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Chapter 10: The Irken Battleblitz
It was yet another restless night for Numbuh 1, as he was having yet another nightmare.
In his nightmare, he was sitting in Rachel's office, wearing her Supreme Leader helmet, and filling out paperwork. He kept signing papers until two snakes slithered up behind him, a purple one on his right and an orange one on his left.
"Ah, look at our good Supreme Leader, filling out those nasty papers." Said the purple snake, her voice sounding like Dimentia's. "Why don't you lie down for a little nap?"
"NO!" exclaimed the orange snake, her voice sounding like Rachel's. "Don't listen to the purple snake, Supreme Leader Numbuh 1! She's evil and deceitful."
"I'm not tired. Really." Replied Nigel.
"Oh, come now." Replied the purple snake. "Listen to your old friend, won't you? Have I ever steered you wrong? Led you astray? No. Now, why don't you go get some rest?"
"Don't do it, Nigel!" exclaimed the orange snake.
Nigel grabbed his aching head. "I don't know who to believe, anymore!" The entire area began turning pitch-black and he was completely surrounded by darkness. He saw the purple snake coming up to him out of the darkness.
"Sleep. Just like SHE DID!" and the purple snake gnashed her fangs at him.
Nigel finally woke up in his room, screaming. He soon stopped and started breathing heavily.
HAANH! HAANH! HAANH!
Nigel turned to see his new alarm clock going off. He wished Dimentia got him one with a less annoying sound. Once he shut it off, he got dressed and headed off to lunch.
The Massive
The Almighty Tallest were sitting in their control room back on the Massive, once again, enjoying their snacks. One of the soldiers soon spoke up. "Sirs: Orbot and Cubot have arrived with the Star Wolf Team."
"Great! Send them in." replied Red. The doors opened and in came Orbot and Cubot, along with the Star Wolf Team.
New Star Wolf member, Rattlesnake Jake, quickly shot into the room up to the Tallest and snatched a Hershey bar out of Purple's hand and swallowed it. "It'sss no wonder why sso many kidss like this sstuff." He said before slithering back down to his team. Without his armor, Jake was a big, long snake with a black back part and a reddish-pink under part. He had several bullet packs along his body and what looked like a machinegun tail. Purple groaned in dismay at the loss of his candy bar.
"Anyway, I'm glad you're here, Star Wolf." Said Red. "We need your help in taking out a certain GKND operative."
"Typical." Replied Wolf. "You big bad adults can't handle a few snot-nosed kids, so you have to send us to do it. Alright, who is it?"
"His name is Nigel Uno, Number 1. He's been working for them for 3 months and he's already found two Stars. We have a feeling he might head for the one on Planet Glacia next, so we need you to intercept him and his friends there and take them out."
"And get us that Star while you're there, too. Those things aren't easy to come by, you know." Replied Purple.
"No problem. Rattlesnake Jake here can wrap himself around a ship and crush it with ease. We'll take him out easy. That is, if you're willing to pay."
At this, Red pushed a button in his chair and a giant chest came falling down next to Star Wolf with tons of treasure. Their eyes widened at the sight of the treasure. Red then pushed another button and the chest shut and shot back up to the ceiling. "You'll get all THAT as soon as Nigel Uno is history."
"No problem. I doubt this kid's anything like the Star Fox Team, so it'll be a snap."
"Although, I hope they prove to be more of a challenge than Falco." Replied Leon.
"And I'm hoping to see that beautiful Glomourian again. Growl." Panther growled.
"You and your manly charm, Panther. Let's go, you three." With that, the Star Wolf Team walked off and the doors closed on them.
"By the way, you two," Red said to Orbot and Cubot, "did you remember to put Zim on the most wanted list?"
"Oh, yes," replied Orbot, "but may I just ask, are you quite sure it's a good idea to put him on the list? What if he finds out? He may be tempted to betray us and join the GKND."
"YARR! That swabbie'd join 'em and haul tail after us as much as he would a nerdy news lady, ARR!" exclaimed Cubot.
"Relax." Red replied. "He's not gonna find out. Zim's an idiot. He'll just think we did it by mistake or something."
"Hmm, I suppose you're right. But what do you propose we do about the other Stars?"
