EXCELSIOR!
Good day. This must be a shock. Three chapters in a year after such a long hiatus. But I finally have things back on track.
Now before anyone starts reading, I would like to declare that I have alphabetized and updated the list on the first page.
I also reorganized and added to the list of Heroes on chapter 5. We're finally going to introduce characters from the Justice League and Avengers in this chapter so take the time to briefly look over the lists on Chapter 5 before reading this one.
.
.
.
If you are reading this, it means you went back to Chapter 5 and are caught up or just decided to not bother looking at it and just read.
Enjoy.
.
Lapis Lazuli looked down at the planet Earth sadly as she looked over the Earth from outside the Moon's atmosphere.
Lapis Lazuli was another Gem, though not an official Crystal Gem. During the War against Homeworld, Lapis was caught up in the war and poofed by a Homeworld soldier, confused for a Crystal Gem. Her Gemstone was connected to a mirror, leaving her mental state trapped in the mirror, as Homeworld tried to get answers from her Lapis could never answer. Homeworld kept Lapis until the corruption took place. Homeworld abandoned Lapis as they fled the planet, even accidentally cracking her Gem. Lapis's mirror was then found by Pearl and kept by the Crystal Gems, not knowing that there was an actual Gem within the mirror. Lapis spent centuries inside the mirror until she made contact with Steven. Steven befriended Lapis through the mirror, evening freeing her from the mirror and healing her Gem, allowing Lapis to finally go back to Homeworld. But she would sadly be forced to return to Earth with Peridot and Jasper as a sort of guide. And in order to protect Steven, Lapis fused with Jasper and kept her chained to the bottom of the ocean for several months. But Lapis's control over the Fused form could only last so long, for Jasper was able to gain control. Luckily Alexandrite (the Fused form of Garnet, Amethyst, and Pearl) was able to beat and separate Jasper from Lapis. While free from Jasper, Lapis could not go back to Homeworld, for she technically betrayed them to assist the Crystal Gems. But thanks to Steven, Lapis saw that she could move past her traumas and live a new life on Earth. So Lapis stayed at the barn owned by Greg's family with Peridot, who at the time had recently become a Crystal Gem.
Lapis lived many months living a happy new life as she experienced the joys of Earth. But as Lapis adjusted to life, she also noticed the events involving Homeworld that hinted to a second war to come. It was only after Steven's abduction and return was when Lapis couldn't deal with it anymore, the thought of the Diamonds coming to Earth and placing her back in a mirror or worse was just too much for Lapis's mind to deal with. So she literally took the barn and left out of fear of invasion.
But Lapis was conflicted. Unlike the other times Lapis left Earth, she had no reason to stay. But this time around, she had grown close to the Earth and it's people. To Steven, to Peridot, to even the other Crystal Gems. Lapis was sadly stuck between the line of running away and facing her demons. But to face her demons means to overcome thousands of years' worth of trauma. Lapis just didn't know if she could face it. So for the last week or so, Lapis has simply been watching the Earth from the distant on the Homeworld base on the Moon.
Lapis sighed as she sorrowfully closed her eyes. "Why is this so difficult?" she asked herself.
But before Lapis could return to the moon, she widen her eyes.
From the Earth, Lapis noticed something sparkling coming from the Earth. As Lapis focused her eyes around it, she noticed that whatever it was was leaving the planet and getting closer to her.
Lapis barely has time to react as she quickly jolted to the side as something zoomed past her and kept going away from the Earth.
.
Tabuu II left the Earth's Atmosphere as he zoomed out into space.
Before he met with the Yellow Diamond and Blue Diamond, he decided to take care of something real quick.
As much as any of the Tabuu's hated to admit, Rick Sanchez was a huge problem. First off, his intelligence was high enough to rival even the smartest of beings, which included the Galvan, the Utrom, the Chozo, and many more. Sadly, Rick is part of a violent race, so the influence of his brilliance was expressed with violence and greed. Rick has broken sacred laws that even Gods wouldn't dare tread upon, which included interfering with alternate timelines and realities within the Multiverse. And Rick would wrongly justify his actions with Nihilism. Secondly, Rick was a well prepared man. If he had been on Earth when Tabuu was released, Rick would have made many preparations for Tabuu. It was only luck that Rick was both off-world and stripped of his tools at the time of Tabuu's release. From what II got from XI, there were silent alarms sounding off all over Rick's lab before XI destroyed everything. And finally, Rick was an expert in running away. Thanks to the Portal Gun and Rick's knowledge of the Multiverse, Rick could run away and hide anywhere. And in the time it takes for someone to actually find Rick, Rick would think of hundreds of ways to destroy his enemies.
Which was why Tabuu would have to clip Rick of his advantages before making a move on him. And he would start with dismantling all of Rick's inventions throughout the Universe.
First off was Rick's Spaceship. During his time with Rick, Tabuu has learned that whenever Rick must separate himself from his Spaceship, the Spaceship will automatically pilot itself to a place where Rick will arrive at to pick it up.
Tabuu stopped flying as he stopped overhead at the planet Rick kept his ship hidden.
Uranus.
