(I do not own any of these properties or their corresponding characters, except for those of my own creation. All rights go to their respective owners, affiliates, and subsidiaries)
(****)
IMPORTANT! PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU HAVE READ ALL FOUR CHAPTERS OF
Codename: Warriors Next Dimension The Movie: The Darkest Elements
BEFORE READING THIS OR NOTHING FROM THIS CHAPTER FORWARD WILL MAKE SENSE!
THE MOVIE TAKES PLACE BETWEEN THIS EPISODE AND THE LAST ONE, AND IT TELLS HOW TEAM AVATAR JOINS THE WND.
IT'S UNDER MY STORIES ON MY PROFILE AS ITS OWN ENTRY! THANK YOU VERY MUCH!
(****)
(Opening theme: Periphery – "Have a Blast!" – 00:00 to 01:42)
Codename: Warriors Next Dimension
Season 2: Cosmic Alliance – Episode 1: Adventure Time with Finn &... The WND?!
(****)
(Finn and Jake's Tree Fort)
"Finn… Finn… Yo, Finn, wake up!" yelled Jake, slapping him across the face.
"Wha-?!" shouted Finn, jolting back into consciousness. "Jake, what the hey-hey, man?! Why you all up in my face, slappin' my jowls?!"
"No, these are jowls, bro!" said Jake, stretching both of his jowls to lightly clap Finn continuously on both sides of his face.
"Ha-ha-ha! Alright! Alright! I'm up!" laughed Finn, unzipping his Eskimo-style sleeping bag.
(Skip the following introductions if you're already familiar with Adventure Time)
Finn, known to the people of Ooo as Finn the Human due to being the only known human alive, (there were actually two others: his father and a woman named Betty who was recently brought in from the time before the "Great Mushroom War") was the resident hero and adventurer, as well as the Candy Kingdom's champion. He was a young, fun-loving and extremely athletic boy of 15 years with a thin build, despite his abnormally tremendous strength. He had recently lost his right arm due to trying to stop his long-lost biological father, Martin, from abandoning him again after they'd rescued him from the Crystal Citadel, a prison for the worst criminals from various dimensions. Where his arm once was, there was now only a white flower, which had sprouted when the healing blood of the prison's Crystal Guardians made contact with his armless nub.
He had mostly plain features, except for his long, blond hair that he kept tucked away underneath his white bear-skin hat (complete with bear-ears on the top) that covered his entire head, minus his face. Besides that, he wore a light-blue t-shirt, blue denim shorts, rolled-down white socks, and black shoes. When adventuring, he always made sure to wear his round green backpack, in which he carried miscellaneous and occasionally crucial things.
Jake the Dog, on the other hand, was both Finn's magical dog companion and adoptive brother, whose parents found Finn abandoned in the forest as a baby, and took him in to be raised in their home alongside Jake and his brother Jermaine. Unlike Finn, Jake was usually very laid-back and sometimes even straight-up lazy. He possessed the power to stretch, grow, shrink, or mold himself into different shapes, which was of great use during their many adventures together. When he wasn't using his powers, he was roughly the size of a normal dog, though he had large black eyes with white pupils, orange-yellow fur, and a stocky build when he stood and walked upright.
Being only a few years older than Finn in human years, Jake was actually somewhere between 30 to 35 in magical dog years, which was really only a little greater than Finn's age in human years. Being a magical dog, his life-span was actually equivalent to that of a human, so despite his age in magical dog years, he was still very young.
Besides those two, they also had a third resident named BMO (pronounced Beemo) who was Finn and Jake's little robotic video-game and general entertainment console, roommate, and overall loyal and protective friend. He looked like a bluish-green, half-Macintosh, half-Game Boy Color robot with two Atari 2600 controllers, arms, legs, and a simple 8-bit face on his screen when he wasn't being played. He also had the capabilities of many other general electronics and appliances, and even some advanced functions such as video editing and the capability to connect to any other computers for video-chatting.
The Tree Fort, which had served as their home for several years, was a truly massive and completely hollow weeping willow tree with three smaller sections sprouting up from the base of the trunk, all connected by bridges. At the bottom of the base of the trunk, there was what appeared to be an actual house, though really, it served as their treasury, and as such it was filled with gold, gems, weapons and a few ancient artifacts from the time before the Great Mushroom War (such as old TVs, VHS tapes, and even an old Nintendo Entertainment System, complete with several games). At the top of the Tree Fort was a lone branch holding a red and white boat, which was used by Finn and Jake as a type of watchtower. Within the boat was a dining table complete with four chairs and an umbrella, as well as a lamp, a rug, and a telescope. The entrance to the boat was located on the bottom, so they had to climb up into it from the supporting branch. This was in place because the Tree Fort also served as a "guard outpost" for the grasslands surrounding the Candy Kingdom.
