AnimeGirl 144 A/N: Hiya everyone. So I've gotten positive reviews from the last chapter and hope it'll continue on. I don't think I've covered this, but Alice and her team won't be doing much missions like others would. They're mainly after the Fusions unless I want to play with a mission, which is why they're not in too many places or are not focused in the place alone (ie South Pokey Oaks). So, I'm sorry if they're your favorite places, but I swear I'll mention them.

Disclaimer: I own nothing except maybe my character (it's half-and-half because I use the name in FusionFall, sort of). Everything else in FusionFall is the property of Cartoon Network, except something that is owned by Teletoon, and then Toonami.

Title: What Gets Me Through the War
Author: AnimeGirl 144
Chapter Eleven: Nightmare of Endsville


I'd kept in contact with some of the Earth's heroes, though it seemed they only talked to me when they needed my assistance to complete a mission. Only DeeDee and Numbuh Five called to have us over. They were stationed at DeeDee's house with Professor Utonium because his home was being overrun by Mean Behemoths. We had offered to clear them for him, but he turned it down with a kind smile, saying that he was needed here at the house to watch over the two girls and Dexter's lab pieces. DeeDee had called and asked if we'd like to come to have dinner. We had accepted and headed over.

We talked for hours, enjoying each other's company. DeeDee was talking about all the stuff that had been happening in Genius Groves and the neighboring towns Eternal Vistas and Eternal Meadows. It seemed the Meadows now had an Infected Zone and the Vistas was completely vacant of life with the exception of the House of Ancients.

"It's strange," Numbuh Five commented. "Those Monsters just run wild."

"I went by the graveyard, to double check the Infected Zone, and saw a small group of Urban Rangers around a tombstone, crying for one of their own," DeeDee stated with a frown. "It was awfully sad."

Her news made me lose my appetite as I sat rather motionlessly amongst the others. Deaths... In war, there are always deaths but... that doesn't make it any easy. The thought of my mother made my heart plummet again.

I want this war to end. I don't want any more people to die for something I could have stopped-something that could have been avoided, I thought.

The thought continued to unsettle my mind as we passed through Vistas. The place gave me the shivers as we passed through. How could anyone live here? We didn't encounter any Monsters, but I could have sworn their eyes were watching us pass through. We soon came upon the Endsville gates, and my shivers still didn't cease. It was just as creepy as the Eternals.

"So we're off to see Billy? What for?" Brent questioned.

"We're not here for Billy," Palmar answered.

"If you had paid attention, brother, Blossom needs us to see why Him is in Endville and the troubles at the Nuclear Plant," Trent answered in his logical way. "The Professor thinks something is going on there."

"And Charles Darwin," I inputted. "My friend Adam called and said that the school was shut down and filled with Matter. The principle is upset."

"We'll get to the school afterwards," Palmar said. "We can't do much to help them anyways."

We passed by Monsters with pumpkin heads (killed a few, but not much; we decided to simply sneak past Monsters) and came upon a small area of houses that lead up to the Nuclear Plant. I recognized it to be Billy's House (I only know it's his house because I had to do a project with Mandy and we went to her house which is across the way) and was surprised to see him and his best friend Irwin outside. We came up to them.

"Hiya Alice!" Billy greeted in his dorky way with a wave of his hand.

I smiled at his friendliness and waved back.

"Hello Billy. Hello Irwin," I greeted.

"Yo Alice. Who are your friends?" Irwin asked.

I was about to introduce them, but they stopped me and introduced themselves.

"What is that?" Brent exclaimed, pointing his finger at something.

We followed the finger and saw a Fusion Spawn. All our eyes widened and the boys had their weapons out aimed at the creature. Billy stepped in front, waving his arms frantically.

"No no don't shoot! He's my pet, Runty!" Billy shouted in defense.

"You have a Fusion Monster as a pet!" Brent shouted back in shock.

"He's not bad, really. Quite cute in fact," Irwin said. "Yo."

I stared at the Monster and bent down, continuing to evaluate it. The Monster certainly seemed nice... but something was off. I don't have the feeling that I get when I'm around other Monsters. Why not? My feelings around the Monsters are the same when I was around Megas. Why didn't I feel it for this Monster? I was concentrated on my thoughts that I hadn't known the others were speaking until Palmar asked-

"Have you seen Him?"

Almost immediately, a red puff of smoke appeared before us. Way too close to me and it frightened me, making me jump and hide behind the safety of my teammates.