"I really do hate you Rick" said Tabuu to himself as he scanned around the planet. Tabuu then soared over to one of Uranus's moons, Miranda, and landed on the surface. Tabuu then tapped his left heel six times on the ground, which somehow caused a hidden, circular door to open up below Tabuu. Tabuu gently floated himself down as he landed in the moon's center. Uranus V (Miranda) was hollowed out by Rick years ago as a garage for Rick's ship, the entire inside of the moon simply one room. And indeed in the center of the room was Rick's ship, which looked as if it had been made out of garbage and spare parts.
Tabuu slowly walked over to the ship when a voice popped up.
"Tabuu" said the voice belonging to the AI of Rick's ship "This is unexpected"
Tabuu ignored the ship as he slowly kept walking towards the ship. The ship immediately sent out mechanical tentacles from it's garbage can side that shot towards Tabuu. Tabuu simply summoned his chain and lassoed the tentacles together before ripping them out of the ship.
"Ow, those were a part of me you asshole" said the Ship monotonously.
"Cry me a river with you're non-existent eyes" said Tabuu before he kicked the glass dome on top of the ship, shattering glass everywhere.
"Stop it" said the ship in the same tone, as a laser popped up on the ship's side. Tabuu simply pointed a finger at it and it erupted as electricity surrounded the ship.
"Didn't you're mother ever teach you how to treat a lady?"
"I have no mother" Tabuu popped up the ship's hood "And you're not even a real creature"
Before the ship could make another move towards Tabuu, Tabuu held up a hand towards the contents of the Spaceship's front. "Hakai!"
As if on command, everything within the ship's front started glowing as tiny balls of light started flickering everywhere before dissolving into nothingness. When the last ball of light was gone, there was nothing left within the front.
"You shiny bitch" said the ship "I can't move. I'm practically a vegetable"
"Why couldn't Rick keep you're AI in the hood?" said Tabuu as he narrower his blank eyes.
This wasn't something Tabuu bragged about, but Tabuu excelled in the usage of Ki and magic. Tabuu was capable of learning any form of energy type techniques. During his ruinous encounter with Beerus, the God of Destruction used his destruction ability to destroy a powerful attack Tabuu had used on Beerus. It was within that instant that Tabuu memorized the technique. But Tabuu had refused to use that ability out of spite of Beerus, even during his rebellion against Zenith. But Rick and anything involving him was an exception.
Now that the ship had no way to flee or to fight back, Tabuu casually strolled into the ship and sat down in the Pilot's seat.
"Hey, you're not allowed to sit there" Tabuu ignored that as he grabbed the steering wheel, turning it in a precise order. The steering wheel retracted into the ship as a computer screen and keyboard took it's place. "You're defiantly not allowed in there"
"One more word AI, and I'll give you the machine version of a seizure" threatened Tabuu.
"I'll be good" and the ship stayed silent as Tabuu typed into the keyboard.
Whatever XI didn't find at Rick's house, II would find here. And Tabuu indeed did find plenty of info concerning Rick, including hidden bases all out the Universe, a list of numbered realities Rick could flee to, and most importantly, the code to a certain factory Tabuu needed to visit.
"1-1-4-2-E-M-A" said Tabuu to himself as he memorized the code. "And that's that"
Tabuu then placed his palm over the computer screen. He kept it there for five seconds before stepping out of the ship and walking away.
The ship waited until Tabuu was out of sight "Well that wasn't so b-"
BOOO~OOOM!
Tabuu ignored the sound of the ship exploding as he floated out of Miranda.
When Tabuu exited the inside of the moon, he found he wasn't alone.
Lapis Lazuli took a step back at the sudden appearance of Tabuu. Tabuu simply stared at her before turning his head to a certain direction. But as Tabuu was about to take off.
"Wait!" yelp Lapis suddenly. "Wha-What are you?"
Tabuu simply stayed quiet as he tried to ignore Lapis.
Tabuu II knew who Lapis was. She was within the memories Tabuu had gotten from Steven and Peridot. He was aware of where she stood in the Universe. And where she would stand against him.
"Please" said Lapis "I just-" Lapis lowered her head "I just can't-"
It was painfully clear to Tabuu that Lapis didn't follow him for a certain reason. He didn't even need mental observation to see that. Tabuu was looking at a broken creature trying to stay strong. Tabuu shouldn't have cared about Lapis or any of her problems, but there was something within him that kept bugging him. As he looked at Lapis, he thought he saw something familiar. So out of simple curiosity, he used his Mental Observation on the Gem. As Tabuu's eyes glimmered, he caught himself from flinching. While he did know about Lapis from what he got from the Crystal Gems, he didn't get the full extent. But now he was feelings things only felt by the Gem herself. Now he knew where that familiarity was coming from.
Imprisonment.
Isolation.
Abandonment.
Tabuu had felt these emotions before. It sort of shocked Tabuu to know there was quite a creature with such a similar past inhabiting the Universe. There were some differences though. Tabuu technically deserved his imprisonment, even if he didn't agree with it. Lapis didn't. And while Tabuu was abandoned by Stanford, Lapis abandoned her friends, though that itself was it's own pain.
Tabuu tried to push these thoughts to the back of his head. It didn't matter that Lapis suffered such a life. It wouldn't matter to her or anyone in the end of things to come.
