Okay, this is chapter 9 to this story everyone!

Now I hope that this story will get more interesting from here on out. I wasn't really crazy about the Jail Island part of the story. The only thing that mattered was that Janna got the three Miracle Gemstones and that Star was released from her cell. I did like writing out the first fight between Star and Nebula, however. That being said, the remainder of this story should be more interesting with more focus on getting to the Space Colony GOD, as well as the return of Andrew after being absent for several chapters. Not to mention I'll be attempting to make more references to the episodes of the show too.

One other thing, at the beginning of this chapter, another flashback to Nebula's past will be shown and reveal a little bit more about her past and what kind of motives existed at one point. This is to dive into Nebula's back-story a bit more, just in case you are all curious.

Anyway, for this chapter, Ludo with the assistance of Nebula and Janna broadcasts an announcement throughout the universe and demonstrates how the Galactic Cannon works, Marco works on finding out where Ludo is with Daron accompanying him, and Andrew continues his hunt for the pieces of the Ruler Gemstone. How will this all turn out for everyone? Read and find out for yourselves!


THE SPACE COLONY GOD:

In the space colony, Nebula had gotten back with Janna and the Miracle Gemstones just recently and was currently staring out the window in the research facility room. It was then another flashback had started to occur regarding a part of Nebula's past.


Nebula was shown before the massacre of the GOD happened looking out the window of the space colony in the research room, wondering what the other dimensions in the universe were like. Standing right beside her was the Avarian Victoria, who had decided to accompany Nebula in gazing out the window.

"Hey Nebula," Victoria started to ask with that innocent tone in her voice. "What do you think life is like in the other dimensions in the universe: specifically in a place like Mewni?"

Nebula remained stoic upon being asked that as she saw the Avarian's adorable smile.

"The professor said that all of his life's works were dedicated to everyone who lived on Mewni, as well as everyone else that existed throughout the universe," she told her. "He once told me that the reason for his research was to help in ceasing the ongoing war between Mewmen and Monsters on Mewni, as well as wanting to benefit the rest of the universe, and making other people happy through the power of magic and science combined."

"Nebula…" Victoria whispered softly.

"Victoria, I…I just don't know anything anymore," Nebula voice grew more somber and depressing. "I often wonder why I was created and what my purpose is for being here… Maybe one day, if I can go travel throughout the universe, and visit Mewni, I might find all of the answers…maybe…"

Nebula then closed her eyes and looked downward.

"Victoria…" She managed to utter.


"Hey, why are you being so melancholy all of a sudden," a voice broke Nebula out of her trance. The voice belonged to Janna, who was now standing right beside her. Nebula took a quick glance at her before turning to face out the window again.

"You know Nebula, that was so unexpected, and unlike you to come and rescue me the way you did," Janna went and nudged Nebula with her elbow. "But the way you utilized Miracle Levitato shows how useful your abilities are."

A light blush crossed Nebula's face, while she continued to frown. At the same time, she did not want Janna to know that she came back to rescue her. If she did that, then other people will learn of this and start to believe that Nebula shouldn't be taken seriously. And Nebula couldn't have that happen.

Not turning to face her, Nebula responded appropriately.

"Hmph, you know, I didn't come back to save you," she huffed. "I only came back for the Miracle Gemstones."

Janna rolled her eyes in response. She didn't believe her when she said she only came back for the gemstones. Despite Nebula being a bit aloof with others and being very cold, cynical and is bent on revenge, Janna truly believed that the ultimate life form did have a softer side to her personality.

"Yeah, sure, but then again, that may not be the whole story, now is it?" She waved off.

With another scoff, Nebula kept looking out the window with her arms crossed. Seeing how moody she was right now, Janna knew that something was up.

"You're hiding something aren't you?"

There it was; the same question that Star asked her back in the jungle. Nebula became irritated with that question and was about to lash out at her.

Before she could do that, someone else entered the room and someone clearing his throat was heard. That belonged to Ludo, who had already placed the three Miracle Gemstones that they found on Jail Island into the console device to the Galactic Cannon, and everything was ready for the next part of the plan.

"Alright you two, everything is ready to go for the next part of the plan." He informed them.

Nebula and Janna were informed of this beforehand and knew what he was talking about. Although Janna seemed skeptical about this because the Avarian was one Miracle Gemstone short.

"Are you sure this will work," the nightmare loving Filipino pointed out. "We only have six of the seven Miracle Gemstones in our possession."

