A/N: Last time, the distraught All-Stars learned the truth about what happened to their powers and got a resurgence in confidence by deciding to use their own weaknesses against the Cosmos. Time to find out just how it'll all play out.

ToonSchool: Power Rebound

Chapter 6: All-Star Resurgence

The All-Stars, cheerleaders, and supporters all surged out onto the court to the crowd's cheers, with the latter two returning to the sidelines and the stands. The Cosmos were there waiting, and both teams growled at each other fiercely. The All-Stars were now ready for a comeback.

Dennis, Tony, Jimmy, Jake, and Gwen got in position for the All-Stars, and Bobby, Michael, Ricky, Joanna, and A.D. did for the Cosmos. It was Cosmos' ball. Bobby quickly inbounded to Ricky, who then started to dribble up the court. But suddenly, Jimmy, flies in using rocket shoes, and steals the ball, before Ricky even realizes it. Jimmy flies up the court as the All-Stars come back on offense.

"Jimmy, over here!," Tony called. Jimmy stopped, hovered and then lobbed the ball in the air.

"Heads up, Tony," he called out. Using the Jump function on his shoes, Tony leapt, caught and dunked the ball, sending the crowd and All-Stars bench into cheers.

"And Tony Clark with a spectacular dunk to start off the second half!," Marv commentated.

Cosmos: 74

All-Stars: 26

"No! Boooo!," Pete cried out, as the rest of the Cosmos and their supporters booed.

The Cosmos took possession. A.D. inbounded the ball to Michael, who transformed into dragon form, and flew up for a slam-dunk. But, suddenly he found himself caught in a net, which suddenly forced him to shift back and fall back to the court.

"Hey, get me out of here!," he cried. Jake stood over him with a net cannon.

"Nothing beats a dragon like it's worst weakness: a net made of sphinx hair!," Jake said with a smile. Michael groaned in annoyance.


Shortly afterward, Jimmy and Jake were subbed out for Danny and Danielle, and Michael had been subbed out for Amy. Gwen had taken possession of the ball and passed it to Dennis who pushed it for a layup. Quickly, Bobby and A.D. went ghost and attempted to block him.

"Hey, think fast!," Danny called out as he and Danielle each threw a piece of ecto-ranium at the two. Upon catching them, Bobby and A.D. were suddenly shocked and fell down, allowing Dennis to complete the layup.

Cosmos: 74

All-Stars: 28

"What was that?!," Bobby growled.

"Just a little anti-ghost element we like to call ecto-ranium," Danielle snickered as she and Danny hi-fived.


Following that, A.D. was subbed out for Maylene. The Cosmos took possession of the ball, as Ricky, Amy, and Maylene used their PowerPuff powers to fly around with the ball in hand in one of the Girls' power plays. They headed for the basket to score, when suddenly they flew into a glass pane like flies at a windshield, stopping them in their tracks and causing them to loose the ball to Danny, who then dribbled it up the court again and made a basket.

Cosmos: 74

All-Stars: 30

"Nice going, Gwen," Tony called to Gwen, who'd conjured up the pane with magic.

"No problem," she replied with a smile.


Following this, Gwen and Danielle were subbed out for Ben and Bart, and Amy and Ricky were subbed out for Yancy and Francis.

The Cosmos were in possession. Yancy and Francis (in the form of Fourarms) moved up the court with the ball in possession. With Yancy guarding him, Francis ran for another slam-dunk, but Bart, Tony, and Ben all super-glued the court, causing both to be stuck.

Danny then stole the ball, passed it up to Dennis, who then dribbled it up and hit a three-point shot.

Cosmos: 74

All-Stars: 33

"Now that's teamwork!," Coach Proud said from the sidelines.

"Best I've seen since my day," Coach Kelly agreed.

"Nice work there, kids!" Bugs yelled.

"Keep it up, guys!," Lola added in.


After taking ten minutes to clean up the glue from the court the game resumed. Danny and Tony were subbed out for Darrell and June, while Maylene was subbed out for Navid.

