Another chapter in already? They're coming in fast... Apologies to everyone who got the unreadable version of this chapter.

Today's chapter is by zachary,techman, who's quickly becoming a regular writer for this story...

*Hello everyone, ZT here, and I'm taking over this authors note for now… In this chapter, we finally get to see just exactly where the first group went off to, and also will see what Takanuva had up his sleeve… maybe they'll be a certain triumvirate making their appearance, but then again… maybe they might not… You'll have to see what I have planned. Hehehehehehe…

"Uh, guys?" said Riku, holding the keystone of the ruined arch "Take a look at this".

Everyone looked at the stone to see a different number carved into its surface.

"Why does it say 603 now?" asked Naruto. Kurama sighed, "You're guess is as good as mine." "Whatever is in this dimension has to be better than what was in the last one." Said Metaknight. "Let's take a look".

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Takanuva and his new squadron of enlightened ones was about to head through the keystone.

"Alright everyone you know the deal, capture the diminutive swordsman alive, and the commander will give us a promotion!" said the Toa.

"Question is, how we track them down, doc?" asked Bugs bunny.

"We split up." said Yusuke.

"How do we do that when we're only a group of 4 people?" asked the toa.

"About that doc… we actually got company in that of Buzz Lightyear, and Danny Phantom".

"Phantom? Now this is good news, Alright, I'll go with the bunny and halfa, the rest of you will go the other way". Both groups took different ways, the toa's group taking the left, the other group going right.

"Shikamaru, I'm hungry." Said Naruto offhandedly.

"You should have eaten a few minutes ago at that Ramen restaurant we found, what a drag." The ninja complained. Suddenly he saw something in the corner of his eye just in time to shout out. "Naruto, someone is coming, get down!" Shikamaru instructed. Naruto ducked between the shrubbery, the ninja and Metaknight watching for trouble. Before the ninja could act, a light beam was rocketing towards them, when something collided with it, canceling it out.

"It's Takanuva, Metaknight, get out of here!" shouted Naruto.

"It is not I who is leaving, Victory… is my destiny!" cried the knight as he drew Galaxia. A blast of light came, this time, the blast that canceled it out came to slow, and the attack captured Shikamaru and Naruto, but before the Agents of the Dawn could act, the group shimmered before disappearing.

"Mr. O'brien I take it you got them?" "Affirmative captain!" said the chief technician. "Alright, lock onto Metaknight… and… Dammit!" the captain exclaimed. O'brien looked to find the swordsman being attacked by all 6 of the agents of the dawn, the rest of his group down for the count. "Mr. O'brien, 1 to beam down, I'm going to have to ac… Clever, Jim!

The rest of the group met up with Metaknight, when they were hit with a blast of light, from all sides, flooring them, followed by the group being downed by a jab from each one of their apprehenders. "Now you're mine!" Said the Toa. Metaknight made his move, using his dimensional cape to get behind Bugs bunny, downing him with a single pommel strike, but the rest of the group caught on quickly, and began attacking. Stall was all Meta could do as he was forced to shuttle-loop around the attacks. The knight of dreamland at 1 point took an opening, using a uppercut to Danny's solar plexus, but it was all for naught as Takanuva's lance caught him from behind.

Before the group could disappear, 3 people melted from the shadows. One was wearing a gold uniform with 2 lapels on it, followed by the captains insignia, he had blue eyes, and a smile that got the attention of almost every woman in the galaxy, this was James T Kirk or Jim, he was the legendary captain of the enterprise NCC121. The other person was dressed in science blues, with a rather stoic expression on his face, he wore the first officers insignia. This was Spock, the half human half Vulcan commander. Finally the other one wore a green Starfleet tunic with the medical insignia, his face portrayed frown lines, but also he was 1 to smile every once in a while, his eyes were hazel colored, the words chief medical officer were written on his tunic. This was Leonard McCoy, or as some called him… Bones.

"It is illogical to continue with taking that 1 alive," said Spock. I suggest you desist and decease.

The captain loaded his Phaser, "See this? Its set to kill, I suggest you let him go, before there's nothing left of you."

Takanuva laughed, before shooting a beam of light at the captain, when a hypospray cut it in half. "Be careful Jim, this guy is powerful!" The captain looked at his friend, "Bones, you know what to do." The triumvirate went into action.

Bones made for the rest of Metaknight's group, reviving them with his wide array of medical equipment. "Your friend is in trouble, if you act quickly, you might be able to free him.