Nebula, on the other hand, was willing to go along with it and seemed quite determined.

"That's more than enough for a demonstration that the universe can witness," she declared, already heading back to the central control room. "So let's get this show on the road."

And so the three of them headed back to the central control room to begin phase 2 of the 'plan' that was unraveling for the universe to see…


17:30 – IN A HAUNTED MOUNTAINOUS DIMENSION:

Elsewhere, in another dimension, it was around Twilight hours (sometime near dusk), and the mountain area was quite spooky and haunted. There were several mountains with pumpkins, jack-o-lanterns, skeletons, tombstones, and scarecrows scattered about, and several ghosts were lurking around the area too. There was also an abandoned church building, a ghoulish train that was run by the spirits of the undead, and several brown skulls that could breathe fire were in different parts of the location. A unique feature of the place was that there were several mountain stands that had the shapes of jack-o-lanterns with spooky expressions, skulls, and bat faces. Other features that were included were bats flying around in the sky, spider webs having been webbed in certain tombstones, and the spooky atmosphere that covered the place. It looked like the perfect place for one to celebrate Halloween in. However, a certain treasure hunter had found himself brought here and he was on a specific mission while gazing around the area.

"Wow, this place sure feels haunted," Andrew had said while observing the place. It gave him a creepy sensation just from examining it. He shook it off and maintained that composed look in his stare. "Well, there's no time to lose. I have to hurry and find the Ruler Gemstone."

Andrew couldn't believe it; he thought he could maintain on Janna's tail. Prior to this moment, Andrew had been keeping close to Janna from the hiding in order to get back the Ruler Gemstone pieces she found. He got all the way to the point where he entered the desert dimension and witnessed Ludo and Janna enter the pyramid that he saw. He was planning on going after them until his senses picked up the location of the other pieces of the Gemstone that were still lurking around. Using his own dimensional scissor, he traveled through several dimensions until he found the right one that had some pieces to the Ruler Gemstone.

And that's how he ended up in this spooky dimension; there were three pieces to the Ruler Gemstone in this location.

"This wasn't my fault that I lost track of that Janna girl," Andrew started to glide around the area. "I had no choice since I found the location of three pieces to the gemstone in this dimension. I'll just have to do one thing at a time and find the pieces in this dimension before continuing onwards."

Because he was still hunting for the pieces, Andrew was the only one who didn't know about the fate of Jail Island like Star, Marco and Daron had along with Janna and Nebula. And it was probably for the best too. While that chaos was unraveling, Andrew was minding his own business and hunting for his gemstone pieces.

"Alright, now where do I look first," Andrew gazed upon the horizon. "According to what I'm witnessing, there are three different hills; one has an abandoned church with several tombstones, another has a pumpkin harvest with scarecrows, and the last one has what appears to be a ghost train running about. This place is huge, so I better search carefully."

Eventually, he found himself in the area where the abandoned church was located. It was there that he picked up the presence of one of the pieces he was looking for. He looked underneath some rocks, dug under the tombstones, and even went on top of the church to see if he can find it. To his surprise, he saw that one of the pieces was on the branch of what looked like a creepy looking tree that was dead.

"Ah, there's a piece right in that tree," he proclaimed before jumping down and gliding to grab it, as he pocketed it. "Now there are two more pieces left in the area."

Before he could continue his search, a small green ghost with purple and red bloodshot eyes and a spooky smile appeared out of nowhere and jump-scared the treasure hunter, causing him to yelp and react accordingly.

"Whoa...that was crazy," Andrew caught his breath. "I'm just glad that no one is around to witness this!"

As he continued his hunt, he couldn't help but feel that this place was starting to get to him. It probably would have if it weren't for his willpower and pride. It was becoming harder to maintain though since he kept gliding into bats that screeched at him, getting himself caught in spider webs, and he nearly got ran over by the ghost train that was flying around. The ever unpleasant cawing of the crows and ravens in the area didn't help matters either.

Aside from that, his mind ended up tracking back to the one girl that was on his mind right now; Janna. Upon learning that she admired things that were supernatural, spiritual and downright spooky, he felt that the dimension he was in would have attracted her attention.

"You know, I get this strange sensation that Janna would love to explore a place like this," Andrew muttered.

