Oh, man! In less than a week, I'll be sent into military camp with my class for a week, so I'm sorry if I can't post anything for the next 2 weeks. I just wanted to say: To all those who read my fic so far, we've reached the 1000 view milestone!

Also, there's been some naming in the previous chapters you might've missed and between chapters, so to avoid confusion, here's the nicknames of every character in the fic so far:

Randy: Norisville Ninja

Howard: no name

Theresa: The apostle

Julian: Nightshade

Evil Julian: Dark Gears

Juggo: Lt. Cristopher Jugo "The juggler"

Debbie: Quill Storm

Dave: Sonic Smash

Chapter nine: A hot desert and a cold reality

Time seemed to stand still as our heroes and the Der Shadow Klub faced in other in unnerving silence, until the apostle decided to speak first: "Oh, give me a break! Do you losers really think you can win against us? You can't defeat me in my own game" she said with a condescending tone "(That voice…)" whispered Juggo, seeming to recollect something about her. "How about 'no'? Look around you; unlike last time in the jungle, the field advantage is ours- there's nothing but desert here, there aren't even cacti around here. Now you'll have to fight us face to face" said the ninja with confidence. The apostle's yellow eyes shone fiercely and she then began to give orders: "Quill Storm, you take the guy on the glider"

"It'll be my pressure" said Debbie as the used her backwards legs to launch herself at a Howard, "Dark gears, you go for the Juggler" she said to evil Julian, who made a horrifying mechanic smile and launched missiles at Juggo, who threw a couple of cartoon bombs with smiley faces on them and made them explode mid-air. As they both ran to the side, she turned to Dave: "You take on Nightshade, the Ninja is mine" Dave transformed into his bulked monster form and charged towards Julian as the apostle and the Ninja ran at each other, with spiky palm tree-like blades coming out of her upper wrists and the ninja taking out his ninja swords, clashing at high speed. The Ninja then bent down and tripped her with a lower kick, grabbing her foot and tossing her a couple of feet away, but she recovered in the midst of rolling and sent a couple of vines in his way. The Ninja did a couple of small backflips to avoid them and then did one big backflip to avoid being cut to pieces by her flower saws "*Pant, Pant*… You… still got… a lot of strength" said the Ninja, breathing heavily, but the Apostle seemed dehydrated as well "Yeah… Well, if that's all you got… You're dead" she said while the vines and flower saws on her back began to lose color and wither away, being blown by the wind 'Making all those plants must be exhausting and insanely dehydrating, if I give it all in my next attack, I might have a chance at defeating her!' thought Randy 'But this heat is taking quite the toll on me as well, at this rate I might get a stroke and faint, I can't allow myself to break my limits again…'


Meanwhile all the other pairs were engaged in combat; the Juggler and Dark Gears were inside the canyon, Juggo launching himself from side to side with his spring boots while Evil Julian was flying with his rocket boots. Sonic Smash was launching many sonic fists at Nightshade, while he was trying to shoot through his thick hide, to no avail and Quill storm and Howard were swinging out of control in the air on top Howard's glider, while Debbie was trying to claw at his face and Howard was trying to clamp her out of his glider. One soldier intended to go help his friends, but got stopped by another "What are you doing!? We have to help them, it's our duty!" he yelled and met the angry face of his commander "Our duty is to guard the container with the E.M.D inside it, look at that battle zone" he said while pointing at the crazy chaos caused by the fights between the super-powered teenagers all around them "Do you REALLY think you can help them in any way? We must sacrifice our lives for the sake of the country, but not in a stupid way. If they fail, it's up to us to do whatever we can to prevent them from taking the device with them, understood soldier?"

The Juggler was bouncing from one side of the canyon to another, avoiding Dark Gears' rockets and gunshots while throwing bombs and shooting at him as well "So this is the Evil side of Julian… I always wanted to destroy you both, you know that?" he said with a satisfied smile "Oh, I know that already, but do you know the REAL reason Der Klub broke up? It was to get away from you" he said with an evil grin "Lies!" he said while shooting at Dark Gears, who maneuvered in the air, dodging almost all of his shots, but getting shot in the chest "Oh, but you even admitted it yourself, didn't you? They all went and got new friends and only you, lonely and pathetic, were cast aside. Without the ridiculous looking clown kid, we finally were accepted, all we had to do was throw you asid-" he was cut as a grappling fist punched him into a wall and returned into Juggo's hand. Evil Julian tried to get away but it was too late "Bad move, goth boy, now you made this clown kid mad" he said while pressing the flower in one of his military vest's pockets, releasing an incredibly powerful water stream that cut right through Dark Gear's armor, causing a short-circuit and destroying some of his machinery, immobilizing him and making him dive into the canyon with a loud impact that echoed across the entire place. "That should've killed him. But who the juice is this apostle guy? And why pick these guys? Debbie, Dave, Julian… The only thing they have in common is… On no, I have to warn the ninja!" said Juggo as he put his gun in his back and began to climb the canyon.