Which brought Tabuu to another matter.
A powerful enemy was infront of him.
While each of the Crystal Gems was dangerous in their own way, Lapis Lazuli was the most dangerous. On a planet covered in water, a being with such Terra-forming abilities would be a hazardous enemy.
And while Tabuu didn't attack any of the Crystal Gems during Garnet's wedding, he only did so out of the small bit of respect he had to custom events of happiness such as a wedding. But Lapis wasn't part of that.
But as Tabuu pondered his next move, Lapis suddenly fell to her knees and brought her hands up to her face.
.
.
.
"Ugh" Tabuu allowed himself a groan before taking a few steps towards Lapis until he stood over her. He then stretched his arm toward her as he opened his hand up.
"Get up"
Lapis moved her hands away as she looked up, tears flowing out of her eyes. She saw Tabuu was offering her a hand. Lapis sniffled one more time before wiping away her tears and taking Tabuu's hand, lifting herself up.
"...Thank you" said Lapis as he bowed her head "I'm sorry. I don't know why I came here"
"...I'll say this now, there are no words I could offer you that would make you feel better" said Tabuu "Not from me"
"..." Lapis stayed silent before lifting her head up "Are you, are you aware of Homeworld?"
"...I am"
"Then you would know of the Diamonds, and what there capable of"
"I do"
"I don't know what I'm suppose do to" said Lapis "There are Gems on the Earth willing to fight against Homeworld, and I want to stand with them. But when I think of going against the Diamonds, I'm pulled back to the Mirror, or Malachite, or-" Lapis paused as she tried to regain herself "I'm just so caught up in my past"
"Well it's not in my power to conquer you're demons" said Tabuu.
"Demons?" questioned Lapis.
"..." Tabuu turned towards the Earth "Humans have a way of comparing things to their own lifestyle. Demons are monsters. And humans dubbed their deepest mental troubles as demons. To you, you're imprisonments are your demons"
"...How do humans- how do humans get rid of their daemons?" asked Lazuli.
"Demons" corrected Tabuu "And they don't. They stay with them, like a shadow"
"Then how-"
"It's not how you get rid of them" interrupted Tabuu "It's how you live with them"
"...How do I live with the idea of facing the Diamonds?"
"Ask yourself" said Tabuu "What will happen if they come to Earth and you weren't there?"
Lapis stayed silent. She was obviously thinking of it, but chose not to bring it to words. Lapis then turned back to the Earth.
"I ...I got some thinking to do"
"Best of luck" said Tabuu as he hovered off the ground.
"Wait!"
To Tabuu's surprise, Lapis suddenly wrapped herself around Tabuu.
"Thank you" said Lapis as she hugged Tabuu. It lasted for three seconds before Lapis released him. "I, I needed that"
"..."
"Oh that reminds me" said Lapis "I never got you're name"
Tabuu stayed silent before turning his back to Lapis "It doesn't matter"
Before more could be said, Tabuu then shot up off the Miranda and flew out of sight.
Lapis stared to where Tabuu's disappearing form was as she had a look of confusion on her face.
.
Tabuu kept silent as he kept himself towards the path to Blue and Yellow.
In the small moment before Tabuu told Lapis to get up, he considered simply blasting Lapis out of existence.
"So why?" Tabuu asked himself "Why couldn't I end one life? I ended so many. I'm going to end many more. And yet?"
"~0~0~"
Tabuu shifted himself out of his thought as he felt the mental force connecting to Tabuu.
"II, requesting the code to the factory" it was the voice of another Fission of Tabuu.
When Tabuu killed the Plumbers and left the Earth, he split himself into thirteen, creating several exact copies of Tabuu. This Tabuu was dubbed 'II'. The Tabuu that had gone after Zenith, allied with Plasmius, and traveled to the past was dubbed 'XIII'. The one that had destroyed Rick's house was dubbed 'XI'. And the one currently trying to talk with II was dubbed 'VI'.
"1-1-4-2-E-M-A" said II.
"Confirmed" said VI's voice.
.
Tabuu VI typed down the Activation Code into the console. The light on the consoled glowed red to green.
"Confirmed" said VI to II through the mental connection the Tabuus had with each other.
Tabuu turned attention back to his goal.
The R.O.B. factory.
The R.O.B. Factory was located on the floating island called 'the Isle of the Ancients'. The floating island's location was unknown to many, so it was the perfect place for it's inhabitants to hide. Where the Isle's inhabitants came from is unknown, whether if they were made there or if simply found the floating rock is unknown. But they have been living in peace for many years.
The inhabitants of the Isle of the Ancients were robots, or R.O.B.s. The R.O.B.s mainly kept to themselves in their self made factory, which they built in order to fix themselves incase of damage.
But the R.O.B.s lifestyles ended when Rick found the island. How Rick found such a hidden land was unknown, but it didn't change the fact that Rick arrived on the Isle of the Ancients, called the entire place 'lame', turned off every R.O.B., and left with there activation code, which he lost among the jumble of crap inside his Spaceship.
Tabuu stayed silent as the entire factory came back to life. The lights shot back on as all the R.O.B.s started awakening, they're eyes shining blue as the light on the top of their heads shined red.