As Navid and Joanna attempted to move up the court with the ball and the other Cosmos, Bart used a water gun to squirt water onto Navid's belt, causing it to short out and him to lose his El Tigre powers and suit. He quickly passed behind him to Joanna. June attempted to block her, but Joanna jumped over her…and landed and slipped on a puddle left behind, losing the ball as a result.

Dennis quickly look possession of the ball and dribbled it up the court with everyone including Darrell close behind him.

"Old school, put it up for me, little bro!," Darrell called out, as Dennis lobbed the ball into the air, allowing Darrell to bring it in for the finger-roll, sending most of the crowd into hysterics.

Cosmos: 74

All-Stars: 35


After that, Navid and Joanna were subbed out for Harold and Emil, while Bart and Ben were subbed for Timmy and Stitch.

Using his invisibility, Harold attempted to sneak by the All-Stars…only to be shot by paintballs by Timmy, ruining his invisibility. He passed the ball to Emil who tried to barrel through the All-Stars, only to be literally stopped in his tracks by Stitch.

Using his extra arms, Stitch took the ball from Emil and passed it to June, who then passed it to Timmy. With Cosmo, Wanda, and Poof as wristbands, Timmy was able to pull off an impressive jump shot.

Cosmos: 74

All-Stars: 37

"I love our son!," Mrs. Turner cried out in the stands.

"I knew he'd make us proud by joining this team!," Mr. Turner agreed.

"I LOVE YOU, TIMMY!," Tootie, Vicky's sister cheered.


Later on, Yancy and Francis were subbed out for Virgil and Virgo, while Darrell, June, and Stitch were subbed for Blossom, Bubbles, and Buttercup.

Using the same super-speed/force field combo from Dash and Violet Parr, the twins and Harold moved the ball up the court, and then Emil passed it to Bobby who then flew up for a dunk…only for Blossom to suddenly appear and swat the ball away.

"Now, Bubbles!," she said to Bubbles, who nodded as she caught the ball and dribbled up the court with everyone else in hot pursuit. The twins quickly caught up to her.

"Nowhere to go now, sweetie!," they cackled.

"Except up! Buttercup!," she replied as she tossed the ball up in the air. Buttercup jumped on the twins heads caught the ball, and quickly dunked it.

"Take that, Cosmo jerks!," she said as the crowd and All-Star bench went wild.

Cosmos: 74

All-Stars: 39

"That's my girls!," Professor Utonium cheered.


The All-Stars continued to press-on with their comeback throughout the quarter. Dennis had the ball now and he dribbled around, dodging Harold, Yancy and Emil. But they missed and failed, as Michael backhand layup-ed the ball into the hoop, earning two more points for the team. The crowd cheered.

Later on, A.D. inbounded to Ricky and Navid.

"Let's teach these falling stars a lesson, guys!," Ricky said as the two ran for the All-Star's basket. As they did, Timmy came up behind them with a fishing pole (Wanda), which he cast off and pulled off Ricky's game shorts. Feeling a breeze below Ricky stopped to see his short gone and himself in his orange briefs. He dropped the ball and covered himself with his jersey in embarrassment.

"Nice briefs, Ricky!," Danielle called out. Everyone in the stadium laughed at this (save for the Cosmos, who were just downright embarrassed), even the announcers.

"Now that's something you don't see every game," Marv commentated.

"Losing your shorts in the middle of a game, how embarrassing," Phineas agreed.

"Embarrassing doesn't even begin to cover it," Ferb finished as back on the court, an angry and humiliated Ricky took back his shorts from Timmy.


The All-Stars were becoming unstoppable in the second half. Stitch dribbled past and scored over Francis. Dennis spun around Joanna and Bobby, before tossing the ball into the basket. Bubbles jumped and landed into her sisters' hands, and they propelled her into the air. She flipped forward several times, and then dunked the ball, which then hit Michael in the head.