Other than that, it contained all the standard rooms of a house (i.e. bathroom, bedroom, kitchen, den, living room, attic, as well as several non-standard rooms like a weapons room, and even a small cave that was built into the lower back of the Tree Fort that served as their building/repair and general work area).
(End of the introductions. Resume here if you skipped ahead)
Getting up from his bed, Finn proceeded to change out of his pajamas, a red pair of long-johns, into his usual clothes, and followed Jake down the ladder, which was within a hollowed-out tree branch, to the kitchen and dining room.
"Morning, BMO!" said Finn, talking to their third tenant.
"Good afternoon, Finn," said BMO, waving back.
Finn stopped briefly to process what he had heard, but resumed like normal, thinking nothing of it.
"So where's Lady Rainicorn, again?" asked Finn, referring to Jake's girlfriend.
"She's out visiting her parents," said Jake, walking over to the stove.
"Cool. Mmm! What's for breakfast?" he asked, feeling unusually hungry.
"Breakfast? Nah, man, this is lunch!" answered Jake, flipping his burger over on the stove.
"Lunch? Hmm…" Finn was suddenly wondering why everything felt off, when he finally looked at the clock, which had a picture of him on the hour hand, and a picture of Jake on the minute hand, and had the words "Finn and Jake – Timeless" written on it. The clock read twelve in the afternoon.
"Heh-heh-heh, that clock's funny. Hey, Jake, that clock's being funny!"
"Hm? It don't look any different to me," said Jake, preparing the burgers.
"No, man, I mean it says that it's noon. Silly clock, it's only eight!"
"No, dude, it really is noon. You slept in."
"What?!" screamed Finn, hyperventilating, "Why didn't you wake me sooner, Jake?! I've never slept in!"
"Sure you have, dude! Lots of times!" said Jake, bringing Finn his plate.
"No, I mean I've never slept in on the day of a Royal Speech! PB's gonna be totes vexed, bro!"
"Whoa, I totally spaced it too! Well let's get going then! We'll eat on the way!" yelled Jake, heading for the ladder to their treasury, where the exit was located.
"Right! Let's get to hoofin' it, dawg!" shouted Finn, grabbing his food and chasing after him.
They ran out and quickly turned left to run around the massive tree, and quickly sprinted into the Cotton-Candy Forest, which was full of purple trees that had bright-pink cotton-candy on them instead of leaves.
"Hey, Finn, I think something's wrong! I smell fire, smoke, and burnt cake, man –big time!" exclaimed Jake.
"Then we've gotta run faster, Jake –they could be in trouble!" screamed Finn, pushing himself to his limits.
They continued running for a few minutes before the Candy Kingdom came into view.
"Oh my Glob… What's happening in there?!"
(Aboard the Esperanza)
"You've all done very well, today. Continue to practice and meditate on my teachings first thing in the morning, and just before sleeping if you wish to retain them and improve," said Samurai Jack, bowing to his students. He had been training them for the past few hours, while Crystal, Numbuh 1, and Sokka were out scouting their strange and unfamiliar surroundings. They had touched down on Ooo the night before.
After bowing back, Eddy, Double D, Kevin, and Rolf, immediately fell to the ground, exhausted beyond all measure, but Ed remained standing, laughing in his usual idiotic manner.
"You're an animal, Ed!" laughed Eddy.
"Got that right! Jeez," agreed Kevin, trying to catch his breath.
Double D merely lay on the ground, fighting to breathe.
"Never before has the Son of a Shepherd been so envious of the village buffoon!" panted Rolf, munching on some jerky in an attempt to reclaim some energy, "Rejoice, Not-All-In-the-Head Ed-boy, for you have been blessed with the endurance and fortitude of Rolf's Great Nano during his battle with the giant sea-cucumber!"
"Oh no… please don't… tell the story again!" Double D panted to himself, though just loud enough for Eddy to hear and chuckle in agreement.
The doors to the training room suddenly flew open as Numbuh 4 stepped through. "Alright girls, it's my turn to use the training room! I've gotta beef up even more so I can beat the information we need out of that Mandrake-guy even quicker!"
"Mandark," corrected Double D.
"Whatever!"
"Don't bother, Numbuh 4 –we're back," said Numbuh 1, passing by behind him, along with Crystal and Sokka.
"What up, foos? Where's my brother?" asked Crystal, twirling and fidgeting with a kunai dagger as she peeked her head into the training room.
"On the bridge. He's in a meeting with that long-eared woman," said Toph, brutally and skillfully beating a sand-filled punching bag.
"Lt. Sa'rai? Cool. By the way, we're gonna be briefing everyone on what we found in a bit, so freshen up and be there by noon. It's gonna get trippy."