Tabuu walked past the R.O.B.s till he arrived at the one he was looking for.
This R.O.B was still off, for the code needed to be activated directly into R.O.B. for it to activate. Unlike the other R.O.B.s, which were grey, this one was pure white. And while the other R.O.B.s were placed on conveyor belts, this one was placed on a low podium.
Tabuu opened the back of this R.O.B.'s head and typed the code into it. As Tabuu typed, he noted the R.O.B.'s production model.
HVC-012
"Things are about to get interesting" said Tabuu as R.O.B. Prime activated itself.
.
At the Justice League's Watchtower, Batman was typing furiously into the Supercomputer's keyboard as he was looking over the data on the screen. Batman didn't even bother turning around when the sound of heavy, metallic footprints echoed the room.
"What business do you have here Iron Man?" asked Batman without bothering to turn around.
"Iron Man? Bats you're going crazy" said the figure with a half-assed impression "You're talking to Cyborg"
"Not in the mood Stark"
"Ugh" said Tony Stark as he walked over behind Batman. "How do you even catch that. Is there a device in those pointy ears that tell you who's who?"
"The leg's on your suit make a different sound compared to Cyborg's. Also you're walking style differs" said Batman. Years of training have taught Batman to catch even the tiniest difference in footsteps.
"And yet another reason to not invite you to parties" joked Stark as he looked over Batman's shoulder. Tony adjusted the Iron Man face-mask up as he looked at the computer's screen. "Something bugging you?"
"Brother Eye's been hacked"
Tony sharpened up at that. As much as Iron Man hated to admit it, Batman was an intelligent man. If something he and Cyborg made was hacked, it couldn't be good.
"Well the list of people who could hack into you're mainframe is very few, so this can't be good" said Iron Man "Any trace of who?"
"That's the thing" said Batman "There is no trace"
"What do you mean?" asked Iron Man. "Did someone cover their tracks"
"There are no tracks. It's hard to explain, but it's as if Brother Eye was hacked from here"
"Um Bats, you do realize that for that to happen, someone would have to come onto the Watchtower" said Iron Man.
"Exactly" said Batman stoically.
"How's that possible?" asked Iron Man. "You or J'onn are always up here tinkering around. J'onn's a psychic and I doubt anything goes by you"
"Well apparently something did" said Batman.
"That's an understatement"
Batman and Iron Man quickly turned around and saw a glowing gold portal appear as Doctor Strange walked out.
Doctor Stephen Strange was once the world's greatest surgeon, conducting surgeries that many considered impossible and illogical that led to a life of fame and fortune. Strange's luxury life ended when Strange got caught in a devastating car accident. Strange survived, but his fingers were heavily mutilated. Now no longer able to conduct surgeries, Strange spent all of his fortune looking for any way to correct his fingers. When Strange was reduced to poverty, he discovered a rumor of a person calling herself the Ancient One that could perform miracles. With no other options, Strange traveled to Kamar-Taj, a hidden land in the Himalayas. The Ancient One however was not a doctor at all, but the Sorcerer Supreme, a protector of Earth and leader of the Masters of the Mystic Arts, a group of sorcerers that protected the Earth from threats of other dimensions. Strange trained under the Ancient One and surprisingly excelled at the art. Doctor Strange would also unexpectedly inherit the title of Sorcerer Supreme when the Ancient One was killed by Acolytes of Dormammu, the Monstrous ruler of the Dark Dimension. Strange defeated said Acolytes and kept Dormammu from invading Earth.
Strange has since been protecting Earth from many threats, some of which resulted in allying with the Avengers and the League.
"Doctor Strange" said Iron Man "What brings you to the party?"
"The only party will be the one held in Subspace?"
"Subwhat now?" asked Iron Man.
"Subspace" said a fourth voice.
Once again, a portal appeared. This one, however, was in the shape of an Ankh. A being in a golden helmet, golden cloak, and golden amulet floated out and landed next to the Dark Knight and the Iron Avenger.
Doctor Fate, otherwise known as Kent Nelson, was the Defender of Cosmic Order. Much of Doctor Fate's origins are kept to mostly his wife Inza and Fate himself, but it has been suspected that Fate has been defending the Earth for over a century. Like Doctor Strange, Doctor Fate is a powerful sorcerer. But unlike Strange, who's magic comes from the teachings of the Ancient One, Fate's magic comes from Nabu, an Egyptian deity who's soul resides in the Helmet of Fate Doctor Fate wears on his head.
Unlike Doctor Strange, Doctor rarely intervened with the common world unless something Earth threatening or worse was approaching, or something involving dangerous and/or forbidden magic was involved. So his presence alone spoke of the dangers that were to come.
"Fate" said Batman as he got out of his chair. "Things must really be bad"
"So what is Subspace?" asked Iron Man.
"Subspace is a dimension parallel to our own Universe" said Doctor Fate "It is literally a dimension of nothing but darkness, filled with soulless creatures on a grand scale"
"And someone is trying to open a door to Subspace" said Doctor Strange.
"Is this anything like Dormammu and the Dark Dimension?" asked Iron Man.