He then ended up in what appeared to be the lower half of the hill with the ghost train as he saw a door that was worn out and lead to a secret room. He felt the second piece was nearby and his instincts told him that it was in that secret room.

"That piece is nearby, and something tells me that the piece is in that secret room over there."

After learning that the door wouldn't budge, he proceeded to drill into the door with his arms and smashed it open. Inside the room was a skeleton, and in its hand was another piece to the Ruler Gemstone.

"Ick, the second piece is in the hands of that creepy looking skeleton," Andrew cringed before proceeding to grab the piece.

Once he touched the piece, he heard the skeleton groaning, which would have made him jump if it weren't for the gemstone piece.

"Oooooh, who's there," The skeleton moaned and saw Andrew close up. "You wanna become my new B.F.F?"

"Ah shut up, you're dead," Andrew retorted flatly before swiping the gemstone piece and gliding off.

"Awwww…" The skeleton just groaned as it witnessed Andrew taking off.

As Andrew pocketed the second Ruler Gemstone piece, he was still bamboozled by what he just encountered.

"Honestly, I don't know what's freakier; these stupid ghosts that keep popping up in front of me, or the fact that a skeleton wanted me to become his B.F.F," Andrew muttered. "I never heard of the expression before, but according to what Star told me at one point; it's an acronym for 'Best Friends Forever'. I have more important things to do than make friends with a skeleton. Janna would make a better friend to that fiend."

Speaking of whom, Andrew knew that he had to track down Janna again and get his pieces back from her. He was oddly attracted to her, while at the same time, was also irritated and annoyed by her presence. His emotions towards the nightmare loving girl were more along the lines of 'you might hate me, but you actually love me'.

"Dang it, why did I have to deal with someone like Janna," Andrew grunted. "I would prefer dealing with someone like Star's biggest fan Daron, or even that skateboarder girl or whatever her name is. Anyone would be more tolerable than Janna, even Ludo."

Andrew decided not to think about it anymore as he heard some owls hooting and saw a black cat hissing at him. He could have sworn he saw some rats in the cornfield below. He examined where he was and saw that he was now in a pumpkin patch with several of them having jack-o-lantern carvings on the front. As he strolled through it, he picked up the location of the last piece of the Ruler Gemstone in the area.

"Okay, that piece has to be within this area," Andrew rubbed his temple.

He passed by several scarecrows and skulls that were lying around. He wasn't looking where he was going when he bumped into a brown skull. The brown skull proceeded to breathe fire onto the treasure hunter, who jumped away in the nick of time.

"Okay, that's one hothead that I'm staying away from," he huffed. "I don't want to get scorched into a cooked Knuman Kabob."

Continuing the stroll, he saw several ghosts emerge from the pumpkins. He had to avert his gaze from them to not be freaked out by their presence.

He felt a shivering breeze hit his shoulder, and he wasn't comfortable with the sensation.

"Alright, this place is definitely getting to me," Andrew leered. "I can't stand another moment in this dimension."

Unexpectedly, he went and punched a nearby pumpkin lantern, turning it into mushy squash. He then saw that inside the pumpkin he smashed was the last Gemstone piece in this dimension.

"Alright, I found all three pieces in this dimension," he grabbed the piece and wiped off the pumpkin gunk that was smothered all over it before pocketing it with the other pieces. "But you know, I have to wonder how these pieces end up in the most bizarre locations."

Taking out his dimension scissors, Andrew created a dimension portal and went right through it. He was planning on searching through several dimensions until he finds the one that has three pieces to the gemstone he's hunting for…


18:00 – DAY X:

Meanwhile, an important announcement was about to be broadcast throughout every corner of the universe, as a screen that had a light green background with Ludo making his announcement in the center appeared. Several sentences of text moved throughout the screen, such as 'Ludo: The Soon to be Greatest Ruler of the Universe', 'Ludo: The Great and Awesome Emperor', or even 'Ludo: The Oh-So Excellent Conquerer of the Galaxy'. All while a picture of Ludo's face blended in the background, serving as his insignia. This announcement was being displayed in every area in the universe; be it on TV, a hologram, or otherwise, and everyone will have to watch it whether they want to or not.

"Ha ha ha, residents that exist throughout the entire universe. Grant me your attention and listen to me very closely," Ludo boomed on the screen. "My name is Ludo Avarius, the person who is going to be the greatest ruler of the universe!"

The people from different dimensions were being struck with fear and were wondering what this was about. Ludo continued his announcement.