"We have forces all over the universe searching for those Stars. It's amazing how many adults want to be rid of annoying brats. We even gave some super nerd his own fortress on Planet Kateenia in return for catching a few rare Shrink Wisps for us. We'll have all those Stars in no time! And once we do, we'll be able to make a brand new utopia, where all children are delightful and obedient, and adults will rule all!" And with that, the Tallest and the robots all laughed evilly.
Gallagher Playground
Back on Planet Earth, the students of Gallagher were released for recess and everyone was doing their own activity. Nigel's ex-girlfriend, Lizzie Devine, was sitting on the swingset, looking depressed. Herbie and Ace walked by and noticed her on the swing. "Man. Poor Lizzie." Herbie said.
"Is she upset over that Nigel Uno kid?" Ace replied, while sucking on a lollipop.
"It looks like it."
"But didn't they break up or something?"
"Yeah, they did. But after a short time, they decided to stay good friends. And now that he's gone, she really misses him."
"What happened to that kid, anyway? Did he die or something?"
"Uh, no. He just up and left suddenly."
Ace rose an eyebrow. "How do you know he's not dead? You don't know where he is, do you?"
The thing is, Herbie did know where he was, as did every other scientist. But he was forbidden from telling anyone. "Er… I don't know. Just a thought." He looked over Lizzie again. "I think I'm gonna go comfort her."
"You do that. I'm gonna go make a certain Australian angry!" he said before he walked in the direction of Kuki.
Herbie then walked to Lizzie and asked, "You okay?"
"Huh? Oh, hey Herbie. I'm fine."
"Still thinking about him?"
Lizzie sighed. "Yeah. I know I was mad at him for choosing the Kids Next Door over me, but if I knew he was just going to disappear without a trace, I would've been a little nicer to him."
Well, where have I heard that one before? Herbie thought to himself. "I'm sure he'll turn up eventually, wherever he is."
"He's probably off on some sooper ultra extended important mission or something, that involves leaving all his friends and family behind missing him!" she said angrily.
Herbie chuckled nervously. "Well, even if he is, I'm sure he misses everyone a lot. Including you." Herbie noticed her sad expression again and put a hand on her shoulder. "Well, look on the bright side, Lizzie: you still have me. I'm here for you."
Lizzie looked at him and smiled. "Thanks, Herbie. At least I know you wouldn't ditch me for KND duties!"
Herbie chuckled. "Yeah."
The shadow being that was hiding behind a nearby tree then took for the sky, unnoticed. Once he was up in space, he drew out his sword and spoke to it. "Exor: have I gone soft having pity on these mortals? Or is my heart telling me something?" He was silent for a moment. "But that's unlikely. How could me, of all monsters, have pity on others? How could I have a heart?" Yes. How.
The sword replied, "If you doubt yourself this much, go write poetry for a living. You seem to be good at that."
"Can't you take pity on my sorrows for once? ?" the shadow yelled. "I'm opening my heart out to you!"
"No one asked you to. Just because you carry me around in your… er, wherever you keep me, doesn't mean I wanna hear you nag."
"Uuugh…" the shadow being groaned.
Star Haven
In the Star Sanctuary, Jirachi was sitting upon his pedestal, listening to children's wishes throughout the universe. Dimentia was in there as well, soaking in the fountain and looking at her mirror. After a few seconds passed, Jirachi groaned in pain and fell into the fountain.
Dimentia looked to see what was wrong with him. "What's wrong, Jirachi?"
Jirachi rose out of the fountain holding his head. "It's Numbuh 1's friends. They're all wishing for him to come back again. What should we do, Dimentia? I can't just keep ignoring them."
"You have to, Jirachi! You can't send Number 1 back! Otherwise, he might fall in love with Rachel and want to stay on Earth. That means he won't be able to help us retrieve the Star Pieces!"
"But if I keep ignoring them, I'll get sick. I'm already getting this terrible headache."
Dimentia then took Jirachi in her arms and hugged him close. "Oh, my poor sweet Jirachi. Don't worry. As soon as we get those Star Pieces, you'll be all better. But for right now, be thankful you're taking part in ridding us of this disease."
Jirachi chuckled. "Well, I should be thanking you, Dimentia. If you hadn't saved me from those Star Spirits, I would've still been trapped in that rock. And to think I actually thought they loved me."
"Well, that's the thing about adults: they say they want to help you out of love, but really, they're all just a bunch of liars. That's why both, love and adults, are a bad thing to have in the universe, and as long as we have you, we don't have to trouble ourselves with them."
