Well, howdy, pardners! It's time we git started with the next chapter! Remember: I own nothin' but Ava and Dimentia. (But not the people they're based off of.) So as we begin the next dungeon, play the "Floro Caverns" theme from Super Paper Mario! Well, I say, here we go!
Chapter 4: The Menace of "King" Croacus
Dungeon 1: Floro Broccoli Mines
Mission: Plant bombs around to blow the mines and stop King Croacus!
"Blech. I can already smell it from here." Nigel said, waving his hand by his nose.
"Some areas might be toxic. Watch yourself." Ava cautioned.
The kids began down the first corridor where Floro Sapiens were watering small sprouts of the glowing green vegetables. When they saw the operatives coming, they drew their vine-whips and started to lash at them, but Ava twirled her blades and caused the whips to cut as they came, then Nigel tossed grenades to blow up the broccoli sprouts. There was a broken chunk of the floor ahead, but Nigel launched his G.R.A.P.P.L.U.H. to pull the two across it. Up ahead, there were Irken soldiers using giant drillers to dig into the ground, but when they saw the operatives approach, they aimed redirected their drills and approached the operatives slowly. They launched the drills at the duo, who easily dodged the slow projectiles, before the Irkens pulled out their goo guns. Nigel saw some stalactites above the Irkens and shot his S.H.O.O.T.E.R. at them, causing them to drop and crush the Irkens.
"The first spot is in here." Ava said, pointing to a wooden door along the wall. They entered the chamber and found that the floor was covered with the toxic vegetable. The presence of it was already making the operatives feel weary as they released clouds of green toxic. There was a snaky pathway through the broccoli, and a few Floro Sapiens standing guard, who were all asleep. On the other side of the room, a tall, pump-like machine seemed to be pushing through a hole in the ground as green gas flowed through four pipes up through the ceiling.
Not feeling the energy to fight in this toxic, the operatives carefully wobbled their way around the curved path, careful not to wake any sleeping enemies. When they were nearing the end, they had to squeeze to the right of a sleeping soldier. Ava was able to walk by, but Nigel accidentally bumped into him before moving on. "Huh- Wh-Whuh-" The Floran noticed the two limping by. "Oh, please don't tell King Croacus I was sleeping!"
"Mmmmnnn…" Nigel mumbled.
When they were finally out of the broccoli pathway, Ava already latched the bomb to the machine as it began beeping. "That's one. Let's find the others." She whispered. She and Nigel went over a pathway that went around the broccoli path on the side of the room, then dropped down to the doorway. They went back into the main corridor and continued along the path. A pile of boulders was blocking their way, but Nigel easily tossed a grenade from his B.O.O.M.E.R. and blew them away. Immediately, Irken soldiers saw them up ahead and started to fire small bombs from their weapons, which floated over and exploded bullets into multiple directions. Nigel and Ava jumped the bullets as Ava tossed her swords like boomerangs and sliced two of the weapons before her swords came back. Nigel tossed a grenade at another Irken, but he fired a bomb before flipping to the side, the bullets successfully damaging Nigel. The bald Brit grabbed another grenade and tossed it between the two soldiers before they could fire again, knocking them both out.
The operatives pressed forward and found another hole in the ground. Nigel wanted to shoot his G.R.A.P.P.L.U.H. to a stalactite, but it already collapsed. Ava just decided to toss a sword to stick below the ledge on the other side, jumping across first and bouncing up with her sword, with Nigel following her movements. Ava called her sword back before they entered another wooden door. Inside, they stood upon a safe ledge over a floor that was infested with vine snakes. The pump machine was safe on a platform in the center of the pit. Nigel saw a bunch of stalactites up above and decided to shoot a few of them down with his blaster, making a pathway as they stuck up from the ground. The operatives carefully jumped across the unstable platforms to get across. When Nigel made it to the center, Ava nearly fell off, but Nigel grabbed her by the hands and pulled her up as the snakes tried to get her.