"Now then, witness the beginning of the expansion of the greatest EMPIRE of all time! Observe this demonstration!"

Ludo made a motion with his hands to shift the focus to the outside of the space colony. The screen showed the bottom part of the space colony shattered apart, revealing the Galactic Cannon. The cannon took the shape of a giant cone, with four ends of it lifting up and showing a pole. The pole was where the cannon charged up its fuel. In a matter of minutes, the screen showed the cannon fire a powerful light blue beam through the sky, piercing through a hole that caused it to travel into another dimension. The dimension that the beam arrived in was the one where Earth was located. People on Earth saw the light blue flash outside and saw the beam right over their heads. It wasn't long before the beam made contact with an object in space. The object was revealed to be the moon. People saw that half of the moon got blown off and blasted away from the impact of the beam. People on Earth were terrified with what they just witnessed, while everyone else in other dimensions got fear-struck. If that beam could do that much damage to the Earth's moon, imagine what it could do to the rest of the universe. As the moon was now blood red with half of it vanishing into particles, everyone started to panic as Ludo's laugh was heard on the screen with his insignia and a time limit of when it'll be fired again being displayed:

23 hours, 58 minutes, and 15 seconds counting down…


IN ECHO CREEK DURING THE NIGHT TIME:

Back in Echo Creek, several police sirens were heard upon the blast towards the moon since this was a serious threat. In the middle of the street were Star, Marco, and Daron who had seen the blast overhead and observed it. There they witnessed half of the moon being blasted to bits. The three of them weren't comfortable with what they just saw.

"Hey look, half of the moon is gone?" Daron pointed out.

Star had overheard the announcement Ludo made to the universe moments prior to the moon being blasted in half. She knew he was up to something big.

"Ludo, ugh, that creep never gives up," she shouted.

Marco meanwhile, was more curious as to how Ludo was able to fire off such a massive amount of energy put into the beam that appeared overhead and targeted the Earth's moon. He knew that Ludo was never this brilliant before with utilizing a weapon of mass destruction.

"But how did he manage to harness all that energy," he questioned. "I mean this is Ludo we're talking about, and he's never been this intelligent."

Star knew what he meant, but she kept thinking about how this was possible.

"You know, it's got to be the power of the Miracle Gemstones," she deduced before figuring out. "Yeah, that's the reason they were looking for them!"

Marco quickly understood what Star meant and gulped.

"Yeah, and if he has enough, then he'll have the power to fire that weapon onto the entire universe," he informed. "But something tells me that he only has 6 of them."

"What makes you think he has only 6 of them, Marco?" Star looked in confusion.

"I think you've forgotten who else has a Miracle Gemstone in his possession," Marco went and took out the yellow Miracle Gemstone that he had in his back pocket. "This is what I've been using to fuel up that vehicle I own since it works with its magical energy. Therefore, because I have one, that means he only has 6 of them instead of 7."

Star grew wide-eyed at remembering that Marco had gotten a Miracle Gemstone sometime ago.

"Marco…" She stuttered.

"The Miracle Gemstones also work like magnets," The Latino karate master pointed out. "They have the power to attract each other right? I can use that to find out where Ludo is."

Before anything else was said, several red lights blinded them in the face and sirens were heard around them. The police had them cornered.

"The three of you, FREEZE!"

"Oh, would you look at that. It's our good old friendly neighborhood cops," Star retorted in a sarcastic manner.

"Put your hands up in the air and get on the ground!" The leading officer commanded.

"Is that even possible," Daron whispered to Marco.

Star knew that they had to split up since the police had them cornered. She then gave Marco these instructions:

"Okay Marco, I'll take care of the police and distract them away, while you try to figure a way out of here, and find Ludo," she told him.

"No worries Star, I'll get on it right away." Marco nodded before the two of them split up. Star went to divert the police away while Marco headed to his vehicle that was in walker mode, and went off in it. Daron recalled what the police just said.

"Wait, the three of you…that means me too," she cried out. "Hey, wait!"

Since going after Star would prove to be too dangerous since the cops were chasing her, Daron felt it'd be safer to travel with Marco. So she ran in the direction Marco headed to go to a safe location from the pursuing police…


Marco had ended up in a different neighborhood as he was plowing right through police cars, barricades and shooting down more guard robots that stood in his path. All to make sure he doesn't get arrested. Daron was right on his tail and was doing everything in her power to keep up. In a matter of minutes, Marco found himself on the highway which had lanes closed off to allow police work to capture the suspects. Daron noticed this too and stuck close.