"No" said Strange "What Dormammu seeks is to bring the Dark Dimension to Earth, basically creating a link between his dimension and ours"
"Then what will happen if someone opens a door to Subspace?" asked Batman.
"Basically our Universe becomes apart of Subspace" said Doctor Fate "Slowly"
"If a door to Subspace was ever open" said Strange "The Door would continuously expand as it sucks in everything until it engulfs the entire universe. And it won't just stop at the Universe"
"Coexisting Dimensions and Universes, Parallel timelines, the Multiverse itself" started Fate "It will literally swallow everything"
Batman and Iron Man stayed silent as the words sunk in.
"You said someone's trying to open the door on this side" said Iron Man "Do we know who?"
"No" said Fate.
"And what's worse is that we still don't know" said Strange "But we are aware of this creatures existence. It's already summoned creatures from Subspace itself"
"If it needs a door to open Subspace, then how was it able to summon creatures from there?" asked Batman.
"It probably has a fraction of the door in it's possession" said Fate.
"Fraction?" questioned Iron Man.
"When we went to discover the Door's location, we found it's been split into pieces and scattered across the Earth"
"Do you know where these pieces are?" asked Batman "Or how many pieces it's in?"
"No" said Fate.
"Then do you know who moved it to Earth?" asked Iron Man.
"Not important" said Doctor Strange as if he were trying to change the subject. "That person will be of no help"
"Then what are our options?" asked Batman.
"Since we can't locate the pieces of the Door, the only thing we can do is locate this creature and stop" said Fate.
"Any leads?" asked Batman.
"Just one" said Strange "Before this caught our eyes, we felt something tampering the fabric of time"
"Oh great" said Tony as he rolled his eyes "Another time traveling adventure"
"Afraid not" said Strange. "We can't follow this creature to wherever it went. Whatever era it went to, past or future, it went through by force"
"The creature has traveled to an alternate timeline" said Fate "A timeline that is no longer a part of the main timeline. We are not meant in that era. But luckily anything the creature does there won't affect our timeline"
"Then what the hell are we suppose to do?" asked Iron Man.
"As I told you, we felt when this thing left our era" said Strange "We'll also feel it's return"
"So we'll ambush this thing upon it's return" said Batman.
"Precisely" said Fate "But we can't be sure of when it will return to this era. And it is also possible that this creature didn't leave our era without some leverage"
Before the conversation could go any further, the monitor started beeping. Batman quickly turned back to the screen and pressed a button on the keyboard.
On the monitor's screen, the image of Nick Fury's head appeared.
"Gentleman, we have a problem" said Nick Fury.
.
"Good morning Gary" said Spongebob as he came downstairs, the yellow sponge addressing a small blue snail in a pink shell.
"Meow" spoke Gary as he turned to his owner.
"What am I going to do today?" said Spongebob as he talked to his pet "I'm going to meet Patrick at Jellyfish Fields as we spend the whole day catching Jellyfish"
After eating some breakfast, the yellow sponge exited it's house, which was a pineapple, and started off to his destination.
Spongebob Squarepants was, for a lack of better terms, a walking, talking sponge. To many on the surface world, he would of been considered a oddity. But in the underwater city of Bikini Bottom, Spongebob was simply just an odd fellow.
Bikini Bottom is a underwater city around the Pacific Ocean inhabited by anthropomorphic fish and other sea creatures. Unlike other underwater cities, like Atlantis or Lemuria, Bikini Bottom and it's inhabitants were very much like the cities and humans on the surface. They had there own buildings, there own jobs, they even had there own beaches (which should technically be impossible).
As for the sponge himself, Spongebob is one of the most important citizens in Bikini Bottom. Spongebob is the head fry-cook of the Krusty Krab, Spongebob's most favorite place in the world and the most popular restaurant in Bikini Bottom for it's unique delicacy the Krabby Patty. To the citizens of Bikini Bottom, the Krabby Patty was the most delicious food any of them could consume, and Spongebob's cooking skills allowed him to craft Krabby Patties to sheer perfection.
But for today Spongebob was off work. Today was for Jelly Fishing.
"Hey Patrick!" shouted Spongebob as he arrived at his and Patrick's usual meeting spot in Jellyfish Fields.
But Spongebob sharpened his eyes as he looked around. Patrick was nowhere to be seen.
"Hmm" hummed Spongebob "Maybe he's still asleep"
Spongebob sat down as he waited for Patrick. As Spongebob waited, he noticed something off besides the absent of his friend. There were no Jellyfish around. Normally Jellyfish fields were full of Jellyfish, but there wasn't even one out. Spongebob couldn't even hear the sound of buzzing that the Jellyfish made.
"Boy" said Spongebob "This sure is spooky"
THUMP!
Spongebob widen his eyes. He quickly sprung up and tensed his body up.
"Hello?!" squeaked Spongebob as he held his Jellyfishing net close to him.
THUMP!
Spongebob's teeth started chattering as the thump sound echoed Jellyfish Fields. Spongebob has spent many years getting involved in odd adventures, but none of them had ever prepared him for something like this.
THUMP!
That third thump was enough for Spongebob's psyche. Spongebob quickly did the most rational thing he could think of and hid behind the closest rock the sponge could find and closed his eyes.
THUMP!
THUMP!
