Part One- War.
Chapter 3- Return of The League.
The tranquil silence of planet Yolkus was shattered as soon as the first blast of gunfire emerged from the ruined buildings, instantly destroying the fragile dream world that King Goobot had designed for himself during the single moment of peace on his planet. The very moment the guns were fired it was over, and once again war ruled Yolkus.
"Hurry! We must escape while we have time!" The King hurried his wife and child through a secret passage, and they began the long journey through the planet's core itself to avoid certain death.
"Surely the machines will drill here?" Metilli, Goobot's wife, questioned as she glided through the ancient pathways.
"Not for a long time, by that time you and Gasdert shall be free. That is my first priority." Metilli clicked her tongue disapprovingly.
"Your first priority should, and always should be, Yolkus." She scolded softly, and King Goobot swept her words aside in his haste.
"I must leave at once; I have been contacted by The League." Metilli shook her head, if she had been capable of shedding a tear she would have done.
"It is too risky; Neutron may not even assist you. How can you guarantee your safety?"
"Nobody is safe anymore, not anywhere." Goobot swept his son into his arms, and smiled sadly.
"Remember me, and keep yourself safe." He handed the infant to Metilli, who he kissed, and then he left without another word.
King Goobot set off through the heart of his world once more, occasionally staring at the ancient carvings etched into the crust of Yolkus. His ancestors had made these passageways in case the royal family had ever required to flee, but he doubted that they would be used in in a situation like this. The entire planet was at war, the entire universe. Everywhere the dead littered the streets, and his once advanced planet now resembled a war torn lower class world. The League Of Villains had voted to go to Earth, with the explicit intention of finding Jimmy Neutron and persuading him to help them. The people who remained in The League had voted anyway, or to phrase it differently: the people who were still alive. Professor Calamitous and Beautiful Gorgeous had both been killed at the fall of Feakert, and Baby Eddie had betrayed them to Eustace before being shot by Tee. Only six of them remained: himself, Junkman, Grandma Taters and the Space Bandits. They were unable to fight Eustace on their own, and without Jimmy they would perish. The King swept through the hidden entrance to the throne room, and made his way to the meeting place swiftly.
Everywhere Goobot looked there was terror and destruction, steel soldiers killing all living things. For a moment he looked upon his planet, and reflected on the good times he had seen whilst being its ruler. For some reason he could not comprehend he knew he wouldn't see it again, neither would he see his family again. Jimmy Neutron was their only hope now, and that thought scared him more than anything else. If Jimmy refused to save The League, King Goobot realized returning to his world would be pointless.
Tee, the space bandit, was waiting for King Goobot as he came to the ship they had hijacked. It wasn't particularly large, but neither was it a small and nimble fighter ship. It was blue, with twin engines. It should have been capable of light-speed warp, but Goobot noticed that the atomic-warp-drive controls had been permanently damaged.
"King Goobot, how is your family?" Grandma Taters inquired softly, she had known Metilli well, and had delivered Gasdert herself.
"They are fleeing as we speak, I can only hope they reach safety in time." A dark silence settled in the ship as they took off, nobody wanted to think about what would happen if they didn't manage to reach safety.
The ship took off, and headed out of the planet's atmosphere quickly and comfortably. Junkman was in the pilot's seat, driving the ship with relative ease.
The League Of Villains escaped from Yolkus, and were partly through the solar system, when suddenly a huge battle cruiser appeared from nowhere.
"They were invisible, battle stations!" Junkman cried out the words, and everyone manned a cannon or weapon.
The battle cruiser was an oblivion war ship, class one. It was the most feared of spaceships, its power and destructive abilities legendary. The oblivion ships had thought to be lost, wiped out when Feakert had been destroyed. It was black, with no other colour gracing its hull. Turrets, cannons, sniper balconies, and atomic war laser guns were plastered over inch of the ship. Junkman knew The League's pathetically armed ship was no match for this, if they had to fight it they would die.
"Open communications." Grandma Taters ordered, and a fearsome face appeared on the screen. The face was awful, it was metal, but parts were skin, the metal was black like the ship, the skin turning a dull grey, the merciless eyes were red, burning with the fires of hell itself, the thin lifeless mouth curled itself into a satisfied smirk, and the face settled itself to gaze at every member of The League.
"King Goobot, other distinguished members of The League, what a pleasure it is to see you again."
"Speak for yourself Strych." Zix said, and everyone nodded in unanimous agreement.
"Leaving so soon? The show is about to begin, I think that you will enjoy this." Eustace's voice was cold, mocking, he was in control of the situation; and he knew it.
"Gentlemen, and Grandma Taters, allow me to demonstrate a device designed by young Eddie before you disposed of him." Junkman shivered, he remembered how he had managed to use his last shot to kill the child.
Eustace's lifeless eyes widened as the ship began to generate a powerful field of energy, and focused it at Yolkus' sun. The energy caused everything to shake uncontrollably, and Eustace laughed triumphantly.
"Now you see Yolkus." Eustace pressed a single button, and a blinding light came from the sun.
"Now you don't." The light settled, but no Yolkus remained. Strych had destroyed it.
"No! I'll kill you! My family were on the planet!" Eustace chuckled darkly, but his face remained as cruel and harsh as ever.
"Well now they're dead, and quite frankly this is no time to mourn."
"Monster!" Taters choked, unable to believe Yolkus was gone.
"You're too kind to compliment me like that, but at least let me explain how I destroyed your precious Yolkus. I manipulated the energy of your sun using Eddie's device, and focused it into the core of the planet. The resulting reaction causes the planet, Yolkus for example, to implode and disappear. Beautiful machine isn't it?" Trovoltron and Zix were at boiling point, and they responded to Eustace's question by firing at his ship. The blasts bounced off the shields of the oblivion ship, but now Eustace was annoyed.
"I've grown tired of this, you'll pay with your lives for firing upon my glory." Two cannons let loose double blasts into the ship, and in the resulting confusion the ship began to plummet through the dead void of space.
Eustace laughed, and the oblivion ship flew away from the dead sun and world. It had other places to be.
Junkman grabbed the controls, quickly attempting to level the ship. He did so just in time, and was relieved to find that everyone was fine. Almost everyone. Zix and Trovoltron had been crushed under the debris where the blast had ripped through, they had never stood a chance. Grandma Taters remembered Eustace telling them that they would lose their lives for firing at him, only Zix and Trovoltron had fired. They were the only ones dead.
"Set course: Earth." King Goobot said shakily, the loss of his world and family not quite having set in yet. Tee knelt beside his dead friends, and howled miserably into the void like a wolf who had survived the decimation of his pack. Junkman entered the coordinates, set the ship on autopilot, and began to examine the damage. Soon after he would try to sleep, but his dreams would be filled with dead allies, oblivion ships, destroyed worlds, and a haunting confrontation with Eddie that had left him scarred...