"This is not good. I don't want to go to jail," Marco talked to himself. "I can't believe the police are after me."

There you go, talking to yourself again Marco. Daron thought.

"I mean aside from all this, I never thought Ludo would be devious enough to do something like this," he continued. "It's unimaginative, at least according to all the times I've dealt with Ludo with Star around."

He started to recall most of the times he dealt with Ludo.

"Well, there was the time when Star first came to Earth. The time where Star turned Ms. Skullsnick into a troll, as well as the time where I tried cheering Star up after she didn't get a call from Oskar, which was actually my fault. There was also the time we ran into him when Star and I were at Quest Buy to find a new battery for Star's wand, the time Star and I tried to reform Lobster Claws, and then there's the time where Ludo and his goons hijacked the bus that was holding Brittany's party. Then there was the whole 'fortune cookie' fiasco where Star read that 'love is always the answer', as well as the time where Star used magic to make me grow a beard, causing me to get trapped in a blanket of hair. Of course, there was that moment where Ludo's castle was destroyed after Toffee kidnapped me; when he was thrown into that portal. The time where Star had to learn new spells from her spell-book when Ludo returned with that giant spider and eagle with him. Then there was the whole Bon Bon the birthday clown fiasco when Ludo stole the spell book and Glossaryk in it. Not only that, but there was the time he invaded that floating island in another dimension and tricked Andrew into thinking that Star and I were the enemy."

As Marco paused, he noticed that by the end, when Ludo tried to take over the Mewni castle, he wasn't threatening since he was possessed by Toffee.

"And yet, in all the encounters we've had with him, he's never been this dangerous," Marco recalled. "…except for maybe that one time where he launched that missile he found into Echo Creek."

"Yeah, the same missile you disarmed and kept from blowing up, and saved Echo Creek," Daron responded behind him.

"Exactly, and that's how I ended up with a-DARON!" Marco shouted in panic at the sight of her. "What are you doing here!?"

"Hey, I wasn't going to let myself get arrested, and since following Star would be too dangerous, I thought I should follow you instead," Daron answered.

"And what makes you think that sticking with me is any safer than being with Star?" He asked her.

"I just figured you'd be alright with it," Daron smiled innocently. "Being the former 'safety kid' and all that."

Marco sighed as he turned to face her.

"Fine, you can stick with me," he told her. "Just don't get in my way."

"Since when could I get in your way?"

"Look around Daron, there are several guard robots patrolling this place. Several jetfighter planes are soaring overhead while dropping missiles down below where they could hit us!" Marco pointed out. "This place is incredibly dangerous, and you could get hurt, so don't do anything harmful."

"Alright Marco, I'll be good." Daron sighed.

"Okay."

The two of them continued while Daron hung onto the side of Marco's vehicle.

While traveling on the highway, Daron couldn't help but notice how parts of it crumbled off and weren't passable.

"Look out Marco, parts of the road have fallen!" She cried out.

"I know that Daron," said Marco. "That why this highway has turned into a danger zone, and I'm not riding an invisible goat this time."

"Can you just fly us over it?"

"The vehicle in walker mode has some jet boosters that can only allow me to hover over it for a short time," he informed her before noticing some more guard robots heading for them. "And here come some more robots, so watch it while I blast them down."

"Can't you just use your karate chops to take them out?" She asked while Marco was blasting away.

"I can't do that, it'll be too dangerous! Plus, I can't risk anything happening to you!"

"Well then let me smack them out with my fake wand!"

"No way, then you'll be in even more trouble than you'd be if I was karate chopping them!"

"Well, at least I don't talk to myself constantly."

"Wait, how did you know…oops, I mean…"

"Busted," Daron smirked at how she caught Marco admitting that he talks to himself.

Marco sighed as they continued through the highway. They then saw a billboard overhead. It said 'WANTED' and included a picture of Marco Diaz, showing that now Marco is a wanted fugitive on the loose.

"See that Daron, that's why we need to get out of here," Marco told her, pointing at the billboard. "I'm a wanted fugitive and if I get caught, then we're all in trouble."

"Alright, I understand," Daron nodded. "Besides, we're about to exit this highway."

"Thank goodness," Marco then recalled a place they could stay at. "And good call too, since I have the perfect spot for us to hide out."