"Did somebody call?" Him questioned in his freaky, echoing voice.

"Ah, the red-wearing psycho we need to talk to," Palmar said with confidence.

"Watch it there, munchkin," Him said, before his eyes caught onto me. "Well well well. What have we here? So you're the girlie everyone's talking about."

I thought I was afraid when I encountered Father. I was absolutely terrified when encountering Him. I didn't reply and lowered my head in fear.

"Oooh. No need to fear me. I won't kill you," Him said.

I somehow didn't believe him and refused to look up at him.

"Leave her alone," Palmar said from in front of me. "Blossom wants to know why you're here. And do any of you three know what's going on with the Nuclear Plant?"

"How harsh. Am I now not allowed to change my locations at my whim?" Him asked.

"Not when you're a psycho with crazy powers," Brent commented.

"Is that what you think of me?" Him asked.

"It's not important at the moment Him. Answer the questions. The world is in danger and you're not helping us," Palmar demanded.

"Oh, but I will help. Fuse is causing nasty problems that I and my other villain cohorts should be causing. We have even signed a treaty between the heroes that says we won't cause trouble," Him said.

"That's unimportant at the moment," Palmar continued, his annoyance growing. "Answer my questions."

"Well why don't you take a look for yourself? The Nuclear Plant is guarded by a stupid bot that won't let us through," Him said.

A bot that won't let them through? Why does that sound... Oh!

"An Infected Zone?" I asked in a whisper.

Palmar nodded.

"Possibly," he said. "We're going to go check it out."

"Do as you wish," Him said with a wave of his... claw as he headed for Mandy's house.

"Wait! Before you do that! You have to help me!" Billy cried.

"What? Billy, we're on a tight schedule," Palmar said.

Billy's eyes began to watery as he gave us the sad puppy-dog and his nose began to run. It was sad and gross at the same time, but it was Billy's pleading trick, and Palmar fell victim to it.

"Alright, we'll help you Billy," Palmar said.

"Yeah!" he cried with joy, jumping in the air.

"So what do you need Billy?" Palmar asked.

"I need you to get my underwear from the mean Baron Bloodsuckers, my favorite video game, Pat the Baker from the Jerk-O-Lanterns, and I need a sandwich from the Mummy Monsters," Billy instructed.

"What? Are you serious?" Brent demanded.

Billy began sniveling again, and Brent fell under his spell. Scowling, Brent said,

"Fine fine. We'll get your stuff," he said.

"Let's go team," Palmar said over Billy's cheering.

We followed him more into Endsville, heading for a group of Baron Bloodsuckers. We shot them, and after, perhaps the seventh Bloodsucker, Billy's underwear fell to the ground.

"Okay Brent, get the underwear," Trent said.

"What? Why do I have to get it?" Brent asked.

"Because Alice is a girl and she's not touching boy's underwear," Trent explained. I blushed and nodded, agreeing. I am not touching his underwear. "And Palmar and I don't want to grab it, so you are. Plus, you're the youngest and have to do as we say."

Brent rolled his eyes with a, "Man, this sucks" and picked up the underwear, shoving it into his bag. We were soon surprise attacked by the Jerk-O-Lanterns and took them on. Pat the Baker soon fell to the ground and I picked it up.

"Two down, and one more to go," Palmar commented.

"A sandwich from Mummy Monsters, right?" I asked.

"That's right," Trent answered. "And I think I see them over there."

We headed to edge of Endsville and attacked the Mummy Monsters, retrieving a sandwich.

"There. All done with that kid's grocery list," Brent said as he grabbed the wrapped up sandwich.

My NanoCom suddenly beeped, and I grabbed it, touching the screen as Billy appeared on it.

"Ooo! I almost forgot! I need an extra baseball cap!" Billy said.

"What?" the boys demanded.

"I think I left one inside the graveyard infected zone. Meet me there, okay?" He ended the communication before we could respond.

I looked to my teammates who sighed angrily.

"Off to Eternal Meadows," Palmar said, leading the way.

We walked back through Endsville and into Eternal Vistas before entering the creepy graveyard. I made sure I stuck close to my teammates as we headed up the path to the Infected Zone. We stepped on the pad and arrived on the other side. My NanoCom beeped again, and Billy was once again on my screen.

"A Fusion guy took my baseball cap! Come and help me!"

"A Fusion?" I asked, looking at my teammates.

"His grocery list may be more helpful than we thought," Palmar said. "Alright, let's find that portal."