Nigel latched the bomb to the machine and it began beeping. The Brit shot down a few more stalactites on the ceiling so the duo could get back across. When they entered the main corridor again, there was another deep hole in the ground. They found a long piece of wood leaned against the wall, and both operatives grabbed hold of it and laid both sides on opposite ends of the pit. As they carefully walked over, Ava took notice of a strange, large hive sticking up from the ground, covered with many holes. "Watch out, Nigel! That's a Tetramite hive. Those little buggers eat anything. …NOT the best time to be wearing sandals, huh?"
Once they crossed the wooden plank, a swarm of Tetramites immediately crawled out. The duo ran and jumped onto a platform to avoid being eaten by the tiny critters as they tried to jump up to them. Nigel and Ava stepped back, then ran and leapt over the cave critters, then quickly hurried over a worn-out minecart track. The Tetramites followed, but the two jumped their way up some stone steps, and the creatures couldn't follow. The two appeared to be at the end of the long corridor as they entered two more wooden double-doors.
Their next room was wide open and circular shaped, but still kind of small. There was a wide archway that led to another doorway, but the archway was blocked by a huge vine wall with a closed bud in the center. As they stepped to the center of the room, the bud opened and revealed a large, red rose. The rose began shaking wildly as it dropped six spores around the ground. The spores grew into white roses which began coughing spore bombs rapidly at the operatives. The two dodged the spore bombs as Ava ran to slice the roses. When she defeated all of them, the Rose Guardian opened again and looked around in utter shock. When it was exposed, Nigel took this time to shoot it.
The rose released some more spores, which this time grew into Floran troops. The Floro Sapiens spewed toxic broccoli gas from spray guns and stunned the duo. Afterwards, they caught the two within vine-whips and sent them flying to the other side. The operatives recovered as Nigel hurriedly shot the Florans from a safe distance. Ava ran forward to slice their weapons and knock them out, and the Rose Guardian awakened to see its soldiers defeated. Nigel gave it a few more hits with his S.H.O.O.T.E.R. before finally deciding to toss a grenade. The explosion defeated the monster completely, causing it to shrivel up and vanish. As it disappeared, however, a strange gun with a glass container dropped from it, and Nigel curiously picked it up. "Hey, look at this."
"It's 20x40. The Irkens must've stolen it." Ava figured.
Galactic Kids Next Door: A.B.S.O.R.B.O.
Absorbs Benign Substances Often Reaching Better Objectives
Afterwards, the duo of operatives proceeded through the double-doors. They climbed a small ladder onto a ledge, where another broccoli pump waited on the other side of a small pit. However, a Tetramite hive was safely rested next to it. Ava looked around until she spotted some kind of orange, gooey substance dripping through the wall next to her. "Nigel, check it out." He walked over and observed the substance. "It's Breegus Nectar. It's a candy-like substance that really gets those Tetramites crazy."
Nigel stuck his finger in the substance and licked it off. "Hm… a little tangy."
"You know that stuff comes from-"
"Please don't say it." Nigel used his A.B.S.O.R.B.O. to suck in and fill the container with the nectar. He shot it to the other side by the wall, and the Tetramites immediately crawled out and started chewing on it. During their distraction, the operatives jumped over and latched another bomb onto the broccoli pump. They hurried through he double-doors before the Tetramites finished eating.
The next corridor was more wide and more vast. The kids walked down a worn-out minecart track to a lower pathway, where Tetramites immediately crawled out to feast on them. Nigel shot some nectar over and drew their attention away, allowing the duo to get past. They hurried and jumped a platform to the next pathway, but when the Tetramites finished eating, they used the minecart track to cross over and chase the duo. Nigel once again shot some nectar over to distract them, and they fell for it.
"The next pump is through here." Ava said as they approached some double-doors that were blocked by poison broccoli. "But how are we supposed to get through?"