"Sounds good, Curly-Cues," said Toph as she stopped and walked away from the punching bag, which immediately erupted into a cloud of dust. Apparently, her Earthbending was the only thing keeping it together.
"Thank you, Miss Crystal, for the – how do you kids say? – heads up?" replied Jack, bowing.
"Last one to the showers has to give Ed a sponge-bath!" yelled Eddy, running for the exit, as did the others.
"I like sponges, Eddy!" shouted Ed, stumbling after them.
(The Command Bridge)
"Our alliance with the Ilumari Royal Army is getting to be uncertain. At this point, I don't know how many more joint operations we can handle. Our resources are strained enough as it is, and General Alken, as of late, has been demanding too much from us with each successive operation. Instead of supporting us, we're supporting them!" growled Lt. Sa'rai, the representative for the Barrier Defense Force to the WND.
"Has anything happened recently that could have made relations between the two organizations so unstable?" asked Alejandro, the former Numbuh 529.
"That's what I was getting to. Our beloved Colonel Ikaan the ever-wise, insulted the General to his face, and undermined his authority by taking matters into his own hands during their dealings with a couple of suspected Fallen Hand spies. Before they could hold trials, or even conduct proper investigations for them, Ikaan brutally executed them both himself in such a horrible manner, that I even pitied them. Nobody deserved to go like that, and especially not potentially innocent people!"
"Ikaan was always pulling crap like that back when I worked with him. Why did you guys allow him into the BDF in the first place? The guy's a bona fide sociopath!"
"His uncle was one of the founders. That's pretty much it," said Sa'rai, taking a sip of her tea. She held a look of worried uncertainty.
"You should have had the insane bastard court-marshaled," suggested Alejandro, pouring himself a cup of coffee.
"His uncle would never allow it. He holds too much influence with the High-Council of the Keepers."
"They must keep a steady supply and be really high if they listen to that scumbag!"
Lt. Sa'rai broke into some light laughter before sipping the rest of her tea. "Well said. But seriously, if anything should happen to deteriorate what's left of our alliance, I must ask you… would the WND help us in our operations? Without the Royal Army's support, I'm afraid the Fallen Hand's forces will only grow, and we're obviously too short-handed to handle it by ourselves at the moment."
Alejandro was momentarily silent.
"Well?"
"I… I don't know…" he stammered, truly uncertain of what to answer.
"Listen, I know that the WND has its mission to secure crucial VIPs, but we have our own critical mission too! And if it's not seen through to the end, it could potentially jeopardize our entire cause! The acquisition and safety of the Avatar was of the highest priority, and seeing that you were thankfully successful, there are currently no other high-risk VIPs that require your intervention! For now, we need your support!"
The large double-doors to the command bridge slid open as Toph entered.
"Oh, I hope I'm not interrupting," she sneered, sarcastically.
"Not at all, Miss Toph! We were just wrapping up," said Sa'rai, politely. She didn't want to instill any more hostility in the moment.
"Well in that case, Alejandro…" purred Toph, seductively, "I just came to let you know that I'm heading downstairs for a warm bath… and I'm gonna need somebody to wash my back… if you catch my drift?"
Alejandro nearly did a spit-take with his coffee as he grew wide-eyed. "Wha-?! I… uh…" he looked around desperately, and quickly turned toward Sa'rai. "I assure you, she's just joking! Seriously, we've never even… what I mean is, we bathe separately, and sleep in separate rooms!"
Sa'rai, finally understanding what Toph's attitude was about, simply laughed. "Don't worry about it! I believe you. And besides, what business is it to me what a couple does, or doesn't do? Well then, I believe I must be on my way." She turned around and cast out her rift device, which opened a swirling, bright-yellow and dark-purple portal back to her headquarters. "Alejandro…" she said, with her back turned.
"Yes, Lieutenant?"
"The clock is ticking for all of us. I'll expect an answer soon." With that, she stepped through and was gone.
Alejandro breathed a heavy sigh as he stood up from his chair. He had no idea of what to answer the next time he saw her.
"So what was that about?" asked Toph, with her arms crossed.
"Seriously?" asked Alejandro, turning to face her.
"What? I just want to know what the meeting was about!"
"No, I mean seriously? That little joke you pulled… you were jealous, weren't you?"
"What?! Pfft, no! I mean… I was a little annoyed about not being invited to the meeting."
"I clearly remember saying that you could come, all due to my miraculous foresight of this very situation!"
"No you didn- Oh wait, you did. Damn… I guess I just spaced it and decided to go train instead."
Alejandro just shook his head and moved to walk out when Toph grabbed his arm and gave a tug.
"What?" he asked.
"I'm sorry."
"You're apologizing? Progress at last."
"Oh, just shut up and come here," she demanded, pulling him close.
Their kiss was very refreshing for Alejandro. Not only did it help relieve some of his physical, mental, and emotional frustrations, but it also helped him to forget, if only for a little while, his current predicament.