"Alright, let's head to that precise area."

In a matter of minutes, they made it to a hideout area; a riverbed part of the city where Star hid one time when she accidentally smashed one of the police vehicles. It was also the spot where Star and Marco stopped when they were going to a concert for Love Sentence with Jackie. Daron noticed no police presence was in this area. She turned to face Marco.

"Marco, how long are we going to have to reside here?"

"As long as it takes us," he answered. "We'll have to stay here all night if we have to."

And so the both of them stayed in that hideout spot throughout the night while Marco worked on finding out the location that Ludo is hiding out at…


20:21 – UNDERGROUND MINE DIMENSION:

Meanwhile, Andrew found himself in a dimension that appeared to be an abandoned underground mine that use to be active. He noticed that most of the underground mine was underwater and that there were several switches that could change the water level. The structure didn't seem all that different from the Haunted Mountain he was in previously, especially with the pillar in the center that leads to the upstairs floor. The reason he was here was that he picked up the presence of three more Ruler Gemstone pieces in this dimension. With the sound of water dripping from the ceiling, Andrew blinked.

"Hmm, I didn't expect the inside of the mines to look like this," he commented, noticing how some of the mine carts were flipped over and there was a large amount of the area underwater. He then made a fist and punched it into the palm of his other hand. "This is going to be tougher than I thought…"

Yes, Andrew had overheard the announcement that Ludo made to the universe upon traveling through several dimensions. But the Avarian wasn't his top priority at the moment. He had his own business to attend to at the moment, although he feels like he'll be getting wrapped into where ever he was at the moment. What he wasn't aware of was the fact that the Earth's moon was used as some target practice for the Galactic Cannon, which blasted half of it off. But that didn't matter at the moment. He started his search for the three gemstone pieces.

"Alright, now where could that first piece of the gemstone be…?" He wondered as he looked around.

His gaze was met towards an underground mine tunnel just on the other side of the pillar. He felt that maybe that'll be the best place to check out. He glided over the water and rushed through the tunnel. In a matter of seconds, he felt the presence of a gemstone piece picking up.

"Okay, the gemstone piece should be in this tunnel," Andrew uttered as he saw some more flipped over mine carts. He either tossed them over or smashed them. After a while, he reached a dead-end. He then drills into the wall and digs through it. To his complete surprise, he found the first piece to the Ruler Gemstones.

"Well would you look at that," he remarked. "One of them was buried in this wall. Well with one down, there are two more pieces to go."

He then went back where he came and decided to climb up the pillar that led upstairs. Sadly, he didn't find anything but a switch, several crates, and two lanterns that were lit with a purple flame. He also saw some overturned mine carts, but he entirely disregarded those. Jumping back down the pillar, he felt his best bet was to explore underwater for the second piece of the Miracle Gemstone.

"Well, I guess it's time that I dive underwater to find the next piece," he said. "It's going to be wet, so I better not lose my hat."

Taking a deep breath, he went and jumped into the water where he started swimming to the bottom. He was quite natural with swimming since there's plenty of swimming grounds on his island, so this wasn't a problem. He just had to make sure he doesn't drown or loses his hat. His hat was a prized possession of his, one that he cherishes along with his Ruler Gemstone, so he didn't want to lose it.

Andrew found himself swimming into a room nearby. He made it above water and saw that the room was in was filled with ghosts. He didn't notice them until after he jumped out and dried himself off. When he opened his eyes, he saw the ghosts for himself.

"What the…?" He was startled upon their presence. "Where did all these ghosts come from? It's even worse than it was back in the Haunted Mountain dimension."

Aside from that, he picked up the presence of a nearby gemstone piece.

"Well, I'm going to have to put up with them because the next gemstone piece is in this room."

As he rushed by to avoid the contact from the ghosts, he noticed that the room had a cold feeling to it. Even though the air was murky, it was mainly because he just got out of swimming underwater. As he got to the end of the hall, he saw that there were more abandoned mine carts lying around. This got him wondering where these carts all came from.

"I have to wonder how these mine carts even got here," he mused. "Did people explore these mines for a long time until a flood occurred, and it's been abandoned ever since?"

Andrew had to go with that answer as he saw them as more obstacles in the way. He managed to punch both of them to rubble.

In one of them was the second piece to the Ruler Gemstone, which caught his eye.