We scouted the graveyard, avoiding the Fusion Matter. We soon came to the very back of the Infected Zone and found the Fusion Portal. We stepped on it, and entered the portal. My NanoCom beeped to life.

"Help! I am surrounded by Spinetinglers! Save me!"

"That kid is more trouble than he's worth!" Brent commented.

"I see him. Come on," Palmar ordered.

We came upon Billy and the Monsters and defeated the Spinetinglers. Billy was overjoyed.

"Oh, joy! Can you bring me all that stuff you collected in Endsville?" Billy asked.

I presented them to him.

"Billy, you shouldn't be in here," I said.

"How did he get in here?" I heard Brent ask from behind me.

"Awwwwh but I wanted to get my cap back," Billy whined, before smiling. "But thanks! We did it! But look, there's a big green Fusion monster over there. You gotta go get him. Biff! Boom! Pow!"

We looked into the clearing and saw Fusion Billy walking around.

"Let's take him down," Palmar said.

We headed into the clearing and shot at him. He released a growl and threw goo balls at us, making us dodge. I delivered the final blow, and the Matter soon turned into Nano Billy. Brent groaned and said,

"Great. Now we've got a Nano of the twerp."

I smiled lightly and placed Nano Billy away. Billy came up behind us, cheering.

"Yea! The Fusion me's gone!" he cheered.

Though my teammates didn't like him, I smiled kindly. We headed back to the Portal and exited, exiting the Infected Zone soon after. We returned back to Endsville, and soon received a message from Professor Utonium.

"Alice, I don't want to bother you, but can you go to the Nuclear Plant and check up on it?" the Professor asked. "We've discovered a new strain of Fusion Matter that appears to be radioactive. I need you to collect some from the Nuclear Power Plant Infected Zone so we can study it further."

"We're on it Professor," I responded.

We headed to the bot and he allowed us into the Plant.

"Where is this Fusion Matter suppose to be?" Palmar asked.

I looked around our immediate area, and in the area next to us, divided by a gate, I saw a pile of red Matter. It was against green the normal green Fusion Matter. I guided them to the pile.

"So that's it?" Trent asked. "How are we going to get it?"

"Does anyone have something to hold it in?" I asked.

Trent nodded, and after searching through his bag, pulled out a small sandwich bag and handed it to me.

"Why do you have a sandwich bag?" Brent asked.

"Though it'd come in handy. And it did," Trent replied with a smirk.

I bent down and grabbed as much of the red Fusion Matter as I could. It burned my fingers, and I flung the Matter into the bag before grabbing my burning fingers with my other hand and releasing a painful hiss.

"You alright Alice?" Palmar asked.

"My fingers... they're burning," I responded.

"Must be because of the Matter," Trent commented. "Here, put some water on it. It should stop the burn."

Palmar poured the water on my fingers. I winced a little in pain, but smiled thankfully when I felt the burn disappear.

"Thank you," I thanked.

I grabbed my NanoCom and informed the Professor that we obtained the Matter.

"Very good Alice! Use the computer terminal to send me the sample," Professor said.

"It's over this way Alice," Brent said, pointing to the terminal close to us.

I walked over and placed the Matter in the slot on the side, sending it off to the Professor. He came back on my NanoCom.

"The Fusion Matter is definitely radioactive. We need to put a stop to this," the Professor said. "Alice, I'm picking up high energy levels. I believe a Fusion is in the Plant. Head to the Portal. It is up on a building close to the entrance. Good luck."

"You heard the man," Palmar said. "Let's be on our way."

We headed through the small area and up a set of floating pipes to the top of the building and across the roof and to the Fusion Portal. We entered through the Portal and ended up in the lair. Professor Utonium appeared on my NanoCom.

"Professor Plutonium is here. You need to stop him!"

We maneuvered our way through the lair and came to the clearing. Fusion Plutonium was walking around with strange tentacles moving from his back. We fought him, and he fought back, nearly getting Trent with his goo ball. We were able to defeat him, and a Nano Professor Utonium took his place.

"Another Fusion gone," Brent said with a smirk. "We're getting better."

"We can't be cocky, brother," Trent scolded.

"I'm not," Brent said defensively.

We left via the Portal and left the Infected Zone, heading back into Endsville and receiving a congratulations from Professor Utonium. We were interrupted by Him coming out and stopping in front of us with his scary grin on his face.

"Awh good. You're here. I need your assistance," Him said.