When they finally broke it, he quickly put his arms around her waist, pulling her in close as well.
"I'm sorry too," he whispered into her ear, "I shouldn't have snapped like that. I'm just a little on edge right now. I'll explain the whole meeting to you later, but right now, I just want to take a shower, and get on with the mission at hand."
"Sounds like a plan. I'll meet you back here in a while then," she said, walking to the doors.
"Toph…"
"Yes?"
"Please don't get jealous when I have to work with another woman. You have absolutely nothing to worry about. You're the only one for me… understood?"
Toph's cheeks burned up as she quickly turned away. "Yeah… You too, alright?"
"Of course. So, um… you really weren't…?"
"Serious? Nah, I'm having Ty Lee wash my back," she giggled as she left the room.
"Well… so much for that warm bath."
(Grand Hall of the Candy Castle)
"Bow down, puny candy people, for the infinitely fair, Princess Dee Dee, is now your ruler!" laughed Mandark, standing beside Dee Dee, who sat on the throne, wearing a pink princess dress, as well as an unsure look on her face.
The candy citizens, which all looked like an assortment of colorful sweets (like doughnuts, cupcakes, glazed honey-buns, cake-slices, gumdrops, fruits, hard candy, and many other types of confectionaries, except they all had arms, legs, and faces) quickly knelt down before them, fearfully.
"Good! Those who don't acknowledge my beautiful Dee Dee as their new princess will rot in the dungeon! Ha-haha! Ha-haha-haha!" he laughed.
It had been a few days since Mandark had "rescued" Dee Dee from the Fallen Hand's prison planet, just before the WND had arrived to break their friends out.
From there, he had brought her to this strange and fantastical world, promising it all to her, and then unfortunately kept his promise with a hostile takeover.
"Mandark, I don't think this is right!" said Dee Dee, sternly, as she stood up from the throne, "They already had a princess!"
"Nonsense, my love! In time, they will grow to accept you as their new princess! And then, maybe you'll finally accept me as your prince!" chimed Mandark, hopefully, with giant red hearts over his eyes.
"No! I won't go through with this! You told me that you were a good guy now, and that you were going to help Dexter rescue the others after we got here, but I see that that's nothing more than a lie!" she yelled, crying.
"But Dee Dee… I will go back and rescue them! And I really have changed! The fact that most of these candy people are even still alive is a testament to that!"
Mandark had assumed too much. He truly believed that Agent Smith had destroyed the WND and captured the Avatar, and that Marie Kanker, Nazz, and Jimmy were still in their cells, just waiting for him to bust them out in order to earn himself some brownie-points with Dee Dee.
Disgusted, she quickly stormed out of the Grand Hall.
"Dee Dee, wait!" yelled Mandark, too late.
"Just wait till Finn and Jake get here!" yelled Starchie, who was a chocolate malt-ball with a large mustache and a janitor's hat. "Then you'll be sorry!"
"Indeed! They'll put you in your place!" agreed Peppermint Butler, who was a red and white mint-candy wearing a blue, coat-tail suit.
"Oh really?" replied Mandark, sarcastically, "Just let them try! I'll make sure you have two less adventurers after they do!"
(The Command Bridge, back in the Esperanza)
"So as you can see, things are really twisted here. Sometimes cute, but overall, very twisted." said Crystal, clicking through a slide-show of pictures that she took.
Some of the more notable pictures were of Tree Trunks and Mr. Pig playing out in their yard with the Lich-Baby, Sweat Pea, which was the result of Crystal Guardian blood falling on the Lich, turning him into a big, harmless baby during the Citadel Incident. Other highly disturbing pictures of note were of Choose Goose flopping around, Mannish Man the Manly Minotaur flexing, the Magic Man turning a wild animal inside-out, and worst of all, Ice King just being himself and creeping on some princesses.
"Please don't tell me that we're going out there!" begged Usopp.
"Not since Nana, has Rolf seen such a powerful beast of burden!" exclaimed Rolf, referring to the Manly Minotaur.
"I think I'm gonna hurl!" yelled Kevin, clutching his stomach.
"Show them again!" laughed Ed, thoroughly entertained.
"Once again, I'd appreciate some sort of description!" sighed Toph.
Alejandro quickly gave her a thorough explanation of the pictures, at which she immediately started laughing hysterically.
"Also, there's some sort of girly-looking Kingdom that looks like a bunch of giant cakes just a few miles North-West of here. There were several columns of black smoke coming out of it though, and the air smelled really good!" said Sokka, signaling Crystal, who put the picture up on the screen.
The picture was of the Candy Kingdom, only, there appeared to be several columns of black smoke rising from behind the walls.