Cosmos: 74

All-Stars: 57


The All-Stars' comeback continued throughout the rest of the third quarter and into the fourth, though the Cosmos were able . Bobby, Joanna, and Ricky charged in with the ball looking to score. But they were stopped by Gwen and Jake who threw a bunch of PokéSmoke Balls, blinding them, allowing Tony to steal the ball. He dribbled it down the court, jumped and slammed it hard into the basket, sending the crowd into cheers.

Cosmos: 76

All-Stars: 71

"That's how you do it, little bro!," Lee Clark cheered as did the rest of the Clark family.


Soon after, Darrell jumped up as A.D. and Emil tried to stop him. But Darrell slammed the ball into the basket, hitting Emil (who was underneath it) in the head in the process.

Cosmos: 76

All-Stars: 73

Francis (in Fourarms form) took point on guarding Blossom, who did a behind-the-back pass to Dennis, causing Francis to trip and fall over his own feet. Dennis then put up a three-pointer to tie the game.

Cosmos: 76

All-Stars: 76

"Gammit!," Pete fumed with fury as the rest of the Cosmos and their supporters booed as loud as possible. The team had lost so much ground in second half it was ridiculous.

The only one who was happy about this was A.J. who'd been on the bench all game for refusing to participate in the power-stealing scheme.

"Oh wow, the All-Stars are just humiliating the Cosmos this half!," Marv commentated.

"I know, Marv. These guys are big, they're angry, and believe me they're way out of control!," Phineas added.

"But one thing's for certain, they don't like to look bad," Ferb finished.


The Cosmos, now in possession, ran up the court with the ball…only for Buttercup and Danielle to douse them in red paint. The entire crowd laughed at this…except for a Scyther and Electabuzz in the audience who almost immediately became enraged, charged down from the stands and attacked the Cosmos.

Dropping the ball, the Cosmos scattered trying to get away from the enraged Pokémon, while Bart grabbed the ball, jumped onto Francis' (as DiamondHead) back, and leapt into the air Michael-Jordan style, and brought home a slam-dunk, sending the crowd wild as the All-Stars took the lead for the first time in the game.

Cosmos: 76

All-Stars: 78

"Woohoo!," Bart's father Homer cheered.

"Yeah, baby!," Dionne cheered from the sidelines.

"Way to go, Bart!," Lisa cheered as well. But there was only one thing that could stop the celebration and the All-Stars amazing comeback upset: Pete!

"TIMEOOOOOUUUUUT!," he bellowed, stopping the game.

The players all headed back to their respective benches. For the All-Stars, it was a celebratory situation.

"Alright, guys. We're right back in this game, just like I told you. Come on, now. Let's just keep it up and the championship will be ours!," Dennis said as the All-Stars celebrated.

"Great work, guys!," Tommy said as the rest of the main gang came down to see them.

"Yeah, that was incredible out there!," Lilo added.

"Yeah, you just gotta just hold this lead just for a little while longer and the championship will be ToonSchool's!," Daryl pointed out.

"That's just what we intend to do," Tony said. "Right guys?!,"

"Right!," the All-Stars shouted. Back at the Cosmos' bench however the situation was much different.

"What is going on! Last half, we had these All-Star chumps on the ropes see? And now we're the ones on the ropes! What's going on?!," Pete snarled at the players. He was furious at the way things had turned out in the second half so far, far contrary to what he'd hoped.

"I don't know, Coach. It's like something motivated them to stand up to us!," Bobby said.

"Not to mention I think they might be using their power's weaknesses against us," Harold added in.

"And with Jackson and Clark leading them, that all makes a deadly combo for us," Joanna added.

"Well, sounds to me like karma's catching up to you guys!," A.J. said smugly as he walked over to his teammates.

"Hey, whose side are you on, Yorke?," Michael protested.

"Yeah, whose side?," the twins added. The rest of the Cosmos asked this too. They were getting tired of A.J. and his putdowns of them.

"The side of all things fair and just, which in your case, this is not, and you know it!," A.J. said.

"Shut it, punk! As for Clark and Jackson, I want those two brought down no matter what it takes!"