Nigel looked to the Tetramites and smirked. When the critters finished eating, he shot some nectar onto the broccoli, and the bugs crawled over to eat it. As they did so, they ate away at the broccoli, and the operatives were able to get through afterwards. In this next room, the broccoli pump was just a few feet away, but it was protected by a purple archway that was protected by a bunch of purple tentacles. "That's Voltan Ivy." Ava said. "It's some kind of plant that's immune to any sort of ammunition. It's really thick, too. 'Course, it might go away if you tickled it hard enough."
Nigel looked across a series of platforms to see another Tetramite hive. The operative proceeded to jump across the small platforms until he was close enough to the hive. There was a minecart track going along the wall, so he fired some nectar onto the track and attracted the little critters. Nigel kept sticking a trail of Breegus Nectar along the track and got the Tetramites to follow it. He was able to lead them over to the other side of the room, and afterwards stuck more nectar onto the Voltan Ivy. When the Tetramites started crawling all over it, the tentacle plant became incredibly tickled, and it retracted into the wall. Nigel shot more nectar to draw the Tetramites away, allowing the operatives to stick a timed bomb to the pump.
They went back to the main corridor and used Nigel's G.R.A.P.P.L.U.H. to pull themselves across another pit. As they landed on the other side, some Vine Snakes crawled out of holes in the wall, but Nigel shot them with his blaster while Ava cut them with her swords. Up ahead was another Tetramite hive. As they stepped closer, an Irken troop jumped out from behind a rock and shot and trapped Nigel in his own Breegus Nectar. The little bugs crawled out, already attracted to the candy around Nigel. Ava ran to knock out the Irken before hurriedly grabbing the A.B.S.O.R.B.O. from Nigel's hand, shooting nectar onto the Irken and getting the Tetramites to attack him instead. Nigel broke free of the nectar before the two continued.
The duo climbed into a minecart and used it to roll along down the track over the chasm. They went up and down several slopes before an Irken shot some nectar over the track up ahead, causing them to get stuck. Tetramites crawled over from a nearby hive, but Nigel shot more nectar to draw them away. He tossed a grenade to knock the Irken over the chasm before shooting down at the nectar blocking their path, allowing them to keep going. They swerved along the curvy track as Irken soldiers rode out on other minecarts that were on other tracks. The operatives' cart drove by several Tetramite hives as the Irkens kept shooting Breegus Nectar to block their path. Nigel shot his own nectar to draw them away, giving the cart enough time to break free. When more Irkens tried to shoot at them, Nigel had to keep shooting them down, allowing the cart to keep moving without trouble.
The cart went over a loop-di-loop before coming to a stop at the other side of the corridor. The kids stepped off and entered the double-doors to another room with a pump. There, a Floro Sapien was happily watering a patch of grass on the ground, making broccoli sprout up. Nigel tried to shoot the Floran, but he sunk beneath the grass and stayed safe behind the broccoli. They saw another Tetramite hive and stuck nectar to the broccoli, drawing them over to eat it, but as they did, the Floran simply came out and watered it some more, making the broccoli constantly grow back and scare the Tetramites away. It went back below ground afterwards, but Nigel shot more nectar and got the critters to come and eat more broccoli. When the Floran came out, Ava quickly tossed a sword and sliced him in half. "And I was finally gonna win the grand prize for 'Smelliest Broccoli Garden'… Haaaw." He fainted.
After getting the Tetramites to eat away the last of the broccoli, the operatives could safely come through and stick a bomb to the next pump. They left the Tetramites alone and proceeded to enter the next wooden doorway. They were at a straight, empty corridor that seemed to go through several yards. "Last one is straight down this hall." Ava said.
"Maybe we'll find this Croacus, too." The operatives progressed down the hall with no hazards to get in their way. (End song.)
"Well-p, so far, so good." Ava said, studying her M.A.P.. "We just set this last one, activate the detonator, and BOOM!"
"Great!" replied Nigel. "Where does it go?"
"According to this, it goes in King Croacus' chamber, which is just down this hall."