"Yes! I thought I smelled cake!" yelled Luffy, watering at the mouth, "and who knows… maybe they have lots of meat there too!"
"Eureka! That is where we must go!" exclaimed Dexter.
"How can you be so sure?" asked Zoro, sharpening his swords.
"Think about it, everyone. Mandark knows that my stupid sister is obsessed with princesses and fantasy stuff. Now, if you were Mandark, and as such, desperately in love with her… would it not make sense to sack the girliest kingdom you came across and offer it to her as a misguided token of love? Those smoke columns must be his doing! And I'd bet my I.Q. that we'll find her there too!"
"From that standpoint, I guess it makes total sense!" agreed Double D, "And if anything, it at least gives us a starting point from which to conduct our investigation."
"Anything on the two VIPs?" asked Alejandro.
"We caught sight of a boy and a yellow dog running toward the kingdom, but they were too fast to catch on camera," said Numbuh 1.
"So everything converges on that kingdom? Good. That makes things a hell of a lot easier. Alright then, I'll need Numbuh 2476, Usopp, and Chopper to stay behind and watch the ship. The rest of you, prep your gear and move out!" announced Alejandro.
Just as everyone was moving to the exit, the doors to the bridge opened, and in walked Aang and Katara. They both held very worried expressions.
"Aang, how did it go?!" asked Sokka. He was referring to Aang's recent prolonged session of meditation.
"I have both bad news, and really bad news," replied Aang.
"Well then, really bad news first, Twinkle Toes," said Toph, playfully punching him in the arm in an attempt to ease his mind.
"I received a vision of the source of my corrupted Avatar-State. It did not look good at all. There are four of them –massive, evil beasts. Living black holes of pure chaos and destruction, and they're looking for me."
"The Quantum Devourers," said Numbuh 1.
"Great!" said Sokka, holding his face in his hands. "We're gonna be eaten by giant space-beasts!"
"And here I thought the worst was behind us!" cried Usopp.
"I also found out that my corruption has been due to the tainted cosmic energy that they leave behind after eating an entire dimension."
"You mean to say that you've been channeling their crap?!" asked Sokka, bewildered.
Katara comically smacked him on the back of his head.
"And the less bad news?" asked Alejandro.
"The less bad news is that there is something I can do about it, but it won't be easy. If I want my Avatar-State to be restored, we absolutely must confront them and destroy them. We have to learn all that we can, before they find us."
(Candy Kingdom Outskirts)
"What the flagnog! Why is everything on fire?!" screamed Finn, running into the fray of panicking candy citizens. All around him was a roaring fire that consumed the colorful, sugary buildings of the Candy Kingdom, which truly was completely made of a plethora of different sweets. Seriously, even the peanut brittle streets and chocolate dirt were edible.
"Help me! Somebody, please help!" yelled a pink-frosted doughnut man from atop his roof.
"I'm coming, sweet-guy! Stay calm! Everyone, please stay calm!" yelled Finn, barely able to hear himself over the pandemonium. Unsurprisingly, the incompetent Royal Banana Guards were also panicking around him.
He quickly grabbed a torn rag that was on the ground, dipped it into a nearby well, wrapped it around his nub to protect the flower, and impulsively threw himself at the flaming door, easily breaking through and landing in a pile of crackling ash. Effortlessly continuing forward into the inferno (thanks to his extremely high pain-tolerance) he soon arrived at the stairs, and ran up as fast as he could, causing them to crumble as he passed over, by which he quickly jumped and grabbed the ledge of the second floor. Growing frustrated, he quickly pulled himself up with his one arm, using his legs for extra leverage, and then jumped as hard as he could, effectively breaking through to the roof. He quickly ran toward the candy citizen, grabbed him and jumped off just before the house collapsed into itself from being devoured by the flames.
Just then, a massively bloated Jake returned from the nearby river and stretched himself over the walls of the city, where he unleashed a giant, continuous torrent of water streams from his mouth onto the fires that raged all across the city.
"Thank you, brave heroes!" said the doughnut man, with tearful eyes.
"Always glad to help! So what happened here?!"
"We were attacked this morning! Out of nowhere, a giant robot just showed up and started going to town on our town! After destroying the Gumball Guardians and setting fire to our homes, it went for the castle, and we haven't seen it since! Oh, I do hope our dear Princess Bubblegum is okay!" cried the doughnut man. The other citizens also began crying, heartily worried for their beloved princess.
"Don't cry, y'all! Jake and I will march straight in there and kick that robot in his giant rusty buns, save PB, and celebrate our victory with a big pizza party!"
The crowd cheered as they went on their way, sprinting toward the castle, wholeheartedly determined to save the princess.
(Within the Castle Dungeon)
The sound of dripping water echoed throughout the darkness of the dungeon as several mice scampered across the cold, hard and dingy floor.