"'Cause I'm the cure for it all!" he replied happily.
"That's right. Now, I have to get to my base now." She said, releasing him. "You just stay here and keep that fountain flowing!"
"Will do!" With that, Dimentia teleported away, and Jirachi sat back on the pedestal.
GKND H.Q.
It was once again lunchtime in the cafeteria. Operatives were chowing down on the different foods from various planets. The mariachi band was standing around Dimentia's statue, playing their music for the whole mess hall to hear. Nigel went up to the cafeteria line and got himself a meatball sandwich. Once he had it, he noticed Ava and Dib sitting at a table and went over to sit by them.
"Hey, Nigel." Greeted Ava. "How was your talk with the space clown last night?"
Nigel chuckled. He never thought of using that nickname before. "Well, all I can say is that girl seriously has some issues. But she does make a pretty good singer. So, Dib, how was your tour of the base?"
"Terrific! This place has everything! It's a paradise for paranormal investigators everywhere! I don't think I ever wanna leave!"
Well, that's ironic." Nigel chuckled.
"Oh, and Nigel, I fixed your S.H.O.O.T.E.R. after Zim smashed it. And look at this!" Dib pulled out the 20x40 device and presented it to Nigel. The bald operative noticed it looked different, with three tiny rods sticking out of the center rod. "I've been working with the galactic scientists, and we modified your weapon to shoot three separate beams. They said they'll help me upgrade your other weapons, too… for a price."
Nigel smiled in interest at the upgraded device before putting it away. "Hey, where is Dimentia, anyway?"
"I think she went to the fountain to get her daily drink." Ava replied. "Being around a million years old takes its tolls."
Nigel nearly choked. "She's THAT old?!"
"I know! Pretty weird, huh?" Ava looked behind Nigel to see Dimentia approaching. "Ah, speak of the space devil."
"Ah, just the group I wanted to see!" exclaimed Dimentia. "I have another mission for you three: it seems we've determined the location of another Star on Planet Glacia!"
The trio smiled greatly at this. "That's great!" exclaimed Ava. "How'd you find it?"
"The star was located yesterday by Number Heaven Eleven. You remember her, don't you?"
"You mean Luvbi? Oh, I remember her." Nigel replied half sarcastically, remembering his mission with Luvbi to Planet Sauria.
"Well, anyway, she led a group of Wisps on an exploration of Planet Glacia the other day, and while there, they found a Star Piece that was quickly taken from their grasp. The three of you will be going with Luvbi to Planet Glacia to retrieve the Star Piece, since she is the only one who has any idea where it is. I already explained the details to Luvbi and your ships are all ready to go. You can head out as soon your lunches are finished. Ciao!" Once she was finished, Dimentia teleported away.
"Great." Nigel sighed sarcastically. "We just had to be paired with the spoiled angel. Well, I guess I better go find her."
"You go do that. I have to go do something else first." Ava said before she and Nigel went off to different directions, leaving Dib at the table alone.
"Just like old times…" He said to himself, depressedly.
Nigel scanned the mess hall looking for Luvbi and finally noticed her floating at the balcony window, her eyes closed as she was praying. He approached the young angel girl as she spoke. "Doo-bi-doo-bi-doo! Ah, I am ever so excited to meet mine special someone on this mission! Surely, I am being paired with one whom is destined to be my true love. Hurry and come to me my prince!" She then turned and opened her eyes to see Nigel. "Pray, what reason hast thou to approacheth me yet again?!"
"Hate to break this to you Luvbi, but you're being paired with us on the mission."
"And whom might I ask is this 'us'?"
"Me, Ava, and Dib."
"Supreme Leader, Numbuh 256 expects me to labor with yonder misshapen head humans and big-earred alien of kissy faces?! She hath gone madder than normal!"
"Hey, I'm not too excited about this either, Luvbi. But the sooner we can get that Star, the sooner we don't have to hang with each other."
"Yea, mayhap you're right. But hasten thine chubby legs and tell thine friends to hasten thines! If not, the sun will set on Glacia and the freezing winds shall freezeth thou stiff. Now, get to moving…eth!" With that, she flew away.
As Nigel was heading back to the table where Dib sat, he thought to himself, It's official: Numbuh 363's match made in heaven.