"Of course. They never make it easy for us, do they?"
"No they don't. But it isn't as fun when it's too easy, is it?"
Nigel chuckled. "No, it isn't!" With that, the duo walked down the halls of the mines, onward to Croacus' chamber. "So, Ev-er, Ava… how long have you been working in GKND?" Nigel asked suddenly.
"I don't know. About 40 years."
Her answer surprised Nigel. "40 years?! But you look about 10! How can you be working here that long and still be a kid?!"
"I guess it's because working up here prevents the disease from catching on to us so quickly."
Nigel raised an eyebrow. "So, the disease really does exist?"
"Well, I'm not really sure, to be honest. On my planet, we were taught that people age due to the theory of evolution, and that it's a natural thing."
"That's what they did on my planet, too."
"Yeah, but when Dimentia came and recruited me into her team, and told me about the disease, that's when I became confused. At first, I thought she was crazy and I didn't really believe it, but then she introduced me to… something that kept me from aging for a long period of time… and, well, I figured that maybe she was right."
"What did she introduce you to that kept you like that?"
"She usually doesn't want us telling new recruits. Not until the time is right."
"Well, THAT figures." He said to himself. "Speaking of which, when you left your planet, did you have to leave anyone important in your life behind?"
Ava gave a small frown. "I had to leave my friends and family behind. They let me say good-bye to my parents, but they didn't let me see my friends again. And ever since I left, I've been feeling really bad. But I thought if I could help get rid of this disease, if it exists, that'd make up for leaving them. Is there anyone special you left behind?"
Nigel gave a frown as well. "Well, yeah, my story's similar to yours. Only difference is they let me say good-bye to my teammates. Of course, there were a few other people I wanted to see again."
"Like who?"
"Well, lots of people. But most of all, I really wanted to see…"
"Hm?" Ava rose an eyebrow.
"…Rachel." He said quietly. They were silent for a moment until Numbuh 1 spoke. "It makes me wonder if I made the right choice to join this whole thing. It makes me wonder what's more important in life."
"Well, it doesn't matter anymore I guess. We joined this thing, and, as far as her royal clowniness is concerned, we're staying."
Nigel gave a small chuckle at Ava's nickname for Dimentia. "I guess so. But on the bright side to all this, at least I got to meet you. As far as I can tell, you're the only alien I work well with."
Ava smiled at this. "Am I a good replacement for your cousin?"
Nigel chuckled. "No! No matter what Dimentia says, I don't think anyone here can replace them."
"I can respect that."
The two were almost to the chamber of King Croacus. "You know what's funny?" asked Nigel. "I used to think that adults were created by children to be their slaves until they ended up rebelling. And over time, I was starting to think that that idea was crazy!"
Ava giggled at this. "Well, it sounds like Dimentia's ways were already rubbing off on you BEFORE you met!"
"Yeah! And how ironic is it that I think I still think it's crazy even AFTER she told me about the disease!" The two continued to laugh down the halls of the mines until they finally reached a big, blue door, with strange lines drawn on it. "Is this the place?"
"Yep! According to the map, this is King Croacus' chamber."
"Wow, that sure took a while!"
"You think we've been going in circles the whole time we were talking?" The two stood and thought about that for a moment until they finally decided to shrug it off.
"Alright!" exclaimed Nigel. "Let's go!" And with that, the two bursted through the door.
Once they were in, Ava drew her two swords and Nigel drew his S.H.O.O.T.E.R.. They caught the two robots from before watering a rather large rose. The two robots turned their attention to the two operatives.
"Holy hundreds of evergreens!" exclaimed the cowboy, Cubot. "I never woulda guessed y'all would make it this far!"
"It wasn't that hard really." replied Nigel. "Now, put your hands up!"
"Sorry," replied Orbot, "but I'm afraid that's not our call. You'll have to speak with King Croacus for that."
"Fine! Where is he?"