The now former-princess of the Candy Kingdom sat, curled up on the cold, damp ground, devastated and fearful for her citizens. Her mind wandered from place to place, desperately trying to help her keep her senses.
She was startled as another sound echoed throughout the chamber. This time, it was the door opening, through which a figure in an off-white, ragged cloak entered and stood in front of the her cell.
"Princess, please forgive me for not coming to your aid sooner. I was in the junkyard when I finally saw the smoke clouds."
The voice belonged to none other than Sir Rattleballs.
(Skip the following section if you're familiar with both Princess Bubblegum and Sir Rattleballs)
First off, Bonnibel Bubblegum, known by her subjects as Princess Bubblegum, was the kind and fair founder and ruler of the Candy Kingdom. She was a humanoid candy person who really just looked like a pale-pink skinned human with very long pink hair that reached down below her knees. She wore a flowing, dark-pink princess gown with puffy sleeves, purple trim around her waist and neck, and a golden, circlet-style tiara that held a green gem of power on the front.
Also, besides being a princess, she was an avid scientist (sometimes even a mad scientist), as she was always conducting new and fantastical experiments with either excellently beneficial or horribly disturbing results. Finally, despite her appearance and claim to be only 18 years old, she was really 827 years old.
Next, Sir Rattleballs was the last of the Elite Gumball Guards, which were essentially a super-skilled police-force of robot-swordsmen, created by Princess Bubblegum hundreds of years before when she needed more competent law enforcement than the Banana Guards. Unfortunately, she had them destroyed when she deemed them too violent for holding underground death matches as an outlet for their violent nature after ridding the Candy Kingdom of crime. But one of them went against his programming through sheer will-power and secretly escaped. He had resided all this time in a junkyard, still loyal to the princess, despite her actions.
But recently, Finn had rediscovered him and convinced Rattleballs to teach him swordsmanship, and after doing so, as well as proving to the princess that he was no longer violent, he was then secretly knighted and appointed with the task of protecting the Candy Kingdom from the shadows. Being a robot, he had the appearance of a red, upside-down gumball-machine with a face, and thin, robotic arms and legs. Being a master swordsman, he always carried his trusty, steel fencing sword, which was on his right-hip, seeing as he preferred using it left-handed (though, being a robot, he was technically ambidextrous).
(Resume here if you skipped ahead)
"I'll have you out in a second, Milady," he said, drawing his sword. But before he could free her, the door to the dungeon suddenly opened, forcing him to jump up and hide in the shadows as an unknown figure stepped through.
It was Dee Dee, still dressed in her princess outfit, though she looked visibly distressed. She looked around in the dark for a moment before finally catching sight of Princess Bubblegum, and then hesitantly made her way over to her cell.
"What do you want?" Princess Bubblegum whispered loudly as Dee Dee approached.
Dee Dee was momentarily dumbstruck. She felt absolutely horrible and wasn't sure how to put it into words, but she felt that she needed to try.
"Um, Miss Princess, ma'am... I just-" suddenly, Rattleballs dropped from the ceiling and grabbed Dee Dee from behind, holding his sword to her neck.
"Just give the word, Milady, and I'll do away with this wretched usurper!"
"Wait! Let me hear what she has to say," commanded Princess Bubblegum, quickly getting up from the ground. She then walked over to her cell door and looked Dee Dee straight in the eyes from only two feet away.
Dee Dee almost immediately erupted into tears as she spoke. "Princess, I'm so sorry! I didn't want any of this to happen! I didn't know what Mandark was planning! I didn't mean to take your kingdom! Waa!"
"Okay, okay, calm down! I believe you. Listen, uh…?"
"Dee Dee," she replied, finally calming down.
"Listen, Dee Dee, you have to keep this little meeting of ours a secret for now, okay? My guardian, here, is going to let me out of this cell, and we're gonna deal with that evil boy, alright?"
"I promise I won't say a word!" assured Dee Dee, finally perking up.
"Very well. I'll trust you. Now run along and pretend like nothing's up."
Dee Dee quickly ran out of the dungeon as Sir Rattleballs swiftly took two swings of his sword, slicing through the bars like butter.
Dee Dee walked through the colorful corridors until she suddenly encountered Mandark, standing near the doors to the front courtyard.
"Hello, Dee Dee. Do you mind taking a walk with me around the courtyard, for a bit?"
"Um, not at all… Prince Mandark," said Dee Dee, smiling nervously.
She quickly followed him into the courtyard, which was a beautiful, large, open space with a small water fountain within a wide, shallow pool in the center, and pink cotton-candy trees along the edges, complete with large, blue, spiraling bush-trees that appeared to be made of icing.
"So, Dee Dee… where did you run off to?"
"Nowhere! I was just wandering through the castle. If I'm gonna rule this place, I should at least get to know it, right?" she answered, shakily.