"Hey, Fat Cat!," a voice called from across the court. It was Dennis and Tony, who was with Daryl, June, Danny, and Jake with him. The All-Stars had overheard everything and they'd had enough. The creep Pete had stolen their powers, and hurt Sheldon and Baljeet. It was time they taught the devious feline a lesson.

Pete and the Cosmos turned to see the five with them.

"Are you two talking to me?," he sneered.

"Yeah, we're talking to you," Dennis growled.

"You want a piece of us? Come and get it!," Tony added.

Pete snickered wickedly as he, Bobby, Michael, Joanna, Yancy, and Francis walked over to the six All-Stars. The teams, cheerleaders, and whole crowd watching in surprise.

"Uh-oh," Emil said, amused.

"So what'd you have in mind, eh?," Pete asked.

"Well, we know that you stole our powers to give to your own players," Danny said with a frown.

"And we know what you did to Sheldon and Baljeet in the locker room," Jake added.

"Well they shouldn't have spied on us," Yancy mentioned.

"So what are you gonna do, expose us?," Michael asked.

"Well, that's what we wanted to do," June said.

"But they had something else in mind," Daryl said, pointing at Dennis and Tony.

"Which is?," Joanna asked curiously.

"How about we raise the stakes a little bit?," Dennis responded.

"Hmm…raise them how exactly?," Francis asked curiously.

"Well basically, if we win, you all have to return the powers back to the ones you stole them: to both our teammates and the other students," Tony said.

"Okay. But what if we win?," Pete asked.

"If you win…," Dennis said.

"Uh-huh."

"… You get the two of us. Meaning we transfer to Lunar Pacific and play for the Cosmos."

The All-Stars, the rest of the gang, and the crowd, including the Jackson and Clark families, all gasped in horror. The Cosmos laughed at this. Dennis and Tony were willing give themselves up to their rivals if the Cosmos won?

"You got a good deal, there Coach. Take it!," Bobby said with a wicked smile.

"Um, guys, I don't think that's such a good idea," Daryl said to the two.

"I can see it now," Pete said with a snicker. "You'll be our biggest team additions!"


Flashforward:

In the Lunar Pacific Academy gym, the team, now including Tony and Dennis, is running drills.

Pete: (voiceover) You'll run fundamental drills everyday, all day…

The scene then changes to a game against the All-Stars, where the two are in the starting lineup with Bobby, Michael, and Joanna.

Pete: And become our new star players alongside our veterans and lead us to victory everytime…

The still-empowered Cosmos play and easily defeat the All-Stars, leaving the latter players mad at Tony and Dennis for leaving ToonSchool for their rivals.

Pete: And your friends will think of you as traitors!


Tony and Dennis glanced at each other, imagining what that will be like for the rest of their lives. They look at each other and back Pete, who is smirking.

"So, do we got a deal?," he asked. As everyone watched in anxiety, Tony and Dennis glanced at each other one more time, before holding out their hands and saying, "Deal."

Pete smirks and shakes their hands and they and the other players go back to their teams.

"Guys, what were you thinking?!," Mac asked.

"Have you both lost your marbles?!," Bloo added in.

"I don't think you should've done that, you two," Bugs added.

"Yeah, if we do lose, we'll lose both you guys and our powers for good!," Bubbles added.

"Then we just won't lose," Tony said nonchalantly.

"This is a big risk you just took here, Dennis," Coach Proud said.

"I sure hope you know what you're doing, boys," Coach Kelly said.

"Relax, coaches. We have faith in our friends and our team," Dennis said reassuringly. As long as they had faith, victory was possible.

Back with the Cosmos, the players gathered around Pete.

"So what's the plan?," Bobby asked.

"Pull out all the stops, do what ever necessary to win. We play dirty if we have to, see?," Pete told them.

"So basically," Amy asked.

Pete glanced at the All-Stars with disdain, and said, "CRUSH 'EM!

A/N: Crush 'em? That does not sound good. Will the All-Stars complete their comeback? Or will the Cosmos' new plan bring them down for good? Find out next time as the game (and special) continues!