Nightshade, on the other hand, was having a hard time trying to stop the rampaging Sonic Smash, avoiding some of his attacks with his inhuman agility. "Ugh! How do I stop someone with an impenetrable armor?" he said right before getting hit with a sonic punch from one of Dave's huge hands, sent flying into the air and then getting smashed back into the ground, breaking six of his ribs (Julian might not know, but Dave learned that from Randy). As the blue monster approached Nightshade slowly and ready to beat him into a Goth puddle, he desperately searched his pockets trying to find something useful, until he felt a familiar rattling. As he took out what turned to be his insanely powerful sleeping pills, he smiled and took one out. Noticing his suspicious behavior, Sonic Smash then began to speed up and charge at Nightshade "Sniping skills, don't fail me now…" said Nightshade as he aimed at the spaces between the bars in Sonic Smash's mouth restraints. The pill successfully made it through and into his throat, slowing him down until he collapsed right in front of Julian "Phew…" he said while wiping some sweat off his forehead.

Spinning wildly in the air, Quill Storm and Howard eventually crashed into the earth. As she approached Howard, she immobilized his legs and hands "Nowhere to run now" she said. Howard crawled away, but got caught by the leg and thrown into his glider. "Any last words?" she asked while showing her claws. Howard then saw the glider's motor was still working. He put the thruster's level to the max without her seeing and said "Yeah, nice flight"

"What?" she asked before he broke the stone that blocked the thruster and the glider sent her flying up top and down to the ground, knocking her unconscious. After a couple of minutes, Julian and Juggo came to where he was and helped him up "Where's the Ninja?" asked Julian. An explosion was heard "My guess is that he's over there…" said Howard sarcastically while pointing at the dust cloud. "We have to stop the Ninja, he can't defeat her!" said Juggo "What do you mean? Of course he can! He's got the terrain advantage" said Howard"No, I mean he really can't destroy her, that's Theresa!"

"WHAT!?" asked both Julian and Howard at the same time.


Back with the Ninja and the Apostle, they were locked in what seemed like an infinite exchange of blows; the Ninja sent a bunch of ninja rings, which the Apostle blocked with a wooden shield and then she hit him with a cactus wrecking ball. The Ninja used his chain-sickles and grabbed her leg, tossing her from side to side and then hit her with an air fist, slamming her at a boulder that used to be part of the bridge. A vine grew out of her back and grabbed the boulder, tossing it at the Ninja who destroyed it with a fireball. They were both extremely exhausted- the Ninja was running out of energy while the Apostle was running out of water, but the Ninja had a clear advantage. Without any strength left in her legs, the Apostle simply crashed on the floor, her outfit slowly withering away as the Ninja stood above her with his sword raised "Nice try, but I defeated The Sorcerer AND Evil Julian, now you're next" he said as he was about to deal the final blow.

"Wait!" yelled three voices at once "Guys? What happened?"

"That girl is Theresa!" yelled Howard from a distance "Theresa!?" asked the unbelieving Ninja as he looked down to the Apostle, who removed her mask and used the fibers from it to toss away the weakened Ninja, revealing the face of none other than Theresa Fowler "Hello, guys" she said with an evil smile "It's so nice to see you again"

"You work the Dark God?" asked the Ninja "Indeed" she simply said "But why…?" he asked with a sad voice that caught Juggo's attention "I guess this is the part where I tell you my background story, well whatever; after you spread the stank to the water sources all over Norisville, I drank it and then got mind controlled by that living junkyard down there" she pointed to the smoke that rose from where evil Julian crashed "in my search for the powerball, I got stopped and locked in the closet of a guy named Randy Cunnigham. When you and Evil Julian were fighting and the victorious Julian called all of his energy back, the energy residing in me couldn't get through Randy's smell sealed closet, which resulted in a fading, desperate cloud of stank that eventually returned into my body. As it slowly merged with my cells and blood, I could feel myself slowly growing darker; from a bully I grew to someone who wanted to destroy everything and everyone that stands in his way. One day, a voice echoed in my head- it was the voice of the dark god. He showed me a way to fulfill my destiny and destroy this world. And here we are now, too bad you can't catch me" she said as she took out what resembled a black pen with a snake on it.