THUMP!
Spongebob did nothing but keep his eyes clenched as tight as he could. Each thump was louder and closer which each thump.
And then, the thumping stopped.
Spongebob stayed silent for as long as possible until a full minute had passed. Spongebob slowly opened one eye as he looked over the rock. There was nothing there. Spongebob opened the other eye as he smiled.
"Whew" sighed Spongebob.
Splat!
Spongebob's fleet moment of happiness was washed away as something wet splashed down over Spongebob.
"EW!" groaned Spongebob as the slimy substance washed over him. Spongebob then looked up "Where did-"
Spongebob stopped mid sentence as his eyes widened as wide as they could.
Standing over Spongebob was, for a lack of a better term, a monster. The creature was green and it was colossal, standing taller than even the monsters Spongebob encountered during his mission to Shell City. It had long arms and four legs, the feet of the legs resembling hands. It's face was the most disturbing part. What Spongebob could see past the mess of white hair flowing around it's face, it showed malice. It had four eyes filled with sinister intent, a drooling mouth filled with fangs, and where it's nose should be was a gemstone.
"Oh Dear Neptune!" shout whimpered Spongebob as this creature stared at him, it's entire body surrounded in a black mist.
.
Vlad stared down into the crowd of people below in the streets, keeping his eyes on four individuals.
Danny Fenton, otherwise known as Danny Phantom.
Danny Fenton was the son of Vlad's former friends/co-workers, Jack and Maddie Fenton. Jack and Maddie studied ghosts and used technology they themselves invented to catch them. During there studies on ghosts, they attempted to create a portal to a spiritual reality or 'Ghost Zone'. During their first activation attempt, the portal failed. That was when Danny tried to figure out the what was wrong when an accident (mostly the placement of the 'On Switch') infused Ectoplasm into his molecular structure, turning Danny into a half ghost and gained Phantom like powers.
Ever since the accident, Danny has been using his powers to protect his home, Amity Park, from the many ghosts that inhabit the place while also dealing with Ghost Hunters and other threats from the Ghost Zone. Danny would also use several of his parents inventions in order to deal with ghosts, such as the Fenton Thermos, which was used to contain Ghosts, and the Fenton Ghost Peeler, which allows Danny's human allies to tear apart ghosts.
Speaking of allies, Danny did his work with three people.
Sam Manson, Danny's Goth Girlfriend and voice of reason.
Tucker Foley, Danny's Best friend and tech expert.
And recently Jazz Fenton, Danny's Sister.
So Vlad had to wonder why Daniel was currently in New York City.
.
"Guys" said Tucker "Are you sure we can't stop and see the sights? Preferably a fast food joint?"
"No Tucker" said Sam "Remember why we're here"
"Sam's right" said Danny "Let's stick to finding Dani, and then we'll get something to eat"
"It better be something greasy too" said Tucker.
The reason the four of them were in New York City was to find Danielle Fenton, otherwise known as Dani Phantom.
Dani was the clone of Danny, created by Vlad. Vlad had create her, along with several other failures, in the attempt to create the perfect clone of Danny. Danielle served Vlad out of the false love she believed Vlad showed her. When Vlad captured Danny in order to finish his Perfect Clone, Dani learned of her true place in Vlad's life and rebelled against him.
After that, Danielle kept on the run from Vlad while also trying to stay alive as long as she could, for her unstable body could melt if she overexert her powers. Thankfully, Danny had kept Vlad off her back and even helped stabilize her body.
But Danny had decided that now with Vlad off the planet and his parents now aware of his identity, it was bout time for Dani to stop staying out on her own and to settle down with the rest of the Fentons.
"Are you sure Dani is even in New York?" asked Danny to Tucker.
"Danny, I've been following Ghostipedia" said Tucker "And according to Ghostipedia, a young girl around the age of 12 has been sighted dressed as a Danny Phantom cosplayer"
"So it's obviously Dani" said Sam.
"Good" said Jazz "I for one can't wait to meet her" Unlike Tucker and Sam, Jazz has actually never met Danielle, only hearing about her from Danny.
"So do your folks know we took the Specter Speeder for a joyride to New York?" asked Sam to Danny and Jazz.
"No, not quite" said Jazz honestly "We were kind of hoping to keep it a surprise, the whole bringing Dani into the family thing"
"And besides" said Danny "Do yours?"
"No" said Sam bluntly "Like I be here if I did"
"Yeah, it's not like our parents know you're Danny Phantom" said Tucker.
"Shh!" hushed Danny "Keep quiet, you never know who's listening. Where not in Amity Park anymore after all"
"We know Danny" said Sam.
"Speaking of which" started Tucker with a gleam in his eyes "Maybe we can start our search for Dani somewhere specific"
"Oh really" said Sam with a hint of teasing in her voice "Like at Avengers Tower?"
"Come on guys" said Tucker "We hardly ever hang out with other heroes. And there's like a thousand of them in New York"
"Well by that logic, that means that there are a million villains in New York" said Jazz.
"Seriously guys" said Tucker "We all saw the Fantastic 4 flying over just a minute ago. When am I ever gonna get another chance to talk to Mister Fantastic himself if not now?"