"Oh ho ho ho! Do you not notice? He is here before your very eyes!" As he spoke, the large rose they were watering opened up to reveal a yellow face with blue eyes, purple eyelids, and long eye-lashes. (Play "King Croacus Appears" from Super Paper Mario!)
"Oooo-wee-ooo-wee-ooo!" The rose spoke in a female voice. "Where, oh, WHERE are my pretties?"
"So…" began Ava, "YOU'RE King Croacus?!"
"Mmm, yes I am. And who might YOU hideously clashing things be?"
The two remained speechless, still disgusted by the fact that the "king" looked and talked more like a queen. They just shook it off and Numbuh 1 said, "We are Numbuhs 1 and 10,000 of the Galactic Kids Next Door, and we're here to put a stop to your broccoli loving plans!"
"So, YOU'RE the snot-nosed, little children that the Almighty Tallest warned me about! Well, it doesn't matter because you'll never get a chance to blow up these mines! NOO-WEE-OOO! But I assure you that the Tallest and I have a much more efficient plan to dispose of the broccoli. And THAT is to force kids, like you, to EAT IT!"
"Why are you siding with the Tallest, anyway?" asked Ava.
"OOO-WEE-OOO! Because, my dear, they plan to bring a little order to the misbehaved children of this universe! And I plan to assist them in any way I can, even if it means destroying you! Thus, you are warned."
"You won't unleash this broccoli to the children of the universe if the Kids Next Door can help it!" exclaimed Nigel, ready for battle.
"Then, you will perish!"
"Now, wait just a second, King Croacus! We have something to say to this baldy!" (End song.)
"Hey! Who said that?" asked Nigel as everyone looked around for the source of the voice. The room began to quake until a part of the ceiling exploded. The smoke cleared and revealed an enormous SIR Unit with six arms, which held various types of weapons, a red eye and a purple eye, and a glass dome. The glass dome opened up, revealing none other than the Almighty Tallest.
The Tallest jumped out of their giant SIRbot and landed in front of the two operatives, staring down at them. "So, this is the famous Number 1, Earth representative of the Galactic Kids Next Door." Spoke the red Tallest.
"Funny." Said the purple. "I expected someone… TALLER!" And with that, the two Tallest laughed. The Tallest have never actually seen him before and vice versa.
"Who are you?!" asked an annoyed Nigel.
"Well, I'm Red and he's Purple. We're the Almighty Tallest." Answered Red.
"I figured you were the Tallest, but what are your names?"
"No, really." Answered Purple. "He's Red, and I'm Purple. Those are our names."
"Wow. REALLY creative names!" replied Nigel sarcastically.
"Oh YEAH?!" shot back Purple. "Well, what's YOUR name, shorty?! Huh?! Huh?! Huh?! Huh?! Huh?! Huh?!"
"Yeah…" replied Red with a serious glare. "Just what is your name, anyway?"
Nigel smirked. "Nigel Uno."
The Tallest were quiet for a moment until Purple spoke. "HEY! That is a good name."
"Yeah…, it is a good name. But we're still tall!" Red said.
"You're not THAT tall!"
"We're taller than YOU, shorty!" Shot back Purple."
At this remark, Nigel looked down to see that the Tallest were hovering a few inches off the ground. "Your feet aren't even touching the ground!"
The Tallest looked down to notice they were floating. Once again, Purple spoke, "SO?! It's cool! We don't see YOU doing it!"
"Oh, just forget it!" replied Red. "Listen, Baldy: you can fight us all you want. But no matter what you do, we won't stop until every kid in this universe has embraced the glory that is adulthood. Including you galactic brats. But for right now: King Croacus: destroy them!"
"Yes, my Tallest." And with that, King Croacus' stem grew to the height of the room. A few more stems sprouted from her, er, his, er, ITS body and sprouted block-shaped heads with faces that looked like Croacus'. A bunch of vines sprouted from its body as well and covered the room.