"Is that so? You mean, you didn't discuss my demise and the escape of the former princess in the dungeon!"
"What?! H-how did you know?!" cried Dee Dee, losing all grip on her act.
"Did it ever occur to you that the dress I gave you might have had some cameras and wire-taps?! I saw and heard everything!" Mandark shouted, furiously.
"Hey! You two! Where'd that giant robot go?!" yelled Finn, running alongside Jake as they sprinted over the drawbridge made up of a giant piece of toast with jam that led onto the castle grounds. "We're gonna kick its metal buns, yo!"
When he and Jake got closer, Finn got a good look at them and suddenly grew excitedly happy.
"No way! Are you guys actually… human?!" he yelled, excitedly.
Mandark pressed a button on his watch, which quickly summoned his giant fighting robot from the other side of the castle. It landed heavily behind him and knelt as he grinned devilishly.
"Ah, Finn and Jake, I presume? Yes, we are human, but I'm afraid that you two will have to perish!" laughed Mandark as he jumped into it and took control within the cock-pit.
"Crud, Jake! That guy was the bad guy!" yelled Finn, feeling disappointment. "Rrrrg! Just once, I'd like to meet another human who doesn't turn out to be a stupid villain!"
"Run away, you guys!" yelled Dee Dee.
"Oh, there you go, dude! She's agood one!" exclaimed Jake.
"Then we've gotta save her!" shouted Finn, making a dash for Dee Dee. After swiftly grabbing her, he ran into the castle just before Mandark could block the entrance.
Finn quickly ran into the grand hall and put her down by the throne.
"Um, thank you," she said.
"No problem! So, uh, what's your name? Where did you guys come from? How did you get here? Are there more humans? Why am I still asking questions?!" he rambled, unable to help himself due to being extremely curious and overly excited about finally talking with another good human.
"Um, shouldn't you be helping your friend?" she asked, concerned.
"Oh, Jake can handle himself," he said, when suddenly an explosion sounded outside, "Heh-heh… on second thought, I'm gonna go help him." With that, he quickly sprinted back out to find Jake, as a giant, holding Mandark's robot in a full-nelson.
"Punch this nerd-o in his metal crotch, dude!" yelled Jake, struggling to keep him still.
"On it!" roared Finn, charging at him.
But Mandark suddenly reached up, grabbed Jake's head, and flipped him over onto the ground.
Not missing a beat, Finn jumped up onto Jake's belly and was launched into the air towards Mandark, who just barely side-stepped to swat him out of the air, causing him to crash into the fountain pool.
"Ha-haha! Ha-haha-haha!" laughed Mandark, "Now I can finish you both!"
He took aim with his crab-claw arm cannons, but before he could fire, another giant robot swooped in from above and landed in front of him, where it grabbed both of his arms and held them up as it pushed him onto the ground.
"No! Not you! How?!" screamed Mandark, furious and confused.
"Agent Smith failed again, stupid Mandark! When will you learn… not to mess with the WND!" roared Dexter from within his Robo-Dexo 2000, unleashing a barrage of every high-powered missile he had onto Mandark's robot, which opened a massive hole in his heavily-armored chasse.
"I won't go down that easily!" he retorted, using his back-thrusters to launch into the air, where he held both arms up to charge an electrified energy blast.
Finn, who was in a state of awe during all of this, snapped out of it just in time to turn and see the rest of the WND speed into the courtyard on their Doom-Buggies, which again, caused both him and Jake to stare in complete and utter awe.
"He's charging a lightning ball! Luffy, you're up!" commanded Alejandro.
"Heh-heh-heh! Alright!" exclaimed Luffy as he ran out directly under Mandark's position.
"The lightning ball is at eighty-percent charge. We have less than thirty seconds until critical mass!" yelled Double D, looking up at their foe through a special pair of binoculars.
"Toph! Aang! We're gonna need an earth projectile big enough to take him down! The rest of you, fire at will! We need to keep his attention away from the benders!"
As everyone opened fire with their LZR-36 Solar-Rifles, Aang and Toph quickly jumped out of their vehicle and, positioning themselves far from the group, took wide-stances as they focused on raising a gigantic earth spike from the ground, which caused the entire city to quake as it rose through the numerous layers of chocolate dirt that comprised the ground of the Candy Kingdom.
"Now is the hour of your discontent! Ha-haha! Ha-haha-haha!" cackled Mandark, sinisterly, as he finally cast down his attack.
Luffy immediately took a humongous breath, stretching himself out into a giant, fat version of himself, after which he jumped up into the air and intercepted the ball of death with his rubber body, causing it to disperse and explode in the air above.
As soon as it had exploded, Aang and Toph sent the massive spike of earth directly into the hole that Dexter had opened, triggering a huge explosion that completely destroyed the robot.