"With what Him?" Palmar asked coldly.

Him ignored Palmar's tone and continued on, "Some eyewitnesses have said that they saw a Fusion form of me and some of his underlings running amuck in the Charles Darwin Middle School Infected Zone." I smiled a little, happy to be assisting Adam with the school. "Go to the school and defeat my Fusion form; there can only be one of me."

"We're not going because you asked," Palmar said. "We're only going because we need to stop the Fusion."

"Before we leave, I'm going to see if Billy has some bandage wraps. Alice's fingers need them," Trent said, heading for Billy's house.

I looked back at my burned fingers, and looked at them with half-open eye lids as I inspected the damage. They were redder than before, and they were beginning to burn a little. Trent came back with some rubbing alcohol and bandages and we cleaned up my fingers then wrapped them individually. Once taken care of, we headed off for Habitat Homes. We walked through the small town, avoiding some of the Monsters that didn't look to us. We headed for the school, and before the bot Portal, I saw my two friends Adam and Jake, who seemed to be having an argument.

"Hey Adam. Hey Jake," I greeted, sprinting towards them before stopping in front of them.

"Hi Alice," Adam greeted with a smile and a wave.

"Alice!" Jake greeted as he jumped and hugged me around my neck. "It's so nice to see you."

I chuckled and placed him on the ground.

"It's nice to see you two too," I responded.

"What are you two kids doing here?" Brent asked. "Don't you know it's dangerous?"

"Yes. But we have to get into the school," Jake responded to Brent.

"Why?" Trent asked.

"Because Jake left my backpack in his locker," Adam said, sending an accusing look to his friend.

"I said I was sorry," Jake said.

"We'll get it for you," I offered.

"Really? Oh you're so nice!" Jake said, hugging me once again.

"Thanks for doing this Alice," Adam said as I placed Jake down again.

"It's no trouble," I responded.

My team and I stepped onto the pad and soon appeared inside the Infected Zone. A large body of Fusion Matter separated us from the school.

"Why are you always trying to help people?" Palmar spoke up from behind.

"Huh?" I asked, turning to look at Palmar.

He looked upset.

"Why are you grabbing these small missions? We need to focus on the Fusions, not grabbing backpacks from a locker," Palmar said.

"They're my friends, and we're here, in the school. I thought we could knock out both," I answered.

"Fusions are more important."

"My friends are more important," I responded.

"Your friends?" Palmar asked. "This war is more important than friends."

I don't know why, but I was hurt by that comment. Maybe it was because of the fact that I usually felt lonely beside the people I considered my friends. I don't know what it was, but I turned away, hurt by his comment, and immediately headed for the launch pad. I wanted to be as far away from him as I could get. I could hear the twins calling me to come back, but I ignored them and headed towards the school, avoiding the large Fusion lake below me and the Fusion Matter staining the grass. I landed in front of the principle's statue and headed into the school, trying to remember which locker belonged to Jake's. I soon found it and opened it. I was dismayed to not find a backpack. Where could it be?

Maybe I should take on the Fusion then, I thought to myself with a bit of dismay.

I closed the locker and headed out of the school and looked around for a Fusion Portal. Since it was on the ground, it had to be on the roofs, right? I found a jump pad and used the floating platforms to head upwards. A turning platform threw me off. I almost missed the rooftop, but a hand reached out and grabbed my wrist, stopping my fall. Looking up, I was staring at Palmar's. Brent and Trent soon came into the picture and grabbed my other wrist, pulling me up and onto the rooftop.

"Thought you could use our assistance," Brent said with a smile. "But boss here has something to say to you." He and his brother gently pushed Palmar towards me.

He looked a little unsure before looking me in the eyes.

"I'm sorry Alice," he apologized. "I know it means a lot to you to help your friends, and I shouldn't have responded the way I am. And I am sorry. We're a team, and as a team, we help one another. This includes us helping you with your mini missions for your friends."

I smiled at his genuine apology.

"Thank you," I said. "But... the Earth is more important. We should defeat the Fusion."

Palmar smiled a little and nodded.

"Well hurry up you two!" Brent called.

"The Fusion isn't going to wait for us forever!" Trent added from the side of the Fusion Portal.

I smiled and both I and Palmar headed to the Portal. All four of us stepped onto the pad and were teleported into Fusion Him's lair.

"Keep your guard up, and Alice, stay close to us. Don't wander away. If this Fusion is anything like the real Him, we're in trouble," Palmar advised.