"Sorry Tuck" said Danny. "But Dani comes first"
"Okay" said Tucker downheartedly.
Danny suddenly felt a shiver run up his spine as a blue wisp of cold air left his mouth. "Oh come on"
Before more could be said, sounds of shouts and shrieks filled the air. Danny and company turned their heads towards the source of the screams.
Gliding through the streets was a ghost, which took the form of a decapitated man carrying it's severed head. The severed head wailed as it scared the people around it.
"Wow, even New York has it's Ghost problems" said Jazz.
"Okay guys, Dani's gonna have to wait" said Danny "I'm going Ghost!"
Danny then quickly jumped behind a pillar and changed. His black hair turned white as his eyes shined green. In place of Danny's regular clothes, a black and white jumpsuit took it's place, a 'D' placed on the chest area.
Danny quickly flew over to the headless head and floated in it's path.
"Alright buddy" said Danny "Time to shut you're pipes!"
In response, the ghost's head left out a ghostly scream resembling a banshee. While the scream wasn't even close to being as powerful as Danny's Ghostly Wail, it still was enough for the glass around them to shatter and for Danny to cover his ears.
"Okay" said Danny "Not friendly"
Danny then shot a blast of green energy from his hands towards the ghost. The ghost maneuvered around the blast and charged towards Danny, colliding with Danny towards a building. Danny quickly turned his and the ghost's body intangible before they crashed into the building, simply phasing through it. Sounds of fighting and screams of distraught came from within before Danny was shot out of the building.
"New York" said Danny as he tried to collect himself "It's a hell of a town"
Suddenly the sound of an odd siren filled the air. It wasn't the sound of police sirens, so Danny was a little unsure of what the siren meant until he saw something drive towards him and the ghost.
It was a 1959 Cadillac, outfitted with several unique functions. On the side of the vehicle was the symbol of a ghost with a cross going over it. The vehicle stopped a few feet away from Danny before four men stepped out.
The Ghostbusters.
"O. M. G." said Danny as he stared at New York's professional ghost hunters.
When ghosts started appearing in the public eye, three scientists investigating the paranormal started hunting ghosts and capturing them.
Peter Venkman, the face of Ghostbusters.
Egon Spengler, the brains of Ghostbusters.
Ray Stantz, the heart of Ghostbusters.
The three became a sensational hit all over New York, even hiring a fourth Ghostbuster, Winston Zeddmore, in order to cope with the many ghosts in New York. While doubted by nonbelievers and called fakes, the Ghostbusters became the official Ghost hunters of New York after destroyer Gozer the Gozerian.
"Alright guys" said Peter "Time to work"
"Geez" said Ray "A headless ghost? Talk about an original"
"Fire!" shouted Egon as the four Ghostbusters pointed the nozzles of their Proton Packs towards the Ghost and fired. Four streams of glowing light surrounded by electricity shot out of their nozzles and blasted the headless ghost. The ghost had apparently tried to phase itself, but the energy in the Proton Packs apparently was able to touch even intangible ghosts. The ghost shouted out in pain as the four streams kept blasting it.
"Okay Winston" said Peter "You're up"
"On it" said Winston as he threw a box connected to a cord under the ghost. Winston then stepped on a device attached to the other end of the cable and the box opened up and sucked the ghost in.
"Whoa" said Danny. "That was so cool!"
"And as for you" said Peter as he walked over to Danny and lifted him up by his collar. "Don't you know how dangerous Ghostbusting is?"
"Wait. But I'm-"
"Did you think dressing up as Danny Phantom makes you a certified ghost hunter?" said Peter.
"But I am Danny Phantom" said Danny.
"Yeah, and I'm Beyonce" said Peter.
"But he is!"
Danny and the Ghostbusters turned and saw Sam, Tucker, and Jazz run towards them.
"Come on kids" said Peter as Egon walked over to Danny "We're just not buying it"
Egon, however, decided that he should check. So he held up the P.K.E. Meter (Psychokinetic Energy) over Danny. Egon looked over the device as it made several odd noises. "I'm afraid you're gonna have to buy it Peter. He's a certified ghost"
"No way!/I'll be damned" said Ray and Winston.
Peter looked at Egon and then back at Danny before releasing "Well ah, jeez sorry kid. Didn't think an actual good guy ghost even lived in New York"
"Hey" said Danny with a smile "It's no big deal"
"But what are you doing here?" asked Ray as he looked over Danny like a kid seeing it's first tiger. The thought of seeing such a ghost so close intrigued the easy going scientist.
"Hope you're not deciding to muscle in on our turf" said Winston teasingly.
"No" said Danny "We're looking for someone"
"Looking for someone" said Egon as he looked over Danny before turning to Sam, Tucker, and Jazz "And you three are along for the ride?"
"Well um-" started Sam as they tried to figure out a good excuse.
"Well we're from Amity Park too" said Tucker "So we when saw Danny Phantom here with the Ghostbusters, we thought we try to help avoid a fight"
"A likely story" said Egon skeptically.
"Look" said Danny as he got in between Egon and Tucker "We'll tell them everything. We can trust them"
"...Okay" said Tucker.
"If you say so Danny" said Jazz.