Whoa! Who the heck are these guys?! Finn thought, nearly fainting from witnessing such an awesome and powerful display of teamwork.
"Boo-hoohoo! Boo-hoohoo-hoohoo!" cried Mandark, parachuting down on his ejector-seat. There was a flash of light and suddenly, his parachute separated, leading to him falling straight to the ground below.
"Um, Jack, was that you or Zoro?" asked Alejandro, interlocking arms with Toph, who couldn't sense much due to the lack of actual earth under her feet.
"Actually… neither of us," said Zoro, looking around, suspiciously.
There was a sudden flash of blades and everyone stared in surprise as a new attacker had locked blades with both Zoro and Jack, who were holding his sword on both sides with theirs, effectively stopping it from piercing Alejandro's heart.
"Hmm… impressive. But futile!" growled Sir Rattleballs as he dislodged his blade and attempted another fierce attack once again, only this time, after it initially seemed like he could hold them both off, Jack and Zoro instantly disarmed him, kicked out his knees, and held their katana to what was essentially his head when he hit the ground.
"Incredible! Two other sword-masters?! Who would have thought! Well then, go on –kill me! But in return, I ask that you spare the princess!"
"Whoa! Wait a minute! Time-out!" yelled Finn, snapping out of his amazement. He quickly ran over and shielded Sir Rattleballs with his body, "He's not a bad guy! He's my friend!"
Zoro and Jack held their positions.
"Alright, guys, I think he gets it. Let's hear them out," said Alejandro.
They promptly sheathed their blades and walked back over to the group as Sir Rattleballs got back onto his feet.
"Before you speak, swordsman, I just want to apologize if my cohorts and I caused you and your Kingdom any alarm. We merely came looking for a young blonde girl who was kidnapped by the boy who was piloting that robot. We mean no harm to the people of this world. In fact, if there is anything that we can assist you in, please say so," said Alejandro, trying to sound as polite as he could.
"In that case, allow me to apologize as well. I wrongfully mistook you all for villains. Please forgive me. I am Sir Rattleballs, loyal shadow-guardian and secret protector of the Candy Kingdom."
"I'm Finn the Human, resident butt-kicking adventurer and champion of the Candy Kingdom!" exclaimed Finn, once again excited to see more good humans, except this time, he contained his onslaught of questions, though just barely.
"And I'm Jake the Dog! Resident… um… cool guy! Heh-heh-heh."
"Hey guys!" yelled Dee Dee, waving from the castle entrance, along with Princess Bubblegum.
"Dee Dee!" exclaimed Dexter, jumping out of the Robo-Dexo.
"Dexter! I knew you guys would show up! Uh, where's Mandark?" she asked.
"He's taking a nap on the grass over there. Looks like we've got a prisoner, this time!" laughed Dexter.
"Princess, the threat has been dealt with, and it seems that we have some heroic visitors from another world," said Sir Rattleballs.
"How delightful! I'll be very interested to hear about you all during the banquet that we'll be holding tonight!" exclaimed Princess Bubblegum, giddy as a schoolgirl.
"But, PB, what about the kingdom?" asked Finn, worried.
"We'll begin rebuilding first thing tomorrow! But for now, I want to raise the Candy Citizens' morale with my new speech, and the banquet."
"Actually, we should be-"
"Come on, Katara, what's a quick feast before we get back to work?" pleaded Sokka, puppy-eyed. "This whole Kingdom is made of sweets! Just imagine what they eat here! I'm getting Diabetes and high-blood pressure just thinking about it!"
"Oh alright, but only for one night! I want to slay those Quantum Devourers as soon as possible, so we shouldn't dawdle for too long."
"Sounds good. We could probably all use a quick break," said Crystal.
The others heartily agreed, and it was settled. But just as soon as they were walking into the Candy Castle, the sound of a large whirlwind blew from the sky above, and they all turned to witness a horrifying sight.
A massive, black, jagged, triangular ship descended slowly over the grasslands.
"Friends of yours?" asked Princess Bubblegum, nervously and hopefully.
"Unfortunately not. Damn it all! Surt's found us!" growled Alejandro.
"Guys! Are you seeing this too?!" sounded Numbuh 2476 through their communicators.
"Yeah… we are…" said Alejandro grimly.
"Is… is that a…?!" stammered Numbuh 1, nervously.
"That's right… it's a Chimeran drop-ship… and I have a really bad feeling that the Chimera aren't the only bad things in there."
(Closing theme: L'Arc~en~Ciel - "Time Goes On" - 00:00 to 01:36)
To Be Continued...
Next Episode: Resistance: Fall of Ooo
A/N: I know Finn got his right arm back in the episode "Breezy", but I decided to pick up his story while he was still without it. Trust me, I have a really cool idea concerning what he replaces it with in the next episode.