We nodded in understanding, and before we could leave our spot, my NanoCom came to life and Blossom appeared on the screen.

"Thank goodness you're here! I'm trapped! You need to get the key!"

"You heard her," Palmar said.

"What is she doing all the way out here?" Brent asked his brother.

"Beats me, but let's get the Motorillas over there and see if they've got the key," Trent suggested.

We shot at the Motorillas as we ran through the lair until one finally dropped the key and I grabbed it, noticing Blossom in a cage not too far from where we stood. I quickly ran over to the cage and unlocked it, releasing her from her prison.

"Thanks for getting me out of there," Blossom told us. "Fuse is trying to capture superheroes, and Fusion Him is doing the dirty work. You're going to have to fight him on your own. That trap drained all my energy."

"Don't worry Blossom. We will," I said before grabbing my beeping NanoCom. Him appeared on the screen.

"Good luck! If you get my pink sole back, just keep it. I'm sure it's totally ruined," Him said before going off screen.

"That's a little creepy," Brent said sarcastically.

"Fusion Him is just around the corner," Blossom informed us. "Be careful. He's tricky."

"We've taken on scarier," Brent replied.

"No we haven't," Trent informed his brother.

"Shh!" Brent hissed from behind. "I'm trying to make Blossom be impressed by us."

Palmar lead us around the corner and into the opening, where Fusion Him was greeting us. He was faster than we expected, because a goo ball zoomed past me by by inches. We soon shot at the Fusion who dodged and sent more, managing to hit me in the elbow. I hissed a little in pain but continued to shoot at him. I had to stop the Fusion. My Nanos must have known I was hurt and needed medical attention because Nano Eduardo came out of the NanoCom and healed my injury. We managed to hit him several times, and the Fusion finally dissolved and transformed into Nano Him, who was just as creepy as the real and Fusion Him. My Nano disappeared into my NanoCom just as Blossom arrived, hovering off the ground.

"So that's what a Nano looks like," Blossom said. "Well, good work you guys. Now we just have to find the missing heroes."

"There's heroes missing?" Trent asked.

"Yes, quite a few. Dexter placed me in charge of finding them, but all I've found out is that Fuse is behind their disappearance, and Fusion Him was doing his dirty work," Blossom informed.

"So I guess there'll be no more missing heroes?" Brent asked.

"That's what we hope," Blossom said. "By the way, I found this backpack while trapped down here. Does this belong to anyone?"

She held up a backpack and I gasped in shock and happiness. I stepped forward and nodded.

"It belongs to my friend Adam," I answered. "He'll be happy to see it again."

Blossom smiled and handed me the backpack. We headed to the Portal and left the underground lair came to the roof of the school and exited the infected zone, greeting Adam and Jake who were patiently waiting outside. I held out the backpack for Adam to take.

"Here you go Adam," I said.

"Thanks Alice," he said, taking his bag then heading off with Jake in tow.

Blossom said her thanks and goodbyes before flying up into the sky. As she was leaving it suddenly hit me; this was the first time I met Blossom in person.


No P.O.V.

Before the war, Dexter barely had anyone visit his lab so much. Now, it seemed all people could do was come and go. It would have bother Dexter, but during times of war, privacy was a thing of the past. So, he wasn't very surprised when Blossom came into the rec room on one of his break times.

"I met her. She's not bad," Blossom commented. "Hardly looks like the fighting type."

"Says the girl who used to beat up criminals as a five-year-old," Dexter retorted playfully.

Blossom smirked and punched him extremely lightly (can't afford to hurt him, right?). She then looked at him with a serious frown.

"Do you really think she can save the world?" Blossom asked. "The Professor has trust in her but... I don't know."

"By what the data shows, she's the only chance we've got," Dexter answered. "So, it's not whether or not what I think, it's just what we... have to believe."


A/N: And done! Hope you all enjoyed it. It was too quick, I know, but I still liked it. But what are your opinions? *Shivers* Him scares me.

This chapter was a little hard to start, but with the help of your pressure, I was able to get it done. Unlike some writers who hate to be pressured, I don't mind it. In fact, I enjoy the pressure because it makes me write. So don't be afraid to pressure me if you think I'm taking too long to write it up.

Next chapter will deal with the new character that is a member of Providence. And after that, most of the questions popped up in this story will be answered (most, I think). This chapter is actually something I can't wait to write, so stay tuned!

Till, then, this has been AnimeGirl 144! Bye bye!