Hangar
The trio, along with Luvbi, were walking down to the hangar after finishing their lunches. "Ay, me. Not only must I be paired with yonder strange-headed humans, I am to be with big-eared kissalot!" said Luvbi, not happy with her partners.
"I take it you two don't get along well?" asked Nigel to Ava.
"Not really. She must still be mad that I randomly kissed her. What I really hate about this whole thing is if there's a girl I can't understand here, sometimes I have no choice."
"Pace thine chubby legs! Time waits not for those who slack!" ordered Luvbi.
"So, Luvbi," Nigel began, annoyed, "you mind telling us how you came to find this Star?"
"Well, it happened the yester ago, when yonder Wisps and I went a small scouting mission to planet of glaciers. 'Twas there that we found the Star, frozen in a block of ice. The Wisp that burns was able to unfreeze it easily, but we soon found ourselves to be attacked by beasts of ice, led by man of frozen skin. The Star was taken from our grasp, and the Wisps captured and frozen, but I was able to flee from freezing fury and return here. The man, whom had attacked us, was no one other than the King of Ice, who resides in yonder Ice Palace."
"And you didn't try to help the Wisps?" asked Nigel.
"Art thou crazy?! Had I stayed, I would've been frozen to a skysicle! Yon Wisps can help to themselves! I was not going to risk it!" Pretty soon, the gang had made it to yonder hangar. (Aw, crap, now I'm doing it!) Luvbi drifted over to a small, white ship with a shade of yellow (just like her), a pointed front, and long wings that were designed like an angel's. "And voila! Feast thine eyes upon this: yonder Angel Star!" Luvbi exclaimed with pride. But the gang didn't look to amazed as Luvbi had hoped.
"What does it do?" Dib asked.
"Thou may make this to be unimpressive, but this dost move fast through the stars as a barracuda moves through water."
"How interesting." Ava said sarcastically. "Anyway, so all we have to do is break into this Ice Palace, kick some butt, and find this Star?"
"Um, yea, one would think that to be obvious." She replied, turning to Ava. "But a question strikes: Ava, doth thou pine for yonder humans? If so, which doth thou pine for the most: the big-headed one? Or perhaps the bald?"
This question gave the three a look of extreme shock. "UUGGHH! !" they exclaimed.
"No way!" exclaimed Ava.
"That's just gross! No offense." Said Dib.
"Ask me to make out with my cousin while you're at it!" exclaimed Nigel, sarcastically.
"Ha HA! Oh, how simple it is to tweak thine chins! Now, let us be off!" said Luvbi, getting into her ship.
"I'm taking my Heart Star." Stated Ava, hopping into her heart-shaped ship. Dib hopped into his own ship, of course.
Nigel was about to hop into his Arwing when…
"HOOOOLD UP!" Nigel looked over when a mechanical stand suddenly flew into the hangar, and a buff alien kid wearing sunglasses stuck out from it. "You kids headin' out to Planet Glacia? Well, someone's gonna need a better suit than that!" he said, looking at Nigel's space suit. "Thankfully, Numbuh 500% has just what ya need! A nifty new suit of armor, for ya, for a… price."
"Hmm…" Nigel thought for a minute. "Well, this suit is lacking the proper defense. How much?"
"A Combat Suit Level 1, for just 5,000 Bolts!"
"Well, not too expensive. It's a trade." With that, Nigel held his Infi-Cube below Numbuh 500%'s, and 5,000 of Nigel's Bolts were sucked into the other cube. The alien then grabbed a pad and tossed it on the ground beside him.
"Just step inta this and trade in your old space suit for a bit of awesome!" Nigel did as directed and stood on the pad. A cylindrical pod raised up and closed him in, and when it opened, Nigel saw that he was in a new set of armor, much skinnier and lighter than his space suit, which was a blackish brown with a green chest, green kneecaps, and green palms.
"Cool!" Ava said, impressed.
"Peh. I scoff at thine armor." Luvbi scoffed.
"Congratulations, you're the first one to try the Version Green!" Numbuh 500% exclaimed. "Come back later when we have more armor for ya!"
"Hm… thanks!" Nigel smiled at his new armor before hurrying to jump into his Arwing. "Okay. We ready to go?"
"Prithee, we hath BEEN ready."
"You talk too much, Luvbi." said Nigel, starting up his ship.