Once he was done with the transformation, the Tallest floated back into their giant robot, followed by Orbot and Cubot. The dome was about to close, but not before Cubot thought back to their conversation about double negatives outside and shouted, "OH! I GIT IT!" And with that, the giant robot took off into the sky.
Once they were gone, Croacus spoke: "Now then…" a vine snuck up behind Ava and swiped the detonator, "shall we dance?" King Croacus rose one of the block heads and attempted to crush the two operatives, who ended up jumping out of the way. (Play the King Croacus Battle Theme from Super Paper Mario!)
Boss fight: King Croacus
Ava began swinging her swords and chopping incoming vines, while Nigel just fired his blaster at them. A vine snuck up, grabbed him by the legs, and held him up, while another vine whipped him from behind. "Hold on, Nigel!" Ava exclaimed as she hopped off one of the block heads and cut the vine holding Nigel.
"Thanks, Ava!"
"We have to get back that detonator."
Nigel saw two block heads coming toward them. "Come on!" They dodged the block heads as they hit the ground and jumped onto them as they were going back up. They jumped from block to block as they were getting higher up the large rose monster, dodging any vines it throws. Nigel finally jumped onto Croacus' head, nearly reaching the vine holding the detonator that was still too high to reach. Nigel put his two hands together and held them open. Ava made her way up the beast and hopped onto Nigel's hands, and he flung her upwards, but Croacus pulled the detonator away, and Ava fell down.
"Crud… huh?" Nigel looked down to Croacus' head and saw a strange, red device with the Irken symbol stuck to the back of his head. "What the heck is this-AHH!" His sentence was cut short as a vine whipped him from behind, knocking him off. The orange block head was about to crush him until Ava jumped and sliced it off the stem.
"Time to cut this weed!" Ava exclaimed as she started to slice away King Croacus' stem, the plant king's ahead dropping closer to the operatives. The upper half of his stem simply reattached with the lower half as he closed his face into his rose. The block heads kept trying to smash the operatives, but they rolled around and avoided them.
"Come out now, my dearies." King Croacus called. In the corner of a room, Tetramites crawled out of a hive, ready to feast on the operatives. Nigel tried to shoot Breegus Nectar, but saw that his gun was empty. He saw more nectar leaking from the wall, so he hurried over to suck some in. When the Tetramites crawled over, Nigel stylishly leapt over and stuck some nectar onto Croacus. The Tetramites got all over him/her, and the king was being tickled. "Hm-hm-hm-hm-hm-hm." He chuckled in his womanly voice, his rose opening. "Please, dearies, one at a time. OOH!" Ava wrapped her legs around his stem and began slashing at his face with her swords. "MMMMM." The plant king smacked the alien off with a block head as Croacus then shook away the Tetramites. His face went back into his rose as he began dancing around, spewing a series of spores.
The spores landed on the ground and grew into either Floro Sapiens or Bomb Flowers. The Bomb Flowers rapidly spat bomb spores that the operatives dodged, only to be grabbed by the Sapiens' vine-whips and chucked away. Nigel jumped to his feet and tossed grenades at the enemies to defeat them. When the Tetramites crawled back out, Nigel latched a nectar piece onto Croacus' stem, drawing them over to nibble away and tickle the king. As the king giggled, Nigel aimed his S.H.O.O.T.E.R. and shot his exposed face.
"Let's just latch this last bomb and get out of here." Ava suggested, holding up the last timed bomb.
However, a vine grabbed the last bomb and dropped it into Croacus' mouth, allowing him to swallow it. "Mmm, the failure of my enemies is as tasty as nectar is to these darlings."
Ava smirked at this. "Not your best idea." And with that, she pushed the detonator. King Croacus gave a worried expression, realizing what he just did.
"Detonation activated. Self-destruct in 10. 9…"
"And that wasn't MY best idea." Said Ava, realizing HER mistake. "What do we do now?!"
"Boy, it's times like this I wish I kept my rocket shoes." Nigel said, worriedly.