Seeing the image, The Ninja, Howard and Julian rushed in her direction "Chiao!" she said in a playful way as she pressed the button on top of it. Shadow snakes appeared and grabbed her, Quill storm, Dark Gears and Sonic Smash, dragging them all into what seemed like black holes. The Ninja rushed in Theresa's direction, but she disappeared before he could even grab her "Damnit!" he yelled while kicking a stone "Quick! Grab Dave!" said Julian while Sonic Smash was slowly being dragged. The four (including Howard, who's paralysis wore off) grabbed the slowly turning normal monster from his arms, eventually taking him from the shadow snakes, that dissolved into nothing. "I can't believe this is happening…" said the Ninja "don't worry, pal. Theresa's my friend, we'll do our best to bring her back to his senses, but for now we must finish the mission and bring back Dave as well" said Juggo, carrying Dave on his shoulder, who turned back to normal.

After making a bridge using earth attack, the four and the other soldiers helped get the wounded ones to the doctors in the facility and then locked the device in a huge and complex-looking safe. "Are you sure it will be safe here?" asked the Ninja to McFist "Yeah, nothing's gotten out of here without me saying, but you're welcome to try" said McFist with a provoking tone "No thanks, now if you excuse me, we gotta go" said the Ninja as he, Howard and Julian went on their ways "They could've been such a nice addition to our troops" said Juggo, who appeared from behind McFist "Yeah, what a tragedy… Speaking of additions… How's our new 'valuable ally'?" said McFist as they went towards a room and inspected through the glass at an awake Dave, who turned back into Sonic Smash and tried to break the diamonds that tied him to the surgery table "He's seriously mad, think the blockers will work on this beast?" asked Juggo "They're one of Viceroy's last and most effective inventions, they might not work without direct contact to the skin, but you can be sure they work on EVERYONE" he said with an evil smile as a machine attached a round, strange device into Dave's chest, making him quiet down and bow down to McFist, who was observing with an amazed Juggo at the window above, laughing maniacally.


"I can't believe Theresa turned out to be the Apostle!" said an upset Randy Cunningham as he was walking down the pavement with Julian and Howard "well, if you look at the bright side, now you don't have to worry about her as a possible girlfriend candidate, right?" said Howard, immediately regretting it after realizing from Randy's expression that he went too far "Sorry…" he said "Well, let's not get any more surprises, ok? I could use some peace and quiet right now" said Julian, laying his head back and noticing a hawk diving at them at full speed "Watch out!" he said as the bird suddenly exploded in shadows and turned into a note, which Randy grabbed began to read, is tone increasing with every word he read: "Norisville Ninja blah blah blah…. You're hereby summoned by the Norisu council to represent the 9th branch of the Norisu clan's family, descendants of Norisu Hansuke* in the grand ninja tournament at Mount Nasu, JAPAN!? What the juice is this all about!?"

Julian grabbed the paper and inspected it carefully "It seems like some ninja contest between the nine clans that emerged from the nine Norisu brothers, the winner will become leader of the entire Norisu clan…"

"Dude! You should totally participate in that! Becoming the leader of a ninja clan sounds SO BRU-mhmhmm!" said Howard, yelling so loud, Randy and Julian had to contain his exited screams about Randy's secret identity "But something feels weird… I mean, Prime Ninja did mention a son, so why summon me? What about his son's descendants?" asked a suspicious Randy "Well, whatever it is, we better check it out. It says that you can bring up to 3 trustworthy companions, also Mr. Smith was trying to get some materials from Japan for a while now, so maybe we can bring him as well, I mean, if it doesn't bother you" said Julian to Randy "Not at all. I actually get the feeling that I might need a magic weapon smith for this one"

And on that note, I'm going to take a 2 week break.

*In japan, people first call out the family name and then the private name.