"Whatevereth. Now, let us be off, or the sun will set and-"
"WE GET IT, ALREADY!" they all shouted. With that, the ships lifted off the ground and took off.
Somewhere in space
Somewhere out in space, the Star Wolf Team was drifting around, wondering what to do next until Wolf received a call.
"Team Star Wolf, this is Tallest Red. We just got a call from our spy. They are definitely headed for Glacia."
"Excellent! Let's go, you three!"
"Wait one second!" Red stopped them. "Before you go, we actually have another plan we wanted to try out. We'll send soldiers out first. If this plan fails, that'll be your chance to move in."
"Meeeh. Understood." Wolf sighed and hung up.
"Mussst we wait? I've been looking for ssome new prey! Ever ssince that lizard outssmarted me long ago!" said Jake.
"Still upset over my cousin beating you, I see." Replied Leon.
"Let us hope the Tallest finish soon, so I can get my dinner. Growl." Panther growled. The team then took off.
Outside Glacia's atmosphere
Back with the main group, they were closing in on Planet Glacia's atmosphere, with Luvbi flying her ship in circles around the others'. "WHEEE! Space is ever so exciting, is it not?!"
"She sure has a lot of energy, doesn't she?" said Nigel to Ava.
"Well, Luvbi is an airbender. Airbenders are normally free-spirited like that."
"Ah, yea, verily, but alas, in space, I am a helpless fish out of water. 'Tis why I got this ship." Luvbi said, with her ship shaking at every syllable. "Now, enough slacking! Planet Glacia awaits."
"Whatever you say, O nagging one." Replied Nigel. "But that reminds me: Ava, I noticed lately that you always have to run off and 'do something'. Where do you go?"
Ava was hesitant to answer. "Uh, well, I…"
"Mayhap she is seeing someone behind thine back! Art thou jealous, Nigel?"
"Now, hang on second! I like Ava, but not in that way!"
"He's got that right." Replied Ava. "Besides, the only girl he ever talks about is his old leader, Rachel."
"Exactly… HEY!"
"Oh, pray tell: is yon Rachel the girlfriend of Nigel?"
"N-NO! She's just a really good friend, that's all!"
"Thy cheek grows red and thy manner flustered. Oh, you poor denying fool."
"Ugh! Can we stop talking about my love interests and get to Glacia? !"
"Thou admitest. She is large in your regard."
Nigel was seriously blushing now. "T-That's not what I meant! What I meant was-"
"LOOK OUT!" Dib shouted as a small fleet of Irkens troops started attacking them.
"Ha HAAA! Yonder fools surely jest! Catchest me if thou canst!" Luvbi excitedly exclaimed, her ship zipping by the enemies at high speed as they tried to chase her.
"Luvbi, hold on!" Nigel yelled as Irken ships approached them rapidly, bombarding them with lasers. The three operatives did their best to shoot back, but the Irkens came too quickly and dealt much damage to them.
"Grr! I think we're going down, you guys." Ava said with worry.
"Their shields are low, grab 'em!" An Irken soldier exclaimed. The ships launched electrical nets at the operatives' vehicles and successfully captured them. The operatives took painful electrical zaps inside their ships as a result, falling unconscious as the Irkens carried them away.
Irken Arena
The trio of operatives (counting Dib) was carried to a massive arena, designed with Irken metals and machinery, and dropped onto the center. They looked around the audience stands as various Irkens, Florans, and other adult aliens gave roaring cheers. They focused on the stage that was in the center of the audience as smoke emerged from below the stage. Before their eyes, Tallests Red and Purple rose up from below, the red Tallest waving happily while Purple blew kisses.
"EEEEeeeeveryBODY, welcome to the 152nd Annual Irken Battleblitz TOURNAMENT!" Red announced through a microphone, and the audience cheered away.
"Are you ready to see a bunch of snot-nosed kids get wasted? !" Purple announced.
"YEEEAAAH!"
"What is this about, anyway? !" Nigel exclaimed.
"ConGRATULATIONS, you kids have been selected to participate in this year's Irken Battleblitz Tournament!" Red exclaimed. "You'll be going up against the fiercest galactic gladiators known to man! IF you win... we got you a brand new set of M.A.G.N.E.B.O.O.T.S.!" He held up a pair of boots that had magnets on the soles.
"HEY! That's Galactic Kids Next Door property only!" Nigel exclaimed.