"Understood, Doctor McCoy." Said Riku, reading the name on the uniform. The rest of the group went into action, freeing Metaknight, while Jim and Spock were holding up the agents. Takanuva and the captain were trading blows with their weapons, none of them able to damage the other, but Jim was closing in quickly. The captain broke through with a lunge, then answered the lance missing with a pistol-whip, knocking out the toa. The rest of the group was downed by Spock and Bones Hypo's and nerve pinches respectively. As the rest of Metaknight's group and him got together, they were wrapped in golden beams of energy, followed by Jim, Spock, and Bones, whom ended up on the transporter pad of the enterprise together.

When the group reappeared, captain Picard was waiting by the transporter to welcome them./p

"Good to see you, Jean-Luc," Jim said. "Agreed, it is good to make your acquaintance once again, Captain!" announced Metaknight.

"Picard to the bridge, we're under attack from an enemy ship!" said commander Ryker. "That's no enemy ship, it's the light fox." Said Metaknight. "Alright, all of you, get to the battle section, we're going to need all the help we can get… McCoy can you head to medical, Jim and Spock, You're with myself and commander Ryker.

Takanuva and his squadron of agents awoke in the same place they were knocked out in. Takanuva was not pleased. "Get the Light Fox, we're going to war against that foolish captain and his enterprise! They will be enlightened, or they shall die!" "Yes doc!" squealed a panicked bugs bunny. The group mounted the ship and began firing upon the enterprise.

Back with Jean-Luc and his allies…

The enterprise was taking a beating, the light fox had the upper hand in terms of fire power. "Fall back. We cannot take them on like this!" ordered the captain. "Weight Jean-Luc, there's another way! Jim pulled out a screw driver from his tunic pocket, and fired a blast which disrupted the blaster banks of the other ship. Fire now, before they get there power back on line!" "Very well… You heard him, fire away Mr. Data!" The android fired the Phaser banks at the vessel, "Shields are at 20 percent, Captain." Spock reported. "Hail them Mr. Worph. "Hailing frequencies up, sir. This is Jean-Luc Picard of the federation starship enterprise. Surrender, or I will have no choice but to blow your ship out of the sky. "This is Toa Takanuva of the Lightfox 27221, give us the corrupted ones, and we'll leave your dimension".

"Dammit, Jean-Luc, Don't listen to them. after they have them, they'll kill them!" said Bones as he appeared on the bridge.

"For once, I agree with the doctor on this matter, nothing good will come out of this exchange." Spock supplied.

"Didn't I tell you that your agreeing with me makes me uncomfortable, Mr. Spock?"

"This is no time for arguing, gentleman." Said Jim, the inklings of a smile on his face. "We have made our decision. You leave this dimension now with none of who you came for, and in exchange I won't blast your ship out of the sky".

Takanuva tried to mount his weapons, but found to his dismay, someone hacked them to respond to the other ships controls. "You are delusional if you think for 1 second this is over! We will enlighten them, all we have to do is wait until your guard slips." Said the toa of light. Captain Picard smiled, So he wants to play his cards… ha.

"True, but unlike you, I have a full complement of 300 or more crew members that can hold their own, and a valiant first officer, plus I lead the second brigade of golden sword guardians, think about that for a second. Takanuva did think about that, then laughed, "There are no golden sword guardians, the agents of the dawn…"

"Are idiots!" Bones interrupted, shoving data out of the way, hitting the fire button as all phasers locked on, and blew the Light-Fox out of the sky. Captain Picard watched as the group warped away before the ship exploded. The captain turned to Kirk, Spock, and Bones.

"So, care to tell me how you all got here?" Each one of them had an answer for that question. Jim produced the sonic screw driver, the same one he had used to interrupt the light-foxes weapon controls… "The doctor sent me".

Bones produced a scroll in runic writing. "The undead sword sent me"

"Ah, Necrosabor… He does have his habits of showing up in the most unlikely of places" Picard smiled. "I was contacted by Q himself, something about the empire having total control of the continuum?" Picard nodded, "Very well, I'm going to pay a call to Piccolo and check up on how the search for Larten and our ally's is going." "Golden sword guardians? What did you mean by that, and what's a brigade?" Naruto asked. "Brigade, refers to a group of people with a common cause. I believe that's what the captain is referring to." Said Spock. "Damn straight, the hobgoblin's assumption is right." Answered Bones. Now if the rest of you don't mind, I would like to run a physical on you. Naruto and his companions headed to the sickbay, where Crusher was getting off her shift. "I'll let you run this one, Admiral McCoy." "Dammit woman, I am a doctor, not an admiral!" Doctor Crusher just laughed before walking out. "Riku, you'll be my first patient." Said Bones.

And with that, most of the Empire of Light's enemies are gathered together. Shredder's gang is still out there on their own, and The Snake and his band are still at large, but the most sizable resistance group is still gathered on the Enterprise. What will happen next? I'm still accepting writers, PM me if you want to write a chapter