"Alright, two pieces now," Andrew picked it up and pocketed it. "Only one more to go in this dimension, and then I can leave this place. I just have to figure out where it could be and…oh?"

His attention was caught towards what emerged from the other mine cart he smashed. It looked like a necklace of some kind that you place over your mouth.

"Hmm, what's this," Andrew picked it up. "It looks like some kind of air necklace. This could come in handy with traveling through water."

Taking the necklace with him, Andrew rushed back to the body of water, while avoiding the ghosts of course. Once he approached it, he put on the necklace and placed the mouth part of it over his mouth so he can breathe. He then dove into the body of water and begun to swim again.

"Ah, this thing works perfectly," he spoke through the air necklace. "Now I don't have to worry about drowning. Anyway, where is that last piece that I'm looking for…?"

He checked some of the hallways above and felt that since he hasn't tried them yet, he tried pressing the different switches to alter the water level of the place. Unfortunately, doing so didn't get him any closer to the final piece, so he set it back to its default state.

"Okay, so I've checked most of the place, and it's clear that the last one has to be underwater," he concluded. "I guess I better get ready to swim once again."

Having jumped into the water yet again while wearing the air necklace, he swam through several parts of the underwater mines. Eventually, he picked up the area where the last piece was.

"Alright, it's close by. Now, where can it be?"

At the bottom of the mines, Andrew observed until he caught a glimpse of something green shining in the distance. Swimming over to investigate, he saw that the last piece of the gemstone was behind some crates. He picked it up and swam back to the surface.

"Awesome, I found the three pieces in this dimension," Andrew sighed, as he reached the surface. "I have to try harder though."

Once he jumped out, he put the piece in his pocket with the other pieces and he started to wring his hair dry and doing the same to his hat moments later. Once he was done with that, he looked at the air necklace he had.

"I'm going to be keeping this thing just in case I need to use it again." Andrew put the necklace into his other pocket.

He had started to leave the mines until he had encountered a problem.

How was he supposed to get out?

Taking out his dimension scissors, Andrew cut open a portal and went right through it to get out of this underground mine dimension…


END OF CHAPTER 9!

THAT'S RIGHT READERS; ANDREW IS BACK IN THE STORY JUST LIKE I PROMISED YOU! AND NO, LUDO DID NOT PISS ON THE BLOOD MOON IF THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE THINKING! DESPITE THIS, I HOPE YOU ENJOY THIS CHAPTER!

NOW WE ARE ALMOST TO THE MIDWAY POINT OF THE STORY WHERE THE STORY IS HALF OVER! THE STORY WILL INVOLVE THE HEROES REACHING THE SPACE COLONY GOD, ANDREW RESTORING HIS RULER GEMSTONE, LUDO'S PLAN BEING FOILED, AND STAR FINALLY GETTING BACK AT NEBULA ONCE AND FOR ALL! ALL THIS IS SOMETHING TO LOOK FORWARD TO!

ANOTHER THING, THERE WAS A WHOLE BUNCH OF REFERENCES TO THE SHOW MADE DURING THE PART WHERE MARCO WAS TRAVELING DOWN THAT HIGHWAY WITH DARON! I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'LL CATCH THEM, BUT THEY ARE THERE!

ALSO, IF YOU ARE WONDERING HOW MARCO GOT THE YELLOW GEMSTONE AND HOW HE STOPPED A MISSILE, IT'LL BE EXPLAINED NEXT CHAPTER!

ASIDE FROM THAT, THE NEXT CHAPTER WILL HAVE LUDO WANTING JANNA AND NEBULA TO GO AFTER MARCO AND STEAL HIS GEMSTONE, ANDREW REACHES THE SURFACE AND JOINS THE OTHER WHEN THEY FIND OUT ABOUT THE SPACE COLONY GOD, AND SOME OTHER IMPRESSIVE STUFF WILL BE OCCURRING. HOW WILL THIS GO? FIND OUT NEXT TIME EVERYONE!

NOW ONLY IF YOU WANT TO, YOU CAN LEAVE A REVIEW AND LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU THINK! THAT'S ENTIRELY YOUR OPTION THOUGH READERS!

BESIDES THIS, THERE'S NOTHING ELSE TO SAY! SO UNTIL NEXT CHAPTER, I DO HOPE YOU LOOK FORWARD TO THE REMAINDER OF THE STORY, AND ON THAT NOTE, TAKE CARE FOR NOW!