"Little kids aren't allowed to HAVE property." Purple whined. "Anyhoo... for simply trying, we have a consolation prize." The four TVs above the ceiling showed pictures of a gravestone, and the surrounding stereos made the graveyard bell sound.
"Ooh, a gravestone! I bet Gaz would love one of those!" Dib exclaimed, while Nigel and Ava held looks of worry.
"Nah, nah, I'm sure you three will do great!...LYING DEAD in our trophy case!" Red exclaimed.
"Ew." Ava said.
"LET THE BATTLEBLITZ-" Purple stopped himself, beginning to cough and hack.
"Uhh…" Red took the microphone and said, "Let the Battleblitz begin." (Play the "Arena Boss" Theme from Ratchet & Clank: Going Commando.)
Sub-game: Arena Battleblitz
Mission: Fight the gladiators and win the tournament.
"AND the first wave is ready to go!" Red announced as gates around the arena opened, letting in several Irken warriors. The soldiers wielded electric whips as they came to lash at the operatives, who dodged out of the way as Dib ran forward to beat them with his mech arms, and Ava ran to swing her swords. Nigel started off by tossing his N.I.N.S.T.A.R.s and wiping out a few soldiers as the shurikens flew around. "Down she goes and away they go!" Red announced as the next round of enemies piled in. This time, they were Irkens wielding goo guns. Ava dodged their fire as she charged over to attack them, but as she leapt to strike one, the Irken successfully shot her and stuck her to the ground. "Looks like this Glomourian's in a sticky situation!"
Dib ran over to try and pull Ava free, but ended up caught in the Irkens' goo as well. Nigel ran for the Irkens and tossed grenades from his B.O.O.M.E.R. to blow them around. The Irkens recovered and kept trying to shoot him, but Nigel back-flipped and kept a good distance as he shot away with his S.H.O.O.T.E.R.. "My money's off to the Earthling with spunk!" Purple announced.
"Let's hope that that doesn't happen!" Red announced as the next round began. A series of small, spherical mines flew in through the gates and surrounded the operatives, extracting spiraling blades as they closed in. Dib and Ava easily punched and sliced away the weak mines while Nigel tossed more shurikens around. Those mines were accompanied by some sand people, who charged forward wielding spiked clubs. Ava ran forward and clashed her blades with the Dryans' clubs, flipping over a few of them and striking them in the back. From a distance, Nigel kept the desert people back with more shurikens, knocking a few of them out, but was unprepared when another Px6 Blade Ball flew up from behind and sliced him.
"OOOH! He's gonna be feeling THAT in the morning!" Red announced.
Nigel angrily turned and punched the Blade Ball away, then tossed two more shurikens to defeat the remaining sand people. For their next round, a bunch of Florans and ice skeleton warriors, called Chilfos, marched out. A Floran caught Ava with its whip and attempted to chuck her into the lava that surrounded the arena. The Tallest held worried and anxious looks, but Ava pierced her swords in the wall and was able to kick off and back to the field. She then sliced the Floran's whip as it came back, then took the Sapien out. The Chilfos hurled their ice spears at Dib, but he swiftly dodged and ran to pound at the ice soldiers, easily smashing their fragile forms.
"You'd think a boy with that big a head wouldn't be so hard to hit." Purple said. Some Floro Sapiens hurled their heads at Nigel, but he leapt forward and attacked the plant bodies before their heads returned. Soon, they had the rest of the soldiers beaten.
"Oookay!" Red announced. "Time to make things a bit more interesting."
"For these next few rounds, we've decided to set up a few limitations! Huhu!" Purple laughed.
"To start off," Red began as Nigel and Ava were suddenly pulled away from the arena, Dib turning to look at them, "the bigheaded human will be fighting alone first."
"And he must fight these enemies from a distance!" Purple spoke as the rest of the arena sank below lava. Dib's platform moved to one side while Chilfos appeared on the other side.
As the icy enemies tried to hurl ice spears at him, Dib avoided and began to set up his Golf Bomb. He held the club tight and took careful aim at the Chilfos as they moved around side-to-side. When he saw that both Chilfos were about to step in the center, he quickly swung his golf club and sent the bomb flying. It hit the two soldiers directly, blowing them up. "Eeee-yes!" Dib cheered, jumping around in excitement.