"LOOK!" Ava pointed in the direction of the severed orange block head, which began to shake. The head popped, revealing an orange Wisp that was shaped like a rocket.
The Wisp shot into Nigel's body, making him glow the same color as the Wisp. "What the-", he tried to say as his shoes began to activate like a rocket. Ava quickly grabbed onto him, and they screamed as they took off shooting through the hole that was left by the Tallests' robot, just in time for the bombs to go off. (End song.)
Nigel and Ava safely shot out of the exploding mine with barely a scratch and landed back on the ground. A puff of smoke came out of the hole, spewing the severed, burnt head of King Croacus. "HA HA! We did it!" exclaimed Ava as the two operatives high-fived. "You know, we make a pretty good team."
"Yeah, I guess we do!"
"…Hey, what's that?" The two operatives noticed a strange, green light emitting from the hole. The smoke from the explosion cleared, and a green star came out of the hole. The star drifted above Croacus' head, sprinkled some dust on him, and shot towards the sky.
Star Haven
Dimentia was walking toward the Star Sanctuary, when suddenly, a green star shot past her and into the shrine. Dimentia ran in after it and noticed it rested itself onto one of the seven pedestals lined up around the room. Dimentia stared at the green star, and gave a wicked smile.
Planet Flora
Back on Flora, the two operatives stared as Croacus' head went back to its original color and rose in midair. "My, my! That was quite an ordeal. But next time, could you be so kind as to do away with me in a less painful way?"
Nigel and Ava exchanged confused glances. "So…" Nigel spoke, "you weren't really working for the Tallest?"
"Oh, but of course not! There was never any alliance! True, the Tallest did come to me, hoping to make an alliance, but I quickly turned them down the moment I heard they were going to enslave my children and force them to dig out broccoli! I never really cared for the Tallest and their insidious ways. But I never quite expected them to go as far as to place a mind-control device on the back of my head!"
"So, THAT'S what that was." Spoke Nigel quietly. "Well, we're sorry for the misunderstanding."
"Oh, no harm done! But do me a favor and teach them a lesson or two when you get the chance."
"Will do! But we should probably get going now. Before the jester queen gets worried."
Croacus chuckled at this, knowing he was referring to the GKND Supreme Leader. He's heard of their leader, and he thought she didn't really sound too pleasant. "I suppose you do! Well, you kids take care now! Good-bye!"
"SEE YA!" And with that, the two galactic operatives ran off toward their ship, back to GKND H.Q..
Zim's House
Back on Earth, Zim and GIR were loading things onto their ship, getting ready for their own space adventure. "There! Do have everything you need, GIR?"
GIR pulled out a checklist. "Let's see: Muffins, waffles, cupcakes, tacos…, YES!"
"Excellent! Now then…" Zim pulled out the pair of sunglasses he stole from Sector V and placed them on some scanner. "We will use the sunglasses to track where Number 1 will be, and ambush him there!" A holographic map appeared from the scanner and a small cursor began scanning the map until it zoomed in on one spot and began blinking. "YES! ! He is THERE! Now then, Number 1," Zim activated his ship and it rose into the sky, "prepare to face your doom! For Zim will unleash so much DOOM upon you, that people will mistake you for the mixture of a 10-year-old and a 16-YEAR-OLD! ! ! !"
"YAY!" exclaimed GIR. "We's make him look real ugleh!"
"Yes we are, GIR." The two began laughing maniacally as they took off into the heavens.
Little did Zim know that someone was following behind him on a ship of his own. "Not while Dib is on the case, Zim!"
Well, there you have it. Btw, I forgot to mention Orbot and Cubot come from Sonic Colors, much like the Wisps, and King Croacus comes from Super Paper Mario. Also, the Tetramites and A.B.S.O.R.B.O. originate from Ratchet & Clank: A Crack In Time. This chapter was meant to be longer, but, once again, I thought otherwise. The next chapter's going to have quite a bit of back story, so that's why I decided to cut it from this chapter.