Danny nodded before turning back to the Ghostbusters. "We'll explain everything, but how about not here"
"Kid's right" said Winston "Why not take them back to HQ?"
"Good idea" said Ray "I'm sure Janine would like to see this"
"Alright kids" said Peter "Let's take a field trip to Ghostbusters HQ"
So the Ghostbusters started walking back to the Ecto-1 with Danny and the gang following.
"So Tucker" started Sam "Feeling better now that we're teaming up with the Ghostbusters?"
"It's a start" said Tucker with a smile.
.
Vlad witnessed the whole thing as he quietly watched Danny and his little friend leave with the Ghostbusters.
"This isn't good" said Vlad "Not only is Daniel here, but now he's with the most dangerous Ghost Hunters in New York"
"Well that sounds like a you problem"
Vlad turned to the new voice and quickly turned pale.
Tabuu, full body and all, was standing right next to Plasmius,
"Ta-Tabuu" murmured Vlad "You're back"
"As far as you know" said Tabuu VIII "Just thought I come check on you before you pull whatever stunt you were thinking"
"W-well, I was getting ready to attack the Fantastic 4"
"Then what stopped you?" asked Tabuu crossly.
"W-well" started Vlad "You see. Just before I could attack the Fantastic 4, I spotted a personal problem from my past"
"Right" said Tabuu "This Danny Phantom"
"Right" said Vlad "And now he's with the Ghostbusters"
Tabuu kept silent as he looked down into the streets. Using his superior eyesight, Tabuu spotted and scanned the four humans.
"I'll say this Plasmius. You're species keeps finding new ways to amaze me" said Tabuu "I didn't even think humans of there caliber could even touch Gozer the Gozerian"
"Will they be a problem?" asked Vlad.
"For you maybe" said Tabuu "But I have bigger fish to fry"
"Pardon?"
"When I learned of Earth's defenders, I didn't think much of them" said Tabuu "But clearly, they can't be left to their own devices. Two human sorcerers are currently telling the League and the Avengers about Subspace"
Vlad widen his eyes "What?! Then what are we to do?!"
"Calm yourself" said Tabuu "They are aware of Subspace and that someone is trying to open it. But they are not aware of the specifics. Though seeing how far these creatures can go, I decided it would be unwise to not pluck some weeds before starting with the garden"
"Well I was about to have the Fantastic 4 put down"
"Small potatoes" said Tabuu "No. I think I'll start bigger"
"But-"
"Now" interrupted Tabuu "Where are you're Impressions?"
As if on command, the Impressions of Darkseid, Cell, and Sephiroth appeared before the two.
"I must admit Plasmius, there might be some use to you're flaw thinking"
"Flaw?"
"While it is true that adding Primids to a Dark Copy's power does indeed make it stronger, it's only brief" Said Tabuu as he looked over the Impressions. Darkseid and Cell, who's power could threaten even the strongest Hero, weren't nearly as close to their original potential. When Vlad told Tabuu XIII about his experiment with the Impressions, it was obvious to all Fissions of Tabuu that this power up would only last so long. If Plasmius had attacked the Fantastic 4 right away instead of gawking at Danny Phantom, his Impressions would of held an advantage. But now that outcome wasn't so likely. "I bet you feel pretty stupid with yourself"
Vlad normally would have growled and rant at such a remark, but he has quickly learned of what such backtalk would lead to and he wasn't keen to see how he would come out of falling fifty feet in human form.
"But this does give me an idea" said Tabuu as he snapped his fingers. In an instant, several more shadowy figures stood before them. By the shadowy mist surrounding their bodies, they were obviously more Impressions. Vlad had to take a second look just to make sure he was seeing the real thing.
Thanos, the Mad Titan.
Frieza, the Emperor of Evil.
Trigon, the Demonic Embodiment of Evil.
Doomsday, the Monster that could kill Superman.
Galactus, Devourer of Worlds.
Apocalypse, the Mutant Messiah.
Super Buu, the Evil Half of Majin Buu.
Brainiac, the Android Collector of Worlds.
Shao Kahn, Ruler of Outworld.
Vlad did everything within his power not to drop his jaw.
"Ho-how is this possible?" asked Plasmius.
"It's not hard finding places to make Impressions" said Tabuu "One just has to know"
Tabuu stood before all these beings, including the three belonging to Plasmius.
"With these 12 horsemen of evil, I'll bring the Heroes of the Earth out of the picture"
.
And so ends another Chapter.
The Spongebob portion of the chapter is dedicated to the creator of Spongebob Squarepants, Stephen Hillenburg, who has recently passed away.
A lot of interesting interactions in this chapter. Tabuu and Lapis, Danny and the Ghostbusters, Iron Man and Batman. What other specific characters do you want to interact? Leave me a review telling me what ideas pop up in you're head.
As I finished my last chapter, I realized that the backstory I gave this version of Tabuu somewhat resembles Lapis's backstory, though not exactly. I thought it would be interesting to have the two interact.
If you didn't read the top notes, I have alphabetized the list on Chapter 1 and adjusted the Hero list on Chapter 5.
So far no votes for any of the new polls set up last chapter.
Well I'll be leaving here. If you don't hear from me recently, Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays.
REVIEW LIKE HELL!