"Great! Now let's see how the Glomourian does!" Red announced as Dib was pulled away, and Ava was placed back in the arena. More platforms appeared around the arena that required Ava to jump. Floro Sapiens appeared around the arena, trying to whip Ava from a distance. When she tried to jump to them, they made high leaps to other platforms and safely avoided her. However, as their whips lashed, she was able to grab them and pull the Florans over, then kicked them into the lava.
"This Glomourian's still got a few tricks up her sleeves!" Red announced.
"Um, she doesn't have any sleeves, Red." Purple corrected.
"Whatever."
For this next round, Irken soldiers came out, flying with helipacks. The Irkens shot at her, but Ava dodged and tried to jump to strike them, but the Irkens hovered up and avoided her. The Glomourian child then decided to toss her swords at their packs, easily slicing their propellers and causing them to fall, while the swords came back like boomerangs. Once they were grounded, Ava was able to beat away at them with no trouble. Once they were down, the big-eared alien was pulled out of the arena, with Nigel coming back in.
"Let's see how well Nigel handles a band of Florans," Red began.
"-with a swarm of Tetramites on his tail! Huhu!" Purple finished. When the arena put itself back together, a Tetramite hive rose from the center. Florans charged out of the gates, as did the swarm of Tetramite. Nigel hurried away from the tiny bugs, looking around the arena for something that might help. He saw a glob of Breegus Nectar seeping through the floor and used his A.B.S.O.R.B.O. to suck it in. He hurried over to the Florans and stuck nectar on each of them, so when the Tetramites crawled over, they latched and nibbled away at the plant aliens. The Florans were then accompanied by Irkens with nectar guns, who immediately shot and covered Nigel with the substance.
Nigel desperately tried to break away as the Tetramites crawled for him. He was able to get his A.B.S.O.R.B.O. arm free and shoot at the Irkens. Strangely, the Tetramites ignored him and proceeded to nibble away at the aliens, defeating them.
"REMOVE the Tetramites." Red called as the Tetramite hive sunk below the floor. "And rob him of his weapons." Immediately, a giant magnet came down and pulled Nigel's weapons away from him. "For this next round, you are to use only the Wisps given to you." Parts of the arena flipped over to reveal patches of dirt, with the center one having a Yellow Wisp capsule.
"Defeat the enemies underground to proceed." Purple explained.
Nigel broke the Wisp free as it flew into his form. "DRILL!" The operative became a yellow drill and burrowed beneath the ground. He zoomed around the underground as Irken soldiers did the same in drilling machines. The aliens tried to attack the operative, but he narrowly avoided them and made careful turns until he was able to find them and pierce their machines. Three Irkens were coming at him from behind, but they ended up ramming each other and blowing up.
"This tournament is brought to you by the Irken Empire's Power Wisp Soda." Red announced as Nigel came back above ground, and the Drill Wisp left his form. "Try our colorful, energy inducing soda today!" Much of the arena sank below lava while some parts floated upward, leaving Nigel in the center spot as a Cyan Wisp appeared. Several Dryans appeared on the platforms above, each one by a cyan diamond. Nigel absorbed the Laser Wisp and yelled, "LASER!", as he took aim at the first floating diamond. His body became energy as he zapped forward and ricocheted off all of the other diamonds, wiping out the enemies in the process.
He came back on the center platform as the arena put itself back together. An Orange Wisp capsule appeared as Nigel looked up, finding several Helipack Irkens above him. They flew side-to-side, lining up perfectly at some points. Nigel knew what to do and absorbed the Rocket Wisp. His shoes turned into rockets, and let the Irkens line up before firing himself dead center through all of them.
After landing back on his feet, Ava and Dib ran back on the arena, getting by his side as they danced in victory. "And HERE we begin our title match!" At Red's words, the three focused on the center gate below the Tallests' stage. "He crushes and he mashes and he's hungry for more!" Smoke emerged from the gate as it slowly opened. The team held worried looks as they heard quaking stomps on the other end. "Put your puny hands/whatever you aliens use together FOOOOR…"
When the gate opened all the way, instead, the massive opponent smashed through the wall beside the gate. He was a massive robot, 10 times the operatives' height, that was brown-colored, several spikes lined up along his head, shoulders, and other parts of his body, a black bar with a red scanning line where his eyes would be, and greenish-yellow square-shaped teeth, which flashed dimly as he spoke. "I… am… DESTRUCTOOOOR-"
REEEEEEEEE
The microphone emitted a high-pitch noise. "Um, could you repeat that?" Purple asked, fiddling with the mike. "Our microphone messed up."
