or better yet, send the only guy that's just as crazy as the Mask himself... - Jack said sarcastically. - Now that we're giving bad ideas, why don't we ask Thanos or Darkseid to do it?!
- Jack, calm down, Tony was just sharing an opinion. - Goku snapped.
- I'm sorry, it's just that all this is unexpected and I'm still shaken because of Sly's death.
- We get it, but still, better send out someone who actually stand a chance against him, you know that we can't take any risks with Ipkiss going on a rampage. - Luke said.
Jack sighed heavily and looked at the ground.
- Fine, let's ask Discord, he has the same abilities than the Mask, and he knows when to stay quiet, unlike Wade. - Jack said. - Cortana...
- Already sent Penelope and the Warden to tell him, and also I asked them to not tell a word to Fluttershy, she might have a fit if she knows that her "dearest cutsie hubby" is gonna face a murderous maniac. - Cortana said. - Well, what now?
- We pray that Discord is able to find and defeat Ipkiss before Dudley or anyone else does... - Jack sighed.