The robot faced the Tallest, his head as high as where they stood in the audience. "I… AM… DESTRUCTOOOR!"
"Thaaat's better." Purple smiled.
Boss fight: Destructor
The robot stomped forward and punched the ground before the operatives, creating a shockwave that blew them back. Ava ran over and attempted to slice at the robot's feet, but did very little damage as Destructor smacked her away. He saw Dib readying his Golf Bomb and proceeded to stomp over. The bigheaded human took aim and flung the Golf Bomb, exploding it on the robot's head. It stopped the robot for a brief moment, but he stomped forward nonetheless and grabbed Dib, chucking the human to the other side of the arena. He felt a bunch of shurikens slicing by his head just then and turned to see Nigel throwing them. Nigel ran when the robot started chasing him, but still tried to toss shurikens. Destructor leapt overhead and crashed on the ground in front of Nigel, kicking the bald Brit away.
His two friends ran beside him as he stood up. "How do we know our attacks are doing anything?" Ava asked.
"Oh, we're doing damage." Dib said, looking at a scanner. "We just have to hit him harder."
"Then let's give him everything we've got." Nigel said. "Ava, try and distract him."
"On it." Ava ran for the giant robot, who immediately tried to crush her with his fist. She dodged and rolled to his left foot, throwing some punches and kicks at it, but her attacks did nothing as he tried to stomp her, but she ran away again. Nigel and Dib ran up from behind as Nigel tossed grenades, while Dib was able to fling more Golf Bombs.
"WHOA! Destructor's taking a beating!" Red yelled. The robot turned around to stomp them, but they flipped back as Dib pulled out and tossed his Groove-O-Matic. "Heeey! I call that cheating!" Red yelled as Destructor started dancing to the disco music.
"Haha! It's fun, though!" Purple exclaimed, dancing as well.
As Destructor "did the robot", the three operatives began attacking at his feet, doing a little more damage. Eventually, the disco ball exploded by Destructor's head. The smoke cleared away too late as another Golf Bomb flew up and hit Destructor's face. Ava hopped off of Nigel's hands and onto Destructor's head, trying to cut away at his face. The giant robot wobbled around, trying to shake her off, but as he did, Dib ran up and punched his foot with his mech arms, causing the robot to topple over. Nigel looked to the Tallests' stand and saw there was a button by them on the wall. He aimed his S.H.O.O.T.E.R. and fired at the button. The giant magnet activated and sucked Destructor onto it. Red and Purple put on worried looks as Purple ran to press the switch off. However, Destructor dropped from the magnet to the floor with a thud, doing massive damage.
The Tallest looked worriedly as the giant robot stood up and started wobbling uncontrollably. He kept wobbling towards them, flailing his arms around as he tripped and came up faster. "AAAAHHH!" The robot crashed and crumbled their stage. The pair of boots were flung into the air, landing perfectly in Nigel's hands as the operatives danced.
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"Great!" Nigel cheered. "Let's get to our ships and get out of here!" The operatives hurried away from the arena, leaving the Tallest crushed under the robot's body.
As they groaned on top of the rubble under Destructor's defeated form, Red was able to reach for his communicator. "This is Red to Star Wolf. You may begin now. Ohhhh…" He fainted. (End song.)
Planet Glacia
In a dark, icy chamber, a short, bearded man sat in his cold thrown, watching the GKND come into Glacia's atmosphere. "So, the GKND dare to enter my frosty domain. They think they can come and steal my Star, but I won't let them! I'll turn them into beautiful ice sculptures, and then I'll make that Luvbi girl my princess! But first, I have to go potty in the bathroom..."
The arena thing comes from Ratchet & Clank, and Destructor is from Futurama. Luvbi comes from Super Paper Mario as well. I was going to make her Numbuh Heaven Seven, but a different author already has that. Also, please take note that while I may not like 1/Lizzie as a couple, I do like them as friends. Nigel's nightmare is similar to Zuko's nightmare on Avatar: The Last Airbender. On another note, has anyone noticed Ava always has to 'go do something'? What do you think is up with that? Oh well, probably nothing. Later.